Indignation - Paul Lahote

Chapter 6

ELIZABETHS POV

I am so far into the sleep world when I am jerked forward. I jump suddenly alert. I look around and see I am inside Paul's house, on the stairs but up higher. "Did you just almost drop me?" I ask groggily.

"No, I didn't see the vacuum sitting in front of the stairs, tripped a little, but recovered." He explains. The proceeds to giggle at his own clumsiness. 

"Did the body builder just giggle?" I ask sarcasticly.

"Hey, that's not fair I didn't choose the life of muscle and werewolfieness." He pouts then proceeds up the stairs.

"Are we gonna cuddle? I really need some cuddles. You didn't speak to me for a long time and were mean. So therefore I need my emotional stress mercy cuddles."

"Hey, we were going to anyway, I missed my girl." He says nestling his head against mine.

"But I can't be your girl as the imprinting won't allow. I can't expect you to be OK with it either. It wouldn't be fair to your imprint."

"How are you so wise? And understanding? And just so you know, you have been my girl since we met, and you will continue to be my girl. You are forever my girl." He says to me. 

"When did you get so sentimental? Does it come with becoming a werewolf?" I ask, dodging the statement.

"I was always sentimental with you. I just want to tell you how important you are to me before the inevitable happens. If I don't imprint and you don't get imprinted on or fall in love with someone else by the time we are say, 23, will you marry me?" Paul asks.

"OK, now I am 100% sure you are drunk." I say laughing. He laughs too. He places me on his bed climbing on as well and snuggling me while placing his head on my collar bone looking up at me.

"Hey, I am serious, because I have always wanted you to be my girl, forever. So, what better way then marriage, we have known each other since the dawn of memories, every thing I remember you are always there. So please just promise me, please?" He begs.

"I don't know," I begin very seriously, "You would have to get permission from my dad and brother." I say teasingly. 

"So you will?!" I nod. "I thought you would say no!!!" He exclaims looking very happy. He kisses my face a thousand times.

"OK, OK, you still need permission from dad and Jake." I say and look at his silky soft hair. "I really wish you hadn't of cut it." I tell him while running my fingers through it.

He smiles. "Your dad and brother love me, I'm practically your husband already. Have been since you would force me to braid your hair. And play all the girly games like house." He let's out a little laugh. "As for my hair, I had to cut it in order to not be tripping all over the place with my long fur. You should have seen me the first time I phased. I fell all over the place. I was the clumsiest wolf ever. What was worse was the braid you put in my hair came loose when I phased, so my I guess fur, was all over the place. It was bad." He says, I burst out laughing.

After a while of laughing, Paul just stops and watches me, not in a creepy way. More like in a protective and somber way.  Like he was studying every part of me. It is weird, in a way. It is different. He has watched me before but, this is like he is trying to soak every little moment in like if he doesn't then he will run out of time.

And I realize that at some point he will run out of time, just like I will. He will imprint on a stunning girl someday and have beautiful kids and such. It breaks my heart but also make me happy that he is going to have somebody like that. It is so bittersweet, but someday he will be a happy husband and father, an amazing one at that. 

He moves his head back off my collar bone and instead places it on my shoulder. He takes a deep breath, his nose near my neck. "Y'know, I could stay like this forever." And I feel him smile. "You are so comfy." He whispers against my neck, close to sleep. I smile and pull him closer. 

I hum, "Me too," as he drifts off to sleep. Me following close behind.

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"Mom!", Paul whisper whines as I try to catch the sleep that is slowly draining from my mind, not yet ready to wake up. I cuddle into Paul more, pulling his arm back over me, as he had moved his body from mine. I turn my body into his and bury my head into his armpit, mistaking it for his neck. 

I hear a giggle and feel a chuckle, "Does it smell good at least?" Paul's voice asks, making the giggle turn to a full body laugh. I pull my head from his armpit and see Eve killing herself laughing in the corner of the room, by the door.

"Oh, hey Eve." I say sleepily. Paul laughs harder at this. 

Eve laughs and throws her head back, she walks towards us and kisses my head as well as Paul's. "Go back to sleep, we will talk in the morning. Good night."

She walks out the door and closes it. 

"Alright, sleep time. C'mon." Paul mumbles as he pulls me into him. Both facing the other, my face in his chest, his in my hair. "Night," he mumbles.

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"Hey, it is time to get up." I am shaken as Paul tries to wake me up. I grumble and cuddle further into his sheets. "Ahh, c'mon. We have to get going soon." I whine and hide my face in his pillow as he opens the curtains.

"Nooo, Paul, please let me sleep." I beg. "Cuddles are my favorite!!" He chuckles and comes over to me.

He grabs me and pulls me into his lap, he pulls me into his arms. I snuggle into him and bury my head into his neck and latched onto him, holding him as tight as possible. "I know, me too, but Mum made breakfast." I pull my head back and look at him. 

"What are we doing after that?" I ask. He smiles big at me and then stokes the side of my face, pushing my hair into order. 

"Something fun"

A/N:

I'm super really sorry, this is quite short but, I have gotten my wisdom teeth surgically removed cause they were sideways, this is as much as I had done until then.