The room was encased in a very awkward silence. I wasn't really paying attention to what was being said in the room because I was focusing hard on just staring at the back of Alice's head, who had placed herself on my lap like usual.

I don't know exactly why but I was having a hard time looking away from Tanya Denali. She was this tallish strawberry blonde. I will admit that I think she is extremely gorgeous but that wasn't the reason I kept looking was because every time I looked at her, there was this itching on the back of my brain.

Stop that itchin! Leah said stiffly. And if you look at the back of Alice's head any longer, you're going to have to marry it. I kissed Alice's shoulder and then forced myself to pay attention to the conversation.

Tanya and Carlisle had just finished their formal greetings that really consisted of Carlisle trying to defuse the tense situation. Kate was openly oogling me, not in an 'I want to get into your pants way' but as more of a 'What the heck is a mutt doing in your household?' Tanya was blatantly not looking at Carlisle as she was talking but was staring directly at a uncomfortable Edward. Rosalie, the poor protective thing, was caught between glaring at both Kate and Tanya.

"The land around our home is filled to the top with deer." Tanya said. "If a few of your family members would like to join us in at our home, we would easily be able to support you." Tanya said this with suggestive eyes towards Edward. Jasper gave a low grumble and the poor mind reader leaned forward towards Jasper for comfort.

Jasper spoke, the first time I'd heard his voice filled with barely controlled hostility. "I am sure that Rosalie and Emmett would be most likely to take ya up on that offer. They've been mighty bored here of late." Apparently, when Jasper feels extreme emotion he usually slips back into his thick accent instead of his watered down version. This was the first time I'd ever witnessed it.

Tanya glared at Jasper. She opened her mouth to retort, probably something quite venomous, but was cut off when Kate's hand went straight into the air like a young child. She fidgeted side to side and stared impatiently at her coven leader until Tanya ended up nodding at the girl.

"I have held off my curiousity long enough." Kate declared. "What's…"

"We've been here for ten mintues." Irina droned, looking very bored with the events occurring on around her.

"Well that's long for me." Kate retorted quite childishly. Kate instantly pointed at me. "You are aware that there is a mutt pawing on your daughter, correct?" Alice growled lowly. I looked at my hands. How was wrapping my arms around her waist pawing on her…..Ohhh….It was a pun.

Emmett and I chuckled as we reached the same realization. At everyone's baffled look, I added. "Pawing, good one."

"I don't find it funny." Alice stated, ready to get into a glaring contest with anyone who used the M word again in this house.

Kate smiled. "Mutt has a sense of humor. We're going to get along just fine." I grinned at her. "But, seriously, what are you doing here."

I pointed to myself. "Mate of Alice." I pointed to Alice. "Mate of Bella." I pointed to myself again with a grin. "Bella."

Kate nodded. "Alright. My curiousity has been cured. Who wants to go hunting?"

Tanya sighed. "Kate, we just got here a few minutes ago."

"Again, that's long for me." Kate stated with a victorious smirk.

Edward and Jasper both leapt on the chance to probably put some distance between Tanya and them. That hope was instantly crushed because Tanya leapt aboard as well. When everyone else said that they could not, Jasper and Edward dragged me with them. Kate had suggested it, so when Tanya said that she didn't want me to come, Edward suddenly had the urge to have sibling bonding time with me.

Alice let me go without coming with on orders of Carlisle. Apparently, Carlisle felt that Alice would not be able to control herself when Kate playfully called me mutt. He figured Alice pulling Kate limb from limb would not help them keep a peaceful relationship up with their cousins.

Tanya glared at me over her shoulder as I easily kept up with her in wolf form. She was faster than Edward but held nothing on the werewolf! "Mood killer." She grumbled once again. I didn't see how I was killing the mood between her and Edward when the male was trying his hardest to stay as far away as possible from her.

Kate had suddenly decided I was her new best friend. She and Emmett were much alike. She ran around me for a little while, calling out taunts and other dog related jokes before she shot off at the smell of a deer.

They aren't allowed on La Push. Cullens are, other leaches will be torn apart. Leah warned when Tanya started to venture close to the border.

I relayed the information to the others. Tanya didn't really act like she cared too much, stating that she wasn't allowed before and didn't really care that she wasn't now. While Tanya, Edward and Jasper headed off towards a large herd of deer, I went off to see Leah.

I was a little squeamish with blood still, so I didn't classify watching my new family rip into poor deer while they belted in pain as a good time. Leah must have heard those thoughts because when I found her lounging on the beaches of La Push, she had an extra towel out.

I smiled and dropped down next to her and changed. You'd think I would be a little nervous changing in front of a girl that still had really strong feelings for me and never looked away, but we'd seen each other naked so many times. Every time one of us looked at our own body, the other saw it. I didn't even really pay attention as Leah's thoughts drifted to unclean.

I dropped down next to her and bathed in the sun. I stretched and yawned.

"How's the cousins?" Leah smirked.

I groaned. "I swear," I chuckled, "Tanya is seconds away from leaping over the living room and trying to rape Edward then and there."

Leah laughed. She looked thoughtful for a moment. "She's pretty, though." I turned to look at her, waiting to see if Leah, hater of the leaches, had just complimented a vampire. "What?" She asked with a roll of her eyes. "It's not like I'd date her or anything but I can recognize beauty when I see it."

"Kate seems nice but I definitely like Carmen and Eleazar the best. They haven't spoken a single word since they came."

"All that Kate says is mutt this and mutt that." Leah exclaimed, stretching her muscles out. "I was ready to jump through your brain and bite her. She reminds me of Emmett."

"Right?" I asked. I was almost happy that we thought alike before I remembered that she might have gotten that thought from my head. "I just think Emmett is just a little gentler on his words."

Leah nodded in agreement. We laid there, wrapped in our thoughts, which were actually each other's thoughts, before Jasper came and interrupted us.

"Sorry to steal Bella away." He said after he'd run over to us in vampire speed, nearly scaring Leah out of her skin. "I'm afraid Tanya has come quite rowdy with your disappearance." I rolled my eyes and got to my feet.

Leah held her hands up to me impatiently. At first I thought she wanted me to help her to her feet until I realized, from her thoughts, that she just wanted a hug. I smiled and leaned down, giving her a hug.

I made sure not to hug her too long because if her scent was too heavy on me, Alice may just go on a rampage.

Jasper was right. Tanya was indeed more rowdy. When I came back, Edward's back was to the tree and Tanya was standing right before him. I wasn't a mind reader but I could tell that Edward's thoughts sounded something like this, Men can't hit girls. Men can't hit girls.

Jasper nearly lost it when he saw Tanya forcing herself on Edward and for a split moment, I realized why Jasper was so protective of Edward. Then Kate flew by with an enraged weasel hanging off of her jeans and I lost my train of thought.

I did, however, manage to hold Jasper back, pull Tanya away, and keep Edward from fleeing from the scene like a frightened rabbit. I should start being paid to babysit these creatures that are old enough to be my great-great-great- great grandparents.

Jasper went to Edward and checked him over for wounds in a very motherly like fashion. I turned to Tanya.

"Please, oh pedophile coven leader, do not molest any of my little brothers."

Tanya looked enraged and Kate laughed as she, once again, passed by us with the same weasel hanging on her. "I am not a pedophile, mutt." Suddenly her nose started twitching and she moved towards me. I ignored her random nose twitch.

"Edward stopped growing when he was seventeen. You look to be about twenty. That is considered being a pedophile. Even if you are older, you're still like five hundred while he's only….what are you doing?!" Tanya was nearly touching me she was standing so close and sniffing me.

"What perfume are you wearing?" She asked. She continued to sniff me and make me awkward until I think even Edward felt bad for me.

"That's my natural scent." I said, looking anywhere but the pretty blonde that was sniffing my side. "Will you stop that?!" I backed away, feeling very violated.

When I finally wasn't super close to her, she shook her head and came out of whatever daze she was in and she had the decency to look embarrassed by her behavior; sniffing me, not forcing herself on Edward.

Tanya, to somehow distract us from the awkward silence we had found ourselves in, turned and snapped. "Kate? What in the hell are you doing?" She reached out and grabbed the vampire as she went to make another pass.

Kate was giggling hysterically and the weasel's body was shaking so hard that it was actually swinging side to side. "It won't let go!" Kate's giggling was so infectious that soon the most girlish giggles were coming from me. That earned me a few strange looks from both Jasper and Edward.

Tanya rolled her eyes and reached for the weasel. Kate's eyes widened and she leapt away from her coven leader. "What are you doing?" Kate demanded.

Tanya blinked. "I was going to crush the weasel?" It came out more as a question.

"No!" Kate shouted, pulling the weasel to her chest. The weasel went berserk and tried biting and scratching everything within reaching distance while emitting high pitched squeaks. Kate probably didn't even feel it.

"Kate." Tanya warned. "Give me the weasel."

"No!" Kate shouted. "You can't have it!"

"We are not keeping it!" Tanya yelled in exasperation. Kate arched her eyebrows, as if asking 'You wanna bet?' before taking off back towards the Cullen Mansion. Tanya took off after her. In the distance we could hear.

"Carmen!" Kate yelled. "Tanya's being mean!"

"I am the head of our family and you will give me that stupid weasel!" Tanya yelled back. I found myself chuckling. The Cullens acted childish at times but I don't think I've ever seen them act like the Denalis. They were endearing in their own way.

"That woman is crazy." Edward grunted, glaring at the direction Tanya had disappeared. "And what was with that sniffing?"

I shrugged before grinning. "I just have that effect on some women."

Jasper finally smiled. "Don't let Alice hear you say that." Jasper turned to face Edward. Edward must have felt that Jasper was worried about him because Edward put a hand on Jasper's shoulder.

"I'm fine." Edward's hand barely brushed Jasper's cheek as he pulled away. My mouth fell open. Everything clicked. I made myself scarce.

Wow, came Leah's thoughts along with a whistle, three gay vampires out of seven.

I was squealing inside my head. Everything made so much sense now! I was so stupid. How could I have not seen that Jasper and Edward were secret mates! They must keep it secret because they don't want friction between the Denalis!

Doesn't that seem a little too romantic? Leah questioned. I'd admit that it looked a little too romantic but I may be a werewolf but I was still a girl, so that was the perfect book scene ever! However, I did have to admit that Leah had a point to I reminded myself that I needed to ask Alice about that later since she seemed to know what was going on.

I bounded towards home, Leah joking the whole way in my head. Gotta love that girl. As I neared home, Alice came out to meet me. That nervous smile that displayed her apprihention that something had happened. Knowing her, she was also worried that Kate and my joking could have turned into something more.

When she saw me, she wrapped her arms around my thick neck and placed a kiss between my eyes. I yelped happily and tugged her up to her room. There were a few whistles from Emmett and Kate, those two are so much alike, and ran up into our room.

I leapt onto her bed and sprawled out before changing back. I rolled on the silk sheets and purred contently. Alice eyes be hungrily and went to leap on me, clearly intending to ravage me a hundred times over, but was stopped when I pulled her next to me and cuddled into her.

She huffed but grinned and cuddled into me. A purr rumbled loudly from her. She played with my hair and just smiled lovingly at me.

I yawned.

Don't get distracted with cuddle time! Leah snapped into my head. Ask her about your Edward and Jasper question.

"Oh yeah!" I looked up to Alice who smiled down at me. "Are Jasper and Edward secretly mates." I whispered the last part in her ear because I was sure Tanya was here. I could hear them occasionally yell something about a weasel.

Alice put her hand over my mouth with wide eyes and shushed me.

I was right! I cheered.

Leah was impressed. That was a pretty crazy assumption to get right.

"Don't talk about that!" Alice whispered into my ear. "It's an odd situation." I blinked eagerily and leaned forward and kissed her cheek to sooth those worried eyes.

"It's okay, I already know everything." I whispered happily. "See, I figured it out a while ago. Edward and Jasper are mates but they can't tell anyone or Tanya would ruin the friendship between your two covens." I didn't catch the amused look in Alice's eyes. "So, they hide it but they both get really jealous."

I was proud of myself until Alice started laughing. It wasn't the most graceful thing I've ever seen, I'm pretty sure she snorted a few times, but it just made me love her all the more. I watched her laugh for a while until she finally stopped.

"Where did you get that idea?!" She gasped and pointed at me. "You read way to many romance novels." I growled lowly but not threateningly and licked her cheek with enough spit to make her look disgusted.

"Did I get it wrong?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

Alice nodded. "It was a cute guess though." Alice hugged me close when she saw the embarrassed glint in my eyes. "Actually it's not that complicated. Jasper is in love with Edward and Edward is in love with Jasper but they aren't together."

"Wait a minute." I thought about what she had said. "How does someone who can read minds and another who reads emotions not know they're in love with each other? That just doesn't seem even possible."

Alice sighed. "I know, right? It's clear to everyone but those two! It makes me so frustrated! One day, I'm going to lock them in the shower together. Something is bound to happen!" Horrible mental image!

"If they're mates…"

"They aren't mates." Alice said softly. "They've already met their mates but…. It didn't work out."

"Explain, please." I murmured. Our voices had dropped so low that no one else could probably hear us.

Alice looked hesitant but nodded. "Okay, you can't tell anyone this outside the famile." She waited until I nodded before she started. "Do you know the story behind Jasper being changed?"

I nodded. "Jasper stopped to help three beautiful women in a creek, they bit him, and he trained new borns for them." It had been one of Jasper's stories. He had told me it once but had refused to go into too much detail.

"Well," Alice sighed, "He didn't tell you all of it. Maria, the lead vampire, was Jasper's mate. He loved her unconditionally like a mate should but Maria was so old and so messed up that she could no longer feel emotions properly. In other words, she was a sadist and got her jollies from hurting Jasper in mind and body. He left her though. One of the hardest things he had ever had to do."

That was a sad story, I had to admit. It made sense though. Jasper was covered in scars and seemed to have a deep emotional scar.

"What about Edward?" I whispered.

"It's an equally sad story." Alice sighed. "Edward's mate was human and doubled as his singer. That means that their blood is like heroine to him, in other words, it sings to him. He ran by him, a cute brunette male, and before he could even comprehend what had happened, he had drained the boy dry."

I closed my eyes. Sometimes I was so happy with Alice that I forgot that sadness existed. I whined and Alice kissed my shoulder.

"They're over it now. Edward didn't know him but has to go through the pain of knowing he killed his one true love and Jasper will always wonder what would have happened if he had stayed. That's why they don't feel the mating bond. They love each other but they aren't mates."

"Why though? Why aren't they together? I could understand if one was destined to find its mate and leave the other one but they both don't have a mate."

"Honey, they're both from a time when people didn't even understand what being gay meant. Jasper was a solider and Edward is a gentleman, both of them barely refuse to admit to themselves that they are interested in other men."

I laid on my back before I grinned weakly at her. "And you thought I made you wait a long time for sex." Alice chuckled and kissed my temple.

"And you're making me wait right now!" She exclaimed in mock exasperation before playfully pinned me to the bed. She planted kisses all over my face and neck. I squealed and tried to shove her off.

It probably would have turned into something a lot more serious if the door didn't suddenly fling open and Alice didn't freak out and threw all the covers on her bed over me. It was like two comforters and three quilts.

Kate stood there, her arms protectively cradling the weasel that looked like it had accepted its fate was lying limply in her arms.

"You think it's normal for a vampire to have a pet, right?" Kate demanded.

Alice was growling, probably because Kate was in the same room as her naked mate, but stopped when she saw that Kate didn't seem interested in me at the slightest.

Alice shook her head. "It is not normal for a vampire to keep a pet."

Kate huffed. "Isn't that hypocritical?"

Alice blinked. "How do you figure that?"

Kate grinned. "Well you're sitting on your pet right now?" It was true that Alice was sitting on my stomach. "And it's even bigger than mine!"

Alice growled, flew after a squealing Kate down the stairs. "Don't call her a pet!" Alice yelled, sounding like she was ready to completely kill. I ended up wiggling my way out of the mountain of covers and found the clothes that had fallen off when I had phased back.

I slipped them on and went to make sure that Alice hadn't torn Kate apart.

I found an unusual scene. Tanya's teeth were trying to place themselves into Jasper's neck, Emmett was being held back by Rosalie and Esme from a smirking Irina who had just slapped Rosalie. Carlisle looked horrified. Alice and Kate were rolling on the ground. Kate was laughing, apparently thinking this was some type of game, and Alice seemed ready to tear her head off.

"Woah!" I yelled. "Werewolf in the room and is about to start some ass kicking if everyone does not separate!" Alice was the only one who listened to me. Kate just leapt onto the couch, petting her weasel that looked passed out on the armrest.

Alice looked at me ashamed. I leapt forward and tackled Tanya when Jasper's neck erupted in cracks. I barely beat Edward to the punch. I wrapped my arms around Tanya's back.

"Alright! Knock it off."

When the other vampires from the Denali coven saw that I had my hands in a position that could probably crush their leader or bring her to an orgasm, they whirled around and snarled at me, even Eleazar and Carmen.

I blinked then Alice started growling loudly again. I looked down to see Tanya sniffing me again! What was with this chick! Apparently, this surprised everyone else as much as me because her coven stopped growling and the Cullens looked like they wanted to laugh at me horrified expression.

Alice ripped my away from Tanya and leapt into my arms. Normally, I would wonder what she was doing, but I understood that she was trying to cover me in her scent. I let her do it.

"Why are you covered in Leah's scent?" Alice grumbled as she nuzzled my neck.

"I stopped by the beach and said hi when we were out hunting. She gave me a hug."

Kate patted Tanya's shoulder. "Our coven leader is a pervert!" She suddenly squealed and ducked an embarrassed Tanya's swing.

"Shut up, Kate! She smells really good!"

Kate stepped forward and sniffed me, much to Alice's displeasure.

She grabbed her nose. "Ohhhh! That reeks! Did you roll in something dead on your way home?!"

Rosalie chuckled. "Nope, that's what a shifter smells like!" I smelled my own shirt but could only smell Alice on it. Hey, I was in human form and my senses weren't that great. I felt bad for the Cullens because I spent a lot of time with the shifters and must smell bad a lot.

Alice kissed my cheek. "Your natural scent really dilutes the smell. You do stink though." I would have to start showering more then.

Irina sniffed me and made a really disgusted groan. "Tanya? How does that smell good to you?"

Tanya just huffed. "I must have smelt something else on her. Of course, the shifter smells bad!" For some reason, I don't think Tanya was telling the truth.

Ha! She's the one that smells! Leah snarled into my head.

You've never smelled her before. I pointed out with a chuckle.

Doesn't matter. Leah growled. They all smell bad to me!

"So, can I ask why I walked into War of the Worlds: Vampire addition?"

Tanya pointed childishly at Alice. "She was trying to rip Kate apart! It was very rude and uncalled for." Alice snorted.

"She was rude to my mate." Alice growled lowly. "And Tanya didn't even come after me. She just went after Jasper who was sitting comfortably in that couch!"

Tanya pointed to Jasper. "He looked like he was ready to jump my Edward!"

Know that I knew what was going on, I felt really bad for those two. Alice frowned at them and kissed my cheek to sooth those sad feelings.

"She," Emmett snarled, "Slapped Rose for no reason!"

Irina just smiled into her hand. "I've always wanted to do that."

Rosalie started to act insulted before she chuckled. "Well, I did make fun of you in front of your last lover." Irina nodded with a grin. "I guess I should apologize for that….in a few hundred years." They shared a smile that did absolutely nothing to ease the upset Emmett.

Leah suddenly slammed into the door and all the vampires clamped their hands over their noses. "Ugggg! My nose! It burns!" Kate wailed while her eyes attempted to water but couldn't. Did Leah really smell that bad?

"Whatcha doing here?" I asked. The Cullens were the first to recover from the smell of a sweaty wolf and removed their hands from their noses.

Leah huffed. "Well, there's a lot of shifter bashing going on in here and I thought that shifters deserved the right to complain how much you people stink!" That was so Leah. I'm sure she just wanted to be here in case another fight broke out, she's been missing fighting something fierce, and was just making up and excuse. Leah grinned at me. I guessed correctly.

Suddenly, Leah's nose started twitching and she started smelling around but she ended up having to cover her nose; the vampire stank was just that bad.

"Don't you take a shower?!" Irina growled. "I think it's melting my brain!"

Leah growled loudly. "I smell? God, you all are burning my nose! I did not think this through!" I rolled my eyes at her. I was unaffected by these different scents. Another awesome perk of being a werewolf!

"You actually don't smell that bad…"

Leah turned to Tanya, who was the only one not holding her nose, with an insult on her tongue. When they're eyes met, everything stopped.

My head was filled with thoughts of Tanya, so I could only imagine how much Leah was thinking of her. Tanya's jaw had dropped slightly but her eyes were growing warmer by the minute. Everyone else seemed baffled but I wasn't. I knew what imprinting meant and my poor, poor Leah had just done so.

"What's your name?" Tanya whispered. Her eyes taking in every detail of, I'll admit, the impressive she-wolf. Leah tried opening her mouth but it refused to move. She swallowed multiple times.

Leah! I thought to the distressed girl. You're making a really bad first impression!

My tongue refuses to move….God she is so pretty!

Our thoughts were becoming tangled and I was starting to find Tanya extremely attractive. I actually had to reach out and grab Alice to reign in my thoughts.

"Bella." Leah growled breathlessly.

"Bella?" Tanya said with a tilted head. "You do not look like a Bella."

Leah shook her head in horror. "Bella!" She repeated, backing up in panic. I ran forward and grabbed her arm which nearly resulted in a werewolf being torn apart by a new jealous mate.

"It's okay, Leah. Calm down."

"Leah." Tanya repeated, seemingly happy with the way the words rolled off of her tongue because she repeated them again and again until it sounded like a chant.

"Bella." Leah whined before turning and running out of the door. Tanya made a move to run after her but Kate grabbed her. Tanya whirled around, her fangs bared, but she calmed down when she saw the soft eyes of Kate.

"Don't run after her, Tanya. She needs time. You'll only scare her."

Tanya whined. "I don't want to scare her." She slumped her shoulders in defeat.

I walked forward. "I'll go after her." Tanya turned to face me, her eyes black, and her head down. "I'm already mated so I'm not a threat." I added gently. "Plus, I'm happy you guys are mated." I shot a glance to a relieved Edward and Jasper. "Leah's been really lonely and she needs someone just like you. I'll talk you up." I finished with a wink.

Tanya still looked a little unsure but she nodded. I took off after Leah. It was actually a little hard to find her due to the fact that she wasn't looking at where she was and her thoughts were filled with the pain of leaving her new imprint and her horrified ones.

I finally caught a glimpse of a fallen log that I knew so well. I changed direction and shot towards Leah's location.

I found her, lying right where Alice had lost her virginity, and sobbing loudly.

"Great!" Leah sobbed. "I'm sitting where you two did it! Fate hates me!" Her body was shaking and she seemed almost too miserable to even phase. I sat down next to her and pulled her into a hug. She curled into me, her sobbing not slowing.

"Fate does not hate you." I whispered. "In fact, I think it rather likes you."

Leah pulled away and glared at me. "How the hell do you figure that? I'm the first female shifter, my dad died of a heart attack, I lost my fiancée to my cousin, I lost you to a vampire, and now I'm mated to my mortal enemy!"

I chuckled and pulled her back into a hug. "Fate made you the first female wolf. That's so cool. Do you know how many people would die to be a shifter at all? Then fate made your best friend ever a werewolf so you could switch your loyalties to her and get your thoughts away from your ex-boyfriend. Then that same best friend's mate happens to be related to your mate who doesn't drink human blood and is extremely pretty and perfect for you."

Leah was silent for a moment. "My dad still died."

I sighed. "That part sucks."

Leah was quiet for a moment more. "Do you really think she's perfect for me?" She sounded so shy that it was adorable.

I chuckled. "She's a bitch." Leah snarled into my chest. "And you're a bitch, so you guys will be very happy together." Leah shook her head.

"It's going to end badly." She started to shake, not phasing shake, but trying to keep herself from sobbing. "Every time I give my heart away it ends up being broken. Every single time! It's going to happen again!"

I hushed her gently. "She's your mate. She can't hurt you."

Leah laughed bitterly. "Tell that to Alice. You tried to kill yourself! Alice, your mate, did that!" Leah looked so scared at that moment that I almost didn't know what to say and I was pretty good with words.

"Yeah, that was messed up but that's because of the species difference. Vampires think differently than werewolves. I didn't think sleeping with you was that big of a deal and she didn't know that calling me a slut was going to end with me trying to kill myself. Total misunderstanding."

"A misunderstanding where you almost died!" Leah pointed out very loudly.

I laughed although it was a really good point. "The point of having a mate is that no matter how big of a fight you get in, you will always be together in the end. You, also, fight much, much less than a normal couple and love each other so much more."

Leah rested her chin on my shoulder. "Will she love me as much as you love Alice?"

I shrugged. "Probably not." Leah pulled away, looking quite horrified. I chuckled. "Werewolves and their mates have the strongest bonds ever, so it's not a fair comparison."

Leah relaxed a little. "Will she love me as much as Sam loves Emily." That one I ended up smiling in response.

"Vampires have stronger bonds than werewolves because they live forever with their mate while werewolves usually only have a lifetime. If it makes you feel any better, she should be the one that is worried. She'll always love you more than you love her."

Leah bit her lip and glanced over towards the house.

I grinned widely. "Missing her already?" Leah nodded sheepishly. "Don't worry, that feeling of dying when you're not right next to her will fade in a hundred years or so."

"It used to annoy me how you acted like you couldn't be away from Alice for a few minutes. If it felt anything like this than I have some apologizing to do."

We sat like that for a moment while Leah calmed herself down. Apparently, her thoughts, I was very comfortable and soothing to be near.

"So," I said, gently pushing her away from me and towards the house, "Was I right that day in the locker room?" Leah tilted her head. "One day you'll find somebody you love so much that you'll wonder what you ever saw in me?"

Leah laughed out loud and stood up. "Definitely. She's so much prettier than you and smells so much better! You always stink of vampire."

I blinked. "She is a vampire!"

"Well, she doesn't smell like one." Leah blushed. "She smells really, really good. I just want to bury my nose in her hair."

"So that's why she was sniffing me." I finally had my aha moment. Leah growled lowly. Wow, rather I am a really laid back mate when it comes to this jealously things or all these people are just super possessive. "You hugged me and so your scent was on me. She really liked your scent and started sniffing me."

That creepy piece of information seemed to please Leah and she smiled. Her thoughts apologized for the random jealousy moment. I took that as a hint that I probably shouldn't touch Tanya until they got out of the newly mated stage.

"Will you go get her?" Leah asked, embarrassedly. "I don't think I can show my face to her family after that panic attack."

I nodded and before I left, I looked over my shoulder. "Are you sure you trust me with your mate?" Leah rolled her eyes and shooed me off. I leapt forward and made it to the Cullen house in record time.

I nearly had to stop because when Leah started practicing her lines that she thought would make her seem sexy and mysterious, I nearly burst a kidney. I'll admit if I didn't know how nervous Leah was, I'd think those lines were pretty good.

I ran into the door and Tanya leapt up from the couch, looking for Leah coming in behind me. When she didn't see the she-wolf her golden eyes turned dark that meant she was really sad. I thought about teasing her but decided I'd hate someone if they did that to me.

"Follow my scent back." I said softly. Tanya looked up a little nervously. "Leah wants to talk to you. She just needed a second…." Tanya rushed past me and was out the door before I could even start the next word. It was rude and adorable at the same time.

I turned to see Alice being much too happy about this entire event. I'm guessing she's happy one of her love rivals was out of the game, which is funny because they can't be considered love rivals when I'm already with my soul mate.

Kate was lying on her back and sobbing both dramatically and unrealistically. "I'm going to have to be nice to a mutt! It's going to make me smell horrible! Volutori! Slay me now!"

Irina rolled her eyes. "Drama queen." She mumbled. "I do believe we'll get used to the stink.

Carmen was sitting down calmly from across the room and smiled at me. She walked up to me and offered her hand to me. "I don't believe we've been properly introduced. That happens quite often when you are in a coven with characters such as Kate, Irina, and Tanya. I'm Carmen. Since, from what I can understand, Leah is your pack mate, we're going to be family now."

I smiled at her in return. "Bella. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Carmen turned and gestured to a male behind her that looked quite calm. "This is my husband and mate, Eleazar." Eleazar held his hand out to me. I shook his hand. When I went to pull back, he hung onto it. An unsure whine rumbled from deep within me.

Alice walked up and rubbed my shoulder. "Eleazar has a gift. From touching you, he can tell what anyone's power is. He's just checking."

Carmen sighed. "I keep telling him it's rude to do that without someone's consent but he can be quite hard headed. I hope he has not made you uncomfortable."

I smiled at her. "Nope. Having unfamiliar vampires cling onto my arm in what can be considered threatening but he's really just trying to get a read on any powers that I might have is something that happens quite often."

Carmen chuckled before rolling her eyes at the Eleazar who was still holding my hand. "Dear, you're making the poor girl uncomfortable."

Eleazar blinked and dropped my hand. "I do apologize. I haven't seen a power like yours in a very long time."

Rosalie frowned. She had come over when I had whined. "Bella doesn't have a power, do you?" Rosalie turned to study me.

"Of course I do." I said. Everyone looked at me. "I turn into a giant wolf. How is that not magical?" Alice chuckled at me.

Eleazar smiled at me. "I'm afraid I was talking about your ability to create physical and mental shields by manifesting energy and redirecting it into a form that responds to your whims and needs at the immediate moment." There were actual cricket sounds going off in my head. Everything he had just said went over my head.

"Person with a high school education here." I said putting my hand up. "Dumb that down please."

Alice rubbed her chin and smiled. "Bella, you are able to take energy and make shields around your mind and body. That's why Edward can't read your mind. There's a shield up. Your shield can become real and block actual attacks."

I smiled at her. "Wow, way to make the wolf feel dumb." She kissed my cheek with a chuckle. "But that is so cool. One day, when a comet is heading down towards earth, I'll fling up a shield and protect everyone!" Everyone rolled their eyes at me.

Eleazar smiled at me and patted my shoulder. "That's not possible, excited one. You see, your shields are made from your energy. You'll only be able to make small shields and not often or you'll drain yourself of energy."

Of course there had to be a catch. I couldn't just get an awesome super power without it draining me of energy. Figures.

"Well what if….Oh My God!" I grabbed my head and fell to my knees. Everyone surrounded me. "Tanya and Leah are…are….doing it!" The images! God, this is horrible! I tried desperately to think of Alice but Leah's thoughts were so powerful that they easily threw mine down.

Alice looked so concerned.

"I'm seeing everything they're doing. God! Make them stop! It's…This is so weird!" I was apologizing for making Leah see this time and time again. This was so awkward. Emmett found this hilarious and was on the ground he was laughing so hard.

Edward looked amused. The poor boy was probably already used to this. Alice looked jealous that I was seeing another naked woman in my head. The poor Denali's were just staring at me like I had just lost my mind.

Jasper stepped forward to explain. "Leah and Bella share a unique mind link. Most shifters can only communicate when they are both in wolf form but Leah and Bella are in each other's heads at all times. At the moment, I'm afraid that Bella is seeing your sister and Leah doing a sexual act."

I was so mortified.

"Someone knock me out!" I pleaded. I didn't think Alice would take me literally! Alice picked up a lamp. Rosalie yelped and leapt at Alice and wrestled the lamp out of her hands.

"Were you going to hit Bella with this?" Rosalie demanded while pointing at the lamp.

Alice huffed. "Bella seeing this through Leah's eyes so it's like she's actually having sex with Tanya! I don't like it."

"Hitting her over the head with a lamp is not a way to solve these problems!" Rosalie reprimanded. Emmett, poor Emmett, was actually breathless because he was laughing so hard. Yup, nothing to make you laugh like your little sister trying to hit her mate over the head with a lamp.

I was having my own problems at the moment. Leah was so aroused that I was fighting the feeling of being aroused myself. I figured Alice would really hit my with that lamp over the head if she thought I was aroused by the sight of Tanya lying on her back and crying and begging for more.

"Two minutes? It took them two minutes of being mated before they had sex?!"

Rosalie chuckled. "That's actually quite normal."

Alice turned to face me and pointed at me. "See? I was not horny. You just lack the proper hormones or something. I shouldn't be able to keep you off of me and you're just sitting there all calm!" I actually felt bad for the little vampire.

I held my hands out to her. "After the war is over, I'll take you to some far off cabin and you won't be able to keep me off of you." I would have said something much more romantic if not for the fact Leah was going through pleasure at the moment.

"What war?" Kate asked curiously.

Carlisle, who had been sitting there completely useless the entire time, finally spoke up. "I believe we have much to talk about."