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CHAPTER FOUR

Drea's POV

With Paul's arms warped tightly around me I felt safer and protected then I ever had ever felt in my entire life. He was mine; no one would ever take him from me. I snuggled into him as the rain began to fall again, like it really ever stopped around here. The ground was already soaked; our feet sunk into the mud as we stood there, but I didn't care had my Paul my hansom wolf and best friend. After all these years he was mine.

His warm body protected mine from the chill of the rain as it hit my skin. Normally I would be freezing standing out here without a coat, but Paul warm body kept me toasty worm. The October air sure had a bight to it. But as long as I could snuggle up with my wolf I could care less if it snowed on us.

"Paul are you sure about all this, I mean this can't be real."

He brushed the hair away from my eyes before he leaned down and brushed his lips across my forehead.

"I've never been so sure of anything in my life. You are my imprint the love of my life."

"How come you never told me?" In way it hurt that he had never told me about the imprint. For years I felt like I should feel grossed out about my feeling for Paul. Now they made sense to me and I was more confused than I had ever been in my entire life.

"I wanted you to have a chance to grow to love me on your own. I don't want you to feel like you have to be with me, because that's not the case at all." I took a deep breath; I hated the fear in his beautiful brown eyes. I think he still expected me change my mind, to tell him that he was too old for me. But I already knew I would never do that. Paul had been my best friend for years, if he only knew the way I really felt for him.

I smiled at him as I stepped away, instantly I regretted moving away from him, his warm body had kept the chill from my skin more than I had thought. The ice cold rain seeped into my skin causing me to shiver I stepped closer to Paul. He kept his eyes on me as I moved closer. His beautiful brown eyes shining with love and with something more I almost could not place. Then it hit me like a Mac truck, Paul didn't believe I wanted to be part of this Imprint.

The temp continued to drop as it started to get dark, guess we had been out here longer then I thought. The stars would be out in full force if the rain had not moved back in; I looked over at Paul his gaze focused somewhere else's.

"Will you walk with me down on the beach?" I asked hopefully, as cold as it was I had no desire to give up any time with him.

He looked down at me with a smirk. "Baby girl, you accepted my imprint. I'm all yours no matter what you want." he closed his eyes and laughed as I looked at him with a smirk.

"Whatever I want, that could be many things my hansom wolf."

I stepped closer to Paul as a growl from the tree line reminded me the pack and my father would be watching over me, Paul looked so hot as he stood there eyeing me. I had been dreaming of this day for so long, the day when I would be able to relax in his arms and tell him without shame or fear of rejection jest how much I loved him. The problem was I had never thought i would come. Now that it was here I wanted my alone time with him. I wanted the time all imprints wanted; a time I had joking started calling rabbit season, I guess Paul's dirty mind had rubbed off on me over the years.

"Okay not anything baby girl, I will never do anything to risk your honor and if we ever get to that step it will be your choice, and there will not be any annoying pack brothers standing in the bush's watching" Paul growled lowly as he looking back at the woods.

"The whole packs watching us right?" I asked mortified

He nodded crossing his arms across his chest. Damn he was sexy when he was annoyed; it was probably a good thing the pack was watching at that moment. Hell who was I kidding all I wanted to do was jump his bones, just cause the pack was watching might not mean anything to me if my hansom look kept giving me the look of pure sex and sin.

"You all might as well come out since not one of you knows the meaning for the word privacy." Paul growled as he pulled me tighter to his chest.

I watched as every single pack member stepped out of the tree tine including my father.

"Andrea Atheena Uley, I don't want to hear you talking about sex every again, you're not allowed to lose your virginity till you 35." He tried to sound stern, but no matter what he said he couldn't keep the smile off his face.

That made me happy, he may be grumpy about me being with Paul, but I knew deep down inside he was happy for me.

Paul's POV

Sam wanted me to wait till my mate was 35 to mate her; yeah right my wolf couldn't do it. It had been hard enough waiting the last year as is, If Dre needed to me to wait a few years I could more than likely live with that, if not then I sure hope someone does not put on my tombstone death by blue balls.

I glared at Sam as he stepped back, my wolf knew when my mate was close and for now that was enough to keep him in check. He sure as hell knew when his mate was in heat, I tried my best to stay away from her those days. My pack brothers loved to watch me struggle as my foxy little mate would through herself down in my lap and wrap her arms around my neck. Drea admitted to me being her best friend, that thought had helped my wolf for a while knowing how much we meant to our mate. But now I closer to my mate, she knew now she was my imprint, the woman I would always protect and love. I glared at the pack as they stepped closer to my imprint, did not care if one of the pack was her father; I wanted no man near my mate till I mated her. Even then I might not let them too close.

I felt Drea pull away from me gently. "Paul what's the matter?"

"I'm sorry Dre; let's go for a walk I need to get you away from the others."

I looked at my mate as she watched me with worried eyes.

"Nothing's wrong baby girl, let's go down to the beach, I know a spot where we can stay dry.

I looked back at my brothers as Sam growled.

"Do you really think it's wise to take her down there with there's a leech's on the loose. She's the only baby I have Paul. I'll be damned if I let you put her in danger."

My wolf didn't like the way Sam was talking to us. This was our mate; we would die before any damn leech's got to her.

"She's the only imprint I have Sam, nothing will harm her, I'll make sure she's safe no leech will ever touch her."

"I know Paul, please just keep her safe." I narrowed my eyes at Sam again. I closed my eyes as I fought back my wolf whom would have us attack Sam. I kept trying to remember that he was thinking of his pups safely and not trying to make me sound like a newly phased pup.

I wiped the frown from my face as my imprints eyes lit up. "I'll be fine daddy, come on Paul let's go for our walk before the rain picks up again." saved by the imprint.

"Yeah Paul you better go, do what your mate says like a good little imprint." Jared laughed at me. He ducked almost in time my hand collided with the side of his head with a satisfying smack.

The pack began to disappear into the trees again, Sam being the last to leave, Can't say I blame him.

Drea and I hurried down the beach as the rain picked up. The waves from the pacific rolling strong ten foot wave crashed onto the shore. I Pulled Drea close to me as the waves crashed at our feet.

"Come on babe, I bet I found a place you have never been to on this beach."

"That's not possible Paul I have lived in La Push my entire life."

I grabbed my imprints hand holding it close to my chest. The sight of her following me down the beach the wind blowing her beautiful blond hair around was enough to make me lose my mind. She was a goddess, my goddess at that.

"Fine, if I bring you some place new you have to kiss me, deal"

"Fine, I'll kiss you, I'm sure it will be such a chore to kiss the man I have been crushing on my entire life."

"Wow Dre, when you say it like that you really make me feel like I am robbing the cradle.'

"Sorry, please don't feel like that. The spirits chose us to be together for a reason. I am so thankful for that, I love you Paul."

"I love you too baby girl, I love you with all my heart. If I could have any wish in the entire world it would be to spend my life with you. To marry you, to watch your stomach grown with the life our love created. If I could have all those things I would die a happy man."

"As long as you promise me that your death will be many, many years down the road and of natural causes, I couldn't bear to lose you Paul. When that leech attacked us earlier and snapped your arm, it just brought it in it into prospective for me how easy it would be to lose you."

I stopped then looking back towards my imprint. The tears in her eyes hurt my heart. Even though a part of me was happy that the tears were for me, it made my heart swell to know she cared enough about me to not want to see me hurt. I Pulled Drea back into my arms and crashing my lips into hers.

"I'll do my best to never leave you Drea, but I will promise that as long as I draw breath in my body I will protect you and love you."

I closed my eyes as Drea laid her head on my chest. I would never be able to go back to being friends with her she was mine, my mate I would die to protect her.