James POV

"Aw Sorry Man." I shouted to the boy I nearly knocked over, I needed to hold back a little when throwing the ball.

"Great arm, ever play on a real team?" The boy asked.

"Just a game here and there, nothing official." I shrugged. He looked impressed as he walked off to some guy standing on the sidelines.

"Okay guys, we're gonna start picking teams." A tall dark skinned man announced, he smelled like a dog, so I figured he was part of the La Push wolves Charlie told me about once. The people playing stood in an unofficial line as the two captains, the captain of the Forks high football team, and the wolf. I was picked second, of course the human picked me since I nearly knocked him over a couple minutes ago. I waved to Bella and my wife as I walked over to the human team, there was no doubt that the wolf was picking his wolf buddies first. Last to be picked was Leah. She looked annoyed as she walked over to me. I gave her a nod, kinda knowing the whole story between her and wolf football captain, which is probably why she wasn't picked.

Our team captain called us over to a huddle and announced that we were screwed.

"We're screwed." He sighed.

"Come on man, he just picked his little friends. I thought this was suppose to be a fun game." another guy said.

"Leah...any secrets we need to know about the other team?" I asked, trying to lift our spirits.

"Yeah, Sam has a weak knee from a...,hiking accident." She said with a grin, I'd have to ask her about it later. "and Seth...well..he's smaller than the rest and my brother, so I'll take care of him."

"sounds good. QB?" I pointed to the captain.

"Nah, I'll leave that to you." He said, backing up from the ball.

"Oh and Jacob will be focusing on Bella rather than the game so keep that in mind." Leah said. I looked at Jacob with a growl. He stopped moving and looked a little frightened.

"Okay, let's get this game started." I said, high-fiving Leah and telling the team where to stand.

The first couple plays were a lot of the wolves trying to tackle me before I got a chance to throw the ball which made it much easier to run past and through them. My human teammates weren't so bad either, The captain, or Mike, was a decent player. Leah on the other hand was fast. She was probably faster than her pack mates and could easily slip through the oncoming players without them getting so much as a full palm on her. Many times the whistle was blown cause someone was sure they got her with both hands. Tackle football was so much more fun, but I guess with all the humans on the teams it was next to impossible.

I waved again to Bella and Victoria who were cheering us on. Victoria blew a kiss and I made a note to "catch it" cause she loved that cheesy crap. Anything to make her happy. She smiled and cheered some more.

The game was over and we were tied 42-42 and neither team was giving up easily. I know it was just a small match, but it looked like the rest of my team had something to prove to the other. Whispers from sidelines confirmed that Mike and Paul were always getting into fights when Forks played against La Push, Leah was trying to prove her strength to the male dominated wolf pack, and I was just here for the ride.

Victoria POV

Watching James play football with the humans was amusing to say the least. He was reining in his strength a great deal but he was still nearly knocking over the humans. It made Bella laugh each time the opposing team tried to catch one of his throws. I was surprised to see Leah play so skilfully, she has a talent suited for hunting vampires, newborns to be exact. I wonder if this is how she would move if she were in wolf form. Bella's childhood friend, Jacob Black, kept waving at her, missing throws and getting easily caught. I guess that was good?

"Victoria? Can you come here for a minute?" Sue asked from inside the house.

"I'll be right back okay?" I whispered to Bella before running to see what Sue wanted.

"Can you open this?" She asked, holding out a jar of pickles. I smiled and opened the jar with ease.

"Oh Thank you. All the guys are outside." She said as she turned around and started restocking the food supply. "The boys will be hungry when the game is over."

"I can do this for you, you can go outside and sit with Bella." I said, taking the knife out of her shaky hands.

"No no, It's fine. The pack eats so much and they need so much food." Sue said, wiping away tears.

"Sue, let me." I said, walking her to the table to sit. I grabbed a glass and filled it with water and handed it to her. "Drink up." I smiled softly. Taking her hand in mine, Sue let her tears fall freely. I sat with her as she mourned her husband.

Sorry for the delay, holidays were insane and then the first couple weeks of January are pretty awful for me cause a personal thing that happened. I am hopefully gonna upload the next chapter right away. again, its gonna be a slow burn type thing.