Twilight Drabbles
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Paul
Paul;
Paul was a loner, an outsider, someone who was renowned for trouble. People steered clear of him and his father. His mother had left long ago after one too many beatings from his dad; she hadn't bothered to take her young son with her. Paul never forget that the woman who was supposed to care and nurture him had been the first to abandon him. It became a pattern in his life in the early years, as one girl after another tried to get to know him, see beneath the harsh exterior and try to change him. It never worked, they all left him in the end.
Paul and the Pack;
Then Paul phased and his life changed forever, he was no longer a loner, an outsider, now he was part of a pack, he had brothers. They looked out for each other, covered each other's backs when danger was near. Suddenly he had friends who understood, they were all in this together. For once he wasn't the trouble maker but a protector, pursuing and hunting down the tribe's natural enemies. Paul was working for a noble cause and he was proud to. But pride comes before a fall, and Paul was about to fall hard.
Paul and Jacob;
The first thing to upset the balance of his new life was Jacob Black. The chief's son finally phased and all hell broke loose. Suddenly it was all about him and his needs. Paul expressed his concerns to his Alpha, Sam. Why were they letting this young interloper control their lives? He was a drain on their cohesiveness as a pack, all Jacob thought about was Bella this, Bella that. She was the famous leech lover who had been abandoned by their mortal enemy. The stupid girl should be lucky she was still alive. But Jacob was obsessed with her and soon the whole pack was dragged into her sorry mess. Paul hated Jacob.
Paul and Bella;
The second thing to turn his life upside down was his first meeting with the girl he nicknamed 'the leech lover.' Bella Swan came seeking Jacob when Sam warned the young boy to stay away from her. They were all gathered at Jacob's house when she came knocking, demanding to see her best friend. Paul was the one who jeered her, spitting out his sarcastic comments and telling her to get lost. He never expected her to slap him. Paul had been with plenty of girls and upset them too, but none of the had dared to lay a hand on him like that. As her hand marked his skin, he glared at her, his whole body shaking as he began to phase.
She had stepped back in alarm when she realised what she had started. Paul was too far gone to stop the change; he phased into his wolf form and made the mistake of looking into the leech lover's eyes. He didn't have time to realise the consequences of this action as Jacob appeared and phased on the fly, attacking him. They both rolled in the dirt, fighting over Bella Swan. It wouldn't be the last fight they had over her.
Paul and Jacob;
Jacob knew, they all knew about Paul's imprint on Bella Swan. Nothing was secret within the pack dynamic. They could read each other's minds, knew every thought that passed, no matter how fleeting. The pack became fractured as Jacob and Paul began an intense rivalry to win her over. But neither factored in that the leech who had stolen her heart and then broken it would unexpectedly return.
Paul and Bella;
"How could you go back to him?" Paul had yelled at Bella time and again.
Bella had given him her usual excuses, she couldn't live without Edward, he was her life and held her heart. She trotted out the same old lines. "I love you, Paul, but only as a friend." Paul knew she used the same lines on Jacob too.
"Then you are on your own." Paul spat at her, knowing he didn't mean a word of it, the imprint wouldn't let him.
Paul and Jacob;
She had torn the pack apart with her selfishness. They had fought for her against an army of newborn vampires, risked their lives on her behalf because of the love two of their pack felt for her. Now one of their brothers was injured. Jacob lay on his bed, his bones crushed all down one side. Bella had come and gone, telling him she loved him but not enough to leave the cold hearted creature that she believed was her future.
Paul watched her go, he knew that very soon her hold on him would be over. Not too far in the future she would become a cold, dead thing. It was her choice and he couldn't change it. The imprinter did whatever their imprintee wanted.
The others had all gone home to lick their wounds but Paul stayed behind, slipping into the Black's house unnoticed and heading to Jacob's room. He opened the door and looked down on his injured pack brother. The girl they both loved had completely crushed his future leader. There was nothing left for them to fight over and for the first time Paul was glad he genuinely hadn't been in love with Bella Swan, unlike Jacob. He knelt down next to the bed and said something that he vowed he would never say.
"I'm sorry, Jacob." He apologised.
Paul didn't know whether Jacob heard him or not, but he was glad he had said it, because after all the heartache there was only one thing left to hold them all together; the pack. They were brothers and that was all that mattered in the end.
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