Chapter 26 - Interrogation

Leah's POV

So we were all gathered at Sam and Emily's, well most of us, Seth insisted he had somewhere to be tonight that he needed to get ready for, and Jacob would not sit still. "What's up with you?" I demanded not too kindly after watching him fidget on his seat for twenty minutes.

Everyone was suddenly paying attention as we had all noticed. Jacob met my eye and knew damn well he had been caught. "Nothing," he insisted unconvincingly. "What would make you think something is up?" My pack brother asked, refusing to meet my eye.

"Well either you have a bee stuck up your butt-crack, or something is up." I said sarcastically.

"Yeah Jake," Paul butted in. "You've been real anxious, everyone noticed." There were some nods and murmurs of agreement.

"So spill," I demanded, "what's up?"

There was a long moment of silence as Jacob slowly gave way under my glare. "It's not a big deal." He muttered to himself more than to us.

"Jacob," Sam said, gaining his attention. "If it has such an effect on you it must be important. You can tell us, we are your family and we will not judge you." Our stand-in-Alfa assured him.

Jacob sighed. "I sorta hv a dae toni." He mumbled illegibly.

"Sorry," I apologised sarcastically, "I didn't catch that."

Jacob opened his mouth to try again. "I sortahaveadatetonight" He said to fast for us to understand and there were a few groans of annoyance.

"One more time." I encouraged with a deceptively sweet smile and voice to match.

My pack brother took a deep breath. "I sort of... Have a... Date tonight." He told us all, not meeting anyone's eye.

Silence.

"So Bella finally left the dickless leach." Paul remarked amused and I instantly turned to glare at him.

"Bella and Edward are just fine." I informed him sternly. With how close Edward and Seth had become I had grown rather protective of the vampire. He/she was going through and lot and was the biggest help to Seth when it happened to him. Edward was there for Seth and I would look out for him/her as I would for my little brother/sister.

"O~kay" Paul said very slowly as he regarded me with curious eyes before turning back to Jacob. "So Jacob, who is the unlucky girl?" He asked with a smirk.

My pack brother scowled at him before answering. "She's just some girl I met who is visiting friends in forks." He mumbled while attempting to shrug it off.

"And where is she from?" Embry asked, grilling him for information. For a bunch of guys they sure could gossip like school girls.

"California." Jacob mumbled into his pie as though it were the most insignificant thing in the world.

"If she lives in a place as sunny as California," Emily began politely. "What on earth is she doing down here?" My cousin inquired.

Jacob shrugged. "She's visiting some friends, its no big deal." He repeated and went back to eating, trying to look as small as possible.

"And does she know what you are?" Sam asked the important question and Jacob shrunk even smaller behind his plate.

"Actually..." There were a few glares sent his way at people who were mad at him for revealing our secret yet again, I however waited for his answer before I judged him. "She's a werewolf too."

I tried to cover my surprise at him meeting another girl who was one of us by taking a bite of my mashed potato. "So what's her name?" I asked him, trying not to seem too eager. I had never met another girl who went through the change before.

"Selena." Jacob mumbled.

And I proceeded to cough up my mashed potato all over the table in front of everyone. I took a drink of water to calm my throat and turned back to my pack brother. "Did you say Selena?" I asked him, my throat still straining.

"Um, yeah." Jacob confirmed quietly. "You met her too?" He added shyly and I wasn't sure how to answer that.

"Sort of." I said as I stood up. "Please excuse me, I need to have a word with someone." And with that, I walked out of the house.

Authors Note: Ooh, how is Seth going to explain this?

The betrayer hunter - I just hope you like where it is going.

tlc125 - I am actually writing Edward's POV of their relationship right now, only that is a few chapters ahead of posting so it will be a couple weeks. I switch focus between Edward and Seth as necessary so it will focus on one or the other sometimes. And, thank you.

~SophieAngel69