Disclaimer: Twilight is all Stephanie Meyer, I own nothing Twilight. Though I must say, the amount of characters I do own, is rapidly increasing.

AN: With full realization of the fact that it's gonna make me sound like a whiny bitch, I'm thinking about wrapping up this story. It's one of the four I've currently got going, which is a lot for me, and I'm not feeling the appreciation. I apologize to the readers that do show me their support, but it's really hard to find the motivation to continue, those of you who write yourselves, probably understand what I mean.

Being Alpha

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POV: Jake

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"Shh! She's still asleep!" Nessie whispered as she leaped back into the bed after checking on Aurora through the open door.

"You're telling me to be quiet? I'm not the noisy one!" I whispered back, as I pulled her against me. Last week Nessie had actually woke her up, screaming my name way too loud.

"Shut it, I told you never to mention that again, if you ever wanna get some in the next ten years!" A threat she could never follow through on, she couldn't even go without a week!

"Oh sure Nessie, that'll happen, you need me just as much as I need you!" I countered, feeling pretty sure of myself.

"I need it, who says I need you?! I could always ask one of the single wolves to fill in, tell 'em your sick or something!" Though I knew she was joking, the idea had the hairs on the back of my neck stand up straight.

"You're mine Nessie, forever and always!" I growled at her playfully, seeing her eyes darken with desire, knowing perfectly well she loved it when I was acting possessive.

"Am I? Show me!" She demanded, gripping me tightly, as she twisted her arms around my neck.

"Your wish is mine to fulfill," leaning down I slowly kissed her.

I loved these time in the mornings, when the world was still asleep, focused on only each other. Nessie had recovered completely only days after the delivery, she had been worried about how she'd look after having a baby, but she was as perfect as before. Skimming my hands over her satin covered thighs, I heard he heartbeat quicken, proud that I was able to send it into a frenzy with only the simplest of touches. Smirking at her, I slid down the straps of her nightgown, lowering them enough to reveal her hardened nipples. Sucking on them gently, she started moaning, creating a strong throbbing between my legs.

"Oh Nessie, you're gorgeous, I just can't get enough of you!" I breathed into her ear, as she fumbled with my shorts.

"Don't make me wait Jake, I want you, now!" She commanded me, lust evident in her voice, who was I to deny a request like that?

Finally able to grab the waistband, she pushed the shorts down impatiently. When her hands could no longer reach, she continued with her feet, making sure they were completely gone. She tilted her hips slightly as she rubbed herself against me, driving me crazy with the wetness I could feel on the material of her panties. A low rumble rose from my chest, and I felt the wolf within me roar to life. Removing the silkiness that were her nightgown and panties in one swift move, my hand covered her mound, inhaling deep to take in the delicious scent of her arousal.

Flipping her over, I lifted her ass up in the air, pressing myself against her, running my tip between her slick folds. Her breathing was ragged, a guttural moan escaping her throat when I pushed into her forcefully. She felt so tight around me, so warm, so soft, reveling in the sensation of being inside her, I sat a steady pace thrusting into her. Firmly gripping her shoulders, I pushed myself in even further, she screamed into the pillow as I filled her whole. As I was pounding into her, picking up speed, I felt she was getting close. That's when a soft knock sounded on the front door, I froze instantly. Oh, hell no!

"Don't you dare stop, I'm almost there!" Nessie whined.

"Sure baby," I uttered, again, I'm not refusing my imprint.

As I started moving again, I reached around her, finding her sensitive spot with my fingers. Applying some pressure, I made slow circular movements, sending her over the edge. The force of her clamping down on me, was enough to send me along with her, releasing my fluids into her. Trying to catch my breath, I slipped out of her, placing a small kiss on the back of her neck. Cursing loudly, I got up and started scanning the floor for my shorts, as soon as I located them I put them on and headed towards the front door. Whoever it was knocking at my front door, they better have a damn good excuse.

"What?!" I grunted out when I swung open the door.

"Jake, I'm so sorry for interrupting, it's just, well it's important." Seth gave me an apologetic look, looking horrible he almost stuttered out his defense.

"Yeah yeah, whatever, come in, let's hear what's so damn important," I led him into the kitchen as I heard my stomach growl, since haven't eaten yet, it started complaining.

As I gestured vaguely towards one of the kitchen chairs, Seth sat down, letting his face fall into his hands. Well, it must be serious, normally Seth was always smiling, even in the worst of situations he was cheering people up. But not today, he looked as if he'd been hit by a cement truck, having the concrete poured all over him while he laid there. Wondering what had happened to him, I sat down as well, after having quickly thrown a sandwich together. Slicing it down the middle, I offered him half, but he just shook his head.

"So, tell me what's wrong," I urged, as I took a large bite.

"It's my imprint Lily, she's dating Nathan!" My hand, which was headed towards my mouth, allowing myself another bite, dropped instantly.

"Excuse me?!" Had I just heard that shit right?

"Yeah, they've been dating for a couple of weeks, and he won't back down, despite the fact that he knows she's mine!" Despite having used those words with Nessie a moment ago, I didn't agree now.

"Is she? Yours I mean? Or is that just the imprint talking?" It didn't sound like Nathan to do anything like this, for her ten others he'd say, unless this girl meant something to him. Then the conversation I had with him a couple of weeks ago, played out in my mind… could it be?

"What do you mean?! isn't that the same fucking thing?!" He said agitated.

"It isn't Seth, do you think it would be fair to say she had to be with you, because you imprinted on her, even if she didn't want to?" His expression shifted, baffled by my reaction.

"N- No, but , I can't just let it go like this, what if he imprints?!" He did have a point there, if this girl would be choosing between the two of them, she should do so knowing all the risks.

"We'll have a bonfire, Saturday, I'll ask Billy to tell her the legends, after which she can make up her own mind." My decision put him somewhat at ease, but I could tell he'd rather have me order Nathan to stay away from her. something I had no intention of doing.

"Sure, I'll tell Nate, he'll need to be there as well," with his last statement he got up and left, almost running out the kitchen door, disappearing into the woods.

Comparing myself to him, I felt horrible, the idea of Nessie wanting to date someone else, was the worst thing I could imagine. Seeing her descend the stairs, dressed in one of my old shirts, Aurora's head leaning on her shoulder, I knew she was my life. Nothing would mean anything, if she wasn't there by my side to enjoy it with me.

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Sauntering back into the house I plopped down next to Nessie, she sat on the couch with Aurora in her arms, throwing her arm around me, she pulled me close. Damn I was so lucky to have her. Tonight had not gone well, not that anyone had been surprised about it of course, how was a 19 year old girl supposed to react positively to being told about werewolves? On top of that, this situation had a guaranteed unhappy ending, for at least one wolf, maybe even two.

This girl Lily, had managed to make Nathan fall for her without even trying, which had been a first. Nathan never had cared that much about any girl, now he had given away his heart to one with an imprint, Seth. She would choose one of them, or neither of them, either way, someone would get hurt. Being the alpha, I wouldn't choose sides, but this time, I was actually hiding behind my position. Seth was a good guy, I would hate it if he couldn't be with his imprint, but then again, Nathan deserved love as well.

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POV: Nessie

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Jake walked in with a heavy weight on his shoulders, being alpha was hard on some days, today being one of them. He had to make a decision neither Seth or Nathan were happy with, Seth hoped that telling her about the pack and imprinting, would help in choosing him, but he still thought that Jake should order Nathan to stop seeing her. Nathan in his turn, didn't want to tell her anything, he wanted things to stay as they were, since she was now with him.

Seeing the sad look on his face, I felt bad for him, having to be the one to make the decision, though I didn't think he could've handled this situation any better. He refused to take the free will from a girl, because someone imprinted on her, I agreed with him whole heartedly. But at the same time, I knew she'd choose Seth, she probably already had a hard time resisting him as it was, but if she knew about the imprint, she would cave so much faster. And sure enough, a couple of hours later, a depressed Nathan showed up at the house.

"She chose him, she never cared for me as much as she did for him." Sad Nathan, having a broken heart, it was a rare sight, one I hoped I wouldn't see again soon.

"There was nothing you could do Nate, Seth imprinted on her, the pull is just too strong," I explained, letting him know it wasn't about him personally.

"I know, and I would love to imprint, but what am I supposed to do in the meantime? Just date women I don't really care about? What kind of a life is that?! It felt good you know, being in love…" In love, had he been in love with Lily, no wonder he was so depressed.

As much as I wanted to sympathize with him, I simply couldn't imagine what it would be like for him, from the moment I started thinking about the boys, Jake had occupied my mind. I never wanted anyone other than my Jakey, so when I found out that he had imprinted to me, things clicked, it made sense. From that moment on, we'd been happy together; we've been through some things, had some fights, but between us, generally things were good. But I knew Jake had known some difficult times before imprinting on me, as hard as it was for me to think about it, he'd been in love with my mom, while she had chosen for dad.

Over the next few weeks, Nathan spend a lot of time with us, he was great with Aurora, part of me thought it was too bad he hadn't imprinted on her. But despite the fact he hadn't, he was becoming a permanent fixture in her life, caring for her almost as strong as an imprint would. She was good for him as, she helped him heal, take his mind of things. So, in addition to my family members spending a lot of time with her, we got used to having Nathan around the house. Time went by fast, as everyone said it would with children, she was growing so fast, it was it was hard to keep up. But mom and dad joked about it, telling me things were going even faster with me.

She was aging twice as fast as humans would, Carlisle expected her to reach full maturity at the age of nine, which was better than six, but still way too fast for me. At three months she started crawling around in the living room, and had me already wishing back to the time, where she'd been only a couple of days old. But time is impossible to stop, let alone turn back, so I enjoyed every moment I could with her, realizing her childhood would be over in a flash. The one good thing that came with time moving fast, was the fact that Nadira was coming home, after eight months she'd be back, and how I longed to see her.

The moment I heard, I started preparing for her arrival, with the help of my mom and aunts of course, and made sure everyone would be here when she arrived. Sending Isa to fetch Embry, gave me a good feeling, he had been moping around on the rez all this time, he'd finally have a reason to cheer up. The moment I saw the limo arrive, my heart started beating frantically, unable to keep still any longer. As soon as she was in my arms, I wanted to squeeze her to death, I'd missed her so much, it was almost to unreal that she was actually here now.

After hugging everybody but her wolf, she started looking around for him, a smile appearing on her face when she located him inside, why he was there instead of her with us was beyond me. But what happened after was what truly stunned me, instead of receiving her with open arms, Embry rushed out, leaving her behind broken and hurt. What was wrong with him?! I'd be giving him a piece of my mind, but for now my priority was Nadira, who was a wreck, and remained as such for weeks.

Instead of going after what was hers, which is what I would have done, she accepted her loss and moved on, or tried to at least. Those two have lost their minds, both were miserable without the other, but neither of them was doing anything about it, it was frustrating to say the least. To make matters worse, I could tell Nate was falling for Nadira this time, apparently now that he had opened his heart, it was impossible to close. I don't think he realized how much he was affected by her, he said he just wanted to help her out in her time of that, but it was clear to me that is was a lot more than that,

When he was finally ready to admit it, it was too late, according to him she was done with her imprint, so he wouldn't be taking any risks there. How very foolish of him, didn't he see how badly she wanted him back? Pining for Embry, she kept refusing Nathan, but then something changed, or rather, everything changed. She stormed into our place, demanding to hear from Jake whether or not Embry had cheated on her. As I was trying to reassure her he wouldn't do such a thing, she looked passed me, and kept staring at Jake. To my surprise, he admitted that it was true!

He explained to her that he had known, but promised Embry not to bring it up, though he had warned him that he wouldn't lie to Nady if she flat out asked him. That he was really sorry, but it wasn't his secret to share, but that he thought she deserved the truth since he considered her family. Satisfied with his explanation, she left eventually, sadly for Jake, I wasn't so understanding. Seething with anger I turned to him, how could he have kept this from me, I'm his wife dammit, he should have told me!