Chapter 3.
Most people would probably be freaking out if they found out that
the stories they heard growing up were true. Not me. Well maybe somewhere deep inside I was freaking out but none of that mattered right now. All that mattered right now were me and Paul.
I heard him snoring softly next to me with his arms wrapped around me in lopping me in his warmth. It was three in the morning and though I just wanted to sit and talk to Paul I am happy that he is getting some much needed sleep. I don't really want to go to sleep but I was going to lunch with Paul and the pack. I took one more look at Paul, closed my eyes and drifted into the wonderful world of sleep.
I woke with a start as my aunt slammed the door. Looking over Paul's chest at my alarm clock I saw that it was five thirty in the morning. I carefully wiggled myself out of Paul's tight grip and went to take a shower.
I usually take a warm shower but since Paul is so freaking hot, no pun intended, I decided I was going to take a cold shower. When I say cold I mean so cold it feels warm. I remembered that I grabbed short shorts so I shaved my legs. I hoped out of the shower and pulled on my navy blue short shorts and my black long sleeve shirt.
One of the reasons I picked this shirt is because it's just so cute. Even if it's only a plain black long sleeve shirt for some reason it was one of my favorite shirts. The other reason is it fits me perfectly. It hugged all of my curves and it probably didn't hurt that it made my boobs look A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!
I walked out of the bathroom and headed to the kitchen. I decided to make pancakes eggs and bacon for breakfast. I made sure to make a lot considering how much I saw Paul eat at dinner last night. As I was finishing making the last few pieces of bacon Paul's warms arms wrapped around my waist and kiss my neck.
" Good morning." I said as I took the bacon in the pan out and put it on the plate. " Hungry?" I asked knowing the answer was yes.
" Good morning to you too." He whispered into my ear. " And to answer your question yes I am very hungry." He said as he moved one of his hands to get a piece of bacon.
I smacked his hand away, " Oh?" I said turning around to face him. " Well I guess that's just to bad. This is all mine." I grabbed a piece of bacon taking a bite. " Mmmm" I said teasing him. " This is some really good bacon. To bad it is all mine."
" Ha ha ha. So funny." He said reaching again for some bacon.
" Oh. You think I'm joking do you?" I said as I ate another bit of bacon. He rose his eyebrows in a mocking way and pulled me into his arms pushing our lips together.
When we broke apart I realized he had grabbed a piece of bacon and was stuffing it into his mouth. We both started to crack up and I decided to get some plates. When I handed him a plate he took it but gestured for me to get my food first so I did. I got three pieces of bacon, one and a half pancakes and a few eggs. Paul grabbed everything that was left. I see why he wanted me to go first.
I looked at the clock before I left the kitchen to sit down I looked at the clock. It was eight thirty. I walked into the dinning room and sat across from Paul. Looking at Paul's plate I see that it is half gone. I guess he really was hungry.
" What time do we need to be at Emily's?" I ask as I take a bite of my pancakes.
He swallows the food that is in his mouth and answers, " Sam said that they would be eating around noon but that I have to be there at eleven because someone else phased. He said you can come at eleven with me if you want." Once he finishes he shovels the rest of his food onto his mouth.
"I'll come with at eleven. Maybe I can help Emily cook." I say bringing a smile to my face. " Do you want to shower before we go?"
" Naw. Ill shower at Sam's cause he will have some shorts I can borrow." He says as he grabs my empty plate and starts to do the dishes.
" You don't need to do those." I yell knowing it won't do any good. He'll just say that he wanted to which he did.
I walked into the kitchen just as he was getting done and started to get the ingredients for chocolate cookies. I mixed the ingredients together and that was when Paul realized what I was making. He looked around in the kitchen and found a pan. We started to lay the chunks of cookie dough on the pan when Paul grabbed some and popped some in his mouth.
I slapped his chest and he looked at me with an innocent look that I couldn't resist. I wrapped my arms around his neck and was about to peck him on the lips but I heard the ding signaling that the cookies were done.
I took the cookies out of the oven and before Paul had eaten to many wrapped them up on a tray. By this time it was ten thirty. " We should get going." I said looking up at Paul. He nodded and we made our way to my car. " Wait. Do I look ok?" he looked me up and down and shook his head. I got a confused look on my face.
" You will never look merely ok. You look amazingly beautiful. You always have and you always will." He said this with a serious face. He was clearly not joking.
" That was honestly the most adorable and sweet thing anyone has ever said to me." I said as I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his neck. This time there was no ding from the oven to interrupt us. We sat there for a few minutes kissing when I remembered what time if was and where we had to be.
We hopped into my 1998 mustang. I love cars. Since my aunt is barley ever home and has such a great job I have this car, a small truck, a big truck, a convertible, a motorcycle, a moped, and six four wheelers. May favorite out of all of them was my car. It was red and black. I loved it so much I barely ever let anyone drive it.
I pulled out of the driveway and onto the road following Paul's directions exactly. It took us ten minutes to get there which put us there fifteen minutes early. I grabbed the cookies making sure to keep them out of Paul's reach. We laughed as I held the cookies at arm length with him wrestling to get them. This is how we walked into their house.
" Hi Emily!" I say still trying to keep him from getting the cookies. I detach myself from him laughing and bring the cookies over to Emily. " We made these this morning. I figured that with the crazy appetites these wolf boys have that it was the least I could do."
" Thanks." She said with a shocked look on her face. I sent her a confused expression. " It's just I didn't think that he would tell you so soon."
" Oh trust me he didn't mean to tell me he thought I was asleep." We both started to laugh really hard while Paul muttered something along the line of " I'll never live that down." Which only made us laugh harder.
" Paul. Sam told me that he wants you to meet him and Seth out back in the woods. He's still working on getting Jared to phase back."
Paul nodded and came over to me wrapping his arms around me. " I'll see you in a little bit." He said right before he planted a kiss on my lips. We pulled apart and I watched him walk out the back door.
If I hadn't known that he was coming back I would have fallen to the ground with the pain in my chest even though he's been gone for all of 30 seconds. Emily looked at me with a knowing look.
" It gets easier." She says in a loving tone. " I guess I better start cooking. Do you want to help me?" I nod eagerly. " Hmmm maybe we should cover those up first." She says pointing at my neck and shoulder. " We wouldn't want your parents to see that." She explains chuckling.
" Uhhh that's not really a problem." I say my voice shaky. She looks at me confused so I explain, " My parents left me to live with my aunt when I was little and she's away on business for the next month."
She swept me into a hug and whispered into my ear " Oh hunny I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up. I'm so sorry." I returned the hug only because I didn't want to hurt her feelings.
Honestly I don't like much contact with other people. Yeah I've had a few boyfriends but even then I didn't really let them in. No one but Paul, my mom, my dad, and that man, who I now found out was a vampire (which I really should of guessed) knew how I got that scar.
" It's really fine." I say as we pull away. " It's not like I can miss my parents I barley knew them and my aunt is the best when I see her. Plus what she doesn't have with bonding time she buys me cars and stuff." I say forcing a smile onto my face.
" Well then lets get cooking. No pun intended." We both start to laugh and then we start to cook.
By the time we hear the back door open we had made about 50 sandwiches, fried five bags of curly fries and made four more batches of cookies. I looked at all of the food thinking to myself that there is no way we are going to eat all of this.
Sam was the first to walk in to the kitchen area and nodded a hello to me as he walked past me to Emily. Well I think he was planning on having to walk past me. He ended up meeting Emily right next to me. I started looking for Paul until our eyes locked together. I seemed like it had been forever since I had seen him. He was walking towards me slowly. Too slowly. I walked the last few steps and felt his arms wrap around me.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and locked our lips together. When we finally pulled apart and I snuggled into his chest. " Hi" he whispered softly into my ear making me shiver a little.
" Hi." I said back. " Honestly if there isn't any food left I'll be surprised." He chuckled at that and I squeezed him tighter.
" Everybody sit down at the table it's lunch time!" Emily yelled. " Paul why don't you get that extra chair from outside for Jess."
He shakes his head. " She can just sit on my lap." He said this as he pulled us to the table and sat down. I felt myself start to blush as he pulled me into his lap.
I grabbed a sandwich and a handful of fries. I saw Emily get a similar meal to mine while the guys all split up the rest of the sandwiches and fries. They were done with half of their sandwiches before I was done with my one sandwich.
Within 15 minutes the guys were done with their food and fighting each other for the last two cookies. They were like 8-year-old brothers.
I marched up and grabbed the cookies from the boys, " These are now mine." I say taking a bite. I finish the first one and was about to eat the second one when Paul grabbed it right out of my hand. I looked up at him putting on my best puppy dogface until he gave it to me. Once he gave it to me I smiles ate it and skipped back to the table as the guys started to laugh.
" Damn Paul. I never thought I would see the big bad Paul whipped." Jared said in between gasping for breaths.
" Don't worry Jared." I said " I bet you will be worse." With that they were all on the ground laughing well except for Jared.
After they calmed down and we finished the movie we were watching I had a great idea." Well since we are all done with lunch and the movies over I was thinking that we should go back to my house and ride my four wheelers." I say from my spot on Paul's lap. From the way the guys were hollering you would think they were little girls who just got to meet the Disney princesses. Even Paul.
" I think that's a yes." Emily said between giggles. I nodded while letting out a few giggles of my own.
" Ok well considering the size of you guys I could probably take me Paul and Seth in my car." Sam and Emily told me they would take Jared with them. I gave them my address and directions to my house. " I'll see you guys in a little bit." I called through my window.
As I was driving down my familiar road and into my driveway I was thinking about how my life changed 24 hours. It was really amazing. I've never felt like I belonged in this life until I first locked eyes with Paul.
Oh Paul. You turned my life around completely. Its kind of scary how I feel about you but inside I know that you feel the same and that's all I need. You promised you would never leave me or hurt me that is more than I could ever ask.
The rest of the day went by way to fast. We got to my house and when I opened the garage door you would think the guys went into shock. It was hilarious. We road them for a while but I decided to go in because I felt kind of nauseas. Emily came in with me and we decided to cook.
As we were making dinner something smelled so bad that I ran to the bathroom and threw up.
" Are you ok?" Emily asked from the other side of the door. " Can I come in?" I mumbled a yes and she came in.
How good are the guys hearing? I wrote with water on the mirror. In an answer she turned on the sink and the shower.
" They can't hear us right now unless they come over to the door." She said answering my question. " What is it you want to keep from them?"
I thought about it for a minute. " I think I might be pregnant." I whisper hearing my voice crack. " I was supposed to start my period two weeks ago and I still haven't. Plus I had a one-night stand with this guy I don't even know his name. I was at a party and I was really drunk. My ex boyfriend broke up with me and well you can probably figure out the rest."
After talking for a few minutes we decided that we would go on a "shopping trip" tomorrow and go to the doctor to find out if I really am pregnant. As we were walking out of the bathroom we heard a loud crash.
I ran outside, vagley aware that I was being very careful on how I moved, and saw it. A huge wolf. It was gray with black spots. Something in his dark brown almost black eyes was familiar. I looked to see who wasn't there but all of the guys were. Some one else must have phased.
" Paul take Jess with you and get him some shorts from his house." Sam yelled as he ran into the woods. Paul grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the bike. He was about to get on but then hesitated.
I looked at him with confused eyes and he said, " I don't know where he lives. You drive. You know where he lives."
" Umm I don't even know who it is how am I supposed to know where he lives." I say. Why would he tell me to drive and why would I know where he lived. Wait those eyes. I've looked at them almost everyday since I was little. I saw them just the other day. " It's Embry?" I asked uncertain. Paul nodded.
I hoped on the bike and Paul got on the back and I drove down the familiar road to Embry's house. I knocked on the door and his mom answered. " Hello sweetie. I'm sorry Embry's not home right now."
" He's at my house. I came to get him some shorts. He got grease on his while we were working on my four wheelers and asked me to come get him clothes while he finished working on it." She nodded and walked me into his room. I went to his dresser and grabbed a few pairs of shorts and a few shirts. " He was also to much of a scardey cat to come ask you if he could stay at my house tonight. My aunt is out of town again and the guys wanted to keep me some company but both Jake and Quil said they couldn't and well you know Embry doesn't want me to be at my house alone." She agreed to let him stay and I walked out of the house telling her I'd have him call her as soon as possible.
I handed Paul the shorts and we road back to my house. As we were ridding back I leaned back into Paul who had his arms wrapped around me. " Is your Aunt really out of town?" he asked me as we pulled into the garage. I nodded.
" Do you wanna stay with me while she's gone?" I asked knowing the answer was yes. He nodded eagerly. I giggled and pecked him on the lips. " I'm guessing they are ganna need you
?" I asked again knowing the answer was yes. He nodded this time but it was more of a sad nod. " Well that will give me time to make dinner for when you guys get everything settled. Should I make extra for the boys?" once again he nodded.
" I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise." As he said I promise he reached out his pinky finger and pinky promised on it.
" And I will be here waiting." I say giggling as the next words come out. " With food." He grinned and we shared a kiss. As he started to walk away he was pulling off his pants and tying them to something on his ankle. I turned away and blushed.
It was about eight when the boys finally came home. When they walked in I was about to light a blunt up and stopped. I didn't want Paul seeing me like this. Again. Embry was with them but he was different then when I saw him yesterday.
Yesterday he wore jeans a long sleeve shirt and a hoodie. Today he was wearing the shorts I grabbed but the were shorter. Yesterday he had long hair almost longer than mine but now it was cut just like the rest of the guys. He was also well HUGE. Not as huge as the other guys but hey he's only fifteen.
I walked over to Paul and into his open arms. When we broke apart I walked into the kitchen and grabbed the 4 huge bowls of pasta salad. I walked out to find them already sitting down in the chairs waiting. " Am I only loved for my food now?" I asked in a mocking voice. I set down the bowls in front of everybody but Paul. " Oh sorry this is MY food. I forgot to make you some." I say in a sarcastic voice as he reached for it.
" Do you really want to play this game?" he asked standing up. I ran around the table to keep it from him.
" I'm not playing any games this is MY food." I say waving it in his face. " But… I guess you could have a few bites." With that we all laughed and Paul sat down. I realized that there weren't any more chairs left.
" Oh. I'm sorry. Is this your seat?" he asked. This was obviously payback for keeping him from eating.
I shook my head. " No" I said sitting on his lap " THIS is my seat." With that we both started to eat. Well saying we were eating was a lie. HE started to eat and I picked at it a little bit. And for Paul well he wasn't eating it. He was devouring it.
After a few bites my stomach turned and I felt nauseous. " I'm going to go shower." I said as I was walking to my bathroom remembering to grab my short shorts, a tank, a clean bra and my underwear. I turned on the shower went to the toilet and puked out my dinner. After I flushed the toilet and brushed my teeth I took a shower.
After my shower as I was putting on my tank top I noticed that there was a small but defiant bump on my stomach. I counted back and realized that if I was pregnant than I was about 2 months.
" Jess." I heard a voice call. It sounded like Embry. " Can I talk to you about something." Yeah definitely Embry.
I pulled down my shirt and opened the door. " Whats up?" I said forcing a smile on my face. He motioned outside and we started to walk. We were almost to the beach by now when he started to talk.
" How long have you know?" he asked in a whisper. Oh so this is about the wolf thing.
" I have known for all of 24 hours. Paul told me last night. Well sort of. Anywho I told your mom that you were staying with me while my aunt was away. Basically I got you some time to get used to everything."
" Thanks." He said putting a smile on his face. I knew it was fake but then again he probably knew mine was fake too. " We can't tell the guys any of this or even hang out with them anymore you know that right?" he asked.
" I know. But they are both supposed to phase soon any way so.. Yeah. And don't give me that look. You know as well as I do that it's going to happen no matter how much we don't want it do." I hadn't realized it but I was starting to cry.
He grabbed me from around the waist and was going to pull me towards him but he froze. He moved his hand from my waist to my stomach. His eyes widened. Don't tell, I mouthed to him because we they could probably hear us by now. He nodded and I knew he wouldn't tell and would try not to think about it while phased.
When we got back to the house I went to the fridge and grabbed some salad. As me and Paul were watching t.v. I heard snoring coming from the guest room. I snorted and snuggled in closer to Paul.
At some point I fell asleep and woke up to my alarm blairing right next to my head. I pressed dismiss and went to get ready. After showering and getting dressed I went to make some food. I wasn't very hungry so I just toasted a bagel.
As I sat their waiting for the bagel to finish toasting I felt warm arms wrap around me. " Sorry I didn't mean to wake you up." I said to Paul as I grabbed my now toasted bagel and put cream cheese on in. " Me and Emily are having a girls day today in Seattle."
" I have to patrol anyway so its ok. Be safe." He said. I was kind of sad he didn't ask to come with but then I remembered what today was really about.
" Oh yeah. I need to be safe when you're the one running around after vampires. Defiantly." I said with thick sarcasm. We both laughed and when I finished breakfast I went to go pick up Emily.