Bella's POV

I had just finished putting all of the food away when Charlie came home. "Hi dad!" I said cheerfully. He looked at me, shocked, but quickly smiled back.

"Hey Bells. How was your day?" I sighed, my thoughts drifting to Paul. Why? I had only met the guy briefly, why would I not get him out of my head? And why did I feel no more pain over Edward? I only felt anger and distaste for him. No more love and longing.

"My day was good. I saw Jake today and met some of his friends." He nodded and mumbled something about a game. I grinned as I turned on the radio, something I have not done in a long time, and started making chicken and rice for Charlie and I.

I was humming along to the radio when Charlie came back in. He looked at me truly shocked. To be honest I was too. I had avoided music since Edward left and I was shocked that I was here, in my kitchen, humming. I grinned at Charlie and kissed his cheek as I passed him on the way to the table.

As we ate I saw Charlie through happy glances towards me. I grinned to myself, my thoughts again drifting to Paul. When we finished dinner Charlie helped me clear the table. We went into our usual routine of me washing and Charlie drying.

When we were done I went upstairs for a shower. The hot water felt amazing running over my tense muscles and the scent of my strawberry shampoo soothed me. I sighed as I felt the water start to run cold. I turned off the tap and quickly towel dried myself and threw on my sweats and a tank top. It was Saturday today so I figured I might as well get my homework done.

After forty-five minutes of homework I decided to go to bed. I sighed, knowing what hellish dreams were awaiting me. I crawled into bed and tried to keep my head clear.

Of course there was no such luck. The nightmares came as usual. They were awful. I saw glimpses of the life I could have had, I saw Edward stalking me with blood red eyes, I saw things that made no sense at all. Some of it made no sense, but I was still awoken as usual to Charlie comforting me.

"Shhh. Baby it's okay. I'm here." Charlie said as he rocked me, gently stroking my hair. I continued to cry into his shirt . After a few minutes I calmed down.

"I'm tired daddy; I'm going to try to get some sleep." He stood up and kissed my forehead before walking out of my room, gently closing the door. It still amazed me how Charlie and I balanced each other out so well. He kept me sane through all of the bull shit that comes along with heartbreak. I rolled over and sighed, Paul popped into my mind and I smiled slightly. I fell into an easy sleep with dreams about Jake, Emily, my mom and Phil and Paul as well as lots of other people. Even Lauren made an appearance in my totally random dream.

Paul's POV

After I showered I went to bed. Patrolling and shit made me tired. After I had gotten on my queen size bed I just laid on my back, smiling up at the ceiling. Bella. Bella, Bella, Bella. That's all I had going through my head. From the way her hair shone in the lighting, to the way her eyes captivated my attention, holding so much passion, to the way she walked, her hips swaying ever so slightly making me want to grab her and pull her to me. I fell asleep with a smile and a mind full of Bella.

I don't know how long I was asleep for, but I woke with a bad feeling. It felt like my chest was on fire, and I wanted to scream. I knew what this feeling was. I had felt it through Sam's memories. This is the feeling of your imprint being in pain. Fuck! What had happened to her? I hopped out of bed and ran out the house, quickly taking off my shorts and phasing.

I ran to Bella house and stood in her front yard under what I knew to be her window through Jacob's thoughts. I heard her screaming as Charlie got out of bed and ran to her room.

"Shhh. Baby it's okay. I'm here." I heard the bed creak as Charlie sat down. Bella's screaming stopped but she continued to cry.

After Bella had calmed down enough to say that she was tired I heard Charlie get up and walk back to his room. Bella remained quiet and soon her breath evened out.

I stayed under her window all night, catching some sleep, but when the sun started to peak I knew I had to leave. It would freak someone out to see a huge ass wolf in someone's front yard. I huffed and trotted into the forest to run home.

I knew Bella was coming to La Push today to hang out with Emily and Kim, all the imprints together. Sam was also in his wolf form and chuckled at the thought.

"When Bella finds out what do you think the three of them will do to the three of us?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" I was confused.

"Well Em and Kim make me and Jared do all sorts of shit just by using those damn puppy eyes. We had to clear out Kim's attic! I mean really we are the protectors of the tribe and we get stuck doing housework!" He ranted and I chuckled.

"I don't think Bella would make me do that shit." I said smugly. Sam chuckled.

"I'll get Em to mention it to her, see how you like it."

"Whatever man. Hey I'm going home to get some sleep, I was outside Bella's window all night, apparently she has nightmares. They hurt like a mother fucker."

"I know man. When the imprints are in pain it will always feel like that." I shuddered. "But I feel so bad for her. I mean she got her heart broken by a fucking leech that had no regards what so ever about her feelings and the people she considered family just abandoned her. I can't even imagine what she is going through."

I knew the images Sam had of finding Bella after Fuckward left had cut him deeply. The entire pack for that matter. Everyone knew how badly Bella had been hurt.

"Well I'll see you at your house later." I said before I phased to get some sleep.