A/N: Hi all. I am so sorry. I know it's been ages but was sick and then uni went back and then I had a break down plus a writer's block. I'm hoping that this chapter will make up for it since this is where the story starts to move forward. This chapter is dedicated to WhatEverxx for being so patient. I'm sorry I didn't fulfil my promise.
Chapter 11
Bella, Seth and Leah had been running the Forks pack for 4 months. They had settled into a routine and a life together where they were comfortable and had fun. They hadn't let anyone else in though gaining an even colder reputation than the Cullen's had had when it came to socializing. They suck to each other and that was it. Bella was careful to keep tabs on the La Push pack; just to be sure there was no backlash to her own after she upturned their entire hierarchy. Jacob seemed to be running things well and had continued to honour his agreement with Bella. He sent reports of pack schedules so she would know who was patrolling the borders and when. It made it easy to make sure Leah was never on at the same time as Sam or Paul. Charlie still wanted nothing to do with Bella and tended to pretend she didn't exist whenever they crossed paths in town, from what Jacob had written, he didn't speak to Billy anymore either. Bella was okay with this since it meant Charlie was out of danger and she didn't have to worry about a curfew or anything else that a parent would insist on.
School was entertaining for them all. They kept away from everyone else and now the entire school ignored them after an incident with Mike that involved him shoving his tongue down a very unwilling Bella's throat and almost losing his manhood because of it. As it was he had a broken nose and a black eye…and a couple of broken ribs. Needless to say after that the three were rather feared and everyone gave them a wide berth. Personally the three found it amusing. Just because they had to protect the idiot's they went to school with didn't mean they had to like them. They preferred each other anyway, being able to understand each other in a way no one else could, the mark drawing them together in a way nobody could ever understand. That said, sometimes they could know too much about each other.
"Seth! What have I told you about wearing clothes in the house! Don't walk around naked for Christ's sake. We don't need to see that stuff!" Bella exclaimed as Seth wondered into the kitchen naked…again.
"Come on Bells. It's not like you don't see me naked anytime we shift anyway." Seth whined.
"Shifting is one thing, around the house is another. Clothes on little wolf." Bella said with a smirk.
Seth growled and stormed off; slamming his door but not before a smile tugged at the corners of his lips over the fond nickname Bella gave him when she was being a big sister to him.
"I think he likes you better than me."
Bella laughed as Leah entered the room.
"Nah, he just has to obey me cos I'm his Alpha." She said.
That made Leah laugh.
"Please. You never act like an Alpha unless we're running patrols. You won't even order Seth to clean his room." She said.
"Why bother? Eventually he's gonna trip over something and break his precious tv or game consoles and I'm not buying him new ones." Bella said with a smirk.
Leah just laughed and moved to straddle Bella's waist.
Over the past four months the two girls had settled into a comfortable relationship that they both knew would end peacefully the moment one of them imprinted because unlike with Sam, Leah already knew what could happen and they were more friends-with-benefits than in love.
Leah sighed and curled up against Bella.
"So who's running tonight?" she asked softly.
"I think Seth can take a shift. And you can join me in my room without worrying about what Seth may hear."
Leah smirked.
"That sounds like a good plan."
Bella smiled and kissed the top of Leah's head before picking the girl up bridal style and heading for her bedroom.
"But first…movie marathon. I'm thinking Resident Evil."
Leah just laughed and nodded.
"Seth, you're up tonight." Bella said as she passed his door.
"Yeah, yeah. Just don't wear my sister out too much cos she's totally running tomorrow night." Seth called.
The girls just smirked as Bella kicked the door shut behind them.
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"Still can't believe you're doing my sister." Seth whined.
"Oh my god Seth! Seriously? Never say that again. And that's an order. Just gross." Bella said with a shiver.
"What? It's true." Seth said.
"You didn't need to say it like that. And I don't want to talk about that kind of stuff with you. You're Leah's little brother. It's just weird and wrong to talk to you about this kind of stuff." Bella pointed out.
"Whatever. I just don't know why you're trying to be in a relationship when neither of you imprinted on the other?" Seth said, confused.
Bella sighed and stopped running.
She and Seth had decided to take a run after having enough of the humans at school. They were all overtired and overworked and while Leah had just decided to stay home and sleep in Bella's bed all day, Bella and Seth had at least attempted school. They had lasted until lunch before bailing and deciding to take a run instead. It was their way of bonding to go out and run or work out together. While Seth was playful and active Bella was patient but had a lot of emotions that she found she could work out with Seth who loved to make games out of their runs. They turned everything into a competition and unlike Leah, who liked to stick to one activity at a time; Bella was able to keep up with Seth's constant shifting of attention.
"Seth…it's complicated I guess. It's just that…your sister and I are both wolves. That means that we both understand about imprinting. If Leah met her imprint today I wouldn't begrudge her a thing. I would wish her the best and do everything I could to make sure her imprint makes her happy. And she would do the same for me. Leah is my best-friend and she always will be but we both know that one day we are going to meet our imprints, one of us before the other. And that's okay. I'm not going to hurt your sister…and she won't hurt me either." Bella explained.
Seth nodded.
"I know. I just don't want anything to happen to us. We're a team and you're like the best Alpha ever. I don't want to lose that." He said, voice soft.
Bella smiled slightly. Seth was a warm hearted kid and she truly loved him like her own little brother.
"Nothing is going to happen to any of us. Okay?" she asked.
Seth nodded and smiled at her.
"Okay then. Let's get home then. I don't know about you but I could use some sleep." She said with a grin.
She held her fist out and Seth grinned before bumping his own fist against hers. It had become their thing after he had made her do it after their first training session together on their own.
"You bet. Race ya?" he asked.
Bella grinned and jumped up but froze right as she went to start running.
"Bella?" Seth asked.
Bella inhaled sharply.
"Vampire…" she murmured.
"What?" Seth asked, confused.
Bella looked around quickly.
"There's a vampire close by. Heading towards town I think. Come on, time to see just how useful all this running has been." She said.
Seth suddenly picked up the scent.
"Right. You got it Bells. Shifting time." He said.
Bella nodded and they both began to shed clothes as they started to run. After a few steps and now shirtless with their jean shorts unbuttoned the two leapt into the air as they jumped over a log and shifted mid jump, running towards the scent of vampire and their first real fight as wolves.
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Across town Leah who had been making lunch in the kitchen felt the change in her pack members and heard Bella's voice in her head.
{Leah. We've got a vampire in town.}
Leah was already running for the door.
{On my way. Try and save some fun for me.}
She could hear the brief laughter of her pack mates in her head before they finally caught up with the vampire and the fight began. When she felt Seth get hurt she sped up her running and forced herself to go faster to try and help him. Bella was holding her own and doing her best but it was obvious that without any experience she was having some trouble and was trying to protect Seth who, even with the special abilities he gained by being in Bella's pack, was still small and inexperienced and was a the end of the day, a stubborn and rash teenage boy.
Leah was tearing through the forest now and could tell she was close. She was approaching a meadow of some kind that looked like all the plants in it had died but were slowly coming back to life.
She could now see Seth lying on the ground and Bella fighting with the vampire but they were moving so fast she couldn't distinguish who the vampire was. Checking quickly on Seth she made sure he was okay before turning to the fight and running towards the vampire, slamming into it and throwing all three back in different directions.
She struggled back up to her feet as Bella and the vampire did the same and finally got her first good look at the vampire.
And that was when her world stopped turning.
[Oh god. I just imprinted.]
