𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍 | Paul Lahote

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AFTER FINDING OUT WHAT
happened yesterday night, Bella has left with Jacob and he took her to Sam's house, visiting the pack again.

"Hey, look who's back!" Embry says, jumping down with the rest of the pack behind him. "What up, Bella?" Quil asks, "Quil? you too?"

Quil shared a glance with his friends, "Yup, finally made the pack."

"I'm glad you're here, Bella. Maybe we can get a break from Jake's obsessive inner monologue." Embry says in a teasing way, "I wish Bella would call." Paul says with a smile, shaking Jacob's arm.

"I wish Bella wouldn't call"

"Maybe I should call Bella"

"Maybe I should call Bella and hang up."

The group all laugh and even Bella smiles at the impressions, "Okay, you can shut up now."

Leah joined them and wasn't very happy upon seeing Bella as she left quickly. Sam and Emily join them, and the two girls greet each other with a hug.

"Um, Paul, I heard what happened yesterday. Are you okay?" Bella suddenly asks. And the pack knew he was physically perfect, but seeing Selene after months of distancing himself from everyone and slowly falling into a dark place he barely got out of...it did something to him mentally.

Paul kisses his teeth, trying to get out a piece of meat that got stuck between his teeth. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"That reminds me, Paul, we need to—" Sam began, but was interrupted.

A scent of salt water, vanilla and sugar filled everyone's nostrils as Selene walked towards the house, hands in her jeans' pockets. "..talk." Sam finishes, the whole pack sharing a glance before turning to Paul who broke the chicken bone that remained in his hand.

"Bella." Selene greets the girl with a smile and averts her glance up to Sam, "Sam." He sends her a nod, understanding her sudden arrival. "Um, guys, this is Selene. Bella's friend." Jacob introduces awkwardly and Emily was first to pull the siren into a hug, "I've heard a lot about you, it's so nice to finally meet you."

Selene smiles softly at the woman, "Thank you. Good things, i hope." She says, sharing a glance with Paul who averts his glance elsewhere. "Let's go, boys!" Sam orders and the three all rush away with Sam and Emily leaving into the house and Jacob and Bella leaving the two alone.

"Can we talk? Please?"

Paul began to walk away, "There's nothing to talk about." Selene furrows her eyebrows in confusion, following him behind and catching his wrist. "There is, Paul. A lot of stuff."

Paul lets out a furious huff, "You can go back to your leeches of a family, and tell them to never come on our land again."

Now this made Selene furious. She pulls him towards her, "Don't you dare talk about my family, are we clear? I wish to talk civilly, but if you dogs fail to do so with your uncontrollable anger issues, then we can argue too." She spat, her eyes taking his presence in as he wore no shirt, his eyebrows furrowed together from frustration.

"Alright," He pulls his wrist away from her grip, turning away to walk. "talk." He says and Selene follows him, opening her mouth to speak but was interrupted. "Talk about how you left without a word and thought a letter would've fix it all. Talk about how you're sorry, and how you suddenly—out of thin air, appear back!"

Selene was getting angrier by every sentence he made, until she finally exploded. "Do you think it was easy for me to be living under the water, feeding off fishes and garbage, watching you suffer while I couldn't do anything, but simply watch? How do you think I reacted when Jacob told me about you were falling apart? Do you think I was happy," She says, pointing to herself with a scoff and shook of her head while Paul stood there, mouth agape at her words.