(Disclaimer: Yes, I do not own Twilight, or any of its characters. Stephanie Meyer does. Yes, I own my OC's. Yes, there are also some quotes lifted directly from the books/movies, yes, I – again – take no credit for them. And yes, I Copy-and-Paste my disclaimers.)

Paul

(Tess POV)

The next month went rather quickly. Jake started training with Sam, trying to become quicker at phasing and controlling it. We also started calling eachother 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend,' which made me so happy.

I had called Charlie. Jacob and Sam were out back, training, when Charlie answered the phone. I heard Harry in the background, and guessed that they had been fishing. "Hello?" Charlie asked.

"Hi, dad..." I answered.

"Tess? Baby, I'm so sorry, but – "

"Dad, I don't need an explanation right now... I just called to tell you, I want to move back."

"Why, hon? Did something happen? Are you okay?"

"No, dad, everything's fine. Nothing happened I'm just... It's been a year, and I miss... I miss my old dad..."

"O-kay? So when were you thinking of moving back?"

"Well, I was hoping... within the next month?"

"W-wh... Well, I wished you had called me sooner, but... I think we can make some arrangements... I've been renovating the garage and... well, it's almost done. It'll be done in about two weeks, so if you want to come and set up your room after it's done, we can get you moved in ASAP."

"Dad, that sounds awesome! Thanks!"

"It's nothing, Tess. Honestly, I've missed you, hon."

"Me too... Bye, dad."

"Bye, Tess."

And we hung up.

. . .

I was packing up one of the last boxes, the day before I would officially be living with my dad again.

I was watching Jake in the backyard. Jake had told me that phasing was getting easier for him to control. It showed.

I taped the box closed and sighed. Emily – Sam's fiance – was making a batch of huge muffins for the pack. We'd become pretty good friends, even though I was six years younger than her. Jared's imprint – Kim – was just a little younger than me, but she was really shy, whereas I just... got along with Emily. We'd bonded over the fact that we were both imprints.

I felt bad though. I was friends with both Leah and Emily. Leah was Sam's ex, they had been engaged, and then Sam phased and imprinted on Emily, breaking Leah's heart. Sam hated himself for hurting Leah, according to Jake, but I felt bad for Emily too, because she had been abandoned by all her friends because they thought she had been cheating with Sam for months.

. . .

Jake and the rest of the pack came in after three hours of training. Jake came over and embraced me, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sam do the same with Emily. Jake kissed me softly on the lips. Then again, and again.

"Get a room!" Embry yelled, the others chuckling.

Jacob pulled his face away, still holding me close by the waist. "I already have one," He said, "It's kind of my house, remember?"

Rachel, one of Jacob's older sisters, walked out of her room. It was only the third time I'd seen her since she moved back a couple days ago.

"What's with all the damn noise?" She asked grumpily, "I'm trying to get over jet-lag."

Paul looked over at her. A sudden trance came over his face. He was just... staring at her.

"Sam," I said urgently, being the only one – other than Rachel – who could see Paul's face, "Sam! I think Paul is – "

"Paul?" Sam said, pulling away from Emily and running over to Paul, "Paul!"

After a minute, Paul's eyes went back to normal. He blinked several times and then looked at Sam, a worried look on his face. He gulped. "Sam... Did I just – "

"Yes." Sam replied, straightening up. "Tess, get Jacob out of here."

I felt a dull, but growing anger in the back of my head.

"Okay." I said, "C'mon, Jake, let's go." I pulled his arm and lead him out the door. The anger lowered.

"Did he just – !" Jake yelled before I pulled him outside and shut the door.

"Jake, c'mon. Let's go." I lead him out to the forest.

I lead him to our secret hideout from when we were kids. It was just a log and a campfire, but we had spent hours there when we were younger.

I wrapped my arms around him, hugging him, which usually calmed him totally. It worked.

"Thanks, Tess." Jake said, sitting down on the log, pulling me with him, placing me on his lap, "I don't know what I might have done to Paul if I had stayed there much longer..." He started stroking my cheek with his thumb.

I snuggled into him, nuzzling his neck. He kissed my forehead and moved down to my lips. Our lips formed to eachothers as I kissed him back. My arms wrapped around his head, my hands grabbing at his hair.

We stayed like that for several minutes, until the need of oxygen becoming to strong.

"We should probably head back..." I said, nuzzling him again.

A shiver ran up his spine, "Oh... Tess..." He recomposed himself, "We probably should, though."

I smiled and got up, holding his hand. He stood up with me, kissing me sweetly.

We walked back to his house, hand in hand. Rachel, Paul, and Sam were outside, talking. Sam noticed us walking out of the woods.

"Here's the perfect example of a recent imprinted couple," He said, gesturing to us, "Jake imprinted on Tess just a month ago."

I blushed as we got closer to them. Paul looked at Jacob, nervous. Rachel looked over at us, a confused look on her face.

"I thought they started dating a month ago." She said.

"Well, for them, it was kind of instantaneous." Sam replied, motioning towards us again.

I'd planned to just go continue packing inside, but Jacob subtly pulled me towards them.

"Hey, guys." Jake said.

"Jake... ?" Paul asked, still nervous.

"Don't worry, Paul, I won't hurt you. Tess took care of it." Jake replied, "So, whatcha talking about?"

"I'm trying to explain imprinting to them..." Sam said.

"Well, good luck with that, Sam," Jake said, chuckling, "Tess and I just... accepted it..." He leaned down and pecked me on the lips.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Rachel wince. She obviously didn't approve of me dating – much less being the soulmate of – her little brother.

We said goodbye to them and walked inside.

I sighed.

"What's wrong, hon?" Jake asked me, sitting down on the couch, pulling me onto his lap.

"It's just..." I paused, trying to make something up, but nothing came to mind.

"Babe, I can feel your emotions. I know you're disappointed and confused."

I decided to just be blatantly honest.

"I don't think your sister 'approves' of me." I sighed, using air quotes as I said 'approves.'

"Oh, honey..." He said hugging me tight, "Does it really matter?"

I didn't reply, just nuzzled into his warmth.

"Tess, we're soulmates. It's not like her opinion of you can change anything." He started stroking my hair, "Only my opinion of you matters..."

"And what's that?" I said, pulling away from his chest, looking him directly in the eyes, "What do you think of me? What am I to you?"

He looked a little taken aback by my sudden outburst. I felt the blood rushing to my cheeks as I slouched down, crossing my arms and looking away so he wouldn't see the tears in my eyes. He sighed and pulled me to his chest.

"Tess..." He paused, "Concerning what I think of you, you are... beautiful, funny, not afraid of... anything. I mean, I'm a fucking werewolf, and you aren't even weirded out by that. In fact, you don't even seem to care about that, cuz' here you are, my girlfriend, and just a few seconds ago you were literally nuzzling me." He smiled.

"You are beautiful, perfect, and passionate," He exhaled, "I couldn't ask for anyone better.

"Concerning what you are to me, you're my girlfriend, my best friend, my soulmate," He held me there, enveloping me in his warmth, "But most importantly, you are mine."

I purred as I absorbed his heat... His words had comforted me. He kissed my forehead.

I started tearing up again. I was going to miss this so much. I started crying.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong?" Jake said, obvious confusion and concern in his voice. He tilted my face up to look at me.

"I'm just..." I sobbed, "I'm going to-to miss this so much..."

"We'll still see eachother a lot, honey." He said, stroking my hair.

"It's not that, it's – we won't be able to... cuddle on the couch, we won't have almost any alone time, what with Charlie and Bella being there." I sobbed, cuddling deeper into his warm chest.

"You can always come here..." He suggested.

"No, not since Charlie and Bella will know we're dating."

"Well, then you can always visit Emily, that's pretty much our base since Sam lives there."

"I just – " I burst into tears, "I'm going to miss you!" I cried.

It took him a second, but once he registered what I had said, he completely enveloped me in his warmth, one arm over my tucked legs, the other wrapping around my back. His warmth was another thing I'd miss.

I slowly stopped crying, his warmth comforting me.

Once I had fully stopped crying, Jake tilted my head up again, wiping my the remaining tears from my cheeks. I managed a little half-smile as he pulled my face closer to his and lightly kissed me.

Rachel came in a second later, while we were still kissing. I felt her glare in the back of my head, but I didn't care now. Jacob loved me. That's all I cared about now.

A/N: This got pretty cheesy around the end... :) But it was a little bit of filler since I don't want to be all like "And all the sudden Tess was at her house!" No. Next chapter she'll actually be moved back in. And for the people who asked why she was moving back in with her dad after what he did, she doesn't have anyone else to move in with. I mean, there's Emily, but they don't know eachother that well. Plus, he really is truly sorry, and Tess has pretty much gotten over it. I know it's a bit of a plot hole, but she literally has no one else to live with. So... Yeah. Leave a review!