I blinked at him. Not once. Not twice, but three times. He had to be crazy, right? Delusional, insane even. Either that or this was some practical joke. I started laughing and shook my head. "I knew there was something wrong with you Sam, but I didn't think it was the fact that you were… coocoo."

Sam only glared at me before he stripped down to the nude and my eyes widened- what thehell was he doing?

"What the hell man? I don't want to see your junk!" I childishly covered my eyes.

I expected Sam to retaliate, but all I heard was a growl in return. That confused me, humans don't growl. I quickly pealed my hands away from my face and stumbled backward, nearly tripping over a loose rock before catching my balance. What stood before me looked frightening and dangerous and there was no trace of Sam, except for the discarded clothes left on the damp mucky floor. Instead, a large black wolf stood in his place and his eyes looked familiarly like Sam's.

Holly shit, the legends were true and now Sam was standing as a wolf in my back garden. How was I supposed to react? Should I freak out and run away? Pet him on the head? I was pretty sure this was a dream; it couldn't be possible for Sam to turn into a giant fur ball. I stood there for a long time, not sure what to do until the large wolf huffed and turned around, shimmering back into a very naked Sam. He quickly pulled on his trousers and and shoved his hands in his pocket.

"So the legends… they are true?" I asked hesitantly and scuffed my feet against the grass.

Sam simply nodded, smiling weakly. "Yes and you'll be one pretty soon. I would like it if you stayed away from Bella and Jacob. For now any way until you get your temper under control."

I grew angry with what he was saying; he could not possibly stop him from seeing the most important person in his life, the only person that calmed him down when he was angry with the rest of the world. "That's bullshit Sam! I need her in my life, you can't do this!"

"I can and I will." He said firmly, his arms now crossed and looking like a person of authority.

I felt my body begin to shake as I thought of never seeing Bella again. A weird, animalistic snarl ripped from my throat as I closed my eyes and when I reopened them, everything was much more vivid, I could see the little fire flies floating above the trees in the nearby forest. Everything was much louder, I could hear the sea crashing against the rocks at First Beach. I looked down and seen two massive grey paws and I let out a whimper. I was already a wolf. Oh shit.

I saw Sam quickly change into wolf form and I heard his voice in my head….weird.

We have a pack mind Paul. Look, I meant it- you can't see Bella for at least a month. It's too dangerous for her, you may lose control and hurt her. I don't want you in that position.

An image flashed in my mind of Sam and Emily arguing and all of a sudden Sam was phased and Emily had huge claw marks down her cheeks. I shivered.

Paul you need to stay away from her for now. And when you can see her again, you can't tell her any of this. Sam warned and his tone was full of authority.

I nodded my head obediently. So that's why Jared couldn't hang around with me?

Sam nodded. He wanted to, but I had to alpha order him.

Alpha order?

A command that is given by the leader of the pack that you can't refuse. He's the beta so when I am not there to order you about, he's in charge. Sam explained.

I nodded my giant wolf head and sighed. How do I phase back?

Think of human thoughts. He offered before phasing back human and pulling his shorts back on.

He quickly disappeared into his house and he came back out with a pair of shorts. "You'll need these when you phase back, we'll talk about everything you need to know in the morning- when you phase back you can come in and sleep on the couch."

I simply lay there and looked at him as he lay the shorts down on the ground and walked back into the house. I lay there until about 3AM before I was able to turn back into a human and I grabbed a pair of shorts, quickly shoved them on and ran into Sam's house.

I tossed and turned all night and woke up at about 8. I yawned and stretched, scratching my head before looking up to see Sam leaning against the door frame.

"You're up. Have breakfast and then we'll talk more."Sam ordered.

I sighed. "Can I phone Bella quickly? Tell her I need some space?"

Sam simply nodded and passed me his house phone. I took it from him and dialled Bella's number.

"Hello?" Her soprano voice said into the telephone, it sounded even more appealing to me than it did yesterday- was that because of the wolf?

"Hey… um Bella, it's Paul. I… we…I need some time to myself." I stuttered through my sentence and closed my eyes. "It's not you, honestly and I'm not breaking things off. But I just need some alone time."

There was silence on the phone for a few seconds and I thought she had hung up on me. But finally she spoke. "Wh-why?"

My heart broke as I heard the stutter in her voice. "I just need some time to myself. I can't explain it Bells, I'm sorry."

"O-okay. Call me… when you want you to spend time with me." I could hear the bitterness in her voice before she hung up.

I closed my eyes and lay back on the couch, groaning. This completely sucked. I was isolated from my girlfriend and now she probably hated me. This wolf thing pretty much sucked and I wish it never existed. I was getting over my past with Bella and now that I wasn't with her it was all coming back to haunt me. Or maybe I wasn't getting over it; maybe she was just a medicine covering the pain. Maybe I did actually need some time to myself to get over the pain.

"Paul?" Sam asked me as he sat across from me on the arm chair.

"What?" I asked, my eyes closed.

"I think we should talk about what happened last night." He said and then looked up as Emily came into the room. "Babe, maybe you can help me."

Emily smiled softly at me and sat on the end of the sofa, a pile of pancakes on a plate in her hand. She simply passed them over to me. "You'll be hungry."

I nodded and smelling the pancakes, I realized I was. I grabbed the plate, mumbling a thanks as I stuffed them into my mouth. I was surprised that once I was finished, I was still hungry.

Sam chuckled. "As a wolf you'll always be hungry."

With that said Sam launched in to his description about the wolves and I found out that it was not all that bad- we had super strength, super speed and super healing which was pretty cool. I also found out that we were here for a reason- vampires. There was a coven staying in Forks called the Cullens which consisted of Carlisle, the leader, Esme, His wife, Rosalie and Emmett, Jasper and Alice, and Edward. They were vegetarians, only eating animalfood, which is why our ancestors made a treaty with them so unless they killed a human or turned them into a vamp, we couldn't attack them. (I'm not going to go into the story- it's all the same as Stephanie Meyer's wolves except from the imprinting. Which I'm about to explain)

"There is one more thing, it's called imprinting." Sam said as he looked down.

I saw Emily tense at the word and I frowned. "What's imprinting?"

"It's when you look into a person's eyes and you see nothing but them, you feel as though they are your life and it's not gravity that is holding you down but them. It's not all about love and shit, but they are who you will be happy with, who will help you get over your troubles without doing anything. You'll be whatever they want you to be – a lover, a boyfriend, a brother, a friend. You'll do whatever they want you to do. The good thing is, you would have loved them without the imprint, but the imprint only intensifies the feelings. It becomes hard to live without each other so much that it hurts and once you move on into a relationship where you are having sex, you'll always want to claim her, you'll need to claim her. The imprint… it forces you in the right direction."

I listened to him, taking it all in and frowned. "Is that what happened with you and Emily?"

Sam and Emily nodded as they looked at each other and I finally understood why Sam had left Leah, why he moved on with her cousin. But Leah didn't know and my heart went out for her.

"What if I don't imprint on Bella?" I asked, panic rising up inside me- I didn't want what happened with Sam and Leah to me and Bella.

"The best thing to do is to break it off." Sam said with his brows furrowed. "You don't want to lead her on and for her to get hurt like Leah. I don't think she'd handle it well."

I sighed and buried my head in my hands. This was such a mess and I had no control over it. Why did my life have to be so complicated? For one thing I didn't want to see any women until I saw Bella. I wanted to look into her eyes and find out for myself. Then I would explain to her with more heart than I would if my whole heart was devoted to another woman and I acted as if I didn't really care about Bella.

THE END of this chapter! Sorry it took so long guys! I was distracted with holidays, my gran's illness, my illness and then I got into college so I've been busy with that! But I promise you I will get the next chapter up ASAP so be patient! I will finish this story- I'm not giving up on it! Next chapter will be Bella and Edward (who has returned ;)) mwahahaha. What has he got planned?