Hope you're all still enjoying this, hasn't been too boring has it? One of the chapter was purely filler, the day she spent with Billy, and though I don't have Paul in every chapter, it is still a Paul/OC story. I just don't think it should solely be about them, I do try to put one of the wolves in every chapter. Sully would have (Obviously) different relationships with everyone and she would have to get on with the pack anyway.
Guest - Awh thanks! I had Sully and Jared come off to a bad start, but originally I wanted them to be friends so I'm trying to ease into it. And really, I just think Jared would be a bit of a softie! I always kinda thought he would be a bit like Seth but older. Friendly and a sweet heart. I'll see about the POV, it's mostly been third person; it switched between them but I'll see if there's anywhere I could put one in. Thank you for your review =]
Embry lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling. Sully had went straight to bed when she came home with Paul and Jared. Both Embry and Tiffany had been glad that the two lads had walked her back. Embry wouldn't admit it to them and tried not to think about it when he phased, even if Sully hadn't went through the attack with Gareth; he would have wanted them to walk her home. The nights were getting darker quicker, and he didn't want anything to happen to her. Sully was his sister now, and if anything happened to her...well it already did. Something did happen to her, and Embry felt so bad. It was partly his fault, and now he had to deal with the after effects. Like tonight, and most other nights; Embry was wide awake again. Sully had problems sleeping, he could hear her toss and turn in the night. She would moan and whimper, and sometimes he would run into her room because she was screaming, terrified of her minds projections of the predator.
Sully would feel better when someone was there. Embry didn't know if she was aware that anyone was with her. Anyone being him, Tiffany had tried to calm her down the first night but it had fallen to Embry when his mother broke down in ears at seeing her this way. Things weren't meant to happen this way, why did it have to happen to Sully? Hadn't she been through enough already? He would sit and hold her hand at night, she hadn't truly been calm asleep since Paul had stayed here with her. As much as he had seen Paul change...well, a little. Sully had made some kind of difference in him, but that didn't mean that Embry liked him. Paul was still the arrogant hot head, he always was. And as safe as Sully was with him, Embry was always scared that something would happen to her. That Paul would loose his temper, and she would end up scarred like Emily.
It wasn't fair of Embry to think like this, he knew that. And he would be in trouble with Sam, if he found out but he just had this sinking feeling that this would be how Sully would find out about the whole wolf thing. That it wouldn't be because Paul had sat her down and tried to explain everything to her, it would be because Paul had lost his temper and phased right in front of her. If Paul hurt her, Embry would kill him. He shot up in bed, he heard her crying. Embry pulled some track suit bottoms on over his boxers, before making his way into Sully's room. He sat on her bed, and stroked her hand before he cuddled up with her. Embry rubbed her back and waited patiently for her sobbing to subside. Sometimes in her sleep she would talk, and he heard her fears of Gareth. She knew he hadn't been caught and wondered what would happen if he came back; as if that wasn't bad enough, he was with her she started crying for her mother.
"Sully?" Embry asked, she had just spoke right? "Are you awake?"
Sully whimpered and turned into Embry's body. "No...please...Mum..."
Embry stiffened, what was he supposed to do? Should he go and get his own mom? He knew that Sully missed her, that was obvious, but this dream she was having...
"Mum...please don't leave me..."
Embry hugged Sully to him, it seemed like the only thing he could do for her right now.
"Mum...why can't I stay with you? Please...I wanna stay with you..."
With that Sully began to cry more, Embry could feel her tears fall onto his chest and he felt so bad. She was begging her mother to let her stay. She wanted to be with her, Embry thought that this might be how she was dealing with things, but he felt so bad. He couldn't do anything for her.
"I don't know what to do mum...I'm so scared...that man...and those...those...wolves..."
With that, Embry felt himself tear up. It wasn't just the vamp that scared her, it was them. Him, Paul. Jake and Sam, the pack scared her; tears fell down his face as he held her.
It broke Embry's heart to know that she was scared of them, she didn't know it was them but she was still scared of them; and that's why he knew she would have to be eased into it. That if Paul lost his temper, there was a chance that he would loose her forever. It wouldn't just be Paul, Embry would loose her too. And he wasn't sure he could deal with that. He swore he would do everything in his power to look after her and protected her, but he would have to explain things to Paul...and Sam. It was always good to keep Sam in the loop, and if Sam knew, he could help keep an eye on Paul.
"Hey hun, how are you?" Tiffany asked, walking over to Sully and giving her a side hug before going back to her place at the table, "We didn't wake you, did we hun?"
"No, didn't sleep well." Sully sighed with a tired smile.
"Oh, sweetheart I'm so sorry." Tiffany said, spreading jam onto her toast. "I've got work today, so you've both got your keys right?"
Embry and Sully nodded. Embry knew he was going on patrol later in the evening with Jake and Quil but until then he was totally free. Normally he would have just went to Jake's or to Quil's but since things had happened, he felt the need to be near Sully more. And since she had arrived, other then being at home, Embry hadn't really spent much time with Sully, especially since their argument. Tiffany stood, gathering her things for work, before she kissed their foreheads and left for work. Embry looked up from his cereal,
"Wanna hang out today?"
"Yea, sure."
Simple as it had been to hang out with her, Embry hadn't realized just how much they had changed. Nothing would change them deep down or their relationship; but they didn't seem to know what to do with each other. Embry had suggested going to the garage where he had a beat up car lying in wait of being fixed/ But she wasn't at all interested in cars or things like that. Sully had offered to go to cinema, but Embry complained there was nothing to see. So the two of them ended up walking along the beach, like they used to. But this was a little awkward, the two had grown apart. They didn't have much in common now. And Embry constantly felt on edge, now he knew that she was afraid of them...or the wolf part of them, he felt odd. Like he had to be careful with her.
"Hey, you know that night?"
"You mean that night which people keep telling me to forget about and move on from it but it keeps being brought up? Yea, what about it?"
"Er...yea, that night. Do you remember all of it?"
"We've been through this Em..."
"Yea, but those...animals you saw?"
"Looks, all I know is that there was something out there. They scared Gareth off but they're still out there! What if they'd went for me instead of him."
"The tribe believes..."
"You mean this spirit warrior thing? Yea, Seth said."
"They're like sacred to us Sully, it's believed they protect the tribe."
Sully stopped walking, "That's just it, Embry. You all talk about how they protect the tribe, but I'm not part of the tribe am I? Even if that was real, Em, they weren't trying to protect me."
Embry hugged Sully, Gods, how wrong you are Sully. The two pulled away from each other and smiled, this was what Embry missed, just being able to talk and be friends.
"Hey? Can we go see the guys for a bit?"
"Sure, they'll all be at the garage." Embry chuckled as Sully sighed, "Which means I can dump you with someone and work on the car for a bit."
"It better be worth it, you ditching me for a scrap piece of metal."
"Shut up!"
"Hey Embry! Didn't think we'd be seeing you today!" Jared yelled, "Oh, hey Sully."
"Hi."
"I'm gunna work on my car, okay?"
Without waiting for an answer, Embry gave Sully a side hug just as Tiffany had this morning and whisked off to his car, leaving Sully with Jared. Sully walked over to Jared,
"Hey, about yesterday..."
"It's cool, you're okay right?"
"Yea."
Jared nodded, "Look, I gotta work on this car. It's my job, and I kinda want to get paid. Sit in the drivers seat and we can talk."
Sully smiled and did as she was told. "Hey, when was Kim going out?"
"I think it was this Saturday, why? Thinking of going?"
"Yea, I think a bit of retail therapy might be in order. And I don't think I could bribe Embry or Leah into coming with me." Sully joked.
"Nah, I wouldn't even try it with Leah." Jared smiled, "I'll tell Kim you're up for it. If you give me your number, I'll pass it onto her so she can arrange something with you."
"I will before I leave. So where is everyone?"
"Sam and Paul went to buy more parts, Jake, Quil and Embry aren't supposed to work till later."
"Oh, so it was peace and quiet 'til we came, huh?"
"Yup, I don't mind. Gets lonely here sometimes, even with everyone here."
"Why? I mean you're all friends right?"
"Well, yea. Don't ask me how though, I mean...at school, I couldn't stand Paul." He scoffed.
"Why?"
"He was a..."
"Jerk?"
"A dick." Jared said bluntly, causing Sully to laugh, "I mean he can still get like full of himself and that, but you know, he's changed since school. Calmed down a bit."
Paul P.O.V
I grinned at Sam, who relentlessly teased me about the imprint still. The others tried, but I guess Sam had the trump of being Alpha, not that it had stopped me the last few times from going at him when he said something. He was sure I'd learn my lesson if he put me down enough times, probably. Sam was bigger and stronger then me, so I guess it will stop. It's just a pride thing really. We got out of the truck and started to gather the parts up. This might take a few trips to get everything in the back, I could hear laughing.
"Kim must be over." Sam said.
It wasn't Kim though, and I knew that before we got in. I would take a guess that Sam knew too, maybe he was looking for another reaction. On one level, Sam was just teasing me. He would tease me how I would have with the lads when I was at school, but also he wasn't just teasing me, it was like he was helping me accept and work through this imprint. Over the years, I'd earned the title of 'Womanizer', or as Leah put it 'Guy Slut'. I had to roll my eyes at that, just cause she was a lonely little virgin.
As I walked in, with two boxes of parts in my arms, my eyes went straight to Sully who was sat in the drivers seat of the car that Jared was working on. The two of them were almost in tears laughing, having the best of times together. She was MY imprint, the fuck was he playing at?! He can get his dirty paws away from MY...
I was snapped out of my inner rant by Sam who nudged me with his elbow, stared me down and told me to get the parts into the back. I walked past him, but listened as he spoke to them.
"Didn't know you were coming over, Sully. Hope you're not distracting my workers." Sam joked.
I put the boxes down in the back, and began to sort through the parts, putting them in the relevant places in the back room.
"Of course not, he's still working. Embry and I were passing by and..."
"Embry couldn't reisist temptation and just had to work on his car."
"Junk, she called it. 'Embry just want to come and play with his toy. Can't keep his hands off his junk!' she said." Jared laughed.
Sam raised an eyebrow, amused.
"Hey! I realized how it sounded!" Sully defended herself. "You know...after, I said it..."
Sam laughed, "Alright, well make sure he does his work. Can't leave the lads on their own for two long."
I heard Sam walk into the back room behind me, he lingered before shutting the door and coming over to me.
"There was no need for that Paul."
"For what?"
"Glaring at Jared like that, he.."
"You saw him with her!" I growled.
"I saw two friends, Paul! That's what she needs right now, a friend. It's what she wants. Remember that, Paul? She is your imprint. She is what holds you to the earth. What she wants is what she gets. We've been through this, she wants a friend Paul, so be her damn friend!" Sam growled right back at me, close to me now.
I knew Sam was trying to make me back down, my temper was getting the better of me. "I know."
"I get it, Paul. It's hard to see her that way. It's hard to see her suffer, and when you're this early on, it's even hard to see her with someone else, but you have to deal with it. Jared is on your side, now stop being such a jar head and get the rest of the boxes!"
Another short chapter, I'll start on the next one right away. Hey guest look! Paul POV. I hope you liked it!
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