A/N: Sorry for the long wait but real life got busy. On the upside, I'm officially a college graduate as of June 10th. So hopefully I'll be able to update more with being done with school. Without further ado, here is the next chapter.

Paul POV:

It's been a few days since I met Bella, my imprint and her son Liam. It's been two days that I've been feeling this loss. I keep going to the beach, hoping that I would run into them again but so far nothing. I'm starting to get super antsy. It feels like it has been months since I've seen her, when in actuality it has only been 3 days. I'm literally at my whit's end. I know that I've been driving the pack crazy with my constant thoughts of Bella.

"Paul!" I heard screamed. I quickly turned my head to see that Sam was trying to get my attention.

"Sorry, what did you say?" I asked him. I was doing my best to keep my mind from wandering back to Bella.

"I said that you and Jake have patrol this afternoon." He replied while shaking his head. "You need to stay focused. I know you can't stop thinking about Bella but you need to keep your head on straight when you're patrolling. We don't need any leeches getting by. Got it?" I nodded my head to let him know that I heard him.

"Yeah, I got it." I told him.

"Good. I know that you're having a hard time being away from her. If we don't see her in a few days we'll go add look for her. Okay?" Sam said looking at me sympathetically.

"Thanks Sam. I appreciate it." I said as I stood up and made my way to the door. I still had a few hours before my shift so I decided to go get some food. I headed towards Sue's diner, making sure that I actually took some money this time. Sue's been cracking down on giving us free food.

I made it there fairly quick and went and found a spot at the counter. Sue came over with her notepad in hand.

"What's it going to be Paul?" she asked with a smile.

"A burger, fries and a coke please Sue." I replied a little glumly. She turned around and gave the cook the slip before coming back over to me.

"Okay, what's wrong Paul? I've never known you to order only one burger and fries. And you seem kind of down." She said as she came over, with my coke in hand and set in down in front of me. She took a seat next to me. I looked up at her and rubbed my chest before taking a sip of my coke. I looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to our conversation before answering her.

"I imprinted." I mumbled incoherently.

"I'm sorry but I didn't understand a word that you just said. Mind repeating that?" she asked.

I looked up at her and repeated myself. "I said I imprinted." There was a moment of silence and I looked up to see that she had the biggest smile on her face.

"Paul, that's wonderful." She said. "But it doesn't explain why you're so down." I was about to answer her when she continued to ramble on. "Wait, she didn't deny you did she? Did you scare her away? Did-" I cut her off before she could continue.

"No Sue." I said somewhat loudly so that she'd hear me over her rambling. She stopped talking and looked at me.

"Then what is it?"she asked.

Once again I rubbed my chest trying to rub away the small ache that I've felt since the moment Bella left my side.

"One, she doesn't even know yet. I only got to see her and talk to her for a little bit. It's just that I haven't seen her in a few days and I can physically feel the loss." I told her glumly. She reached over and placed her hand on top of mine.

"I'm sure it'll be fine Paul. Do the elders know?" she asked me. I refused to make eye contact and was rubbing the back of my neck. The next thing I know, I'm being hit on the head with a newspaper. It didn't hurt but it took me by surprise. I looked up to see Sue giving me the look that clearly meant I was in trouble. Shit! "Are you kidding me Paul? They really don't know?"

"No." I replied and then leaned away from her hand that was coming towards me. She gave me another of those looks and picked up my glass to refill it. "What? It was instinct. I didn't want to get hit with a newspaper again."

"So why haven't you told the elders?" she asked with a pointed look. I shrugged my shoulders.

"Honestly, I haven't actually seen anyone and when I am near other people, I'm usually thinking about her and everything else slips my mind." I told her while picking at the fries on my plate.

"That's understandable" she said "but…you better tell them soon. You know they like to know these things as soon as they happen."

"Yes ma'am." I replied like a scolded little boy. I knew she was right though. The elders are big on keeping records of us wolves. When we phase, our lineage, who we imprint on, etc. "I'll do it as soon as I'm done here." Sue gave me a huge smile.

"Thank you Paul. That's probably a good idea. You know how grumpy those old men get." She said with a wink. I couldn't help but laugh a little because she was right. They do get grumpy sometimes. I guess it comes with the old age or something.

I finished up my burger and fries. I went to get my wallet out so I could pay for my food but Sue's hand stopped me. I looked up at her giving her a questioning look.

"It's on the house today." She said.

"I thought you were through feeding us wolves for free?" I asked.

"Usually that's the case but you didn't really eat that much today." She said.

"True." Was my only response.

"But, you don't tell anyone. Got me?" she said giving me one of those looks again. I truly don't know how she does it. One minute she's all sweet and nice and the next, BAM! She's all giving these scary ass looks and threatening you. I may have gulped a little and nodded my head. She went back to giving me another of those sweet smiles and then patted my cheek before clearing my dishes.

I got up as quickly as possible and high tailed it out of the diner. I decided now was as good a time as any to find the elders and tell them I imprinted. I just hope they don't get mad because I waited to tell them.

E/N: Ok, so there you have it. Now, do you want Paul telling the elders or a little Bella and see what her and Liam have been up to? As always, feel free to throw out any ideas you would like to see and I'll do my best to make them work in the story. Thanks for reading and please leave me a review.