I shivered slightly at the feeling of her hands on my back. It brought back memories of the night before, and as pleasant as they were I didn't really need to be reminded of them right now. It would only cloud my judgement. Her touch was soothing though, somehow, and did help calm me down.
I gave a little half-smile when Leah told me to chill out. Who would have thought she would be the one telling me to cool it? I guess I had my own anger issues to work through. She wasn't the only one with a temper, apparently.
"You're right," I sighed. I could even, in a weird way, understand why Edward had done what he had done. I wasn't excusing it, not by a long shot, but I knew he would do anything to protect Bella and his family, the same way I would do anything and everything to protect Leah and Seth.
"I'm not gonna go confront him or anything. You're right, that would be stupid. But I am going to tell him that if he has anything to say to you, he can say it in front of me." My voice had a hint of a growl in it. I just hoped I could manage to tell him tat in a reasonably civil way.
"You did good, though," I told her, holding her at arm's length and smiling down at her. "You didn't phase or anything. I'm not sure I would've been able to do the same thing if I had that bloodsucker yelling at me."
Seth:
I watched Jacob and my sister interact, feeling increasingly like I was trespasssing on a private moment. I could tell by the way they acted that they were completely head-over-heels in love. There was a look in Jacob's eyes that was so tender, and the way he had rushed to defend her... It was obvious that they were made for each other.
I winced a little at Jacob's use of the "bloodsucker" slur. I couldn't condone what Edward had done--seriously, confronting my sister like that was not cool--but the Cullens and the wolves would never learn to get along if words like "leech" and "dog" kept getting thrown around. It just added to the tension, and there was enough tension without the insults.
"So I take it you guys already told the Cullens?" I guess it made sense that Jacob would want to tell Bella, and that Edward would need to know. But I couldn't help feeling just a little bit hurt that they hadn't told me first.