Temper, Temper: Chapter Nineteen: Impatience
Paul woke up the next morning early; he had never felt so content and happy in all his life, even though nineteen years wasn't exactly a lifetime. Last night he said he would come straight from his home over to the Uley's when he woke up, seeing as Alex was now minding Sam and Emily's home while they were off honeymooning.
The little red digits on the clock by Paul's bed flickered into his vision brightly, they flashed out '6:03am' persistently. Somehow Paul didn't think that Alex would be impressed if he trotted over there at this time, he hadn't forgotten the several bruises Quil and Embry sustained when they decided to 'wake her up' one morning.
Knowing this but still invigorated for what today would bring, Paul got up anyway and decided that he would kill time by taking a shower,
'…and maybe clean this place up' He added to his own monologue when his foot crushed a stray pizza crust that he had carelessly strewn away without a second thought.
Paul heaved out the huge black bag of rubbish outside when he was finished, then ran back inside and heavily pressed a button on the TV remote. The screen lit up and he searched the bottom left of the screen for more digits. These ones flickered up when the television box turned off standby then into action, these ones read 6:43am.
Heavily Paul groaned, taking a shower and cleaning up couldn't waste enough time.
"Bloody clocks!"
Alex would still be sleeping but he wasn't waiting anymore and with that thought in his head, Paul took off to Sam's place at a steady job.
La Push decided to reflect Paul's mood, the sun was glaring down onto the unusually green grass with mists of heat and light. Paul jogged into the familiar house easily until an unseen feeling crept on him; he was nervous. When the feeling came, he was upstairs standing in the doorway of the guest bedroom.
That was one of the little things that made Paul smile when he walked through the door.
She hadn't slept on the sofa, that couldn't have been a better sign.
When Alex had stayed here before, she had point blank refused the guest room and even suggested she could sleep in the woods rather than be in their company. Everyone had of course refused but the fact was Alex was finally starting to accept them.
Paul peered through the open bedroom door.
Alex was spread out on the double bed lazily, her body tangled in the white sheets protectively covering her except for one of her slender white legs which stuck out of the material.
Gently she breathed out and moved her arm out of the material as well tightly knotting it in her hand without opening her eyes.
Paul regained his strength and opened the door, walking through it he sat at the edge of the bed and smiled widely at his sleeping imprint.
"Paul, I said come over in the morning, not the middle of the night" Alex whispered through a thick sleepy voice, but her one eye peeped open to look at him before closing it again and allowing a smile to play over her lips.
"Yeah well I couldn't wait"
Alex furrowed her brow and snuggled back into her sea of blankets and pillows,
"I'm not going away" Paul said determined to get Alex awake and out of bed as quickly as possible, she'd been in his life for five months, having her as an imprint while she didn't except it was torture, now he was impatient and wanted to start living his life.
Alex peeped open one of her eyes again and made a noise of protest when she saw Paul was determined to get her up, "You know I'm naked under here" she commented, closing her eyes and smiling after she saw Paul's expression.
Paul didn't make a move from where he was, his eyes wandered everywhere though but all he wanted was to get Alex up so they could spend much needed time together.
Alex hit her arms against the mattress before rolling away from her place in the bed. Paul nodded triumphantly when Alex rose and stood up, when she dropped the sheet to the ground a mischievous grin took over her face.
"You were bluffing" Paul stated in disbelief as he took in the sight of her walking away from him in black lace underwear.
"I wanted to see what you would do" Alex answered, looking back over her shoulder and watching him as he got off the bed, crouching slightly as he approached her predatorily.
"Oh really?" Paul asked before racing after Alex who was laughing loudly trying to out run him, "I'll show you what I'll do!"
After breakfast, Alex was no Emily but she did the decent housewife thing and chucked some cereal in two bowls for them both, they phased and decided to spend the day in each other's company; walking and talking, devoting the day to getting to know each other as they should.
'So how did you come back?..I know you said it was Seth but tell me the details' Paul asked, leaping over a ditch in the ground with unneeded force. Alex followed him, tittering down the hill delicately and up to his shoulder.
Rather than explaining it, Alex showed him, allowing the colourful images to explain for her.
She was riding Chief when Seth found her, racing him over the beautiful green flat terrain that surrounded her quaint home. Alex wasn't concentrating; her mind was focusing on what had happened over the past few months. It didn't bother her that Chief was galloping wildly over the land and she was holding only onto a small tuft of his mane with no saddle or bridle as aids.
Suddenly Chief's loud whinny pulled her from her thoughts, making Alex hold tighter onto his mane as something ahead made him rear up dangerously. When the horse landed harshly Alex saw the cause of the problem and dismounted easily.
Seth was in front of her as a wolf, Chief began to paw angrily at the floor and attempted to march over to him until Alex stroked his head calmingly.
"What are you doing here Seth?" Alex asked him exasperatedly, she ran a hand through her auburn hair shakily. Things were not great right now, being back in her homeland hadn't made everything as black and white as Alex expected it to be.
"Sam and Emily are getting married in a week…I think you should come bac-" Alex noted internally the changes in him when her old acquaintance phased back to his normal human self; Seth had grown, his muscles slightly more defined, and he was taller.
"Don't Seth, please" Alex said sternly, turning her attention back to her horse.
Seth's brow furrowed together angrily, and in his temper he closed the distance between them quickly. "They looked out for you for two months when you needed help!"
Chief got defensive then, his ears flickered back dangerously when he notice the change in Seth's temper and he whined angrily, attempting to push in front of Alex and defend her against this stranger.
"Eh!" Alex scolded him, wrapping her hand around his muzzle restraining him. When he calmed down she sent him away with whispered Welsh words Seth did not understand. A sigh escaped Alex's mouth and she hid her eyes from him,
"I know, I know, I've screwed everything up" She said teary,
"So come back and sort it out" Seth said more softly this time, stepping backwards as Alex straightened up, wiping the moisture from her cheek furiously.
Both of them phased then, Alex because she wanted to run for a bit and Seth so he could tune into her thoughts directly. When she wouldn't answer him, Seth started to flicker images of how people had argued over her and Paul's reaction to her departure.
Alex froze and unwillingly let her own memories of what life had been like without the Cullen's or Quileute's back in Wales; it wasn't good. Seth flinched at one particular memory that Alex had let slip. It was a fight between her and Josh when he had caught Alex's thoughts straying back to La Push, to cut a long story short, the boy had one and she had left the fight with a nasty laceration across her collar bone.
Paul's anger as he viewed the memories distracted her concentration and she turned her focus back onto her companion quickly. Craning upwards Alex gave the side of his face a lick comfortingly,
'Calm down, its fine… When she saw Paul relax into her side, she continued but rather than reliving it, she spoke it. 'Long and short of it is, Seth brought me to my senses. I sent Seth home before I left as well; I obviously needed to tell Zeus, Josh, make arrangements for Chief and the house and then pack up a bag'
'How did your brother take it?' Paul questioned as they both picked up the pace a little, jogging side by side through the wilderness.
'It could have been better' Alex said vaguely. The truth of it was that Zeus had been furious at her leaving, she was family and family were meant to stick together, but in his mind she was throwing it all away on the chance of some 'friendly foreign puppies' as he put it.
'But he knows what imprinting does so I can imagine he'll come around in time. Anger issues run deep in my family…in case you hadn't guessed' Alex laughed, and nudged Paul with her nose, teasing him into a race. Paul may have been stronger and physically larger than her, but when it came to speed that was what Alex was built for.
Finally though, after a lot of talk competitive talk Paul caught her and pinned her to the floor easily.
'So, you're staying in La Push? With the pack…and me forever?' He nervously asked Alex who groaned at his persistence in talking about all the 'heavy' stuff.
'Yes Paul, I'm prepared to give imprinting a shot and see what we make of it, besides that, I happen to like it here'
Paul barked happily and let her up before side by side they continued their walk, weaving and twisting their tails together like humans held hands.
'Unless you fancy living in Wales in the near future?' Alex taunted, laughing as she said it and amplifying the sound when she saw Paul's baffled, shocked face.
'Kidding!' She added.