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I woke up to Seth punching me in my stomach, knocking the wind out of me. "Wake up, we have to go school."

I snarled half-heartedly at him and groggily opened my eyes. I was still really tired. After tossing and turning for about an hour, I finally got up and drugged myself on Nyquil. I felt the medicine working on me, but I still couldn't fall asleep. It was like my body knew it was supposed to feel tired, but my heart, soul and mind just couldn't succumb to sleep.

I shielded my eyes from the bright light filtering in from outside and sat up, running my fingers through my hair taking in the smell of bacon. Embry came over and knocked my arm. "Emily made French toast." He said, grinning and following Quil to the kitchen. Jacob was sleep on the ground in front of me snoring. He must have gotten in only a few hours ago. I ate with the boys and then ran home to take a shower and put some actual clothes on for school.

My mother was cleaning up around the house, and Riley was in her room blaring Justin Bieber. After kissing mom on the cheek, I went up to my room, took a shower and threw on a pair of cutoffs and a t-shirt. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and I went to answer it.

"Hey Paul." It was Riley's friend Tally coming to pick her up. She had light dark brown hair and deep caramel eyes that looked up at me with a flirtatious light. She had this weird obsession with me…

But she was thirteen.

"Hey." I said, stepping aside so she could get in. She smiled at me and ran to Riley's room, shutting the door behind her. I told my mom I was leaving for school and she smiled at me.

"Take care. And please check in more Paul." She asked me, looking at me with the deep dark eyes that I inherited from her. I smiled and hugged her, promising to come by more often. I ran to school, meeting up with the others on the way. Jacob was looking at me intently, and I knew he wanted me to fix things with Cassie. I ignored him and kept walking.

We got to school about twenty-five minutes early, and hanging out in the courtyard. Usually I would be laughing and joking around with them, but I didn't really feel like it today.

I tried not to look for Cassie, so I went outside by the side of the school blocking everything out, breathing as little as possible. I was doing good to until I sensed someone getting a little too close to me. I reached out and grabbed their hand without looking, and then I heard a little gasp, and instantly released it.

I would always know the sound of her voice, even if it were a sigh. I opened my eyes and could barely keep from falling to my knees. But I couldn't be around her right now… but I seeing her right now, I didn't know what I had been thinking. I needed her. "Cassie."

She made a little sound of surprise and then before I could even blink, she had thrown herself to me, wrapping her arms around me and burying her face in my neck. I was instantly filled with her staggering scent. I wrapped her in my arms, soothing her but at the same time trying to explain that I was a danger to her, hoping to knock some sense into her.

She got mad at me and eventually pushed herself out of my arms which I instantly missed. I couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was when she was angry. Her green eyes lit up and her cheeks took on a red flushed tint, her fists balled up, biting her lip seductively.

It was like she was some kind of nymph.

Then I made one of the biggest mistake of my life. She asked me what I was doing, and I told her I wanted to kiss her. Automatically, without even thinking. It caught me completely by surprise, and the look on her face was priceless. She didn't know what to say, so she muttered something about having to go to class, her eyes not meeting mine while I fought off a smile. She acted so innocent sometimes.

I grabbed her hand lightly in mine, not wanting to let her go even for a second. She showed me her schedule and I couldn't help grinning. We had most of our classes together; God must be looking out for me. I walked her to first period and she talked with Jared, mostly about Kim, which got him out of that gloomy Kim-less state that he was in when she wasn't near. Not that I could blame him, the pull of your imprint was strong. So she talked to him all period while holding my hand, playing with it absently.

I hated to leave her for second period but I knew Kim would be there with her. I had computer apps but I kept a close eye on her, reading her heartbeat. It was easy. Like I said I could have picked her out of a crowd of millions. She seemed to be doing fine though; her heart beating regularly, her pulse calm. After the bell rang I nearly ran to her class so that I could take her to English. She seemed happy to see me, yet apprehensive at the same time.

She didn't know how to judge our relationship just yet and I didn't blame her. Falling randomly in love with someone you don't even know is probably very confusing. I walked over to her, and wrapped her in my arms, reassuring her. I wasn't going to pressure her into any kind of relationship she didn't want. But I did want her to know that I would always be there for her.

In third period, I sat on the other side of the classroom as Cassie, and I am much as I tried to concentrate, I couldn't. I could barely keep my eyes off her, she took her hair down and shook it around her so that I couldn't really see her face clearly, but I could hear her heart beating irregularly.

One of the guys in the class, Dean, asked me about the homework that we had a few days ago and his girlfriend Haley jumped in. When I looked back at Cassie, I saw that she was talking to Gabe who I vaguely remembered was Tally's brother. He was looking at Cassie with this look in his eyes that made me want to snarl.

Cassie seemed to be ok though, and I realized that they were talking about her name. She had never told me about it, and it killed me that I wasn't over there with her. And then I heard Gabe say my name and I listened intently. He was asking her about the two of us. She looked conflicted and I knew how she felt.

She knew that we were connected somehow, but she didn't know how, and she couldn't explain it in words. She looked at me and somehow I think that she knew I could hear them. I nodded slightly and she turned back to Gabe, and told him that we weren't dating but were closer than friends. It was true, I guess although we were even closer than lovers. We were soulmates. She was my perfect other half.

Then I heard Gabe tell Cassie, that I wasn't good enough for her, which was entirely true, but hearing it come from his mouth, and it angered me. I saw him look in my direction and pale slightly. I probably looked dangerous to him right then, and I couldn't blame him. He just pissed off a werewolf.

Cassie was upset to, which made me even angrier. She told him point blank basically that whatever she did was none of his concern, and then the bell rang and she shot out of the classroom faster than I could catch up to her. I saw Gabe glaring at me and I was about to start heading toward him when Quil and Jacob cut me off seeing the annoyed look in my eyes.

"Where's Cassie?" Jacob asked warily. I told him that she left before I could get a hold of her. "I'll go find her, make sure she finds her class." He said before leaving.

Quil stayed with me, making sure I was going to go chew off Gabe's head. When I started to move in the direction that Gabe had went, Quil caught me by my shoulders and pulled me back.

"Think, Paul. You want to be good for Cassie? You can't go beating up everyone who pisses her off." Quil said and I rolled my eyes. I loved how he was acting like he wouldn't do the same thing for Claire.

"Whatever man." I said and walked to class, hating the way I let Cassie leave like that. When I entered the room I saw Cassie sitting by herself looking out of the window. I went and sat by her, causing her to blink in surprise before smiling brightly. She seemed in a better mood than when she left third period. She tried to apologize to me about leaving so early, but I told her to stop.

I didn't like it when she apologized to me. It just felt weird… wrong somehow. She gave me this look that clearly told me that she was annoyed. I kissed her hand, enjoying the smell of her, and then tried to concentrate.

Class started and we were given equations to work on. I couldn't really concentrate with Cassie sitting next to me, and then I heard her phone vibrate. I didn't see the first one, but I saw the next one, saying something about me. I saw Cassie's cheeks flush and couldn't help but smile. She eventually turned off her phone.

When she was done, she laid her head on the desk her hair splaying out in every which way. There was no possible way I could've resisted a chance like that. I ran my fingers through the length of her hair. It was soft and long like moon-spun coal. She went to sleep, and I let her. She probably hadn't been getting a lot of sleep lately. I grimaced, and tried to chase the thought away. People were finishing up and laying their head down or talking quietly. There were a number of people looking at me and Cassie, but I glared at them and they looked away quickly.

I had a bad reputation around here. I blow up easily, and the boys here always like to think they can best me and the rest of our pack. The others tend to try and ignore it, but I usually can't control my temper. Not that I go around beating any and everyone. More often than not, one of the others prevented anything from happening, but once in a while someone did get punched. So people tended to leave me alone.

When the bell rang, Cassie woke and shook her hair out, grabbing her things. She grabbed my hand loosely in hers, and we proceed toward the cafeteria. After getting our food I led her to our table and we sat down. She immediately started conversing with Kim, going on about the Quileute homework Mrs. Crow gave them. I had her next period, and I wasn't looking forward to it. It was another class I didn't have with Cassie.

I heard Kim invite Cassie over and she looked over at me with a questioning gaze. I wanted nothing more than to be with Cassie after school today, but Jared and I had to patrol this afternoon. Leah and Quil would relive us tonight. When I told her that I wouldn't be able to come see her after school, the expression on her face was so broken. I knew I wouldn't be able to go that long without seeing her. I told her that I would come and see her tonight.

She seemed to feel better after that, and I turned to Seth glaring at him for taking my fries. I reached for one of my hotdogs and found that I had already eaten them all. Cassie offered me the rest of her burger but I refused. I would never be able to take food that was hers. She glared at me, took a bite and passed the rest to Seth, who ate it happily.

This woman was stubborn. I gave her a stern look and she asked me if she should say sorry, batting her long lashes sultrily. Then, before I could think or say anything else, she leaned in and kissed me on the cheek making me start slightly. She pulled back and smiled at me before getting up and walking away, her hair swaying in the slight wind.

I turned back to the others and saw Jacob looking at me with a stern expression. He wanted me to be careful with her, that much I knew, but there was also a hint of smile in his features. He turned back to Quil, Embry and Seth who were seeing who could stuff the most chicken nuggets into their mouth at once. Kim was going over math work, wrinkling her nose in distaste, while Jared rubbed her back.

¨Hey, what time do you think we'll be done patrolling?" Jared asked, smothering salt on his nachos.

"I hope by nine… if Sam patrols with us then we should be done faster." I said thoughtfully. I told Cassie I was going to come back to her house, and I was. I didn't want to get there too late.

I looked around the courtyard… there was no sign of Cassie. I didn't like that feeling. I could feel her heart beating rapidly and she was close but I still couldn't see her. I got up and was about to go and find her, when Jacob and Jared loomed up beside me.

"Hey look." Jared said, jerking his chin up at these two boys across the courtyard. I didn't recognize them exactly but I knew that by the shape of their bodies and the muscle building up in their small frames that they were about to become part of the pack.

"But they're tiny! Look at them, they have to be freshman." Seth came up behind us, looking surprised. They did look like pipsqueaks.

"There are no leeches around… why would people still be phasing?" Embry said, his dark eyebrows knitting together.

The bell rang then, and we dispersed, Jacob saying that we would talk to Sam about this later. My mind was immediately back on Cassie, and I berated myself for loosing focus in the first place. I was about to sniff her out again, when she almost bowled me over, her scent spiking in apprehension.

She was scared.

I grabbed her arms lightly, asking where she was and what was wrong with her. She tried to look away from me, and I grabbed her face in-between my hands, making sure to keep eye contact. I was shaking, and ignoring the other people all around us.

She tried to reassure me that everything was ok, her eyes sincere. She was trying to calm me down, and I knew I had to. For her. She smiled and tugged lightly on my arm, telling me to direct her to her next class. I could tell that she didn't like not having me with her and the feeling was mutual but Jared was in that class with her… but so was Gabe. I would have to make a mental note to tell him to keep an eye out him.

I had Quileute next, and kept tabs on Cassie's heartbeat while lazily taking notes. Quileute was my first language and I didn't really need to pay attention at all to pass. It went by slow though and I couldn't have been happier when the bell rang.

I was outside of the door when Cassie came out, looking so relieved. We walked to our last class of the day together. As much as I tried to concentrate, I couldn't. Cassie filled my every thought. For some odd reason, it made me feel a little stalker-like, focusing on her so much. When the class period was over, I walked her to the locker room, asking her if I could wait for her after school. She smiled and nodded, giving me a hug.

I let her go and then walked down the hallway, going to the boys' locker room. I followed the other boys to the gym. We sat on the side, opting out, while the other athletics boys played basketball. We didn't know like playing with others, preferring to stick together. Us wolves were strong and we weren't perfect. We wanted to make sure that we wouldn't hurt anyone involuntarily.

"So I see you and Cass are doing all right." Jacob said, sprawled out on the ground, looking at the ceiling. I nodded, smiling.

"I can't believe that out of all of us, Paul would be the one to imprint next." Quil said, rolling a basketball between him and Embry who snorted.

"I think that all of this imprinting stuff is overrated." He said. He was smiling though and his tone was bored so none of us took it to heart. The others wouldn't know what they were talking about. It was like… trying to explain how Sprite was better than Pepsi when they've never even had soda.

Impossible.

"She seems fiery… fierce. Just the kind of girl someone like you needs to keep you in line." Jared smirked, looking at the clock. Waiting for the last bell to ring. When it did, I bolted so I could be waiting by the locker room when Cassie got out. She seemed to be thinking about something, her hair up in a cute bun. When she saw me though, her expression brightened, and i grinned in response.

Outside, I walked Cassie to her car and seeing her look at me with those big beautiful green eyes, I leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. I held her in my arms for a few minutes, before letting her go looking her in her eyes.

They drove off, and Jared and I left for patrol. We usually didn't patrol constantly during the day but the other night, Seth got wind of a leech a few miles out of our borders. It didn't seem to be pressing the boundaries though. We didn't go outside of our borders unless it was an emergency, and this leech didn't seem to be doing anything wrong but we didn't want to give it a chance. We were going to go a little further today; to Port Angeles, and Jacob and Sam were going to patrol La Push.

We ran hard, weaving in and out of trees making sure no one saw us. It was still daytime and we couldn't have anyone catching a glimpse of us, or else they'd have more cops looking for 'bears' which was a pain in the neck.

'Hey, Paul, you smell that?'

Jared was running about a hundred miles south of me; opposite of La Push and Forks making sure the bloodsucker didn't pass without us knowing. I was suddenly overwhelmed with the faint but potent scent of bloodsucker, coming from where Jared was. It was a trail… a few hours old but already starting to lose its scent. He was tracking it and calling to Sam, and I ran faster, trying to see if I could pick up anything from my side of town.

There was a lingering scent of leech but very old… more than a week at least. Whoever it was, it was already long gone.

'Paul, stay for another hour, see if you can scent anything else. Then start making your way back.'

Sam was making his way towards Jared, while Jacob was still at the Rez. I kept trying to find a new scent. I was worried about Cassie. It wasn't that a leech could breech our defenses, but even the thought of a leech getting to her was painful.

'You can't think about that, Paul'

Sam had been tuning in on my thoughts, and didn't like where they were going. I sighed internally, and came to a stop. I was standing in an alleyway, trying to figure out where to go next. I couldn't really go anywhere in the city, seeing as I was a huge wolf, so I backtracked. I followed a different route back to La Push, keeping my eyes and ears open, my nose working in overdrive.

Sam and Jared were outside of Forks trying to pick up the trail, and I joined Jake at the Rez. We patrolled for a few hours, and when we felt Leah and Quil phase, Sam told us we could all phase back. He was going to get Embry to patrol tonight, just to have an extra nose. It was raining hard by then, and we were all soaked to the bone.

I ran to Cassie's house and phased. I was in the forest in the back of her house, facing the window to her room, dripping wet. Cassie wasn't in her room, but in the den, dancing around to some song I've heard Riley listen to, in small shorts and a tank top… with no bra on.

I swear this girl was going to be the death of me.

I took a deep breath, letting the rain calm me down before I let myself in the door and sat on her bed, waiting for her to notice me. She was so beautiful, her hair twirling around with her, falling over bronzed shoulders. She didn't see me as she was coming back, but when she turned around she saw me, and let out an ear-piercing scream nearly rendering me deaf.

Her eyes were wide, and she squeaked, pressing her hand against her chest. I rushed over to her, making sure she was ok. I shouldn't have scared her like that. I pulled her to me, holding her tightly. I told her I was sorry, and she smirked at me, telling me that I never needed to say sorry.

I shook my head at her, probably smiling like an idiot. The expression on her face was wondering, and she was biting her lip, thinking about something. She snapped out of whatever daze she was in, noticing that I was once again, soaking wet.

She reprimanded me as if I were a child, going to get another towel to dry me off with. I let her. I don't think I would ever be able to say no to her, and she blushed, never meeting my gaze for long. She was quiet for a few minutes and then asked, "Why aren't you wearing any clothes?"

I couldn't resist myself… I laughed. Her expression was so innocent, moving the towel around my torso. I was surprised she hadn't asked me earlier. She told me not to laugh at her and threw the towel at me, and was trying to stave off a smile of her own. She turned her back on me, and tried to move out of my way when I started tickling her, and laughed when she turned around and started attacking me back.

After about ten minutes, I called truce and she laughed telling me to go into the den, and get us some food. I filled my arms with all kinds of food and went back into the room, spilling it on the bed. We sat on the bed and I told her about how hot we wolves ran… leaving out the wolf part. I didn't like it, lying to her like that, being dishonest.

Then she asked about what we had done earlier, and I had to lie to her again. I didn't like it, but I couldn't tell her the truth, not yet. I felt Sam's edict pressing down on me. She knew I was lying to her, but she didn't say anything. Then she rained questions on me, asking me everything from my favorite color to my favorite movie.

When I asked her why the sudden interest in me, she told me that she wanted to know more about me. I nodded, and let her continue. I wanted to know more about her too. I wanted to know her favorite color, what she liked to do in her free time, her favorite actress… everything.

I noticed that she didn't think I was listening to her. I was though, hearing every syllable that came from her lips. I would listen to her even if the world was imploding. Then she asked me what she meant to me, and I answered truthfully.

She was everything.

I didn't stop to think of the repercussions of that was going to be until after the fact. And when I did I looked up I didn't know what to think. Would she send me away?

No. Instead she leaned forward, and I could hear her heart beating erratically. Going on instinct, I leaned forward, placing my lips on hers. They were pliable, soft and supple and I could have sworn that my heart stopped. I tried to be gentle with her, but it was so hard. It seemed like one of the hardest things in my life. I tried to convey all of my feelings out to her, and I felt her respond, moving to straddle my waist.

I wrapped my arms around her lithe frame, letting her hair down and running my fingers through it, kissing her with a soft abandon. I felt her hands in my hair, pulling me closer to her. She pushed against my body until I was flat on my back, looking up at her. She sat up and our eyes met her eyes filled with emotion. She leaned back down and laid butterfly kisses down to my throat. She was really pushing her luck.

I gripped her hair tightly in my hands, making sure not to hurt her. I was losing control… she rained kisses on me again. I couldn't help but to give into her. Kissing her, pulling her to me. I pleaded with her, not wanting but needing her to stop. If she didn't stop right now, I wouldn't be able to control myself any longer.

She wouldn't stop, shaking her head, her hands on my shoulders. I whined losing myself in her. I kissed her hard but gently, biting her bottom lip. She sat back, looking stunned, her tongue darting out to lick her lips.

She didn't look scared, but I had still almost lost control. She said my name softly, reaching out to me. I couldn't let her touch me again. Het touch would only send me into a frenzy again. I could never control myself around her.

Before I could say anything else, Cassie leaned forward and kissed me again. I didn't want to give in to her, but it was impossible. Akin to trying to resist the pull of getting drunk when you've had an entire bottle of Everclear. Once again, I poured all of my feelings out to her. I pulled back though, not being able to look her in the eye. She told me that I didn't have to control myself around he and leaned into my chest.

I rocked her slightly back and forth running my hands through her hair. I couldn't stop thinking about how in just one second, my entire world could completely reverse. Gravity seemed to rearrange itself. How every part of my being just ached to be with this woman in my arms.

"Did you really mean that?" Cassie's soft voice broke the silence. I didn't really get what she meant and she clarified asking if I really meant it when I told her she meant everything to me. I went over my answer before saying anything so I didn't make a fool of myself again.

I made her look at me, looking into those glittering green eyes of hers. I told her I would never lie to her… and I wouldn't. Not about something I could help. I told her that these feelings were real; which they were.

She didn't say anything, just snuggled closer to me. We listened to the rain for a few endless minutes. She had said she wanted to get to know me better, and I definitely wanted to know everything about her… I wanted to spend more time with her. As much as I possibly could… but how could I-

"What are you thinking about?" She asked her voice heavy with sleep. Her arms were around me, the side of her face on my chest.

"I don't know how to ask you to go out with me this weekend." I murmured, mostly talking to myself. I didn't realize that she had actually heard until, she giggled, asking me if I were really asking her out.

I shook my head telling her that, yes; I was indeed asking her out, leaning away again, so I could look her in the eye. She groaned, not liking the movement. She told me she would, grinning at me. I was so happy I could have kissed her again.

I didn't though letting her fall asleep, stroking her hair, then I put her down and came out here…

'Leech!'

Leah's mental snarl was deadly, and snapped me out of my daze. She had caught wind of a leech on the Rez. She and Seth were running to cut it off and took up the rear, circling to cut if off from behind. We rose our voices in a howl, loud enough to wake the others. I could smell it too, and I ran faster catching up to Seth and Leah, the leech was crossing into Forks now, and we were right on its tail.

'Paul?'

Seth's mental voice was strained and questioning, needing some kind of direction. Even though I wasn't originally part of the patrol, Seth looked to me for seniority.

'Go protect the La Push borders, make sure that there are no others. Leah and I will keep on its trail'

Seth gave a snort of approval, and turned around, going the other way back to La Push, howling for the others.

Leah and I were on its trail, and I told Leah to go and try to cut it off again, since she was faster. She didn't say anything, just lengthened her strides. The leech didn't know it was being followed by us, I don't think it even knew about us.

I felt Sam and Quil phase first, and then Jacob followed closely by Embry and Jared. We howled locating each other's coordinates; Sam issued orders and in a few minutes Jared and Quil was flanking me our strides matching.

The leech was moving fast, and in about an hour, we were in Oregon. The leech was faster than normal, maybe new and it had definitely picked up our scent, and it was getting antsy. It abruptly changed course, heading toward Salem… we couldn't go into a big city like that, and the leech knew that. The forest ended about fifty kilometers from Salem, and Sam told us to stop.

We did, panting hard and snarling. Sam and Jacob stayed to patrol around Salem and told me, Embry and Quil to stay in La Push telling Jared and Seth to relieve us in about eight hours.

We were definitely not going to school tomorrow.

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