Once again, Bella woke up with her boobs squished into Leah's. Leah had the best breasts, large but not too floppy. They were perky but not too firm. Bella just just wanted to live on them. She moved her face down to nuzzle one.

"Bella."

"Boobies."

Leah giggled. "Is that my new nickname?"

"Only I can call you that."

"Oh, of course. It would be really awkward if Seth called me that."

Bella giggled, "or my dad."

"Or anyone other than you, babygirl."

Leah wanted to kiss her, but also liked her exactly where she was, so she kissed the top of Bella's head. Bella replaced her cheek with her hand on Leah's breast and moved her face up to Leah's.

Looking at Leah's face took her breath away once again. She was perfect, so beautiful, and it melted Bella's heart that Leah loved her too.

Bella brushed her lips against Leah's. Leah seized them and refused to release them, holding Bella's head by the hair. Bella loved when Leah possessed her this way, sharing pleasure between them.

Bella started to move Leah's legs to the side, not releasing the kiss. "Bella," Leah groaned as Bella opened her lower lips and lined them up.

"Do you think I could wall fuck you someday, Leah?" Bella asked, then did her first loop de loop.

"Agh! Not the same way I do it, but… but maybe if we got a sex swing."

"What. Is. A. Sex. Swing?" Bella said each word after a hump.

"Uh.. I saw it… I saw it in porn once."

"You. Watched. Porn?"

Bella did another loop de loop then and Leah screamed, "YES!" then she continued, "it's like a harness that gives, er, access. It's hung... hung … hung from the ceiling"

Bella was picturing her beautiful Leah, naked in a harness, hanging from the ceiling and she was so turned on. She fucked harder, thrusting, rubbing, chasing her own pleasure.

"Oh Leah!" She looked down at her lover with the body of a goddess and the face of an angel. "Oh Leah, I want to fuck you like that!" She was so excited she didn't even notice that Leah came. Leah reached for her neck, gently stroking her mark until Bella came too.

"Leah!" She cried out in ecstasy. She lay down on Leah's body, not even bothering to rearrange their legs. "Can we get one? I was so turned on just thinking about fucking you like that."

"Yeah baby, we can go to the sex shop in Port Angeles next time we go, ok?"

"Oh fun! Ya know, Rachel asked me if we used sex toys."

"Really? What did you tell her."

"I told her no and asked if she used sex toys with Paul."

"And does she?"

"No, she says she likes to feel him, and I said I liked to feel you."

"Yeah, baby, I feel the same way."

"We should start the crock pot for tonight's dinner."

"Yeah, we should."

o.~*~.o

They went downstairs at 8:55 and the whole pack was already working. Rachel and Bella went to work on the Quileute lesson. Leah sat down with Jake and Jared.

"Jared, thank you for staying with Jacob yesterday. Bella found that really comforting." Leah said

"Oh, I'm glad. Yesterday was my day to stay with Bella so I thought that would be the best way to keep her safe."

Jake flinched, finally understanding that the whole pack believed that he was a danger to Bella, that Bella needed to be protected from him. It wasn't just Leah. It was all of them, even Bella.

"I'm sorry, Leah." Jake whispered.

Leah reached out and touched his hand. "I know, Jacob. You're doing great though. Just keep working with your wolf. Jared, are you two alternating between translating your text and Jacob's, or are you just working on Jacob's?"

"Just Jake's. He offered to alternate but I felt like his was more urgent."

"That's great, Jared, and I think you have the right idea. Kim and I will work on your text today so that it doesn't fall behind."

"Thank you, but you don't have to do that."

"Jared, you're my pack. I want to do this for you, just like you want to protect Bella for me."

She went and sat with Sam and Emily next. She brought Paltima's imprint's book. "How are you two doing?"

"We're making great progress, actually." Sam said.

"That's fantastic. Some of the other pairs are alternating between two texts so I wanted to offer you guys this. It is the only imprint journal from the pack. I was wondering if you would like to alternate between your own journal and this one?"

"Is that Paltima's imprint's journal?" Emily asked, reaching for the precious book.

"Yes."

"It would be an honor," Sam said. He put his own wolf's journal aside and looked at Emily, excited to work on the imprint journal, thrilled to be sharing this honor with his imprint.

Then Leah sat down with Kim, a diligent partner in the translation work and her imprint's best friend. "We're working on Jared's wolf's journals, today, Kim." She placed down the books they needed and completely missed how happy Kim looked. Kim enjoyed working on Leah's journal but Jared's would feel much more personal.

Jared's journal told of a young boy, Pahtoe, who was diligent in his studies and well behaved but he had a rich inner life. He loved animals and nature and spent his free time climbing trees. He would stealthily watch the birds and follow insects. He was curious about the world around him, but he was shy, so few knew about all that he did with his time.

The day went smoothly in the library. Everyone broke for lunch, either going home or eating at the picnic tables outside. Leah and Bella did more prep work for their big dinner with the Clearwaters and the Blacks. They had a light but hearty lunch and had just enough time for a quick make out session on the couch.

After finishing her software work, Bella went to work with Seth on translation. She had been enjoying the glimpses she got into his wolf's story.

"Thank you all for helping today. Quil, I'm counting on you coming tomorrow to be with Bella. I'd love the rest of you to come too, but I'm not going to make it mandatory since I'll be working. Ok?"

Everyone nodded and filed out except Seth, Rachel and Paul.

"Is there anything I can help you with for dinner tonight?" Seth asked.

"No, go home. We've got it covered. We'll see you in an hour."

Seth left and Paul asked, "does he know that we're coming too?"

"No, it's a surprise!" Bella announced.

"But why?" Rachel asked.

Leah explained, "You know how we set up Charlie and Tiffany but they were already together? Well, Bella wants to do the same with Billy and Sue."

"Oh." Rachel said, thinking that through. "But they're not dating secretly."

"They're not dating openly either." Bella said.

"Well, this should be fun." Paul said enthusiastically. "Do you girls need any help?"

"No, but we do need to get back to work, so see you in an hour, ok?" Leah said, dragging Bella up the stairs.

o.~*~.o

Leah and Bella had prepared a feast. Leah brought everything down the stairs. She didn't want Bella to trip with hot food and get hurt. Bella agreed because she didn't want to trip and ruin the meal. Bella set the table and carefully poured drinks.

Seth and Sue arrived first and Bella greeted Sue with a hug. "It feels like forever since I've seen you."

"I know, I didn't realize how much I'd miss you two."

"Well you can stop by the library any time. It's open to the public. Seth's here all the time so I haven't had a chance to miss him."

"Thanks, Bella," Seth said sarcastically.

Paul opened the door for Billy and Rachel. Paul was carrying a coffee cake and Rachel had a container of cookies.

"Paul, you shouldn't have. When did you even have the time?"

"He made them last night." Rachel explained.

"Well, that's so nice. We'll set those aside for dessert." Bella went to the stairs. "Leah! Everyone's here!" She called up.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm coming," she called down the stairs.

"That's what she said," Paul muttered. Rachel snorted.

"Everybody sit, everybody sit." Leah ordered.

Billy wheeled himself next to Sue and winked at her. "Hi Sue," he greeted her.

"Hi Billy, Leah didn't tell me that you were coming."

"Huh, I knew you'd be here." They exchanged a look. Seth didn't like it.

"So what are you guys working on all day at the library?" Billy asked. "It's nice having the house to myself but I don't know what's going on anymore."

"Dad, we told you, we're translating." Rachel said.

"Why has no one asked for my help?" Billy demanded.

"Are you serious, Billy? Would you help?" Leah asked, looking so excited.

"Of course I would. Leah, tell me about what you're translating."

"Well, we found the journals of our wolves, everyone in the pack." Leah said. "That's what we're translating."

"And how did you find them? How do you know it's them?"

"We found them, well, first Paul had a theory that the guys' wolves knew my wolf and that's why they respect me so much as alpha. Now I've said several times that my wolf is a lesbian but we know that there are no records of female wolves. So Bella asked if there were any alpha's without biological children, because that might have been a lesbian and everyone just assumed it was a dude. That's how we found Paltima."

"Paltima?" Billy asked. "Your wolf is Paltima's?"

Leah nodded. "Yes, well, she had no natural children, took a wife and there were a few hints that I picked up on that she was not a man. I knew it was my wolf because when I started reading the journals, my wolf was purring. Some of the other guys had similar responses when reading their journals. But Sam and Jacob weren't confident which journals were theirs. So I alpha ordered them to go to their journals and they went. I don't think that alpha order would have worked if it weren't true."

"Holy crap! Paltima?" Billy said, looking pale. Leah was beginning to be concerned about Billy, that he might be having a panic attack or something.

"Yes, Billy. And Paul's wolf, the wolf of Nonithe, is the beta of that pack, as I assumed."

"Wow, Leah, that is an incredible discovery. Paltima is an honored warrior of our legends."

"And none of you knew that she was a woman." Leah commented, a little smug. "I can't blame you though. The gender indicators of her journal were subtle. I wouldn't expect a man to pick them up, especially if they already assumed that all of the wolves were male. They wouldn't have been looking for them. I was looking for them."

"So what have you found for gender indicators?" Sue asked.

"Well, she got in trouble for reading, and for playing boys games with Nonithe and she talked about bleeding before she started phasing. I don't know how that was interpreted by the men, maybe that she was adventuring and always hurting herself, but it looks like a menstrual cycle to me."

"Wow." Sue said, "all this time, I thought she was a hero for the boys, not for me. And now her wolf is united with you, my daughter." Sue looked impossibly proud.

"Paltima is a hero for us all." Billy said, swallowing hard. "And so is Nonithe, her twin brother who was steadfast by her side in battle always." He looked at Paul, seeing him completely differently now.

"Jeez, Billy, stop looking at me like that."

"Like what?" Billy asked.

"With respect, it's freaking me out."

Billy chuckled. "Paul, you earned my respect long ago. I am looking at you with reverence, and you have earned that too."

"Ok, Billy, well we wouldn't know anything about Nonithe if it weren't for your daughter translating for us."

"Paul," Leah advised, "you have told me to absorb the respect people push toward me, not deflect it. I think it's time that you practice the same."

Paul bowed his head and closed his eyes, thinking it through. "Ok." He whispered.

"You have barely eaten a thing, everybody, please eat. Bella and I prepared all this for you." Everyone ate as Leah requested. Bella did not know anything of Paltima except for the little bit that was translated.

"Billy, Embry imprinted yesterday. Will there be another bonfire?" Bella asked.

"Oh, I didn't know that. Who did he imprint on?"

"It's my friend from Forks, Angela Weber."

"So she knows nothing about the legends?"

"No," Leah answered. "She will come to the pack lunch on Saturday and we will tell her the basics then."

"Good. I was thinking the next bonfire could go over some of the stories from Paltima's pack. If she already knows the basics, that would be great."

"Ok, I'll pass that on to Embry. I'm letting him take the lead with this." Leah said.

"So Charlie says he met Embry at your place for supper… with Tiff." Billy said.

Bella looked at him, "You knew?!"

"About him and Tiff? Of course! They were together for a long time. He thought it was adorable that you guys were trying to set them up."

"So is that what you're trying to do with us?" Sue asked.

"It was Bella's idea." Leah deflected. Bella scowled at her. "What? It was!"

"That's sweet, but you all already know that we're seeing each other." Sue said.

"Yes, but did you know that we knew?" Bella asked.

"Yes." Billy and Sue said in unison. Billy continued, "we have not been subtle because we have nothing to hide. We have strong relationships with our children and we knew they would accept it. Charlie and Tiff are different, Charlie because he just got you back and Tiff because of the question of Embry's father. They both were cautious of hurting their relationships with their kids. Sue and I are not."

Then Billy continued, "but, we are taking it slow. We are both too close to Harry's death to do anything different. So don't expect us to move at the same pace as Charlie and Tiff. It's just not going to happen. Ok?"

Everybody nodded with mild disappointment, except Seth who looked relieved.

"So, how is Jacob doing with the translation and everything?" Billy asked.

"He's doing a lot better." Leah answered. "He is still fixated on Bella, at least the man is. But he is making progress with his translation. Jared has been working with him, transcribing. I'm confident that this will unite him and his wolf, that it already has to some degree."

"And Jen?" Billy asked

"Ugh. That's a way off. The man doesn't even want that right now. He is still singularly focused on Bella."

"And how are you doing with that, Bella?" Sue asked.

"Eh. It's not my favorite, but Leah is making it easier. She alpha ordered him to stay at least three feet away from me so I can kind of push him back if he is bugging me. I think I really do forgive him now, though, for all of it."

Leah put her arm around Bella and kissed her cheek. She whispered, "I'm proud of you, babe." Bella smiled up at her.

"So it sounds like things are going really well. In your opinion, Leah, what are the most pressing issues facing the pack these days?" Billy asked.

"The biggest problem is still Jacob. We are incomplete without him whole. Our second biggest problem is the Cullens. I intend to break the treaty."

"I understand." Billy agreed. "And you won't do that without Jake?"

"I don't know, we don't have Sam right now either. I was hoping to get that done by the end of summer, but maybe we should wait until next summer so we have both of them."

"You don't have Sam? What happened to Sam?" Sue asked, worried. She cared for Sam, even after all that had happened.

"Emily's pregnant." Leah answered

"And? What does that have to do with losing Sam?"

"He can't phase because Emily is a marked imprint. Marked imprints don't age while their wolf is regularly phasing. Therefore, it's not safe for the baby for Sam to phase."

"Huh." Billy said. "Well, if you wait until next summer, you'll have the whole pack. If you do it this summer, it will be over with. Bella, what do you think?"

"I don't think the Cullens will be violent about this. I think they will agree to break the treaty without violence."

"But I can't risk it, baby," said Leah, "especially with that Edward who is obsessed with you."

"Yeah, but it's not really a risk with how strong you all are with your wolves." Bella insisted

Something inside of Leah believed Bella, that they would be safe relying on the strength of their wolves, but she couldn't commit to that now. "We'll see."

Paul spoke up, "No, Leah, she's right. We can do this. I think we should move forward with the Cullens as planned, get it out of the way. They are not warriors. It took five of them to take down one vampire, James. You shredded Victoria on your own. Once they are off the agenda, we can focus on Jake and building up the pack. With that, we can be prepared for any real vampires that come our way. And it will build pack confidence, even if we solve this through negotiations."

Leah nodded. "You make strong points, Paul. Thoughts, Billy? Mom?"

"I have every confidence in Paltima and Nonithe." Sue said.

"I agree." Billy said.

"So do I," Bella added, looking up into her warrior goddess girlfriend's face.

"Ok." Leah said.

"Ok!" Paul smiled. Rachel reached her arm around his back and gave him a squeeze. He looked down at her and kissed her forehead.

After a minute, Bella asked, "any fishing trips coming up, Billy?"

"Yeah, Charlie and I are going Sunday. But he'll be back for Sunday dinner."

"Oh good. Ya know, Leah loves his fish. You can tell him that we'll take any surplus he wants to give us."

"I'm sure he'll appreciate that. His freezer is packed."

"I know, but I bet yours isn't Billy." Leah guessed.

"No, never. I only get fish when Charlie invites me over. The boys finish it off before it has time to freeze." Billy added, "not that I mind feeding you Paul. It's an honor to host you."

"Please stop, Billy." Paul pleaded.

"Ha!" Leah shouted. "Now you know how it feels."

"Yeah, but I'm not Nonithe, we just share a wolf."

"Yeah, and I'm not Paltima, we just share a wolf."

"The wolf is what made Paltima a great warrior." Paul countered.

"And the wolf made Nonithe great, steadfast by Paltima's side in battle."

"Ok, I get it, I'm great. You're great. Seth's great. We're all great."

"That's the spirit!" Leah cheered.

Shortly after, Billy said, "this food is also great but I've been wanting that coffee cake all day and if I keep eating, I won't have any room."

"Billy, how's the diabetes?" Bella asked, concerned.

"Well, this was a well rounded meal, lots of vegetables and healthy meats and I didn't take any simple carbs. I made space for that cake. But in general, I'm doing great, Bella. Paul has taken your idea and ran with it. He's got freezer meals for me that are easier to heat up than junk food. So I'm feeling good. I can have a small piece of cake safely."

Rachel sighed. She didn't know what she did to deserve her amazing man but she was so enamored by him. Paul was feeling her sense of inadequacy through the marked connection so he rubbed her back. He leaned down and whispered, "love you, baby," and gave her a kiss on the lips.

"That's wonderful. Paul, you know what he needs, nutritionally? Complex carbs, fruits and vegetables and lean meat?" Sue checked.

"Yeah, he's got a few books on it."

"Seth, Paul," Leah gathered her wolves, "can you help me bring all this upstairs?" she gestured to the dishes on the table, "Just leave it on the table and we'll take care of it later." It only took two trips with the three of them working together. Then Leah brought down Bella's carrot cake.

"Bella, that's not fair! Can I have a little bit of each cake? Just once?" Billy asked.

"Of course, Billy. Is Paul showing you how to make your own frozen meals so that you can add to them when you feel up to it?"

"Yes, he's shown me some simple recipes that I've been able to replicate and freeze when I have the energy. And it's cheaper than what I was eating before. If he ever went home, I'd be fine without him." Billy smiled at Paul, "not that I want you to leave, son." Paul loved it when Billy called him son and Billy knew it.

Everyone enjoyed their dessert. Paul tried to give Bella and Leah the leftovers of the dessert. Instead, all three desserts were split into three and spread among the households. Seth offered to help with dishes but the girls sent him home. They were ready to be alone, even if they had to stay up doing dishes.

But they didn't have to stay up doing dishes because Leah was so fast. Bella sat down and watched Leah package all the leftovers while the sink filled with hot water. Then everything was cleaned and rinsed, all the counters wiped down. Bella was in a daze watching her.

"You ok, Swan?" Leah asked. "You sleepy already?"

"Just enjoying the view."

"Oh." Leah quietly stalked toward her, then whispered, "this view?" And struck a modeling pose.

Bella giggled. "Yeah, that's the one."

"Let's go to bed."