I apologize soooo muccch. I've been diagnosed with selective writer's block.

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You have to be able to admit when you're wrong about something. So let me officially state how stupid I am for thinking that my mates knew how to be chill with each other. My ears have been bleeding since the day after Leah arrived.

"I am not sleeping in the middle anymore so you can hang it up," Leah said, tapping away on the Xbox controller like nothing was going wrong right now.

Rosalie glared at her evilly.

"You're the only one that sleeps in this room. Excuse me for thinking that you would want to be in between your mates! Tell her, Cay!"

My eyes went wide and I raised my hands. I am not apart of this debate. I really don't care where she sleeps as long as she sleeps with us. However, her warmth is addictive and I know for certain that that is the only reason Rose wants her in the middle. Among other reasons...

"Exactly, I'm the only one that sleeps. I know you guys stare at me while I'm asleep and it's fucking weird. Mates or not."

When she said that, I laughed a bit too hard. Rose glared at me but she knows it's true. When you become a vampire, the first thing you miss is sleeping. We have no real escape from reality. Seeing our mate dream and get away is like a drug to us. Even though it's fucking weird.

"Fine. Since you both don't seem to care how I feel about this, I'm going to hunt. Alone," Rosalie said haughtily. I opened my mouth to speak but she flitted out of the window faster than lightnding. I could only sigh.

"What's her problem," Leah asked, putting down the controller.

"Do you want the non-gift answer or the honest answer," I asked, raising my brows. Leah inclined her head in a way that told me I already knew the answer.

"She's upset that you aren't warming up to her as much as you are with me. She feels like she's being left out of the loop. You know?"

It was sort of true. Leah and I had been friends since we were kids. Even though we were astranged for a while, I'm already relatively comfortable with her. Even though I get rather nervous sometimes... Sometimes she's just so intimidating, and because she's my true mate, it's fucking hot.

However, Rosalie and Leah don't know each other at all. This creates a gap in our relationship where she has to catch up. It doesn't help that we've been abstinent for a week. It also doesn't help that Leah is being very difficult.

If we had our way, we would be in the bed all day but no. She just subconsciously teases us with that body. All sinewy muscle and white teeth. All croptops and cut off shorts. God that fucking stomach!

Leah groaned and facepalmed. I could tell that she felt bad for making her imprint feel less than loved. Of course she didn't mean to but it's happening.

"It's just that..she reminds me of myself. She's so opinionated and...and emotional. I mean, she's my mate and everything but we're like twins or some shit. Wait, why don't you two ever argue. Why does it always have to be me," she said, rolling her eyes.

I laughed and moved over to her, laying a hand on her shoulder. The warmth of it deeper into my skin and I closed my eyes for a split second. My hunger rose but I stamped it down, reminding myself that her scent does not effect me.

"Rose and I have been through a lot in a short time. We've been in love with each other throughout that entire time. We compliment each other. There was never really a challenge. But you two? Y'all will have to learn to get along, but you will have to actually try. I want our relationship to be secure when Victoria comes. Can you try for me, Leah?"

She turned those dark eyes to my own, slowly. I bit the inside of my cheek when I felt the way I made her feel just by saying her name. Leah nodded to me slowly, staring at my lips before lifting them back up. I could feel her breath on my face.

I only just noticed how close we were. The heat of her skin felt like the sun shining down on me. The pull of the imprint is so strong that it shocks me. All I want is to press every inch of my skin against her. I almost jump when one of her hands touches my arm. It burns.

"Are you the submissive?" Her lips pull back over her teeth much like a wolf. All of a sudden, I'm totally confused and painfully turned on. Since she got here, we haven't spoken about anything sexual at all.

I sputter like an idiot under her commanding gaze. "I-um, sort of. I mean, sometimes. Rose likes to be the dominant one..."

Leah pressed her lips against my cheek gently before chuckling under her breath. My nostrils flare as I smell her arousal, as faint as it was in the air. My control was becoming paper thin. I need to get out of here before I have her pinned to the floor.

"Good to know. Maybe you should join Rose? I don't like her being out there alone and your eyes are pitch black. I'm not trying to get eaten. Not like that anyways," she said causally, turning back to the Xbox. The little smirk on her lips frustrated me to no end.

I cleared my throat and nodded slightly, moving to the window. I really need to tell Rose to get her shit together so we can have sex already. I know for a fact that with both of them being so dominant, I'm going to have the time of life.

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It turns out, we didn't have enough time to get our relationship completely in order. Even though Leah and Rose somewhat talked it out, they were still arguing like a married couple when we lined up on the field to fight. One second I was laughing and joking with my mates and the next they were arguing about who was protecting me.

"I can take care of myself damn it. Now Leah go change or whatever. You won't be able to do anything if you aren't shifted," I said, pushing her along. Leah huffed and kissed me on the cheek softly before attempting the same with Rose. If Rosalie could blush, she would have.

"She is so infuriating," she said, shaking her head. I could see the little smile on her lips that she tried to hide. I grabbed her hand gently and chuckled under my breath.

"Imagine her in bed."

Rose's blonde locks waved behind her as she whipped her head toward me in surprise. Before she could say anything, Alice shouted out over the field dramatically, startling her.

"Thirty seconds!"

Rose gave me look then. The kind that say so much more than words ever can. I could almost hear what she wanted to say. Be safe please? I love you. I nodded towards her and turned back to the front, hoping our wolf would do the same. Hoping she knows that we love her so much already.

The sound of pounding feet could be heard from miles away. I could already tell that this fight was doomed. They had no sense of stealth or tactical training. All they had was strength and enthusiasm. Against any other foe, that that would be enough. However, our gifts and experience were much more than they were ready for.

They burst through the trees like bulls on parade. Their teeth gleamed with venom as they charged towards us with murderous intent. I expected to feel at least a modicum of fear, but as we charged forward into the fray I felt completely excited. Even more so when I slammed my fist into one of my fellow newborn's faces.

"Fuck yes!"

I stayed beside Rosalie for a while, fighting back to back like a team. I felt closer to her than I ever thought possible. The sound of the wolves jumping out of the tree line caught my ear and I turned around to see Leah bounding towards us. She already had someone's hand in her mouth.

"Good job wolfie. Let's kill some more people," I said, running off into the middle of the battle. I thought Rose was behind me but it seems in my haze of excitement, I was completely out of it.

I was in the middle of fighting a large vampire when the sound of my mates voice caught my ear. "Get the hell off me!"

I couldn't very well turn around so I used my gift instead. Just as he threw out his arms to crush me I slipped behind him and ripped his big head from his body. Rose was struggling between fighting three newborns and I felt like I was about to explode. Leah was distracted by two of her own.

I ran over to Rose faster than I've ever run before. I roared like an animal as I pulled the first one off of her, crushing his head with my bare hands. As I went after the next one, Rose's eyes widened and she fell to the ground. In my confusion, I was ambushed faster than lightning. The feeling of teeth biting into my neck made me scream in pain.

I pulled the newborn over my shoulder in a sudden burst of energy. "You fucking bitch!"

Before she could get up, I ripped her arms off and stomped her head into dust. As soon as she was dead, Rosalie was up off the ground. She looked haunted but furious as she stared at my neck. No doubt there was a large set of teeth marks on my skin. I could see the beast in her raging to get out.

I turned around, looking for our newest mate. Only to see her bounding towards us, growling like the majestic beast she is. Leah almost knocked us down as she skidded in front of us, licking our faces. I wanted to laugh but my mind was still on the threat to my family and my mates.

I saw Carlisle and Esme standing by the forest looking at a newborn. I rolled my eyes at their paternal instincts. The rest, sans Edward were building a fire. My brows went up immediately. The fight is already over. I expected more carnage than that.

A sudden feeling of dread ran through me and shook like a leaf. "Acacia, what's wrong? Are you okay," Rosalie asked, grabbed my shoulders. I could just hear Leah whining behind me. I pulled away from her hard and started running.

"Acacia no!" Alice's scream echoed in the forest but I didn't care. I had to get to Edward and Bella. I had to get to Victoria before he killed her.

When I bursted through the trees, Edward had Victoria's head almost off her shoulders. My eyes went black and I ran towards him, ready to do anything to get him off of her. His face contorted in confusion as soon as he heard my thoughts.

I kicked him in the chest hard, sending him into the rocks a few feet away.

"Edward," Bella screamed, running over to him.

I grabbed Victoria's neck in my hands to try and keep it together. She just stared at me in confusion and a bit of anger. I knew for a fact she expected to die.

"Why? Why would you save me," she asked me angrily.

I opened my mouth to speak but I ended up covering my nose and mouth. The smell of Bella's blood was thick in the air. Edward pulled her behind him defensively and nodded at me to say my peace.

"James was not your mate, Victoria. That is why I saved you. Either you can deal with that or you can die here and now, which I really don't want because it's going to hurt me as well," I said quickly, the sound of Rosalie coming up through the trees making me nervous.

Victoria looked completely stunned and speechless. After a moment she shook her head and sighed heavily. "Something wasn't right about it but I did love him. I loved him like a mate and it hurt so bad when he died. I just wanted to feel while again."

Rose flitted in front of me defensively, glaring at Victoria murderously. I grabbed her arm to keep her from attacking. "You can be whole again. Don't ask how I know but jut know that I know who your mate is. All you have to do is go to the Denali coven and you will find your mate."

Victoria's jaw dropped open and I could see her eyes glistening with venom tears. She stepped towards me, probably wanting to ask me everything. Rosalie shook her head once, most likely glaring. I bit my lip to try not to laugh.

"Thank you, Acacia. I couldn't have chosen better for my first childe," Victoria said adamantly. My dead heart warmed in my chest. I had heard the connection between a vampire and their first childe is incomparable and I feel it now. It runs through my veins. "May I can be on my way to find my mate?"

Edward gritted his teeth and nodded to her, keeping little Bella behind him. "You better go now. The Volturi will be here in five minutes. Take the longest route to avoid them."

Victoria turned back to me and Rosalie for a split second as she turned to run. "Thank you again. We will meet again, my childe."

I gripped Rosalie's jacket as she left. It felt like when I was a little girl and my mother would leave me with a babysitter. She wrapped her arm around me tightly and kissed my hair. We ran back down to the clearing, never letting each other go. We needed to make sure our family wasn't injured.

"It's going to be okay," she said as we walked over to our them. I sighed and smiled at her a bit before we began looking out over the forest for Leah. I hated that the Volturi were coming here. I wanted her by my side too.

I sighed as the Volturi guard glided across the the field toward us. I wrapped an arm around my Rose, smirking as the new vibes came rushing through my senses. So many feelings and only one intention. Although, they would never have the evidence needed for it.

I slid my hand down to Rose's ass and gave it a little bitty squeeze. My code for nothing bad is going to happen. She looked at me in amusement before slipping back into her serious face and my little ole dead heart is so full.

"I see our purpose has been eliminated," Jane said, looking very much so annoyed by this.

Yeah, Rose. Everything will be okay.