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Chapter 19

Jo thought it would be a good time to talk to her mom about her living arrangements. She knew she couldn't stay with Bianca for the night. Paul would literally go bonkers. He had already called her every hour to check on her. There was no way he'd let her stay away for the night and frankly Jo didn't want to either.

"Mom, there's something I wanted to talk to you about." Jo said hesitantly while driving them home to La Push.

"What is it, sweetie?"

"I don't live with grandma Rosie anymore. I live with my boyfriend." Jo said quickly.

"You made up with Michael? I heard he had come here, I assumed it was to talk to you. "

"No, mom it's not Michael." Jo said fidgeting.

"Well, who is it then?" Bianca asked as they got out of the car.

"Paul. He's a great guy. Has his own furniture business, it even sells online. He lives close," Jo rambled hurriedly.

"That's nice! He'll be there at the party tonight, right?"

Jo nodded

"Well, you had better introduce us then" Bianca said as she moved in the house. She was tired and ready to call it a day.

"Sure" Jo breathed out.

Jo showed Bianca her room and they talked for a little while before Bianca was on the verge of passing out. Jo moved out to let her rest.

She was getting out to head over to the bakery again when she saw paul hurrying over from the forest. Why was he in the forest? She thought confused before it hit her. He was patrolling. It would take time to get used to this.

"Hey" Paul said softly as he pulled her close to him

Jo melted into him.

"Arrgh... what's that smell? It's too sweet." Paul said while sniffing the air.

Jo giggled," It's probably mom's perfume."

Paul nodded while wrinkling his nose. "Come on. Let's head home and take a nap. There's time before I go back to work and you to the cafe."

"What! No Paul! I need to go now! There's so much to do!" Jo pleaded as he dragged her into the car.

Paul sighed."OK, let's make a deal. We'll lay down for ten minutes and if you still feel like going back, I'll drop you myself." Paul shrugged nonchalantly

"That's not fair! You know I'll sleep. I haven't slept well for some time now." Jo pleaded

"AHA! And that's exactly why you need to rest. You have the party at night too. Don't strain yourself."

"Fine. But be nice to my mom when you meet her. She's not an easy person and she'll be especially bad when she sees you're native."

"Why? Aren't you native as well" Paul asked confused

"From dad's side, mom's Canadian."

"So, she can marry a native but not see her daughter with one?"

"No, ever since dad cheated on her, her opinion of us changed. It's stupid really. But it's just the way it is." Jo shrugged

Paul smiled. She said 'us'. She thought of herself as native and that was important.

"Meh! I haven't really met a woman I couldn't charm yet!" Paul said jokingly.

Jo hit his arm but smiled. Hopefully his charm would work on her mother.

They slept soundly until the sound of the shrill doorbell woke them.

"We have a doorbell?" Paul asked groggily rubbing his eyes and waking up.

"How would I know? I only know of guys who show up naked!" Jo said snorting lightly.

Paul scowled at the memory before moving to open the door.

And his scowl deepened when he saw who was at the door.

Seth stood grinning at his doorstep. Why was he so bloody happy all the time?

"It's 5! I thought I'd come wake you guys. Where's Jo?" Seth said as he moved inside the house despite the resistance Paul offered.

"Right here!" Jo called as she came down.

"hi Jo!" Seth said enthusiastically and Jo looked cautious.

"Hi?"

"How've you been?" Seth asked and Jo frowned. What did he have in mind?

"I'm good, thank you. Did you need something? Or are you going to play another joke on me?" Jo asked crossing her arms while Seth looked hurt and Paul smirked while moving to Jo's side. Yeah...Seth lost his charm for Jo at least.

"Why would you say that? Oh...right. Sorry. I didn't know you'd take it seriously." Seth rubbed his neck in embarrassment. He really didn't think she would.

Jo smiled. She liked Seth. He was like a goofy younger brother even though she knew he was older than her. But she was way more mature.

"It's ok." Jo said while laying a comforting hand o his.

Seth beamed and Paul sighed.

"Okay! Let's get this party started!" Seth said loudly

"You might want to get dressed first." Paul said pointing to his boxers.

"Why?...oh..ok!" Seth said as he took in his appearance. He was wearing only his boxers. He moved towards the laundry room.

"Where are you going?" Paul asked irritated.

"To get dressed." Seth said as he continued to move towards the laundry room without a backward glance.

Paul growled but Jo chuckled. Sometimes she thought he did things just to irritate Paul.

"Come on. We need to get ready as well. You're meeting my mom remember." Jo said as she linked arms with him and walked up the stairs.

"Yeah." Paul said. He did not a good feeling about this.

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