Chapter 6
AN: We have been over this – I don't own Twilight, but I do own the rest of the characters that are not from the books
I know this took forever and I am so sorry, but it's written know.
Oh, God! Does this guy ever stop talking?
I sat in the back of the overcrowded class and lay my head on my arms, trying to drown out Mr Boredman – Baldman – Baldwin – whatever.
The first few weeks flew by in a blur, a steady stream of girls in and out of my room so fast you would think that it has a revolving door. Amongst the one night stands there were a few repeats from girls who wanted someone steady to scratch their itches, someone who knows what he's doing. Me.
Yeah, I'm awesome like that.
My mind wandered to the previous night's encounter with Josie, one of the aforementioned girls. She is by far my favourite, giving just as good as she got instead of just lying there, grunting and moaning.
Lost in thought, my eyes roamed over the class, landing on a pretty redhead in the second row, sitting next to a bouncy blonde that reminded me of Alice. I hate to admit it, but I kind of missed that hyperactive, bloodsucking, little pixie.
"Alright, class dismissed." Baldie's booming voice broke me out of my daydream.
I chucked my stuff into my bag and pushed myself up while stealing glances at the two girls walking my way. My sensitive ears picked up the part of their conversation before a slight bump captured my attention.
As I looked down to see what caused it I came face to face with the most beautiful grey-green eyes I had ever seen.
"Sorry," she whispered as her face turned a delicious shade of scarlet.
Her friend gave me a strange look before dragging my girl away and resuming their conversation.
No, no, no, no! This is not good! I growled as my world was dragged away from me.
Just as I was about to take off after her my phone rang.
Without looking I pressed the green button.
"Hello," I growled into the speaker as I tried to get my shaking under control.
"Hey, baby," a very feminine voice breathed, probably trying to sound seductive.
I shook my head at how ridiculous it really sounded. I couldn't, for the life of me figure out why I found that so attractive in the first place.
"Paul?"
Hearing my name brought me back to the present. I rolled my eyes at the things she was suggesting, trying not to notice the ache in my chest.
"Paul, you're not listening to me," she moaned.
I grunted in reply as she continued talking.
"Oh my God! You met someone, didn't you?" she practically screamed into my ear.
"Yeah, kind of," I said with a disheartened sigh.
"So," she said expectantly. "What's her name? What's she like? How does she look?"
"Don't know and she's absolutely the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my entire life."
"Whoa, dude, you've got it bad," she said. "Well, good luck with that."
I ended the call without waiting for her to say goodbye. I headed back to my room, my thoughts filled with my mystery girl.
And for the first time there wasn't a line of girls outside of my door.
-o0o-
The first thing I did when I got back to my dorm room was call Chase.
Weird, I know, but I had to talk to someone.
"Hey, bud," Chase said, answering his phone in record time. "How's college life treating you?"
"Good, good," I told.
"Awesome, so to what do I owe the honour of getting a phone call from my bro?" he asked with a playful tone.
"Oh, nothing…"
"Bro, you okay? You sound a little off." Chase said sounding a bit concerned.
I gave a disgruntled sigh.
"I'm fine," I reassured him. "I kinda met this girl and-"
"You didn't!" his shocked voice vibrated in my ears.
"I think I did."
My response was quiet, unsure of how the news would be received.
"Wow, dude, I'm speechless," he said after an eternity of silence.
"Yeah, me too."
"Well, congrats bro, I hope things work out for you," he told me sincerely.
"Thanks, kid. So how's life been in La Push without me?"
"Pretty dull, man, pretty dull," Chase chuckled. "My lady's been keeping me busy though."
Lady?
"Lady? When did you get a girlfriend?" I asked, stunned.
Chase snorted. "Long story, dude. But I gotta go."
"Alright, buddy, have fun with the missus."
I chuckled as he grumbled something before hanging up.
Well, that went better than expected.
-o0o-
I wandered around aimlessly on Saturday, hoping I would catch sight of her again. As luck would have it, I walked by a quaint little coffee shop when her scent hit me like a ton of bricks.
I stopped in my tracks and turned towards her smile. My face broke into a huge grin when I spotted my red headed beauty sipping on a cup of coffee with her hyper little friend.
My heartbeat sped up as I approached their table, catching the end of their hushed conversation.
"Hi, I'm Paul," I introduced myself, holding out my hand for her to take.
"Ve-ve-veronica," she stuttered as my large hand engulfed her tiny one.
"It's nice to meet you, Ve-ve-veronica," I chuckled as I gave my hand a gentle squeeze before reluctantly letting it go.
As our contact broke I heard her heart stutter, causing a smile to creep onto my face.
"Very nice," I whispered as I stared into her captivating green eyes.
An annoying noise, that sounded a lot like Jake, broke me out of my trance and I turned my attention to the source of the distraction. Behind me I could see Jacob, Emma, Embry and Addie walking our way. I gave a low growl as warning before turning to give my Veronica an apologetic smile.
I said goodbye to her and her friend and went to join my so-called friends, who were really out to get me.
"Who's your friend?" Jacob asked as I joined them. "Another one of your bed mates?"
"No!" I growled and slammed into him.
Immediately Embry's arms went around me and held me back.
"Hey, man, calm down," he said, slowly lowering his arms.
As soon as his arms were loose enough I yanked free and storm off, the guys following hot on my heels.
"Paul!" Jake yelled. "Wait up."
"What?" I turned with a ferocious growl, ready to sink my teeth into my friend for thinking such horrible things about my imp…uh…girl.
"You imprinted, didn't you?" Emma stared at me accusingly she finally caught up with us.
The guys looked dumbstruck, trying to figure out if she was joking. She wasn't.
"I, uhm," I stammered, not really sure how to say it.
Yes!
"Oh, my God, I never thought I'd see the day that Paul imprinted," Addie said, feigning shock.
Jacob was the first of the guys to get his bearings together.
"Dude, when did this happen?"
"Yesterday…" I murmured.
"What?"
"And we only find out now?" Emma was absolutely furious.
"Well, I kind of thought that Chase would tell you…"
"What?" Emma screeched. "How could my brother know before me?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Gossip Girl," I said sarcastically. "I wasn't aware that I had to report back to you on everything that happens in my life."
"Paul," Jacob warned as he wrapped his arm protectively around Emma – silently telling me to back off.
"So, you'll never guess what we found out today," Embry chipped in, trying to defuse the situation.
I looked at him questioningly, thankful for his intervention. I was definitely not in the mood for a fight with my friend.
"The Doc hooked us up with an apartment!" he said excitedly.
"Is it any good?"
Like I even have to ask. Knowing those vamps it was probably high end and overdone.
"It's gorgeous," Addie said practically swooning. "We just came from there and it is absolutely amazing."
"Yeah," Emma said, her previous anger forgotten. "It has three bedrooms, so there's enough room for all of us, and it's close enough to campus that we won't have to get up too early to get to class."
That's what I love about this girl – not that I'll ever tell her that – she can bounce back so quickly and go on as if nothing ever happened.
"Sound great, guys," I told them sincerely. "When do we move in?"
"We still have some stuff to sort out, so maybe next weekend," Jake said.
Awesome…
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