OK, so here is the 8th chapter in my story 'Sisters...Can't Live Without Them'. I've been spending the last week trying to figure out exactly how I wanted to write this out. I probably re-wrote it a dozen times or so. Luckily I can type fast. lol. Anyway, I hope that you like this chapter.

Disclaimer: Stephenie own ALL things related to the Twilight Saga. Cynthia Whitlock belongs to me, along with the occasional new thing that pops up at random- at least, unless I say otherwise.

Happy reading!


Ch. 8 Calm before the Storm

Cindy's POV

So it was two days before the biggest battle of my life and where was I? Sitting comfortably in the arms of my werewolf boyfriend, watching old reruns of Scooby-Doo. Odd right? Well, I would have been at home right now, but Jasper and everyone else had gone for hunting to power up for the fight, leaving Bella and Edward all alone at home.

"What's on your mind?" Jake asked as he nuzzled his face in my hair. I grinned and snuggled myself deeper in his warm embrace.

"Just thinking about what I saw earlier today," I answered. When I looked over my shoulder, he had the most adorable look of confusion on his face. I reached up and place a light kiss on his pouting mouth and it instantly melted away to that wonderful smile that I loved.

"It's just that today I got a vision that involved one of my new brothers and his girlfriend. Let's just say that she won't be his girlfriend for much longer," I winked at the last part.

"You mean he's going to propose?" Jake asked in disbelief. "Well I'll be damned. Didn't think the leech had it in him."

I frowned at what he said. "Why do you always have to call Edward- or any one of them for that matter- a leech?"

Jake just gave me that sheepish look he does whenever he knows he's in trouble. "Sorry. Force of habit." I rolled my eyes before turning my attention to the screen again. When I felt him nuzzle against my neck and hear him whimpering like a little puppy, I knew that he knew he was forgiven. After all, he knew that the puppy act always got me. We sat there for a few more minutes watching the show until I heard Jake sigh heavily.

"Ok, I know that sigh," I said as I turned around in his arms so that I was straddling his lap.

"What sigh?" "That 'something is really bothering me and I don't think I should tell you though I really want to' sigh," I answered. He looked at me like I grew a second head. "Yes, I named your sigh, but that's not the point. What is going on in that head of yours?" I asked as I tapped on his forehead.

"I just really wish that you weren't involved in this," he breathed.

"Why? Because you think I might get hurt or something?" The look on his face said yes. "Jake, we already talked about this. I'm going to be staying with Bella and Edward during the actual fighting. We're going to be miles from the clearing. Nothing is going to happen to any of us. The real thing that you should worry about is yourself."

"Why should I worry about myself? You know I can handle a couple of le- I mean, vampires. I've fought them before."

"Yeah- one!" I held up my finger to emphasize on it. "And that was when all of the pack was fighting that same vampire. Fighting with my brother and the rest of the family isn't 'experience'. You know as well as I do that if they had really wanted you dead, they wouldn't have stopped fighting.

"Besides… That isn't the reason that you should be worrying about yourself," I finished with a teasing smile. I looked into Jake's eyes and I could see the mischief slowing forming there.

"Oh really?" he asked as I felt his large warm hand slide under the hem of my shirt to trace patterns on my back. "And… what is it that I should be worrying about?"

"That you better come back in one piece Dog-Boy. Or you might face the wrath that is known as Cynthia Whitlock!"

"Oh is that a fact?" And the next thing I knew, I was lying underneath Jake with one arm pinned above my head and the other trapped between his body and mine. I tried wiggling to break free, but he just pinned me down to the couch, laughing at the scowl on my face.

"Well? I'm waiting for this 'terrible wrath' you were talking about. Where is it?" Jake teased me, leaning closer until there was hardly even an inch between our faces.

"Right here," I leaned up and kissed him. While he got lost in the kiss, he let go of my arm and circled it around me, nearly causing me to lose complete focus. But I snapped out of it and placed both hands on his chest and thought of a spell and a small air pocket grew between us until he was hovering in the air and I could sit up.

"And as for your punishment Mr. Black," I addressed him in my best serious tone, "you will be sleeping in the living room tonight."

"No we haven't slept together, but we did share the same bed every time I came over to visit. Falling asleep in Jake's arms was like being wrapped in my personal ray of pure sunshine, so warm and safe. It's like heaven on earth.

I looked back at Jake to see him pouting with his eyes glassy from unshed tears. I tried to stay strong and turned away to avoid looking at it, but then he started whimpering again. "OK fine! You aren't going to be punished!" I huffed as I dropped the air pocket. He started falling to the ground but wound up landing on his feet. I thought only cats and other felines do that.

"OK, time for bed," Jake stated as I let out a huge yawn. He quickly picked me up and brought me to his room. He set me down and I quickly grabbed my backpack and scurried into the bathroom, changed into my pjs and brushed my teeth. When I came back out, he was dressed in a pair of black sweatpants. He then jumped onto the bed first and held his arms out for me to settle into them, which I did happily.

"Sweet dreams my little witch," he whispered as he pulled me closer.

"Good night, my wonderful wolf," I sighed as I fell asleep.

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Jacob's POV

The next day was a lot more different than the day before. When Cindy and I got to the clearing, Bella was already there along with… Edward and Jasper. I quickly glanced at Bella`s hand to see if she was already wearing her ring, but her hand was bare.

`So Jacob, you understand what we`re doing, right?" Jasper asked me. "Because of your… odour, the newborns won't want to follow you, and it will mask Bella's until you arrive at the campsite."

"You're not gonna fight?" Bella asked hopefully.

I shook my head no as I wrapped my arm around Cindy's waist, the cold metal chain and leather corset biting at the temperature of my skin. "Thanks to this little firecracker here, I've decided that I'll stay at the campsite with you guys. If something were to happen, at least you'll have an extra pair of hands to fight."

"Don't you mean 'a pair of paws'?" Cindy teased me.

"You know what I mean!" I said as I pulled her closer and lightly tickled her sides.

"And Cynthia and I will stay here a little longer while she works on her spell," Edward spoke up, causing us to stop. "Then I'll bring her to the campsite and set up before you get there." I wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea of leaving her, but I didn't have much of a choice.

While Edward continued going through the plan, Cindy backed off and walked up to her brother. Thanks to being part wolf, my hearing was perfect so I heard everything they said.

"I don't really like this," she confessed nervously to her brother.

"I know sis, but I don't want you anywhere near the fight. It's too dangerous," he replied.

"I know, and I get that. Really, I do. It's just that after everything that happened the last time you were fighting…"

"That's not going to happen again. I'll come back, I promise. And this time I'll keep it!"

"'Kay," Cindy sniffled slightly.

"Alright," I guess that pretty much covers up everything," Bella said, catching my attention. "Ready to go?"

"Hang on a second. I wanna talk with Edward," I said staring at him. He nodded his head and we walked away for a second.

"What is it?" he asked me.

"Look, I know we aren't really good friends and all that," I started, shuffling my feet as I spoke. "But I guess it's 'cause we're just naturally born enemies and all that. But I want to congratulate you." He looked at me, trying to figure out what I meant. "I'm talking about you and Bella. Cindy told me you guys were getting married."

"No one else even knows about that. Not even Alice. How did you-" "Cindy has visions too and I guess she saw it."

"Well, thank you," he answered, holding his hand out. I grinned before taking it in my own and politely shaking it.

"Best of luck man." "Thank you. And the same goes for you and Cynthia. I hope things go well for your relationship."

Well, that was chapter 8. Hope that is as good as everything else that I wrote for this story so far. As for the last sentence- take a wild guess at what might happen later on. MUCH later, I might add.

R&R! PLEASE! Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please! With whipped cream and a cherry on top!

Nancy (aka megamatchmaker)

PS I only mentioned that Scooby-Doo bit because A) I thought it would be comical for mighty wolf-boy Jacob to watch a talking dog, and B) I just LOVE Scooby-Doo!