A/N: If you don't like the characters or plot, then don't read. This is slightly AU as fair as Lana and their ancestry and stuff like that. But the main premise will not change.

DISCLAIMER: I only own my OC, nothing else.

WORD COUNT: 1, 952

Chapter 9

Annoyance.

Lana wheezed as Bella and Jacob peeled her off the floor.

She could hear them fussing over her, but she wasn't particularly interested in what they had to say, nor Jacob's vehement apologies; Lana was too pissed off to even look at him.

How dare he?!

He was there for Lana, not for Bella and yet the elder sister was the one getting all the attention!

'Aren't I the hospitalized one?! What the hell is going on?! Wait 'til Dad hears about this.' She thought maliciously, it filled her with anticipation to see what Charlie Swan would do to the Quileute teen.

Probably shoot him in the ass with rock salt.

Lana's eye twitched in annoyance as she settled back down in the bed, she was seriously considering snapping at both of them, but she liked her vocal cords and decided not to chance it. Instead, she settled for glaring at both of them intently.

If looks could kill, Bella and Jacob would have become atoms in the air and the thought greatly pleased the fifteen-year-old Swan.

"Hey, Jacob, is it okay if I could talk to my sister in private? Just for a little while." Bella asked kindly, smiling softly at the Quileute teen.

Jacob shot up out of his seat, before turning to Lana, like an afterthought. "I'll come back in twenty minutes. I'm going to go grab something to eat." Before Lana could even twitch in his general direction, Jacob flounced out of the room as if he had been blessed with a fairy wish.

Idiot.

"How are you, honey?" Bella asked gently, taking Jacob's place as she took hold of Lana's hand, looking deep into her hazel eyes with motherly worry and sisterly love.

Goddamn it.

Lana couldn't stay mad at that face, ever.

The youngest Swan nodded, squeezing Bella's hand back as she held it close, nodding, shaking her other hand in a 'so-so' gesture. "As long as your feeling better from this morning, that's all that matters." Bella sighed in relief, her entire body straightening from its slouched position. She really was worried about Lana, "I finally found out today."

That simple revelation made Lana's entire body stiffen as her grip on Bella tightened and she looked deep into Bella's muddy brown eyes with deep interest.

Bella didn't speak.

She only nodded.

Lana's entire world stopped.

There was no way Bella would lie about such a thing.

Launching into her tale, Lana could only listen as Bella explained everything she was told about Edward Cullen and the events leading up to it. She learnt about Waylon, which was a surprise and a blow to her chest. Lana liked Waylon when she visited with Bella, not enough for her to cry, but enough for her to mourn his loss.

Bella kept talking on and on about Edward's abilities and his tendency to sparkle in the sun-

Lana couldn't hold back the laughter anymore after that.

Vampires sparkled!?

But her mirth was short lived as Bella smacked the back of her head, reprimanding her before continuing with her story.

By the end of it, Lana's brain was reeling.

Lana was a bona-fide genius, yes. She could calculate any equation in the span of five seconds and have the correct answer and show her findings in six different ways, she could easily write a three page analysis on Romeo and Juliet if she was asked, she could correctly date every major event that happened in World War II and give a proper summary of each event and in her spare time, she could correctly list a worm's biology, but this. . . this was beyond her comprehension.

The fact that it was all real made it even more out of her reach, so she did the only thing she could in a situation such as this.

Alana Swan fainted.

(..)

Lana got out of Edward's car, hating the fact that he was enjoying it so much and he teased every sour thought she had. Her eye twitched in anger as she slammed the door shut before Creeper Cullen could open the door for her, like he did with Bella. She was a strong woman, who didn't need a man to open the door for her. . . unless that man was Jacob, then he could open every door for her.

She ignored the school's entire student body that had decided to gather around them and stare like an A-list celebrity had just entered the school.

'Big deal, people! It's just a damn car-ride, get over yourselves!' Lana mentally screamed as she dragged herself with them, observing Bella's social anxiety reach an all-time high.

"Wow," Bella cleared her throat, obviously uncomfortable as Lana growled in annoyance, "y-know, everybody's staring." Bella commented, her eyes darting from person to person.

'And how did you come up with that assessment, Sherlock?' Lana sarcastically thought.

"Not that guy, no he just looked." Edward teased, a crooked smile taking over his perfect lips as the students parted like the red sea for them "I'm breaking all the rules now anyway. Since I'm going to hell," and with that, he slung his arms around Bella and Lana's shoulder, which only served to infuriate the fifteen-year-old.

'God, I'd love to fly-kick you in the face, Creeper Cullen. I know you can hear me.' Lana pierced her eyes at him and he turned, giving her an ear-to-ear sudden display of his teeth rattled her, as did his arm around her shoulders.

She felt like a cornered animal and if he so wished, he could snap her like a twig, Bella too.

And as for that almost out of control urge to kill her sister that was in play, Lana really wasn't comfortable being anywhere near the vampire.

Oh, and being a vampire didn't freaking help!

"I'm going over there." Lana pointed to their group of friends who continued to stare, slack-jawed and awed by the scene before them.

"Okay," Bella acquiesced and continued inside the school building and as soon as the two walked inside, the crowd dispersed as Lana caught up with her friends, only to be bombarded with questions of why Bella was with the Edward Cullen; mostly Jessica was the one asking those questions.

"Hey, Harley, are you feeling better?" Mike asked, smiling gently as he gave her a gentle hug and she smiled, patting his back just like a friend would.

"Yeah, I'm all good now. I got a clean bill of health, though my sanity seems to be taking massive amounts of damage." Gesturing to the door where Edward and Bella walked through, the group burst into laughter and soon enough, even Lana was laughing with them and they all amassed into a dorky group-hug, cheering for Lana's return.

(..)

Lana felt sick.

She had seen enough of Creeper Cullen and Bella's lovey-dovey moments to last her sixteen lifetimes, she was done.

But there was something deep in her.

A rage that she couldn't keep under control, something that yearned inside of her to make Edward know that she wasn't as helpless as she seemed.

She was sitting on the porch, listening to her favourite songs from the eighties era, not paying attention to Edward or Bella's conversation, more keeping in the forefront of her mind was that Jacob was visiting for the Mariner's game. Lana knew the real reason though, he only wanted an excuse to see Bella. For that alone, she wanted to crawl under a rock and live out the rest of her years as a hermit.

Watching Edward drive away did wonders for her mood, but she refrained from dancing on the spot and settled for pulling out her headphones as she saw the Billy's Chevrolet pull up on the grass and a large smile took form on her lips as she nearly flew toward them and helped Jacob with his dad's wheelchair. "Well, good to see you all better, Lana! How do you feel, hon?" Billy asked, happy to see the youngest Swan was back to full health.

"I'm all good, Billy. Thank you for everything, by the way. I'm sorry I didn't get around to thanking you earlier, it's just been a crazy week." Lana apologised before she hugged the older man gently and he reciprocated.

"It's alright, I'm just glad you were able to get to the hospital in time." Billy looked over Lana and relief washed over him. He was happy that she was okay.

Jacob and Lana shared a tight hug. "I'm so glad you're feeling better, Lana." Jacob whispered in her ear, his lips so close they brushed against the soft skin of her earlobe, causing her to shudder in surprise and (she felt so embarrassed but) pleasure.

"Thanks, Jake." Lana whispered back and she pressed a gentle kiss to his cheek in gratitude before they pulled away.

"Hey, come to visit your truck?" Bella smiled, as Jacob straightened himself up, excited.

"Looks good!" Jacob commented, handing the bags of Harry Clearwater's fish fry to his father to inspect the truck. "Got that dent out."

"Yeah." Bella commented awkwardly, since Edward literally just tugged on it gently and it popped right out.

"Actually, we came to visit your flatscreen. First Mariner's game of the season!" Billy stated as Lana jumped from side to side.

"I'm physically and emotionally ready to hide up in my room and play games on my Playstation." Lana stated, making all three of them laugh.

"Plus, Jacob here, keeps bugging me about seeing you again," Billy added with a sly smile to Bella, who looked incredibly uncomfortable and Jacob's cheeks flared as embarrassment rocked through him. Lana's bouncing ceased slowly and the smile, instead of being happy to see the Black's turned stiff and too wide to be considered real, but nobody noticed.

"Great, Dad. Thanks." Jacob murmured to his father, who replied,

"Just keeping it real, son."

Charlie came from behind them, handing Billy the beer as they started up toward the house, effectively breaking the tense air that settled around them.

"Got an extra controller?" Jacob asked Lana, who smiled.

"No, but I do have Crash Bandicoot."

"You're on, Swan." Jacob grinned at Lana as she helped Jacob bring Billy up the stairs.

"Bring it, Black." Lana stated confidently, raising one eyebrow in competition.

"Oh, Lana, you're coming with me to Edward's place tomorrow." Bella said nonchalantly as she walked into the house.

"Oh oka- wait, what?!" Lana yelled.

What in the hell just happened?!

I know it wasn't much guys, I'm sorry!

Next chapter will be much more, but this is just a little filler before the main event, I hope you enjoyed it, especially some of the fluff with Jacob and the bundle of teenage hormones and college-level genius that is Lana.

UPDATE: I just reformed a few things, added a little extra to it that I had forgotten to when I first released it :) Enjoy!

Look out for the next chapter!