A/N Sorry for the long wait guys, I've been really busy. Oh and for those who were wondering why Bella didn't hear the thoughts going through Collin's and Brady's heads, she had phased back before they did and therefore couldn't hear what their horny little minds were thinking. Anywho, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, SM does.

Previously

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.

Chapter Nineteen: Karma's a Bitch

Bella woke up hearing someone pounding on her door. Paul.

"Bella get up! It's time to head over to Sam's house! I'll meet you there!"

With a loud groan, she rolled over and looked at Seth, her imprint.

It was times like these when she almost felt bad for being mad at him. In sleep, he looked so peaceful, one arm splayed across her hip possessively with no frowns or wrinkles on his face. So innocent.

She smiled and decided to let him sleep a little longer while she went to take a shower. Still slightly tired, she stumbled into the bathroom and turned the shower on and stepped under its warmth. Allowing the hot water to cascade over her for several minutes, the steam awakened her even more. She sighed and quickly finished her shower before draping a thick towel around her and going back in her room to change.

As she returned to her room, she noticed that Seth was still not awake and not wanting to give him any ideas, she dressed in short jean shorts and a tube top before deciding to wake him.

Climbing onto the bed, she gently shook him awake, causing him to yawn and stretch, knocking the sheets aside. This action revealed his six pack and the delicious V, leading to his shorts where a very prominent bulge was evident.

Seeing this, Bella held in a gasp and repeatedly reminded herself of her determination to punish him by withholding sex. Oh what I wouldn't give to have him punish me. She shook her head to chase these thoughts out of her head and watched as Seth blearily opened his eyes and scanned her outfit appreciatively. Looking down, she noticed that she was giving him quite the eyeful and pulled her shirt up slightly.

It was too late, however, Seth's eyes had glazed over with lust and he lightly tackled her until he was on top of her, Bella feeling his prominent desire. She was about to protest when he silenced her with his lips, and her resolve disappeared. Moaning into the kiss, she gripped him closer to her, her hips unconsciously jutting up to meet his, resulting in a low growl from Seth.

Gently placing his hands on her hips to still them, his lips trailed down her neck and back up, and he suckled on the sensitive spot behind her ear causing her to cry out. He then continued down to her chest and Bella gathered her wits before she completely gave in to him.

"Seth!"

He was too far gone and spoke huskily against her skin. "That's right, babe. Say my name."

"Seth!"

He continued his ministrations eagerly, turned on by how she was responding.

Bella summoned all of her will power before shoving his head away from her. "SETH!"

He rolled away and fell on the ground before jumping up. "Huh? What? Whassamater?" His eyes scanned the room and then landed on Bella who was panting heavily and trying to control herself.

She glared at him. "I was trying to wake you up so that we could go to Sam's house before you attacked me."

She watched as the wheels started turning in his head. "So we're not…"

Bella shook her head. "Nope. And I would suggest that you take a cold shower before we leave."

Seth looked at her with disbelief, before muttering something under his breath that sounded like 'I'm gonna kill Paul.'

Seconds later, she heard the shower turn on and fell against the bed, still trying to catch her breath. She really hoped that he wouldn't catch on to the fact that she was just as affected by him as he was of her. Because if he did, they wouldn't last this week.

Seth banged his head against the shower repeatedly at the fact that he was going to have a serious case of blue balls this week if he didn't do something. As he turned the shower on, he hissed as the cold water hit him, but it took care of his 'problem' as Bella had so eloquently put it the night before.

He smirked slightly, knowing that she definitely got an eyeful this morning and so it might not be too hard to get her to lift this sex ban. But then again, he had to be careful that she didn't suspect anything or he might be in the proverbial doghouse for even longer.

With a frustrated sigh, he finished his shower and wrapped the towel around his waist, deciding to go to Paul's room to get a pair of clean shorts.

As he opened the door, a surprised Bella bumped into him, and her eyes darkened as she watched a drop of water trail down his chest and disappear under the towel.

Seth put an innocent expression on his face. "Is something the matter, Bella?"

Bella shook her head to clear it. "N-not at all. Just..hurry up before we're even later."

Seth grinned. "Sure thing, babe." He walked into Paul's room, opened one of his drawers, and put on a pair of his shorts.

Walking back to where she stood, he held her hand and began the trek to Sam's house.

They arrived to the loud noises of the pack as they fought over Emily's muffins. As they walked in, everyone looked over at them.

Paul frowned. "Nice of you to finally arrive."

Bella rolled her eyes. "Not my fault. Seth wouldn't wake up."

Seth snorted. "More like you wouldn't let me fu-"

She shot him a look that immediately shut him up, but Quil could guess what he was about to say. "Awww, does Sethy have blue balls?"

Seth growled at him, causing Quil to smile wider. "Touchy, touchy."

Bella rolled her eyes again before rubbing Quil's short hair affectionately. "Leave Seth alone, Quil."

And to everyone's surprise, he did.

Jared spluttered and looked at Bella in shock. "How did you do that? I've never seen anyone make Quil stop talking once he gets going."

Bella winked at him. "What can I say? I got skills."

She grabbed a muffin off the tray and smiled widely when she saw an uncomfortable Collin and Brady standing in the corner of the kitchen. "Hey boys, has no one welcomed you or anything?"

They shook their heads in the negative and Bella glared at the rest of the pack, who looked down sheepishly. "Well shame on them, then. Have you eaten?"

She handed them the rest of the tray of muffins and silently dared any of the rest of the pack to complain.

Once Collin and Brady had seated themselves in their chairs with the muffins, she was satisfied and sat in her own seat, finishing her muffin and grabbing another from the tray in the oven.

With a loud sigh, she turned to Sam. "When do I have to patrol today?"

Sam frowned at her. "Since you were late getting here, you will be starting as soon as you've finished eating for three hours with Paul and then you'll be taking the entire night shift alone. We have formed an agreement with the Cullens that two of them will patrol with you at night. All you'd have to do is touch base at the treaty line and then decide where each of you will patrol."

Bella glared at him. "What the hell Sam? When am I supposed to get any sleep if I have to patrol this early in the morning and then the whole night!"

He shrugged. "You should have thought of that before you jumped into a dangerous situation without back up."

She threw her hands in the air with frustration. "What was I supposed to do? Just leave them there to phase alone just so I could go get a babysitter?" She narrowed her eyes at him. "What do you think I need a male wolf with me at all times in order to make a decision?"

Sam pinched the bridge of his nose. "No, Bella. I am merely suggesting that you need to exercise more caution before you take action. What if Collin and Brady had been more hostile towards you and attacked you?"

Brady scoffed. "We would never hurt Bella."

"Unlike some people." Collin added, looking at Seth and Paul, completely ignoring the death glares being aimed at them in return.

Sam cleared his throat loudly, raising his voice. "My point is, if Collin and Brady had felt threatened by you and attacked you, you would have been defenseless and had no back up. And for that reason you are being punished until you've learn your lesson. Now hurry up and finish your breakfast so that you can head out."

Every word Sam said had been making Bella increasingly angry and she had to control herself from phasing. Sam was completely overreacting and he was treating her differently from the rest of the pack. If it were anyone else, yeah, he would give them double patrols but definitely not for so long and he would be much more reasonable. Added to this the fact that he was practically forcing her to get along with Paul, when he should have allowed them to just work their issues out alone, and you had a thoroughly pissed off Bella.

Bella leveled a furious look at him, trembling with her anger. "Fine, Sam. I'll do as you ask. But you know you are way out of line for this, and news flash: karma's a bitch." She then turned to Seth. "And if you even think of touching me in any way, I'll rip your balls out, got it?"

Seth nodded almost fearfully, his hands twitching to protect said balls.

With a glare in Paul's direction, she threw her half eaten muffin at Sam, purposefully missing, and it plopped to the floor as Bella stormed out.

Sam yelled after her. "You're cleaning that up!"

She muttered a 'fuck you' over her shoulder and kept walking.

Paul waited a few seconds before grudgingly following behind her.

Sam slowly turned back to the rest of the pack and they were all shaking their heads in disappointment.

Jared frowned at him. "That was messed up dude."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Quil spoke up. "Yeah, and because of you, Seth isn't getting laid until God knows when." He patted Seth's shoulder consolingly and Seth angrily shook him off. Quil pointed at him. "See, he's already grumpy, and he's supposed to be the happiest one out of all of us. Imagine him at the end of the week. He'll be like Paul, only ten times worse 'cause he won't be getting any."

Even Emily had something to say. "He won't be the only one not getting laid."

Sam looked over at her in shock. "Emily!"

She didn't even look apologetic. "You know what you just did was wrong."

Not being able to let go of his pride, Sam stood firmly on his decision. "I'm not changing my mind, she will run her patrols without complaint and that's final."

Embry attempted to ease the tension. "Well, there's no doubting that she's Paul's sister. Her temper is almost as bad as his."

Jacob grimaced. "I just realized that we definitely won't be getting food from her now."

Quil quickly went for the muffin she had dropped on the ground and swallowed it in one bite. Seeing everyone's disgusted looks he shrugged. "What? It's not like we can get sick or anything."

For the first two hours Bella had said nothing to Paul. The only sounds in the forest were of the wildlife around them and the patter of their paws as they patrolled. Bella had completely closed off her thoughts from Paul, but he could practically feel her anger through every huff of her breath every few seconds. He also knew that she was still tuned into his own thoughts, since he didn't have the telltale feeling of being blocked off from her.

As a result, he tried to keep his thoughts somewhat pleasant, thinking about mundane things, but he couldn't help the feelings of remorse leaking through, causing Bella to huff even more.

After what Paul was sure was the one hundredth huff, he couldn't take it anymore.

A/N Paul-italics Bella-underlined

Look Bella, I'm really sorry for-

Save it.

But-

I really don't want to hear it right now, Paul.

But-

Can we just finish our patrols so I can go home and get some sleep before I have to patrol all night.

Will you just let me finish, damn it! Paul waiting a few seconds to see if she would comply before he continued. I'm sorry for calling you a bitch in heat; you know I didn't really mean it. I mean, come on, I'm like the male version of a bitch in heat. Like an ass in heat, or something.

He could almost hear the smile in her voice.

All right, Paul. I'll forgive you. But only because I know you have no verbal mouth filter and probably couldn't help yourself.

Oh and Bella?

Yes, Paul.

Could you forgive Seth too? He really is a good kid, and you know he just wanted to keep the peace.

He could practically feel her frown and her voice was tinged with anger.

He's my imprint. When it comes to me, he's supposed to defend me, not side with my brother!

Bella, you know you're being unreasonable. Do you really want an imprint that's going to agree with everything you say? Do you want him to say 'Yes dear' and 'Of course, dear?' Sounds like a pussy to me, and I thought you were done dating pussies.

Just when I think you're maturing, you had to say something like that.

You know you wouldn't have me any other way. Now will you consider forgiving him?

I guess. But I'm still going to let him wallow a little longer.

You are a cruel, cruel woman.

What can I say? I got it from my big bro.

As they finished their shift, Bella trudged home to get some sleep before her second patrol while Paul headed off back to Sam's house to report. Reaching Paul's house, she immediately went off to bed and was asleep seconds later.

Paul walked into Sam's house to see everyone still waiting for them.

Jacob looked surprised to see him there. "Man, I thought you wouldn't make it back alive."

Paul shrugged. "She can't stay mad at me for too long."

Jared's eyes widened. "What? You mean she forgave you?"

Paul nodded and sat down in an open seat. "But she's still pissed at Sam and Seth."

Seth frowned. "Why'd she forgive you but not me?"

He grinned, glad that he was in the clear. "Something about you not standing by your imprint. I dunno, I don't understand how women think. But I did try to calm her down for you."

Seth smiled at him gratefully. "Thanks man."

Paul looked in Sam's direction. "That was still kind of fucked up what you did though. Even I never got a punishment as bad as that, what's your deal?"

Sam sighed. "I just don't want her getting hurt because she's not thinking about the consequences to what she's doing. And I'd never forgive myself if anything happened to her."

Paul snorted. "Don't let her hear you say that. You know she'd kick your ass. 'Sides, Bella can handle herself; you've seen her in action."

Sam grimaced. "I'll cut back a little from her punishment, but she's still doing it for no other reason than that she is being defiant towards her Alpha."

Bella was woken up by the sound of the phone ringing shrilly. Looking over at the clock, she saw that only three hours had passed and groaned. Dragging herself out of bed, she stumbled into the kitchen and blindly reached for the phone.

"Yes?"

"Right now? I was sleeping!"

"Of course you don't care, Sam."

"Whatever, I'll be there in a minute."

All ready in a crabby mood, Sam was about to encounter her bitchy side. Ruffling her long hair to style it, she left through the back door, tied her clothes to her ankle, and phased, heading to the Cullens' house for more 'bonding' time and training.

Once she arrived and saw that everyone was scattered about the room, much like before, she immediately assumed her previous position on the couch and prepared to go back to sleep.

Her rest was short-lived as Alice came bouncing into the room. "Bella! I was wondering if-"

Bella opened one eye and glared at her. "If you mention anything about doing my hair or playing Bella Barbie, I will rip off your hands and burn them before you finish that sentence."

Alice pouted. "But Bella…"

She gave a huff of frustration and sat up. "Look Alice, I'm done not standing up for myself when it comes to you. So get this: I hate shopping. I hate dressing up for no reason. And there's really no reason to do my hair when I'll be phasing soon. It would be a complete waste of my time and yours, so would you just leave me alone!"

Alice huffed. "Fine. Go around looking like a hobo for all I care. But then again, you're probably used to it with these mutts."

Gasps were heard about the room along with loud growls from the pack. Alice soon found herself thrown against a wall, Bella's hands around her throat and a furious look in her eye. "If you ever insult my family again, I will rip you apart piece by piece, and we'll see who'll need a makeover then." In her anger, she was twisting Alice's neck, small fissures beginning to appear. Jasper was being held back by Peter, as he tried to defend his mate. The rest of the Cullen family appeared to be in shock, while the pack seemed to be cheering Bella on.

Seth appeared behind Bella and tentatively laid a hand on her shoulder. "Bella, please let go of her. I'm sure she didn't mean it."

Bella tightened her grip slightly, before letting Alice fall to the floor, wincing as her neck healed. Jasper quickly rushed over to her, growling at Bella as she tried to calm herself.

Carlisle tried to ease the tension in the room. "Perhaps we should discontinue until tomorrow. The Denali family should be arriving later tonight and then we can begin to train together."

Sam nodded in agreement but frowned nonetheless. "I hope you can keep better control over your family, Carlisle. I can rein my pack in if they're unjustified, but in this case the attack wasn't completely misguided."

Carlisle nodded. "I will definitely be having a talk with Alice about how to treat our guests." He looked at her with disappointment and she bowed her head with shame.

With a parting nod from Sam, he gestured for the pack to leave and once they entered the forest, they all phased.

A/N This will be a little difficult with all of them being phased, so their thoughts will all be in italics, I'll just distinguish between who's talking.

Brady's mind filled with an image of Bella that mirrored that of Xena, the warrior princess. Bella, you are so badass.

Collin nodded in agreement. Yeah, she didn't even see you coming.

Bella smiled in their direction and sighed. So, are you going to add to my punishment, Sam?

Sam growled. No, she deserved everything she got.

Bella did a double-take. Wait, what?

You heard me. She needed to be taught a lesson; no one disrespects the pack and gets away with it. If you hadn't done something, I would. It was a bit of a sore spot with Sam when people looked down on them because of how much money they made.

Bella was still shocked, along with the rest of the pack.

Jared nudged Sam as they ran. Uh, are you feeling okay Sam?

Sam shrugged him off absentmindedly. I'm fine. Oh and Bella, I'm cutting back your punishment a few days. I must admit that I was out of line, but you were disrespectful to your Alpha, so you're still on double patrols.

She nodded. I understand. And I am sorry for behaving that way towards you. I was just really angry.

They were interrupted by chuckling barks coming from Quil.

Embry looked over at him with concern. I'm not seeing the humor in this, what's so funny?

Quil continued laughing. Bella's forgiven everyone but Seth and he didn't even really do anything.

Seth growled and tried to take a snap at him, but Quil danced out of his reach. Aww, chill out you horny bastard, you.

Seth grumbled. At least I'm not a virgin.

Quil was nonplussed. The way I see it, you have it worse. You've had a piece of the pie, so you know what you're missing out on. I'm innocent.

Jacob snorted. You're probably the least innocent out of all of us.

Sam interrupted their tirade. Speaking of horny bastards, Seth you'll be patrolling with Collin and Brady next.

Paul couldn't control his laughter. Have fun with that, Sethy!

And with that, they all phased back, leaving an angry Seth with two soon to be dead wolves.

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

Hey Seth?

What!

What's Bella like in bed?

Yeah, I bet she's a wildcat. What I wouldn't give to have her sliding down my-

Collin yelped in pain as an enraged Seth bit down hard on his hind leg and started chasing him and Brady through the forest.

A/N Aww…poor Seth. And aren't Collin and Brady, the cutest, lol. Don't worry, Bella may or may not be giving in to Seth in the next chapter, you'll just have to see. So review, review, review!