The moment that I uttered the word no I instantly regretted it.

Damn it.

Paul's eyes turned into a hurtful gaze, and it broke my heart to see him that way. Leah snickered as the rest of the pack started to break free from the shock of my presumed rejection.

Jared, I assumed, said, "Ohh burn. She rejected your sorry ass bro."

Quil and Jared both laughed hysterically as if it was the greatest thing that they have ever heard. I cringed internally because I knew that things were just going to go south if they keep going at it.

Paul rim of his eyes instantly flashed silver and he snarled at them. They immediately shut up while Sam went in front of me to cover me from Paul. Paul was now definitely snarling but loudly at Sam. It only made Sam to growl in response for his defiance and to lightly push me more from the behind in case Paul decides to sprout out fur in front of us.

I spoke carefully ,trying to deescalate the situation, "No. I'm not rejecting him. I didn't mean to come off like that. I, Uh, was taken by a surprise…" Paul's eyes light up in hope after my explanation, but Sam wasn't taking any chances.

Sam warned, "Paul.."

Paul said roughly, "I won't hurt her. She is my imprint."

What is it with supernatural beings trying to protect me by putting me in the behind? First Rosalie and now Sam.

I continued, "honestly, I'm not sure why I am your imprint. I'm not even Quileute. I wasn't meant to be your imprint from what I know."

Sam asked, "then who was it?"

I said, "It was suppose to be Rachel."

Sam questioned, "Rachel? Chiefs' daughter?"

I continued, "Yeah. Once she comes back from college, I think some time after the newborn fight, Paul would've imprint on her."

Paul snorted but still looking deadly at Sam, "I think I dodged the bullet with her. From what I hear about her, she seems pretty selfish to abandon her family. It seems like the spirits think you are a better match for me."

Seeing that Paul was calming down, Sam relaxed and stepped away.

Paul was in front of me in a blink of an eye and he embraced me. I have never been openly embraced by a man before, so my heart rate increased dramatically. He wasn't wearing a shirt and only wore shorts, so I felt his abs as he embraced me. I knew the wolves were ripped, but I didn't know how much. I relaxed instantly when he embraced me. With his high body heat, the heat felt comfortable to touch. I always though that their body heat would be blazing hot to touch from how Bella described them back in New Moon and Eclipse. I guess its not as hot like I thought.

He was easily towering over me, and my head didn't even reach to his shoulder. Both of his arms were wrapped snugly around my waist. It was so hard to not be self-conscious then I scolded myself No stop objectifying Paul. He doesn't need that, so I let myself relax and Paul embrace me.

I felt Paul sniffing me. I slightly jumped when I felt his nose at my neck as he continued to sniff. It kind of tickled lol. I know it's some wolf territorial thing. I wasn't too bothered by it. He is not being weird.

Then I felt Paul tremble. He said, "Sorry you smell like those leeches. It making my wolf very anxious.."

Paul said "Sam?"

Sam sigh, "I know. ..Ale?"

I respond, "Yeah?"

Sam continues, "Because Paul imprinted on you and we are going to fight soon, it would be best if you stay at the night with Paul .. the first few days, they are going to be very territorial, protective of you. I know the lee..uhm, Cullens gave you a phone to use. I will give you my house phone number if you need anything" as he proceeds to quickly rip a piece of paper on a notebook that was a table, and handing me his phone number on the piece of paper

Oh…I guess that pretty much sums up my time with the Cullens. I doubt he would let me go back to the Cullens anytime soon.

I said as I put the piece of paper in my pocket, "Yeah. I get it. That's fine. Thanks for giving me your phone number."

He spoke to Paul, "Paul I'm letting off patrol so you can spend time with you imprint before the fight. I need you to come back to me focus and ready, alright?"

Then, Paul lifted me off the ground, cradled me to his chest in a bridal style as he went to carry my backpack on his back.

Before he walked out the door, he said, "Yes. Thanks, Alpha."

I closed my eyes while he slowly jogged away from Sam's place. I felt the slight cool wind hitting my face as he jogged. It didn't feel long until he came to a stop. He gestured me to get off, and when I got off and looked forward, I saw a small cottage. It looked like it was newly painted gray cottage. It had a porch in the front with a long arching tree hovering the cottage. There were two cars parked in front of. I couldn't tell what they were from the distance and from my poor eyesight before Paul proceeds to walk inside the house as I followed behind him.

When I got inside the house, I noticed there weren't any decorations in the wall. There was a worn-out black leather couch with a brown wooden end tables at each side. There was a brown recliner, and a small TV on the other side of the couch. Even with the furniture, the living room still seemed pretty spacious. Behind the brown recliner, there was the kitchen. There were three black stools by the long gray kitchen counter.

Paul turned around, blocking me from seeing more of his kitchen. His eyes were still shining sliver at the rims of his pupils. We stared at each other for a moment before he first spoke, "Do you mind showering now?"

I nodded a bit too eagerly, "Oh, Yeah! Um,Where do I go?"

Ugh. That was a bit too much. I wanted to facepalm so strongly from that awkward interaction.

He replied, "The bathroom is down the hall on the left" as he gives me my backpack.

I nodded. I noticed there were two doors on the right, three doors to the left until I was in front of the bathroom. I was about to enter the bathroom until I realized something and stopped. I turned around and asked, "Would it better for me to wear your clothes? The clothes that I have here are from Alice, so even if I shower, I will still smell like them."

Paul grinned, liking the idea, "Yeah. Let me get you my clothes to wear".

He went to his bedroom that was right across from the bathroom. His bedroom had a walk-in closet on the right where he entered to grab a spare of clothes for me to wear. When he opened the bedroom, I was able to take a glance to his bedroom. I could see that there was a king-sized bed in the middle of the bedroom. It had black sheets and a thin black bed sheet.

Haha. Very man-like décor. Its not bad, but it seems very Paul to decorate his house this way.

There was no cover on the bed which makes sense since they are running on a high body heat. They would be dripping sweat if they were to use a cover as they sleep. I waited by the bathroom when he approached me and gave me his white crew t shirt, a black gym shorts, and a black hair tie.

He rubbed the back of his head, "Not sure this would fit you, but here is a tie in case the shorts are too big for you."

I smiled at him as I hugged his clothes to my chest, "Thank you."

He gave me his cocky smile, and I went inside the bathroom. The bathroom had a small bathroom sink, small shower, and a separate long bathtub in the corner. The bathroom sink had a white counter with brown cabinets. There were brown rugs on the ground, and a brown shower curtain.

While I was showering, I was pondering from what I have seen in the house. It seemed like he lives alone. What happened to his dad? From what I remember, both of his parents left the reservation, and he was born off the reservation. I think at Tacoma? His parents got divorced, and he and his father moved back in the reservation. I only know this from Bella's point of view, so I don't know if she even knows what else happened to Paul. I washed my hair and body retimes to make sure that their smell is off of me. Hopefully, that helps. Once I got dressed, I looked through my backpack, and it seemed like Alice forgot to put in a hairbrush.

I sighed. I opened the door, and called out, "Paul?"

Paul immediately appeared by the door, his eyes still glowing silver. He answered, "Yeah?"

I asked shyly, "So Alice forgot to put in a hairbrush in my backpack..Do you have a hairbrush that I could borrow?"

He replied, "Yeah, it's on the small drawer on the right of the bathroom sink". He went and grabbed the hairbrush before I get the chance to grab it.

He asked excitedly with his eyes blazing a stronger silver color at the rims of his eyes, "Can I brush your hair? My wolf is demanding me to touch your hair."

I paused and said, "..sure."

I went in front of the bathroom sink as I stared at the mirror. Paul started brushing my hair. As he was brushing my hair, he was also going through my hair, feeling my coiled hair passing through his fingers. It felt nice as he was going through my hair because of his soft touch and warm temperature. As he was going through my hair, he was humming softly. I wasn't sure what he was humming to, but it was soothing to hear. He even lightly pulled one of my coiled hair and see it bounce. He chuckled from the sight of it.

He murmured "your hair is so pretty. I never seen anyone with thick curly hair...you smell like coconut, lavender and the ocean. It's very calming to us."

After he finished that statement, his eyes dimmed down a low silver glow around his eyes. I guess his wolf was satisfied? But, I wondered why his eyes are still glowing silver. Hmm..

He chimed, "While you were showering, I went and called in pizza for dinner. I wasn't sure what kind of pizza you like, so I got three kinds: Pepperoni, Cheese and Deluxe. I got three of each, and if you don't finish them, I can finish it for you."

He went and grabbed my hand. I looked down my hand, and I pondered. It seems like the wolves are very physically affectionate which I don't mind at all. I think I need to set some boundaries to slow things down..I don't think I'm ready for a romantic partner so quickly into the Twilight world..I'm still trying to adjust to being here.

There were stacks of large pizzas over the kitchen counter, Paul passed me a plastic plate, so I could serve myself. He passed me a water bottle as well. He served himself a small tower of pizza before we went to the couch and sat down. He motioned me to sit by next to him, and I sat by his side as we ate our dinner.

Paul probably sense that I was still uncomfortable, so he decided to turn on the TV, and Batman Begin movie was playing. He asked me, "Is this fine?"

I said, "Yeah, I like DC movies." He nodded and kept watching as he ate.

I'm so thankful that he chose to watch a movie and eat in silence. I needed this time to accommodate being by his side. I know there is this rule that it is a bad idea for the first date to go to the movies because you would barely get to know the date. But as someone who never dated, I needed that time to get used to being by a guy's presence. Sometimes, it's nice to just be comfortable in silence with your loved ones, and there is nothing wrong doing that. As an introvert, it is a great thing lol.

He finished quickly his first plate. He got up to bring two boxes of pizza, and he laid it on his lap as he kept watching the movie. Some time has passed, so I got the courage to try to make a light conversation, "Do you live alone?"

He replied his eyes still glue to the TV, "Yeah. My old man died a year ago. Just few months after I became a wolf.. I was 19 when he died. You probably knew that."

Yikes. Maybe I shouldn't have asked that.

Then, I asked, "Oh..I'm sorry, I didn't know that. All I know that your parents were divorced when you were little. Wait, you're 20 now?"

He finally turned to me and looked at me confusingly, "Yeah… ?"

I said, "I thought you were 18?"

He shook his head, "No, Me and Jared are 20 while Sam is 21. Leah is 21, Embry is 19. Jacob and Quil are 18. Seth the baby of the pack is 17".

Huh. I guess this something that Meyers changed in the books? They are a lot older than from the books. It still doesn't help that they all were teens when they became a shapeshifter. It still pretty but not as bad as I thought.

I asked, "when you became a wolf, how old were you?

He stated, "I was 19 when I became a wolf. I was about to leave the reservation with full-ride scholarships to University of Seattle until I sprouted fur. If it wasn't for Sam, I would've lost my mind that night, but Sam and Jared were there to calm down. It sucked hard when Sam had to tell me that I can't leave anymore."

I replied, "Oh..I'm sorry." I can't imagine how it felt for him to be told that he can't leave when he was about to leave.

Paul shrugged, "It's okay. Even though I couldn't leave the reservation, I attended college online. I still wanted to make something of myself. Even though the council was hammering down to focus on fulfilling my duty as the protector of my community, I still attended college against their wishes. Sam was reluctant to let me attend college at night because he wasn't sure if I would been able to finish school despite of the long patrols that we had to do before the younger pups came to the pack. Just because he wasn't able to go to college when he phased, it doesn't mean I would be roll over to the council and do their bidding like him. No offense to Sam. I'm not Sam. After Embry became part of pack, it got easier for me to finish school. I was able to get my associates in accounting and business, and ever since then, I helped Sam to set up a remodeling business. We needed that extra cash. The council gave us a salary, but because they were not expecting the pack to grow this big, we don't get paid much."

I pondered deeply of he just said. It was refreshing to see that he was still able to go to college somehow. I didn't like that Meyers portrayed the wolves nonchalant toward their future just because they had to accept the fate that they would have to be protectors of La Push. Hopefully, others would try to follow Paul's footsteps, for their own sake because who knows how long they are going to be phasing. If they retire from phasing, then how they are going to survive financially? What if the council eventually run out of revenue to feed the pack? The pack would be definitely screwed. The pack need plan B in case things don't work out like they hope.

Paul suddenly said, "I am going to shower. You can stay here and watch TV. He handed me the remote to me as I absentmindedly went through the channels to see what else I could watch.

I took this time to check on the blackberry phone that Rosalie gave me before we departed earlier. I checked on the messages, and I see that Alice and Rosalie texted while I was talking to Paul.

How is it so far? xA

Is there any mutt that I need to kick ass for you? xR

I smiled at their responses, and I replied to Alice,

I got imprinted on by Paul.

To Rosalie, I also said,

No. its all good here. I got imprinted on by Paul.

Rosalie replied immediately,

Why did it had to be that particular mutt. It was already bad enough that he tried to chew my Emmett. If He does anything to you, I will gladly kick his ass. Oh, most of the family are with me btw. We went to hunt a bit more in preparation for the fight later on. Edward and Bella are alone at the house for the night before they leave later up to the mountains.

Maybe Edward is still going to propose to Bella seeing that they are left alone in the house. I replied back,

LOL Rosalie. Ok. I'll let you know.

Rosalie replied,

Carlisle asked if you're gonna come back to the house.

Well. Edward got his wish fulfilled. I would be more out of the way now. They won't have to worry about me. I texted,

Im not sure yet, but from how protective he is acting, most likely I won't be able to return.

Rosalie texted,

Alice cried dramatically that all of her hardwork in your room is going to waste.

I rolled my eyes at Alice's behavior. I texted,

Its not a total waste. In case there is an emergency, I still have a place to return to.

Rosalie texted,

So are you at the mutt's place? Emmett asked if you are gonna bang with the wolf tonight.

I coughed and stared wide-eyed at the text. Then, there was another text from her,

Since I didn't get a reply. You're a virgin aren't you? Emmett here is laughing his ass off by my side. Im quite surprise.

I texted,

..Yeah I am, but it isn't none of Emmett concern. I haven't met anyone or gotten into a relationship with someone to do it with. I grew up with very Hispanic beliefs to not give myself away that easily and to wait until marriage to do it.

Rosalie texted,

Huh, I didn't expect that from you. Good for you. Better to do it with someone you actually love. Edward will be pleased to hear that not every human girl is thinking about sex.

I texted,

I have been interested one point in time, but I had other things to think about and worry about. I don't feel it as much of importance like people are pushing to be. It's just my opinion. Maybe it would be different once I do, do it, but for now, I am totally fine being just being a "virgin". There is no shame not doing it, and there shouldn't be any shame for it. Its immature to do that.

Just as I texted the last part of the message and hit sent, I heard Paul said, "Who are you texting to?" I slightly jumped and dropped the phone on my lap.

..sigh

Author's Note:

I'm going to end it here for the day. Because numerous people added this story as their favorite/story alert, I decided to write a little longer chapter than usual. This is the longest that I have written. It took awhile for me to write this chapter. I wasn't sure on how to use Paul's character. I know between Paul and Ale it is awkward, but they will get better over time like any relationship. I'm a firm believer that it takes time for relationship to build even in this universe with imprinting. I aged up the pack to make it more convenient for Ale, and to make the story more sense.

Thank you so much for the support! I will send the second part to this chapter by the end of this week.