First Imprint Sam's Story.

Chapter 33: Development

Chapter 33 - Development

Sam's POV

I couldn't believe that in a few weeks Emily and I would be married and she would be mine in every way. In the past three months since Jacob had left the pack and Ness had been born, a peace had settled over the reservation. Jacob came and went as he pleased and Emily and I had even gone to visit Bella and Ness once.

It didn't mean though that things were entirely comfortable between Jacob and me, but at least we could speak to each other cordially. He was planning a trip with the Cullens to South America soon to see if they could find someone who might help explain Nessie's unusual growth spurts. His pack was going to report to me in his absence.

I smiled as I thought of when Emily had met Nessie. Emily had wanted to give Ness a present. It had been a little teddy bear which Nessie proceeded to attack. Jacob had joked that it was "future training." It was kind of funny, in a demented sort of way.

For a half vampire though, Ness was kind of lovable. She managed to win part of my heart over when she looked at Emily's scarred face, and said "pretty." I had to admit she was amazing. She was going on three months now and looked like she was a small two-years-old.

A lot had changed though in the past few months. Quil and Embry approached me one day and asked for my permission to join Jake's pack. I admired them for talking to me first. I knew that their longing to be reunited with Jacob was painful to them. Pain to them, meant pain and distraction to the rest of the pack, and I let them go with my blessing. The packs now stood even in members. I had Jared, Paul, Collin, and Brady in my pack. Jacob had Seth, Leah, Quil, and Embry.

What I found interesting though was now that the pack had split, and the other pack's first priority was no longer the reservation, some of the kids on the reservation had suddenly started to shoot up. It was like the magic in our blood realized that the pack was no longer whole, so it was trying to create replacements by doubling the amount we had before.

I noticed changes in seven of the male kids running around the rez. They were all young; the youngest was 11, the oldest 13. But I hoped that they wouldn't change too soon. As long as we didn't get a large influx of vampires in the area, they would get to enjoy their youth some more.

Another strange development was the fact that Sue Clearwater seemed to be spending a lot of time with Charlie Swan recently. It was basically because of Jacob Black. Jacob had admitted to Billy that he had phased in front of Charlie. Charlie had been worried about Bella to the point where the Cullens were considering moving out of the area.

Jacob had decided that if he phased in front of Charlie, and Charlie could handle it, he'd be able to accept the weird changes in Bella. If Charlie was able to handle the situation, then Bella got to keep Charlie in her life and Jacob got to keep Ness. Luckily for all concerned, Charlie did accept everything and basically said he didn't want to know any details.

Sue took it upon herself to help Charlie adjust to the new world he had been exposed too. She was cooking dinners for him and traveling to the Cullen house with him whenever he visited Bella. It seemed obvious to all that a romance was developing out of the situation. It was weird though...the vampire's father was hooking up with the werewolves' mother.

While Emily had been overjoyed by recent events in her life, mainly the upcoming wedding and the fact that her sister-in-law had given birth to a healthy baby boy in October, she had a hard time accepting Charlie in Sue's life. After all it had only been nine months since Harry died. And I knew that if Emily was troubled by this development, Leah and Seth were definitely struggling.

Now that the tension between the packs had eased, Leah came to the reservation every so often. She and Emily went for a fitting for their dresses the other week and Leah had been quite vocal about the fact that she wished Charlie Swan would fall off a cliff. She had also revealed that she was second in Jacob's pack.