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"How's that adorable boyfriend of yours?" Leah hummed as we lounged in her room, both working on our separate homework.
"I don't know, I haven't talked to him in two weeks." I said and she looked over with wide eyes.
"He thinks I have the flu, there was some stuff I had to take care of and I couldn't go to school." I said and she chuckled.
"Some badass were-coyote stuff." She said and I just nodded. I knew she wasn't supposed to know the truth, but I liked her, and most importantly she reminded me a lot of Emily so, I trusted her with at least my secret.
"You could've still called or texted him, right?" She said and I shrugged.
"Okay, so this has nothing to do with you spending the last two weeks glued to Paul Lahottie?" She asked and I just laughed at the nickname.
"That's nothing." I said and she scoffed.
"Might wanna tell him that, ever since you kissed him he's been MIA from every social event, no more skanky girls chasing after him either." Leah explained and my eyes widened. Of course I had heard about his reputation, Leah warned me about his past, and it was easy to believe he was a completely different guy.
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Walking home from Leah's I passed by a certain new shifter's garage, where he eagerly ran out and stopped me in my tracks.
"Hey, you." Jacob said finally running into the girl he was hoping to see.
"Jake." I said giving a friendly smile and walking towards him.
"Everything makes so much sense now, with you, and them."
"I'm sorry I couldn't be the one to tell you the truth." I said and his smile never faltered.
"Hey, we're friends, best friends remember? Things can only get better from here, because we got something else in common." He said and I looked at him confused.
"Both forced into a pack we want no part in." He said and I cracked a smile.
"He wanted none of this! This is your fault!" A voice screamed out and Jake and I looked across the field to see Bella screaming at Sam who was joined by Paul, Jared, and Embry.
We both went to rush over, but Bella reached her hand out and slapped Paul right across his face.
He began to shake, I knew that shake.
"Bella run!" Jacob said and we both started running over, Jacob shifting on the fly. He and Paul started fighting and I flicked my claws out going to break it up, but Jared grabbed my arm.
"Take her to the house." Sam ordered as he stayed to watch the two wolves. Jared, Embry, and I just walked over to where Bella sat mortified.
"Come on, we're gonna go to Sam's." I said and she just nodded, and followed us to Sam's truck.
"I hope Paul teaches that kid a lesson." Jared mumbled as he started to drive towards the house.
"I've never seen him get so angry."
"Yeah, around you he's kinda different, but I won't lie to you he's kind of a hothead."
"I recognized it, the shake. I get that way sometimes, I almost ripped Jake's head off at the movies theater." I said and he smiled as he threw the truck into park.
We got out of the truck and started walking up to the door.
"Come on in Bella, we don't bite." Embry joked.
"Speak for yourself." Jared said and I nudged him.
"Hey, when you talk to Emily, try not to stare." I said and she just looked at me confused.
"It upsets Sam, please." I said and she just nodded and entered with Embry.
"Hey, about what we were talking about back there, I might be over stepping here, but Paul's gonna be pretty upset you saw him act like that." Jared rambled and I just tilted my head confused.
"Why?"
"Well, I think it's pretty obvious he likes you." Jared said and my eyes widened.
"Oh."
"Well, I definitely over stepped. If you don't mind just talking to him when he gets back, just so I don't have to hear him whine about it for a week." He said and I smiled and nodded as we walked into Emily's.
"Mal, I was telling Bella here now that she's in on the gossip we have to have a girls night." Emily said being overly friendly as always.
"Sounds great." I smiled and Bella just eyes me suspiciously, knowing I probably cringed at the idea. Bella saw a different side of Malia here. She was no longer so on guard and aggressive, she was almost relaxed.
"I made muffins, hopefully Jacob and Paul will be done before they are hard." She said and Jared snorted as he grabbed one off the table.
"Oh, and Mike called a couple times." She tried to say in a hush tone, but failed.
"Still avoiding the boy toy?" Jared asked with a smirk.
"Hey, leave her alone, and save some for your brothers." Emily scolded and I just smirked at him, as Sam walked in.
"I'm gonna go talk to Paul." I said giving Jared a knowing look, while Sam eyed me confused.
"Way to protect me back there." Jacob said as he met me on the porch.
"You looked like you had it handled." I said and he just smiled before walking into the house. Paul walked up with his head down.
"I wanted to check on you." I said bluntly and he looked up confused.
"You wanted to check on me?" He repeated confused.
"Yeah, I saw the shake, and when that happens to me I tend to do bad things and Edward or Sam would lecture me on how to act." I explained and he just smiled, he couldn't believe the amazing girl standing in front of him.
"I never wanted you to see me like that."
"Well, this whole friends thing is new to me, but what Edward taught me was to be myself, and people will like me." I said and he smiled and nodded.
"You're right, I'm sorry."
"Hey, forget it even happened. Emily made muffins." I said taking his hand and dragging him towards the house.
"Sorry." Paul mumbled to Bella, as Sam nodded at him pleased.
"Well, now that the cats out of the bag would it be a bad time to mention how scary Mal looks all wolfed out?" Embry asked causing Jacob to chuckle as he guided Bella out of the house.
"When you were ripping apart that bloodsucker you almost sent me running for the hills." He joked and the rest of the guys laughed.
"I wouldn't hurt you." I said and he smiled.
"Oh, really? Thanks, Mal." He said surprised, he and the girl never really talked, but Paul and Jared knew exactly where the girls brain was as they smirked.
"Well, Sam likes you. When he doesn't like you, that's when you should run for the hills." I clarified bluntly as Paul and Jared almost cried in laughed.
