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Chapter 12
Jacob POV
How many more could their be? Sam ordered all the pack to be at Tara's when Paul's ex's showed up. He didn't want a fight to break out or anything happening to Tara or Jason. I was on patrol before showing up, so I showed up about and hour late. There has to be about twenty or more girls here and some are still showing up. I see Paul with Jared and Sam, he's white as a leech and shaking. His eyes are darting around and if any girl other than an imprint comes up to him he runs off to find Tara. I'm pretty sure she's the only thing keeping him calm right now.
I walk over to them slowly, "Hows it been going?"
Sam didn't move his gaze from the crowed," Tara hasn't come down stairs yet. I think she's getting ready."
I nodded. Jared snorted next to me,"Yeah right. Knowing Tara she's waiting until everyone gets here before making an entrance."
We all smirked. That sounded EXACTLY like what Tara would do. I took a good long look around. A lot of people here I know from school and a lot are from Forks. Others none of the pack know who they are and some Paul can't remember their names. He went overboard finding ALL of the girls he's been with before Tara. I move to stand at the bottom of the stairs and watch out for Tara. I hope she's sure she can take all this.
Tara POV
Breath in. Breath out. I have to keep myself calm. I can hear all of the people down stairs. There's a lot. Way more than I expected. Jason is asleep on my bed. I didn't want him alone. I don't know any of these girls so I'm not taking any chances. I looked at myself in the full body mirror. I was only in a pair of fleece pajama shorts and one of Paul's shirts. I had to tie it in the back because its so big. I had left off any makeup and my hair is up in a bun on top of my head. I'm not here to impress anyone.
Quil pokes his head in,"Knock Knock?"
"Ha-ha. Come on in you goof. Emily ready for Jason?"
He grins and picks little man up, "Yeah. Clair is over there too. Paul wants to know if he can come up a minute. He's freaking."
I nod and Quil smiles at me before leaving. I sigh. I can just imagine how these girls are going to look. I bet you they are all beautiful, and know it. I'm throwing myself to the dogs. What was I thinking?
"That your my girl and I'm yours and they better know it." A deep voice says.
I turn and shoot Paul a confused face. "You where thinking out loud."
He walks over and wraps his arms around my waist, burying his face in my neck. "You smell like me."
"Sorry?"
He growls, not loud though. "No. I love it. I love you."
I hug him closer,"I love you too."
Paul growls again, playfully, and throws me onto his back. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and my legs lock around his waist as I squeal in surprise. He smirks over his shoulder at me,"Lets show you off babe."
"Paul I don't.." my sentence is lost in the wind as Paul sprints towards the stairs and down. I squeal again, even though I know he wont drop me. We reach the bottom and Jacob laughs. I growl at him. He hold his hands in front of him with his palms out,"Hey don't kill me. It was funny."
"Yeah yeah. Always gotta laugh at the short one."
"Maybe because of the way you look." a blonde girl sneered as she walked into the door.
I jump down from Paul's back and he wraps his arms around my shoulders.
I turned, out of Paul's grasp, and looked the person in the face. She's about four inches shorter than me even with heels. Her make up is caked on and her cloths don't leave ANYTHING to the imagination.
"At least I don't show everything to everyone."
"Your just jealous that guys will look at me before they do you." She smirked looking at Paul.
"True they might look at you first but look who they run too. Excuse me."
I left her standing there to go get a drink. Sam smiled his barely there smile for me. He was letting me know that he's proud of me. I got a cup and filled it with ice and Dr Pepper.
"That's not to healthy."
I turn to see a shy brunette wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt. She wore barely to no makeup. I smile,"True but I love it." I hold my hand out to her,"I'm Tara Reynolds."
"Jessica Holder. Everybody calls me Jesse though." She shook my hand, then put both her hands behind her back nervously.
" Did you date Paul?" I fixed her a cup with ice and water, offering it out to her.
She took it with a small smile,"Yeah. I'm only a year younger than him. We only dated about a month. It was awhile ago though."
"TARA!" Haley screamed coming into the back door dragging Brady with her.
"Whats wrong? Are you two okay?" I put my drink on the counter looking them over quickly.
Brady swatted my hands away, "Sure sure. Hay was just worried you'd end up in a fight before she got here and didn't want to miss it."
I frowned at them,"I don't plan on fighting anyone. Just met them and show them he's mine. And get under his skin in the process."
Brady chuckles shaking his head,"Your something Tara."
I smirk, "Thank you."
They both hug me and run off to find Seth and Colin. Sam comes, probably to give me a report. I hold up my finger, telling him to hang on, and turn to Jessica. Shes in the same spot looking extremely uncomfortable. I put my arm through hers and pull her towards the living room where I know Paul is and I know Sam will follow. Paul smiles softly when he sees me. When we reach him he leans down to kiss my cheek softly.
"Hi Jessica. Hows you mom?" He asked, straightening up and giving her a one arm hug.
She hugs him back after looking at me quickly. "She's doing alright. I can't stay long. Beau Has somewhere to go and I'll have to be at home with mom."
"Is everything okay?" She looks at me with sad eyes and Paul rubs her back.
"My mom's health isn't good. The doctors said she wont last very long."
"Oh my. I'm so sorry. Is there anything you need?"I ask hugging her. Poor thing! I know what its like to lose my parents and its not easy. Sounds like she has a younger brother too, which means she will have to take care of him too.
Paul looked down at me,"You ever get that car fixed?"
I don't think I've ever seen anyone as tan as her blush. Her face went from caramel tan to bright pink. "I just haven't had the time."
Paul frowned opening his mouth to say something when Embry walked up,"We gotta talk. Sam needs us."
"Well hello to you Embry. I'm doing fine thanks."
He turns to me and smiles, hugging me tight, picking my up in the process," Hello Tara. I'm sorry. I didn't see you down there."
When he put me down I placed my hands on my hips,"I am NOT that short!"
The guys smirked while Jessica was looking at Embry. Her eyebrows scrunched together and she looked a little confused. I pull her to my side and smile,"This is Jessica. Say hello Embry."
He looked at Jess,"Hello...beautiful..."
He got that awe struck look on his face and his eyes got brighter. Paul started smirking and I smile at him. Jessica looked down blushing,"Hello. Its nice to met you."
"Nice to met...yeah its nice to met you too. Um Paul Sam needs to talk to us. Well...um...be right back." With that said, he shots off, Paul following close behind with a big grin.
After that things went uneventful. A few of the girls started to try to fight me but I wasn't in the mood. I'd just tell them the truth and walk away. Jessica and I spent a lot of time together or with the imprints. Kim and Haley love her and we are so excited that Embry imprinted on her. Around two hours after Paul left, all his ex's except Jessica had left. We decided to have a girls night and called Em. She quickly agreed and headed to the house. We invited Jessica, but she said she had to get home to watch her mom. I gave her a huge hug. Giving her mine and Paul's cell numbers and my house number I smile at her, "Call if you need anything. Even if you just need to get away for a bit okay?"
She smiles at me, tears welled up in her eyes,"Thanks Tara."
After Emily got there we all did the usual sleepover stuff and watched movies. We got to sleep around seven in the morning, and not five minutes after the guys burst into the house.
I growl, marching up to the,"OUT!"
They all stopped, stunned. Sam went to Emily, keeping quiet. I couldn't even hear his feet fall. Paul came over, trying to wrap his arms around me,"No no no. Out. You guys are loud when you are human and we just fell asleep when you busted in here like animals."
They all argued that they would be very quiet but they wanted to stay.
"Where is Embry?"
Paul scooped me up,"I showed him where Jessica lives. He's keeping an eye on her for now. Hes going with me tomorrow to check out her car."
I nodded. Falling asleep against his warm toned chest.
Not my best work and I am so sorry for that. Next chapter will be up as soon as possible. Thank you for reading and thanks to the people who are sticking with me!
