(Next day)
I walked down the stairs to breakfast slowly, not really wanting to come down. I really didn't want to see Paul but half of me hoped that he was downstairs, sitting at the table with the others. I wondered if the side that wanted to see him was stronger than the side that didn't. I don't know if I want either side to win. As I reached the bottom of the staircase I sighed, wondering once again what I should do; but I didn't have much time to come up with a plan because he was sitting at the table and smiled when he saw me.
"Hey, Sandy." I smiled back at him and was happy to see him and glad that he felt the same way.
"Hi, Paul." My voice was quiet and I must have been blushing. The others didn't pay any attention to us; they just continued eating like we weren't even there. As I sat down next to Embry, I could feel someone watching me. I thought it was Paul but he went back to eating his food after I greeted him. I looked around the room and found a girl staring at me. She really wasn't a girl; she looked a little bit older than I did. She was very pretty and I felt self-conscious of myself as she kept on staring. I shifted in my seat uncomfortably and looked away. It seemed to me as if she was glaring at me or some other type of dirty look. I looked down at my food but looked up again when I felt another pair of eyes on me. But I recognized these; they were the chocolate brown eyes of Paul, who was giving me a worried look. I managed a small smile but it felt stiff on my face so I dropped it, not wanting to lie to him. I shifted my eyes towards the woman once again. Paul followed my gaze and glared at her. She turned her glare towards Paul and snarled.
At this, everyone stopped and looked up. There was finally tension in the small room and Embry went stiff besides me. I took another look around and everyone was rigid and that's when I noticed another boy. He looked like the others, big and muscular, but also smaller and I knew that he must have been Seth. I looked at the woman again and found that her and the boy had some similarities and guessed that she was Leah.
"Come on Sandy, I'll take you to school." My attention was drawn to Paul and I nodded, there really wasn't anything else I could do.
"Afraid that I'm going to hurt your imprint?" Leah said smugly. I looked at Paul confused but he looked away like he was embarrassed or ashamed.
"What's an imprint?" As soon as the question left my lips, Leah started to laugh.
"You mean she doesn't know?" She turned towards Paul for the answer but he walked out of the kitchen, slamming the door behind him. Now I was even more baffled than before. I could hear snarls, growls, howls, and yelling around me but they seemed far, too far for me to even comprehend or care about. I was still staring at the door like an idiot, trying to make sense of what I just heard and witnessed, but coming up with anything. I felt a hand on my shoulder, expecting it to be Sam or one of the other guys. I was surprised when I turned around and found Seth looking at the door also. He then looked down at me and had what looked like a bothered expression on his face; it was like it had a double meaning to it.
"I wouldn't worry about Paul. He just needs to cool down; Leah kind of gets him riled up."