Interlude: Seth Clearwater
Seth popped one eye open as he groggily turned over in his bed.
"Wake up ass wipe!" Leah yelled, jumping up and down at the end of his bed. She smiled down at him, her shoulder length hair tickling his toes.
When he opened both eyes and blinked, she was gone.
Seth sighed unhappily before getting out of his bed and stretching. He tried to tell himself that his sister wouldn't ever wake him up like that ever again, he wouldn't hear her voice like that again either. Her voice at all actually.
He looked around for his shirt, but couldn't find it. He shrugged, thinking he'd find it later because he could smell the eggs and bacon his mother was making and his stomach was demanding food.
As he walked down the steps two at a time, he could've sworn he felt small soft hands push them out of her way to get to the kitchen first, but he knew it was only his imagination. Seth had been having hallucinations about Leah about a month after she left. He hadn't suffered any injuries from her as she made her dramatic (and even though no one admit it, epically awesome) exit, but he wished he had gotten at least a bruise. At least he'd have something purely of his own to think of her as. Sam got a long, clear scar from the stitches. Jacob got a minor concussion. Why couldn't Seth, her little brother, get anything?
Because you were a douche bag before she left, and you said some pretty bad stuff to her.
Shut up.
Seth was snapped out of his little debate with himself when Sue hung up the phone in the living room, smiling a little bit and going back to the kitchen to check on her bacon.
Curious, Seth followed her.
"Who was on the phone Ma?" he asked. Sue jumped, alarmed that her son was in the room with her.
" A little while ago, Emily. She said you needed to go to the Cullen house, the pack is there. She is too, there's a meeting. An important one I guess." She said curtly.
"After that?" Seth asked.
"Charlie." Sue explained. Seth had a little hunch that she was lynig, but didn't press the issue. What really worried him was the way she shrugged off the Emily remark. Sue was pretty cross with Emily, considering the latter had tried to convince Seth that Leah was dead, and for sure wasn't coming back. Sue seemed pretty positive that Leah wasn't dead, but the hope in Emily's voice that Seth would believe that Leah was dead is what set her off. His mother hadn't been over to Emily's since.
Flashback
Seth stood from the couch after one of the many pack meetings. Jacob Black had decided that there would be one at least once a week, considering things had been getting out of control these past few months. They had discussed the same old same old, never saying out loud to look for Leah, but saying to look for her at the same time. It was always the same thing:
"Just look for a leech. But if you smell anything familiar, or see anything familiar, howl and get us all there as soon as you can."
Seth wasn't surprised when Sam had argued with Jake to make it an Alpha order, but the latter had reasoned that they could see the slightest familiar thing and assume it as her. It wasn't a simple order to make.
Seth rolled his eyes as he heard footsteps running for him as he walked out the door. He knew it was Emily, just by her heartbeat. It was doubled; because of course she was pregnant. She waddled after him. Grabbing him by his arm, she brought him into the kitchen. He wouldn't move away from her, because imprint gets what imprint wants.
"I just want to talk to you about something. Someone actually." Emily panted. Her midnight black hair cascaded down her back, and the sundress showed off her large stomach perfectly. Seth hated it.
"Now, I know Jacob is telling you to keep looking for Leah." She started dramatically. She wasn't aware that Seth's mom had just walked into the room looking for him. "But you know yourself that she's gone right? She's not coming back. Sam and I have been talking about it, and you and I both know that it's not getting you anywhere. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Almost literally in Leah's case…" Seth growled. He knew it was Emily's "nice" way of calling Leah a freak.
"But that's getting off topic. What I really wanted to talk to you about is… well that forest fire. You remember how they only found Leah's jacket? Honey, not even a shape shifter can survive a fire-"
"I think that's enough Emily." Sue snapped. Emily gasped and shifted her body towards the unecxpected guest. Seth watched as his mom quickly stode towards him and gripping his wrist, forcing him towards the direction of the door and her car. Sue stayed back, staring at Emily with something Seth knew as strong dislike. That look had filled Leah's eyes many times.
"Emily." Sue whispered curtly. "You and your husband may believe my daughter is dead, and probably hope she is too, but you will not make my son believe so as well. Seth is already having a hard time grasping the fact that she has left but trying to take in the false fact that she is dead is something that will kill him. So, and make sure your husband knows this as well, you will not plant lies into my sons head. Have I made myself clear?" Sue asked. Seth couldn't see them, but he could hear Emily whisper a weak 'Yes.'
Flashback end
"Seth are you alright? You seem a little dazed."
"Yeah, I'm fine. See you later Mom." Seth cleared his throat as he strutted out of the house and stripped before phasing and began to run towards Cullen territory.
"There have been more killings in Seattle. The police say it's just a gang again, but you and I both know that it's some newborns who don't know the rules. Alice says that the Volturi are on their way and will be here on Saturday, and we have to be ready because they're using this as an excuse to check on Nessie. However, Alice is worried because sometimes she can't see who's in the guard nowadays and she's scared it's someone who can kill us all with one of their freaky mind voodoo crap. So, naturally we're all going to be there." Jacob explained. One of the pups broke the ongoing silence.
"Why do we have to be there and risk our lives for your imprint, even if they are just checking on her? She's got a family of vampires, plus you. She's pretty well protected." When he was finished talking, he said 'a little too well if you ask me and Seth.'
Little outburtst like that have been going on for a while. The pack was frustrated because Jacob always seemed to put his imprint before the pack. They were all tired of patroling around the house when most of them were in school. Most of them were failing because they were to tired to do school work. They didn't undertand why the Cullen's didn't do anything about it. Patrol their own damn house themselve's. They got to live their lives easily and steadily, and they had forever. The pack didn't have forever, and instead of protecting their families' they were protecting a demon spawn who didn't even need it.
Jacob growled and sighed, exasperated.
"We're going to be there, because she's part of the tribe. If you don't like it, you can leave." The young shifter shrugged and left the house. Everyone else sat there, shocked. No one defied the Alpha like that. No one had the bravery to do so. Unless of course you were-
"Anyone else?" Jacob asked. All the cubs looked at each other, and got up and left after the first. Seth wouldn't meet anyone's eyes. He wanted to be at home, or with Kayla, his imprint, anywhere but here. He most definatly didn't want to be at some meeting with these people.
"Okay then. Meetings over." Jacob sighed. Seth quickly got up and went to the kitchen to get an apple. As he took a bite, he could hear low hisses of voices the floor above him.
"Why the hell did you tell them you can't see the guard? Are you trying to separate her from-"
"It's not my fault, Edward was reading my thoughts and being nosey, he told Jacob. What was I supposed to do, blow our cover?"
"Yes! Anything so she can stay with him! Do you know how she's going to feel when she has to choose between-"
"Shh! someone's listening."
"How do you know?"
"Their heart rates have been changing ever since we started talking. Let's move somewhere else."
Seth clenched the apple so hard the juice splattered all over the walls.
They knew something he didn't.
Jacob phased at the tree line and put on his jeans. He wished that he could just run away like he did before, but he had more responsibilities now that he was Alpha. Not bailing on your pack or imprint when they needed you most was one of them.
"I think, if she ever came back, we would have to do it. It would serve as punishment and a prize for her. Now all we have to do is tell Jacob." Billy's booming, yet soft voice said from inside the small house.
"But what about Jacob? He has a imprint to mate with." The voice of one of the older Elder's said.
"Yes, but the baby would never be as strong and invincible as the one Jacob would make with her."
"So what your saying is, your making my daughter part of a mating program." The angry voice of Sue Clearwater's suddenly shouted.
"No Sue, it isn't like that. It's a great honor to-"
"There is no honor in any of that! You and I both know you just want to punish her, and use her genes for your own selfish reasons." Sue shouted. Jacob had an alarming flashback of Leah shouting at him about it not being fair that she was ordered to stay back while they all went clubbing that one night. His heartbeat increased, and Jacob got dizzy.
No one said anything for a long while, before Sue whispered.
"I won't allow it. You will not use my daughter like that."
As Jacob tried to process all of this, the world began to swim and circle him. He took a deep breathe, before slumping next to a tree and passing out.
A/N: Not my best, I know. It's pretty short too, but this chapter was sort of a filler about what was going on back in La Push. Filler's on my stories tend to be short. Next chapter we get back to Leah's POV, and we get some pretty shocking stuff. I should have another chapter up soon, but I'm not making any promises. I hope I do though.
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