Black (Paul Lahote)

22

The battle pt.4
The aftermath.

I woke up in Deuces room and the frantic thoughts of Paul evading my slumber, I got up quietly leaving Deuce to sleep and went to my room to dress, black skinny jeans white tank and a hooded jacket with some boots.

I need to have some fun, no school for a weekend and the ancients probably despise me for a little bit considering Bella is their besty.

Shopping. Shopping sounds good, I need to go get the quilluette tattoo anyway so why not now.

I took my bike to the mall a few towns over because I didn't want to see anyone from the pack.

The mall was small but just right, there was a small tattoo parlour in one corner which I headed for, I can draw the symbol off by heart and you don't need a legal guardian once you reach 16 so I was fine.

The shop itself was cute considering it was a tattoo and piercing parlour, quirky posters on the wall, a variety of drawings to chose from and behind the cashier a heavily tattooed man, I walked up smiling and he looked up at me,

"Hello I'd like a tattoo please" I said to the man, he smiled widely and when he spoke he had the most warm voice I had ever heard,

"Sure but first, are you over the age of 16 and do you have an idea of what you want? Just let me answer a few questions always asked: Yes it does hurt, it hurts no matter where you get it and no I do not know your relative who tattoos" he said laughing, I laughed too,

"I am 17 and yes I can draw what I want for you" I said, he slid me over the piece of paper and I sketched out the symbol within ten minutes, he quirked an eyebrow and just ushered me behind the cash register where his seat was, I sat and waited while he put things together. It looked fun, i'd love to be a tattooist, he was ready within five minutes and thirty minutes later I had the symbol on my arm,

"You took that quite well, no even a squeak, I would tattoo you any day Rosie" he smiled,

"It was fun being tattooed, one day I will be behind the gun" I smiled and handed over the money for the tattoo,

"Anything else?" He asked,

"Actually, I'd love a piercing" I said looking at the selections,

"You would suit your nose pierced" he said pointing it out,

"Well the nose piercing it is then" I smiled walking back around again.

Now I have a tattoo and a piercing and I have eaten I got on my bike and headed back home.

-Pack meeting, now- Sam ordered through the link, I was ten minutes out so I changed course to Sam's house.

I arrived last, Jacob even beat me, everyone was sitting in the dining room waiting I slumped down in the open chair and waited.

Paul was glaring at me while the boys were smiling and so was Leah, Jacob was shooting me daggers and Sam had a secret look on his face, I just rested my arms on the table and waited,

"Great now that we are all here we need to discuss what happened yesterday at the battle and after wards" Sam announced, I leant down putting my chin on my arms watching him,

"We were good yesterday, good not great, we need to communicate and work as a pack, if one of us falls we all fall, what happened to Jacob yesterday was no ones fault"

"But his own" I mumbled,

"What did you say?" Jacob asked looking at me,

"You heard me Jacob" I said sitting up,