Gwen's POV:
I knock on the guest bedroom door, awaiting permission to enter. Beth has spent the weekend here at the Cullens both healing and trying to come to an understanding of whats happened. Her sister isn't here for her own safety, she's away with Rose and Alice, training herself to be less of a hazard to humans.
After a few seconds the door only cracks open, revealing a bit of Beth's worried face. She looks relieved to see it's me, a familiar face.
I should have come sooner, it was for my own selfish reasons that I wasn't. I wanted that time with Seth, even when I ended things. Even when it was wrong.
Beth's cold hand grips mine as she yacks me into her bedroom, locking the door behind her. If only she knew how little that lock would do if a vampire truly wanted in.
"How are you holding up? I should have come sooner, I'm sorry." I frown at her.
She places a hand to her chest, not meeting my eyes. "Freaked out to say the least."
"Well I'm here now for anything you need, what do you need?" I sit on the edge of her neatly made bed. Has she even slept?
She shakes her head, slowly pacing up and down the room. "Answers."
"Has no one explained what's going on?" I frown. Surely she's been kept in the loop.
She runs her hands through her hair, looking a bit distressed. "I know my sister is a vampire. I know she attacked you, I know she's away because she's a danger. I know the Cullen's are vampires." I nod along, allowing her room to talk it through. "I don't understand though." She looks to be with wide, scared eyes.
It reminds me of when I found out. It felt like the whole world was crashing around me and nothing felt real. It was too unearthly to imagine.
So I took a deep breath and explained everything starting with the Cullen's moving into Forks, to Sam imprinting, to Bella's pregnancy, and even dating it back to Taha Aki. I tell her everything I know, everything there is to say.
She listens along, nodding along at some parts and gasping at others. I also explain what a newborn versus a mature vampire is what to expect from her own sister. I give her time to absorb the information for a moment.
"So you're telling me Quil shifts into a wolf? An actual fucking wolf? Like I almost slept with a werewolf?" She says it in so much disbelief, but I can't help but laugh.
"Quil, Embry, Jake, all of them." I nod, grinning at her face. "I know it's crazy."
She looks down at the ground for a moment and then she says, "His dick must be unreal. I mean just huge!"
I laugh so hard my stomach hurts and tears pour from my eyes. I clutch at my stomach, struggling to calm down. She does the same. "It's funny you say that because Seth Clearwater's dick is massive." I choke out the worlds, calming down from my fit of laughter.
She gasps at that, slamming a hand over your mouth. "Did you guys-"
"We've messed around." I chuckle, shaking my head. "No sex."
She raises her eyebrows. "Isn't he a virgin? Was he any good at it?"
I snort, "Well he's the only guy who's managed to make me finish, so yeah. Good is an understatement."
"Now I really wanna test out Quil." She giggles. "Thank you for coming and for telling me everything. I'll keep it all to myself, I won't tell a soul." She swears, and I know she means it.
She won't tell others of what Quil is because she'll always protect her sister. She's apart of us now, just as Hannah is now that she's an imprint. I don't tell her that part, Hannah doesn't even know what Embry is yet. It's not my story to share.
"I know." I pat her leg. "And your sister is in really good hands, the Cullen's are good people." She nods in agreement.
Her smile falters a bit. "I don't know what's going to happen with my sister. What will my parents think when she never ages? She'll have to hide from them soon, move away forever. What does Charlie think of Bella?"
I chew on my lip. "It's really complicated." I lift a shoulder, unsure of what to say.
She releases a sigh, running a hand over her face.
Seth's POV:
Leah doesn't return until Monday morning, the same with our parents. Gwen had spent the rest of the night with me before she left for the Cullen's house on Sunday. They kept a close eye on her, Carlisle especially, while the new vampire was moved out of town with Rosalie and Alice. They are planning to train her and ensure she's more in control before she can return to Forks.
That left me all Sunday to stew on where I stand with Gwen.
Leah hardly makes in through the front door before I question her. "You're the reason Gwen doesn't want to be with me?" I ask.
My mom is occupying the kitchen, busying over making lunch while my dad watches tv on the couch. I assume they're both listening.
Leah looks caught off guard by the question for a moment before her eyes narrow. "I only told her what it's like to be at the other end of a wolf imprinting on someone else." She says it as if I could forget Sam left her for Emily.
"This is different." I continue, following her to the living room as she drops her bag to the couch beside dad.
Her lips tighten and I can tell her patience for me is thinning, but I do not care. Not now.
"Explain to me how Seth." She demands, not even looking at me.
My dad's eyes stay planted on the tv, as if to give us privacy. Leah stomps into the kitchen and rummages through the fridge, but I follow.
"Lunch is almost finished." Mom reminds her.
"I'm aware of imprinting, that's the difference. Sam didn't know he was a wolf of that he could imprint, I do. I want to be with Gwen, no one else. It's only a matter of time before I imprint on her." I go on, explaining my side of it.
Leah turns, giving me a bewildered look. "Are you saying Sam didn't like me enough and that's why he imprinted on Emily?"
"No, I-"
"Quil imprinted on Claire and Jacob imprinted on Bella's baby. Do you think either of them knew that was going to happen? Do you think my fiancé new he'd humiliate me?" She growls, her face red and fuming. "You don't choose, Taha Aki chooses for you. If he wanted you with Gwen he would have done it by now, but he doesn't. She's not your mate, get over your crush on her and go meet other girls."
Her worlds are mean and cold, but I brush them off with ease. "I know it's Gwen with everything inside me." I point to my chest. "I can feel it."
Every time I see her I feel it. Growing up I felt it. It has to be Gwen, no one else.
"Yeah well it was Sam for me." She slams the fridge shut, some things falling within it as she does. My mom to my surprise says nothing, she merely quietly continues cooking. "You need to grow up a little Seth."
Even my own sister thinks I'm still a child. It's like everyone in the world thinks I'm stupid and impressionable and not serious with what I want. It's exhausting. "I am grown and I know exactly what I want, that's the difference between me and everyone else in the pack." I seethe, my voice raising.
"You know what? I don't need this. If you want to fuck Gwen then go lose your virginity to her, but just remember this conversation when you imprint on some girl from Forks the next day." Leah shouts, getting in my face.
My mom's voice breaks me from my red, hot anger. "That's enough! I don't need to hear about my son's virginity. Both of you are adults and yet you bicker like children. Go upstairs or go outside, and don't you dare rip up my grass again!" She bellows, slamming her wooden spoon on the counter and storming off.
Leah goes to move past me but I step in her path. She looks beyond herself with anger. "I'm not trying to push you, Leah, but you need to understand this. I want Gwen. I want her as my imprint, I want her for a whole lot more reasons than you think I do. I'm not a kid anymore, I know what I want." She's silently stewing as she stares back at me.
I step out of her way after a moment and she pauses, staring me in the eye, before storming past me towards the stairs.
I run a hand through my hair as I watch her leave.
I've been stewing for too long and I took it out on her when I shouldn't have, but I feel betrayed. My own sister told Gwen she shouldn't take a chance on me.
She's supposed to support me.
"Sounds like you're in a tough position." My Dad's voice surprises me. My head tilts to find him remaining planted on the couch, not turning to see me. After I say nothing, he continues. "Your sister when through hell after Sam left her for his imprint." My stomach churns, remembering her cries that went on for so long.
He's taking her side. "I didn't forget that."
"Gwen's an adult now, she knows what she's getting into with you. Leah did not, neither did Sam."
I raise and eyebrow at him. "Are you saying I should do it?"
He shakes his head. "No, I'm merely stating the facts. You can do as you wish always, but never forget that Taha Aki will not appreciate being tested. He is the decider, not you. Not Gwen either."
"If I feel so strongly for Gwen then it must be Taha Aki who makes me feel this way. He would not have pushed me to her all these years for no reason." My voice raises only in the slightest. I'm not angry at him, but I feel like no ones listening. No one hears me.
My dad finally turns his head to look at me and he has a solemn look on his face. "I believe you boy, but we only worry for you and Gwen both. Taha Aki had attached Jacob to Bella for years, he followed her and pined for her for years only to imprint on her child. He too believed that he would eventually imprint on her."
That statement seems to get through to me because I feel my heart crack.
