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Paul POV :

I was more than a little upset that she just wanted to be friends when I wanted so much more but I was willing to take what I got. I loved her and if that meant standing back for a while and just being there for her I'll do it.

Sam yelled at me for an hour for telling her about wolves the way I did but my brain basically died and I couldn't think of a better way. Jacob hit me and for once in my life I didn't do anything back. I took like I should have and just watched Bella sleep. She looked so peaceful, my first thought when she woke up was if she was going to run of screaming.

"So how long have I been out?" She asked rubbing the back of her head. I quickly reached behind her head and placed my hand on the slight pump. She leaned into my touch and I smiled warmly at her before answering.

"Two hours, it's 9:30 right now. You know you took that a lot better than thought you would." I chuckled slightly.

"What you expected me to run out screaming?" She half glared at me.

"Well kind of yeah." I nodded sheepishly giving her my best smile and puppy dog eyes.

"Ugh, what is it with all the men I meet that causes them to think I will run away screaming?" She threw her hands in the hair in frustration and annoyance.

I chuckled again. "I'm sorry I didn't mean anything by it, it was an irrational thought, I'm sorry." I kissed her forehead and heard her breathe hitch in her throat. I hid my smile knowing it was me that was doing that.

She sighed. "It's fine but I guess that's what you get when you mingle with the supernatural. You know that's actually a good show, hey are there witches too?"

I raised my eyebrows at her. "I think we should get a doctor to check that out, I think you hit your head harder than you led us to believe." She pouted and hit my arm. I feigned hurt and rubbed my arm. "Ow, Bella that really hurt."

"Oh shut up you big oaf." Bella smiled at me before giggling slightly.

I smiled and then I remembered the Bon Fire. "Oh I'm sorry, how are you feeling? Need an ice pack? Water?"

Bella giggled again. "You know you're cute when you're worried but no I'm good."

"Okay, hey you wanna head back to the Bon Fire?" I helped her stand up and steadied her on her feet before letting go.

"Um yeah I would love to go back." I nodded and grabbed her hand. I opened the front door for her before stepping out myself and locking it.

We had just got to the end of the driveway before Bella started talking again. "So do you work when you're not a wolf?"

"Well I'm a mechanic and a volunteer fireman. I'm a mechanic down and at my shop that I opened about a year ago with Jarrod. I work as a fireman well whenever there's a fire, I got this little pager. I don't how many I've accidently broken; not knowing your own strength sometimes is a pain. What about you, do you work?"

"Uh yeah I work part time at Newton's Sporting Goods but I'm still in school. I wanna open up my own bakery one day." She smiled dreamily.

"Oh that's sounds good, I always loved home cookin'." I smiled down at her. She shivered as the wind picked up. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and brought her body close to mine. I could feel the shivers radiating down her body

"Mmm me too, my mom wanted to become a chef for a short time and I mean very short. So she signed us up for cooking classes. She quit after the first day when she saw that down the hall they were doing art classes. I stayed and just kind of fell in love with cooking." She shrugged and huddled closer to my body. I smiled at the contact, maybe this friend thing wouldn't be so bad.

We arrived at the Bon Fire and I smiled at Sam and Jarrod. Embry and Jacob were singing some stupid camp fire songs. I rolled my eyes at them and sat on a piece of wood. Bella sat on my lap and when I gave her a questioning look she shrugged. "Hey I said friends nothing saying we can't be best friends besides your warm and I'm cold."

I laughed at her logic and pulled her closer to my chest and wrapped my arms around her waist. "Okay that is understandable."

I looked up and saw some of the other kids laughing and some doing silly dances. When I looked over to the left of the singing and dancing kids I saw some kids from Forks. One was a blond kid who still had baby fat and blue eyes. The other two were girls. One had blonde hair the other was a brunette. The brunette had grey eyes and the blonde had green eyes. In all honesty they looked like sluts. They were wearing skin tight tube top shirts and skirts where their butts were showing slightly even though it was winter.

I laughed and shook Bella slightly. She looked at me and I pointed to the group from Forks. "Who are they?"

Bella looked over confused but laughed when she saw who I was pointing to, "The guy is Mike Newton I work for his parents at their store. He follows me around like a lost puppy. The brunette is Lauren Mallory all I have to say is watch out or she'll bite your head off and I'm completely serious, with the biting part anyway. The blonde is Jessica Stanley she likes to gossip and finds any gossip in almost anything. I'm kind of surprised they are here because they absolutely despise the outdoors really."

I laughed but stopped when I saw Mike walking over to us. He stopped in front of us and smiled what he thought was a seductive smile. I glared at him but he ignored me, nice to know I've become a plant and don't exist!

"Hey Bella I heard there was a party going on here and thought I'd crash it." He chuckled at himself and tried to sound sexy. I covered my laugh behind a cough and he glared at me briefly before turning back to my Bella.

"Um hi mike." She said somewhat annoyed.

"So you wanna ditch this lame ass party and go for some real fun?" He winked at her.

I looked up at Mike, "Look Mike-right? Stay away from Bella. Can't you see she doesn't like you?"

Mike looked at me and glared. "I wasn't talking to you. Why don't you join your friends over there and sing and dance like a good boy."

I growled at him but he didn't hear it. I lifted Bella up and placed her on the wood beside me. I stood up and towered over Mike. I was a good foot taller and at least a foot wider with more muscle. I looked at his arms and realized he had no muscle. I glared at him. I was shaking slightly and I could see from the corner of my eye Sam watching me and talking to Jarrod about getting me out of here if something goes wrong. "Look jackass get out of here and I suggest you take your little posse with you before I do something I'll regret."

Mike was stepping back, I could see the fear in his eyes and his Adam's apple bobbed as he gulped in fright. He quickly turned and ran away dragging plastic clone 1 and 2. I smirked before turning back to Bella. She smiled up at me and stood up wrapping her arms around my waist. I hugged her shoulder to me and inhaled her heavenly scent. She smelt like peaches.

She pulled back and looked at me biting her bottom lip slightly. She looked like she was contemplating something. Before I could really register what she was doing she gave me a quick chaste kiss on the lips pulling back slowly and whispered. "My hero."