Coywolf

"Are we really the same?"

Lupe

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

I woke with a sudden jult as something rang loudly in my ear. I turn to face the source and growl at it threateningly, not that it did anything. Upon hearing my rather loud growl, Paul woke immediatly and just in time to see me raise my fist that I planned to crush the god forsaken machine that woke me up.

"No! Wait! Don't-" Paul stopped once he saw my fist collide with the machine and it shatter into a dozen pieces. Paul looked at me in shock, "What the hell was that for?"

"It woke me." I simply stated before settling down in my place once again.

Last night, Paul took me to his 'kitchen' and fed me some of his food. It was delicious! Almost as good as deer. He called it pizza, I think. After pizza, he offered me this bowl of ice cream. But that led to the talk about silverware and how to use them. As of sleeping arrangements, he offered me his sleeping spot on what he called his 'bed'. I think I recall having one when I was little. He ended up sleeping on the floor, even though I told him we could both fit. Which led to him explaining why it would be rude to do so as far as human society goes. I still didn't get it but I agreed.

I looked towards Paul, feeling his eyes on me. "Well, um, I told Sam we would stop by after we woke up so I guess you could shower here and I'll shower in the guest bathroom."

"Shower?" I ask, not fimiliar with the term.

"Bathe? Like to wash yourself? With soap and water?" Paul informed me, confused.

"I guess I could give it a try. What does this shower look like?" I was willing to try this shower, since Paul seemed custumed with the idea.

"Here. I'll show you." turning to a door in his room, he twisted the knob and walked into another space.

This must be his bathroom. In here, there was a white seat, that I forgot the name of, a sink and a tiny chamber or cage like thing.

Pointing to the cage thing, Paul began to inform me what to do and how to shower. Explaining all the soaps and which one was used for what. Even gave me a tiny rag he said was used to scrub the body with soap to get all the dirty off, as he put it. Then he left, to shower himself.

The shower was very pleasurable. Nice warm water running down my back was something that felt comfortable and relaxing. The soap I used to scrub the dirty off my hair smelt like a clean, musky, mint type. As did the soap I used to wash my body. It reminded me of Paul, this must be the soap Paul rolls in.

When I was done showering, I walked out of the bathroom and waited for Paul to return. As I waited I wondered around the room. I saw pictures of Paul and the men I saw yesterday. They looked to be throwing something towards each other. Another picture was of a man and a woman. Beside them, stood 2 children. A little girl and a little boy, the boy looking older than the girl. They looked so happy. Reminding me of the days before that day.

Snapping me out of my thoughts, I hear the door open and Paul enter the room. When he sees me he freezes. Before turning to stare at the wall behind him. "Damn it. I forgot to give you a towel."

"A what?" I ask, confused about Pauls actions.

"Hey, um, listen, there are some towels under the sink in the bathroom. Get one to cover your body." still confused, I follow his instructions. There were these fluffy green looking blankets and I assumed they were the towels. As I went to pull one out, something else caught my eye. It was a small, blue box with the word Trojan on it.

"Paul." I call, looking to see him in his own towel that was wrapped around his waist with his hands on his hips. I subcounciously gaze at his back and how sculpted it is. The sight made my wolf purr in approval.

"Yeah?" he answered

"What's this Trojan bo-" Paul raced to get the box out of my hold and I stared at him in confusion.

"Nothing. It's nothing. Just- here's your towel." he gently wrapped the towel around my body while be caeful not to look at any bare skin. He looked in my eyes and once again, my eyes glowed. He started at them, not in fear but in fascination. Looking away, he continued to the task at hand.

"I'll give you some clothes to wear while we go to Emily's." I nodded, him giving me 3 pieces of clothing. "I don't have a, um, bra for you to wear so I'll just give you my sweatshirt."

"Thank you." I said, stiffly. Paul heard my struggle and smiled. "You're welcome." I smiled at him in return. With that he left to go change into his own clothes.

Examining the clothes I see a pair of thin shorts, some athletic shorts, and a big sweatshirt. I figured the thin shorts were underwear so I began with those and then moved onto put on the shorts. They were a lot too big so I rolled up the waistband to wear the bottom of the shorts reached midthigh. Finishing off the outfit, I pulled the shirt over my head with much difficulty. Paul ended up hearing my struggle and helped me fix it.

After the whole morning, basically, we were finally ready to go. Paul lead me to some box looking machine, that I was totally against entering until he told me there would be food at our destination.

Once we got to the house from yesterday, Paul helped me out of the machine.

"There she is! Mystery girl's back!" one of the men from yesterday, Jared, cheered.

"Jared, where's Embry and Jacob?" Paul asked

"Patrol." Paul nodded in understanding.

"Sam!" Jared called, Sam and a woman with scars on her face walked out of the house.

The woman walked up to me and hugged me. "Hello, you must be Lupe. You made quite the impression on the boys yesterday. Especially Paul. My name's Emily."

I smiled at the kind woman, Emily. Jared cleared his throat, laughing slightly. "Looks like Lupe and Paul have gotten close." he laughed, wiggling his eyebrows.

Paul went to say something but I beat him to it, "Paul is my mate-" choking sounds rang through the whole group as the word 'mate' left my mouth.

"What? You mean imprint?" Sam asked, he asks too many questions.

"No. Mate. That's why my eyes glow when we make eye contact. It's my wolf's way of choosing him as our mate. You should know this, you're all wolves yourself." I laughed at their silliness.

"I'm starting to believe other wise." Sam stated. I frowned at that.

"What do you mean?"

"Let's go inside and talk more, yeah?" Emily suggested, before turning around with Sam and Jared following close behind. Paul moved his hand to the small of my back and guided me inside.