"I don't know man she just came home and whacked me upside the head!" Seth complained on his house phone to Quil while he used his free hand to hold a bag of ice to his head. Quil laughed loudly causing Seth to pull the phone away from his ear.
"Why isn't it healing?" Seth shrugged dumbly before answering.
"I don't know but it stings. I wouldn't be surprised if I have a concussion." Seth pouted.
"Well what did you do to tick her off this time?" Quil asked.
"Nothin,"Seth screeched," I had just placed Myra in bed then she just comes in muttering something about school, Sam, oh and something about me and you being idiotic-"
"Wait how did I get dragged into the conversation? What did I do?" Quil said his volume raising out of surprise.
"I don't know man that's why I called to see if you-," Seth heard the phone beep," hey hold up man someone else is callin. I should probably see who it is, I'll call you back." Seth said quickly before placing the phone back on the receiver then waiting for it to immediately start ringing. This is what we get for not buying that phone with caller ID. The phone rang and Seth immediately picked up.
"Hello?" Seth asked.
"Hey Seth. Wassup?" Seth didn't answer at first, surprised that Jacob was calling him on the phone.
"Jake? Nothin much. I was just talkin to Quil."
"Oh sorry man, if you wanted to you can call him back or-"
"No no, it's cool. We don't get much time to hear from you as it is. Quil can wait." Seth said assuredly. Jacob chuckled.
"If you say so, hey maybe we can three-way or something." Jacob suggested. Seth agreed.
"You'll have to do it though, my phone's crap." Seth waited for a few seconds while Jacob dialed Quil's house. It was only a few more seconds before Quil's voice chimed into the conversation again.
"Seth?"
"Hey Quil." Seth said at the same time that Jacob said, "Wassup Quil?"
"Hey…guys," silence fell over the line. "So Jake did Seth tell you what Leah did to him?" Quil asked, amusement in his voice. Seth groaned in annoyance. Jacob confirmed that he had not.
"If you like the story so much you tell it." Seth whined to Quil who quickly obliged.
"Leah got back to their house about an hour ago after spending like 3 hours somewhere-"
"Wait Leah went out in this weather?" Jacob asked concerned.
"Yeah, I guess water doesn't bother her." Seth answered. Quil continued the story.
"Anyways, she got back, started flippin out on him, and knocked him upside the head!" Quil burst out into laughter. Jacob didn't get it.
"Ok…doesn't she do that to him like everyday?"
"Hey!" Seth screeched causing Quil to laugh some more although no one else was joining.
"That's not the best part Jake… he's still feeling the pain!" It only took a moment for the words to settle in Jacob's mind before he guffawed loudly.
"Are you serious?" Jacob managed to get out between breaths, "Dude I've broken my foot and it only took like a half hour to heal! She must've hit you hard!" Jacob exaggerated the last word. Quil was nearly suffocating by this point from laughter.
"He probably has brain damage!" Quil added as they erupted into even more laughs.
"Yeah yeah laugh all you want. I'm sick of getting all this ice, my head has melted through like two ice trays worth already." Seth admitted. The other ends of the line were filled with gasps as both were suffering from silent intense laughter.
"Oh…my…god…my sides…hurt!" Quil was probably doubled over.
"I know…what ...you mean!" Jacob panted out. It wasn't until Seth heard a loud thud come from one end of the line that he joined in the laughter realizing that Jacob had just fallen to the floor in a fit of giggles. This is ridiculous…they must both be really sleepy.
"You guys seriously need to get out more." Seth said chuckling as well.
"Says the soon to be teen pops with baby mama drama!" Quil managed to get out before collapsing himself from laughter.
"That's coming from the two pedos." Seth countered. Surprisingly the other two were already too far gone in their slap happy laughter to take offense.
"Dude we're incomplete without our third Musketeer Brady!" Jacob joked although Seth couldn't help the growl that built in his throat at the reminder.
"Speaking of… where are your two little girls?" Seth asked genuinely curious as to how he managed to hold on to his two friends so long.
"Claire's at home this week." Quil said quickly.
"Ness is on a stroll with Nahuel." Jacob said a little resentful.
"Nahuel?" Quil asked.
"Yeah he came to visit again. He was just here a few months ago. Alice saw that he wasn't getting in til tonight so Ness slept all day so she could play with him when he arrived." Jacob explained.
"Are you at your house then?" Seth asked curiously.
"Nope. At the Cullens still. I was getting a little bored with wrestling Emmett and playing 'Name that Unnatural Emotion' with Jasper."
"I thought you loved that game?" Quil asked. Jacob scoffed.
"Yeah until he screwed up Rosalie enough to make her think that I was a newborn baby."
"Aww that's kinda cruel… but I bet it was immensely funny!" Seth said.
"Immensely? Seriously Seth, I'm gonna need you to stop hanging around all those girls in that book club of yours, they're messin with your vocab." Quil stated.
"Ditto." Jacob added.
"I'm not in a book club-" Seth started to protest.
"Yeah sure whatever. Listen dudes, I'm gonna hit the hay because I'm so out of it right now, my microwave is starting to look like Elmo's face." Jacob laughed before he and Seth said their goodbyes to Quil.
"So why exactly did Leah freak out on you?" Jacob asked, having regained his composure.
"I'm not sure but I think it has something to do with Sam." Seth admitted after a pause.
"Sam?"
"Yeah, the rain washed most of the smell out but I distinctly smelled Sam on her."
"She probably went to visit Leo." Jacob offered. Seth wasn't convinced.
"Maybe…" Seth mumbled.
"You think there's something more to it?" Jacob asked curious as to why Seth was thinking so much on this.
"She…"Seth stopped not sure if he wanted to oust his sister's rainstorm escapades before he was sure of them himself. "She seemed, happier somehow when she came back."
"Leah, happy?" Jacob asked. Seth didn't miss the building excitement in the other's voice.
"Well maybe more along the lines of contentment. I'm not sure but she was smiling when she came through the door, even when she hit me and it felt like a Mack truck just rammed my head, she was…jovial about it." Seth said in wonder.
"Dude," Jacob said after a few seconds of weird silence, " I never thought I'd say this in a million years but listen to Quil and quit that book club. Jovial? Really? "
"I'm not in a freakin book club!" Seth all but yelled.
"Whatever dude. ..jovial," he chuckled," Hey I'll see ya later, Esme just made some Red Velvet cake."
"Yeah bye." Seth hung up just after hearing Esme call Jacob to the kitchen. Feeling a little jealous of Jacob's dessert, Seth decided to raid his own frig for sweets. Apples…celery…three day old meatloaf. He gave up on the frig and opened the freezer. Ben and Jerry's…yum! Just as he reached for it, he noticed the pint was labeled. Leah. He shrugged after reading her name, popped the top off and ate. I'll just get her some more later…besides she owes me for doing semi permanent damage to my head.
"I can't believe you." Tamyra stated.
"I can't even talk to you." Leah said before attempting to stomp away from her brother and his imprint. She stayed a good ten paces in front of them on their trek to the Cullen's house. It was only sprinkling outside so they decided not to take the car.
"She trusted you." Tamyra said defending Leah, "You knew she has been on a Peanut Butter ice cream kick all week!" She added. Seth just hung his head in shame. Apparently the pint ice cream he'd swiped the night before was meant to be Leah's breakfast. He had given up a mile back trying to defend himself against the two pregnant girls. When the mansion came into view Seth nearly cried out in joy. As they stepped through the front doors, the two girls were still nagging him. Edward raised an eyebrow curiously towards his young wolf friend.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
I'm never eating a pregnant woman's food ever again. Seth replied mentally. Edward smirked. Esme had apparently caught some of what the girls were saying and immediately tried to console Leah.
"Sweetie, I can fix you some Peanut Butter ice cream if you like. I'll even make the peanut butter cups myself." Esme said smiling. Seth noticed the gleam in Leah's eyes but knew his sister would still attempt to turn down the mother vampire.
"No thanks Esme, it's not a problem."
"I would love to make it for you though." Esme insisted. Seth knew Leah was about to cave. Jacob only sealed the deal when he ran in from the kitchen, blubbering something with food bits falling out of his mouth.
"Dis Wed Welvet cake is da bess!" Everyone gave him strange stares as he swallowed the last bits. "Seriously Lee, Esme can throw down when it comes to dessert! She made a red velvet cake last night" He smacked his lips for affect, "I nearly spit it out 'cause I didn't think my mouth was worthy to taste something so delicious." Jacob finished.
"Wow…and there's the epitome of glutton right there." Leah said, a few chuckled including Seth. She turned back to Esme. "If it's not too much trouble-" Leah didn't need to finish because Esme was already back in the kitchen.
"When are the other guys coming Jake?" Seth asked his alpha once the girls settled themselves down in the living room.
"Quil and Brady called a little after you guys did and said they were headed up here. Collin is coming with the LaPush pack." Seth raised an eyebrow in question at that. Jacob noticed. "Yeah I thought the same thing. I guess it makes sense though, he only felt comfortable here with you guys, and now both of you are… pretty distracted." Jacob stated. Seth caught on.
"I know that, but I don't think Brady realizes it." Jacob nodded his head at Seth's statement.
"Yeah, but I guess you can't force loyalty." Seth couldn't argue with that. "So did you…you know find out what was going on with your sis?" Jacob whispered even too low for Leah to hear in the other room. Seth shook his head.
"Nope but I know something's up because even when she found out I ate her ice cream, she was nowhere near as mad as she could be. Dude she didn't even hit me again!" Seth exclaimed. Jacob whistled in surprise. "I don't know what got into her."
"Or who." Jacob suggested. Seth punched him on the arm just as Quil and Brady could be heard entering the house. "I'm just sayin man, what else could it be?" Seth didn't answer Jacob, royally disgusted with his Alpha's insinuations.
"Guys it's already pouring outside and it's only going to get worse as the day goes on." Quil said once he caught sight of Jacob. "Are you sure this is good training weather?"
"Man up Quil!" Jacob said as he moved towards his friend to smack him on the back. "All weather's good training weather 'cause we don't know what the weather's gonna be like on the day of the battle." Leah joined them to throw in her two cents.
"Yeah Quil that's right. Besides the rain'll evaporate from your skin." Leah added her own smack on Quil's other shoulder. He rubbed it.
"Dang, Leah. That mess really hurt!" Quil whined.
"You're tellin me." Seth added. "My head didn't stop throbbing til sometime during the night." Seth started rubbing his sore spot for affect.
"Interesting assumption Tamyra." Edward's voice chimed in as he too entered the area outside the kitchen. Everyone waited for Tamyra to verbalize the thoughts that the mind reader had just picked out. Said vampire decided to answer for her. "She believes that Leah's somehow gaining extra strength from her pregnancy. Probably as a safety measure or defense mechanism."
"How's that?" Jacob asked finding the information intriguing.
"It would be no different from a situation in which a person after losing one of their senses, the others are strengthened. Leah, for what she lacked in strength as a wolf, she made up in speed. The pregnancy slows her down understandably, but in return she is given extra strength." Edward explained. Emmett seemed to appear out of nowhere, eyes bugging with excitement. Before he could say anything Edward cut him off. "Don't even think about it-"
"Too late!" He said in the same manner as that of an impulsive five year old.
"Leah is in no state to wrestle you." Emmett's grin fell completely.
"Aww c'mon you guys never let me have any fun." In childlike manner he stomped off assumingly back to where he came from to throw his tantrum.
"What about Myra? Does she have extra strength?" Brady asked curiously.
"Not that I've noticed." She answered truthfully. Brady seemed a little disappointed.
"How is that fair? She needs the perks just as much." Seth knew the boy's imprinting was causing him to be so defensive about the matter.
"That's okay, she doesn't need it, she has me to protect her." Seth said earning him a few chuckles from Jacob and Quil. He glared at them to no avail. Brady smirked.
"Like I said, she needs the perks too." Seth went to hit Brady but the other boy dodged him. Quil sniffed.
"Hey guys, the other pack is here."
A/N: *whistles innocently* Timeline:7 days before the 3 month mark battle mark/2month pregnancy mark