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"What the hell are you so upset about Paul?" I asked as I followed Paul out of the truck.
"Because this will never work."
"What will never work?"
"Anything beyond the flirting that we've done tonight. I was hoping that maybe we could go out some time and see where things went but now I know I can never ask you. I can see where you're from with the house and the cars and I know it can never work."
"What the hell??? Where is this coming from? Just because I have a big house and my family has money doesn't mean that I don't want to go out with you. In fact I would love to see where things go."
"But I can't ever hope to provide anything like this for you or give you anything close to this and if this is what you're used to then you should be with someone that can give you this." Paul started yelling at me.
"What is this," I yelled back, not realizing that he was starting to shake harder, "Just because you see that I have a nice house and nice cars and nice things doesn't mean anything. They are things and don't mean a fucking thing."
"Is some kind of joke, like trick the poor Indian into thinking that you like him and then rub his face in it."
"Not even close. I like you a lot and if you're too stupid to realize that then you need to go jump off a cliff." I could feel the red anger starting to boil in my blood and I knew I couldn't hide my powers for much longer or my eye color for that matter. We were standing toe to toe yelling at each other.
I could see that he was barely containing his rage by this point and when he started to back away to the forest it was really unfortunate that I couldn't control my own temper.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?" I yelled, "This argument isn't over."
"You told me to leave and that is what I'm doing," he growled.
"Mia, get away from him," one of the guys yelled but I was too mad to check which one.
"Just because you're mad doesn't give you the right to storm away like a child. We need to talk things through," I said quietly, trying to get him a little calmer. I could see that he was starting to soften by the look in his eyes and his shaking had started to lessen.
"Okay I'll try but sometimes my anger gets the better of me and then I need to run," Paul said as he pulled me in for a hug. He wrapped his warm arms around me in a big bear hug (or would that be a wolf hug) and pressed a kiss to my hair.
"Can you help unload the truck there is a lot of bags that need to come inside and I really don't want to carry them all in." I asked laughing now that we had both calmed down more.
"Um, okay. So the fight is over now?" Paul asked sounding confused.
"Yup, we yelled, we screamed, we hugged all that's left is the kiss and we're good to go," I answered. Paul smiled and started leaning down to me. He kissed me on the nose and whispered, "Let's go unload those bags."
Paul grabbed my hand as we started heading back towards the truck. I know we really hadn't resolved anything but I think we'll have this conversation or fight when there is less witness around and maybe after we've had the singer/imprinting, witch/shifter chat.
"Hey I know it's late but who's hunger and who can cook? 'Cuz if we go to Emily's right now Sam will kill us," Quil asked. The guys just looked at him like he was nuts, they're Shifters when are they not hungry.
"How about if Mia and I whip up something quick and we can toss a movie in?" Heidi answered.
"I've got to get home and I need to call Kim." Jared said.
"I've got some work I need to do." Jacob mumbled.
"I think I speak for the other three when I say we're in," Embry answered for the remaining three guys, the other two where nodding their heads in agreement.
"I'll see you guys around," I yelled as Jared and Jacob walked to the truck.
"It's been really nice meeting you both and thanks again for the rescue plan," Heidi yelled after them.
The five of us walked into my house with a pit stop at Heidi's truck to grab all of my bags, there was a lot of moaning and complaining going on as I loaded up the three guys.
"Hey! We're paying your stomachs for all this hard work so no complaining," Heidi the drill sergeant was making an appearance.
"You guys can just drop them by the front door and go into the theatre room and pick out a movie. Heidi and I will go snap together some food," I said with a smile.
As the guys walked into the theatre room make exclamations of excitement, I giggled. Put any guy in a situation with toys and food on the way, they usually end up really happy.
"Please tell me we're just going to snap some food in, I haven't cooked anything in like 20 years," Heidi whispered in my ear.
"Me too, I don't really want to give them food poisoning the first time they're at my house. Heidi block the kitchen so they can't hear," I waited for Heidi and once she whispered the spell I turned to the counter, "Three Shifter to feed, two Witches who can't cook, make us a snack for the movie to fill our stomach through and through."
I snapped my finger and suddenly a bunch of yummy snacks appeared in front of us. Heidi removed the whisper spell from the kitchen and I called Paul to grab some drinks from the fridge. Heidi and I grabbed some trays of Nachos that seemed like they were hot from the oven and some bags of chips and candy.
"Hey guys will this do for now?" I asked.
"You guys are a miracle worker, that was quick," Quil said as his stomach started to rumbled.
"Which movie did you guys pick?" Heidi said walking over to Embry to see the movies he was holding.
"We have reached the great decision of… drum roll please……Batman Begins," Embry said dramatically.
"Dork," I whispered to him as I put the DVD in the player.
I turned on the movie as the guys started digging into the snack, man they really do eat like wolves and I really need to learn how to cook without a spell. I've seen this movie a few too many times to care; it's the hazards of having brothers and too much time on my hands. The only good thing about it this time was I was cuddled up on the couch by Paul. While the guys got all into the movie I was checking my phone for missed calls and texts. I had received a text from my mom earlier in the evening letting me know that she would be arriving tomorrow afternoon and then my brothers and step-father would be arriving the following day. She was going to be flickering in so I had to make sure that no mortal was around. I sent her a text back letting her know that I would be ready for her tomorrow and to call me before she flickered. I figured she already saw me finding my singer, which defiantly explains all the comments in the past couple of months. I decided to send my brothers a text to see how their packing was going.
"Hey you guys how is the grand packing going? Mia"
"Packing sucks ass but thanks for bailing early and not helping. Dev"
"Can you not just come up with a spell to get all of our crap there so we don't have to do this? Drew"
"Sorry guys no can do. I had to pack and then flicker my boxes over in groups. There is no easy way around this. I bailed early to set up the house so kiss my ass. Mom said you guys will be here on Sunday just in time for me to go back to school."
"HAHAHAHAHA my big sis has to go to school."
"It's kind of funny that your how many centuries older but yet you look younger and still have to go to school. We get to play the cool older brothers that all you friends are going to want."
"Hey did you see any hot girls there yet? Maybe you can hook us up once you start at school."
"You know what I'm going to tell all the girls, run run as fast as you can the big bad wolves are coming to get you."
"Smart Ass."
"I'm quick enough, they can't out run me and once they see the gun show they'll be running right back to me."
"OMG Dev! You are the biggest loser ever. It's a good thing you're my little brother or I'd fry your ass."
"You know you love me. But I have to get back to the slavery that is packing, see you in two days. :P"
"Yeah I should get back to before Mom and Dad start cracking the whip. See you Sunday."
"See you guys Sunday give Mom and Dad love for me."
"Who are you texting," Paul whispered in my ear.
"My brothers, they are the biggest dorks ever and are bitching about packing but are excited to get here and check out the girls," I laughed," They are hoping I'll set them up with girls that I meet. Little do they know I'm already surrounded by hot guys, so most girls aren't going to talk to me. Just to warn you though, they are both really over protective of me."
"It's alright, let them bring it on. I'm sure I can take whatever they dish out." Paul said with a smirk. Ahh got to love the shifter confidence. Little does he realize that he's going up against twin shifters that are just as confident and are older.
"They will be here Sunday along with my brother-in-law; my sister will be here tomorrow afternoon some time." I informed Paul of my schedule for the weekend; I was hoping that we could spend some more time together before school starts on Monday.
"So will I get to see you before your sister gets here tomorrow?"
"I believe you might, at this rate you may never leave it's already almost 3 am. Heidi and Quil are passed out and Embry is on his way. Should we wake them up or leave them?" I don't want them getting in trouble from their parents, not exactly the first impression I want to make on the parents of La Push.
"Quil, Embry, get your asses up, you're not allowed to crash at my girl's house. Go home," Paul yelled. Hmm, his girl, I kinda likes the sound of that.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm moving. Are you coming with us or are you staying?" Embry asked.
"I think I'm going to stay a bit until Mia kicks me out."
"Okay, see you tomorrow don't forget you work at noon," Quil said on his way out the door.
"Bye guys, thanks again for your help earlier. If I don't see you this weekend I'll see you Monday at school." I closed the door behind them and turned to Paul, "Would you like to go sit on the deck for a bit and talk?"
"Sounds like a plan, lets grab some drinks."
Paul followed me out to the deck and sat on the swing, he slouched a bit and put his arm along the back. Damn this man is hot, and mine, and built. I am one very luck witch. Paul and I decided to play 20 questions, which ended up being more like a couple of hundred. I could tell that he wasn't answering all of them truthfully because he couldn't yet, but I can't blame him for it because neither was I. There are just some things that you can't tell when the person you're talking to doesn't know that you're almost 300 years old. We continued to talk until the sun started to come up and I could barely keep my eyes open anymore.
"I think it's time for me to go," Paul said suddenly.
"Are you sure? You can always crash in one of the rooms or on a couch."
"Naw, if I'm not home by the time my parents get up they'll shoot me."
"What time are you done work tomorrow?" I figured he wasn't working but patrolling.
"I'm covering for someone so I won't be off until 10pm. How about if I call you when I'm done and I can see what you're up to. You'll probably be busy cuz your sister will be here but I guess we can always just talk on the phone for a bit."
"Sounds good, give me a call when you get a chance." Paul got up, kissed my head and started to walk towards the forest. "Hey do you need a ride home, I'm sure the guys took the truck and it's a pretty long walk."
"Naw, I'm good. I know a short cut through the woods." Yeah shortcut, if that's what you call running as a wolf. With that he was gone; I could feel the pull as he ran towards what I guess was where his house is. I closed my eyes and murmured, "To see my singer", I saw Paul's aura as he ran through the woods. I watched until he stopped moving, the coloring changed which mean he phased back to human and I watched until I knew that he was inside his house. I knew he was safe and it was time for me to sleep. I woke up Heidi and told her to go to bed, this way I don't have to listen to her complain tomorrow of a kinked neck. I changed and fell into bed knowing that tonight I would have amazing dreams of Paul. I feel asleep with a smile on my lips knowing I would see him soon.
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