Alone I'm Broken, But With You I'm Complete [ A Paul love and Imprint story]

Chapter 11 Where only friends? Aren't we?

"No I haven't unfortunately I couldn't make it to the welcome back party" she said looking down. But than she looked at me straight in the eye. " Hey Rachel, it's so good to finely meet you." I stared at her not knowing what to say. "I'm Jane Arankener. Seth's girlfriend " she bent down and pulled me into a hug.

"It's good to meet you to" I said awkwardly patting her back.

She smiled so big that it made my mouth hurt just thinking about it. She was obviously a very bright and bubbly person full of joy. "Hey Paul" she said patting his shoulder in a sibling way, showing they got on alright and cared for each other. "So what can I get you guys than" she said a pen in hand.

"A regular cheese burger and chips with a regular coke please" I said trying to remember the menue from memory. Which wasn't that hard, since I did have to learn it off by heart when I worked here.

"Erm same but with a large cheese burger and chips. With a large coke and large onion rings please" he said think fully.

"Alright, it shouldn't take to long" she said with the same massive never-ending smile on her face and then walked to towards the kitchen with our order.

"Wow she so cheery" I said not knowing how to say it out loud with the right words. "She's like the female version of Seth" I said thinking about how Seth used to be.

"I know right" he said kind of admirably. "There never ever not happy it's so you know"

"I know right" I said agreeing with him knowing there were just no words to describe it.

"She helped Leah a lot out, when she first moved here last year" he said kindly and thankful and almost was out of character for him.

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We talked about what we liked and surprising we actuary had a thew things in common. I found out he's nineteen years old. So like Jacob and the rest of the guys he looked older than he actuary was. But luckily he wasn't that younger than me, since I was twenty-one.

Wait a second? Why does that matter? Where only friends? Aren't we?

Anyway his favourite animal is a Lion. Like me! He loves to go hiking. Like me again! But that made me worry with all the attacking going on. That I had heard over the phone about, as well as what I had heard people talking about all over town.

Eventually our food came and Jane came still with that never-ending smile on. The food was just as good as it always was. Paul even had room afterwards to eat a load of pudding as well. Ah that chocolate cake looked so good, but I just couldn't find the room for it.

All in all it was a good meal and he actuary wasn't that bad to talk to. Maybe he wasn't such an angry argent asshole as I assumed he was. But hey that does not mean I was going to let my guard down.

"Hey you wanna go down to the beach" he asked as we walked out the dinner door. With my stomach feeling like it was about to explode at any second like an erupting volcano.

"Sure. Why not?" I asked not seeming a reason to reject. Which made him smile. A big smile.

We walked along the beach for a long time. When eventually we ended up finding my old favourite spot. Making me sit down and Paul following my lead.

"You like this spot don't yah" he said seriously to me.

"Yeah it's my special spot it helped me so much back than and nothing ever changed" I said thinking back over and over the many times.

"I have a place in the woods. Where I always go when I need comfort. I'll show you it one time" he said smiling me.

"Thanks. I'll be looking forward to it" I said a little excited to see his place since he'd already seen mine.

"Me either. It'll be nice to show someone who'll actuary appreciate it" he said looking at me, with a kind of thoughtfulness expression on his face.

"Yeah, it's always good to go to a place that helps you feel better" I said looking back at him. " I found this place when I was a kid just after my mum died it helped for the most part" I said in a daze. "When you look at the view everything was just so calm and at peace you know? And it just made me feel so much better" I told him opening up a little surprisingly myself more than it surprised him.

"Yeah that hit you pretty hard didn't it" he said it like it was a statement. Not with pity or sympathy, just stating it. For once a person had said it with no pity or sympathy. Not even feeling sorry for me and that felt so good.

"Yeah it did" I said looking down. "It still does" I added admitting the truth to someone for once and not even being mad at myself.

He put his arm around my shoulder as in for comfort. I rested my head on his shoulder which gave me more comfort than I would have liked. "I know how that feels. Hell? I know a lot more than what all the guys think" He said leaning his head on mine. I didn't mind too much. Because not only did it give him comfort it gave me a lot more to. I could tell by the way he said it. It was true. He was not just saying it. There was a lot more to his story than what he was letting on. A lot of reasons why he acts most of the time like an angry, arrogant, asshole.

"Was it really that bad" I asked him honestly wondering if someone else's life could be just as bad.

"How about you tell me" I gave him a questioning look confused. "I mean you're probably one of the though that will understand and it'll be good to finely get it out to someone who will get it, you know"

I nodded knowing full well what it meant. "Yeah it would be good to finely talk to someone who'll understand" I nodded at him telling him I'd listen, but also telling him my story. Maybe even about T.o..m. I looked up and gave him a reassuring smile telling him there was no way I was going to laugh or judge.

He returned the smile and his arm tightened around my shoulder. You could tell not many people knew what he was going to tell me. "Alright here goes…

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Thanks for reading. I tried to update as soon as I could. But the beginning of the year is always the hardest for me to get back in to routine. I promise I'll update soon next time. Also I'm sorry for any spelling or vocabulary mistakes. Please, please review.