"I danced… exotically…topless; BUT, I had body guards and none of the guys were allowed to touch us." Mason added quickly hoping that would somehow make it all okay.

The room got silent so Seth tried to break the mood, "Selena does that too sometimes, but I don't pay her."

"Seth!" Selena yelled, even more shocked that he had just said that than about what Mason said.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" She screamed.

CHAPTER 3

By LolaWorld

Jacob and Sam both looked at Seth and Selena lividly.

"Seth! Tell them the truth!" Said Selena in panic.

Seth looked bug eyed, "I'm sorry, it's not true, I honestly was just trying to break the tension. It was a stupid joke I know that now."

"You think!" Sam scolded, "And THAT was the last straw for both of you! When we are finished here you are both going to be punished."

"What did I do?!" Selena asked with a slight whimper.

"You swore again! I warned you TOO many times tonight Selena."

Mason watched the conversation and scolding go back and forth. She couldn't help but think, "Damn, Sam is REALLY strict." She pulled out a piece of paper from her backpack and jotted her cell number on it. She put her pen away and stood up.

"Umm, sorry to interrupt, I can see you're busy. I really just wanted to meet you. I'll be on my way. Here is my number; I hope we can keep in touch."

She handed the paper to Sam and he took it automatically. He was yet again thrown off but only for a moment. She took only one step before Sam spoke up.

"You are not going anywhere."

She looked at him, "Excuse me?"

"Oh I know you heard me. I understand you don't know me that well just yet; but, I guarantee you, there is NO WAY I am letting you back out there to wonder around the world on your own. Especially at a vulnerable time like this."

"A vulnerable time like this? What in the HELL are you talking about?"

"Okay, HOUSE RULE, NO SWEARING! And vulnerable as in you are about to go through a change and you cannot be alone when you do."

"Okay, well, whatever this "change" is I can deal with it on my own; and as far as your house rules, fine; but, just because we share the same DNA it doesn't automatically make you in charge of me! Call me later if you want, I'm leaving."

Everyone was on the edge of their seat to see what Sam would do next. They all knew that NO ONE could speak to Sam that way and get away with it without serious consequences. Emily stood up quickly this time next to Mason as Sam was now towering over his newly little sister.

"She's done for…" Selena whispered.

"Yeah, it was nice meeting her," Seth agreed.

Jacob glared at them and they both cringed and apologized, "Sorry."

"Sam, sweetheart," Emily said calmly, "maybe if we explained to Mason why she can't be alone right now then she would be a lot more willing to stay. Remember, you two have only just met an hour ago."

"Yeah, one hour and she is already driving me crazy," Sam spat as he ran his fingers through his short, thick, black hair and took a deep needed breath.

"Well, soooo sorry to have ruffled your feathers," she said with tears, "I'll be heading out now."

"He has fur, not feathers," Selena corrected.

Jacob growled.

"What we'd look pretty stupid if we had feathers," Selena said.

"And probably not as intimidating either," Seth agreed, and they both giggled.

"At this point you two are way worse off then she is," Jacob warned.

She tried one more time to step away and stopped yet again by Sam's voice.

"Wait," he said coolly, "I'm sorry."

No one except Emily could believe they just heard Sam apologize to Mason after she told HIM off the way she did.

"Wow," Selena whispered, "she's gotta be magical or something."

Seth looked at Selena and nodded in agreement. Mason spoke up next after she sighed.

"I'm sorry too."

He looked into her beautiful green-blue eyes, "okay, let's try this again. Please sit down and tell me more about you okay. Then I'll explain more about why I really don't want you out on your own right now, deal?"

She looked up at him and threw him a small smile, "Okay, deal."

Mason sat back down as did Sam.

Selena looked around and whispered to Seth, "What the fuck is this shit? What just happened, did I miss something?"

Jake smacked her thigh hard and she yelped, "You have a habit of being even worse once you know you're in trouble, shut it."

Sam glared at Selena before turning back to his sister, "So, I couldn't help but notice you mentioned our dad and your step-brother, what about your mom?"

"My biological mom died when I was three. We don't really know what happened. They found her in an alley drained of her blood. My, sorry OUR dad believes it was the "cold ones?" I think he's just crazy though because when I looked it up, cold ones is supposedly a term for vampires. Sooo yeah, he's crazy right?" She smirked and looked around.

No one smiled as they all knew of the reality of vampires. Selena spoke up.

"Well, your dad was probably right."

"SELENA!" Sam barked, STOP talking!"

"What!? She should know!"

"ENOUGH SELENA!" Jacob added, "There is a time and a place and this moment is NOT the time!"

Mason looked at Jacob, "so it's true? Vampires do exist?"

"And wolves," Seth added softly.

SMACK!

"OW," Seth whined.

Jacob gave him a stern look with a rise of his eyebrow. Mason smirked as she looked over at Selena and Seth.

"You two get in trouble a lot don't you?"

Sam, Paul, Emily and Jacob smirked at the question.

"Ya, and apparently from what we all witnessed, you don't."

"What do you mean?" Mason asked.

"Put it this way," said Seth, "if Selena or I spoke to Sam the way you did earlier, we wouldn't be sitting right for three days."

Mason looked at them like they had three heads each, "I'm sorry, what?"

Sam looked at Mason, "are you telling me that our dad never punished you for anything?"

"Hummm, well, once when I was twelve he tried to ground me."

"Tried?" Sam asked.

"Ya, you know, "tried" as in not successful."

Sam raised an eyebrow and she took it as her answer wasn't appropriate. She started over with a heavy sigh.

Selena rolled her eyes.

"The only reason he grounded me in the first place was because my wicked step-mother told him to. I said Ffffff," clears throat, "umm, "eff" you and went in my room. He never brought it up again; but, of course, that's when the witch had set her son on me."

"What do you mean set her son on you?" Sam asked concerned.

"She instructed him to take over the punishments since my, ugh, OUR father was too much of a wimp to do it himself."

"How much older is he then you?" Jacob asked.

"Four years, so at that time, he was sixteen."

Emily sat down and took Mason's hand into hers, "Sweetheart, how did he punish you?"

"Well, he would smack me around a bit and…umm, I really rather not talk about it please."

Sam got up and kneeled down in front of Mason.

"It's okay; you can talk to us about it when you are ready. Now, I need to tell you why I don't want you out on your own," Sam smiled kindly and then sat on the coffee table in front of her.

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