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"Last night before the fight and you chose to spend it here?" Emily questions with a light smile as she opens up the front door to Riley, who actually knocks unlike everybody else who visits the house.

Riley smiled up at the scared yet beautiful woman before her, "well, I wasn't about to leave you alone with Sam. Plus, I'd rather be here than listen to any sad stories about the Cullen's, I already know them all anyway"

Emily smiled gently before she opened up the door fully to the short brunette, who took the invitation and entered the warm home, wether it was Emily's cooking or the pack that was always there—the house always seemed warm even though the weather was bitter.

"Okay, how did you know I'd be here?" Riley asks with a smile on her lips as she spots Paul sat down at the kitchen table with Sam, they had seemed to be awaiting for her arrival.

"You're not staying here, I've got somewhere else for us to go" Paul stood up from his place, sending his imprint a smile, who in return looked baffled.

"Somewhere else?" Riley questioned, but when she looked at Emily, the woman just gave her an innocent look. "Okay....it's better if we leave Emily and Sam to have some time alone anyway"

Emily then looked at Riley sadly, before she dragged the girl into her arms, her head resting on Riley's shoulder, who was hugging her back just as tight. "Please be careful tomorrow"

"Of course" Riley promised, squeezing her eyes momentarily. "I'll even drag the boys back safely, the elders know that they'll try and do something dumb"

Emily let out a laugh at that before she pulled back from the girl and wiped away a stray cheek, walking backwards until she was in Sam's arms, who held her to him as he hated seeing her sad.

"Let's go then" Riley nods over to Paul, her hand gripping her bag tightly as she sends Sam and Emily a small wave, saying that she'd see them later.

Paul held Riley's hand in his gently as he began to walk them out of the house and towards where he had parked his car (which was in a place where Riley didn't spot it). "Where exactly are we going?"

"My place"

"You're house is so small and cute" Riley complimented as she stared at the small yet cute lodge-like house, Paul closing the car door that he had opened for her, she sent him a smile in return. "How come we always hang out at my house, yours is so...secluded and peaceful"

"Because I'm always at the pack house, or on patrol" Paul answers quickly, "besides, I don't want people to get the wrong impression by you coming over to my house all the time"

"Still, we should hang out here, there would be nobody interrupting our movies" Riley grins.

Paul just rolls his eyes playfully before he holds his hand out to her, which she gladly accepts and allows him to lead her into the house, and she gasped when she noticed the pictures of Paul as a child.

"You're adorable" Riley squeals as she runs over to the baby picture on the coffee table, and she holds it with both of her hands as she smiles down on it, Paul just watched her from the sidelines.

Riley places down the photo before she spots another one, Paul on the beach at the age of around seven, proudly smiling as he holds up a tooth that had been knocked out. "So cute"

"Thanks" Paul smirks, but she ignored him as she placed it down and moved on to the next picture, one of him and his mother.

From what Riley knew, they didn't like the woman as she had abandoned Paul with his abusive father at a young age, she didn't understand how any mother could do that to her children.

She changed the subject when Paul noticed what she was looking at, "if I have a kid, I hope it's just as cute as you were"

"If we have a kid, I hope they turn out innocent like you, especially if it's a girl" Paul responds with a grin, reaching forward and holding Riley's hands, who sends him a countering look.

"No, I think if she has your looks, she'll be a heart breaker" Riley grins cheekily, before she tugs her hand away and sticks her tongue out. "And I'll tell her, not to tell her father about it"

"You wouldn't" Paul counters, as he sticks his finger out as a warning.

"I would, and I'd let her walk around in a skirt and cropped top" Riley teases, and Paul chooses that moment to pounce towards her, causing her to let out a squeal as he pushes her to the ground, his hand supporting her waist and head so she didn't get hurt as they reach the floor. "Not fair, you've got wolf—powers"

"I think you mean shifter powers" Paul states, mocking the many times where she corrected the pack on their terminology, she rolls her eyes at him playfully.

"Whatever" Riley scoffed at him in a playful manner, before she meets his eyes again and her breathe hitches slightly, she just realised what kind of position they were in.

"I want to kiss you" Paul let's out lowly, his voice in a slight whisper as he looked down into her hazel eyes that seemed to have him gripped, and her heart takes that moment to stammer. "But I don't want to force you into anything"

"I want you to" Riley whispers back, before she reaches forward and grabs his cheeks gently, tugging his head down to her lips quickly in a rush of the moment.

Their lips finally collide and they both let out a sigh at the contact, as if it was a moment they had been waiting for, for years on end. Paul gently caresses Riley's waist that he had ahold of, brushing it where it causes a shiver to pass over her body.

Riley's hands travels away from his cheeks towards his neck, travelling on natural instinct as she hadn't done anything like this before. But Paul was still effected unlike any other kiss he had had before.