"Time," I said between bites of my third grilled cheese sandwich, "to get down to business."

Leah and Seth nodded in agreement.

"Any ideas? Suggestions? Comments?" I added, trying to break the ice and get the creative juices flowing.

"I have a comment. We're royally screwed. The split with Sam, Bella and Edward's mutt causing the Volturi to come down here and fight….not to mention you imprinting on that vampire bitch," Leah had to say.

"The chips are down for us, ok? But that doesn't mean we can't come up with a good plan!" I added indignantly. "And please! Stop insulting Rosalie…she's a little rough around the edges, but have you seen her?" I couldn't stop the words from coming out of my mouth.

"Wow Jake, defensive much?" Seth inputted.

"Whatever. Although I hate her with a passion, let's just put that aside and get together somewhat of a plan," Leah added in my defense. Well…sorta, anyway.

"Why don't we talk to some of Sam's guys? Try and get 'em on our side? We need all the help we can get at this rate," Seth suggested.

"Hmm," I mulled this over, chewing on my barbeque wing, "that could work."

"And when I was over there a few days ago, I was asking Emmett if they keep in contact with any other vampires. Turns out they do; this clan down in Alaska. They know some other people over in Europe. They could help us," Leah offered.

"Emmett," I muttered contemptuously without thinking.

"Focus, Jake. I think the logical thing to do is to team up with the Cullens and the other clans. We're fighting them off just as much they are," said Seth.

"That's the spirit!" I snapped my fingers.

"Don't think there's much we can do about your imprint, Jacob. You might wanna tell her…you know, give her a heads up."

I almost choked on my food, "No! We can't do that! She'll go tell Emmett and it will cause even more trouble. Unless you want that..."

"NO!" Leah jumped up. An awkward silence filled the room. Seth and I both stared at the frustration laced across her face and then she sat back down and said, "Umm…well, if he did tell her and she told Emmett and he told everyone else…they could hold it against us, and won't be willing to work with us. And we need them right now, hands down. We'll work on that part later," okay, that was weird…

"Guess you've got a point there," Seth said finally, leaning back in his seat.

"Okay then, it's settled. Seth, you go to some of Sam's guys and use your powers of persuasion to get them to come to our side. Leah and I will go over to the Cullen's tomorrow and get down to business with them. Got it?"

Leah sighed exasperatedly, "Why can't I just go with convince Sam's pack to get with the program and get on our side, and you guys can go with the Cullens?"

Seth snorted, "That's like giving a baby a toy coated with lead paint…dangerous and risky."

Leah glared at him from across the table, "What are you trying to say exactly?"

"I think what he's trying to say is we don't want you to be argumentative with them. So to prevent that, you're coming with me to the Cullens."

"But the smell there makes me want to curl up and die…literally. And I'm really not in the mood to see you ogling Rosalie who, by the way, has a freaking husband and is completely unattainable! Not to mention she's probably the biggest bitch I've ever met. She's even bitchier than me, and that's saying something…"she rambled.

"God, just stop!" I stood up, letting my chair fall to the ground. "I'm sick of you insulting Rosalie. I get that you don't like her, but I have no choice but to like her…I've fucking imprinted on her! What the hell do you expect?"

For once, she didn't say anything back. She just looked down, hiding behind her long, black hair and sighed.

Seeing that I'd hurt her, I said, "Look, Leah…I'm sorry -"

She looked up, her voice hardening, "Save it. You're right. I'll come tomorrow." She looked over at Seth, "We better get going, Seth."

"I'm still eating," he pointed at his plate.

"I'll just put it in a doggie bag so you can take it for the road, okay man? You guys just go home."

We said our goodbyes, and my dad came home shortly after.

As I finally attempted to go to sleep, I lay awake for hours, the image of Leah leaping up out of her chair, yelling and going on about how much of a bitch Rose was. Images of me jumping up too, screaming at her back, her hurt, shocked face I saw flickering across her face for a second before she bowed her head, hiding behind all that hair. Soon, thoughts of our outburst consumed me.

I tried so hard to think of Rosalie like every other night, but no matter how hard I tried, nothing came to me, which confused me more than anything so far. God, Leah complicating things as always.

Okay, okay, I know what you're thinking: THANK GOD! FINALLY SHE UPDATES!! and you're right! Sorry I abandoned this story for awhile, but with school, writer's block, and all this other drama I basically had no time for updating this anymore. Luckily, I've had a burst of inspiration, right?

Also, I've been taking a break from this fandom as well. I'm sick of all the badly written stories cluttering up the archives. Not just that, but the whole fandom in general. You can't talk about Twilight anymore with someone going "OMG!!!!!! I LUVVVV EDWARD CULLEN!!! I SOOO WANNA BE A VAMPIRE NOWWW :D". Seriously, I'm sick of it. I'm just slowly coming because I'm glad that my favorite character (Jake) is finally getting some love. I'm sick of all the extreme twihards/twerds/whatever the hell you wanna call a mega twilight fan totally ruining it all for me and others. For all those who love Twilight in moderation, MAJOR kudos to you. And sorry if this offended anyone *hides*

And speaking of Twilight, you've probably seen the new moon trailer. A shirtless Jacob/Taylor? *melts into a puddle of goo* Can't wait for the movie this November :)

Well, seeing as it's almost midnight and I'm dead tired, my rambling is about over.

Now off you go! Review, favorite, subscribe....all of this would be nice to wake up to in the morning ;)

Hope everyone's having a good summer!