Chapter 2.
Eventually we make it to the bonfire. I think it took about a half hour from the time we left my house. It really should have only taken about 5 minutes but with me running into trees and him getting back at me for the little prank I pulled on him. Lets just say when we got there we couldn't stop laughing and not just because I was high.
" Do you want to cliff dive?" Paul said into my ear making me shiver a little. I nodded my head and we walked hand in hand to the top. When we got there I know tested that the rest of the steroid boys were there. Before we emerged from the woods I stopped.
Paul looked at me with a confused face and I took off my jeans and tank top. I wish I hadn't. I guess we were either having too much fun earlier or I just kept my tank to on because the first thing he looked at was the scar on my hip. I so don't want to have this conversation right now.
With him not taking his eyes off of the scar I decided I was just going to walk through the trees. Before I take my first step Paul grabs my hand and walks with me to the edge of the cliff. I don't hesitate to jump off of the cliff. Just like the last time I was cliff diving with him it was such a rush but at the same time I felt to safe. Also like the last time when we got to the top of the water his arms were wrapped around my waist.
I wiggled myself around to face him. " Well this is kind of like déjà vu isn't it?" I say and we both laugh. I wrap my arms around his neck and wiggle a little closer. If that was even possible. I think that he knew I wanted to kiss him and I think that he wanted to kiss me. But I don't think I'll ever know since the other boys, Sam and Seth, jumped in the water and pulled Paul under the water bringing me with them.
I don't know how but at some point we got to the top of the water with our noses touching. I slowly move the last inch and press our lips together. To say it was like fireworks would be an understatement. It was like the 4th of July and new years put together times one hundred. We hear the guys over at the bonfire yelling for us to either get a room or come over to the fire.
I think about that for a while and suddenly ask " You have two shirts over there right?" he looks at me with a confused look and I explain, " Well you need a shirt and I really don't want every body to see the scar but I don't want to go up the cliff to get my clothes just yet."
" I can go with out a shirt Ill just give it to you" he says and I shake my head and remind him that it is cold outside. " Ill give you my shirt and have Sam give me one."
" Ok but hurry." I say not wanting him to leave me. He nods and we swim over to the shore.
I decided to sit down and wait for him a little bit into the water. While waiting for him to come back I look up at the stars. I felt it when Paul came and sat beside me pulling me into his lap. I turn to face him but end up coming face to face with his shoulder.
I thought about the things I could do to get his attention. The first thing I thought was I should bite him a hickey and the second was I should just say his name. Every one always says the first thing you think is what is right to do at the moment. So I did. I leaned into his shoulder and bit him.
It took him a minute to realize but when he did I was surprised he didn't pull away. He just sat there and waited till I was done. Once I knew it would stay there for a while I pulled away and buried my head into his chest. I not only heard but felt him chuckled.
" I guess we should get to the fire." I barley even whispered. He nodded and stood up. WITH ME IN HIS ARMS! I kicked and screamed for him to but me down and he did only because he fell to the ground laughing. " Yeah yeah yeah I know im hilarious." I say making him laugh even more. I tried to grab his shirt from him but he just pulled me down with him.
After we stopped laughing we got up and he handed me his shirt. I put it on and in the light of the moon I could see the mark I left on him. " Well I guess it's a good thing you got 2 shirts." I say running my fingers over it. Making him laugh and shiver at my touch.
He put his shirt on and we walk with our fingers laced together over to the fire. Paul introduced me to Sam, Emily and Seth. We ate and talked for a while before Billy started telling the legends of our tribe. I had heard them all before but, and this might be because I was high, I swear I could see the stories happening in the fire.
After the stories ended everybody but Sam and Emily had left. They were on their way to the car when Sam said he needed his shirt back. I froze. In second they are both going to see it! Paul guessed my thoughts but it didn't bother him. He took off his shirt and threw it to Sam who chuckled. Emily looked up at Sam with a confused expression. All I saw was him mouth the words ill tell you later.
Oh great they are going to have a huge laugh because of this. I ducked my head down so they wouldn't see me blushing. They turned and walked away laughing about something and Paul turned to me.
" Do you want to go home?" he asked. I immediately shook my head. I really didn't want to leave him yet.
" How about we stay here for a little bit and then later ill go home?" I say hopping that he doesn't want me to leave. He thinks about it for a minute and nods eagerly making me smile.
We sat at the fire for about ten minutes before either of us talked. Maybe it was because we were both watching the fire. Or maybe it was just because me sitting in his lap with his arms wrapped around was just so calming and nice.
" Paul?" I whispered, secretly hopping that he wouldn't hear me. I turned my head to see if he was paying attention. He was looking right at me urging me to go on. " Ummm about the scar that you saw earlier. Do you want to know how I got it?"
He looked away from me. " You don't have to tell me. Only if you want to." He tries to keep the emotion off of his face and out of his voice but I hear how hard it is for him to say.
" It happened when I was little. Three years old exactly. It started out being on of the best birthdays I had ever had. My parents weren't fighting. The party theme was Disney princesses. I was the happiest little girl in the world." I couldn't help but smile as I said it. " We had a party and then my parents took me to go see a movie. I don't remember what movie but I know we had a great time." Uh oh here comes the hard part. I take a few deep breaths to get myself calm enough to say the rest of it. " My dad went to go and get the car while me and my mom waited on the side of the movie theatre. This really pale man came up and told my mom to strip. Well one thing about my mom…. She doesn't take orders from anyone. He held up a knife and told her again. She refused and he….. Well you can guess what happened next. Then he made me watch while he raped my mom. What happened next was the weirdest and scariest things in that whole night. He put his mouth up to my cut and well drank my blood. I think he was going to kill me but my dad came to find us and the man ran off. But he made sure to yell that he would come back for me."
I could feel his whole body shaking. I turned his head so that I could see his eyes. I could feel his hand on my stomach under my borrowed shirt I moved the shirt out of the way and found his fingers tracing the scar. I put my hand on top of his and lace our fingers together.
I snuggled deeper into his chest and the last thing I remember is him bringing our hands up and kissing the top of my hand. I slip into the blackness of sleep.
I woke up as Paul was taking me through my house. " Uhhhhhhhh. Paul I'm sorry. I can believe I feel asleep. I really am so s-"
" Its fine. You don't need to be sorry. Any way your really adorable when you sleep." He laughs the last line making me blush even more.
" How long was I sleeping?" I ask hopping it wasn't to long.
" Well I think it was about…." As he put his finger up 'counting' how long it was " five minutes." I started laughing until my sides were hurting.
" Paul?" I say gesturing for him to set me down. He did. " I hope I'm not reading to deep into what ever this is" I say waving my hands in the air " but if it is going to be a relationship and I really hope it is you have to promise me that you wont keep anything from me. No matter what it is. I've had past relationships that ended with him cheating on me and I wont go through that kind of heartbreak again." I have to force myself from crying at this point. " You're the only person I've told about that stupid scar and I told you about it because well I know you wouldn't make fun of me or anything like that. But I need you to promise me you won't keep anything from me. Ever."
I really hope that I didn't scare him away by saying that but it's something he needs to know. I wont let my heart break again. It won't happen.
" Jessica." He said pulling me from my thoughts. I look up to him so that he will continue. " I promise you I will tell you every thing I am physically able to tell you. I won't hurt you and that is a promise. No I swear I will never hurt you."
There seemed to be a double meaning to what he said but he just promised to never hurt me. No scratch that he swore to never hurt me and I believe him.
With out knowing it I walked up to him and put my arms around his neck. I slowly rise up to the tips of my toes so that I am able to touch my lips to his. Well that was my plan. Instead I was only able to reach his chin. Once again we began to laugh as he leans down and presses his lips to mine.
The kiss starts as just a peck but it turned into something deeper. A simple way of saying it was that things were getting hot and heavy. We eventually pulled apart because well… we need to BREATHE! But even that didn't stop him from kissing my neck.
Well I thought he was kissing my neck but he was really nipping my neck and my shoulder. It didn't hurt like I thought it would but it felt like well just a bunch of firm kisses.
Click.
Oh no. I thought. My aunt's home!
I froze for a second and then pushed Paul through my room and into my closet. I walked, well more like ran, through the house and into the front room.
" Hey Aunt Heidi!" I called as she stepped through the door.
"Oh hello Jessica," she said stumbling over her word as she always does when she's drunk.
"Aunt Heidi?" I say to get her attention. This is the only time I would be able to get her to say yes. " I was wondering since your going to be out of town tomorrow and your going to be gone for a month if I could have a few friends over and have some sleep over."
" Oh well of course you can. I would feel better about leaving you if you had friends over." I say thanks and for her to go to bed and I'll see her in a month.
I walked into my room and opened the closet to see Paul sitting criss cross on the floor. Asleep. To wake him up I decided to sit on his lap and snuggle into.
We sat there for a few minutes and I was about to fall asleep but then I heard, " Boo!" as Paul's arms wrapped around me like a bow on a present. As pay back I snuggled in closer to him and pretended I was asleep.
I started to think he wasn't going to buy it but after about five minutes he started to talk. " I'm going to tell you this while your asleep first 'cause I'm nervous about how you will react and I promised to tell you everything. Tonight one of the main reasons I brought you to the bonfire was because I wanted to make sure you knew the stories of the tribe. I needed you to know the stories because it makes this easier to say. The stories are true. Every single story of the tribe is true. I know this because I am one of the protectors of the tribe. One of the wolves." He paused to take a deep breath. " Every single story. Even the one about imprinting."
This is when I " woke up". " Wait do you mean the story about when one of the wolves find their soul mate or whatever. The one where he would do and be anything for her?"
He nodded probably still shocked that I was really awake. I stood up and walked out of the closet to go sit on my bed. He followed me out but didn't sit. Did he really expect me to believe him? Wait. This is when I remembered something from the stories.
" If the stories really are true and you really are one of the wolves why are you telling me this? The stories say that you can only share the secret with your…" and that is when it hit me. I was his imprint. " Imprint." I say realizing that I hadn't finished my sentence. "Oh." That was all I could manage to get out. I couldn't think about anything but the fact that this means Paul was my soul mate and I was his.