CHAPTER 18

By TwilightSelenaCullen

The next morning after the others went to school, the girls were wondering what torture Sam had in store for them today.

Sam looked at Mason, "It's time."

"Time for what?" Mason asked.

Sam glanced at Selena and she instinctively touched the top of her right arm, and then looked at Mason.

Mason's eyes widened, "My tribal tattoo?"

Sam nodded, "It's alright to feel scared, but the sooner it's over with the better. You do want one, right?"

"Of course I do, I just have never gotten a tattoo before," Mason said.

"It hurts a lot," Selena offered.

"Selena!" Sam chastised.

"Sorry… but it does," Selena said.

Sam shook his head, "Really?"

Selena realized that she wasn't helping, "Oh but it's completely worth it. Trust me."

"I do," Mason smiled.

"Alright then, well you're already wearing a tank top so let's go," Sam said.

They walked towards the town and talked on the way.

"Hey at least we don't have to do work today," Selena said.

"You'll have plenty to do when we get home," Sam said.

"But Mason can't be out in the sun, and she shouldn't be all sweaty either," Selena tried.

Mason looked at Selena questioningly, "Why not?"

"Rules of getting a tattoo, you're supposed to keep it out of sunlight for a few days while it heals," Selena said.

"Oh, well guess we're off the hook then," Mason smiled.

"I can easily find both of you something to do inside," Sam smirked.

The girls both pouted. When they arrived at the tattoo shop Mason wasn't surprised to see another Quileute man.

"Hello Sam. Hey Selena, I heard about your father, I'm sorry for your loss," He said.

Selena smiled politely, "Thank you."

"And who is this?" He asked.

"Mason Uley," Mason introduced herself offering her hand.

He shook it firmly, "I see, I was wondering when I'd be seeing you, I'm Kasha. How are you adjusting?"

She looked at Sam, "I'm doing okay so far."

Sam smiled, "Yeah."

"So obviously I know why you're here, and what tattoo you want, so let's do this. I'll get everything ready, free of charge as usual. I'm always happy to welcome another member to your pack; especially your sister this time, very special. Small arms though, just like Selena, shouldn't take a lot of ink or too much time," Kasha spoke as he walked around gathering all of the supplies he'd need.

Mason looked around nervously.

"It's alright," Sam said, "don't be scared."

"Yeah it'll all be over before you know it," Selena said.

"Okay loca come sit," he said patting the chair. She took a deep breath and sat down.

He took out the pattern and grabbed the smallest one, "This should be a good size. It's the same size I used on Selena here."

He laid it on and the ink transferred the outline from the paper to her arm. He took her arm and wiped down the area with the cold alcohol and turned on the needle. Mason froze every instinct in her body told her that this man was going to hurt her, and that she was in danger.

But then she caught Sam's eye, and relaxed. Selena sat on a chair beside her and rubbed her left hand, "It'll be alright."

The familiar buzz of the needle sounded and Selena smiled, "You got this."

Mason nodded and clenched her teeth. When he started she was surprised to find that it wasn't as bad as she suspected. It was a sharp stinging and burning pain but it was in short enough bursts that she knew she could handle it. It wasn't the worst pain she'd ever been through.

'You're okay," Selena comforted.

"Yeah, I'm fine; but you were right, it just hurts a lot," she smiled, "but I have been through much worse."

Selena smiled and rubbed her hand again, "We knew you would, none of us have died yet from our tattoos."

Mason smiled. The radio was playing and for the next hour and a half they waited until he was finally done. Kasha gently wiped down her arm one more time, and applied some ointment.

"All done go take a look in the mirror."

Mason looked in the mirror and smiled, "This is amazing, thank you so much Kasha."

"My pleasure," he answered.

Mason had a huge grin on her face as she showed Selena and then Sam, "This is so awesome, I love it so much."

Kasha smiled, "Come on then let me wrap it so you can get out of here."

Mason nodded, "Alright, thank you."

He placed the pad and taped it down so it would stay.

"Okay now in a couple hours unwrap it and rinse it off lightly and put some of this on," he handed her a small tube, "Do the same thing a few times a day. Make sure you don't soak it in water, and keep it out of the sun. Oh and it's going to get really itchy while it heals but make sure you don't scratch it," Kasha handed her a card, "Call me if you need anything, but you're in good hands."

"Thanks again," Mason said.

"Bye Kasha," Selena said.

"See ya around Sel," he said.

Sam smiled as he held the door open for the girls to walk through, "Thank you."

"Any time."

"So how are you doing?" Selena asked.

"I'm fine, great actually. It still stings a bit but I'm too proud of it to care," Mason answered.

Sam was quiet.

"What about you, what are you thinking about?" Mason asked him.

"Oh all of the wonderful things I can make you two do inside," Sam said.

Selena groaned, "This week needs to end already."

"Why, do you want to go back to school?" Sam asked.

Selena thought about it, "Actually no, not really."

Sam shook his head.

"What? You know how much I hate school," Selena said.

"Speaking of which, did you guys finish your homework?" Sam asked.

"Yes," they both answered automatically.

"Okay I believe Mason, but Selena, I'll give you one more chance," Sam said.

"Fine, I didn't, I'm not even close," Selena answered.

"Well I know what you'll be doing then, I want ALL of your homework done by tonight," Sam said.

"Oh come on, we still have until next week," Selena whined.

"I don't care, I mean it, I want all of it done, and I'll check to make sure so don't try to cheat your way out of it," He said.

Selena crossed her arms, "Fine."

"Excuse me?" He asked.

She sighed and uncrossed her arms, "Yes sir."

"Good." Sam said.

Mason was smiling at their bantering back and forth.

"How are you already done anyway? And why, do you like school or something?" Selena asked.

"You know I do, I love school," Mason said.

"Yeah, I know, I just can't understand why," Selena said.

"I like being good at something, and the whole challenge of it all. I also like that people there think I'm smart," Mason said.

Sam and Selena answered simultaneously, "Because you are smart."

Mason giggled, "Thanks."

They just reached the house and Emily smiled, "How was it?"

"It was great. I love it," Mason answered.

"Yeah she did great," Sam replied.

"Okay Selena you know what you're doing, so get to it," Sam said.

"What about me?" Mason asked.

"You can have this time to relax, and read or something," Sam said.

"But that's not fair," Selena whined.

"It is so, Mason already finished her homework, now go," Sam said.

Selena sighed and ran upstairs to grab her work. Mason followed to go get a book.

"So why do you hate school so much?" Mason asked.

"I don't know it just seems pointless to me. I know how to speak and write in English, I don't see why I need science or math, and History is just talk about a bunch of things that already happened so why do I need to know that? I just don't see why it matters so much." Selena answered.

"Well what about your future?" Mason asked.

"My future? I'm going to be a fantastic mother, and a great wife. I will stay home and take care of my kids and the house. If anything I should be learning how to do those things, cook, clean, take care of kids. Not the other stuff," Selena answered, "And I can learn all of that from watching Emily, well besides the kids part, not yet anyways."

"That's really what you want?" She asked.

"Of course, it's what I was born to do, I know it. I am going to be the best mother in the whole world," She smiled, "What about you, what do you want?"

Mason shook her head, "Honestly I haven't figured that out yet."

"But what about Paul, you love him right?" She asked.

"Yeah well I do, but there are so many careers I could get into too. I can be a good wife and have a job," Mason said.

"Well good luck finding out what you want to do," Selena sighed, "I better get back downstairs before Sam freaks out."

Mason nodded and Selena left. Mason thought about what Selena had said, "I guess I'll figure that out when the time comes."

She grabbed a book off the shelf and went downstairs too. Selena was sitting at the table working on her homework. Mason curled up on the couch beside Sam and Emily, who were watching a movie, and began reading.

Mason beamed wildly when she heard them coming up the road, "Can I go? Please Sammy Please?"

Sam smiled, "Go ahead but throw Emily's jacket on to cover up your tattoo."

Mason grabbed the jacket and slid it on and then ran outside. Selena got up to follow her.

"Where do you think you're going?" Sam asked.

"I was just…" Selena started.

"Is your homework done?" Sam asked.

Selena shook her head, "No."

"Then you were JUST finishing your homework," Sam said.

Selena sighed and sat back down.

Mason ran out and jumped into Paul's open arms. He spun her around and set her down kissing her cheek, "I missed you."

"I missed you too," She answered.

"It's been what eight hours?" Jacob scoffed.

Seth smiled, "Where's Selena?"

"Stuck doing homework, Sam says she has to have it done by tonight. She's not very happy right now," Mason said, "But I have good news, I got my tattoo today."

Paul smiled, "That's so great. I want to see come on let's hurry."

Mason laughed and they both ran into the house.

"I don't understand what he wants to see, it looks just like everyone else's." Jacob said.

Seth laughed.

Mason took off the jacket and showed Paul, "Wow it looks great."

Mason smiled, "Thanks."

Selena smiled when she saw Seth but didn't move from her seat. Seth came up and kissed her on the cheek, "How's it going?"

"Don't distract her," Sam and Jacob said.

Selena sighed and rolled her eyes.

Mason smiled, "There's a lot of simultaneous talking going on today, and it's funny."

"Come on Sammy, can't I just have a small break. I am so bored," Selena whined.

Jake smiled at Sam, "I've got this."

Jacob sat down beside her, "The sooner you stop complaining and get this done, the sooner you can have as many breaks as you want. Now get to work, I'll stay here to keep you motivated."

Selena pouted and went back to her homework. "Paul, Seth, twenty laps, go."

Paul sighed and made his way outside but Seth spun around shocked, "Why? What did we do?"

"One I shouldn't have to remind you that you're grounded and what you're grounded for, and two, I shouldn't have to explain myself, if I say run, you run, do you understand?" Jacob asked.

"Yes sir," Seth answered and he went outside too.

TOTS

The next few days were filled with even more hard work and training, and it didn't seem like Sam or Jacob were ever going to let up on them. Mason was back training with the rest of the pack and was happy that she was going to get to go back to school the next day.

During training she ran as fast as she could, and while they were cleaning the house, she did more than enough for her part.

Selena looked at her like she was crazy, "Are you freaking insane? Why are you working so hard? You know Sam doesn't care right, he's just giving us something stupid to do."

"I can't help it," She said smiling, "I'm just so happy, I get to go back to school tomorrow so I'm trying to make the day go faster by actually doing something."

Selena hopped up on the counter and started eating an apple.

"Oh come on I just cleaned that," Paul whined.

Selena rolled her eyes at him, "Seriously Paul?"

Paul sighed and stopped mopping, "Why don't you try actually doing something?

"I am, I'm supervising, and you're doing great, keep it up," Selena smiled sweetly taking another bite out of the apple.

"Control your girlfriend, or I'll do it for you," Paul said.

Seth sighed, and opened his mouth to speak but Mason cut him off.

"Excuse you, did you just tell him to control his girlfriend? What you think we should just always obey our boyfriends or something? That it's your job to control us?" Mason said looking at him incredulously.

Paul immediately backed down, "No, I'm sorry it's not that. I love you and I would never try to control you. I just think she should be helping us. I didn't mean it like that Mason, honestly. I'm sorry."

Selena smiled at the interaction, "Woo go Mason fight for our rights."

Mason smiled, "You really should be helping though."

Jacob stepped into the kitchen, "Yeah you should."

Everyone's eyes widened and they froze except Paul who shook his head and went back to his work.

Selena quickly jumped off the counter and hid the apple behind her back, "I can explain. I mean I will I was just…"

"She was feeling a little dizzy probably from the cleaning stuff, and training, and I knew she didn't eat a lot for lunch, so I told her to sit for a minute and have a snack, that's all," Mason said.

Paul looked like he was going to say something but Mason gave him a pleading look.

Jacob smiled, "Okay then, finish your apple and carry on."

Selena nodded, "Yes sir."

Selena hugged Mason, "Thank you so much for covering for me."

"It's what we do for each other," Mason smiled.

Selena smiled back and hopped back up onto the counter.

"What are you doing?" Paul asked.

Selena smirked, "I'm finishing my apple like my brother told me too."

TOTS

To Mason's happiness, and Selena's dismay the day did go by quickly. Then soon they were in their room, anticipating going back to school the next morning.

Selena changed into a red silky nightgown and angrily huffed as she pulled the blankets up and climbed into bed. Mason climbed in on the other side, but was smiling, "Do you really hate school this much?"

Selena sighed, "Yeah. Well I mean I guess it won't be so bad, since we'll get to see our boyfriends more than we have been."

"Come on there isn't one other reason you like school?" Mason asked.

Selena sighed, "I don't know. I don't really think about it much. Hanging out at lunch is fun, and being better than the other girls in gym is fun. Of course we have to tone it back a notch so no one gets suspicious."

Mason smiled, "Well maybe if you actually paid any attention in class you might enjoy it?"

"I highly doubt that," Selena answered.

Mason smiled, "You never know until you try."

Selena shook her head, "It's just not my thing."

"Well don't worry we'll find your thing," Mason comforted.

"What do you mean?" Selena asked.

"Elective day, we'll find the perfect class that you will love, and then you will want to go to school," Mason said.

Selena shook her head, "Whatever you can try."

Mason beamed with excitement, "I accept the challenge."

The both giggled and quickly fell asleep soon after.