p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Chapter 4br /"Victoria come eat" dad yelled from downstairs. I was staring at myself in the mirror on my desk. It had been two days since I closed the blinds on Paul. Yesterday was the first day I left my room more than I absolutely needed too. I laid on the couch instead of my bed. I talked to my dad about what exactly happened at Emily's. Paul had started coming to the door and asking for me again so I retreated upstairs for the day. br /"Victoria I know your upset but you can't keep, what the hell happened up here?!" Dad said as he entered my room. "I couldn't sleep on it, or look at it"br /"So you destroyed it?! What are you supposed to sleep on?! You can't keep your mattress on the floor!"br /"Workin so far" I said as I went downstairs, "what's for dinner?" I yelled. "Pizza. And then your talking to Paul" br /"No I'm going upstairs to my room"br /"He's been sitting outside of our house for about four days now. He's starved and tired and depressed. He's even stopped doing his job. BOTH of them. He's lucky Sue and Sam are understanding. The least you can do is hear him out"br /"The least I can do?! He's caused this! I didn't cause this! I don't owe him anything!" br /"Your his imprint. This is literally starting to kill him. Please for the sake of everyone in the pack at least listen to him."br /"Fine" I said as I started eating, "but don't expect anything else." We didn't talk for the rest of dinner. I cleaned up my plate and worked up the courage to walk out the back door and see him. Why was I doing this to myself? I knew once I saw his face I would start to crumble and I would be one apologizing. Kim told me that. She said that it seems that she can never stay mad at Jared. The imprint is a fickle bitch. I took a deep breath and opened the back door. His wolf was laying in the entrance of the woods, his head lifted when he heard the door open. He stood up as I walked to him and lowered his head, I put my hand on his forehead between his eyes. He lifted his head and backed up into woods until I couldn't see him. Paul came walking out in a pair of gym shorts. "I decided, after talking to a few people, that I should hear what you have to say. I can't promise you that I'll say anything back, or that I'll even forgive you" I said while looking at his chest. I was trying so hard not to make eye contact. "I missed you" he said, "and your voice"br /"You couldn't hear me in the house?" I said doubtfully "not the same. you didn't talk a lot then too"br /"Who's fault is that?" I said looking at his face. "I know I made a mistake. I wanna make it up to you. And I wanna start by telling you how it happened"br /"I'm listening" I said as I sat down on the grass. He sat down across from me an started talking. "Rachel and I went to school together. We graduated a year before I shifted the first time. Three years later everyone started shifting and imprinting and I still didn't. Rachel came back from college and we reconnected. A year later and we decided to get married. I figured at that point if I hadn't imprinted I wasn't going to. When I met you I was scared. I didn't know what to do. I just knew I wanted to get to know you. I wanted to be with you. I was in shock. I just needed time to figure out how to handle it all and I took too much time and I hurt you, and for that I'm sorry." He said as he grabbed my hand. I opened my mouth to speak but before I could he interrupted me. "There's something else I have to say before you respond" I nodded my head slowly "ok, Rachel and I, wull we, we kinda have a kid together. Her name is Nenna." I didn't know what to say. I couldn't be mad he was telling me. I opened my mouth and "you have a kid?" Was what came out. "Yea. She's four"br /"Wull where do you all live?"br /"We live at an old house that Billy got for us" I sat, stunned at what he had said. I understood why he married her, but I was still angry that he hadn't told me, us, about each other. "Ok. Can I talk now?" I asked. "Yes you can talk now" he half smiled. "I understand why you married her, and I appreciate you telling me about your daughter" I paused "I can't ignore what you did. But you can make it up to me"br /"Anything. Victoria I'll do anything"br /"You have to tell Rachel everything about us. And you have to talk about your future with her. Whatever that means. Second you have to move out of that house. I don't care where you go, but it can't be there. It's not fair to her that you imprinted on me and your still going like everything's the same. Lastly, you have to make sure that you see Nenna. And not just for a few hours every week. She's part of your life. That means she's part of mine now, if she's with you when I'm with you then so be it. Once you figure thoes things out, come find me" I said as I got up off the ground. He stood up as I started walking to the house. "Vic wait" I turned around. He jogged three steps towards me put his hands on my face and kissed me. "I will" he said and ran off into the woods./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""What is this?" I asked Kim as I saw a yellow envelope fall out of my locker. "OMG no way!" She yelled in my ear. "Did you really just say omg?" br /"This is BIG! Open it!" I opened the envelope and read what it said. "Miss Victoria Zull, you have been chosen by the student council to represent the woman's soccer team in the annual homecoming pageant...oh hell no!" br /"You can't not do it. They picked you that's it. You have to do it"br /"Can't someone else from the team do it?! Like why can't you do it?" br /"Cuz that's not how it works Vic. You got picked for a reason"br /"Ughhhhhh"br /"Don't worry me and Emily will help you"br /I got home from school around the time dad did. I told him what had happened and he laughed at me./p