Dear Viewers,
Sorry that this is a little late in the night, and that there's only one update, but I think I have everything planned out so that the Christmas special comes out on Christmas Eve, so stay tuned until then and enjoy this chapter!
Michelle
Alright! Everything's gonna be so bright
Welcome to your destiny
Believe in yourself the answers will come
Alright! Everything's gonna be so bright
Life is but a melody
Heaven knows, Heaven knows you've waited so long
And soon you'll be singing your song
Alright—Shiloh
Chapter 52
Paul's POV
"What is going on in there?" I asked as I held Sophie's head in my lap.
Her breathing was bad and she wasn't moving at all. I was getting really worried, what if she chose Jonas? What if she became a vampire and I lost her forever?
"I can't read her mind, it's blocked off completely, as in it hurts to even try to get into her mind." Edward said.
I sighed. Suddenly, Sophie became right cold and her skin paled a shade lighter. What the hell?
"When her temperature changes it means she's gotten closer to choosing either one of us, by the look of her, I'd have to say that she's close to choosing me." He said smugly with a smirk.
"Come on Soph, be smarter than that." I groaned in a whisper. But, just as soon as she became cold, she went to being right hot, as hot as me and her colour returned to normal. "That's a girl Soph, please, please, please stick with me."
"No!" Jonas shouted and wriggled in Jasper and Emmett's grasp. Sophie became cold once again, but then went to being right hot.
Then what happened next scared me. Sophie became cold, but she stayed like that, she wasn't going back to being warm, not even close.
"Looks like I've won, she'll start screaming soon so I'd cover my delicate ears if I were you." Jonas said.
"No." I said, a cross between a shout and a sob. "Come on Sophie, come on be smart, and don't fall for his tricks. Come back to me, come back to me as a human, I would never stop loving you if you became a vampire but you would hate yourself if you did." I stroked her hair and held her face.
As soon as I said it, Sophie became as warm as me again, and stayed that way. Her breathing went back to normal, her heartbeat sounded like it was supposed to, and I saw her eyes flutter beneath the lids.
I gave a sigh of relief. "Sophie." I stroked the side of her face and she turned her head into my hand.
Her eyes flew open. "Paul?" She asked.
I smiled at her. "Yeah sweetheart, it's me." She gave me a smile and I leaned down and kissed her lips. "Welcome back to the land of the living."
She gave me a confused look. "What?"
"You don't remember anything that happened?" I asked curiously.
"The last thing I remember is passing out in a clearing after Jonas bit me." Her eyes widened and she sat up. "Jonas bit me, does that mean I'm a…" She left off and looked down at herself.
"Something happened, since I marked you," I touched the left side of her neck. "You didn't change into a vampire. So…" I looked back at Emmett and Jasper who were holding a very pissed off Jonas. "You know what to do."
"No! Sophie don't let them do this! Don't even love me a little?" Jonas shouted as they took him out the door.
I pulled Sophie into my arms as she said, "Not at all." We could all hear Jonas's screams until, nothing, and then I smelt the smoke and held Sophie as close to me as I could.
*_*_*Two Days Later*_*_*
Sophie's POV
"Do I have to go back? I've only been here about four days the whole time you were out, even though I've been keeping up, I don't really think I want to go back to class." Paul said as he parked his truck in the school parking lot.
"Ah, come on Paul, if I could do it last Monday, you can do it this Monday." I said pulling my bag over my shoulder.
He sighed. "Fine, but are you ready to be seen with me as my girlfriend? Since I was previously known as the man-whore of La Push? I mean I know Kim got a lot of grief for a while for being Jared's girlfriend, and I know it'll be even worse for you." Paul said stroking my cheek.
"Paul, everybody already knows thanks to my outburst last Monday, if they stare, they stare. I don't care, and I hope you don't care either." I said taking his hand and placing a kiss on it.
"Okay, then let's go in, because I want to show you to everyone as my girlfriend." He said. He got out of the truck and came around my side to open my door and help me out. He slid one arm around my waist and held his bag with his other arm. He was finally all healed and that's why he was able to go back to school today.
As soon as we walked through the doors of La Push High, everybody quieted down to whispering and stared at us. Some girls were giggling, some girls were right shocked, and over half of them looked jealous and were pouting. The guys were a whole different story; they all looked at me with longing, or half of them looked angry at Paul. Why did they act like this? It's not as if any of them had even acknowledged my presence before, why should they now just because I was Paul's girlfriend?
"Why are all the guys staring at me like that?" I whispered to them.
"You didn't know? Almost all the guys here have had little crushes on you, most of them were too afraid to act on them though." He whispered back to me, and placed a kiss on my cheek.
I chuckled. "So I wasn't invisible to everyone? Huh, that's news to me." I said.
He chuckled. "It shouldn't be, you're a beautiful girl, even when you felt like nobody paid attention to you, trust me, everybody did pay attention to you." He whispered as I opened my locker.
"Really? Wow, I never knew that." I got the things I needed and we headed towards Paul's locker.
"I'm not surprised, you usually kept your head down or you just talked with Kim." Paul said grabbing his stuff.
"Yeah, I guess that's right." I sighed.
"So how have the wedding plans been coming along?" Paul asked as we walked to first class.
"Good, we've got everything figured out, dresses ordered, church book and we're cooking everything ourselves. All we need to do now is order the flowers to go with the theme colours, send the invitations and go for dress fittings this weekend. Also, you, Castor and Jared have to get fitted for the tuxes, you guys are the groomsmen." I smiled up at him and he smiled down at me.
"Who's the best man and the maid of honour?" He asked as he opened the classroom door for me.
"Leah and Castor." I answered as we sat down.
"Who are the other two bridesmaids?"
"There's me and Emily's younger sister Ericka, she's about 14, a few days younger than Brady and Collin." I said.
"Oh, okay, so when is she coming down?" Paul asked.
"Well, she's actually coming down and living with Emily. Her parents thought it'd be good if the two sisters weren't separated anymore because of how much they miss each other." I said.
"I think that's a great idea, does she look anything like Em?"
"There are a few similarities, I just can't wait to meet her, she's moving in this weekend before we go for the dress fitting." I smiled.
Paul chuckled. "You seem very excited." He leaned in and gave me a quick kiss.
"I am." Jared and Kim came in and sat down in front of us just as the bell rang.
Classes were normal, except for the looks I got, but other than that they went on smoothly. Now was lunch, lunch was always the most awkward time before Paul and I got together, now it would probably just get a lot more awkward.
I bought my lunch and sat down at the table with Kim and the rest of the guys.
"So how was the first day of school as you and Paul being a couple?" Jared asked me.
"Strange, everybody gave me looks and you know what, they actually freak me out." I said as Paul put an arm around my shoulders.
"You shouldn't think about this Soph, you were the one who said you didn't care." He whispered against my temple.
I gave a sigh. "I guess you're right, it's just that all the stares kind of..." I looked around the cafeteria as everyone in it occasionally glanced my way and back down at their trays. "...give me the creeps. I've never been the center of attention before, well before last Monday as well I guess."
"Well don't let them, they only stare because they are jealous and want to be with you. Don't let that bother you." Paul said, kissing my temple.
"Okay." I said.
After lunch, and after my classes, the awkwardness and the staring, I was in Paul's truck and we were heading to Sam and Emily's place. That's where everyone was headed, as usual. It was like there was always a party at their place with the amount of people that are always there. Excluding Sam and Emily, there were ten wolves and five Imprints (not including Arabella and Audrey who weren't here). It's a wonder they haven't gone broke yet.
"So Sophie, how was your day at school?" Sam asked as I sat down at the counter-bar type thing.
"Awkward, strange, uncomfortable, gave me the creeps...you getting the picture?" I asked.
Sam laughed. "Yeah I get where you're going with this."
"Everybody stared, shocked stares, jealous stares, angry stares—"
"Not to mention the jealous and angry stares I received." Paul said wrapping his arm around me.
"Those I still don't understand." I muttered under my breath.
"I do, I'm the lucky guy in the school because I got what almost every guy in our school wanted." Paul whispered in my ear, his breath tickling my neck and I giggled.
"I'm sure they all want Mindy more than they want me." I said as I pecked him on the lips.
His eyes narrowed at me. "Trust me Sophie; nearly everything about her is fake."
"Well, then I'm glad because now I know she won't steal my man from me." I smiled at him.
He chuckled. "You wouldn't have to worry about that even if she wasn't fake."
I laughed. "Good, because you're stuck with me and you're mine."
He touched the mark he made. "Just like you're mine and stuck with me."
We went in to kiss, but, the sound of Quil's groan made us pull apart. "You guys are too mushy, lovey-dovey towards each other for my liking. It's like watching some popular romance soap opera on TV."
Paul and I started laughing and then everyone else joined in. Quil just picked up Claire and started mumbling under his breath as he held Claire in his arms. This was how it was supposed to be with us, our giant family; all laughing with each other and just having a good time.
The drama was over with me, no more vampires out to kill me; no more Father's abusing me, no Mother's gone AWOL and nobody else tormenting me. The bad times were over, and all the best times were just beginning.
I couldn't wait for them to happen.
Certainly sounds like an ending, doesn't it? But don't fret my faithful readers; it is not the end, yet.
But, more good news, I know there's definitely going to be a...SEQUEL! I have it all planned out in my head, it's about the second generation of this big family...and that's all I'm going to say for now.
So until next week, I hope you have a wonderful week, I know I will since this is my last school week before Christmas break. WOOHOO!
PS: There are going to be pictures of Arabella and Audrey up soon, and maybe even a picture of Emily's sister, Ericka.
Just For Fun:
I'm a little disappointed that nobody got what JASON stands for, I'll give it a go for one more week, then I'll tell you.
