Blame It On Me [Paul Lahote x OC]

Chapter 6: Meet The Parent.

Flour is shook right on top of both your heads, you getting the full blunt of it since you're shorter than Paul. You gasp and shake your head, flour flying absolutely everywhere and on everything, making Paul blow some off his lips and into your face. Seth is beside himself, holding his sides from laughter. You groan and topple Seth to the ground, the rest walking in with Leah in tow. They gaze between Paul, and Seth and you, blinking out of amusement a few times.
»Seth threw flour on us!«

Someone walks up from behind them and you grin in your mother's direction. She has a very cheeky grin on her face.

»You look awfully dashing, honey.«
»Cheers, mum.« Seth pulls you up on your feet, you shaking the flour off yourself some more, »what are you doing here?«
»Brought you a change of clothes as promised. And your swimsuit and towel.«
»Thank you.«
You sling the backpack over your shoulder, then pull Seth to your side, »mum, this is little Seth.«

She smiles and chuckles, cupping his cheeks cutely, »you sure have grown, little Seth. I remember when you were barely a toddler, following Kya around.«

»Maw, he still does.« You tease.
Wrapping your arms around him tightly, your cheek lands on his hot and muscular shoulder. His hand goes on your waist as he smiles, »I think it's more the other way around now. She can't resist my charm.«
»Oh yeah, you're bursting with charm. The room can't contain you.«

Susan finally notices Paul, shaking in anger behind Seth and you. She frowns faintly and sees Sam trying to calm him down silently. She knows about the legends and when Sue told her about Sam Uley and his gang of shapeshifters, she also mentioned something called imprinting.

»Are you alright?« She asks Paul and you turn your head in his direction, eyes wide. You smile and skip to Paul, wrapping yourself onto his muscular arm, »this is Paul, mum. He saved me.«

Paul visibly calms down and looks at you with a cheerful gleam in his eyes. Something you don't recognise since no one's ever looked at you that way.

»How so?« She crosses her arms and sticks one hip out, waiting for one of her daughter's bizarre explanations.
»Well, we were playing cat and mouse,« you're cut off by your mother, »you played a prank on them, didn't you?«
Your face grows scarlet once more and look at the ground, flustered.

Paul's body shifts a little and nudges you on the side, which makes you snap out of your embarrassed daze and grin, »I almost fell to my doom at the cliffs. And he came to my rescue.«

She smiles up at Paul and nods, »thank you, young man. My daughter can be quite clumsy sometimes.«

He nods with a small smile, »was my pleasure.« Susan mumbles something to herself, then covers it up with a cough and a bid farewell.

»Let's go to the beach, it's actually sunny.«

Leah nods and walks to her house to get some change of clothes. The young boy gave you a very strange look for a fraction of a second before disappearing out of the kitchen after his sister.

You smile up at Paul and kiss the corner of his lips.