CH.42 Kala

Leah's Pov

It had been a week since the Festival and the incident with Talise. Rene flew home, and wedding plans were underway. Seth has been extremely over protective and territorial. I'd known he wasn't over what happened with Will and Ryan and the incident with Talise just put him and his wolf more on edge. The poor guy was wound tight, and his will was about to be tested once again.

I looked towards the apartment door, waiting for Seth and Brady to walk through. "They're home."

"Babe?" Seth asked walking in and seeing Bella cuddled with the little ball of fur in her arms.

"I found him outside of Port Angeles in an alley, a man just threw him away," Bella stroked the little pups face.

"Honey…" Seth kneeled beside, Bella, looking at her, his face already pained. I had already warned her Dad wouldn't let her keep him.

"I just want to keep him until I can find a home for him," She snuggled the little sandy colored pup. "Look his fur is almost the same color as yours."

Brady looked at me knowing the same thing Seth and I did. Bella was already attached to the fur ball and this was going to end in tears or a big fight when Dad told Bella no, and Seth got protective.

"Bella, baby, Dad isn't going to let you keep him, I begged for years for a dog and he always said no." Seth explained, gently pulling Bella to him, scratching the little pups' ears.

"I… I don't want to keep him, just find him a home."

Oh she was a terrible liar, I thought watching her nuzzle the pup. "He's too little to be on his own. The vet said he's only about six weeks and husky mixed with wolf, that's rare," She babbled.

"Shit," Seth mumbled. "You took him to the Vet?"

"Well yeah, I mean he's so small, I didn't know what to feed him." Bella looked up at Seth, and I could already see the tears waiting to fall.

"Bella, Baby, there is no way Dad is going to say yes. Honey, you're going to have to get rid of him." Seth, told her.

"I will. I just need to find him a home first." She whispered. "Chikala is just too tiny to fend for himself." She sighed, looking at the pup in her arms. Oh dear spirits, she named him.

"Chikala?" Seth asked.

"It means little in Lakota, but we could call him Kala for short," Bella agreed. "I mean whoever adopts him could."

"Shit!" Seth mumbled again.

"Leah can you call Sam, see if Quil, or someone can take my patrol," Seth asked, knowing this was going to be a long night. I nodded and slipped out of the apartment to make the call, Brady behind me. "This isn't going to end well is it?" He asked.

"Nope, Dad never let us have a pet and when he says no and makes Bella cry…" I left the last part hanging in the air. We both knew what would happen.

"How did you even find him?" Brady wanted to know.

"We were in Port Angeles leaving the florist when we saw a man squeal out of the alley. He just dumped the little guy in the alley, and drove off. I swear her hearing is as good as ours, she walked across the street saying she heard something and found him crying," I explained.

"Ah hell," Brady shook his head.

"I know," I sighed.

Seth walked out of the apartment his arm wrapped around Bella, Kala snuggled into her chest. I felt bad for him. He was going to feel everything Bella did when she had to get rid of the pup.

"You coming? We're going to talk to Dad," He pleaded with his eyes.

"Should Sam come over?" I asked not wanting to actually spell out what could happen.

"Yeah, probably," Seth sighed, raking his free hand through his hair.

"Shit, this is going to be awful," Brady said following me up the stairs.

"Sam's on his way and Jared is taking your patrol," I told Seth as we walked through the kitchen.

We made our way to the living room, where Dad, Charlie, Old Quil, and Billy were sitting around drinking and gossiping like old women.

"What's that?" Dad asked narrowing his eyes at the pup in Bella's arms.

"I found him, someone just dumped him in an alley," Bella told him.

"Bella, sweetheart…" Dad said getting ready to stamp out any argument she could make.

"I don't know how someone could just dump him, he's so tiny," Bella cut in, stopping Dad from saying anything else as she snuggled Kala against her chest.

"Dad… uh Bella only wants to keep him until she can find a home for him," Seth spoke up, looking ready to break. My poor brother, I thought.

"The Vet said he's part wolf. There must be a pack in the area." Bella rambled.

"Honey," Dad called to Bella.

"The shelter won't adopt him out. It's rare that a wolf would mate with a non-wolf, at least that's what the Vet said and even rarer because of the time of year it is." Bella explained. "He's only six weeks old, too tiny to be on his own," Bella, looked at Dad.

"This is Chikala, it means 'Little' in Lakota," Bella told him. "See, his fur is almost the same color as Seth's," Bella smiled looking at the tiny ball of soft fur cradled in her arms.

Sam walked in looking at the scene in front of him. "Shit!" He grumbled, shaking his head, knowing exactly how tense this situation could become.

"I thought since he's part wolf he should have a Native name. Bella said, looking from the pup, to Seth, to Dad.

"Shit!" Seth mumbled again pulling Bella closer to him.

"Did you know the shelter will just kill him?" Bella asked looking up at everyone. "I'll have to find him a home with someone here in La Push. No one else will understand why him, being part wolf is so special." Bella nuzzled the little guy.

Dad didn't know it, but she had him. I could see Mom, watching from the doorway and she knew it too judging by the small smile she was trying to hide.

"Do you think maybe you know anyone who would want a wolf pup? I can't stand the thought that he will be killed just for being part wolf." Bella asked, looking at Dad with those huge doe eyes of hers. "At least everyone here knows the wolf is sacred," She added.

"Shit!" Seth mumbled again watching as Bella stroked the pup and kissed its head.

Bella looked up at Dad, and he knew he'd lost. "I'm not cleaning up after him," He told her, trying to sound stern, but failing miserably. "Consider this a wedding present." Dad huffed but he was fighting a grin watching Bella's eyes light up as she cuddled the pup.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," She squealed, hugging Dad, as Billy, Old Quil and Charlie shook with silent laughter.

"Holy Shit!" Seth gaped at Dad. "I begged you for years to get a dog."

"What, she was going to cry. " Dad shrugged, making Billy, Old Quil and Charlie nod in agreement.

"You should have had Leah ask, you would have gotten dog a long time ago," Dad smirked.

"Ooh, I want to show Emily and Kim," Bella sang walking towards the door.

"Shit!" Sam groaned, glaring at Seth.

"Thank you." Seth whispered to Dad, as he put his hand on Bella's lower back and steered her out the door.

"You do know; you never stood a chance, right?" Mom asked, sitting down.

"Yep, I was done for, the second she walked in and looked at me with those eyes." Dad, laughed.

"No way am I missing this," I laughed getting up.

"Missing what?" Mom, quirked her brow at me.

"When Emily and Kim see Kala, they're going to want a puppy too," I cracked up.

Brady and I walked into Sam's house; Seth was sitting on the couch, Bella in his lap with a sleeping Kala in her arms. Sam was scowling at the three of them, as Emily rattled on about what kind of dog they could get. It took everything in me not to bust out laughing.

"Behave," Brady whispered in my ear, trying to keep from laughing himself.

"Isn't he adorable?" Emily gushed, looking over at the snoozing ball of fur.

'Yeah, he is cute." I admitted.

"Too bad he didn't have any brothers or sisters," Emily sighed looking at Kala with wistful eyes.

"Maybe you can find a Husky puppy," I suggested, earning a low growl from Sam, and a squeeze from Brady. I just shrugged my shoulders, this was fun.

"Oh, that's a great idea," Emily beamed, making me smile right back. "Maybe Craigslist has something posted," Emily said getting up to get her lap top.

"They're too expensive," Emily sighed as she closed her lap top.

"I bet you could find a great puppy at the Shelter in Port Angelis," I suggested.

"Leah," Sam barked.

"What? I'm just trying to help." I grinned.

AN: Talise's punishment will be coming soon.