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Chapter 4: Complicated

Seth's POV

I headed out of the diner, Heather's hand in mine. The wind blew a cool breeze by me, but of course, thanks to my abnormally high body temperature, I barely felt it. However, Heather did as she held my arm a little tighter.

"Hey." she said, gently nudging my arm.

I looked down at her. "What is it?"

"How about we head over to my place now?" she suggested, storking my arm.

"Uh, actually something came up. I think we'll have to reschedule." I replied.

She gave me a look of disbelief. "You can't be serious."

"Sorry babe, but I am." I said, shrugging and giving her a quick kiss on the cheek before walking away and climbing inside my car.

Heather stood there on the side of the street, a look of shock on her face.

I shook my head and drove away. I didn't really have anywhere to go I just didn't want to go back to her house. She was too clingy and came off as a bit desperate and of course, I didn't want to deal with that.

I was just thinking about driving home to my apartment when my phone suddenly made a small beep. I reached for it in the pocket of my jeans and clicked the home button to show the display screen. It said that I had a text from Leah.

I sighed and drove to the side of the road to look at the text. I unlocked my phone and read the text.

Seth, mom wants us both at the Russo house in 15mins. You better be there or I'll kick your ass.

I looked up confused. Why did mom want us there?

Instead of replying back to the text, I decided to call Leah. She picked up after two rings.

"Hello?" she said.

"Leah, why does mom want us at the house?"

"I'm not sure myself, she just called me about an hour ago."

"Are you going?"

"Yeah, of course I am. Even though you and me have moved out of the house now, mom will still scold us and you know it."

I sighed, knowing that she was right. "Okay fine, I'll go. Are you bringing Ethan with you?"

"Nah. Even though Sam's allowed him to go into La Push now, he's still a bit sketchy about going."

"True. Plus if Embry was there he would be dead."

"Embry wouldn't dare lay a finger on him or I swear I would rip him to pieces." she growled.

"I'm just saying, calm down."

I heard her sigh over the other line. "Okay, I'll see you there soon."

"Okay." I replied before ending the call.

I started driving to the Russo house and on my way, I started to think about how my sister's difficult past eventually led her to a better future.

I know that she had suffered a great deal when Sam had dumped her because he had imprinted on our cousin Emily. She cried for days after that hard spoke to anyone. After that, she started acting like a bitch to everyone; even us, her family. She was still hurting on the inside but she used her bitchy act to hide it.

It got worse when we both phased after our dad died. She had to suffer with hearing Sam's thoughts about how he adored Emily. Then, when she imprinted on Ethan, he tried to rape Gabriella, ran away and got turned into a vampire.

After all that shit she went through, I was glad she finally got her happily ever after. Her and Ethan had gotten married last year.

I thought back to my imprint. Mine had been the exact opposite of Leah's story. At the beginning mine was as happy and easy but now it was only going downhill. Alex's face popped into my mind. I had missed her.

Not seeing her for three years had literally made me lose my mind. Gabriella and Embry had helped me to keep tabs on what was going on in her life but apart from that, I never actually saw her physically.

I couldn't help but feel anger towards her. I knew that she was shocked by me being a wolf but did she really have to leave and act as if what happened between us was nothing? Like I was just a toy that kept her entertained.

I tried to control my breathing and my shaking hands and focused on the road in front of me so that I wouln't phase inside my car.

I halted to a stop outside the Russo's driveway and rolled my windows down. My mom was standing on the front porch, waving at me. I smiled in return and waved back.

I unbuckled my seatbelt and stepped out of the car. I made my way towards my mom and kissed her on the cheek.

"Hey ma." I said.

"Hi, you're early but that doesn't matter. Come inside and make yourself comfortable." she said, ushering me inside with her.

We walked inside and I said my hello's to Greg and Beth.

"You've grown up so much." Beth said, as she pulled away from our hug.

"Yeah, been eating a lot." I replied and everyone chuckled.

Me and mom sat down on the cream coloured sofa as Beth and Greg walked back into the kitchen to check on the food.

"So mom, why'd you want me and Leah to come here?" I asked her curiously.

"Seth, I know you and Alex are going through a rough time right now..." she started.

"Mom, I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me." I assured her, offering her a smile.

"Honey, Alex is heading back to New York tomorrow and the Russo's are having a dinner for her." she explained, sympathy in her eyes.

I sucked in a deep breath and stared at the wooden floor.

"Oh." was all I managed to get out.

"I think you and her should try and work things out before she heads back tomorrow. No one knows when she'll be back here."

I sighed. "I'll try but I'm not making any promises."

"That's all I want." she responded before the doorbell went off.

"That's probably Leah." she said, before standing up and heading to get the door.

I nodded and glared at the floor. Of course she was already leaving. She was going to run back to her perfect little life in New York and leave me here suffering because of our imprint bond. Did she get any pleasure from what she was doing?

"Hey little brother!" a voice called out.

I looked up and saw Leah standing there with her arms open.

I smiled up at her and hugged her.

"Hey."

She raised an eyebrow at me. "Why are sounding like a teenage girl on her period?"

I lightly pushed her. "Shut up."

"Aww Sethy-boo what's wrong?" she said teasingly.

Mom shook her head at us, "I'll go see if Beth and Greg need any help in the kitchen."

"Ok, so what's really up?" Leah asked, as she took a seat on the sofa.

Instead of sitting down beside her, I stood near the fireplace.

"What? You don't want to sit beside you sister anymore? I thought you got over 'cooties' ages ago." she said teasingly.

"No offence Leah but you reek of leech."

"Watch it, that's my husband you're talking about." she warned glaring at me.

I rolled my eyes at her. "Ok, so mom just told me Alex is leaving tomorrow." I said quickly to get it done and over with.

Her glare softened and it turned into a look of sympathy. "I'm sorry Seth."

I shrugged indifferently. "It's cool I guess."

She huffed at me. "Don't act as if you're ok with it, I know you too well."

"Well, mom suggested that I talk to her later."

"And...?"

"And I will try to later." I replied.

-0-

The door opened loudly and Danny, Josh, Asia and Alex walked through.

As soon as they saw me and Leah though, they all fell silent.

"Uh, hey guys." Josh said, running his hand through his hair.

"Hey Danny, Josh and Asia." Leah said, glaring at Alex.

We all looked around at each other awkwardly. I mentally scolded Leah for making things awkward. I appreciated the fact that she was just sticking up for me but she wasn't going to make my plan of talking to Alex later easier.

"Hey Alex, let's go up and check your luggage. You told me earlier that you had to fix something inside, maybe I can help." Asia said, tugging Alex's arm in the direction of the stairs.

We stood in silence for approxiamtely a minute, me wishing that I had refused to come here earlier and was now anywhere but here, before Beth finally came into the room and announced that it was time to eat.

Danny went upstairs to call the rest of the Russo's while me, Leah and Josh sat around the huge dining table.

I heard the sound of footsteps making their way down the stairs just as Jasper, Jilliane, Andrew, Irish, Asia, Danny and Alex emerged from the noise. They all gathered around the table and sat down while mom, Beth and Greg lay the food on the table. We all sat down and Greg said a prayer.

After, we all dug into the food. The first bite of the mashed potato was heavenly and I just barely refrained a groan from escaping my mouth. It was delicious. The roasted chicken was browned to perfection; not too burnt and not too undercooked either.

Everyone sat in silence as we all enjoyed the food but all I could think about was the girl sitting 3 seats to my right. I could feel the imprint bond at the top of my spine leading me in her direction. I tried my best to ignore it and keep on enjoying my food but it was pretty damn hard when I could hear her voice because she was in a conversation with my mom and Beth.

I noticed Leah giving Alex dirty looks throughout the dinner but she was trying her best to ignore them. I wanted to tell Leah to stop but at the same time I was still angry at Alex for what she did so I didn't say anything.

When the dinner was finished, Andrew and Josh were put on kitchen duty while the rest were allowed to go into the living room and watch a movie that was playing on the television.

I noticed Alex walking outside to the back porch, a book in one hand and an iPod in the other. I decided that it was time for us to talk.

I took a deep breath and headed outside in her direction. Josh gave me a look as I walked past him but didn't say anything. I took that as a go signal.

I opened the door and stepped outside. Alex was sitting on the porch swing, earphones in and reading a book. The gentle evening breeze blowing her long hair softly against her shoulders. She looked beautiful even though I could ony see one side of her. No matter how angry I was at her, I couldn't deny the fact that I had missed her.

I walked to the porch swing and took a seat at the opposite end of where she was. I saw her shoulders visibly stiffen and she slowly turned off the music she was listening to and pulled out the earphones. She put a bookmark inside her book and snapped it shut.

We sat there in silence on the swing, me gently rocking it back and forth with my feet.

"So..." I started.

"Long time no see, huh?" she said softly, her heart beat picking up its pace.

"Yeah." I responded.

I glanced at her hands and notcied she was fiddling with them. I noticed the book on her lap.

"What book you reading?" I asked curiously.

"Um, The Fault In Our Stars."

"Oh, sounds good."

"Yeah, it is."

I sighed, knowing that all this small talk wouldn't get us anywhere. We were both stalling and in a way I was glad. I had no idea how to start this conversation.

"Alex we need to talk about some things." I said.

"Yeah, I realised. The last time we had a proper conversation was three years ago."

I paused, trying to think of what to say first.

"How's your life been?" I asked.

"Good... Kinda boring."

"Boring?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at her. How could a life in New York possibly be boring?

"Yeah, the same routine happens in my life every day. It would be nice to have some difference I guess... What about you?"

"My life's probably as interesting as it gets, what with being a werewolf and all."

"Yeah..."

This conversation was slowly going downhill. Where was Gabriella when you needed her?

That's it! Hope you guys liked it. interesting question: Who here has read The Fault In Our Stars? I read it like last week and I cried myself to sleep 3 nights in a row. It was so good! It was very emotional aswell though and it's heartbreaking but worth the read, you guys should read some John Green books, he's awesome! Anyways, as always thank you for reading an remember to review! Xx