A.N. I know, I know I haven't updated in a while. Sorry about that, I've just been concentrated on my other stories but im back. Yay!
When in wolf form, the brackets are their subconscious thoughts.
Steph growled loudly as she opened her bedroom window; the wolf at the tree line tried to hide.
"GO AWAY PAUL!" She groaned as she slammed it loudly like a child having a tantrum. Paul barked mockingly and planted himself in her back garden; his tail wagging. Steph groaned in annoyance and flopped on her bed face down.
Since the bonfire two weeks ago, Sam had made sure that one of the pack was with her at all times when she left the house and due to a recent development also known as Jared imprinting on Kim, it was usually Paul that would baby sit her .She didn't mind him though, in fact she like him a lot.
Not to mention that Steph with bored; since she wasn't allowed to go to school until she phased, just in case she put the other students in danger or exposed the secret and they took her mother away.
Ok, maybe it was an exaggeration but Jamal thought it was best for her to stay out of Steph's way just in case so she was at a friend's house for the next month. Plus her dad was working during the day. So basically spent most of her days in her god forsaken bedroom; alone or out an about with Paul; she preferred the latter.
Life would actually be fun if it wasn't for the changes in her body were pushing her into abrupt mood swings like some kind of extreme PMS. She was always hot now, too hot and her limbs were always aching which was due to her sudden physical metamorphosis.
She was taller, now at around five foot ten which was something that she had to get used to; the ground seemed so much further away though. She'd also gained some much needed lean muscle on her arms and legs as well as her stomach changing it from just flat to toned. Plus surprisingly, her hair was longer; she didn't know how hip length hair was supposed to help her slay vampires and take orders.
Speaking of orders, the elders had concluded hat her weird 'attack' at the bonfire was due to the fact that she hadn't phased yet, apparently you're not supposed to order unphased wolves around.
Steph snatched her keys from the bedside table and made her way outside; there was no way she could stay caged for long.
As soon as she took a step onto the porch, Paul emerged from the woods as he pulled up his cut-offs with a smug smile.
"Not trying to leave without me were you?" Paul gloated as he tried to hold her hand; she pulled it away in mock disgust and rolled her eyes; he was always making passes at her. It didn't bother her much though because she knew he was joking. At least, she thought he was.
"Where are we going anyway?" He asked as they walked through the street; passer bys stared at them as usual. That didn't bother her much either, she was proud to be pack… but the sneers and whispers did. It had gotten worse since Jared had done her pack tattoo last week; now people's eyes were like glued to her right shoulder.
"Here and then im going to the beach." She told him as they strolled into the convenience store. Paul chuckled then threw an arm over her shoulder and hugged her to his side; he had really gotten to know her over the last two weeks.
"You mean, we're going to the beach." He corrected her as they perused the isles.
Steph ended up picking up a pack of gum and the latest issue of Cosmo magazine which she gave to Paul to occupy his restless hands.
They walked around for a little while more before going to the check-out to pay.
"Paul, you have to actually give the magazine to the guy. That's generally how you pay for things." Steph told the older boy who was squinting incredulously at a page which he was holding sideways.
"Hey, did you know they have position of the week in here? Chick magazines are awesome." He told her as he took a closer look; there was all sorts of sexual stuff in there.
"Yes, I know now give it here so I can pay for it." Steph said as she snatched it from his grasp and handed it to the cashier who was staring oh so ungracefully down the front of her tank top.
"Hey! Eyes up!" He said in a voice that Steph had never heard before; it was kinda hot. Paul's lip curled upward, emitting a threatening snarl; he wasn't going to let any human guys try and jump her unsuspecting bones.
The cashier looked like he was about to die of freight as he stared at Paul's face; he quickly shook his head and went back to scanning the items while Steph blushed furiously and leaned into Paul.
"Thanks." She muttered, not loud enough for any humans to hear; he nodded curtly.
Steph brought out her cash and paid, pushing Paul out of the store before dying of embarrassment.
…..
Paul lay on his stomach on the sand and kicked his legs as he read more of Cosmo while Steph just sat and let the wind blow through her long hair. The beach at La Push was alluring and her new body temperature meant that the chilling winds didn't pillage the beauty.
"Do you miss it Paul? You know, being human?" She asked him as she looked out into the horizon; he closed the magazine and looked up at her.
"Not really." He answered honestly; she furrowed her eye brows.
"But what about the privacy? That's gotta be ruff right?" She asked him; he looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Well yeah but we're brothers so it doesn't bother anyone. It doesn't even matter if you know how to block em'" Steph's eyes widened; this was perfect. If she could find out how to stop them from knowing her secrets, life would be so much easier.
"Well how do you do it?" She asked as she turned her body towards him; Paul sat up too.
"I dunno, it's not that hard. You just kind of create a box and put our secrets inside then just lock it and throw it away. That's what I do anyway." He told her as he shrugged his shoulders; she smiled brightly.
"That's actually really smart Paul."
"Hey! Don't sound so damn surprised." She laughed nervously; Steph was surprised. This was when she realised that she had overlooked the dept of anyone who wasn't a main character.
"So when are you gonna phase?" He asked her, her brows furrowed at his question; she couldn't choose when she phased, could she?
"What do you mean? I can't just 'phase'. I gotta get angry first, right?" She asked him
"Yeah, so what are you waiting for?" She thought about it; could it be that easy?
"I guess I didn't know it was that easy. Why didn't anyone tell me this before?" She asked with a smile as she stood up; Paul scrambled to his feet with her.
"I wanna do it… now." She said excitedly; for some reason she thought she had to wait for something. Paul stalked towards her and hugged her from behind; her breathing hitched in her throat.
"It's a little soon for me, we haven't even had our first date." He chuckled darkly; she pulled away even though she really didn't want to.
"That was so cheesy." They laughed as they made their way from the beach into the woods near her house.
"Paul, are you sure we should do this?" She asked; she was getting nervous now for some reason.
"Yeah, why not? Are you scared?" He mocked; one of her eye brows lifted.
"No, I just think maybe we should call Sam." She concluded.
"Relax Meyer, Sam's around town chasing Baby Black to see if he'll phase." He told her; she nodded knowingly.
"So what do I do?" Without a word, Paul stood up and pushed her roughly to the floor; breathe hitched in her throat. Light shakes took over her body.
"Get up!" He screamed; she flinched a little but did as he said only to be pushed down again, only this time a bit harder; she stood up again. Ok, this was seriously getting old.
"Paul, can we do this a different wa…" Before she could finish her sentence, she was on the ground again; the anger shot through her like a jolt of electricity and a drowned scream left her throat as she exploded out of her skin and landed on four legs.
Cool, she thought as she tried to walk around; her paws were chocolate brown and huge! Steph turned around and groaned while shaking her head, trying to expel the image of what she had seen from her head. It was just her luck to turn around just when Paul began to remove his cut-offs, not pretty.
Steph laughed as she started running around, chasing Paul. She laughed internally which expelled itself as a bark while Paul jumped on her and began to lick her face; she tasted like grapes.
Gross Paul! – Steph.
She tried to get away, only to be stopped by his paw on her tail; she turned back to see a wolfy grin. His tongue flopped out of his mouth as he panted. She nipped softly at his ankle and he let her go immediately.
Bet you can't catch me! - Steph thought as she began to run; she ran as fast as she could away from him.
You'll never get away- Paul
Steph looked behind her to find nothing. Huh?
She stopped and began to turn in circles; he was really gone. She listened for some kind of indication as to where he was… nothing.
Where the hell are you Paul? – Steph. She heard a snap behind her and turned to see Paul about to pounce; trying to catch her off guard. She gasped and turned on her heel towards the house; just when she reached the end of the tree line Paul pounced on her again
Stop doing that- Steph grunted as she tried to flip off her back.
You're just angry coz I caught you…. By the way, nice ass- Paul
Steph's mind was assaulted with images of the back of her as a wolf as she ran away from him; she blushed furiously.
Yours is better- Steph. She laughed as she showed him the naked images of his butt. Paul lifted his head in pride.
Oh I know- Paul. They laughed together.
Ok, so how do I change back? - Steph.
Just think of something happy or calming or whatever- Paul.
He trotted into her house and into her bedroom where he picked up a tee shirt with his teeth; he brought it back out to her and placed it in front of her.
Thank-you – Steph.
She took the tee and trotted behind a large tree where she easily phased back and dressed. It wasn't big enough so she had to hold it down over her body so she walked back into the house and changed into another set of shorts and a tank top.
By the time she got downstairs, Paul was on her couch with the TV already on; when he turned to see her his eyes widened. She was looking even hotter than usual.
"Why are you staring at me?" Steph asked as she went to the kitchen, she was really hungry.
"You look hot." Paul said like it was nothing; he removed himself from the sofa and started to search through the kitchen with her.
Steph smiled to herself but didn't reply; Paul pulled out a giant bag of chips, some cookies, a container filled with twelve chicken legs and a whole chocolate cake and threw it all onto the couch.
"Are you sure we got enough food?" Steph asked as they walked to the couch together.
"Oh, I don't think it's enough but it'll manage." He said as he stuffed a handful of chips into his mouth; Steph laughed at his goofiness and took a small bite out of a chicken leg. When her mouth realised how good it was, she began to eat just like Paul… it was like she couldn't help herself.
….
Steph shifted in her space; her head in Paul's lap and her legs curled up on the couch as they watched 'Fast and Furious 5'; she wondered how he got the DVD, it only just came out in the theatres. She breathed in Paul's scent and smiled wryly, he smelled like wildflowers and musk; so manly.
She yawned as Paul gave her long hair a soft stroke… and another one.
"What are you doing?" She asked without turning around; he didn't strike her as the 'sensitive' type.
"It's so long…" He trailed off; she could feel him picking up the ends of her hair and dropping them as if he expected them to move.
"That's what she said." Stephanie giggled and turned over so she could see him; he didn't smile, instead he just stared down intently. His face lowered and he placed a soft, lingering kiss on her forehead; she smiled to him but turned back around anyway, looking back at the television.
She let one stray tear escape her eye; she so desperately wanted to turn around and press her lips to his… but she couldn't, wouldn't. After all, he wasn't hers to kiss, he was Rachel's. Not yet but he would be. Steph wondered if it was true, what she had written about. Would they really be with that person if they hadn't imprinted on them?
"Paul?" She called.
"Yeah Steph?"
"What do you think of Rachel Black?" She spat the name like it was a puce curse.
Paul's eye brows furrowed as he thought about it. It was a weird question,
"I dunno, she's alright I guess. Why?" Steph exhaled; 'alright' huh? That proved it, Paul didn't think she was anything special yet in a few months time he'd be madly in love.
"No reason." She replied. Suddenly the front door opened, none of them bothered to move, she assumed it was one of the pack. When the person didn't make themselves known, Steph put her head up to see her dad.
"Oh hey dad." She yawned; she stood up and moved towards him.
"Hey Jamal." Paul waved from the couch.
"Im here now, you can go home Paul." He replied through gritted teeth; Paul looked scared for a minute before muttering a low 'bye Steph' and leaving. Jamal turned to his daughter.
"Why was your head in his lap Stephanie?" His voice was low and threatening; Steph began to shake slightly.
"I don't know, we were watching TV." She replied, trying to keep down the anger that was slowly rising.
"And that's why your head was in his lap?" he retorted as he put down his brief case.
"I was tired! I phased today." She said like it was obvious; Jamal's eyes widened and he engulfed her in a bear hug, squeezing the life out of her, her anger faded.
"You phased? That's great honey. I knew there was something different about your scent." He gushed as he messed up her hair; Steph growled and desperately tried to put it back into place. He smiled at her with pure admiration.
After sitting through half an hour of listening to her father recite all of the rules that come with being a werewolf, she couldn't take it anymore.
"Yes! Yes, I know. I've heard it all before." She said, trying to make him stop; Jamal chuckled.
"I know you have, but I have to tell you again." He laughed; she groaned again.
"May I please go to bed? I wanna go to bed early, Paul promised he'd train me a little tomorrow." She said; her dad cleared his throat.
"Actually Steph, you're training with the whole pack tomorrow." He told her; her face paled, that meant that her dad would be there.
"But you're not training too right?" She asked him, hoping he'd say no.
"No…." She exhaled loudly.
"Actually Steph, I wanted to talk to you about that, I'm not phasing anymore." He told her straight; she nodded her head slowly.
"That's it? A nod?" She nodded again.
"Oh, well that was easier than I thought." She nodded as she got up again to leave; her eye lids were becoming heavy.
"Steph?" She turned to him and yawned suggestively. Could she not just go to bed?
"You and Paul, you seem pretty close…" Jamal trailed off, not really knowing what to say. He had never had to speak to Steph about boys before, as far as he knew, she had never had a boyfriend.
"Yeah?" Steph bated him; she wanted the laugh at the haunted expression on his face.
"Are you two like…." He asked, his inner seventeen year old coming through.
"No dad, we aren't together; Paul and I are just friends."
"The way you two act… it isn't just friendly Steph." Her dad said as he ran a hand down his face; he wasn't good at this type of thing.
"Dad, relax okay. Like I said before, we're just friends." Steph bounded up the stairs to her bedroom without giving her father a chance to reply; she knew he was right. The way they acted was something more than friendship and she liked it.
Steph reached over from her bed and grabbed New Moon; she wanted to be ahead of things.
She moved the pages forward until she was at the current position. Tomorrow was the day that Embry was phasing 'unexpectedly', Steph groaned. Should she tell somebody about all this?
If so, who would she tell? Steph got into bed, throwing the duvet off it and tried to get to sleep. She decided that she would tell someone tomorrow. Anyone.
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