A/N: My best impression of Craig from Degrassi, "I'm sorwy, I'm sorwy, I'm sowry, I'm sowry, I'm sorwy, I'm sorwy, I'm sorwy." I haven't updated in like a week, and i'm so sorry. Life has been beating the shit out of me and my friends lately. Like seriously, i've been dealing with friend's unexpected pregnancies, friends getting skin cancer, friends getting mugged outside of clubs, drama with work and family. And all my friends use me as their own personal therapist, which i'm not complaining, i just don't have ANY time to myself anymore, thus why i havent updated. So that's why this chapter is super mega wickedly awesomely long, and i also got a great idea for a new story which i will be updating when i get some more free time. I will also update The Hero soon as well. Like i said this story is going to get a little darker, cause thats just the tone it's taking. I wanted it to be all happy go lucky but the characters running rampant in my head think otherwise.

Chapter 10

Jake's POV

The red light from my old alarm clock, that's about 10 minutes slow, is flashing 11:30. Leah sleeps resting on my chest, as I stare up at the ceiling. Leah's soft hair tickles my chin and I gently push it to the side. Her heart is slowly beating against my chest, and I realize its beating in harmony with mine. The spark that hasn't died down since we kissed on my bike earlier is finally content.

I can't blame this on the strange spark but the intensity of the sex was probably caused by it. I realize that my feelings for Leah developed way before the spark made an appearance, so I can't fault the affection I feel for the she wolf on the electric current that occurs between us.

I tried to fight it. I really did, that's why I was so rough with her at first. I felt like I had to be with her, to touch her. Leah sniffles in her sleep and cuddles into me, deeper.

I was a complete asshole to her the entire day. I expected her to bitch me out, not to let me do her. Maybe the current was what made her submit so easily. I know there was an urge to make me do things I normally wouldn't. I had an intense longing to bite Leah's neck and claim her during sex. The thought had never crossed my mind, not once before. Not even while thinking and Bella and I. The spark is the only thing I can think of that would make me want to do such a thing.

I fought it as hard as I could, I had settled for biting her nipples instead. I had never felt such a strong yearning before in my life. It took every ounce of my self-control to keep from marking her. The need died down completely when I realized she was crying.

Out of all the years I had known Leah I had never seen her cry. Those tears are what did it for me. They made me realize how much I truly cared for her. I was falling for Ms. Clearwater, operation make Bella Swan jealous be damned.

I genuinely liked her; the only problem was that I liked Bella more. But now that I had slept with her, that really complicated things. Bella would freak, making her jealous would be easy as pie once she found out. She would hate me too for a while when she finds out but she'll get over it.

I don't know how Leah feels about me. She must care at least a little or she never would have let me touch her. Knowing Leah she'll be pretty cool with just playing the whole thing off though. I guess this means my plan to make Bella jealous just got a little too dangerous. If I'm serious about not hurting Leah I had better stop it now. Even though I may be too late.

A part of me knows I'm lying. Leah will freak. I honestly don't know what to do. I'm more confused than I was before.

The clock is now reading 11:35, which means it's really 11:45. Leah and I have to haul ass to get to the clearing on time. I sigh and look down at Leah, whose sleeping lightly.

I use the arm I have draped around her naked shoulders to shake her awake. She rubs her eyes, adorably and slowly gets off me. I try my hardest not to look at her but she's just sitting there, staring at my wall not getting dressed.

So my hopes that this won't be awkward as hell just died. "Come on, we still have to get to the meeting with the pack and the Cullen's." Leah looks at me for a while and then sighs and flops back onto the floor.

"So that's how it's gonna be?" She questions from the floor with her arm over her eyes. I ignore her amazing rack which she left exposed and move to get up.

I try to come up with something to say. Something to take the heat off me. "What was that back there? That damn spark? I know you felt it too." I say as I pull my jeans on. All my shorts are dirty. She sits back up, intrigued now.

"I don't know what that shit was. Honestly, I didn't really feel it until the bike earlier." She gets onto her hands and knees, crawling around my floor picking up her discarded clothes. I try to ignore the appetizing sight and just glance at the clock again. We need to leave now if we don't want to get yelled at.

She pulls her shirt on and is hopping around trying to put her shorts on when I answer her. "Yeah, that's when I noticed it too. I don't know what it is. I can't believe it made us act so crazy."

She immediately pauses and says, "Act crazy?" She's looking up at me through her hair and I don't want to lie to her and place all the blame on the electric current but it's the easiest way out.

"Well, yeah. We never would have fucked otherwise, would we?" I see her snap her head back at the word fucked and it makes me wonder if I've hurt her feelings. Maybe it wasn't just the spark for her. I thought she must have felt something for me but now I wonder how strong her feelings were.

She looks at me for a moment and just shrugs her shoulders. "Whatever. Let's go, I don't want to have to hear Sam's mouth." She goes to leave the room and as we both reach the door she turns and says, "And don't you dare think about this while phased, or I will make sure you never use your dick again, Black."

She pushes me back into the room with every word she says and I know she's deathly serious. "Sure, sure." I say as I push past her to get out, eager to go. She leaves out behind me and we both walk to opposite bushes to change. I laugh to myself. How stupid are we to try to change in privacy when I saw her naked just minutes ago?

I allow the heat to travel up my spine, feel my body fall forward, and then I'm on all fours. "Ready," I hear Leah say in my head and then we're off. I can feel her trying her hardest to hide her thoughts from me but some slip through every once and a while. She's thinking about how this will affect our new friendship.

"Lee, it doesn't. You're still my favorite new best friend." I say as I shoot her a wolfy smile. She snorts and answers, "I'm your only new best friend, asshat."

Now there's the bitchy Leah that has been missing for the last couple of days, I think to myself. Of course Leah hears me and laughs. "Did you miss her?" "You know I did." I answer back, bumping my shoulder into her side.

"Stop flirting and move your ass. We're waiting on you. And Sam is pissed." Embry's voice floods our ears. Leah gives a very unladylike snort through the connection and asks, "Is he pacing again?"

"Of course," Embry answers. "Oh, gee we had best hurry then. Don't want our precious alpha to pace himself to death." Leah answers back, full of sarcasm, and shoots off. I quickly follow and we reach the clearing in no time.

The entire pack is there, all phased except for Sam. Seth, who is the most comfortable in his wolf form, is rolling around in the grass and occasionally scratching behind his ear with his back paw.

Brady and Colin are trying to think up ways to annoy Sam once he finally phases into wolf form. We all ask why and they show us the memory of what happened right before they got here. Before the meeting they were eating some of the authentic tacos and burritos they got from their escape to New Mexico. (A/N: mentioned last chapter)

Sam ordered them to go outside, phase, and get everyone else ready, which wouldn't have been a problem if Sam hadn't come outside 2 minutes later with the white cheese from their burritos smeared all over his face. "Dude, what the FUCK?" Brady roared, while Colin tried to keep his eyes from watering. "Te quiero taco." He says in a pitiful voice.

"Sorry, guys. I hadn't eaten today. The Alpha's got to keep his strength up. Come on, let's go." Sam says, with a sheepish look on his face right before he takes off like a bat outta hell into the woods.

"Fat bastards lying, I just watched him eat all of Emily's apple pie not even thirty minutes ago. I tried to snatch a crumb from the pan and he slapped my hand." Colin whines.

Brady wraps his arm around Colin's shoulder and mutters in the most menacing voice any of us have ever heard Brady use, "We'll get that no good son of a republican humping bitch. If it's the last thing we do, we will avenge our tacos!"

Colin sniffles, but then brightens up. "Sam's mama is a republican?" Brady stops walking and thinks for a second. "I don't think so, but I'm pretty sure Sam is. Otherwise, why would he always have that stick up his ass about everything?"

At the word ass, huge smiles brighten Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum's faces. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking, brother?" Colin asks. "Why, yes. Yes, I think I am." Brady answers. We all watch as Brady and Colin run off after Sam and the flashback ends.

"Dude! You really went to New Mexico?" Embry asks. "Where the hell is my burrito? You guys didn't bring me any?" Paul growls. He starts drooling at the thought of the deliciousness. Leah just lays down on the ground and covers her eyes with her front paws. I can feel her embarrassment and general wish to be anywhere but here in her mind. I for one agree with her.

Sam is still pacing, but now that I really look at him, I think he's just trying to work off those tacos and burritos he just ate. He's even starting to bend his legs a little, almost like he's doing squats. I sigh and have to look away. This is our leader, I think as I shake my head. Leah's voice rings clear as she says, "He doesn't have to be."

Instantly, all the others good mood changes and they turn to look at me. I can hear in their brains how the majority of them feel their wolf yearning to yield to me, as their true alpha. The hesitant ones worry about how this will effect Sam. I look away again, trying to avoid their searching eyes.

We all feel the ripple in the air as Sam finally phases. We all straighten up and try our best to not think about what Leah just said. That is everyone but Seth, who has now taken to chewing on his haunch. Dude, gross.

"Now!" we all hear Brady roar. Colin shouts out, "Sam let Emily stick her finger up his ass during sex once!"Then Brady blasts us with a second hand memory of the event that Sam obviously let slip once.

I can't help it. I blow chunks. I'm not the only one either. Embry is emptying his stomach not to far from me. Seth is trying his best to keep Leah from scratching her eyes out.

Brady and Colin are rolling around on the ground, laughing their asses off. Jared is rocking back and forth, as though traumatized. Quil is freaking out.

"She cooks with those hands. I ate muffins that that finger touched. I've had the taste of Sam's ass in my mouth. Oh dear God, I gave Clair bear some of those muffins! I have to go disinfect Clair!" He thinks right before he shoots off towards his imprints house.

Paul simply mutters, "Lucky Sam, the girl's a freak," and lays back down. I look at him in disgust. He feels me looking at him incredulously. "I may have to get your sister to try it, only it would be my finger that does the exploring." This causes Embry to throw up again and for me to lunge at him.

"Everyone stop! Quil get back here." Sam alpha commands us all. Instantly, I'm on the ground again, Leah has stopped physically attacking herself, and Quil is on his way back.

"Brady. Colin. I'll deal with you later." He says sternly while staring them down. "Like how Emily dealt with your ass? You gonna stick it to us?" Colin says, sending him a doggy smirk. Brady laughs, hangs his head, and mutters, "Fat bitch."

Sam loses his cool then and pounces on Brady and Colin. He swats them a few times, not enough to cause any real damage, just enough to make them submit. "How dare you disrespect Emily?" Sam growls as he pushes their heads into the ground.

"I was talking about you, fatass. You ate our food." Brady whines. Sam just shakes his head and lets them up. We all just sit and watch as the two cubs get up and trot back into line. "We don't have time for this. The Cullen's will be here any minute."

Quil finally reappears and Sam begins to tell us his plan.

Leah POV

My eyes hurt. I think I scratched my retinas when I was trying to pull my eyeballs out. It seemed like a good idea at the time; but now that I think about it, it was stupid. Emily and Sam's sexcapades would probably be burned into my memory forever and would be the last thing I ever saw. Yuck.

Well either that or Jake and mine moment of spark inspired insanity. Fuck was I thinking? I don't like him, I don't. And I definetly don't like his sex. Nope, that Jesus penis is just not for me.

Seth's head whizzes at me so fast I swear I see him blur. "What the hell?" While everybody was so busy watching the Sam vs. Pups beat down I had let my mind wander. Thank god, no one but Seth caught my mistake. 'Leah, what the hell is,' He started to ask when I cut him off. "Nothing, Seth. Nothing, pay attention to Sam." "What the fuck? Do you have brain damage? You never would tell me to listen to Sam," he hisses at me.

I'm going to respond when Sam does the first decent thing he's done in years and yells at me to pay attention. "Leah, Seth pay attention this is important." He shouts. Apparently, the battle over burritos is over and Sam is ready to get down to business.

"I've been thinking this over since Jacob and Leah told me about the leech's vision. It's obvious that the Cullen's got us into this mess and they are just going to keep causing us trouble. I think it's time we made another treaty."

Instant chaos as everyone's mind begins to shout questions at Sam. "What kind of treaty," Jacob barks. "Why do we need a new one," Seth questions. "What will be the new rules," Embry and Jared ask in unison. "Silence!" Sam alpha commands us again.

He's really on a roll with the orders tonight. Jerkoff douche-drinking fat ass, I think. He hears me and growls. Whatever.

"I think we need a new treaty….with the new vampires. The Volturi are only after us because they see us as a threat because they see the Cullens as a threat. The Cullens are a large coven, the largest we have ever come in contact with. They have the power to try and defy the Volturi. If we side with them, we can get rid of the Cullens and all the danger that comes with being so close to their territory. The Volturi will be indebted to us for getting rid of their rival coven. And better yet, they will go back to Italy and we will never have to worry about them."

We all sit in silence, trying to make sense of Sam's twisted logic. The plan makes no sense. It's already bad enough that we have a treaty with vampires at all, but at least the Cullens are 'vegetarians'. The Volturi are the evil, human draining vampires that we have feared for years. Why would we side with them?

And if we defeat the Cullens, the only coven big and strong enough to ever challenge the Volturi, wouldn't that make us a bigger threat to them? We don't even really know the Cullen's relationship with the Volturi. From what I heard, the leader Carlisle has some sort of friendship with them.

I send my thinking in Sam's direction with as much strength as I can. 'Sam, you're making a huge mistake. This is the stupidest thing you've ever done." "Leah, you wouldn't understand. It's for the best. Now I called the Cullens earlier and told them I've changed the meeting to 12:30, we will ambush them when they get here but I need everyone to clear your minds as they approach. All we really have is the element of surprise here, and if the mind reader hears our plans it'll be a fair fight."

Oh, shit. He's lost it. "The power has driven him mad!" I think in a crazy scientist voice. "Leah!" Sam shouts at me. "You will respect my wishes and you will do as I say." He alpha commands me. The force of his order floors me and I'm laid out at his feet, desperately trying to get up to beat his ass. What the fuck?

"The rest of the pack sees I'm right in doing this. It's for the best. This new you, the one only consumed with thoughts of wanting to be happy, has made you weak. Do what's best for your tribe. Do what's best for your pack, for your brothers, for yourself." He spits at me in a self-righteous voice.

At his words, I concentrate on the rest of the pack, trying to gauge their reactions. Most of them are skeptical of Sam's pack but are not willing to stand up to him. Just from seeing how he dealt with Brady and Colin earlier shows that he's at the end of his thread. He will result to violence if any of the males try to undermine him, and none of them have a shot of surviving a fight with the alpha. Except for Jake.

My thoughts focus on his mind. While the rest of the pack is worried about the upcoming battle and my safety, Jake is just plain furious. I watch as he breaths heavily and his powerful muscles tense under the russet fur. His eyes are piercing and white puffs of air escapes his nostrils even though its nowhere near cold outside. He's frightening and all too dangerous right now.

I search through the collective pack mind and find Jake's thoughts. I surprised to find that the spark we shared earlier is back, worse than ever in his thoughts. Only this time, instead of lust it is full of rage. I can feel his resolve to protect me, to attack Sam for daring to command me. It is clear that if Sam physically hurts me that Jake will go for the kill, and with the way he looks and is thinking right now Sam wouldn't stand a chance.

Jake's thoughts are pure animal right now. The wolf has fully taken over the seventeen year old boy. I can feel the rest of the pack now becoming aware of Jacob's mindset and becoming worried.

"Leah!" Sam roars. "Are you even paying attention?" He says just before he swats my head, so that I'm looking at him once more. It is not a painful swat, it is obvious that Sam was not trying to hurt me when he did it. Obvious to everyone but Jacob, that is.

He pounces on Sam so quickly that I don't even see him move. One second he's standing on the other side of the clearing watching Sam swat my head and the next he has Sam beneath him on the ground a few yards away and is savagely cutting into his underbelly with his claws.

"Jacob! No! Stop!" I shout as I shoot up and try to break up the fight. Suddenly, Paul, of all people, jumps in front of me and blocks me from the struggle. "He'll be fine. His mind is clear now, Leah." Paul whispers to me. I struggle to get past Paul but he won't let me. I stop my racing around and focus on Jake. Paul is right. It's like I was imagining the crazy wolf induced rage.

"No you weren't. We all felt it too. I think towards the end Sam even felt it. What the fuck was that, Leah?" he asks me, and I can feel the rest of the pack's curiosity underneath their worry for their two brothers fighting.

"I don't know." I whisper as I try to focus on Jake's mind again. He and Sam are arguing over the battle with the Cullens. "This is stupid, Sam. We don't stand a chance against the Cullens. At least not like this. Do you really think the entire pack will survive this? Some of us will die!" "It's a chance I'm willing to take, Jacob. Some will have to fall to protect the greater good. This is for the best." Sam responds, while snapping at Jake's throat.

"Think about Bella, Jake. If we kill the Cullens she will be free to be with you. She won't marry Cullen and she won't change. Its what's best for her, right." Sam tries to reason with Jake.

A part of me wants to roll my eyes at Sam for going there and another part of me wants to fall to pieces from seeing Jake giving in. He slows down and it seems as if he's going to give in to Sam.

Paul gives me a strange look that I can't interpret. I don't dwell on it as Sam asks Jake another question. "You've been waiting for an opportunity like this, haven't you Jake? You hate the mind reader and would love the chance to end him."

At Sam's words I'm filled with a sudden panic. I had been thinking of the Cullens as a collective whole and not as the individuals themselves. I hadn't built a strong friendship with any of the others but I had grown to feel strongly for Edward. He was my friend.

I knew that Jake wouldn't hesitate at the chance to kill him but I couldn't let that happen. Immediately I summoned up all the good memories I had with Edward, especially the ones of him getting along with the pack at the club and at the diner.

"This is wrong. The Cullens are not our enemies. Well, they are but they try their best not to be. We have no fight against them. We wouldn't stand a chance against the Volturi without them. We need them." I try to reason with the rest of my pack.

Seth quickly jumps on the bandwagon and helps with his memories of Edward and the rest of the Cullens as well. I see that we have reached most of them and their confusion continues to grow. Even Jake begins to falter. Sam senses this and fights back harder, forcing Jake to retaliate.

"See what they are doing to your pack mates, Jacob? They have made them weak. They have lost their way. You and I are the only ones to really hate them as we should." Thoughts of Jake hating them for forcing him to change and for taking Bella, rushes the packs mind.

Sam's mind surprises me though. For a split second I see his true reasons for hating the vampires. He blames them for making him hurt me. This notion floors me. He shakes it off quickly and tries to reason with Jacob some more.

"See what they have done with Leah? They have ruined her life." I growl at him. Keep me out of this you asshole. He ignores me and continues. "It's your friendship Jake that is helping to make her better, not Cullens. He will just make her worse. Look, she's acting like her old bitter self all over again. Getting rid of them will help your friend, not just Bella."

I see Sam's reasoning in his head for why he is using me as a catalyst. He thinks that Jake has strong feelings towards me, of the platonic kind, which is why he attacked him for swatting me.

Sadly, Jacob thinks some things that aren't all that platonic. For some reason he thinks about the look on my face as I climaxed in his room just hours ago.

While I have to admit that the sweaty hair, eyes squeezed shut, and mouth wide open look works pretty well for me (NOT!) I do not appreciate him broadcasting it for the rest of the pack to see. Apparently, Sam doesn't appreciate it either.

The fight that had been winding down is now being fought with a vengeance. Sam's mind is nothing but rage and fury while Jake's mind has gone into that full on scary wolf mode, he's so good at doing.

I watch the fight, eyes wide, heart racing, while trying my best to ignore the smug and questioning glances from the rest of the pack. Oh, and Seth. I'm trying to ignore Seth, who is bawling like a baby. "I did not want to see that. I did not!" He wails, through his doggy tears.

The blood is flowing steadily between the two massive wolves fighting in the clearing. Both a little worse for wear. Jake is bleeding heavily from a cut over his left eye and has bite marks all over his neck. Sam's belly has been sliced to ribbons and he's limping on his left hind leg.

Sam's gets hold of Jacob's throat again and this time is able to pin him on the ground shaking him. He shakes him ruthlessly and I panic. I want to throw myself into the fight but a lesser ranking wolf isn't allowed to intrude on a fight between alphas.

I catch a whiff of super sweet candy, mothballs, and death and know that the Cullens are near. I don't know whether I should warn them or to try to get them to break up the fight. As I'm staring in the direction that I know the Cullens will appear at I hear a pitiful whine from Jacob.

Fuck this, I think as I race around Paul in the direction of the Cullens. "Stop her!" Sam shouts and the pack has no choice but to come after me. "Edward!" I shout, knowing he can hear me. "It's a trap, Sam wants to kill you all. And he has Jacob!" I shout as loud as I can as I race towards them.

I can see them now. They have stopped walking and suddenly I see Edward disappear. I can't see where he went but I soon realize as he appears out of nowhere and scoops me out of the way of Sam's jaws, which were inches away from ripping my throat out.

I had been so busy trying to get Edward attention, so he could save Jacob and send his family to safety that I didn't realize that Sam had released Jake to come after me. I landed on the ground with such force that I broke my left leg and howled in pain. I immediately phased back, not giving a shit about my nakedness and cradled my leg to my chest.

"Sam, you stupid fucker!" I shouted from the ground, behind Edward who crouched in front of me in a defensive stance. I guess Sam wasn't finished with me or he was now after Edward because he sprung towards us, blood dripping from his mouth, obviously out for the kill. When Jacob barreled into him, knocking him out of the way.

Sam landed badly, but jumped back up and the fight between them began again. Edward turned around to inspect my leg and wrapped me in his jacket (that he had no business wearing by the way, seriously why did he bring that shit). It smelled awful but the pain from my leg was a nice distraction from it. Complete sarcasm here by the way.

As Edward poked and prodded my leg, I strained to see what was going on behind him. Edward's broad back was in the way. All I heard was deafening growls, vicious snarls, squelching and the breaking of bones. I was scared out of my mind.

Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I slapped Edward upside his head and ordered "Move." He rolled his eyes and glanced behind him, turning around quickly. "Jacob's fine, Leah. Trust me." I glared at him. "Move. Now!" "I have to try and see the damage to your leg, Leah. I can," I started to argue with me when I cut him off. "You can move your sparkly ass! I need to make sure he's ok."

He grumbled something under his breath and moved to sit next to me on the grass. "I didn't save you, just for you to become a cripple, you know." "I'll heal dumbass." I said, not looking away from the brutal fight. "Thank you, though." He just chuckled and scooted closer. "Anytime, Clearwater."

I turned all my attention to the fight and the pack. Like Edward said, I had nothing to worry about. Jake was beating Sam like he was a piñata. I watched as he picked Sam up by the throat, hurled him at a tree, trotted (yes, the cocky muthafucka trotted) over to Sam's limp body, picked him up and threw him again.

The pack watched, stunned. I could tell that they were worried about Sam but were unable to do anything. It was almost like they had all been alpha commanded not to pass a certain space in the clearing. I saw Jared toeing an invisible line a few times, eager to go help his best friend.

I cringed as I watched Jake slice in Sam's already ruined stomach. Sam's limp body shuddered and blood poured out of his mouth as he gulped for air.

"He's going to kill him." I finally realized as I said it out loud to Edward. I turned to look at him and knew I was right by the grave expression on his face. "He can only be alpha once the current alpha is dead." "What? He's doing this to be alpha?" I shout, cursing my earlier thoughts about Jake taking over in my head.

"He isn't having an coherent thoughts right now. He's completely been taken over by his wolf. He keeps thinking about making Sam submit and punishing him for trying to hurt you." Edward says. I look back at the fight and see that Sam doesn't have much longer if Jake keeps on like he's doing.

"He's fading." Edward says, confirming my thoughts. I can't let him do this. I can't let him become a murderer. No matter how much Sam hurt me, I won't let Jacob kill him. Jake would never forgive himself.

"What are you going to do?" Edward asks, suddenly concerned. "I'm going to stop him." I say as I pull myself up onto my good leg. I stumble and immediately Edward is there to catch me. I push him off and with a strength I didn't know I had, I limp across the clearing towards the blood bath.

I feel Edward behind me, following me closely. "If one of them tries to hurt you, I'm grabbing you and bringing you home." I don't acknowledge him, just keep forcing myself along.

I watch as Jake lifts his paw, one last time to land his death blow and I scream out his name as loud as I can. I'm finally nearing him and I can see the extent of his damages. It seems like every strand of his fur is covered in blood, his eye is swollen and his right paw is broken. He has a chuck of meat missing from his side, and I see that he is exhausted but is refusing to give up. To let go.

"Jacob!" I shout one more time. I'm right in front of him now. My yell alerts him to my presence and I watch, in slow motion almost, as he swings around and lunges for me. I feel Edwards strong arms encase me, ready to run as fast as he can away from the danger. I hear Seth's human voice scream my name, as he phased as soon as Jake turned around, terrified I'd be killed.

And I see the acknowledgment in Jacob's eyes as he realizes it's me before him. He phases back in the blink of an eye and stumbles forward. Edward lets go of me and I step forwards to try and keep him from falling flat on his face. i place our combined weight on my bad leg and almost pass out from the pain. Once he hears my cry of pain, Jake struggles to stand up straight on his own.

He turns to face the pack, all of whom have phased back as well. "You can go help him now," Jake says in a calm voice. Jared and Paul shoot over to Sam's unconscious body and try to get him to phase back as well. He slowly does and the carnage is nauseating.

Jacob stares down at him and finally says, "I never wanted to hurt him. I …my wolf took over… and…." He's at a loss for words.

The pack looks at him, with concern, fear, awe, and confusion on their faces. Apparently whatever was going on in Jacob's mind during the fight was enough for them because they take his explanation calmly.

"I'm accepting my Alpha claim." Jacob states, and everyone gapes at him. He stands up even straighter and it's as if all his injuries have faded away. "But I'm starting my own pack. I refuse to listen to Sam's nonsense and will stand with the Cullens when the Volturi comes. Anyone who wants to do the right thing is free to join."

The pack stares in shock at Jacob's words. It's been common knowledge from the beginning that Jacob was meant to be alpha. We just never thought he would split us up.

"I'm in," I say, stumbling a bit, trying to catch my balance. Edward reaches out to steady me and I can feel the jealousy from Jake oozing from the spark between us. I'm surprised but don't pay it that much attention.

"You're worth following," I say with a shrug, which is kind of hard to do from within Edward's stone cold arms. I hear him chuckle from behind me but I'm solely focused on Jake. He's staring at me with such intensity. I have no idea what he's thinking but I can't look away.

"I'm in too." I hear Seth shout as he skips over. No surprise there. He'd follow Jake to the ends of the Earth, especially if Edward's going to be there. Edward chuckles again.

Seth comes to stand near us and Jake pats his shoulder. We look at our old pack for a few seconds, all of us wondering what this will mean for us all. "Let's go," Jake whispers and we all turn to leave.

I stumble a bit and wince in pain. Edward swoops his arm underneath my legs and hoists me into his arms, bridal style. "I was fine," I huff at him. He just laughs some more. "Sure you were but I repeat, I did not save you for you to become a damn cripple, Clearwater. Just shut up and let your friend carry you." I laugh and ruffle his hair.

I hear Jake's low growl and feel the spike of jealousy in the spark. I look over at him, confused. "Calm down, Jacob. You're in too much pain to carry her right now anyway." Edward hisses. I glance at him, the confusion growing. Edward is never rude. What's up with that, I think.

We're near the end of the clearing now, almost on Cullen territory when we hear it. "Ah, fuck it. Wait for us." "Yeah, you need us. What the fuck kind of pack only has three wolves?" Brady and Colin shout as they race towards us.

I can't help but laugh. Jake stares at them wide eyed. I doubt he expected them to come, probably Embry and Quil but not the dumbasses.

"Jake, do you solemnly swear never, and I mean never, to steal food from us?" Brady and Colin ask, completely serious. Jake looks at them like their crazy and shakes his head. "Promise Jake. Promise or we'll go back with Sam." Colin whines.

"I didn't want you in the first place," I hear Jake mutter under his breath. I elbow his side from with Edward's arms and watch him wince in pain. "Fine. Sure, sure. I'll never steal your damn food."

Brady and Colin nod their heads, pleased. "We accept. We'll gladly join your pack." Brady answers for them. Edward, Jake, and I watch as they walk ahead, Seth running to join them.

I look around at my new pack, already sort of missing my old one. We had just started to get along and Sam had to go fuck it all up. As always. Edward laughs again and I grin at him. Jacob looks over at us, annoyed. Edward laughs some more at whatever it is that Jake is thinking. I reach out and grab Jake's hand and hold it in mine.

It feels a little awkward to be in Edward's arms and holding Jacob's hand. But then again, it's an awkward relationship we all have. I'm falling in love with my new alpha, whose in love with the girlfriend of my new vampire friend. Damn, we're fucked up. Edward laughs again and nods his head in agreement. "You have no idea how fucked up we are." He whispers in my ear, as he pulls me closer to him. "Can't get much more fucked up then this," I say as I clutch Jacob's hand closer. "You're wrong." I hear Edward whisper as we reach the Cullen mansion. "You're so wrong."

ANA: Review loves! Pretty pretty please. I'll give you a hot fudge sunday with Jacob, Edward and Embry on top. You know you want it, come on two hot wolves & a vamp with chocalate sauce & sprinkles on their chests. See told ya, you'd want it. (fyi, i think r patts is the ugliest guy ever. i saw years ago that Stephenie Meyer thought Henry Cavil (from the tudors and he's gonna play the new Superman, squeals with joy!) would make the perfect Edward but he was too old for the role. So therefore my Edward looks like him, not that gross conceited twat from the movies. And taylor lautner is hot but i alwasy picture this male model i met from Hollister as Jake. I know u probably dont care but i just wanted to put it out there that i have better taste than R Patts, since someone pm'ed me asking how i could find him attractive. answer = i don't. yuck).