A/N Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait but I was having some serious writer's block with this story. But here's the new chapter, so enjoy! I decided to wait to have the chapter on Charlie's memorial because I think we'll focus more on them getting ready for the battle. Oh, and I'm thinking this story might be somewhere between twenty-five and thirty chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, SM does.

Previously

Bella grinned. "Of course. Now I don't know about you boys but I'm starving. Who wants sandwiches?"

Paul and Seth both raised their hands childishly.

Smiling wider, she put her hands on her hips. "I'm not doing all the work. You boys need to clean up those dishes." She walked into the kitchen and tossed a dish towel to Paul and a sponge to Seth. "I suggest you get to work."

With a wry grin, Seth and Paul busied themselves with washing and drying the dishes.

Bella watched them for a few minutes, glad that her brother and imprint were friends once more. It was never ideal for your family and the love of your life to be at odds with each other. Edward and Charlie were proof of that.

As they ate together, Bella couldn't stop the smile from coming across her face. No matter how dysfunctional the pack might get, they were her family and she would kill anything or anyone that tried to ruin that.

Chapter Eighteen: You Should Have Known Better

As soon as they finished eating their sandwiches, Bella got up to wash the dishes along with Seth. Paul jumped up to help, but the phone rang, so he walked over to answer it instead.

"Hello?"

"Hell no!"

"I am not gonna-

"Ugh, fine!"

He practically slammed the phone down.

Bella looked up at him with concern, drying her hands off. "What's wrong Paul?"

He growled. "Apparently, the future-seeing leech saw that we would work together better if we connected, or some shit. And she somehow managed to convince Sam of this, so now the pack has to go over to the bloodsuckers' house and play nice."

Seth shrugged. "I'm down with anything that helps us win."

Bella nodded in agreement, causing Paul to grudgingly agree. "Yeah, whatever. Let's just get this over with. We were actually supposed to meet them an hour ago; apparently they called here, but got no answer for some reason." He glared at them pointedly.

Bella and Seth looked elsewhere, before Bella stood up. "Well, we should get going then."

She quickly stripped off her clothes and tied them to her ankle before heading outside to phase. Seth stared, transfixed, at her naked form until Paul smacked him on the back of the head. "Would you stop ogling my sister!"

They both quickly phased after her and raced to the Cullens' house.

A/N Bella-italics Seth-underlined Paul-bold

Race you guys there!

Nice try, but you got a head start.

Did not! It's not my fault Seth was distracted by me and you chose to chastise him rather than catch up.

Hah! So you did that on purpose, did you?

Bella laughed. I will neither confirm nor deny that statement.

Oh it is on sister!

Paul and Seth both put on a burst of speed to try to catch up to her. And they were gaining on her, fast.

Bella frowned, but decided to play dirty. Hmmm, something to stop them both in their tracks… She smiled internally as she got an idea. Without any warning whatsoever, Bella flashed them an image of how it felt to feel Seth driving into her, just as she was about to finish…

Seth couldn't control his lusty thoughts, as his mind played their night over and over in his mind. The feeling when she twisted just right so he could drive into her even deeper. Her shouts of his name. Him marking her and them both falling into the highest of ecstasies.

Paul was speechless for only a few seconds. What the fuck! Oh god that is fucking disgusting. Please bleach this out of my eyes. Wait…you can do that and it makes them…? I'm going to have to try that soon…ah fuck, never mind, that's my sister! His ramblings turned into piteous howls as he tried to erase what he had seen from his memory.

Bella howled in triumph just as she phased back. Quickly putting her clothes on, she strolled casually into the Cullen mansion and saw Quil on one of the couches, playing video games with Emmett and Jasper. It seemed that Embry was also playing but he was leaning against the couch next to Jacob, while Leah stood sulking in the corner, looking as though she would rather be anywhere but there. Sam and Jared appeared to be deep in discussion with Carlisle, while the rest of the pack and Cullens were scattered around the room. No one seemed to notice her presence yet, so she sighed loudly, gaining everyone's attention and launched herself onto the couch, her feet landing in Quil's lap and she smacked Embry on the head. "What I miss?"

Quil swore loudly. "Dammit, Bella. You made me lose."

Embry grumbled, rubbing the back of his head. "We were playing Call of Duty."

Bella shrugged. "Get over it. It's just a game."

Sam interrupted their loud shouts of protest. "Where have you been anyway? And where are Seth and Paul?"

She chose not to answer his first question. "They'll be here in a minute."

Just as she finished speaking, Paul trudged in and Seth slowly followed behind him. Bella looked at them curiously and saw Seth absentmindedly rubbing his arm. She looked closer and saw a thin pink line that was quickly fading into a scar. She saw red. "What the hell, Paul? You said you were fine with it and now you're attacking Seth?"

Paul's temper flared. "Of course I'm not fucking okay with him fucking my sister under my own roof!"

Quil whistled. "Go Seth!"

Emmett cat-called. "Yeah Bella, get some!"

Edward frowned. "Bella, I cannot believe that you allowed that mutt to defile you."

Rosalie huffed. "I'm not surprised."

The entire pack growled at him furiously.

Bella glared at him. "Shut the fuck up, Edward. At least he had the balls to do something your pansy ass probably couldn't." She refused to acknowledge Rosalie.

Peter rushed into the room. "I thought I heard the firecracker."

Bella ignored him and returned her attention back to Paul. "You need to get over it. How dare you hurt Seth!"

Paul rolled his eyes. "He's a man, he can handle it."

Sam chose to intervene. "Calm down now, both of you." His Alpha tone reverberated around them.

Bella and Paul stiffened, but obliged. Paul sat at the table where Jared and Sam were, pretending not to see Bella glaring daggers at him.

Sam cleared his throat. "Now may I ask why it took you all over an hour to get here?"

Paul chuckled humorlessly. "I do believe that Seth and Bella were fucking too much to get your phone call."

Bella snorted. "Yeah, and Paul was too busy fucking one of his whores to answer your phone call."

Seth sighed, trying to keep the peace. "Bella, that was uncalled for. Paul is just being your big brother."

Bella narrowed her eyes at him. "Oh, so you're siding with him now?" Her eyes showed her feelings of betrayal.

Seth tried to respond, but didn't want to make things worse.

Sam growled in frustration. "The whole purpose of us all being here is to get along with the Cullens and their allies, but apparently we can't even get along with our own family! Fix this now!"

Bella shrugged. "There wouldn't be any problem if Paul wasn't acting like such an overprotective asshole."

Paul couldn't stop his next words from coming out. "And I wouldn't have any problems if Bella wasn't acting like a bitch in heat."

She gasped and her eyes filled with tears. "Fuck you, Paul." She leaped up and ran outside, Seth trying to follow her. "Leave me alone, Seth!"

Everyone saw Seth's shoulders slump as he trudged back into the house, taking Bella's vacated seat.

Paul was breathing heavily, clearly trying to calm himself down. As the realization hit of what he'd just said to his sister, he muttered a loud, "Fuck!" He jumped up as if to follow her but Sam stopped him.

"Just give her a little bit to calm down, Paul."

Paul was about to argue, but figured it was best. If she was anything like him when he was angry, a little cooling off was exactly what she needed. He turned to Seth who held such a heartbroken expression on his face that Paul felt even worse. "Sorry, man. I didn't mean for anything like that to happen."

Quil spluttered and nearly dropped his controller. "Did Paul Hunt just apologize to someone?" He looked around dramatically. "Is the world coming to an end?"

Paul rolled his eyes. "Fuck off, fucker."

Embry shook his head. "Naw, I think Bella's just been a good influence on him."

Paul snorted. "The Paul Hunt does not change for any woman."

Jared fake coughed into his hand. "Bullshit."

Peter and the rest of the Cullens looked at them in amazement.

Jasper, however, was the most surprised. "How can you go from being so angry to perfectly fine in the next second?"

Jacob shrugged. "That's just how we roll."

Bella fumed as she ran through the forest in her wolf form. How dare Paul call her a bitch in heat? Who was he to talk when he fucked anything with boobs? And what was Seth playing at, siding with Paul instead of defending her? What the hell kind of imprint was he?

She skidded to a halt as she saw two teenage boys fighting in the forest. One of them pushed the other, causing him to start to tremble with rage and punch the other boy back. Soon they were both shaking and Bella had a feeling that they were about to phase.

Sure enough, they both phased into giant wolves. One was pure white, while the other was an extremely light silver. She was slightly miffed that though they weren't as big as the rest of the pack, they were still larger than her. This wasn't fair; she was older than them, dammit! Her tirade was interrupted by their frantic shouts.

A/N Bella-italics Collin- underlined Brady-bold

What the hell! Why do I have paws?

Oh fuck, I knew I shouldn't have allowed Brady to convince me to try some of Old Quil's moonshine…

Hey! You weren't complaining when you were drinking it!

Boys, calm down. You're wolves, just like the legends.

Sweet! Brady began to run around in circles, testing his speed.

Wait…I thought girls couldn't be wolves.

Bella narrowed her eyes at who she guessed was Collin. What? You don't think girls are capable of handling being a wolf? Huh?

Umm…no, I just don't recall any legends saying anything about girls being wolves.

Bella huffed. Well they can.

An awkward silence ensued until Collin was brave enough to break it. Um…miss? How do we uh, turn back?

Bella grinned at the unspoken apology. All you have to do is think of how it feels to be human. Imagine the feelings and emotions. Here, I'll show you. She quickly phased back, beaming when they slowly, one after another phased back too.

"Wow, I'm impressed. You guys got it on the first try. Usually it takes hours for first timers to be able to stop thinking about being wolves and be empty-minded enough to change back to being human. How'd you do it?"

She looked at them confusedly as they looked at her with their eyes bugged out and mouths agape. "Uh, you guys okay? You're not going into shock or anything, are you? I swear being a wolf isn't that bad."

"You're beautiful," Collin blurted out.

Brady nodded furiously. "Yeah…gorgeous." Bella could have sworn she saw drool coming out of his mouth.

Bella raised an eyebrow. "Um, thanks?" She looked down at herself to see what had them so transfixed and quickly tried to cover herself up. "Oh shit! Uh, you guys stay right here while I go change."

She blushed as she darted behind a tree and untied her clothes from the cord on her foot. Shoving the jean shorts and sports bra on she sniffed and quickly found one of the trees that the pack stashed clothes in, before running back. "Sorry about that guys. That was so rude of me to flash you guys like that." She handed them the shorts and politely averted her eyes as they put them on.

Collin shrugged. "We don't mind."

Brady nodded. "Feel free to do that whenever you want." Collin elbowed him. "I mean, uh, yeah, it's fine."

Bella smiled. "Oh you boys are so sweet. How 'bout I bring you to meet the rest of the pack?"

Brady's eyes brightened. "There are more of you?"

Bella didn't seem to notice where his mind was going. "Yep, there's only one other female besides me, the rest of them are all guys." She waved at them to follow her.

Both of their faces fell slightly as they walked behind her, but she continued. "There's Leah, Sam, Jared, Quil, Jacob, Embry and my brother Paul and so-called imprint Seth. You'll probably like Seth, when he isn't being such a backstabbing excuse for a boyfriend. Oh and Paul might take some getting used to, but don't hang around him too much, I wouldn't want his whorish ways to rub off on you. But don't worry, the rest of the pack are great."

Collin and Brady exchanged a look but chose not to comment. Clearly whoever Paul and Seth was, they had pissed off this goddess in some way and they would love to rough them up a little for hurting her.

Just as they were about to get through a patch of woods, Bella stopped them, putting a hand to their chests which caused both of their hearts to beat faster. "I almost forgot. The pack is at the house of some Cold Ones-"

They both stiffened and started to tremble. Brady growled fiercely. "Don't worry, Bella. Stay here and we'll take care of the leeches for you."

Bella laughed. "Thanks, but I'm afraid these leeches are our allies, so you can't phase while we're in there or attack them. Can you do that for me?"

Collin and Brady nodded, love in their eyes. "Anything for you, angel."

Bella smiled brightly. "You guys are too sweet. Don't make me blush."

She grabbed their hands and led them over to the Cullens' house, shaking her head as they warily eyed the door. Dragging them through it, she announced their presence. "I'm back! And look who I brought with me? Aren't they cute?"

Seth's feet tapped impatiently against the linoleum floor. Bella had been gone for several hours.

Paul was clearly nervous too, if his pacing were any indication. He suddenly stopped and looked over at Sam. "Are you sure we shouldn't be looking for her?"

The pack had been fidgeting ever since she had gone too and Sam was about to agree when Bella came prancing in, dragging two teenaged boys in behind her.

Paul sneered at her, hating that he was worried about her when she had clearly been enjoying herself. "Oh, they look down right adorable. Where the fuck have you been and why did you bring them here?"

Seth wanted to know that answer too, he and his wolf were both in agreement that it was not okay for Bella to be in any sort of physical contact with other males.

Bella narrowed her eyes at him. "If you had let me explain, Paul, I could have told you that while I went on a run, I found these two about to phase."

There was quite an uproar from the Cullens and pack both, before Carlisle and Sam could calm them down.

Sam turned to Bella. "Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to be near two newly-changing wolves on your own?"

She rolled her eyes. "Oh please Sam, they are completely harmless, they didn't even try to take a snap at me."

Sam rubbed his forehead in frustration. "Be that as it may, Bella this is the millionth time that you've run into danger without thinking of the possible consequences. And clearly, you haven't learned your lesson. As punishment, you will be running double patrols all week, alone."

Bella was unfazed. "Fine with me."

Sam grimaced as he remembered what had gotten them in this predicament in the first place. "Scratch that, you will be running patrols with Paul."

Bella glared at him. "No."

Sam raised an eyebrow at her. "Do I need to alpha order you?"

She huffed. "Fine. But don't expect me to cook for the pack at all during that week."

Sam hesitated slightly, but remained firm. He could handle eating nothing but muffins all week if it meant that Bella didn't get hurt for not thinking straight.

Clearly the rest of the pack didn't agree.

Quil looked horrified. "Maybe you're going a little too far, Sam. How 'bout we cut back her patrols to a day. I have no problem with picking up the rest."

Everyone else nodded their agreement.

Leah rolled her eyes. "I think we can survive without Bella's cooking for a week. Hell, I'll cook if it makes you feel better."

Quil's eyes widened even more and he got down on bended knees. "Sam, I beg of you. Have mercy on our stomachs!"

Sam's mouth twitched. "My decision is final. Now, Collin, Brady do you have any questions?"

Brady glowered at him. "No thanks, we're fine. Bella answered all of our questions."

Sam furrowed his eyebrows, wondering where their hostility came from.

Jasper chuckled, causing everyone to look at him. "It seems that they are completely infatuated with Bella. You might want to watch out, Seth."

Seth growled and eyed them warily.

Bella rolled her eyes. "Get over yourself, Seth. They're only sixteen. I think it's kind of cute."

She reclaimed her seat next to Quil, shoving Seth off the couch and putting her feet in Quil's lap. "Let's get this bonding shit over with so we can go home." Noticing that Collin and Brady looked confused with where to sit, she sat up slightly and patted the spot to the left of her. "Here Collin, sit."

Collin obediently marched over to her and sat where she pointed. Bella then adjusted herself so that she was leaning against him, her eyes on the video game screen. She then tapped Seth on the head. "Move over so Brady can sit there."

Seth grudgingly moved over, figuring that he'd better stay on her good side.

Brady smugly plopped himself in front of her, ignoring the growls coming from Seth. Bella beamed and began to run her fingers through Brady's hair, smiling when little sounds of pleasure started coming out of his mouth. Bella had always wanted little brothers when she was younger, so she could mother them in her own way.

Collin frowned, disappointed that Bella wasn't touching him.

Seth was definitely not pleased. He glared furiously at Brady each time he made any pleased sound as Bella drug her fingers through his hair, seemingly unaware of the effect she was having on him as her eyes were transfixed on the screen as Jacob, Quil and Embry were playing versus Jasper, Emmett, and Peter. Sam, Jared and Paul were talking with Eleazar and Carlisle about battle plans. Everyone else appeared to be elsewhere.

Alice suddenly skipped down the stairs, holding what looked to be spa equipment in her hands. "Bella, I was wondering if I could give you a manicure, I must say, your nails look atrocious."

Collin shook his head. "I think you nails are fine the way they are."

Bella smiled, ignoring Seth's louder growls. "Thank you, Collin. And Alice I'm going to have to graciously de-" Her eyes met Sam's as he gave her a pointed look. "I mean, graciously accept."

Alice squealed, causing most of the pack to wince. "Yay, Bella. I knew you'd say yes."

Bella sighed and adjusted her position until her head was lying in Collin's lap, lifting her hand over the couch for Alice to reach, while still facing the television screen just as something blew up.

Alice frowned. "Bella, it's not like I'm going to bite your hand off." But she started working nonetheless.

Seth didn't know who he wanted to hurt more. Collin or Brady. They were both enjoying Bella's attention entirely too much and Seth focused his energies on brainstorming ways to punish them.

After a couple more painstaking hours, in which Seth had to practically sit on his hands to stop himself from strangling Collin when he caught him adjusting himself, Sam announced that they were calling it a night. Bella had dozed off an hour ago but she must have been somehow attuned to what was going on when she jumped up.

They all said their goodbyes, and Sam assured the Cullens that they would be back the next day for more bonding and training.

Collin and Brady seemed reluctant to leave and Bella laughed. "Chill guys, I'll be over at Sam's in the morning. We always eat breakfast together before patrols." They brightened slightly and Bella motioned over to Paul. "We going yet?"

Paul nodded and looked in Seth's direction. "He's not invited. I don't need a repeat performance."

Something flashed in Bella's eyes. "The hell he isn't!"

When she grabbed Seth's hand, he was hopeful that maybe she had forgiven him and maybe he'd get some appreciation later.

Seth fought the urge to punch his pillow when after a chaste kiss, Bella turned around to go to sleep.

"Bella…"

"Yes, Seth?"

"I've got a little problem here…"

"I know Seth, I can feel it."

"Do you plan on doing anything about it?"

"Not for the next week I don't."

Seth sighed; clearly she was still mad at him. He really hoped this week would go by fast.

A/N Awww, poor Sethy. He's so sexually frustrated. As you can see, Seth the peacemaker is probably not going to be appreciated when it comes to a pissed off Bella. And aren't Collin and Brady so cute, Bella is completely oblivious to their dirty minds XD And yeah, Paul and Bella are fighting, seems the temper thing runs in the family. Tune in next chapter to see if Seth will last the entire week sexually frustrated and having to deal with a horny Collin and Brady panting after Bella, not to mention the vampires.