"And I just can't pull myself away

Under her spell I can't break

I just can't stop"

-NeYo

Now that Paul had joined the ranks, he proved to be the most temperamental and had a hard time reeling his emotions in so Sam had TJ help him, the same way that TJ helped Sam when he first shifted.

Paul was nervous, a feeling that only his imprint could make him feel, at the thought of spending one on one time with his imprint. She didn't even give him the time of day a majority of the time and he envied the other two couples, how easy they seemed to have it. He let her lead him somewhere through the forest and took the time to stare at her. He always thought she was pretty even before he shifted and admired the way she didn't fall for his charms like all the other girls. Today she was wearing a black sports bra, black leggings, a black zip up hoodie and her hair was in one French braid and yet she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

"I'm not sure how other girls feel about staring but to me it's annoying." She didn't look at him as she spoke, and kept walking.

"Sorry." He tried to look at anything else but he couldn't help it.

Her lip curled up, she couldn't help but be amused at how easily flustered he was around her.

"Alright now breathe through your nose and out through your mouth." He did what she told him. "If you get angry, just focus on your breathing or something that makes you happy."

In through the nose and out through the mouth

"How do you know so much about this?"

"I used to box when I was younger, that's how I met Sam. He wanted help controlling his anger and came to the gym and we've been friends ever since."

"You? A boxer? You look so delicate."

She arched a brow at him and the next thing he knows, he's on his back with her straddling him.

"You were saying?"

He couldn't speak, their current position was sending his mind straight into the gutter. The sunlight hit her face just right and he was happy she couldn't hear the pounding of his heart. She was so close that he could see that her eyes looked more green today and had hazel flecks scattered throughout them. She smiled and stood up.

"Jared told me what happened when he first shifted. Are you human?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "I'm adopted so anything is possible."

"Does that bother you? Not knowing where you came from."

"It used to but not so much anymore."

Her parents loved her unconditionally and never made her feel like she was adopted but she knew she wasn't like everyone else. No amount of reading could help her figure out who or what she really was. She had superhuman strength, speed, agility, she healed quick and she was good with weapons. As a child she used to feel like she was a superhero but these days she was beginning to think that the idea didn't seem too far fetched.

*

"I don't understand why everyone is so okay with this! She's putting us all in danger!" TJ heard Rosalie yell.

She had the day off from patrolling and decided to go visit the Cullens. Despite what Sam and everyone else have told her, they were fine to be around. Sam wasn't too happy about letting her see them but she wasn't Quiluete so their treaty didn't apply to her.

She had been to the Cullen's house a few times since she's met them. Emmett loved a sparring partner, Rosalie liked someone she could talk to about anything, Alice liked going shopping with her, Jasper loved that he could be around her without wanting to kill her, Edward liked to beat her at chess, Esme liked someone to cook for and Carlisle liked the intellectual conversations they had.

Currently, they were talking about some girl named Isabella Swan that had figured out their secret and was now dating Edward. In fact, Isabella was supposed to come over and meet them for the first time tomorrow. Edward seemed to really like her but they had a law against human mates so TJ could understand why Rosalie was so mad.

"Not you too." Edward groaned, looking at TJ.

"Stay out of my head. I didn't say anything, I'm not choosing sides." She held up her hands in surrender and then took a bite out of the sandwich Esme made her. For someone that didn't eat food, she was a pretty good cook. "I'm glad you found someone to love, just be careful, not everyone is like me."

"As if we need another you around." Emmett joked and received a middle finger from TJ.

"At least I'm not the one that sparkles in the sun."

TJ would be pissed off if she lit up like a Christmas tree every time she went out in the sun and she laughed when they told her. It explained why they weren't home whenever it was nice outside.

"Chill out Rose, you never know, you could actually end up liking her."

Rosalie rolled her eyes and plopped down next to TJ on the couch. "Unlikely."

"She's coming over tomorrow so everyone needs to be on their best behavior." Carlisle said.

TJ couldn't wait, there was no way she was going to miss this.