Chapter 42 New Wolves But Old Friends

Leah POV

I looked over at Seth he seems to small in his wolf form, why was that even a thought that was running in my mind right now. A small wolf form he shouldn't be turning into a wolf, I shouldn't be turning in a wolf. My father just died and I don't even get the time to grieve in peace. Instead of sitting on the couch and crying my eyes out, I turn into a wolf with Seth following after me. I looked over to see his glowing red eyes. They were the same color as Paul.

"Hey, here I want you to take this." I looked around all the other guys were wearing cut off but it was Paul gentle voice that called out to me. I didn't hear him speak like that to me since the last time that I saw him almost a year ago. I looked back to see his eyes glowing bright red. But he wasn't even the least bit tempted to look at my naked from. Instead, his gaze met mine. This stupid question forming in my mind. "What color are my eyes."

He grinned at me "Red it's that Uley color and we by far had the best eyes. Here a pair of shorts and a tank. When I heard you shifted I kinda ran to your house to get you clothes on the way here. Figured you wouldn't want to be naked or dressed in guys clothes." He laughed nervously as he held his hand out. I sighed and gently slipped on my clothes as my cheeks burn bright red. "What do you mean Uleys have the best color."

He sighed but gave me a gentle smile as Kimmy ran up alongside him. "You good to run patrols the rest of us are dirt tired and I'm tired of hearing Embry yapping about the old man." Paul whole mood seemed to lighten at seeing this blonde bimbo but she was the only other female wolf right. "Sure Kims anything for you, but I haven't been in his mind for like a week so I might kill him. But hey take care of Lee-lee would you, other than my mother there are no other female shifters."

I looked up from my thoughts in shock, was begins wolf a family pass time for them, jezze I looked around the clearing I didn't see Jake but that doesn't mean that he wasn't around. Sam was off to the side speaking gently with Seth who had shifted back. He was wearing a pair of his sweatpants did Paul get clothes for Seth too. I smile he was still the kind and gentle guy that I used to play video games with me and help me with my homework after I fell behind thanks to his brother.

Seth seems thrilled to get his mind off of dad's death and that as clear by the way he paid attention to Sam avid lecture. "Pauly do I have to you know my history with her..." The blond cut herself off with a sharp whimper as Jared came jogging over here. "Paul buddy you are back and Leah welcome to the pack, I'm sure Jake will be glad to see you. He has hated ignoring you. God you on his thoughts like clockwork."

I laugh at Jared but I could tell that he was being serious, "Kims please Leah's my girl you gotta to take care of her for me. It either you or my mother and no thank you." I looked back at Paul who was pleading his case.

Which so wasn't like him he just took what he wanted, it was one of the many things I like about him. "Fine but you owe me dinner and a movie we got to catch up." Paul grinned wide at her. 'Don't forget that surf. Hey, Leah."

I looked up from his brilliant smile as he places a gentle had on me, "I'll be gone for a little bit but I really need to talk to you about you know how we left things." I nodded my head and grinned at him "Glad to have you back hot head." He grinned at me before running off. "Kimmy take Bella back to the house for me please."

I snarled at the thought of that annoying girl, what he did to jake putting him through that pain was heartless and for a moment I forgot what he did."Hey, ease up" I looked to see Jared's bright green eyes looking me over before shaking his head sadly. "They imprinted you should cut them some stress….." "JARED!" I looked up to see that Sam's eyes were glowing blue. I looked at him confused but when I turned back Jared was glowing gold. I was officially confused. "I'll explain come on." The blond gave me a glare, she didn't even look like she lived on the rex.

She stomped off to find Bella leaving me to follow as she glared at me. "Don't let the blonde hair and topaz eyes fool you. She is as much of a Quilete as you are. The granddaughter of old man Quil and the great-niece of billy black. She's got two clans running through her veins." I was startled as Belal blende out of the tree materializing to my side.

She gave me a playful grin but where was something sad about her eyes. Almost as if her eyes didn't know the rest of her was happy. "I'm sorry for your lost, I know that it won't make you feel better, I hated it when people said that about my mother. But still, I am sorry if you need anything just ask. Not a lot of people know what it is like to lose someone as close to you as a parent I do. So really anything just ask."

I stood shocked for a moment for more than a few reasons, the biggest one being her cincere and there was this strange smell coming off of her. It reminds me of when it rains in the forest. "Its sadness, what your smelling, I don't know why but the smell it reminds you of rain right?"

I looked up to see the blonde looking at me her gaze glowing gold. I was hit with a harsh smell that causes a sharp pain to erupt in my nose. "That would be anger, I could see the way you look at me like you did think that I don't belong. My mother had two clans running through her veins same as Paul and Sam. Same as Jake."

Anger remind me of a mixture of smells "Like burning wood and smoke. Anger, sometime can come off of people as a bright red aura. As for the eyes, Uleys have red eyes, Ateria had icy blue, Black have gold. I am of two blood lines so it was just luck that I got gold instead of blue. The same goes for Sam, his eyes could have easily been red and Paul could have easily been blue. Sam is alphas you take orders from him. Jared my goofball cousin is beta, so if Sam isn't around Jared is in command. Paul is 3rd in command though he has the alpha gene the same as Jake. But Sam made it pretty clear a week ago that his orders were to be followed without fail."

I could hear the bitterness and resentment in her town, as I turned to look at Bella she seemed to flinch from the memory. We walked down the sloping hill not bothering to speak for a while. "What about Imprints?" I hear a scoff leaving the girls lips. "You have to excuse Kimmy she's not a firm believer in it. Your father..." I furrowed my brow as I looked at this Kimmy girl, what kind of past could she possibly that Bella couldn't talk about. "Anyways it's just not the best to talk about it. But I could explain it to you. I don't quite explain it like Sam does but I think that is a good thing."

She let out an awkward laugh as she shifted her gaze from me to Kimmy, I couldn't see Bella but I just knew that she was looking at me. I guess that she was waiting for me to tell her that it was alright for her to explain. I didn't think that this girl could be so timid but I gave her a slight nod.

"Well, an imprint is me. a bond between a shifter like Paul and a human like me. It kind of like love at first on steroids, I feel his emotion and he feels mine, but we also feel each other physical pain."

I looked at her in doubt, what kind of love would allow to people to feel each other's pain. Each other emotions that didn't see real to me but she took a deep breath and started to fidget in place. Did I make her nervous or was she like this with all the shifter.

"Amway it's the imprint who keeps the shifter human keeps him or her sense, we the only thing that matter to them and vice versa. It a bond unlike any other and once the two are truly committed to each they doing something called marking. Only one human imprint was marked and that was Emily"

I felt my chest burning with rage just at the mention of that bitch's name she was a traitor and if I never saw her ever again it would still be too soon. "Yeah you and Jake have more in common then you think, once marked you get some of the shifters abilities, faster healing, better sense. Though not on the level of the shifters, and you don't age as long as they keep shifting. So as long as Sam and Paul keep shifting we keep from aging. But it's not a choice, I can see the disgusted look in your eyes."

She looked down at her still feet, whimpering meekly under her breath and Kimmy growled lowly. "Stop looking at her like that." I looked up to see Kimmy growling at me, I felt this burning sesation in my eyes for a moment before it went away. I knew that my eyes had to be glowing.

"Get control of yourself before I knock you out." I glared at her did she really think that she was that tough don't make me laugh. "I have been a shifter for two years try me, bitch. When our eyes glow it means two things, blood lust which is your need to kill, or if you are recognizing another shifter. You're not recognizing her as a shifter, you want to kill her, so back up. You should know that our tribe laws say if you attack an imprint you will be killed. Disowned by the pack so keep that in mind when you see Emily."

I snorted there was no way that I was going to go anywhere near that bitch let alone have to look at her. I rolled my eyes at Kimmy before contouring to walk waiting for them to catch up to me. "They didn't choose it. Sam and Paul, Imprints are chosen by the ancestor, who they think made the best match for the shifter. None of that mitigates what we did, trust me I don't ask or want forgiveness. Kimmy, you can go back to explaining stuff."

She snorted like she didn't want to tell me a damn thing but she promised Paul and to her, that meant something I could see it in the way that she carried herself. "There's really nothing much to say, other than that, your coats at your own but the eyes are a genetic thing since you have all three bloodlines coursing in your veins it could have been any of the three colors.

Oh, and you need to control your temper once you start to shakes usually you phase on the fly, which you don't want to happen. Your skin is also going to run a lot hotter than usual, you have super sense, and healing and while you're in wolf form the others will be able to see into your mind. So if you don't want them seeing something they shouldn't keep a tight lid on it."

She couldn't be serious they are going to be in my mind every time I phase. How am I ever going to escape him and he never leaves my mind? I took in a breath as we broke through a clearing. "The rest of it Sam will explain to you. I'm sure that he is nearly done with the others so we should start to head back."

Kimmy took a hard right turn past a large red oak and started to make her way down a beaten path with us following after her. The sound of the bird drafting and signing in the air seemed like an insult. My father was dead and I was dealing with all of this, my whole world turned upside down in a matter of moments. I sighed as I took in the sight of a red jeep parked in front of an open 3 story cottage.

A huge silver timber who bigger than anything I have ever seen bigger than any of boy lift his head from the deep green grass. "Hi Danny are you on imprint duty." I heard Kimmy warm and welcoming voice as she jogged over to the wolf with no fear.

But he looked right past her and over to Bella who was staring back at him with wide eyes. Danny slowly nodded his large block head as he turned to me. HIs fiery red gaze turned to me as he looked me over with new fascination. "Good, nothing gets passed you old man, Paul is back I saw him, he looked good but you never know with him."

The large wolf seemed to roll his eyes before turning back into his human form. A man in deep blue jeans and a black v-neck stood in his place. He was handsome with deep green eyes and deep tan skin. "Hello, Leah it's been what a 2 year.s" I smiled and nodded my head, Sam's dad loved me. He said that Sam needs a tough woman instead he got Emily.

"Bella I see you're back the girls will be excited they missed shopping with you." I heard Bella let out a low groan as she walked further in another clearing. "I hate doing all that stuff maybe I can head back to your house and hide out for a little bit."

He laughs as another timber wolves with jet black fur ran out and snarled at me before a woman with long curly chocolate brown hair stood in her place. The same as Paul with deep hazel eyes. There mother great "Good your back where is my son."

I shifted my vision form her harsh voice to Bella who seems to shrink an inch a little bit away from her. Was there something that I was missing. "He's ruining patrol with Embry but I'm sure that they will be back soon." Her voice seemed so small as her eyes flicker from Danny to and then to the ground.

I took in a deep breath before looking at her, her eyes glowing a icy blue before she snarled at me. "What is that doing here?" She turns her nose upwards as she looked down at me. "Ka that's rude." She frowned before running over to Danny and kissing his lips gently. Causing him to break out into a shit eating grin as she pulled away and started to speak.

"I don't care I don't like the way she has been treating my boys. Sam feels terrible as is, he doesn't need this woman in his mind while he is at it." "Ma!" I knew the outraged voice it was Jake.

I looked up to meet his gaze and it was like the breath was stolen from my lungs, it was like I was looking at him for the very first time. Every nerve in my body was lit up with desire as my eyes ran up and down his tall muscular body. My eyes shifting to his shirtless torso, his deep brown eyes stealing my breath away again. He seemed to stagger as his mother lett out a low growl.

Suddenly I started to feel self concious I had been crying, and angry and now I looked like a bump. The one time that I wished I had taken more time with my appearance. "Well, shit" I looked away from my god for only a moment to see his mother glaring at me. "I refuse, she's not good enough for any of my sons. Especially not Jake."

"Ma!" I looked back at Jake, his rugged good look matching his sexy and husky voice. God, what was I saying I wanted to take him right now. "I called it, pay up." I could hear Jared's carefree voice before I ever saw him.

I shifted on my heels to see that Sam and Jared were walking out of the forest with two figures looming behind them. One of them was Seth but the other one was far too dark for me to see."Hey, mom" But I heard the love and worry in Paul's voice as he drifted to Bella's side. I don't even think that he was aware of it.

His arm wrapped protectively around her like someone might try to hurt her, but I mean really Bella wasn't my biggest fan but I would never try to kill her. I looked closely at Paul, there was a thick red line going down his face. He was healing face but that wasn't there when he left me in the wood.

"What happened to your face." I looked up at Paul who gave me this dazzling smile that earned him a growl from Jake. But Paul ignored him like it was no big deal before bounding over to me this stupid grin on his face that I always love staring at. "Me and Embry got into a...ah disagreement, I guess that is the best word. It couldn't have been called a fight, because he would have had to do some serious damage for that. But what can you expect he is an Ateria wolf."

I laughed but he caught quite a few growls one of them being his mother the other being Embry. Which had to be the other person that was behind Jared. When he finally made it into the light, he had two large vertical cuts going down either side of his face, they stretched from his temple to his chin. "Damn Paul what did he do?" I hear Kimmy's annoying voice and I just want to kill her. Whos voice would sound the husky and sexy anyway. "We disagreed on Leah and Emily. "

There is where he told me that I was being a hateful bitch and Emily could help but love Sam thank to the Imprint. How I could get over it just like I'm sure the rest of the guys thought. "Yeah, and what's wrong with me Paul."

I snapped my head up hearing her sweet voice was enough to send me into a blind rage. But I think hearing my closet and oldest friend saying that I need to get over it would break me. "Oh you know Embry said Lee had no right to be mad and there were just so many things wrong with that sentence that I had to set him straight. It's so worth the punishment that I am going to get from Sam later. No one talks shit about Leah. She can feel anyway that she wants about about your dumbass imprint."

That earned him a snarl from Sam, cuasing Paul to flinch I don't think that I had ever seen him flinch. Something had to happen what did Kim say about Sam making it clear orders were to be followed. Was Paul the example. I sighed but felt a twinge of happiness in my heart he was willing to take a beating from Sam to defend me.

"Anway Leah I got know, my brother really you could have done so much better, I don't mean with you know Embry that is definitely a downgrade but you could have imprinted on a human. Or waiting for some new fresh meat to appear, though Quil isn't any better plus I'm not a big fan of humans. Other than my Isabella that is."

I laugh at him before playfully punching his shoulder, his tone light like she was trying to ease some of the tension that was clinging to the air. "Don't come at Jake." He grinned madly at me before raising his hand in mock surrounded. When we looked up everyone was staring at us wide-eyed. Even Seth was looking at me like I had two head.

"What?" We said it at the same time and it only causing the smile on my face to even wider, just like old times."Anyway, we should tell you about the other stuff since the whole pack is here." I looked at Sam as his anxious tone filled the air. Causing the tension come back in full force. I ran over to Jake placing a light loving kiss on his lip. It was something that I had been dreaming to do for months now.

That of confused earned me a howl of approval form Jared as I rolled my eyes at his antics. Sam simply glared at him as Emily brushed posted us and ran over to Sam. I alone further into Jake bracing myself for the anger and resent to rise in my chest. But it wasn't there, I mean don't get me wrong I hate them. But the bitterness that I carried for relaionship seems to drift away.

As I looked around Kimmy, Embry, and Seth were the only ones that weren't pair off, even Jared had someone. A thin girl with bright onyx eyes and pints tight hair that went down to her back. I looked over to Paul who had a timid Bella close in his side as he started out into the trees. "Can we do this fast before they get here." I looked at Paul who seems highly annoyed.

Bella rolled her eyes at him and lightly slapped his arm to tell him to knock it off but he just rolled his eyes before sitting in front of his father's feet. I didn't think that I had seen him so close to his dad, thing has definitely changed in the past year. Danny seems pleased with it and didn't say a word."There is a war approaching between the cold one form settle as of right now there are 200 vampires on their way here. With the Cullens on our side, that is going to help.B ut it will still be a long shot. Thankfully we have two of the oldest wolves ever to help us." His dad growled and his mother rolled her eyes clearly not pleased by the remark. "I'm not that old Samuel."

The other snicker as Sam groaned "Your 123 that pretty old to me." She laughed at his toe but nodded her head before leaning into Danny's side. "The vampires are coming down here to take our land and the land of forks, using the people has an all you can eat buffet. By killing the imprints they are killing the wolves. Me, Jared, Paul, I can't say you our Jake. Since the both of you are wolves and can take care of yourself. Anyway, the point is if the imprint dies the wolves eventually lose the will to live. They get sick and eventually die if they don't kill themselves, girls. Once that happens they pick off the last remaining wolves that are still grieving. From there it's as easy as picking off the Cullens and stealing our lands."

Of all that made total sense some people don't even know that this place exit it's so secluded and underpopulated. But the imprinting part that was the part that didn't sit with me. "Wait I have a question, just a tiny non-important question." Sam looked at me quizzically before nodding his head. I took in a deep breath compiled my thought before shifting my vision between Bella, a tall thin girl, and Emily. Each of them waiting for me to ask my question.

"Right so not including me their imprints, right?" Sam nodded his head unsure of where this is going. "Okay, and I am supposed to fight and die for them if needed." Paul shook his head no as if to tell me no to do it. But as Sam nodded his head I sucked in an angry breath."Yeah...No"

I heard Emily shriek but Bella just stood there I don't know if she was in shock or not but I could see the acceptance and understanding light in her eyes. "Called it." It was only two words but they sting like the pack expect me to be a selfish bitch from the start. "Why the hell not?" I looked at Emily's she yelled at me like she really didn't know. Paul gave me sad hazel eyes but he didn't say a word he just let me keep going.

I pulled myself out of Jaks grasp as he let out light whimpers of protest but I wasn't to be in her face when I said it. I stalked over to Emily till I was a few inches slapping distance. "Because you are a man stealing whore, you breached my trust and my love and I hope they kill you. God, I'm praying for it, I will not defend someone that I hate and I'm not just talking about you. You die, Sam dies."

Sam scoffed and snarled wildly his voice booming and oozing with respect. Forcing my legs to buckle ever so slightly. "Your will fight for this pack." I laughed harshly though I could feel how compelling his words were and I just knew that my free will was being stripped from me.

"I can't even stand the sight of her but I have to put my life on the line for her. No not a chance in hell, all I need if Jake if I save her life I wouldn't even be able to look in the mirror. If fighting in this war is, pack mandatory than I can solve that. I don't want to be apart of you stupid little pack. Is there like some proper channels that I have to go through or can I just leave."

I watched Sam face freeze in pure shock and rage like no one had ever down this, but as I looked around the clearing looking at all the shocked face. I could tell that this never happened, as my eyes landed on Danny he had this amused twinkle in his eyes. His wife, on the other hand, looked disgusted with me.

"You know that if you don't fight, Paul might die just the same as Sam." I sucked in a sharp breath and held it before looking at Paul. "I don't want to see you dead, we have been friends since we were kids, you know me better than anyone better than my imprint. But I won't fight for her."

Then before I knew it, I was breaking into a sprint running faster than I ever had before. Gliding efforsely over the trees as howl enter the air from behind me. But I didn't hear anyone following me. I just kept running as the trees passed me in bright green blurs.

That when I hear it the sound of crunching twigs at first I thought that was me but as I looked back I could see thundering paws hitting the soil. Who ever they were they made no attempt to fight me. They just followed silently after me as I made a way to a creek. The smell of wet soil filter into my nose as I look vore the cliff to see the creek filled with ice-cold rushing water and thick tree branches floating down steam.

The sound of panting echoed behind me as the hot summer wind whipped through my hair as I turned to see a thick silver wolf glaring at me. His searing red eyes looking through me as if he could see into my broken soul.

It was time like this that I wanted to scream at him to hate the fact that he knew me so well but I didn't because having him made the more bearable. I sighed as he slowly the turn around so that I could slip off my clothes without being embarrassed. I guess I could have to get used to being naked.

As I slipped my clothes off, folding each article of clothing into neat little squares before my body explode with engery and my feet hit the ground with a large thud. As I looked down I should see my gray paws starting back at me. "You so much smaller than the rest of us, which is probably why you are faster.-Paul

Paul gave me this huge wolfy grin as I stared at his amazing silver fur as he towered over me. "Shut up not all of us can be as big as you.-Me" I knew that there was this smug comment brewing in his mind even if I couldn't see it. But instead, he gave me a sad smile as his sadness echoed in our hive mind.

"Lee you know what I am going to say. But instead, I just want to show you something, something that no one else has ever seen. Something that only Sam knows about and that was because he was there-Paul" His voice was soft and gentle, like a faint whisper in the back of my mind. I didn't say a word just watched as the memories flooded into my mind as if I was there myself.

Flashback

I couldn't believe him, he dumped Lee, my lee and he thought that I wasn't going to say something. "Paul honey maybe you should lay down your burning up." I looked at my mother her sweet voice, for the most part, calmed me down but now I just wanted to snap. Billy was pounding on the couch simply glaring at me like I was some stupid child that needed to be taught a lesson. Everyone was always looking down on me I was getting tired of it.

I snarled at the both of them, all that earn me was a superfood gasp as mom started to grow frantic as I moved towards the door. My finger curling around the nob, "Paul stop we need to talk." I hear my mother scared voice but it was too late to talk, I was burning with rage and I was going to let him know what he did.

Who did he think he was, I mean really, Emily wasn't half the women that Leah was. She's smart, strong, brave, and beyond gorgeous, and he was lucky that she even let him look at her, let alone dating her. I snarled under my breath as I slammed the door phone before jogging out into the open.

I walked in three long strides before breaking out into a brisk jog, I looked up to see the moon high and full in the sky, any other time, I and Leah would be on the beach watching the sky and picking out constellations. But now she crying in her room broken hearted from what my brother did. The very thought of even calling him my brother was enough to make me throat up. He disgusted me in every sense of the word, as I ran to Emily's house all I could think was that this is all my fault.

"Paul, what are you doing here? Did you run here?" I looked up at Sam I use to look up to him but he disgusted me. "You dump her and started dating her cousin. Did you even wait to break up with her, or did you just cheat on her before you left her." My voice was tight with rage as my whole body seemed to be on fire. "Paul you at our shaking." That was her, I hated her fucking voice.

"Baby I'm going to take him home I don't think that he is well. I'll be back." I watched Emily's timid little head bob as she looks at me. This would be my only chance to say something to make her feel a fraction of the pain that Leah is feeling. "Emily, you're a waste of space, a waste of valuable oxygen honestly you would be better off dead. Those who betray their friends are scum. Those that betray their family are worse than scum. Remember that the next time you go near Leah."

With that, Sam shoved me into the forest, what was he going to do hit me, god I was praying he would, that would only give me more reason to beat him to a bloody pulp. "What is wrong with you ." I couldn't even form a word what was wrong with me what was wrong with him.

Something in me snapped as I punched Sam in the face, I heard this cracking sound as my bones started to rattle with pain from the hit. "Dammit, Paul you're going to hurt yourself." I scoffed the pain would be worth it, I punched again, over and over with the same hand. If I had to break every bone in my body it would be worth it when I saw Leah's face light up even for a moment when I told her that I decked Sam.

"I introduce you to her, I told her that you were a good guy and to give you a shot, she thought that you were nothing more than a playboy. Dammit, I vouched for you but in reality, you are nothing more than a piece of shit. Her cousin, you have to be fucking kidding me." I pound him again this time drawing blood as I noticed his broken nose and swollen right eye.

"Paul you don't understand." I socked him again "Your right I don't understand and I don't want to, your dead to me, don't talk to me, don't go near me, and if I had it my way you would be dead." I punched him three more times before running off."

End of Flashback

I sat there choked up, as Paul racked his gentle red eyes over me, making sure that I was okay before he spoke. "I'm not fighting for Emily, I'm fighting for me and for Bella. I was fighting for you too, not matter how much you hated me after what me and Bella did to Jake. I still loved you, still do, your my best friend and I don't want to see anything happened to you. But fight for you, not for her. Fight for Jake, for you mother and your little brother.-Paul"

His gentle voice moved me to tears but not as much as seeing him kick Sam's ass, feeling what he felt when that happen it was to much. "Paul.-Paul" I could help it when I turned back into human form ad collapsed on the ground crying. Paul stood up not saying a word simply pulling his clothes on before helping me get dress, not once trying anything. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to make your cry Lee." I hid my face in his chest simply crying heavily as I listen to the sounds of the forest.

"Take in a few deep breaths Lee-Lee." I took the breath as he soft tone started to warm up."Sorry about freaking out like that, it's just I never knew you felt like that when it came to me and Sam. I always thought that you were on your brother's side." Paul scoffed like I had just said something idiotic. "No way babes, I got your back you and Kimmy are my girls if I don't look out for the two of you who will. "

I sniffled lightly as I tired to hid my face further to his chest, his smile finger karting through my hair as he soothed me. "Since when did you get to be such a big softie." Paul chuckles gently as he pulled me out of my chest so he could wipe away any stray tears with his finger. "I'm not but your my girl, it's like you said I have known you my whole life, my dad, and your dad have been friends for who knows how long. I'm not soft on anyway but you so you better feel honored." I laughed at him before shaking my head sadly.

He kissed the top of my head before kissing my temple then my cheek. Any other time with Paul I would have felt my heartbeat speed up but when I was with him now at the very moment it felt like a platonic love for him. "So can we go back now please, or do I need to continue to preach for a little bit longer."

I laughed as he tried to lighten the mood, "Come on Leah my mother is not that bad I swear I will keep her in cheek." I snorted no one could keep that woman in check but I nodded my head slowly. "Just a few more minutes, just the two of us." He laughed but nodded his head like he was content with just standing here holding me.