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Steph stifled her laughter as Paul set her down outside the Black residence. He kept her close to him, tucked under his large arm. Jacob came bounding out of the house; when he saw them his expression went from disgust when he looked at Paul, to pity when he saw Steph.

"Hey Jake." She said to him, in hope that he'd answer her; instead he just shook his head and got into the rabbit before making a hasty exit as if just looking at them was a crime and he had to make a mad dash to the nearby church in order to confess his sins. Steph exhaled sadly.

"Don't worry about him babe; he'll be one of us soon." Paul told her as he nuzzled her neck from the back.

"I know." She whispered as they knocked on Billy Black's door; the old man opened it and the couple came tumbling in; all of the elders were present of course. Billy, Old Quil, Harry Clearwater and even Sam; Steph froze when she caught eyes with another man.

"Dad? What are you doing here?" She all but screamed; Paul could feel her becoming frustrated so his grip on her body tightened.

"Im part of the council remember?" Jamal replied, eyeing up Paul's filthy hands all over his nice clean daughter; then he saw the P necklace and growled quietly.

"Easy Jamal." Billy cautioned from his chair; Paul led Stephanie over to the only unoccupied seats in the room which just happened to be right in the middle; she grimaced.

"As you all know, we are all here to discuss the bond between these young wolves." Billy Black announced; a nervous Stephanie rested her head on Paul's shoulder who in turn kissed her forehead tenderly. Most of the elders were surprised; they were not used to seeing Paul Meraz making such loving gestures. Usually, most of the things he said or did were terribly crude or vulgar.

"Paul, are you sure that she isn't your imprint?" Harry asked as he leaned forward in his chair; Paul looked down at Steph apologetically, she assured him with a nod.

"Yeah, im sure." Most of them nodded their heads.

"How do you know?" Old Quil asked as if Paul was an idiot; Steph shut her eyes and exhaled briefly in frustration.

"Because it didn't really start the first time I met her; plus it's nothing like how Sam's imprinting on Emily feels." Steph breathed in through her nose and out through her mouth.

"And how exactly does it feel?" Billy asked; Paul looked over at Jamal before starting, he didn't know if Steph's dad really wanted to hear it.

"Im skipping this part." Jamal said as he stood up and left the room; Steph exhaled a breath, this meeting just became a whole lot easier. Paul slung his arm over her shoulder and pulled her closer.

"At first when I met her at the bonfire, she caught my eye and I thought she was the hottest girl I'd ever seen. Then when she phased, I started to think of her in other ways, the feeling intensified but only when I felt she was in danger or other males were touching her. Then yesterday when Call phased, it just blew up. Now I hate to be away from her, I wanna do everything I can to make her safe and happy.

Her scent drives me crazy. I just wanna grab her and claim her, mark her; make her mine. And if anyone who's a male tries to touch her now, my wolf goes insane and fucking territorial. It's like I can't see anything else but her and how she's not in my arms…. Man, I think im in love with her." Paul finished; Steph's eyes widened at the revelation. He said love…. As in love….love. She smiled and looked up at him. He leant down towards her and placed a kiss on her lips in confidence.

Sam rubbed his eyes and looked up at the couple again. Oh… maybe Paul really did say all that. The alpha had never heard him say anything so profound… ever.

"I love you too." Steph whispered back; Paul smiled proudly.

"That sounds like imprinting to me." Harry mentioned; Billy nodded his head and thought about it.

"Paul, tell me. Do you feel the need to mate or… to make children?" He asked uncomfortably, Steph's face fell temporarily. She knew that she probably wouldn't be able to have children; at least she thought so. Her monthly cycle had stopped as soon as she turned wolf.

"Just to mate." Paul said as he scratched the back of his head; he hadn't really thought about having children, but if it was a choice between them and Steph. He'd pick her every time.

"Have you mated?" Billy asked; the couple shook their heads.

"And why is that?" Billy continued; Steph blushed deep red.

"Because I wanna take it slow; but trust me when I say that it ain't easy." Paul said with a lob sided smirked; Sam almost choked on his own spit. Paul? Paul Meraz wanted to take it slow? He expected Ashton Kutcher to jump out from behind the couch and tell him that he was being 'punk'd'.

"And Stephanie. Do you think you'll be able to have children?" Billy asked; hoping she'd get what he was asking; Paul squeezed her closer for support; she shook her head, unable to form the words as she clutched at her new necklace.

"No Billy." She answered; he nodded his head apologetically and tried to keep the pity from his features; the room was quiet for a few minutes as they each tried to come up with their own theories.

"But what if he imprints?" Old Quil asked, leave it up to him to bring up the glum future; Paul resisted the need to growl.

"I won't." He snapped then tried to rein it in; Steph squeezed his hand for more support.

"How can you be sure?" Old Quil retorted; Paul ground his teeth.

"Im sure because I can feel it…. I think, no im sure she's my mate. I know it and my wolf knows it." He answered; Steph grimaced slightly at his words…..but she would forgive him for he knew not of what he said.

"What if Paul did imprint on Stephanie? After all, there has never been a female wolf before; it could just be a different variation of imprinting. Either way, they're definitely mated." Harry suggested; most of the elders nodded; even Paul seemed to relax a bit. But Steph was still apprehensive, she couldn't be his imprint; Rachel was.

She could imagine Paul's guilt ridden face now when he told her that he'd be leaving her for Rachel Black. It made her wonder if it was worth it….. Yeah, it still was. She didn't care if he'd leave her soon; she'd just enjoy the times that she had with him now. She'd enjoy being Paul's girl, wearing his necklace proudly; just loving him was okay for now. That's right she loved him... so much.

"Stephanie?" She jumped at the sound of her name.

"Huh?"

"You've been out for minutes babe, are you okay?" He asked worriedly; her eye brows furrowed, all of the elders were getting up to leave. How could she have missed it all?

"Yeah, im fine; I just really wanna get out of here." As soon as she spoke the last word; Paul had pulled her up into his arms so they were both standing.

"Where do you wanna go?" He asked as they walked out into the windy night air. She didn't even notice that Jamal was no longer there.

"I dunno, I just don't wanna go home." She told him as she clung to his body, she couldn't face her dad right now; Paul opened the truck door and she got in, exhaling loudly. She was glad to be out of there. Paul drove them to a place that she'd never seen before; it was a small secluded cottage much like Emily's – minus all the flowers.

"Where are we?" Steph asked as Paul got out of the car; she got out quickly before he could come round to let her out. He pouted playfully and she laughed at him.

"Seriously Paul, where are we?" She asked as he led her towards the house.

"We, my fair maiden are at Casa de Meraz." He told her as he unlocked his front door; Steph smiled brightly as he led her in.

His home was very bachelor esque; it was messy of course but she expected that. It also only held the bare essentials, which was of course until they reached the living room where she found a large flat screened plasma TV, DVD player, a Blu ray player, an Xbox with an Xbox kinect and a Play station 3. Not to mention two five foot DVD towers, one for his games and another for his Blu ray discs.

"Jesus Christ Paul, is there any modern entertainment system that you don't own?" She asked as she went to find him in the kitchen; he was standing in front of the fully stocked fridge, pulling random things out.

"I don't have a wii." He shrugged; Steph laughed and shook her head.

"So what do you think of it?" he asked as he moved his eyes around the room; Steph looked around thoughtfully.

"I think it needs a woman's touch." She finished; his eyes widened and a smile broke out on his face. Paul stalked towards her and stood so close that her nose was touching his wide muscled chest.

"I think so too… but not now. Your dad would kill me." He breathed; Steph nodded, he was too close, she couldn't think correctly. All she had now was Paul on the brain…..

"I love you." She blurted out before she could stop herself; his breathing stopped and she wondered what he'd do. Would he send her packing? His finger made their way under her chin and pushed her face up to his; his face was serious. She swallowed shakily.

"Stephanie Meyer, I love you too…so much." He answered; a single tear left her eye as she tiptoed and pushed her lips onto his in desperation. Paul hiked her up onto his waist; her legs wrapped around him as he carried her through the house and into his bedroom where he closed the door behind them as he laid them softly on the bed. Steph broke the kiss.

"I don't wanna take it slow." She pleaded; he smiled widely as his wolf began to take over. This was it; he was finally going to claim her. Steph could feel her own eyes darkening; her wolf was taking over too.

Paul thrust into her repeatedly and they both began to moan; he was trying to stay in control.

Paul growled as she broke the kiss to pull his shirt over his head; Steph purred at the sight of his muscled chest. He growled and just ripped her whole shirt off with one swipe then growled approvingly at what he saw.

Steph leaned up and began to unbutton his jeans knowing fully well that he went commando; he helped her out and pulled the pants all the way down to his ankles. Steph blinked twice in shock.

"Paul you're…" He cut her off with his lips on hers as he began to unbutton her pants and pulled them off in one smooth action. He stared in awe at her little pink cotton panties and smiled; she blushed and looked away. He brought her face back to his.

"You don't ever have to be embarrassed around me." He told her; she nodded as his lips were brought back to hers.

Paul began to draw a smooth line down from the middle of her breast to her stomach; Steph's legs parted instinctively and Paul moved his body in-between them; his arm reached out and he grabbed a small square foil packet from the top drawer of his bedside table.

"Are you sure about this Steph?" He asked; even though he didn't think he could stop now. Steph was about to speak when a car skidded to a stop outside the house and a pair of heavy footsteps bounded out before landing on four legs.

"Shit." Steph swore and Paul rolled off her and tried to get her some clothes. They heard a large bang as the wolf ran head first into the front door; Steph was terrified. Paul grabbed one of his tee shirts and stuffed it over her head while he tried to button up some cut-offs. She ran out of the room and into the living room where a jet back wolf stood heaving and snarling at her…...

Thoughts?
Ooo Steph's in trouble.

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