SETH

When Bella stumbled in the door, I knew something was off other than the obvious. She was in bad shape: her eyes were bloodshot and she staggered across the kitchen floor. Her dull eyes found me, and a smile broke across her face as she came closer. Her smile got my heart soaring, and my dick twitched at the sight of her. I knew I was a couple years younger than her, okay four, but I knew a banging body when I saw one. The girl beneath all of that was incredible.

"Sethy!" She cried as she came closer.

"Hi Bella, what's going on? Where did you get that alcohol?" I asked as she fell into my arms. I could just smell her. Beneath the smell of the alcohol, she smelled like strawberries and flowers. I breathed her in.

"Quil founnn it. Gave me somm." She slurred, and stood straight back up.

"What's going on with her?" Leah asked as she came in the room.

"Drunk, I assume." I replied, looking down at Bella.

"Well, no shit." Leah replied, taking a step closer.

"Hi Leah." Bella reached an arm out and gave her a sloppy hug. To my surprise Leah hugged her back.

"Hey, how do you feel?" That almost knocked me over. Leah was showing compassion. I nearly cried out in shock.

"Don' feel anything 'cause I'm drunk." Bella gave Leah a great big smile, and Leah smiled back at her, running a hand softly down her hair.

"Good idea." Leah mumbled. "Why didn't I think of that when Sam…" Leah trailed off, wondering.

"'Cause Mom and Dad would have both kicked your ass." I told her, and she seemed to nod.

"I wish Bella wasn't so drunk already, we could have a party." Leah said, obviously forgetting I was there as she stared down at Bella, who had latched herself on to me.

"You wouldn't be able to get drunk anyway." I replied, and she jumped a little, her eyes flicking up to mine.

"If I drink copious amounts of rez shine, I'm sure that'll do the trick." She replied, staring at me.

"Don't. I don't want to have to deal with two drunken girls tonight."

"I'll wait for another time." She gave me a half-smile. All I could do was stare at her. The smile was so foreign on her lips.

"Off to patrol again, had to stop in for some quick food." Leah said as she walked toward the front door. "I'll be back before you know it."

"See ya." I replied, and Leah left, leaving Bella and I alone in the house.

I looked down at Bella, who was staring at me, suddenly intent.

"What?" I asked stupidly. She didn't respond, but tried to drag me away.

"Bella, what do you want?"

"Pretend you're not a billion trillion times stronger than me." She murmured, and I obliged, allowing her to drag me upstairs and into my room, where she sat me down on the bed, sitting down beside me. My body heat flared at the points where her body met mine.

"Bella…" I started, wondering what she was doing.

"Shh." She shushed me, looking very serious, attempting to put a finger on my lips. I looked down at my hands as she looked away.

The bed creaked, and suddenly, I felt a warm wet feeling on my neck, it sent tingles up and down my spine. I almost moaned, but caught myself in time. Bella was licking me, and she was doing a damn good job at it, I could feel my pants tighten as her tongue ran from the bottom up my neck to the sensitive spot behind my ear.

"Bella." I warned, but moaned as she took my ear lobe in her hot little mouth, nibbling. I had to stop this. Bella didn't know what she was doing.

"Bella." I said again, firmly. I turned towards her and put my hands on her shoulders.

"Do you know what Seth rhymes with?" She asked, her voice throaty. "Sex."

I almost laughed at her, but at the same time, she was so hot, and she was getting me hot. I tried to think of how drunk she was, and how silly her comment was.

"Do you know what you're doing?" I asked her, and her eyes met mine. She noticed my hand for the first time, and jumped a little bit, surprised.

Then she did something that I did not expect in the least. She lifted my hand off her shoulder and stuck my finger in her mouth, pulling her dainty pink lips around my finger. She pulled it all the way in her mouth, her tongue working against my skin, her eyes on mine the whole time. I just stared at her, so torn. I was so turned on right now, thinking about what those lips could be wrapped around, but Bella was drunk, and Bella would not act like this if she knew what she was doing. My cock wanted out of my pants, and I desperately wanted to pound into Bella until she screamed my name. My name. I growled a little bit at the thought.

"You like." She stated, as she pulled my finger out of her mouth.

"I do, but Bella…" I started, but she didn't listen to me, straddling me instead. In my horny haze, I was too turned on at this point to stop her before she did it. I was a teenager, what was I supposed to do?

She began running her hands up and down my chest, grinding her hips into me. I threw my head back. She would be so embarrassed in the morning.

"Bella." I started again, but the heat from her centre grinding into me brought my horny teenager to the surface, wanting to take over and ram into her. "Oh God." I moaned, grabbing her hips in my hands. I helped her grind against me harder, and she started moaning herself. I ran my hands up and down her sides.

I had a silly little crush on this girl since I had first seen her, years ago when she only came in the summers. I knew that she was the one that I wanted. As she grew into a young adult, and her curves started coming in, I couldn't stop thinking about her, my crush grew exponentially along with admiration.

Her long mahogany hair cascading down her back, wanting my fists knotted in it, the way her round perky breasts bounced inside her shirt – fuck, she wasn't wearing a bra, her nipples strained against her shirt. They were screaming at me to touch them. The way her thin waist led into delicious hips, and those legs. They were creamy and long and I wanted to bury my head in between them. Her ass was not too big, but round and sultry. She had pouty lips, and huge doe eyes. Her heart shaped face made her beautiful.

But Jake had declared her off limits long ago, and I was reduced to admiring her from far away, trying to talk to her when I could. I had a feeling Jake had known, but he never said anything. He hadn't been worried. When I finally phased and had to listen to him moon over her in his thoughts, I had to be very careful to conceal my own to avoid confrontation. Jake would die protecting Bella or trying to keep her away from another man.

"Seth." She breathed, her eyes closed and her head tilted back. Her breath came fanning at me. The smell of the moonshine brought me back and I jumped back, ashamed of myself. Oh, but she was moaning my name. I was so on the edge right now. I picked her little body up with ease and stood her on her feet.

"Look Bella, yes, I want to do things to you." I started, and Bella didn't let me finish the rest.

"You want to do naughty things to me?" She asked, her face suddenly devilish.

"Yes…but…" I tried to say again, but before I knew it, she was on her knees, trying to unbutton my pants. Oh God, oh God, oh God. I so wanted to let her.

"Bella." I stated, and pulled her up by her armpits, doing my pants back up. I swear I could go into the male form of nunnery. Whatever that was.

"There's something hot and big waiting for me in there." She said, pointing at where my dick was trying to stand at attention, straining through my jeans. I growled as she said big, but shook my head as if to clear it.

"Not when you're drunk." I said firmly, and threw her over my shoulder, carrying her down the stairs, and out the door. She squealed, loving it.

As I exited the door of my house, Bella was scratching her nails up and down my back. I almost purred at the feel of it, feeling my eyes flutter. I saw Quil walking up the driveway, a grin on his face.

"How is she?" He asked, a huge grin on his face.

"Please tell me she did not do the same things to you." I pleaded, and Quil's smile dropped off of his face for a second before it was back.

"What kind of things?" He asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Later." I waved it off.

"We have patrol in a few. You are so showing me then." He waggled his eyebrows, I sighed.

"What did you do?" I asked.

"I felt so bad. We took some shots together, I stole some rez shine from Old Quil. He won't miss it. She thought we were going to get the same drunk." He shook his head, remembering.

"And then you let her loose?" I asked incredulously.

"With a nudge towards your house. She couldn't stop talking about you." Quil shrugged. "Oh, she was explaining the naughty things she would do to you." He shook his head. "I was getting turned on hearing it. I would take her in a second if I wasn't already bond."

"Quil!" Bella screamed from my shoulder, trying to get a look at Quil. I let her down, and she turned towards him, putting a finger to her lips, one hand grasping mine.

"Shh." She said, and Quil grinned wide at her, his eyes crinkling at the edges.

"Will do. My lips are sealed." He said, pursing them. Bella laughed. I raised an eyebrow at Quil. He mouthed 'later' at me.

"Why did you do this?" I asked, gesturing towards Bella, who had attached herself to my side, running her finger down my chest, tracing my abs. I almost moaned again, but caught myself – again.

"She came to my house crying, she wanted to forget everything for a while. I mentioned the shine. She said she'd never been drunk before, and I told her it was fun. Of course she believed me. It only took one shot to get her out of it, and she took another half of one for good measure. Then she started talking about the wolves, especially the single ones. She focused on you and it got sexy." Quil pretended to wipe sweat off his forehead. I sighed. Bella's hand was now at my hip bones, running across the 'V' that led down into where I wanted her.

"Bro, you got it bad." Quil said, chuckling, with a nod towards my pants.

"Not until she's ready." I sighed, "and wants me."

"That's really mature, but she wants you bad right now. She's got the Seth fever."

"Hey Seth. And asshole. What's up?" Leah said, walking towards us.

"It was Quil who got her drunk." I said, as Bella started kissing my chest, her tongue darting out every once in a while.

"You really are an asshole." Leah said. "It's your guys' turn. Go."

"Gladly." Quil grinned, running towards the forest.

"Bella, come here." Leah said, and tugged her away from me. "I have some awesome stuff for you in the house."

"Okay Leah." Bella took Leah's hand, but turned back toward me. "Bye Seth." She said, her voice husky as she let Leah walk her back into the house. I sighed, trying to tame my raging hard on down before I phased. No such luck. I ripped my shorts off as I reached the treeline and phased within seconds, taking off into a sprint. I could feel Quil looking at what happened earlier today, and Embry joined in once alerted.

Sweet fuck, that's so hot. Embry said, in awe. I want her to want me like that. I growled at him in response. What? She's free territory now, bro.

Ha. Not if Jake has any say in it. Quil said.

Mine. I growled, already feeling possession over her. And he doesn't. Not anymore.

God I want that body. Embry said, his voice full of desire.

She is so sexy I agreed.

Man. That is like watching the start to a porn. Quil put in. I could hear even him, the wolf who imprinted on a little girl, the wolf who claimed he didn't see any other girls anymore, appreciating what had happened. 'There's something hot and big waiting for me in there.' Holy shit. How did you not?

Seth rhymes with sex, huh? Embry burst out laughing. I wish she had wandered over to my house. I'd like to see what she could come up with rhyming with my name?

Em, your name is so sexy. It rhymes with cum. Quil said, trying to sound sensual. Both him and Embry burst out laughing.

Quil, I've been thinking about you. Did you know your name rhymes with fill. That's what I want you to do to me. Embry put in, and they both lost it again.

Alright guys. I said, rolling my eyes. Embry, what are you still doing here?

What else would I do? Leave and miss this? Embry guffawed.

BELLA

I woke up the next morning and my head was pounding. I didn't want to open my eyes or turn into any light source that seemed to be coming from all around. I suddenly noticed that I was encased in a strong pair of arms, bound tight by cement-like limbs. I couldn't remember what had happened after the second shot with Quil last night, and I hoped I hadn't done anything stupid. I opened my eye a little bit, and found that it was Leah's arms I was in. That was unexpected. Not only was she holding me, but I had my head on her chest and my arm thrown across her abdomen.

"Leah?" I asked tentatively, sitting up, my eyes completely open now. What had happened last night? She jumped awake.

"What?"

"Why are we cuddled up?" I asked her, but she didn't let go of me, reaching for a glass of water that was sitting on her nightstand with her free hand.

"Drink." I obediently raised the cup to my lips, sucking down the refreshing beverage. "You starting crying and blubbering about Jake, a little bit of Seth…which seemed to make you happy, and then you demanded that we cuddle and you passed out. I fell asleep soon after." Leah shrugged, seemingly alright with the situation.

"You're okay with it?" I asked quietly, wondering if I had offended her.

"Of course." She grinned. "Nothing like a drunken cuddle to lift the spirits."

"Seth? Why would I be blubbering about Seth?" I asked her, confused and suddenly piecing together what she said. There wouldn't really be a reason for me to focus on her little brother, on one of the youngest of the pack. She looked at me for a second, confused, and then laughed.

"You really don't remember, do you?" She asked, smirking at me. I sat up, crossing my legs and waiting for her explanation, horrified.

"I can't remember anything after the second shot Quil gave me." I said, cradling my head in my hands.

"You sure were focused on Seth last night. If I heard the story correctly, you tried to do some naughty things with him." She giggled. My jaw dropped, horrified.

"W-what?" I stuttered. Oh no, what had I done?

"Come downstairs, we'll get some food and more water into you and you'll feel better." Leah suggested.

"I don't know if I want to go downstairs." I mumbled from in between my hands, but Leah's strong hand wrapped around my waist, yanking me off the bed. "Ow Leah! You didn't have to exert such force."

"I beg to differ. It was the only way I was going to get you down here." She replied. I then realized how this Leah was much different than the one I had come to know. I hadn't received a snort or callous remark since she woke up. And I had slept wrapped around her. Who was this girl, and what did she do with Leah?

Leah dragged me into the kitchen, where Seth was sitting at the island, a pair of pyjama pants on, and that was it. The well-defined muscles in his back rippled as he lifted his spoon to his mouth. I stopped, not wanting to draw attention to myself, but Leah was relentless. She pulled me until we were on the other side of the island near the cupboards. I met Seth's eyes as he looked at me over his glass of milk.

"Good morning." I said, feeling a blush take over my face and neck. If I had done what I said I did last night, I had reason to blush. What must Seth think of me now? I had made a fool of myself.

"Morning Bella." Seth said after he set down his glass. I saw his cheeks tinge red through his tanned skin.

"Alright, enough of the awkwardness. I can't cook for the life of me. Do you want some cereal, Bells?" Leah asked, pawing through the cupboards.

"Um, sure. If it's not too much" I replied. I hated to be imposing.

"It's not. You're a relief compared to what we usually have to feed." She rolled her eyes as she grabbed me a dish and poured my cereal for me, and then some for herself. Multigrain Cheerios. "Mom can barely keep up with them."

"Thanks." I said, looking around for the milk as Leah put away the cereal box. It was on the other side of Seth. "Um..Seth, do you mind?" I asked, not looking into his eyes. He dutifully handed me the pitcher without saying anything. I poured my milk in silence and handed it to Leah's awaiting hand.

"So, did anything else happen that I should know of?" I asked, staring into my cereal bowl.

Before Leah or Seth got a chance to reply, the door was thrown open, and Quil, Embry, Brady and Collin walked in. I gawked at their presence, utterly not expecting it.

"Good morning you little devil." Quil beamed as he walked over to me and messed up my hair and then pinching my cheek. I had a feeling they already knew, and I was not going to live it down.

"Hey Bella." Embry called, and I looked into his grinning face. "Do you know what Seth rhymes with?"

I stared back at him, confused as Quil, Brady, Collin and Leah burst out laughing. Embry was barely holding himself in as well. I did not know what they were talking about. I glanced over at Seth, whose eyes were on me, and he looked embarrassed. I looked back at Embry.

"What?" I asked.

"Sex." He said in a sultry whisper, and I blushed even harder. Another round of laughter followed. I realized then that I must have said this last night. It was so ridiculous, what was I thinking? I looked back at Seth, bewildered.

"I am so sorry." I whispered to him, but he shook his head.

"Don't be." He replied, putting his hand on my shoulder blade, the heat from his wide hand seeping into my bare skin. I jumped, and then looked at Quil.

I suddenly remembered why all of this had happened. Why I had ran to Quil's house, begging for a distraction, why he had given me shots, why I had cried all over Leah, and why I was almost too embarrassed to look at Seth. Jake.

I felt my eyes burn with the warning of tears, and suddenly the room felt too hot, too crowded. Like when Jake had imprinted in the shed. I had to get out of here. I stood up entirely too quickly, the blood rushing to my head and making me dizzy. Hangovers sucked. I didn't think I ever wanted to drink again. Before I fell over though, both Seth and Leah were at my side supporting me.

"Let me go." I cried, trying to escape their grip, but they both seemed unwilling to follow my statement. "Let me go." I growled again, and they obliged. I broke through their arms and heaved open the door, sucking in the fresh air. I ran towards the edge of their property, following the short path down to Third beach. I collapsed near the edge of the water on the cold rocks, doubled over with pain.

Jake imprinted. Jake imprinted. Jake imprinted. Jake imprinted. Jake imprinted. It became a chant in my head as I cried. I focused on that, because everything else, I had already been over. I should have listened to Sam. I involved myself too thoroughly. Jake could have lived his whole life without meeting Renelle and he could have been more than happy with me. Renelle. I sobbed even harder at the thought of her. She was a beauty. Way more beautiful than me, and she could fill the voids that I couldn't. She was made for him. She was made for him.

A hand was softly placed on my shoulder, searing my skin. I jumped at the touch, rolling over into the rocks, almost expecting Jake to have appeared on the beach.

"Bella, are you okay?" The soft, deep voice said as he picked me back up to a sitting position. I looked into the soft and worried brown eyes of Seth Clearwater, once again coming to my rescue. He gently brushed the rocks off my arm as he pulled me into him. I hadn't before realized that I was shivering, but as my body made contact with his blazing chest, I relaxed.

Seth cradled me gently in his arms, looking at me with genuine worry etched across his face. I stared up into his eyes. I couldn't help myself, I couldn't tear my eyes away from his. I could feel the tears streaming down my face still, but they were silent. After a while, Seth tried to wipe my tears away with the pad of his thumb, but they didn't stop. His hand rested on my cheek, molding to it as his thumb softly caressed my face.

"I'm sorry about what happened last night, whatever happened." I whispered up at him. A grin stretched across his face despite himself.

"I wouldn't be." He replied and paused. "It's okay, honestly." He said, his voice soft.

"Are you sure?" I asked, feeling bad. I had put Seth in a precarious position, from what I guessed, forcing myself on him.

"Of course." Seth was exceptionally kind and sincere. I could learn a thing or two from him. "I didn't let you do anything that you would regret in the morning, although that doesn't stop you from being embarrassed." He said, tapping my nose with his finger.

"I did come on to you." I gasped, putting a hand on his bare chest.

"You certainly tried." He chuckled, I could feel it rumbling in his chest. He stopped, seeming to deliberate on something, looking thoughtful.

"What? What is it?" I asked, aware of his sudden silence.

"Oh, nothing." He shook his head, looking down at me. He pulled me tighter to his chest. I revelled in the feeling of having someone to hold on to as I broke down.

"Thank you." I murmured, and Seth squeezed a little harder, accepting my gratitude with silence.

"Will you come back to the house, please?" Seth pleaded. "It's warm there, and Leah's waiting impatiently for you. She demanded I bring you straight back."

"I'm warm here in your arms." I replied, and I was. I was comfortable right here, with Seth's strong arms around me.

"I'll tell you what. You come back to the house, and I'll hold you while we watch a movie. Please."

Seth's proposal did sound good. I figured that it was better than making Seth sit on a cold beach. Not that it did him any harm, if he even noticed it.

"Mmm, okay." I said, closing my eyes.

"There's also a big storm coming, I can feel it." He said, taking a deep breath in.

"How big?" I opened my eyes and looked up at him.

"Very big. It's going to be here really soon too. Come on." He stood up and held out his hand. I grabbed it and he hauled me up.

As I met his eyes, I realized that despite his age, Seth was years older than me. It was most likely the responsibility of becoming a wolf, and being forced to take on so many burdens at once. There was a big change from the point before he had taken down Riley by himself. Seth was not just a boy, he was almost a man, despite being only 15. It was so hard to believe his actual age, as he looked to be a few years older than me and acted like it too.

Our fingers intertwined as he led me back towards the house, walking at my pace and holding me up whenever I tripped over small stones or even my own feet. As we entered the Clearwater's backyard, it started pouring down rain, instantly soaking both Seth and I. We ran into the house, not making it in before we were completely drenched. Seth was laughing out loud.

"I told you it was soon." He grinned at me. Rain glistened off his dark, sculpted chest, and I realized how beautiful Seth really was. I was caught in the moment, staring at Seth's body.

All of a sudden I realized that Leah had lent me a white tank to sleep in last night, and I looked down self-consciously, gasping at the sight. There was a reason that Seth had been letting me gawk at his body, he had been doing the same to me. My white tank was soaked enough to be dripping with rainwater, clinging to my body and showing my breasts as if I wasn't wearing a shirt. My nipples showed through the thin fabric, hardened because of the cold, pointing straight at Seth.

"Oh my God." I gasped, trying to turn away from him. Seth cleared his throat suddenly, looking away and clapping his hand to his eyes.

"Bella…" He started. "I didn't mean – " He started, but I cut him off.

"I'm, er, going to put on real clothes." I said, crossing my arms and taking off. I found Leah bounding down the stairs, dressed for the day and grinning at me.

"You got wet." She stated.

"Where are my clothes?" I asked, not greeting her.

"Up in my room." She jerked her thumb toward her room. I padded up the stairs, Leah close on my heels. "Please tell me what happened." She giggled.

"I'm not wearing a bra!" I cried, turning to her and uncrossing my arms. She looked at me for a couple seconds, then burst out laughing.

"Oh my, you sure are not." She said between laughs.

"I didn't even realize, I was just staring at Seth, and he was staring at me. It's like he saw me naked." I peeled off the wet tank top laid it on her dresser, picking up my dry tank to put on. I realized where my bra was. Sitting on the floor near Jake's couch in his garage. Ugh.

"You guys seem to be getting yourselves into a lot of delicate situations lately." She said, lying across her bed, managing to distract me as she averted her eyes politely. I pulled off Leah's wet pyjama shorts and pulled on my jean shorts, looking at her.

"I don't know what it is. Every situation seems to end up that way." I said, putting my hands on my hips.

"Maybe he's planning it that way." She turned, waggled her eyebrows at me. I balked, blinking at her. "I'm kiiiddding. He would never do something like that."

"What? Be a guy?" I said sarcastically. "I'm sure that wasn't his phone at the front of his pants a couple minutes ago."

"Firstly, gross. That's my brother. No, he wouldn't take advantage of you that way. He's a sweet little guy. Albeit young." Leah grinned.

"Let's go watch a movie." She said, standing back up. The boys are getting antsy down there."

I followed Leah down the stairs, where the boys were already draped across the furniture. They looked up as we approached.

"Finally." Quil huffed, stretching in the chair. "I thought you girls were going to jabber forever."

"Punch him for me." I muttered to Leah, who was only obliging to my request. I looked around the living room. Wolves were stretched out everywhere, taking up the furniture and even spread across the floor.

"Ouch, Leah. You hit hard." Quil sulked, rubbing his arm.

"Bella made me do it." Leah replied, shrugging. I grinned over at Quil.

I looked across the room, my eyes finding Seth's. The blush was apparent even from this distance as he averted his eyes, but only for a second. His brown eyes were back on mine within seconds.

"Do you still want to sit with me?" He asked, his voice ringing clear across the room. He patted the spot next to him.

"Of course." I smiled, forgetting what had happened only moments ago. I made my way over the bodies on the floor and crawled into Seth's arms, which locked around me like a vice. A very comfortable vice. I pressed myself deeper into his side, laying my head on his chest.

"Alright kids." Jared said, popping a disc into the DVD player. "We're watching Jeepers Creepers today. Prepare for the scare of your life." He glanced out the window before sitting down with Kim again, wrapping her in his arms. I didn't bother to watch them, the thought of the imprints hurt too much. I concentrated on Seth's fiery arms around my body, seeming to be everywhere at once.

With the dark sky and storm outside, only twenty minutes into the movie, I was terrified. I had migrated onto Seth's lap, using his body to hide my face when the movie became too scary to handle. I had never been good at keeping myself rational in these types of situations. Seth had a hand on my waist, and his other arm was wrapped around me as I sat sideways. His face was so close to my hair and it sent chills down my spine whenever he moved, or breathed. It reminded me of another pair of strong arms that had been wrapped around me, another's hot breath on my neck.

Suddenly I stopped watching the movie, sitting straight up. Oh hell. I was going to do to Seth what I had done to Jacob. I couldn't see myself in a relationship with him, so I was going to end up keeping him at arm's length while I used his friendship and naïve kindness. Edward had always mentioned how unaware I was of how I affected the people around me, but I realized this now. Seth could very well fall for me, and I couldn't return the feelings, but would rather use him and his friendship for my benefit while he suffered. While he listened to my every demand and tried to make me happy. If I allowed that, it would be so selfish. I couldn't make the same mistake twice. I couldn't hurt another person with my pain. I couldn't do this to Seth. I couldn't hurt him. He deserved someone pure, someone who could make him happy.

"What is it?" He whispered. I was still rigid on his lap.

"I can't." I managed, as I slid off him and stumbled out of the room.