Indignation - Paul Lahote

Chapter 4

Paul's POV

She hugged me, I can't believe she hugged me. Two weeks of ignoring her and what does she do? Come straight over and hug me.

Then she questioned me. I looked in her eyes and my heart stopped, she isn't the one. Sam and Jared were dead set on how she was the one. When I looked over at Jared, he looked hopeful, I shook my head and he looked mournful.

I just lost my bestfriend, the love of my life. I thought we were gonna be forever. But we weren't.

I have to ignore her now, that will not be easy. Fate just played the nastiest game of sting along ever. Fate broke my heart. Now I have to break hers.

Those thing I said to her, the lies I told, everything. I had to do it in order to protect her. Keep her safe. Everything is for her. Everything.

I was walking down the hallway the opposite way of her, and looked out the window. I see her running then Embry catching her, her collapsing into his arms. She should be in my arms, not his.

She looks so sad, I just want to beat myself up. Give myself enough pain until the memory of her that heart broken leaves. The physical pain would be better.

She didn't hit me, she would've before, and hard too. But she was so heart broken, she saved all but one tear for when she was alone. She walked away.

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'Paul stop thinking about it' Jared's voice rings through my head.

'Shes not my imprint' I say back.

'Then she is not cursed to live the way we do'

'I guess so.'

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Elizabeth's POV

Embry disappeared about a week after what happened with Paul. Hes been gone two weeks now.

Embry got sick just like Paul did and disappeared just like Paul did. Right now I am in the middle seat of Bellas truck. Her and Jacob worked on two bikes for about since Paul was sick.

While they did that I either was working on Jacob's rabbit, my 1960 Toyota land cruiser, or doing general house mantince.

Bella stopped the car as soon as she saw the Lapush gang jumping off the cliff.

Her and Jake got out, I sat in the car staring at the figure of Paul, and then seeing Embry part of that gang.

I get out of the car furiously. "EMBRY CALL!!!" I scream at him.

His head turns this way but he gets pushed off the cliff as this happens.

I shake my head and look back at Paul. He quickly looked away from me, casting his eyes down then looking right at me, smirk and drop down into the water. I didn't even bat an eye. He didn't want to be friends, fine. He can go and fall to his death.

I look at Jake. "Are you ok? He was your bestest friend."

"Yeah, I still got Quil and Bella, and you." Jake says.

"Yeah.." I say. The rest of the ride I sit, dejectedly.

When we finally stop it is to unload the bikes, Jake does so by himself.

I sit on one of the bikes, staring off into space. Thinking about Paul, and Embry, how the same thing that happened to them is happening to Jake.

Bella takes off on the other bike. I see her crash but I can't think. I am pushed and land roughly on the ground, Jake takes off after bella.