Author's Notes: Sorry I know it's been a little while, but unfortunately I only got a few days off work for Christmas and my son's second birthday was the 28th so it's been pretty manic! Anyways hope you enjoy the chapter and so you'll probably guess more drama it heading this way! As always thanks to my wonderful beta JenJenSon and if any of you like Harry Potter check out her story it's really hot!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, the characters, book or film and make no money from this story it is pure fiction for fan purposes.

Chapter 8: Ride

I leant back into the couch and passed Paul his drink. He'd come by like this a few times a week without the pack so we could spend some time to ourselves.

"I hope she's doing alright..." I sighed; thinking about Leah who hadn't really spoke to many of us for the past week.

"Well they took the risk." Paul replied. I looked at him slightly shocked.

"It was an accident." I protested, on their behalf.

"Well, what I meant was its nobody else's fault, they weren't forced to do the nasty without protection and I thought Leah would be over the moon." He explained.

"You are hardly in a position to criticise them, we didn't use anything that night either!" I snapped. "And just because Leah is happy that she has an imprint and can get pregnant doesn't mean she is ready to have a baby right now or is going to just fall in love overnight does it?"

"I don't know how her mind works do I? Now you're making it sound like it's my fault!" he yelled back.

"I didn't say it was your fault! When did I say that?" I asked.

"Well then why are you yelling at me?" he shouted, standing up.

"Because you're being hypocritical and insensitive!" I retorted. Obviously the wrong answer because he left the house banging the door. I sighed and flopped on my back on the sofa. Typical it was going to be one of those days again.

The problem Paul and I have is that other than his first declaration of any kind of feelings for me, we don't talk about our feelings and we don't do serious. It's always about having fun and hanging out which is fun and great but...you can't live your life without taking anything seriously...and I need someone to step up to the plate and look after me. No that came out wrong...I want someone who I can count on if I need to but won't be trying to control my life and make my decisions for me like a certain ex.

Paul POV

Why does she have to take everything so seriously? I was just pointing out that if they weren't careful they can't complain about the circumstances whether it was an accident or not, I'm tired of everyone acting like it's a big shock and drama. They had unprotected sex and Leah got pregnant, it's not a surprise; that's how it's supposed to work! Especially if they're each other's imprints!

I know I did the same thing and we were very lucky that Bella had the sense to at least get the morning after pill just in case and in Leah's defence no one had known that a female wolf could get pregnant from another wolf; we had all thought they were baron full stop.

So why was she mad at me? I will never understand women, ever!

Unfortunately a day of silent treatment from Bella was enough to drive me mad so I needed to figure out how to make her not mad at me anymore.

"You're an idiot you know that?" Sam laughed at me. "You know why she's mad right?"

"No that's why I was asking for help, not to be laughed at." I muttered.

"Because you sounded like an insensitive jack-ass!" Sam laughed again. "Look, you and I know that sometimes women are stupid and crazy but seriously the easiest way to keep them happy...if your opinion isn't nice, keep it in your head and change the subject."

"That's what you'd do?" I asked.

"Not always but quite often." He shrugged. "Look women are more emotional than us, they want men to be sensitive and romantic so just...look you want Bella in your life right?" I nodded. "You don't want to hurt her?"

"Of course not." I snorted.

"You love her?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at me expectantly.

"Hell, I don't know! I've never loved anyone but my mum!" I hissed. "I care about her, isn't that enough?"

"See now these are the things you don't say if you want a girl to not throw things at you." Sam laughed.

Bella POV

Something caught my attention as I came downstairs for breakfast; I glanced at the kitchen table and spotted a folded paper on it. I picked it up and opened it quickly.

Meet me on the beach 11 o'clock

Paul

I couldn't help but chuckle to myself, Paul was hardly the romantic type...even a rendezvous note didn't sound romantic from him.

So I ate a quick breakfast and tidied the house before going upstairs and getting dressed to meet Paul at the beach. I grabbed some jeans and a jumper before digging around for my coat downstairs and heading out to my truck.

It was a surprisingly warm for Folks today, it was still cold when the wind blew but the sun kept peeking out from between the clouds every now and then although you couldn't really call it a sunny day it was at least bright and dry. I got out by Sam and Emily's and walked down to the beach where we normally have the bon fire.

I couldn't see Paul but I could see footprints so I followed them along the beach. Then hot hands covered my eyes and I screamed before realising it was obviously Paul, which I'll admit made me feel a bit silly.

"Surprise." He murmured in my ear, and guiding me forward. I felt a kiss on my neck and then he moved his hands. In front of us at my feet was a small blanket a few cans of soda, a flask with some cups and a few plates of food currently covered with cling film.

"Special occasion?" I asked.

"I was a bit of an ass." He replied, bending down to kiss me.

"A bit...but so was I." I replied. "This is really sweet." I gestured down at the picnic.

"I'll admit I didn't make the food but I swear it was all my idea." He said, sitting down and tugging me with him causing me to not so gracefully land in his lap. "Clumsy Bella." He chuckled and kissed me again.

"Hey!" I protested, laughing myself. "You did pull me down here."

We spent most of the day laid there on the beach together nibbling on the food and enjoying each other's company. I hadn't laughed so much in ages and it made me feel all warm inside at the thought that Paul had purposely tried to apologise for something that was just one of our typical arguments, when I was probably just being oversensitive and had told him so.

I leant over him to place a firm kiss on his lips. He instantly wrapped his arms around me and held me against him.

"I want you right now Bella." He murmured, not leaving my lips. His hands started to wander under my jumper to feel bare skin. He pulled my body over his and pressed me tightly against him. I could feel him straining against his shorts as I began to move against him, my own hands roaming under his shirt also. He lifted his shirt away quickly and I lifted myself from his lap slightly to undo his zipper and free his swollen cock. As I tugged his shorts a little way down I tentatively licked my way up and down the length of it a few times before he practically threw me onto the blanket as he flipped us over.

I groaned as his mouth assaulted mine this time as he started removing my clothes.

"You little minx." He smirked against my lips; then I felt his warm fingers probing inside me. "How do you like being teased hmm?" I felt myself flush slightly knowing he could feel how wet I was from his kisses. How could he affect me so much? He moved up to me and our eyes met; his eyes looked so filled with lust and wanting that I almost felt embarrassed staring into them as he pressed himself into me. He eased himself in so slowly that I felt every part of me stretching around him until he was buried so deeply I forgot how to breathe. Then his lips found mine again and I gave in to the feelings sending my body into meltdown.

I gripped his shoulders as I felt a hot, tingly feeling uncurling from my stomach. I broke from his lips as I let out the moans I could no longer control. I almost started to panic as I began to lose control of myself altogether, between Paul's thrusts and his murmured words against my neck and ear before that feeling exploded and sent shudders of pleasure across the whole of my body until I clenched my toes and fingers and everything I could as the waves shook me. I had never felt like this before.

He kept moving inside me until he too shook with his release and relaxed against me.

Despite the cold breeze from the water edge I was pretty warm next to Paul and if I didn't know better...I'd think I was falling for him pretty hard. Shame, he didn't feel the same...at least not yet anyway but I can always hope that in future he'll be able to open up to me.

In the meantime if he was willing to make an effort for me then I could try to relax and be fun for him.

"Hey, let's go do something." I grinned, standing up.

"Like what?" he asked.

"Well, there is something I've wanted to do for a while now..." I said, turning towards the water.

"Just say the word." He said, standing up himself.

"I want to go cliff diving." I told him, "Will you go with me?"

"You want to try cliff diving?" he asked sceptically. "I'm not sure that's a great idea."

"Please? You'll be right there with me right? How dangerous could it be?" I shrugged.

"Sure." He chuckled, "You little daredevil you." He wrapped his arm over my shoulders and kissed me cheek. "But I think you'd better at least put some clothes on."

"Whoops..." I grinned, my face turning its lovely shade of tomato red.

Flashforward

She looked gorgeous with her chocolate curls being tossed around by the wind, swirling around her pale shoulders. She looked relaxed, peaceful as she closed her eyes and stepped forward and almost graceful as she swan dived off of the cliff and then black...

Author's Notes: Sorry guys. Hope you like and I have started a draft for the next chapter already so I'll try not to keep you waiting xx