"Is it true Seth?"

Seth rose to his knees but did not respond.

"Seth! Answer me!"

Seth looked up at Leah with sad puppy eyes, silently pleading with his sister to understand.

"Yes." he finally responded.

Jacob took a step forward and Leah snapped her head around to meet him.

"Jacob stay back. I don't want to hurt you." Leah let out a growl, warning Jacob to stay away.

"Do you honestly expect me to take this siting down?"

" I'm telling you to stay back!" she warned.

Jacob did not listen. Leah prepared to launch her self but footsteps from behind stopped her.

"Enough!" Sam ordered.

Sam, Embry, Jared, Emily, and Quil had heard the commotion from inside and came out to investigate.

"Daaamn. I know you two have never gotten along but this is a bit much." Jared said.

"Shut up! This doesn't concern any of you!" Jacob snapped.

"I beg to differ." Sam replied. "What. Happened?"

"It's Seth." Jacob said in a low voice.

"What about Seth?" Sam asked quizzically.

"He... imprinted... on ME!"

Sam looked on without showing any emotion.

"Everyone, inside now." Sam ordered.

Quil helped Seth to his feet while Leah disappeared into the woods to change.

Everyone had assembled inside around the table and when Leah returned Sam began to speak.

"Jake. You know as well as I do that Seth can't control his imprinting. Remember when you imprinted on Renesmee? Bella wanted to kill you."

"That was different. Renesmee is a GIRL. How is this even possible?"

"Honestly, I don't know. Never has a member of the tribe imprinted on the same sex." Sam looked away momentarily. "Jacob, how do you feel about Seth?"

"Right now I want to rip his throat out if that's what you mean?"

"There's nothing there? You don't feel anything for him?"

"Nope."

"Seth. How do you feel?"

Sam looked over at Seth, who was seated in a chair in front of Quil sobbing lightly.

"Seth?" Sam asked again.

Everyone waited in silence until Seth felt comfortable answering.

After what seemed like an eternity Seth finally looked up, eyes bloodshot from the constant crying.

"I... love him." he said

"Oh don't give me that crap!" Jacob snapped.

"Quiet." Sam ordered.

Leah placed a hand on Seth's shoulder, both comforting him and urging him to explain further.

"I love him. He's the center of my world. Whenever I'm away from him, it hurts. A lot."

"Oh give me a break." Jacob interrupted.

Seth lowered his head and began sobbing again.

"Okay... okay... I understand. Seth, I think it be best if you and Jake not see each other for a while" Sam said.

"Fine by me." Jake said in an uncaring voice.

Seth's entire world was crumbling away. On top of Jake rejecting him, now he couldn't even be around him. Could this get any worse?

"Is this going to affect anyone else?" Sam asked.

Embry, Jared, and Quil all looked at each and then in unison said "No."

"Alright then. Nobody says a word about this. Understand?" Sam said.

"Righty-o boss." Embry said in a playful voice.

"What about Paul, Collin, and Brady?" Quil asked.

"I'll tell them when they return." Sam said

The group dispersed and Seth retreated into the confines of his room.

"My life is over." Seth said to himself, a single tear streaming down his cheek.

~ The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever. ~