A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update you guys. It's just that B-Ball's season has started and since I'm on Varsity we have two games a week and practice and all that stuff. To tell the truth I've had this chapter written since last week but I didn't know if I wanted to publish it as yet because I couldn't decided if I wanted to do Sebastian's POV in a whole 'nother chapter or if I even wanted to introduce Alex and Erin. SO I went for both. I hope you like it! I told you that I was gonna make more drama. But instead this time, it's Jake who's messing up! OOOOO! XD

Chapter 21: Manipulation

In New York, concrete jungles where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do, now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you, let's hear it for New York
New York, New York

'Empire State of Mind' by Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys

Limping back home sucked. I couldn't just call up Jack and be all like, "Hey could you send someone down here to pick me up? Or at least unfreeze my bank accounts. Never mind that I tried to ruin your daughter's life, that's all in the past!"

I scoffed to myself, yeah like that would work.

I could feel myself healing, slowly but surely.

That Jacob had a killer right hook. Thinking of Jacob made me think of Melanie. Maybe I should just give up. Go back to Lucy; she's a good girl.

For a while.

But she's not Mel. I want Mel. No one would be able to take her place. I want to be the one to make her moan in pleasure like I did a few nights ago.

But only the next time I want her to be doing it willingly; with no interference or help from my family's old spells.

I sighed and sat on the forest floor. I put my head in my hands, wondering what I was to do now. Where was I to go from here? There was no way I was going to get to Melanie if Jacob was in the picture.

I needed to get Mel mad at Jacob; but the only way I could do that is set up some kind of affair. But Mel wouldn't believe it since Jacob imprinted on her.

But that doesn't mean that he can't get flirted with. And if there's one thing I know about Mel, she can be a jealous girlfriend.

If I can get a girl to flirt with Jacob – and not a little hair-tossing, I mean 'I want to sleep with you' flirting – Mel will get jealous and I can come in with arms open wide to receive her while she's on the rebound.

The problem is: Where am I going to find a girl that Melanie would trust enough to the point where her guard would be down where Jacob is concerned?

Then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

I whipped out my phone and dialed the familiar number, "Hello?"

I smiled, "Erin sweetheart."

"Sebastian! Where have you been? We haven't slept together in ages. Have you gotten bored with me?" She asked. I could almost hear her pouting over the phone.

I laughed, "No dear. I need a favor."

"Anything for you Sebastian."

I smiled again, "Great, this is what I want you to do…"

So I know I said that life had sucked. But after I showed everyone the video, everything did a total 180.

I was no longer ignored, thank God. Ana was actually talking to me again and we had a long conversation about her liking Jacob. Um, awkward.

But anyways, I was in the kitchen one morning when Jacob burst in.

He gave me such a scare that I dropped the pan I had with the scrambled eggs in them. It looked like a chicken exploded in my kitchen.

"Aw Jake!" I said while wiping up the eggs.

He pulled me up and hugged me and spun me around.

"What's going on? Why are you so happy?" I asked him. When he set me down he said, "After all that happened, I thought it was time for us to take a vacation. You know get away from everything again. Start over."

My eyes widened, "No way! We're we going?" I asked.

He did a little shrug, "Oh no where special, just… New York City!"

I jumped up and screamed. I'd been to New York before, but on pack business. Not for fun, so I can actually go shopping and see the sights and everything.

Jacob's smile fell for a second, "There's one catch though, the flight and the reservations for the hotel didn't match up so I had to choose between good plane tickets or a hotel so… right now, so we have no place to stay."

He looked kind of frazzled at that idea but I laughed and told him, "Honey, remember when I told you of all the mini packs we have over the country? There's one in New York sweetie. We'll just stay with them."

He grinned, "So everything's set, we leave tomorrow morning."

I did a little dance and squealed. New York here we come!

We stepped off the plane and into the cool day. There waiting for us was a long black Hummer limo.

A girl and a guy walked out. The girl had blonde hair and blue green eyes while the guy had brown hair and brown eyes. [Twins on Profile!]

Melanie ran up to them and gave them a huge hug.

I trailed behind her and when I got to the pair she introduced us.

"Jake, this is Erin and Alex. They're fraternal twins."

I shook Alex's hand and then Erin came up to me and hugged me, "Mel if all the Quileutes are this cute then maybe I should go to Knives and snag me one."

She laughed, "It's Forks Erin, not Knives."

"Alright, alright, it's about time we go. So let's hop into the limo and go home. And on the way we can see a few sights," Alex said.

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We arrived at the large house. Even though it was one story, it took up a lot of space. With its white walls and black shingles. [House on Profile!]

When we walked in there were many greetings for Melanie. It was like she was a celebrity. Everyone knew her so everyone knew me.

It was weird having all these people know you, yet you've never met them before.

I shook hands, smiled; heck I even kissed a couple babies. I felt like the freaking president.

The journey – that's what it felt like – to our room finally ended. When we closed the door Melanie had a slight blush on her face.

"I'm sorry about them, it'll stop soon. They're just excited to see us, mainly you."

I smiled at her and pulled her close to me, "Hey don't worry about it. It was kinda fun having all that attention."

She laughed and kissed me, "Okay, flying across the country has totally thrown my body clock off, I'm going to bed."

I nodded and said, "I'm going to look around the house. Get to know the people more, I guess."

Melanie yawned, "Okay, have fun."

With that she plopped on the bed and fell asleep. I stood there watching her for a second then went over to pull off her shoes and tuck her in.

I kissed her forehead then walked out of the room.

Apparently all the people I saw earlier didn't live in the house because it was now empty and silent.

Walking into the kitchen I saw Erin. She smiled at me and sat at the island in the middle of the room.

"Is there anything to eat in this house?" I asked her.

She smiled, "There's always something to eat."

She got up and walked over to where I was looking in the cupboards.

She reached up to grab something and her chest brushed against mine.

Erin gave me a sultry smile and handed me the bag of chips she had gotten.

Before sitting back down, she 'accidentally' dropped the magazine she was reading. Slowly she bent over and I could see the top of her thong.

Eyebrows raised I said, "Erin, are you trying to seduce me?"

She turned to face me and pouted, "Of course not. You're our precious Head Beta's mate. I would never do such a thing."

There was a lot sarcasm dripping from her voice; I replied, "I hope you know that it'll never work."

There was a flash of anger but she quickly hid it, "Whatever do you mean Jacob?"

I walked over to her and sized her up, "There's the fact that I've imprinted on Melanie, so there's no way you're going to get me to do whatever you have in mind."

She laughed, "Poor Jacob, don't you know that imprinting on a person won't stop someone from cheating. That's something you should know first-hand."

My heart panged as I thought of the events that occurred over the past month.

"That's different, Mel was tricked," I replied.

"But what about your precious imprint?" Erin asked.

"Males imprint on females, not the other way around. You should know that."

She laughed at me again, "Little Jake, who told you that?"

She walked around me and trailed a hand along my chest and shoulders.

"Mel did," I replied.

She shook her head, "That's not true at all, well at least not for Alpha and Beta females."

"What are you talking about?"

"Female Alphas and Betas can imprint. No one knows why; we're a mysterious species, but they do. I thought you had a female in your pack back in La Push?"

I shook my head, now in shock, "Yeah, but she's not an Alpha or Beta."

Erin shrugged, "Oh well."

There was silence then I said, "Why are you telling me this?"

Erin turned around because she had started to walk away.

"Maybe because I want you for myself and I'm trying to break the two of you up. Maybe because Melanie gets everything she's ever wanted and it's about time for her to step into the real world where daddy can't protect her. Or maybe I think you should be treated better than how she's treating you."

"But she loves me, I know she does," I whispered.

Erin walked back over and looked me in the eyes.

"She's very manipulative; you don't know the real Melanie Wolfbane. She's evil, and I'm just trying to help you."

Then Erin got on her tiptoes and kissed me lightly. I was still in shock to not even care. I felt cold and numb, like I had jumped into the Artic Ocean. I could feel nothing.

What brought me out of it was a voice, "What the hell is going on here?"

Erin jumped away from me and there was Melanie.