Seth stood beside Jaeyeon as she watched Jamie yank out a few strands of his hair and sprinkle them around the clearing. There had been a small change of plans when she had arrived to leave her scent. Since she would eventually be joining Bella, it would be better if her scent wasn't all over the place because then the newborns might catch a scent. So, since he was going to be there fighting anyways, Jamie would be the one to leave his hair and blood and scent everywhere, something Embry wasn't too pleased about. He, too, stood beside Jaeyeon, grumbling all the while about how unnecessary this all was.

"Oh, come on, Em, don't you want to win?" Seth asked in good nature. "This'll distract the leeches and make them easier kills! We'll have this in the bag!"

"Embry, I know how worried you are for Jaemin, but trust me when I say he can look after himself," Jaeyeon told him softly. "He'll be fine, and if he does get into a tight spot, you will be here to help him, right?"

"I don't want him to have the opportunity to get into a tight spot," he growled in reply. "He should be up with you and Bella, as much as that pains me to admit."

"You have to know he'd never let that fly. No, if there's a fight, he's going to be part of it. It's just who he is, and you have to learn to accept that."

He just let out a huff and left it at that. He didn't have to accept that; he had to keep his imprint safe. But, seeing Jamie's bright eyes when he joined them again, Embry couldn't bring himself to force the other boy to go off with Jaeyeon. So he kept his mouth shut.

"Not to brag or anything, but I'm pretty sure I smell better than you," Jamie boasted to Jaeyeon as he waved a cut on his finger in front of her face.

"Right. You just keep telling yourself that. The vampires will target you more than me, then. Have fun with that."

"But at least I smell better."

Jaeyeon let out a laugh and shook her head. "You're ridiculous, you know that? Embry, good luck with him. I am so glad I don't have to deal with him."

"Well that's just rude! I thought we were friends!"

"I think I can handle him," Embry joked, the first time he had actually played around with Jaeyeon. "You should worry about yourself being stuck with the twisted Romeo and Juliet up in the mountains."

"So true," she admitted with a sigh. "Well, I guess Seth and I should get going then. Won't do us much good to loiter around here and letting our scents permeate."

"Wow, look at you using big words," Seth snickered. "Has someone been reading the SAT vocabulary list?"

"Oh, would you shut up?"

He laughed and weakly swatted away her hands when she started smacking at him. Then, when she was too preoccupied with injuring him to really notice anything else, he swept her off her feet and began jogging towards the tree-line.

"Hey! That's not fair! I wasn't ready!"

Jamie watched them closely, unsure how to feel about Jaeyeon being with someone who wasn't him. He knew he had told her it was okay, and it was only fair since she had told him to give Embry a chance, but it still made him feel a bit jealous to see Seth make her as happy as he had previously.

"You okay?" Embry asked worriedly when he saw the odd look on his imprint's face. "Nervous about that fight?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I guess I am. I'm just pretty rusty, is all. Not sure how much help I'll be in the fight."

"We'll have your back."

"Thanks."


The tent had already been put up and fire already blazing when Seth and Jaeyeon finally arrived at the campsite. Bella was sitting as close to the fire as Edward would allow her, but that distance was still pretty great, and the poor girl was shivering already. Jaeyeon tugged Seth over so they could sit beside Bella and warm her up considering how her boyfriend was too close to her and not letting her get close enough to the fire. Bella leaned a bit into Seth's warmth and smiled when Jaeyeon draped a few blankets over the three of them to trap their heat in. Edward still hadn't moved from his spot near Bella, something that caused Jaeyeon to frown when she noticed.

"Edward, would you mind going to sit over there?" she asked as politely as she could. "I don't think you're of much use over here."

"Wait," Bella protested, "don't go. Jae, don't be so rude!"

"Bella, please, be reasonable. The temperature is only going to drop, and if you continue to be near him, you will freeze." She then gave Edward a dirty look. "You need to keep warm, Bella."

"I-I-I am," she stuttered out through her chattering teeth. "E-Edwa-ward c-c-come back."

Frustration bubbled in Jaeyeon's chest when the vampire came over to sit by Bella once more. For someone who claimed to love Bella more than his own existence, he wasn't very good at keeping her alive. Why was Bella even with him? If she hated the cold so much, why was she always snuggling into his side? It just didn't make sense. It also didn't make any sense that a human could actually be enthralled by someone as monotone and creepy as Edward Cullen, like he just didn't have that seductive aura that seemed synonymous with vampires.

"Your thoughts are quite rude, aren't they?" he suddenly asked her with a sharp look in his eyes. "You really don't seem to like me."

Right. She'd totally forgotten that he could read minds. "It's not so much you personally. Okay, well maybe a bit you personally, but I mostly don't like your kind."

"You seem to get along with the others in my family just fine."

"Not vampires in general. Just vampires like you. The ones who seduce innocent human women. I hate that kind."

"He didn't seduce me!" Bella snapped, getting fed up with everyone ganging up on Edward because of their relationship. "I'm the one who kept bothering him, okay?"

"I'll drop it," Jaeyeon promised. "But I hope you choose to do the right thing."

With that she stood up, making sure to wrap the blankets fully around Seth and Bella, and walked over to their supplies to start making some ramen. While Seth's freakishly high body heat was certainly helping, Bella would need more as the day wore on. Since she insisted on keeping her frigid lover by her side, the effects of the storm about to come would be ten times as worse, and Bella would need all the warmth she could get. Jaeyeon still wasn't opposed to throwing Edward out of the tent if the temperature dropped too low.

"Oh, cooking dinner?" Jake asked eagerly as he appeared from the trees. "I'm starving!"

"Bella eats first. Then we can rock-paper-scissors to see who eats next."

"Sure, sure, I'm down with that." He plopped down beside her and watched as she stirred the noodles into the boiling water. "How's the human doing?"

"As well as she can be with a freezer right next to her." Edward had taken Jaeyeon's previous spot beside the shivering girl. "Selfish bastard."

"But Jae, shouldn't we be more accepting towards the Cullens?" he replied in a falsetto. "They don't drink from the humans so they must be good!"

"Shut up! I like the Cullens; they seem nice enough. I'm just not so sure about that one there."

He had turned to glare at the pair of them upon hearing their little gossip session. It was true though. Jaeyeon had nothing against the others beside disappointment at the fact they weren't trying to convince Bella to stay away from Edward. Surely they had to know what happened to women who got involved with vampires. She'd seen it enough times to know there was no exception to the rule. There was just destruction and death. And that was exactly what would befall Bella if she didn't wake up and keep far away from the family of vampires she was so entangled with. Jaeyeon just hoped she could open Bella's eyes before it was too late.