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Chapter Eighteen- The Resistance

"Love is our resistance

They'll keep us apart and they wont to stop breaking us down

Hold me

Our lips must always be sealed

If we live a life in fear

I'll wait a thousand years

Just to see you smile again

It could be wrong, could be wrong, but it should have been right

It could be wrong, could be wrong, to let our hearts ignite

It could be wrong, could be wrong, are we digging a hole?

It could be wrong, could be wrong, this is out of control

It could be wrong, could be wrong, it can never last

It could be wrong, could be wrong, must erase it fast

It could be wrong, could be wrong, but it should have been right

It could be wrong could be...."

-Muse- "The Resistance"

(Leah's POV)

Sam turned to the back door to lead us out, but Rosalie leapt out of her seat and said, "Now wait just a damn minute."

We all turned to face her. She was standing in the international female war stance. Her feet apart, her shoulders squared, her face set in anger and determination. Her hands were right by her hips, she was very close to putting her hands on her hips.

Every male in his right mind should have been terrified of Rosalie at that moment. You don't mess with a woman when she's in her war stance, especially a woman like Rosalie. I glanced around the room and sure enough, Carlisle, Jasper, Seth, Sam, Jared, and even Emmett had a slight trace of terror in their eyes.

Carlisle cleared his throat and asked softly, "Rose, what is it?"

Rosalie whipped her head around and glared at him. "This is all okay to you? That after everything he did to Leah and Bella we're just going to run down to La Push and save the wolves girlfriends? When Edward turned Bella into a vampire, wasn't it him that wanted to start a war between us for Edward's stupidity?" she pointed her finger at Sam.

There were many emotions written across Rose's face, hatred and anger being the two strongest ones. She wasn't anywhere near finished, though. "Wasn't it him that forbid Leah from seeing Bella, her own imprint, just because she could get hurt? He wouldn't let Leah see her imprint, but now that his has been missing for a day he comes running to us for help and you're telling me that we're just going to forget all this and become some saviors of imprints in distress?" Rosalie finished, her hands resting firmly on her hips now.

I was surprised she was defending Bella and I so fiercely. We had formed a friendship, sure, but if you have a strong friendship with Rosalie she would defend you to the death. If anyone possessing a penis in their pants and an ounce of intelligence in their heads, they wouldn't dare challenge Rosalie. Leave it to Sam to make me lose all faith in the male gender.

He took a menacing step forward, Emmett jumped up to stand in front of his wife. Rosalie wasn't having any of that, she pushed him back so he was only next to her and slightly behind her. Rose definitely didn't need anyone fighting her battles for her. She could handle Sam, I was sure of that.

Sam nearly growled as he spoke. "First of all, I was thinking of Leah's safety and the safety of La Push when I asked Leah not to see Bella-"

"Asked her not to see Bella?! Is that some sort of code word for forbid her!?" She shot back.

Stupidly, Sam said, "No, I-"

Rosalie cut him off, "If I remember correctly you ordered her not to see Bella. As in forbid! Take credit for the work you've done Sammy, don't be modest." Rosalie shot back.

"Rosalie-" Esme started, but Rosalie wasn't having any of that.

"No, Esme, don't start. I'm not going to let Sam just come in here and demand we help him after he's done nothing but cause trouble for us." Rosalie's voice was as sharp as a razorblade.

"No one's demanding anything." Sam almost roared, his body shaking with anger.

Jacob cut in, "Don't you dare phase in here, Sam. You're on my turf and I won't allow you to put them in danger."

Sam's eyes nearly bugged out of his head, "Them? You don't want me to put them in danger? They're your natural enemy Jake."

"No, Sam, they're not. They've done nothing but good for us. Don't forget this is pretty much your fault that we had to join them."

Sam shook his head. "No, the only reason we become shape-shifters is because they're here."

"We become shifters because it's in our blood. You don't see everyone else turning into wolves to protect themselves do you? It's not their fault, don't blame them, blame our heritage," Jacob answered.

Sam stared at him dumbfounded for a few seconds. "Fine, fuck it. We'll do this ourselves." He spun around, but this time Carlisle stopped him.

"Sam, wait. We'll help you," he said.

Rosalie shook her head. "I won't."

"Rose, people are in danger," he said to her.

"No, people aren't in danger. Have you heard anything about other people disappearing? No. It is just imprints, which means that whoever kidnapped the girls isn't after random people. They're specifically targeting the wolves. Not us, none of my family is in danger, so I'm not risking it," she said firmly.

"Rose, you know Emily is my cousin," I said, speaking for the first time.

Her eyes cut to mine. "Look at what they did to you Leah. I know you have Bella now, but I know you remember how it felt to have them betray you like that. Sam may not have had a choice in the matter, but Emily did. An imprint can be whatever you want right, she didn't have to hurt you so she could be with Sam."

Bella spoke this time, "But the same thing happened with Leah and I. I was with Edward when Leah imprinted on me, remember? The imprint pushed us in the right direction. You can't fight it, Rosalie. We should help them," her voice was soft and sympathetic. I didn't want to help Sam either, despite the fact that Emily was my cousin. However, Bella offered to help and unfortunately I can't deny Bella anything. I'd follow her straight into a lion's den, should she lead me there.

Rosalie considered this for a moment. "I'll help, but only because you asked me to, Bella." She smiled a little at Bella and I, then her face turned hard and she looked back to Sam. "I'm not doing it for you, not after what you've done to my family."

Sam nodded. "Fine."

Carlisle motioned with his hand and said, "Well then, let's go check it out."

Sam turned and stomped out the door, Jared close behind him. Seth, Jacob and the Cullen's went out behind them. Bella grabbed my hand to pull me back a little when I started to follow. I saw Rosalie linger by the back door for a moment, probably waiting for Bella and I, then she went out the door, too.

I turned to face my love, who still wasn't used to her vampire strength and was gripping my hand rather tightly.

"Bella," I said laughing a little. I nodded to my hand.

"Oh!" She laughed and loosened her grip.

I asked, "What's wrong, Bells?"

As a human, Bella was an open book. Her emotions clearly splayed across her face. As a vampire, she was slightly better at hiding her emotions. The look in her eyes told me she was worried about something. "Do you think I'll be the next imprint to go missing?" she asked me.

I shook my head. "No. The other imprints are human and only went missing because their wolf left them alone. You are a vampire and never leaving my side, remember?" I smiled endearingly at her and she returned it.

"So you won't let any big bad monsters get me?" she asked this playfully, but her eyes were serious. Bella was my love, my imprint, my soul mate. I couldn't help but think about when Edward kidnapped her. Even being the fastest wolf in La Push I couldn't save her.

"Not a chance in hell," I promised her. She tilted her face to me and I met her lips with my own, knowing that's what she wanted. I grazed my tongue across her lips, but she pulled away.

"Leah, we have to go with them," she told me, sounding as unhappy about it as I felt. My anger toward Sam flared up just then. Even after he breaks up with me and I leave his pack, he still finds a way to make me do whatever he wants.

"Let's go then," I said sadly as I took her hand in mine again and leading her out the back door.

We followed Sam through the woods to La Push. I was running alongside my Bella. If I was the fastest wolf, Bella was the slowest vampire. That thought made me laugh, even though every time I run with her I have to run what I consider to be slow.

When we reached Sam's house, the rest of the La Push pack was waiting for us. Paul glared at Jake, Seth and I as we approached. He hated us for turning our back on them. I just rolled my eyes at him and smiled. If he wanted to hate me, well then he could do it while I smiled at him. Bastard.

I saw Embry and Quil with a look of longing in their eyes. They missed Jake, no doubt. Some of the younger wolves wore expressions that I believe they learned from Paul, contempt in their eyes and a sneer on their features. They didn't even know us, I thought.

We stopped about five feet away from them. Sam led Carlisle over to Emily's car. Carlisle's steps faltered as he approached and when Sam opened the door, he froze. The scent of Emily and two bloodsuckers soon reached the rest of us. One by one, each of the Cullen's froze as they recognized the scent.

"What's going on?" Jacob asked.

Carlisle turned to face us. "It's Tanya and Irina."

After ten whole seconds of silence, Bella finally said, "Well fuck me."

A/N: I have a new one shot up about Alice and Bella called "In Venere Veritas", in case you haven't read it yet. There's also a companion story to it about Edward and Jasper that was written by the loveliest of lovely ladies, LovelessGurlsDoItBetter and it's called, "La Beauté de la Douleur". So go read both of them!

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Always, LCM