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"I can't believe you would do that!" I scream at Paul. "He growled at me first!" He defends. "That doesn't mean you just start attacking it! Oh my god, why would you take on a bear Paul?" About an hour or so ago, Paul went out on a run. He came back about five minutes ago all scratched up, because he attacked a fucking bear. Yes, a fucking bear. I don't know why, but he decided it would be smart. So now here we are, me yelling at him while I patch him up. He'll be fine in a few hours, but the stitches and such are just to help the healing process. "I thought I could take it on." He grumbles. "You obviously couldn't." I scoff as I pack all my medical supplies up. "Don't you have an imprint to be with?" "He's currently sleeping actually. Don't you have an imprint to be with?" I shoot back. "She's at school." "She's still in school?" I ask. "College." I nod my head. "Should we go to Jakes and wake him up?" Paul asks. "Sure." We get up and head out of the house. Jesse left his truck for Paul and I to use, and he had bought a new car for himself. So we got into the truck and headed over to Jacobs. When we got there we found Sam and the rest of the cult messing around in the yard. I shut off the truck and we both get out of the truck. The cult sees us and runs over. "What're you guys doing here?" Embry asks. "Well Paul got attacked by a bear." Paul groans. "We heard him crying like a little baby." Jared says. "I shouldn't have done this." "Why are bears so big." "Why do bears hurt other animals." Jared and Embry keep going back and forth till Sam stops them. "You guys are ridiculous." Paul groans as he jumps at the boys. They all start running towards the forest, Paul lagging behind them. "I'm gonna go inside." Sam nods and takes after the boys. I make my way into the small house and find Billy sitting in the living room. "Is Jacob in his room?" Billy nods, and continues to watch the game on tv. I open Jacobs door and find him sleeping soundly on his twin sized mattress, that he's way too big for. A smile graces my lips and an idea pops into my head. I jump onto Jacob and he groans. "Good morning sleepy head." He opens one eye and smiles. "Good night." He wraps his arms around me and pulls me beside him. Soon enough I drift off, laying beside my imprint. *** "Bella back up!" The sound of Sams yelling wakes both Jacob and I up. I look out the window and see Paul getting ready to shift. Jacob has already started out the door and on his way outside. I take off after him and am quick to get in front of Bella. Jacob phases in front of our eyes, mid air and goes at Paul. "Jacob!" I yell, he ignores me and keeps going at Paul. They keep fighting and end up in the woods. "Embry, Jared. Take Bella back to Emily's. Artemis go get your imprint." Sam orders. "You know I'm not going to do it because you told me to, I'm doing it because I don't want either of them hurt." Sam rolls his eyes and nods. I take off in a jog into the woods and find the boys still going at it. I roll my eyes at the pair. "This macho stuff is cute and all, but don't make me come over there and kick both of your asses." They both look at me. "Are you done?" They both nod as best as they can. "Let's go." They trot after me and nuzzle up to my sides. "I assume you'll both want clean clothes so we can just go to Jacobs then I'll drive us to Emily's." The both nuzzle farther into my sides in response. *** We finally get Emily's after a good forty minutes. The boys took forever to get changed, and Sam scolded them like a mother would her children. Jacobs hand is enclosed around mine, and Paul is arguing with Jacob over who won their small fight. "I totally won." Paul argues. "In your dreams Lahote." Jacob pushes him into the house with his free hand. Paul stumbles his way into a chair beside Embry. He starts to shove a muffin that Emily made into his mouth before I smack the back of his head. He glares at me before turning to Bella. "I'm sorry." He turns back around and shoves a muffin in his mouth. Bella looks to Jacob and I, and Jacob nods his head motioning for us to leave the house. He leads me out of the house and we head down the path to the beach, Bella following close behind us. "So you're a werewolf?" Bella asks Jacob. "Yeah." "And you are too?" She asks me. "The only female of our tribe." She nods. "A few lucky members of the tribe have the gene, and we both ended up having it. A bloodsucker moves to town, and then the fever sets in." Jacob explains. "Mono?" Bella muses. "Yeah I wish." "Can't you just find a way to stop?" Bella asks. Jacobs feet plant into the ground. "I mean it's wrong." Jacob scoffs. "It's not a lifestyle choice Bella. I was born this way, I didn't choose it. You're such a hypocrite." "It's not what you are, it's what you do." Bella breathes out. "They never hurt anybody. You've killed people." "We don't kill people Bella." I tell her. "Then who is?" "That's what we are tying to protect the humans from. The only thing we do kill." "Vampires." Jacob finishes for me. "Jake, you guys can't." He rolls his eyes. "Don't worry we can't harm your precious Cullen's unless they violate the treaty." "That's not what I'm saying. They'll kill you guys." "We took out that leech with the dreads easy enough." I tell her, recalling the memory. Sam had called me that day and asked if I wanted to help take out a vampire. Which I obviously said yes to. "Laurent?" Bella asks me. "And his red headed girlfriend is next." Jacob says. "Victoria's here?" "Girl with killer red hair? Yeah she tried to kill me one night when we chased her to the Canadian border." I inform her. "We don't know what she's after but she keeps coming back for some reason." Jacob tells her. "I know what she's after." Bella looks at her feet. "Well don't keep us in suspense." I mumble. "It's me she's after."
