MILLIES POV

As I woke up it was still relatively dark in the room, probably because it was going to rain again. That wasn't a surprise, it always rained in La Push.

"Are you ok?" Paul whispered down to me, making me jump slightly.

Unbelievable, I had forgotten that Paul had stayed with me and I was glad he had. There was no way I needed a duvet with Paul close. He was like my own person heater.

I glanced up him, realising my head was resting on his chest. Paul grinned down at me making my cheeks blush slightly.

"Does it hurt?" Paul mumbled sadly, stroking my bruised cheek.

He touched a tender spot, making me flinch.

"I will take that as a yes" he whined.

I breathed out deeply and snuggled into Paul's side. One of Paul's arm was already resting around my shoulder, holding me closer to him whilst his other was wrapped around my waist.

I felt his lips press the top of my head quickly.

"Should your mum and dad know I'm here?" Paul asked with the cheeky grin on his face.

I shook my head quickly. "No. They thought you went home and didn't come back"

Paul nodded and sat up from my bed, kicking his legs off the side.

"I will go and knock on the front door" he smirked down at me.

I nodded and fell back onto my back, staring up at the ceiling, waiting for the back door to slam shut.

"Mill?" Paul said, making me jump.

I sat up instantly and as I turned to face him, his lips pressed against mine. He pulled away instantly and stared down at his hands awkwardly.

"Sorry, that was meant to be your cheek" he muttered, scratching his neck.

I noticed he did that when he was nervous.

"I don't mind" I assured him.

Paul's eyes met mine instantly and a large arrogant grin stretched across his face.

"Really?"

I nodded and before I could say anything, Paul leant forward and crushed his lips against mine again, this time for much longer period of time. I pulled away with lack of air and pushed Paul's chest away with my hand.

"Now go knock on my front door before anyone hears you" I chuckled.

Paul jumped up from my bed and slid silently out of the door.

I rushed to get changed into a pair of jeans and a baggy hoodie. The hood would help to hide my face whilst at school.

After a few minutes there was a loud knock on the front door. I listened for any sign of movement upstairs and then I heard mum talking to Paul. As I was stuffing my books into my rucksack, Paul strolled back into my room.

"Are you sure you want to go to school today? We could always skip" Paul came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"You may be a rebel, but I am not" I turned my head and smirked at him.

He sniggered loudly and tightened his arms around me. I twisted in his arms to face him.

"Now I need your help to get out the house without my mum or Martin seeing me" I tried to sound as persuasive as possible.

It must have worked because Paul grabbed my rucksack and pulled me out of my room. I could hear Daisy whining in the kitchen so we sprinted down the hallway and out the front door.

"Oh no" I moaned, skidding to a stop at the end of the path.

Path spun around to face me. "What?"

"I forgot to get the keys for the car" I mumbled.

My cheeks blushed at how stupid I was feeling. The plan was ruined.

Paul chuckled softly and lifted up my chin with his finger. He grinned down at me and then dangled my car keys infront of my face.

"God your good" I sighed.

"I know" Paul said arrogantly.

Surprisingly he jumped into the driver's side, leaving me with the passenger's seat. I didn't know if I trusted him enough to drive my car but I didn't want to argue.

"So your room wasn't what I expected" Paul said as we drove away from the house.

"Hopefully it won't be like that for much longer. I want to decorate it at the weekend" I mumbled.

Paul nodded.

His eyes widened with excitement. "Maybe I could help you"

I rolled my eyes. "Let me guess; you are a fully qualified painter and decorator" I sniggered.

We pulled into the parking lot and the same amount of people who had stared at me on the first day, still turned and watched the car drive past.

"Well if you don't want my help, I am sure you could do it all on your own" Paul murmured, trying not to smile.

"I am sure I could do it on my own" I smirked down at my hands, knowing that Paul would want to help me anyway.

We pulled into an empty parking space and before I could jump down from the car, Paul was at my side helping me down.

"But I want to help you" Paul grinned down at me.

I laughed softly and grabbed the car keys from his hand.

"I knew you would"

I turned to walk into the school, but a gust of wind blew off my hood showing my face. I moaned loudly and brushed my hair over my shoulder, trying to hide it.

Paul slid his hand in mind, squeezing it in reassurance as people began to stare. The others were waiting for us by the lockers. They began smirking when they saw Paul's hand around mine but that smirk quickly disappeared when they saw my face. Leah pushed past them and rushed up to me, placing her hot hand on the unhurt side of my face to examine the other side.

"What the hell happened to you? Why didn't you tell me something happened" she growled.

"More like who" Jake grunted curling his hands into fists.

Leah stared down at me and I nodded.

"David" she snarled.

She spun on her heels and stormed towards the parking lot, looking for David. I pushed Paul's arm and gestured for him to stop her. He nodded and ran after her, grabbing hold of her arm and dragging her back to me.

"I sorted it Leah" Paul assured her, looking deadly serious.

"Does Sam know?" Jared asked curiously.

Paul nodded and a large smug smile stretched across his face.

"Sam went with me to his house" he chuckled as the guys stared at him with open mouths.

"He let you hurt him?" Quil laughed softly.

Paul nodded and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to him.

"Well you don't need to worry Mill. If David comes within ten meters of you, call anyone of us and we will sort him out for you" Jake grinned down at me, nudging my arm playfully.

"Come on Mill, lets go to Maths" Leah grabbed my hand and pulled me down the corridor.

I turned around and saw Paul looking slightly lost in the middle of the now empty corridor, still staring after me. I smiled at him and he grinned back at me, gesturing to the phone in his pocket.

Just as I reached my seat in Maths, my phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled it out and smiled when I saw a text from Paul.

I will see you at lunch beautiful. Xxxxxxxxxxx

I didn't have time to text back before the teacher strolled into the classroom, followed by the rest of the students who stared at my face as they walked past. I felt my cheeks blush which hurt my bruises, so I stared down at my desk, tracing the patterns on the table with my finger.

I moaned as I saw David stroll into the classroom. He looked even worse than me and was clutching his stomach as well as he moved so I guessed he had hurt his ribs. He had a massive black eye, cuts all down his face and a swollen lip.

He walked past me, avoiding my gaze completely and took his seat a few chairs away from me. Every time he glanced in my direction I heard Leah growl beside me so he quickly looked away. I looked over my shoulder at her and she laughed softly.

David wasn't in any more of my classes, so it was a little bit less stressful but that didn't stop people staring at my face.

Nearly everyone in the cafeteria turned and stared at me as we made our way over to the guys table. Paul looked up instantly as I set my bottle of water and apple on the table beside him and he grinned at me.

"Alright beautiful?" he pulled along the chair so I could sit beside him and wrapped his arm around my waist.

"Really?" I said sarcastically. I raised my eyebrows and leaned away from him, pointing to my messed up face.

Paul rolled his eyes and kissed my bruised cheek softly, making my cheeks blush with embarrassment.

"Calm it Romeo, some of us are trying to eat here" Embry said as Quil pretended to gag on his sandwich.

"Shut it" Paul growled and threw an empty can at Embry's head.

Embry caught it before it hit him and placed it on the table infront of him.

"So have you seen David today Mill? I am surprised Sam let Paul hurt him that much" Jared laughed loudly.

Paul glanced down at me waiting for my reply.

"He was in my maths class but Leah made sure he didn't look at me longer than two seconds. Every time he did, she growled at him and he looked away" I chuckled softly.

Leah beamed proudly as Paul smiled thankfully over at her. She nodded in response.

"So I spoke to Daisy earlier and she said that you guys were going to New York this weekend" Jared glanced over at me.

Paul's arms tightened around me. He frowned down at me sadly.

"Mill?" he mumbled.

"I am staying at home to decorate my room but the others are going. It is Daisy's birthday on Sunday so mum and dad are taking her on a shopping spree. They said I could go but I don't want to" I laughed softly as Paul sighed loudly.

"Awesome we can have a movie night round yours this Friday to keep you company" Quil announced.

"Sure whatever just bring some films that you want to watch because Daisy only lets us watch her chick flicks" I agreed.

"Make sure you've got popcorn, we eat a lot" Seth chuckled.

"No kidding" I muttered, glancing round the table.

Each boy had a full tray of food infront of them, and seemed to be devouring it at an astounding rate. Even Leah had more food than your average boy in the cafeteria.

"I'll bring some popcorn too, don't worry" Paul said, squeezing my shoulders in reassurance.

"Thank you" I sighed, resting my head against his side.

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