Disclaimer: Everything Twilight belongs to Stephanie…
PAUL POV
Its been three weeks, since we had the run in with James. Things couldn't have been better. Bella moved in with me shortly after I asked her, and we've been closer than ever. The day after the whole James incident, Bella talked to her stepfather Phil and decided that it would just be best if she stayed here. She didn't feel comfortable going back to Arizona for Renee's funeral and Phil understood.
After a long talk with Sam, it was decided that Brady and Collin could tell there father about them, and they had the entire pack there to back them up. It took about a week for there father to come around, but when he did, the reunion between him and the boys couldn't have gone any smoother. Unfortunately though it did not stop them from being at my house every waking second. But at least there dad wasn't threatening to kick them out anymore. We explained to him the bond we all had with one another, our brotherhood, and told him that we would be there for them regardless of whether or not he 'allowed' it. And he pretty much backed off.
Edward and Tanya came back from Denali a few days after James was taken care of, but then left again for some part of the world. Tanya was a little upset that her sister was unfortunately dismembered and than burned, but she seemed to get over it pretty quickly. She understood that Irina fucked up pretty bad.
As weird as this is going to sound, Jasper and I became close friends. He told me about his past in the southern vampire wars, and what he's been through since. I give that man a lot of credit. And now I fully understood why James almost pissed himself when he said his name. Shit I was freaking out just listening to it.
Alice and Bella…well, whenever Alice was around, Bella disappeared. Shopping, or dressing up, or whatever the hell they do together.
Bella and I had a long discussion a couple of weeks back about what we wanted to do with ourselves in the future. She said she loved my cooking, and I loved hers. So after some searching and doing a lot of homework, we decided that we were going to open a small deli/ diner in LaPush. The guys could work there and earn some extra cash, and when they were needed, they could leave. Bella is going to be doing some classes online to get a business degree, and a degree in accounting so she can run most of the shit that goes on behind the business. With the settlement that I got from my dad's death, that I received when I was twenty one and the money that Bella had, we had plenty to start up the business.
"Paul?" Bella said pulling me out of my deep thought.
"Yeah babe?"
"I want to go out tonight." she said.
"Where do you want to go?"
"Port Angeles."
"What's in Port Angeles?" I asked.
"That new club."
"Babe as much as I'd love to go with you to a club, your not twenty one yet. You wont be able to get in."
"Yes I can… I looked it up, they have an open mic night, and karaoke on Saturdays, open to anyone eighteen and older." She said looking up at me.
"Ugh fine… I didn't know you liked karaoke."
"I don't." She said turning to walk away.
"Hey where are you going?" I asked
"Do me a favor and call Jared and ask him if he'll come…oh and to bring Kim…..I'm going to call Alice and Jasper and see if they want to come." She said walking up the stairs.
Walking over to my cell I picked it up and quickly dialed the number.
"Hey…what's up?" Jared asked from the other end.
"Not to much….Bella wants to go out tonight and wanted to know if you and Kim want to come." I said.
"Oh, okay…hold on…" I heard him put the phone down and walk away. Waiting for a few minutes, he finally came back. "Yeah we're in. Where are we going anyways?"
"Bella said she wanted to go to an open mic karaoke thing they had at the new club in Port Angeles."
"Why in the hell would she want to go to that."
"Your guess is as good as mine… meet me at my house in an hour."
"Okay…see you." He said.
I heard the door slam open just then and a blur run up the stairs. Ahhh… the pixie's here. Shortly after Jasper walked through the door.
"I take it your going?" I asked with a smirk.
"Yeah… as soon as Bella told Alice what she wanted to do, she dragged me out the door. Emmett will be over shortly, I think he wanted to see what Quil was up too."
"Alright have a seat. Jared and Kim will be over in a little bit too. Bella asked me to call them to see if they wanted to go."
"Cool…" He said turning his attention to the game on the tv.
A few minutes later Emmett and Quil came running through the door with Brady and Collin following shortly after.
"Hey guys what's up?" I asked.
"Nothing… bored. We were wondering if we could hang out here for a little while." Collin said.
"Sorry guys but were going out. You and Brady cant be left here alone." I said.
"We'll watch them." Quil and Emmett both said at the same time.
"NOOOO." Came from a chorus of people from across the house.
"Why not?" Quil said.
"Because you and Emmett are not going to be hanging out here, together, without anyone here to watch you." Bella said coming down the stairs.
"Well, where else are we supposed to go?" Emmett said.
"Go back to your house." I said.
"They cant." Jasper replied.
"Why not?" Bella said.
Both the guys dropped their heads and where gazing at the floor.
"Because they were grounded for a month. There not allowed to be in the house together." Alice said.
"What did they do to get grounded." Bella asked.
"They were throwing a stick across the house at one another, and they threw it into Esme's china cabinet. Some of that stuff was over 100 years old." Alice replied.
"He started it." Emmett said.
"You're the one that threw it…" Quil replied.
"You threw it first…."
"Did not…"
"Did too…"
"SHUT UP." Bella yelled, shutting everyone up. " You guys are not staying here when we're not here, you can go into the woods or something."
"Fine." They both said walking towards the back door.
"Collin, Brady, why don't you go over to Jakes and see what he's doing." I said turning to look at them.
"Ugh…okay." They said walking out the front door.
"You guys ready to go?" I asked, noticing everyone standing by the door, I guess waiting on me.
"Yeah, but what are we taking?" Bella asked. I guess we never thought of that.
"I brought Emmett's Jeep." Jasper said. "It's big enough to fit everyone."
We all walked out the door and climbed into the jeep. Jasper took the wheel and we were off to Port Angeles. Jasper got us there in less than forty five minutes, and when I saw the line outside of the club, I was beginning to change my mind about the entire evening.
"Come on… Alice will get us in." Jasper said, probably feeling the anxiety from having to stand in a line all night.
Sure enough Alice walked up to the bouncer and whispered something into his ear. He smirked and said something back to her, then stepped aside letting us all pass into the club. I didn't fail to notice all the pissed off people outside cussing us out either.
"I take it you do that often?" I asked.
"Sometimes." Alice said giggling.
We quickly made our way in and found a table near the front. The girls all disappeared to the bar, where there was a sign up sheet for the songs they wanted to sing. The guys, including myself decided to just sit back and watch. I know I couldn't sing, and I wasn't going to pretend to try either.
A few minutes later Alice walked back towards the direction that we entered the club from, and Bella and Kim were smirking at each other, walking back to the table.
"Where'd Alice go, and what's so funny?" Jasper asked before I got a chance too.
"She'll be right back…she had to umm…. Do something for me." Bella said smirking again.
I knew we weren't going to get any answers so I let it go. These girls have proved numerous times, that its better not to ask. Alice came back a few minutes later, walking from the direction of the stage. How the hell did I miss her coming back in?
We sat around for about forty five minutes listening to other people try to sing, and it was highly amusing.
"Next we have Alice Cullen…Alice the stage is yours." The bartender said.
Alice stood up and made her way to the stage. We all started laughing when the music started playing. Don't Cha by the Pussycat dolls. She had it down though. She was shaking her ass and running her hands up and down her body. Jasper was sitting next to me twitching in his seat. When the song ended, she hurried off the stage and jumped into Jaspers lap. The crowd was already cheering, and with the display that her and Jasper were putting on, they were getting louder and louder by the second.
"Hey…guys…knock it off." Bella said laughing.
"Ugh…sorry Bella." Jasper said pulling away.
"Lets give another round of applause to the lovely Alice Cullen…" The crowd erupted again. " Next we have the lovely Kim Jenks… the stage is yours."
Kim made her way to the stage. When the music started playing Jared and I almost fell out of our seats laughing. Who knew Kim had it in her. She was singing Shakira's She Wolf. I thought Jared was going to run up there and pull her down a few times. The guys were moving closer to the stage, and a few times, Jasper had to send him calming waves. When the song was over, he ran up to the stage and she jumped off into his arms. I guess he didn't want her walking through the men. He kissed her hard when they got back to the table.
"Awesome Kim…nice job… okay up next we have an original. Bella and Jared, your up." The bartender said.
"Bella, why did he call my name?" Jared asked her, and I kind of wanted to know too.
"Jared…do you remember that song that you played for me all those times?…The one I said was my favorite."
He nodded.
"Will you come up and play it now?" She asked, giving her puppy eyes.
"Ugh Bella, you should have told me." He said giving in. "I don't have my guitar here."
"Sure you do…its up on stage." Alice said.
I looked over to the stage and sure enough there was his guitar, propped against a stool sitting in the middle.
"Fine come on." He said standing and reaching for her hand.
"Jasper I need some calm here." She said to him real quick and I'm guessing he threw her some. "I love you babe." she said leaning down to kiss me. She pulled away all to quick and made her way to the stage, Jared following closely behind.
"Hi..I'm Bella, and this is my close friend Jared. We're going to be playing an original tonight. I actually surprised Jared with this. He wrote the music, but because he cant keep a secret I wrote some lyrics to it, and never told him. This is for you Paul." She said looking at me.
She turned to look at Jared as he started strumming his guitar. And then she started singing.
It's not so easy loving me.
It gets so complicated
All the things you gotta be.
Everything's changing
But you're the truth
I'm amazed by all your patience
Everything I put you through.
And when I'm about to fall
Somehow your always waitin
With your open arms to catch me
You're gonna save me from myself
From myself, yes
You're gonna save me from myself.
My love is tainted by your touch
Cuz some guys have shown me aces,
But you've got that royal flush
I know it's crazy everyday
Well tomorrow may be shaky
But you never turn away
Don't ask me why I'm Cryin
Cuz when I start to crumble
You know how to keep me smiling
You always save me from myself
From myself, myself
Your gonna save me from myself
I know its hard, its hard
But you've broken all my walls
You've been my strength, so strong
And don't ask me why I love you
It's obvious your tenderness
Is what I need to make me
A better woman to myself
To myself, myself
You're gonna save me from myself. ~
The music ended and the crowd cheered harder than ever. She stood there looking at me, but I didn't know what to think. I was so overwhelmed that she wrote a song for me. And I knew this song had more meaning than anyone in this place knew about.
"Thank you." She said pulling her eyes away from mine. She turned quickly and gave Jared a hug, and they walked down off the stage hand in hand.
"That was amazing Bella." Kim said walking up to her… " You were really good to babe." She said pulling Jared into another passionate kiss.
"Did you like it?" She said turning to face me. Like it…. Holy hell…
"Babe that was perfect." I said pulling her into my lap.
"You know what its true." She said into my shoulder.
"What's that?" I asked.
"You saved me Paul…from myself."
"You saved me too Bella" I said holding on even tighter.. She lifted her head and brought her lips down to meet mine. It wasn't desperate. It wasn't needy. It just was.
After a few minutes I pulled away and looked down into her eyes.
"Come on…Lets go home."
The End.
I hope you all enjoyed it. The song was called Save me from myself by Christina Aguilera… Review if you'd like….
