Finally finishing up my Christmas vacation! Literally...I've been out of town and now I have time to write again. Hope you enjoy! And if you do, please review! Thanks to those of you that have reviewed and/or added the story to favorites/alerts. It means a lot to me.

This chapter contains references to spanking of teens/children and an implied spanking of a child. Don't read it if you don't like it!

Chapter 7:

Sienna had been waiting in her room for a very long time. She was getting restless. Her dad had come in once, but then left again a few minutes later. She guessed that her mom was either with Lucas or still talking to Edward. She was so anxious to know what was going on. Just when she thought she couldn't stand it anymore, Jacob walked in the room with Caleb and Bella following close behind. Caleb still looked slightly annoyed that he wasn't allowed to attack Edward, but he was back to his normal form. He also seemed to be agitated and distracted by something, but she didn't know what. Sienna looked at him as if seeing him for the first time.

Bella sat with her daughter on the bed while Jacob sat at the desk, turning toward his girls. Caleb just stood by the door with his arms folded across his chest. Jacob cleared his throat and all eyes were on him. His eyes were on his fifteen year old daughter.

"Would you like to explain to me why you snuck out of the house again? And only just a week after the first time? Was I too easy on you? Because I could remedy that very quickly."

She shook her head, but before she could think of a response Caleb jumped in the conversation.

"Come on, Dad. You know it wasn't her idea. She was just following me. And contrary to popular belief, I am a legal adult."

"Yes, but it was very dangerous for her to be alone with you right now. What if she had been next to you when you phased? She's very lucky to be uninjured."

"Yeah, that's my point. It wasn't her fault, it was mine. So you don't need to be threatening any type of punishment or anything...she's not at fault and I'm too old to be spanked or grounded. So let's just call it a little oversight and be done with it."

Jacob was bordering on fury at his son's flippant attitude and Bella could read him like a book. She decided to intervene again.

"Caleb, this is serious. Your father is right. you could have hurt her if you phased too closely. And Sienna...just because your brother tells you something is ok, it doesn't mean it is. You know you're not supposed to sneak out. Just let us know that you want to go out and it won't be such a big deal."

"Okay." She said meekly. She had a feeling she was about to get out of being punished, so she didn't think it was a good idea to rock the boat by acting too excited. Jacob stood up. He towered over Bella and Sienna, but Caleb was actually only three inches shorter than his dad. He had grown so much, even in the last week.

"This is not over. What happened today can NEVER happen again. Caleb, you almost got in a fight with someone who is on our side. He's not my favorite person in the world, but he doesn't deserve to be attacked without provocation. Not to mention the fact that your sister was in close proximity to you. You have to understand that putting her or anyone else in danger is not an option."

"Hey, I didn't know he was gonna be out in the woods, lurking. I wouldn't have had Sienna anywhere near that...thing...if I had known."

Sienna had enough of everyone skirting around the subject of Edward. She needed to know what was going on.

"What are you talking about? What is he? I already know you're some kind of wolf...but why attack Edward? He didn't do anything to you." She was defending him and she didn't even know why. Why should she stand up for someone who was a complete stranger to her? She was just drawn to him. And she needed to know his secret. Jacob answered her before anyone else could.

"That is something we will discuss at length later tonight. I promise you that. But first...we need to finish talking about your little excursion today. I don't care who you are with...unless its your mom or me. You are not allowed to go out of this house without permission from one of us. We need to know where you are at all times. You are still under our roof and our rules. As for tonight, I've decided that since you weren't the mastermind this time I'm not going to spank you. You are however grounded for an extra week on top of what you already accrued. So that would be four more weeks. Got it?"

She huffed but nodded as well. She hated that she was grounded for so long, but she would not push him. Then Jacob turned to his oldest son.

"And you...I know you're an adult and I can't really punish you the way I used to. But you are my son and you live in my house. If you try to get your siblings to break the rules, you're gonna have to find your own place to live. I don't mean to be harsh...but that's the way it needs to be. Alright."

Caleb stood without responding. His dad had never threatened to kick him out before. He turned and walked out of the small room before he could lose control of his temper again.

"Well, I think we're done here for now." Bella said.

"Wait!" Sienna shouted, a little louder than she had meant to. "Don't I get to know what's going on? I mean...I did witness something pretty crazy tonight."

"Well we currently have a guest." Bella replied. "But after he leaves, we will discuss everything at length, like your dad said."

Her disappointment was not so bad when she heard that they had a guest. Had their visitor in the woods stayed? Her heart began to race as she made her way to see who was there. Sure enough, there he sat on their living room couch. As Sienna and her parents made their way to the living room, Caleb slipped outside. He definitely wouldn't stay in a house that welcomed vampires.

Edward stood as they came into the room. He had been getting to know Matt a little better before they came in, so he was also around. Luke was nowhere to be found, but Bella wasn't worried. He played outside a lot.

"Is everything alright?" Edward directed his question at Sienna, but Jacob took control of the conversation again.

"I didn't spank her, if that's what you mean. You seemed quite interested in my parenting techniques earlier."

"DAD!!!" Sienna was mortified. Why would he even mention the subject in front of a guest? It seemed that Edward Cullen brought out the competitor in Jacob Black. Edward spoke in his smooth voice.

"I apologize if I embarrassed you in any way, Sienna. I didn't mean to bring up such a personal subject." He was aware that Jacob was the one who brought it up, but he was being gracious for Sienna's sake.

She blushed and smiled at him. "Its alright. You didn't do anything wrong." She glared at her dad again.

He shrugged his shoulders at her then turned his attention to Edward again.

"You had asked her if everything was alright, as if any talk with me would bring discomfort or pain. I just wanted to assure you that we worked it out without needing a physical punishment this evening. But if I had chosen to...discipline my child that way, it would be up to me and my wife to decide that."

Sienna was still bright red due to the topic up for discussion. She now wished that she was back in her room.

"I didn't mean to offend you in any way, Jacob. I was just...surprised to learn your method of discipline was so harsh. I've always known you as such an easy-going person. Sometimes a little bit too comfortable in your environment to be honest. I never pictured Jacob Black as the kind of father who physically punished his children." Edward replied calmly.

"Are you telling me...that if you had a fifteen year old daughter who snuck out of the house, disobeyed you and went somewhere possibly dangerous, you wouldn't do the same thing? Besides the fact that she brought her younger brother along with her. What would you do in that position?" Jacob put the question to him.

Edward thought for a minute then glanced at Sienna. She was very interested in his answer.

"Well...I guess I'm not sure. I've never been a father and I don't plan to be. But I suppose I might have gotten slightly upset."

Jacob nodded, but Edward's next move caught him by surprise. He was no longer looking at him, but at Sienna. He looked at her in utter astonishment and would have blushed if he had blood running in his veins. The reason was due to the fact that he had seen what Sienna had been thinking. She had been imagining Edward himself spanking her, but in a very different way than that of her father. He had no idea she lusted after him so strongly, but he knew he could not stay around to tempt her any longer. It was not even an option for Sienna to be with him on so many levels. He quickly stood up, but before he could make an excuse to leave, Caleb was firmly dragging Lucas into the house by his shirt collar.

"Inside." Caleb ordered his youngest sibling.

"Alright, alright. I'm going. Geez, you don't have to push me that hard."

Jacob stood next to Edward and asked what had happened.

"Luke decided it would be a good idea to run a key across Mister...Cullen's car." He said the name with disdain. "He heard me talking about how he's not my favorite person right now and took matters into his own hands. I don't necessarily like the guy, but I never gave him permission for vandalism."

Jacob looked at Lucas, but the boy would not return his father's gaze.

"Is that true Luke?"

He didn't respond so Jacob immediately turned to his mind-reading visitor. Edward gave a sharp nod of his head.

"Well, don't worry. We'll pay for it to be fixed. Would you like me to take a look at it now?"

Edward shook his head and went for the door. He was still embarrassed from the memory of Sienna's thoughts. "No, I need to get going. Don't worry about it...we can get it fixed. Besides...I have a feeling there will be an object lesson with regards to the discussion we were just having about discipline and I probably don't need to be around for that." He cringed as another intimate thought crossed Sienna's mind and he hurried out the door. Bella looked after him, confused. Sienna looked after him longingly. Jacob just looked at Lucas, who looked directly at the floor.

"Go to your room, young man. Now!" Jacob stated firmly.

Lucas hurried as fast as he could. There was no arguing with that tone.

As Edward drove away in his freshly vandalized car, he shook his head as he heard the sound of a smack from inside the house. It was unmistakably a hand coming across a bare backside. Lucas was already crying.

And then he sighed as he recognized Sienna's thoughts. She was wishing she could be near him again. And he wondered what he might do about this young girl who desired him so much. He was definitely in trouble. Maybe Alice would know what to do. Or Carlisle. He sped away as fast as his luxury car would allow.

End of chapter...more to come