I'm so excited! The story's starting to build up! Oh, my gosh! I hope you guys are all as excited as I am right now!

Well...Here's Chapter 51!

~SashaFierce12.0

Chapter 51

Seth's P.o.V.

"...It has been three tiring weeks since the disappearance of Portland, Oregon's Irene Friday. Seven-year-old Irene went missing January 29 from a local Burger King," the news reporter said. I sighed heavily. "This testimony was given by her mother, Fiona Friday, last week." A video popped up to the reporter's left side and a middle-aged woman in tears started talking.

"I...I had just turned around for a second to pay for my order. And...And the lights in the store went out. But I thought it was just because of the storm. I heard her scream...And it wasn't just hers. It was about two others, also. But hers was all I heard. I started shouting her name. And then the lights came back on...S-she was gone. Gone." The woman sniffed back tears as the picture changed to a little girl. She had a wide, toothless grin. Her head was covered in red ringlets and she had big hazel eyes. I found myself feeling sad for her. For her family. It must be devastating losing a cutie like that. "I just want my baby back. Please. If anyone has any information...I just want her home." That's when it turned back to the reporter, who stared solemnly into the camera.

"And the search continues: for young Irene Friday. In other news-" I clicked the TV off when the door opened. Jazmyn and Teasha walked in.

"That's the fifth disappearance this month," I said.

"Really?" Jazmyn plopped down next to me. "What does that make...? Seventeen since January?"

"Yeah." Something was off about these. Something real weird.

"Aww..." Teasha looked down. "So? Ready for our singing test today?" Jazmyn nodded eagerly and I rolled my eyes. "Jazz and I are singing together. With Athena...And all the other girls."

"Yup! Three part harmony!" Jazmyn quipped.

"To what song?" I asked.

"Dry Bones," Teasha and Jazmyn answered together.

"It was either that or Kiss the Girl," Jazmyn said. "But we'll do good. It's stuck in my head, though."

Teasha nodded, "Yeah. I feel like a little kid when I sing it!" The two laughed.

"She picks the dumbest songs...But Mrs. Guame's making me sing the first verse," I rolled my eyes. "But I'm thinking about butchering it on purpose."

"Why?" Jazmyn pouted.

"...'Cause I feel like it."

"But you shouldn't." The three of us walked out the door when we heard Quil honking his horn. Teasha continued, "Why would you completely ruin your social life by embarrassing yourself in front of our chorus class? You know how much people just love to gossip."

"That's funny. My sister said almost the exact same thing yesterday," I knitted my eyebrows together and climbed into the flatbed of the truck.

"Speaking of your sister, did you hear about what happened to her?" Malachi asked. I sat up.

"What?"

"She's stationed permanently at the Cullen's house. Jake's going gorilla," he explained.

"Why is she there? What happened?" I demanded. Malachi shrugged.

"Dunno."

"How'd you find out?" Jazmyn asked. "More importantly, how'd you find out before Seth?"

"I got connections," he shrugged.

"I'm gonna' stop by after school. I'm going to find out," I said.

"You're so cute when you're worrying about your sister," Jazmyn squeezed my cheeks.

"I don't think it's cute. She could be...Dying, or something!"

"Oh, quit overreacting," Amanda said. "Leah's tough. It's probably just Braxton-Hicks contractions, or something."

"She's barely even five months," I said.

"She delivered Jayah at seven," Collin noted. I nodded, agreeing.

"I'll give her that." I smiled glumly.

All through school, I kept thinking about either Leah or the test today. I mean, what if something really was wrong with Leah?

Should I do terribly on purpose?

What if Leah doesn't make it...?

"Seth, come on," Jazmyn yanked on my arm, using her wolf strength to pull me to class. I huffed out a breath and followed her in, taking my usual seat with the guys. She kissed my cheek and went to the soprano section with Athena and Aecia, Teasha taking a seat with the other altos. Everyone talked and laughed loudly, completely ignoring our teacher as she tried to get everyone to quiet down. Then she banged hard on the piano keys, making everyone jump. Athena started giggling quietly and Brady grinned at her. Collin nudged him.

"Finally, you're quiet," she sighed. She walked to the front row and pulled someone up. Everyone immediately started whispering 'new kid' over and over again to each other. The guys were sizing him up, seeing if he had any fight in him and the girls were all trying to figure out if he'd be good in bed or not.

I rolled my eyes.

"We have a new student today. I want you all to make him feel loved and welcome. This is Nick Freeman," she said. "He was homeschooled until recently. Maybe you might've seen him around before? Anyone? Okay, well, say 'hi', Nick." He kind of waved and gave everyone a lopsided smile.

"Hey," he said coolly.

"Hi, Nick!" Melody squealed from the second row. I noticed Aecia narrow her eyes at her. Mrs. Guame pointed to the seat next to Quil.

"You can go sit over there with my handsome tenor, Quil." Quil grinned and nodded, winking at Mrs. Guame, who ignored him. Collin, Brady, Brandon, and I laughed and Nick sat down in the seat. Mrs. Guame sat down at her piano again. "Well, Nick, you can just listen as the boys and girls each take part in the singing test. Because it's nice manners, we'll have our ladies go first. Girls." The sopranos and altos stood up and Jazmyn blew me a kiss before taking her spot at the front of the class. They all stood in a semi circle and Aecia snapped her fingers three times before they started.

They put their own twist on the song, going up to different scales with Jazz as their lead. Melody and Mariah shot death glares at her and it took all of my strength not to punch their faces in.

"Dah-dah doo-doo dah bah-dah bah," they finished. Some of them giggled as the guys clapped. Some held their hands above their heads and clapped loudly as Mariah and Melody took their seats. To Aecia, too. As Jazmyn returned to her seat I mouthed great job to her. She gave me a thumbs-up.

"Nice job, ladies. Original. Creative. A," Mrs. Guame said. "Your harmonies were spot on, and you were all full of energy." She looked at my imprint and nodded. "You got a great set of pipes there, Miss Young. Definitely an advantage in this song." Athena and Aecia high fived Jazz and some of the guys nodded in approval. I tried not to look overprotective, but it's kind of hard when you have high school guys looking your imprint up and down like she was a juicy slab of meat.

Mrs. Guame continued, "What'd you think, Nick?"

"Great. You guys did good," the new kid answered shyly. He kind of smiled.

"Nice to know that you liked it. Okay, boys. You're up," Mrs. Guame said. Some of the guys started laughing and others groaned and rolled their eyes. I was one of them. The girls in the front started giggling and whispering to each other, giving us all looks as we walked by. "Seth, stand in the middle," Mrs. Guame ordered. I sighed and did as she told me. "Good. Do you need your starting pitch?" I glanced at Brandon, he smirked at me.

"Sure. Whatever." I crossed my arms, then uncrossed them when someone tapped my shoulder.

Mrs. Guame hit a note and I opened my mouth to sing. I looked straight at Jazmyn and she grinned widely at me.

"Seth...?" Mrs. Guame said my name. I hadn't started yet.

"What?" I looked at her and the girls started laughing like maniacs.

"Are you going to start...?"

"Oh. Yeah." Brady nudged me but I ignored him, opening my mouth. The girls all shut up and plain stared when I began to sing. The guys 'oohed' and 'ahhed' as backup. "There you see her, looking there across the way. She don't got a lot to say, but there's something about her. She don't say a word but you're dying to try, you wanna'..." I paused for a second with a smirk. "Kiss the girl. Yes, you want her; look at her, you know you do. It's possible she wants you, too, there is one way to ask her. It don't take a word, not a single word. Go on and..." I paused again, and looked at Jazmyn. "Kiss the girl."

That's when the guys joined in with the chorus and harmonies. We weren't doing too bad, we were actually pretty good. Then I had to end it.

Big finish.

"Go on and kiss the girl..." I smirked at Jazz playfully as I sang this part, dragging out the word 'girl.' Then it was over.

That wasn't so bad after all.

Brady and the guys all ruffled up my hair and nudged me with laughter on the way back to our seats. Mrs. Guame and all the other girls stared at me. Some of the guys, too. They all had confused and surprised looks on their faces. I frowned and looked around.

"What?" I asked slowly.

"You can sing?" Jordan answered. I looked up, pretending to be in thought.

"...Yeah. Come to think of it, I can." I looked back at her and smiled. Mrs. Guame put her hand on her chest, looking deeply awed.

"That was beautiful, boys. A-plus," she said breathily. Me and my pack brothers exchanged smirks and laughs. Mrs. Guame looked at me and I braced myself. "Your voice. Oh, my goodness, your voice. Clear as rain, Seth. Clear as rain. Oh, that was wonderful." I rolled my eyes, knowing that there were more solos to come.

"Clear as rain, Seth. Clear as rain," Brady laughed, nudging me. We were on our way to lunch now. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Oh, that was wonderful," Collin said, clasping his hands to his heart. They collapsed into laughter, everyone else joining them.

"Okay, guys. Fun's over," I said flatly.

"Yeah. Quit making fun of my Sethy-poo," she poked her bottom lip out and hugged me tighter.

"Listen to the lady," I jabbed my thumb at her, agreeing. We sat down at our table, ignoring the usual stares. Nick was sitting at the table with Mariah, Melody, and all the other sport-playing morons. He glanced at us and turned to them.

"Who're they?"

"The La Push Gang."

"They're a gang?"

"Well, duh," Melody said nasally. "They're all huge, hot-"

"Smokin' hot," Mariah interrupted.

"And they got their groupies," Melody finished, referring to all the imprints. Some of the guys glanced at them, not liking their imprints being called 'groupies.'

"The chicks aren't so bad themselves," Nick said, looking at our table. Jazmyn scoffed and Teasha's eyes blazed red. She stood and stormed to their table.

"One, I have a name, stupid! It's Teasha, don't cross me. And two, I'm not a groupie." She looked at Mariah and Melody. "I don't like being referred to as one and I will never like being referred to as one. Now, I suggest that you guys move your table and talk about us where we can't easily hear you." Teasha crossed her arms and looked at them. "Uh, today, idiots!" The table of kids got up and glared at her, walking out of the lunchroom. Teasha sat back down next to Collin and bit angrily into her sandwich. Collin kissed her cheek and her eyes turned a purplish color.

"Thanks!" Syanne said.

"Don't mention it. They were getting on my nerves, anyway," Teasha grumbled. Collin pulled her closer.

"Well I have something that'll make you feel better," Aecia said. Everyone turned to look at her. "There's this new club in Port Angeles. We should hit it tonight."

"Cool. I don't have patrol...I don't think any of us do," Jazmyn looked at everyone and they shook their heads in agreement.

"Not me," Syanne said. "Kyle and I are hanging out with Embry tonight. We're gonna' watch a movie." She shrugged and smiled a little. "Plus, clubs aren't really m-my thing."

"How old do we have to be?" Collin looked at Aecia skeptically. He looked at her, obviously thinking that she snuck into clubs underage often. Of course, being the safe guy that he is, he'd want nothing to do with it.

"Don't worry! It's all safe. It's like a kid's paradise, with stuff for us older kids, too. RoundOne. Bowling, dancing, arcade games, roller skating...Walk in, pay, get stamped, and you're good for the whole night. I heard it's awesome."

"Will there be food at this place?" Athena asked. Aecia nodded. "I'm in! What time do you want to meet up?"

"Seven. We can stay all night. It's open 'til midnight," Aecia said eagerly. She looked around hopefully. "Ya'll wanna' come?" Collin looked at Brady who looked at Quil.

"I have to cram for my Biology test on Monday. It's the whole first chapter and I haven't read any of it. So I'm out."

"Aww, okay. Maybe next time?" Aecia asked. Collin looked at Brady and Brandon. "What about everyone else?"

"We'll come," Teasha tugged on Collin's arm. "Anything for a night out." She looked up at Collin who stared back at her.

"Okay," he finally said. Teasha kissed his cheek. Once he'd said that, everyone at the table started agreeing to go, too.

"Let's go, Seth! It'll be so fun!" Jazmyn exclaimed, looking up at me.

"I was planning on seeing Leah tonight, though," I said, thinking about what Malachi had told me earlier.

"You can see her after school. We're not supposed to meet up 'til seven, anyway," Aecia said. "We'll all go to the Cullen's house." I thought about it. It did sound like a pretty awesome place to go to.

I sighed.

"Okay."

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Jacob's P.o.V.

"Something's off about all these disappearances," Sam said to me. He leaned against the front counter. "I mean, it's almost twenty since the beginning of the year."

"Should we up patrol? Maybe it's..." I trailed off, not wanting to say anything.

"It's your call, Man," Sam shrugged. "But I'm all for it. There's a pattern to it. They started down as far as Arizona. The last one just took place in Portland."

"Next stop, Washington," I finished, getting where he was going. Sam nodded and I breathed out my breath. "Maybe we should wait. But Jared and Paul have patrol right now. If they smell a vampire...Or vampires, they'll let me know." Sam nodded again and clapped his hands together.

"Go see Leah. I know you've been dying to get to her all day," he said, clapping a hand on my shoulder. "Tell her to get better for me, 'kay?" He smiled glumly at me and I returned my own back.

"Yeah."

I made sure to get Jayah from Emily before I went to the Cullen's.

"Actually, they're already at the Cullen's," she told me. "You can just head on over. Oh..." She ran into the kitchen then came back with a basket of muffins. "They'll be happy when you bring this over. DON'T eat any until you're inside the house." She looked pointedly at me and walked out, closing her door and locking it.

"Tell Claire that Jakey says 'hi'," I joked, setting the muffins into the Rabbit and opening my door.

"Will do," Emily laughed, getting into her own car and driving off to get her niece. She honked her horn and waved. I waved back and then drove to the Cullen's.

"I smell muffins!" Malachi yelled when I opened the door. I smirked and Alice took the basket from me. She danced to the living room and set it on the coffee table. The Pack flocked to it and soon everyone was munching on muffins.

Jayah and Kyle tottled towards me and I picked them up, making them laugh.

"Hey, you two!" I said, kissing Jayah's cheek. Kyle punched my cheek softly and I played like I was hurt. "Ugh, you got me!" I laughed again and set them down. Jayah whined so I picked her back up again. She snuggled into the crook of my neck and I walked the rest of the way to the living room.

"Jay, talk for your daddy!" Jazmyn exclaimed.

"She talked?"

"Yeah, she did," Jazmyn nodded. She pointed at Seth. "Who's this?" My daughter pointed to him and smiled.

"Sehboo," she said. "Sehboo!" She looked pleased with herself. I laughed and kissed her cheek.

"That's really good," I said. "Her first word was 'Sethy-poo.' You can't tell me that's not cute." Seth rolled his eyes but smiled.

"Yeah...But no one else can call me that but her!" He pointed at everyone and raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, okay," Brandon laughed and bit into his muffin.

"But I am a little offended that her first word wasn't 'Da-da,' or something," I said.

"Aww, it's okay, Jake. She'll say your name someday," Alice ruffled my hair with a giggle.

"Yeah. Someday," I rolled my eyes and looked back at my daughter. "Where's Mommy, huh?" Jayah just snuggled more into my neck so I looked up at Alice. "Where's Leah?" She flicked her head towards the stairs and I followed her, bringing my daughter with me.

In one of the Cullen's many rooms, I heard the annoying beep of a heart monitor. Alice led me into a brightly lit bedroom. Carlisle was writing something on a notepad and Leah was sleeping in a bed. Jayah wriggled out of my arms and hurried towards her mom, touching her arms and face. I sighed.

"Jayah, no," I scolded, picking her up. She started to whine and wiggled around more, but I held her tighter. "Mommy's sleeping right now." Carlisle stopped writing and looked at me.

"We need to talk." He stood and walked into the hallway. I set Jayah on the armchair next to Leah's bed.

"Stay here, okay? Be good. I gotta' go talk with Carlisle," I told her quietly. I kissed her forehead and walked to the hallway, crossing my arms over my chest. Alice was standing next to him and I frowned. "I know something's wrong."

"To make a long story short, the baby's not normal," Carlisle said.

"Like Jayah is?" I retorted.

"No...Not like her. I'm almost positive that she - the baby - has your alpha gene," he continued. I tried not to dwell on the fact that my baby was going to be a girl and stayed on task.

"O-okay. So that means...?"

"She's like heir to the alpha throne, basically," Alice explained.

"Okay..." I trailed off, still not getting what that meant.

"Well, the baby's much...Stronger than Leah. Since Leah doesn't phase anymore, she's taken on normal human traits. She - the baby - is taking all of Leah's strength and nutrients...And Jacob...The baby's killing her," Carlisle finally said. "There's no telling if she'll make it through the birth or not." I swallowed the lump in my throat.

"S-she's not going to die. I'll go before she ever will," I whispered. Carlisle ran a hand through his hair and glanced at Alice. She looked back at him and kind of cocked her head. "Please don't tell me there's more." Both of the vampires turned back to me, telling me with their eyes that there was more. I sighed and leaned against the wall, rubbing my hands up and down my face.

"I had a vision this morning," Alice spoke. "There's a new threat. It's coming. I don't know when. There's a vampire...A girl that wants your child. She's making an army to outnumber us in case we fight back." I shot up from the wall.

"We will fight back."

"I know we will."

"When are they coming? Where are they coming from? How many are they?" I asked in a breath.

"...I don't know. That's all I got. But the army is big. Victoria's army big," Alice said.

"Then we can do it. No one's going to touch my girls." Alice and Carlisle nodded at me and Alice went downstairs. I followed Carlisle back into the room, seeing that Jayah was off the armchair and by Leah's face. Leah was giggling and talking to her. Carlisle looked at me and smiled.

"Go ahead. I'll leave you guys alone." He left and I picked Jayah up, sitting back down in the chair. I pulled it closer to her.

"Jakey, hi!" Leah exclaimed. She sat up and grinned. "Carlisle let the surprise slip. He said it's a girl! Jayah's gonna' have a sister!" I chuckled and tickled Jayah's side.

"You hear that, Jay?" I said into her ear.

"It's your turn to name her. I was the one that named Jayah," Leah laughed.

"You already know that I like Brielle."

"Brielle it is. It's so pretty," she sighed. She looked at me and smiled, cocking her head. "Anything interesting happen today?"

"This one," I tickled Jayah's side again, making her burst with laughter. Leah laughed a little, too. "said her first word today." My imprint gasped happily. "You'll never guess what it was."

"Bet you I can...! Was it 'mommy?'" she asked hopefully. I laughed and shook my head. "'Ma?' 'Momma'?"

"Nothing in the 'mother' category."

"Don't tell me it was 'daddy.'" Leah crossed her arms and I rolled my eyes and shook my head. She frowned. "Then what was it? I'm all out of guesses."

"It was Sethy-poo. All though it came out more as 'Sehboo.'" I made my voice all high pitched, doing my best to sound like my daughter. Leah laughed.

"Of course. At least she's talking...Or started, anyway. But she's so smart, I wouldn't be surprised if she started speaking Spanish tomorrow." Leah and I laughed together.

We talked and caught up and played with Jayah for hours.

"...And her middle name should be Sophia. After Seth," Leah said. "Gosh, I love my baby brother so much. Where is he?"

"Last time I saw him - and the others, for that matter - they were downstairs gobbling up Emily's muffins."

"Ooh, that sounds good. But I'm not really in the mood for muffins right now." Leah winced and rubbed her stomach. I did my best not to show my concern; I didn't want to stress her out or worry her. She glanced back at me and smiled. "Baby's kicking."

"Does it hurt?" I asked. "Honestly, Leah. Does it hurt?"

She bit her lip and nodded.

"Yeah, a little. It's just...Really tender, I guess." She lightly touched her stomach again. I stared at it and we were quiet for a while. I wanted to scream and yell and shout to her that I was sorry. It was my fault that she was hurting, anyway. My fault that she was dying.

But she won't die. I'll go before she does.

My cell phone alarm rang and I cursed under my breath, digging it out of my pocket. The screen read:

PATROL! 6:30

I smiled glumly at my imprint.

"Patrol," she said. I nodded and looked at Jayah. She was sleeping in my arms. Leah leaned down and kissed her forehead then looked back up at me. "Be safe, okay."

"Okay." She pecked my lips then again and again. Then she gave me one more longer kiss. I stood up, but leaned down again and kissed her forehead, nose, both her cheeks, and finally another long one on her lips. She lightly slapped my arm.

"Go. You'll be late." I gave her breathy chuckle and she laid back down in her bed. She waved to me and I waved back. She smiled and closed her eyes and I finally found the courage to leave.

I patted Jayah's back as I walked down the stairs. I expected to see the Pack, to tell them that we were having an emergency meeting right now, but they were all gone. Just Sue, Evangeline, and the Cullens were all here.

"Do you have patrol? I can take care of her if you would like," Evangeline rushed towards me with her arms extended towards Jayah. I nodded and set her carefully into her arms.

"Where is everyone?" I asked. Rosalie shrugged.

"Something about Port Angeles." My eyes widened.

"Port Angeles? But there's...I gotta'..."

"C'mon, Jake. They're teenagers. Let them party and do their thing," Rosalie said coolly. "We can hold off some chick until they get back. It's not like they're going out of the country." Emmett clapped a hand on my back.

"'Sides. It's a group of nine. Six of which are werewolves, and one's a magical bird that can control fire. What could possibly go wrong?"

Everything.

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