A/N: I've decided to gift you guys with TWO chapters instead of one because while my computer's been down (all I did was accidentally press a button and my internet stopped working -_-), I've been hard at work for these chapters. I'm currently JUST starting chapter 9, while making improvements to chapter 8.
Things are about to get really intense from here on out in this story, especially the next few chapters. It will start drifting out from the roughly T area it's been sitting at to a more M-esque story. Drug usage, HEAVY cussing, drinking, adult themes and horror are going to start being intertwined. You've been forewarned. If you don't like any of that stuff, I recommend you stop reading this story right now.
This will take place when Sera is almost 10 months old. So, for those of you who suck at math like me, it's in September. This is Jacob and Nessie's pre-wedding.
Thanks, everyone!
Xoxo, Chels.
WARNING: Underage drinking and illegal drug references/usage in this chapter. Both are bad. Just a reminder, if you are under sixteen, you should not be reading M.
Disclaimer: Don't own Twilight!
Chapter Song: Blame It On the Alcohol, by Jamie Foxx. There is a reason. Hahaha.
Seth POV
"For the love of God, Alice," I moaned, "Please let me eat."
I had been standing in Alice's ridiculously gigantic closet for the past three hours now, and I had nothing to eat in that length of time. To a wolf, that's an entire day without food in our eyes.
"Oh, shush," she reprimanded, measuring the length of my arm for the hundreth time, "You ate three hours ago. It was a big meal."
"I'm starving, and I'm tired, and I miss my freaking imprint. You have been working on this monkey suit for the past three hours!" I hissed. I just wanted to hold Sera and crawl in the corner, hoping that Alice would forget my presence until the wedding day. Ness and Jake were getting married, and I was the best man. But no one told me that being the best man, I would be subjected to this. I'm pretty sure Embry and Quil went through half of what I was going through.
Alice flicked my head, and I let out a yelp. I turned to glare at her.
"You complain a lot," she commented, working on hemming my pant leg a bit more. I scoffed.
"I don't complain, I'm fed up. You've measured me probably a thousand times in the past three hours, so if you don't know my measurements by heart, I seriously worry about your supposedly freakish vampire retaining abilities."
She sighed and set down her measuring tape. "I'm sorry, Seth. I do, but I just can't help but be a bit of a control-freak-slash-perfectionist sometimes."
"Sometimes?" I asked increduclously, my eyebrows shooting to my forhead.
She burst into laughter. "Okay, majority of the time. I guess I just have to finish this pant leg here, but you are officially perfect."
I let out a joyous shout, and immediately took off the stupid suit. I climbed into my cutoff shorts, not bothering with a shirt, and practically ran downstairs before Alice could catch me again.
I ate everything I saw in the fridge, and just as I felt myself finally become satiated, Jacob, Quil, and Embry walked in. Quil was in town for groomsmen activities, but anyone could see how much he missed Claire.
"You," I growled, glaring at Jacob, "Alice spent the last three hours working on that stupid suit. Do you realize how ridiculous that is?"
Jacob laughed. "She only spent two on me, and an hour on Embry and Quil each."
Alice was going to kill me. I swear, I think this was payback for imprinting on Sera. She says she's fine with it, but I was seriously beginning to question her motives. "Ugh!" I growled, and stalked away, with them laughing after me.
I sought out Sera. She was a drug to me, and I needed my fix.
She was in the backyard with Emmett and Edward and Jasper, and they were teaching Sera how to play football. From what I saw, she was actually pretty good. I gave Jasper mental props when I saw her wearing knee, elbow, and shin pads, as well as a helmet. I knew if it were up to me though, I would wrap her in bubble wrap on top of everything else.
I walked over, and stooped to pick up my imprint. I held her close to me and pressed my nose into her hair, smelling her delicious lavendar and musk scent. I felt any apprehension and annoyance from earlier drift away.
"Seth!" she squealed, and threw her arms tightly around my neck. I kissed her hair.
"Hey, kiddo. You safe and everything?" I tried to make my tone teasing and light, but inside I was a nervous wreck for my little girl. It's funny how I went from happy-go-lucky Seth to mother hen Seth in the presence of Seraphina.
She pulled back and smacked my arm. "You're worse than Daddy. Hee already has these stupid pads on me." She rolled her eyes when Japser grinned.
"Sorry, darlin'. Emmett gets rowdy."
I eyed the uncle in question. "Don't hurt her," I told Emmett, which caused him to lightly punch my arm. Or he thought it was a light punch.
"Okay, Mom," he teased, and pulled Sera out of my hands to set her on the ground. "Go long!" Emmett called, and Sera sprinted down the grass. He threw the ball, and it soared high through the air. Sera jumped up fifteen feet to catch the ball, and then landed gracefully on the ground. She sprinted towards Edward then, who was busy talking to Nessie about something with his back turned. She wore a mischievious grin as she tore silently down the field. She leaped up, and before Edward had time to react, she tackled her uncle.
We all cracked up. Edward fell to the ground on his face with a loud oof. He whipped his head around to where his niece was, giggling at his disgruntled expression.
"I thought you liked me better than that!" Edward complained, flipping over. His hair was sticking up in every which way, and there were leaves sticking out. This caused Seraphina to giggle some more, and Emmett to boom with laughter.
"Aw, Daddy," Nessie said, patting his head. His face slipped into a childish pout. I doubled over with laughter.
"That's it," Edward growled playfully, grabbing Seraphina's leg and dangling her upside down. She giggled uncontrollably. "Time to teach you a lesson."
Jasper and Emmett laughed and walked over to her. Jasper grabbed her arms, and with her exposed belly, Emmett began to tickle her with vampire speed.
Sera writhed and shrieked with laugher. I stood on the sidelines, watching her with an amused expression. When Sera finally screamed for mercy, they set her down.
Bella emerged out of the woods, watching the commotion, when Sera winked at her. This was the universal code for "shield me from your husband." Bella did so, and while the boys were preoccupied, Sera snuck over to the mud puddle near them, and taking a handful of mud, she threw it at the back of their heads.
"Hey!" they all responded, whipping around to see Sera aiming another throw at them with vampire speed. The second one hit Emmett square in the face.
"Oh, you little shit, you're really gonnapay for that one," Emmett said menacingly, and stooped down to grab a handful of mud. Sera couldn't move out of the way fast enough before Emmett dropped the lot of the top of her head.
"Ewww!" she shrieked, giggling. She looked over at me. "Seth, help me! Two against three!"
I laughed. "You got it, boss." I ran over to her, and stooped to get my own handful of mud.
Two minutes later, we were having a full on war. The five of us were covered head to toe in mud, and no one seemed to be relenting. I screamed for Jacob, Embry, and Quil to come outside and help us. They emerged, and Edward planted a mud-patty right on Jacob's face.
"That's for having sex before marriage with my daughter, dog!" he screamed with glee, just as Sera connected a mud ball to his leg.
"That's it," Jake growled, and the three of them joined our side. Within minutes, they were a full-fledged part of the war too.
Jacob and Edward were battling each other, with all of their mud balls aimed towards the other one. Embry and Quil had their aims towards Emmett and Jasper, except when Jake wasn't looking, Embry was throwing mud balls at Jake's head too with satisfaction. Sera was perched on my back, throwing balls and giggling uncontrollably as she hit every single one of her uncles over and over again. Whenever they threw back at our duo, the mud always hit me.
"WHAT IS GOING ON?" a trilling voice yelled from the porch. We all stopped and cowered a little bit. This wasn't good.
Alice was standing on the porch with barely reigned in fury in her eyes. I felt Sera shrink a little behind my back. No one could look Alice in the eye. Despite the fact that there was a yard full of vampires and werewolves, we all wanted to hide like we were nothing more than humans. Alice, though small, was a force of nature and you were a fool if you messed with her.
"Um- we were just-" Jacob stuttered.
"What if I needed any of you for anything? You're all part of this wedding! I've been slaving to try to make Nessie happy, and what do you do, Jacob? You're all out here, acting like wild animals! Japser Whitlock, you too? And Seraphina Marie, you look atrocious!We have to go into town in an hour to get your flower girl dress! You're covered head to toe in mud! Emmett, I shouldn't be suprised. Edward, I'm very surprised at you. And Seth Clearwater, for Pete's sake. You should have definitely known better!" she ranted. It seemed like with every word she said, we all shrinked a little more into ourselves.
"Sera, we need to get you cleaned up," she growled, and I put Sera down gently on the grass. She stalked over to her mom. She tsked when she saw her daughter up close.
"I need to get you in the shower," she muttered, and Sera followed her inside, looking abashed.
Esme walked outside, shaking her head. She held a pile of towels and fresh clothes. "I'm hosing you down. All of you- clothes off now." Too ashamed to care that we were stripping naked in front of each other, we all did as she asked. She took turns spraying water at us until we were all clean. None of us looked Esme in the eyes.
When we were all sprayed off, she handed us all towels, and we got dressed. We stalked inside after that, not talking to each other.
Seraphina emerged a little while later, clean, in a white dress and bright blue Chucks. Her hair still was damp and even more unruly than usual. Alice followed down with an exasperated expression on her face.
"Those shoes, Seraphina," Alice whined, looking at them disdainfully.
Sera crossed her arms and looked away. "They're my favorite pair. Don't throw them away."
Alice raised an eyebrow. "You'll grow out of them quickly, though."
Seraphina threw out a huff of annoyance and turned around. "They're still my favorite! You always try to dress me and send me in endless fashion shows. I don't mind you dressing me, but you do it for hours and hours! All I want is to play and get dirty. I don't care about fashion. I wish I could just go naked." Bella was sitting near me, and she was biting her lip, trying not to laugh. I felt really bad for my imprint. All I wanted to do was to cuddle with her and tell her that everything would be all right. Sera looked disgruntled and she stomped away from her mother towards me. Alice sighed, and slumped towards Jasper.
"Up," she commanded me, and I reached down to pick her up. She let out little angry tears, and I brushed them away quickly.
"Sera, tell me what's wrong," I requested, kissing her hair and holding her close.
I felt her anger rise. "Mommy! All she cares about is fashion! I just want to get dirty and play and have fun. She never wants me to get dirty. All I want is someone to play with." The expression on her face was so heartbreaking that I almost started crying. "I mean, you always play with me, but you're older-"
"You don't like playing with me?" I asked very sadly. My heart felt like it was breaking.
Her eyes widened. "No, not that! I love playing with you. You're my best friend. But you're older, and you do adult things and you patrol with Jacob and Embry."
I kissed her cheek. "Honey, I would never get tired of playing with you. Maybe we can find someone your age though for you to play with." I thought for a moment. "Sera, do you remember Claire? Quil is her wolf."
She shook her head. "I haven't met her."
I smiled. "Well, my mother is chomping at the bit to see you again, and since we're flying to La Push for the wedding, you can meet her. She's nice, and you can be playmates."
"Yes! Sue really wants me there?" she asked excitedly.
I laughed at her. "Hon, if it was up to her, she'd never let you leave. She absolutely loves you."
She grinned widely. "And Claire?"
"You'll see her there. She's nine, but you already look almost five and you're probably smarter than her anyways-"
She threw her arms around me and kissed my nose. "I love you, Seth."
I hugged her tightly back, breathing in her familiar scent. I felt happy because she was happy, and there was nothing more to it. "I love you too, kiddo."
Finally. Finally. We were flying to La Push the week before the wedding. Alice was an insane woman, and even her husband couldn't be in the same room with her for very long at the time being. Nessie had the dress, and Leah as her maid of honor and Rachel and Kim and Emily as her bridesmaids. The entire gang was flying out to La Push to make last minute preperations.
The wedding was going to at First Beach (the treaty would allow the Cullens on for that day), and the reception would be at the Cullen's old house. When Jacob and Nessie got married, they were going to stay in Idaho with us, but were planning on moving back when Leah retired in a few decades (Lucas still had a long way to go) so that Jacob could take over the pack. Sam had already retired from the pack, and now Leah was the Alpha, considering she had already acted at a Beta. Apparently, she was a really good Alpha too, and everyone liked her more because she was imprinted, and therefore no longer bitter. I was proud of my sister. This was something she deserved more than anyone I knew.
The Cullens chartered their own plane, and Edward flew it since he had his pilot's liscense. Bella sat with him in the cockpit, and the rest of us sat out in the cabin.
Sera was sitting in my lap, drawing Nessie and Jake, who was sitting in each other's laps and just staring at each other like it would be the last time they ever looked in each other's eyes. Rosalie popped in The King's Speech and they were all contentedly watching it. I looked over at Quil, and saw that he was staring at a picture of Claire. He had gone a week without his imprint. A week without Seraphina was painful just in thought, so I felt bad for him.
Sera hopped off my lap to go show her cousin what she drew. She handed Nessie the picture, but when she did so, her small hand brushed Nessie's torso.
Sera sucked in a gasp and jumped back. I ran over to her and knelt down next to her.
"Are you hurt?" I asked worriedly, inspecting her hand meticulously. But the second I touched her palm, she jumped back away from me too.
Edward ran over to her from the cockpit, presumably putting the plane on autopilot, and careful not to touch her hand, held her close. Sera was shaking uncontrollably, her head in her uncle's shoulder.
"What's going on?" I growled, internally freaking out.
Edward didn't say anything right away. He didn't look sad; in fact he looked almost happy and very amazed. Sera was whispering in his ear, asking if he saw and if it was normal. He tried to consol her, but she was convinced that whatever just happened wasn't natural at all.
"Edward," I muttered through clenched teeth. I wasn't normally like this, but my imprint was sad and confused and scared. I didn't care much for normalcy at the moment.
He sighed. "Sera has another gift, it seems," Edward responded, "Psychometry."
"What's that?" I asked confused, touching Sera's hair worriedly. She shuddered against my touch. Oddly enough, her skin felt a little overheated.
"It's the ability to see someone's past or future through touch. She saw Nessie's future and your past, Seth."
"What did she see of my past?" I asked worriedly.
Sera whipped around and looked at me with tears in her eyes. "I saw your dad. The day he died. The day you became a wolf."
I scooted closer to her and held her in my arms. "Shhhh, it'll be okay, kiddo. It's true, my dad died. He loved me, but it was just his time." I felt her tears leak onto my shirt. I felt immensely sad that the reason she was crying was because of the sadness I felt all those years ago. I whispered to her that I was all right now and that everything was going to be perfect.
"What did she see about me?" Nessie asked.
Sera stiffened and raised her head. Edward and her shared a knowing look. He turned looked at his daughter. "You'll find out soon."
"Aw, c'mon Dad! Sera?" Nessie pleaded.
"It's not bad," Sera said, smiling.
Renesmee huffed and leaned back into her seat. Jacob rubbed small circles on her arm. I noticed how Embry stared at her face with a little bit of sadness, and touched her leg in a soothing way. I looked away quickly.
Sera walked back over to me. Tenatively, she layed her hand on my forearm. She sighed in relief when she didn't see anything.
"Try to control it, Sera," Edward said, "Touch my arm, see if you see anything. But try to see something. Focus your energy on it."
She seemed apprehensive to try again. I smiled at her encouragingly, giving her a small little push towards Edward. She walked over with her forehead squinted in concentration, and rested her hand on Edward's arm. She flinched back almost immediately.
"Was that Aunt Bella?" she whispered in awe.
Edward smiled. "It was. That was the time when I first fell in love with her."
"You were watching her sleep."
Edward chuckled. "I did that a lot."
Carlisle piped up. "Now don't think about it. Try to focus your energy away from it."
She put her hand back on Edward's arm, but she still flinched back. "I saw...you were very sick before you turned into a vampire, weren't you, Uncle Edward?"
He smiled grimly. "I was, but Carlisle saved me. I wasn't all that good either for awhile after I changed, and people died because of me. It wasn't until a little while later did I realize I didn't want to be a monster."
Sera placed her hand on her uncle's cheek. Edward closed his eyes.
"Are you seeing anything?" Rosalie asked curiously.
"She doesn't need to think about not seeing anything. That part comes naturally. It's like Nessie. She has to will herself to project her thoughts, but sometimes she slips up. Before she brushed her skin with Nessie's, she was thinking about what it'd be like to see the future while awake. So in a way, it means that she was willing it. And when she touched Seth, she was already thinking about what she saw. She accidentally willed it again."
Sera just nodded her head at what her uncle was saying. "It's true. I want to be more useful, like Mommy. She can see whenever she wants. I can only see when I fall asleep. And I guess when I touch people now." Her eyebrows furrowed a little.
"Sera, come here," I told her, and I opened my arms in a perfect crevice that seemed to be designed for her. She took one look at my arms, and she flung herself at me. I felt more tears leak onto my shirt.
"Honey, why are you crying? Please don't cry," I begged, lifting her face up to me and brushing her tears away with the pads of my thumb.
"I'm so different," she wailed, which was out of place for her. I could feel how shaken up she was by this through our bond.
"Different is a good thing," I told her, smiling and planting a kiss on her cheekbone.
She sniffled. "I don't think so."
"I think it's an amazing thing," I told her, "You're different, and that's okay. I'm different too. You've only grown up with people who are different, but I can guarantee that there are very few shape-shifting wolves out there. Do you think that what I am is a bad thing?"
She shook her head fiercely. "Not at all."
"See? And what about your family, hmm? We're all different, and that's perfectly all right. You're special. You're my most favorite person in the whole universe, and it's because you're the most special person I know."
She peeked up at me through her impossibly long eyelashes. "I'm your favorite?"
I smiled. "My absolute favorite. There's no competition."
"Wow, man. Thanks," Embry said, feigning hurt. I rolled my eyes.
"Sorry, dude. You can't compete," I told him, kissing Sera's hair.
Sera giggled, and ran to hug her mom and dad. Jasper looked at me when Sera's head was buried in Alice's shoulder, and mouthed thank you. I nodded and smiled.
I felt like Jasper had finally accepted that I would always have his daughter's best interests at heart, and that she was extremely important to me. He saw that she needed me as much as I needed her, and he was okay with that.
We landed in Seattle and like last time, with their vampire regard to the speed limit, we made it to Forks quickly.
We stopped first in the old house, setting things up and getting everything ready. We hung up all our clothes and while Alice was yammering away at vampire speed about bridesmaid dresses and flower arrangements to Nessie, I left the house with Sera, Embry, Jake, and Quil.
First on our stop was to Claire's house on the Makah rez. Quil was bouncing up and down in his seat like a five year old on his way to Disneyland. We hadn't even parked the car yet when Quil jumped out of the car and ran to the front doorstep.
Haley Young opened the door with a smile on her face, and hugged Quil tightly. She looked a lot like Emily, except without the scars. Embry parked, and we all hopped out.
"Hey, you guys!" she called happily, and turned her body slightly to call indoors, "Claire! Quil's here! You're going to Emily's!"
I heard Claire bursting out of her room and bounding down the stairs, two steps at a time. She launched herself into Quil's arms who hugged her as desperately as a hungry man that needed food.
Haley watched with an amused expression, and commented about how they acted like it was the end of the world "or something." Yeah Haley, bet on the "or something." When they finally pulled away from each other, Claire ran down the steps and group hugged all of us. Embry, like the sarcastic asshole he was, bounced up and down like a preteen, gushing about how "hot her hair was, like OMG." Claire smacked him for that one, but look amused. I just rolled my eyes.
"We're leaving, Mom!" Claire called, yanking the car door open and seating herself inside. Quil followed shortly afterwards, and I climbed in the third row with Seraphina. When Embry started the car, Claire turned around in her seat and looked at Sera with a happy expression.
"Hi, Seraphina, I'm Claire." Claire extended her hand to Sera, who shook it equally as happy.
"You can call me Sera, if you prefer."
Claire raised her eyebrow, not used to a four-year-old talking so dignified. I just chuckled.
"Sera here is half-vampire and freakishly smart, in case if you were wondering. That's why she talks like that. She grew up with vampires that are all a century old."
Claire knew about everything, and has for awhile. She grew up with the stories and has seen Quil phase on multiple occasions. She also knew what he was protecting the tribe from when he phased, but knew about the exception with the Cullens. She's even been over at the Cullens' before. She however did not know anything about imprinting.
"What's wrong with the way I talk?" Sera asked, frowning.
I kissed the top of her head. "Nothing, kiddo. You just sound really smart, that's all."
"Oh," she said, and her eyebrows furrowed together. It was a habit of hers. "Should I talk differently?"
"Talk any way you want, hon," I told her.
"Just please don't sound like a nasally valley girl. Please," Embry begged from the driver's seat.
"Like how you did earlier?" I cocked an eyebrow.
He laughed. "Exactly."
Sera giggled at this. "You're weird, Embry."
The entire car burst into laughter.
"That's Embry in a nutshell, squirt," Jacob said from the passenger seat. Embry leaned over and punched his arm with a little bit more force than necessary.
We continued like that, making fun of Embry while Claire and Sera giggled, until we pulled up in front of the Uley's. Leah came outside, carrying Lucas with a happy expression.
"Little brother!" she squealed, and I wrapped my arms around her. Lucas kicked his legs and made happy baby noises.
"Hi, Lucas!" I said, patting him gently on the top of his head. He grinned a one-toothed smile at me.
"Cute kid," I commented, and Leah smiled contentedly.
I took Lucas in my arms while Leah went off to hug everyone else, and I knelt so that Sera could get a better look.
"He's cute," Sera said, smiling at him brightly. "Hi, Lucas, I'm Sera." She ruffled the top of his little patch of dark hair.
Lucas made baby noises at her and reached for her excitedly. Sera picked him up in her arms. "You're a cutie," she cooed, kissing his face.
"Looks like someone made a new friend," a sweet voice said from behind me. I stood up and hugged my second mother.
"Emily, I've missed you." I pulled away to look at her. "No suprise pregnancies or anything this time?"
She chuckled and kissed my cheek. "Not this time."
Leah approached Sera, and knelt down to her eye level. "Do you like him?"
"He's so cute! I want a baby," she said happily, and kissed Lucas's face over and over again. If Lucas could have smiled anymore, I'd have to say that it would have been Leah holding him. Leah caught my eye and gave me an amused smile. I shook my head and looked away. Sera was way too young.
When Sera finally handed Lucas back to Leah, she ran into Emily's arms. "Hi, Emily!"
"Hi, sweetie. I've missed you a lot," she said softly, kissing her hair.
Inside, Sera got the same reception.
"Sera!"
"Hey, fortune-teller!"
"You're so freaking big! I swear, you've grown a foot!"
Sera laughed as she hugged each wolf individually. They all commented on how fast she was going, and told her how much they missed her. I still got three phone calls a week from various pack members requesting that I bring her down.
Claire and the others walked inside, and they all embraced every single one. Claire and Sera went off on their own in the corner, talking about different places they'd like to go when they grow up.
I was so happy I could burst. Sera was making friends, surrounded by people who loved her- the same people who I loved- and everything was perfect. I made a promise to myself that I would take her here as much as possible for now on.
We laughed, and visited, and ate. Claire and Sera were inseperable, talking and laughing and eating so close their plates were touching. Nessie showed up a couple of hours later, looking exausted but happy.
"Hey there, bride-to-be," Jared said, standing up and giving her a hug. Everyone was smiling at her. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Embry look away. Quil didn't miss it either.
Quil and I exchanged a brief but meaningful look. We didn't understand what was wrong with Embry.
Nessie rounded up the girls in her wedding party and talked details with them. Kim and Emily and Leah and Rachel were sitting so close on the couch their legs were touching, laughing and gossiping with their heads bent together. Their imprinted wolves looked onto the group with interest.
"Can you hear anything?" Paul whispered to Jared.
"Nah, they're talking too quietly," Jared responded, "What about you, Sam?"
His eyebrows squeezed together in concentration. "Dammit, I can't hear anything. I've been retired too long."
"I can't hear shit either," Jacob whispered.
Quil snorted into his glass. They all whipped around, giving him an odd stare.
"What?" Jacob demanded.
"You guys should hear yourselves right now!" he exclaimed.
"Just wait 'til you want to get married, you're never gonna want to let your imprint out of your sight," Jacob said, and we all laughed. That is, everyone except for Embry who got up and stalked out the door without saying a word.
Jacob's eyes followed after his best friend. "What's up with him?" I saw the concern in his eyes, but hidden deep, I saw well-concealed anger in there as well.
"No clue," I said, diffusing the situation. I started having a serious conversation with Quil about whether or not it was ethical to wrap your girl in bubble-wrap. He seemed genuinely concerned about it was well.
"You guys are ridiculous," Sera said, having heard everything we were talking about. Claire was shaking her head.
"What?" I said, adopting a goofy grin on my face.
"You're both nutjobs," Claire commented, getting up and leaving the table. Sera followed.
"Hey, don't be like that!" Quil called after them with a grin on his face.
We stayed for three hours. Claire was dozing off on Quil's lap, and Sera was blinking tiredly with a contented smile on her face, dangerously close to falling asleep. We took this as a cue to leave. After making our rounds to everyone, we promised we'd visit them tomorrow, and we left.
We dropped Claire off first, and Sera and Claire embraced tightly, promising they'd see each other tomorrow. I smiled, happy that Sera had made a human friend.
Embry never showed back up. We tried calling him a couple of times, but then it'd just ring and go to voicemail. We eventually had to leave without him.
Sera fell asleep with her head on my lap on the way back to the Cullen's. She didn't wake when I carried her inside and tucked her in. I kissed her forehead, and wished that whatever she was dreaming about right now, it would mean a good future for her.
The week had passed fairly quickly. We established a routine- wake up, eat, get dressed, help with the wedding preperations for a little bit, and then head to La Push for the rest of the day. Sera commented to me on the third day that La Push was becoming her favorite place in the world. I smiled at that, and told her it was my favorite place too.
Secretly, maybe when we got older, I wanted to move back to La Push. It would be awesome to have Sera live in the place that I grew up in.
By the fifth day, the Cullen's presence had made a stir like everyone was dreading. Two new wolves phased. One was Jameson Spencer, who was related to the Atearas through the same great-grandmother as Quil. The other was Jared's first cousin, Gavin Linney. They were both sixteen. Leah was gone much of the time now, helping the two of them phase back to human and get them back into school.
Seraphina had gotten her flower girl dress. Nessie wanted the color theme to be deep purple and gold, but Sera's dress was special. It was the only white dress in the bridal party besides the bride's, and it had a purple sash tied around it. The ring-bearer, Emily and Sam's six year old son Mason, would be wearing a tuxedo with a golden tie. Apperently, from what Sera described, it would be swapped, and all the guys would have purple ties while the girls had gold dresses. I knew I was wearing a purple tie, but I hadn't known about the girls.
We rehearsed a lot for the wedding as well. We couldn't set up on First Beach until the day before apparently, so we practiced in the Cullen living room. As best man, I would be walking down the aisle with Leah, the maid of honor. Quil would walk Kim, Embry would walk Rachel, and having to add another person to walk Emily, Jacob chose his first cousin, Collin Littlesea.
Two nights before the big day, we took Jacob out for his bachelor party. We had all dressed up in party clothes, and inviting every single pack member, we had a huge bonfire.
I never knew how much alcohol it took to get a wolf drunk exactly. The last time I had a drink was at the party the night before I met Sera. I watched with calculating eyes as Jacob and Quil bought case after case of beer and vodka and rum, and by the time they got to the beach, it seemed like every wolf had their very own box of alcohol.
A few of the wolves were underage, especially the ones from the Volturi visit, and Gavin and Jameson were still underaged too, but we didn't care. We all had the bodies of twenty-and-thirty-somethings. We drank and laughed and shared stories, and by the end of the night, we couldn't see straight.
I laughed uncontrollably, standing up, and then promptly falling over into the sand. All the guys doubled over laughing at me. I tried to stand up again, but I ended up falling right onto Brady's lap.
"Sorry, Brady," I slurred, struggling to stand up. Aw, poop. What was the point.
I fell back onto the sand. The only one that looked remotely sober was Embry, who was glaring into the fire.
"Embry," I whispered conspicuously, crawling over to him. He raised his eyebrow.
"Yeah?"
"You're setting fire to the firepit with your face," I slurred. Hey, it made sense to me.
Embry had to appreciate that, and he busted up while tears sprang into his eyes. "Dude, you are so fucking wasted."
"Haha. Ha. Remember the time you got me high for the first time in my life?" I told him, falling back onto the sand.
Embry chuckled. "Oh yeah. Jacob and Quil and I smuggled you a blunt. You smoked half the thing, laughed uncontrollably until you cried, and then watched Paranormal Activity. You peed on yourself."
I laughed. "I like blunts," I said lamely.
Embry shook his head. "I know."
Gavin got so wasted that he puked on the sand, and then passed out. Brady and Collin were blaring LMFAO's "I'm Sexy and I Know It," and were having a dance off with Jameson and Alex and Kyle, two of them guys from the Volturi visit. Sam challenged Jacob, Quil, Jared, Paul, Embry and I to a cliff diving challenge. What the challenge was, I couldn't remember. I just remembered going cliff diving that night and winning. I also remembered emerging from the water naked.
I didn't even bother with the rest of my clothes. I put on my boxers, and stayed that way the rest of the night.
I missed Sera. So much. Why wasn't she here? Sera likes swimming. She can swim!
Where was my phone? I stomped over to where Brady was sitting. I didn't know why I assumed Brady took my phone, but I did. "I know you have my phone!" I yelled at him.
He snorted. "No, why would I have your phone?"
"You snorted! That means your guilty," I told him, and punched his face. His nose cracked when my fist connected.
"What the fuck!" Brady yelled.
"Okay, you don't have it," I told him, and walked away. He would have given it to me when I punched him. My logic was all kinds of fucked up.
I drank two more bottles of vodka after that, that I remember. I then remember Leah showing up a little while later to check on us, and she made us all follow her back to her place. We all passed out in various spots in my old house. I'm pretty sure I made it up to my room before I passed out.
I woke up the next morning, feeling like absolute shit. I looked over and saw that Collin was passed out in the same bed I was, and we were both in boxers. I almost screamed.
I jumped up, but fell right back down on the floor, feeling sick to my stomach. I crawled feebily to the bathroom.
The bathroom looked atrocious. Quil had passed out on the bathroom floor. He had puked all over himself and all over the toilet. The sight alone made me vomit in the shower since I wasn't crawling closer than his knees.
"Shit," I muttered, crawling back on all fours to my room. I saw that Paul and Jacob and Brady had fallen asleep in the hallway. Paul was cuddling an empty bottle of vodka. Jacob was sleeping on his stomach, wearing his jeans from last night and a lamp shade over his head. Brady was wearing one of Leah's shirts for some reason. He still had dried blood on him from when I punched him.
I looked up and saw that Collin had just puked all over my bed, and then passed out again. I groaned, and using as much energy as I could muster, I pulled myself up and stumbled down the stairs, trying to not kick Kyle, who was sleeping on the bottom steps.
Jameson was sleeping on top of the table. Gavin was passed out by the sink with puke all over himself as well. Sam, Jared, Alex, Harrison, Josh, Anthony, and Ethan were passed out in the living room. Kiowa was in the hallway leading to Leah's room.
The house smelled like vomit, alcohol, bonfire smoke, and the ocean. Before I could puke again from all the scents assaulting my nose, I stumbled outside. The cool morning air felt good on my face.
"Hey, little brother,"Leah greeted from the back porch swing. She was smoking a blunt, drinking coffee. I snorted.
"You smoke weed?" I asked, taking the blunt from her hands and smoking some myself. She smirked.
"Fuck yeah." Her eyes were red and getting droopy.
I took a seat next to her. "The house is disgusting."
She grimaced. "I know. I saw that Gavin puked all over himself."
"So did Quil, upstairs. It's all over the bathroom. I puked in the shower, by the way." I added, taking a sip of her coffee too.
She rolled her eyes. "Great. I hope you know you're all cleaning up. Especially Gavin and Quil. I'm not touching that shit."
I remembered Collin. "Oh yeah, and Collin puked all over my bed too. Right when I was crawling back after puking in the shower. I think I'm gonna need new sheets."
She shook her head. "You all are insane. Why I invited seventeen drunk werewolves and ex-werewolves into my house, I will never know."
I smiled. "You're the Alpha. They're all your responsibility."
Her chest puffed out with pride. "The only girl werewolf in tribal history, the Alpha of the pack."
"You deserve it, Lee." I took another hit off the blunt, feeling it starting to set in.
"Thanks, Seth."
We stayed out like this, catching up, smoking weed. Yeah, it's not your everyday gathering, but it worked. When I finally felt the feeling really set in, I relaxed in my seat.
"Did Embry make it out okay?" I asked her.
"Yeah, he seemed fine. Buzzed, but not drunk. He just walked back to the Cullen's, I'm assuming."
"He's been acting weird lately," I confided, watching Leah roll up the second blunt.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah. He always looks so angry now. And he refuses to phase with any of us anymore, especially Jacob."
"Why Jacob?" she asked, lighting the joint up.
"I have no clue. He just looks like he's going to murder someone. Or start crying."
I took a deep inhale of the blunt. I let it out with a cough, and started giggling.
"You okay there?" Leah asked, grinning.
"Oh yeah."
The others slowly woke up. Within the next two hours, all of us were awake. She made Collin, Gavin, and Quil clean their own puke up, and me clean out the shower. She also commanded everyone to pick up the rest of the house. We grumbled, and slumped off to do our cleaning.
The three pukers took turns showering in Leah's master shower. In an hour's time, the house looked fairly respectable.
Jacob drove home with me, and hung over and high out of my mind, I made it to the Cullen's house.
I stumbled in, grinning, smelling like weed, alcohol, and the ocean. Before Sera could spot me and ruin her innocence simultaneously, I stumbled upstairs. I made it as far as Rosalie and Emmett's room before I promptly passed out on their bed, slipping into a dreamless, intoxicated sleep.
A/N: Yeah, so...Seth's got a bit of a wild streak in him. You're also gonna find out what Embry's problem is in the next chapter. I might do half of the chapter from his perspective, I don't know. I also made up the names of the seven "Volturi Visit" wolves. Another reminder, DRUGS ARE BAD! Don't do them, and follow the law. This story IS rated M, so there will be future lemons, maybe more drug usage, and violence.
Changes to the chapters as well. I'm going to be adding either a chapter song, quote, or both for now on. This chapter song was playing in my head as I was writing the last part. (; Hahahaha.
Other than that, Leah is a pot head/Alpha, Seth finally let loose, and Embry "set fire to the firepit with his face." Oh, the joys.
Until next time,
Chels, xoxo.