A/N: I've been trying to work on my updates, and I'm sorry to keep you guys waiting, but I've really been feeling crappy. I've been facing the increase of events in my schedule, as well as fighting a throbbing toothache as well as getting rid of my cold. RL is being such a bitch to me right now, but I'll manage… so enjoy

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Chapter Three

The six massive wolves gathered in the usual meeting area, content to finally be acquainted with the three submissives they couldn't keep their minds off of. The alpha, usually the first to receive choice, but with the rest of the pack so inclined to have a right, the alpha's wishes were being tested. It was made clear, as an order, that the alpha had first choice, and even though he has made his pick, so did the others. Unfortunately the wolves were all entranced by the same submissive, the leader of the pack, Seth.

It was in their nature to fuss over the most appealing, and since Seth's scent was the strongest, the most alluring, each wolf wanted a chance to mount the uninformed submissive.

'I'm entitled to him first, he's mine.' Jacob bellowed with a huge bark at the other wolves, his followers.

'I have every right too.' The beta, Sam argued.

'Not when he's your family.' Paul interrupted.

'Not by blood.' Sam argued, 'his mother was adopted into my family, she's more related to the Ateara's than the Black's or Uley's, so Seth falters under the same gene pool.'

The wolf held a point. Everyone had a shot at the submissive except Quil and slightly Paul. But Paul was more ambitious to woo the beta of the submissive pack. He was already conjuring up a plan to woo the young wolf, and he remained silent as he formatted right way to court the young man.

Quil and Embry's focus was the silent yet shy wolf of the three, the one who remained hidden in the back of his brothers. His tiny stature was considered a positive quality for the two wolves. Since they were slightly smaller than the other dominants, they felt that the smallest wolf of the Submissive pack was their perfect match, and both the wolves new that they were each other's only competition.

Jared was boggled by the most two suitable mates for him, he being third in command, he felt he had a right the alpha of the small pack as well as the others, but he was also entranced by the outspoken submissive. His competition would be set out for him, going against his own alpha, his beta, and his best friend, he was determined not to end up empty handed.

'Under further discussion.' Jacob spoke up. 'We do have rules to apply to. It has come to our attention that this is not going to be easier for either of us.'

'How such?' Quil asked.

'We need to ask permission of the parents first to court the submissives, so that means, if you go against their regulations, they wont hesitate to leave without warning.' Jacob explained. 'So I put in order, as of tonight, if you go near any of them without permission, you're out. You will not have the option of any of them.'

The wolves nodded, each hunched on their hind legs.

Seth's POV

The morning after the meeting, I actually felt refreshed and ready to take on the day. Be as I probably would be approached by one of the wolves from the La Push pack, I actually wanted to know which of them had the balls to approach my parents first. The doorbell chimed and I knew that the first contestant would be walking through that door any second now.

Dad ordered the three of us to head to the entertainment room while to occupy ourselves while they spoke to the individual at the door. I hadn't had the chance to see who it was, but he had a very deep voice, and seemed well mannered as my dad invited him in.

"Who do you think he's here for?" Collin asked eagerly. Brady and I shrugged like we didn't care. "I hope its me."

"You're such a slut Collin." Brady blurted out, taken the PS3 controller and earning a punch on the arm from our brother. "Just eager to get your cherry popped."

"Fuck you." Collin growled.

"Shut up you two." I growled, straining to hear our parents and the stranger converse.

"What are they saying?" Brady asked.

"It went silent." I peeked down the hall to the kitchen, only to see they were gone. "I think they went outside."

In my attempt to eavesdrop, it failed miserably, so I was defeated to watch Collin and Brady battle it out on the game while I waited patiently to hear who was here, and who and if he was taking one of us out.

About a half an hour later, Brady hit the pause button to inform us of the rustling going on in the kitchen, letting us know that they were coming in here. I sat up straight along with Brady and Collin as we saw one of the men walking into the entertainment area, hands in his pocket and a smile plastered across his face, bowing his head in respect as he entered. The man is an attractive one, standing about six foot three, hair cut like his pack mates, not much of a difference from the others but his eagerness as he approached us without hesitation.

He walked passed me, then Collin, only to stop in front of Brady, grabbing his hand and lifting it to his lips to kiss it. I was shocked to say the least, and Brady being himself, yanked his hand away.

"I'm not a girl." He snarled.

The man smirked, and seemed determined to initiate his cockiness into play when he bluntly asked my brother out on a date. "My name is Paul, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Brady stepped back.

"Feisty, I knew there was a reason I found you intriguing." He admitted.

"If this is the way to pursue my son Paul, then you should leave." Mom intervened.

"My apologies Mrs. Clearwater." The man turned to bow his head again. "Brady, will you accept my invitation to a lunch and a tour of the place?"

This guy must've watched a bunch of romantic comedies to study; he was clearly failing with Brady. He was never the type to the lovey-dovey crap, especially when he was treated with the confusion of gender.

"I'll go, but if you for one moment think that I'm going to let you open my door or treat me like a woman, the date is over." Brady demanded. "Understood."

With a nod, they both left.

Paul was the first to approach my parents for their blessings, and Brady and Paul haven't returned yet, so it must have been going great so far. The next one to arrive was Embry Call. A gentleman from what I witnessed, come to ask permission to take Collin out for a trip to the bowling alley and the beach. Collin seemed ecstatic to his choice, and accepted without hesitation.

I was for once conflicted with my reasons for being here; still waiting for my brothers to return, but more of why the hell I wasn't even approached yet. Even another came for Collin, one of the guys named Quil. He looked upset that he was beaten to the prize, and reluctant to even look in my direction, like I was some sort of disease.

Brady finally returned around four with a scowl as he stormed to his room. So I assumed that his date didn't go to well. Then Collin returned, caught by mom opening the door to see Collin already giving the man a goodbye kiss.

I actually felt offended that I wasn't a choice of either of the wolves, and even though I was somewhat satisfied, but it did bruise my ego a bit. That was until the doorbell rang and a tall man that stood about six foot seven, which I was guessing was the alpha. He came dressed in a button up shirt and faded jeans, shaking my dad's and my mom's hands. Halting at the sight of me before I left for the living area annoyed that he probably was here for one of the others.

I flicked through the channels, annoyed that I was pissed about being left out. I had no clue why this was bothering me, but it was. I wanted to at least have one of them come to the door and ask if I would at least be interested.

I turned to the entranceway to see the man leaning on the wall with a rose in his hand.

"What is this?" I said sarcastically. "The bachelor?"

I turned to the TV once again.

"Looks like your watching the news." He chuckled.

"That's not what I meant." I said annoyed before flicking off the TV and tossing the remote on the coffee table.

He sat next to me and handed the rose to me. I stared down at the red thorn flower, hesitant to accept his gift, but still somewhat flattered that he made the effort.

"The name's Jacob Black, but you can call me Jake." He shined his pearly whites before reaching his hand out.

"Seth, Seth Clearwater." I grabbed his hand and shook it.

"I know who you are." He said, "and I'm here to ask you if you wanted to go out for dinner."

"Where?" I asked hesitantly.

"You'll find out if you say yes." He stood up and held his hand out to me.

"Just a date?" I asked.

"I wasn't aware this was a date, but yes, just a date." He smiled again.

"And my parents are okay with this?" I asked.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here with my hand reaching out for you." He smirked.

"Fine. But no funny shit." I insisted. "This is just a date."

I was contempt to keep it rated G, and I wanted to make it clear. So as he informed my parents of our whereabouts, he escorted me to his old Chevrolet truck. I remained silent as I hopped in the passenger side, still clueless to why I was agreeing to this.

I mean sure, the man was attractive, there was no argument there. And he has been courteous so far, so another point for him. Its just strange that I was so willing to see how this goes. I'm supposed to be a fucking alpha to my own pack, and I was letting this man get closer to me.

Brady's POV

That asshole. Why the hell did I agree to go in the first place?

FLASHBACK

I was oblivious to just how persuasive this man could be, but with the stares from the women and men, I could tell he was a player. The end and last kind of man on my list of adequate mates for me. But before I could make any assumptions, I continued to see what the day had in store for us.

He brought me to the Italian restaurant in Forks, insisted I order anything on the menu, so I did. This felt like a scene pulled from White Chicks, he was doing anything and everything to impress me, and out of impulse, I was doing anything to make him loose interest. Any romantic gesture he gave me, I called him a softy. Any attempt to kiss me, I told him I just brushed my teeth. I know I was rude, but he was just too much for me.

It was pissing me off that every waitress that came by was practically eye-fucking him as they passed, and I was ready to tell them to have him.

The date moved to the beach, where for some stupid reason, he thought he might teach me how to cliff dive. As crazy as it sounded, I guess he thought he would turn me into some damsel in distress, but I went passed him and went first.

I was actually beginning to enjoy myself, and Paul actually seemed to be a cool guy. Once we settled after a few dives, Paul seemed interested in knowing more about me, how I became part of the Clearwater family, and how I first phased.

I hadn't know the reason for our first phase, but soon found out that the city was filled with vampires, and that we had to move back to La Push because we could be putting those close to us in danger.

Then he began asking about our ranks, and how I became beta. My simple answer was that I was the only plausible candidate seeing how Collin was still learning and wasn't quick to make decisions.

But this sudden flood of questions brought me to realizations. He was getting answers from me for his pack mates, and that pissed me off. One for me being so stupid to fall for it, and secondly, he would probably tell the pack everything as soon as our date was over.

I tried to avoid the rest of his twenty questions and began to walk down the beach below. I hadn't noticed till now that we weren't the only ones on the beach, a few girls in skimpy bikinis were prancing around, and I couldn't help but look. And Paul being like a possessive dominant became pissed when my attention was no longer on him. But what pissed me off more was that he actually screwed one of the girls, and she was practically asking Paul when they would have a repeat.

"Fuck you asshole." I shoved him away. "Go fuck the tramp."

I stormed off and headed back.

END OF FLASHBACK

I couldn't have been more upset then myself to fall for him. The thing was, there was something about Paul that made me want more of him, and I hated that part of me. I knew Paul would be nothing but trouble, and I knew him being a dominant, he wasn't giving up.

When the man that came for Seth left with Seth in his truck, I retreated to the kitchen to get something to drink before heading to play the game to ventilate. That was until another visitor disturbed me. Dad and mom were approached by another man, stating his case to my parents, and probably here to take Collin out. But I was wrong once again; he was here for me.

"Hi, I'm Jared."

Collin's POV

A day at the arcade, I hadn't expected it. But a date with the fine specimen, I couldn't help but to ogle over the man. He was clearly oblivious to my attraction to him, and I hoped that he noticed that I was very interested in him.

I was very satisfied when he would teach me how to shoot the gun at the targets, or shoot the ball in the hoop for more points. After eating at the burger joint next door, we played a couple more games before heading to the mini golf course. He won a stuffed bear and gave it to me as a gift, which I accepted happily.

After putting me to shame and winning every game, he decided to take me back since he had patrols soon. As much as I hated the date to end, I decided to give him a kiss. That's when I got carried away and climbed on his lap and began to grind on top of him. He seemed happy, I could feel him getting hard, but he stopped me before I could go any further.

"No, I'm sorry Collin, but I want to do this right." He held onto my waist. "As much as I want to go further, I want to show you that I want to be with you, and not just for the sex."

"Sorry." I giggled. "I got carried away."

"Besides, I think Jacob and your dad would have me castrated if I did something beyond my control." He chuckled. "Can I take you out again?"

"I'd like that." I smiled before getting off of him and opening the door to get out.

He grabbed my hand and walked me to the door and leaned down to kiss me again, until we were interrupted by my mom opening the door and sighing in disapprovement.

"Goodbye Embry."

"Bye."

Seth's POV

"I hope the meal is to your liking?" Jacob asked, sitting across the small table.

He brought me back to his place, and presented me with a home cooked meal. Steaks, mashed potatoes, corn on a cob, steamed veggies, chicken, and gravy. I had to say I was impressed. He even made dessert, only admitting after that he had help from Emily, the girl from the council board.

"I wanted everything to be perfect." He added.

"It is." I admitted.

Even though I was reluctant at first, the whole perspective I had on alphas changed when I met Jacob. Of course he admitted his role in the pack, but refused to gloat for his rank in power.

"I just see myself as one of the guys." He chuckled. "You done?"

I nodded as he took my plate to the sink.

He began to explain that he lived with his dad to take care of him, seeing how he's in a wheelchair and his sisters are off to college. He hadn't said much about his sisters but their names, Rachel and Rebecca, twins four years his senior. Then there's his mom, she died giving birth to him, something about her not being strong enough to survive because he was to become a shifter.

That's when, I'm thankful that my mom is still here, but I've come to realizations that she was fine after giving birth to me. So why did their mom's pass?

I hadn't realized just how comfortable I was with Jacob, and the alpha I met on my first approach here was the total different alpha I'm meeting now. Maybe his animal instincts were kicking in first. As we continued to converse, he realized that it was getting late and near the time my parents requested to bring me back.

I couldn't believe just how courteous he was, and respectful to me. The last alpha I came across in human form was a plain asshole, and made it sound like I was already his property. Thankfully we escaped before the asshole could make my life a living hell.

"I had a great time tonight." He held my hands in his, and I knew he was moving in for a kiss.

That's when I pulled away.

"I'm sorry Jacob, but I don't kiss on the first date." I admitted.

"I respect that." He smiled, "so does this mean I'll get another date?"

"Maybe." I replied honestly.

"Great, I'll come by tomorrow for a visit before I head out to patrol." He snuck a kiss on my cheek before rushing off into the night.

I touched the warmth of my cheek, still feeling the warmth of his lips grazing it. I couldn't help but smile while entering to see my brothers and parents eagerly awaiting my return.

"What?" I asked defensively.

"You're glowing." Collin chuckled.

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are." Brady added.

"Shut up you guys." I ignored them to see my dad and mom smiling like it was all a success.

"Glad to see he respects curfew." Dad said.

As I got ready for bed, Collin and Brady updated me on their dates. Brady wasn't very happy with the turnout with Paul, but he was looking forward to the day at the beach with Jared tomorrow, a wolf I haven't met yet. Collin practically spilled everything, saying how much in love he was already with Embry. With my small update, I brushed my teeth and changed into my pajamas to go to bed.

As I lay in bed, I found myself thinking about my date with Jacob, and just how much of a gentleman he was.

Maybe this could work.

A/N: There is still much to be explained, and you'll soon find out more. I'm sorry if this is just a filler, but there is the things needed to be written before the good stuff comes.

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