Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, Stephanie Meyer does.

Chapter Ten

The next morning Bella and I woke up to the smell of something burning. We looked at each other briefly, then raced down the stairs and into the kitchen. We found Jake, Sam, and Paul attempting to cook breakfast. Keyword here: Attempting. Jake was at the stove with smoke rising out of the pan he was holding, Sam and Paul were rushing to try and put it out. Bella and I stood in the doorway watching this all go down. Jake put the smoking pan in the sink and turned the water on. Sam and Paul opened windows and tried to fan the smoke out.

Sam turned around and looked at guiltily at Bella and I. He smiled sheepishly and said, "Morning girls." Jake and Paul turned around and smiled cautiously at us. They all looked pretty ridiculous covered in something black, Paul had flour all over his bare chest and Sam had an eggshell in his hair. Bella and I burst out laughing at the same time. We should have been mad, but when they looked this silly, it was pretty hard.

I heard Jake say something but I didn't catch it, I vaguely heard the refrigerator door opening. The next thing I knew, I was hit in the face by something cold, wet and hard. I stopped laughing and wiped my face. It was an egg. I looked up and saw Sam holding the carton of eggs. Bella laughed even harder and tried to speak, "You…have….egg…on your…..face!" I sneered at her and wiped the egg yolk off my face then reached down and put it in Bella's hair. She screamed and ran across the room to hide behind Jake; then she threw flour at me.

I hid behind Paul, since he was laughing, and Sam threw an egg at him. Paul reached behind me for a strawberry that was sitting in a bowl on the counter when a loud voice stopped us. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?!" We all turned slowly to find Charlie standing there, fuming. Oh boy. Here we go.

"Well, sir, we, uh. See, Sam and me were down the street, and we uh, knew that Bella and Nadi, um, had school today…so we um, decided to come make them breakfast. But then, we, uh, messed up?" He stuttered. Charlie took a long look at all of us. Then started laughing heartily. Paul, Sam, Jake, Bella and I all looked at each other quizzically as Charlie composed himself and said sternly, "Get this cleaned up and get to school." He waved goodbye and left.

I sent Bella to go shower, even though she protested vehemently, I stood my ground and she gave in. The boys and I cleaned up the kitchen. Bella came down and I went up to shower. I showered quickly and went back down. When I reached the kitchen I looked at the clock. 7: 49 AM. I gasped. "Bella, we gotta go, we have eleven minutes before school starts. She jumped up quickly and ran upstairs to get our bags. By now Sam and Jake had gone, but Paul was still here. I was sad that Sam had left without telling my bye, but I guess he had to get to work.

Bella came back down and handed me my bag. We said bye to Paul and got into my car. I drove us to school faster than I normally would, but hey, we weren't late. As soon as I stopped I opened my door to get out, but I noticed Bella hadn't moved. I reached over and shook her gently. "Bella? You okay?"

She looked at me. "Yeah, just trying to get the world to stop moving so fast." I laughed at her and she finally got out.

At least it doesn't take me thirty minutes to drive to school, I thought as I checked my watch, 7: 56 AM. Four minutes to get to class. We ran through the parking lot, but Bella was going so slow, so I grabbed her arm and pulled her along with me. She slipped onto my back and I carried her into school. We ran through the doors and down the hall, when we reached her lockers, I set her down and we grabbed our books. Then we ran down the hall again. We made it to first period and sat down. Not a second later, the bell rang. I smiled smugly to Bella who rolled her eyes at me.

The day passed by quickly. When the final bell rang, Bella and I went to our lockers. Bella's locker was across the hall from mine so she was still close enough to me I could keep an eye on her.

I rolled my eyes when I saw Mike Newton heading towards her. "Hey Bella." He said, trying to sound seductive. I could almost feel Bella's annoyance and I smiled. I wondered why she doesn't just hit him in the face. If she can hit a vampire in the face with a baseball bat, why can't she just hit Mike Newton?

"Hey Mike." Bella said, she sounded extremely bored. I shut my locker and walked across the hall to stand behind her. Mike looked up at me and scowled. I knew he didn't like me, but why would I care. In my five hundred years, I have met tons of people like Mike Newton.

"So, Bella, what are you doing after school today?" Mike asked. Why can't Bella make plans with Jake so that she doesn't have to go anywhere with Mike, or have to lie about it. Bella shrugged and said, "We're going to do something."

That was vague, but nice try Bella. Mike smiled as Bella shut her locker and we began walking to the parking lot. "So, could I maybe come along? Or you don't have to go hang out with Nadi; she's not your keeper. You can hang out with me." Mike said. I almost laughed and was about to say something, but Bella cut me off. "No, Nadi is most certainly not my keeper. I can do whatever I want. I want to go hang out with Nadi, not you." I'm guessing she meant that so sound firm and cold, but Bella's voice was soft and Mike took this as uncertainty. God, this boy needs a clue.

I noticed that people in front of us were parting like they did whenever I walked. I'm a large woman, so they usually move out of my way when I walk down the halls. They would dive under the lockers to avoid the giant Indian woman if they could. Only this time, the crowd was parting for someone else. I looked over everyone's heads to see Jake and Sam coming towards us.

My eyes locked with Sam's and my heart fluttered. He smiled at me, I felt like my heart would explode from the sudden happiness I was feeling. Jake was scanning the crowd for Bella, they were still far away so they couldn't see tiny little Bella, but close enough to hear us if we spoke. So I turned to Mike and Bella, cutting off whatever Mike was about to say and I said, "So, Bella are you sure you want to come hang out with boring old me? I'm sure you and Mike would have a great time somewhere."

Mike beamed at me because he thought I was encouraging Bella to go with him, I was really just trying to get Jake over here faster. Bella looked up at me confusion and shock plastered on her face. I caught Jake's eye and saw anger flaring up, he started to shake, but Sam whispered something and he stopped. Bella, Mike and I finally reached where Sam and Jake were standing.

Bella unconsciously went to Jake, who put his arm around her shoulders. Mike's face fell and Jake noticed. "Sorry, man, Bella is with me. She is always with me." Mike looked like his puppy had just died, and he slunk away. I pulled Sam into a quick hug, then the four of us walked out the doors.

"So what are you guys doing here?" Bella asked once the four of us got into the car, Jake and Bella in the back and Sam and me in the front.

Jake said, "Well, Paul and Embry are on patrol right now, most likely complaining about us wolves who have imprinted and we thought we would come see our lovely imprints." He kissed Bella's cheek and she blushed. I pulled out of the school parking lot and the drive to the Cullen's was silent.

When we got in, Bella and I did homework while Sam and Jake sat in the room with us and stared at us. Seriously, I get that this imprinting thing makes you want to be next to that person all the time, but did they have to stare? After we were done, Bella and I made dinner and we all sat down to watch TV while we ate. Bella and I cleaned the dishes Jake and I had patrol. So Sam drove Bella home and Jake and I went into the woods and phased.

'So, you excited, Nadi? Your first patrol since joining the pack.' Jake asked.

'Not sure if I can get used to having you guys all in my head, but I guess I'll have to eventually.' I told him.

'Just don't think about Sam while we're out here. We already have to see the things he thinks about you, which Embry and Paul don't mind, but please don't think about him in that light. I can't bear to think about my Alpha's "sexy ass".' He said. I laughed a wolfy laughed as Jake and I ran along the border.

'I'll do my best, I promise.' I thought to him. I was trying to avoid all thoughts of Sam so I wouldn't put Jake through any kind of emotional torture, so I started thinking about the leech that was after Bella and why she had sent two leeches to Bella's house.

I didn't like using the terms 'leech' or 'bloodsucker' because I had been so close to Carlisle for such a long time, but when it came to other vampires, I couldn't help it. The Cullen's didn't seem like real vampires to me.

Jake was ignoring my thoughts but was also thinking of the leech, whose name I had learned was Victoria. Patrol passed quickly and Sam phased to relieve us.

'Okay, you two, home, shower then school.' He thought/ordered.

'Yes Sam.' Jake thought. 'By the way, thanks Nadi for not thinking about Sam all night.' He finished. Sam felt hurt.

'You didn't think about me at all?' He asked, he was semi-kidding, but I could feel real hurt.

'Jake asked me not to because he didn't want to think about you the way that I do, so I managed to think of other things. Don't worry, you're on my mind every other second of the day.' I thought. Sam was running toward me so I stopped and waited. He sat down next to me and poked me with his nose. I poked him back and he licked my muzzle.

'Oh god! This is worse than you two thinking about each other!' Jake thought as he phased out. I laughed and looked at Sam.

'Guess I'll see you later.' I thought, sadly. I didn't want to leave him and I could tell he didn't want to leave me either. We sat there for a long moment not thinking or doing anything until he nudged me again.

'You have to get to school and keep an eye on Bella. I'll see you later after patrol. Our date is tonight remember? Get ready as soon as you get home from school. I'll have Jared, Jake, Embry and Paul on patrol while we're gone. I'll come pick you up around 5,okay? ' Sam thought. I nodded my wolf head and licked his muzzle as payback for licking me and I ran back to the Cullen's house before he could get me again. I phased near the house and ran inside. I took a quick shower and ate breakfast as fast as I could. I was dead tired and wishing I didn't have school today, but I had to. I could always sleep on the weekend.

I jumped in my car and raced off to Bella's. She was waiting on the porch for me and jumped in my car before I even stopped. I looked at her, surprised and confused. "Is there a vampire in your house?" I asked.

She looked confused now. "No, I'm just ready to get to school, so I can get home and see Jake. How was patrol?"

I sighed deeply. "Tiring. Jake wouldn't let me think about Sam all night." I said as I turned off Bella's street. I sped up the road toward school and noticed Bella didn't even look scared today. I guessed she had gotten so used to my driving fast it didn't scare her anymore.

We made it to school in record time. Lauren and Jessica were back at school today. All day long, they kept giving me and Bella death glares but when we looked at them they turned away, making Bella roll her eyes and me laugh. I didn't care today was Friday. My first date with Sam was tonight, and like anytime you have awesome plans you're looking forward to, time drags on forever. I spent the day either staring at the clock, sleeping or trying to stay awake. It wasn't working.

At first I thought if I slept then it would make the day pass quicker, nope. It seemed like I had slept for twenty minutes, but when I opened my eyes and looked at the clock, it had only been five minutes. I groaned in the middle of class, making everyone look at me oddly. So I just said, "Sorry. I'm just so bored." Everyone laughed except the teacher, who decided to ignore me and went right on with the lesson.

The last class of the day was the worst. I was counting the seconds till the final bell. I ended up counting myself to sleep and I missed the final bell. It was Bella shaking me awake that I realized it was the end of the day and the classroom was empty. Bella was laughing above me and I jumped out of my seat.

"Holy crap! Bells, we have to go! My date with Sam is in an hour and what am I going to wear?" I screeched. She only laughed at me. I growled and dragged her out the door and nearly shoved her into my car. I drove faster than I normally would with such a breakable human in the car and dropped Bella out at her house. As she got out, I called to her, "One of the boys will be outside all night, patrolling, but they can't come in all at one time. They can come into eat one at a time, if you want to feed them, but they can only stay till they are done with their meal, then you have to kick them out. That goes for Jake too!"

She looked disappointed but she agreed. I was out of her driveway before she was even in the house. I parked my car outside the Cullen's house and tore down the hall to my room, as I stood in front of my closet I realized, I had no idea what Sam and I were doing, and I doubt he would tell me. I grabbed a pair of jeans and the t-shirt Bella gave me for Christmas. If we were going anywhere upscale, then it was Sam's fault for not telling me. I doubted we would though, he was picking me up at five in the afternoon, but still there was no telling what Sam had planned for us.

I sat down on the couch and waited for Sam to arrive. I sat in silence and began to think maybe I should change my outfit. My jeans were simple, my shirt was a band t-shirt, and a pair of black ballet flats from Chanel that Alice had sent me for Christmas. (Picture of her outfit is on profile.) I had my waist length hair in a French braid down my back. I hoped Sam wouldn't think I wasn't making an effort; it's just had to dress for something when you have NO idea what you're doing. My thoughts were cut short by Sam's knocking on the door.

I jumped up and practically ran to the door and jerked it open. Sam laughed at my enthusiasm as I drank in his delicious scent and stared at his gorgeous body. I was glad I was dressed how I was; Sam was wearing sneakers, jeans and a t-shirt. That made me all the more curious as to what the hell we are doing.

"Hello again." Sam's guttural voice spoke to my own depths. I smiled in response. I couldn't say anything if I wanted to. He took my hand and I shut the door behind me. He opened his truck door for me and I jumped in. As Sam walked around to the driver's side I couldn't help but wonder how difficult it would have been for little Bella to hop in Sam's truck. I held in my laughter as Sam pulled out of the driveway and onto the main road.

I was almost bouncing out of my seat. "So, what are we doing?" I asked innocently. Sam shook his head, "I'm not telling." He is such a tease.

I was trying to imagine all the possibilities in my head when Sam spoke, "You know what I caught the guys thinking about today when I phased?" Oh boy, no telling what they were thinking about, a bunch of teenaged werewolves with really nothing to do when they weren't patrolling or in school, so I shook my head. Sam grinned and said, "Well, Jared, Paul, Embry and Jake, were all thinking about you."

That caught me off guard. "Me? They were thinking about me?" I was shocked. Then I was angry. "What the hell were they thinking about me for?"

Sam laughed. "It wasn't bad. They were just thinking about how before you came along, they considered me a sort of, second father figure. Except Embry, he looked up to me more than the others-" He stopped suddenly, like he said something he didn't want to then went on, "Well, you'll be happy to know that not only do they accept you as a pack member and as my imprint, they consider you to be the pack mother. Especially after I got in trouble with you for making one of your cubs patrol late when he had school the next day." He smiled brilliantly at me.

Hearing this made me inexpressibly happy. The day I had imprinted on Sam, I felt another connection form with the boys. I really thought of them as my children, my cubs, and in another way as my brothers. It was indescribable, but I liked it.

When I didn't answer Sam, he looked at me and asked, "What's wrong? If you don't want the boys to think that I'll talk to them."

I shook my head, "No, I love it. I'm their wolf mama. I thought this for a while now, it's nice to know they think of me like that, too."

I could almost feel tears welling up in my eyes. I blinked rapidly and looked out the window. Sam didn't notice. A few minutes later, Sam and I pulled into a parking lot. I didn't look to see where we were, though, I trusted Sam. He opened my door and we got out. I noticed a small building next to the parking lot and a huge field behind it. Well this is odd, what are we doing here? I wondered.

Sam left me by the truck as he talked to the guy in the building. He walked back to me holding some gear in his hands.

He handed a set of gear to me and said, "Today, we are going paintballing."

Now I'm lost. This must be a modern day past time that I most certainly have never experienced before. "What is that?" I asked.

Sam smirked and explained everything to me, it sounded like fun. He helped me into the gear so I wouldn't get any paint on my clothes, it Sam shot me that is. He better not, or I'll get him back I swear. We walked together to the man who was now standing outside of the building waiting for us.

He smiled at the both of us and armed us with guns. Who in the world would give a five hundred year old werewolf a paintball gun? This guy. He explained a few more things, and then unleashed us on each other. Sam and I ran off in opposite directions, this should be interesting since we were supposed to hunt each other for a while, but Sam and I had heightened senses so we would find each other quite easily. This should be interesting.

A/N: Thanks to mandya1313, curtis, Rachel2w2, and xxcharlie93xx for reviewing. AllytheVampChick for still being her awesome self. Hope you like this chapter, I don't want Sam and Nadi's date to be some boring dinner and a movie date, so I shook it up a bit. The rest of their date is next chapter. I know not much it happening right now, but I'm about to shake things up in a very big way. ~Ever Uley~

Playlist for this chapter:

"Like a Lady" by The Sounds (I'm seriosuly obsessed with this band right now)

"Seven Days a Week" by The Sounds

"She Wouldn't Be Gone" by Blake Shelton

"Giving In"by Adema

"How Could You" by Saliva

"Sound of Madness" by Shinedown

"Hit Me" by The Sounds