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Paul Lahote was not having a good week. Now life before he shifted was not sunshine and rainbows. Nothing in his life had ever been sunshine and rainbows. That is not to say he hated being a shifter. On the contrary he loved being able to run through the woods and let loose. It's just that being a shifter tended to interfere with his peace. This week was proving that. He was honestly suprised with hiw little he shifted out of anger ir frustration.
It started with increase in patrol for the entire pack that Sam had introduced. It made sense. The redhead leech kept coming back onto their land and was becoming a nuisance at best and leaving a trail of bodies at worst. The problem was that they already had long patrols. This just reduced the little time they had outside pack duties and caused him to lose out on more sleep.
Then he found out that the reason the redhead vampire kept returning was because it was looking for Bella freaking swan.Paul disliked that girl almost as much as the Cullen family she had glued herself to before they left. Wherever Bella swan was trouble followed and it just had to intertwine with his life. Another reason he dislikes her was because she was dragging Jacob along and leading him on and the kid was to blind to see it. Paul found Jacob annoying (one of the reasons that he never stopped talking about Bella) but he did not what to see his brother hurt and unfortunately that seemed inevitable with Bella Swan in his life.
Then one day while he was on his way to Emily's house he bumped into his ex girlfriend Veronica. She would not stop pestering him about hiw he dumped her and he was already in a bad mood. Luckily Jared was nearby and managed to get him into the woods before he shifted in front of her. When he calmed down he inside and discovered that Quill had eaten the snack he had been saving for himself. That discovery ended in a brawl which turned into a fight into their wolf form in the back yard.
On another he finally went home(he hadn't been in his house for 3 days due to patrol and hangout at Emily's) and sighed when he found his father passed out on the couch with bottles around him. He checked the light with were not working meaning his dad had used th3 money for bills tk but drinks. He didn't have the energy to deal with that problem so he went upstairs slammed the door and dropped onto his bed.
Paul thought about how life had changed fir him as a wolf. He hated that people accused him of being in a cult. He hated that he was being pestered about college and he hated that he had to keep a cap on his anger in public. He had always been angry but now the wolf made it worse. He really did like being a wolf but he could live without those added complications. Paul closed his eyes and hoped he could get some sleep before his next patrol.
Saturday has finally arrived. The last day of his bad week. He was currently in Forks getting supplies Emily had asked him to buy. While he didn't feel like going Emily was sweet plus she was the one feeding him. He was getting the last thing on the list when someone bumped into him.
"My apologies. I should have been watch where i was going" said the girl as she picked up the cans of soup she had dropped. Paul looked at her. She was a little over a head shoter than him and had dark skin which reminded him of chocolate. Her hair was in braids with sliver beads in them. He had to admit she was beautiful. Before he could speak she stood upright and looked at him. Thats when everything changed.
Paul felt gravity shift. She was the only thing keeping him tethered to the world. His mind froze for a brief moment before he was able to find his tongue again. "It's alright. I have the higher vein i should have been watching too. I am Paul. Paul Lahote. Say u have never seen you around here. You moved in or passing by?" Asked Paul. He really hoped she atleast lived in Forks. He didn't know what he would do if his imprint lived else where. " Sadie Duke. I moved here about a day ago. I live with my cousin Ben. My parents are partner a traveling theatre doing tours and decided they wanted to give me a normal last year." She said as she smiled at him. His heart flutterd.
"I don't mind showing you around. Hey you can even come for the bonfire in LaPush happening later. It will be fun" explained Paul. He was thinking of ways to have his imprint close. "Sounds fun but i don't really know you. If my cousin comes i would be more comfortable with going and maybeyou can shoe me around sometime in the near future. " she said. Paul nodded and they exchanged numbers. He was glad he could spend time with his imprint. He was glad she thought of her safety and it made him proud of having a smart imprint.
Paul had been having a rough week. Him being a wolf contributed to that. But at the end of the week Paul had a smile on. His face. He had met his imprint and she seemed really cool. The wolf had given him this opportunity tk get to know her. Life wasn't always great but Paul could safely say that his bad week flipped upside-down when he meet his imprint Sadie who he couldn't wait to see at the bonfire.