It Happens

"You realize that if he doesn't know who you are,

He won't be able to remember who you were"

Chapter 22

Paul's POV

"Annie become like a mother to me, she's caring and loving, but she was hard to get used to at first. Born and bred Texas, and she's loud and proud about it. I wrote my first book about her life, the way her parents disowned her when she got pregnant at seventeen. Penny's father was killed in a fire before Annie got to even tell him he was going to be a dad. She moved to New York after she got pregnant with Knox, his father wanted nothing to do with them. But she met Dan and they're expecting their first child at the start of next month."

"Knox was the little brother I left behind years before. Sweet as sugar, going to be a real heart breaker when he's older. He turned seven the week I left. Penny's almost sixteen. I know without a second thought that if I had to choose between Billy's life and Dan's, I would save Dan in a heartbeat. Dan saved me. If not for him, I would be dead now or wishing I was."

"When I turned eighteen I changed my last name from Black to Buckson. My full name is Katherine Reed Buckson; no one in La Push knows that... When I moved out to live on my own I bought an apartment the size of this kitchen, maybe smaller, but the smaller the better – can't throw parties in a shoebox. Even though I lived on my own I was always going over to Dan's to babysit, to get help with writing, just to hang out."

"Around fourteen months ago I told myself I knew what I wanted in life. I was going to move to Miami, get a nice apartment near the beach, I was going to keep writing, maybe take up surfing, might have a girlfriend or two but no men, no kids, no marriage. Dan sat me down one night, maybe a week after I said I was moving on, he told me he was proud of me and honoured to call me his daughter, I had never heard anything like that in my life and cried harder than I did when my mum died."

"But after the water works died down, Dan told me I needed to face my demons, so I came back to La Push for a visit. I was going to tell Billy off, about how fucked up my life became and how I had a new man to call dad, a real man. But I got a bit thrown off by seeing the old house again, all the memories… but I was going to do it the next day, then I would never have to step foot in this town again. Didn't go to plan…"

"I saw the most amazing guy I have ever seen in my life. He looked like a Greek God and when our eyes met all hell broke loose. Before I even got to say hello he was dragged off into the forest and Sam Uely was dragging me the other way down the beach, telling me that werewolves and vampires are real. I was taking it apparently well compared to most reactions he had seen, but then he told me what imprinting is and that I had been imprinted on. Then I ran."

"I stopped running when I reached the cliff tops and thought through everything I learnt. From just a glimpse of you I knew you were and are the man I will spend the rest of my life with. I wanted to live with you, sleep with you, know everything about you and never go a day without looking into those mischievous grey eyes and telling you I love you with all I am and all I will ever be. But I still didn't think I wanted kids, and I knew I wasn't going to marry you, no matter how much I loved you."

"We moved in together and I dropped the idea of telling Billy what I thought. Dan and Annie were happy for me; Dan was playing big and tough, saying if you ever broke my heart he would walk here if he had to, just to give you a piece of his mind. Then he saw the picture of us from our first trip to the beach and said I was a big girl that could make her own mistakes. He was scared shitless..."

"I got to know you, and somehow fell even more in love. Till three months ago I still didn't want kids, but then I saw you with Dawn and my heart melted. When I found out I was pregnant two Mondays ago I was so, so happy… then reality hit me like a train, the feeling of us moving too fast and you not wanting kids yet or at all, just… I was terrified. But I pulled myself back together and worked out a plan."

"I was going to do the house up, make it a home, I was going to pull people together last minute so you hopefully wouldn't find out. I was going to surprise you when you got back from patrol and then the next morning I was going tell you I was pregnant. Simple."

"Last Wednesday after you passed out, I went to get Sam in on swapping patrols. After he said he would help, I was going inside to do laundry, he told me I was going to be a good mum. I didn't tell him, he just guessed. But the next two days went by with no problem, got the house painted. While helping me get paint Embry imprinted; that was a surprise."

"Saturday came and everything was in Port Angles, just needing picking up. I gave everyone a list on what they needed to get, and left with Col. I had hardly got three hours sleep the night before, busy writing to meet a deadline my publisher moved up, and you leaving in the mornings always wake me up, so I made Col drive."

"He started whining that I was boring, so I made a bet with him, that I could get us a police escort and if we got caught out I would buy him any car he wanted. I made him speed by a cop car and I pretended to be losing the baby; I was just remembering the first time I lost it. Col got to drive over 130 behind a cop car. We were behind everyone and they all saw us fly by, but so they didn't show up at the hospital I sent an A-OK text to them."

"Got to the hospitable, was rushed in on a gurney, told them I was pregnant, it felt just like when I first did it. A nurse did an ultrasound and I was breathless… there were two. Two babies. The nurse gave me some words of advice from one of my bestsellers and on the drive home that afternoon I told my publisher where he could jam his deadlines. He said I can make my deadlines whenever I want. Oh, and Col guessed I was pregnant – he didn't think I was that convincing of an actor."

"Yesterday, after you left I started getting the house ready, around six Sam showed up and told me he let my secret slip to Emily, she was on the phone to Claire and Kim, and Jared and Quil overheard. But I told him if he took the dishes we borrowed back home without Emily knowing they were gone, we were even."

"Emily, Claire, Kim, Quil and Jared all showed up early to congratulate me, I told them you didn't know and wouldn't know until I told you. The day was long. After I got the boys going on some tasks, I took Claire to Billy's house to pick up some boxes of stuff from New York. Nessie answered saying Billy was fishing but we could come in and get what we wanted."

"The smell of her was making me nauseous, so I was quick in and out. When we got back here it was all battle stations. Emily offered to get me another hour by getting Sam to call you over to theirs for dinner. That was fine; I ended up finishing just after six. Jared, Quil and Seth went on patrol and Leah took the pups home."

"Kim was finishing up the living room when there was a knock on the door. Embry came over to get dating advice. Kim asked who Ashly was and he told her Ashley was his imprint, he wasn't telling people, but he wasn't keeping it a secret either. Kim said that I still held the record for best kept secrets and I hissed at her. She ran upstairs and I told Embry I'm pregnant. He gave me a hug, said his problems were not my worries and left."

"I went upstairs to the wardrobe where Kim and Claire were, putting things away. There was another knock on the front door, and I answered to find an angry Jake. He yelled at me, saying I was mean to Nessie, and I need to stop acting like life owes me a favour. Then I fainted."

"I woke up in the hospital around twenty minutes later. Told Kim to call Emily for more time while I talked to the doctor. The Doc said I passed out from exhaustion and dehydration, when I talked of the babies he left to send a nurse to the ultrasound. With my luck I got Sue. She was angry and said how disappointed my mother would be in me…"

"I told her what happened with Jake and she eased up a bit and did the ultrasound. She told me all three babies are just fine… three. She said the other one must have been behind the two, the day before. Kim and Claire came back in and I told them I was still pregnant and Jake overheard and stormed out."

"I ran out of there so fast, I didn't even feel the IV come out of my arm till Kim told me not to get blood on her car seats while I was digging in the back for something to hit Jake with. And you know the rest. Paul I still want to and am going to spend every second of my life with you. I want to have your kids, as many as possible, and you are the man I love more than everything on earth but I don't want to marry you."

"I am still and probably always will be, against marriage, and if by some miracle I ever do want to get married, I'll tell you. But in my mind, I will never be getting married. Okay that's all. Yell, call me a slut, damn me to hell, whatever you need to forgive me for not telling you all this sooner."

"Kat, I…" I lift a hand from hers and wipe away a stray tear that runs down her cheek. "Kat everyone's done shit they're not proud of, everyone's thought about killing someone before, if my old man didn't off himself I would have done the job for him. Kat, everyone has bags we carry around filled with shit we have done. As long as you carry mine I'll carry yours, just no more secrets."

"You know everything, and I… I just need you to say you forgive me, please," I stand and pull her up to my chest, her arms link around my neck.

"Kat there's nothing to forgive, you said it yourself, you jumped the tracks, but that makes you who you are. And I can't wait to meet Dan and thank him for saving you, and whenever you're ready to get married I'll be here, and if we never get married it's okay because we'll still have each other. But I need you to repeat that part about triplets?"

"Sue said all three look perfectly healthy, and this morning I booked in for an ultrasound on Friday to make sure everything's still good." She bites her bottom lip with nerves.

"They're going to be fine, what we need to worry about is telling my mum." She chuckles, and pecks me on the cheek.

"I have to meet her first, god that's going to be fun," she chuckles dryly, and leans her head on my chest.

"If it helps, my mum won't care who you are after she hears she's going to be a grandma," I shrug.

"Dan's going to flip, he almost brought Annie the New York joints, he was so happy when he heard she was pregnant." She chuckles at a memory.

"That brings me back to how did you afford all this stuff?"

"I'm a writer, I've made over a million dollars with all my books, that's not counting what I made on selling movie rights. I finally got a black card sent to me four months ago because I wasn't spending enough." She shrugs like it's nothing.

"If you're rich why have we been living with nothing for the last year?"

"We had each other and I didn't want you loving me for my money," she pouts up at me.

"But that TV helps me love you even more."

"Oh, well if the TV is good enough entertainment for you, then I'll just go lie down." Kat pushes against my arms to get free, but I hold her still.

"No, you're coming with me," I lift her up bridal style and she growls in annoyance as I walk to the living room.

"Why can't I go upstairs and enjoy the new bed?" she whines.

"Because you're going to enjoy the new bed enough tonight. Now it's time to enjoy the new sofas and enjoy you showing me how to enjoy my second favourite thing in this room," I say, sitting down on the chair across from the TV, Kat on my lap. I lean forward and grab the slick new remote off the coffee table.

She frowns and grabs the remote from me. "How is the TV second favourite when there are technically four people sitting in your lap?" The TV turns on, showing a football game.

"Because I can play with you and the TV, but I can't play with the kids yet," she rolls her eyes and starts surfing the channels.

"So, do you want boys or girls?"

"I don't mind, as long as there's at least one boy. I don't think I could handle living with four girls."

"Huh." She nods lightly to my answer.

"What do you want?" I ask, putting both my hands over her stomach.

"Three boys," she says without hesitation.

"Why?" I chuckle.

"Because they'll be just as amazing as their father." I smile brightly.

"And he is…?"

"About to get hit with a crowbar and lose all TV privileges."

"You play mean," I pout.

"I'm still your favourite thing to play with though." She sends me a devilish smirk.

The End

Author note:

Please read for more information on this story, at least read the second last paragraph if you are wanting to read more of this story in the future.

Okay so I wrote this story in December of 2015. It took me two weeks and I thought it was a big heep of rubish no one would ever see. The following January I bit the bullet and signed up to Fanfiction. It was the first story I posted as it was the first story I ever finshed. The limited feedback I got was all bad, people complaining about spelling mistakes and not understanding it one bit, "Jake has two sisters moron" "who is Kat, I don't get it?" And shit like that was the only comments I was getting on something I had been proud to finish. I have dyslexia and teachers never thought I would be able to read and write and pretty well just agnored me. I thought my self to read when I was 14 and to get to the point I could finish a story from start to end by the age of 15 made me proud.

So I sent the story to a friend who had offered to fix the spelling for me. It took her over five months to finish and get it back to me but once I had it back I took down the old copy of the story and started posting this new and improved copy and the feed back I have gotten from all of you surprises me still to this day.

This story was only ment to be 22 chapters long, that's all I made back in 2015 and I was happy to leave it at that... at least I thought I was until you amazing people showed me you actually liked it. Now I have written a new chapter and have many new ideas on how this story will continue.

This is the end of It Happens, but not the end of the story. The prequel will be called Indisputable Fact. I will post an update on this story once I have put up the first chapter. Hoping to have it up be the start of February but the more comments and support you show the faster I will post.

Thank you all, I wish you a good holiday and hope you have a great day/night.