Author's Note: For those who love this story, my muse is still going strong, hence the quick update. Hope you all enjoy, and let's hope my muse can get working on my other stories too!

Chapter 7

It had been a few days since Bella had met Rosalie, and Bella was growing restless. Restless, and very, very horny. It didn't help that Bella's dreams were plagued by a certain gorgeous blonde; one who she would fight with even in her dreams, although the ending didn't lead to any violent clawing. Instead, it led to some seriously hot sex that made it all but impossible to sleep.

This had been the longest Bella had ever gone without sex since she was fourteen, and she was being driven to the brink of insanity. Even her own pack were wary around her, knowing how likely she was to snap. It certainly didn't help that Embry imprinted on Kim and was living the high life while, once again, Bella was stuck fighting her pull to Rosalie.

In the end, it was decided that Bella needed some downtime and, most of all, that she needed a new fuckbuddy. A fuckbuddy who was so good, that she would completely take Bella's mind off of...her. Fucking blonde.

This was why, the second Bella was done with school on Friday, she ran home, changed into the sexiest clothes she had, and was prepared to run all the way to Seattle if she had to. Thankfully, she didn't have to do that since she had a car. The only problem was, she didn't even manage to sit in her car before her phone rang, alerting her to a text from none other than the elders, demanding to see her immediately.

"Aw, come the fuck on!" Bella growled, putting her car in reverse as she pulled out of the driveway and started towards the meeting house instead of Seattle. This had better be good or some life threatening shit, because Bella was so close to snapping.

When she arrived at the house, she found all of the elders waiting for her, all looking incredibly serious. Only Charlie looked a little put out, but due to the fact that not a single snide word was spoken from Quil Sr, Bella knew it had to be serious.

She was wrong.

"So, Bella, we have learned that you were planning to go to Seattle today," Billy started, frowning as he leaned towards the alpha.

"Yeah, so?" Bella asked as she hooked her thumbs in her jean loops, waiting to hear why she had been called here out of nowhere.

"We have called you here to tell you that you are not allowed," Quil Sr announced, clearly gloating as he smirked pretty damn evilly at Bella.

"Wait, what? What the hell? Why the fuck not?" Bella exclaimed, immediately starting to shake with fury, her wolf ruthlessly demanding she be let out to destroy. She was just so done...so fucking done...there had better be a seriously good reason for this, or she was really going to explode.

"Jacob Black appears to be ready to shift any day now," Charlie spoke up, but even he didn't seem to believe his own words. "The alpha needs to be near him to help guide him once the shift happens."

"It is incredibly strange, however; the timetable for shifting seems to have sped up exponentially, and we have no idea why," Harry muttered, almost to himself. "While it's true that the Cullens are close and triggering the wolf gene in our people, it should be taking much longer than this. Originally, we had guessed that Jacob and many of the others shouldn't have shifted until sometime next year."

Bella, who had been frozen in disbelief, finally managed to speak. "You mean to tell me I'm not allowed to leave La Push, just because of the slight chance he might shift today? Are you serious?"

"No, there's also the fact that we are right next to so many vampires; who knows if and when they might try something," Billy added.

Oh, gods...Bella was just so close to giving into the impulse and punching each and every elder in the face, especially that smug bastard Quil Sr. It was only Charlie's pleading eyes that stopped Bella from going mental.

"This is fucking stupid," Bella snarled, some of her wolf seeping into her voice.

"We know it is, Bella," Billy hurried to assure her. "But we can't let down our guard here."

"It's those vampires' faults, anyways; if you want to get pissed at somebody, get pissed at them," Quil Sr added, leaning back in his chair like nothing was his problem.

Immediately, the image of Rosalie flashed in Bella's brain, and she let out a low growl, gritting her teeth. "What the hell are you talking about?" Had they somehow found out the truth about what happened between her and the blonde?

"Well, it's their fault that you all shifted into wolves in the first place," Quil Sr explained, with a tone that suggested Bella was a moron for not realizing it herself. "And it's the Cullens that chose to settle in Forks, posing a constant threat to every human in the area. If they weren't here, then you would be free, able to do whatever you pleased, corrupting everyone you could along the way. But since you shifted and became the alpha," something that Quil clearly hated, "you have to stay here and keep the peace."

So everything is the Cullens' fault? Bella thought with disbelief. Hell no. Were they honestly trying to blame it all on the Cullens? Sure, vampires were the reason that some of Bella's people shifted into wolves, and yeah, Bella had a personal grudge against a certain blonde, but this is ridiculous. It wasn't because of the Cullens that Bella wasn't allowed to leave the rez; it was because of the Elders. They were the ones who decided that Bella couldn't leave today, and they were just trying to put the blame on the Cullens because they didn't want to take responsibility themselves.

If Bella was angry before, she was murderous now.

"But Jared and Embry went up to Seattle two days ago," Bella said, giving the elders one last chance to let her go.

"Yes, but they're not the alpha; you have a responsibility to your pack and your people," Billy explained, sounding contrite.

All sorts of bloody images flashed in Bella's minds, all of them involving the elders screaming in terror. However, instead, Bella took a deep breath, muttered a clearly pissy "fine" and walked away, slamming the door behind her.

On her way out, she noticed that all of their cars were parked very close to her own, and without a conscious thought, Bella's nails shifted into claws. She made sure to scratch each and every one of their cars on the way out, reveling in the shouts of alarm and fury from the Elders when they saw what she was doing.

"ISABELLA!" Quil Sr screamed the loudest, but none of them dared to threaten her or even shout another word after the fast old bastard got the glare of a lifetime from the alpha.

Let's see them try to tell me what to do again, Bella thought darkly as she got in her car and started the engine. She tore out of the lot, but halfway along the road, decided to "follow" their orders.

She made a call, smirking at the idea of keeping the soon-to-be shifted best friend of hers tightly under her wing.

"Hey Bells, what's up?" Jacob answered his phone after the second ring. He sounded happy, not too sick, and just a little puzzled. Perfect.

"You have any plans for today?" Bella asked, getting right to the point.

"No…why? Please don't tell me it's anything illegal again."

"Nope. Just wait outside; I'll pick you up in ten." Bella hung up before Jacob could say another word, sent a quick text to Jared putting him in charge, and then took off down the road, heading for the Black house.

She was going to keep a close eye on Jacob, all right. But she'd be damned if she would let herself be trapped in La Push.

"Hey, Bella," Rachel, not Jacob, was the one to greet Bella as the alpha pulled into the driveway of the Blacks' house and rolled down her window.

"Hey," Bella replied shortly, averting her eyes from Rachel's low cut top. Before, she would have looked, but she was in a bad mood and didn't want to risk getting horny by ogling the older girl. Not to mention Leah was right behind her, and she didn't want to get Leah all worked up either. "Where's Jake?"

"Running over here as fast as he can," Rachel replied dryly, leaning on the window frame. "When you told him you were picking him up, he didn't get the chance to tell you he had been goofing off near the waterfall."

"Whoops," Bella said with a shrug. Don't look at the boobs, Black. You know they're more trouble than they're worth, no matter how big they are. Just think about the city girls you'll soon have your fingers buried in...yeah, focus on them...damn it, not enough to get horny right now, we still have a long drive.

"You know, I was beyond surprised to find out you're all wolves," Rachel started casually. "Although I have to say, it explains a lot when you came back home feeling even sexier than before. And now that I'm with Leah..." Rachel didn't really know what to say. I'm sorry for leaving you high and dry? Sorry to hear who you imprinted on?

Yeah, a lot of good that did me, Bella thought. After all, what was the point of additional sexiness if there was now no one to use it on? Seducing straight girls didn't exactly get Bella a longterm fuckbuddy. Desperate to not have to suffer through whatever conversation Rachel was trying to have, Bella looked up to meet eyes with Leah, all but begging her packmate for help.

"Hey, Rach," Leah started as she stepped forward, putting an arm around her imprint. "It looks like Jake's here, so maybe we should stop talking about wolf stuff and leave them to get into whatever trouble they want to alone."

And indeed, there Jake was. He jogged over, out of breath and more than a little sweaty, but he would have to do. "Jacob, in the car. We're going on a trip," Bella said, reaching across her car to the passenger door, which she opened for him to get in.

Jacob jumped in, used to doing what Bella said, and closed the door behind him. He belted himself in and said, "So Bells, where are we-?"

He didn't have time to even finish his sentence as Bella peeled out of his driveway, tires screeching, and took off down the road. Jacob clung to his seat, scrabbling for a grip, but soon gave up, knowing that if Bella were to hit something, he'd die no matter what he did.

"Be careful!" Rachel shouted after them, but while Bella heard it, she didn't consider slowing down. She needed to get out of La Push as soon as possible.

"So, Bella," Jacob started a few minutes later, once they had gotten off of La Push lands and Bella had slowed down. "I take it we're going somewhere important?"

"Hell yeah we are," Bella said with a nod, never taking her eyes off of the roads. "We're going to Seattle."

Jacob let out a low groan, knowing that Bella only went to Seattle for one of two reasons; to get better clothes, or to pick up chicks. "And you're taking me along because…?"

"Because I need to keep an eye on you," Bella replied with a smirk. "It's my job to make sure you're not getting into any trouble, after all."

"You? Keep me out of trouble?" Jake asked incredulously, all but laughing in disbelief. "Really Bella? Really?"

"Yup." The elders had been right about one thing; Jacob was close to shifting. The heat washing off of his body, the strong scent of wolf, all pointed to that fact. But Bella wasn't about to change her plans now. If she waited until Jacob shifted, she knew the Elders would just come up with other excuses. Next it would be Quil who was close to shifting, or maybe they expect an attack any moment now, or maybe someone farted and it was Bella's duty as Alpha to chase the smell out and make sure that explosive fart never dared to touch pack lands again.

"Damn, Bells. First you kidnap Embry, and now me. Am I next to join your little gang?" Jacob grumbled, but he only sounded a tad bit upset.

"Probably," Bella said, not giving the elders and their laws a second thought. "Sorry about stealing your buddy though; I guarantee you, I hadn't planned on it."

"Whatever," Jacob said with a shrug, getting over it. "I just wish you would tell me what's going on, maybe just let me in on it. You seem so pissed off these days."

"I wish I could, dude." Sadly, Bella had already gotten hell when the elders had found out that Bella had told Leah a part of what was going to happen to her. In the Alpha's mind, it really was Bella's fault for what went down-not because of what Bella had said, but because she had accidentally let it slip that she had told Leah what would happen in front of the elders. It had not been a fun time, and while Bella hated all the bullshit that had been shoved onto her shoulders, she wasn't about to let the elders choose someone else or try to knock Bella from her seat of power. She knew that they'd try to make Sam or Jake alpha, and neither were right for the roll. The pack would go to hell for sure, and she wouldn't be able to watch it happen.

"Yeah…" Jacob mumbled, realizing that there was definitely something bigger going on, and that Bella was probably in deep shit.

It wasn't long before they changed to lighter topics, and soon had each other in stitches, laughing at pretty much anything. It felt like only minutes had passed before they entered Seattle and found a parking spot.

"So, why exactly are we here? I never got the details," Jacob said as he got out of the car, right behind Bella.

"Isn't it obvious? We're here to pick up chicks," Bella said, grinning with pride. "Hot ones, too."

Jacob groaned. "Damn, Bella, you know I suck at this. And couldn't you have at least let me change first?"

"Hell no," Bella shot back, grabbing his hand as she started to drag him along. "We don't have any time to waste; I need a girl, and I need one now."

There was another groan from Jacob, but he wisely didn't say anything. He had noticed how agitated Bella had gotten recently, and knew that both Emily and Rachel had apparently moved on and gotten in a serious relationship. He figured Bella just really needed a good fuck to get rid of all of her sexual frustrations; he just hoped he wouldn't have to awkwardly stand outside of some hotel while she did the deed.

Before Jacob knew it, Bella had locked on to some girls hanging outside of a bookstore, her gaydar alerting her to the fact that one definitely played for her team. Best of all, the girl she had locked in on was a petite redhead with blue eyes, and looked nothing like the bitch that kept on haunting Bella. The alpha had her target isolated as she pushed Jacob into a conversation with a pretty, older girl, the friend of Bella's target, and the poor boy was blushing a dark red as he tried and failed to chat her up. The only reasons the girl probably didn't leave Jake for something else was because Bella was already flirting pretty heavily with her friend, and because it was actually amusing to see Jacob try so hard.

Bella was progressing with amazing speed, and the girl that held her attention was clearly enjoying it, blushing and averting her gaze with a shy smile on her face. Bella had even managed to steal a few kisses from the redhead, and combined with a caress or two, had the girl letting out a few soft moans.

The redhead, whose name was Kerry or something, was soon flushed, shyly clinging to Bella in an effort to stay standing, because Bella had definitely left her lightheaded. Bella almost wanted to laugh at how easy it was, at how relieved Bella would feel when she finally got to fuck and let out all of her excess energy, but something wouldn't let her.

Or should she say someone, because Rosalie fucking Cullen wouldn't leave her head. It was like the imprint was trying to guilt Bella into stopping, but damn it, it wasn't like Bella was cheating or something! An imprint didn't automatically put two people into a relationship or any shit like that, and it wasn't like, even if Bella was the last person on earth, that Rosalie would even want to touch her.

And Bella needed sex. She needed it. She'd be damned if she was going to let this pretty little girl go when she was so fucking close, just because of some imprint bond that she never even wanted was trying to guilt trip her.

Deciding to fuck Rosalie-not in the real sense, regrettably, but in the get the hell out of my head sense-Bella forced herself to really get into it with the redhead. Before the redhead knew what hit her, she was being dragged along for the ride. The girl was moaning, gripping tight to Bella's shoulders, as Bella kissed her hard and long. Kerry or whatever responded immediately, because there was no way anyone would try to push away from a girl as sexy as Bella. Not to mention Bella was basically giving the redhead mouth sex, and god did Bella know what she was doing.

Bella grabbed the girl's ass, pulling her closer, and the makeout session got so hot and heavy that neither Jacob or Kerry's friend had any idea where they were supposed to look. They didn't even dare speak a word.

It was right as Bella was considering inviting the girl to a hotel that a scent, one that didn't belong to the girl, her friend, or Jacob, smacked Bella right in the nose. And while it hit a very confused Jacob hard, it hit Bella so much harder.

Sugar and bleach. A human scent of violets and springtime. And, worst of all, was the scent of cinnamon and vanilla.

Unable to help herself, Bella broke the kiss and turned her head, focusing on the scents that really, really shouldn't have been there. Of all the fucking luck…

Almost as if there was a magnetic pull, Bella turned around. Her heart dropped into her stomach, and her hands released the redhead to clench into fists at Bella's side.

And, finally, Bella's eyes met the golden gaze of a very pissed off Rosalie Cullen.