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Even though they were wolves so they had nothing to worry about when it came to body heat Seth still held Selena close to him, to protect him from the cold.
Seth gave her one last comforting squeeze as Jake knocked on the door. Leah opened it expectantly and grabbed both of the teenagers by their ears before practically throwing them into the house.
She was pissed and the other three could tell that the time had done nothing for her, if anything it made it worse waiting for them to show.
"What the hell is wrong with you both?" She demanded.
They looked at each other, then looked back to Leah and shrugged. Seth didn't try, and Selena knew that if she did it would probably just make it worse.
Instead they both stared at their feet as Jake took a seat to watch the show.
"Whose idea was it?" She questioned.
We both looked at each other again. She snapped her fingers and we quickly looked back to her, "Pay attention to me, not each other. I asked you a question and I want an answer, now."
It was silent. She took a step towards me and I backed up instinctively, "Was it yours?"
I remained silent and risked a glance at Seth. She was by me in a second and I froze. She backhanded me and I clutched my stinging face before looking back up.
She slapped my arm away roughly. "Was it yours?" She asked slowly.
I was debating whether, and what to say, if I said anything. Remaining quiet might be my best strategy in this situation.
But when she raised her hand again I caved, "No." I said shaking my head, "It wasn't, I swear."
She glared at me but lowered her hand and turned to Seth. "Wait!" I called.
"Shut it!" She yelled.
She was just about to smack Seth as well. He didn't even try to move away from her, knowing whatever Leah wanted was what was going to happen.
He also had more experience dealing with his sister than I did. "No!" I yelled back.
She spun around making her way back towards me. She grabbed my hair, roughly yanking it to the side, "What did you just say to me?"
"Ow! It wasn't his idea either, it just happened. We didn't plan it I swear!" I cried.
Still holding me by my hair she turned to Seth, "But whose idea was it for you to sneak out in the middle of the night and worry me sick, huh?"
Seth looked down momentarily. Leah shook her hold on me making me yelp. His eyes shot back up immediately, "Mine ma'am. It was all mine, she had nothing to do with that. She was even worried I'd get into trouble."
"You're lying." Leah said just as I said, "He's lying."
"I want the truth." Leah growled.
"He did want to come over initially, but I was grounded and Jake told me he couldn't. But I begged him to come anyways. It was the imprinting, he couldn't help saying no to me." I answered.
"Is this true Seth?" Leah asked.
Seth nodded sheepishly.
"If I ever find out about you using the imprinting to make him do something for you again, you will not get away with it, trust me on that." She said.
I nodded as best as I could, "Yes ma'am." She released me and the temptation to rub the pain away was unbearable, but I managed to wait until she turned back to Seth.
"Come here." She ordered pointing at the floor in front of her.
Bravely, and without hesitation, he made his way to her, holding his chin up to face her. It had almost a defiant effect to it and my breath caught with worry about what would happen next.
She backhanded him just as she had me. Now everyone in this room was slapped by Leah at least once in the last five hours or so. That had to be a new record.
He looked back up at her and I could see the difference in his face and posture. He looked like he was willing her to forgive him with his mind.
She obviously fell for her brothers apologizing eyes because she embraced him in a tight hug. He apologized verbally now as he hugged back.
She pulled away, "Don't ever lie to me again Seth Clearwater."
He smiled slyly, "I won't Leah Clearwater."
She smiled back before making her face serious again, "Don't play your mind games with me, I'm still mad at you."
He nodded, and the frown returned to his face.
"Sit." She told him pointing to the couch.
She took a breath before turning back to me and my breath quickly caught again, "Relax." She told me as she gently cupped my face.
"I want you to listen to me completely Selena; I of all people know you can be almost as stubborn as me sometimes, so I want you to focus solely on every word that's coming out of my mouth, because it's not only important but I also don't want to ever repeat this again, especially away from the people in this room."
"Yes ma'am." I replied.
She let her hands drop but her eyes stayed focused on mine. I tried my hardest not to look away, and to look directly into her eyes as well as she spoke.
"I like you; you remind me a lot of myself. It's more than that though, I love you like a little sibling just as I do with Seth. Try your best not to ever hurt him though, or I don't know how I will feel about you after that." She said.
"I will ma'am." I answered.
"Good, Selena when you do things like this it disappoints me a lot. You have no clue how much. I care about you and I don't want you to get hurt either. So try your best to avoid trouble when you can, alright?" She asked.
"Yes ma'am." She smiled and hugged me just as she did Seth.
"Go sit." She said pointing to the spot on the couch right next to Seth.
"Now the real lecturing begins so be ready." She warned.
Her voice was harsh once again when she continued talking, "You both are way, way, too young to ever even consider letting something like that happen. Also you had no protection at all. You two are just puppies yourself, did you even think about the repercussions?"
She continued before we could answer, "What would you have done if you would have wound up pregnant?"
Once again that was rhetorical because she continued, "I know these are different times but I'm pretty sure you still don't want to be known as the pregnant girl, and the one who got her pregnant, at your school, whether it's on the reservation or not."
"I know there are place where people accept that sort of thing nowadays but this isn't one of those places. The elders probably would have shunned you both from the group altogether which would have ultimately brought on even more fighting when we went against them."
I smiled to myself knowing that if the elders even tried to do something like that our family would back us up and support us.
"I'm talking to Sam, I don't know if this whole walking each other home thing is going to work anymore. I'm sure he will have plenty to say about this himself though." She warned.
My heart sank, I really was looking forward to Seth walking me to Sam and Emily's, and not only that but I couldn't stand to see another two pairs of disappointed eyes looking at me, because I was sure even though it wasn't mentioned, that Emily would be there.
"This will however remain a family secret, no one outside the circle needs to know, especially the elders. That is to protect the reputation of all of us, not just you too. This little incident could surely bring disgrace on the whole pack. You two have to remain the innocent little couple to everyone else, understood?" She asked.
We both nodded and answered at the same time, "Yes ma'am."
Seth laid his hand on top of mine and I could feel the support surging through his grasp around my fingers. It felt warm and comforting but there was an edge of seriousness to it at the same time.
It was nonverbally promising the strength and extent of his love for me, and that we would get through this together.