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Chapter 11

Pauls POV:

When my beautiful angel was asleep, I quietly got up and walked through to the living room, where Emily was waiting for me.

"What happened, Paul!?" She hissed, keeping quiet so as not to disturb Louise.

"Iona..." Everyone knew now that Carlisle had changed Seth's girlfriend into one of the leeches. Sam wasn't best pleased. The treaty was done and truly broken. The way it should have been months ago, when Bella had changed. "She was...hunting, and she caught Louise's...scent. And she was going to kill her, but then another one of those freaky parasites came, and, well, saved the day I guess."

"Who was it? The other vampire. Was it a Cullen?"

"No. Well, I didn't recognize her anyway," I sighed.

"So, was Louise harmed in any way...?" Emily asked in a strained voice. I shook my head.

"She's fine, I think. Just a little shaken up, which is understandable, all things considered." Emily nodded in agreement. I sat down on the sofa, exasperated. And hungry. "Hey, you don't think you could throw together some lunch, do you? I'm starving." She laughed, despite the tense atmosphere.

"You boys. Always thinking about your stomachs. How about a nice healthy salad?" She saw my horrified face and laughed again. "Okay...hot dogs?" I smiled and nodded, while Emily, still laughing, stood up and went towards the kitchen.

Iona's POV

What had I done!?! How could I have been so careless? I wanted the ground to swallow me up. I didn't deserve to live any more. I was a horrible person, who had almost killed her best friend.

I ran through the Cullens' front doors and ran to where Seth was sitting on the sofa. I threw myself into his warm arms and let myself cry into his chest, though no tears appeared, only dry sobs and moans.

"Iona! What's wrong, sweetheart?" Seth's shocked voice filled my ears. I didn't answer; I only continued to sob into his collar bone, glad that he was here. Someone behind me gasped.

"Is Bella still out there, with her?" It was Edward's voice. Oh. He must have been reading my mind. I turned to face him and nodded.

"She told me to come back here." Suddenly he was gone, and the front doors banged behind him, announcing his exit. I turned back to face Seth, who was eyeing me cautiously. He looked...afraid. Of me? Probably. I was a monster. With a sigh, I told him everything that had happened. He stared at me intently, until I finished speaking, and he then picked me up off of his lap, and stood up. He looked deeply into my eyes, before beginning to speak slowly.

"I'm gonna go see Paul, and make sure Louise is okay-" I interrupted him in a desperate voice.

"Can I come? Please, I need to apologize." Before I was finished, he was shaking his head.

"Paul can get...angry, as you know, and there's the treaty, Though I guess it's well and truly screwed now. But still, I don't think it would do much good. Not yet anyway. But I will tell her that you're sorry." He kissed my forehead. "I'll be back soon. Stay here okay?" He left the room, and I heard him outside, taking out his mobile phone. I slumped onto the sofa, and one of the Cullens walked towards me. It was the young, pixie like girl. She, too, was beautiful, but more abstractly so than the others. Her hair was spiked delicately, pointing in every direction, and her eyes were golden, just like everyone else's. She smiled sympathetically.

"I know it's hard, sweetie, but it gets easier, I promise." She patted my shoulder, sitting down next to me.

In a weird way, I knew she was right. Well, it couldn't get any worse, could it?

Seth's POV:

I reached La Push in a few minutes, and went straight to Sam and Emily's place. Everyone always went there, so I wasn't surprised to find Paul sitting eating a hot dog on their sofa. God, did that guy ever think about anything but food!?!?!?

As soon as I went in, and Paul saw me, he stood up, clenching his fist. He was shaking. He was going to phase; I could tell. He was shaking so violently.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He spat at me. Emily came through from the kitchen, her eyes widening when she saw Pauls vibrating figure. She grabbed his arm.

"Paul! Not inside the house. If you two are going to fight do it outside in the forest, where you can't break anything." She spoke with authority, standing her ground.

"Emily, its fine," I tried to reassure her, "I'm not here to fight. I came to see how Louise is." Paul growled at me.

"She's fine. No thanks to that bloodsucker that was going to break her neck twenty minutes ago." I flinched away from him. He was talking about Iona. No one talks about her like that and gets away with it.

"Yeah, well, maybe you shouldn't let your precious girlfriend walk about the woods on her own. Pretty careless if you ask me..." Paul was literally trembling now.

"HA! You think that's bad?!? Well, do you care to explain how that 'thing' you call a girlfriend became a parasite? Did that head bloodsucker just decide to change her for fun?" He was shouting now. "Oh, wait, I forgot. The leech only changes people who are dying. So what happened?" I realised I too was shaking dangerously now. But I could control it. I had to control it...

Louise ran in from the bedroom along the corridor. "Paul!" It was silent for a couple of seconds, in which she ran towards him, pulling his arm, calming him down. "Seth? What are you doing here? Is it Iona? Is she okay?!" She gasped; expecting bad news, but I shook my head.

"She's fine, Louise. Just a little shaken up. And she feels terrible for what she did." Louise was starting to cry now, and Paul muttered 'She should feel bad' under his breath.

"Paul!" Louise hissed. "Don't say that. It isn't Iona's fault. None of this is..." She didn't have time to say anything else, for Paul broke the hushed, quiet atmosphere

"Yeah!?! Well whose fault is it then!? Are we just gonna 'forgive and forget'? Louise! You could have died today, and someone needs to take responsibility!" He boomed. I had never heard him shout at Louise before. Apparently, neither had Louise, as fresh tears cut down her cheeks.

"I would never have been out in the forest alone if I hadn't found out!" She screamed back. Found out? Found out what? Was there something going on? Paul closed his eyes for a moment, before pulling Louise tight into his arms and letting her soak his bare chest. It was Emily who spoke next, in a calm, yet stern voice.

"Paul, what is going on?" Paul sighed, and looked down, deep into Louise's eyes. He sighed heavily again.

"Should we tell them, Babes?" She shook her head, still crying.

"I want to tell my mum first, and my dad. Claire won't fully understand, but she should know too." Louise was Claire – Quil's imprintee's – big sister. That's how she and Paul had met.

Paul nodded, but Emily said in a kind voice to Louise, "You know that I'm always here if you need me sweetheart, we can talk if you want to." Louise nodded, and attempted to smile.

"I know."

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(Two hours later, at Louise's house.)

Pauls POV:

"Are you sure about this, sweetheart?" He stroked the tears off of my cheek for the millionth time that day. I nodded. Paul sighed. Part of me was relieved, yet part of me was terrified. We were about to go and tell my parents that I was pregnant...they would hate me for sure now. This was practically suicide...

We went down the stairs to the living room, where my parents were watching TV. Paul squeezed my hand as we reached the door "I'm right here, Babes, forever." He whispered in my ear. I nodded, took a deep breath, and turned the handle. We walked into the living room, hand in hand.

"Mum, Dad?" My parents looked up. "There's something I need to tell you."

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