Twisted

Disclaimer: I don't own the twilight characters I am just playing with them!

Author's note: As I lie awake my creative thoughts keep coming so I have to put them on paper for SOMEONE to read even if it's just myself LOL

Chapter 3: La Push

"You ready Ally Cat?" Bella asked knocking on the bathroom door "COMING BELLS" Alyssa replied and took a deep breath before opening the door to see a stunned Bella looking at her "You look GREAT!" she said and Alyssa blushed. "Let's go, Jake just called and said they've already start the bonfire out at first beach, this is going to be fun TRUST ME. I already told Jake I was bringing you so hopefully the guys will be on their best behavior" Bella giggled before adding "No promises though with them boys" Bella saw Alyssa relax a bit but she could still tell she was really nervous. They got into Bella's truck and Alyssa took in the scenery around her on the drive to La Push thinking that she is right where she belonged.

As they pulled up to the beach Alyssa saw a huge bonfire blazing in the distance and started to get a little excited for she had never been to a bonfire before. Bella waited by the truck as Alyssa gathered her thoughts and emerged from the truck. She walked over to Bella who took her arm and led her into the crowd of Native American people. "Hey everyone!" Bella squealed and the place got quiet "This is my cousin, Alyssa she just moved in with Charlie and me from North Carolina, she's new here so ya'll take it easy on her!" Alyssa heard a few laughs in the distance and immediately started letting her guard down a bit because she felt comfortable with this crowd. She followed Bella to a gorgeous Quileute boy who she assumed was Jacob considering the way Bella was hanging all over him. "Ally Cat, this is my man Jacob, Jake this is my cousin Alyssa. That over there us Quil and Embry." All three boys shook Alyssa's hand before Bella asked "Where are Paul, Jared, Sam, Emily and Kim? I haven't seen them yet", "They are on their way, Emily is bringing food and Paul and Jared went on a beer run" Jacob laughed "Oh to look older than you actually are." Quil and Embry joined in on the laughter as they all looked over to see a beautiful girl walking beside a handsome man hand in hand with another Native girl at their side. "There they are now" Bella said as they trio walked over to them "Hey guys! I want you to meet my cousin, Alyssa. Alyssa this is Sam, his fiancee Emily and Kim who is Jared's girlfriend. You'll meet him later." They all took her hand in welcome and Sam said "Welcome to the neighborhood"

Jacob, Quil and Embry all started whooping and hollering as they saw two even MORE gorgeous guys walking up with a cooler. "There they are" Kim said breaking her silence. One of the two guys walked over to Kim and put his arm around her, Alyssa assumed that was Jared and Kim confirmed by saying "Alyssa, this is my boyfriend Jared, Jared this is Bella's cousin Alyssa she just moved here from,,,," Kim looked at Alyssa and Alyssa said "Sorry, North Carolina." Jared took her hand and said "Nice to meet you. Do you want a drink? I can get Paul to grab one before he comes over here" Alyssa nodded and Jared whistled to Paul who looked up from the cooler and held up 2 fingers.

A few minutes later the most gorgeous man Alyssa had ever seen in her entire life walked over and handed Jared a beer and asked "And the second?" and Jared said "Sorry Man! Bella's too wrapped up in Jake to make intros so I'll do this honors, the other beer is for Alyssa, Bella's cousin who just moved here from North Carolina. Alyssa this is Paul." Paul turned around to look at Alyssa for the first time and dropped the drink in the sand that he was holding. Jared and Kim immediately started cracking up as both Alyssa and Paul bent down to retrieve the can. Just as they did their hands brushed against each other and Alyssa immediately felt sparks. She stayed there squatted down staring into his beautiful deep brown eyes and he was doing the same. Alyssa lost track of how long she was down there and evidently so did Paul so they jumped up in a hurry when they heard Jared clear his throat. "I-I Um I need some air" Paul stammered before taking off into the woods. "What was THAT all about?" Jared asked and Alyssa blushed "I think new girl's got a thing for ol' Paulie boy" Kim teased and Alyssa blushed even deeper. "Judging by the way he stayed down there staring and the way he took off I would say he's feeling the same." Jared said and as if something hit him in the head he said "Oh shit! Let me go find Paul" He kissed Kim and Kim gave him a knowing glance in some secret language only they seemed to know. "Did I do something wrong?" Alyssa asked Kim and Kim shook her head and said "No, you did nothing wrong and I don't want to speak out of line so I guess I'll say you'll find out soon" Bella broke away from Jacob and the rest of the group surrounded Alyssa and Kim. "Hey! What happened to Jared and Paul?" Bella asked and Alyssa said "I dunno Bella it was weird I mean Jared whistled for Paul to grab me a beer before he came over and when he got here Jared introduced us. Paul turned around to look at me then dropped his beer. We both bent down to get it and our hands kind of brushed against each other. We both felt something evidently cause we just stayed there for however long just staring at each other. I don't know what I did wrong cause when Jared cleared his throat we both jumped up and Paul said something about needing air and ran off. After he ran off Kim teased me about liking Paul and then Jared said evidently he did too and then said oh shit and ran to find Paul." Jacob, Quil, Embry and Sam all ran into the woods at the same time leaving Alyssa feeling even more confused than she was before so she looked to Bella and the girls and they all seemed to have knowing looks on their faces.

Alyssa was beginning to get frustrated with all the secrets so she finally blurted out "What's going on? Did I scare him off? I was just looking at him cause I thought he was beautiful and then when I felt that spark I couldn't stop…was that wrong? Bells talk to me please" Bella walked over to Alyssa and wrapped her arms around her as Alyssa began to cry "Ally Cat, you didn't scare him off it's just Quileute boys tend to have a DEEP attraction so to speak when they see someone they like. I don't want to say to much Ally Cat cause that's not my place but just know you did nothing to scare him away AT ALL." Alyssa nodded and said "Bells, I don't really know how to act around a guy I'm attracted to" she whispered and Bella pulled her closer and said "Be yourself and the rest will fall into place."

While the guys were gone Seth and Leash showed up so Bella introduced them to Alyssa. Leah asked where the guys were and when Bella told them Alyssa's story Leah started laughing and said "Bout time!" The other girls nodded and Alyssa became even more confused. But she kept telling herself it would work out and it calmed her down. An older Quileute gentleman in a wheelchair rolled up to the bonfire and said "It seems we have a fresh face in the crowd huh Bella?" and Bella smacked herself in the forehead and giggled before saying "I'm sorry Billy, this is my cousin Alyssa she just moved in with Charlie and I yesterday from North Carolina." Billy held out his hand and Bella pushed Alyssa toward him and he said softly "Charlie is my best friend and he filled me in a but on his no good brother and sister in law. Don't worry your secret is safe with me but we must pray now to Taka Aki. Alyssa was scared at first but at Bella's persuasion she grabbed both of Billy's hands as another older man stood up and started sprinkling something into the fire as Billy chanted something in Quileute for a few minutes as their eyes closed. When they were done Alyssa felt new, whole, and stronger.

"Now since we got that out of the way let's let our newcomer in on some of the legends of our tribe" Billy said as everyone gathered around the fire. As Alyssa took a seat beside the girls she felt someone sit beside her and whisper "This is the best part" She turned to see Paul sitting beside her and she was taken aback yet again by his beauty "Hi! I'm Paul Hach, I apologize about earlier. I didn't mean to run off like that, I was just a bit taken aback." Alyssa smiled and said "It's ok. Hach? What does that mean?" and he laughed before saying "It means good in quileute." Alyssa giggled and he said "Alyssa after the legends are over I'd like to talk to you and get to know you." and Alyssa blushed before nodding and saying "OK I'd like that"

When all the boys finally took their seats Billy started telling about how Quileutes originally came from wolves and went on to tell about shape shifters and moved on to something called "Imprinting" Alyssa listened as Billy said "It is said that when a Quileute shape shifter or wolf finds his or her soul mate it is immediately like love at first sight in most cases. They say that all the wolf has to do is look into the eyes of the one he is destined to be with and he knows. Some of our ancestors describe it as an electrifying feeling followed by a sense of need to be with and around this person as well as a sense of belonging." He went on to tell how taka aki saw his imprint while married to another and knew that he could only FULLY love her. Alyssa was really starting to believe Bella when she said that the Quileutes loved deeply. She wondered if she would ever have that and she secretly wished she did.

After all of the stories were finished Paul caught up with Alyssa who was following Bella and Jacob to another part of the beach. "Hey there" he said, "Hi!" Alyssa said shyly, "So the guys tell me you are from North Carolina?" he said and she nodded "What made you want to move here?" he asked and she hesitated before replying "Family issues I just HAD to get away and Uncle Charlie was nice enough to let me live with him." They continued to talk for a long time until they saw people starting to clear out and the fire dying down. Alyssa knew it was late but she just couldn't for the life of her tear herself away from this gorgeous man. She felt herself letting her guard down and letting him into her heart slowly. There was something about Paul Hach that made Alyssa's heart do somersaults and Paul must have sensed it because he said "I had a great time with you tonight Alyssa, can I see you again?" She wanted to scream yes but she played it cool and said "Sure, when?" and he smiled before saying "How about I take you to dinner and a movie tomorrow night?" and she smiled back blushing before replying "That would be great, what time?" and he seemed to ponder her question before saying "How about I pick you up at Bella's at 7?" Alyssa nodded and said "7 it is then".

As the night dwindled down Bella finally tore herself away from Jacob and tapped Alyssa on the arm snapping her out of the little world she was in with Paul and said "You ready to go?" and Alyssa nodded not taking her eyes off of Paul. "I hate to say good night Alyssa but it looks like you must go" Paul said and Alyssa nodded "Can I walk you to Bella's truck?" he asked and she nodded again as he took her hand and ZAP! There went the sparks again/ They walked together hand in hand until they got to Bella's truck. Bella was on the other side basically humping Jacob's leg so Paul just laughed and said "I will be a gentleman tonight" He opened the door for Alyssa and pulled her into a hug before she got into the car. Alyssa still doesn't know what came over her to this day but she rolled down the window right before they drove away and yelled "PAUL!" He came trotting over to the truck and she pulled him into her with the most passionate kiss she had ever given anyone in her entire life and said "Thanks for tonight, I can't wait until tomorrow"

The ride back to Forks was less awkward for Alyssa than it had been when they started but the car was silent. "So, I take it you like Paul?" Bella said breaking the ice and Alyssa blushed "Yeah I guess I do he's really sweet. He's taking me on a date tomorrow night" she said and Bella said "It's nice to see Paul finally settle down for a change, we were all getting kinda tired of that whole 'lonely moody wolf' thing." She laughed. When they got home Alyssa took a shower and threw on her Pajamas before heading off to bed. Thoughts of Paul drifted into her head and for the first time since she was 5 she actually SMILED before drifting off to sleep.

Author's Note: I hope that you are enjoying my story as much as I am enjoying writing it. My insomnia has finally kicked my tail so I am going to bed. Please read and review and I will try to write more soon!