Disclaimer: Everything Twilight belongs to Stephanie Meyer. Including the characters.
PAUL'S POV
When Alice called to let Bella know what she saw, I saw the tension in Bella. I knew this was going to be hard for her, but I really didn't know how to deal with it. I did know that I needed to get the pack together to draw out a plan. We didn't really know what to expect, or what time James and Irina were going to be showing up, but we did know that they were going to be there the day after tomorrow. I slowly walked to Bella, and guided her to the couch. She seemed to be in some sort of trance. Helping her to sit I gave her a quick kiss and told her I would be right back. Making my way through the kitchen, and out the back door, I walked to the tree line, stripped my shorts and phased.
"Hey Paul." I heard Collin say
"Hey Collin, do me a quick favor, and phase back and run down to the beach. Tell everyone they need to come back to my house. Alice just called."
"No problem. We'll be there as soon as possible."
I quickly phased back, and walked back into the house. When I made it to the living room, Bella was still sitting in the same position, I left her in. Picking her up off the couch, I spun around and sat down, bringing her down to sit in my lap.
"Bella, baby are you okay?"
"Huh?…yeah." She said after a few moments.
"Are you sure?"
"I'll be fine. I'm going to go start the dishes." She said standing up and walking towards the kitchen. I knew she was only trying to keep herself occupied, and I was silently wishing the guys would hurry the fuck up, so we could get this over with. After about ten minutes that seemed to drag, everyone piled through the door. When everyone sat, Sam started.
"Collin said that Alice called?"
"Yeah, she said they'll be here the day after tomorrow. She didn't say what time though." I replied rubbing the back of my neck.
"Okay, well first, Collin and Brady, I want you two too stay here to watch the girls." Sam said turning his attention to the twins. They both nodded their heads in agreement and waited for Sam continue.
"Jared, Leah, Seth, Paul, Jake, Quil and myself will watch the meadow, but I want everyone to stay back until I give the order to confront them. We don't need them catching wind of all of us being out there." He said pointing to each of us. "We'll split into two groups, and start keeping watch at midnight tomorrow night. Now, where's Bella?" He asked obviously to wrapped up in what's going on to hear her in the kitchen.
"She's in the kitchen. I don't think she's taking it very well. She kind of zoned out when she got off the phone with Alice. And when I asked if she was okay, she said she needed to do dishes."
"Maybe we should all hang out tonight. It is Saturday after all. It might help." Jared said.
"I don't know. I'll go see what she thinks. Give me a minute." I stood up and walked into the kitchen. Bella was standing at the sink with the water running, staring out the window. She looked lost.
"Bella are you alright?" I said at the door. She turned to me and gave me a small smile.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I just have a really bad feeling about this. Something's not sitting right Paul, and I cant figure it out."
"It'll be alright hun." I said walking up behind her and wrapping my arms around her waist. "Everyone's going to be fine. It's just the two of them against all of us."
"Yeah. I guess your right." She said leaning her head back against my chest.
"The guys want to know if they could stay the night." I didn't want to tell her that the guys thought it might help her if they were all there.
"Yeah. I think that's a good idea. What should I make for dinner?" she said walking over to the fridge. "Is everyone hungry? Of course everyone's hungry….Where's everyone going to sleep? I should maybe do a load of laundry. The bathroom upstairs should be cleaned. Someone needs to take out the garb….." She said rambling.
"Bella….Bella, hun maybe you should go into the living room, everyone's out there waiting, we can watch a movie and maybe order some pizza's." I turned her around to face me. "Its going to be okay. I promise."
I grabbed her hand and started pulling her to the living room. When we made it into the room everyone had a sad expression on her face. Looking at Sam I motioned to the door, with a quick nod. I needed to talk to him, and I didn't want Bella to hear. She sat silently between Embry and Jake, and I turned to walk out the door.
"Paul, what's going on?" Sam asked when we made it into the front yard.
"She's losing it man. Maybe I should stay with her, and everyone else can go take care of the leeches."
"No. I need you out there Paul. The twins will stay with her to make sure she's okay, and we'll have Collin phase outside so we can keep an eye on the girls from a distance."
"Fine… lets get back inside. I think we should order some pizza's and maybe play a game or something to get her mind off of what's coming."
"Yeah….sounds good."
We turned and walked back inside, Jake already had the phone in his hand ordering dinner, and everyone was talking quietly, Bella being the only exception.
"How about we play a game?" Sam spoke up.
"What kind of game?" Seth said.
"Truth or dare." Quil yelled coming back in from wherever he was.
"How about it Bella… want to play truth or dare?" I asked, hoping this would work enough to lighten the mood.
"Sure." She said looking around the room. Who's first?" She asked.
"Well since Sam thought about playing a game, he gets to pick first." Kim said perking up.
Everyone turned their attention to Sam.
"Umm… Embry, truth or dare?" It was always funny watching Embry play truth or dare, cause the poor boy was shy most of the time.
"Ugh, why'd you have to pick me first…..dare I guess." He said glaring at Sam.
"Hmmm… I dare you to…go next door and knock on the window, when they answer ask them if they would like to buy some nicer curtains." He said pointing towards Mrs. Cline's house next door. I kind of felt bad for him. That lady could be a real bitch at times.
"Ughhh…fine, but if she calls the cops again your explaining to the chief what happened." He said causing all of us to start laughing. He quickly got up and made his way out the door, and everyone ran to the window to watch. Bella was trying to hide a smirk.
When he made it next door we saw him knock on the window and shortly after Mrs. Cline opened the door. When he finished talking to her, she was red and you can almost see the smoke pouring out of her ears. She was waving her finger in front of him, like she was scolding a child, and he had his face pointed to the ground. A few minutes later she slammed the door in his face and he started walking back over to my house. Everyone quickly found there seats again and when he walked threw the door everyone burst out laughing.
"So not cool…Charlie will probably be here in a half an hour." He said sitting back down. "My turn." He said looking around the room.
"Jake…?
"Dare." He said his eyes sparkling. Embry quickly stood up and went into the hall coming back with a backpack, he handed it to Jake.
"You have to put this on, and then get on Collin's old bike out back. Ride up and down the street singing the theme song from the wizard of oz."
Everyone started laughing again, because the bike out back was built for a ten year old. Jake stood quickly and went out towards the kitchen. Again everyone stood up half of us going to the front window, the other half going to the door. A few minutes later Jake came riding through the front yard, and he looked ridiculous.
Riding up and down the street he began singing. "We're off to see the wizard…A few minutes later a couple of kids came running up to him. They wanted to know if they could go with him to see the wizard, and when Jake told them no, one of them walked up to him and kicked him in the shin, which caused everyone to break down again. A few minutes later he came back into the house laughing.
"Quil?" He asked.
"Dare." He said quickly.
"I dare you to tell the next person that walks through the door, that you want to play doctor with them."
"No problem… "
"That's doesn't include one of us." Jake quickly added in, waving his hand around.
"Fine…"
The game went on for another thirty minutes, and Bella was constantly laughing. Brady ended up having to walk into the middle of the street outside singing I'm a little teapot, and doing all the gestures that went along with it. I ended up having to drink a half bottle of Tabasco sauce. And I could have beaten the shit out of Quil for making it my dare, but it made Bella laugh so I sucked it up and went with it. I'll get his ass later.
The girls all went upstairs to grab the pillows and blankets from the rooms, and when they made it back down we all settled in and started a movie. Bella and I were curled up together on the couch when Charlie walked in.
As soon as he came in Bella called Quil's name and pointed to her dad giggling.
Quil got up and walked over to Charlie, and started rubbing his arm up and down.
"Hey Charlie." He said. "Did you have a good day at work?" He asked.
"Same as always Quil, although I did get a call from Mrs. Cline earlier, saying that she was having some trouble with the neighborhood hoodlums." Everyone glanced over at Embry who scooted down in the chair he was sitting in.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. We'll keep a look out for the punk." Quil said, still rubbing Charlie's arm.
"Are you alright Quil?" Charlie asked taking a step back.
"Actually I wanted to play a game but no one will play with me sir." He said laying it on real think.
"I don't blame them Quil. I've seen some of the games you've played." He said taking another step back, Quil stepped with him.
"Will you play with me sir? I promise I'll be good." He said batting his lashes.
Bella had her face buried in my chest, trying to contain her laughter.
"What game Quil?" He asked exasperated.
"I want to play doctor, will you play doctor with me? I've got a splinter…." He said turning around and bending over.
"Boys…" He said looking at the group, effectively dismissing Quil. "Then next time you play truth or dare, please, don't make me one of the dares. Quil go sit down, before I call your mother." He said and we all started laughing as Quil stomped across the room and sat in front of the couch.
"So which one of you had Mrs. Cline calling me this time?" He said glaring.
Everyone pointed to Embry quickly.
"He made me sir." He said pointing to Sam, who turned his head back to the movie playing on the television.
"Right… well next time you guys play leave her alone. That woman drives me crazy." He said turning and walking out the door.
The rest of the night was quiet, but peaceful, everyone passed out wherever they were. Embry slept in the oversized chair, Jared and Kim were wrapped around each other on the floor, as were Sam and Emily. And the rest of the guys laid scattered. Bella and I claimed the couch, after all it was my house, and I was not getting stuck on the floor.
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I woke up alone on the couch and music coming from the kitchen. Glancing around I noticed that there were no woman in the living room, and I could smell bacon. Stepping lightly over the sleeping guys I made my way to the kitchen. I sure as hell didn't want to wake them up when there was food around. First come first serve and if you didn't wake up in time in this house you were assed out. When I got to the kitchen, all the girls were running around.
"Morning babe." Bella said running up to me.
"Good morning to you too." I said kissing her lightly. "What are you doing?"
"What the hell does it look like I'm doing?" She said with a smirk. "Are you hungry?"
"Hell yeah." I was glad she was in a better mood. It was a complete one-eighty from yesterday.
"Maybe you should go wake the guys up." She said pointing to the door.
"Uh, nope. They'll get up soon enough." I said grabbing a plate. I quickly loaded it up with the pancakes, sausage, bacon, and scrambled eggs the girls made, and dug in.
And as soon as the fork hit my mouth, I heard a stampede coming from the living room. I swear these fuckers can hear chewing sometimes. Lifting my plate quickly I stood and made my way over to the counter and hopped up. Looking at the clock on the stove it was almost eleven, so I chewed a little faster. When I was done Bella took my plate and gave me a quick kiss, and I ran upstairs to take a shower.
A few minutes later, Bella came in holding her phone up.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Its Alice."
"Why does she want to talk to me?" I asked confused. I never really had a conversation with her.
"I don't know, when I answered she asked to speak with you….here." She said passing the phone through the shower curtain.
"Hello?" I asked
"Paul, how are you this morning." She asked
"I'm fine, better than yesterday, and I'm sure better than what I'll be tomorrow. What can I help you with Alice?"
"What are you guys doing in an hour?" She asked.
What did it matter what we were doing. I was asking myself.
"I don't know why?" I said.
"Meet me at the meadow. Bring the wolves. And bring Bella."
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