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Writer's Notes: Welcome to Dear Soulmate chapter six! Street by Street:::


~~Street by Street by Laufey~~


Charlie sat through Bella's explanation of what was happening with Colin. For now the plan was to talk to Sam since he was the chief on the Rez and Colin was going to stay as long as he could until Terrance Lahote figured it out. Meanwhile, Charlie was going to try and investigate it further.

So now, Colin was safe for the moment. Paul was being pissy which Bella expected. He was short with her a couple times but she put him in his place and he managed to give her an apology.

At the moment, Colin was there and Seth Clearwater had come over to hang out. Seth and Colin were the same age. And it was nice to see Colin happy.

Bella watched the two boys play video games on the couch. Quil was outside measuring the porch for the ramp her dad kept talking about. The other guys were busy with something and they included Jake. She stepped out of the room to go upstairs. She walked over to her closet or grab her laundry. She glanced at one of her sweaters and a memory hit her.

"You are mine. No one else's. You can't see or talk to Jake anymore." Edwards harsh voice cut through her. His hand went to her throat and he pushes her against the wall.

"Edward… that hurts." Bella squeaked out.

Edward didn't care. He pushed his mouth against hers kissing her hard, making her lips swell. He pulled back and then he was gone.

Bella blinked a few times, tears in her eyes. She pulled the sweater off the hanger and she ripped at it. She was surprised by her own strength when she managed to mangle the sweater. She wiped at her face, trying to stop the tears. She decided to splash some water on her face. So she went to the bathroom. She took a couple moments and dried her face before she went back downstairs without the laundry. She went to the kitchen to fix the boys sandwiches.

Seth and Colin joined her in the kitchen and she smiled at them. "You know when I was younger I used to play in the woods. Jake and I found this cool rock cove that we used as a fort."

Colin grinned. "Secret forts, eh?"

Bella chuckled. "Yeah. I was always exploring the forest. It was an adventure."

"Ooooh, show us the fort." Seth said. He was hyped up now. Colin was barely taller than Seth. Seth still had a youthful face. He had not exactly transitioned to the square jaw, buff Quileute phase yet.

Bella thought about it. There hadn't been any vampires lurking that she could tell. "Maybe. After you eat your sandwiches." She said and slid them towards them. She then took Quil his sandwich.

Quil smiled at her letting the tape measure retract. "Thanks Bella." He said and took the sandwich.

Bella winked at him then walked back inside and saw Seth and Colin already putting shoes on.

"Come on, we finished!" Seth said and they raced out the back door.

Bella sighed, running out after then, without her coat again. She followed them into the forest. "Hold on. Don't go too far. We'll get lost." She said with a chuckle.

They made it to the rock cove and the boys were in awe. It was grander than Bella remembered. The opening to the little cove was bigger than she remembered too.

"You and Jake used to play here?"

Bella smiled and nodded. "Yeah. Pretending to be pirates sometimes or playing out old Quileute legends." She said and crossed her arms shivering a little. The cool air had went through her quickly. But there was something lurking now. She knew that smell, the sickly sweet scent of a vampire. "Alright boys. Let's get back. I forgot my coat and it'll be dark soon." She rushed.

The boys groaned but listened. Bella looked around the forest sensing the vampire nearby. They got to the backyard of the house when she appeared.

Flaming hair that seemed to defy gravity. Her skin was so porcelain it looked transparent and her eyes, like crimson saucers staring back at her.

Bella immediately pushed the boys behind her. "Victoria."

Quil smelled the leech as it seemingly just phased in out of nowhere. Bella and the boys weren't in the house so his wolf kicked in. He shifted running around the house and seeing the leech standoff with Bella. He alerted Sam immediately Sam a leech. She's got for Bella and the boys cornered.

Interfere if she attacks. We're on our way. Don't take her head on unless you have to.

Bella kept her body like a shield. "What are you doing here?" she demanded trying to keep her voice level.

"I visited the Cullen's. They seemed to have… left you behind." Victoria spoke her voice like little bells.

Bella swallowed. Edwards voice popped in her head. Lie. "They aren't really gone. They're on vacation." She lied. "The boys have nothing to do with this. You want me right?"

Victoria chuckled her musical laugh. "Since Edward took what I loved. I'll take what he does. Since you have affection for those boys then they will perish too."

Bella stared back at Victoria. "Right like James loved you? If he did he wouldn't have hunted me for so long. He wouldn't have taken me to be his then." She goaded Victoria and it worked. She shrieked and flew at Bella. Bella pushed at the boys and ran to the side to take Victoria on without the boys getting hurt. She pinned Bella to the ground her head hitting the ground hard and busting open. The scent of blood filled the air and Victoria inhaled deeply the blood lust kicking in. She went to bite into Bella's neck when a giant wolf attacked, knocking her away from Bella.

Bella scrambled back on her hands and knees then saw the wolf turn to look at her. It was beautiful, the grey and brown fur seemed to mesh together perfectly. It's dark eyes studied her.

Other wolves sprang, chasing after Victoria. Bella's eyes were wide in shock. The wolves were huge like the size of a bear and it was nothing like she has ever seen before.

"I don't want to die." Bella said her lip quivering. The wolf lay on it's belly on the ground before her and nudged her foot with it's nose. Bella wanted to shrink back in fear but she didn't she stared at the wolf, not breaking it's gaze. She reached a hand out and touched it's head. It's eyes closed when she touched it. The fur was so soft. "I'm okay." She murmured and it was like that's all the wolf needed to hear her say before it left and ran into the woods.

Bella paused a moment before getting to her feet. She went to the boys who were both shell-shocked. "Come on. Let's get inside." She said and guided them back to the house.

She didn't know she was bleeding at all. She was focused on the boys. "Are you both okay?"

Seth nodded not finding his voice yet and Colin has tears in his eyes. Bella had put herself in front of him. Protecting him. She was going to die protecting him like his mother had.

Suddenly Paul burst in the house. He went to Bella immediately. He saw the blood panic was setting in. "Bella, you're hurt." He touched her head to inspect it more. When Bella saw the blood her eyes for wide.

"I'm so sorry." She started apologizing.

Paul pulled her to him his arms hugging her tight against him. She shivered a little before she settled into his warmth. He pulled back to look at her. "It doesn't look deep. Let me clean it up." He said and guided her to the downstairs bathroom. All the Quileute boys were there now. Sam watched Paul take Bella to make sure she was okay so he turned to Colin and Seth.

Once in the bathroom, Paul shut the door and closed the toilet seat and sat her down. He grabbed a rag, put warm water on it and he dabbed at the cut on the back of her head. The bleeding was already stopping which was good.

Bella stared at Paul's bare chest as he cleaned the blood. She realized he was shirtless and that confused her. Then she thought back to the others. They were shirtless too. She felt tears sting as she thought about how close to death she had been. How close to death the boys had been. "I'm sorry." She murmured.

Paul was trying to stay calm. The damn leech got away from them. But he was focused on Bella right now. He saw what Quil saw. Bella shielded his brother with her own body. Had offered herself to keep the boys safe. It was selfless. It was brave. He almost lost his imprint and his brother at the same time and that shook him to his core. "Don't apologize. It's just blood, it's not serious. It just scared me."

"Colin. I swear I tried to protect him. He's okay right. He must be terrified. I have to go-"

"Sit." Paul said, pushing her back down on the toilet. "He's okay. Sam is talking to him." He said and took a breath. "Everything is okay now. I won't let anything hurt you, ever."

Tears welled up in her eyes and she let them fall now. She couldn't stop the sobbing now. Paul pulled her against him, her face against his stomach. His hands tangled in her hair. She sank into him his warmth flooding her with relief.

"I didn't want to die." She murmured.

Paul knew that she was talking about the leech in part but also about him. He had to make sure she was okay before he could chase after the leech that did this. "I know." He murmured.

Bella pulled back, looking up at him. She stared into his eyes. They were like the wolf's. It started to click in her head then. The wolves that chased Victoria. The wolf that stayed to make sure she was okay. It was him. Paul was the wolf. The Quileute legends were true. It was true about vampires it wasn't crazy to think that the wolves would be real too.

"Its you…." She murmured.

Paul frowned. "What?"

Bella stood making Paul take a step back. She reached up, her hand touching his face. She stared into his eyes. She nodded. "You're a wolf."

Paul didn't know what to say. He was stunned that she connected it but also he felt relief. She knew and she wasn't running away. "How?"

"Your eyes. You came… you came to save me. It's why you're half naked in my bathroom." Bella shook her head. "I just know. I can feel it now."

Paul swallowed. "You're not scared?"

Bella shook her head. "I'm okay with weird. You know about vampires and… you chased her into the woods. And-"

"Slow down." Paul said. "Its our job to protect people from vampires. We didn't catch her. Which means you're still in danger and we failed."

Bella's mind was racing. "When you gave me your hoodie. Outside. You knew a vampire was near." She said as a statement and he nodded.

"You knew too. How?"

"They have a sweet smell. Almost sickly sweet. I was around…"She trailed off.

Paul felt a little angry thinking about the Cullen's. "Being around the Cullen's for a year." He finished for her and she nodded. He sighed. "Its why we all shifted. The Cullen's and other leeches. They forced the trigger and we all started the shift." He explained.

Bella felt oddly calm now. She knew she should freak out but this wasn't the weirdest thing to her. She was grateful that the Quileute boys protected her. Protected the people of Forks and La Push. She understood more now. She looked back up at Paul who was still studying her. "I'm okay now. Thank you." She said and went to move around him but she got a little dizzy and she stumbled a little and Paul caught her, her hand connecting with his bare chest.

Paul was blinded by a vision, one that has been a memory or Bella's.

Edward …no

You are my little lamb. You do as I tell you." Edwards voice was like ice as he went to Bella, trapping her beneath him. He sniffed her neck, inhaling her scent and moaning in her ear. His hand was rough on her body. It hurt Bella. She already knew it would bruise. He ripped her clothes off her causing her to squeak. Who was this… this monster… his hands bruised her flesh as he groped her hard.

"Edward… please…" Bella cried. "I-I I'm not ready for sex." Bella cried more as his hands moved lower over her fragile skin.

Edward didn't care. He took what he wanted. He quickly removed his own clothes, using his speed to where Bella didn't have a chance to escape his grasp. He hovered over her his cold, hard cock ready to take from her.

Paul pulled away from Bella. Anger filled him uncontrollably. He was shaking so hard with anger.

Bella frowned and reached out to him. "Paul."

"Don't touch me. Bella leave." Paul said and moved away from her. He was trying hard not to wolf out right now and he didn't want to hurt her.

"Paul talk to me. What's wrong?" she said and ignored him and went towards him. She touched his arm.

To Paul's surprise he calmed. Like she was calming him through the imprint. He blinked a few times. He felt angry still but it was lessening. "I… I need air." He said and moved away from her and went out of the bathroom and then outside.

Bella left the bathroom confused at what was going on.

"Bella! Are you okay?" Jake was in front of her now.

Bella looked at Jake frowning. "Yes, but Paul isn't . He got weird all of a sudden and then angry. I've never seen him that angry."

"He didn't hurt you did he?" Jake started looking her over.

"Stop. I'm okay. Paul isn't he-"

"He's wolfing out right now." Embry said from the kitchen bar. He was eating a sandwich.

Bella blinked a couple times and looked back at Jake who was glaring at Embry. "He needed to get away from me to shift… he didn't want to hurt me." She murmured.

"Well, duh. He wouldn't want to hurt his imprint." Embry said, biting the sandwich again.

"Embry, dude. He didn't tell her yet." Jake scolded Embry.

Bella put a hand to her head. She had a headache now. "His what?"

Sam came into the kitchen now. "Jake, Embry go after Paul." He ordered and Jake and Embry obeyed. Jake hesitated a moment but he left Bella there with Sam.

"Are Seth and Colin okay?" she asked immediately.

"They're okay. It was their first time seeing a vampire." Sam said with ease. "I wanted to talk to you."

"What was Embry talking about?"

Sam sighed. "It wasn't his place to tell you but now you know. You're Paul's imprint. That means that he would do anything for you. He would protect you at all cost. Nothing matters more on this planet than you."

Bella frowned. "Why me? How? When?"

"When you hit him and broke your hand. The moment your skin touched his, he imprinted." Sam said. "The God's chose you as his imprint."

"But why is he so angry? He just got angry all of sudden. I tried to calm him down and-"

"Paul has a temper. I don't know what happened. But he has a harder time keeping his wolf in check. He went outside to make sure you wouldn't get hurt because of him. Embry was right. He won't do anything to hurt his imprint and that's you." Sam explained.

Bella was so confused. She just didn't understand it all fully. Why did the Gods choose her to be his imprint? Why didn't he tell her about it? Why had everyone lied to her for so long? She looked up at Paul when he walked back in. "Paul."

"Listen. This imprint thing doesn't change anything. I'm obligated to protect you. I will protect you." Paul said his tone flat.

Sam sighed. "Paul."

Jake managed to make it back inside tying his shorts. He heard what Paul said and he just knew that Bella was about to hit him. He moved fast catching Bella around the waist. "Whoa chica. Let's not hit the big bad wolf."

Paul growled at Jake and his hands on his imprint.

"Fuck you Paul." Bella said not struggling against Jake. Jake saved her from breaking her hand again. "It would be worth breaking my hand again. How dare you. I do not need this. I don't need your protection. I didn't ask you for it."

Paul glared. "Right like you've been doing a good job so far. You almost became dinner for a vampire."

"Yes and that's because of me. I would have gladly died of it meant your brother and Seth could escape." Bella said, tears blinding her. "Your mood is so shitty Im getting whiplash from you."

Paul felt the anger dissipate. He saw her crying and it undid him. "Bella… I…"

Sam looked at Jake and nodded and Jake released Bella. Bella sobbed a little and Paul went to her. Her pulled her against him and she hit his chest in frustration. Frustrated that she was even crying in the first place.

"Please stop crying." Paul said his voice soft. Sam motioned for Jake to leave Bella and Paul alone in the kitchen.

Bella shook her head. "You're an asshole. How dare you keep something from me for weeks. How dare you make me care and then treat me like you don't fucking care. I'm a mess. I didn't need anything extra on top of all the bullshit I'm dealing with. I thought I had… I thought-"

Paul cut her off his mouth covering hers. It was impulsive and he would kick himself later. He was fucking around with her mind right now and he hated it. He freaked out at seeing her memory. He wasn't prepared to see her like that. So vulnerable and being subdued like that beneath a leech. His imprint. Being assaulted like that, it undid him. He became angry so fast and he realized how close he was to her, that he could have hurt her like Sam had scarred Emily. He didn't know if he could live with himself. If he had hurt her. That's why he wanted to fight the imprint. She was saddled with a fuck up like him. He didn't deserve her.

Bella's lips parted when he kissed her and their tongues slipped together. He held her to him, not letting her go. She was glad he was holding on to her because her legs were weak now and she couldn't stand. She sank against him, her hands moving over his chest.

Paul felt her hands on his hot skin. His chest and he felt the memory as it hit him. He has to move away as Edward's face flashed in his head. He was hurting Bella and she was crying. He had abused her. Made her into someone different. It wasn't her fault at all. She didn't willingly let him do anything to her. He felt angry again.

"Paul why are you so angry with me?". Bella murmured, shaking a little. She could feel his anger now.

Paul shook his head. "I'm not angry with you. I keep… I keep getting flashes of… of your memories. Of him…" he admitted and took a couple breaths.

Bella frowned. "Memories?"

"Its of him. Of Cullen." Paul said. "He's hurting you…."

Bella gasped and moved a hand to her mouth. "Oh no… is that… is that what happened in the bathroom?" she asked and he nodded. "I'm sorry."

"You're sorry? You're the one that endured it. Damn it Bella… you don't have to apologize for everything."

Bella closed her eyes and took a step back. Her head was spinning and it was hurting. "I just…"

Paul saw something wasn't right. He reached for her as she started to collapse. He caught her and swung her into his arms. He carried her into the living room. She was unconscious now. "Colin move." He instructed and Colin sprang up fast. Jake was alarmed.

"What did you do!" Jake said accusingly.

Paul lay her on the couch. "Sam, I think she needs a hospital. The cut wasn't deep but maybe she hurt her brain. I don't know. " he said ignoring Jake.

Sam nodded pulling out his phone and called for an ambulance.

Paul knew she was still breathing and she had a pulse. He kneeled next to her. He wasn't leaving her side.

Sam hung up. "Ambulance will be here soon. Charlie is on duty. I had them send him a message."

Paul nodded and then brushed her hair out of her face. He was feeling shitty right now. He was bad for her. He didn't deserve her. She deserved so much better than him.