Loving You / Paul Lahote - [EDITED]

14 - [EDITED]

Ashley had missed waking up covered by Paul's embrace and warmness. 

Paul had kissed her forehead to wake her up. "I've gotta go meet the pack,"

Ashley nodded. "Is it okay if I stay here?" She asked him. 

He knew that since Alice left there was nowhere she could go and that she was tired of the trip.    "Of course, baby, I'll come back once I'm done," Ashley smiled as Paul gave her another kiss and she went to sleep.

She woke up a couple of hours later by Paul's soft kisses. "Welcome back," she mumbled as she turned around toward Paul, still her eyes closed. 

Paul chuckled and Ashley opened her eyes. The first thing she did was to check the time. It was around 12 PM, and from her experience, it was early. He didn't usually come back until afternoon.  

"You're early," she commented and Paul smirked. 

"Well, I had a pretty good reason to come back," he said then leaned in to give her a kiss.

"Sam let me go early because you're here also they want to see you. Sam's got some questions to ask you and Emily was over the moon when she received the news," Paul said after their kiss. 

Ashley nodded. "Alright, let me change back to my clothes," she said getting up from the bed. 

However, Paul had something else in his mind.  I didn't say right away," he said and grabbed Ashley's waist, pulling her back to bed. 

After spending some time in bed and eventually having breakfast the couple finally decided to go to Emily's house. They took Paul's truck since Ashley couldn't walk all that way and she didn't want to be a burden to Paul, to carry her. 

As they neared Emily's house Ashley couldn't help but feel a bit worried. After all, she had lied to the whole pack. Yes, she didn't spill their secret or the tribe legends but she did lie and she didn't know what kind of welcome she would get. 

Especially now that there were new members she didn't know. Paul mentioned them to her yesterday night. She knew Jacob briefly but the Clearwater's and Quil were complete strangers to her. 

"Baby, don't worry, you're a part of the pack, you always had been," Paul said, grabbing Ashley's hand. He knew she had doubts about the way she was breathing and sighing. 

Ashley looked at her. "I know but," she started but Paul cut her off. 

"No buts, nothing's changed, trust me," he said and kissed her hand. Ashley gave him a smile as they stopped in front of the house. 

Ashley took another deep breath as she entered the house. Paul was still holding her hand and he gave a soft squeeze to assure her that it would be fine. The house was a lot more crowded than it used to be. That was the first thing Ashley noticed. 

"Ashley!" Emily exclaimed upon seeing her and quickly came over to give her a hug. 

Then Jared came over and gave her a hug, even lifting her up to the air for a while before putting her down.  "Finally! This hot-head had been getting too annoying!" he exclaimed and Paul pushed Jared jokingly. Embry gave her a smile and Sam nodded at her. 

"Hello I'm Seth Clearwater, that's my sister Leah, we're new," a boy came over to Ashley and reached his hand forward for a shake. 

As Ashley shook his hand with a smile she couldn't believe how young the boy looked compared to the others. He was really young. 

After the introductions, everyone took a seat. "Ashley, I'm sure Paul has informed you of this but we have some questions," Sam said. 

Ashley nodded. "First of all, can you tell us who the red-haired lee--, uhm, cold one is?" he asked her.