A/N: I know that I haven't updated in a long time, I've been really busy with school and doing other things that keep me away from my computer and stories. To make up for it I combined 23 and 24 as one chapter. I wanted to make it longer for all of those who are still reading it. Reviews would be lovely. I'd love to hear what you guys think, and even let me know how I can improve it all. Don't worru about it ending soon, because it's not, there are plenty of more chapters to come. Enough ranting, go read on!
"P-Paul." I moaned out. He stopped what he was doing and looked up at me. We were both breathing extremly hard and I didn't want him to stop.
"Why did you stop?" He got off of me, but laid down next to me, pulling me into his arms.
"If I kept going, I wasn't going to stop. I know that your not ready for anything like that to happen." I pouted, but nodded. He was right after all, I wasn't ready for anythig intamite, hell I wasn't even ready for a serious relationship.
We laid in each others arms, not saying a word. It felt nice to have him just hold me. The feeling didn't last long though, my mind wandered to what Paul said.
Could I really be the wolf girl that everyone saw last night?
It did explain why everyone avoided me and left right away.
Did Jaleisa know what they were? Did she anything last night?
If she did, it would explain why she didn't say anything this morning and just stared at her plate.
"What are you thinking about?" Paul whispered into my hair.
"About everything." I heard him groan.
"Don't. Please baby, don't over think or stress over this." I pulled away from him and just stared.
"Don't over think? Too late. Don't over stress? Too late. What the hell do you want me to do?
My friends, no, my FAMILY hate me." I stared to get misty eyed, I could feel the tears sliding down slowly, one by one.
"I know it's hard, but everyone just needs space ok? We're all freaked about what happend, and they don't know how to handle it." He wiped some of the tears with his thumb.
"I don't know what to do, or how I can fix it. I don't even know if it was me." I looked up at Paul, who looked uncomfortable. This was probably the first time that he was dealing with an emotional girl. I sobbed into his chest while he wrapped his arms around me. The combination of his hand rubbing my back and his body heat calmed me down, and I drifted off into sleep.
(Paul POV)
I started down at Sandy. She fell asleep in my arms after having an emotional breakdown. I had no idea what I was doing. She looked so fragile and hurt, that it broke my heart to see her like that. I held her against my body tightly, but not enough to hurt her. I wanted to take all the pain away from her, I wanted to see her smile again, see her happy. But I knew that I would never see that as long as everyone was avoiding her. The guys were her family, her brothers, and they were treating her like the enemy.
I laid her gently on the bed and covered her up. I walked out of her room quietly and closed the door. I walked downstaires and ran into Emily. She looked worried and tired, I could tell that she didn't sleep at all last night. I don't think anyone did.
"How is she?"
"She's sleeping now, but not so good. The silent treatment is really getting to her. She thinks everyone is mad at her for what happened." She shood her head.
"It's not her fault, we don't even know if that was her. Does she recall anything?" I just shook my head and passed a hand through my short hair.
"No, she said that she doesn't remember anything." Emily just nodded.
"Why don't you get some sleep Em? She's sleeping now and might be for a while, you know how much she likes to sleep." She forced a smile and nodded, then headed to her room. I walked out the house and made my way towards the woods, determined to find the others.
They were going to hear from me and pay for hurting Sandy.
(Sandy's POV)
I opened my eyes and found that I was alone. I looked around and found Paul to be no where. It bothered me because I didn't want to be alone, especially not after what happened.
I was still confused and nothing made sense to me at all. I couldn't remember anything from the night before, and it was really stressing me out. Not to mention my best friend, plus my family were avoiding me like no tomorrow.
I got up from the bed, not wanting to stay in and think about these depressing matters any longer. I made my way towards the bathroom, and splashed some water on my face. I looked at myself in the mirror and couldn't believe what I saw. My eyes had dark circles under them, and my cheeks lost any color that they had before. My whole face had an ashen look to them. I basically looked dead, hollow. It scared me and I was surprised that Paul hadn't mentioned anything to me. I continued to look at myself when there was a knock at my bathroom door.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you. I heard the water running and I assumed that you were awake." Emily smiled kindly, but it was clear in her eyes that she was worried about me. I managed a small smile her way.
"It's all right Aunt Emily. I'm sorry for worrying you."
"It's fine, really. Why don't you come downstairs? We can get you something to eat." I nodded slowly and followed her to the kitchen.
The kitchen was empty, and it felt strange. I was used to having everyone crowd around the table and hearing voices fill the whole house. It felt lonely and vacant, I believed that everyone was avoiding Emily's house to stay away from me. I sat down, not feeling hungry at all.
"You don't have to make anything." Emily stared at me confused.
"Why not?"
"I'm not hungry." I muttered. It was the truth, I wasn't hungry at all, and in a way that scared me. I hadn't eaten anything the day before, I should have been hungry now...right?
"If you say so." Emily had worry lines on her forehead and I felt bad for making her this way.
It wasn't fair to her or anyone else that this was happening. I began to wonder what would happen if I never came to live with them, would things be any different?
"Jaleisa is with Kim." Emily interrupted my ranting. I stared at her confused, an almost distant look in my stare.
"Huh?"
"Jaleisa, wasn't that what you were thinking about?" I nodded my head, not wanting to tell her what I was really thinking about.
"Well, Kim took her out on a shopping trip, to process everything." Once again I nodded, understanding that she might need some time to take everything in.
"Where did she sleep the night before?"
"Leah said that she didn't mind if Jaleisa shared a room with her." I thanked Leah and Kim in my mind, thankful that they took her in.
"Do you know where Paul went?" I voiced the one question that was in the back of my head.
As if on cue, all of the boys came in, Paul being the last one. They all sat around the table, stern looks on each of their faces. Paul came and kissed my cheek gently, then went to stand by the stairs.
"The guys all have something to say to you, babe." I looked around the table, not believing his words. Everyone one of them looked at the table or the wall, anywhere that wasn't my face. Paul growled from the stairs and they all looked up at me. Jake was the only one who looked me straight in the eyes.
"Sandy...I don't know what to say."
(Paul POV)
I wanted to strangle Jake. All he had to do was apologize and move on. They were all suppose to do that. I glared at him, not knowing where he was going with this.
"I know you told Paul that you don't remember anything, but we're still not sure if it was you or not." She just stared at Jake, a distant, blank expression on her face. She nodded slowly and stared at me.
"Do you all think this?" They all nodded, and I wanted to rip all of their heads off. They couldn't do this to her, they couldn't just abandon their sister.
"Alright, I respect your decision. I'm just going to my room." She got up slowly and walked pasted me.
"Sandy.." I grabbed her arm and turned her to face me. Her eyes were glossed over with tears, and a few even slid down her cheek. She wiggled out of my hold and ran upstairs. Emily followed her, shaking her head as she went. I glared at everyone in the room.
"I can't believe you! I asked you to do one thing and you can't even do that!" I exploded, I was pissed. They made her cry, for the second time in one night.
"I'm sorry man, but we can't take any chances." Jake stood up, like he was the Alpha. I walked towards him and shoved him.
"You don't even know if it was her!"
"But what if it was! It's clear that she can't control it and if that's the case then she can very well hurt someone!" My anger was starting to get the best of me, I was boiling mad.
"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!"
"NEITHER DO YOU!" That's when I tackled him to the ground, I couldn't take it anymore. He was acting like Sandy would hurt someone purposely, but I knew she wouldn't and couldn't even if she wanted to.