Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Complicated

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 19:

Paul POV

I saw it stalking her. She hadn’t seen it yet. But I saw it. Pale skin. Pampered arrogant look. Nice clothes. Yeah I knew exactly what it was. Bella sat her books on a table in the Quad. She sat her coffee down. Don’t turn around Bella. I was almost there.

“Hi, you mind if I sit…”

“This seats taken.” Bella and the asshole turned toward me. Just as I suspected. A fucking Frat boy.

Bella smiled at me and jumped into my arms. “Paul!” Frat boy stared at me. I hugged my girl back and looked at him and glared. I mouthed that I would kill him so Bella couldn’t hear. But he heard me. He heard me just fine. I kissed Bella and after a few moments let her come up for air. Frat boy was still there.

“Something I can help you with boy?”

“No,uh,… no.”

“You may leave then. I think I see an empty table over there.”

He took off at a fast walk stumbling a little on the way over to his new home.

“Paul did you have to scare him?” Bella gave me a disapproving look.

“No, I didn’t have to. But it was fun.” I told her honestly.

“Sit down with me. Are you staying the night? Please stay the night.”

“Of course baby. I’m not going back for a couple days. Until we leave for Thanksgiving break.”

“Oh God you mean I get you for two days.”

“Yep.”

“What am I going to do to you? Oh the possibilities.”

“Where is Matt at?”

“They left to go to Washington State yesterday. We have the place to ourselves.” She whispered and bit my earlobe. We were practically dry humping on the campus quad.

“Paul, I have a surprise for you. I told my academic advisor that my Dad had early onset dementia.”

“What?”

“I know horrible right? But faking an illness is the least he can do for the crap he put us through this summer. Anyway he arranged it that the two classes I need to attend on campus after this semester can be taken on correspondence. I would only have to come to Tacoma to take tests and turn in papers. The rest of my classes can be taken online like yours!”

“You mean…”

“After this semester I am coming to live with you and I won’t have to leave.”

Oh wow.

“Are you sure this is what you want Bella? I mean won’t you be missing out on the college experience?”

“You mean like the experience that you just scared away?” She asked raising her eyebrow.

“No not those experiences.”

“Paul I could give a damn about being here. I barely function without you here. I think I would get better grades in La Push and I talked to the Forest Service about volunteering there while I go to college. They offered to let me work part time there and it should give me an in when I graduate.”

“So only 4 more weeks?”

“Yep. Then I’m all yours.”

I kissed her hard. I can’t believe she did this. I didn’t know how long it would be before I left the Pack and came to her all the time. And with the current number of blood suckers invading our land it was a really bad time to go.

“Are you happy?”

“Yes Babe. You know I am.”

“How are your classes going?”

“Still straight A’s.”

“That’s my smart freshman.”

Something was off. There was something she wasn’t telling me. I knew my girl.

“What is it Bella?”

“What do you mean?”

“What are you keeping from me?”

“Nothing baby. Just. Take me home okay. I want to go make love to you.”

“Okay.” Hard to turn down an offer like that. As we walked away hand in hand I turned and saw the frat boy table staring at me. Fucking blood suckers.

BPOV

We were gathered at Sam’s for Thanksgiving. The Pack was all here. Debbie and Ben had flown down since Matt was coming here tomorrow. Sue and Charlie were here. They had been spending a lot of time with each other lately. Again. Leah was here. She still looked like hell when Matt wasn’t here. And she hadn’t seen him for a week since he had been on the road preparing for the big rivalry thing with WSU. She at least did her hair but she looked so scared. I know she has watched everyone of Matt’s games. Except the first one. I went with her and Paul to Matt’s first game. She nearly phased the first time he got hit. We had to drag her out of the stadium because she was shaking so much. Now she has to watch on TV. We had all eaten and had settled down in front of the TV. So far this year UW was undefeated. There was talk about Matt being a hymen candidate. Or something like that. It apparently was important and the source of great interest on campus. All I knew is he was holding it together better than I was. He talked to Leah every night over Skype. He studied. And he went to practice. But that was it. He wasn’t as carefree as he had been before. I could tell he didn’t want to be there. He had even talked about transferring to the WU Seattle branch campus in Port Angeles but was kind of stuck in Tacoma since he was playing football. Leah stayed over at least twice a week but with class and football practice he didn’t have a lot of opportunity to spend much time with her. And when she was here I had to invest in earplugs. A lot of earplugs. The super came to my door last week and told me he had gotten complaints about our dog and the growling all hours of the night. I explained to him that we did not have a dog and even let him walk through the apartment to prove it. I guess he bought it but Matt may have to invest in a gag for Leah.

All in all it was a stressful semester. And that is what made me fake my dad’s illness. I couldn’t take being away from Paul any more. That and another reason.

The game started and UW scored first. Matt threw a perfect pass to open the game for a touchdown. The announcers on the TV were talking about how great he was. They said some football terms I didn’t really understand and Charlie was agreeing with the announcers. I think he is hoping to marry Sue so he can have Matt as a step son in law. He still hasn’t given up. I guess we all have our dreams. I looked at Debbie expecting her to be proud. Instead she looked as worried as Leah. So did Ben. The game went back and forth. Our defense apparently sucked according to Charlie. Leah was pacing. The Pack was cheering. The game came down to the last minute. We had the ball close to the touchdown marker thing and everybody got quiet. Apparently we were down by 6 and needed to score a touchdown to win. Time was running out. I saw Matt run to the side and throw the ball as the clock went to zero. The cameras traveled with the ball and we scored a touchdown. Everyone was going crazy so we didn’t notice at first. At least most of us didn’t.

“Leah!” Sam shouted drawing our attention. She was on the ground holding her head. Her jaw was tight. She was gritting her teeth and if she wasn’t a wolf I bet it would have broken some. I ran to her and placed a hand on her back trying to get her to look up at me. Instead she vomited on the floor. Turkey and cranberry sauce. Won’t be having seconds tonight.

“Matt.” She whispered. We all turned to the TV. In the middle of the celebration of the UW players the cameras turned back to Matt. He was on the ground. The crowd was quiet, I guess because the home team just lost. He was just lying there. A replay showed that after Matt threw the ball a guy from the other team hit Matt in the head with his helmet just as the pass left his hand. Hard. Matt dropped on the ground and hasn’t moved. Trainers were around him. They signaled for a stretcher. The EMTs came out. They weren’t doing anything. Why weren’t they doing anything?

Finally Matt sat up. The trainers took his helmet off. The camera showed his eyes. He had no idea where he was.

“Leah honey get up.” I heard Debbie say. She sounded like she was crying.

“Leah you need to get up. We are going to get Matt.”

That seemed to rouse Leah and she and Ben helped her walk to their rental car.

“We need to go Paul.”

Paul was looking at the TV intently and finally turned to me.

“Sam can I borrow your truck?”

“Keys are in it Paul. Go.”

“I’m riding with you.” Sue said. Charlie started to say something but Sue told him to stay. There wouldn’t be enough room for all of them to come back. Charlie looked sad but kissed Sue on the forehead and she ran out with us.

Matt POV

What the fuck? Where am I? My head was killing me. I know I played a game. I think. Think. What’s my name? Start with that and work forward. I panicked for a second when I realized I didn’t know my name. Then it came to me. Matt. Okay. I squeezed my fingers and toes. All seems to be in working order. I opened my eyes and closed them again. Damn that light is bright.

“Turn off the damn light Ben. It’s too bright for him.”

Momma?

“Matt, its Leah. Can you open your eyes?”

Leah. Okay it’s all back to me now. But wait. What is Leah doing here? She hasn’t been able to come to a game since she almost phased and ate that linebacker who hit me in the first game.

I opened my eyes and was relieved to see the light was off. My head still felt like it had a spike driven through it.

I saw I was in what looked like a hospital room.

“Leah? What are you doing here? What am I doing here? Where is here?”

“Matt it’s going to be okay baby. I’m here. Your mom and dad are here. My mom and Bella and Paul are in the waiting room. You’re in a hospital. You got hit at the end of the game. Do you remember any of it?”

Did I? Good question. I remember calling the audible and seeing the linebacker was going to blitz from the weak side. I remember thinking this was going to hurt. I sort of remember throwing the ball.

“Did we win?”

“Yes baby. You won.”

“Matt the doctor says you had a major concussion.” I heard Mom say from my side. I turned and saw her and dad looking at me.

“Matt you are done. No more.”

Shit. I did make a promise.

“Can I get some Tylenol? Extra strength? Extra extra strength please?”

“Matt you aren’t getting anything until I heard the words from your mouth.”

I took a deep breath. She would want to talk about this when I had a splitting headache. I looked at Leah who had tears in her eyes. It was obvious was mattered here. I looked at her and then at my parents.

“I’m done Mom. I’m done. Now can I get some damn Tylenol?”

BPOV

We made it back to La Push on Saturday morning. All of us were tired. I fell onto Paul’s bed and didn’t move. I felt him lie down next to me. I needed to talk to him but now was not the time. I was so stupid. I woke up a couple hours later from a nap. I got up and saw Paul on the computer. It looked like he was writing a paper.

“Paul I need to talk to you.”

“Hold on a second darling. Let me finish this last paragraph.”

He finished and turned to look at me.

“What’s up baby? Is this about what you have been keeping from me?”

He knew me so well.

“Paul I made a mistake.”

“Okay.”

“You know how tough it has been being apart? I can barely keep my mind on classes when you aren’t around.”

“I know. Believe me I know.”

“I kind of forgot to take my birth control pills for a little bit.”

“What like a few days?”

“Like a month.”

“A month?”

“Yeah…”

“When was this?”

“About two months ago. I didn’t remember until I found the pill bottle in a bathroom drawer. I just, I haven’t been sleeping well and I have a hard enough time keeping track of school and you and remembering to eat and…

“Bella, baby chill out. It’s okay. So you are taking them now. What’s the big… Oh.”

“Yeah.”

“You’re…”

“Yep.”

“How long?”

“About two months.”

He didn’t say anything. Just looked at me with a blank face.

“Paul are you mad at me? I promise this won’t affect your school. I can handle this financially myself. I will have my job and I think with financial aid refunds from school that I can…”

“Bella you are really pregnant?”

I started to cry. “I’m so sorry Paul. I know you probably weren’t ready. I mean I swear I didn’t do it on purpose I was just so fucking stupid…”

I felt his arms around me and I buried my face in his chest.

“Bella you don’t know how happy you have made me.”

What? I looked up and he was crying. Holy shit he was crying. And it looked like he was happy. I have never seen Paul cry. At anything. The man wouldn’t budge at the end of Saving Private Ryan. But here he was.

“You’re not mad at me?”

“God no Bella. And we will make it work. We don’t have rent to pay now that you are here. I can work more with you close by and still go to school. We can live off of student loans if we have to. I don’t care. I will make this work baby.”

I felt so relieved

“Are you okay with this?”

“I… yeah, I mean I was scared of your reaction but now that I know you are happy I am too. I love you Paul.”

“I love you too baby. You have no idea how happy you have made me.”

Our moment was cut short by howls in the distance. Paul picked me up in his arms and ran me to Sam’s. Fast. I guess he was going to make sure I got there. He sat me down on the front porch. I told him to be careful and he gave me that wicked grin of his and burst out of his clothes running into the forest. Kim was walking up and Emily was at the front door. I saw Matt walking up. He was looking better. Being around Leah has that effect on him I guess. I was kind of surprised when I saw Leah walk up behind him. Debbie and Ben came out of the house to see what the commotion was. Emily explained that there were vampires on the land and the pack was out taking care of it. Ben thought this was pretty cool and asked if he could watch. We all shouted no at the same time. Matt walked in holding Leah’s hand. We followed them in.

“Leah why are you here? Is Brady not in the tree line?”

“He is. But I can’t. I can’t phase. I want to but I can’t physically do it.”

“Has this ever happened before?”

“Nope just since Matt got home. I tried to phase for patrol last night and couldn’t do it.”

“What has Sam said?”

“He doesn’t know. Says he is going to talk to the Elders later.”

“Oh sweetie of course you can’t phase.” Debbie said.

“What are you talking about Debbie?”

“Sweetie you’re pregnant.”

“Uh Debbie look, I know we have never talked about this before but I can’t get pregnant because of this wolf thing.” Leah said. Matt was looking between his mother and Leah.

“Yes but now you can’t turn into a wolf. It’s because your body is changing. I bet once you have the baby you will go right back to shifting if you want.”

“Debbie I’m not pregnant.”

“Oh yeah? How many times have you vomited since we got back? Cause I counted three honey. I thought you wolves don’t get sick?”

“It was because Matt was hurt.”

“Matt was fine the last three times. Well at least he wasn’t in any immediate danger. I mean you don’t think you can get pregnant so I bet you two don’t use birth control right?”

“Mom that’s kinda personal.”

“Yeah well your personal business is going to be showing in a big way about 7 months from now.” Debbie said smiling. Ben just looked thoughtful. I guess he was in agreement with Debbie.

“Look on the bright side Matt. She will get her figure back almost right away cause of this wolf thing. Took your mom a year.” Ben commented. Debbie hit him. A year?

“I’m not pregnant. I can’t have kids. I don’t even get my cycle.”

“Of course you don’t dear. You’re pregnant. You don’t get a cycle when you’re pregnant. We have a lot to educate you on don’t we sweetie?” Debbie said smiling.

I looked at Leah. She wanted to believe it so bad but she was so scared.

“Let’s take a test Leah.”

“Sure you got one on you? She laughed. There was no humor in her laugh.

“I have three in my bags at the house. I took one and figured the others were pointless.”

“Bella you are pregnant!” Debbie and Emily shouted at the same time.

“Yeah, I just told Paul.”

“Bella you really think it’s possible?” Leah said looking at me.

“My boyfriend just turned into a wolf and is running down a vampire with his friends. You really want to talk about what’s impossible.”

Leah looked at Matt who had that dazed look in his eyes again. I hope he didn’t have another concussion.

“Baby if I am I’m so sor…” She didn’t get the rest out of her mouth before Matt was kissing her.

Leah finally pulled away. “If I am I’m so sorry Matt. This isn’t a good time for you.”

“I don’t care Leah.”

“There is never a good time Leah. Just a time that’s meant to be. We weren’t ready for Matt but he turned out all right.” Ben said.

“Okay let’s get the test first.”

“I’m so excited. I get to plan two weddings pretty soon too.”

“Weddings!” Leah and I said at the same time.

“Yes weddings. Matt is gonna ask you to marry him Leah. Aren’t you Matt?”

“Matt I don’t want you to be tied down just because I’m pregnant.” Leah told him.

“Baby I bought the ring last month.” Leah started crying. What is with wolves and crying today. What a bunch of pansies. I was crying a little too.

“And Bella? When Paul asks you tonight just say yes. Don’t give him any shit. He bought his ring at the same time Matt bought his. So be surprised and say yes.”

“Yes ma’am.” I said nodding to Debbie. We heard noise in the back and walked out to see the pack walking back in. No injuries. They were all smiling. I guess maybe today would be a good day.