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╰┈˚ · ° .  The Sunday lunch was in full swing, plates were passed around, the aroma of spices coming off the food was mouthwatering. The roast chicken, the speciality of Carmela's, was served with many sides—baked potatoes, mashed, grilled asparagus, broccolis, rice and bread— there was so much food that we did not know where to put it, and still, at the end of the meal, I knew nothing would remain but crumbles.

"You are all monsters." Embry mumbled before he stuffed his face with potatoes to evade our stares, still under the focus of the teasing from the pack and coven.

"Wicked, it's the word I would personally use." Amelia grinned proudly, her eyes sharp like an afternoon wind.

The engine of a motorbike was heard drowning out our voices. There was only one person that owned a bike. "Looks who decided to join us after all." The twin sister of said person snarked with malice. The siblings recently weren't on good terms and Amelia liked to make it known.

"Wait, is that-" Jared trailed off as his jaw dropped and fork clattered to the plate.

We turned around in confusion at what would have caused that, only to be met with the sight of Jacob parking his bike in the driveway, but he wasn't alone.

"You gotta be kidding me." Embry mumbled, sighing heavily as he looked down at his plate. If Amelia and Jacob were not on good terms, Embry at least, was still trying to repair his friendship with the boy. But we could all see it that as the day passed, it was becoming more difficult with their different views and loyalties.

Jacob opened the sliding door, and behind him, awkwardly standing with her hands in her pockets, there was Bella Swan.

I had never seen us all together be so silent. We stayed freezed in our seats with gaping mouths at the sheer audacity of Jacob Black. For the first time in my life, I could see how Amelia and Jacob were twins. Those two were different, at least at first, but they had very similar personalities. Strong willed, sharp, ambitious, bold, maybe petulant, if their eyes were set on a goal nothing could come between them and it.

Yes, I could see the similar personalities shining in those adjectives.

I loved Amelia with all my heart, she had been my first friend, she was my best friend. We matched, and we burned fiercely together. Everything listed in her personality were just things that I admired in her, but when it came to Jacob, I couldn't help but resent.

"Bella! Hi!" After one moment too long of stillness, Emily rose from her seat catching the girl in a brief hug, successfully breaking the silence that had formed.

"Sorry, I'm late." Jacob said with a tight lipped smile, if he noticed how no one had talked or moved yet, he didn't make a move to acknowledge it.

Thankfully, Sam and Emily were there ready to act more mature than the rest of us. The alpha waved his hand at him, "Don't worry about it, we just started."

I quickly became aware that someone had opened the mind-link, and soon, Kim's voice rang through it. "Yeah, sure, started the second serving."

Few people—Quil and Seth—had a harder time suffocating their laughter that ended up in both of them coughing simultaneously. Sam turned his hard stare on us, we didn't even need to hear him to know what he was going to say, "Behave."

"Come inside, you two." Emily led Bella to the table, not accepting any other reply. "Someone add two seats please," She called to the rest of us.

Layla was the first that stood up, giving Bella a smile as she passed on her way back inside the kitchen on the other side of the counter, Maddison helping her to bring the silverware and plates for the two newcomers.

Since this was my home after all, I felt in need to help. When I tried to stand up, Paul's hand grabbed my thigh. He rolled his eyes hard before he stood up, "I'll take the chair and stool from your room." he muttered.

We tried to create a bit more space for Jacob and Bella—which was a hard task since there was already so little to begin with—but we made it right in the spot that was reserved for Jacob between Embry and Quil.

"Quil, you too?" Bella said as her eyes landed on the boy, who from what he had told us, he had met her in January when she used to hang out with Jacob.

"Yup, I finally made it in the pack." he proudly announced, as Seth and Jared jokingly shoved him.

Before Maddison could bring the set of cutlery, glass and plate for Bella, Leah took it off her hand receiving a startled look from the youngest Swan girl.

"Bella." Jacob started, pointing at the Clearwater siblings, introducing them, "This is Leah and Seth Clearwater."

Seth, the bright sun ball that he was, grinned cheerfully, "I heard a lot about you."

"Hopefully all good." Bella tried to joke, which made me chuckle.

Before my brain decided to act and stop me from talking, I couldn't help but comment out, "You slapped me in the face."

There were a few snorts that followed—which of course had been from Amelia and Jared—and few bewilderment looks as well.

"Jesus really?" Jacob asked with a huff.

"I mean, it's true." Jared shrugged his shoulders in reply.

"Yes, no need to remind me." Paul scoffed, placing his arm around the back of my chair.

I raised my hands up not needing to say anything else. Bella hadn't even apologized to me.

Of course, what I had said was nothing in confron to Leah's words, "If you are here to torture Maddison some more, feel free to leave." The plates made a cluttering sound as it clanked against the wood as she set it in front of her.

Well, okay.

Jacob tried to laugh it off, "Funny, isn't she."

"Like you are." Amelia snarked back, "Rarest gem of all."

"Let's eat before everything gets cold." Sam interrupted the siblings.

"Here, have some potatoes?" Emily asked as she passed the plate to the two.

"Be aware, Emily likes to feed people as much as she can." Embry said, leaning closer to Bella and lowering his voice as if he was telling her secret.

A ball made with the soft part of the bread was thrown at the boy by the earth witch, "Like you guys don't already eat like-"

"Wolves?" Jared wiggled his eyebrows. Kim's straight face lasted a second before she was giggling and shrieking as her boyfriend acted as if he was going to take a bite out of her.

Kim and Jared were overly affectionate, saccharine and romantic in a way that made me want to barf most of the time. If Paul had tried to do that here as we ate, I would have punched him straight in the face.

A little look to my left to where he sat between Emily and myself, he was too preoccupied with his food and eyeing Jacob and Bella to actually care about suffocating me with kisses and tooth aching sweetness, thank god.

As Kim had done, I crumbled a piece of bread in my hand and threw it at the couple, "Please, please stop it already. I feel like I'm having a diabetic episode just by being in your vicinity."

"Oh, please, you try to sit next to them." Amelia scrunched her face, "This is torture of the worst kind. They are disgustingly sweet."

"You two are so dramatic." Kim rolled her eyes. "Drama is definitely your call.

"Kim I love you, but they are right." Maddison told starkly.

Kim turned towards Layal who was finding the ceiling very interesting and seeing how she wasn't defending her, the earth witch huffed, turning towards Bella, "Do you see who I'm friends with?"

Bella chuckled, shaking her head amusedly.

"Kim." I called sweetly.

"Yes, darling?"

"Shut the fuck up."

"Sure thing, darling."

I huffed a laugh, catching her sparkling cocoa colored eyes filled with mischief, "You are the worst."

"No, that's Amelia." Paul said, grinning wickedly at the girl who narrowed her eyes.

The girl curled her lips. "Lahore, don't make me get up."

"Back with that nickname?" Jared asked with a half laugh, "It never gets old."

"And what are you gonna do at your impressive height of 5 '2?" The wolf challenged back.

I snapped upright, turning towards him with a raised eyebrow, "I'm 5 '1."

"Exactly." I honestly didn't know what to expect other than that. Paul would catch every opportunity to just piss me off. That was his love language.

"Shit."

"Not this again."

I was suddenly aware that everyone had taken their hands off the table, Jacob leading Bella back. This has happened enough times already. Bella knew in some ways about the powers that us girls had, so I didn't see anything wrong with doing what did next.

Flames erupted all over the table until a snake made of red and orange fire brusted from Paul's plate making him flinch away.

"New trick?" he asked, annoyed that he showed any reaction.

I grinned triumphantly, "Yup."

"You are so fucking hot."

"And that is where I step in." Sam stated, pushing Paul's chair further away from mine, which wasn't by a lot since the space was limited.

"Are you trying to get her to sit on you?" Emily, clearly amused by her boyfriend's action, questioned.

"Maybe if Lahote doesn't back off my sister."

"I thought they were together." Bella suddenly asked, her eyes were still wide, and I was sure that if I could hear her heart it would have been beating too quickly. "I mean," She cleared her throat, trying to curl on herself when she noticed the attention of the room on her. "I thought, you know, after the last time..."

"You mean after you slapped me and he phased in front of you because of that?" I rhetorically asked. Yes, maybe I wasn't over that.

"She is mine." Simply as that Paul replied before he turned back to his food which even if my magic had touched it, I made sure it had been harmless and heatless, like a phantom just passing through.

"That doesn't sound very healthy." Amelia spoke with a sly smirk.

"Do you really wanna talk about healthy?" I asked, not caring about being insensitive since it was Amelia.

Her face fell and she squinted, "Bitch."

"Slut." Or ex-slut since she hadn't fucked anyone in a few weeks? Coincidentally since Leah had imprinted on her. I turned towards Bella to reply to her question, "Yes, Paul is my boyfriend. And before you ask, yes he is an asshole, but sacrifice has to be made in life."

"Your sacrifice is noted." Paul scoffed sarcastically, kissing my temple.

The rest of the lunch wasn't as bad as I had first thought it would have gone, but as Bella and Jacob left, the air felt stiff. Maddison wasn't smiling, she wasn't laughing or teasing and joking. She had her hand pressed over her chest like it hurt and her eyes hadn't moved from the front door. But there was anger too that simmered behind her blue eyes, one that would soon be the only reason why one day, she was going to have everything she had not even had the idea that she wanted.

✎˗ˏˋ 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 ˊˎ˗

Hello everyone!

I hope you liked this chapter with Bella having lunch with the pack! This is a scene that I added to the one when Bella goes to La push with Jacob in Eclipse and he talks to her about Leah/Sam/Emily and all the impints stuff. (Which happens after this chapter ig)

Pls, I want you all to understand that this is not a Bellabashing story. She is leading Jacob on? Sure, we can say that, but in this story Jacob already has an imprint and it's Maddison. He is the one we are shitting on. Bella doesn't even know he imprinted on Madison and shi will not know until a lot later!

Paul and Beatrice  are officially FireWolf (That's their ship name!)  We are a bit late lmaoo.

Thank you for reading this chapter, I'll see you on Tuesday!

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