Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Fate’s Hand At Play

By Mama4Dukes

Chapter 03:

Around six am the next morning, Bella left a note for Charlie and Sue on her bed stating that she had to leave earlier than expected due to an unexpected emergency at work. She thanked them for everything, wished them well, and left them with her business card so that they could keep in touch with her. She hopped into the car and started driving away.

A few minutes later, Seth jolted awake when he heard a warning howl coming from Quil. He ran outside and immediately phased. He was soon joined by the rest of the pack.

“ I detected the scent of leech while I was on my way to work,” Quil told everyone. The pack spread out and immediately started running the perimeter.

“ Over by the border leading into Forks!” Jacob said. “Shit! It’s intercepting a car!” The entire pack started running to help. Jacob watched helplessly as the car halted to a stop. “Oh my God, it’s Bella!”

“ Bella? What the hell is she doing out this early?” Sam asked.

Bella pulled over to the side of the road and hopped out of the car. “Pete! What the hell are you doing? You’re blocking me!”

“Turn the fucking car around and drive back to your father’s house!”

“I stayed through Christmas. That was the fucking deal. Now let me go before I miss my god-damned flight. If you don’t, I’ll cancel the subscription to Big and Bouncy that I got you for Christmas!”

“No big deal, I have two.”

“Please, Pete, I just want to go home. I can’t stand it here.”

“Why? Are the people hurting you?”

It occurred to Jacob and the rest of the pack that if they could smell him, then he could smell them. He was having this conversation with Bella for their benefit.

“No, not exactly, but they’ll never accept my family yet they expect me to accept theirs. When I mentioned that you were like parents to me to one of the wolves yesterday, she couldn’t understand how or why I could love all of you because you guys don’t have hearts that beat,” Bella sighed. “I mean, how the hell am I supposed to make them understand that you guys were more like parents to me than Charlie and Renee ever were? You were there for me for every achievement, every heartbreak, and even for the mundane everyday things that weren’t a big deal to me. You were the one who taught me how to change a flat in case of an emergency, Jasper sat with me and corrected every bit of homework I had, Char taught me how to… um… skip that… that’s between me and her but it’s been a very useful skill, and Alice went to yoga classes with me so I’d learn more balance. I love you guys and I truly can’t be around your sworn enemies.”

“Well, are they all like that?”

“Most are, Seth and Jacob aren’t. I showed Jacob the General Lee pictures and he thought you did a great job. He owns a full service auto repair shop.”

“Cool. Jacob’s the kid that you rebuilt the motorcycles with, right?”

“Yes, but you see, I would never be able to introduce him to you even if you have a lot in common because they’re wolves and you’re vampires. You should hear some of the insults that they hurl jokingly. And some of their conversations consist of vampire jokes. I simply don’t find any of it funny,” Bella sobbed, frustrated and slumped to the forest floor. “Pete, I just want to go home.”

Peter immediately picked Bella up and cradled her in his arms. “I hate seeing you cry, little one. You know that, don’t you?”

“I’m just frustrated and pissed off. I don’t understand why I’m suddenly being forced to stay here. Obviously it’s important if you ran all the way here to stop me from leaving.”

“I didn’t run here. I flew my jet to Sekiu Airport then ran the rest of the way.”

“Still, you felt it was important to come all the way here. Now why are you here?”

“To tell you that you need to turn around and return to your father’s house. Have I ever steered you wrong, Bella?”

“No,” she admitted.

“Then do it for me, okay? I promise that things will be better after today.”

“Can we at least spend the morning together?”

“Yes, after you drive back and put your suitcase back in your room. I’ll wait right here for you.”

“Why can’t you come with me?”

“I just can’t, Bella.”

“They’ll murder you if you step into La Push, won’t they?”

“Yes, they would.”

“Fine, I’ll stay in Port Angeles, but there’s no way in hell I’m going back to La Push. I refuse to stay in a town filled with bloodthirsty wolves. No way, no how.”

“You need to stay at your father’s house, not in Port Angeles. And they have every reason not to trust us. Some of our kind have been ruthless to them.”

“Okay, I admit that they do, but you, Char, Jasper, and Alice are different. They can’t hold what happened to them in the past against a whole race of people.”

“Bella, if you don’t go and put your suitcase back now, I won’t spend the morning with you. I was even going to inhale pancakes for you. Now which is it going to be? Because you’re going back to La Push even if I have to walk you back there myself and be torn apart and burnt in the process.”

“It’s that important to you that I go back?” Bella asked, shocked.

“Yes, Bella, it is. Your happiness means more to me than my own life.”

“Okay, I’ll be right back. Don’t go away.”

“Have I ever broken a promise to you?”

“Never.”

Bella hopped back into her rental and drove back to her father’s house. She walked inside, put her suitcase back in the room, tore up the note that she wrote, and went back to meet Peter.

Meanwhile, at the border of Forks and La Push…

“I know you’re there,” Peter called to the wolves as soon as Bella left. “If you hurt me, you’ll do more damage to her than you can ever imagine. You heard what she said to me, she doesn’t trust you at all and if I turn up dead or missing, you’ll be the ones that she blames.”

Jacob phased back to human form to the horror of the pack. He slowly approached Peter who stood with his hands up.

“We’re not going to hurt you,” Jake assured. “I am Jacob Black, the alpha of the pack. You are one of the vampires that took care of Bella. Thank you.”

“I’ll always take care of her. She means the world to me and my mate.”

“Why are you here and so hellbent on forcing her to stay when all she wants to do is leave?”

“You already know why, Jacob Black. Her mate is here and I don’t want her to be lonely, none of us do.”

“How come you know that her mate is here?”

“I know shit, let’s just leave it at that. I’m going to give you fair warning too. If she is hurt in any way, my brother and I will come here and desecrate the lot of you even if it means our deaths. We don’t take too kindly to the little one being upset.”

The pack started growling at the vampire. Jacob told them all to stand down.

“We won’t hurt her. We’d never hurt her. Bella means a lot to us. We appreciate the fact that she sacrificed thirteen years of her life to protect our reservation and the people of Forks. And you’re right, she is an imprint, we would lay down our lives in order to keep her safe.”

“Sometimes, Jacob, words-even unintentional ones, can do more harm than any sort of physical abuse. I’d urge you and your pack to remember that when you’re around Bella. Like it or not, she’ll always think of me as her family. Her human parents were not very involved in her life so she doesn’t feel much of a connection to them.”

“Yeah, I know,” Jacob admitted. “Charlie never really made any sort of effort with Bella and Renee practically threw her out of the house once she got remarried. He’s a good father to my mate and her brother and an excellent grandfather though, but that has nothing to do with Bella, does it?”

“No, but she’s an understanding girl. She is not bitter at all, she’s happy for the people that were able to forge a relationship with him; you need to understand that she was, more or less, given guidance by a motley crew of vampires that love her to the ends of the earth. To her, insulting us is like insulting your parents or your mates or your friends. Think, Jacob. You knew her best as a child. What is Bella really like? She’s still the same girl, but maybe more confident and a little snarkier. Use that knowledge and help her mate get to know her.”

“Thank you,” Jacob said gratefully.

“You’re welcome. Bella mentioned that you own a shop.”

“I do, it’s in the center of Forks, you can’t miss it. Stop in if you’d like. I’d like to hear more about your rebuild. Bella showed me some photos-I was impressed.”

“I might just do that, Jacob Black. You should go now. Bella’s coming. Remember what I told you, talk to your pack.”

Jake nodded his head before running into the woods. He and the pack watched as Bella drove up and the vampire hopped into the passenger seat of the car. The pack phased back to their human forms.

“Alright, which one of you pissed her off enough to make her want to leave?” Seth growled.

“It was me,” Leah admitted. “I’m the one that told her that vampires don’t have a heartbeat.”

“Well, good going sis, you’ve pissed my imprint off with your fucking closed minded views!”

“Look, it’s not my fault. I just couldn’t see how Bella could consider the leeches family, but after hearing what the bloodsucker had to say, I can understand her a little more. She really doesn’t consider Dad family at all, does she?”

“Leah, even Dad’s admitted that he was a lousy father to Bella. You can’t force her to love him. She’ll always care about her vampire family more than him. Think about it? They did for her what Charlie did for us. They loved her.”

“And I can attest to the fact that Charlie was an uninvolved father,” Jacob added. “Look, honey, it’s not that Bella doesn’t care about Charlie because clearly she does since she left to protect him. The fact is that she’ll never be as close to him as you and Seth are to him.”

“Yeah, I guess.”

Jacob looked up at the rest of the pack. “No vampire jokes or any callous remarks about them while Bella’s around, that’s an alpha order.”

The pack all nodded their understanding and everyone headed off to work. Seth went back home and waited anxiously for Bella to return. He cleaned the entire house from top to bottom and even vacuumed the living room twice. Around two in the afternoon, Charlie told Seth that he was making him jumpy and sent him to Forks Outfitters to pick up beer, chips, and dip. Boy, was he glad that he was sent on the errand, he ran into Bella shopping for groceries.

“Hi, Seth. What are you doing all the way in Forks?”

“Dad sent me out for beer, chips, and dip.”

“I remember having to keep a constant supply of chips and dip around for Charlie when I lived with him in Forks.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I’m cooking for everyone remember? Beef stroganoff.”

“Oh, yeah. I forgot about that.”

“That’s because you were the only one that didn’t invite yourself,” she sighed.

“Yeah, the pack can be a bit overwhelming.” Seth decided to man up instead of dawdling around. “I was wondering, do you want to get some dinner out tomorrow night?”

“If I’m still here, sure.”

“Why? Were you thinking of leaving early? You still have a few more days left here with us.”

“It’s still up in the air, but I’ve got some stuff to take care of at home. I’m thinking of leaving early.”

“Well, how about some coffee at the diner in Forks after dinner tonight, then?”

“Coffee and a slice of pie at the diner would be nice.”

“I never offered you the pie.” Seth narrowed his eyes jokingly.

“But you were going to,” she chuckled. “I mean, who takes someone for coffee at the diner without offering them a slice of pie.

Dinner went extremely well. The entire pack and their imprints were well behaved due to Jake’s alpha order; that and the fact that Bella’s beef stroganoff was so good that no one wanted to speak lest they miss out on the delicious food.

After dinner, Seth and Bella bowed out and went to the diner for coffee and dessert. He warned the pack not to show up there. Jacob helped by reiterating the warning by way of an alpha order, They were on their second cup of coffee now and Seth still hadn’t brought up the imprinting issue with her.

“So, I have a question for you and I won’t be offended if you say no,” Bella said.

“You won’t know unless you ask.”

“I know,” she whispered. “It’s just that I have this insatiable curiosity and… um… now that I know that you’re a wolf… well… um…”

“Just spit it out, Bella.”

“Is there anyway that I can observe your transformation into a wolf. It’s just that I noticed that there’s a full moon out and I didn’t want to miss the opportunity. Unless, of course, you think it’s too dangerous. I remember Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He was way too dangerous to be around during a full moon. You know what? Forget it… it’s okay. It was a stupid thing to ask.”

“Bella, I think something got lost in translation. We’re not like the traditional werewolves that you read about in books, we’re shape-shifters.”

“I don’t understand.”

“We can transform at will at anytime. We’re not a danger to humans at all.”

“So you’re an animagus like Sirius Black was in the Harry Potter series?”

“Um, yeah, except we can only become wolves.”

“Oh, interesting.”

“And yes, I’d love to show you my wolf.”

“Really?”

“Yes, really.” Seth reached over the table and grabbed her hand in reassurance. Electric currents shot up both of their arms and a feeling of warmth overtook their bodies. They looked into each other’s eyes for a few minutes. Seth felt himself imprinting on Bella once again. They broke apart when the waitress came to the table to ask if they wanted more coffee.

“No, thank you. We’ll take the check,” Seth told her. The waitress handed him the bill and he paid it, leaving a generous tip.

“Thank you, Seth,” Bella said.

“You’re welcome. Now, come on. I want to show you my wolf.”

He drove Bella to First Beach and parked the car. When they got out, he abruptly picked her up bridal style and started running. Bella noticed that he was much faster than a normal human, but not quite as fast as a vampire. She snuggled her head into his chest to keep the wind from whipping at her face. She couldn’t believe how absolutely safe and secure she felt in his arms. She was so comfortable that she thought that she could fall asleep.

Seth stopped in a pretty, little grassy area in the middle of the forest that was ensconced by trees and bushes.

“I have to take my clothes off or they’ll rip while I’m phasing.”

“That’s fine. I’m used to seeing naked bodies at my job.”

Seth quickly stripped out of his clothes and hung them on a tree limb. Bella was staring at him completely entranced with the perfection of his body. He was perfectly sculpted and had muscles in all the right places.

“Are you ready?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, stay right there. Don’t move until I’m done phasing. I don’t want you to get hurt.”

Bella nodded her head and stayed as still as possible. She kept her eyes trained on Seth. He took a deep breath in and closed his eyes as he expelled air from his lungs. Then, before she knew it, a humongous, sandy wolf stood in his place. She recognized his eyes, it was definitely Seth.

“May I come closer?” Bella asked.

Seth nodded his head that she could. She approached him without hesitation and brushed the fur on his back before she moved to face him with a smile. “You’re a beautiful wolf. You’re much bigger than I imagined. I thought that you would actually become smaller.”

Bella stroked under his muzzle and jaw causing Seth to let out a small bark in pleasure. “You like that? Do you want to return to human form?”

He didn’t really want to but he needed to talk to Bella so he nodded his head while searching her eyes. Seth was completely entranced and so was his wolf. His imprint had accepted his wolf without any reservations like all of the imprints had done in the past. Even Leah, who was a wolf herself, had shirked away from Jacob’s wolf side when they had first imprinted on each other.

It was as if the wolf could see into her soul. Bella couldn’t believe it. She felt as if she were one with the wolf. This was the second time this evening that she felt as if she were a part of him. Earlier at the diner, she could feel herself melting into Seth.

“Do you need me to back up to where I was standing earlier?” she asked.

Seth nodded his head, watching as Bella backed up. She never took her eyes off of him as he returned to his human form. Before he could get dressed, Bella approached him and took his hands into hers.

“Thank you for doing that for me. It meant a great deal to me.”

“You’re welcome,” he whispered, stroking her cheek. He leaned in to kiss her-at first softly, then when she responded to him, the kisses became more urgent.

Bella completely lost herself in Seth. She barely knew him at all yet she felt as if she had known him her entire life. She wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. She was desperate to touch him, to feel him.

Seth, too, was completely out of control. For the first time in his life, he was warring with his wolf. It wasn’t like him to give into his physical side so easily, but his wolf was demanding that his mate be claimed. He tried desperately to hold on to his control but lost himself in Bella’s kisses. He sunk down onto the snow covered grass and pulled his imprint onto his lap. He decided to just let nature take it’s course.

They started making out in earnest now. Bella’s hands explored the toned lines of his perfectly sculpted body. Seth reached under her shirt and, with one hand, he unhooked her bra so he could caress her breasts. Bella moaned as his fingers brushed her nipples and, with one fell swoop, her shirt and bra were removed and Seth was planting kisses down her body.

Her body craved the contact with him. It had to be him, no one else. Wherever his hands and lips made contact with her skin, she felt heat and electricity course through her. She didn’t notice that Seth had slid her pants off and that she was completely naked until she felt his velvet tongue stroking her folds. She arched into him, succumbing to the feel of his tongue on her.

Somewhere in his subconscious, Seth knew that he should stop and tell her about the imprinting, but his wolf wouldn’t stop. He had vested too much of himself in loving what was rightfully his. Bella’s soft hands reached down and stroked his penis. Drops of pre-cum dripped down creating a natural lubricant for her hands to slide up and down his impressive length. She quickly fell into a comfortable rhythm and Seth was panting, gasping, and moaning for release. Unable to take anymore, he flipped her over onto her hands and knees and plunged into her passage. She shuddered as his cock grazed her walls and met him thrust for thrust, her body thirsted for his and she felt as if she would die if he didn’t give her more.

Seth was in a frenzy as he quickened his pace, pushing harder, faster; desperately pounding into his mate-coveting what was his and his alone. The sounds of their lovemaking echoed through the quiet forest as the couple neared their climax.

Seth’s fingers moved to Bella’s clitoris creating a new sensation and, in a matter of seconds, her walls clenched around his length, shattering into a mind blowing orgasm. And with one final thrust, Seth gave way to his inner wolf and exploded inside of his imprint, pulling her to his chest, and sinking his teeth into the fleshy part of her neck, just above her collarbone. Bella succumbed to the pain and pleasure and sunk into the man she now guessed was her mate, allowing him to care for her.

They sat naked in the forest, surrounded by nature, Seth whispering words of adoration to her. A while later, they dressed and he carried her back to the car, cradled in his arms, and checked into a hotel in Port Angeles.

Seth finally faced Bella. “I have to tell you something.”

“You’re my mate?” she queried.

“Yeah, I am. I imprinted on you the moment I met you.”

“I guessed that, once I felt the electricity coursing through my body whenever we touched.”

“You have a choice, Bella. You have a choice as to whether you’ll accept me as your mate or not. The imprint allows you to have that choice. I can be whatever you want me to be: a brother, a friend, a lover, a husband, whatever you want..whomever you want… I’ll be him.”

Bella thought that he was out of his mind if he thought she’d want him as a brother or a friend after the mind blowing sex that the two of them just had. She would take lover and, eventually, husband. Then, she thought about something that Alice had mentioned and decided to ask him a question.

“My answer hinges on your answer to this question. What kind of a vehicle do you drive at home?”

“Huh?” he responded completely perplexed. She was definitely quirky.

“Just answer it. It’s important.”

“A Nissan Pathfinder.”

“Good answer. I accept you as my mate. I want you in my life, Seth, as more than just a brother or a friend.”

“Oh, good, because I already marked you and you really didn’t have much of a choice. I thought I’d offer you the choice anyway. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do had you rejected me.”

Bella started giggling and so did Seth. He explained to her how he lost complete control of himself once she had accepted his wolf. It was amazing how he didn’t have to explain the two sides to his personality like the others had to explain to their imprints initially.

“You know, Jasper and Peter have two sides to their personalities as well. They have their normal, usual happy selves and they have their protective vampire sides that come out when their loved ones are in danger. Part of the problem with the Cullens is that they deny their vampire sides because they are ashamed of it. Why would anyone in their right mind deny a part of themselves that’s intrinsically a part of them? They didn’t ask to be vampires, just like you didn’t ask to be a wolf. It’s not a bad thing, it’s who you are. You’re a wolf and a human and unless you accept both sides of yourself, you’ll always be missing a part of yourself.”

“Wow, you hit the nail on the head with that statement, Bella. So, when can I meet your family? Or, is it too soon to meet them?”

“Do you really want to meet them?”

“Of course I do. I want to know everything about you and they’re an important part of your life,” Seth told her.

“I thought vampires were your sworn enemy?”

“Bad vampires, Bella, and your family seem like pretty decent folks to me.”

“They are. Thank you, Seth.” She leaned into kiss him on the lips.

“Tell me, Bella. Why did you want to know what kind of car I drove?”

“I’ve been in a couple of bad relationships and both guys drove Volvos.”

“Gee, Bella, I’d never drive such a prissy, uptight car. What do you drive?”

“Um…” Bella was uncomfortable with that question. The vehicle that Jasper had purchased for her was a major source of contention. She loved driving it, but at the same time, she felt guilty for owning it. Hell, she felt guilty for owning her booper that Peter had purchased for her. “I own two.”

“Two?”

“Yeah, one for the summer and the other is for everyday use.”

“Alright, what’s your summer vehicle?”

“A Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet.”

Seth’s eyes brightened. “That’s like my dream car.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

“You can drive it anytime.” And he planned on driving it for sure.

“What’s your second vehicle?”

“Oh, you mean my booper?”

“Yes.”

“It’s a Range Rover.”

“You own a Range Rover for a booper?”

“I know, they’re pretty pretentious cars, aren’t they? I would have been happy with a Ford Focus, but Jasper and Peter insisted. They couldn’t agree on the type of vehicle that I should drive so they each bought me one. Both vehicles are specially fitted with bullet proof glass.”

“They must be pretty loaded.”

“Yeah, Alice can see the future and Peter just knows stuff so between the two of them, their investments have paid off. They help with my investments as well.”

“Do you think they’d help me with mine? I still have student loans to pay off and my 401K seems like it keeps sinking.”

“Oh, definitely. Besides, I’m sure they already know about you. I have a feeling that you’re the reason why I was sent back to La Push all of a sudden.”

“Interesting thought,” he whispered. Then, unable to take the lack of contact anymore, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. And they made love for the rest of the evening until sleep finally claimed them.