hey guys...so sorry i haven't updated my stories...im in houston texas and only now i managed to get internet...hope u enjoy!
Ever since Charlie married Sue, a year ago, Bella had been living in a bigger house in Forks with her dad, Sue and Seth. Leah had stayed in La Push. She didn't want to leave the house that was full of her father's memories.
Bella had been raised as an only child. So even though she loved Seth to death, during the first months, she still woke up wondering why Seth walking around in the corridors in her house.
She would open her bedroom door to find a shirtless Seth with only a towel around his waist. He would calmly say 'Hey Bella', pass his hand through his wet hair and walk towards his room, leaving a frozen and speechless Bella.
She had to admit that he had grown. A lot. He wasn't that little 15 year old recently phased wolf that saw in Jacob a role wasn't the Seth that used to have a crush on Bella. He was now a man.
At 19, he was taller-as if he wasn't already tall enough- leaner and more as big as Jacob or Paul, but big enough to make girls turn their heads wherever he went.
His boy-ish voice was now deeper than before and gave Bella goosebumps whenever he spoke.
His shoulder-lenght hair has now short and was always styled in a faux hawk.
His once gangly body was now lean and graceful. Each muscle in his body was beautifully defined under his tanned skin.
Sometimes, Bella couldn't keep herself from staring at him from afar. Even though she considered him a little brother, she found him...beautiful.
And his beauty was both from the inside and the outside; the way he could put a smile on anyone's face just by walking into the room. Or the way he could say something...anything, and make you feel much better after.
Especially Bella.
He was her second sun.
When Jacob wasn't around, he was the best replacement.
He listened to her when she talked about her day with Jacob, he held her whenever she cried over one of her long lost Edward memories and he laughed at her whenever she tripped on her own feet.
One afternoon, she arrived from Newton's and found Seth laying on the couch with two bags of Doritos on his lap watching t.v.
He recognized her strawberry and cream scent and smiled.
"Hey sister." he greeted her without taking his eyes from the screen.
"Hey Seth." she answered gloomly.
He knew something was wrong with her from the minute she said 'hey Seth'.
"What's wrong?"he asked
"Nothing. Don't worry." Bella went to sit with him on the couch. She lifted his feet and put them on her lap.
Seth continued to stare at her.
"Are you sure? You don't seem ok to me." Seth sat up to look at Bella closely.
Bella was fidgeting with her hands. Seth was now sure that something was wrong.
"I'm...fine..Seth" she answered, her voice breaking.
"Bellaaaaa..." Seth said shaking her.
And she couldn't hold it anymore. She let her tears flow down her eyes.
"You're going back to college next monday, and you're going to leave me all alone. Then you're gonna get a girlfriend and forget about me and then you won't call anymore and then-" Bella started in between sobs.
"Bella, Bella, Bella! Stop! I'm not going to leave you here alone! There's Charlie, my mother, Jacob... and besides even if I do get a girlfriend, you will always be the number one girl in my heart. No, wait that's my mom. So you'll be the second one. No, sorry because that's Leah's place. So you'll definately be the third one." he told her. Just that made her smile. "Come here you silly girl" he pulled her onto his lap without any effort.
She lay her head on his chest still crying and closed her eyes.
Seth now understood why Jacob was so protective over Bella : she always understimated herself and always thought of herself as a minor character in the lives of the people around her.
And he knew that it was actually the contrary: she played a major role in other people's lives; from the vampires, passing through the werewolves and all the way to the humans.
Seth hugged her tight and kissed her head. He promised himself that he would always protect her too.
"Bella don't worry. I'm not really going anywhere. It's almost like I'm right next door." he told her to confort her.
"I know. It's just that I really need you in my life, I don't know why but I just do; and I know it's really selfish of me. But I'm really sorry I had this breakdown. And your shirt is all tear stained." she said looking at him.
"Don't worry. I mean what are brothers for?"
Bella smiled. "This is why I love you Seth. You're the best brother ever." she leaned back into his chest and closed her eyes again.
"I love you too Bella." Seth noticed that Bella had fallen asleep in his arms and kissed her head again. "More than you'll ever know."
The wolf will be anything the imprintee needs him to be: a friend, a confident, a lover...
Even a brother...
