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CHAPTER 36

"But I really need to talk to Rachael alone please."

"No problem Jacob," Rebecca said. "I'm going to find Emily anyway," she added and walked away. Jacob turned to look at Rachael when she was gone.

"Ok Rachael you and I are going to talk about what happened and for once in your damn life you are going to shut up and listen to what someone says to you."

"Jacob I…" Rachael began.

"I said listen, not talk," Jacob told her and Rachael looked at him shocked. She had never really seen Jacob angry with her. "What you did to Paul and Lissi is inexcusable Rachael," he said angrily. "You hurt two people I care about," he told her. "It didn't matter that Paul told you no and how much he loves Lissi, you just didn't give a damn about anything except what you wanted," he said furiously.

"Jacob…" Rachael said quietly.

"Do not interrupt me," he ordered and Rachael took a step back. Quil and Embry moved closer to him in case they needed to drag him away. "Lissi and Paul are together and that's not changing anytime soon no matter what you do," he told her. "Paul is like a brother to me and Lissi is a part of our family now," he told her. "She's our sister, my sister."

"Me and Rebecca are your sisters Jacob," Rachael said. "Lissi, she's not your real sister," Rachael told him and shook her head.

"How dare you say that!" he yelled outraged. "I swear if one more person says that…." he told her and Rachael's eyes widened in shock at how angry Jacob was. Jacob closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them and looking at Rachael again. "Lissi is as much of my sister as you are Rachael, in fact Lissi is more of a sister to me than you are or ever have been," he told her. "At least I can depend on Lissi and count on Lissi and know she's there if I need her unlike you," he said. "You've never been there when me or dad needed you, you left and never looked back Rachael." he told her. "You are my sister Rachael and I will always love you but right now I don't like you very much at all," he told her. "I'm just really disappointed you would act the way you did."

"You're disappointed in me what about what Lissi did, she hit me!" Rachael exclaimed.

"You put your hands on Paul and had the nerve to kiss him when he told you to leave him alone," Jacob told her. "You're lucky you didn't get more than a bloody nose," he added and turned and walked away.

Paul and Lissi walked in Sam's house and found Emily with Zuri and Angela.

"Paul," Zuri said happily and ran over.

"Hey kiddo," Paul said.

"You're ok?" Zuri asked.

"I'm fine," he told her. "I just needed to run off some steam because I was so mad."

"Oh," Zuri said and looked over at Lissi.

"So are you ok Zuri?" Lissi asked.

"I'm ok," she told her.

"And you and Paul?" Zuri asked.

"We're great Zuri," Paul told her. "Lissi and I are together for a long time, neither one of us is going anywhere."

"Ok, good," Zuri said and Lissi smiled and leaned into Paul.

"Lissi, Billy's in the living room with your mom," Emily said.

"Great," she sighed. "I'll be right back," she said and walked into the living room.

When Lissi walked into the living room she saw Billy with her mom and Sam.

"Hey Lissi," Sam said.

"Hi Sam," she said softly.

"I'm going to go outside and make sure everyone else is ok." he said and left the room

"Lissi," her mom said. "How could you do what you did?" she asked. "She's Billy's daughter."

"I know mom," Lissi said. "But I'm not sorry I did it."

"Lissi I…." her mom said getting upset.

"Ashley," Billy said and she turned to look at him. "You mind leaving us alone to talk?" he asked.

"Of course not," she said and she looked at Lissi before walking out.

When Ashley walked in the kitchen she saw Paul, Zuri, Angela and Emily in there.

"Hi," Ashley said. "Billy wanted to talk to her alone."

"You so want to listen at the doorway," Paul teased and she looked over at him.

"What if I do?" she asked and he shrugged.

"I won't tell anyone if you do," he said and Emily shook her head.

"Paul," Emily said and she turned to Ashley.

"Just ignore him," Emily told her.

"I think we've all done it before," he said and sat down at the table and seeing Emily's back was turned he reached for a cupcake from the ones shaped like a wolf head but Emily grabbed the spoon off the counter and hit his hand with it.

"OW, Damn it," Paul cursed. "You have eyes in the back of your head or something."

"I have to with you boys around," Emily teased him and he smiled. "But you will wait for Jake before you have anything from this table," she told him.

"Fine," he agreed and Ashley let out a sigh and turned to look in the living room.

"It would be wrong to listen, if they want me to know they'll tell me what happened in there," she said and let out a sigh.

"Come sit down," Billy told her and Lissi walked over and sat on the couch.

"Lissi," he sighed. "Rachael should have never behaved the way she did," he began. "I tried to tell her yesterday to leave Paul alone but she didn't listen," he sighed. "She never listens," he added. "She thinks her dad is stupid or something."

"You're the last person I would ever call or think was stupid Billy," Lissi told him and he smiled slightly.

"I know how close you and Jacob have gotten. You're the kind of sister he hoped for." Billy sighed. "You two have been through a lot together in the short time you've known each other and if the two of you weren't such strong, good and stubborn people you probably wouldn't be as close as you are now."

"Probably not," she sighed.

"It makes me feel better knowing I can count on you two to look out for each other, that you're there for each other." he said and she nodded. "I know things aren't easy for Jacob, that he's stuck here looking after me and he can't exactly leave because all my responsibilities will be his soon, plus the Alpha role of the pack," he said.

"You know if anyone can handle it Jake can," Lissi told him. "You've done a great job raising him, I know it couldn't have been easy for you," she added. "Because I know how hard it was for my mom," she told him. "And lets be honest we both know I wasn't always the easiest child to raise." she added and Billy smiled.

"I know how much you and Jacob look out for each other. It was you that made sure Jacob met Angela and he imprinted on her and he's so happy with her."

"I know," she smiled. "Jake deserves to be happy," she told him.

"Yes he does Lissi but so do you," Billy told her. "You really are a good girl Lissi, the way you stand up for yourself and defend the people you love shows that." he told her.

"Billy," Lissi whispered and wiped a tear than ran down her cheek. "You're making me cry.'

"Just don't let my daughter get to you, Rachael's always tried to push people's buttons and do what she wants no matter what."

"Billy I…"

"And don't apologize for hitting her because I know what she did and she's lucky you didn't do more than that."

"But she's your daughter Billy."

"Yes she is and I raised her better," Billy told her. "Doesn't mean I don't love her because I do, I always will." he said and Lissi nodded. "But you're my daughter now to Lissi and Rachael shouldn't have done what she did to you."

"Thanks Billy," she said softly and he smiled and she stood up and walked over and hugged him and placed a kiss on his forehead. "You're a great dad Billy," she told him and turned and walked into the kitchen. Paul was smiling when she walked in, she knew with his wolf hearing he heard everything. Lissi shook her head and walked over and sat in his lap.

"It went well," he said and Lissi nodded and laid her head on his shoulder.

"Lissi," her mom said and Lissi lifted her head off Paul's shoulder and looked at her mom. "Everything is really ok with you and Billy?"

"Yes mom," Lissi told her. "You can go talk to him for yourself if you want." she added and her mom nodded.

"Ok," she said and her mom stood up and walked into the living room with Billy.

Billy was in the same place he was sitting when Lissi left.

"Billy," Ashley said and walked over and laid her hands on his shoulders.

"Ashley," he said and laid his hand over one of hers.

"You're really ok with what happened?" she asked.

"Yes I am," he sighed. "Rachael's never been good at listening," he told her. "Its ok, Lissi and I have talked everything out," he told her. "We're going to be fine."

"Good," Ashley sighed.

Everyone was still sitting in the kitchen when the door flew open and Jacob stormed in. Everyone jumped.

"Jake!" Lissi exclaimed and jumped up.

"Jake what's wrong?" Angela asked.

"Rachael," was all he said and Angela slowly walked over to him.

"Stay behind me," Paul whispered to Lissi and stood up just in case.

"Jake, we can't do anything if you don't calm down and talk to us," Angela told him and stepped closer and touched his arm. "Look at me Jake," Angela told him and Jacob looked down at Angela and their eyes met and they watched Jacob slowly calm down.

"Sorry," Jacob said softly and wrapped his arms around Angela and pulled her closer to him.

"You ok Jake?" Lissi asked softly.

"Yeah sis I'm fine," he told her.

"Ok enough for cake?" Lissi said and Jacob smiled and looked at the table and saw cupcakes in the shape of a wolf and a cake in the shape of a mustang.

"They look amazing Lissi, thanks."

An hour later everyone was eating cake. Lissi and Paul walked outside with Jacob and Angela after finishing their cake inside with Billy and Lissi's mom. When they walked outside they saw a big noisy truck pull up and a brunette girl jumped out. Lissi looked over and saw it was Bella.

"I am so not in the mood for this." Lissi growled.

"What's going on?" Jacob asked.

"Bella's here," Lissi told him.

"Bella," Jacob said and he looked over and saw Bella looking for him. She finally found him and she smiled and walked towards him. "I don't want to talk to her," he said. "I can't believe she actually showed up here."

"Its ok Jake," Lissi told him. "I want to talk to her anyway," she added.

"Alessandria," Paul said and she turned to look at him.

"What, I told Bella she wasn't welcome here right now and she showed up anyway," Lissi told him and walked towards Bella. Jacob stayed where he was with Angela with his wolf hearing he would be able to hear everything that was said anyway.

Lissi stopped when she was in front of Bella. Bella glared at her at let out a frustrated sigh.

"Bella, I thought I told you not to come here."

"I want to talk to Jake," she said.

"He doesn't want to talk to you," she told her.

"I don't believe you, Jake and I have been friends for years," she told her and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Yeah but you did intentionally hurt him Bella," she reminded her. "You done it thinking Jake would automatically forgive you like he always does, you went to far this time and you know that."

"Maybe I did, but he must like Angela a lot to not forgive me or want to talk to me," she said and then looked at Lissi and smiled. "A lot more than he likes you because he always forgave me for what I did to you." she said meanly and Lissi looked at her shocked.

"You were trying to hurt me not Jake, Bella," she told her. "You were playing on my insecurities about my relationship with Jake and I always fell for it."

"Oh the fact that you're not his real sister and you never will be, He says he loves you and you're his sister in every way that matters," she spat. "But there's always that thought in the back of you're mind that if you mess up Jake will ditch you and never speak to you again," she told her. "Of course you would deserve it if he did," she told her. "Everything was great between me and Jake before you moved here, everyone here knows that."

"Because when I got here Jake finally saw you for who you are, a manipulative, selfish bitch who always wants her way," Lissi told her. "You can't treat your friends like dirt and expect them to stick around." she said. "Being a bitch gets you nowhere."

"Yeah you should know right," Bella sneered. "Considering what a bitch you were and how awful you were to everyone here especially Jake," she said spitefully. "It would serve you right if he never spoke to you again and wanted nothing to do with you." she added cruelly and Lissi glared at her and drew back her hand and slapped Bella so hard her head twisted to the side.

"ENOUGH!" Jacob yelled and he walked over to Lissi and Bella.

"Jake," Bella said softly. "You see what she did," she added innocently. "She hit me and…."

"Oh shut up Bella," Jacob said aggravated. "No one here is interested in what you have to say," he told her. "We all heard what you had to say and we're tired of hearing you talk."

"Jake I…" Bella began.

"Don't," he warned her. "I don't want any apologies from you Bella. You intentionally hurt me and Angela," he told her. "You intentionally try to hurt my sister," he went on and he saw Bella open her mouth. "And if you say she's not my real sister Bella…." Jacob said angrily and Lissi and everyone else saw him start to shake slightly.

"Jake," Lissi said softly and rubbed her hand across his back. "Try to calm down," she told him and everyone watched slightly shocked as Jacob's shaking started to slow down. They all knew imprints could calm the guys down with just a touch but it was sort of uncommon for a non imprint to have a calming effect on one of them. Jacob looked over at Lissi.

"Thanks sis," he whispered and Lissi smiled and took a step away.

"Bella you need to leave, I really do not want to talk to you again or see you."

"Jake," Bella whispered.

"Just go Bella," he told her and turned and walked away. Bella looked around at everyone and saw no one was making any move towards her or anything. She finally turned around and got in her truck and started it and drove away.

Paul walked over to Lissi when Bella was gone.

"You ok?" he asked as he slid his arms around her. She looked up at him and smiled.

"I'm ok Paul," she said softly and laid her head on his chest. Paul tightened his arms around her holding her against him.

"Why don't you tell me the truth," Paul said and she looked up at him.

"Well its what Bella said," she began. "About there being that thought in the back of my head that is I mess up bad enough Jake will ditch me and never speak to me again."

"Its not going to happen Lissi, Jake won't do that to you, you're his sister and you would never intentionally hurt Jake."

"Never intentionally," she whispered.

"That's why he would never ditch you or hate you," Paul told her and wrapped his arms back around her and Lissi laid her head on his chest.

"I love you Paul." she whispered.

"I love you to," he said.

Jacob walked over to Angela and took her hands in his.

"You ok?" Angela asked and looked up at him.

"I'm ok," he said and leaned down and kissed her lips and then pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her.

"Is Lissi ok?" Angela asked worried. Jacob looked over and saw Lissi was with Paul wrapped in his arms as her head rested on his chest.

"Yeah, Paul's with her, she'll be ok," Jacob said. "But I want to check on her anyway."

"Come on then," Angela said and took his hand in hers.

Angela and Jacob were standing by Paul and Lissi a few minutes later.

"Lissi," Jacob said and she pulled away from Paul.

"Hey Jake," Lissi said quietly.

"Everything ok?" Jacob asked Lissi.

"Yeah Jake, I'm ok," Lissi told him.

"You sure?" he asked and Lissi knew from his tone he didn't believe her.

"Yeah Jake," she sighed.

"Would you two mind if I talk to Lissi alone?" Jacob asked.

"Of course not," Angela smiled.

"Go ahead Jake," Paul sighed.

"We'll be right back," Jacob told them. "Come on Lissi lets go for a walk." he told her.

"Alright," she agreed and walked away with Jacob.

Lissi and Jacob walked silently for a few minutes before Jacob spoke.

"Lissi, what's bothering you?"

"Jake, I told you I'm fine," she sighed.

"Lissi," he said and she stopped walking and looked over at him.

"Jake its just…"

"You know what Bella said isn't true right?" he asked.

"Yeah of course," she said. "But she was right there has been that thought in the back of mind that if I do mess up you might ditch me," she said quietly. "Or hate me." she added and looked away.

"Lissi," he said. "Lissi look at me." he pleaded and Lissi turned her head and looked at him.

"Bella's wrong ok," he said. "Because the difference is you would never intentionally hurt me, I might get mad at you the same way you would get mad at me for something but we can always work things out because I know you would never to anything intentionally to hurt me just the same way you know I would never intentionally hurt you."

"I know," she whispered.

"Lissi besides the guys in the pack, my pack brothers, you're the only person I've been able to count on to have my back, I know I can depend on you just like you know you can depend on me." he told her and she smiled.

"I know Jake." she said and he smiled and hugged her.

"Thanks for calming me down with Bella," he said and Lissi smiled. "I don't know how you managed to do it but you have done it more than once for me," he sighed. "I mean the only thing that usually calms us down is an order from Sam or our imprints. Its kind of strange, good strange though."

"Jake, I have no idea how I manage to do it either, I know less about this wolf stuff than you do," she told him. "Maybe its because you and I have a genuine connection, brother sister connection, it didn't come easy for us either," she went on.

"No it didn't," he agreed.

"Maybe because we have that connection I'm able to help calm you but you weren't that angry yet." she said.

"No," he sighed, "But I was getting there."

"Its ok Jake," she told him. "You had every right to be angry, Bella was supposed to be your friend and she hurt you."

"I know that I just don't like getting angry. People get hurt if we loose control and get angry. Sam lost it for a second and Emily was in the way and looked what happened to her," he sighed. "And even though Emily's forgiven him he still feels guilty over it." he sighed. "Its why I like to work on cars, gives me something to do and I just happen to be good at it."

"Yeah you are. Since you fixed my car it runs great now."

"Good," he smiled.

"Come on Jake, we have a party to get back to," she told him.

"Alright, lets start walking back," he said.

"So Jake, when are you going to tell Angela everything?" Lissi asked.

"Soon," he sighed. "I can't keep it from her much longer."

"Everything will work out Jake," Lissi told him. "It always does."

"Yeah I know," he sighed. "I just hope she takes it ok."

"I hope so to Jake," she told him.