AN: HI! First off on my profile I have links to pictures of Paul(Alex Meraz) and Anna, the actress I found is a little older than how I pictured Anna but she is perfect. I have two Anna's on my profile, so make sure your looking at the Anna Roland link. Also, I have a new story to pimp out! :D A Harry Potter, Snape-centric, story called Daughter of a Prince. Check it out if you like, I'd definitely love more feedback on it. But anyway, here is the new chapter and the next chapter is going to be pretty heavy, so have your laughs now. :P Enjoy!

Chapter Five

Lucky Car

When I got back to my house with Anna and her Challenger there was a painful silence. I was also fighting the strong urge to hold her again. I was replaying the whole moment with her constantly, sealing the feel of her tiny body in my arms to my memory. I was so distracted when I backed into the driveway I didn't smell my mom and Seth in my mothers car behind us until they pulled up next to my truck.

Seth tried to smile at me but I scowled down at him through the window. He had the good sense to look scared. I jumped out and strode quickly around to Anna, before I strangled Seth. Anna was already out and looking at me confused. Her brows were pinched and her lips kind of pouted and dammit I really wanted to kiss her. I got to myself together and looked away from her lips. "I apologize now." I muttered.

Seth walked around the car and examined in carefully while my mother shook her head and walked passed us and into the house. She gave Anna a warm smile and a hello, I got nothing. "Wow, this car is beautiful!" Seth said in his normal cheery voice. I still wanted to ring the little fuckers neck. I clearly remember telling them I didn't want to introduce Anna to anyone in the pack until she wasn't so uncomfortable around me.

"Paws off Clearwater!" I snapped, rushing up to him. "What are you doing here?!" I hissed too slowly, it didn't sound much like words but Seth was able to decipher.

"Your mom asked if I could do the yard work while you chat up your imprint." He answered smiling.

I grabbed him by the collar and yanked him down a little, because the fucker is taller than me. "Say it again, and I will take off your tail." I threatened entirely seriously.

"Ms. Woodburn, where did you say the Weed-Eater was?!" Seth asked desperately as he ran toward my mother.

I took in a deep breath before walking back to Anna. She still looked really confused, and almost fearful. "That was Seth, he's here to help my mom with yard work." I answered the question she didn't have to ask. Seth confuses everyone.

"Oh," She murmured.

"Let's check out the condition of this monster." I said patting the roof of the car. I started my inspection on the body of the car. Both bumpers were still on and in good condition and there wasn't even a ding on any part of the car. "The body looks solid, some new paint will make it perfect." I told her confidently. She looked like she already knew that. I moved onto the windows, which were solid and oddly enough clean. "Windows are good." I said as I opened the door. The inside of the car was clean and when I mean clean I mean the friggin' roof looked like it had been vacuumed and the inside of the meters was squeaky clean. "Interior is spotless." I said looking at Anna with a raised brow. I wonder if she'd do the same to my truck…

"I felt useless, so I cleaned it." She mumbled with a brilliant blush on her cheeks.

"Hey, I'm not complaining, last time I worked on a car this old it smelt like rotting pizza and vomit. And this one smells like vanilla." I said smiling. Truthfully it smelt just like her and I have a feeling Mom will find me here a lot.

She blushed even more and ducked her head to look at the tires. "How are the tires?" She asked, avoiding my eyes. It's actually kind of cute she's so anxious. Okay, its not, it kind of hurts.

Looking at the tires on the side of the car I was on they were still on the okay side, but I wasn't going to risk okay with my imprint. "They should be replaced, the tread is really low." I told her seriously.

"Okay," She said nodding. She pulled a small notebook from her pocket and a little pencil and started writing.

"Are you making a list?" I asked amused.

She shrugged and continued to write. "Just incase I forget something." She answered, glancing at me for only a moment.

"Works for me." I said a little relieved. I'd probably remember all of this, but it was nice to know I didn't have to. I walked to the front of the car and knocked on the hood. Anna looked up at me confused. "Pop the hood?" I asked with a feign pout. She chuckled quietly and leaned into the car and pulled the lever.

Propping the hood up, I looked at the mess before me. Well, the parts were a mess, the engine itself was clean, just like the rest of the car. I glanced over to Anna as she continued to write in her notebook. She is a neat freak and then some but still so damn gorgeous. Alright Paul, back to the engine. There was a lot of wear on the engine. Not a new part in it since the 80's.

I sighed heavily and pulled back to look at Anna fully. Her attention went straight to me and I'll admit I like it better that way. "Okay, good news, nothing looks so damaged that it will make fixing this difficult." I said giving her a sympathetic crooked smile.

"Bad news?" She asked biting her lip.

Is it fucked up that her bad news is my great news? "Damn near everything is going to have to be replaced." I answered, forcing my lips not to smile no matter how much I wanted to.

She sighed a little, but the news didn't seem to dishearten her. "Do you know how much it's going to cost?" She asked looking between me and the list.

"Not off the top of my head." I said shaking my head, leaning against the car. "Shouldn't be hard to price with that nifty list." I quipped because I couldn't help myself.

Her cheeks went from pale to a vibrant red in a matter of seconds and she ducked her head just as quickly. I couldn't help myself and I smiled a little more. I coughed to stop myself from laughing and looked back to the engine.

"I'll start listing off the stuff that needs replacing." I told her, peaking around the hood to see her glance up from her list with a brusque nod.

For the next hour or so I went through the entire front end of the Challenger. Anna kept up with me well enough and four pages in the book later I couldn't think of anything else that needed to be replaces. It was all I could do until we at least got this monster running. I got the car on jacks and started looking underneath while Anna sat at my feet with her list.

"Anything bad?" She asked trying to lean down to look at me.

"All four shocks are gone and there's some rusting." I answered, shuffling out from under the car. Its pretty sad that before I first phased I could slip under one of these things perfectly fine with the jacks, and now I struggle getting out without busting my head on the freakin' axel. Sure, it would probably only leave a bruise for a few minutes, but it'd still hurt! I finally got out from under the car I leaned against the side and looked at Anna next to me. "Other than that." I muttered, watching her as she finished scribbling.

It was so hard having her right next to me, not being able to brush the stray hairs that fell across her cheek or just lean into her and kiss her senseless and I'd do both if I thought she'd enjoy it as much as me. She looked up from her notebook and tucked her hair behind her ear, making her looks so beautiful, innocent and perfect. She looked at me expectantly while I still fought the urge to kiss her. "It's great." I told her quietly.

Anna nodded and wrote something on her list. I continued to study her profile while she looked through what she had in her notebook. She had clear skin, even if it was an unhealthy color, and the only scar was one just at the corner of her bottom lip that resembled something I gave Jared a few weeks ago for pissing me off. I could feel fury start to bubble at the pit of my gut at who ever decided to hit my imprint and just when I thought I would snap and just kill everyone in Forks, sans Charlie because I like him, my mother started yelling from the front door.

"Paul, Anna, if you want some dinner you better come get it before Seth eats it all!" She called out in that motherly voice. Anna's head snapped up and turned to look at her, but my mom had already gone back into the house.

I let out a long breath and Anna tried to go back to her list. "Hungry?" I asked nodding toward the house.

She made and anxious face and nodded smally. "A little," She murmured.

I pushed off the ground and got on my feet easily and held my hand out for her. She looked worryingly from my hand back to the door. "Don't worry, my mom is a good cook." I said chuckling a little. She sighed and took my hand and I pulled her up easily and gently. I still reveled in the fact that her tiny hand fit in mine so perfectly.

We walked into the house quietly and at the dining room table Seth was already taking one side to himself and gorging on lasagna. The rest of the table was full of food like it normally was when we didn't invade Emily's house. "Is anyone else coming?" Anna asked confused.

"No, why?" I asked with a raised brow.

"That's a lot of food." She said pointing to the table.

My mom came in from the kitchen laughing. "Oh honey, you think boys this big eat normal portions?" She asked rhetorically as she put down a plate of hamburgers before taking her seat. "Sit, dig in!" She said pointing to the seat opposite her and across from Seth.

Anna sat gingerly in the seat across from Seth and next to my mother and I took the other. Seth already shoveled as much food as he could on his plate and Mom helped her self. I watched Anna as she picked a little bit of food from each plate while I dumped a bowl of potato salad on my plate. Don't judge me, Mom makes the best potato salad.

"So Anna, how did you and Paul meet?" Mom asked, turning her whole body to Anna. Seth snapped up from his food and watched both women wit anticipation while I glared at her as Anna stiffened.

"Oh, um at the diner I work at." She answered uncomfortably.

I threw my mother another dangerous look and she didn't budge. "Working, school and tutoring, I hope you have time for it all." She said amazed.

"It just works for me, I guess." Anna answered with a shrug, sinking a little deeper into her seat. If I didn't love my mother I would have yanked her out of the room by now.

"Do you have any plans for college?" Mom asked pleasantly.

"I do, I just don't know which college I'm going to." Anna answered shifting in her seat and taking a sip of the water she had in front of her.

"That's good, just don't put it off like I did, I waited a year and got pregnant with him." Mom said pointing her fork at me. Seth snorted and I dug my heel into his foot. He hissed and went back to eating.

"That doesn't sound resentful at all, Mom." I said dryly through my teeth.

"Oh you know I love you, you're still alive aren't you?" She asked flippantly before looking back to Anna who looked a little confused with our exchange.

"I don't know, are there any more sleeping pills left?" I asked angrily.

She winced at that and slapped on her biggest smile as she avoided my eyes. "So what do you want to major in?" She asked quickly.

"Um, I was thinking forestry or zoology." Anna muttered, ducking her head a little.

"Interesting choices, can I ask why you've narrowed it down to those two?" Mom asked fascinated, leaning closer to Anna.

"Growing up I always used to play in the woods behind my house and I liked being back there more than anywhere else, it just stuck." She answered simply. A tiny and actually genuine smile formed on her lips and I stopped glaring at my mother so much. And then Seth had to ruin my mood…

"What kind of music do you listen to?" Seth asked suddenly.

Anna stiffened instantly and while I didn't know why, I could tell music was a sore subject for her and I didn't want it to be mentioned at more. Mom saw it as well and picked up the first dish she could grab and piled it onto Anna's plate. "You should try my green bean casserole, it's been voted best in La Push." She rushed, smiling wildly.

Anna looked between all three of us befuddled but let her eyes settle on Seth. "I don't really listen to music." She told him while her cheeks darkened.

"Really, nothing?" Seth asked confused. I gripped my fork tightly enough to make it start to mold around my palm.

"Seth, finish the macaroni salad, I made it for you." Mom ordered sweetly. Seth looked at my mother confused and then to me where he saw me looking at him murderously and quickly went back to stuffing his face.

The rest of dinner was quiet, other than the noises Seth made while he ate. My mother kept looking at me apologetically and I was still angry with her sudden interrogation of Anna so I chose to glare at her for the rest of the meal. When dinner was done and Anna was once again prodded by my mother, this time to eat more which I actually agreed with, Seth was ordered to clean off the table and I walked Anna out to my car.

"Sorry about my mom." I said sincerely and extremely apologetic. "And Seth." I added scowling at the thought of the fifteen-year-old. "Their social skills aren't the best." I said instead of saying 'you're my imprint and they want to know as much about you as possible'. I doubt that would have gone over well.

"Its okay." She said shrugging her dainty shoulders.

We stood next to the truck quietly and I had to gather all of the strength I had in me to say the worst sentence ever made. "Ready to go home?" I asked trying to keep a blank face.

She looked sad for moment before nodded. "Yeah," She muttered. I reached around her and opened the truck door for her. She climbed in and put on her seat belt gloomily.

I wanted to take hours to drive her home but as the sun started to go down she became anxious so I sped up and tried my hardest to get her home before the sky completely darkened. Pulling up in front of her house I saw the beat up car that I didn't want to see and from her slightly panicked eyes she didn't want to see it either.

"Can you pick me up from school tomorrow? We can get some parts in town while were close by." Anna asked desperately.

Well its not like I wasn't going to be stalking her anyway but it does make me feel great knowing that she actually wants to hang around me. Or get me to fix her car. I'm not picky. "Yeah, works for me." I said smiling broadly because I couldn't help myself.

Another blush crossed her cheeks for what felt like the millionth time but I still loved it as much as the first and smiled with me. "Thanks," She said almost happily. I felt like the happiest man in the world watching her smile until she reached for her door. I knew I should have put the child locks on…

"Bye," I said feeling a sudden wave of depression hit me as my imprint opened her door.

She tried to give me another weak smile but it didn't fool anyone. "Bye," She murmured then hopped out of my truck, shut the door behind her and started walking.

I watched and waited for her to safely disappear into her shed but to my horror she walked into the house. With her parents. Who I am sure are horribly human beings. She had started walking for the shed at first but turned suddenly for the house and practically ran into the house. My heart dropped to the depths of hell and I tried to listen for any sounds of shouting or even talking and I could barely hear her breathe but that didn't help.

I was panicking. I had to do something but I couldn't. Not as a human and not parked directly in front of her house. I had to get my truck out of sight and I needed to find somewhere to phase. I peeled out of the driveway and sped down the road like I was going back toward the Rez but pulled into the woods with the first clearing big enough. I parked as deep as I could manage, stripped then ran and phased.

It was three whole seconds before I got her house and God they were long three seconds! It was still quiet in the house but it reeked of booze, mostly whiskey and vodka but scotch was mingled in. I figured she went into the house because to the naked eye, it would be strange for her to go into the shed with her backpack and lock the door behind her. That didn't mean I wanted her in the house any more. I'd run in there myself and pick her up with my teeth and carry her out, but that probably wouldn't yield the best results.

I was huddled close to her shed and waited impatiently for her to come out. Seriously, it had been more than a minute since she went in there, why hasn't she come out yet?! I took up pacing to try and pass the time. A whole minute later talking began. Well, Anna was talking and her father was slurring.

Listening to every syllable that came out of both of them made me even more anxious. My imprint was in the house that she chose a shed over and her parents were both drunk. It's like my worst nightmare only in reality, because in my dreams there would be vampires that I could tear to shreds since the only reason I can even change into a wolf is their fault. But no. I've got humans that are too close to my imprint to kill and perfectly positioned to hurt her. I am going to have an aneurism.

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