Jared
"Paul, just listen to me." Sam said. "The legends are true. You're a Shapeshifter. You're one of us." I sighed loudly, earning a glare from Sam.
We've been here ever since the morning, and Paul was even more stubborn than me. Sam continuously tried to tell Paul the same thing over and over again, but Paul refused to accept the truth. He thought it was the most stupid thing ever, but somehow managed to convince himself that he was like Spiderman, except he turned into a wolf instead of getting spider powers. Leave it to Paul to be the genius of the group.
"You actually think I'm dumb enough to believe this thing?" Paul questioned, glaring at Sam.
"No, it would make you smart for believing it. You're dumb for not believing it." I corrected. "That way, we can all just get this whole thing over with. Then, we can continue on with our lives." Sam shot me another look. Even without Sam glaring at me, I already knew I was a hypocrite for judging Paul-but did he have to take so damn long?
I wanted to hurry back to the school and try to find the girl again. I didn't even know her name, or even recognize her-even when I tried to think back to every single place I've ever been to. I don't even think I've ever seen her at La Push High School until today. She had the typical Quileute tan that everybody had, but she looked new. Maybe she had family that she visited during the summer. Or maybe she used to live in La Push when she was younger, but had moved at a young age-it would explain why I never met her in elementary or middle school. It was another reason why I had to go back and find the girl, her life was a complete mystery to me. I wanted to know all about her.
But at this rate, Paul's stubbornness would probably keep us here until midnight. I wish Sam had brought in Billy to convince Paul, like how he managed to convince me. Unfortunately, Billy had went on another fishing trip with his friend, Charlie Swan from Forks. Aside from Billy, all the other Elders happened to be busy, so it was up to us to try and convince Paul. Or in my case, let Sam do all the convincing while I took the chance to annoy Paul.
"Shut up Jared." Paul said, without turning to look at me. "This is stupid. All of it stupid. You don't think I know what you're trying to do here? I know all about the drug dealing Sam does. Go find someone else to recruit in your little group. I don't want to be a part of this."
"Look, Paul, I'm not going to force you to believe anything that you don't want to, but at least think about the facts. And Paul, for the last time, I am not involved in any drug dealing. I already explained this to you. I never went missing. I panicked when I first phased, and I fled. The Elders managed to convince me that the legends were true, and I slowly accepted it throughout time-which is why I don't expect you to accept this immediately. Do you need me to prove it to you? I can go back and phase if you think I'm lying." Sam said. I seriously had no clue how Sam managed to stay so calm when he spoke to Paul. I would have given up after the second time, phase, and attack him.
"How do you explain what happened between you and Leah? You just came back for a few days just to break up with her. Or what happened with Emily? It was a bear attack, wasn't it? If you're such a good protector, why didn't you protect her from the bear?" Paul asked. If I didn't know any better, I would have assumed that Paul was doing this on purpose just to annoy the hell out of us. But nope. Paul was just… Paul.
Sam sighed. "I don't think you're ready to know about that yet. It's a lot more than just choosing Emily instead of Leah, that's not what happened. It's not what you think happened. You've got it all wrong, Paul."
"Why do you two keep saying that?" He snarled. "I don't know what I'm talking about. I have everything all wrong. I don't know about anything going on. I'm just wrong about everything, aren't I? Like you two know any better than I do."
"Maybe if you weren't being such a stubborn idiot half the time, you would actually know why." I responded. "We don't fight bears. This is reality, Paul. Honestly, it's like you don't even know our history. How do you expect Sam to tell his part of the story when you go ahead and think we protect people from bears."
"Don't start another argument again," Sam shook his head. "Just go on, Jared. I don't need you and Paul to make the situation worse. You and I will have a separate conversation without Paul when you get back. Now go and see your imprint, Jared. Just don't do anything you'll end up regretting. "