Nicole's POV
I'm not sure what it is about Paul but I trusted him, even though we fight and snap at each others necks. It's kind of a turn on to be honest. To distract myself from thinking about relationships and my past, I focus on my career. I get up and pace back in forth, talking out loud.
"I need to call Charlie and drop the charges against Liam, before my agent find outs or the paparazzi. I need to reschedule my concert I canceled." I mumble.
"Nicole, come here." Paul pats the spot next to him and I sit down, and he places his arm around me "You need to relax, we'll call Charlie and get that taken care of. The rest can wait I want to talk to you."
"Okay let me call Charlie first." I get up and go outside, Charlie picks up on the first ring.
"Charlie, thanks for getting me today. I want to drop all charges against Liam. It was a misunderstanding and the flashbacks made it out to be worse than the real thing. He just grabbed my arm from behind making my shirt fall down and that's when I went into a panic attack." I explain.
"You sure about this Nicole? I have no problem keeping him here."
"No really he didn't hurt me."
"You're not doing this because he's my boyfriend?" He asks.
"He's not my real boyfriend, but you can't tell anyone that only you and Paul and my agent know this. It's a publicity stunt and it wouldn't be good if the media caught end that I had my boyfriend thrown in jail." I laugh and Charlie joins in.
"Nicole I hope you realize how much that boy Paul likes you. I saw the way he looked at you as if you are his world." Charlie tells me and I look back in the house and smile at Paul's back.
"I'm really warming up to him Charlie, he's a great guy. I promise to give him a chance, I told him of my past and he didn't turn the other way running. I guess that's a good sign."
"That is sweetie, you know you're doing better with tursting men again."
"Well you helped by being a real father figure to me Charlie, thank you. Go easy on Bella now she's the eye candy to these boys, I promise to look out for her and keep you updated." We chuckle again and say our goodbyes.
"How's Charlie?" Paul asks not knowing what to say.
"He's dropping the charges. Now I believe you had something to tell me?" I raise my eyebrow and he shrugs like it's nothing.
"Well you're going to hear about this tomorrow at the bonfire, but I want to tell you now. Understand I didn't tell you sooner because I didn't want to freak you out more. It involves the wolf part of me." He stares at his feet.
"After the past two days I've had I think I can handle it." I pat his arm before taking a seat on the couch and joins me facing me.
"Okay, now don't get weird-ed out I can explain it but it's going to sound weird at first."
"Spit it out then!" I laugh at how nervous he is, I smile when he looks up at me for encouragement.
"Fine, tomorrow we're going to tell you the legends of our ancestors and how the shape-shifter genes are past down and everything." I nod my head, "There's one that happens to apply to you and on;y I can tell you. Apart of being a wolf, we do this thing called imprinting, now it doesn't happen all the time and it can be rare." He pauses.
"So what is imprinting?" I ask interested in learning more about Paul and his brothers.
"It's almost like love at first sight, when we see someone for the first time we know they are our soul mate. It feels as if it's her holding you to the ground not gravity, or like a blind man seeing for the first time. It always happens when we look this someone in the eyes and everything just makes sense."
"So you see a girl for the first time, look into her eyes and know that she's your soul-mate for the rest of your life?" I ask and he nods.
"Yes, it only happens to some of us with the wolf gene, like I said it's rare. And you could know someone before you were a wolf then when you see them after the change this person could be your imprint." I nod kind of understanding but not knowing where he was going. "Sam imprinted on Emily, Embry imprinted on Bella. What I'm trying to say is Nicole I imprinted on you that day you came for La Push." He holds onto my hands as I just sit there in shock.
"So-so this means I'm your soul-mate?" I finally sputter out after a good 30 seconds.
"Let me explain more. Being you're imprint I will be whatever you need me to be; a friend, brother, boyfriend... anything. Remember when I went into my wolf form to help you sleep because you asked me too? It's basically that, the think is I need to know if you accept before we get too attached, because if you don't it'll be a bad outcome for both of us. By accepting we'll get to know each other and when we're both ready and the time comes I mark you, but that's way down the road, also..." I hold up my hand to stop him.
"Wait a second, your throwing a lot of information at me. Stop getting so nervous, and let me process everything silly." I hold his hands again. "So if I accept you'll be anything I need you to be? It's not like we'll be dating. Kinda like Bella and Embry? I thought Jacob liked her." My head is spinning.
"Now who's the one talking to much. Bella just found out that Embry imprinted on her. Everyone else has know since it happened, that's something you'll find out tomorrow. What Jake and Bella have are old feelings that can never escalate now that Bella has accepted Embry's imprint."
"Wait everyone knew when Embry imprinted but Bella? Did everyone know when you did on me?"
"Yes even Bella that's why she yelled no." He laughs and I join him.
That moment everything just felt perfect, just an hour ago I told him my past and now I know he'll never walk out on me like most people. I decided it was now or never, I leaned forward into him and kissed him right on the mouth. He froze as I wrapped my arms around his neck before he kissed me back. He wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me into his lap. The kiss deepened and his tongue slid over my bottom lip asking for entrance. I gladly let him and our tongues fought for dominance until I let him win. Finally he pulled away to breathe, he leaned his forehead on mine breathing heavy.
"Was that you accepting?" Paul asks.
I giggle "Maybe." I smirk at him.
He leans down and pecks my lips, "I think it was."
"Why would you think that?" I tease him more.
"How could you resist me." He smiles and gestures toward his body. "Plus that was the best kiss I've ever had." He leads his forehead back against mine.
I move more into his lap wrapping my legs around his waist and I kiss him again, just a peck. "One condition, the media can't know. I want to protect you and the pack, because they have a way of finding things on people."
"So?" He asks.
"I accept your imprint Paul Lahote." He picks me up and swings me around and kisses me.
"Thank you Nicole Wolff. Your last name was just a sign." He laughs.
"Wolves have always been my favorite animal." I lean down and whisper in his ear, "Especially silver ones." I nibble his ear as he moans.
"Come on we should go to Sam's to show everyone you're okay." He sets me down.
"Oh you just want to rub it in that I accepted!" I laugh taking his hand.
"Yeah." He smiles back at me before opening my car door for me. He takes the drivers sides and drives my mustang over to Sam's before we go in I look at him.
"Paul what about my career?" I ask.
"No worries, I'll be whatever you need me to be." He smiles before getting out and opening my door again.
"Why thank you sir." He grabs my hand yanking me towards the house, "Paul slow down I'm only human." Instead he throws me over his shoulder and keeps his pace, "PAUL PUT ME DOWN!" I laugh as he carries me.
"Hey guys!" He greets everyone when he walks in finally putting me down.
"NICOLE! You're okay!" Embry shouts and everyone smiles and gets up to hug me.
Emily holds me the longest then Sam. "Glad you're okay? We were worried for you and our brother." Sam says looking at Paul. "How's my favorite girl?!" Embry hugs me then Quil, but Paul growls as Quil is hugging me and he backs off.
"Careful she's my imprint." Paul says and everyone looks at him and me.
"Finally! You told her!" Emily hugs us both this time as Bella comes downstairs.
"Oh my god Nicole! Are you okay I just talked to me dad! I had no idea I'm so sorry!" She clutches me in a hug.
I laugh, "Yeah I'm fine but careful Paul gets jealous when people hug me." I laugh again smiling at Paul then winking. I rub my stomach and look at it adoringly "And soon I'll have another little Paul." Paul walks over and kisses my stomach playing along.
"I can already tell he's going to be a wolf just like his dad. One day he'll imprint on someone as beautiful as his mom or at least close." Paul says.
"W- What?!" Emily and Bella yell.
"Wow that didn't take long, you tell her about the imprint and just like that you're in her pants?" Jared asks earning a smack from Sam.
"When it's true love." I stroke Pauls cheek biting back my smile.
"How do you know you're pregnant already?" Emily asks.
"Mother's tuition, I just know." After that I break out laugh at all their faces of shock and Paul joins in. "I'm sorry I just had to you're all so gullible."
"I was going to say that was fast and how would you explain that to the media?" Bella says smiling.
"That would be funny, yeah my baby looks like my cousin but I swear it's 'Liam's'" I laugh with Bella and Paul just shakes his head and sits at the table. I go to sit too when he pulls me into his lap.
"What happened to being whatever I needed you to be?" I joke.
"I just got you, I don't want to let go until I know you won't run away." He tightens his grip.
"I'll tell you one thing I hate running and even if I did I'm sure you'd catch me." I smirk at him.
"Well boys I believe we have a game to play." Sam says holding up a football and all the guys stand up, I hop off Paul and go into the kitchen so he can join. They all file outside hollering and clapping their hands. I look at Bella and Emily, we all start laughing.
"Bella, uh Paul told me about Embry. I'm sorry I lectured you about Jacob the other day." I say to her as I grab an apple and sit back down.
"It's all right I needed to hear it. I gave Jake a chance and it's not going to work. I just have to open up and let Embry in I guess." She blushes.
"Nicole you seem so happy with Paul." Emily says.
"I can't explain it everything just felt right, I told him about my past and then when he told me about the whole imprint thing. I just fell for him I guess. Although I like making him wait just to tease him, don't want him getting to cocky." I laugh with the girls.
"Are you going to tell the public?" Emily asks.
"We kind of discussed it and in the long run it's a bad idea to tell the world. They'll follow him everywhere and we cant let the wolf secret get out there. So for what the public knows I'm with Liam and Paul just said I'll be whatever you need me to be." We all smiled.
"Hey girls, where are my brothers?" We turn to see Jake.
"I think they're outside getting rowdy over some game." I laugh, noticing him staring at Bella but she ignores him.
"Why aren't you watching?" He asks me and winks.
"Should we risk it?" I ask Emily.
"They can't hurt us and if they try Sam and Paul will flip shit on them." Emily laughs knowing not to mention Embry. We get up and follow Jake outside.
"Got room for one more?" Jake asks running up to them.
"Come on Nicole you look like a tough cookie join us." Embry calls out to me, getting a growl from Paul.
"Isn't there some kind of warning against playing with wolves?" I call back and Paul laughs. "I think I'll watch, better impress me." I blow them all a kiss and sit with Emily and Bella on the porch swing.
"You've got them all around your finger." Emily jokes at me.
"You just got to show them who's boss." I shrug.
"It's true that's what she always did to the kids that tried to pick on me." Bella smiles at me.
"Nobody picks on my friends." I loop an arm around her and sit back watching the boys.
They toss the ball back and forth tackling each other hard, but when they get up they laugh it off and give one another pats on the back. Paul, Sam, and Jared are one team without shirts against Jake, Embry and Quil who have shirts on. Paul catches my eye for a second and winks and I blow him a kiss back.