you're not exactly a skip through a meadow. [seth]

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'Yes—I just said you did. Congratulations.' Yeah, Seth could pick up the sarcasm in that. But it was Paul. He'd have been concerned if there wasn't any sarcasm. Just because he didn't sound like he was being nice, didn't mean he wasn't.. See? This is how Seth was able to rationalize and put up with him. Of course, even if Paul was upset with him, Seth was too excited about having figured it out to really care. 'I dunno—you figured it out. I started hearing some of your annoying rambling.. and then it got quiet.' "Am I doing it now??-- wait, don't answer that!" Yeah, so, excitement and concentration..those two things couldn't happen at the same time. Okay, okay. Mess up and you won’t get another chance. "I wont! I can do it!" Now, if only he knew what he they were actually doing.

Really, Paul should have been happy Seth was asking so many questions. He was actually making an effort to try to figure out what the heck it was that Paul wanted, so he could do what Paul wanted (or not do what Paul didn't want, more often), so Paul wouldn't hate him (even though that at this point was completely unavoidable). 'We’re here because I figured you didn’t want to be naked in public.' He nodded. Okay.. so, he'd got that without Paul's help. "Yeaa.. Thanks, by the way." For the clothes, he meant. I mean- Paul was sort of being nice, again, in Seth's strange view of him. Of course, knowing that Paul wasn't big on the whole questions thing, he tried not too look too much like he wasn't sure what he was supposed to be doing while Paul was eating food. "Can I..?" Because you know, it was Paul, and even if he seemed open and inviting- well, he really never seemed open and inviting.

'Now we’re having fun.' It was a good thing Paul couldn't read him mind because he'd be hearing something like 'Paul has fun???' only, much longer and more obnoxious with reference to the fact that he'd rather be doing boring dangerous things than being on patrol. Anyway, Seth wasn't one to dwell on what they were doing. He was Seth, and so he took the word fun in its purest form.. even if it was coming out of Paul's mouth. "Okay!" And they were... at the cliffs. This.. definitely wasn't what they were supposed to be doing, but Seth thought the fact that Paul had taken him there was the coolest thing ever (or well, on the list of coolest things ever since there was a new one every couple of minutes for the kid). Leah never would have done something like this- so there was now a very clear difference between the two of them in Seth's head. "Are we gonna jump??" No questions under water...ha..Paul's funny. He stared down the cliffside. Yeah- he'd heard about the guys cliff diving. But he hadn't been a shifter that long and nobody'd ever taken him. Yeup, now it was officially the coolest thing ever until something else exciting happened.

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better stand tall when they're calling you out

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[/i] Paul would have gladly responded with sarcasm when Seth asked him if he was doing the thinking thing right, but instead he dropped it. Seth would have to get used to it and be able to use it on his own—he couldn’t always just ask someone if it was working because even if it was, ‘Hey, can you hear what I’m thinking?’ would translate to ‘Hey, I’m thinking something you wouldn’t want me to think about you so can you let me know if I’m keeping it from you?’ Seth did actually seem like he wasn’t going to go telling anyone what they’re doing so Paul was pretty sure he could trust him that much (this did not imply friendship, only mere companionship). The worst that would happen would be Seth inconveniently messing up when Sam asked about the shift and Sam was always pissed at Paul so… he didn’t really care. He wasn’t going to blame Seth anyway.. because according to the pack being younger than sixteen made you incapable of making your own decisions to break rules.

So it was slightly awkward having Seth there in Paul’s house… since he didn’t generally just invite people in, but Seth had been there before and it wasn’t like they were going to be hanging out there. Stopping there hadn’t really been a choice, either. They needed clothes. Thanks, by the way. Yup. Of course, he had to help the kid out. If he was going to drag him around for the day he needed to give him what he needed. As much as Seth was smart to ask, Paul rolled his eyes. Can I… I wouldn’t let you in my house if I didn’t want you eating my food. Actually, not wanting Seth touching his food would have been a good reason for Paul to tell him not to come in… but he was in now so the invitation was open. You really think I would--- don’t answer that. He continued to stuff food into his mouth until his stomach finally became satisfied. Now they could go have fun.

Of course Paul had fun… but his definition of fun was probably a lot more reckless and selective than Seth’s. Seth seemed to be in agreement (which wasn’t surprising even though the kid had no clue what they were doing yet). To Paul, cliff diving was pretty much the most fun that could be had in La Push without Rachel. It was exhilarating, exciting, and didn’t require talking (even though he was pretty sure Seth would find a way to mess that part up). He could deal with the kid, though. Seth didn’t argue so he was pretty easy to deal with compared to some other people Paul could think of like Jake. They got to the cliffs and Seth gave off the impression that he wasn’t familiar with the whole process. Are we gonna jump?? I was thinking we could just sit here and watch the water… listen to the birds.. He stood by the edge , ready to lean off the side. Have you not done this before? Then again, he wouldn’t have been that shocked if Seth hadn’t. The older guys did, but Paul hadn’t even started until he was sixteen.
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So, the whole thing was mutually awkward to them both before Paul started actually filling in Seth on what was going on. I mean, after that it wasn't that much less awkward- but they were eating food and that didn't really require much talking or action or anything so this is just a rambly useless paragraph that should not even be included in the word count because it's that irrelevant to the actual thread adn what's actually happening and i wonder how many actually i can put in this sentence which I can't believe I'm actually still writing, actually. hi tilly

'You really think I would--- don’t answer that.' He shrugged. Between living with Leah and spending so much time at Sam's house, Seth had gotten really good at the whole 'ask before touching' thing. And it didn't bother him, because it generally kept everyone in a better mood. And he was in a better mood. But that was mostly because he could say whatever he wanted in his head as loudly as he wanted and he could ramble and compare Paul and Leah and nobody was going to tell him to shut up and or threaten him and so Seth actually had a very good reason to be 'obnoxiously happy' right now and he could think that because Paul couldn't read his mind and tell him it was unnatural.

He'd have been concerned if that gave Paul any less of a reason to be sarcastic though. Especially when the questions started again, which of course Seth didn't even realize he was doing. 'I was thinking we could just sit here and watch the water… listen to the birds..' Okay, so, in Paul's defense, that question had been kind of stupid, and that answer probably well deserved. Even though Seth could find the fun in everything and had absolutely nothing against birds, that still didn't sound as much fun as diving off the cliff did, and so it was very clear what they were going to be doing.

'Have you not done this before?'"No.." It was kind of hard to tell with Paul if that was going to be seen as a bad thing or not so Seth added "Now sounds good though!" He looked down again before looking back at Paul. "So we just.. jump.. and land in the water?" Yeah, so that question wasn't going to be winning him any intellectual awards either, but he figured he'd clear up the basics because miscommunication about those tended to be dangerous.
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better stand tall when they're calling you out

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[/i] So after they fought to the death over Paul’s food because he was a cruel human being who wouldn’t have just offered any to a packmate, they went to the cliffs and No way, Seth hasn’t done this before. He found it slightly amusing that he was the first person to take Seth cliff diving since he was probably the least likely to do so. Then again there was some sort of tolerance buildup happening between Paul and Seth lately with all the forced spending time together and Paul was actually becoming more likely to take Seth anywhere than some of the other guys. They were all obnoxious and they weren’t going to jump at an opportunity to hang out with Seth unless they were getting something in return. After all, all the nice people were in the other pack so moral of the story: The fact that Paul was the one hanging out with Seth was kind of insane.

No.. Now sounds good though! Well it didn’t really matter if Seth was ready to start now because regardless, Paul was going in. Seth was just there because he had been in the right place at the right time while Paul got bored. Good because now’s when we’re doing it. Do more than two backflips in a row and I’ll take you here again. He readied himself and right before he let himself fall, Seth had another question that-- brace yourself reader, you might go into shock—was completely pointless. So we just.. jump.. and land in the water? Granted, Paul was… is an asshole, but if Seth wasn’t enjoying that part of him then maybe he could have worded his questions like any other intelligent person would. You can do that, or you can jump and land on the rocks right at the side. I don’t recommend that one though because you might die. And with that, Paul was off the cliff and hit the water in seconds. He resurfaced and swam to the shore, waiting for the kid to follow his lead. For each time you keep up I’ll give you one insult-free answer to a question. He kind of wanted to see the kid jump since he didn’t really know if he was nervous about it or not.. being his first time. Paul figured Seth wouldn’t be too open about that even if he didn’t want to go in. And so he waited on the shore, waiting to see if he gave Seth enough incentive to follow.

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There were a lot of things that were insane about this situation. Like, listing them all would take up a whole paragraph and as much as I'm sure you'd love to hear me aimlessly rant about Paul you've gotten a paragraph in my last two posts that weren't even to you so I'm just gonna get to the point. Ha. Right. Thats funny. You didn't fall for that, right? Good. Seth nodded at Paul's 'we're doing it now' thing. That made sense. That was why they were there. First time for everything. It would be fine.

So.. cliff diving. Which, Paul confirmed (in a very obnoxious way, mind you) was actually diving off a cliff. Again, excuse him for seeking some confirmation there. "Water. Not rocks. Okay. Got it." Dying.. was not on his to-do list for the day. I mean, he'd gone so far already, kept Paul from killing him, to die from landing on pointy rocks after all that would just be a waste. "I can do that." He probably could have asked another fifteen or twenty questions about what to do but Paul diving in provided a visual example which could not be beat. Seth looked over the edge again after he went (yanno, because he wanted to see him come up and make sure he didn't die or anything before he started talking again).

'For each time you keep up I’ll give you one insult-free answer to a question.' So, Seth was a little nervous to jump, but seeing Paul do it (and yanno, that amazing incentive he was offering) made him more eager. "O-okay. Coming." Soon. He wanted to do it.. Besides, there was no way he could not do it in front of Paul and hear the end of it..ever. And he wanted to. He just needed to.. okay... he was doing it. He took a few steps back, shut his eyes, and jumped. No pointy rocks. No sudden death. He resurfaced and grinned at Paul. "Oh my god, did you see?! That was awesome!"

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[PAUL LAHOTE]

better stand tall when they're calling you out

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[/i] Water. Not rocks. Okay. Got it. Because all that completely wasn’t common sense and he needed to be instructed not to kill himself. Go Seth. Why was he so nervous? Paul wasn’t that intimidating and neither was cliff diving. I can do that. You need to be more confident because you will do that or Sam will kill me for letting you die. In Seth’s defense, Paul wasn’t the greatest at calming people while they were nervous but Seth also spent a lot of time with Paul compared to other people (which Paul surprisingly allowed) so he shouldn’t have been expecting any different. Paul had been nervous about it his first time, Sam practically shoved him over the edge, and he got over it. Then, he loved it. Paul was doing Seth a favor by pressuring him to go--- the kid could have a new favorite hobby by the end of the day (Leah was going to murder him but whatever).

Coming. And then hesitation for like way too many seconds… and then he went. He came back up and was pretty excited. The excitement wasn’t exactly a new thing for Seth but Paul was kind of hoping he wouldn’t be traumatized so excitement was pretty good for a reaction. Oh my god, did you see?! That was awesome! Paul held back a smirk, thinking about how pissed Leah was going to be. Yea, I saw—you didn’t die. I’m almost proud of you. Look, tell Leah that Jared took you cliff diving. Paul was a great person. Leah needed to know that Seth went because it’d annoy her, but she didn’t need to know Paul was the one behind it. He didn’t need anymore of her shit. You get one free question--- save it for something good. Because he sure’s hell wasn’t getting a freebie. Paul walked over toward the wall of the cliff that was easiest to climb, hurling himself over boulders and such. We get back up this way. If the boulders have moss on ‘em, don’t climb on them. He didn’t need the kid slipping and cutting his head open or something because that was something he wouldn’t hear the end of.
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Seth happened to have a very good reason to be nervous. Paul and cliff diving were both incredibly intimidating, despite what Tilly says-- and Paul wasn't exactly helping with the whole 'You need to be more confident because you will do that or Sam will kill me for letting you die.' thing. "Wouldn't that be kind of.. pointless? I mean, then we'll just..both be dead." It really didn't make much sense to Seth. Then again, Seth wasn't planning on dying, so maybe that had something to do with it. Or maybe he was just smarter than Paul. Maybe. Yanno. Anything could happen. Anyway, he was going to have to do it sooner or later and so he might as well just get it over with. Which.. he did.. and he didn't die... Yayy.

So, Seth was excited about that. I mean, that was fun. Then Paul went all 'good job' (not in those words but whatever) and things were just generally awesome. 'Look, tell Leah that Jared took you cliff diving!' "No way! That's not going to make her any less upset at me." Seth had never really had the discussion with his sister, but he was pretty sure she wouldnt be crazy about it- Paul influenced or otherwise. Paul told him that he'd won his free questions and he nodded. "Okay!" He could ask.. no..that wasn't good enough. Or there was- no, not that either. He'd wait..use it well.. on something Paul didn't want to talk about. Because Seth could be an obnoxious person too. That's right. Now.. they were going back up, and Paul was giving him more instructions on how not to die while they climbed up rocks. Seth was generally pretty fast and all, so keeping up with Paul wasn't too hard. "Do you do this a lot?" What? It was quiet for like..a minute. Realizing what he just said he quickly added, "That wasnt my question!"

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[PAUL LAHOTE]

better stand tall when they're calling you out

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[/i] Paul wasn’t really expecting the backtalk from Seth, but it was about time the kid started giving a little attitude. Paul would be amused… if he wasn’t the one Seth was being obnoxious to. Wouldn’t that be kind of… pointless? I mean, then we’ll just… both be dead. It wasn’t pointless the way Paul saw it. Think about it. Sam considers me your own personal chaperone. If you die, what does he need me for?He was just such a pleasant person to talk to. Seth was asking for it though. He was practically implying that Paul could let Seth die because Sam wasn’t going to kill Paul for it. What’s it matter anyway? You plan on dying today? I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Not that threatening someone into not dying was going to do anything… but Paul is mean so he likes to sound threatening.

No way! That’s not going to make her any less upset at me. Where the hell did Seth learn how to defy authority? I don’t really give a damn about that part. You’re her brother—she won’t kill you. More importantly… she will kill me. It was just a great day for getting killed, apparently. Seth really didn’t have much to lose compared to Paul when it came to Leah, though so he really needed to get over it and go back to doing what Paul said. Luckily for Seth, he was doing a good job keeping up (the kid was fast… not even Paul could deny it). Do you do this a lot? And here came the questions. That wasn’t my question! Paul laughed and shook his head at Seth’s ridiculousness. A few times a week. Thinking about stalking me? Paul made it back up to the top and jumped into a tree, sitting crossed-legged on a branch with his back against the trunk. You’re the only one who doesn’t. Don’t you do anything fun?



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Seth didn't really think he was back talking Paul. He was just.. telling the truth. And that was a good thing. Right? Right. Of course. Okay, justification moment over. Seth was in the right here. Because that was totally what Paul was thinking right now yeup. 'Think about it. Sam considers me your own personal chaperone. If you die, what does he need me for?' Yanno, Seth had never really noticed how negative Paul was before. (Paul/Leah similarity number 542.) "I.. dunno. Something, I'm sure. Maybe. Someone needs to bother Leah." Sounded legit. I mean, he'd be dead, and if Paul was... okay yeah so this whole after-death talk was pretty ridiculous. Because Sam wasn't going to kill Paul, and Seth wasn't going to crack his head on a rock. So there was really no reason for this discussion. Even Paul thought so.. kind of.. I mean... Seth actually had no idea what he meant because he was just being scary now. "I know- I'm not gonna die. You brought it up anyway... I think.. I don't remember.. Let's just.. talk about something else now."

Mkay, so, Seth was planning on cooling down with the attitude because yanno.. he didn't want Paul to push him off the cliff or something, (It was way too easy to make that look like an accident.) but... he kind of forgot about that plan when they started talking again. 'I don’t really give a damn about that part. You’re her brother—she won’t kill you.' "Do you know her?" Okay, so, Leah wouldn't actually physically kill him... I mean, realistically speaking nobody in the pack was going to kill anybody (in the pack.. other people were fair game). That didn't mean she wasn't going to make his life miserable in other ways though. "I have to live with her." And she definitely was not going to find out where he'd been today.. not by Seth anyway.. not on purpose (because he could only keep a secret for so long) 'A few times a week. Thinking about stalking me?' "No- I was just curious." Not to self: small talk was a lost effort on Paul. Then he went all 'everyone goes all the time whats wrong with you?' "Wait, you said everyone. Even Leah?" Whoawhoawhoa.. The was no way she did something fun.. Although it figured if she did she'd hide it from him. "It's not my fault no one's ever told me about it before." Really, it was actually kind of rude. Luckily, Seth forgave them because he was a good person, but still. Rudeness. Okay. This is getting obnoxious. Bye.



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[PAUL LAHOTE]

better stand tall when they're calling you out

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[/i] Paul was pretty sure Seth was back-talking him. Paul told the truth. He was honest… most of the time. He told people the truth whether or not it was pleasant. Seth wasn’t supposed to do that. Seth was supposed to give the sugar-coated, delicately nice version of the truth. That’s what made him annoyingly positive. Paul didn’t like it either way, so Seth was in a shitty situation but it was better for him not to catch Paul off-guard. I.. dunno. Something, I’m sure. Maybe. Someone needs to bother Leah. Okay, that was clever, and true. It’d have gotten Seth more points if they weren’t having a stupid hypothetical conversation about dying. I know-I’m not gonna die. You brought it up anyway… I think.. I don’t remember.. Let’s just.. talk about something else now. ”Best idea you’ve had all day.”

Do you know her? I have to live with her. ”Big deal! She’s not that scary.” She was more just angry and annoying. The scariest thing she’d ever done around Paul was the time she first phased and she was all pissed off and in Paul’s kitchen playing with a butcher knife, and she didn’t even usually get nearly that scary. ”Besides, she’s always talking about you. Seth, Seth, Seth, all the time. She wouldn’t kill you—that’d be highly hypocritical.” Practically everything she told Paul to do had to do with the safest situation for Seth. Like, Paul wanted to go to Leah’s house and eat food, Leah told him to go somewhere else because then Seth would want to eat with Paul and then he could choke and die. It was ridiculous.

Paul could understand how Seth found it hard to believe that Leah had any fun, honestly. Wait, you said everyone. Even Leah? Paul nodded with an eye roll. ”Even Leah. S’not like she gets invited that often though. No one really gets invited… we just go.” It wasn’t like they were even leaving anybody out… it’s just that those people didn’t butt into other people’s business (and so clearly that pretty much only applied to Seth and Embry). ”We don’t exactly tell anyone. We just show up. It’s not something we plan.” He suddenly jumped down from the tree, arms crossed. ”Hear that? C’mon,” he said, running further from the trees and closer to the beach. Figuring it’d be faster, he jumped off the cliff again and swam to the shore, laughing. ”Sam. He’s probably checking up or something. He won’t come down here—he’s phased.”

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Right, so, Seth was usually annoyingly positive, but positivity didn't get very far with Paul and so it had been time to try a new tactic. That.. didn't really go well either, but you can't blame Seth for trying. 'Best idea you've had all day.' "Thanks." Yeup, he knew Paul wasn't actually complimenting him. But Paul chose nice positive Seth so he was going to have to deal with the consequences and not complain. Figuring they weren't going to dive again right now since they were talking and Paul was sitting in a tree Seth decided he was going to sit in a tree too. So yeah, trees, cool, the basis of all threads. Seth plucked off a leaf and started playing with it, breaking it into little pieces and stuff. Anyhow.

'Big deal. She's not that scary.' "She's not scary!" I mean, mabye she scared Paul, but Seth didn't want Paul to think he was scared. Seth wasn't scared of her at all (probably because she was all nice to him and stuff but still) but that didn't mean he wanted her to know that he'd been doing something she didn't approve of. She'd keep him from hanging out with the guys and doing fun things and he was already clearly behind enough seeing as apparently everyone in the pack had gone cliff diving except for him. ”Even Leah. S’not like she gets invited that often though. No one really gets invited… we just go.” No, he didn't see it. His sister? Jumping off a cliff? In the company of Paul? The fact that nobody got invited made his feel a little less left out, but still. "So I can come next time?" He was going to say more but then he heard something and before he knew it Paul was jumping out of the tree.

'Hear that? C'mon.' Seth heard it alright, but he didn't have the time to figure out what it was. He jumped down too and followed Paul back towards the beach and back off the cliff. Apparently Paul was content to stay there, and he seemed... well, he was laughing. Had Paul ever done that before? Pretty sure he hadn't. "What's going on? Why'd we run?" ”Sam. He’s probably checking up or something. He won’t come down here—he’s phased.” Oh, well it was just Sam. That was good.. Wait! "Why is he here? Does he do that a lot? Won't he know we're here? And we're not phased? Are we going to get in trouble?" Paul didn't seem very concerned by the whole thing, but Seth pretty rightfully was. I mean, he was the one who had like four people who would probably never let him go on patrol ever again if they found out what happened.

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[/i] It didn’t matter how Seth acted around Paul—Paul was going to be an ass so Seth needed to stop trying and just deal with it. Thanks. Seth could definitely have that one. It was a backhanded compliment, but still. Anyway, Paul gave Seth a weird look as he started to murder a leaf from the tree he was sitting in before their conversation continued. She’s not scary! Okay, back up. Paul wasn’t afraid of shit. He didn’t admit he was afraid of shit. But Leah… Leah could be pretty damn scary. ”Are you kidding me?” Then again, leaf murderer over there probably wasn’t afraid of anything. ”Cuz, dude, if you’re not I’m impressed.” Leah scared Paul because she tended to be as quick tempered as he was, and Paul never really knew if some asshole comment he said to her was just going to be returned to him or it was going to cause her to explode. So I can come next time? ”No one’s stopping you.” And that was when he hopped out of the tree to run for cover.

What’s going on? Why’d we run? He needed to expect this multiple times a day if they were hiding out. Clearly, skipping shifts wasn’t something Seth did on a regular basis. Why is he here? Does he do that a lot? Won’t he know we’re here? And we’re not phased? Are we going to get in trouble? Paul laughed again and paused to listen for Sam one more time but couldn’t hear anything. ”Will you calm the hell down?” Jeez, you’d think they’d just killed someone. Maybe Sam was just a leaf lover and was coming for Seth for inflicting a cruel and slow death on that leaf. ”He checks up every now and then to make sure we’re doing alright.” That was code for ‘to make sure we weren’t killed by a leech’ but Paul did own a censor. ”How would he know we’re here? He doesn’t know we’re not phased, but he probably figures as much. “ Well, he knew that they were either far from their correct route or unphased. If Seth had been alone, Sam’d probably assume he got off course or something but because Paul was with him, the other choice seemed more likely to everyone. ”We’re not getting caught yet. He knows I stop patrol shifts to go home for food. We’re good for at least another hour. At that point, if you’re still a basket-case, we can phase back for a little bit.” He did need to keep Seth semi- on his side because if he pissed the kid off enough, Seth could go telling people how their day went.

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So, apparently Paul was some kind of leaf lover and he had a serious problem with how Seth planned on occupying his hands while sitting in a tree. (And Tilly's obnoxious, that too.) At the weird look he glanced down at the leaf and let the pieces fall through his hands and fly away somewhere, which he would have known where if not for Paul getting his attention with the whole "Are you kidding me, Cuz, dude, if youre not Im impressed." "I'm not kidding! I'm used to her." He shrugged it off. Leah didnt scare him. Yeah, it helped that she was his sister and had no plans of killing him, but she wasnt a scary person either. Seth knew how she'd react to things and what he could and couldnt say around her when he didnt want to piss her off. (Of course, Seth usually didnt put that much he into watching what he said around Leah because she annoyed him with her constant negativity and overbearingness.) He didnt know how to keep Paul from exploding, although he was learning, but that was one of the reasons Paul was harder to hang out with. And it mattered what Paul thought because Seth didnt find him annoying (which is absolutely painful for me to write down but it's true)

The same very likely could not be said in reverse. 'Will you calm the hell down? He checks up every now and then to make sure we're doing alright.' "Okay-- I didnt know." You couldnt really blame him for freaking out. Sam did a pretty good job of instilling orders and Seth had never gone against them.. But it was clear Paul knew where and how to cross the boundaries without getting in trouble, and he sounded confident enough for Seth to go along with it. 'We're not getting caught yet... We're good for at least another hour. At that point, if youre still a basket-case, we can phase back for a little bit." "We dont have to.. Well.. maybe later. I dont care." That was his 'trying to impress Paul' voice- if it wasnt obvious. Seth didnt have a problem with patrols, but this was obviously a much more enjoyable way to spend the afternoon. "So what are we going to do now?"

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It didn’t take a leaf lover to recognize leaf cruelty. Just sayin’. Anyway, Seth declared that he wasn’t afraid of Leah which made Paul extremely skeptic. I’m not kidding! I’m used to her. ”That’s not possible. You don’t just get used to Leah.” You’d think that while talking to someone related to her Paul would lay off on the criticism but that wasn’t happening. ”Anyway the point is she’s not gonna know today was my idea. I don’t give a damn what you tell her or what you don’t tell her but I’m not getting blamed for this. She’ll show up in my house with an annoying-ass water gun or something and then I’ll have to buy a new lock for the door.” His door wasn’t exactly fully functioning at the moment because there was an incident and yanno shifters had it tough because humans didn’t have to worry about getting pissed off and ripping the doorknob off. ”And you’re not scared of her, so that’s perfect. You can lie.” Seth was lucky at this point because Paul was having a fairly normal conversation with him that didn’t involve outright insulting him every five seconds. I’m not saying it wasn’t going to happen again before the end of the post but Seth wasn’t doing too badly at not saying stupid things (or things Paul made into stupid things because there was a huge difference).

Then they were hiding and Seth was flipping a shit. Okay—I didn’t know. ”He hasn’t checked on you before? Figures.” The few times Seth didn’t get stuck with Paul he was probably considered pretty trustworthy and if he stayed within the specified borders there really wasn’t a reason for him to be checked on because Sam would know if something happened to him. Paul on the other hand… he got checked up on a lot A) because he liked to skip and B) because he liked to pick fights and had gotten himself hurt on various occasions for being an idiot like Danny. We don’t have to.. Well.. maybe later. I don’t care. ”Well you keep being indecisive. When you know what the hell you want let me know.” That was a surprisingly thoughtful gesture coming from Paul but Seth was the only one who could rat him out so he sort of needed to feel comfortable that they weren’t going to get into trouble. By the way, the “impress Paul voice” went absolutely unnoticed. So what are we going to do now? ”We’re going to the edge of the La Push border. Sam always checks there first so he won’t be going back for a while.” The border was barely their territory but it had more cliffs and trails and shit that could entertain them. Paul started walking in that direction once he knew Sam was gone not bothering to wait for Seth’s approval.
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”You don’t just get used to Leah.” ”Maybe you don’t.” Seth realized as soon as he said it that that was not a remark that was going to get him on Paul’s good side, but Seth… told the truth. Apparently so did Paul, according to Paul’s narrator, but Paul really only told the obnoxious, negative aspects of the truth when they weren’t about him. Seth told the whole truth. Because Seth is unbiased and objective, he jumped around and switched sides sometimes. It could make thing a little difficult but he’d been doing it the whole time and it had worked out pretty well for him (except in a few situations where it seemed like Paul was going to kill him but he hadn’t actually done anything so it was fine) But anyway, on the actual topic of dialogue explanation. Paul didn’t get used to Leah because he didn’t try to get used to Leah. He was too busy complaining. Seth was willing to admit and joke around about how ridiculous Leah could be because she got on his nerves too.. but it wasn’t like Paul was much better. And that was where the honesty factor came in and I can argue that Paul doesn’t have it. Seth and Leah rarely saw eye to eye but they did care about each other so there was only so much shit about her that Seth was going to listen to before getting defensive (I’mSorryTheseAreThingsIveDecidedRecently
AfterRolepalyingWithALeah) ”You’ve known her what, a month? I can judge her- you can’t.” Then Paul went on a pretty convincing (sarcasm) rant about how Seth couldn’t tell Leah that it was Paul’s idea because… Paul was scared of her. Of course, in that whole thing, Seth just got hung up on the last part (mostly because the rest was ordering and threatening and things that just weren’t very interesting). ”Um.. Paul? Your door doesn’t have a lock.” he reminded, innocently. He’d just seen it. Wide open. His sister should have been the least of the guy’s problems . ”And Leah doesn’t have a water gun either. So I think you’ll be okay.”

Seth knew he’d used up all the obnoxiousness he’d be allowed for this post, so from here on out there’s a lot of agreeing with Paul. ”You’re not scared of her, so that’s perfect. You can lie.” Not being scared and having the ability to lie openly were two different thigns, but again, Seth was done being obnoxious, so he wans’t going to tell Paul that. Besides, even though Paul could be a jerk, he was also pretty fun, and Seth wanted him to take him out again, which meant the Leah problem was his responsibility. ”I’ll make something up. She won’t know you were involved.” He assured. I’d like to say that it would be obvious Paul was involved no matter how good a liar Seth was, but the fact of the matter was that Seth may have been friendly and optimistic, but he wasn’t an angel. He caused his fair share of trouble and if it wasn’t for the fact Seth was trying to impress Sam and get more shifts, he probably would ditch when he got bored of just walking around the forest. I mean- the attention span thing.. yeah, he is a Phips played character. It’s pretty low. Anyway, it seemed like Seth would still have his shot at impressing the other guys because Sam wasn’t going to catch them – yet. Paul asked if he’d ever been checked up on before and Seth thought about it a moment before answering ”Not that I know of.” I mean, he figured that Sam could have been around the general area and figured out he was there and left without actually approaching him or getting close enough for Seth to notice because again before Paul came in and started corrupting Seth never did anything wrong. ”When you know what the hell you want let me know.” Wow, look that this, progress, compromises all around, the start of the damn apocolypse, clearly. Seth didn’t say anything for a while, really thinking about it before answering confidently, ”I want to have fun.” Paul came up with the next destination on their totally-not-even-supposed-to-be-happening trip and didn’t give Seth a chance to agree with it before walking off. ”Okay, that’s cool!” he replied, following eagerly, in case his opinion mattered (which we all know it doesn’t but he just had to throw it out there anyway)


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