I'm sorry I didn't update sooner but I ran out of ideas and words on midchaper and was going to finish it yesterday but I had to go out all day and couldn't finish it but I got to pick out a few minutes today to finish the chapter. I didn't chack for errors so sorry if you find any. This week will be full of work so I'm not sure when I will be able to update. I hope you like it. R&R

Chapter 38: Losing

Bella's POV

Seth is still alive and two days have passed since he was hurt. Alice said that she could get clearer visions now with what Athena said to her. We had known nothing else from Athena. Edward says he couldn't read her thoughts. Jasper couldn't feel her emotions. Anny couldn't see her past. It was as if she was a ghost. The only thing that made her seem alive was her bright skin tone and her strong heart beat. She was still spinning in my mind. She said she was nothing like her sister. Did she mean that her sister was a real witch? I shook my thoughts away and stared at both of my children play in the backyard. It was cloudy as always but no rain fell.

"You look dead Bells," Jacob said from behind me. I smiled and turned.

"Wow, Jake, I think you could use a bath once in a while," I teased back.

"Well I could say the same about you," she said with a huge grin playing on his face.

I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "How is he?" I asked.

Jacob sighed and looked down. I could see he was hurt. "Surviving," he finally said. I nodded and thought about Aimee. Seth had imprinted on Aimee and the bond seemed to go in both directions. I wonder if Aimee was aware that Seth had imprinted on her. That made me think about Renesmee. Did she know that Jacob had imprinted on her?

"Three weeks said Athena," I said after a moment of silence.

"And I don't want Seth to suffer all that time," he turned around and started walking towards the back door.

"Aimee would suffer more if he wasn't," I said. He stopped on his tracks.

"Yeah, maybe you're right," he said and walked in. I sighed and looked back at my children playing with the others. Renesmee was looking my way and I knew she could feel Jacob's sadness. I smiled at her and she kept playing. I was not aware if she knew about the imprint or not but if she doesn't then there is o rush on telling her. I don't her want to feel forced to anything. She will know when the time is right.

Hours passed before Esme took out the chicken from the over. "Esme," I said. Doesn't it burn you or something.

Esme laughed. "Of course not Bella. Don't worry, I've done this for years when we have parties and other activities."

I smiled, "Okay, need help?"

"Sure, cut the tomatoes for the salad," she said and hurled a knife towards me. I picked it from the air as if it were going in slow motion (for me it was). I cut three tomatoes in a split second and did the salad in ten. It looked pretty good it you were a human. For me it looked repulsive but I admired the good work of my hands. "Help me take these to the table," Esme said. I helped her bringing everything to the table.

"Smells good," Diana said walking into the room. "Have I ever mentioned how well you cook, Esme? It makes me like the human food despite my throat asks me for blood. It's equals the burn and craving."

"Thank you Diana," Esme said happily.

"Your welcome, my body now craves your food as much as blood. I hope to one day settle down with Faron and Amont and live normally. Have a house and live peacefully with humans," Diana said. She helped us with the table and then she sat down with her back towards the door. Everything was neatly organized and looked like a fancy diner.

"Bella, could you please call the hybrids?" Esme asked.

"Okay," I smiled and darted out the door. I was walking but my fast movements made me almost a blur as I passed to the living room. "Diner time," I called. Renesmee, Anny and Amont were the first ones to come running. I smiled at them and felt a pair of arms wound around my waist. I smiled at the warmth of the arms that were once cold to my touch.

"How are you?" Edward asked. "Where were you?"

I rolled my eyes. "Edward, I was helping Esme after watching the kids play. And I'm the same as I was an hour before when you last saw me," I turned in his grip to face him. Perfect in every way. He pulled me into a tight kiss that would have knocked the air out of me if I were still human.

"Ew!" EJ said. I pulled away and laughed at him as the flash of a very obscure memory crossed my mind. Only that it was more than a thought than a memory. Back when my parents didn't have anyone but themselves. I was months old when my mother decided to flee from Forks but I won't deny that I thought about my parents being together again as other parents. I would have given many things to have seem my parents kiss in those days and the other children that had their parents together thought it was gross for parents to kiss in front of them. Humans are just so complicated.

I smiled at my own thoughts, "EJ, don't worry. I will see you in a few years with your own girlfriend and unable to stay away from her lips," I said.

"Yeah but until then you could do that elsewhere," he said. Edward and I laughed and shook our heads. We sat down on the love seat. Aimee came out of the room Seth was still in. She wiped her tears away and came to her brother who wound his arms around her in a tight hug. Brandon did know about the imprint but he never said anything about it. He hated to see his sister suffer this way. It broke my heart to see her this way.

Jacob came out of the room behind her with a sad face. I walked slowly towards him. He shook his head when I was going to comfort him. "Go eat something then," I said lowly.

"No, I'm not in the mood," he said and walked away.

I took a deep breath and opened the door to Seth's room. Machines were connected to his body along with other things. I spotted Leah besides the window. She turned to look at me. I saw her red eyes and she turned away to look out the window again. My steps were slow and careful as I walked into the room. Seth was breathing deeply. Half of his body burned and the other was very skinny as if he hadn't been fed in a year.

"What do you want?" Leah asked not bothering to turn to look at me.

"I came to see how Seth is," I whispered lowly.

"No better," she nearly spat the words.

I took a deep breath. "We are waiting for the healer, Leah. It's the only hope we have."

She turned, "Why do you care so much about us? We are natural enemies, Bella."

I shook my head, "If Seth imprinted on Aimee then we are not. If Jake imprinted on Nessie then that means we are not."

Leah turned to the window again and crossed her arms. "Imprint, right, what would they be without that bond? Would you call that love? It sounds more like compromise."

I shook my head. "Leah, it was set by nature."

She turned again to me but this time with tears streaming down her eyes. "But Seth, my brother, is dying and that bond hasn't saved him. It has no importance," she cried at me. "Go away, Bella, please, just go," she turned back t o the window and wiped away her tears. I just nodded slowly and backed out of the room.

Edward wound his arms around me when I walked out the room. I took a deep breath and pulled away. I understood why Leah was so upset. She had lost her father and now was losing her brother... Or already lost him.

"Bella, have you seen Rose?" Alice's voice interrupted my thoughts.

I turned to face her. "No, I haven't, why?"

"Shopping," Alice said. "But I haven't found her and..."

I frowned. "Alice," I said staring at her motionless body. Her eyes then turned to look at me. I couldn't read them. I couldn't tell if it was something good or bad. "Alice, what happened?"

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