THIS IS MY STORY OF HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
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CHAPTER 17: Meeting Paul Lahote
It was five pm, late afternoon when myself and Jake entered his room to discuss what had happened between fuckface and myself. He had to be told about the dazzling. I think that once Jake heard it from me, he would possibly be more accepting that I had dated a vampire. I looked at him in that instance, here was this sixteen year old boy, standing in front of me, fair play to him by the way as he could pass for 20 at least. His body had filled out, filled with new muscle from phasing. The boy had a fucking eight pack, which most guys would have to bust their asses in a gym to get. He had also shot up another couple of inches, so I really had to crane my neck to look at him properly. Typical, I'm always the short arse in a group. No fair. Jake had taken to being a wolf in his stride, ok it had only been a couple of hours, but he seemed to think it was cool. I don't think he had realised just how much responsibility had been placed upon his shoulders. He noticed me staring at him.
"What are you looking at Bella?" He asked me slowly.
"Just you Jake, you've changed so much in such a short time!" I said stroking his face.
He leaned into my touch "Bella, what the fuck were you thinking, dating a leech and knowing what they were, how can you expect me to be ok with this?".
So I told him, everything, from start to finish. From biology class to James and Victoria, From Bella Barbie to that famous birthday party, from fuckface telling me he didn't want me to me finding out about dazzling and no longer giving a flying fuck. Jake never said a word.
But Jake did start to shake, very very quickly.
He backed away from me, jumping out the window. I stuck might head out to see where he went and there in all his glory, stood Jake wolf. He was magnificent, a lovely warm russet colour and beautiful huge eyes. He whined pitteously, lowering himself to the ground. I eased myself out the window and went to him, Sam, Jared and Billy came out onto the porch, we must have made quite the add sight. Me sitting with a huge overgrown puppy laying next to him with me scratching his ear. I could see Jared chuckling as well as Sam, Billy just smiled. This was bizarre to say the least.
"So you calmed down now or do you want to like this for the night?" I asked Jake cheekily.
He looked at me, and I think he was giving me the equivalent of a smile, tongue lolling out the side of his mouth. He trotted away.
"Where you going?" I shouted after him.
He disappeared behind some trees and then came back a few seconds later as himself, buttoning his shorts up. Seeing him do this, I blushed. He grabbed me into his arm's, murmuring..
"I'm sorry, so sorry he did that to you"
"Jake, it's fine, well it's not fine, but you know I'm over it, onwards and upwards now, that's what I say!" I said with a huge smile on my face.
"So what do we do now Sam?" asked Jared.
They looked at each other then smiled saying "Bonfire" at the same time.
"Jared, you go find Paul, he needs to be told about Jake and that Bella is in the loop" ordered Sam.
"On it boss" smiled Jared. Walking past me, he winked. I still hadn't made my mind up about this one, he was cheeky, I knew that much and I even had to admit to myself, that even though there was nothing behind it and it had been a ploy, the way Jared had kissed me, was kind of a turn on. I suddenly had a picture of myself in a classroom and the teacher asking, "who can say they have kissed two shapeshifters in one day?" With me raising my hand responding with a "me sir".
"FUCK FUCK FUCK,I'm turning into Lauren!" I said out loud, shivering at the thought.
Realising that everyone was staring at me, I just looked back at them "What?"
"Who's Lauren, is she hot? Can you hook me up?" Asked Jared.
"She's a slut and unless you want to turn your privates into a beach with the huge dose of crabs she'll give you, I would stay away" I said seriously.
"Damn" said Jared. Then he was gone.
Sam arranged with myself and Jake to be on the beach for about seven, then I would be introduced to Emily again and Jake would be welcomed into the pack properly. I would also be meeting this mysterious Paul Lahote. Jake didn't seem to like him, but I was curious as always, wanting to make my own decision. It was mine to make after all. Jake had said a few thing's about him, that girl's used to throw themselves at him, that his claim to fame was five girls at the one time. He couldn't be that bad surely? More to the point, he couldn't be that good looking, nobody can be that good looking.
Billy had gone off with Sam to see the elders about the fact that I had been dreaming about the wolves, Billy was adamant that it meant something, me personally well I didn't have a fucking clue about anything at this precise moment in time. Jake and I went back inside and I started to make us something to eat. It would probably be pasta again, which was fine by me as Sam had told us there would be food at the bonfire anyways so not to fill up too much.
Meanwhile elsewhere...
"Oh Paul, oh harder, that's it, right there, oh fuck fuck Paul, Fuck me"
This was what Jared`s mind was filled with as he had phased to go and find Paul.
"Christ Paul, is this all you do other than patrol?" Asked Jared teasingly.
"Back off bro, someone's got to keep the ladies HAPPY!" He retorted back to Paul.
"So man, what's been happening?" Asked Paul.
Jared replayed the events of the day over in his head, Paul watched vigorously.
He and Jared phased back then, Paul pulled his black shorts on quickly.
"So Baby Alpha phased huh, but why the fuck is leech lover swan still hanging around like a rash" asked a pissed off Paul.
"Look man, things happened to her you wouldn't understand, Cullen pulled some weird fucking leech voodoo shit on her, think it's called dazzling or some shit like that, but it was all fake anyways, don't judge her Paul, you don't know her!" Said Jared softly, he felt so sorry for Bella, having been pulled into the supernatural world without so much as a warning.
"I don't give a fuck about that, She fucked a leech for Christ's sake jar, that ain't cool, if it wasn't for those freaks, we would still be human, she hung about with them, that makes her one of them in my boom, so don't fucking stand there and preach good things about the bitch, I ain't interested, she is and always will be nothing but a leech lover" snarled Paul walking away.
"Are you coming later?" Shouted Jared after him.
Paul never answered him. He really was a law unto himself.
Back at the res, Bella and Jake were getting ready for the bonfire.
"You excited, I mean this is a welcoming kind of thing for you Jake, I feel like I'm gonna be out of place or something, I don't really need to be there" I said.
"Bella, are you kidding me, really?, You are my best friend, I want you there, I need you there" said Jake smiling his famous smile.
"Ok ok, I get it Jake, I'm come with you" I said, returning his smile.
With that, after a few checks in the mirror, I was still wearing the same clothes but I had brushed my hair out and was happy with my appearance. Jake looked very handsome in his dark jeans and white t-shirt. Yummy to be exact, seriously need to stop having these thoughts about Jake, have to keep telling myself best friend and only best friend. Nothing more. Damn.
We set off for the beach, it was dark outside now. Jake had his arm around me as we neared the beach, I was nervous. The members of the council were going to be here as was Sam's fiancee Emily. I still wasn't too keen on her, not to sure as why. But I would play nice, if for Jake's sake only. Sure enough, there she was, setting plates of food from a huge container onto the makeshift table. She spied me straight away, making a beeline straight for me and Jake.
"Bella, it's so good to see you again and isn't it brilliant Jake's joined the pack finally" she gushed with overenthusiam. Yeah this girl is officially on happy pills.
I stood back, trying to smile. "Yeah, nice to see you too Emily", God she was sickly sweet I thought to myself.
Sam welcomed us warmly, then went all gooey again when Emily stood beside him. Weird, was my first thought. What was the deal with their relationship, I wondered. Jake had gone off with Jared and they were now stuffing their faces with burgers and hotdogs. Not a nice sight by the way, they didn't chew, just stuffed them in and swallowed. I swear that if it were possible, they'd inhale the food and be just as happy.
Billy had wheeled himself over to me, just as he was telling me that the elders were still discussing the situation of me dreaming about the wolves, my attention was interrupted by a newcomer to the bonfire. It was a guy, but not just any guy. There was something about him, it was like he just arrived and he commanded attention without saying anything. I couldn't help but stare at him.
He was the same heights Sam, probably 6ft 5" or something like that. He had short dark brown, almost black hair. It was longer at the front, so he'd spiked it up a bit with gel, I presume. His skin was smooth and clear and a wonderful tanned, copper colour as with all the quileute people. He was huge all over, his black t-shirt strained against the muscle in his arm. His face seemed to have been sculpted by the quileute God's themselves, with his high cheekbones and chiseled jaw. He had a small black stud in each ear, something about him just screamed Danger but something else. He walked over to Jared and they were laughing at something he said. Jacob just scowled angrily at him.
"Welcome to the pack baby alpha, your gonna love it, not, your tied to the reservation fir the rest of your life now, any hopes and aspirations you had, well they can fuck off!" said the guy, grabbing another burger.
"Hey, lay the fuck off Paul" shouted Sam angrily, removing himself from Emily.
"I'm just telling him like it is bro, you have told him haven't you, that he can never leave here now!? Said Paul smirking.
"La note, behave yourself, we don't need you here causing trouble!" Said Billy, who I had completely forgotten was next to me.
Sam walked over to me, taking my hand and leading me over to the table where the guys were.
Up close to this guy who I found out was named Paul, I felt tiny, and very unnerved.
"Bella, this is Paul Lahote, another member of the pack" said Sam calmly, trying to introduce us.
His back was turned to me.
"Sup leech lover" he said still stuffing his face.
"Paul, be nice" growled out Sam.
"Sorry, sup Bella?" He said, turning to face me.
As he turned, I looked up at him shyly, holding out my hand for him to shake, his eyes not meeting mine at first. As soon as he touched my hand though, it was like I was being electrocuted. Shockwaves of heat coursed through my body and I couldn't let go of his hand. It was then his eyes met mine and I was gone.
His eyes drank me in as mine did with him. His eyes were dark brown with long lashes, they were just amazing, swirling with blues and greens and gold in them. Nothing else in my world mattered anymore, just Paul mattered. He gasped, grabbing his hand away from mine.
"Aw fuck no, not to her, never to her, fuck this shit, she's a fucking leech lover Sam" he shouted, backing away from us, looking at me in utter disgust.
Sam watched us carefully.
"Well Fuck you too, I only came here to support Jake, I'm not a leech lover, go fuck yourself, you don't know me!" I shouted at Paul.
"You know what, fuck this shit, I'm outa here, Sam thanks for the invite, but it's clear I'm not welcome" I said confidently.
"Jake, I'm leaving, have a good night" I shouted over to him.
He just looked, confused.
Paul's words had surprisingly cut me quite deep, they shouldn't have, but they did.
I turned away from them and just kept walking away.
Reaching my truck, I got in and headed home.
Stupid fucking wolves, they can fuck off the lot of them.
I don't need this shit.
