Fighter

Chapter Three

Bella woke up alone in Paul's bed, she leaned over to have a look at the clock "Gah it's only 5 am, seriously why am I awake". She huffed and made her way out of bed pulling Paul's shirt on and some panties, she padded down the hallway and stopped at the top of the stairs when she could hear talking.

"Dude you got like the best imprint in the entire world you know that right"

"Quil I told you on patrol I will kick your ass and I am very aware how awesome Bella is".

"What you gonna do about Jake, he's not gonna be over the moon about this?"

"He has no say, he dropped her like a fly baby Alpha can be as pissed as he wants, but as far as I'm concerned if he was still her friend he would have talked to her so currently, his opinion means Jack shit"

"I'm on your side Bro, Jake might be my friend but what he did to B was not cool, she's awesome she deserves better than that and you guys look happy so I'm good, but you better treat her good or I'll kick your ass got it".

Bella couldn't help it she chuckled at how serious Quil was being, she loved that he was looking out for her but she knew Paul could kick his ass. She slowly made her way down the stairs and waved to the guys as they came into her sight "Sorry to interrupt your interrogation Quil, but why was I in bed all on my own?".

Bella smiled as Quil blushed and she made her way over to him and climbed into his lap and gave him a big hug and whispered "Thanks for caring but were good". Quil smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek "I know your good just making sure he understands and sorry I kept Paul up but I just wanted to hang for a bit after Patrol".

Before Bella could reply she heard a deep growl and looked over at Paul who was trembling slightly, she jumped out of Quils arms and sat next to Paul cautiously "Babe what is it?". Paul looked embarrassed as he pulled her close and breathed her in "Sorry babe but my wolf wasn't very thrilled to have you in Quils lap half-naked" Bella chuckled and kissed his cheek "Well tell your wolf to behave or no treats for him". Quil coughed awkwardly and stood up "I'll take that as my queue to get the fuck out ASAP night guys" and before Bella could wave he was gone. Bella blushed and whispered to Paul "Well I know how to clear a room" Paul laughed and pulled her in close.

"B I have something to tell you and I'm really sorry in advance and I didn't mean to ok..." Bella looked up at Paul and was suddenly very worried. She squeezed his hand tight and waited for him to continue.

"Ok well you see us wolves share a mind when we are phased, that's how we connect with each other..". Bella nodded "OK that's cool I guess but why are you freaking out?".

Paul took a deep breath and shut his eyes as he spoke: "I might have been thinking about us and what we did tonight and Quil may have got a very nice show, I'm so sorry I tried so hard not to think about it but I couldn't help it".

Bella sat in silence for a few moments and Paul sat patiently as he watched her cautiously waiting for some kind of reaction. Finally, Bella looked up at Paul and took a deep breath "So Quil..he saw...everything we did tonight?" Paul nodded slowly as Bella took another deep breathe "OK so you can't help it whatever you think is out there to whoever is phased? Paul nodded again and held her tighter. "Ok well I'm not angry, highly embarrassed maybe but just try and not show everyone, I know it must be hard, but those moments are ours".

Paul pulled Bella into his lap and kissed her deeply and whispered: "I'm sorry I really am going to try, I can't promise I'm always going to be great at it, but I'm gonna try really hard". Bella smiled and hugged him tight "Since we are having a DM Quil was right Jake isn't going to be your number one person when he finds out about us".