Author's Note: Another chapter done, and even worked on a few others. I am on a roll today, to the point I might even finish another chapter or three of some various works in the next day or two. No promises, so don't get your hopes up too high, but just be aware that I'm on the biggest roll in months.

Chapter 8

Rosalie was beyond pissed. So pissed, in fact, that she wanted to grab that fucking cocky ass wolf, drag her away from the redhead, and kill...someone. Kill the redhead, or kill Bella, she wasn't exactly sure. Maybe she should just kill both.

"Um, Rose," Alice started hesitantly as she put a hand on Rosalie's arms, aware of Rosalie's quickly darkening eyes. And while the pixie didn't see them meeting the alpha when she was planning this shopping trip, or even their futures going blank, she did see Rosalie causing quite a scene later if Alice didn't handle this problem with extreme care. It didn't help that Alice couldn't even see what Bella would say or do to cause Rosalie's explosion.

"Bella, Jake," Angela said with clear surprise, which served to startle both Rosalie and Alice.

"You know them?" Rosalie hissed, turning her furious glare on the human, which made Angela flinch away and gulp.

"What are you leeches doing with her?" Bella demanded in a low growl, also fixating on the fact that two vampires were with a human. She'd be damned if she focused on the bitchy blonde.

"What's it to you?" Rosalie snapped. "Just go back to tongue fucking that little redhead and mind your own business."

Rosalie's words got Bella's back up and made her step threateningly towards the blonde, completely forgetting about the girl she had making out with seconds earlier. "Keeping humans safe is my business," Bella said, lowering her voice even further so no one who didn't have super hearing could hear. "And what's it to you whose throat I stick my tongue down, anyways? Keep up the attitude and I might actually think you're jealous."

Ugh! How could this bitch act so...so...ugh! Like Rosalie was actually jealous of her, Rosalie just couldn't stand even laying eyes on Bella. It was as simple as that. In fact, now that she was laying eyes on the alpha, Rosalie just wanted to strangle her. Her fingers were actually twitching with her desire.

Remembering that Bella was currently with two other humans, Bella turned back to the redhead. "Hey, sorry about this," Bella said, giving the girl her most charming smile. "You shouldn't have to stand here and get involved. But maybe I can call you?" As she asked, she reached out and stroked the girl's cheek, making the girl blush.

Kerry opened her mouth, all too willing to say yes and give Bella her number despite the suddenly hostile situation. This didn't happen, as before either knew it, Rosalie grabbed Bella's ear and jerked her away.

"No, I don't think you'll be getting any girl's number, especially not right in front of my face," Rosalie snarled, pulling the stunned alpha backwards. She didn't question why she felt so pissed off that Bella was doing so-she only focused on just how furious the brunette made her and simply channeled that fury onto the wolf.

"Hey! Let her go!" Jacob snapped, jumping forward to defend his friend, only for Angela to get in the way, eyes pleading not to make the situation worse. But Jake had to do something, that was his best friend right there!

Speaking of friends...Kerry and her friend traded a look, and decided dealing with a crazy ex wasn't worth it. They ran away, and nobody even noticed, too transfixed on the scene between Bella and Rosalie as Bella jerked away with a low growl.

"Try touching me again," Bella threatened, stepping up into the blonde's personal space.

"I wouldn't want to touch you if you were the last thing on earth," Rosalie hissed, poking Bella hard in the chest.

Bella raised an eyebrow and smirked at the blonde, and Rosalie already could tell that whatever the alpha was about to say would piss her off. She was quickly proven right when Bella said, "Yet you're touching me right now. Looks like your body isn't on the same note as your mouth, huh blondie?" And damn it, but Rosalie's hand really was on Bella, pressing against the spot right over Bella's heart. What was her hand even doing anyways? Why did her entire body have to crave the stupid mutt?

Rosalie quickly jerked her hand away with a low hiss and moved as if she was about to slap that stupid smirk right off of Bella's face. She would have, too, if a hand hadn't shot out and grabbed her wrist.

"Rose, you really don't want to do that," Alice said pleadingly, trying to tug the immovable blonde backwards, away from the troublemaking alpha.

"Oh, yes I do," Rosalie growled, making Bella growl right back, eyes narrowing in anger and challenge.

"Go ahead and try," Bella rumbled, glaring down at the blonde, and for some damn reason, her gaze ended up focusing on Rosalie's lips. Damn it, brain, what the fuck are you doing? We don't like her! We want her gone or, like, on her knees and shit! Shit, on her knees...why did that have to sound so good?

"Hey Jake, are you okay?" Angela asked, clear worry in her voice as she realized how messed up Jacob appeared.

"Uh...I don't know. I don't feel so good," Jacob mumbled, his entire body trembling, distracting him from his fury towards the way the blonde had been treating one of his best friends. Really, what was going on with him? He couldn't be that sick, could he?

"You're burning up; I think you need a doctor," Angela said, reaching out to feel Jacob's forehead, and that's all that Bella needed to hear.

Immediately, Bella's attention snapped from her imprint to the soon-to-be wolf, and she cursed as she realized how close Jacob was to shifting. Damn it, he wouldn't be so close he if they hadn't run into vampires. He would have at least been a day or two off. That's right, if they hadn't run into the pixie and the bitch… "This is all your fault!" Bella snarled as she whirled towards Rosalie, really getting in the blonde's face.

"Excuse me?" Rosalie snapped, ready to shove the alpha right into the wall without a care of who saw. However, Bella had already turned, grabbed Jake, and was taking off down a nearby street. "Oh no, you are not running away from me!"

"Rose, I don't really think that's-" Alice started, but Rosalie was already taking off after them. With a sigh at the ruined shopping day, Alice turned to Angela. "Sorry about this Angela, we really didn't expect to see them here."

Angela quickly, albeit uneasily, assured that everything was alright. But honestly, with the sparks that flew between Bella and Rosalie, she was seriously worried that the two would kill each other if left alone.

And of course, Angela was probably right. It didn't help to know that Rosalie's future was still blank.

Bella hadn't even tried going to her car, instead just running as quickly as she could without appearing inhuman right out of town-thank god she had been looking for girls near the city limits-and aimed for the closest patch of forest she could find. She was also using all the alpha power she could while in human form to keep Jacob from shifting just yet, something she hadn't even realized she could do until she suddenly found herself needing to do just that.

They barely made it into a smallish forest before Jacob couldn't hang on any longer. Bella threw him through the air just as he exploded with an agonized howl. He of course couldn't right himself in time, and landed on the ground on his side in his new russet colored fur.

"Shit, was that close," Bella muttered, panting with adrenaline as a disoriented Jake scrambled onto all fours, trying to make sense of just what was going on. She pulled her shirt over her head, planning on joining him to try to explain things, when trouble once again found her. Or, more precisely, caught up to her since she had been on Bella's tail all along.

At first, Rosalie had paused and stared, drinking in the sight of the gorgeous half naked alpha. Then, when she realized what she was doing, she got pissed at herself, and of course at the wolves, which meant she was definitely going to take her angry emotions out on a certain alpha. "Are you serious?" Rosalie demanded in her bitchiest voice, striding forward and catching both Bella and Jacob's attention. "So you can't even control your own mutts now? What kind of so-called alpha are you, anyways?"

Bella's gaze immediately snapped to the blonde, eyes bright with fury. She stepped towards Rosalie, ready to get into another to-the-death verbal sparring match. However, she didn't get the chance to speak a word.

Jacob, still disoriented, terrified, and confused, caught the disgusting sugary scent of a vampire, and instincts took over higher reasoning. Telling him that she was dangerous, a threat, that Jacob had to attack and protect, Jacob lunged at her with a snarl.

Everything seemed to slow down. Rosalie whirled in surprise, but crouched, ready to fight the threat of the giant wolf. Bella, realizing what was happening, didn't even think. The urge to protect her imprint, her mate, overwhelmed her, and she lunged at Jacob, shifting before she even slammed into the wolf. They slammed into a nearby tree, making it crack and fall, as the two wolves landed in a snarling mess.

Jacob's wolf wanted to rise, to fight, to dominate, but realized just how alpha Bella really was even before Bella's jaws clamped onto Jacob's throat. She let out a roar, barely muffled by the fur of Jake's throat, her mind's voice just as loud as she shouted; Mine!

Bella was so wild with the need to protect, that it took everything she had not to injured Jake. Had it been anyone else, someone who wasn't her pack and yet still posed an actual threat to her blonde imprint, Bella might have even ripped the person's throat out.

Instead, she just shook Jacob back and forth, making him whimper, before throwing him into another tree. She then started to prowl close to Rosalie, eyes still on the other wolf, just daring Jacob to try anything else.

Jake and his wolf wasn't stupid. He settled onto all fours, belly brushing the ground, and whined, doing everything he could to show he wasn't a threat without actually coming closer and risking another attack.

Rosalie stared up at Bella, aware that the ferocious creature was actually protecting her, and she had no idea what to feel. And while she wasn't sure what she should say either, she said something anyways without thinking it through. "I could have handled it, mutt. I didn't need your protection."

Bella, still high on instincts, whirled on Rosalie with a snarl. She lunged at the blonde, as fast as a vampire, and once again shifted before colliding with her target. Jacob had enough thought to cover his eyes with his paws and shield himself from Bella's nakedness before Bella shifted, and then she was on Rosalie, pinning the girl to the ground, sharpened teeth sinking into Rosalie's throat, not breaking the diamond hard skin, but the intent was clear. She was demanding that her mate submit.

For a long moment, Rosalie didn't even realize she had been knocked over, let alone that there were teeth in her throat. Instead, she was completely focused on one thing, and one thing alone; Bella's naked body. And god, was it glorious, to the point that Bella could easily smell Rosalie's arousal. It made Bella shift so that she was between Rosalie's legs, pressing against the vampire's core with a rumble, the need to take her mate distracting her from the need to make Rosalie submit to the point she loosened her grip on Rosalie's throat.

It was the sudden delicious pressure that snapped Rosalie out of her ogling and made her realize just what was happening. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" she hissed, thumping Bella hard on the back of the head.

Bella reared back with a snarl, only to realize the situation she had found herself in. Horror etched all over her face, she fell onto her ass and scrambled away. What had she been doing? What the fuck was wrong with her?

The mutt was even more gorgeous from this angle, Rosalie thought, swallowing hard as she got a full frontal view of Bella's nakedness. The toned body, those abs, those perfectly sized, firm breasts, not to mention-oh god. She had not just tried to sneak a peek between Bella's legs. Especially after what Bella had just done.

"That wasn't me, okay? That was my wolf," Bella was quick to defend herself. "My wolf and that fucking imprint bond. My emotions were riled, and the wolf took over, and made me do whatever the fuck that was." Although, damn, did it feel good to have Rosalie under her. Not just the girl's soft body, but its coolness. Ever since Bella had shifted, she no longer felt cold, and often felt overheated. But with Rosalie under her, not only did she feel nice and cool in the best possible way, but it just felt...right.

Bella really needed to figure out a way to break this imprint bond. The sooner, the better, before she's driven insane.

"Whatever," Rosalie muttered, flipping to her feet before dusting herself off and fixing her hair.

"Prom queen," Bella coughed, like it was one of the biggest insults ever. And to Bella, it was; she never liked those prissy girls who only cared about her looks. It just figured Rosalie would be just that.

Rosalie turned to glare at her, only to realize Bella was still naked. With a hiss, she looked away and snapped, "Don't you have some clothes to put on?"

"Why, like what you see?" Bella asked cockily, her usual smirk curling her lips.

"Not even close," Rosalie shot back, lip curling in distaste. "In fact, you're too disgusting to so much as look at."

"Why? Because I'm a wolf? Or do you just hate it when you meet someone sexier than you are?" Fuck, she did not just admit that she found Rosalie sexy. She hated blondes, hated girls who were so obsessed with their looks, and more than that, she hated Rosalie.

"Please. I'm ten times hotter than you'll ever be." Rosalie still didn't look Bella's way, something Bella couldn't help but pick up on.

"Well, either I'm so ugly I'm a zero, and since ten times zero is still zero, you're as ugly as I am. Or, you actually find me attractive," Bella said, still cocky. Since she knew that Rosalie would never actually admit that she would find Bella attractive, she couldn't wait to see how Rosalie would reply. She hoped that whatever Rosalie's response was would pain the blonde to say, especially seeing as ever since Bella had landed on Rosalie naked, her own imprint bond was even stronger and torturous than ever.

"Oh, fuck you, flea breath," Rosalie hissed. "I'm gorgeous, you're ugly enough that I'd rather die than look at you naked, and that's all there is to it." Then she stormed away, mentally cursing herself for not being able to think of a better response.

Yeah you are, Bella couldn't help but think, watching the blonde leave, her eyes glued to the sway of Rosalie's hips and her gorgeous ass. It was only when Jacob whined that she was able to tear her eyes away, and she let out a loud snarl as she realized what she had been thinking. That fucking imprint bond! It was definitely messing with her head, to make Bella think that blonde ice bitch was in any way desirable.

Damn it, she needed to hit something, and she needed to do it soon. Although the drive home was going to be torture…

Bella froze as new realization dawned. Fuck, because of the ice bitch, Bella had shifted without taking off her pants. All Bella had to wear was a shirt, and Jacob had nothing. And Bella couldn't retrieve her car topless.

This was all blondie's fault. Damn it, if she could just…! She needed to think up a way to make Rosalie pay for this. Because of that fucking blondie, she was going to have to run home, grab a change of clothes, run back, shift, change, and then drive her car back.

Well, if the elders hadn't noticed Bella missing so far, they definitely would now.

Jacob whined again, still not daring to uncover his eyes, but thankfully once again pulling Bella's mind off of Rosalie.

"Sorry about that whole attack dog shit I had going on there," Bella said before shaking her head, trying to clear her thoughts. "I'll explain everything that's going on the way. Just don't freak out on me again, damn it."

She shifted then, becoming her wolf, and that damn imprint bond actually had the nerve to get stronger. On top of that, she now had to struggle with her wolf, who was demanding they go and find their mate.

Damn, hope you're okay Bells, Jake thought, feeling just how powerful Bella's turmoil was. So powerful that even Jacob was struggling with it, and if he was struggling with just a glimpse of Bella's struggle, he had to wonder just how Bella was even surviving it.

I'm fine, Bella growled, reaching down to gently pick up her shirt as Jacob yelped in surprise. He clearly hadn't thought that they'd be able to communicate as wolves. Yeah buddy, we can communicate as wolves. It's all part of the package. Now you've gotta shut up unless you have a question, because I have a lot of shit to explain, I'm pissed off, and we only have so much time before the elders get up my butt about leaving the rez with you but without permission. The addition of Jacob shifting was just going to be another thing that they were going to burn her at the stake for, and now that she thought about it, she realized just how much shit she was going to be in, which made her feel even worse.

Jacob stared at his friend as pieces of the puzzle clicked together, and he realized just how much Bella was going through. He could even figure out how soon all this had started, just based on the mood change. She was so much grimmer now, more angry, and clearly under a lot of pressure, and maybe even pain. It made him want to say something comforting to his friend, but he kept his mouth shut; he knew that Bella was never one to deal with emotions, and she'd just clam up and feel even worse.

Fuck! The sudden shout made Jacob jump, and he turned to stare at Bella with even more worry than before. The reason for the sudden curse accidentally slipped into his mind; Bella's wolf wanted her to follow her mate, and Bella wanted to go home, which left them at a stalemate. As in, Bella couldn't even move right now, and was actually shaking with the effort not to go to Rosalie. The struggle was so bad that Bella's jaw clenched, causing her teeth to shred her shirt. She spat out the remains of the shredded cloth in disgust, and seemed to get even angrier as she fought for control.

Jacob waited patiently as his friend fought it out with her wolf, until she finally won after convincing the wolven part of her that going home was the best thing, since Rosalie actually lived near the rez. And while she was in a worse mood than ever, she made sure to do her duty. She explained what was going on, everything that had happened since Bella herself had shifted, even what would be expected of Jake. She even talked about imprints, although even mentioning that caused Bella pain.

In that moment, Jacob came close to hating somebody for the first time in his life. Not just the elders, who were making things so much harder on Bella than they needed to be, but Rosalie too. A part of him knew it was irrational, but he couldn't help it. If Bella hadn't imprinted, she would have been so much happier. Even if Bella had imprinted, if she had just imprinted on anybody else, Jake knew she wouldn't be experiencing the pain she was now. And since he couldn't hate on a bond or hate on becoming a wolf whether someone wanted to or not, he hated on the next best thing; Rosalie. Even if Bella and Rosalie somehow ended up together, Jacob doubted he could ever be more than civil to the blonde if it turned out that Rosalie knew the pain she was putting Bella through.

He was going to have his friend's back through all of this, no matter Bella's decision. It was part of the bro code, after all-even if Jacob's 'bro' was a girl who felt more like a sister to him than anything.

Unknowingly to Jacob, Bella could hear every one of his thoughts as they raced along, now in relative silence since she had told him everything she could think of. And while she'd never admit it out loud, didn't dare think it, especially since she was currently a wolf, she felt a warmth inside at Jacob's words. To think he worried about her, cared about her, this much? He was fucking awesome, and Bella felt like a bitch for not making more time for him after she had become a wolf.

Still, a part of her wondered; did she even deserve friends as amazing as Jacob? It looked like only time and Bella's own actions would tell, but she was determined to prove she deserved them. Just like she was determined to break the imprint, now more than ever before. She wanted Rosalie and this fucking stupid bond out of her life, the sooner the better. And with Bella's determination and stubbornness, she bet her ass it was going to be soon.

Bella was going to break this fucking imprint bond, or die trying.