CULLENS || TWLGHT OS 01

Paul Lahote | Imprinted

By : pennylanefics | Tumblr

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"Hey (Y/N)! How are you?" Embry's cheery voice asks you from the other side of the phone.

"I'm good, what's up?"

"A bunch of my friends are having a bonfire on the beach tonight, since it's supposed to be warmer than it has been, and I was wondering if you want to come," he tells you.

"Sure, that sounds great. At the same beach in La Push, right?"

"Yep. I'll see you there!"

Seeing you lived pretty far from the beach, you got up and got dressed right away, soon leaving once you were appropriately dressed and had a few essentials.

"Hey Em!" You greet your friend with a hug.

"Hey! So glad you could make it. We have a frisbee game going on over there, the fire going right here, and Sam is cooking some food that should be ready soon."

"(Y/N), I haven't seen you in so long!" Jacob yells happily, running up to you and picking you up, twirling you around in his arms. Embry walks back over to the frisbee game, leaving the two of you to catch up.

"Jake! Your hair is gone," you observe. He chuckles and messes with the short length.

"Yeah. I was, uh, needing a change, so I figured it'd be a good idea."

"You look great, but I really liked your long hair. Where have you been, though? I've been meaning to hang out with you."

"I've been going through some stuff, personal things, and needed a break from everyone for a while." Deciding not to push him anymore, you just nod.

"Well, now that you seem to be better, we should go to the movies sometime."

"Absolutely," he responds.

When Sam finishes the food, he calls everyone over, and Embry helps you get what you want before anyone else does. He knows how much Paul and Jared can eat and he wanted to make sure you had something before they got to everything.

"So, are you a part of their little cult now?" You ask Jacob as you two take a seat on a log in front of the fire.

"Yeah. It's kinda hard to explain and I really can't, just yet, but just know that they're helping me through all these personal things and changes."

"I'm glad you have them, then. I know Embry is super close with them and all but-" You are interrupted by Paul catching your eye. He was standing, talking to Embry and Jared while eating, but as soon as your eyes met, he ended up dropping his burger onto the ground.

The other two boys complained and picked the food up, trying to salvage it, but considering it was covered in sand, it was no use. Still, Paul had yet to move a muscle, fully focused on you.

You wanted to look away, but you couldn't. You were so captivated by his gaze, and something inside of you felt like it was burning, you couldn't pull yourself away from him.

Paul wasn't someone you knew too well. You knew of him, since Jacob and Embry told you stories about him here and there, Jacob giving you a more hostile side of things. Either way, you hadn't even met him in person before, yet he's staring at you like you hung the moon in the sky.

Finally, he is brought out of the daze from his friends, and you turn back to Jacob, who is giving you a knowing look.

"Are you alright?" He wonders.

"Yeah, yeah. I just...it's nothing," you brush off. He puts the conversation on pause and changes the topic just as Kim and Emily join you.

As soon as Jacob finishes eating, he is sprinting towards the group of guys surrounding Paul. They all have excited yet anxious expressions on their faces, and it only increases your curiosity more.