PAUL-

I stayed on the beach behind boulders for a long while after both of the pack members left. I could no longer feel Evelynn around me, like it had always been before. She really was gone.

I was so angry at her, though. I didn't want her to give up that easily. That just wasn't like her! From the first day I met her, I knew that. She must have known the fight was a lost cause.

I sighed, yet again today and tensed my haunches. They were no longer hurting.

She could have died, what with staying around that vampire. But obviously her loving friendship was more than her life. It made me ache to think that way.

I was alone out here, so I took the spur of the moment chance to go after her. Maybe if I couldn't convince her to give up the madness, I would at least see if she knew what she was doing.

I passed straight into the woods, and followed her scent, though it got scattered in the rain, up to a little red house that a few teenage boys were loitering around. And there she was, soaked to the bone, in MY clothes. They didn't seem to eye her much, yet. Except for that short kid, Quil. I picked up his words and glared hatefully at him, though I knew he wouldn't see it, or even understand it. Even I didn't understand my own actions.

She walked inside, dripping all across the hard wood floor. From here I could see all eyes on her. I could only pierce their backs with hate. I had never seen her around anyone but happily taken Sam and me. I didn't like them to butt into our small little world.

I sat down and just waited for the girl in an only guy home to get back. One of the boys intrigued me, though. He didn't seem to even regard the spunky Evelynn more than some acquaintance. It frustrated me to only guess what these people were thinking.

Soon after, Lynn moseyed out in tight jeans and a showy little top. I laughed at myself scornfully for staring. Stupid girl, tries to do things her way, such a Diva Queen. I remembered my promise of having to beat her in battle and collected myself.

Ok. I have to get her back so I can flatten her. I cleared my throat, and sniffed the air, my sensitive nose picking up on the scent emanating from the girl.

*Dammit, the idiot!* I shook my head, flattening my ears and growling very low.

Lynn blew the boys a kiss and skipped over to a little red car that she hopped right into. She wasn't smiling. So, was it only a mask when she was around people? She revved the engine and suddenly, both of us were flying, her on the road, me through the thickets of trees.

Woods and more woods followed in front of me, and I knew I was going to pass the border before it even happened. I risked it, hoping she wouldn't stay here forever. I couldn't get caught by anyone.

"Hey, Mikey!" I crouched low under a bush near the edge of the wood beside a little home in Forks. I could see her, and a puny blond boy standing on a porch. I perked my ears up when the nicknames were thrown out. Baby? She couldn't like this little guy could she? I resisted the heat centering up in my core and breathed deeply a few times. There was no spark, no spark. I repeated to myself, wishing I could just pounce right on that bastard and tear him apart.

For so long, I've been asking myself what was up with me, what were these stupid urges that happen on occasions like these, and I have yet to figure it out. I just tried my best to stay in control, just enough to make my appearance a secret.

It got harder to control myself the further the conversation went. How dare that kid think he could just say those kinds of things to Evelynn. Some nerve. But then again… she seemed to be at ease with it, and that I would never be able to stop.

*What the hell is wrong with me?* I cried out mentally, ramming my head on the ground as I lay on my stomach and paws.

While I beat myself up, I caught the next dramatic scene, except this one made my stomach lurch. I saw as that bastard lifted her sleeve, the semicircle holes where my teeth sunk into her now delicate skin. They hadn't hardly healed. Of course it wouldn't, she was 'human' again. I cursed at myself.

"It was just one of those traps hunters use to catch foxes. It's nothing." I could feel my heartbeat speed up. I knew she wouldn't tell, but I could hear the sensitivity in her voice. I had gone to help her, and ended up hurting her more than I ever wanted.

*No, that's not right. I do want to flatten her, right? So, in order to do that…* I rolled my eyes at myself. Here I was actually TALKING to myself. This was the only other reason she was coming back. At least with her constant annoying chatter, I could get some rest from my own crazy head.

"Lynn, you're impossible. I feel sorry for whoever has to take care of you." I narrowed my eyes.

*Yeah, you would. Nice try asshole. She doesn't fall for reverse psychology.* My lips curled back and I buried my muzzle under my front paws from letting a growl escape.

I was right, though. I saw her kick him and grinned to myself.

I decided, after getting riled up yet again as he kissed her cheek, that I should take my leave and return to Sam before he got suspicious. I took one last reluctant glance at the girl in the red car and took off running for the house in the woods.