cosmic • paul lahote

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runaway baby

1 month earlier...

"Gone, what do you mean she's gone Paul?" Embry stood up and stared at the infuriated man in front of him.

"Want me to spell it out? She left. Her clothes are gone, along with her car. Her mom is away with work as usual, Gabe is also gone and took Casey with him. It's as though they have disappeared." Paul growled. The pack watched as he began to rile himself up.

"Paul..." Sam warned warily, as he pushed Emily behind him, as did Jared with Kim.

Paul's fist suddenly collided with the wall leaving a large hole. "Damn it!" He shouted.

"Why would she just leave..." Jared grabber his friend's shoulder supportively m, watching how his anger and turned to sorrow.

"People do strange things when their afraid. But we're gonna find her man, okay. You and me." Jared promised.

So they started searching. They visited her neighbours asking if they knew anything, which was a no. All they got was that they watched Alexa leave in a rush, whereas Gabe and Casey left calmly and happily, most likely going on a trip away.

They asked Bella if she had heard anything, which only resulted in Bella panicking because she didn't know where her supposed 'best friend' was. Even Edward tried to help, seeing as he knew Bella cared for Alexa but was quickly shut down by Paul.

The two boys began to think all hope was lost after two weeks of searching. They had looked online to see if her name popped up, which it did due to her step fathers disappearance, but told nothing about the location of their home in LA. It was a large place to try and find one house, the chances of finding the right house were slim. That is even if she was in America, she could be anywhere and Paul knew this.

The pack all sat at Emily's like every normal day now, everyone talking and laughing gently while Paul sat in the corner in silence. Everyone could see how down his mood had become with not having his imprint around him. The absence of the bond was physically, mentally and emotionally affecting him.

It wasn't until they heard a car pull up that they all stood protectively. The whole pack rushed out the door, hoping by chance it may have been the mysterious Latina they had been searching for. They were left disappointed. There, in fact stood her brother, arms folded over his chest.

"We may not see eye to eye, but we both have the common interest of Alexa. And I know where she is." Gabe spoke to Paul, authoritatively.

"I may not like you, but your taking me to her. And we're going to get my girlfriend, not your sister. You lost that right the minute you made her feel like she was worth nothing." Paul spoke lowly. "Embry comes too, she's his sister as well." He added.

"Fine by me, just get in the car."

Both boys looked at their Alpha who nodded to them, signalling they could go. With that they got in the car and drove off, Paul in the front and Embry in the back.

The car was silent for a lot of the journey until Paul decided to speak up.

"Where did you go anyways? Convenient timing that you and Alexa decided to leave so close together."

Gabe rolled his eyes dramatically and sighed. "Casey and I went to look for Alexa, we thought she might be in our childhood home so we visited there first. We then went to Ken's old house in Florida since she loved in there but still nothing. The last place we tried was LA, because I never thought she'd go back there. She hated the house, too many memories of Ken I guess. They were very close, a lot more than he and I were."

Both Quileute boys lowered their heads in sadness, they both knew of how much Alexa loved her dad.

"So why now? Why didn't you just bring Alexa home?" Embry asked.

Gabe then smirked and looked at the two boys.

"You may think you know my sister but you don't. When she's like this, she doesn't take orders from anyone. She does what she wants. After Ken disappeared, my sister went through a faze. It didn't last that long but she was the town's resident party girl for a while." Gabe pointed at Paul. "And trust me, your not going to like this Alexa."

"You have little faith in love mate." Embry noted, giving Paul a pat on the shoulder. Paul on the other hand just stared out the window. He couldn't imagine his Alexa getting drunk and partying with random people she didn't even care about. That wasn't who she was. Not anymore anyways.

The rest of the drive was quiet, with both Quileute boys staring in awe at the city they were now driving in. They had never left Washington, besides Paul growing up in Tacoma, but nothing prepared them for this. It made them wonder what life would be like if they were normal.
Both boys were astounded at the house they pulled up to. It was huge, the biggest either boy had ever seen.

The high metal gates where connected to high cream, concrete walls which lined the property. The house had a long driveway which was lined with lights. The house itself had cream walls, and large windows which showed the evident party which was underway.

Gabe quickly parked the car and walked towards the front door, Paul and Embry following him.

"This was was your house?" Embry asked incredulously. This house was maybe four times the size of his own.

"Sure was. Now, prepare yourselves boys..." Gabe trailed off before opening the door.

All three boys were hit with the familiar scent of alcohol and the blaring sound of music. The three pushed their way through the crowd of teens, eventually reaching the kitchen.

All their guys widened when they saw Alexa dancing on a table, some random guy dancing along side her and avodka bottle swinging in her hand. Paul saw the two boys, Theo and Fred, that he recognised from the her photos, standing laughing and videoing her.

All the boys turned their attention back to Alexa, crossing their arms authoritatively as they they watched her. Eventually she twirled around, stopping when her eyes lingered on them.

"Oh look it's the fun police..."

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Hey guys, sorry for being so slow to update I've had a lot going on.