Another Cullen Imprintee ~Paul Lahote love story~

~Chapter 14: Romeo and his Juliet~

*PAUL*

What was I expecting?

I sigh as I lay on my back facing the ceiling with my arms behind my head and thoughts running wild in my mind. All of them consisting of only one person...Addison Isabella Cullen.

Was I expecting her to remember me and accept me with open arms? Forget accepting me, she won't even look me in the eye and God knows, I would give anything for her to look me dead in the eye with those mesmerizing eyes of hers but the guilt of what I've done over these past few years may prevent me from being able to see eye to eye with her.

When Billy subdued the imprint bond, I still felt empty and since I'm such a dumb idiot, instead of facing the problem like a man and improving myself over those seventeen years, I initially resorted to alcohol and got drunk which says a lot because it takes a lot to make a werewolf drunk. I fooled around with women, I got into fights and I did everything which I was not supposed to do just to get over the pain.

Sam finally managed to knock some sense into me and helped me- in fact all of the boys helped me- to drop my bad habits and start over a new leaf. I may have quit the alcohol and fooling around with women but my temper is even worse than before which is the main reason they wanted to keep me away from her in the first place.

How do I manage to be such a screw-up?

My eyes narrowed in on the ceiling and another sigh escaped my lips. I didn't expect her to turn out to be so beautiful, I always knew she would be beautiful when she grew up but not so drop-dead gorgeous. She's just...perfect.

Only I know how hard it was for me to not grab her by the waist in front of the whole school and stake my claim on her to stop all those wandering eyes. I don't know what I was thinking enrolling in her school, I guess I just wanted to be with her as much as possible but I never expected the imprint bond to hit me like that as soon as she looked into my eyes for a brief second.

What am I supposed to say to her? I can't even think of a way to even start a conversation with her. She tenses up as soon as she senses my presence and I'm hoping it's because the bond is working both ways.

I held up the pendant that Billy gave me and my eyes focused on the depression in which Addison's pendant will fit and only then will the imprint bond be as strong as it's supposed to be, if not stronger. I've made up my mind though, I will only fit the pendants together if she falls in love with me because I don't want the bond to force feelings onto her which she probably never even wanted.

As much as it hates me to admit this, if she's not going to be happy with me then I'm going to respect that and step down but not so easily, I'm going to fight for her.

For us and our future.

Leah had to drag me out of the Cullens house when I growled at the sight of Seth taking Addison into his arms and we had to lie that we were patrolling. I can't understand why she won't look me in the eye...

I couldn't stay away from her a second longer, that's why I crossed the border and went up until the opening of the forest looking at her room. Much to my luck, she came outside and that was when I knew I was whipped. Her dark brown hair was cascading down her shoulders and her gem-like eyes held curiosity.

I didn't think that I was worthy of her and I disappeared from there, hoping to survive knowing that she's safe without me but I'm selfish. I want her...no, I need her. I need my imprint to be right in front of my eyes to know that she's safe, knowing that I can protect her.

Will she be able to love me?

I highly doubt that she might develop feelings for me because I can try to make myself a better man but I can't change who I am. I am hot-headed, I always have been and the possibility that I can lose my cool like Sam and hurt Addison makes me want to go far away from her life but I just can't.