A.N. Hey guys, did you not like the last chapter? I only got two reviews so I wandered if it was bad. Sorry if it was. XD

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Steph woke up in her room and looked around; how did she get here? Her mind was cast back to the night before; right, she was at Sam's when she fell asleep. Paul must have brought her back; she smiled at the thought and then frowned.

She had remembered that she shouldn't be smiling; he wasn't hers and she had to remember that. But it seemed like when he was around, she just couldn't help herself. He was addictive to her….. Could it be that she was falling in love, already?

She got out of bed and walked to the bathroom where she had a shower and got dressed, this time in a small red sundress. It was one of the only pieces of clothing she had left that actually still fit. She didn't bother with shoes at the moment.

Steph went downstairs to find the house empty, her dad had left already so she made herself some breakfast and settled on the coach, that's when she started to think about Paul; what was he doing right now? Probably the same thing as her, alone and eating; after all, he didn't live with his parents.

His mother died long ago when Paul was only four from an intense beating delivered by his dad who was also deceased due to his excessive drinking. So he was alone. Although, she knew better than to pity him; he didn't need it, nor did he want it. He was a proud guy who probably enjoyed living alone for some odd reason.

Steph sat up in her seat and smiled; maybe she could go and see him before he had a chance to come here.

She grabbed her keys and left the house; her smile dropped when she realised that she had no idea where she was going. She lifted her nose to the sky; unfortunately his scent from last night had faded with the wind. Great.

Steph groaned and walked back into her house, something caught her eye on the table next to the door; a note with cash. Steph smiled as she licked her finger briefly and counted it; one hundred and fifty dollars. She read the note;

Hey Steph,

Gone to work. Use money for new clothes

Dad x

She smiled again and ran upstairs to get her red converse then stuffed the money into her sock. A loud knock made her jump. She opened the door to find Paul standing there with a shit eating grin.

"What are you so happy about?" He looked her up and down and absent mindedly licked his lips.

"Im always happy when I get to see you." He shrugged as he sauntered in and pulled her into a hug, burying his nose into the crook in his neck.

"Whatever." She said as she pulled away; he laughed at her.

"What are we doing today?" He asked her as he does everyday; Steph smiled brightly.

"We're going shopping, im running out of clothes." She told him as she looked him up and down.

"What?" He asked as they left the house.

"We have to go back to your house first. So which way?" She said as she looked around; his brows furrowed.

"Why do we need to go to mine?"

"Because we're shopping in Forks, I don't think they'd appreciate it if you walked around exposing the goods." She laughed as she gestured to his bare torso.

"Oh, right…. Wait, the goods?" He questioned as he flexed his muscles; she just about died.

"Yeah, the goods." She laughed again; he grabbed her arm and pulled her closer so that they were chest to chest.

"You think im sexy don't you Steph?" His voice was low; her breath hitched in her throat as she tried to pull away. He kept her where she was…. Although she could have pulled away, she just didn't want to.

"No."

"Liar." He breathed into her ear; a rush of heat flooded to her core.

"Shut up." She said as she slapped his chest; he was about to reply when a howl ripped through the air.

"Do we ever get a day off?" Steph groaned as she began to remove her clothes, tied them on her ankle and phased. She quickly threw her shoes down near a tree and took off into the forest with Paul.

What? – Steph.

Her mind was assaulted with images of Sam chasing a leech, a red headed leech. Shit, it was Victoria. Steph and Paul began to charge towards the scene; she ran faster than she had ever run before until they joined up with the rest of the pack.

Do whatever you have to do, just make sure she doesn't get to the cliffs- Sam.

They ran harder and faster; Steph caught sight of Victoria and charged ahead, she was sprinting at such blinding speed yet Steph's eyes could pick up every movement. Paul snapped at the leech's shoes, successfully catching her foot and swinging her into the air. The rest of the pack closed in on her, unfortunately, Victoria was fast so she turned to in the air and landed on a tree before hissing at them.

She jumped from tree to tree as the chase commenced again; the pack ran together and was finally closing down on her; it seemed like they'd actually catch her this time….. That was of course until Victoria turned and threw her arm out, throwing Steph into a nearby tree; she felt her arm crack as she landed on the cold forest floor with a thud.

That bitch! – Steph screamed as she phased out involuntarily; she was sure that Victoria had dislocated her shoulder. Paul stopped running all of a sudden and turned around to find her.

Paul, what are you doing? – Sam. He couldn't believe what was happening, Paul was their best fighter and he was flaking out.

Steph tried to move but her left arm was killing her; she wanted to finish Victoria for this.

"Are you okay babe?" Paul asked frantically as he ran to her and tried to pull his shorts up; he pulled her sundress from her ankle and helped her get it on without looking. He respected her too much to take a peek at a time like this.

"Thanks." She mumbled as he picked her up without another word; his jaw clenched. He was gonna kill that leech for hurting his Steph…. But when exactly did she become his Steph?

"Steph, are you okay?" He asked again; his eyes were hard yet caring.

"Im fine Paul, I think she dislocated my shoulder though." Her words were followed by his low growl. Definitely gonna kill the leech.

An angry Sam emerged from the woods with Jared and Embry flanking him on either side.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" He roared; Steph flinched at the tone. Sam began to tremble violently.

"She was hurt!" Paul screamed back; Steph jumped down from his arms, wincing from the pain in her left one.

"AND? YOU LET THE LEECH GET AWAY!" Sam trembled more.

"What was I supposed to do? Leave her alone? Her fucking arm's broken Sam! Im not the only one in this pack." Paul retorted as he got into Sam's face; Steph gasped, he was treading on foreign ground, Sam was alpha.

She stepped forward, only to be pulled back by Jared who just shook his head in her direction; it was better if she stayed out of it. She moved and settled between him and Embry.

"Embry, Jared, Stephanie. Go back to Emily's." Sam told them; the boys nodded and pulled a lightly shaking Steph away.

"Paul, stand down." Sam threatened; Paul didn't move.

"I said, stand down." The alpha order ran through his body and he stepped back involuntarily.

"Whatever goes on with you and Stephanie in your own time is your problem. But when it affects the pack, ive gotta step in." He took a deep breath before continuing.

"One more slip up Paul, just one more and im ordering you to stay away from her." Paul turned towards the alpha in disbelief; surely an order was just a bit over the top.

"You can't do that!" He replied as he punched a tree; Sam exhaled loudly.

"I can Paul, and I will." Paul sucked in a breath through his nose.

"Im sorry Paul, I really am." Sam told him before phasing and leaving him alone with his thoughts.

….meanwhile

Steph sat at Emily's, sandwiched between Jared and Embry on the couch; she couldn't believe how angry Sam was, and it was all because of her. After a while, she got up and went outside to sit on the porch in a feeble attempt to rid herself of the guilt, it didn't work; her arm was healing fast so at least that was one less thing to bother her.

She heard someone walking through the trees and stood up, much to her disappointment, it was just Sam.

"Where's Paul?" She asked him; trying to look behind his large body. Sam ran a hard over his face tiredly.

"I don't know Steph. Just give him some time to work his head out." Steph frowned; what did that even mean?

"Sam, about the hunt with Victoria, im sorry th…" Steph trailed off, her heart rate increased. Why oh why did she say Victoria? Sam's eyes flew to hers.

"What did you just call the leech?" Steph stepped back as she thought of something to say.

"Victoria." She shrugged, trying to act nonchalant.

"And why did you call it Victoria?" Steph crossed her arms over her chest.

"I dunno, I was tired of calling her a leech so I gave her a name." Sam nodded suspiciously and went inside; Steph let out a breath. That was too close. She sat back down on the porch and waited for Paul. Why would he need to sort out his head?

After a while she could hear Embry coming out to join her.
"Hey." He said as he sat down.

"Hey." She answered.

"So, how's your arm?" He asked her quietly.

"It's okay, thanks for asking." He cleared his throat before continuing.

"Look Steph, about what you saw…" Steph cut him off.

"Embry, you don't have to explain yourself; it's really not necessary." She rushed; she didn't need to hear him declare his undying love for her right now. He turned to her and looked into her eyes, searching for something; he then nodded his head and stood up. She realised that he was hurting. Steph stood and grabbed his arm before he could leave.

"No Embry, don't leave, okay?" He looked down to her and nodded slowly before sitting down with her again. After a few minutes of silence, Steph decided to break it.

"Im flattered, that you feel that way." She told him as she looked out into the forest; Embry turned to her with sad eyes.

"...And I really hope we can be friends. Really good friends." She didn't know what else to say. Embry smiled wryly.

"I'd like that Steph; I'd like it a lot." She nodded her head and leaned in the hug him; he accepted it willingly and squeezed her tightly. Her eyes widened in surprise when she felt him sniff her quietly; she pulled away straight away and raised her eyes brows at him. He smiled sheepishly at her.

"Sorry… couldn't help myself." Steph laughed and shook her head at him.

Thoughts?

So Paul and Steph are getting weirder.

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Thoughts?

So Paul and Steph are getting weirder.


You know what to do,

But if you don't it's… REVIEW!