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CHAPTER 11

The next morning Lierah and Jacob walked to school together. Lierah made her way to her locker to get her books out for class and saw someone was standing in front of her locker. As she got closer she could tell it was Paul and let out a frustrated sigh. She would have to deal with him before her first class, it was like she couldn't get a break from him lately. When Lierah got to her locker he looked over at her.

"Good morning," Paul said.

"Good morning," Lierah replied and he stepped out of the way and Lierah opened her locker.

After going to his locker Jacob met up with Quil, Embry and Jared before class and the the four of them went to find Paul, they all knew he had been feeling bad because he was getting anywhere with Lierah. He had treated her horribly for the past two years and now he was paying for it. The four of them stopped when they saw Paul with Lierah at her locker and it looked like they were talking.

"So did you have a good night?" Paul asked Lierah.

"Yes."

"No strange dreams?" he asked curiously.

"No."

"That's good for you I guess," he said.

"Yeah guess so," she sighed and closed her locker and looked up at Paul.

"So Lierah I was wondering if I…." he began but was interrupted by a voice calling his name.

"Paul!" it was Rori.

"Rori," he growled angrily and Lierah arched her eyebrows, shocked at the angry tone he used.

"Paul," Rori said again and Lierah saw Paul cringe.

"Paul what are you doing over here?" she asked and glared and Lierah as she looped her arm through Paul's but Paul yanked his arm away from her and stepped aside. Lierah looked at Paul shocked that he pulled away from her, almost as shocked as Rori.

"Don't touch me," he told Rori.

"But Paul I though maybe I could come over tonight," she said as she ran her finger down his arm.

"I said don't touch me," he growled and Rori let out a sigh. "And you know you don't come to my house."

"Well you could come over to my house, for a little fun," she smiled.

"Rori, what part of you and I are over are you not getting?" he asked frustrated. "Because I meant it."

"Paul I…"

"Rori don't," he said angrily. "You and I will not be seeing each other again."

"Why?" she asked and glared at Lierah who was staring at them. "You like her now or something?" Rori asked

"Think we should make our way over there, Paul looks close to loosing it," Embry said.

"We might need to move closer," Jared said and the four of them moved closer to Paul and Lierah.

"Its none of your business Rori, just go," Paul told her.

"I never thought fat girls would be your thing Paul," she spat.

"Rori!" he yelled. "Just shut up and walk away," he added angrily as he started to shake.

"You do like her," Rori said shocked. "Don't know what the appeal is," she added rudely.

"Rori," he growled and punched the lockers leaving a dent in them. Rori and Lierah both jumped, he continued to shake as Jacob, Embry, Quil and Jared ran over to try and get the situation under control.

"Paul," Lierah said. "Paul," she said again and she slowly reached out and touched his arm. Paul spun around quickly and glared at whoever touched him but when he realized it was Lierah his gaze softened and his shaking started to lessen.

"Lierah" he said softly.

"Paul, there is no reason to get so upset," she told him. "She's definitely not worth it." she added as she started rubbing his arm and his shaking slowly stopped. "Is your hand ok?"

"My hands fine, I barely felt it." he told her.

"Paul," Jared said and he glanced over and saw Jared, Jacob, Quil and Embry. "Maybe you should go cool off a little, run off some steam."

"Jared I…" he said. "I'm ok." he told him.

"We'll both go ok," Jared said and Paul glanced at Lierah.

"We'll stay with her," Jacob told him.

"Alright," Paul agreed. "I need some air anyway," he added. "See you at lunch." he said to Lierah and ran off with Jared.

"You ok?" Jacob asked Lierah.

"I'm fine Jake," she assured him.

"Why the hell is everyone so interested in you all of a sudden?" Rori snapped. "Its not like you're that pretty."

"Rori listen…." Jacob began but Lierah held up her hand and Jacob stopped talking.

"Don't Jake," Lierah said and she turned to Rori.

"I don't know what your problem is but I wish you would just leave me alone," Lierah told her. "And get it through your head that Paul doesn't want you." she told her.

"Why? Because he wants you," Rori said and laughed. "You're just some phase and when he's done with you he'll come back to me," Rori smiled. "You'll see." she told her. "Girls like you don't end up with guys like Paul, he'll end up with me eventually."

"If he's going to end up with you Rori, how come you've never seen his house or been inside it?" Lierah asked and Jacob smiled.

"Well I…that's not the point."

"It is the point," Lierah told her. "Did you ever think there's a reason he doesn't want you in his house?" she asked and Rori just stared at her. "Just leave me alone Rori," she told her. "Lets just go." Lierah told Jacob and he nodded and they made their way down the hall with Embry and Quil.

"So are you sure you're ok?" Jacob asked and Lierah stopped walking and looked over at him. He actually looked worried.

"I'm fine Jake," she assured him. "Is Paul ok? I mean will he be ok?"

"Paul will be fine," Embry assured her. "Don't worry about Paul."

"But he left a dent in the lockers," Lierah pointed out.

"Jared will make sure Paul's ok," Quil told her. "Don't worry and you'll see him at lunch."

"I will."

"You're sitting with us right?" Jacob asked.

"Yeah sure," Lierah nodded. "I'm going to class." she added and walked away.

Jared and Paul ran away from the school and into the woods. Paul seemed calm now but just in case Jared wanted him away from the school where they couldn't be seen, just in case he needed to phase or got angry again.

"Ok Paul," Jared said. "Talk to me," he told him.

"There's nothing to talk about," Paul said quietly.

"Paul we've been friends since we were kids," Jared said. "Just tell me what's going on."

"My imprint hates me, will never like me and I only have myself to blame for it." he told him as he walked a few steps away and leaned against a tree. "I've been horrible to her, she'll never trust me and I can't blame her for it." he told him. "I'm not a nice guy and she knows that, but I can't just give up."

"And you shouldn't," Jared told him. "Its going to take a lot of patience with Lierah"

"I know, its just she's so….and I'm just…."

"Uh-huh," Jared smiled. "You want to finish those sentences.

"I'm not the kind of guy she should be with. I know I'm no where good enough for her, she deserves better."

"But you're what she has now," Jared told him.

"And how come I never realized how pretty she was before." Paul said. "Because she really is pretty," Paul admitted. "She has such pretty bright green eyes," he said. "And on the rare occasion she smiles, she has a really nice smile and smooth skin." he told him. "I took her to my house yesterday."

"You never take girls to your house," Jared said shocked.

"She's not just a girl."

"I know," Jared said. "She like your house?"

"Actually she did and she seemed very impressed that I did most of the work myself."

"Well that's something." Jared told him and he nodded.

"Not enough."

"Whether you believe it or not, you're doing really good, you just need to try to keep that temper of yours under control."

"I'm trying," Paul sighed. "Its not that easy." he sighed and covered his face with his hands. "Its easier around her though, like in the hall earlier how she was able to calm me down by just touching me."

"It's just the effect our imprints have on us Paul," Jared told him. "They're exactly what we need, the two of you balance each other out."

"I'll be lucky if she wants to be friends," he sighed and sat down on the ground. Jared walked over and sat down with him.

"Yes you'll be lucky if Lierah wants to be friends with you," Jared told him. "And I don't know what you can do to make things right except what you're already doing."

"If you have any suggestions I'm willing to listen to them." Paul said.

"Girls seem to like flowers," Jared said.

"Lierah likes Orchids, purple ones," he said suddenly.

"Somewhere to start," Jared told him. "Are you up for going back to school?"

"Yeah, Lierah's there," he said and stood up. Jared stood up as well.

"Come on then," Jared said.

Lierah went through the rest of the morning without seeing Paul. She didn't know where him and Jared ran off to but he said he'd see her at lunch before he ran off with Jared. When Lierah walked in the cafeteria for lunch she looked around and saw everyone was at the usual table already except Paul. Lierah walked over and sat down in the empty seat by Jacob.

"Hey," Jacob said.

"Hey Jake," she replied and looked across the table at Jared.

"Paul's ok?" she asked quietly.

"Yeah he's ok," Jared told her. "He's getting lunch." he added and she nodded.

A few minutes later Paul walked over to the table with his lunch. He noticed Lierah was there as he got closer and he noticed she was sitting by Jacob of course. He fought back a growl and took the seat next to her.

"Hi," Paul said softly and Lierah turned to look over at him.

"Hi," she replied.

"Good day so far?" Paul asked.

"Yeah its been ok," she answered. "What about you? Everything ok?"

"Yeah I'm ok," Paul told her and she nodded and he started eating his lunch.

Paul didn't say anything else to Lierah throughout lunch but she talked to Jacob and Embry until lunch was almost over. About ten minutes before lunch was over Lierah decided to go get some air before class and take a short walk. She stood up to leave and Paul looked over at her.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"To get some air before class," she told him.

"I'll go with you," he said and Lierah looked at him.

"Sure, whatever," she said and walked away.

"See you guys later," Paul said and walked after her.

"Lierah," Paul called as he walked after her. Lierah covered her face with her hand and let out an irritated sigh and turned around and saw Paul walking towards her.

"What Paul?" she asked and Paul could tell from her tone she was a little aggravated.

"If you didn't want me to come with you all you had to do was say so," he told her.

"Its not you…." she began but Paul glanced at her and arched his eyebrows. "Ok maybe it is you." she told him and he nodded.

"Are you busy this afternoon?" he asked.

"No Paul, I'm never busy, not usually anyway."

"I was wondering if we could try the whole hanging out thing again." he said hopefully.

"Today?" she asked.

"Yes today," Paul said. "We'll go wherever you want," he told her. "Your house, my house, a walk on the beach, you tell me what you want."

"My uncle should be at work today we can go to my house if you want," Lierah said and Paul nodded.

"Ok," he agreed. "But I really don't mind taking you to my house, I mean that Lierah."

"Ok Paul," she said quietly. "Why do you want to spend time with me all of a sudden, its hard for me to believe you just changed."

"Well I'm still the same guy but I'm trying to be better." he told her. "I want you to trust me eventually for us to at least be friends eventually to."

"At least friends?" Lierah asked.

"Yes," he said. "I understand you don't trust me or like me but I just want a chance to try and change that."

"Ok Paul," she said. "Meet me at my house after school." she told him.

"Thanks Lierah." he smiled. "See you after school." he said and went back inside. Lierah let out a sigh, another afternoon with Paul and this time she wouldn't be able to run away because they were going to go to her house.

"I have no idea what I'm doing," she said to herself and went back inside the school.