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A/N: Short chapter, but on the bright side it is written in Paul's point of view. I thought it was time to clear a few things out. Next chapter will be out soon and I love to take a second and just hug ALL of you reviewers out there! I absolutely love you guys, which is WHY the next chapter will be out in a few days! I'm already working on it! So please do me a favour and review review review! You keep me going! Enjoy:

Wolves In Their Clothes

Paul's POV

When life forces you to make a choice, you make it. You don't turn your back on it and ignore the little man on your shoulder who keeps shouting in your ear that you have to break up with Julie because she is in danger with you close to her. Even though I love Julie and even though I can't physically live without her because she's my imprint. I don't have a choice.

That all doesn't matter.

Because you see. If I ignored it Julie would be dead. And that would be more than I could bear.

Us, being apart, that wasn't permanent. I was planning on going back to her and apologize to her so she'd take me back and all would be fine again. But than I realized that it was more complicated than that. Because you see, there wouldn't be a mess in the first place if I was honest to her in the first place. Told her openly about the fact that I change in to a grey wolf. That there were dangerous vampires in the woods and that she shouldn't wander off without someone knowing it.

But I wasn't honest to her and now we've broken up and I had to hurt her in order for the break up to be true. Somehow I can't get those brown eyes out of my head. All hurt. But we still had to get rid of that red-haired leech so till then I wasn't planning on reaching out to Julie. So I still had to hold on and hope she wouldn't move on. Because I knew Julie, she would make mistakes in order to prove a point and later on she'd be ashamed of her actions and in order to stop her from going that far I had to kill the vampire.

Our pack was motivated yeah, but with Jacob all hurt with Bella leaving him it was a bit hard to concentrate. With Jacob all depressed the rest of the pack felt down as well. Not only because we could feel whatever he was feeling when we phased but also because he was our brother. Our stupid brother that got involved with the vampire girl. But still our brother.

If only Leah knew to shut her pie hole.

"Oh you got to be kidding me." Leah exclaimed. I inwardly groaned hearing her nasal voice and almost moved away from the table when she barged in. I knew she was hurt, hell I think everyone in La Push knew that Leah Clearwater was hurt. But her constant nagging and bitching about it made it real hard for us to sympathize. Though I doubt she would want us to sympathize.

"Not now Leah." Quil groaned as he halted in his actions. He was shovelling one of Emily's muffins in his mouth; actually, everyone was shovelling food in their mouths. Sam was here, Quil and Embry and Seth. Jared was patrolling with Jacob.

"You know?" Leah began as she made herself comfortable on the other side of the table, spoiling my view. "I had a very interesting dream last night."

"And you're telling us why?" Quil replied. His eyes were still on the remaining muffins and he swiftly grabbed two more and put both of them in his mouth. I don't think he even chewed.

"Because I dreamed making out with Paul's imprint, that's why I'm telling you." Leah said looking thoroughly disgusted. I clenched my jaw together and focused on my untouched plate of food. Though we all knew Leah was all bitter and was just aiming to hurt us didn't mean she should cross a line.

"Really Paul, desperate much?" Leah said as she grabbed a muffin and took a bite. I could hear everyone halt their breathings as they awaited my reaction.

"Leah that's enough!" Sam said with authority. I saw Leah glare at Sam from the other side of the table.

"Sam I wasn't talking to you." Leah retorted and turned her sharp eyes back to me. Leah was by no means an unattractive girl, quite the opposite actually, there was only one thing that scared people away and that was her attitude.

"You're telling me I'm desperate?" I hissed. "Hypocrite much Leah? You're the one still drooling over Sam, how do you think all of us feel when we have to look at Sam through your eyes?"

"PAUL!" Sam shouted. He had gotten up from the table and was now forcing me to shut up. "That's enough, both of you. Stop behaving like children."

"That's just disturbing." Embry muttered.

"Disturbing?" Leah shouted, I knew I had touched a sensitive snare but she was asking for it. "You're the one dating other girls just to make sure you're imprint won't ask any more questions, you're so damn focused on hurting her that I honestly don't understand what she sees in you."

"I agree." Seth suddenly said. I looked at him and I could feel my image starting to blur. My hands were shaking and I clenched my fist.

"You're playing with her emotions dude, that's not cool." Seth said and I glared at him. "She's my friend Paul and if you won't tell her I will."

"No one is telling Julie. Seth it's not in your hands to tell her, Julie is Paul's business not yours." Sam said calmly. I ignored him.

"You're not entitled to say anything. Your imprint doesn't even want to be near you so stop telling me how to deal with mine." I hissed.

"That was out of line!" Leah shouted. I got up and grabbed her shoulders and forced her against the wall.

"Then stop provoking me." I hissed. I would never ever hit a girl, not even Leah but she was sure as hell pressing my buttons.

"Not in my house." I felt Sam grab the back of my shirt as he practically threw me out of the house. Leah got the same treatment. I tore myself out of his grip and started to shake.

"You deal with your differences somewhere else." Sam said coolly before he got back in. I could see Leah glare at the house before she turned her eyes on me.

"Well done Matson!" She taunted and before I knew it I had phased.

Phasing was a complete different experience and very painful the first time. But slowly you get used to the fact that you feel like your limbs are burning as your bones start to shift. I personally never got used to it all but since my anger forced me to phase quite often I had no other choice than get used to it. And that's what I did.

I growled at Leah and took a few steps in her direction. I wasn't planning on attacking her, just scaring her. But Leah is a tough cookie to crack and I had no other option than turn away. Sometimes it felt good to be on four paws.

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"Paul, listen to me." I heard Jared's voice and I rolled my eyes, knowing what he was going to tell me.

"If you're going to say one word about Julie I will personally scrape your intestines from the floor when I'm done with you." I growled. "And box them for Kim. So think about it."

"You're not being serious."

"Dead serious." I responded and I got into my car. I liked my car. The perks of having rich parents. I wasn't bragging or so, I didn't care about money if that's what you mean, it's just, my car is my sweetheart. I love it.

Jared opened the passenger door and got in himself. I knew what he was going to say but I wasn't interested. Nobody knew what was better for Julie than herself. I didn't even know what was best for her, so I even stopped trying. I started the car and sped off the interstate leaving Port Angeles. I was glad to get away for a while but I craved going back to La Push. It was home after all.

"Paul." Jared's voice broke the silence and I grunted in response. "Will you ever get off your high horse and admit that you made a mistake?"

"Nope." I popped the P without even realizing what I had said. I sighed and focused on my driving instead.

"I'm not wrong." I said a little while after that. How hypocrite of me though. I knew I was wrong but this was better for Julie. Easier. And the same went for me. It was stupid of me to think that imprinting could tie me to one woman. No that was wrong. Julie was the one woman for me, but since the leeches were around it would be better to cut off ever liability. And just like that I insulted every memory of Julie.

"You're being an ass." Jared whistled lowly. "Stubborn man."

"Jared, I'll kick your ass out of my car if you don't shut the hell up." I growled. Julie wasn't a liability, she wasn't a weakness, she was my strength and the reason I was able to get stronger in many other ways. I even managed to my temper under control and it was just because her mere presence influenced me in every way.

"You know I don't agree with the way you're handling things, right?" Jared was starting to get a pain in the ass. I knew he was jesting me, I knew he was trying to talk sense into me. But I wasn't having that.

"So you keep telling me." I responded coolly. I glanced at Jared through the corner of my eye when his phone went off. He picked up.

"Yeah?"

"Sweetheart." Kim. I should've known. Jared was the most whipped out of all of us.

"Wait what?" My interest was caught and I couldn't help but frown when I saw the worry in his eyes.

"Kim, go to Emily." Jared's tone was serious. It could only mean one thing. The leeches were back. I stepped on the gas as I sped down the highway.

"Don't worry sweetheart, we'll take care of it." Jared soothed. "You sure Julie is with Jacob?" I blacked out for a second. What did Julie have to do with all of this?

"We got a problem." Jared confessed once he had hung up. "The red head is back, they need us."

"What does that have to do with Julie?" I demanded. I looked at Jared and saw he was hesitant to answer. "Damnitt Jared!" I shouted.

"She got lost in the woods but Jacob got to her in time. She should be safe now." Jared told me.

"Should be? That's not enough!" I yelled.

The rush of protectiveness I felt towards Julie was overwhelming. The loyalty I felt towards her was astounding and I realized, just like that, that living without her was no option. And it was time for me to gain back her trust. If only I wasn't too late.

A/N: You know the drill! Thank you for reading!