Mayzie sat silently at the edge of the cliff where the pack usually jumped from. Her hand played with the pile of rocks she had made a few weeks ago. She watched as her feet dangled off the edge of the cliff, rotating in opposite directions and occasionally hitting against the cliff's edge.

"Thought I'd find you here." Quil's voice sounded from behind her. She didn't even turn to know Jake was with him too. Her cousin sat on her left while Jake sat on her right.

"He'll cool off." Jake told her. Mayzie rested her head on her cousin's shoulder, something she used to do as a child when she was upset.

"Why am I stuck with the imprint that doesn't want to ever imprint? Especially on me?" Mayzie turned her head so her face was covered by Quil's shoulder.

"It's not like that, Z. He just doesn't know how to react. He likes to mess around with whoever he wants, I think it scares him that he actually has an emotional connection to someone and that he has a chance to be hurt if anything happens to you." Jake told her. Mayzie and Quil both turned and gave Jake a bewildered look, the two cousins suddenly looking like identical twins. Jake burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" Quil asked.

"You two had the exact same look on your face!" Jake struggled to breathe. Mayzie smacked his arm and stood up suddenly.

"Anyone up for a jump?" she asked, smiling. Quil and Jake scrambled to their feet and watched as Mayzie walked back from the edge. They moved aside slightly to allow Mayzie room to jump. What they weren't expecting was for Mayzie to get a running start and then grab Quil and Jake and pull them over the edge with her into the dark waters.

"I can't believe you did that!" Jake laughed, pushing Mayzie into the waves as they walked in the shallow waters that lead to the beach.

"I can't believe neither of you saw it coming." She laughed, splashing Jake back and jumping on Quil's back. The three of them laughed and looked up to see a pouting Embry waiting for them on the beach.

"Really? You couldn't hold off on the cliff diving fun until I got off patrol?" he grumbled at the trio. They burst into laughter once more, stumbling gracefully towards the beach.

"It wasn't exactly planned, Em." Mayzie splashed him with water. Embry growled slightly at his sister, who just laughed and swatted the back of his head. The four of them walked up the beach, back to Sam and Emily's house.

Paul's POV

Paul had phased as soon as he was hidden by the foliage of the La Push woods. His mind was filled with confusion and anger, but also the undeniable pull he felt towards Mayzie Atera.

"What's going on?" Jared's voice filled Paul's head, for which he was grateful. He knew Jared would understand.

"Mayzie."

"What about Mayzie?" Jared didn't understand.

"I imprinted on her. And I guess her on me too." Paul's voice wavered just a tiny bit, but Jared understood what had happened.

"And you don't want an imprint? Specifically Mayzie?" Paul didn't have to answer to know Jared, his closest pack sibling, would understand what he meant.

"Paul, remember that the imprint is a guide in the right direction. If you imprinted on Mayzie, then it's meant to be." Jared's voice was confident, as if he had been the one to choose the imprints. Paul nodded his head slowly before realizing he could sense Mayzie nearby.

"Go." Jared encouraged. Embry, who had taken over for Leah, had been silent the entire run, until Jared's last comment to which he snorted at. Paul ignored it however and followed his instincts to find Mayzie. He settled in the woods as he saw her sitting on the edge of the cliff, sandwiched in between Quil and Jacob. As he listened to their conversation, he realized it was about him. Mayzie thought he didn't want her, didn't need her. The imprint pull felt stronger to Paul than ever at that moment, whether he wanted to feel it or not.

He felt like he needed to calm Mayzie down and reassure her that he'd be there for her. She heard Jake defending Paul and saying that he liked do mess around with other girls and that he didn't want to give that up and possible get hurt. Paul's chest felt like it was going to explode out of pain from trying to resist the imprint. He watched then as Mayzie, Quil, and Jake stood and Mayzie walked back. Paul was convinced she knew he was there until she took off running back towards the cliff, her long legs lean and muscular. She grabbed an arm from each of the boys and pulled them over the cliff with her. They yelled various colorful curses on the way down and Mayzie just laughed. Paul waited until he heard the water take their fall until he inched himself toward the cliff to watch over the edge.

"Stalker much?" Leah's voice burst into Paul's head. Jared was phasing out and Leah back in since her break was over and Jared's shift was too. Embry had just been covering for Sam, who was spending some extra time with Emily.

"I'm just making sure they're safe." Paul snapped at her. Sam phased in and Embry out, something Paul didn't realize had happened until he saw Embry waiting for his friends at the beach, pouting that they didn't invite him. Paul rolled his eyes and then trotted back to Sam and Emily's, knowing that's where the rest of them would be as well.

He phased back and turned to get dressed. When he was climbing up the porch steps, he heard it.

"Paul?" Mayzie's voice called. He got an odd feeling in his stomach, one that he wasn't sure what to do with.

"Hey." He waved slightly at her. Emily was watching the unusually awkward exchange from kitchen window, trying not to snicker as the imprints stared at each other in silence.

"You were at the cliff." She said. It wasn't a question, but Paul nodded anyway. She was silent as she nodded back at him and then walked past him into the house. Paul watched her from behind as she walked away from him and felt a pang in his chest at that thought. "Away from him." He knew he'd never be able to survive without her.