So this is just a bunch of little time hops and some fluff because next chapter is gonna be FULL off drama i'm so excited!
"Paul!" Julianna screamed frozen in place with fear. "Paul Help!" Her voice cracked at the end as her hands started shaking. Not just Paul but Sam, Jared, Embry, and Emily came bursting through the doorway frantically trying to see what was wrong. Emily wouldn't be surprised if Paul had ripped the door off its hinges... again. This had been happening once in awhile where Julianna would scream and the pack came running, but it also happened if Emily screamed so the guys didn't give Paul a hard time. Sometimes it would be hallucationings and Paul would have to calm her down but other times there would be bugs or other things she was scared of crawling around the room.
"What? What's wrong?" Paul said running up to Julianna and picking her up in his arms. She shook in his arms and her breaths were short and quick.
"It's gonna kill me. It's gonna kill me!" She mumbled into his chest.
Paul lifted her chin meeting her large eyes with his trying to see what she meant. "I won't let it kill you I promise." He said softly tightening his arms around her. "Now where is it?"
"Ceiling." Julianna finally choked out as she pointed to the black spider that was no bigger than 2 inches. The rest of the pack filed out seeing that there wasn't an intruder and went back downstairs to the movie they had been watching. Paul set Julianna down while he grabbed a tissue and squashed the spider throwing it in the trash after. At least this one is actually here. Paul thought to himself after remembering the incident that happened a few days ago. She had an extreme hallucination where there were spiders crawling all over her body. She was clawing at herself and screaming for somebody to get them off but nobody knew what to do since there wasn't actually anything there. Paul had been on patrol and Sam said he could handle it but it just confirmed Paul was the only one who could calm her down. The six minutes where Sam refused to get Paul were filled with her screams. It was one of the most painful things Paul ever had to be held back from, but he couldn't go against the alpha order.
"All better?" Paul asked scooping her up in his arms. Julianna nodded into his chest as he went downstairs with the rest of the pack.
"Come on come on come on!" Julianna giggled pulling Embry along the path. She wanted to get something from the store but was running out of time.
"Why are you dragging me along?" Embry complained since he had just gotten back from the night patrol when she was getting up at 5 in the morning. I should've just gone back home and not dropped by to see if Sam was back.
"Because I can't drag Paul and I can't go alone. You were up anyways." Embry groaned in reply planning on ways to get back at Paul for having his girl drag him who knows where.
Once they arrived to the store Embry was extremely confused, what did she need from here? Julianna looked around the store like a lost child looking for her parent.
"Ah ha!" She squealed running over to what she needed.
"You dragged me here to get that?" Embry laughed looking down at the girl who held the object against her chest as if it was the greatest thing.
"Yup." She giggled before skipping up to the counter and paying. It had been a while since she actually went into town and the people passing by in the streets gave her odd looks. La Push wasn't a very big place and news spreads fast, especially about the crazy girl who was let out. Last they had saw of her she was being transported to the mental asylum and now she was back with the Quileute boys. The high school girls never liked her since she was always the only on who the Quileute boys hung out with and even when she left she was always on Paul's mind. The other guys would mostly ignore her since if they did anything Paul or Jared didn't like there would've been hell to pay.
Paul stood on the front porch with a murderous look on his face as Embry and Julianna walked up the driveway. He woke up and Julianna wasn't with him. He wasn't sure how she could've broken out of the cage his arms create around her but she had. Of course his instinct thoughts were terrible things that all ended with her 6 feet under or with a bloodsucker but he didn't have to wait long until he heard her giggling down Sam's driveway. Her voice rang throughout the morning stopping Paul from completely freaking out.
"Good morning Paul." Julianna said as she skipped up to the porch swinging the bag around. "Come on I have something to show all you guys." A huge grin was across her freckled face since she wasn't very good at holding excitement in. She dragged Paul inside followed by Embry who was the only one who knew why she was so excited.
"What's got you all excited pup?" Sam asked from the kitchen as Emily continued making breakfast. Julianna had been living with them long enough that she trusted Emily not to put the medicine in her food so she was finally not considered skin and bones anymore. When she was first brought to Sam and Emily's she looked so fragile it scared all of them, they were afraid she would break, especially since she hung around Paul. She still wouldn't go out to eat but not having to watch somebody make your food was considered a large accomplishment to Paul. "Embry got you coffee didn't he." Julianna nodded up and down quickly in response to Sam's question as she continued to bounce around the living room. Her excitement was eating her alive and she couldn't handle it any more. Embry shrugged in defence saying how she dragged him out at like 5 in the morning.
"I got you guys a present." Julianna said holding out the bag Sam. He looked at her hesitantly before opening the bag. Once he saw what was inside he let out a small chuckle and showed the rest of the room what she had gotten. A video game controller. "Since I broke the last one when I threw it at the clown." She said rocking back and forth on her heals. A large smile formed across everybody's face seeing how innocent she acted when she gave gifts.
"Well now I can get back to kicking Paul's ass in Madden." Jared said grabbing the controller and meeting Paul who had already jumped on the couch.
"Guys it's 7 in the morning is it really time for videogames." Emily called over as she flipped pancakes.
"It's Sunday and it's supposed to rain today." Paul whined giving Emily fake puppy dog eyes as he 'pleaded' with her as if he was a child asking for another scoop of ice cream.
"Thank you." Sam said to Julianna giving her a hug. She gladly returned it before joining Paul and Jared on the couch.
The water was cold this time of year but it didn't bother any of the guys. They liked how empty the beach was. They could use all their wolfy traits without being nervous that somebody would see. They jumped higher and ran faster than any human could but not as fast as a vampire, they could only keep up with them in wolf form. As Julianna and Emily finished setting everything up the rest of the guys started preparing for the bonfire. They created a large pyramid shape that must've been at least 2.5 feet tall out of logs and nearby twigs while the girls set up the tables of food. Sam started grilling the mountains of food while Embry, Paul, and Jared started playing with a football in the water. Paul and Jared loved playing keep away from Embry since he's the smallest one for now. They threw the ball to each other trying to see who could make the best catch. Kim and Julianna sat on the beach talking about plans for the future while watching the guys.
"I always planned on going away to college but I might take a few classes at a community college with Jared in Port Angeles. What about you what do you want to do?" Kim said as she watched Jared throw the football to Paul who made a diving catch into the water. Julianna knew that Kim wasn't comfortable around her and making this small talk was probably freaking her out, she didn't blame her though. Julianna knew she freaked most people out.
"I'm not sure, I never really made plans for the future because I figured that I'd just end up back in the institute anyway." Julianna said looking down at the sand. It was true, she didn't disappoint herself by making plans for the future that she couldn't keep.
"Where do you see you and Paul going?"
Julianna burst out laughing after looking at Kim's face and seeing that she was serious. "Paul is my best friend." She said between giggles. "He'll marry some tall gorgeous girl with the same tan skin as him and they'll have cute little children, he'll spoil the girls and teach the boys how to fight and defend themselves since they'll always be getting into trouble. And every Sunday he'll come visit me and he'll bring me back to his huge house for the holidays." Of course she loved Paul and wished she would be the girl in that story but Tick Tock or Tuck had imbedded it in her brain that she would never out of any chance of a future with him.
"I don't know I think he likes you more than a friend." Kim says almost in shock that Julianna didn't see all the signs.
"He should be with a girl who can function on her own. And I can't, he should be with somebody who isn't as much trouble as I am with all my medication and appointments." She said softly drawing patterns in the sand.
"Well just know that I think you two would make a perfect couple." Kim said cheerfully nudging Julianna with her shoulder laughing.
"Foods ready!" Emily called over as Sam put the last of the meat on the table. The guys ran out of the water still oblivious to the fact that a normal person would be frozen by now. Embry almost made the mistake of taking food before Kim and Julianna but stopped himself letting the two girls go before him.
As the night went on the sun went down and the bonfire was their only light. The girls were stuffed while the guys finished off the rest of the food each having about 5 servings. The rest of the night consisted of Sam and Jared cuddling with their imprints while Paul and Embry talked about Jacob and high school drama. Julianna was curled up in Paul's lap as if she was a puppy, her head resting against Paul's chest.
"It sucks being the only single one here, I can't wait till some other guy's phase and I won't be the 7th wheel anymore." Embry said leaning up against the log Paul was against.
"Hey I'm single too." Paul countered back even though saying it didn't feel right.
Embry just chuckled before reminding Paul that he had a girl asleep in his lap.
"But we're just friends you guys know that." Paul said almost defeated. It slightly hurt him to say that him and Julianna were just friends but it was true. It doesn't matter that I love her we aren't dating or anything. We are just two very close best friends who take care of each other and sleep in the same bed every night. Yea that's what we are Paul thought to himself.
"So then you'll go on a date with Nicole this friday while I go out with her friend Hannah."
"Can't Julianna has therapy and I promised her after we could go get more yarn after since she needs more to finish Emily's blanket." Paul said almost too quickly. There was no chance in hell he would ever go on a date unless it was with the girl who was snuggled in his lap.
"You're more whipped than Sam and Jared combined dude. Oh and tell her I don't need any more hats, scarves, blankets, mittens, or basically any other thing made from yarn. Doesn't she know we don't get cold." Embry said standing up and shaking all the sand off him.
"Yea but she doesn't know who else to give them to." Paul said joining Embry while he tried to not wake up Julianna as he stood up with her in his arms. Embry looked at the watch on his arm and groaned.
"I'll see you tomorrow dude." Embry said before jogging into the woods for patrol.
"Come on it wasn't that bad." Jared teased Embry as the guys strolled back into Emily's house.
"Now you're truly part of the pack." Paul said playfully pushing Embry before scooping Julianna off the counter causing her to squeal.
"You smell like wet dog." She giggled not caring that her shirt and pants were wet now from the droplets that were still on Paul.
"What turning into a giant dog doesn't make my spot in the pack secure or something." Embry said sarcastically grabbing a muffin from the basket.
"What'd you make him do?" Emily asked hoping it wasn't anything too bad.
"Cliff Diving. He screamed the during the whole fall." Jared laughed.
The three guys sat around the table with Julianna on Paul's lap while they all imitated Embry's yells.
"At least he didn't need to be convinced 3 different times to jump." Sam said towards Jared. Paul was the one who found the cliff originally one day patrolling with Sam. It was the afternoon after he got a call from a nurse saying that he couldn't visit anymore. Of course he still went in that sunday and might of threatened the nurses a little but getting the call still sucked. For a while the only way that Paul referred to time was with what was happening with Julianna. It was as if he made her the center of his world, and now that she was out he was back with reality. Sam never understood the connection Paul had with Julianna. He hadn't imprinted on her so why was he so drawn to her. She also was the one that could always calm him down which confused Sam. He'd stopped questioning their relationship though, it wasn't worth the confusion .
"Did you notice Jacob drove by with Bella?" Paul asked over to Sam who nodded in return.
"Who's Bella?" Emily asked. She knew the name sounded familiar but she couldn't remember what Jacob's dad had said about her.
"One of Jake's friends who moved here last year. She's the vam-" Embry was cut off by a sharp kick from Paul underneath the table telling him to be careful with what he said. "Edwards girl." He finished.
Julianna perked up at the name Edward finally recognizing somebody in the conversation.
"The same Edward who found me in the woods?" Julianna asked. Just the memory of the guy made Tuck shudder. He still wasn't sure what was with the guy but he wasn't normal.
Embry looked at Paul before answering not knowing what to say. "Yea." Paul said through gritted teeth wanting to change the topic as quickly as possible. That night was the second worst night of his life hearing that Julianna was with the bloodsuckers, the first being when she was taken into the institute and he first phased.
"Who's Jake?" Julianna asked knowing to change the subject.
"You're gonna meet him soon I think, he'll be joining the pack." Sam said knowing that any day now Jacob would be phasing, he was just hoping it wouldn't be anywhere public and on of the guys would be there to help him.
Julianna was lost in the stitches of the blanket she was making for Emily when there was a loud crash downstairs and multiple voices all speaking loudly at the same time. It wasn't the usual noises the guys made when they bounced into the house, they sounded paniced and were frantically yelling for Sam. She ran out of her room and down the stairs to see Embry holding another guy up. She recognized him as Jacob who she remembered was a little younger than her in school. He had long black hair but had the same build and look as the rest of the guys. He was extremely confused and kept on yelling at the guys at to what was happening to him.
Paul was out on the porch talking with Jared asking if anybody had seen. According to Embry Jacob had phased on his way home from the movies.
"Jake you need to calm down everything will make sense soon." Sam said calmly as Jacob started to shake again. Julianna went closer seeing that he was shaking like Paul does when he was mad. Since she could calm down Paul when he started to shake she figured she might as well try with him. "Julianna step back!" Sam yelled getting Paul's attention from the porch. Paul sprinted inside the house quickly pushing Julianna behind his large form growling lowly towards Jake showing his protectiveness over her. If Jake phased in the house there was no way Paul was letting Julianna get hurt.
"Bring him in the backyard." Sam said in his alpha voice before turning around to Emily who was behind him. Embry and Jared brought Jake in the yard and he instantly phased again into a large russet wolf. It was a good thing Sam and Emily had no neighbors.
"I'll see you later tonight ok we have to go help Jake." Paul said softly before hugging Julianna tightly knowing it was going to be a long night of explaining. Paul and Sam left leaving an extremely confused Julianna and an Emily who was figuring how much more she was going to have to cook now that there was another muzzle to feed.
Sensing her confusion Emily spoke up having already gone through this with Jared and Embry. "Jacob is going to be joining the pack now. He phased earlier tonight and Embry heard since he was on patrol."
Julianna nodded in response understanding that phasing meant that now he could shift into a giant wolf too. Tick and Tock were freaking out as all this went down making Julianna's head pound.
Did you see how the long haired one looked at us.
It was really creepy Tick, Tuck why did he look at us like that?I hope it's not why I think it is. Tuck said nervous.
He wouldn't! Tick shrieked
Think about it, when he looked at us the look in his eyes changed. Tuck said replying the scene.
He couldn't have! What about Paul!
I'm not certain but it's possible it happened but I feel no pull towards him so we may still be in the clear.
We better be, or Paul will probably kill him before we ever see him again.
Please review! Also I'm in my schools marching band and tomorrow is our last home football game and our team is so bad it's sorta funny. Our band though is undefeated! What about you guys, what stuff do you do?