The next few chapters are gonna get a tad fluffy, though still important, since I think it'd be nice for Sage and Seth to spend some time together. So keep reading! There's a point, I promise!

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A Womanly Issue

"Morning, Sunshine!" Emmett screamed as he burst into Sage's room. Sage woke up with a jolt before heaving a pillow at the door. Why? Every morning... why can't I just sleep in?

"Thanks, Dad," she groaned before pushing against all her will to wake up. Emmett gave a smile before leaving the room.

That didn't sound so bad, Emmett thought. Edward was in the house.

He wants me to call him 'Dad'? she thought.

Yes, Edward replied.

Wow... what is the range on this hearing thoughts thing?!

Besides the point, Edward reminded her. He's feeling quite paternal around you.

But he's so.. playful and... rough.

A father can be those things. He has a good heart and he'd do anything for you. Sage started to think about how different her own father was to Emmett. Her father brought her up in a vampire's life. He taught her and her sisters to hunt and survive. But it was so easy to leave him. It was a relationship nothing more than convenient, benefiting only him in his research. She thought about Emmett and the reasons why he brought her to Washington from her Argentina and saving her from the wolves.

Sage grabbed her bathroom basket and went to the bathroom to get washed up. While getting washed up wasn't nearly as necessary for a vampire or a hybrid as it was for a human, dirt did stick on hair and food did make breath smell. It wasn't until she stepped into the shower that she realized she was having a womanly issue. Oh crap, she thought. It didn't happen nearly as often as it did for a human, maybe 3-4 times a year. But her father always sent the girls away for a few days when it did. Even though it wasn't the appetizing kind of blood, it still made living with it very uncomfortable.

Renesmee goes through the same thing. You're more than welcome to stay with us," Edward offered. Wow, this is much more embarrassing than normal. Well, it was an option, but she didn't feel comfortable putting her family out like that, no matter much they insisted it didn't bother them. She'd had to stay in the forest before; she didn't mind sleeping outdoors. She quickly finished up her shower and threw on a pair of brown shorts, white wife beater, and black boots. She packed some clothes (are the clothes multiplying on their own in the closet?), necessities, and books in a bag.

Please in the least embarrassing way let everyone know where I'm going. I'll be back in a few days and I won't stay too far.

I really wish you'd stay with us, Edward offered again.

Thank you for your offer, but I just can't stay knowing how uncomfortable it would be for your family. Tell Emmett and Rosalie I say bye.

Your concern is unnecessary, but I appreciate your consideration. Be safe, Sage. She threw her bag over her shoulder and leaped out of the window.

Sage wandered just a few miles from the house, in the other direction of Renesmee's cottage. She found a hollow tree and hid her things there. She decided to catch up on some hunting.

She just finished up her second buck when she saw the most gorgeous man step out in front of her.

"Top of the morning to ya," Seth greeted with a tap off his temples. Sage quickly tried to compose herself and wiped the blood off her mouth. She tried to hide her face knowing how ghastly she must've looked. He ran to her and moved her hand from her face. "Please, don't ever hide your face from me." He took her hand and walked her to a nearby stream where she could wash her face and get a drink.

"So, what is a guy like you doing in a place like this?" Sage asked.

"Well, I was hoping to find something pretty," he replied. She rolled her eyes.

"You think you're so smooth," she said standing up.

"I never said that I found it." She gave him a light punch in the stomach before he caught her in his arms. "Edward called." Her face dropped and covered her hands with her face.

"Oh no! Why? What do you know?" she demanded. Seth chuckled.

"He didn't say why, but he said that you needed a place to stay for a few days." Sage started to look a little more comfortable. "But you know, wolves can smell blood too." She cringed and buried her face her hands as Seth wrapped his arm around her and walked her back.

After retrieving her bag, Sage approached Seth's home.

"You remember when I first... met your sister?" Sage asked before stepping towards the house. "It was because of you. I followed your scent here."

"Why?" he asked curiously. She shrugged.

"I smelled the other wolves too, which I thought was different, but something about your scent made me... comfortable," she explained as best she could.

"You must really like me."

"You'll never know how much I like you," she chuckled. They walked hand-in-hand towards the house before Sage hesitated at the door. "Is your sister home?"

"Not right now. But she will be tonight." Seth looked apologetic for his sister.

"Don't worry about me," Sage reassured him. "I'm going to have to get used to your sister if I'm going to see you more." They stepped over the threshold and into his cozy home.

"So, you'll stay in my room and I'll crash on the couch," Seth said, putting her things on the floor of his room. "My mom and Charlie will be home around 5. Are you sure you don't need anything? This is a pretty small bag."

"I'm fine." She took a seat on the bed and looked at Seth nervously. "I guess this is skipping a few steps, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I guess it is," he agreed. "I've never had a girl stay in my room before. Not even Leah."

"You sound bitter," Sage teased, cocking her head to the side. Seth just laughed and looked down.

"So, what do you want to do while we wait?"

"Um, I kind of want to do something for your family, for letting me stay here for the week."

"No, that's not.. you don't need to do that," Seth protested. "You are a guest."

"Thank you, but we're still doing something."

Seth and Sage went out and got everything a family of four could need for a gourmet meat lasagna dinner, complete with a colorful arrangement of gerbera daisies. Just as Seth closed the hot oven, Sue and Charlie walked in the door. By the time the lasagna was ready, Leah came home. Though she wasn't ecstatic about officially meeting the brother's vampire girlfriend that she recently tried to rip apart, she was dangerously hungry and very satisfied with Sage's cooking.

"What a wonderful surprise, Sage, thank you," Sue said gratefully after wiping her mouth for the last time. "You really didn't need to go through all this trouble."

"It was my pleasure, and quite fun, actually," Sage cheerfully replied.

"You sure you don't want any?" Charlie asked.

"I ate before, and a lot during the cooking." Seth gave Leah a kick in the shin as she took another bite of her third helping. She kicked him back.

"It's.. not bad," she murmured with her mouth still full. Seth gave Sage a that's-the best-she's-got face. She smiled, happy to be in such a friendly home.

"I bet your mom misses the days of leftovers," Sage said clearing the dishes. "That second lasagna was only supposed to be backup." Sue kicked the kids out of the kitchen and dragged a baseball-ready and disappointed Charlie to the sink, so they ventured over to Seth's room.

"What are those?" Sage asked, pointing to a collection of photo albums on the bookshelf.

"Oh, old yearbooks and pictures, I think." Sage wandered to the shelf and pulled one out.

"Hmm... 1999?" she giggled before opening it to the portraits.

"Uh, that wasn't a good year for me," he said nervously, which only made Sage flip through the pages faster. She leaned against the window with her weight on one leg, the other slightly bent. He looked at her from across the room, his eyes not leaving her legs. She was still wearing the shorts and her hiking boots. He noticed how slim and shapely her legs were and how forever they seemed to go.

"I found you!" she exclaimed. He walked to her and took the book from her hand and placed it on the bed before climbing on it. Sage lay on her belly beside him. He showed her the other wolves that he went to school with, including her sister. Seth spent hours talking about his childhood, showing his pictures, however embarrassing (and some were embarrassing), not wanting to hold anything from her. He wanted to pour his soul out to this creature. Sage retold her tale of her past and about her family and of how different it was to how she had been living these past few months.

"You're looking tired, Seth, you should sleep. And you have patrols to run in the afternoon, no?"

"Yeah, I guess," he sighed. "Ladies first." They took turns washing up and Seth pulled out a spare pillow from the linen closet and threw them on the couch. He didn't need a blanket. Sage stuck her head out of the room.

"Good night, Seth."

"Night, Sage."

So this chapter wasn't too eventful... but you kno... that happens. I want to put up my other story now, so check that out. It's called France Has Its Courtesans. It's my first all human one. :D

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