Title: Better Than a Soap Opera

Chapter: More Than a Hero

Summary: It all began at a fateful battle against a vampire, when another leech helped him. From there, the infatuation grew. Once the enemy, but now his hero, Seth reflects on his friendship with the amazing Edward Cullen.

AN: Again I fear that I may be cutting a close one here. With Seth's POV, I think I might have come off a little serious. :D Maybe he's modeling himself after Edward?! -goes with that theory- Oh, yes. Breaking Dawn spoilers ahead.

Disclaimer: I own nothing associated with Twilight. That's all Stephenie Meyer. I just like the empty holes I can fill up with my imagination. :3 But, really, who doesn't find joy in fan fiction?

I remember that it was after the fight with Riley that I began to see vampires a little bit differently than the others in my pack. At first, I was upset. I could have taken Riley down all by myself. I wasn't a wolf for nothing. My pride felt crushed when the Cullen stepped in and saved me.

It was then, though, that I realized something major. He had saved me. Edward Cullen had saved my life. I actually would have died. My wolf pride hated admitting that, but I might have been a little too cocky for my own benefit, and with Edward's fast reflexes, my mistake was forgiven.

The pack made fun of me. They gave it a few days, after they had recovered and Jacob ran away on us, before they really started in on me. Leah was the worst. I love my sister... But her bitch compacity seems to have sky rocketed when she became all wolf like. She loves to jab at people, and believe me, it was so much worse than her just being in my head. I do live with her still. Even now she likes to give me a little push about my obsession, not that she has much room to talk anymore.

I was overjoyed at being invited to the wedding. I had allowed my reluctance on Edward saving me to grow into a bit of wonder.

I could tell how much Bella loved him, from the way that she spoke to me on the phone. Our conversations were brief, but I'm not stupid. I could hear it when she invited me. I happen to think that Bella is amazing, and anyone worthy of her love is worthy of my admiration. Yes, that includes Jacob as well, the stubborn mule that he was. Or is.

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The wedding was absolutely beautiful. Even with Jacob's interference. I started realizing then, I couldn't accept Edward without Jacob, either. Two completely different men that I both completely model myself after. There is no one without the other, so I can see now Bella's hardship with the two of them. My feelings are quite different from hers, thankfully.

I made the mistake though, at the wedding, after that sad fiasco, of thinking that both Edward and Jacob needed to accept each other. Edward is above stupid things such as territorial markings, which, unfortunately, Jacob was not. Is not.

Edward gave me a sharp look that night, picking up my thoughts. He didn't believe that what I had thought was correct in any way, shape, or form.

"Seth... I am nothing like that Jacob. He's rash, violent, and can't control himself," Edward said to me after he pulled me to the side.

I grinned brightly at him, still affected by his presence. I was like a little puppy when it came to him. "In some ways, you are alike. He is all those things though, isn't he?" I also found it hard to not agree with him. He made perfect sense to me, all the time.

Edward placed his hand on my head, ruffling my short, black hair in a brotherly sort of way. "Make sure that he doesn't continue doing his stupid stunts, Seth. He needs a cool head like yours around."

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I took those words to heart. When Jacob ran off from the pack, I knew what I had to do. Edward was counting on me to make sure that Jacob wouldn't do anything stupid. I followed Jacob, knowing that he was going to Bella, to the Cullens, and I was right on his heels. Oh, sure. He was angry about it all. Wanted me to go back, blah blah blah. It was too late by then. Jacob was the one I wanted to follow. Edward was the one I wanted to follow.

The Cullens accepted me pretty easily. Well... There is the blonde, Rosalie, but she isn't happy with anybody, really. Except the baby. Besides Edward, Alice is my favorite. She sought me out constantly, so that she could find silence among all the things going on in her head. I didn't mind her pressing herself up against my fur. Sure, the smell was agitating. I sneezed a few times, and she laughed.

Edward enjoyed having me around as well. If I wasn't in wolf form—with his cold fingers in my fur, petting me as though I was a dog—then we were usually hanging out on the porch, talking. I asked him loads of questions about his past. He was hesitant at first to speak of any of it with me, but I guess that I was so eager, he couldn't help but cave in.

Leah didn't enjoy any of this too much. She called me the family pet, to which Jacob howled at with amusement. I didn't find any of that funny. Leah's sense of humor is distorted, to say the least. Her and Jacob are pretty even on that level. I heard those dumb blonde jokes he directed at Rosalie. They were only worth a laugh because they were so cheesy. Leah's humor is a little more dry, but they are just the same.

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Reneesme. She's so cute, if creepy at some points. Growing rapidly, imprinting with Jacob, hunting at only a few months old. Like I said, though, cute. She's more Bella than Edward, but you can tell that she got something from her father. She's fiercely overprotective of those that she loves. Edward's like that, too.

Belle, Nessie, Jacob, his family... And me.

It's like Leah kept joking about. I guess I sort of became the walking, talking, shifting family pet.

Which is okay for me. I'm not so full of piss and vinegar like everybody else. This life is an adventure. I'm a wolf who's best friends with a vampire. You don't get much better than that, and pride is just a dull thing that gets in the way of other things, like friendship and family.

In any case, Jacob is the bigger house pet. With the whole imprinting on Nessie thing. I still feel pain in my jaw from the little hit Bella planted on me. She still hasn't quit apologizing for that. She may have tough skin, a funny smell, and is more dazzling than ever, but she's still the same old Bella, with shifting moods. Edward said that was just her getting used to the new vampirism thing.

I'm still staying out of her way, though.

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"Seth, I'm not so sure that you should do this," Edward told me one night before the whole thing with the bad vampires went down. We were far away from the homestead, hunting in the forest together. The other vamps gathered at the Cullens' house weren't too excited to have us wolves around. Not that I minded. Their stench was pretty disgusting.

Do what? I thought at him as we waited beneath a tree. I could smell a deer heading our way.

"It could get dangerous out there. For all of you. Bella hasn't said anything to me about it, but I know that she's afraid for you. For all the wolves getting involved," Edward continued to explain to me.

I gave him a big, wolfy grin. We are doing this because of Jacob. And Nessie. I'm doing this because you are my family, too, Edward. All of you.

"You're a good kid, Seth. It's good to have you as one of us."

Yeah. Just wait until Leah hears about it though.

I already am, my sister growled, and I could hear all the funny new jokes that she was coming up with.

I would have rolled my eyes, if I had the opportunity to do so.

Edward crouched down then, looking sharply like the hunter that he is. A thrill rushed through my body as I crouched down as well, letting my animal instincts pull me along as the smell of deer filled my nostrils. Hunting is exciting. Hunting with your hero is an even greater experience. Tonight was all fun and games.

Tomorrow would be the real test of my family courage. In my head, my pack—Leah, Jacob, Embry, and Quil—all howled with anticipation of the upcoming showdown. Edward glanced at me, and I could see the proud smile he flashed me quickly before taking off for the animal.

I like being around Edward. It reminds me of hanging out with my dad before Leah and I scared him. I like that he's proud of me and wants me to hunt with him.

I like that we're not only friends now, but kind of like family.

My hero. My enemy. Friend, brother, father.

Knock it off already, Seth, Jacob barked in my head with a sharp laugh.

Quit mooning after the Cullen, brother, Leah laughed as well.

Yeah, yeah. It's not mooning, I replied back as I pounced upon the kill with Edward.