TWISTED

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Author's Note: Hopefully this chapter will be longer as it will be covering the span of 4 months.

Chapter 13: Withdrawal and Determination

It had been two weeks since they announced that Paul was going to stop phasing and that Alyssa was pregnant. It was a hard two weeks for Paul as he tried to keep himself constantly busy and tried not to lose his cool and phase again. Alyssa knew it had to be hard for him and the first few weeks WERE hard. Paul was moody and distant and even said a few hurtful things to Alyssa when he lost his temper but at the end of the day he always apologized and she always forgave him. This continued for about a month and then Paul began to cool down, though he was still a bit of a hot head.

Alyssa hurt for Paul as she watched him go through his withdrawal symptoms of not phasing. She watched as he got the shakes, chill and even got physically sick from not phasing. She monitored him closely as his body temperature began to drop dramatically causing him to show symptoms of hypothermia. There were some days where she laid in bed with him as he shivered and shook violently trying to calm him and keep him warm. She made sure to put blankets in the dryer for a while before bringing them to lay across Paul when he had these spells. On other days Paul would spend the day in bed as he was too weak to move and all of his muscles aches too much to move, on those days Alyssa felt the worst for him as she had to fix his food, carry it to him and feed him as his hands couldn't grip the fork or spoon. He often experienced rapid heart rate and some fainting spells as the weeks went by that he did not phase into wolf form. She held him some nights as he became as emotional and vulnerable as a child holding him and trying to calm his tears. There were even days where he was so out of it that he didn't even know where he was or what he was doing, Alyssa hated those days also. Alyssa hurt for Paul and what he had to endure to be able to age again and quit transforming and one day she finally had enough of his suffering so she waited until he was comfortable and asleep and left to go see Billy Black, Jacob's father and the tribe's chief.

"Alyssa, aren't you just glowing?" he said as he opened the door "What brings you here?" and Alyssa stepped inside "Billy I really need your help" she said "It's Paul, I'm sure Jacob may have told you that he decided to stop phasing so that he could grow old with the baby and I" and Billy nodded before Alyssa continued "Well Billy it had been a little over a month since the last time he phased and I need your help. I can't stand to see him like this anymore and he is determined to see this through. Is there ANYTHING I can do or give him that will speed up the healing and transformation BACK to solely human form?" she asked tears forming in her eyes and Billy took her hand "Bring me my phone Alyssa, I may have someone who can help." he said "He was the same one who helped me when I went through this back when I started having children." Alyssa walked over and picked up Billy's cordless house phone and brought it back over to him "Your determination to keep him happy and comfortable is admirable and that my dear is why I will help you" he said "There are very few that would put up with Paul but you are determined to stick it through with him through thick and thin and he is lucky to have you. Paul is a good man, he's just had a rough go of it and he doesn't deserve what he is going through now. Most of us have an easy time giving up the life of a wolf but some, such as myself and Paul, need a little extra help to get them through" He dialed a number and spoke briefly to the person on the other line before hanging up and saying "Help is one it's way" he smiled "How is the little one?" he asked placing a hand on Alyssa's stomach and Alyssa smiled "It's great." she said, "You should go see Sue, she has a gift of determining the sex of a child for expectant mothers" he said and Alyssa smiled "Maybe I will, I hear she and Uncle Charlie are getting a bit cozy so may be I will see her when I go visit" she said and Billy smiled and nodded "Maybe" he said.

Alyssa sat talking with Billy for a while and then there was a knock at the door "Will you get that for me dear?" Billy asked and Alyssa nodded before walking over to the door and opening it to see Quil Sr. on the other side carrying a bag. "Hello Miss Alyssa, you are looking stunning at usual" he said giving her a friendly hug before walking inside, "Thank you Mr. Ateara" Alyssa said blushing. Quil Sr. opened his bag and spread the contents out on the coffee table in front of Alyssa and Billy and began to chant something as he mixed this and that together and a few minutes later he quieted his chanting and held out a vile of something liquid to Alyssa who looked at him confused. "Tell Mr. Paul to drink this and all symptoms will go away" he said and Alyssa looked at him "What is it?" she asked and he laughed "It is an anti-wolf gene serum that removes the wolf gene from the body so that he may be fully human and no longer be able to transform." he said and Alyssa nodded before giving him and Billy a hug. "Thank you BOTH very much, It as hurting me to see Paul the way he has been this past month and a half" she said and they muttered "Your welcome" and "Good Luck" before she left.

When Alyssa got home Paul began to stir from his sleep so she walked into the bedroom after fixing him a drink and some food she walked to the bedroom and heard "Lyssa? Is that you?" from a very weak Paul. The sound of his voice lately in the weakened state broke Alyssa's heart so she knew she had to do SOMETHING and THAT is why she went to Billy. "Yes, my love come on let's sit up" she said helping him sit up "I made you some food and I don't want you to be mad but I went to see Billy to see if there was anything I could give you to make things better" she added and he raised an eyebrow in inquiry "What is it?" he said and Alyssa pulled the vial from her pocket "Quil Sr. made this, it's an anti-wolf gene serum" she said as he looked at the small container. "I am so sorry I've put you through all of this my love" he said weakly, "No I love you and I am going to support you in everything but Billy said that some wolves just need a little extra help when trying to give up the gene. Quil Sr. guarantees that all of your symptoms and abilities will go away instantly if you take this." she said kissing his forehead and he nodded. She looked at the love of her life and she cried on the inside for him not wanting him to see her cry for real, he looked so pale and weak and she just wanted him back to normal,, back to the strong and passionate Paul Hach that she fell in love with.

She put a hand on his back to steady him as he sat up further and pressed the vial to his lips tipping it back to let the liquid spill down his throat. She helped him lay back as he let out a loud gasp before going into convulsions and eventually passing out. "What have I done?" she cried collapsing on his chest as tears streamed down her face. She could no longer feel his chest moving up and down and began to panic. She rushed to find her cell phone to call Billy and ran back into the bedroom. She began to dial the number and was about to hit send when she saw his chest begin to move again and heard a loud gasp as Paul sat straight up in the bed before falling back again. "Billy! Billy" she cried into the phone "I gave Paul the serum and he went into convulsions and then passed out cold. He stopped breathing for a few minutes and then all of a sudden he just sat straight up in the bed and gasped really loudly and now he's out cold again." she said and Billy said "Calm down Alyssa, this is normal. The gene is being exerted from his body so he will be going through some major changes. He should be fine now. Check him, is his breathing back to normal?" he asked and Alyssa walked over to Paul and saw that it was "Yes" she said, "Then let him sleep off the drugs" he said "When he wakes up he will no longer have the ability to phase" he said. "Thank you Billy" she cried "I thought I had lost him" and she heard a chuckle "It's going to be HARD to get rid of HIS stubborn self" he said and Alyssa managed to laugh at Billy's comment. "Wait, Billy now that he's no longer a wolf…what about the imprint? Our bond…will it be broken?" she asked worried and Billy chuckled "An imprint is for life just because he no longer has the wolf gene that only means he can no longer phase but believe me when I tell you this Alyssa, he didn't NEED the imprint to fall in love with you. He fell in love with you out of free will not just because of the imprint. Most of the people around here think that an imprint has to be a romantic bond with someone but that's not often the case because not ALL wolves imprint on someone of the opposite sex. Take Quil Sr. for instance before he stopped phasing, believe it or not, he imprinted on Sam when he was an infant. Why do you think, love, that he is like a second son to him?" he asked and Alyssa actually understood "I See" she said "Yes, the draw was there" he continued "it is will all imprints but it is up to your free will to either pursue it romantically or keep it platonic as Quil Sr. did with Sam, like Quil did with little Claire." he said and Alyssa said "I see it all clearly now, it truly WAS love at first sight with Paul wasn't it?" she asked, "I would have to say so dear because though Paul used to be the reservation ladies man he was NEVER in love until he met you" he said making Alyssa feel 100 percent better about the whole situation "Thank you Billy, I will call you if I need anything else" she said and he said "Anytime Alyssa, and don't forget to see Sue because I have a gut feeling, and my gut is usually right, that you and Paul may be in for a shock but you may need to see his mother once more about that because she is usually dead on with her visions." he said with a laugh and Alyssa giggled before agreeing to see Sue after they visit his mother, which they had put off during Paul's so called "detox period" so she made a mental note to go see her the next day if Paul felt up to it. She snuggled in bed next to the sleeping Paul and drifted off to sleep herself with her arm draped over him.

The next morning Alyssa slept in without realizing it and when she woke up she rolled over and panicked when she saw Paul was no longer there. She stretched before getting out of bed and heading to the bathroom. She could smell bacon being fried on the way and wondered if it was just a craving or if someone was actually cooking so she hurried up in the bathroom and walked into the kitchen to see Paul cooking bacon, eggs and pancakes. "Something smells good" she said startling him and he turned around and smiled "DAMN! I was hoping to be done before you woke up, I wanted to make you breakfast in bed. I didn't want to wake you because you looked so peaceful and I knew you haven't gotten much sleep worrying about me this past month and a half." he said throwing his arms around her and kissing her softly on the lips. Alyssa smiled "So how do you feel?" she asked and he smiled "Like I did before I ever started phasing, TERRIFIC" he said kissing her once more. "That's great" she said with and smile and he finished up the bacon before sitting at the table next to her and grabbed her hand "I need to confess something" he said seriously and Alyssa feared the worst as she looked at him as if willing him to continue "When I was asleep I heard your conversation with Billy about the imprint and everything" he said looking into her baby blue eyes "And I want you to know that imprint or no imprint I love you with all of my heart and soul and that is NEVER going to change, neither is the fact that I want to marry you and spend the rest of my life with ONLY YOU" he said pulling her hand up to his lips kissing it "I'm in this for the long haul" he said and Alyssa smiled as tears streamed down her face "Damn hormones" she said with a laugh and leaned over to kiss him softly before they began to eat.

Later that day, Alyssa and Paul loaded up to head to Seattle to see his mother. When they got to the gate the guard said "PAUL, it's been a while son!" and Paul said "I know Ted I've just been busy dealing with some stuff, is it all right if we see her?" and Ted nodded before buzzing them in. Paul parked in front of the women's side and they went inside the visitor's area and waited for the guard to bring his mother out. "PAULIE" she squealed hugging him "ALYSSA" she said hugging Alyssa "It's been so long!", "I know mom and I am sorry it took so long to get back but I have been dealing with the pregnancy and me stopping the phasing process and thanks to Quil Sr. the wolf gene is officially gone and I can grow old with my children and my future wife. How have you been mom?" he asked and she smiled "I am fine, I have a parole hearing soon so cross your fingers that I may get out soon" she said and Paul reached across the table to give her hand a hopeful squeeze. "Well mom, you were right when you said we would have a great surprise in June for Alyssa is now almost two months pregnant" he beamed and his mother smiled "Congratulations you two, I pray things are going well with the pregnancy, they are right, Alyssa?" she asked and Alyssa nodded. "Ms. Sarah, Billy Black told me that he had a gut feeling that Paul and I may be surprised as to the sex of our child and said we should go see Sue to find out. He also said that his gut said we may be surprised about another thing but we would have to ask you to tell us." Alyssa said and Sarah smiled "Billy's gut it usually right and even though I can see things in the future, I can not predict the sex of a child as Sue truly can so child, let me see your hand" she said holding her hand out to Alyssa and Alyssa took it. "Ah Yes, Billy's gut is dead on as you WILL get a huge surprise when you go see Sue to find out what you are having." she said and Alyssa smiled wondering what she meant and why she always spoke in code. She had to call and invite Charlie, Sue, Jacob and Bella over for dinner later that night. They sat there and talked to Sarah for a while until the guard signaled it was time to call it a day. They hugged Sarah one more time before the guard took her back and they left to go back to La Push. On the way home Alyssa called Bella and told her to get Jake, Charlie and Sue to come to their house for dinner. Bella quickly agree and they hung up. They stopped at the grocery store in Forks so that she could cook the requested "Down South" meal and then they headed home to start preparing dinner.

About an hour later as Alyssa and Paul began to take the food up and set the table there was a knock at the door signaling the arrival of their guests. Paul answered the door and they followed him to the dining room where Alyssa was putting the remainder of the food in the center of the table. Everyone had a seat and dug in for some food before they all retired to the living room for a game of movie charades. As they share laughs and played games they night drew on and it began to get late so Alyssa and Paul said bye to everyone as they left stopping Charlie and Sue before they walked out the door. "Sue, I was told you could tell us how to prepare the nursery by telling us what we are having" Alyssa said and Sue nodded before Alyssa continued "Will you do us the honor?" she asked as Paul grabbed her hand and Sue placed her over Alyssa now bulging abdomen. "AH! What's this?" she exclaimed with a smile "It looks to me like it's going to be a girl…."she trailed off as her smile widened before she took her hand away. "What is it Sue?" Paul anxiously asked and Sue said "Congratulations Mom and Dad you are going to be the proud parents of a little girl AND a little boy" and Paul's jaw dropped. Alyssa was also in shock "T-t-TWINS?" she stammered and Sue confirmed it with a nod before she and Charlie left for the night.

"Twins huh?" Bella said ecstatically over the phone when Alyssa called her and Jacob to tell them the news the next morning. Alyssa said "Yes" rather excitedly, "That's GREAT guys, congratulations" Jacob added and Paul said "Thank you guys, that just means one thing Jake my boy, I need help with renovations so that we will be ready when the kids get here." he said and Jacob agreed. They talked a while longer and then hung up before Alyssa joined Paul at the kitchen table to prepare for renovations. School was out for Summer so Paul still had another month or 2 before he had to report for his first day as the new PE teacher at the high school. Alyssa made plans to go back to school to be a music teacher after the babies were born and Paul supported her in her decision. They sat looking at the rough sketch Paul had been working on before deciding to tear down a wall and making two more bedrooms after taking out a side to make the house wide enough to fit the rooms. "Looks good baby! It's going to look wonderful when it's done" Alyssa said and Paul nodded "I need to head to the hardware store for some tools and wood. Would you like to come or would you rather stay here and rest?" he asked Alyssa and Alyssa agreed to tag along with him as he got the things he needed.

After shopping for a while Alyssa and Paul headed back home and Paul began to sketch again, Alyssa was cooking dinner and noticed him drawing "What you drawing honey?" she asked wrapping her arms around him "It's a surprise and I will have to recruit Embry for this since he is amazing with wood and carving designs into wood." he said and Alyssa kissed the top of his head before going back to cooking "I'm sure it will look wonderful!" she said,

The next day construction on the house began shortly after Jacob, Quil, Embry, Jared and Sam came to help. Alyssa spent the day with Bella, Leah and the other imprints Kim and Emily shopping for maternity clothes and stocking up on diapers and wipes of every size. Fter being gone all day she came home to what looked like the beginning of two new rooms and the boys had worked quickly to take out a side wall and extend the house another 20 feet. "You guys work fast" Alyssa said throwing her arms around Paul and he smile and kissed her "We just want to get them ready so we can decorate before they get here is all Lyssa baby." he said and Alyssa fell into his arms and said "I love you Paul" and he kissed her once more and said "I love you more Lyssa". They cleaned a bit of the debris up before taking a shower and drifting off to sleep after making love.

Author's note: Thank you all for reading and this chapter is longer but I'll write more tomorrow since this sleeping pill is kicking in. Let me know what you think.