A/N This is short, but still filling.I love crazy Bella and Edward, and they'll be prominent soon.

Chapter Fourteen - Takin' Care of Business Wolf Style, and New Living Arrangements

We sat in a circle, our paws overlapping one another chewing the remainder of James Victoria Laurent. Quil licked at Embry's ear, cleaning him up. He had a piece of James Victoria Laurent stuck to the side of his head.

Tastes like chicken. Seth's voice said.

He tastes good. That was Embry.

Yummy. And that was Quil, still licking Embry's ear, which was now making me uncomfortable.

I thought he was hard and chewy like pork rinds. Jacob said.

Embry spit out a small stone.

Sorry, got a really hard section.

We looked down at the phallic-looking stone.

We all quickly stood from sitting, clearing our throats, spitting at the ground, coughing like we were coughing up fur balls for at least five minutes.

I should change into a human. I said. I need to see how Alice is doing.

The wolves all let out a collective whimper and short howl.

You all love Alice too, don't you? I asked.

Their large heads nodded all at once.

She always feeds us and she knows who we are and never tells anyone. That's nice – the way she keeps our secret. Jacob was speaking.

Is that why you gave her a ride on your back? I asked him.

Yeah. I'll go with you to see how Alice is doing.

Okay. Um… how do we change back?

Think about changing back and then – voila – like this.

Four naked males were in front of me. The only one I stared at a little too long before turning away was Jacob. He made me think of becoming a human again, too.

They were all staring at me, except for my brother, Seth. When I looked down I realized why.

I quickly hid behind a tree.

"Can one of you get me something to put on?" I asked, nearly dying of embarrassment.

"Seth," Jacob ordered, "run back to your house and get some clothes for Leah from your mom."

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Seth retrieved some jeans and a T-shirt that said "World's #1 Mom." I questioned his mental capability once again.

Jake and the others wore some shorts or sweats, and we walked out from the woods to Jake's house. He called around to find out what happened with the Cullen's home and found out they were all at Forks Hospital, and they told him I died in the fire.

Jacob relayed, "They said you died in the fire. That makes me kind of sad."

"I'm not dead."

"Oh good – then I'm happy." He smiled, and I questioned why I was so in love with this dim and hot wolf boy. I think wolf-changing had ill affects on the brain – that and all the pot smoking.

Jacob drove us to the hospital and we ran inside. When Esme saw me she grabbed around my shoulders, hugging me tightly. "We thought you were dead. Thank goodness you're not. I hate planning funerals."

"I…" I had to think over what to tell them. I couldn't say I became a giant wolf and ran out of the fire with them on my back. "I guess I wandered out to the woods and Jacob found me. I was a little out of it."

Jasper waved to me, with a slight smile and mouthed "thank you." I think he knew, or Alice told him, that I was the wolf that carried them on my back. He sat beside Emmett and Rose.

Emmett was holding around Rose as they sat in a chair, comforting her. When I saw her I asked, "Where's Alice?"

"She's in a room recovering." Rose then leapt from the chair. "You're alive!" She hugged around me tightly, bouncing me up and down in her arms. "Alice will be so happy."

"I'm not," Edward walked up with a combination expression of seething and glowering. "I thought you died in the fire."

"I didn't."

"I see you've become a mom."

"I didn't become a mom – I had to borrow a shirt."

"From a mom?"

"Yeah Edward, from my mom - actually. Where's Bella? Stuck in a fan somewhere?"

"How'd you know? It came out of nowhere from the corner of the cafeteria in the hospital. EVIL FANS!"

Esme took my hand, "oh you two kids. Leah why don't you go in and see Alice? She's been asking for you. We didn't want to tell her you were dead. I guess it's good that you aren't."

I nodded, and then she led me down the corridor to Alice's room.

Alice was in the middle of the bed with a breathing tube in her nostrils. She looked especially small in the middle of the hospital bed. There was an IV with clear liquid running into her arm and then other monitors beside the bed and a small clip attached to her finger.

Her eyes opened when I entered and she smiled, her big brown eyes brightening my mood. She looked like she was going to pull through.

"I'll leave you two alone," Esme said and left me in the room.

I walked up to Alice's bed and then held her hand. "How are you doing?"

"Okay. Rose gave me CPR. I breathed too much smoke they said."

"It's probably best not to breathe smoke in the future then."

"Yeah," she giggled. "I saw you. I saw you and thought you were a pretty…" she looked toward the door, and then, "wolf."

"Thanks. I'm sorry that James Victoria Laurent hurt you because of me. We took care of him. He won't hurt you ever again."

"You and Jacob, and the other wolves in your pack?"

"Yes."

"Did he taste good?"

"Not really."

"He was a vampire, wasn't he?"

"I'm not sure. We pretty much pounced on him and ate him right way and he didn't talk much. I did pull off a thigh."

"That's my favorite part from KFC."

"Mine too. I wanted both thighs but then Seth stole one."

"Well – that's how brothers are some times."

"Yeah. All the wolves worried over you. They like you a lot and hope you get better. Jacob's even here."

"That's really nice of them. Tell your pack not to worry. I can leave tomorrow. I guess I'm being monitored tonight."

"Better safe than sorry. I was worried too, and so I'm so…" I sniffed, starting to cry, "I'm so happy you're okay."

"I'm happy you are too. I'm also happy you finally became a wolf and found your family."

She placed her other hand over my hand that was holding her hand and we held hands for awhile.

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I sat on the bed at my mom, Sue Clearwater's house, writing in my journal:

The Cullen's had no house to live in and so my mom, Sue Clearwater, invited them to stay at her house. She wanted to repay them for keeping me. It was rather strange. She was also dating my… nemesis - Bella's dad, the sheriff, Charlie Swan. I realized if they got married I would be Bella's half-sister. The wonderfulness of finding my mom continued to take a more downward shift.

I had a hit placed on me by my dad, Harry Clearwater, that I would never tell another soul about because I didn't want to make my mom or brother sad. The hit man was a pasty-chested guy named, James Victoria Laurent, that my new wolf pack and I killed and ate. He wasn't very tasty, in my opinion; although, Embry and Quil enjoyed more than their share, but then I think they were stoned.

While JVL (I'll shorten it to his initials since I'm tired of typing – I mean writing – his name) was trying to kill me and my dad, I survived because I think I shape-shifted into a wolf – but, I'm not sure. I began to think over how I survived all the fires. I was followed around by the possible vampire hit man, JVL, who burned down foster homes throughout my life. It made no sense, but I was used to things not making sense.

I then realized I didn't care enough about my other foster families to change into a wolf and save them – especially those lesbians, K. Stewart and A. Greene [BaDum], who despite being really hot they just didn't do it for me like Jacob. Oh wait, they were supposed to be parental figures. I think I'll erase that section later.

Anyhow, I might have shifted and that's how I ended up outside the fire. But, for some reason I loved the Cullen's enough to shift and then save them. I especially loved my best friend, Alice Cullen, and I had to save her. I think my heart would have completely broken if I lost her.

I also wondered if part of the reason I changed and was finally aware of the change was because my wolf pack lived nearby and I had to be near them for my wolf transition to be complete.

"Were you aware you said all that out loud?" Alice asked me as she sat on the bed in my room at my mom's house.

"Oh I did?"

She hugged me close. "I love you too."

"Thanks."

Rose walked in the room. "Oh can you believe how small this place is? We all have to share this bed."

"We do." Alice grinned widely, looking up at the beautiful Rose and then over to me. "Wow – guess I'm in the middle."

[BA DUM]

A/N Okay, lots of lesbian references. I know. *hee* I couldn't help myself. BTW, I think Ashley Greene is absolutely beautiful. I love Kirsten Stewart also and I only mocked them for the story. I would never mock their awesome acting skills and beauty if not for use in a parody. (I think I mentioned the Stewart-Greene household in Chap. 5 of this story.)

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