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Chapter 16

Edward POV-

The warm blood of the bear felt wonderful as I fed, clenching my thirst slightly. Suddenly Jaspers thoughts hit me and I drop my prey and leap out of the way just as my brother comes charging at me.

"Hey no fair." He laughs out, causing me to also join him in laughter.

"All's fair against an empath." I say as I crouch. Just like all the other times we go hunting, we end up wrestling, each trying to better the other. Luckily for me, my gift helps me out. Since I knew without it I would be no match for Jasper.

I'm soon hit with a feeling of tiredness as Jasper moves to 'attack' again.

By the time the two of us are done we are both covered head to toe in rubbish from the forest floor.

"So, I won?" Jasper asks when we part.

"In your dreams brother, I had you." I reply lightly pushing Jasper before sprinting towards home.

"Hey, no reading my mind… I was going to race you home." I laugh at my brother as I run knowing I'll soon be too far ahead of him.

I get to the back door of our house, where Alice was waiting for me.

"You know I hate it when the two of you mess up your clothes." She comments not even looking up from her magazine.

"They're just dirty Ali, they are fine. Why are you waiting out here anyways?" I ask as I go to side step her to get inside.

"Seth's here, he's asleep so don't even think about waking him." I swear my long dead heart started pounding at the thought of Seth being here. "I was also waiting for Jazzy; we are all going to head out there's some great sells going on that Rose, Esme, and I want to hit. You'll be alone with Seth, so be good, oh there's Jazz, finally." And with that my pixy of a sister was off, tackling her husband, whose clothes were in worst shape than mine.

I ran at top speed up the stairs until I reached my closed door. Being as quiet as possible I opened it and looked inside.

Seth looked peaceful when I returned home to find him soundlessly asleep on my bed, and I tried not to wake him as I took a shower and changed. But I couldn't stop myself as I brushed a piece of hair out of his face; my imprint looked so young and venerable while sleeping.

"Edward." He mumbled as his body pulled closer towards mine, as if even while asleep he knew I was there. It was barely after 4:00 in the morning and while I wanted to finish up the discussion we were having earlier I knew it would have to wait, I didn't have it in me to wake my pup up from his sleep.

A few minutes later Carlisle enters my room to let me know that the family would be taking off; on some shopping trip Alice decided to take them all on. Thankfully with Seth here, she didn't even try to get me to come. So I settled down next to my bed with a book enjoying the silence of the house, except for Seth's soft thoughts as he slept.

I was almost 10:00 before Seth stirred from his sleep and I couldn't help the chuckle that escapes me as he stretches and lets out a loud yawn.

"How long have you been sitting there?" Seth asks, sleep still evident in this words.

"Not too long pup few hours or so, I guess." I say smiling at Seth. I couldn't help it he looked so adorable with his hair going every which way.

"A few hours, gosh must have sucked. Sorry I slept so long." As he spoke he made no move to get up, actually he curled up more onto the bed, looking as if he could fall asleep again. "The elders don't want me to be alone with you." He whispers after a few moments of silence. "They told me that one of the pack would always have to be with us and that I couldn't see you in human form." Tears were running down Seth's face when he looked up at me. Seth then proceeds to tell me everything the elders said about the pack.

"Hmm… My Seth don't worry, we'll work around what the elders say, what matters is if Sam is alright with you being here alone with me." I couldn't care less about what the elders thought. What mattered to me was what the pack was thinking. I wanted them to trust me, to trust my family, maybe then they will let us help with patrols. There weren't enough shifters to handle patrolling 24/7 and they all had to work for a living. "And Seth As for patrols, I would like to talk with Sam, maybe he'll allow my family and I to help."

The sparkle in Seth's eyes takes my breath away as he looks and me and softly asks me if I mean that.

"Yes, pup I do mean that." I say my face only inches from his. His breath hitches as his thoughts start thinking of other things, mainly of how it will feel when I leave him. "Seth, when are you going to understand that I'm not leaving?"

I don't wait for him to reply as I lean towards him…

AN: Well there you have it… Only 8 of you reviewed last chapter… are you all getting tiered of our boys? Should I end this story sooner than I planned?

If you haven't already checked out the one-shot I did for a contest… I now have it posted it's called- A Journey to Paris. This story was co-written with CrystalMichelle, we got 2nd place and a banner :) Please check it out and let me know what you think?