After all the mushy gushy moments, I took everyone on a tour of my apartment. They were impressed which made me happy. They all stopped at the walls full of pictures and laughed at the silly moments. One picture in particular was of our muddy football game.

We were all laughing at the silly moment when Sam finally spoke up.

"So what's with this football thing? I mean I remember the story you guys once told, but I don't know…" Sam said embarrassed now that the attention was fully on him.

I smiled. "It's just a tradition."

"Yea, a big tradition." Jake spoke up smiling at me and wrapping an arm around me.

"A tradition that needs to be put into action!" Seth cheered while hugging his sister.

Everyone hooted and hollered an excited yes, while I just stood there laughing and smiling.

I looked over to Sam and saw him just watching the guys.

"Alright Alright!" I shouted.

"If we are going to do this, and I said if!" I told the guys as they got excited.

"We will have to make bigger teams cause we have some new team mates." I smiled.

Sam gave me a small smile and all the guys cheered. I rolled my eyes and smiled.

"Alright. Lets go into the family room and discuss this." I said walking out of my bedroom.

As we all gathered in the large spacious room, I made sure to grab some paper and a pen.

"So how are we dividing up teams?" Seth asked.

"Well, I was thinking of putting the newbie's in here and keep our same teams…if you can handle that Jake." I said teasingly.

Jake rolled his eyes, "yea, yea whatever Bells."

We put the folded names of the newbies in a hat and shook it all up.

"Jake, you pick first." I smiled slyly. Messing with Jake was so much fun. He and I would usually come up with 'evil' schemes to play on each other.

He looked at me and then decided it was safe to pick.

"Collin." He read aloud.

It was my turn next. So I shook the hat and picked. "Jared." I said simply.

"Wohoo!" he raised his hand in a fist and yelled.

Jake rolled his eyes and I laughed.

"Sam." Jake said slyly.

Everyone 'oo-ed' as Sam was my opponent. I rolled my eyes and the guys laughed.

"Brady." I picked.

The teams were equal but Paul was left.

"What now?" Jake asked.

I shook my shoulders. I had no idea.

"Paul's ref? And Kim and Emily can be cheerleaders?" I asked, not really thinking of any other possibility.

We all looked at Paul and he shrugged. "Sounds good I guess. That way we can have a fair game, but next time, one of the runts are sitting out." He muttered referring to Collin and Brady.

The teams were set and we were all pumped.

"Dude, this is going to be awesome." Quil said high fiving Embry.

"And we are going to kiss some ass!" Seth cheered.

I smiled and rolled my eyes as the boys got all pumped up.

"So when are we gunna do this?" Embry asked, trying to be all tough guy.

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I don't know. I have classes everyday till 1. And I student teach on top of that every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."

"So either a Tuesday or Thursday." Jake concluded.

I thought about my schedule and then nodded. "Yea, I guess so."

"Then how about this Thursday?" Paul asked.

"Yea," I nodded. "This Thursday"

We were all rallied up and I just couldn't help but laugh. Yea, I guess I can't really say winning doesn't matter, cause in all truth it does. It really does, especially when it comes with bragging rights. But watching them all scoot closer to each other and get in a crowd to talk about the game plan and rules had me laughing pretty hard.

When I finally got over the humor of it all, I got up and dragged myself in the little circle they had created around each other.

"Let's change up the rules here boys... and girls" o said just in case Kim would be offended.

"Why?" Quil whined.

"Cause a lot has changed and the rules are hard to explain." I glared at him.

"Unless you want to explain them?"

He looked at me shocked and shook his head no.

"Well in that case, the pleasure is all mine" I said sarcastically.

"Alright. No hitting, punching or physical attacking unless it's within the rules of football or whatever"

"And as for the case of being werewolves, no phasing or tempting to others to phase."

"If Paul wants to call u out of the game he can.

"Within reason." I cautioned him.

"It has to be either evident enough or reasonable enough. To take the guy out of the game. If the majority of us agree that the person needs to be out then the guys out. Fair and square"

"There are no lines or fancy rules, just stick with the basics. Score... And win. That's about it. Touchdowns and plays are all free reign."

"Umm... What else?" I asked out loud.

"Oh, no kicker or any of that fancy shit. It's not needed."

"And that's it. Basically it's get the ball and score."

"Paul you get to call what's in reason and what's not. Make sure it's fair. I don't want or need any cheating going around here." I warned, looking at everyone around the room; especially at Jake. Knowing him, he will probably try to bribe Paul or something.

"And the winner of this...?" Jared asked

"Gets bragging rights and something else that we need to brainstorm" Jake finished for him.

I nodded in agreement. I can't believe that totally slipped my mind.

We all pitched ideas to each other, and came up with some cruel ideas.

The winners would not only get bragging rights, but get free choice of doing anything and everything for the next week.

It may sound stupid, but it's pretty harsh.

That means cooking, cleaning, going places, doing things, spending money on things would all be divided between the losers of the game.

"Fine by me. You guys ok with it?" I asked my team mates.

"Yea, sure." They shrugged.

"Alright. Its on." I teased Jake, shaking his hand.

The deed was settled, now all we had to do was prepare.

We either need to meet or talk. I told Jared, Embry, Leah, and Brady telepathically. They all looked at me and nodded immediately in agreement.

We all decided to meet at a coffee shop Wednesday, which was tomorrow, after all of our classes.

With that aside, we all talked for a while, just 'shooting the shit' as some people called it.

When it was dark and time to go home I had everyone hold on and in a blink of an eye, we were back at Sam's.

"Thank you for everything Belly." Leah said hugging me.

I gave her a big smile and hugged her tight.

"Anytime babe. Happy birthday."

"Bella." Seth called.

He made his way through the massive crowd of guys in the hall.

"Thank you so much. Seriously Bells. This is the best birthday ever."

The sincerity in his eyes made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

"Anything for you Seth." I joked. I stood on my tippy toes and gave him a peck on the cheek. "And I'm glad you enjoyed it."

He blushed, and I let out a laugh before giving him a hug.

"Happy Birthday."

Everyone said their goodbyes and we actually made progress to getting out the door.

"Wait, what about your gifts?" Collin asked.

Everyone looked at each other, and then me.

Was this all I was good for? I joked to myself.

I decided to play with them for a little and I snapped my finger, and then bam. The gifts were 'poof-ed' in the hallway, as they liked to call it.

"Sweet." Brady cheered.

I laughed at him while Seth and Leah grabbed their things.

"Thanks again Belly!" Leah called in front of Jake, who was walking out the door.

"Yea! Thanks Bella!" Seth yelled. I looked around for him, but didn't see him. He must be outside. I thought.

"Anytime guys!" I yelled to them. Sam gave me a quick kiss before walking everyone out the door and making sure they got in their car okay.

When the house was empty and very quite, I made my way to the kitchen and took out a bottle of water from the fridge.

I hopped up on the counter while staring out the window, watching everyone leave.

I heard the door open and then close and I knew Sam was back inside.

"Hi." I said chipper and flashed him a bright smile. Today had been perfect. Nothing was better.

He smiled his bright warm smile and came over to hug me.

He stood between my legs, with his arms on either side of me and kissed my cheek.

I laughed a little, feeling that tingly feeling every time he touched me.

He continued to peck kisses all over as I smiled and laughed. One on my nose, my other cheek, chin, neck, shoulders and lips.

"Sam." I laughed, pushing him away by the shoulders.

He looked at me and smiled. "That tickles." I huffed.

"Sorry babe. Couldn't help it." He said in a low sexy voice.

A shiver went through my body and he smiled even bigger, knowing what effect that had on me.

He moved his hands to my backside and scooted me closer to him.

We looked into each others eyes, reading into each others happy souls.

He leaned in and kissed me with his warm passionate lips. When we broke away he brought his forehead to mine and looked at me.

"I love you." He murmured.

The way he said it; it was like those three little words were the simplest things in the world. It was like air your breath or the water you drink.

They came easy to him. They were comfortable with him; and I loved it.

"I love you too." I responded; no hesitation at all.

We talked a little more about everything. The party, our friends, and the football game.

"So is this going to affect us?" he wondered.

I gave him a smirk and kissed him goodbye. I needed to get down and get doing.

I patted him, signaling him I needed to get down.

He moved away with ease and I jumped down.

"I don't know. It depends." I teased him with my cryptic answer while walking past him.

I heard him groan as I gathered my bag by the front door.

Hands grabbed my waist and he spun me around to look at him.

"Bella." He grunted.

I looked up and smiled.

"Chill out Papa Wolf. It's just a game." I told him while putting my hands on his shoulders. I smiled at the weird nickname that popped into my head.

Well, it fit. I told myself. I looked at him and agreed with myself. He was definitely a Papa Wolf.

"Yea, a game that you and Jake seem to be real competitive about." He crabbed.

I rolled my eyes. "Yes, me and Jake. Not me and Sam." I stressed.

He was quite for a minute, so I went on my tip toes and kissed him. His arms wrapped around my waist tighter and his head bowed down to me so I didn't have to hurt my poor toes.

I pulled away and ran my fingers through his hair.

"Don't worry. I don't care if we win or loose. It's just a game. This is all for fun. And you need to stop worrying. Take a chill pill or something." I teased and pulled away from him.

He growled playfully and quickly grabbed me.

"I'll give you a 'chill pill'." He murmured, before tickling me like crazy.

I laughed and squealed, trying my hardest to get away from his monstrous grip.

"Sam!" I panted with laughter.

I was crying with laughter as he continued his evil torture.

His fingers finally slowed down and stopped which I was thankful for.

"I need to go." I let out, still trying to get my breathing even.

His eyes drooped and I knew he was disappointed.

"Don't worry, you will see me on Thursday." I chirped.

His eyes brightened a little and he bent down to kiss me.

We let go of each other and I stepped away from him.

"But Sam, if you or your team cheat in any part of the game…there will be consequences." I warned with a smile and then teleported away.

When I was back at my apartment, I quickly cleaned up some of the used cups and plates and then was off to bed.