Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Intensity

By Mama4Dukes

Chapter 14:

Collin’s POV

In the evening, we were invited to a gathering at Bella and Paul’s house. The entire pack and their imprints were there, as well as, Dr. Kayani and Lieutenant Blackfoot. We were also introduced to a Jeff Redbird, Crispin Hodges, and Manny Istaqa plus their wives. Leah and Seth were the only ones not at the gathering.

“Since Collin, Charlie, and my father are here, Paul and I have an announcement to make,” Jake stated. “Collin, you enjoy reading about our legends in the archives, don’t you?”

“Yes, but Jake, those legends are not to be mentioned outside of our tribe.”

“He’s right, son,” Billy reminded him.

Jake ignored Billy’s and my statements and asked, “Do you know the legend of the Great Protector?”

“Yes, my mother used to tell it to me as a bedtime story when I was a little boy.”

Jake nodded his head, and then said, “What do you remember about the story? It’s okay, you can say it in front of these guys.”

I was hesitant to speak, but this was my alpha talking so I knew I had to tell the legends in front of these strangers. I knew them well, my mother had told them to me nightly as a young boy.

“Um, let me think. He’ll mark his mate at a great distance from La Push at their first joining. Um, she’ll be a healer, and have prior knowledge of our world… and that of the Cold Ones. The Great Protector’s mate will carry two marks, one from a Cold One and one from the Great Protector. The Great Protector will befriend a spirit warrior from the land of the Cina Ahuwipi. Together they will form an alliance with the people of the Cina Ahuwipi. They will run together as a pack of fifteen, and protect their tribes and mates from those who threaten to harm them. The god of the underworld will release the Cina Ahuwipi people from their servitude to be watched by the spirit god forevermore. The moment this happens, they will be able to speak with each other as one.”

“Holy motherfucking fuck, fuck, fuck!” Billy, who hardly ever swears, did so, and in good form, I might add. It was so uncharacteristic of him.

“Charlie, what are you laughing about?” Billy asked.

“You swore. You never swear. Coming from you, it’s oddly comforting,” he chuckled.

“This is serious here, my son is claiming the legends of the Great Protector are true. Never in my life, did I imagine it could be true.”

“Well, who is the Great Protector?”

“It’s your son-in-law.”

“No, kidding? Awesome. Congratulations, son. I knew you were made of great stuff.”

Paul is the Great Protector? How could it be? He’s the least vested in the pack. “Prove it,” I said. “I need proof.”

Bella walked up to me and showed her wrist to me. I took hold of her hand and examined the scar. It was a bitemark from a vampire. I became angry and started shaking.

“Who did that to you? Was it Cullen? Who? Tell me, Bella!”

My shaking became more intense. Manny Istaqa whisked Charlie and Bella away from me. Furniture was abruptly pushed away and I was moved to an open area of the living room and, before I knew it, I had phased into wolf form and so had Paul, Jacob, and… Did Lieutenant Blackfoot and Dr. Kayani just turn into gigantic coyotes?

“ Damn!” I thought before a sea of darkness overcame me.

Paul’s POV

Thud! Collin landed in wolf form on his side. Did he just faint? I’ve never seen anyone faint while in wolf form.

“ Collin? Collin?” I called, but received no answer. I looked around my living room and everyone looked completely stunned. Well, hell, the house just rocked as if we were in an earthquake. I hope the foundation to my house is okay.

Sam must have been on the same train of thought because the next thing he said was, “I’m gonna go and check to make sure the foundation held up.” He stood up and quickly ran out of the house.

Randy lowered his head to Collin’s chest to make sure he was still breathing. Babs and Bella walked up to attempt to check his vitals.

“I think he just fainted,” Bella murmured.

“Yeah, his vitals seem fine, but I’m not a vet. We could always call Randy’s grandfather, he’s a shifter and a vet.”

“ Gentlemen, I believe that we have our first fainting shape-shifter,” Randy declared.

“ I’ve never seen that, have you?” I asked him.

“ No, I’ll ask my grandfather later. He’s checking into wolf lactation for Leah anyway.”

“ What’s wolf lactation?” Jacob asked.

“ Oh, Leah’s breasts are constantly engorged and it’s becoming painful for her. We think it might have something to do with the fact that she’s phasing while nursing.”

“ What if she laid warm compresses on her breasts while in wolf form,” Barry suggested. “I remember Cheyenne had to do that when she was nursing when she became engorged.”

“ And just how the hell is she supposed to put compresses on her wolf titties?” Jacob asked.

“ Well, she can lie down on her back and one of you out in La Push can do it for her. You might need beach towesl though.”

“ Alright, can we get off the subject of Leah’s tits?” I questioned. “We have a passed out wolf here.”

Collin started stirring awake at that moment. We all backed away to give him some space.

Collin’s POV

I woke up to the sound of laughter. I opened my eyes slowly and caught sight of two wolves and two coyotes looking down at me. What the heck am I doing on the floor?

“ You fainted,” Dr. Kayani informed me.

“ Fainted?”

“ Yes, fainted. I believe that you’re the first shape-shifter in history to faint while in wolf form.”

“ This is so embarrassing. You guys aren’t going to let me forget about this, are you?”

“ Nope. From now on you’ll be known as Fainting Wolf,” Lieutenant Blackfoot informed me.

“ Fainting wolf?”

“Well, shit, I think that’s proof enough. Collin you’ve had enough down time, haven’t you?” Billy chuckled. “Phase back guys,” he ordered.

As soon as we phased back to human form, I got down on one knee in front of Paul and stated, “I, Collin Littlesea, pledge my allegiance to my brother Paul Lahote-the Great Protector, true spirit warrior, and rightful Alpha of the Pack.” One thing was for sure, there was no way in hell that I was going to doubt any of the legends.

After a couple of minutes, one of the women from the pack of coyotes said, “Is it wrong of me to say that I’m finding the sight in front of me oddly erotic? I mean, Paul and Collin are both naked, and one of them is actually on his knees in front of him. They’re both in top shape, too.”

Well, of course, I’m in top shape. Linda is a battle ax when it comes to fitness. She makes me work out at the gym daily-rain or shine.

“Babs, can’t you keep your trap shut for one minute? This is a serious moment here,” her husband chastised.

“Oh, yeah, for you guys maybe,” Jessica giggled. “I’m liking what I’m seeing. Go on Collin, open up and say ahh…”

Paul jerked away from me quicker than lightening.

Bella was clutching her stomach and laughing uncontrollably together with Kim and Emily. It dawned upon me that Linda would probably get along well with this group of women. She had been expressing her dislike for Angela for a while now.

“Can someone get us some clothes please?” I asked, as I got to my feet.

“Don’t do it Bella, I like seeing them naked.”

“Lisa, you get to see me naked in bed every night.”

“Meh, you’ve got to bump up your workout. Collin and Paul are in way better shape than you are.”

“That’s only because the guy is psychotic in the gym,” Sam defended him. “He’s nuts, I tell you. It took me a month to recover from my one workout with him.”

“Are you kidding? Charlie and I worked out with Bella today. I don’t think we’re ever going to be the same. She’s worse than Paul is,” Quil informed us.

“I worked out muscles today that I never knew existed,” Charlie added.

“Hey, it took me a while to work up to the Body Pump class,” Bella said. “You should start out light with some yoga or something.”

“Yoga? I’m a man.”

“I do yoga,” Paul admitted.

“So do I,” Barry stated. “They offer a yoga class at the station. We’re required to keep in shape.”

“Maybe I should do the same for my department,” Charlie mused out loud.

“When you stop by at the station tomorrow, I’ll show you around.”

“Alright, that would be great.”

“Come on, Collin. Do a little dance for us,” Mina joked. “Shake those tight buns for us.”

“Bella, please? Can you get us some clothes?” Paul asked. “I swear the imprints in my pack have been a bad influence on the ones in Crispy’s pack. They used to never be this raunchy.”

“That’s cause you haven’t been alone with us on one of our ladies’ nights,” Babs smirked.

“Oh, we’d scare them off for life if they ever came with us on one of our nights out,” Kim agreed.

Bella ran upstairs to grab some clothes for everyone, all the while, giggling.

Paul took the opportunity to speak. “Jacob, were you able to hear Crispy’s pack when you phased.”

“Yes, I did.”

“How about you, Collin?”

“Once I came to again after I fainted, I was able to hear everyone loud and clear. I think it was because I made up my mind that you were my alpha at that point, even if I hadn’t pledged my allegiance to you then.”

“Good. Jacob, Collin, I’m giving you an alpha order not to speak about any of this to Old Quil, your imprints, and especially to Tony Fuller. As far as they’re concerned, Jacob is still alpha.”

“Why? Why not Tony Fuller?” I asked.

Charlie decided to step in at that moment, “Collin, Tony Fuller’s son is going to be under investigation for assaulting Will.”

“It was him?”

“Yes,” Jake said. “It was Kurt Fuller, Terrance Johnson, and Mark Cedro.”

“Those boys are as big as we are!” I yelled outraged. “What the hell business do they have beating up little Willy?”

“They were trying to force drugs on him.”

I became red in the face, started shaking, and phased again.

“He has the least control out of the pack,” Jake pointed out. “You might want to open your patio door and let him out.”

“Collin, you can go for a run, but under no circumstances are you to run to La Push to shakedown those boys or their fathers,” Paul warned. “That’s an alpha order.”

I nodded my head as Paul opened the door. “I’ll go with him,” Jared sighed, stripped and phased outside. “I’ll keep him in line.”

I ran outside with Jared, completely outraged. I was fuming. I ran thoughts of my recent argument with Linda through my brain. I couldn’t control myself.

“ Stay calm, Collin. It’s imperative you remain in control,” Jared said.

“ How did you find out about having the connection with the coyotes anyway?” I asked.

Jared ran thoughts of the impromptu visit from Jacob and Angela through his mind. I became angrier and headed back towards Paul and Bella’s house. I was going at top speed and Jared was trying to keep up with me. I can’t believe that Jacob tried to attack Bella and Kim. Imprints must be protected no matter what. It was a pack rule.

“ Collin, I know it’s a pack rule. Beat the shit out of the creep if you want, but do it in human form. Don’t go endangering the imprints because you can’t stay in control of your temper. I’m serious man, you lay one paw on any of the imprints, even by accident, and you’ll have a whole pack of wolves and coyotes to contend with!”

When we got near the house, Paul and Crispy met us in their wolf and coyote forms.

“ Phase back, Collin. That’s an order! You will stay in control!” Paul’s order resonated through my body and I immediately returned to human form. Paul told me to stay in control, but he never said I couldn’t kick the crap out of Jacob in human form. I shoved past Paul and Crispy, ran into the house, and clocked Jacob on the jaw. I was on top of him, pounding him left and right.

“What is going on?” Billy asked, horrified.

“He tried to attack two imprints in wolf form, Uncle Billy!” I yelled.

“Jacob! Is what Collin is saying true?” his father demanded angrily.

I was abruptly yanked off of Jacob by Manny and Sam, both of whom were bigger and stronger than I was. They had firm holds on my body so that I couldn’t move. Bella handed what looked like a medical bag to Randy, who promptly went to check on Jacob’s injuries.

“Two fractured ribs, a black eye, and a bruised face, Jake. That’s better than last weekend. I’m going to tape you up now. Stay still on the floor for about an hour. You should knit up pretty quickly.”

“I want to know what happened last weekend now!” Billy shouted from his chair. He was completely red in the face and frustrated. To be frank, he looked almost animalistic. He was even foaming at the mouth. Bella ran to the refrigerator and got him a glass of orange juice and ordered him to drink it. “I’d prefer a beer, Bella.”

“I don’t give a damn. You’re diabetic. Drink the damn juice before your sugar level plummets! You can’t be losing your temper like that, Billy.”

“Angela never takes care of me like you do.”

“Angela’s a fucking twit. Sorry, Jacob.”

“She gets her mouth from me,” Charlie announced proudly. Well, that has to be the weirdest thing for a father to be proud of.

“How long has it been since you’ve had a full physical, and had your blood sugar levels checked, Chief Black?” Randy asked.

“Call me, Billy. It’s probably been about eighteen months.”

“Eighteen months?” Randy and Bella both gasped.

“Will you be sticking around these parts after Jacob and Collin leave?” Randy asked.

“Yes, I was planning on keeping an eye on Willy.”

“I want you in my office on Monday morning with your prescriptions. I’m surprised your health clinic on the reservation hasn’t been keeping up with your diabetes. I’m going to get you all squared away and I’m ordering a full lab work up, then I’ll be giving your doctor a call.”

“I don’t have a doctor. There’s a diabetic educator at the clinic who comes down from time to time, but it’s been a while,” Billy admitted. “I also don’t think I can afford a physical.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Randy said in all seriousness. “Your health is more important. Besides, don’t you carry the insurance provided by the Indian Health Service?”

“Yes.”

“Well, my clinic takes it so if you’d feel better about it, we can run it through for you. It’s portable and you can use it anywhere that takes it.”

“I didn’t know. I thought we could only use it on our own reservation.”

“No, not at all.”

“I didn’t know that, Randy,” Bella said. “But then again, Dr. Blanchard doesn’t take IHS insurance so I don’t know the inner workings of that. So does that mean that everyone here with the exception of Jess, Lisa, Cheyenne, my father, and me can go to your clinic using their IHS insurance?”

“Well, yes, but the women all seem to prefer to go to you using their private health insurance.”

“That’s because we’re more comfortable having a woman checking out our privates,” Rachel said.

“You see, Bella. This is why I need you to come and work for me. I’m losing a lot of patients because of you.”

“I’ll make a deal with you. When Dr. Blanchard retires, I’ll come and work for you.”

“Deal and it’s an open invitation for you always. I still think that you should go to medical school though.”

“No way, I’m busy enough as it is. Besides, after yesterday’s fiasco, I don’t ever want to be in an ER again.”

“Never say never, Bella,” Randy chuckled.

I became a bit forlorn after witnessing the easy camaraderie between everyone in this room. Things weren’t like this in La Push. Linda was right, something weird was happening on our reservation and people were uptight and upset.

“Will someone please tell me what happened this past weekend to prompt Jacob to attack two imprints?” Billy finally went back to the topic at hand.

Paul explained what transpired to those of us not in the know.

“You goddamned idiot! If Tony Fuller told you to hurl yourself into oncoming traffic, would you do it?” Billy asked Jacob after hearing the story. “You had no fucking business coming here and invading Paul and Bella’s personal space!”

Jacob looked ashamed from his perch on the floor. I was still upset at my cousin and couldn’t speak.

“You need to open your eyes, Jacob. Tony Fuller is a swine. Right now, the rest of us are trying to figure out a way to oust him from the tribal council. He’s singlehandedly running our tribe into the ground, and it doesn’t help that he’s comptroller because he has his nose in everything. It’ll do you well to bear in mind that I’m the chief of the tribe, not Tony Fuller. And I think this new information is just the ticket to wake up Old Quil, too,” Billy said. “Quil, call your grandfather and tell him that you miss him. Send him a plane ticket and get him over to Arizona. I think it’s time we set him straight.”

“Daddy! I don’t want Old Quil staying at our house!” Rachel complained. “He’s too… old and traditional! Besides, we don’t have enough room for him.”

“How about if I stay with Paul and Bella?” Quil offered brightly. “Bells, you don’t mind cooking for me, do you?”

“I’m not that bad of a cook!” Rachel huffed.

“Yes, you are,” we all replied.

“Rachel, this is for the good of our tribe.” Billy suddenly smiled. “I’ll tell you what, sweetheart, I can stay here with Paul and Bella. Bella, you don’t mind having your old Uncle Billy stay here, do you? I really miss your stroganoff, sweet pea.” Sweet pea? Geez, he’s pulling out all the stops. I looked at Paul and Bella who looked absolutely horrified at the idea. I couldn’t blame my uncle, though. I’d run as far as I could from Rachel Ateara’s kitchen, too. “Oh, and Paul and Bella, there is one thing I feel strongly about. I don’t care if you got married off of tribal lands, but I do feel that eventually you both need to return to La Push to have a formal imprinting ceremony. You are the alpha, after all.”

“I don’t understand why we have to go through a formal imprinting ceremony?” Bella asked.

“Yeah, same here,” Paul agreed.

“For the sake of tradition, plus there’s usually some mystical bonding that comes with the territory,” Crispy replied. “At least it’s that way in our tribe.”

Bella developed a pouty face and so did Paul. Neither had any response, and they both looked unhappy at the prospect.

“I, for one, would love to have the two of you come for a visit!” Charlie said, brightly. “It’s high time you came home to see me, young lady.”

“Speaking of which, Embry and Jessica should do the same thing,” Billy told them. Their jaws dropped as well. Both couples were completely unhappy about the idea. “Oh, come on, it won’t be that bad. You’ll be going through the ceremony together and you’ll be surrounded by friends. Your Gila River friends will be there, too.”

“We’re from the Wa-Ya Indian Reservation,” Crispy replied. “May I take you on a tour of our reservation sometime this week, Chief Black?”

“I think it would be a good idea, actually,” Jeff said. “He can see how a well run reservation works. We only have a four percent unemployment rate.”

“Four percent?” I asked, shocked. “But that’s less than the national unemployment rate.”

“Yes, we make it a point to make sure that all facets of our tribe are running cohesively. From our facilities to the government to the personal lives of our members. Each member is just as important as the next. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a tribal elder or an infant; you’re treated with equal importance. We never put one member ahead of another.”

“That’s how all tribal governments should run,” I noted. “Hell, that’s how the nation should run.”

“I can’t agree more, Collin,” Billy said. “I’d be very interested in touring your reservation. Thank you for your offer.”

“If the two packs are combined, I think it’s important that both are functioning as best as they could. With my position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, I’m particularly interested in the betterment of the Quileute Nation. I toured the Makah Reservation, the Hoh Reservation, and the Quinault Indian Reservation in your area and I can tell you the infrastructure of all three nations are functioning at a higher level than your tribe. Each reservation has a ten-year improvement plan in place and is working actively towards reaching those goals. I saw no such plan in place in La Push, and would highly recommend that you get one into place before one is put into place for you.”

“I’d like to discuss the situation more with you, Jeff. I know we’ve been under investigation from your office and I’d like to see what can be done to remedy the situation.”

“I can tell you that it’s going to take a lot of hard work. I can’t delve into specifics without compromising our investigation, but what I can tell you is that Tony Fuller has his hands in too much. I’d like to know why you’re so reliant on the man. For those of you returning to the reservation, I’m requesting you keep your eyes and ears open. Look for anything suspicious concerning the man.”

“He just paid cash for a seven series BMW for his wife, and a Mercedes SL 550 Roadster for himself,” I blurted.

“But the Beamer starts at seventy thousand dollars and the Mercedes starts at a hundred grand!” Jake snapped out in shock.

“This is the type of information I need. A comptroller for a tribal government shouldn’t be able to afford luxury vehicles.”

“I’ll do some checking myself,” Charlie offered. “I have a feeling there’s some embezzlement of tribal funds going on. You do realize that this is going to turn into a federal case if our findings are correct.”

“Man, I can’t believe that my father is such a criminal!” Brady seethed. “I actually feel good about the fact that he disowned me.”

“Son, you’re nothing like your father or your brothers. You’re a good, honorable man. I’ve always respected you,” Charlie told him straight.

“Thanks, Chief Swan.”

I couldn’t believe all the information I was just hit with. Un-fucking-believable! And Jacob and I fell right for the asshole’s schmoozing. Linda was the only vigilant one, and Angela was still licking the creep’s boots.

“Paul, can you reiterate your alpha order to Jacob not to mention this to anyone outside of the pack? I don’t trust Angela,” I told him.

“What the hell, man? Why the hell are you coming down on my Angela?”

“Because she thinks that Tony Fuller is God, that’s why. And you can’t be trusted not to say anything to your imprint! Linda has even noticed something is off about Fuller! She’s the only vigilant one out of all of us.”

Just to be sure, Paul reiterated his alpha order to Jacob, specifically mentioning Angela. He also relaxed the order he gave me, and told me I could share the secret with Linda. I was so pissed off at my cousin right now. I still wanted to kick the crap out of him for being so god-damned oblivious. Hell, I wanted to kick the crap out of myself for the same reason. I realized that when I returned to Seattle tomorrow, I’d be on my knees apologizing to Linda and begging her to take me back. She was correct all along.

One week later…

Paul’s POV

It was nine pm on Friday evening and I was still in my office with Crispy and Grant working on my proposal to the Senate Finance Committee. This was Grant’s last night before leaving his position. He’d done everything humanly possible to prepare us, and from here on out, it would be just Crispy and me. We were well prepared though. I didn’t plan on falling flat on my face. This deal was too big for it to fall through and I was prepared for every eventuality. What I had going for me was, unlike my competitors, I never offered any kickbacks to the government. This was also my biggest downfall because there were some politicians who lived in the pockets of my competitors. Another thing I never did was to declare a political party. Oddly enough, Bella never had either. This boded well in my favor because I had politicians from both parties trying to drum up Bella’s and my support. As for charities, the only ones that Bella and I supported were the ones we truly believed in, and no one would ever doubt our support because both of us had sound reasons for contributing to those charities.

As for my personal life, it was a veritable maelstrom. Old Quil arrived in Phoenix this afternoon and he was staying at Rachel and Quil’s. Billy Black was coming to our house and Willy has been staying with Kim and Jared since he had been discharged from the hospital on Wednesday. Kim was the only one at home, and she was an excellent mother so it was determined she would be the best at caring for Willy. She even had his schoolwork forwarded from the La Push Tribal School so he could keep up with it. Rachel and Jess were taking turns tutoring him after work.

On top of that, we had the whole issue with Tony Fuller to deal with. Tomorrow, we were all going to have a chat with Old Quil by the Gila River, and show him our animal forms. Crispy and I decided to take care of everything in one go. We were meeting with the tribal shaman of the Wa-Ya Reservation and we were also meeting the fathers of the coyote pack, all of whom were still phasing. Unlike us wolves, they aged normally, but now that some weirder than usual, supernatural insanity was going on, and the packs have combined, it’s thrown everything we’ve known out the window.

Collin and Jacob had flown home on Monday morning. The two still hadn’t been talking when they left Quil’s house. According to Quil, Billy gave Jacob a major ass handing and told him to man up and start thinking for himself. Collin, on the other hand, asked Quil to relay a message to me stating that Linda had expressed an interest in meeting Bella. I barely knew Linda, I’ve only met her once or twice in passing so I didn’t know what to say.

On the plus side, our house was coming along nicely. I had Jared, Sam, Brady, Manny, and even Tom working on renovating the living room and kitchen. With four shape-shifters and Tom Uley, who knew of the existence of the pack, working on the renovations, they could work at top strength and speed. They had finished repairing the damaged walls, expanded the kitchen and closed it off like we wanted and installed the new fixtures. They also put in French doors leading to the patio. Now all they had to do was paint before installing the new wood flooring for both the upstairs and the downstairs. Never in my life would I have ever imagined that the work would be done this quickly. I was estimating two to three weeks, but they exceeded my expectations.

Jared took home the temporary appliances and installed them into his house and Kim was on top of the world. We were giving him our temporary living room furniture after our new furniture was delivered when all the work was completed. Another thing we were gifting to him with was our dining room set. Kim had delivered little Riley on it, and we figured that she deserved it for a job well done. Besides, Bella and I were eating on the other side of the table from where she delivered the baby because, let’s face it, it may have been sentimental for Kim, but for us it was kind of creepy.

Around one am, we finally called it quits. Grant had helped us complete the proposal. He had been hell-bent on completing his final job as my employee. I planned on adding a sizable bonus to his final paycheck.

When I arrived home, everyone was fast asleep. Bella was curled up in a ball facing my side of the bed. I quickly stripped my clothes off and hopped into bed, pulling my imprint into my arms. My wife sighed and relaxed her body into mine and I nodded off to sleep just like that.

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At five am, I stirred awake with a raging hard on. Bella, who slept like the dead, was still snoozing away. Her scent was particularly intoxicating this morning and fueling my arousal. I placed a soft kiss on her mating mark to try to nudge her awake. It wasn’t working. I decided to lick it gently with my tongue. Nope, she was still asleep. She must have had a really long night. She did call to tell me that she had to run to the hospital to deliver a baby. Unfortunately, her being asleep wasn’t helping me with my problem. Aw, hell, I’m just going to make love to her and wake her up that way.

I worked my way down her body planting kisses all over it. I pulled her pajama pants and panties off and buried my face between her legs. What the hell? Am I losing my touch? My imprint is still fast asleep.

To hell with it! I hovered over her and thrust myself inside of her. Her eyes snapped open.

“Paul, I’m tired. I got home close to one am,” she whined. “Mmm… that feels nice.”

“Um, you just lay there and I’ll do all of the work.”

“Oh, good,” she mumbled and fell back asleep as I continued to pump myself in and out of her.

“Hey, baby, can you just grab my ass or something. I’m feeling kind of neglected here.”

“Sure.” She rubbed my back-once, and then turned her attention back to sleeping.

I know I can do her doggie style. She likes that. “Baby, get on your hands on knees.”

“Huh? You want me to move?”

“Honey, just do it.”

“Grrr…” she groaned, but did as I asked. I pushed into her folds from behind and worked up to a comfortable rhythm.

“Oh, baby… you feel so good. You’re amazing, baby. Have I told you that? Damn… I’m… oh… Bella…” It didn’t take me long to reach my peak. I was so wound up and horny this morning that I needed a release desperately. My wife… “What the hell, Bella? Did you just snore?”

She had her arms folded in front of her on a pillow and her head was resting comfortably on them. She was snoozing away with her ass in the air and me inside of her. “Bella! Bella!”

“Huh? What?”

“We just had sex and you slept through it!”

“Oh, thank you,” she yawned and went right back to sleep. I decided that I was too exhausted to care. At least we were comfortable enough with each other for things like this to be a non-issue. I slumped onto the mattress, pulled her into my arms, and fell back into a peaceful slumber.

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Around eight am, our crew, minus Jared and Sam, who were at detention with their boys showed up to start laying down the new floor. Bella and I had no choice but to wake up. We climbed into the shower together, got dressed, and went downstairs. Bella started cooking breakfast for the entire crew. Fortunately for her, Penny showed up to give her a hand, knowing we’d have a hungry work crew in our house. I decided to give everyone a hand to see how much we could accomplish. A couple of hours later, Crispy, Jeff, Randy, and Embry showed up to help, too. Mina also showed up to give Bella a hand with the cooking. Quil was at a Cub Scout field trip with Chris, and Barry was at a piano recital with one of his kids.

Charlie had taken Billy golfing for the day. He found out there were handicapped accessible golf carts, which would enable Billy to remain seated while he swung his club. This whole thing came about after Billy went to see Randy for a much needed physical. He was told that he needed to become more active and that fishing on the weekends wasn’t cutting it. He needed to hit the gym and do sports even from his wheelchair. At the same time, he eyed Charlie with scrutiny and told him that there was no excuse for his recent weight gain. This may have had something to do with the phone call that Bella had put into him earlier that morning, but to make a long story short, Charlie was told to either cut down on the beer or become physically active. He was told that he had no excuse since he had two working arms and legs. With that information, the two of them started hitting my gym, and today, they were golfing. I guess the thought of cutting beer out of their lives was enough motivation to make them more active.

“Lunch is served!” Penny announced as she laid some plates out for us.

“Wow, this is a feast!” I exclaimed, checking out the spread. The woman ran a catering business along with Randy’s wife, Mina, and was a pro at cooking for a crowd.

“Try a bit of everything and fill out these forms.” She handed each one of us a survey along with a pen. “I need your honest opinion on these dishes. They’re new, and Mina and I are trying them out to see what kind of reception we get.”

“Let us know what you think guys,” Mina said. “Make sure you tell us what you like and didn’t like about each dish. And Paul, if there’s one you want served at your company Christmas party, be sure to tell us.”

“I like this dip thing. It’s really good,” I said. “It’s not on the survey though.”

“That’s Bella’s spinach and artichoke dip!” Penny said with her arms folded in front of her. “Do you like any of the other dishes?”

“Hang on, I haven’t tried anything else yet.” I dug into some sort of chicken smothered in cheese. “I like this one.”

“Yeah, so do I,” Tom said.

“Man! This is spicy! What’s this dish?” Embry asked. I took a bite of it and thought my mouth was on fire too.

“Um, this is a definite no,” Crispy said. “Water!”

“Those are Habanero Crab Cakes,” Penny explained.

“I told you they were too spicy,” Bella told her. “Try the shrimp.”

We all took a bite of the shrimp. And I think we all just about had orgasms. “This one’s a definite,” Jared said.

“That’s Coconut Shrimp. It’s my favorite too,” Bella said.

We all polished off our food, went back for seconds and thirds, before getting back to work. Sam and Jared showed up around two pm after the detention and started giving us a hand. Mina and Penny fed them and made them fill out surveys too. Jared, with his cast iron stomach, actually liked the Habanero Crab Cakes.

“How did the detention go?” I asked.

“We’re ready to install the flooring. Ryan and Sammy are sleeping over at Greg’s house again,” Jared said.

“Well, that’s good, isn’t it? They’ve made a friend.”

“Yeah, it is. Oh, here, Bella. This is from Ryan, Sammy, and Greg.”

“What is it?” she asked. “And who’s Greg?”

“Greg is Tim’s son from work. He’s serving out detention with Ryan and Sammy,” Sam explained.

Bella, Mina, and Penny started laughing. We all looked up curiously to see why so Bella handed me the gift that she had received from the three boys and the rest of us started cackling. It was a photo of the three of them, shirtless, standing in front of a swimming pool.

“Bella, what are you going to do when the three of them get girlfriends and forget about you? That day is coming soon,” Tom said.

“I’ll be heartbroken, but I think I’ll live.” She giggled while shaking her head.

“By the way, Greg wanted to know if you did any substitute teaching,” Jared laughed.

“I’m a nurse practitioner.”

“I know, I told him that. Then he asked if you did any substitute nursing.”

“Teenaged boys are so funny,” Bella commented. “I didn’t think so when I was a teenager, but now when I look back, I can’t help but laugh at their audacity.”

“Oh, I know, they all think that the world revolves around them,” Penny said. “I remember Manny thinking he was God’s gift to the world when he was a teenager. I thought he was a creep. I only went out with him to show him I was God’s gift to the world.”

“Oh, tell me about it, Paul hated me when he was a teenager. As a matter of fact, so did Jared. Then there was Quil who thought that the way to a woman’s heart was by constantly commenting on her breasts.”

“Hey, we were young and stupid back then,” Jared chuckled.

“I know you were. Poor Sam had to lead a pack of young idiots, and he was barely out of his teens himself. I have no idea how he did it.”

“Patience, perseverance, and Emily,” he replied.

“Yeah, you would have been in over your head without Emily.”

We went back to work after that and, with all of us working, we were able to finish the flooring downstairs by the time Billy and Charlie returned home.

“Man, you guys work fast!” Charlie commented. “Are you guys all finished?”

“Just a couple of finishing touches and we’re done with the first level, then all we have to do is the flooring for the upstairs and the staircase,” Sam said.

“Well, I thought you guys might be hungry so I brought some Chinese food home for all of you. He put four huge bags of food on the counter. There’s also some cold beer in the bed of the truck. Can a couple of you guys go and grab them?” Brady and Manny went out to the garage and grabbed eight cases of beer, and brought them back inside.

“Thanks, Dad, how was golfing?” I asked.

“Good, Billy’s a fast learner. When are we going to the Wa-Ya Reservation to meet everyone?”

“In about an hour. We’re meeting at five pm.”

“Good, good.”

“Hey, Paul, I meant to ask you? Are you still looking to hire construction workers beginning in January?”

“Yeah, I need a lot more. They’re all temporary positions though, albeit they’re long term spanning over a few years. Why?”

“Forks is in a recession and there are a lot of unemployed construction workers looking for work. I can put the word out for you and maybe you can fly up and interview them over a couple of days.”

“Hey, now, that’s not a bad idea, Paul. I know a lot of guys on the res who would kill for a job at this point,” Tom said.

“You know, Paul, the BIA can help you find workers as well. They’re are many unemployed Native Americans on reservations in and around the United States looking for jobs.”

“I like that idea. Let me get the meeting in Washington next week over with, and I’ll try to come up with a good plan.”

“That sounds good, son. Now let’s get to eating so we can teach the old geezer to see clearly,” my father-in-law said, referring to Old Quil.

I had to admit that each time Charlie called me ‘son’ it sent a jolt of happiness through my heart. He was the only guy who has ever treated me like a father would a son and it gave me a sense of belonging. I never had a father, unlike everyone else, so it was a nice feeling.

We sat and ate our Chinese food and discussed how we were going to get down to the river.

“I think it would be best if Quil brought his grandfather down separately after we’re all gathered down there,” Crispy suggested.

“I agree. That way there’s no arguing from him. How are we going to get Rachel, Charlie, and Billy down there?” Sam asked.

“Some of our moms aren’t going so one of our dads can take them down.”

“Alright, that sounds good.”

I wasn’t sure what results the meeting with Old Quil would bring about, but we needed him and his knowledge. We just needed to bring his brain into this century, and I had a feeling that the coyote fathers would help with that. My life was getting so weird!