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Underneath the Man

PPOV

We left Bella's house and walked into the forest, we both stripped off and phased once we were hidden within the trees.

"Well that went better than I thought" Sam's first thoughts were as we headed deeper into the forest.

"You might think that, but it was my imprint that you made hyperventilate." I thought back to him.

We were then bombarded with Jared's thoughts of when he told Kim, how she called him a liar before watching him phase and then promptly passing out.

"I think she took it so well, because she already knows about the existence of the supernatural." Jared then thought reminding us of Bella's past relationship with the leeches.

"Don't remind me" I responded causing me to growl and show my teeth.

"Jared you are off patrol until after school tomorrow, Paul I will patrol until five in the morning then you need to take over from me. Jared will take over from you. "Sam ordered out as we all started to go our separate ways.

It was Jared's thoughts soon disappeared; I made my way back to the Reservation with the idea of sleeping. But when I a few miles to the border I could feel the pull that was coming from the distance between myself and Bella.

Without thinking about what I was doing I turned around and ran back towards Forks, with plans to get as close to Bella as possible.

"Paul you need to give Bella some space for a few days, I know it is hard. But let this new knowledge sink in and then wait for her to come to you." Sam thought showing me what happened when he refused to leave Emily alone and the events that happened, and then Jared giving Kim space and waiting.

I couldn't help worry about phasing so close to Bella, my temper was not the best and can control my moods far too quickly.

"Paul I promise you, I will never let that happen." Sam tried to reassure me.

"I know but I think I will always worry, she is so thin and small."

"You will always worry about Bella, if it is not about phasing close to her. It will be her health and wellbeing or her happiness." Sam thought as he started to circle around the Reservation.

"Great" I sarcastically thought.

I stopped when I got to the edge of the forest and could see into her bedroom window, I couldn't stop my wolf from taking a step closer and walking almost out of the forest.

"You really do need to give her some space, Paul" Sam warned again.

"I was just going to sleep in the forest outside her house" I thought before taking a step back and lying down, angling my body so I could see Bella's window directly in front of me.

"It will get easier Paul, once she accepts the imprint and is around you more."

"Thanks Sam, this imprint stuff is weird." I thought before closing my eyes.

"I know, but you will get used to it over time. Remember that Bella has been hurt by the super natural so it might take her a while to accept imprinting and the pack."

"We are both messed up so who knows what is going to happen to us." I thought before I closed my thoughts off and started to fall asleep.

For the first time in years, I had dreams of what my future could be like. Giving up my wolf, growing old with Bella by my side and the pack becoming my family.

The next few days pass without Bella coming to the Reservation, my wolf was going crazy and my temper was at its worst. I was losing it with everybody including the Elders and the imprints. Sam had me permanently running patrol, as I was struggling to stay human long enough to do anything else.

Every night once my patrol was over I would return to my spot, hidden in the forest outside Bella's bedroom window to sleep. Hearing her heartbeat was the only thing that seemed to calm me down so I could phase back for a while.

Her nightmares had also stopped, Sam thought that maybe unconsciously Bella knew that I was there and felt protected, and I just thought it was the weird imprint thing.

I almost gave up hope that Bella would ever return to the Reservation, until late Thursday afternoon when I heard her truck and felt a strong pull that told me that she had crossed the border. I let out a quick howl, hoping that Sam could take over my patrol so I could phase and be near Bella.

"What's up Paul? Any new scents?" Sam asked once he had phased in searching my thoughts so he knew where I was.

"No Bella is on the Reservation Sam, I need to be near her, talk to her even."

"Fine, go I will take over. You have done more than your fair share over the last few days, but remember if you think you are going to lose your temper walk into the forest." Sam ordered before I phased back and ran back to my house to have a shower.

It was less than ten minutes later that I was walking towards the beach, knowing that she would be there. She was crying again, this time the urge to want to comfort her had me walking even faster across the beach. It didn't change the fact that I didn't have a clue what to do but maybe just being there would help.

I stopped abruptly when I started to think that maybe she was crying over that damn leech again, I could feel myself starting to shake. I slowed my pace changing my path slightly so I was closer to the forest, if it was because of the leech and I lost my shit at least I could get to the forest quickly.

I didn't say anything when I sat down a few metres away from her, I could hear her sobbing quietly before she stopped and became silent looking out to the sea. After nearly half an hour of silence, Bella broke it.

"How do you know I was here?" She barely whispered.

"I heard your truck; I was in my wolf form and could feel something like a pull when you crossed the border."

"Weird." Was her only reply.

"What my fabulous hearing or the pull thingy?" I asked her, wondering if she felt the same pull.

"Both, but more so the pull thingy, I have been wondering how you would know when I came to the Reservation."

"I thought I would just hear your truck, I was not expecting the pull thingy?" I replied.

"Is that the imprint thing, the pull thingy?" Bella asked turning to look directly at me with bloodshot eyes.

"Yes, it is I supposed, I don't know. I only know what Sam and Jared have told me and how they felt when they imprinted. "

"So the whole pack is imprinted then?" Bella asked.

"It is now, but apparently it is supposed to be rare." I told her before she turned to look back out to the sea.

"So are you going to tell me why you were crying? Actually if it was about the leech again please don't" I asked and then felt like killing myself when I saw here cringe at the word leech.

"No I was not crying about him, it doesn't matter why I was crying. There is nothing anybody can do about it." Bella snapped out, before wiping more tears off her face.

I silently shuffled closer towards her, a few times I raised my arm wanting to pull her into a hug but not sure how to give her a hug and dropping it again.

"How do you know nobody can do anything about it, if you don't tell somebody." I reasoned with her.

"It's the rumours going around school, everyday it is something new. Today they were saying that I was sleeping with all the males and that was why they all left together. Everybody was looking at me like I was a slut or something, whispering to each other as I walked past." Bella replied before the tears were streaming down her face.

Before I could stop myself, I felt my body move closer and put an arm across her shoulders. Pulling her slightly into my chest, I stopped abruptly when I felt her stiffen up before she relaxed and continued crying.

I sat there for a while with my arm across her shoulders, Bella's tears stopped and we both sat in silence. I opened my mouth a few times trying to work out what to say and then shutting it again totally clueless.

"I thought they would be bored by now, and move on to somebody else. The rumours are getting worse." Bella said after a while.

"Do you know who is starting the rumours?" I asked already planning to find them and scare them into stopping.

"Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley" was her short answer.

"Maybe they need a werewolf to have a word with them." I suggested, wanting nothing more than to phase and find the two bitches and ripping them to pieces for hurting my mate.

"Please don't" Bella shouted quickly moving out of my arm.

"They will just start up all new rumours, how I have moved on so quickly or something like that. They will get bored eventually; I will just ignore them until they do. I will come down here when it gets too bad." Bella begged."

I stood up and took a step away from Bella when I started to shake, my wolf wanted to protect its mate from any kind of hurt, but Bella begging me not to was ripping me apart.

"What is the matter Paul?" Bella asked taking a step closer.

"Stay back Bella" I growled taking another step further away from her.

"I'm sorry if I made you mad, I just want it all too stop and I don't think it will if you go threatening them." Bella then said, not taking any steps closer.

"Bella I need to protect you, I'm not great when it comes to tears. All I see is somebody hurting you and I can't do anything about it." I growled out as my body continued to shake.

"So this is the imprint thing?"

"Yes, no, maybe. I don't know Bella." I answered her confusing myself at the same time.

"Paul calm down or go into the forest." I heard Sam say as he rested his hand on my shoulder.

I took a few deep breathes, when my body was still shaking and the wolf was trying to force me to phase, I knew that I was past controlling my temper.

"I'm sorry" I said looking directly at Bella, before running into the forest and phasing.

I ran around the Reservation, trying to calm down. Sometime later I heard and felt Bella cross the border, seconds later Sam phased in.

"What have I done Sam?" I thought.

"It is ok; I spoke to Bella and made her understand about our tempers being connected to our phasing. She told me to tell you that she will see you on Saturday."

"I can't see her Sam, I could have phased too close to her. This imprint shit is so fucked up; I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't." I thought.

"Give it time, are you ok to patrol until Jared phases in?" Sam then asked changing the subject; I could see that he wanted to spend time with Emily.

"Yes that is fine" I told him before running in the opposite direction to Forks.