This chapter has something that'll upset Bellice fans. But you'll have to wait and see. Muahaha.

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Chapter Seven

"Alright, everyone know the plan?" Jake asked, looking at all of us to confirm whether or not we understood what we were supposed to do. The pack was gathered on the beach, going over a plan to get as much information as possible from the Bauer's. We were going to get them to come to First Beach by throwing a Halloween Bash, which wouldn't seem out of the ordinary considering kids from Forks always threw a Halloween party on the beach, and get them drunk, hoping they'd spill. The Cullens didn't like this idea, however, so they were going to stay out of it, though Emmett graciously supplied the liquor.

Leah raised her hand, a scowl on her face. "Why do I have to get the weird, poetic one again? We have nothing in common."

"Because, everyone else is taken," Jake explained. "Mei-Ling was the only one left and you still needed someone to cover."

"So? Give Mei-Ling to Bella. I'll take that Nadia chick."

Embry snorted a laugh. "Sorry Leah, but Nadia's got a thing for Bella so it'd be easier for Bella to get Nadia alone."

Leah huffed. "Alright, I'll do it, but if I wolf out on her because of my frustration at her poetic nonsense, the reaction is on you."

"I doubt she'll make you that frustrated, Leah. Okay, Bella," Jake turned to me. "Your first job is to convince the gossip squad to want to go to the party. We need most of the kids in Forks to attend this party tonight in order to get the Bauer's to come, alright?"

I nodded. I wasn't too thrilled with my second job, which was basically talking to Nadia and trying to get as much information from her as I could, and that was going to be fun. I'm sure Nadia would be flirting with me and, unfortunately, I'll have to flirt back. Which I was definitely not looking forward to.

Shortly thereafter, I phased into a wolf and ran to the trees outside of the school building, changing back into human and putting on my clothes. I walked into the school parking lot just as I saw Alice turn in, so with a smile I walked to her parking spot and waited by her door until she got out.

"Well, hello beautiful," I whispered, yanking her in my arms as my lips hungrily met hers. It had been about two weeks since Alice and I had consummated our relationship, and I was desperately hungry for her. I had the weekend, I told myself, I just had to get through tonight and I'd be with Alice in no time.

"Hmm, I could get use to being greeted like this," Alice grinned as our lips pulled apart. "But we have to get to class."

I nodded, intertwining my fingers into her hand as we walked to the school building.


"You want me to what?" Ben asked, a puzzled expression on his face. "Ask August and his family to go to the party tonight?"

"Yeah," I said, grabbing a French fry. I was able to get to Jessica, who was in my first period class, and tell her about the party, and by lunch time, the school was abuzz with the news of a major blowout. "It'll be a good chance for them to get to know the people here since they're new and all."

Angela smiled. "That's sweet of the kids down at La Push to think of them like that."

Alice, Edward, Kate and I all exchanged a look; we knew that the kids down at La Push just wanted to learn more about the weird new kids.

"Alright, I'll go," Ben got up from his seat and walked towards the Bauer's table. I watched as he asked them to come, and I almost hit myself when Alvarez said no.

Thankfully, however, Nadia cut in and said that they'd love to go, they'd just need directions. With a smile I turned back to Alice. We had this in the bag.


"Okay, so are they here yet?" Paul asked. The pack was standing close together, waiting for the Bauer's to arrive so we could grab our designated person and get them to drink some of the alcohol.

"No," Seth grumbled. "Keely isn't here." I felt bad for Seth. The two times he asked out Keely she turned him down. I thought the imprint was supposed to work both ways, but I guess it takes longer on whatever the Bauers were.

"Wait," I said, squinting as the headlights form a car blinded me momentarily. "I think that's their car."

Sure enough, I noticed a group of six get out of the car and head towards the beach. Embry, Quil and Jake went over to August as soon as he reached the beach, offering him to join them in a game of football. He accepted and they ran off to a farther part on the beach. Paul and Sam stepped in then, asking Victor if he wants a drink. One by one the pack separated the Bauer's until all that was left was Nadia, who had her eye on me. Brilliant.

I smiled, handing her a beer I grabbed from the cooler not long ago just for her. "Hey there."

Nadia's grin grew wider as she realized I was talking to her much like she wanted me too. "Oh, so you changed your mind, huh?" she asked, taking the beer and opening it in a quick movement.

"Why don't we go sit down on the log over there," I nodded towards a secluded section where there was a log that was much like a natural seat.

Nadia nodded and I led her to the log, sitting down next to her a little too close for comfort. Nadia put her hand on my knee as she took a swift drink from her beer. "So," she said in a flirty tone, a smirk creeping up on her face. "What would someone like you want to see little old me about?"

I shrugged. "I don't know…is there something I should want to see you about?" My wolf growled slightly, and I quickly realized why. I was going against my instincts, against my imprint. I could sense it was wrong; it somehow reminded me of the time Mike dared me to eat a cricket. No matter how much I didn't want to eat the cricket, I still had to do it because he triple dogged dared me, and you couldn't back down from a triple dog dare. I guess you could say flirting with Nadia was my triple dog dare; I had to do it for the pack, no matter how much I wanted to smack her in the head for her comments.

"You tell me, you're the one who called me over. If you think I came just to see you, you greatly underestimate how much I love a free drink," she winked before taking another drink from her beer.

I mocked a pout, hopefully to keep her mind entertained on the thought that I might want her. "Well then I'm greatly disappointed."

"Now, there's no need to feel left out, the beer is perfectly willing to share my time with such a lovely lady."

I smiled sweetly. "That's great to know." I wonder how the others are faring, I thought to myself, glancing towards Leah who had her hands balled up in frustration. Go figure…she wasn't doing so hot either. Maybe we should've traded. "So...tell me, where are you from?"

"I'm sure you've been listening to the rumors and know we're from Dallas, sweetheart, no need for all of these formalities if we both know what we want."

Reaching over and grazing her wrist with my fingertips, I had to fight the grimace as the pain I was now facing reminded me of the time I dropped a brick on my toe. It hurt like hell, but it was a pain I had to live with. "And what do you think I want?" Ugh…that was like vinegar coming out of my mouth; the words didn't taste good as I spoke them.

"So you're going to want me to talk nasty, eh? You'll find I have quite the vocabulary. My philosophy is why spell out what's written on paper, but if you'd like to go through more formalities, jump through a few hoops, I have plenty of time for that."

"Alright then," I said to her with a silent smirk. Hell, she was practically asking me to ask her more questions. Why should I deny her what she wants? "Why did your family decide to move to Forks?"

Nadia shrugged. "My stepmom wanted to move to a smaller town, and Forks came up on the Google search. I wasn't too into it at first, but hey, you've got booze and girls, so that says something."

I nodded. So she had a stepmom, or at least someone pretending to be her stepmom. She could be like the Cullens for all anyone knew, none of them actually related. "If you don't mind my asking…what happened to your mother?" As I asked this, I glanced towards the makeshift football game and watched just as August tackled Jake straight into the sand. Wow…that was an impressive feat…unless Jake and the guys were playing easy on him, which I highly doubted.

"I don't remember too much of it, our parents had Victor and me in college, and as you may deduce, twins plus college does not add up well, but my mom wanted to get her degree, so she tried all sorts of energy boosters. Shakes, pills, crash diets, you name it. Then she had August and things got even more hectic. Eventually everything else she was doing wasn't enough, so she moved to crack, which obviously worked for a while. She was able to hide it for a few years, but when Victor and I were eight, Victor found her stash and tried to eat some because he thought it was pixie-stick dust and we ended up at the hospital," Nadia said in a casual tone, much like she was talking about a day and not what happened to her mother.

"That was it for my dad, he divorced her right there, and obviously got custody. She tried rehab and regaining some sort of visitation rights for a few years, then she just got sneaky and stalker-ish, and that was a big part of why my stepmom wanted to move. She was kind of afraid for her life, although I don't think my mom would go so far as to kill her, but hey, better safe than sorry."

"I'm s—," I stopped mid-sentence as the realization came to me. The way Nadia spoke about her mother so casually showed me that she couldn't care less about her, so sorry isn't exactly what she's looking for. "Do you like your stepmom?" Throughout our conversation I tried to ignore the burning feeling of Nadia's hand on my knee. It felt…unnatural, and if Alice were here she'd want to bite it off. Of course…my wolf was practically saying the same thing as my mind kept telling me that this was wrong…I shouldn't be flirting with someone who was not my mate.

Nadia shrugged. "I think she got into the picture a little late to fix me or Victor, but August really likes her, and the other kids do too. We have an understanding: I'm not a model kid, and she's not my mother; we let my dad deal with discipline."

I took a drink of my beer and winked at her. "I could tell you weren't the model kid."

Nadia grinned. "I think that would be very appealing to you."

"And what appeals to you?" I asked.

"A little bit of everything; I've had plenty of time to explore," Nadia said, her body leaning closer to me.

Holy crap…she was leaning in to kiss me…I guess I was a bit too convincing. Quick Bella…think of something to say to ruin the moment. "Uh…do you like wolves?" Great Bella…now she'll think you're a total weirdo. Well, at least I would find out why they smell like wolves…at least, I hoped I would.

Nadia laughed. "I practically am on—," Nadia pursed her lips for a quick second, a pause no normal human would notice, before she continued on, "well, certain types of role play work with different people."

I raised my eyebrow, trying to hold back a laugh. "Role play?" Nadia was into role play? Who knew?

"Like I said, I'll go for most anything."

"Well, I think that's kind of weird, personally. Why be someone else if you are already attracted to that person? My girl—"

"Shut up about your girlfriend," Nadia interrupted rudely, and it felt like someone was stabbing a knife in my chest. I couldn't shut up about Alice…Alice was incredible and I had to talk about her, and for someone to tell me that she's not worth listening to…that hurt.

Nadia leaned in again, but this time I didn't think quick enough and her lips touched mine briefly before I pushed her off, glaring at her. "What the hell are you doing?" I shouted before I stood up, turning my body towards the parking lot before I felt a hand on my shoulder, turning me around with more force than necessary. In fact…she seemed kind of strong.

"This is exactly what you asked for, now come here and take it like a woman," Nadia said before her lips captured mine once more.

I made sure it was no longer than the first time, which was only about three seconds long, before I shoved her off of me. "Get the fuck off of me," I half-growled as tears threatened to spill over my eyelids. I stomped towards the cooler, grabbed a bottle of tequila, before I headed towards the parking lot, ready to walk my way home.

I wasn't sure why I was so upset. I should've known that Nadia would try to kiss me and I should've prepared myself for that.

And then it hit me. Alice. I had betrayed her; flirted with Nadia to get answers. It was my fault Nadia thought I would want her to kiss me.

As I walked I opened the tequila bottle and took a quick chug, the taste stinging the back of my throat as the cool air whipped past my face.


A/N: Hmm...what can happen now? Take your guesses!