We let go a few moments later and head to get the truck, pick up the boys, drop off Jake at his house and head into Seattle to get things for the house, without telling the pups why we were going to Seattle.
"Why are we at Walmart?" Seth asks as he leans against me as I push the buggy to the bedding department.
"So you four can pick out what bedding you want for your bedrooms." I look over my shoulder at them to see that they all stopped to look at one another.
"Why?" Colin asks timidly, he's always scared that I'll be abusive to them like he and Brady's parents are.
"Because all four of you are going to move in with me temporarily into the Gray-Frost cabin, then permanently when the rest of the Pack finishes my house on the Rez." They look at me as if I'm lying to them. "You all need me here. Not just for the war, but because you all need places to live and a person to take care of you. Charlie and Sue are getting married in less than two weeks, Brady and Colin need a place where they won't be abused and so does Gabe. I'll gladly take y'all in and care for you. I know that I said that I wasn't going to move back here, but I can't let you live the way that you are." After I finish my spiel they all group hug me until I wiggle for them to let me go.
"Let's go pick out bedding, pillows and anything else bed wise that y'all want." I Say and they all take off down the aisle.
"How'd you get so much money, Bella?" Gabe asks, looking away from the blue and grey sheet set that he had been looking at for five minutes.
"Before the Cullen's left me, Alice pus a chunk of my college savings into some stocks that she predicted would do great for a while, so I got royalties from those, also, she had been putting other stocks that I invested in, into others so I would get more money." I put a charcoal grey and purple comforter set into the buggy along with a purple body pillow and four normal pillows.
"Awesome." He puts the sheets in the buggy and grabs two pillows. Colin gets a muted orange bed set, Brady gets black, and Seth gets red and black plaid.
"Let's get some food while we're here and then head back. We need to get the Cabin set up for the next few months. Once the house gets built everyone can have their own room if they want it, you can paint them however you want, decorate them how you want and have whatever bed y'all want. All I ask is that you use the outdoor shower if you come home muddy and no sex in my house if I am there." They nod, agreeing and hug me tightly in a group hug once more until I remind them that I have to breathe and we head to check out.
~~A few hours later~~ We turn off the main road and down an old dirt road about four miles from Emily and Sam's, on the other side of the Reservation from Billy and the others. A mile down the dirt road we pull up to a two story faded forest green cabin covered in vines and surrounded by shrubbery.
"I love it." I whisper, my statement repeated by the pups as I climb out of the SUV and walk up to the house. It seems to have a life to me, like it's calling me here.
It's like it came out of a dream.I think to myself as I walk up to the door, open it and step in to see what needs to be done before we can move in. There is nothing wrong with this cabin. Walking through I see the floors are still solid and the paint isn't that old, just covered in dust. I walk through the rooms to see they both have bunks already set into the wall and the master has a wooden head and foot board with carvings in them. Getting closer I see that they portray a clearing in the forest And I look at it, I realise that it's the clearing that the Treaty line cuts through, I recognize it from the large boulders in the far end of the carving. Interesting. I walk from the bed to the adjoining bathroom to see it's a claw bathtub with a shower head attached, wooden floor boards make the room seem as if it's filled with light as it contrasts with the light blue walls.
"So the boys and I have a question, Bells." I turn from admiring the bathroom to see Seth leaning against my doorway with the other pups behind him looking anxious, which makes me walk towards them, standing within arms reach.
"Ask." I look from boy to boy, hoping they don't mind living with me.
"C-Can we call you Momma?" Colin stuttered blushing, looking down at his feet. I step forward again, pulling him into a tight hug, he buries his face in my neck.
"Of course!" I pull the others into the hug as well, making sure that they know that they are loved and wanted.
"Thank you, Momma." They all whisper as they let me go.
"Now, did you decide the sleeping arrangement and get your beds made?" They nod, "Colin and Brady are sharing a room and so will Gabe and I. We've got our beds made and want to clean up the dust and what not from our floors." Seth rumbles as he walks down the short hallway and shows me their rooms. I walk into the living room to see covers on the couches, I'll take care of that after I get dinner started.
"Looks great, as long as y'all are happy, I'm happy." I hand Seth the new broom and the other boys a vacuum and dust pan. "Get to cleaning your rooms, I'm gonna go get the rest of the food out of the back of the SUV and get started on dinner, We're having stir-fry." They nod and walk to their rooms.
~An hour or so later~
The house has all the windows, front and back doors open, airing out the house, making it smell of the woods and steak stir-fry. I look through the house to see the light grey couches uncovered and spritzed with lightly fragrant room spray, the wooden coffee table dusted off and the floors swept.
"Hey Momma!" I turn to the front door to see the pups carrying a large wooden dinner table with Paul and Quill guiding them, both carrying dark wood chairs that match the table.
"What's this?"I ask leaning against a post on the porch wiping my hands on a towel that I had over my shoulder.
"An old dinner table that Mom wanted to get rid of, but she found out you'd gotten your own place, so she told me to bring it to you." Quill says looking at me oddly, probably because he heard the pups.
"Awesome, put it in the dining room, boys, set the table once it's set up, please." They nod to me as they maneuver it into the house and place it in the dining room.
"So, can we talk for a second, Tiny?" Paul asks leaning on the post opposite of me.
"Yeah. Come on." I nod and walk off the porch and partly down the driveway where I know the boy's wouldn't be able to hear us.
"What's up Paul?" I look up at him, his eyes dark, guarded. He stands three feet from me, arms crossed, fuming.
"You're letting the Pups call you Momma? Really Isabella?" He strides from me ranting, "I get taking them in and caring for them, but you aren't obligated to be their mother! You've a Soul Bond to fix, a war to win. We can't have you worrying about the pups who shouldn't even have this life! I don't want them calling you that, I don't care that the Pack sees you as the Pack mother, just because you are Soul Bonded to fucking Samuel Uley." He turns back to me, practically vibrating. He isn't the only one that's shaking I realise as I look down to see my hands are smoking.
"Paul." I grind out, my teeth clenched tightly. He ignores me.
"I wish you'd never came to Forks! I wish that you stayed with your mother, met a normal human and did all that normal-" He trails off when he notices that my entire body was now smoking.
"You have no right, I thought that you were on my side with this shit? I took them in because I know what it's like to take care of a parent before yourself, and they shouldn't have to do that or be scared that if they come in late, their parent will try to beat the shit out of them. I'm glad that I came here. I wish that I had never met the Cullen's but I don't regret what happened between Sam and I, even if Emily has control over him. I love him, I care for him and I will be the Pup's Momma and if you don't like it, shove your opinion up you're conceited hypocritical ass!" I roar, watching in my peripheral as my body bursts into flames.
Paul is on his ass, scrambling away from me and I can't find it in myself to care, I want him to fear me, just so he'll keep his opinion of my life to himself.
"All I wanted was one normal fucking day without an incident. I have bruised ribs from Sam slamming me into the wall last night, I am fucking exhausted from planning Charlie and Sue's wedding, stressed and scared about this stupid fucking war, finding my powers and getting the other tribes to help us. Plus finding out that I have an Imprint from a different tribe that'll be up my ass while trying to get my Soul Bond to fucking see that he's killing me. All I wanted was one damn night with the Pups, a good meal, a hot bath and to sleep, but thanks to you, I can't! I'm on fucking fire Paul!" My blood pounds in my ears as I yell at him, not noticing Quill and the Pup's coming up behind me.
"Momma?" Gabe's soft voice breaks me out of the red haze, I turn to see he and the other boys cowering behind Quill, who looks at me like I was a god. My heart breaks as I see they're scared of me.
"I-I'm sorry." I whisper feeling my rage empty from me, the flames encasing my body going out. They rush to my side, engulfing me in their heat. I hear footsteps coming near me from where Paul had scrambled, but they stopped at the combined sound of the Pup's growling. I pull away from them, refusing to look at Paul or Quil, and let them escort me back to the house.
"Shut and lock the door Seth, I'll make everyone a plate. We're gonna eat as a family, then I'm going to turn in for the night." They nod and I grab plates, piling them high with rice, veggies, meat and gravy. I pass them to the boys in turn before making myself a bowl and we,sit at the table and dig in. I eat all I can and pass it off to one of the boys. I hug each, kissing their heads and tell them goodnight, then head to my room.
