"When did you find out?" Steph asked Leah; the older girl gave her a small smile.
"You remember when I first phased?" Steph nodded, though it had been around three months ago now.
"….And we went on that run where we saw those Cullens." She spat the coven's name as if it was a curse. The realisation hit Steph.
"Why haven't you said anything?" Leah shrugged.
"I was waiting for you to come clean but I guess that isn't happening anytime soon." Steph smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of her head.
"I can see why you wouldn't though, it must be fun, knowing what'll happen to everyone." Steph raised an eyebrow.
"Leah, I'm pretty sure you know everything I do." Leah shook her head.
"Nope, you closed up shop before I could find out too much; the only things I knew have happened already." She gave Steph a wishful glance. The other girl just blinked in response. "So… what happens to me?" Leah asked as she fidgeted in anticipation.
"I'll tell you about everyone else except you." Steph bargained.
"What? Why?"
"I dunno, who knows? It might tare a whole in that all space, time continuum or something." Leah blinked twice.
"What are you talking about?" Steph shrugged again. They both sat in silence for a while.
"I'm still not gonna tell you." Leah's face dropped.
"Oh come on, you've gotta give me the scoop before you tell the guys." She pleaded with a smirk that was slightly off; Steph coughed awkwardly.
"LC, I wasn't planning on telling anybody anything." Leah laughed and shook her head.
"Whatever, but sooner or later, it's gonna hit the fan…. And believe me…that shit won't distribute easily." Steph opened her mouth to speak when suddenly they both heard the front door slam.
The girls looked at each other before leaving the room with crouched knees and alert eyes; it could have been trouble.
But it wasn't. It was just Jake.
"What the fuck, Black? Are you tryin' to break my fucking door off?" Paul sounded pissed, his body began to shake violently; Steph moved to his side and rubbed her hand over his muscled back.
"It's okay, Paul. Relax." She soothed before turning to Jake with a scowl.
"You! What the hell?" Jacob's fists balled up.
"Sorry." He apologized halfheartedly before stalking into the kitchen.
"What's his problem?" Leah asked with a sneer; Quil gave her a look.
"Let it go, Leah. It's family stuff." He revealed; Steph looked over at the kitchen door, contemplating whether to try to talk to the baby Alpha or not.
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"Steph, that's my seat." Quil whined like a child; geeze, no wonder he's gonna imprint on Claire. Steph sniggered in her head while eating another handful of toffee popcorn.
"Quil, go sit somewhere else." She answered lazily
"No. Move…. Jesus Steph, you need to lay off the fries." Quil joked as he tried and failed to pull Steph off of the couch. She tried to reply but it came out as muffled gibberish. And then she choked. Embry leaps to her side and patted her back for her.
"Fail." Quil laughed; Steph had finally stopped choking.
"So was your dad's condom" she retorted; the statement was followed by a chorus of 'woos' from the guys. Quil's eyes narrowed and Steph laughed again, if only Paul had been here to hear that, she always missed him when he had to patrol.
Her laughter faded as she looked towards the kitchen door, Jake was still in there alone. Steph went to see if he was okay.
"Jake, what's wrong?" She asked when she found him; he was pacing the kitchen like a caged animal.
"Nothing." He growled; Steph raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing, huh?" She asked as she sat up on the counter.
"Quil said it was family problems." Steph told him as she took a bite of an apple from the fruit basket beside her. Jake kept quiet but never stopped pacing.
"Is it Billy? What, did he say you're not allowed to stalk Bella anymore or something?" Jake turned to her and growled; she held both her hands up.
"Okay, sorry. It was a bad joke, I know." She admitted. They were both in silence for a while.
"Come on Jake, just spill." She pleaded.
"Fine." Jake grumbled; Steph took another bite of her apple.
"I hate it when people come home and think they're better than you; who the hell cares if you went to college? It isn't my fucking fault that I can't leave, is it?" The next bite that Steph took was a little smaller; she couldn't help but feel sorry for the guys. Fair enough, she was happy with her life, she had Paul; she never really had any real goals so becoming a wolf wasn't something that particularly bothered her. But for the others, Jacob, Embry; they all had to give up so many things.
"Fucking Rachel, her grades aren't even that…." Steph couldn't hear the rest; her apple fell to the floor and rolled to Jake's feet. He frowned down at it but looked up just in time to see Steph tumble onto the floor after it.
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