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: 2, 170

Chapter 12

And So It Began

"Thanks for picking me up, Jake. I really appreciate it." Lana smiled gently as she settled into the passenger seat of the Rabbit as Jacob smiled over at her.

"It's okay, Lana," he flicked his eyes to her and then back to the road, "did you get tired of being the third wheel in their friendship?"

"Yeah, friendship." Lana had told Jacob that Bella and Edward were in a relationship but he refused to believe it and just called it a 'friendship' as if he still had a chance. In all honesty, it was starting to make her incredibly angry that he would just ignore the facts right in front of him for his stupid little crush on her big sister. 'Am I invisible? Honestly, am I that invisible that you can't see me at all, you prefer a brown-haired, mumble factory that only uses you for information instead of someone who actually cherishes who you are inside?' Lana was just so angry at that point. She knew she'd feel so bad for even thinking those things, but as of right now, she couldn't have cared any less. But all of that was locked inside of her, not bubbling to the surface, Lana didn't have that luxury, "but yeah, I got really tired of it, so after meeting his family, I just kinda left since Bella went off on her own. Didn't feel right, me being there."

"Bella seems to do that, alot." Jacob comments.

"Does what?" Lana asked, her eyebrows furrowing gently as she looked at Jacob who sighed, drumming his fingers against the steering wheel.

"She takes you with her, wherever she needs to go, she has to have you there." He answered, sighing again, "doesn't it get a little old, always following her?"

Lana sighed, "Jake, pull over for a sec." Jacob did so, though with a questioning gaze and when the car rolled to a stop, she turned toward him, taking his hands when he had finished parking the car, "ever since I was born, I was always protecting Bella. If some stupid kid pushed her on the playground, I'd push back and make sure they fell harder. I got into fist-fights for Bella because some of the popular girls pulled her hair in middle school and I got suspended. She's gotten used to having me nearby, protecting her," Jacob smiled gently as she spoke. Lana was always so fearless, it was one of the things he liked most about her, "so, no. I don't find it old. Annoying? Yeah, a pain in my ass? Hell yeah!" He laughed at that, but she sighed, a small smile on her full lips, "and yeah, I'd like to have my own life and not always have to cater for Bella's things, but that's just part of having Bella for a sister and while I may not like it all the time, for her? I can bear it." Lana smiled gently.

Jacob used his hands and pulled her close to his chest in a large bear hug and Lana chuckled, wrapping her arms loosely around his shoulders, resting her nose against his shoulder, subtly taking in his scent and she smiled. "You are literally the strongest person I've ever met." His voice rumbled in her ear and she couldn't help but shiver.

"Thanks, Jake." Pulling back, they were inches away, deep brown stared into caramel hazel.

They suddenly pulled back, their cheeks bright red as Jacob cleared his throat. "I'll uh, start the car now . . . you need to go home right?"

"Y-yeah." Lana jerked her belt back on, trying to calm her frantic heart.

'So damn close!'

"Quil, Embry and I are going to the cinema in Port Angeles, we're going to see The Fantastic Four again, wanna come with us?"

She knew what he was doing, trying to backpedal and just bring out the fact that they were 'just friends'.

That hurt.

Really hurt.

"Sure! You know I love the Fantastic Four, especially Johnny." Lana waggled her eyebrows as Jacob laughed.

(..)

Lana woke up in the late-morning, early afternoon. Once again, in Jacob's bed, with Jacob passed out on the floor, curled up with Quil and Embry with a large woolen blanket over all three fifteen-year-old snoring boys. Chuckling, she watched as Quil and Embry cuddled further into Jake, who was blissfully unaware of what his two best friends were doing, unconsciously.

Lana snickered as she pulled out her phone and snapped a clear picture of her three boys.

Running her hands through her hair, she could easily feel the rat's nest that her unconscious moving had done to her hair.

The tangles alone would give her nightmares.

Lana had met Quil and Embry for the first time last night and already she loved them. They were unnecessarily flirty but she didn't mind that. What made her blush was Jacob's possessiveness of her. He kept pushing both his Quileute friends away from her each time they got a little too close.

She found it quite sweet:

"So, maiden, would you desire a quick romp in the servant quarters?" Quil waggled his eyebrows, throwing his arm over her shoulder. It was limp and he didn't make a move toward her breast. He was just joking around. These days, Lana was hyper-aware of any guy that touched her, after the incident at the bookstore.

But, she let a small smile curl her lips upward, knowing that Quil wasn't that type of guy.

"Fair maiden, don't go with him, he's too immature. Come with me, my love!" Embry sidled up to Lana, getting down on one knee and he took her hand. Dramatically sweeping his long hair from his face, "we will venture far beyond your wildest dreams, create memories that will last forever and when we meet in the meadows of dreams and fantasy, we will start a new adventure, blessed by true love's first kiss!" Embry made a kissy face, slowly leaning up before both he and Quil were pushed away from Lana's giggling form and Jacob stood in front of her, protectively.

Lana's heart fluttered as she stared at Jacob, his back taut and he looked taller than usual, his shoulders broad, she couldn't see his face, but she could imagine that she would never liked to be stared down by such a glare. It was like they were impeding on his territory and he was possessive of it.

Was it weird that she liked to think that she was the territory?

"Knock it off, you two!" Jacob growled, "no servant romping for you," he pointed to Quil who sighed, clicking his finger in defeat sarcastically, "and no mushy fairytale adventure for you." He pointed over to Embry who started to dramatically cry.

"Woe is me! You have taken my fair maiden away! Whatever shall I do?!" He wailed.

Lana laughed and she could see Jacob's shoulders start to shake as he tried to keep his laughter in check while trying to maintain his serious composure before she stepped forward, "fear not, my prince, for I shall be with you, always." Lana bowed graciously as Embry, still on one knee, took her hand once more.

"My fair lady, your words breathe new life into me! I shall wait for you, until the tyrant king's death." He looked pointedly at Jacob who laughed.

"Come on, Prince Charming," Lana pulled Embry up as they giggled together, "you too, Shrek." She spoke over her shoulder to Quil, who cried in protest before he grabbed her by the waist, tickling her.

Howling with laughter, Lana tried to escape, but the three Quileute boys had already planned their attack and soon, all three were tickling her outside of the movie theatre.

It was a great night.

Stepping over Embry, Lana gently shook Jacob awake, "Jake, I'm gonna head home okay? It's late."

"Wha'?" He mumbled sleepily, his eyes half open, "what time is it?"

"One-thirty in the afternoon." Lana giggled, "see you later."

"Mm. . bye Laba."

'Laba?'

"See you, Jake." With a sleepy nod, he fell fast asleep once more, snuggling into his pillow before she left.

(..)

As soon as she was home, she showered and made some breakfast, kissing Charlie on his cheek before she set his plate in front of her and herself, "isn't Bella coming down?"

"She's still asleep, baby, I thought I'd just let her get some rest." Charlie smiled softly up at his youngest, "I didn't even know you could cook, sweetheart!" He comments.

"Well, Mum's a terrible cook, so Bella would normally do it for a while, until I started to show an interest. She taught me how to cook and the rest I picked up myself. We used to take turns every night and we'd try to one up each other with dinner." Lana giggled as she expertly cracked two eggs in the pan for herself, keeping an eye on the bacon that popped alongside the bubbling eggs, "it got so bad that we started to have a competition every Friday after school. It was a cook off and Mum would sample each and the winner would get their favourite flavour of ice-cream after." Lana chuckled as she tended to the eggs, setting them on a plate, along with the cooked bacon and she shut off the stove, before sitting down with her father.

"That sounds really fun, baby." Charlie commented, dousing his eggs lightly with salt before he covered them with pepper and started to eat, "this is amazing, Lana!"

"Thanks, Dad," Lana blushed a soft pink before she grabbed the salt and lightly coated her eggs before she also started to eat.

"How was your night out with Jacob and his friends? Did they do anything?"

"Dad!" Lana groaned exasperatedly, spearing a piece of fried bacon into her mouth, "no they didn't." She aptly avoided the romping in the servants quarters and the confessions of undying love in the meadows of fantasy and dreams.

"They better not have, you're my baby girl. No man on Earth is getting his hands on you. Not ever." Charlie spoke with such ease and confidence, it broke Lana's heart to know that if she ever told him about the incident in Port Angeles, he would believe that he had failed as a father and would have hunt down those drunkards.

Knowing all that, she kept her mouth shut and continued to eat, "well, I feel so much safer, with the knowledge I have the Sheriff of the Forks Police Department as my father, especially when I know he can use a handgun."

"Shotgun too," Charlie added, rubbing her hair playfully, making his baby giggle.

"Shotgun too." Lana reiterated, laughing as she half-heartedly fixed her hair. After a few moments of silent chewing, "So, when you announce yourself, do you shout 'Sheriff Swan, FPD'?"

"Shut up and eat, Lana."

"It's a fair question!"

(..)

"So, where's Creeper Cullen taking you?" Lana asked, absent-mindedly turning the page on a massive fictional story that she had started to read as Bella descended the staircase.

"He can hear you and he's taking me to meet his family, we're going to play baseball." Bella huffed quietly to her sister, earning a long roll of hazel eyes.

"Puh-lease, like you'll actually play baseball with vampires." Lana cackled, ignoring her sister's attempts to quieten her, before she finally gave up and went into the other room to speak to their father. All Lana saw was her father flick barrel up, it clicking into the place as if it was loaded with shells as Bella pulled away with unease. 'It's not even loaded, Bells.' She thought ironically. 'He wouldn't be cleaning inside the barrel if he had a shell in it, even if it was a dummy shell.'

Lana proceeded to ignore Edward as he walked in and only responded to bid them farewell, but remained lost in the book until about hours later she got a text from Bella.

Slamming her book shut, she read it. 'Something's just happened. We're in danger. Whatever you see when I get home isn't real but please don't tell Dad.'

"What in the-" Lana never got the chance to finish her sentence because the door slammed open, causing her and her almost sleeping father to jump.

Bella was home.