Ok everyone thanks for reading. this is like mixed with the movie four brothers!

~*~

TALA POV:

"Hello?" I asked into my sleek silver cell.

"Tala?" came the unsure whisper. My mouth opened but no noise came out. I looked like a fish out of water as my lips opened and closed repeatedly. The group around the room had frozen, staring at me with concern and confusion. Paul patted my back as if he was trying to force the words out of my throat. I drew a ragged breathe before speaking.

"Adrian?" I whispered. It couldn't be her. It was impossible.

"Yes. Um…where are you?" she asked feebly. What kind of question was that? You've been dead for three years!

"I'm…I'm…" Oh God where was I?

"You're at my house," Sam coaxed. That brought me out of my stupor, even if it did unnerve me that all the werewolves could hear my conversation.

"I'm at Sam and Emily's house…you don't know them…" Paul hesitantly put an arm around my waist to steady me as I swayed.

"No but I can found out. Stay there, I will be there soon hermana`," she said. I heard the click of the phone as she hung up.

"Adrian…on the phone…Dear God…" and everything went dark.

~*~

Paul POV:

"Tally!" I cried in alarm as her phone fell from her fingertips and her body slumped against mine. I picked her up bridal style without really thinking about it and tried to push passed Kim when she blocked the way to the living room.

"Poor thing! She passed out from all the trauma she's had to endure!" Kim was griping as I laid Tala down gently on the couch.

"What the hell was that all about?" I declared.

"She said Adrian," Emily softly murmured, sounding thunderstruck.

"So what?" I demanded.

"Hello everybody!" My eyes flashed to Embry as he entered the house but then I focused once again on Emily.

"It's her sister Paul."

"Tala doesn't have sister." I knew I sounded as if I was explaining something to an uncooperative child but I couldn't help it.

"I take it she never told you," Emily snapped with a slight edge to her voice now. "She had a sister. Adrian. Then their step—something happened and she died. That's half the reason Tala ran away and eventually started living with Charlie. She really never told you?" My stomach plummeted to the ground and not even Embry's expression of 'WTF did I miss' could cheer me up.

"No. No she didn't tell me," I practically mouthed. Why hadn't she told me? I was her boyfriend! I was the one she loved. A touch of betrayal washed through me and I reached up to nonchalantly scratch the back of my head, feeling the eyes on me. I glanced down at Tala's sleeping form and immediately became transfixed. The way her perfect bosom moved up and down with her slow breaths, and her hair fell in her face, a face that radiated peace. I took a step closer towards her, to brush the hair away.

"Oh no! Jared go protect her he's closing in," Kim piped up.

I couldn't help the undeniably vicious snarl that escaped my lips at her words. I loved Tala she was my life. No one knew how bad I felt about what I did. Every time I blinked I saw my faded red hand print on her perfect copper skin. The second voices didn't fill my ears the sound of her hitting the wall did. Being so maddeningly in love does crazy things to a person…not that that explains what I did. Maybe it was the fact that Jared had head what I was feeling earlier that kept him from approaching me, maybe it was my warning growl, either way he didn't move.

"Kim, Tala has chosen to forgive Paul. You can stop making those remarks or you can leave my house." Sam's voice was soft, completely calm, but Kim fell silent just the same. I was becoming lost once again in the wonder that is Tala's flawless body when the doorbell rang. The two musical notes were like a knife that pierced my heart. To me it signified all the lies, all the deceit, and all the things Tala didn't trust me enough to tell me. The room was silent for a couple heartbeats. All that could be heard was the slow breath Kim exhaled. I looked around the room, wondering who would be the brave soul to answer the door.

"I'll get it," came a soft whisper behind me.

"The hell you will Tala," I murmured, whipping around to look at her. She smiled at me and lifted her eyebrow. Her expression very obviously said 'Oh yeah? And whose gonna stop me?' Say what you want about my baby but the girl had guts. She slid the rubber band out of her hair and ran a hand through the dark locks. She stood from the couch with only the slightest waver to her step; obviously this wasn't her first time waking up after a faint spell. Tala closed her eyes for a moment before wrenching the door open to reveal a girl that could have been her twin.

"Oh my god! Tala es realmente usted!" the girl cried. The language wasn't Quileute of that I was sure. Spanish I assumed. After all Tala's mom was Mexican.

"Si. Querido Dios Adrian," Tala breathed. The girl took a step forward and then threw herself onto Tala. My automatic reaction was to protect my imprint but I passed my lunge towards her off as enthusiasm at meeting her sister.

"Oh I'm sorry Paul. Adrian…this is Paul. Paul this is Adrian… my sister," Tala sniffed. She was always afraid to show her emotion. She chocked back her tears with ease, gently prying her sister away and pointing at me. Adrian stared at me for a moment, her eyes going wide and unconsciously traveling down my toned chest. I smiled and laughed inwardly but refused to let the chuckle actually escape my lips because Tala was giving me the 'do it and I swear…' look. Adrian swooned under the sight of my smile and I bit my lip when the laughter tried to burst out of me as she motioned soundlessly towards me and back to Tala.

"Oh sorry," Tala muttered, catching on.

"Adrian Paul is my…uh…boyfriend." I knew why Tala stuttered. Boyfriend hardly seemed like a strong enough word.

"Hi I'm her sister. But I guess she already said that. She says…a lot," Adrian winced as she concluded her sentence, probably shouting 'el stupido' in her head. I couldn't help the laughter this time but it wasn't too loud.

"Hey I'm Paul. Nice to meet you." I grinned, flashing a set of white teeth, extending my hand, and winking. This time the possibility of two people fainting in the same hour seemed very real so I made a mental note to keep all my harmless flirting to a minimum. As she shook my hand with a comparatively weak grip I noticed the astound differences between her and Tala. She looked younger; naturally but there was more then that. Her eyes shone with the innocence that Tala could never achieve. Adrian's nose was slightly longer, her complexion not quite as pretty, and her body not quite as…curvaceous? No developed was probably a better word.

"Wow Tala te conseguiste un hombre ... un hombre sexy" Adrian whispered, truly finding her voice at last. She said it under her breath, to Tala. Little did she know more than half the room could hear every word.

"Si," Tala responded with a small grin tugging at the corners of her sexy, full lips as she looked at me. "Everyone this is Adrian. Adrian this is Kim, Jared, Sam, Emily (the nicest woman ever), and Embry (myself adopted little brother)," she introduced one by one. Embry was eyeing Adrian with obvious appreciation. To be honest I wouldn't mind him getting a girlfriend. Maybe it would stop him from having the occasional (explicit) fantasy about my imprint. Little brother my ass.

"Oh you guys can I have just a minute alone with her?" Tala asked boldly. This earned vigorous nods from all around the room. Emily was practically jumping off the walls with excitement and pushed Sam and the others into the kitchen. I followed, giving Tala's hand a squeeze as I passed and straining my ears to hear the second I had officially left. I wasn't surprised at the first words spoken.

"Tala! That is the hottest guy I have ever seen!" Adrian said, lust coating her speech.

"Yeah he is," Tala said. I could hear the smile in her voice and I huffed a laugh when she made a very appealing purring sound, knowing I could and would be listening.

"But he's taken. What about the other guy? The one that didn't have girl standing beside him." Adrian said lowly. I chanced a glance at Embry and had to literally bite my fist to keep the hilarity locked up. His chest was puffed out, and he was smiling broadly.

"He's single but he's not like us Ade. He's…sensitive," Tala said lowly.

"What about your little toy? Is he not?" Adrian now sounded bored, completely indifferent and her Spanish accent came out thick.

"He's not a boy toy Adrian. He's not like the others. And no very much not sensitive." Tala said in a very low whisper. "And why are we wasting time talking about this? You were supposed to be dead!"

"No! You were dead! When we got separated in Detroit I went back to the Mercer's! Jack was still heartbroken about you naturally but he still let me in. Bobby stayed for a little while then took off after Angel. The Evelyn got murdered and all of them came back. They managed to kill the one at fault but now Bobby's more badass then ever and Jack is dead," the words spilled out of Tala's sisters' mouth.

"…Jack's…dead?" Tala chocked. "He can't be. Bobby was there…"

"He's dead. Shot by Victor Sweet's boys." Adrian sounded cold. "I know you loved him even when you randomly dumped his ass."

"I didn't randomly dump him! We weren't right for each other! I was involved with gangs then and he was so…nice,' Tala was truly sobbing now. I'd never heard/ seen her shed a tear before so admittedly I was clueless. I couldn't handle the sound of her tears for more than maybe half a minute and despite Emily moving toward me in protest once she realized what I was going to do but I moved back into the living room. Tala was on the couch, her head in between her hands as her body shook with her grief. Adrian was standing, looking down at her sister with something almost like disgust.

Sweetie," I coaxed, touching Tala's hair gently. She looked up slowly, misery beyond obvious in her unimaginable pretty face.

"He's dead," was all she managed to say before she broke down, surrendering to the tears for once. I'd never seen this side of her before and, admittedly, I had no clue how to handle it. I patted her back awkwardly, and coughed because the only thing that filled the silence was the sound of her heart wrenching cries. I tried to push away the illegitimate jealousy that boiled in my chest when I thought about how hard she was crying over an ex. I continued my uneasy patting until I felt Emily pushing angrily past me. With and irritated shove she had moved past me, and slapped my hand from Tala's back. Obviously I could have stopped her if I needed to but truthfully I was thankful to have an excuse to bring my ministrations to an end.

Emily sat next to Tala, brushing my imprints hair behind her ear and stroking her back as Tala pressed her face into Emily's chest and stained her shirt. I wished that I could offer that kind of comfort to her, and knew that imprinted or not I'd always just be Paul Khesney, total crew up and emotionally detached basturd.