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Chapter Fifteen

(CPOV)

Today was Emily's funeral. When Sam J phased, we all saw how his mother died and her talking to Sam Sr. We felt so much of his pain, I took him off patrol for a few months. I even cut down Ally's patrol time since I knew Sam J would need his imprint there. We all got dressed silently. The mood in our house was dark, depressed. My mother came down the stairs followed by my father. I took a long look at both of them and I wondered what I would do without them.

They caught my stare and smiled sadly, probably understanding why I was staring at them. Austin came down the stairs with Charlie trailing behind. Mom and dad allowed Charlie to stay here after she phased because we were all Immortal, so if she phased she wouldn't hurt us. Or if she did, we would just heal and all would be forgiven.

We walked out the door and got into my dad's Mercedes GLK. We silently drove to the cemetery where we were having a graveside service for Emily. As we got out, I saw my dad's old pack was there, with their kids, who made up my pack. Kim, Leah, Angela, Ana and Claire were by the chairs in tears. They were imprints just like Emily and they had known Emily since they were imprinted on. Quil, Jared, Paul and Embry were standing in a circle away from their imprints. My mother went to speak with the other imprints while my dad took Charlie and Austin to sit down. The other members of my pack were already sitting down. Sam J was standing beside his mother's casket, staring at it, blankly. I couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking at the moment. Suddenly, I remembered something I wanted to ask Jared, Paul, Quil and Embry. I walked slowly over to them, making sure Sam J was out of earshot.

"Hey." I said. They all looked up and nodded in my direction.

"I wanted to ask you guys something." I said, monotonously.

Jared looked up and said, "What's up, man?"

I took a deep breath and said, "A few days before our fight with the bloodsuckers, I was in Emily's room and I saw a picture on her table of Sam. I noticed Sam J looked a lot like him. I was just wondering, you guys all knew Sam when he was alive, what do you see when you look at Sam J?"

Jared took a deep breath like he didn't know how to answer. Paul chuckled and said, "The same thing we see when we look at you."

I looked at him, confused and he continued, "When we look at Sam J, we see about the same thing when we look at you. We see your father. When we see Sam J, we think about Sam. When we see you, we think about Jacob. It's nearly impossible not to, you are both so much like your dads."

I smiled. That made me proud. I knew I looked like my dad, but I didn't think I reminded anyone of him. My heart swelled with pride. The guys all clapped my shoulder and we took our seats with our families. The service was beautiful. Leah and Sam J made a speech, I wasn't much for tears, but I was crying at the end. I held Jennifer's hand in mine as she wept. As everyone left, we were all in tears.

I hugged Jennifer and said I would see her later. I got in the backseat of my dad's GLK with Austin and Charlie and we headed home.

Things could only get better for us, right? We had battled bloodsuckers and won, we had lost Emily, who was like a den mother to us all. Some of us had experienced happiness by imprinting. I was looking on the bright side of things, things were hard right now, but things would get better. They had to.

After Emily's funeral we all went to our house. Mom and Kim had cooked a ton of food. After all, they did have to feed a pack of wolves and a pack of former wolves. The guys were in the kitchen eating while the girls all sat in the living room and played with Claire and Quil's three-year old twins. They were adorable, and the girls couldn't leave them alone. Around eight, everyone started to file out. Before Paul and Ana left, I pulled Jennifer aside to talk. She followed me into the woods willingly. I knew she was still mad at me for ordering her to Emily's the night of the fight. I had a lot of groveling to do.

I turned to her and said, "Jen, I'm sorry for ordering you around the other night. It was for the best, I couldn't handle the thought of something happening to you and if you were there I wouldn't have been able to concentrate."

Jennifer sighed and said, "I understand and I forgive you. Just next time, if there is a next time, please treat me like one of the pack and not just your imprint."

I smiled to her and said, "Wanna go on another date? This time we'll make sure your mom keeps him home." Jennifer laughed. She had told me of when she got home and Ana hit Paul with her shoe. Ana was the only one who had control over him.

Jennifer smiled at me and said, "Sure. I don't really see the point in all this dating stuff because we already know we're bound to each other."

She had a point, but I liked taking her places. Except when her dad follows uninvited. I laughed and said, "Yeah, and we've known each other all our lives, but don't you think it's fun?"

She shrugged and smiled then she hugged me. We went back inside because I heard Paul yelling for her. Things were looking up for us.

The next night I went on a date with Jennifer, Ana promised to keep Paul busy all night. She didn't specify exactly what so I didn't ask. The date went well and we weren't interrupted, not even once.

When I left her house, I went straight to the woods to patrol. Nick and Ally were already phased when I joined. They heard my thoughts and Ally went right for teasing me. She was abruptly cut off when Nick picked up a bloodsucker's scent.

'I think it's just a Cullen.' He said.

Ally and I ran to him just to be sure. I smelled the air, I knew that scent. Blondie. But she was the only one I smelled. I was confused; the leeches usually all stayed together, why was she alone? Better yet, why is she in La Push? She crossed the treaty line. I really didn't want to start a war with the Cullen's. They had done so much for us, but they broke the treaty and as the Alpha, I could not put my people in danger.

I howled to alert the rest of my pack and we followed Blondie's scent, straight to my house.

(BPOV)

I was in the kitchen, preparing a meal for my children when they got back from patrol. I was their new 'den mother' as Quil had put it. I was setting the table when I smelled her. Rosalie. In La Push? What the hell? How had she gotten past the wolves and why the hell was she here? I walked out the back door as she came from the woods. Her eyes were black and I knew this was NOT going to go well.

I decided to be the bigger woman anyway and I greeted her as I would greet any other guest. "Hey Rose." I said cheerfully.

She advanced towards me and snarled, "It is your fault my brother is dead. He died to be with you and look, you're here now, happy and alive with that mongrel for a husband and you don't even care that Edward is dead."

I rolled my eyes and thought, 'This AGAIN?' I looked at her and said calmly, "Rosalie, look, that was twenty years ago. I didn't make Edward do anything. He did it himself. Of course I care that Edward is dead, but I can't weep for him forever. We weren't meant for each other and Jake's imprinting on me proves that. Edward was my first love and I'll always have him in my heart, but he died twenty years ago. We have all gotten past it, all except you. If you remember, Emily lost Sam the same day I lost Edward, but Emily was able to get herself together, and they WERE meant for each other. Why can't you see that?"

I couldn't believe my voice stayed calm through my entire speech. I was pissed Rose had come here, and broken the treaty just to come and say the same thing she always says to me.

Rosalie growled and said, "Whatever. I didn't come here to talk and those pups will be here any minute. You are going to pay for what happened to my brother." She barely had the words out of her mouth before she lunged at me.

Her hands wrapped around my throat, but I was too strong for her. I threw her off of me and she smashed into a tree. I didn't want to hurt her, I once thought of her as my sister, but if she wouldn't listen to me, I had no choice. But I tried anyway.

"Rose, stop. If you keep attacking me, I'll have to kill you and I don't want to do that to your family. Think of Esme, Carlisle, Alice, Jasper, Emmett. What would they say if you broke the treaty just to come and kill me?" I asked her, putting extra emphasis on Emmett's name. She had broken the treaty once twenty years ago when she bit Kim, but Jake had forgiven her and made the Cullen's leave. I don't think my son would be as lenient if he knew Rose had attacked his mother, on our land. Breaking the treaty twice by herself.

She just snarled in response and ran toward me again. I punched her in the face when she reached me, but I grabbed her by her hair before she could sail through the air away from me. I spun her by her hair and flung her right into another tree. She jumped right up again and I saw my sons, my daughter and the rest of the pack some through the trees.

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