Attraction

4.

"What time is it?" I hear Paul asking Jared who is dozing off in the lazy boy chair.

Jared shrugs his shoulders sleepily and closes his eyes again. I smile softly at Paul as I check the time on my phone for him.

"It's two am." I tell him softly. I draw in a breath in surprise.

Have I really lost track of time? I mean it wasn't like I have work tomorrow anyway, but I never actually stay up this late. Quil, Embry, Jared and Sam are all now asleep in front of the tv on the different parts of the couch or the chairs in the living room. Paul and I are the only ones awake now and from the looks of it.

"I guess we won." Paul says and shrugs. He grins at me showing off his ideally whitened teeth. My heart starts beating quicker again, I am so grateful he can't hear how fast he makes my heart pound.

"What did we win?" I ask curiously.

His expression stays softened but my heart thuds quickly as our eyes stay locked again for a moment. It is just the two of us awake now and I feel almost giddy being alone with him in a sort of way.

"We won the competition, you know, of staying awake the longest." He explains.

Paul's gaze doesn't leave my own. I feel so entranced by him, there seems to be something different about him than other people. I don't know what it is... Maybe it's his beauty. Yeah, that could be it.

I feel a smile beginning to grow across my face.

"I guess we deserve a reward then." I respond happily.

His eyes seem to brighten as if he's trying to come up with an idea in his head for a reward.

"How about we go get pie?" He suggests.

I find myself covering my mouth to hide my chuckle at his random request. Pie at two in the morning?

"Pie?" I repeat, he nods casually. "But it's two in the morning, where could we get pie?"

Paul suddenly looks proud.

"I know a twenty-four-hour diner just up the road. They have the best pie there." He smiles at me and I can see the eagerness in his expression.

"Then I guess that settles it, pie it is." I reply in agreement with his suggestion.

We arrived at the diner and got our booth quickly, there weren't any other customers in the diner as of right now. Probably from how late it was. I couldn't help but smile to myself at the irony of meeting Paul in a diner but here we were together at two am getting pie in a diner.

"I never knew there was a diner open all night here in Forks. If I had known that, I would have come here years ago." I confess as I take a sip of my water. Paul smiles softly as he glances down at his menu that's laying in front of him.

"I thought you just moved to Forks?" He replies curiously, I bite on my bottom lip.

I don't want to say too much but I don't want to appear suspicious either.

"Well, yes, my mom and I used to live here when I was little. But we moved away when I was around seven." My answer is as informative as I want it to be. Paul seems curious causing my anxiety to fill my mind.

"Oh, where did you live before you moved back to Forks?" He continues.

He seems to be trying to make conversation to get to know me better. It makes me feel special but I know I have to be cautious about what I say. My smile seems to be masking my worry, I take another sip of my drink before speaking.