The Trouble with Imprinting
Leah was sitting around the Bon-fire with Jacob, Embry, Quil, Seth and Sam. It was just another one of those "Eat 20 packs of hot dogs and chug root-beer till you get sick" kinda Bonfires. She was having a great time until Seth spilled root-beer all over her "UGH SETH IM GUNNA FRIGGIN KILL YOU" she said and stood up. But before she could do anything Jacob grabbed her arm and pulled her back down. "Chill Leah, it was just an accident." he said grinning. Leah scowled at him. "Yea I'm so sure."
Leah put the can down and cleaned herself up first, little brothers were so annoying sometimes. "Ugh..Now Im wet...and STICKY..and smell like...Wet..DOG!" she took her hoodie off leaving just her sweater which was dry "Great..Now Im gunna be cold SETH!" she snapped. Quil laughed "Oh come on Leah..Stop being so girly" he said and nudged her. "Let me go Jacob" she said pulling her arm away, even though she really didn't want to
Jacob released his hold on her and grabbed two root-beers from the cooler. "Here, you want one?" he said holding a can out for her. "Sure...i guess." she said taking the can and pulling the tap off. she started shivering after awhile. "Hey you okay?" Jacob asked turning to her. "Y-yea. J-J-just a-a l-little c-c-cold that's a-all." he removed the jacket he had on and placed it over her shoulders. "Here this should help." She zipped up the jacket and with out even thinking about it, snuggled closer to him.
Leah sighed and set her root-beer down onto the damp ground from the rain earlier in the day. She watched the flames of the bonfire dance and lick the night air, crackling. Seth sat down and him and Embry talked animatedly about the new Imprinter..Jared. Leah didn't even realize she was leaning up against Jacob until her eyes caught his shirt. "Oh..um" she said and sat up blushing, but the darkness hid it.
"Don't worry about it." Jacob said. he could feel his cheeks going red. but didn't quite understand why. after an hour or so the pack started to disband and soon Jacob and Leah were the only ones left at the bonfire.
Seth smiled "See ya at home sis" he commented and patted her shoulder but she swatted him away. "Get goin' pup!" she snapped and watched them all go off their separate ways. Leah knew she was pushing the envelope flirting with Jacob Black, but she dint mind it..not one bit. She leaned back against his shoulder once more to feel his warmth, She watched out to the ocean, hearing the waves crash on the rocks below.
Jacob didn't mind having Leah near him. if fact he actually kind of liked it. he didn't know why but for some reason he liked her...he actually found it kind of cute when she got mad. he chuckled to himself. "What's so funny?" Leah said turning to look up at him. "Nothing." he said looking out to the ocean. "It's beautiful up here isn't it?" he said closing his eyes. he could hear the waves hitting off the rocks below. "Yea..." she sighed.
Leah sighed again and rested her head against his shoulder. There were just some things she couldn't hide at that was her new found crush on Jacob. She wondered if he could read the thoughts going through her head right now. Her leg began to jiggle nervously as he sat with her in Silence. "Jacob..." she whispered. "Hm?" he said. "C..could you take me home?" she asked, a bit of a flirtatious tone in her voice, but it was masked with nervousness.
"Sure." he said getting up, pulling her with him. it was quiet between them as they walked down the path towards her house. 'I wonder why she's so nervous?' he thought to himself. then he felt something lightly hit his shoulder. he looked up. it was lightly drizzling. "Damn..." he whispered.
Leah got up and slowly walked along the path with him to her and Seth's house. They had just lost their father a few months and ago and it was rough for them now, Jacob was pretty much the only thing keeping her from running off. She was too scared to let him know though. She tucked her hair behind her ear and turned to Jacob "Thanks..for..like walking me home and stuff" she said, nervousness still obvious in her voice. "It was very nice of you" she added trying to calm her voice down. She giggled a bit.
"What's so funny?" he asked smirking. she giggled more. "Your all wet." she said. He looked down and saw that his shirt was stuck to his chest like glue. she couldn't help but stare at the muscles through his shirt. with out even thinking about it she ran her hand down his chest. she gasped and looked up.
Leah didn't want to move her hand, something about that gesture. It was something that got her heart racing. She felt her body heat up past 108 degrees and that was evident, most of that heat in her cheeks and neck from the blush. She forced herself to pull her hand away "S...s....sorry" she choked out, her voice barely audible as she had lost it. Never before had she had these feelings for someone,..it had gone past an innocent flirt now. "J..Jacob..I..I'm sorry" she said softly.
she turned away from him. He gently cupped her chin and turned her so she faced him. "Don't be." he whispered leaning his face closer to hers.
Leah didn't know how to react feeling his hand on her chin. She just froze on the spot, her legs becoming 2 small slabs of concrete rooted to the soggy path beneath their feet. Jacobs' face inched slightly closer to her own and she felt his breath on her nose and lips. She inhaled a shaky breath and let it out. She knew she was given up now, and there was no way to deny this feeling, or hide it.
He didn't exactly know what was going on but he knew one thing was for sure, he liked Leah...maybe even love her. he closed the distance between them and pressed his lips to hers. he pulled away after a few seconds. her eyes were still closed.
Leah felt her heart racing as Jacob closed the distance between them. She closed her eyes and let her lips mold to his. Everything seemed to spin around them, the trees no longer rooted to the ground and it seemed all gravity had failed them as they kissed. Leah was shaking slightly, and not from the cold either. "J..Jake..I..." she whispered "N..Never knew you felt this way" she added softly her hand blindly reaching out in the dark for his.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. "I've always felt this way about you." he said huskily. he kissed her more roughly and she tangled her fingers in his long black hair.
Leah didn't know what just hit her, well she knew what hit her obviously but, she didn't understand why and this fast. She thought Jacob hated her. She found her hands in his hair, kissing him roughly. Her eyes closed again as they kissed. One of her legs came up which meant she was truly enjoying herself.
he pulled away and pushed her against a near by tree and started trailing hot kisses down her neck while his hands roamed her body. he didn't know what came over him but all he wanted was Leah. to hold her, kiss her...he wanted her right then and there.
Leah felt her back hit the tree and she shrugged off his Hoodie before he could even get to her again. She didn't know whether to push away or to just enjoy this, but the lights in the house made it all to dangerous, but right about now feeling his lips on her neck, she didn't care about anything. She closed her eyes and felt his body against hers, something she had longed to feel for just too long. "J..Jacob" she whispered. "A..Are you sure?" she asked him her hands roaming his chest.
he smirked. "i have never been more sure of anything in my life." he said moving his hands up her soaked shirt.
Leah looked over at the house, she saw movement which was never a good sign. She quickly grabbed his hands before they went any further and she COULDN'T stop them. "Jacob..N..Not here.." she said softly. "Not where we could get caught so easily..Seth would get angry and phase..i don't want a fight" she said softly, finding her voice again. "Is Billy at your house tonight?"
"No, he's over at Charlies for the weekend." he said pulling his hands out from under her shirt. "Well maybe we could continue there-" before she could continue her sentence Jacob picked her up and started sprinting down the trail. it didn't take long for him to get to his house. he bursted through the door and tossed her onto the couch and kissed her roughly.
Leah didn't even have time to think let alone come up with a reply. She hooked her arms around Jakes neck as he carried her to their house. She had been waiting ages it seemed for this very moment but she was nervous, and doing a good job of masking it through the lustful mood she was in. When her back hit the familiar material of his couch and his lips brushed her she couldn't fight it anymore, she threw his shirt off quickly, praying Billy didn't surprise them by coming home early.
She started running her hands down his toned chest, her fingers gliding over the lines of his stomach then back up to his neck. he couldn't help but moan at her actions.
Leah had never really heard him do that before and it shocked her, she thought she had hurt him. Her hands left his toned chest "Jacob..I..I'm so sorry" she said and kissed his jawline lightly. "I didn't mean to...I...I" she stuttered not forming words correctly. She was barely breathing now.
She winced as he pinned her arms above her head. She was trying to keep her breathing under control but it was hard, she was caught up in the heat of the moment so to speak. She moaned softly as he began to kiss and nip her throat, she had never really been in a heavy make-out session like this before " liked it "she asked her voice barely audible.
as if to answer her question he placed her hands back on his chest and moved them over his toned abs. he smirked as he slipped her shirt over her head.
Leahs' hands explored his bare chest as he slipped her shirt over her head leaving her in just her bra, her Smooth Russet skin seemed like fire beneath his. Thats exactly what they were, two fire ignited, and no chance of putting them out. She looked at him. "N..No ones...seen..me..l..like this"
he chuckled lightly. "I've pretty much dreamed of seeing you like this Leah." he kissed her jaw which caused her to gasp. "And your even more beautiful in real life." his warm hands slid up her chest and she moaned leaning her head back. his lips met hers again and he fingered the hem of her jeans. she gasped and pulled away.
Leah didn't realize it would get this heated this quickly. Her ears perked at a sound. "Wait..Jacob..Not now Im not not ready for...t..that part yet" she told him softly. "Its not that I don't like y...you but I..J..just think we should wait...Your only 16 a..and so am I" she told him. "If we do this it will be safely" she added softly and kissed his collarbone softly, in reassurance.
He chuckled and grabbed her wrist. he slipped her hand into the back pocket of his ripped jeans. She looked confused by his action, until she felt a small square package under her finger tips. her eyes widened as she looked up at him. "You wouldn't think i come unprepared didn't you?" he said huskily.
Leah looked at him when he grabbed her wrist and put it in his back pocket. She then giggled and blushed realizing what it was that was in there. "Do you carry a condom with you EVERYWHERE?" she asked still giggling like mad. "Did you see this happening?" she asked him "Like that future seeing bloodsucker?" she added. She sighed and let her hand slip from his back pocket. "I..Its my first time Jacob" she whispered and laid back on the couch.
some how her saying that Made him feel good. he would be her first love, the thought of that made him grin. "Don't worry this is my first time too." he said kissing her neck softly.
Leah smiled in satisfaction, and here she thought he'd been with countless girls already because he was so handsome and outgoing. "Oh.." she said and lost her voice again when he kissed her neck. "You realize its going to hurt me more than it will hurt you...right" she whispered softly as he kissed her neck, "and that if Charlies police cruiser pulls in we're both done for" she added in an even softer, yet warning...tone.
"I know it will hurt more for you, but i promise I'll be gentle..." he kissed her softly. "I would never want to hurt you Leah." he said looking at her with honest eyes.
Leah looked into his eyes with her own chocolate brown ones. "I trust you Jacob..I..would nev..never want to intentionally hurt you either" she whispered and leaned up lightly touching her lips to his. "I Think I've imprinted....On you." she whispered "I know it sounds crazy..absolutly..foolish even but I think i have" she whispered.
"Same here" he whispered in her ear, which caused her to shiver under him. "and your not crazy or foolish ether." he added.
Leah smiled through the shiver she felt down her spine. "You've imprinted too haven't you?" she questioned, her eyes wide with happiness. "On me" she added smiling. "And here i thought you hated my guts..." she trailed off and laughed "You told me to jump off a cliff once..I remember that!"
"Well that's because i thought you hated my guts!" he says grinning. they both laughed at this.
Leah couldn't stop laughing "and here we are...a set of love-struck teenagers who've Imprinted each other" she said and she giggled "Look on the bright side...at least I'm not two year old like Claire" she said softly. She pulled him into a quick kiss. Her tone more serious "I..I just think we should wait Jacob" she whispered.
he sighed in defeat. "Fine we'll wait." he said kissing her deeply. "But not for long." he said with a smirk.
Leah felt bad, she wasn't denying him. But she thought it best to wait until the initial strength of the imprint wore off so as they didn't jump to complete conclusions. This was a big decision, it shouldn't be rushed. "I'm sorry Jakey" she whispered and kissed him back deeply, her hands tangling in his long brown hair.
"Don't worry love i understand." he said wrapping his arms around her waist. She rolled her eyes at him.
CHAPTER 2:
Leah was outside, with Jacob with every intention of just backing out of tell the pack they imprinted.
"whenever you feel your ready." Jacob told her.
Leah crosses her arms "Defiantly NOT now..because I imagine when we walk in Seth Quil Jared and Embry are going to laugh"
"So? who cares what they think, not me." he said smirking. "you shouldn't eather."
Leah nods "Fine..we'll tell them..I HAVE to listen to you anyway..your Alpha" she grumbled the last part.
"Well their at the clearing so let's go and get this over with." he said grabbing her hand and leading her into the forest.
She took his hand and nodded going with him into the forest. Embry was first to see them holding hands "Whoa" he said "Jacob..d..are..you two..like..DATING" he snorted.
"Yea. Got a problem with it?" Jacob asked.
Embry knew by the tone in his voice he WASN'T kidding. "No...No not at all Jake" he said quietly. Leah was a bit shocked by Embrys sudden change in demeanor.
"Good." Jacob said smiling, leading Leah towards the others.
Embry followed them. Leah was still speechless "How did you do that?" she asked softly.
"Do what?" he said smiling.
Leah smiled "That..You actually made one of the loud mouths shut up" she said smiling, seemingly proud of him. "We still gotta tell Billy you know.."
"That won't be too hard." he said looking at her. "He'll understand I'm sure of that."
Leah smiles "Billy is one of those people that just understand" she said and lightly squeezed his hand. "I imagine old Quil Ateara knows of this already as he knows everything going on in the pack" she added softly approaching the guys in the clearing. "This is so uncomfortable..Im the ONLY girl here" she told him.
Jacob laughed softly. "Your still ranting on about that? Geez i thought you were used to that by now." he teased.
Leah tucked her hair behind her ears and said "Well...It's still difficult, the only one I can really relate anything to is Emily" she said, looking up to him, her dark eyes showing the faintest hint of newly formed tears. "The only time I'm happy now is when I'm with you Jake" she whispered.
the smile dissappered from his face and was replaced with a look of concern. he saw tears forming in the corners of her eyes."Don't cry love." he said leaning down and kissing her softly.
Leah blinked and one tear ended up falling. Her eyes closed when he kissed her again, and she gladly returned it. She hadn't found happiness since her dad, Harry Clearwater, had died of a heart attack in the spring. Jacob was her only happiness. All of the guys all of a sudden snapped their heads up and chorus' of "OWWW OWWW" and "ohhhhhhhhhhh" were heard. Leah blushed.
He pulled away and wiped the tear running down her face. "Better?" he asked pulling her to his chest and stroking her hair.
All of the guys smiled and whispered amongst themselves, not saying anything out loud because they were receiving thoughts right now from Leah and they weren't nice. Leah nodded and wrapped her arms around his torso hiding her face in his chest. She was still trembling a bit, which meant she was close to phasing.
'Ah great...' Jacob thought to himself. He cupped her chin and tilted her face up. "Calm down Leah." he said kissing her deeply. He figured this would keep her from phasing and tearing the pack to shreds.
Leah closed her eyes and stood up on the tips of her toes to put her arms around his neck. Their height difference was pretty large. She returned the kiss deeply trying to think of other things beside the task at hand. Jacob was right, it did help her calm down. Her trembling stopped.
He smirked and pulled away. "Try not to let the others bother you okay?" he said running his fingers across her cheek.
Leah bit her bottom lip and let her arms loosen their grip around his shoulders. "Okay..." she whispered. "I wish I didn't have to have a 24 newscast of their thoughts going on in my head at the moment" she grumbled leaning into his touch as he ran his fingers across her cheek. "Let's just get this over with" she whispered to him softly.
"Alright..." he said grabbing her hand once more and turned towards the others.
Leah walked bravely towards the others her head held high. The guys stopped their whispering and looked at them. Embry smiled and winked at Jacob and Quil new as well, just by reading his thoughts " Nice..." he said.
He smirked at them. "Glad you guys accept." he said turning to Leah.
Leah smiled up at him and then back to the pack "Thanks guys" she said smiling. Embry got up and shook Jakes hand. "I hope you guys last..." he said smirking. Seth got up "WELL..MAYBE I DONT ACCEPT!" he shouted.
"Why not?" he asked slightly surprised by Seth's reaction.
Seth's body shook with anger, and he was obviously unjustified with this stupid reaction. "Because Jacob your Alpha..you can do better than my sister for god's sake" he said. That comment hurt Leah "AT LEAST JACOBS FOUND SOMEONE!" she snapped at him.
Jacob got between them and turned to the shaking boy with hard eyes. "Seth your being unreasonable." he looked at Leah. "Calm down love he didn't mean it like that."
Seth was still shaking, he usually couldn't control it when he got like this. It was too late. "Just leave .....me...alone" he said through gritted teeth. He snarled and ran towards the trees..phasing into the Grey wolf. Leah was shaking behind Jacob "I cant believe he acted like that" she said watching her brother. "He had no RIGHT!" she shouted. She was obviously ready to phase as well.
"Fuck..." he whispered under his breath. "Embry,
Quil phase and find Seth. Try and calm him down and bring him back." he ordered. the two boys nodded their heads and ran off into the forest. as soon as they were alone. he slowly walked up to Leah. "Leah." he said. "You need to try and stay calm. I'm sure Seth didn't mean what he said, he's just upset."
Embry and Quil followed Seth's scent and they howled trying to get a response back. Leah turned to Jacob her dark eyes brimming with tears again. "I....can...cant help it" she gasped. It was hurting her, but she wasn't going to phase this time, 'Don't you dare Leah' she kept telling herself. She threw her arms around Jacob "Don't let me phase..Jacob please" she begged him softly.
He wrapped his arms tightly around her. "Don't worry i won't." he reassured her.
Leah nodded and took shaky breaths, tremors wracked her body but she was fighting them with all her might. "Jacob..." she groaned it pain. "Its so painful"
He kissed the top of her head. "I know baby i know..." he whispered. he hated seeing her like this, in so much pain. it broke his heart to see her like this. 'What do i do? what do i do?' he thought franticly. then an idea hit him. If she distracted she wouldn't phase...
Leah gripped the back of his shirt in her fists. Every time a spasm of pain hit her, she squeezed even harder. "Jacob..Help..help" she begged. Tears spilling down her cheeks. It was amazing, one sentence could hurt Leah so much..especially since it came from her own brother.
"alright..." he pushed her to the ground, pinning her wrists and ether side of her head and kissed her roughly.
Leah had no time to react when she felt her back hit the wet ground. "..J...Jake" she whispered right before he kissed her. She kissed him back roughly praying no one came and caught them in this position. Her tremors calmed as he continued to kiss her.
He slipped his hands under her shirt. He could still feel her body tremble slightly under him, but at least they slowed a little.
Leah couldn't help but moan softly at his action. "Jacob.." she whispered softly as she broke the kiss for a few seconds to breathe. She kissed him roughly again and let her hands wander up under his shirt.
"Leah..." he whispered kissing her neck. looks like his plan to distract her was going just as planed.
Leah was getting quite distracted, her tremors stopped all together when he began to kiss her neck. Her hands lightly stroking the muscles of his chest. She couldn't believe it..she was actually calm.
He couldn't help but moan as her hands rubbed up and down his chest. it was enough to make him go mad!
Leah smirked hearing him moan. "I take it I'm NOT hurting you" she said remembering last time when she feared she had hurt him. She leaned up and kissed him softly again. "I love you Jacob.." she whispered. "Thank you...for making the pain stop"
"your welcome love." he said, his hands traveling higher. He had no intention on stopping now.
Leahs eyes searched around for any sign of life that might interrupt them if they went through with this and she heard nothing. She moved her hands to his back, still under his shirt and moaned at his hands traveled up higher.
"Leah..." he groaned. then he remembered last time and slipped out one of his hands and searched his back pocket. "Do you..." he trailed off. he looked uncertainly at her.
Leah knew what he was doing as he reached into his back pocket. She swallowed hard but she was ready now. She nodded "Y...Yeah" she whispered softly and leaned up kissing his lips softly.
"Are you sure? i don't want to pressure you into anything your not ready for." he said. He leaned his face down really close. "The last thing i want is to force you to do anything you don't want to do." he was speaking the truth, if she wasn't ready he'd wait...for eternity if he had to.
Leah blinked softly and put her arms around his neck. She was ready but she was nervous. She wanted to be that close to him, to experience what true love was really like. "I'm ready Jacob..as ready as I'll ever be" she whispered when he leaned his face close to hers. There was honesty in her eyes.
He gulped nervously. He reached back into his pocket. Just when he was about to pull it out something crashed into the clearing.
Leah jumped about 10 feet into the air and took her hands out from under Jacobs shirt watching with curious eyes. She groaned "This was not meant to be I guess..." she told him softly. Quil and Embry were back in their human form carrying Seth who had a bloody nose and a few bad cuts on his arms and legs. "He fought.."Quil explained. Embry grimaced "we're we interrupting something?" he asked.
"No." he said blankly. Just then Seth snapped his head up and glared at Leah, a low growl escaping his lips. He thrashed around wildly in Quil and Embry's grasp. Jacob saw the tremors running through his body. He turned his head to see Leah in the same state. "Damn it! Quil Embry keep a hold on Seth!" He ran up behind Leah and wrapped his arms around her waist as she tried to lunge at him. "Leah come on don't do this!" but his words didn't seem to get through to her.
To hopefully be Continued....