Rewrite.

Not all the characters in this story belong to Stephanie Meyer and although it revolves in the world that she dreamed up this story is one of my making.

This is a story of love and death and the main ingredient that is thrown into the mix is

THE POWER OF THE WOLF

PART II

PAUL'S POINT OF VIEW

CHAPTER TWO

GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER

That night as I lay in my bed staring at the ceiling after trying for hours to fall asleep with no luck what so ever, I began thinking of the day that had just past, thinking of the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life, which brought a smile to my face. It also reminded me that if I didn't get any sleep I would probably and more than likely ruin my date with LeAnn tomorrow, or today, I chided. I looked at my alarm clock and noticed that it was already 3a.m. and groaned.

I knew how grouchy I could get without enough sleep, although I was sure that I would no more take it out on LeAnn than I would on any woman, but the guys was another story, I really didn't want to piss off Sam, especially when I'm trying to get to know Emily's niece.

I tried to get comfortable thinking about anything to take my mind off LeAnn, I turned over on my belly and smashed my head on my pillow to get comfortable, I took in a deep breath then exhaled. But once again there she was... Damn, I won't be worth being around tomorrow if I don't get any rest tonight, which brought back memories of Jake, how in the hell did he go through this for over a year… Gezzz how is he not insane? This went on half the damn night… I don't know what time it was when I finally did drift off to sleep. Actually I think I finally passed out of pure exhaustion.

I woke up and stretched, the first thing that came to my mind was LeAnn, with one thought of that beautiful lady brought a smile to my face. I rolled over and looked at the clock… 11 a.m. "Oh Hell! I jumped up out of the bed and ran to the bathroom stubbing my toe on the leg of the bed, OUCH! FUCKIN' HELL! I cursed limping into the bathroom… I jumped into the shower and washed as fast as I could and let the scalding hot water run over my body as I stood there thinking about LeAnn and the pain in my toe I had just stubbed.

When the pain subsided there was nothing but LeAnn on my mind I stood there under the spray of the water that washed over my head rubbing myself unconsciously from the mere thought of LeAnn made me hard as a rock. I looked down oh hell no… I don't have time for you right now, I tried to ignore it by washing my hair but it was becoming painful… Shit! This could become embarrassing especially on a first date… she'll think I'm a whore dog… which I was before I met her but I don't want her to think I'm still like that now especially since she has come into my life. I tried to think about something else to make the hardness soften, dead fish… no, umm the smell of a Vampire…that did it…. I jumped out and toweled dried and wrapped it around my lower part of my body I ran into my bedroom and rifled through my closet trying to find some thing to wear.

I found a pair of my good jeans, smelled them to make sure they were still clean, yeah that will work and slipped them on. I found a wife beater tee-shirt slipped that on. I found a blue dress shirt, putting that on over the tee-shirt. I buttoned it half way up and folded the sleeve to my elbow… I ran back to the bathroom and brushed my hair and teeth, I gargled some mouth wash. I found my flip flops and slid them on my feet I made my bed. I looked over at the clock…Shit! 11: 30 a.m. as my stomach growled, can't have that going on all day I told myself running into the kitchen and sticking my head into the refrigerator.

No left over's… I did see a pound of pickle loaf, I grabbed it throwing it on the counter, opening the cabinet… damn! No bread.

I turned, opened the package of lunch meat I had thrown on the counter. Slice by sliced shoving it into my mouth swallowing before I could even chew it correctly.

I ate it so fast I got the hiccups…laughing at myself for being stupid, feeling like a complete moron, I grabbed a bottled water drinking it straight down. I held my breath….one…. two….three, I counted for as long as I could hold my breath, I let out a breath, waiting, nothing…. good their gone… I stood in the kitchen rolling my eyes because I just remembered I ate after I brushed my teeth…I sighed…back to the bathroom brushed and rinsed my mouth again… on the way out I scanned the clock….11:55 I hung my head and took a deep breath, I ran as fast as I could to Sam's, I knocked on the door, after catching my breath.

Emily answered the door; she rolled her eyes and said, "Come on in Paul."

I went in and scanned the room for LeAnn; she wasn't in the living room. Feeling disappointed that she wasn't there; I stood there in the middle of the room waiting.

"She'll be out in a minute Paul," Emily said as she started to walk to the kitchen then stopped and turned to me once again, "remember what I said," She replied with a serious smirk on her face.

"Yes ma'am, I replied with a smile, as she continued on towards her destination.

I felt awkward as hell standing in the middle of the living room, I never felt like that before I've been in this house a hundred times it's always felt like home to me, until today, hell I even knocked on the door usually we just barge in without knocking making ourselves at home… we're brothers we all do it no matter who's house it was if we didn't want them to barge in we'd just lock the door…enough said. So why did it feel different this time?

Then LeAnn walked out of the kitchen carrying a basket, a smiled immediately crossed my face, she walked over to me putting the basket at her feet and wrapping her arms around my waist. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her close to me. "Good morning beautiful," I said. "Good afternoon Paul," her sweet voice said smiling at me as I smiled back.

I reached down and placed a soft quick kiss on her lips, then looking into her eyes "You ready?" I asked her. She answered by telling me she had packed a picnic lunch for us.

"I hope you're hungry." She said.

"Always," I told her with a smile. I bent down picking up the basket with one hand and grabbing her hand with the other as we walked to the beach.

When we got to the beach I scanned the area trying to remember where there might be a place we could go to be alone. I remembered there was a place that was divided by two huge boulders but the only way to get to it was to wade through the water… it was shallow but I didn't want LeAnn to have to get her feet wet.

I told her my dilemma and that I could carry her if she wished, she shook her head, no, "Paul I won't melt just wadding through ankle high water," she said with a chuckled. I smiled at her.

I don't know about that, I said smiling ear to ear as led the way.

I held her hand as we wadded through the shallow water until finding ourselves on the beach once again, entirely alone. She opened the basket handing me a small blanket that I spread out on the sand. She kicked off her sandals and sat down on the blanket, she pulled the basket to her, pulling out the food she had put in there earlier.

"What do you have in there? I asked sitting down next to her on the blanket, I couldn't help but watch her every move, she looked like an angel sitting there with that beautiful smile that lit up her face, I was lost in those eyes that shined so bright that I could almost see directly into her soul, I didn't hear a word she said as she unpacked the basket of food, as she explained what was inside.

"Um some sandwiches and some chocolate chip cookies and couple of beers," she said as she looked over at me, "Paul, are you alright?" she asked, bring me out of my LeAnn haze, I shook my head to clear it, I smiled at her.

"Yeah… Sorry, I replied as she smiled once again at me while handing me a beer and a Sandwich on a napkin. "Thanks," I told her.

"You're welcome," she said with that same beautiful smile.

I ate my sandwich before she had two bites of hers in her mouth, she giggled. "Emily said you boys had a good appetites, I made more help yourself," she said as I dug into the basket pulling out another sandwich. I ate three to her one…I could have ate more but I didn't want her to think I was a hog especially on our first date.

When we finished she cleaned up, putting everything back into the basket sitting it to the side. I patted the blanket next to me as she scooted over to me. I put my arm around her back to pull her close, I reached down and kissed her soft lips looking into her eyes, "Thank you for the lunch baby," I told her almost in a whisper.

"Your very welcome sir," she said softly.

"So tell me a little about yourself, where are you from?" I asked.

"I was born on the Makah Reservation, I lost my parents two years ago, I have been living with my cousin Emily's Mother since, but she is getting on in age so she sent me to Emily's and Sam's to live." She told me.

"I remember when Emily went to her Aunt and Uncle's burial service, she was really torn up over it, it must be hard for you to lose your parents like that," I told her. Knowing I knew exactly how she felt, but this wasn't about me, it was all about LeAnn today.

"Yes it was, I still miss them, but… it's been awhile now, she said, shrugging her shoulders.

"You don't look that old have you graduated high school yet?" I asked. I was hoping she was at least 18 years of age, even though I looked to be in my early 20's I wasn't a spring chicken any longer, I may have imprinted but that still didn't mean I wouldn't feel as If I was robbing the cradle.

She laughed, "Yes, I have graduated," she said.

"Have you thought about college?" I asked. I also wanted to find out if she was going off to college, with the imprint I knew I would have to be close to her somehow, so I was hoping even if she did go to college that it would be somewhere close so I could see her once in awhile.

She laughed again and lowered her head, "I haven't the money to attend college, besides my grades weren't good enough for a scholarship, I don't do school well," she told me, looking back up at me. I smiled glad she would be staying here on the reservation.

"Me either, I graduated, but just barely," I replied with a snicker.

"So do you have a boyfriend back there on the Rez?" I asked her. Hoping she didn't.

She looked out at the water not saying anything which scared the hell out of me.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to pry," I told her, feeling like a complete heel. She looked at me smiling.

"No, I'm sorry… you have every right to know my story," she said. Oh boy there's a story, I thought to myself.

I waited patiently for LeAnn to begin… She looked out at the water again, as she spoke.

"I was very much in love not long ago; we were going to be married. We did everything together you didn't see one of us without the other, everyone on the reservation knew us they knew how close we were.

We worked together planning our wedding, not making a decision without the other ones approval; we had it almost all worked out too, I was so happy, so much in love. He came to me one day, telling me he was going up to Port Angeles to get me a special gift to show me just how happy I made him, he told me we would be together forever. Just before he left he told me that he would be back no later than six p.m. He said he would come to me as soon as he returned, she sighed sadly.

I pulled her closer to me thinking something happened to him on the way to or from Port Angeles, that she would be a crying mess here within a few minute, I wanted to console her, let her know I was there for her, that I would be there for her for the rest of our lives. But that wasn't the case as she finished her story.

"When he didn't show up at the allotted time I became worried, he was always so prompt, by eight o'clock he still hadn't shown up, I was becoming frantic, so much so that I walked to his house. I knocked but no one answered, so I let myself in. I made myself comfortable on his sofa and settled in to wait."

"I heard a noise coming from the back room, it scared me, I jumped up thinking someone had broken in so I was quietly tried to sneak out the door before anyone saw me. But then I heard a voice," she paused looking down at her hands as tears pooled in her eyes. I pulled her tighter against me to let her know I was there for her, as she began again.

"I heard Thomas's voice coming from the back room, he was home the whole time, I slowly walked to the back room, I stopped at the door and peered in, what I saw there was so distressing to me," she dropped her head again.

"Go ahead honey, I'm here for you," I told her. She closed her eyes as the tears rolled down her face.

"I saw Thomas on top of Miraha Blackthorn they were making love, Thomas was moaning her name while she was screaming for Thomas to push harder. I will never forget that sight as long as I live," she broke down laying her head on my shoulder; I rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head.

"I am so sorry honey that had to of hurt terribly," I told her sincerely, promising myself that if I ever laid eyes on that fucker I would kill him for hurting this angel in my arms.

"Did they see you there?" I asked her. She chucked as she sat up and wiped her tears away. "No I walked out the front door; I slammed it as hard as I could. I ran home. About an hour later Thomas came to my house, when I opened the door he stood there with this huge smile on his face, he had the audacity to say 'hi baby, I missed you,'" she said as we both snickered together.

"What did you do?" I asked her.

She looked at me and chuckled, "I punched him in his jaw as hard as I could, I sprained my hand in doing it but I didn't care." She said, as we both laughed.

"I guess he figured out who slammed his door Hu?" I replied. She smiled.

"Yeah."

"Did he say why he did it?" I asked her. Trying to figure out what possessed him to do something so stupid, because of his actions he lost this beautiful woman, I wondered if he was just ignorant or just didn't care, it's no matter to me, although I wanted to kick his ass for hurting her, I also wanted to thanking him for giving her to me, because he was so stupid, I gained an imprint, he more or less just handed her over to me.

"Oh yeah, he said it was my fault," she said. I could feel the anger building inside of me I began to shake, my hand fisted at my side, I had to get away from LeAnn before I phased and hurt her. I jumped up and walked to the edge of the water, I was trying so hard to gain control of myself.

How could he blame her? How could cheating on her be her fault? I was steaming. I wanted to rip Thomas's head clean off of his body. Then I heard her… that calming voice.

"Paul, are you alright?" She asked as she came up behind me touching my back, With just one touch of her hand my wolf stood down, I relaxing in her touch."Paul," she said again. I turned to look at her. Her eyes were so beautiful and sad I melted when I looked at her. No one has ever been able to calm me down that fast. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her into a hug.

She felt so good in my arms…"I'm fine baby… I get angry very easily especially when someone I love gets hurt," I told her. She pulled away from me and looked at me in shock.

"You love me Paul?" she asked. I smiled.

"You are my imprint, of course I love you," I told her.

She wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling me down to her kissing me passionately, I put one hand at the base of her neck grabbing her hair, and I placed the other hand on her lower back and pulled her to me kissing her back just as passionate. The kissing became intense, I slowly kissed her down her neck and back to ear, I whispered, "Oh God, LeAnn you have got me on fire for you honey." She pulled away and smiled.

"Come sit with me on the blanket baby," she said as we walked back to the blanket and sat down; I pulled her down with me to lay against the blanket, kissing her again. My wolf was fighting to claim her, he wanted her badly, but I knew it was too soon, I had just met her last night, this was our first date, I pushed the wolf back down pulling away from LeAnn, staring into those beautiful brown eyes.

"Paul, I have never been with a man before, I mean sexually," she told me.

"You've never ever been with a man?" I asked.

"No, I haven't, but I want to be with you though, but maybe not today if that's okay, she asked shyly.

"LeAnn, although I would love nothing more than to make love to you, I would never force you into anything you weren't ready for, if you want to wait, that's fine with me, I will wait as long as it takes," I told her as I sat up bringing LeAnn with me placing her on my lap with a smile. I chuckled at the thought that I had finally found my soul mate, plus she's a virgin, no other man has ever touched her and no other man will ever touch her, she was completely mine. I was ecstatic.

"Paul, are you alright?" she asked, I looked at her with a smiled. "I'm perfect baby," I replied tightening the grip I had on her.

She laid her head on my shoulder, and grabbed hold of my hand. Her tiny hand disappeared into mine. "Paul," she said as I looked down at her.

"Yeah," I relied softly.

"I told you about me will you tell me about you?" she asked. I kissed the top of her head and leaned my head against hers.

"What do you want to know honey?" I asked her.

"Everything, I want to know everything about you baby," she said with a sexy chuckle. I smiled at her.

"Okay, um…I too was born on the Makah Reservation," I told her, she looked at me in shock.

"Really Paul?" she said shocked. I smiled nodding my head in agreement.

"Yeah, my Mother was from there but my dad was Quileute, my Father had a bit of a temper," I chuckled looking down at LeAnn who was smiling, "yeah, that's where I get it," I chuckled again. "Anyway he had a falling out with the council and left LaPush, he went to the Makah Reservation, that's where he met my Mother.

Her family hated my Father, they didn't approve of them being together, so they never married. But my father was born and raised here on the reservation; this place kind of has the tendency of pulling you back, no matter how hard you fight to stay away, so my Father came home. He wanted my Mother to come with him but her Father wouldn't allow it. Some months later I was born and her Father passed on to the spirit world. My mother was free to do as she wished after that, so she decided to seek out my Father.

My father never knew of me, she didn't know she was pregnant with me until my Father had left. Her father was upset that she was with child he refused to let her tell him, so after he had passed she took me and came here to LaPush, she did find my Father, he was surprised to see her, even more surprised to see the child she had with her," I told her with a chuckle. They lived together until I was twelve years old, when he passed into the spirit world my Mother and Father never did marry."

"She worked her ass off here on the reservation at the café, she did her best to take care of me saving every penny she could get her hands on to make sure I would be okay, in case something happened to her, then she passed a year after my father," I told her as I looked away. LeAnn touched my face, "I'm so sorry baby," she said.

I reached over and kissed her, "I'm fine honey, it was a long time ago. Anyway she left me the house I live in now, it's a nice place, and it's paid off. She left me a little money, it was enough to live on for awhile, the council seen that I was taken care of, with the help of a few people in the tribe. Jacob still has me working at the shop. Billy, his brother started the shop and I worked with him up till he passed a few months ago. I also work with Sam at his construction company when he needs an extra hand, so…, I said leaving it said at that.

"What kind of work is it?" she asked.

"I'm a mechanic… we work on trucks cars, motorcycles, sometimes lawnmowers anything with a motor." I told her. She nodded her head in understanding.

"Plus I have the guys, so that's about all I can think of about me," I told her.

"What exactly is the Pack?" She asked. I looked at her wondering if she knew everything about the pack, deciding that I needed to talk to Sam and find out what LeAnn knew and what we needed to tell her.

"Um….we are kind of like the protectors, we protect the people.

"You mean like the police?" she asked…I laughed, "kind of, look honey you are my imprint and as soon as Sam releases me, I will tell you everything, I want to share it all with you." I told her.

"Releases you?" she said confused.

"Yeah, it's kind of a secret and he is Alpha what he say's goes even if I wanted to tell you I couldn't it would be impossible," I told her.

"I don't understand baby," she said.

"I know, but you will honey," I said with a smile. She reached over and kissed me again, then she looked at me, "Will you take me for a walk?" she asked.

"Of course, I'd do anything for you," I told her.

We got up and folded the blanket placing it back into the basket. I reached down to pick up the basket throwing LeAnn over my shoulders."Paul," she screamed in delight, as I carried her threw the shallow water setting her on her feet on the other side on the dry sand, as we laughed together.

I held her hand as we walked down the beach, cutting across the woods up to Sam's house.

We stood up on the porch as I dropped the basket holding her in my arms. "I had a great day baby, can I see you tomorrow?" I asked her.

"So did I honey," thank you and I had better see you tomorrow Paul." She said meaningfully.

"Then you will," I said leaning down kissing her lips passionately.

Then that screaming siren went off in my head again, I grabbed my head and lowered it, when Sam ran out of the house, "Come on Paul," he said as he ran passed us. "I got to go baby, I'll call you later," I said while I took off after Sam, leaving LeAnn standing on the porch.

I caught up with Sam as when we got to the woods we phased.

"What's going?" Sam asked the others

"Lynn's got a bloodsucker up at Jake's old house; we took off running as fast as we could.

"Lynn is pregnant can she keep doing this?" I asked.

"She's doing it isn't she, now hurry up Paul," Sam told him.

I ran up to Lynn and got to close and bounced off her shield, she was throwing bloodsuckers all over the place, they were trying to get to her but they were bouncing off her shield.

She didn't have an expression on her face she was concentrating on the bloodsuckers there must have been ten of them, Quill and Embry were tarring them up, Leah and Seth jumped in there as well as Sam and myself, then Jake and Jarred were there we all tore the hell out of the blood suckers we check out the area to make sure we got them all and phased back, "Start a fire," Jake yelled and was already at Lynn side.

"You okay baby?" Jake asked Lynn. "I'm fine she smiled at Jake as looked around at all of us.

"You guys are so cool," she said as we all laughed.

"What happened honey?" Jake asked her, "I was going home, I thought I would stop by the shop to see what time you would be home, but you weren't there, so I was coming out to get in the car when someone came up from behind me, I heard a voice say, "aren't you a pretty little thing," I turned around sending him flying then there were more of them so I just keep throwing them until you all got here, you know the rest," she told us.

"I'm sorry honey, I was delivering one of the cars I was working on to a customer," Jake told her.

"You're apologizing for working Jake," she laughed, "You worry too much," she told him.

If that was LeAnn I would be out of my mind with worry, Powers or not, I have got to tell LeAnn about us, she won't be safe unless she knows to be careful while she out alone, I thought to myself.

"Sam," I yelled..

"Yeah what is it Paul?" "I have to tell LeAnn about us," I told him.

"Yes, yes you do," he said.

"Then you will release me to tell her?" I asked.

"You're talking to the wrong man Paul," he said.

"Hu?" I said.

"Jacob is Pack leader now," he said. I looked at him confused.

"When Jake became Chief he also became Alpha," Sam continued.

"When did all this happen?" I asked.

"Yesterday, you need to talk to him," he said. I stood there stunned, we really need to have a pack meeting to find this sort of thing out, I thought to myself.

"Thanks, oh, and Sam I'm sorry," I told him. That had to suck to be Alpha for as long as Sam had been, he took over after Billy stopped phasing; now he had to give it up when Jake became chief.

"Hey, it's a load off my mind, there the one's with all the powers now," he said laughing.

He was right they are the one's with all the power now, I wouldn't be in his shoes if they paid me, I thought to myself.

I turned and ran to Jake, "Hey Jake," I yelled.

"Yeah," he said.

"I need to talk to you man," I told him.

He was putting Lynn in the car. "What about? Wait a minute," he said. "I'll be right behind you baby," he told Lynn as he kissed her and closed the car door and she drove off.

"Now, what about Paul?" he said.

"I need to tell LeAnn about the Pack," I told him.

"You going to marry her Paul?" he asked. I looked at him with a furrowed brow.

"What has that got to do with anything?" I asked. He shrugged his shoulders.

"I want to make sure she's going to stick around," he said.

"Look Jake what if I'm with her when Lynn calls us again, like almost happened today, I was just dropping her off at Sam's when Lynn called or what if were together and one of the bloodsuckers pops out of the trees, what am I going to do throw rocks at it?" I asked sarcastically. Jake chuckled.

"I see your point, I'll tell you what, come over tomorrow night for dinner bring LeAnn with you; I'll talk to her and see if she really likes you," he said trying to be funny.

"Funny Jake," I said, he laughed.

"Just bring her to dinner, Lynn and I will help you tell her, Okay?" he said sincerely.

"Okay, thanks man," I said.

"Sure, sure, no problem," he said as he climbed into his truck and drove home.

I ran to the woods and phased and ran home, when I got there I phased back and ran into the house and called LeAnn.