Okay, this chapter is a little shorter than usual but i had to get it up before we move on to the drama...

You're cynical and beautiful, you always make a scene

You're monochrome delirious, you're nothing what you seem

I'm drowning in your vanity, your love is a disease

You're dirty and you're sweet

You know you're everything to me

"Dude, your woman is cheating again!"

"Hey, how many times do I have to tell you, I'm not his woman. And playing the game the way it's supposed to be played is not cheating."

"You took the tutorial and I didn't… that's cheating."

"I told you to take the tutorial. Not my fault you're too hard headed to listen."

"I'm telling Kim."

"Yeah, well Kim will take my side and you know it. I'm telling Paul."

"Ha! Paul will totally take…"

"My side? Yeah, he will. Sucks to be you in a few minutes, buddy."

"Whatever cheater."

"Ooh, harsh words wolf boy. Paul!"

I let out the laughter I had been holding in throughout their conversation and felt myself pressed against the wall in the hallway as Abby glared down at me. Her plastic guitar was hanging around her neck by a strap as she tapped her feet and waited on my laughter to stop. Jared and Abby had been on a competitive streak since Wednesday, when Abby managed to beat Jared at poker. Now they were embroiled in a 'battle to the death' Guitar Hero match and Abby was, once again, winning.

"Paul, stop laughing and speak to him." She demanded, placing her hands on her denim clad hips. I bit my lip to stop more laughter spilling out, exchanging an exasperated look with Kim. The two of us had been forced to sit and watch this train wreck for the past two days, the only comfort being that there was only a certain amount of songs on Guitar Hero. But then Abby had opened her mouth and shown Jared how to download more songs and they were now battling it out to everything they could think of.

A knock on the door pulled me away from my thoughts just as Abby flounced back into the living room in a huff. Jacob opened the door slowly, taking in my relaxed position on the floor with a raised eyebrow before stepping inside fully, along with Quil, Embry, Seth and Anaise.

"They're still playing?" Quil asked in amazement as he peeked into the living room. "Wow."

"I know. It's getting beyond a joke. They didn't go to bed last night until after four and they were up again at ten. I'm this close to throwing the whole damn console out the window." Kim muttered as she passed us. I chuckled and shook my head, heading into the living room.

They both stood in front of the TV, Abby moving her entire body along as she played. Her lips moved as she sang along silently as she deftly moved her fingers over the buttons. Jared stood completely still, his fingers flying over the buttons quickly in an attempt to catch up to Abby's score. I shook my head and threw myself onto the couch along with Seth and Quil. Jacob sat on the floor at our feet as Embry settled himself onto the armchair. Anaise glanced at me nervously before sitting on Seth's lap and I rolled my eyes. I had never once lost my temper around the girl and she was still terrified of me. I wasn't sure if I should be insulted or impressed.

"Dude, who taught you how to play. You suck." Abby teased Jared as the song ended.

"Best of… whatever. We're replaying." He told her. "I will win."

"Sure, when I sprout fur and run on all fours." She retorted as she reset the song. I watched as she moved gracefully along. Her jeans were skin tight, with a rip at the back of the knee that gave me tantalizing little glances of pale flesh when she moved and her vest top was too tight and too small, leaving an abundance of skin on show. Her hair had been shoved up using a pen and tendrils were falling out all over the place as she moved her head to the music. She is absurdly beautiful as she stands on bare feet, her back to me as she concentrates on the screen in front of her.

"Dude this sucks." Jared groaned as Abby's score beat his once more. She held the guitar above her head in victory, twirling in a circle twice before stopping and sticking her tongue out at Jared.

"Hope you think twice before challenging me again." She told him with a grin. He smirked and shrugged.

"How about I challenge you to an eating contest?"

Abby laughed and shook her head. "I'm afraid I only accept challenges I know I can win."

"You didn't know you could win this." Jared argued and Abby shrugged.

"Didn't I?"

"I don't like you anymore." Jared grumbled. "I'm going to find Kim."

"Finally!" Kim called from the kitchen. Abby chuckled and looked towards the rest of us.

"Any of you guys want a game?"

Jacob and Quil leapt to their feet, accepting the two guitars from her and arguing over what song to play first. She smiled and shook her head, grinning at me as she walked towards me.

"I guess I've been neglecting you for the past few days huh?" She whispered as she folded herself into my lap. She leant her head against my shoulder, reaching her hand towards me and scratching the side of my neck slightly. My eyes fluttered and I let out a silent growl. It was something she had picked up on a few days ago, something that ensured she had my full attention. The feel of her nails against my skin had my mind racing with images and sounds; memories of her beneath me and above me, her skin flushed and her eyes closed as she…

"Hey, is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" She murmured, shifting slightly on my lap. I groaned and pushed her off me, standing quickly and grasping her hand in mine.

"Hey, we're going to order pizza in a few minutes, you guys want some?" Jared asked as we passed him and Kim. I nodded quickly, continuing to pull Abby towards my bedroom.

She giggled softly as I pressed her against the door, my hands tangling in her hair so that I could angle her for a kiss. She responded instantly and eagerly, her lips parting under mine.

"Keep it over the clothes." She murmured as I latched on to her throat. I shook my head vigorously; I had no intentions of letting her clothes get in my way.

"Paul," She chuckled breathlessly. "We can't leave the pizza man outside. Again."

I chuckled as I pulled back, staring down at her through heavy lids. She stared up with me, a naughty smirk on her face as she pulled me towards the bed.

"No way." I said, planting my feet before she could pull me down on top of her. "No teasing."

"But Paul…" She dragged my name out longer than necessary and I chuckled, throwing myself beside her. She turned so that she was lying on her side, sliding one of her legs between mine and lifting a hand to trace the skin of my chest with her fingernail. I sighed and closed my eyes, content to lie there and feel her.

"I hate that I have to go back to Port Angeles tomorrow." She murmured after ten minutes of silence in the room. I sighed and opened my eyes.

"You could stay here, with me and Kim and Jared." I told her hopefully. It was the same conversation we had been having since Tuesday. I didn't want to have to let her go. Having her here with me had been perfect; as if it was meant to be. It was meant to be; she was my imprint, she should be with me. She didn't take kindly to that argument, telling me that it was selfish of me to expect her to give up her entire life for me and I knew she was right. But I couldn't help but want it. Kim had given up college and a life outside of La Push for Jared and Emily had given up her best friend and cousin for Sam. All I wanted Abby to do was move in with me.

I pulled away from her and crossed my arms, staring at the ceiling stonily as she sighed next to me.

"I'm not having this conversation again, Paul." She told me. "If you want it that much, why don't you move in with me?"

"I can't leave the res. unprotected." I reminded her. I could almost see her eye roll.

"Yeah, it's really unprotected with the other nine werewolves running around."

"We work as a pact." I told her. "It takes all ten of us."

"Fine. Whatever." She sighed again, a different sigh than her previous one. It was part annoyed and part exasperated and she had been sighing like that more times than I could count since Tuesday. I knew it bothered her that I was so insistent that she moved here rather than me moving to Port Angeles but what good would one werewolf be in Port Angeles against a group of vampires? I wanted her here, on the reservation where if I couldn't protect her, the rest of the pack could.

"Look, I'm sorry. I just don't want to go back to living together part time." I told her, turning and pulling her against my chest. She didn't say anything, just rested her head against my shoulder and fiddling with my belt loops.

"It's not like I'm moving to the other side of the country. I'm a half hour away." She finally replied. "I can't just pack up my entire life and move to a small reservation. What am I supposed to do for work? Commute? I don't have a car and you can't drive me everywhere. It'll be fine."

I didn't reply, not wanting to sound petulant and huffy when I told her it wouldn't be fine. A week of living with her made me desperate to spend the rest of my life in such close quarters with her.

"Besides, a week living together is not exactly enough for us to up and move in together. This could have been a honeymoon period and we could end up hating each other if we lived together."

"How many times do I have to explain to you that I'm never going to hate you? I can't physically hate you. And this wasn't a honeymoon period. If we lived together I would make sure that every day was like this. I would make sure that you were always happy. I would give you everything that I could possibly give you." I told her honestly. She smiled up at me; the shy, happy smile she often got on her face when I told her how much I loved her.

"Guys, pizza." Kim knocked on the door twice before I heard her padding down the hall again. I stood and pulled Abby up with me, wrapping my arm around her shoulders.

"Abby, I've come up with something else." Jared declared as soon as we reached the living room. I groaned as I pulled Abby onto my lap and grabbed a pizza box off the stack on the ground. She chuckled and took a slice out of the box before turning to Jared with a raised eyebrow.

"So, name your price."

"I challenge you to a Guns N Roses duel. Teams. Me and Paul versus you and Kim."

"We already had a battle to the death, what's different about this one?"

"Boys versus girls. Best of five wins. We'll pick two songs each and the guys can pick the fifth. Whoever looses… well, they can be the slave to the winners for two weeks."

"Make it a month and you're on." Abby grinned, looking at Kim with a knowing grin. Kim chuckled and shook her head.

"You two are worse than kids." Jacob muttered.

"You're just jealous that we're taking the guitars back." Abby retorted as she stood and dusted herself off. She finished her slice of pizza quickly and picked up the guitar from where it sat beside Seth. "Okay, Kim and I pick Sweet Child O' Mine and Patience."

"Paul and I pick Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City." Jared replied. I snorted from my spot, still eating my pizza and ignoring Jared's impatient foot tapping. He could wait until I was fed.

"Alright then, best out of five wins a slave for a month." Abby went over the rules as she set the game up.

"This will be good." Quil commented, sliding into Kim's seat as she stood up.

"Ten bucks on the boys." Embry bet. I chuckled and shook my head. Even I wasn't stupid enough to bet on myself and Jared against Abby and Kim. Firstly, Abby rocked at this game while Jared sucked. Secondly, even if I was better than her, I loved watched Abby's face light up when she won and nothing could make me take that away from her. And I knew that Jared, no matter how competitive he was, would never be able to beat Kim at anything.

"Alright, Kim, you wanna go first?" Abby offered Kim the guitar but she shook her head and held her hands up.

"Nah, Abs, you know I can't play. I'll be your silent partner."

"Hey that's not fair. Paul and I both have to play." Jared protested quickly.

"So what?" Kim retorted. "It's your stupid bet."

"But Kim…"

"But Jared…" she mimicked, making the rest of us laugh. "I'm officially Abby's cheerleader. Woo Abby!"

I chuckled as Abby bowed deeply before twirling to the TV and starting the first song. I watched as she moved her body along as she played, shifting her hips and let her head roll from side to side while singing. She held a long note and spun on the spot, making Kim and Seth whoop out loud. She finished at the end and held the guitar up in victory, a huge smile on her face and I chuckled, reaching down to pick her up and kiss her softly. She smiled against my lips as Jared yelled with indignation.

"Fraternising with the enemy dude. Not cool."

"Oh shut up." Abby ordered as I saw her down. "You're turn."

She stood in front of me while Jared played, her fingers tapping against my wrist as if she was still playing the guitar. She sang along to Jared's song too, hitting every note and dancing slightly.

Three songs later and Abby and Kim were declared the winners. Kim cheered loudly, grabbing Abby's arms and spinning her around the small room. As I watched her I felt my sadness grow slightly, despite my smile. I didn't want her to go home tomorrow. I wanted to keep her here, with me, for as long as possible.

As she hugged me again, I tightened my grip; trying desperately to hold on to her as she inwardly prepared to leave.

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