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Chapter 1: Eighteen

Why my brother would ever even consider inviting vampires to his eighteenth birthday party was beyond me.

It all started almost 3 years ago; when Sam and Jacob had decided to help those stupid leeches fight off a bloodsucker that was out to get this girl of which Jacob had a major crush on. She ended up breaking his heart, and, not to mention, becoming one of them.

When my brother, Seth was guarding Bella with her vampire boyfriend, the bloodsucker and one of her abominations came and attacked them. Seth and the leech defeated the bloodsucker and saved the girl.

If it had been me up there with them, I would have let the vampire have the girl and maybe I'd even help the leech rip the girl's, Bella's, boyfriend into shreds. Of course, that would have broken the treaty and blah, blah, blah. But I mean, Seth is my brother! I have to protect him! Even if it does mean breaking the stupid treaty! Open season on vampires!

Now Seth is friends with the things! He goes over to their house whenever he can. When our pack leader, Jacob, ran away because the vampire girl, Bella, didn't love him, Seth told her what he knew about Jake's whereabouts.

So, now I was stuck in a party where half the attendants where my enemy. How nice! Isn't that just great?

"Are you sure this was a good idea?" Mom asks Seth. She's hovering right next to us. Seth's all smiles, where as, the rest of the people and animals that had attended his party, with the exception of Jake, his imprint who was playfully tugging on his hair, and Bella, where all looking uncomfortable.

Even Charlie, one of my dad's best friends, and the father of the girl we had fought to protect when she was human, had caught on to the tense mood.

"Mom, they're my friends!" Seth told her for probably the hundredth time, "Of course it's a good idea! Edward's really a good guy Mom, and you know Bella!"

"I know, but its just…" Mom stopped, trying to think of words to say. I think I could have helped her out; vampires are dangerous. They bite. Drink blood...

She finally said, "I'm just, just worried about you and Leah. About one day, hearing from the pack that something happened, or there was an accident, and you got hurt. Seth, you're only 18 and Leah, your only 22. You two are just so young. It would be really hard on me if – if…if you never came back."

"Don't worry Mom, if anyone messes with my baby brother, they'll pay," I said and mom smiled, "I'm going to go and talk to Jacob about the patrols. Want to come Seth?" I looked at him expectantly

"Um...sorry Leah," he said glancing to the grass beneath him, "I was going to talk to Edward and Bella." I was shocked at my brother's behavior, again. He was always playing puppy for the vampires.

"Fine," I said and walked to the edge of the clearing where Jacob was sitting playing with his two-year-old-who-looks-like-she's-four-years-old imprint.

Ever since Jacob broke off from the pack taking my brother and me with him, we had been patrolling the area around Forks and the reservation more carefully than ever.

The object of Jakes imprinting, Renesmee Cullen, was sitting on his knees. God I hated saying her name, it was such a mouthful and anyways, who calls they're daughter Ruh-nez-may? It's just kinda weird and different. I mean the other Cullens all had normal names. They aren't that up to date, but they were at least normal.

When he heard me approaching he looked up. "Hey Leah!" he said as he lifted the half vampire half human girl in his arms and stood.

Every time I saw them together or another werewolf with they're imprint, I felt a stab of jealousy that I hadn't found someone yet. It made me feel like I was some mistake, after all, I was the only girl werewolf in both packs. I knew Seth still had hope, but, we're like 18 and 22. Not that we are old, its just most of my pack and Sam's pack had imprinted when they were fifteen to twenty.

I felt like I wasn't meant to imprint. Imprinting matched the werewolf and his imprint so that their children would have the best chance of survival. Yet, I was the beta of my pack, the fastest runner in both packs and also the only girl werewolf and I still hadn't found someone. Let me tell you, being the only girl in a pack of boys, even if one is your brother, is still uncomfortable. Especially if the man that you love is the leader of your pack and you have to follow every order he gives you. That's why I left Sam's pack and joined Jacob's.

Jake and I talked about patrol and which wolves had which nights. Thankfully he had worked it out with Sam, I cringed every time I thought of him, that Seth and I would always be on the same patrol, so I could keep an eye on him.

I was looking at the trees surrounding the meadow when I saw it. Something flashed white between two old pine trees that were at the edges of the clearing. I looked around. Edward, Bella and the leech that controlled emotions were all looking at the place I had seen the flash of white.

Suddenly, I felt something. My mind was feeling like it was being beaten heavily with a giant bat. Something was trying to get in! I grabbed my head in my hands, closing my eyes.

As fast as it had started it ended. I opened my eyes to find Bella sitting on the ground next to me. What had happened must have only taken a second or so. At least none of the pack or any of the humans had noticed. Bella must have put her mind shield on me.

Just Jake, and the vampires had noticed. They all had confused and worried looks on their faces.

"Leah, are you alright?" Jacob asked.

"Yeah, I think. What happened?" I asked

"We don't know," said Bella, "I felt something, like something was trying to get into my mind. Almost like when Jane and Alec were trying to mentally torture us, remember Edward?"

"I thought I heard someone's mind a minute ago but whoever it was, they aren't here anymore," Said Edward, "There was also this strange feeling that I shouldn't look into the woods, as if I didn't want to."

"Someone, or something," said the blond haired leech, I know there are three of them but, the one that can control emotions, "I don't know what it was, but it was there. I could feel it, and I felt that to Edward."

There was silence in our little group for a minute, and then Jacob said, "We should all discuss this, there might be something out there that could be very unpleasant."

Jake made plans with the vampires that we would meet them at the Cullen's house at four thirty the next day to discuss the incident. I wasn't very happy about this, me spending hours around a conference table talking about white flashes and minds and other weird stuff with stupid leeches just, just isn't me!

I started to forget about the incident and got caught up with the party. My mom seemed to be enjoying the party, even with her many doubts about Seth's friends. She seemed to be gravitating towards Charlie a lot. They were talking right now, with my excellent hearing I heard Charlie ask Mom if she would like to walk back to the cars with him. She agreed and they spent the rest of the evening talking.

Was there something going on between them? Charlie was a good man, but, he was one of my father's best friends. And, I didn't want to be step sisters to a vampire! I shivered and walked away.

As Seth's party came to a close, the vampire with the bronze hair, Edward, approached Seth with Bella and handed him something that jingled when it hit his hand. Seth looked down at his hand in amazement. I wondered what the stupid leech had given him to make him so speechless, Seth was always talking. Then Seth took a step toward the bloodsucker and hugged him! I couldn't believe what I had just seen; my brother hugged a vampire! I mean he'd hugged the hybrid before, but he wasn't in any real danger from her, she was just two, and her bite didn't hurt us, but I mean, Edward's a full vampire he's our mortal enemy for crying out loud!

The bloodsucker then said to Seth, "Alice drove it here and its down by the road if you want to drive it home." He smiled at my brother.

Wait. Did he just say drive? He got my brother a car! I don't even have my own car and I'm five years older than him!

Seth ran to me and held up car keys. He said, "Hey Leah! You want to drive?"

I stood there speechless. All I knew about cars was how to make them go, they were all ordinary cars if you could turn the key and press your foot to the pedal, but I could see from the logo embossed on the side of the key that this was no ordinary car.

Is my brother serious? He would let me drive his new car? Mom dropped him a lot on his head when he was a baby, I wasn't so sure about his mental health. Friends with vampires, chewing on the bars of his crib, letting me drive his brand new sports car.

I had to ask, "Seriously?" It was just a squeak but with his less than ordinary hearing he heard.

"Definitely." He replied and tossed me the keys, "but I get to ride shot gun."

I couldn't wait till all of Seth's guests left so that we could run back to the road and I could feel how it was to drive a luxury vehicle for the first time in my life.

The shock of my father's death, almost three years previous, had made me stop driving. It had been one of my favorite pastimes, before my world had been tipped on its ear from this stupid werewolf and vampire stuff. I would always ask my mom if I could drive to the store to by the groceries and I always drove Seth and myself to school.

When my father died and I had learned all about werewolves, I just turned into a compassionless shrew. Knowing that the reason your boyfriend dumped you is that he's a werewolf and the first time he saw your cousin some sick gene made him fall madly in love with her can usually do that to you.

That's why I was so excited when Jacob and his imprint left and Seth called to me, "Race ya to the road! Loser has to clean the dishes!" And then he was off.

I caught up to him fast and we dodged tree trunks and rocks. We jumped over streams and raced each other to the dirt road, which would hold Seth's new sports car.

Why do vampires always give sports cars or other valuble luxury items? They had given Jake a new car too. Also, everyone in their family had their own vehicle.

As I sprinted out of the dark trees, I stopped dead, and Seth almost ran into me. There, in front of us was Seth's new car. A new and shiny Lincoln MKZ was parked in the road.

A/N: Ok, so I know that's not the best car. I was going to do a different one, but my friend, VampireGirl1313, is wrighting a story and someone in her story gets the car I was going to use so...You should also check out her first story! I'm not sure when it will be up, but one day...

Also, please don't reveiw if you are going to slam me, but constructive critisism is welcome!