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, 401

Chapter 16

Party Night

Stretching her back, Lana slumped forward on the desk next to Mike.

Her book of Romeo and Juliet was propped up in front of her, concealing her phone and head from Mr. Bertie (who was more enthralled with the movie than with his own students who were falling asleep in his class- Mike). Smiling as she held her phone up in front of her face and stared at it with warm eyes, pulling up the picture she had taken with her Quileute boys. It was a few days ago when she was looking after Seth when Harry and his family were busy with work.

It was a rather beautiful day in Forks especially at the Reservation so Lana thought they could all benefit from a picnic.

They were in the clearing with bikes and various board games and books strewn on the grass with a picnic blanket laid on the ground haphazardly in the background. All five of them were standing in center frame.

Seth was giggling in front of Lana and he was clutching at her hands that were linked together around his tummy as she hugged him from behind as Quil and Embry jumped in the background on either side smiling wide. Jacob's arms were wrapped around Lana's waist as he was off to the side, laughing uncontrollably while Lana and Seth made funny faces at the camera.

(..)

"C'mon, guys! I want a photo of all of us!" Lana called from the picnic blanket, munching on a grape and a cube of cheese.

Seth looked up at her from his place in front of her, completely forgetting about the book he was completely engrossed in while the three boys stood from their bikes as Jacob set the ratchet down, wiping his greasy hands on the dirty rag from tuning her bike.

"Come on!" Lana waved her arms, brushing the front of her dress down as Seth bounded toward her excitedly, carrying his compact camera that he had purchased doing odd jobs around the Res as the three boys caught up with Lana and Seth.

"So how are we gonna do this, if you want a photo of all of us when one of us has to hold the camera?" Jacob asked, grinning cheekily at the frozen look on the youngest Swan's face.

"I'll do it." A sweet voice called from the treeline, five heads swiveled to the location to see Seth's older sister: Leah coming toward them.

Her long hair swaying around her hips as she smiled kindly at the group of friends. "I thought I might find you guys here."

"Hey, Leah!" Lana greeted as Seth bounded over to his sister and gave her the camera, "make sure to get my good side!"

Lana's quip resulted in a ripple of laughter among the Quileute tribe members before they got into position until Seth jumped in front of the young Swan, arms thrown out to completely eclipse her, "no, don't! She'll crack the lens!"

"Hey!" Lana squealed indignantly before wrapping her arms around Seth's middle, tickling the spot against his ribs as he squealed, laughing before trying to wiggle out of her tight hold.

"Jacob, save me!"

The boy in question grabbed Lana's waist, laughing hard. "You're on your own, dude."

"Aw, come on!"

"Okay, guys! Three. . .two. . .one!"

Quil and Embry took those last moments to run and jump on either side of Lana, Jacob and Seth.

"Yeah, action shot!" Both Quileute boys howled in excitement.

Click.

(..)

Leah had taken the picture for them and Lana had printed it out and put it in her scrapbook while also downloading the picture on her phone so she always had it with her. Honestly, she missed the Res and she missed Seth. He was like the little brother she always wanted, even though he was only a few years younger, she loved him just as much.

She loved everyone on the Res and considered them her family just as much as her own, she loved to be there more than she liked to be in her own house, playing PlayStation.

Lana was ripped out of her reverie as her phone vibrated quietly and a new message popped up from Jacob. 'Hey, Lalana! Are we still on for tonight?!'

If the circumstances had been different, she would have thought that the Native-American boy was hinting at a date with her but that was only if the circumstances were different- and those circumstances would have to be if she was silent, two years older, pale and in love with someone else, who should actually- by all accounts in science- be utterly impossible to even exist.

Oh, and her name would have to be Isabella Marie Swan, her sister.

Yeah, or if she just swapped consciousnesses with Bella. . but then the whole Creeper Cullen thing would just be too weird to handle and Lana would projectile vomit all over the tall, pale and glittery boy.

Shuddering, she ripped herself from her spiraling thought process and picked up her phone- answering Jacob's text with false enthusiasm:

'Yo, Jakey-boy! I'm super ready for this game marathon ;)! You are no match for my HALO 3 skillz! You Quileute boys are going DOWN tonight, mark my words!"

Sighing, she set her phone down in front of her before she propped her elbow on the table and rested her cheek on her palm- blowing air through her lips, making a loud 'pbbbt' noise that caused ripples of snorts and giggles to erupt around the classroom.

Mr. Bertie clawed his attention away from the movie to Lana and directed a disapproving glare that silently conveyed his disgust at her nonchalance in front of such a wonderful piece of literature before he paused the movie and turned to the youngest girl in the class- a smug, victorious smirk curled his thin lips, "perhaps, you could finish the last few lines of the iambic pentameter. . unless of course you weren't paying attention, Miss. Swan the younger."

Lana's trademark grin stretched across her lips and she could faintly hear Bella sighing in the background along with Edward's chuckle- as he knew what was coming, he's witnessed Lana's pure genius in more than a few settings where she mortified her own teachers in front of their students.

"O here. . will I set up my everlasting rest, and shake the yoke of inauspicious stars from this world-wearied flesh." The victory on Mr. Bertie's face slowly morphed into shock and embarrassment as Lana continued, "Eyes look your last. Arms take your last embrace. And lips, O you, the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death."

Mr. Bertie fixed his jacket before looking to the other students, "eyes on the screen, people." He ordered before resuming the film.

The whispered praises from her friends caused Lana to grin before she turned to see Edward and Bella, heavy solemn looks twisted their facial features and the younger Swan frowned as she caught Bella's eye but the older Swan just shook her head.

If Bella wished to share their conversation with her, she would in her own time- but that didn't mean Lana couldn't be sneaky and find out from Edward.

'Yo, Creeper Cullen.' Lana scream-thought at him, slyly watching him jump slightly as his gold eyes rounded to her. The slightest furrow in his brows was all the prompt she needed to answer his silent question, 'what's going on with Bella?'

Edward sighed imperceptibly which was always weird for Lana (given he had no need for oxygen), and the slight sway from his head contained her answer: he wasn't going to tell either.

Well, great.

Now the curiosity would eat at her all damn day.

With a pout, Lana turned back to face the front, turning her attention to her vibrating phone and checked the message:

'Oh, is that what you think, Swan?! Prepare to have your mind blown at my awesome skills. You will be destroyed. Mark MY words. See you tonight at 8. I'll have all your favourite snacks :P!' Was Jacob's reply.

A large smile stretched Lana's lips.

It was gonna be a good night, tonight.

(..)

"Yeah, so I won't be able to make it to the party." Lana explained to a lip-trembling Alice who was on the other side of the cafeteria table, "I actually already made plans for the night- considering Bella didn't want a party because of her, y'know, ripe old age of eighteen. I mean, she's practically a grandma now."

Bella sighed, slapping her sister's arm playfully while repressing her odd, yet terrifying dream, "I'm older than my boyfriend who will forever remain seventeen. It's weird."

"What's weird is that you still think he's seventeen. He's like five hundred, okay? You will never be older than him- count that as a win." Lana argued with her sister's logic.

"I'm actually a hundred and nine." Edward corrected.

"Cradle-snatcher." Lana quipped with a teasing grin, eyes rolling to her sister's vampiric boyfriend who groaned at her teasing- covering his face with his hands as Bella's muddy brown eyes widened with shock while Jasper covered a hand over his mouth to hide his grin.

"Lana!" Bella admonished.

The youngest Swan only giggled, overjoyed that she managed to creep out the Creeper himself when she gasped- marveling at her mental discovery, "wow, my nickname for you has a whole new meaning."

"But why aren't you coming?!" Alice whined, "it's your sister's birthday!"

"And if I know anything about my sister, it's that she hates aging and she hates parties and when those two things are combined- that only spells disaster." Lana winked at her sister, who smirked, "plus we've already done our gifts, exchanged birthday wishes. I will be spending the rest of the night at the Reservation with my best friends and kicking their asses at HALO."

"I hope you have a good time." Bella wished, a soft smile replacing the smirk as she watched her sister tenderly.

"I always do, Bells. You have a great time at your birthday party, don't do anything I wouldn't do." Lana drawled, rising from her place at the table before slinging her bag over her shoulder, "now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with destiny. I shall see you all tomorrow morn. 'But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.'" And with that Shakespearean quote spoken in a passable British accent, Lana bowed theatrically before twirling around and was off, a determined quality added to her gait.

'It's like she's off to war.' The three vampires and one human thought as one.

(..)

"My tribe, it is time!" Lana boomed, standing on the rickety sofa of Jacob's living room where Quil, Embry and Jacob lounged on the floor in front of her, nibbling at the snacks they'd shared among themselves, "no longer shall we be ridiculed for kissing a Chris Evans poster, no longer shall we be shamed for that one time we literally tripped on a banana peel in Port Angeles! For today is the day of reckoning! Today, we shall take on these dweebs who think they're better than us and we will crush them between our fingers like tiny gnats! Today is the day we shall pass judgement on those who have wronged us and we shall destroy them! Today is judgement day!"

"You know, it's things like this that make us wonder if you're truly insane and we should call the mental institute and say that have an escaped patient." Embry quipped

"Lana, you're literally talking to nobody but yourself right now, I'm actually quite concerned for you." Quil placed a hand over his heart with a mockingly worried expression twisting his features.

"Make jokes all you want but today is the day I exact my revenge on each and every one of you, especially you, Black." Lana vowed, hopping off the couch before plonking her butt on the comfortable cushions as Jacob looked up at her, scandalized.

"What? What did I do?" Jacob squeaked, staring at Lana with wide eyes.

"You were the worst of all!" Lana growled, eyes piercing as she stared at him.

Embry rubbed the back of his head, "actually, dude. you kinda are the worst of us."

"Yeah, man. It's no wonder she wants to annihilate you." Quil agreed.

"Uh-oh. ." Jacob murmured, staring at Lana with fearful eyes.

"Prepare to get your ass beat, Jacob Black." Lana pressed the button and the game menu started up.

"We are so screwed." The three Quileute boys wailed as the game launched.

Lana would never have guessed as to what would happen in terms of her sister's wellbeing at the Cullen house and the implications it would have on their lives as a whole.

She would never have known it would come to this.

Hi everyone!

I AM SO SORRY!

Life has been hectic and my mental health hasn't been all that great, lately. Not to mention that my muse sort of left me high and dry but I am back and I'm ready to attack. Now this chapter is a fluff chapter, just a little foreboding of what's to come and of what's going to happen to the Swan family as a whole.

Be ready, people!

Again, I am so sorry for abandoning you all for a year! Like I said, life has been hectic and I feel so terrible about it but I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, enjoy the fun while it lasts because all hell is about to break loose. Get ready!

-myheartbelongstoaboywithalimp