Seth & Renesmee
Seth didn't understand this draw towards the Cullen's, more specifically the draw to Bella. Ever since Jacob had found out about Bella's pregnancy, ever since they had split from Sam's pack, Seth had felt this pulling. As if there was a constant need to be around Bella, it was beyond strange. Seth had never seen Bella as anything more than a friend, Seth still didn't see her as anything more than that, but the tugging towards her was always pulling.
The strangest part came from Bella, she seemed just as pulled to Seth as Seth was to her.
An odd twist that neither of them understood.
The worst part of Seth's day was when he left Bella's side, the pull to go back to her was always a sharp reminder that he would have to go back, he didn't really feel like he had a choice.
Seth would start off just guarding the house, but somehow always find himself going inside, sometimes it was just the need to check on Bella, and other times, it was Bella herself asking for Seth.
Edward seemed unsure about it all, Seth felt bad for hurting his friend this way, he could see that Edward didn't understand what was drawing Bella to Seth.
Seth wished he had an answer for Edward, but he didn't know what it was either.
It wasn't like he imprinted on Bella, like he couldn't live without her, but the pulling was just as strong as if he had imprinted on her.
If Seth hadn't met Bella before becoming a werewolf, he might have thought he had imprinted, but he knew that this wasn't the case, the pulling was new, a recent addition to his life, and to Bella's life.
"Seth." Jacob's voice was loud in Seth's mind, and Seth didn't put much thought into it before he shifted out of his wolf form, pausing to slip on his jeans after.
Jacob had been rather distant with Seth since all of this started, and Seth knew why. It wasn't hard to figure out.
Jacob loved Bella, she was his best friend, and he had thought himself hers, even with Edward being Bella's husband, nobody knew Bella like Jacob. Now, Seth was taking that spot. He spent time with Bella every day, every day Bella had a smile for Seth, one that would make her whole face light up.
She had told Seth that seeing him was like all of her family finally coming together, the pieces all tying in place.
Seth hated to admit that he felt the same.
Seeing Bella made Seth feel like he was home.
Seth watched as Jacob headed for the front door, no doubt going to check on Bella, and Seth had to fight the urge to go after him.
Seth wanted to see Bella, but he didn't want to cause anymore pain for anyone.
Edward, Jacob, and Leah, Seth caused all of them pain with his growing closeness to Bella.
Edward feared losing Bella.
Jacob feared being replaced in Bella's life.
Leah feared for Seth's life and happiness.
Seth didn't want to hurt them by making the wrong choices, but the wrong choice seemed to the person that he wanted to be near to.
The noises that came from the house had Seth taking quick steps towards it, the sound of Bella's screams had him breaking into a run.
It was the moment he entered the house that the scent of Bella's blood hit him hard, he wanted to make a run for the stairs, needing to know what was going on, but a cool hand stopped him. "Seth, you can't go up there." Alice chimed. Seth hadn't even seen the pixie like vampire, he was too focused on getting to Bella.
"What's wrong?" Seth asked.
"Nothing. Bella's in labor." Alice said.
Seth had a hard time believing that, he felt the cool hand let go of him, but he didn't go anywhere, he could hear Bella yelling, Jacob and Edward talking to Bella, Rosalie losing control had Seth taking the steps before he could think about it, and he busted into the room focused on getting Rosalie away from Bella.
He spared a glance at the woman, she almost looked completely gone, as if she wasn't even there anymore, but Seth didn't focus there long, letting Rosalie go, when she shoved away from him.
Seth went back downstairs, wishing he could get away from the sound of Bella's heartbeat getting slower, the sound of Bella dying, but he couldn't.
It seemed so loud, as if he was in the room.
Seth didn't want to hear Bella die.
Seth had only felt this out of control once in his whole life, the time his father had died, when Leah had shifted, when his old world seemed to fall apart, and now it was doing it, again.
What would he do if Bella died?
The thought made his head and heart ache.
His mind screamed loudly for him to do something, but there was nothing to do, there was no way for him to help Bella.
"It's Renesmee." Edward's voice cut through his thoughts, and Seth listened as Bella's voice weakly spoke to her newborn daughter, she sounded so happy.
Seth wanted to go in there, to see Bella with Renesmee, he could only imagine how happy Bella must be, she had done it, she had survived the pregnancy, and Seth felt his heart lift to know that Bella was alright.
There was nothing else to get in her way.
Then her heartbeat got faint, so faint, and Seth's panic came back even faster.
Seth could feel the fear that he was going to lose Bella, for sure this time. Seth looked up when he heard the soft sound of cooing, Rosalie was coming down the steps with a little bundle wrapped in a white blanket, the baby, Renesmee.
It was an odd shift as the pulling was no longer upstairs with Bella, he was still worried about her, but it wasn't her anymore that was pulling at him.
Seth heard Jacob run out of the house, but it didn't stop him from moving forward, the pulling had somehow gotten stronger than it had ever been, it wasn't a choice, it was a need.
He followed this new pull, stepping into the room where Rosalie was rocking Renesmee, and Seth stopped as Rosalie lifted the baby up, just enough that Seth could see her.
Renesmee's eyes locked onto Seth, sharper than any newborn's eyes should be, but Seth was lost on the color, the same chocolate brown as Bella, and the world lost focus around those eyes, Seth's entire world seemed to drift off.
His mother, Leah, Bella, the pack, it was suddenly less important than it had once been, but his world held to this new point, this point that had been pulling at him, Renesmee. It was as if the only thing that now held him to the world was this baby girl, his whole world suddenly depended on her existing, Seth only knew that he would do anything, be anything, for Renesmee.
She was the center of the universe.
The only center of Seth's universe.
Seth smiled as he looked at his imprintee, the warmth, and happiness that washed over him was better than anything he had ever felt.
The world had reason and meaning.
Seth had never been happier than in this moment.
Renesmee seemed...pleased, if that was even possible for a newborn to feel that, but she seemed to know that he was important to her, like Seth knowing Renesmee was important to him.
The sound of a racing heartbeat broke Seth from his thoughts, and he looked up at the ceiling, his smile widening at the sound of Bella's changing heart.
He looked back down, Renesmee was smiling not too, a wide, fully toothed smile, that reminded Seth of Edward's smile. She was the perfect combination of Edward and Bella, he could easily see the both of them in her.
So, maybe that was why it had been so easy for him to get along with vampires, maybe that was why it had been easy to be Edward's friend, Bella's too, he was always drawn to the two people who had the power of bringing his imprint into the world. Seth walked over, Renesmee held out a small hand, reaching for him, and Seth took her small hand into his own.
Images flashed into his mind, Bella, Edward, Jacob, himself, Seth watched as they lingered on Bella and Edward, mostly Bella. "She'll be okay, Renesmee. I promise. You'll see her soon." Seth smiled when the thoughts left him, Rosalie looked at him oddly, but Seth didn't say anything, it could all be explained later.
Seth turned when he heard someone else walk into the house, Jacob and Leah, Jacob seemed to be shaking, and Leah just seemed to be here to help Jacob. Seth growled as he glared at the both of them, his pack brother, his birth sister, they wanted to hurt Renesmee, his imprintee. "Seth, move." Jacob's voice had the booming tone to it, but where his wolf would have laid down before, it didn't now, it wouldn't.
Renesmee's safety was more important than the pack's.
"You can't touch her, Jake, Leah. She's my imprint, she's pack. You hurt her, you kill me." Leah froze, horror obvious on her face, and Jacob stopped as well, he peered over Seth's shoulder, looking at Renesmee, he saw something flit across Jacob's face, some emotion too mixed up with others for Seth to be sure.
Seth wondered if Jacob was looking at chocolate brown eyes and seeing Bella in Renesmee. Seth knew Jacob couldn't hurt any piece of Bella.
He looked away, shaking his head. "We'll let Sam know." Was all Jacob said, and then he left, but Leah hesitated looking at Seth.
"I'm fine, Leah. I'll call home soon. Go tell mom." Seth expected Leah to yell, to drag him out, but she listened, turning away, and Seth hoped that Leah wasn't mad at him.
Seth turned back to see Rosalie clutching Renesmee to her chest, and glaring at Seth. "Mutt." She growled.
"Rosalie..." Seth took a step back. "Don't be angry. It's not something we can control." Seth really didn't want to fight with Rosalie, he didn't want to fight with anyone, there was enough of it to last a lifetime.
Rosalie smirked, taking a few steps closer before handing Renesmee to Seth, watching as Renesmee instantly reached out once she was close to Seth. "You don't have to explain it to me. You have to explain it to Bella and Edward." Rosalie chimed, her voice sickeningly sweet, and Seth swallowed thickly at the idea of explaining this to newborn Bella.
He looked down to Renesmee, who didn't seem at all worried, and Seth let out a deep breath, he didn't need to be worried either, at least not right now. He had three days before Bella would be up, his worries left, and he watched as Renesmee showed him more faces, Bella and Edward mostly, with himself thrown in sometimes.
Seth rocked Renesmee to sleep before handing her back to Rosalie, and he smiled as he looked at his imprint's sleeping face until Rosalie smirked, pointing behind him. The sudden fear in his chest felt almost painful as he turned to see Edward standing there, still covered in Bella's blood. "Edward." Seth tried to comfort himself by reminding him that there was more to fear than Edward, Leah, his mother, both much more scarier than Edward Cullen, even if he was covered in blood.
Edward said nothing, but motioned for Seth to follow him out of the house. Seth took a deep breath, bracing himself for the yelling as he followed Edward out.
"You imprinted." Edward's spoke first.
"Yes." Seth wished his voice would stop breaking.
"On my daughter." Edward's angry was obvious.
"Yes, but it's not that bad, Edward. You've seen our thoughts, you've seen Sam and Emily, well, bad example, you've seen Quil and Claire, Paul and Rachel, Jared and Kim, you know that this means. I'll be her best friend, her brother, and if she ever want's it to turn romantic when she's older, then it will, but it's her choice. I'll just be whatever she wants me to be." Seth could see the annoyance in Edward's eyes.
"She's my daughter, Seth. My newborn daughter. Bella almost died for her, I almost lost my wife for her, and you just think you can have a claim to her." Edward's voice sounded tight, angry, so very angry.
"She's my imprint, Edward. I didn't get a choice. If I did, I would have waited until she was grown up, but I don't, so I'll be what she needs until she no longer needs me." Seth looked down at his watch, freezing when he saw it was almost two in the morning. "I should go now, Edward. My mom is going to kill me for being out this late and for not calling." Seth looked up, expecting Edward's face to still be angry, but it wasn't, he almost looked shocked, then sad, and then, Seth hated that look.
He had gotten used to seeing it sometimes, the first time being when he phased. Sam had given him that look, the look that reminded him that all anyone still saw of him was that he was a child.
"You are a child, Seth." Edward cut into his thoughts. "Let me go change, I'll drive you home." Seth started to protest, but stopped, maybe it would do good to not rock the boat.
Seth followed Edward back into the house, but instead of heading towards the bathroom, Edward walked over to a now very awake Renesmee, the little baby looked rather annoyed at Edward, and Seth had to cover his mouth to stop from laughing.
He wondered if Renesmee was annoyed because she had been woken up.
"She's annoyed because I got mad at you." Edward said.
Seth blinked rapidly as he processed that information before grinning widely as he bounced over to his imprintee. "Don't be annoyed at your daddy, Renesmee. He's just protective of you." Seth told her, Renesmee huffed.
Edward left the room after that, and Seth stayed to read a book to Renesmee before she fell back to sleep.
When he finally did leave with Edward, it was getting closer to sunrise, and he could only imagine the anger he was going to face when he got home. "I could call her, if you would like?" Edward offered as they drove down the street.
"No, it's fine. She'll understand. Renesmee is important to me." Seth smiled.
Edward was quiet for a second before speaking. "You are important to her as well. She didn't want you to leave. She assumes that you will be back tomorrow." Seth nodded his head.
"Of course. Well, as long as my mom doesn't ground me, I'll be there, and, if it's okay with you, she is your daughter..." Seth trailed off as he looked at Edward.
"I'm sure if I told you no, Renesmee would throw a fit." Edward sighed. "She's just as protective of you, as you are her. It's safe to say she's already staked her claim on you. When she was mad at me, she called you 'My Seth.'" Edward's face looked pained from the thoughts, Seth knew that face as well, he had seen the same on his father's when Leah went on her first date with Sam.
Seth couldn't imagine what this was like for Edward, he couldn't imagine what it would be like for any parent, Edward and Bella just got Renesmee, and now it was Edward, Bella, Renesmee, and Seth. The best thing out of it, something he knew they could all agree on was that Renesmee was safe, the pack couldn't hurt her or the Cullen's.
"That's what I have to keep reminding myself." Edward sighed. "Without you, the pack would have come for Renesmee, for Bella, for all of us. We're all safe, because my daughter is your soul mate." Edward parked on the edge of the territory.
"So, I'll see you guys and Ren tomorrow." Seth smiled.
"Ren?" Edward arched an eyebrow.
"Renesmee is a mouthful." Seth shrugged. "She seemed to like it." Seth smiled.
He waved goodbye to Edward before heading home, where he had faced yelling from his mother and sister until they both calmed down, Seth told his mother everything about Renesmee, she agreed to let him go back, but he had to do all of his chores before going.
It fell into a natural rhythm for him, chores, Renesmee, home, and then repeat. He knew he would have to go back to school soon, he tried to figure out how he could fit in chores, homework, track practice, and Renesmee all into one day.
Then, Bella woke up.
Seth had never seen her so angry in her life when she threw him outside, Leah had been quick to get between the two of them, Jacob as well, explaining to Bella that Seth would be nothing more than a best friend and brother, just like Jacob had once told her.
Renesmee's wails had stopped Bella from attacking Seth, and a few hours later, she had calmed down enough to let Seth be around Renesmee again.
It all seemed to fall into place, Renesmee's aging was the only thing that still caused worry, and Seth did worry, it kept him up all night, how long would he have with her? What would happen to him, if she died? It was something that he could see his mother and sister worrying about as well?
If Renesmee died, would Seth die too?
Seth didn't want to live without Renesmee, so the answer was scarier than Seth would like to admit.
Renesmee seemed oblivious to everyone's worrying, and Seth was grateful for that, it was better if she didn't have to worry about leaving them.
When the Volturi decided to come, it was harder to protect Renesmee from everything, she would ask, and Seth would explain, he could see her worry, her fear, but he promised to protect her, so he would, forever.
The pack agreed to help Seth protect Renesmee against the Volturi, she was pack now too, no matter what.
It seemed to come up sooner than later, Seth enjoyed every minute he could with Renesmee, Christmas was the fondest memory. He had convinced Renesmee to try some of his mother's sugar cookies, laughing at Renesmee's wide eyes when she tasted the sweet treat, soon having another.
She still didn't like the vegetables that Bella tried to feed her, but what kid did?
The only down side was he had to cover her eyes when Jacob and Leah decided to suck face.
Though, it was nice to see things fitting together, even Jacob and Bella seemed back on good terms now. She was happy for Jake, Jake was happy for her, hopefully they wouldn't all be massacred in the next few days.
When the Volturi did come, Seth had stayed close to Renesmee, protecting her was his only goal. If Renesmee was safe, everything was going to be okay.
Just as the fight threatened to break, Seth had looked at his sister who sent her love, Jacob, who wished him luck, and then Bella and Edward.
"Take care of my daughter, Seth." Bella almost looked like she was going to cry, and Seth did his best to convey in his look that he would always protect Renesmee.
"You've always been a good friend, Seth. I know you'll be good to her." Edward patted his large head. Seth had readied himself to leave when Alice and Jasper came, saving the day with another hybrid, Nahuel. Seth had been so happy to see another one like Renesmee, an adult, older than Edward, Renesmee wasn't going to die, she would live forever.
Seth had never been happier to know he had forever with Renesmee.
It all fell back into its perfect place, Renesmee got to grow up without fear, Seth took her out trick or treating, Easter eggs hunts, he even got her to play with Claire once, but Renesmee had treated the tea party like most babysitter's would, still Seth was just happy to get her these normal child memories.
She would come to his track meets with Charlie and Sue, her cheers seemed to be the loudest to Seth, and before he knew it, she was an adult.
All grown up with Edward's crooked smile, sass that seemed to come from nowhere, and a sense of humor she had to get from Emmett.
The most notable time was when she had refused to let Seth go see Leah and Jacob, telling him that wolves were too dangerous, trying to copy her father's voice, doing pretty well if Seth was honest. She had even gone as far as carrying Seth back to her house, before Bella made her stop.
Falling in love had been effortless.
It wasn't like a flick of a switch, he didn't just suddenly love her, in reality, she had loved him first, the feelings only started to change when she kissed him for the first time.
They decided against a big wedding, sneaking away in the middle of the night they drove to Vegas in Rosalie's convertible, got married through a drive-through, then had their first time in the back of Rosalie's car, which ended less pleasurable, and with more giggles, but still perfect.
When the Cullen's finally got a hold of them, they were busy traveling the world, only taking a break to see Jacob and Leah's first born children, William and Harry.
Seth and Renesmee didn't decide to settle back with the Cullen's until William and Harry were adults, Seth didn't get to see them much, it was strange, really. Jacob had passed away a couple of years ago, but Leah was still alive, just old, wrinkly, and Seth, Seth stilled looked twenty-five, Renesmee looked twenty-three.
It was a boon really, as the other Cullen's would go to high school, Seth and Renesmee got to play newlyweds all the time.
Life was perfect.
Seth had gotten a happily ever after with Renesmee, Renesmee had gotten the same with Seth.
And they had forever to enjoy it.
AN: So, I'm a hardcore Seth and Renesmee fan. They just make more sense to me than Jacob and Renesmee. I might eventually write little snippets about Seth and Renesmee's life together.