Paul watched her climb up into the bed of the truck, crossing his arms over his broad chest, a grin threatening to escape from his lips. The music was jamming on the beach and watching Bella having fun finally made him feel better. He watched her hips saw, her own cut of shorts covering her bikini bottom. It had been her idea to gather at the beach, to get their friends together, it had been a while but who was he to say no to her? Keeping his eyes trained on her he watched as Bella helped pull Kim and emily up to the tailgate, all of them laughing.

"Paul!" She yelled "turn it up! I love this song!" tippin' point was her new jam and he'd be damned if he would be the one to ruin her mood. He walked over to the stereo, turning up the music even louder than before, he laughed watching the girls move their hips together, grinding against each other, he laughed when he turned to see the boys watching the guys, whooping and hollering.

"Yeah baby! Shake it!"

It's hot as hell the way you shake that tailgate
You make me wanna holler at the moon

He watched bella laugh, throwing her head back, she hadn't been this relaxed in weeks. Slowly she untied the white shirt that was covering her bikini top and threw it at the ground. Shaking her hips she slithered down between Kim and emily.

You shake those hips, hips, hips, that body
Your curves have got me swervin' and drivin' me crazy

"Go baby Go!" he hear Sam shout. This was definitely a good idea. Finally, paul let the smile that had been hiding all morning slide forward and almost split his face in half. He walked back to the boys, laughing, high fiving each other and sat down, pulling another beer out of the cooler.

When the song ended they hopped off the tailgate. Jared was there to help kim down, always the one to be a gentlman, sam pulling emily to him by the hand, kissing her, whispering how she was so sexy, bella walked over to paul.

"Thank you" she smiled, leaning over paul, nudging herself so she could stand between his legs, she lowered her lips to his, gently touching them together.

"Anything for you babe" he smiled back, welcoming the kiss, feeling a small tingle go down his spine, his girl back and here with him, like nothing had happened. They made it through everything and he'd do anything to bring back the smile that brightened his dark days. Bella pulled the beer out of paul's hand and sipped it, wrinkling her nose, she hated how miller lite tasted, but it didnt matter. Laughing, paul pulled the beer back, "well don't drink it if you dont like it!" he pulled her to his lap and hugged her close. No one had noticed the sun had started to set, or the fact that Quil and Embry had helped to build up the bonfire.

Bella sighed, wrapping her arms around paul's strong neck. She loved nights like this, being curled into him, the sun setting, painting the sky a different color every night. She watched the clouds turn a bright pink, reminding her of cotton candy. She could see the dark purple start to fall down the sky, like a blanket covering the world, tucking it in for another night. None of the pack turned to turn off the music as it changed its beat.

If you ever leave me, baby,
Leave some morphine at my door
'Cause it would take a whole lot of medication
To realize what we used to have,
We don't have it anymore.

Bella pulled herself closer, burying her head deeper into paul's neck. She had tried to leave him, but he stayed with her, through everything. She could feel his breath tickle her ear as he spoke into her ear, only speaking to her, reminding her that he would be there, always.

"Its ok" he whispered. "I'll be all the morphine you'll ever need. I'm never leaving you, never again will you be lonely."