Chapter 10
I was sad that it was Saturday morning and I was waking up alone in my bedroom instead of in La Push in Paul's arms. I showered quickly and got dressed in some white shorts and a black sweater, I decided to spice things up and put on my black stilettos I bought in New York when I visited my dad during Christmas. The sun was out and was supposed to stay that way all day. I walked down stairs and my mom was still home. Why was she suddenly home now that I wanted to leave?
"Hey mom I'm going down to La Push," I said praying last night had made her happy enough to allow this. She looked at the bag in my hand and frowned.
"Spending the night?" she asked harshly.
"Yeah actually I was planning too," I said becoming annoyed.
"Where is Jasper this weekend?" she asked.
"Mom look outside, it's sunny you know the Cullen's will be camping this weekend," I said rolling my eyes. She wasn't happy and it was clear on her face.
"You look like a hooker in that outfit; I can't believe you brought those home with you," she said annoyed.
"I think I look good," I said trying to keep my tone polite.
"Fine just get out," she said dismissing me. I ran at that and headed straight to Paul's. It wasn't even nine yet so I just let myself in hoping he would be asleep. I tip toed into his bedroom and he was passed out, snoring like a bear. I smiled and tried to nudge him over but it was no use he was too heavy to budge. I walked into the kitchen and filled a glass with water and headed back into the bedroom. I hesitated for a moment before dumping the water over Paul's head. He woke instantly and was alert until he saw me in the corner laughing.
"Oh you're going to get it now," he said growling at me.
"I'm so scared," I replied sarcastically. Paul made a move to grab me and I bolted out the door. I made it through the back door and off the porch before I felt warm arms wrap around me pulling me to a halt. Paul was tickling me without mercy.
"Stop, stop Paul please," I begged tears streaming down my face, I was laughing so hard.
"Oh no way," Paul said not hesitating. It was getting harder to breath as Paul refused to let me go. After another minute of struggling I was finally able to get free of Paul's arms. I ran a few steps away from him before stopping.
"I had no idea you were so ticklish," Paul laughed keeping his distance. It was then he noticed what I was wearing and the look on his face changed. "You look good babe," he added with a grin. I blushed and tried to catch my breath.
"This is what I get for rushing down here? I get attacked by a wolf until I can't breathe? Well that's not a lot of motivation to keep me coming back, especially in outfits like these," I said spinning in a slow circle. Paul took a step towards me but I put my hand up to stop him. He was frowning like a child. I couldn't stop smiling.
"Why don't you let me make it up to you then?" Paul asked slyly.
"I don't know if I can trust you," I replied.
"I promise no more tickling," he said putting his hand over his heart.
"Nope," I said popping the P before running in the opposite direction; Paul had me again in a few seconds and wrapped his arms tightly around me. I couldn't help the small scream that escaped my lips between laughing. "Okay, okay you win," I finally caved. Paul tightened his grip around me and kissed my neck. Paul turned me around in his arms so I was facing him now.
"I like the shoes," he said glancing down at them.
"I like the muscles," I replied kissing his chest. Now that I had heels on it was easier to close the space between Paul and I. I leaned up and kissed him and felt the smile under my lips. With the sun's rays and Paul's heat I was starting to sweat. I pushed back from Paul and he intertwined our hands and pulled me back towards his house. I pulled my hand free when we got to the porch.
"What's wrong?" Paul asked confused.
"It's 75 degrees out here and I'm not going to waste it sitting inside," I said looking up feeling the sunshine on my face. Paul nodded in agreement.
"How about I get a blanket and we can lie out together?" he offered.
"Sounds perfect," I agreed. I walked over to where I wanted to sit and waited for Paul to return. It took him about ten minutes before he returned. He had a large blanket in one hand and two muffins in the other. I took the blanket from him and laid it down perfectly before kicking off my shoes and laying out flat on my back. Paul crashed next to me taking a huge bite out of one of the muffins.
"Could today get any better?" I asked him keeping my eyes closed just soaking the sun in.
"The day has just begun," Paul said putting his hand on top of mine. It reminded me of last night, which was possibly the most amazing night of my life.
"Paul," I said sitting up to look at him. He was lying next to me and popped one of his eyes open.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"I love you," I whispered suddenly feeling worried he wouldn't respond. He just laughed and took a moment to sit up.
"I love you too," he assured me. He leaned over and kissed me lightly for a minute. "Never doubt that," he whispered. I just nodded. He lay back down and closed his eyes. I rested my head on his stomach this time and closed my eyes. Sometimes the best things in life were the simplest. I couldn't tell you how long we sat there because I didn't keep track. My perfect peace was only interrupted when I heard Paul start snoring. I laughed and propped myself up to look at him. I kissed his lips and he stopped snoring and opened his eyes. He pulled me closer and deepened it. I pulled away laughing.
"You fell asleep on me," I accused. It was then I realized how dark the circles were under his eyes. "Not getting a lot of sleep?" I asked worried now.
"I wasn't going to tell you but there are some vampires in town. They haven't crossed the border line and have attacked a few people; we can't get them when they are on the Cullen's side so it's been difficult. Sam has us running double patrols. He doesn't let the young ones run by themselves yet so, it's hard to catch ZZZZ's," he explained.
"Is everything alright? What other vampires?" I asked. "Who have they attacked?"
"There are three of them from the smell of it; I've only seen the red head and the guy with the dreads. I almost got him to before he crossed the line; I swear they cross over just in time like they know where it is. I don't want you worrying about it though, I'm not going to let you get hurt," he assured me. "When I'm off border patrol I'm in the forest by your house."
"Paul you need to sleep, I doubt those vampires are going to waltz into town and attack me or anyone else, but it's reassuring to hear your there for me," I said leaning in to kiss him. "Is it alright if I stay the night? Then you won't have to sleep in the forest."
"You are always welcome to stay the night here, but I might have to run for some of the night," he told me.
"Any things better than being home. Maybe I could talk to Jasper about these vampires have them help out?" I asked.
"No, we can handle it by ourselves," Paul growled. I rolled my eyes this feud thing was ridiculous but I wasn't going to push it. There was a loud howl that sounded like it was close.
"Speaking of patrol, I have to run for a few hours," Paul said standing up. I grabbed his hand and walked with him to the edge of the forest.
"Be safe," I said letting go. He smiled and ducked behind a tree. A second later my silver wolf was walking up to me. He put his head into my stomach and nuzzled it lightly. "I love you too," I whispered scratching behind his ear. His big wolf head nodded up and down before running off into the trees. I turned to pack up the blanket when I felt a push on my back. There was a dark chocolate brown wolf pushing me. I smiled and scratched behind his ear and I could see him smiling.
"Are you Quil?" I asked unsure. I could only recognize Paul and Sam in wolf form. The wolf shook his head and whined. "Hmm are you Jared?" I asked. The wolf nodded and began wagging its tale. I laughed and hugged Jared rustling all his fur. "Are you in charge of protecting me now?" I asked when he didn't change back into human form. Jared nodded. "Well I want to lie in the sun, can I lay on you?" I asked. The wolf nodded stayed in the skirts of the forest. I got the blanket and laid it in the forest where the sun was shining. Jared curled up on the ground and I snuggled up next to him. His fur was warm as I expected and I tried to go back to the calm I felt with Paul but now that I knew he could be in danger I was worried.
"I'm worried Jared," I said after a few minutes of trying to relax. He started whining. I was glad he was in wolf form because I didn't want someone to talk to me just someone to listen. Plus it made me happy knowing that Jared was a direct line to Paul right now. "He's okay right?" I asked. Jared huffed and nodded barley lifting his head off the ground. I put my head on Jared's back and stretched my legs away from him.
"You like my shorts?" I asked after a few minutes. Jared started wagging his tail back and forth. "Yeah that's what Paul said too," I teased. "When are you going to imprint?" I asked. Jared huffed again and turned his head away from me. "Hey don't ignore me," I said hitting him lightly, he didn't respond. I closed my eyes and tried to just enjoy the sun. It had been an hour before I became bored.
"How much longer does he have to run patrol?" I asked staring at the giant wolf in front of me. He just stared at me blankly. "Okay can you at least turn back into Jared I'm going crazy talking to a wolf?" He nodded and ran deeper into the forest. A few seconds later human Jared was walking up to me only wearing his black shorts. He had a huge smile and pulled me into a tight hug.
"Paul says stop worrying, he's fine, bored and missing you," Jared said before releasing me.
"I wish I had the wolf channel in my brain," I said walking towards the house with Jared.
"Trust me you don't, you want the entire pack to know every thought in your head?" Jared asked. "Because believe me I know more about you and Paul then I ever needed to." I blushed only imagining what Paul had been thinking about.
"How much longer does he have to run for?" I asked plopping on the couch.
"We run in six hour shifts, so four more," Jared said closing his eyes. I realized he was probably tired too from theses double shifts.
"Well why don't you take a nap and I will make some food for when you wake up?" I offered. Jared opened an eye and had a huge grin on his face.
"You're too good for Paul," Jared said winking at me before closing his eyes again. At least I was falling into the wolf girlfriend roll well. In just a few minutes Jared was out. I started raiding the pantry only to discover that Paul had almost no food. I found the keys to his truck and decided I would go grocery shopping. I pulled up to the small store in La Push and grabbed a cart.
"What are you doing here?" Emily asked. She was in the vegetable isle when I turned the corner.
"Paul has no food in his house and Jared is asleep there so I thought I would get some food and make him something and then Paul will have food for the week," I explained. She had about 3x as much food in her cart as me but that's because she fed everyone.
"Where is Paul?" she asked thoughtfully.
"He's running patrol till 7," I said frowning.
"Oh I know what that's like," Emily said with a faint smile.
"Where is Sam?"
"He should be around here somewhere," she said shaking her head. I smiled and headed to get some soup and drinks. On my way down the candy and cracker isle I saw Sam.
"Well hey there Lilly," he said pulling me into a hug.
"Hi Sam, how are you?" I asked.
"Stressed but making the best of it," he admitted.
"Well that's good, I will see you later I need to get home and start cooking," I said with a smile.
"Home?" he asked seeming confused.
"Ops, I meant Paul's" I said blushing. Sam just rolled his eyes and let me pass. I headed straight to the checkout line and was through it quickly and back home where I found Jared sound asleep. I put all the groceries away except for a can of chicken noodle soup and the supplies I needed to make grilled cheese.
"Jared, wake up," I said tossing a wet dish rag at him. It landed on his face and he slowly came to. He wondered over to the table and sat down in front of the large bowl of soup and three grilled cheese sandwiches I had made.
"Looks good Lil," he complimented. I just smiled and Jared and I had a nice rest of the day waiting for Paul to come home. I learned a lot about the pack and a lot about Jared, it was fun but as it got closer to 7 I started missing Paul more and more. I had to change into my black yoga pants when the sun went down and pulled on one of Paul's jackets. Three minutes past seven Paul walked through the door.
"Get the hell out of my house," Paul barked at Jared. I stood stunned, why was Paul so mad. When Jared didn't react Paul walked over and grabbed him by the shirt yanking him up.
"Bro relax you know I didn't mean it," Jared said taking a step away from Paul trying to stop smiling.
"Get out before I tear you apart," Paul threatened. He was shaking and I couldn't understand what happened.
"You need to relax," Jared said becoming a little more confident.
"And you need to remember your place, which is below me!" Paul boomed. "Now be a good little bitch and get outta here." Jared ducked out the front door without another word. I just stood frozen. When Paul realized I had been standing there the whole time he rushed over to me and pulled me into a tight hug. "I didn't see you there," he murmured.
"Why did you yell at Jared?" I asked pulling back from him.
"Lilly why are you crying?" he asked suddenly concerned. I hadn't even realized I was. I immediately brushed the tears away from my eyes and ducked my head into his chest. "You have to tell me why you're crying," he asked in a gentle voice. I just shook my head refusing to look at him. He lightly pulled me away from him and waited until I looked up at him. "Why?"
"You scared me," I finally admitted. He seemed stunned and didn't say anything for a long moment. Paul came to but seemed frustrated. He put his arms around me and lifted me up so I could wrap my legs around him and so we were eye level. "Why were you so mad?" I asked when he didn't say anything.
"Lilly I am so sorry; I never wanted to scare you it's just that Jared… well when you two were outside and he was a wolf he was thinking some very rude thoughts about you," Paul explained shaking a little, he had to work to remain calm.
"Rude? Was he made at me?" I asked feeling bad instantly.
"No I guess they weren't rude thoughts more inappropriate, when you were snuggled against him he thought some very sexual things," Paul said ending in a growl. I couldn't help but blush.
"Oh," was all I could say.
"I'm sorry I scared you." Paul tightened his grip around me and I felt better. "I love you." I smiled and kissed him lightly for a minute before exhaling.
"I love you too; just don't get so mad alright? There is no need for it," I assured him.
"It's not that simple, it's part of the territory," Paul said sitting us on the couch. I didn't un wrap my legs or arms from around him.
"Explain," I demanded.
"I have always been a little hostile but once I turned into a wolf and was named beta I became more enraged. I have to keep everyone in their place and it makes me more incline to become violent, but I would never hurt you," he assured me lowering his voice to sound more harmless.
"I don't like it, just promise you will try to be nicer," I asked.
"Anything for you," he agreed. I leaned in and kissed him deeply. He responded instantly and it made me smile. Paul and I spent the rest of the night locked together only breaking apart when I couldn't breathe and when I demanded Paul get some sleep.
A/N
Hope you guys are liking things so far, let me know how your feeling about the relationships and suck, there will be more Cullen's, I just wanted to get the base relationship delevoped for Lilly and Paul. Please Review thanks for reading.