A/N: I know Things are going a lot slower than before, I remembered yall. My Beta is getting overwhelmed, and can't get it out as quickly, and I'm working on another book. :) Not twilight, but something similar. So, off to see what happens next!

Disclaimer: I don't own it. Cassady and Abby are mine, and thats it.

Chapter Thirteen- But according to him, I'm beautiful, Incredible

Cassady sat in the hummer she had just bought with the last of her savings, waiting for Jacob, and Emily to get in the car. Sam was in the passenger seat, Jared behind her. They were going to meet the rest of the pack at the community center where the council meeting was being held. Cassady was jerked from her would be dangerous thoughts by the opening of the back door, and the sound of two more bodies getting in.

"Are we ready?" She asked, glancing in the rearview mirror, to see everyone nodding. The atmosphere was tense, and if it wasn't for the fact that Cassady didn't give two rats ass at how much tension there was, she would have freaked out. Thank god she didn't. Sam pointed her in the right directions, and it was only minutes before they got there.

Cassady jumped out the car, walking right towards the building, ignoring the cries, and pleas for her to come back from the guys. Cassady felt Emily meet her side, and it was another second, and Leah was on the other side of her. She could hear Abby and Paul pulling up, but not giving a crap. Abby jumped out the car, and took her from behind. She got up to the doors, and slammed them open, startling the council into seeing her. She swept in like a female wolf, prepared to pounce.

"This is a council meeting. Is there a reason that you are here?" Quil Sr. called out, ignoring the smirk that Cassady gave him, as she walked to the front of the room.

"There is, actually," Cassady said, stopping when she got in front of the whole room. "You see, I've been having this slight problem with my imprint, and I'd like to lodge a couple of complaints." Quil Sr. nodded, a slight smirk resting on his lips. Cassady looked at each and every member, starting with Quil Sr., then her Aunt Sue, who was frowning, then to Billy Black, who was also frowning, to Embry's grandfather, and lastly at Joshua Uley, who held Sam's spot thanks to him being Alpha. Cassady shook her head.

"I'd like to lodge a complaint against the council for attempting to separate not one, but two imprinting's, based on false accusations, and a lack of pure trust. I would also like to lodge a complaint against the council for encouraging the separation of an imprinting because they feel as though one of the imprints is not up to par to their standards." Cassady paused, and watched as the facial expressions changed.

"Ms. Oswald, would you please like to explain what you are talking about?" Billy Black asked, a deep frown settled on his face. Cassady immediately knew that Sue, and Billy had nothing to do with it, if their expressions could express the words.

"For the past week I have been suffering the separation of my imprint because the council has decided that we would not make a good pair as by their eyes," Cassady paused, letting the anger, the rage boil over once again, " you know what, fuck this diplomatic bullshit. What the fuck are you thinking? I'm not good enough for my imprint due to the fact that I suffered when he denied the imprinting? Something that was out of my control at the time?"

"Ms. Young had no problems with her separation with Mr. Uley when the difficulties in their imprinting occurred", Quil Sr. stated in a monotone voice. Cassady snorted.

"Not to downplay my cousin's pain, but she wasn't REJECTED. He fought the imprinting, but he still acknowledge the imprinting, and accepted no other woman. My imprint not only rejected me, but was willing to go to another woman who he believed at the time was who he was supposed to be with. After much pain for the both of us, we are finally able to come together as a couple, and you want to fuck that up because I'm not good enough to be Alpha Female?" Billy Black looked at Sue, who shrugged, eyebrows drawn together.

"And when were you planning on telling Abby?" Abby's eyebrows shot up, and she looked at Cassady. "When were you going to tell Abby that she had to leave Paul to be with Jacob, huh?" Abby laughed, looking at the council.

"No, would have never happened. I'm a better match with Paul," she said loud and proud, glancing back at the man who was shaking.

"I don't know who the fuck you think you are, nor do I give a flying fuck what you think of me, but I will not allow you to toy with those I care about, because I'm not good enough." Cassady glared at them. "You WILL leave my imprinting alone. You WILL leave my mate alone. You WILL leave Abby and Paul alone. You WILL allow me to step as Alpha Female when Jacob decides to take his role as Alpha Male. You WILL NOT question me, and you WILL NOT interfere, or I will have each and every one of your fucking heads on a platter, so help me GOD!" Cassady snarled, panting in her anger.

"Cassady, please look at it from our point of view. You are weak, and do not have the patience that Abby does. You're not as easy to talk to. You would break if anything happened to your imprint, and would not be able to lead a pack," Joshua Uley stated, watching as Cassady turned another shade of red.

"I am not weak, I'm laid back, there is a major difference. The pack listens to me, and I have not had many problems with them. If they had problems talking to me, I never knew it, and would have remedied it a long time ago. And to be truthful, name one pack member that wouldn't break at loosing their imprints. Alpha included." Cassady snapped back.

"I've never had a problem talking to her," Seth called out, " She's actually one of the easier ones to talk to." Seth shrugged, as Cassady shot him a grateful look.

"You're her cousin, that's to be expected," Quil's grandfather snapped out.

"She's been very patient with us, and I know we're hard to be patient with. Sam tells us that all the time. She's always helping with homework, and plays with us," Collin shouted out, getting nods from Brady next to him, "She's like the older sister we never had."

"She's been awesome. Even when her and Jacob were fighting and she was sick, she would help out, and if you needed her, you knew you could go to her. You really didn't want to, but you could," Embry stated, as the pack nodded.

"She's the one who brought Jacob back from the depths of hell, and back to the pack where he belongs. She's been supportive of everyone, even if she knew they didn't deserve it. She supported me, and was there to help me with Claire, helped me get over whatever fear I had," Quill said, coldly staring his grandfather in the face.

"Weak? Hah! I'll believe that girl's weak the day she stops getting in the face of pissed off wolves, and telling them off. I'll believe she's weak the day she stops threatening to take my balls off for some rude comment I made," Jared snorted. "I still can't believe they called her weak." The Pack snorted and laughed at that comment.

"You would stand behind her, no matter the circumstances?" Joshua Uley growled out.

"I stand behind her now, with no doubts in my mind that she would make the right decisions for the pack, and that she would not allow anyone to harm the pack," Paul said, looking him right in the eyes.

"I stand behind her," Jared called out, along with Seth, Collin, Brady, Quil, and Embry. Quil Sr. looked at Sam, who stood next to Abby, behind Cassady, leaning leisurely on the edge of one of the chairs.

"What about you Alpha? Do you stand behind her?" He asked, ignoring the raised eyebrows he received.

"I stand behind her, and am waiting for the day that she takes her position so that I can either step down and allow Jacob to take his position, or work with her until Jacob is ready," Sam said easily, eyes never leaving the older mans.

"What about you, Leah, Emily? Would you allow this woman to hold your lives in her hand?" Sue asked, smiling at her daughter, and niece.

"If she told me to jump off a bridge, I would jump," Leah stated, as Emily nodded her head.

"I trust my cousin no matter the circumstances," Emily stated, watching as some of the council got mad.

"And you wouldn't trust Abby with the same thing?" Embry's grandfather stated, watching as uneasiness fell on the group.

"I would not trust Abby with the position of Alpha Female," Jacob stated, walking up to stand right behind Cassady, who felt tears build in her eyes. "Abby does not have the will, nor the fight to go against an Alpha and his orders. She would be excellent bait for the council, and whatever manipulations they would have. She trusts easily, and even if she doesn't agree, would not fight. Cassady on the other hand, would fight you tooth and nail. Abby and Cassady may love the pack with the same amount of love, but Cassady has more passion. She is more connected to the wolf life."

"I cannot believe the words you say, Jacob Black. You were the one who denied her after all," Josh Uley snarled out.

"I made a mistake. I thought my wolf had bonded me with someone weak, someone who could not fight me, but what I did not realize was she was fighting me. She was fighting me to prove that she didn't need me, that she would move on without me, and if she had to die trying, she would. She has stood in my face and told me exactly what she thought of me. She has told me exactly where to go shove it. She has told me more about the pack than I knew with the pack mind. She has opened her heart to the pack, and taken them in to make sure they were ok." Jacob looked at Leah, and then Emily.

"She brought two cousins back together, and may not have healed the wound yet, but has managed to make it easier for both of them. She has made a man who we thought would never loosen up, let go. She stood by her family, even though it hurt her to see them doing something, having something that she should have had. She has told me she hated me, and loved me in the same breath. She has fought for me and against me, and has opened her arms to me, when most would not. She is my imprint, and I will not allow you to downgrade her anymore than you have." Cassady stood straight, though the urge to hug him, and cry was there.

"I do not want the position, council, and if you force me away from my mate, I will once again walk away from the reservation, with no question in my mind of why I am leaving. I will take my imprint with me, seeing as I will always be first priority in his mind. I would hate to have to take away one of your better fighters," Abby stated quietly.

"Who are you to threaten us?" Joshua jumped up, and went to come around, only to watch as the pack surrounded the girls.

"Josh, sit down, and shut up," Billy said quietly, even though his voice had an edge to it that cut through the room.

"Now, I was really surprised to see my hopefully potential daughter in law state that she was being challenged for her spot as Alpha. I had met the young woman a couple of days ago, and had no qualms with her being in that position. I thought she was actually very good for the pack. So to hear her say what she did, I could not believe it. I can now. " Billy paused, looking at every member individually.

"Sue and I would both agree in saying that we are ashamed that you are on the council with us. We had not known that this was going on, or we would have prevented this whole thing from happening, but that is in the past, and we must now deal with the present. There will be no vote on this, seeing as the Pack itself has made it known that she will remain the potential-"

"We are the heads of the pack, Black, and we control what happens in this pack. No amount of revolt can stop us." Embry's grandfather snarled, causing Jacob to step up in to the middle of the room.

"I can. If you do not allow what my father suggest to go through, I will take my position as Alpha, which would take your position in power out of play, seeing as the rightful Alpha has his place. Then I'm going to be majorly pissed," Jacob growled, watching as they paled.

"Now, as I was saying, there will be no vote on this, due to the pack making it known that they want her to keep her position. There will, also, be no more talk of separating, and rearranging the imprints, due to some silly idea that we can. That is fate, and we have no control over that. I would also advice that the council pull their heads out of their asses before we have difficulties with the rightful Alpha when he takes power. I call this meeting to an end," Billy growled out, as he rolled away from the table, and towards the pack, who still surrounded Cassady, Abby, and Emily.

The pack moved out of the way to allow him to come face to face with Cassady, who was still holding back tears.

"Cassady, dear, I'm so proud of you," He stated, smiling at her, "You proved your worthiness the moment you took on the council, and did not back down. If you haven't earned it yet, then I don't know what they are expecting out of you. I'm sorry that you have had to suffer that their hands, and I can only hope that you do not think bad of those of us who are stuck in their shadow. Your aunt and I had no idea of what was going on. If we did, we would have ended it immediately." Cassady nodded, choked up, and tears finally starting to escape.

"Thank you, Mr. Black. I'm sorry I had to put you in such a predicament, but I was unsure of who was in on this. I want to thank you for the apology, but it was unneeded. You were not involved, and I would never put you in their category." Cassady bent over and hugged him, earning a smile from the pack.

"Call me Billy, please. You make me feel old by calling me Mr. Black," He laughed out, as Jacob tutted, and rolled his eyes.

"You are old, dad," He said, smirking as Billy turned and looked at Jacob.

"Old, my ass," Billy said under his breath, but everyone heard, before rolling over to Sue, who was going off on the other three. Cassady caught her Aunt's eye, and made a Call Me sign, as she nodded. She felt warm arms wrap around her, and she turned to see Jacob holding her, a slight smile on his face.

"I'm sorry for the way I have treated you. It was wrong; I was wrong," He muttered in her ear, as she pulled him closer, feeling the heat of his body warm parts of her she never knew could be warm.

"You were forgiven the moment you stood up for me," She mumbled into his chest, smirking at the sigh that left his lips. "You didn't have to, you know?"

"Yeah, I did, but not because I really don't want Abby as an imprint," He lifted Cassady's eyes and stared into them, feeling as though he could get lost in them. "I'm falling in love with you Cassady. I don't want to see you hurt, and I hate knowing I'm the one that keeps hurting you." Cassady felt tears escape her eyes, as he wiped them away. "I'm sorry that you have had to suffer, and had to fight for me, but I see now. I see it now, and I don't want to see anymore." Cassady began to cry harder. "Cassady , please give me a real chance to show you the man I can be." Cassady looked him in the eyes.

"Will you go out with me tomorrow?"

"Yes," Cassady responded.

"Will you allow me to sleep in your bed tonight?"

"Why?"

"I know you aren't sleeping. Sam told me that the separation is starting to kick in again." Cassady looked over at the man who was making Emily giggle.

"Hey Sam," Cassady called out, watching as he turned and looked at her, smiling.

"Yeah?"

"You've got ten seconds; start running, cause that's how long it's going to take me to get my baseball bat out my trunk." Sam stared at her with his eyes bugging out.

"Ten," she started counting, watching as he took off at a run towards the door. She looked back at Jacob and kissed him on the nose.

"Sure you can stay, it would be greatly appreciated," She stated as she walked out the door, and popped open the trunk, getting her bat. Jacob shook his head, as he watched her follow the tracks that Sam was stupid enough to leave behind.

"Kinda makes you nervous, huh?" Leah stated from behind him.

"Yeah, but I wouldn't change it either way."