A/N: Sorry, I've been a bad updater, I know. :( Since Evil only employs sidekicks who are bad in some small way, I guess this kind of behavior is to be expected.

There's gonna be a huge plot later, so I'm just getting some stuff out of the way. So, let us move on to the shortest chappie ever, in other words…….

CHAPTER THREE – A BETTER PLACE

'Coz the day I thought I'd never get through

I got over you'

-Over You – Daughtry

"You DO know that you look like a blue whale already, right?" I asked, swinging my chair back and eyeing my Alpha critically. "I mean, Nessie may be your forever paramour, but there's gonna be some complications when she grows up and has to introduce a guy who's wider than he is tall – who also might unexpectedly shift into an even huger wolf – as her boyfriend. That kind of stuff has a huge negative impact on a girl's life. Even on a vamp – spawn."

Jacob just stuffed more Doritos in his mouth. "Shuddup, Leah."

Ah, there it was, in all its glory. Our oh – so – intelligent Alpha's scathing, original comeback. "I think I may have to retreat to a corner to regain my self – esteem, Jakey."

Quil snorted, and Claire automatically imitated the sound. "Good one, Lee."

"Whatever." I jumped on to my feet, and stretched. "God, Jacob, this is the lamest thing you've ever come up with. You DO realize that I've wasted nearly fifteen minutes cooped up in here with you pack of retards?"

"Hey." Jake's mouth was still full of half – chewed junk food. And there was me, thinking that seeing him disembowel a deer was nauseating. I feel so worldly now that I've seen him with Doritos. "I'm Alpha of this pack, and if you don't at least try to get along when our lives aren't in mortal danger and try to co – exist, you can sure as hell get lost."

I was impressed. The man who can give speeches that long with his mouth full is a true leader indeed.

I began to walk around. Ever since Quil and Embry had joined our little League of the Rebel Wolves, a.k.a the Second Pack, a.k.a Jacob's Legacy, a.k.a The Ones For The Truth, etc etc, Jake had begun these stupid get – along sessions in his house. So we had had to hightail it here to La Push from the Cullen's place to make it on time.

Now here we were while my brain cells died away from sheer boredom. Now I think enough have died to match my IQ with Embry's. Just a few more to go for me to catch up with Seth.

O was examining a photo of Rachel, Jake's sister and Paul and marveling at how easy it would be to cast Paul as a troll in a movie when the clock chimed eight.

"YES!" Never in my life have I been more willing to go on a patrol. I actually shifted into a wolf, effectively ripping up my clothes. Damn. I liked those jeans. I got over my loss and sprinted towards the front door.

"Leah! Wait up!" Jake was well behind me, as usual.

"All that junk food ain't gonna help you catch me!" I yelled back in my mind. Ah, I love this new mental barrier. God knows I need it, what with the mind reader I hang out with every so often and the whole thing where our minds were open to each other when we were in wolf form. Now they only heard what I was thinking when I wanted them to. Unfortunately, it wasn't two – way, so I still knew when Quil was thinking about the My Little Pony T – shirt he wore to Claire's grand b'day bash (princess theme again, dammit. I pretended to have cramps that day. Jake ran off to Canada).

"Stop, 'fore I use my Controlling Voices of DoomTM on you!" He panted. "We have to go together!"

I slowed, just a bit. Enough for Jake to come within a ten – meter radius, anyways. "Where's Seth?" I asked, suddenly stopping completely. I sniffed; no scent. Just me, Jakey, Quil and Embry.

Jake slowed. "Seth?"

I growled loudly, and whipped towards Jake. "Jacob. Where. Is. My. Brother?" I snarled.

"He was with us when we left, right?" Embry had stopped. Behind him, I saw Quil's chocolate wolf thrust its nose into the air.

I let go of the firm grip I had on the ground, and began sprinting. "Seth! SETH!!"

Something deep inside me kicked in, giving me instructions: go back to the Black's place.

"Where're you going?" Jake yelled.

I didn't bother answering. I felt the ground moving fast beneath my feet. I burst through Jake's front door.

Now what?

Change back into human. Get dressed.

I ran up the stairs, still in wolf form, into Rachel's room. I changed back, and threw on a shirt and a pair of jeans, fumbling all the way. The jeans were way too short, but I couldn't have cared less.

I ran back downstairs, and outside I saw Jake's wolf looking at something. Glaring, really. I followed his line of sight, and froze.

Sam.

My mind went blank. Why was HE here? Had he come back?

I remembered all the days I'd waited for him to come back. Every time I saw him, there'd been a desperate twang at my heartstrings. In the end, the illusion had been too hard to keep up. I'd succumbed to all the despair that had been, in some way, overdue.

Six years of grief and rejection turned into poisonous anger and hate when I saw the sandy wolf standing next to him.

I didn't think. I didn't ask questions. I just strode forward and punched him in the face. "Now. What did you do to my brother?" I wiped the blood on my fist unconsciously on Rachel's jeans. Hope she won't be too mad later.

He was fixing his nose delicately. I inwardly congratulated myself. I love breaking people's noses.

At least I left their hearts alone, which is more than Sam Uley could ever say for himself.

But hey. You break my heart, I break your nose. And I'm the one who gets to see blood, so win – win.

"Leah, see? He's fine." He gestured towards my brother, who was now standing next to me. Sam's voice was thick. "I just wanted to have a chat with him."

"About what?" I asked, suspiciously.

"Uhh, about, err." He touched his nose again. "Um, about how you guys were doing and, uh, stuff."

You know what the great thing about being a girl is? Yeah, that'd be that you get to punch men and they can't bring themselves to hit you. So I took full advantage of this, and punched him again. "you mean you tried to check whether we were falling apart yet, and you thought my brother would be the easiest to wheedle it out of?" I looked at Seth. He gave a kind of nod.

I snorted. "That's just pathetic. C'mon, boys, we aren't needed here anymore."

With that, I turned on Sam.

Not hurt, not anger.

I had moved on.

A/N: Pathetically short, I know. PLEEASE REVIEW anyway. And a big thank you to all those who reviewed, and to my bro, who ACTUALLY TYPED THIS OUT FOR ME. Ha ha, bet your brothers aren't as cool as mine. :P

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