Hey guys! Long time no see! Sorry this took so long to post but RL has been kicking my butt. Anywho, here is the next chapter of Chasing Shooting Stars! This was knocked out by myself without the lovely beta-ing skills of my lovely Gleemylove so mistakes are all mine! Thanks so much for all of you comments, reviews and questions! I'm glad you guys are really liking the story so far! Well let's get on with it. I don't own anything but the plot and my OC's!

O Valencia!

"Jacob, you have to get her to stop this behavior! Its too dangerous for her to be running around outside the territory unprotected. You know this." My father said angrily. I rolled my eyes and continued to get ready for school. Sometimes I think he forgets that's I have super hearing but then I remember its my father and he probably is just doing it to lecture me without actually lecturing me.

Dad, you know I can't do anything about it, she cannot be alpha ordered. And even if I could, I wouldn't. That would just piss her off and do more harm than good." My twin brother sighed sounding exasperated. This wasn't the first time they've had this argument. I could almost see him running his hand across the back of his neck.

"You have to do something Jacob. She's too important to this tribe." My father pleaded.

"Gee thanks Dad. Glad I'm just too important for the tribe." I snorted. I heard Jacob clear his throat in an attempt to cover his chuckle.

Dad, she is a protector. As such she is in danger every day. She knows how to take care of herself. She knows who she is and what value she is. She didn't choose her path but she has accepted it. I will not take away her only freedom. End of discussion." My brother said in his alpha voice that left no room for discussion. My father grumbled a little but let the subject drop. As much I liked to take care of myself, my brother's defense of me made me smile.

I slid into my flip-flops, grabbed my backpack and headed the stairs to the kitchen.

"Good morning!" I said a little too cheery. "Ready to go Jake?" I asked innocently as I grabbed two apples and a muffin for breakfast. "We're going to be late if we don't leave soon." I say to my brother who is holding in a laugh. He nodded his head and grabbed the keys to the truck before I could grab them off the rack.

I don't think so Bells, I'm driving." I pout at him but then smile and bounce out the door to the truck. As soon as we pull out of the driveway I drop my too-cheery smile and roll my eyes.

"Is he even going to stop bitching?" I asked my brother annoyed.

"probably not. He really doesn't like the fact you cross the boundary line. I'm not fond of it either B but I'm not going to stop you. You're a big girl and more than capable of taking care of yourself."

I gave my brother a small smile then turned my attention to the passing scenery. The rest of the car ride was silent.

The first half of the school day and lunch passes by uneventfully and soon it was my free period, the joys of senior. I was out the door and headed to the woods toward my sanctuary. Before I became a wolf, you couldn't convince me to leave school to save your life but now all I wanted to do was be in the woods.

I trotted into the clearing that was my sanctuary and instantly relaxed. This place was known to almost no-one because no-one besides me dared to cross outside of the boundary line into no-man's land. The lush green grass of the small clearing felt soft beneath my paws. The wide river that cut through the small green area was like music to my ears. I phased back and laid down to soak in the warm sunlight. My body melted into my surroundings and I was starting to drift asleep when a twig snapping across the river caught my attention. I stayed where I was, not moving an inch to give the allusion that I wasn't disturbed. The sounds on the river stopped and my defensive instincts kicked into overdrive. A soft breeze from the other side of the river tousled my mahogany curls and carried the scent of the intruder to me. I growled loudly and instantly phased. My hackles rised as I growled again in the direction I knew he was in.

"easy there Princess." He chuckled as he stepped out from behind a tree in nothing but a pair of cutoffs. I refused to look at his face, instead, watching his hips incase he planned to attack. "Don't want to get hurt now do you? Daddy certainly wouldn't be please if one of his golden wolves got hurt." He teased causing me to growl louder. "Come on Princess, why don't you phase back and let me see how pretty that face has gotten." I growled again and looked up at his face to see him smirking. I started to advance on him when our eyes locked and I froze. My world seemed to shift and all I could see was him, he was all that mattered to me.

"Shit." I gasped I gasped at the same time he flinched backwards and muttered "fuck." I phased back almost involuntarily. Paul's eyes widened as he took in my naked form; looks of pride, lust, adoration, and love flashed across his face. I untwined my drss from my leg and pulled it on on autopilot still too stunned to function. As soon as my dress was on, Paul appeared in front of me. My eyes roamed his toned body shamelessly, from his strong, chiseled jaw to his beautiful russet ripped abs and muscles. This man just oozed sex. "I…uh…" I tried to stutter out but any attempt at speech was cut off by Paul's lips crashing down on me. His soft lips were a sharp contrast to how reverently he kissed me and how his hard body felt pressed against me. The roughness of the tree back scratched at my back as he surrounded me but I found myself so lost him in, I couldn't seem to care. It wasn't until his hand started to slide up4 my leg that my common sense started to kicks in. :Paul…" I tried but it came out more as a breathy plead as his lips moved down my throat. His roaming hands were lighting me with a delicious fire that I never wanted to stop but somewhere in my mind reason was telling my to stop. "Paul stop. We need to stop." I said a little more evenly. He growled and once again covered my lips with his own killing any sort of protest I had. He pinned me more against the tree and his lips dropped to place hot open-mouthed kisses along my throat. He sucked on the juncture of my neck and shoulder and I felt my knees go weak. He did it again, this time sliding his teeth across it and I froze.

"Please Paul! Stop!" I said frantically as his teeth slid across the skin at the juncture of my neck and shoulder again. He was going to mark me! Shit! Something in my voice though seemed to snap him out of his current state and he stepped away from. The reality of the situation came crashing down on me like an inescapable weight. I slid down the tree and for the first time since I was a little girl, I cried. I didn't even notice Paul had moved back to my side until his warm arm wrapped around my trembling frame.

"Shh baby, don't cry." He cooed kissing my hair. "It'll be okay. I'll make it okay."

"How?" I asked letting my anger seep through. "How in the hell are we going to work this out Paul? We're enemies. Our tribes HATE each other. I'm supposed to be some great peace keeper and you're the fucking Alpha of my rival pack. Please tell me in what fucking universe is this okay!" I growled, seething at his calm demeanor. I felt his shoulders shaking but not from anger but amusement. I looked up at his face to see barely contained amusement. The bastard was laughing at me! "What the fuck are you laughing at?"

The damn seemed to break and his booming laughter filled the air. I glared at him until he calmed to little chuckles.

"I'm sorry baby, you're just so damn sexy when you get all frustrate. Your cheeks get all flushed and you look so fucking irresistible and I literally just want to rip that dress back off and take you right here." He purred in my ear.

"Oh really? Then why are you fucking laughing?" I growled again.

"Because you're having a complete meltdown. The spirits obviously choose us to be with each other for a reason. We just have to find out that reason. But until then…" He leered, a suggestive smirk on his lips. I smiled a little and gave him a light peck on the lips before pulling back. He growled a little and tried o pull me back to him but I resisted.

"Nuh uh. We need to figure this out." I said as he ran his nose along my jaw and down my neck.

"Uhg. Less talk, more action." He mumbled into my collarbone.

"Paul…" I warned as he got dangerously close to that little juncture between my neck and shoulder again.

"Fine." He sighed. "What?" He asked withdrawing his face from my neck but kept his arm around me.

"First off, you CANNOT mark me." I said firmly. A low rumbled of a growl started in his chest but he reigned it in as I glared at him."

"You want me to fight every instinct in my body? I am Alpha, you are my mate, you need to be claimed. No other man will touch you." He gritted out.

"Oh yeah? And how's that going to go over when I go home baring you scent and mark?"

"Run away. Come with me to my home." He replied simply.

"I can't. My people and my pack need me. Plus my brother would not let me go without a fight, forget about my father."

"Well what the fuck do you want to do?" He growled pulling away from me. I put my hand on his shaking arm, rubbing my thumb over his bicep.

"Paul, I'm not rejecting the imprint. I am accepting it. But we need to be careful. It would destroy me if something happened to you. Please, be reasonable here. I know it's a lot to ask of you but it needs to be this way…for now at least." I crooned, sliding my hand up to his face to stroke his jaw line. I leaned in and kissed him deeply. Paul responded hungrily, working his tongue into my mouth. I moaned breathlessly as his tongue batted with my own and as his wandering hands once again left a delicious fire in their paths.

"Sex still in the cards?" He asked smirking against my lips. My only response was another breathy moan as his hand crawled up my thigh. "What about smelling like me? He teased pulling away from me.

"That's what the river is for." I growled and pinned him to the ground.

So kind of a cliffy, not really, you all know what's going to happen! Haha. So is it going to work or end in disaster? Hmmm… The song for this chapter is O Valencia!

By The Decemberists…very fitting. Review, Comment, Question! I love to hear it all! =)