Choice
Chapter 1

Leah:

Fallen trees were a hard thing to overcome; they were like fallen soldiers to me. At one time they stood proud and regal, but like all things, with time they began to age. And with age comes frailty, and with frailty comes death. It was a fear that all people shared, including myself, especially after the loss of my father. Death could take away my enemy and then turn around and take a loved one next. Death could tear apart friends and family...and then bring together two people who never thought they would ever be together. It was difficult to understand the fear of death at times. Because what if I had nothing to live for? Would I still fear the inevitable? Would I still be afraid of ending up like the fallen tree's surrounding me in the forest...?

Leah Clearwater feared nothing. Especially some snot-nose-know-it-all-punk!

"Jacob Black, if you don't give me that back, I swear I'll..."

19-year-old Jacob Black who was currently being threatened by 21-year-old Leah Clearwater smiled as he held the stuffed duck over the cliff. "You'll what Leah?"

"I'll never forgive you if you let Ms. Ducky go! I'll...I'll...Hate you forever!" She promised while glaring him down.

"That was the best you could think of?" Jacob asked, and she could hear the doubt lacing every word.

Leah cocked her head to the side and crossed her arms in front of her, "What do you want?"

Jacob nodded satisfied with the question, "I want you to be nicer to people," when she scoffed, Jacob arched an eyebrow and continued, "I want you to try and be pleasant in the mornings, and I would appreciate it if you allow Seth to be happy with Renesseme, his imprint, for his sake."

"It's not natural Jacob." Leah wined.

Jacob shrugged as if he heard her tirade all before. "It kills him to know you're unhappy, just do him a favor and pretend. Please?"

Leah looked at Jacob and sighed in defeat letting her hands drop to the side, "Fine."

Jacob brought Ms. Ducky back into his warmth away from the cold cliffs. Leah ran to him and engulfed the stuffed animal against her own chest not realizing until too late how close she was to Jacob. She looked Ms. Ducky over making sure nothing was out of place. It was the last stuffed animal her father gave before his untimely death. She was sure she could still smell his scent every time she held the duck. When Leah looked up, Jacob was watching her as if seeing her for the first time, he slowly leaned his head down and she did nothing to pull away or stop him. She felt rather than think he was going to kiss her, so when his lips finally met her own, the affection she felt in his kiss was so sweet she returned it with fervor.

It's been so long since she was kissed like this. The warmth and wetness of the kiss made her feel dizzy and warm all over. Goosebumps raised on her arm and the back of her neck, causing her to shiver in his arms while she continued to stand and clutch tightly to the stuffed animal he was threatening to destroy just moments ago. The kiss was simple yet pleasurable. All thoughts of anything or anyone else flew from her mind like a tornado just cleaning house. He tilted his head to better accommodate their noses and plowed deeper with his tongue sending a shock wave to her very core. Leah stood on her tiptoes and wrapped her arms around his shoulders to pull him close to her as was humanly possible. He clutched her back with hungry need as she felt his hands grip onto her shirt with force trying to pull her closer to him.

Leah pulled back in shock and awe at what had just transpired between them. Jacob let go of her and stepped back.

They both stood quiet for a moment not speaking or moving, just simply staring at each other. The idea that they kissed was ludicrous and they wouldn't believe it themselves if they hadn't experienced it firsthand. Nobody would believe that they just shared a very intimate moment together, Leah and Jacob? Just the idea running through her mind was preposterous!

She thought it best that this recent event was not shared by anyone.

"Lets just keep this between us." Leah said softly.

"Agreed" Jacob replied.

It hurt Leah slightly that he was quick to push it aside, but that was what she wanted him to do right? He probably didn't want it to interfere with his own personal love life. Not that he had one. At one time he was running after Bella Swan, but once she was pregnant and turned blood sucker, she was lost to him forever, He wanted to kill her and the thing she carried but soon learned he would have to go through his best friend who was her brother to get to her. They learned later on it was because the child was his imprint. But it brought them all together like a family nothing less.

Jacob became Alpha in order to protect Seth and Leah soon became his Beta. She loved her brother dearly, but ever since the imprint it was difficult to be around him, she just couldn't stand the fact that Seth's choice of who to love was taken away! The imprint being a vampire made it all the worst! But Jacob was right, he was still her brother and it made her kind of glad that he was worried about her; it means that the little imprint hasn't corrupted his entire brain.

"Sooo, I'm going to go now." Jacob said quickly.

She looked at him strange and nodded her head while still clutching onto the duck in case he changed his mind about being merciful. Leah watched as he shifted and ran off to the direction of his house that he shared with his dad. She turned and walked home in human form while simply enjoying the peacefulness the woods offered her. It gave her time to think, something she was rarely allowed to do by herself these days. It always seemed when she was in the woods that she was hunting for food or checking over her shoulder for some threat. Or she was listening to the thoughts that ran through everyone else's mind and disregarding her own. When the pack was together, it was hard to tell where their thoughts ended and hers began. She was pretty sure she wasn't fantasizing about Rachel or Kim in a bikini. Those thoughts all belong to Paul and Jared.

Leah sighed in defeat as she saw her house in the distance. She stopped and lingered a little longer. She knew once she walked out of the sanctuary around her she would be engulfed in the pack business once again. It was hard to be given orders by Sam, but even harder to give them to him, knowing he resents being ordered around by a woman, and his ex girlfriend at that. She never enjoyed the bossy thing unless it was to her brother, otherwise she felt like a nagging hen. The joining of the two packs was a relief to Jacob but a wake up to her. No matter where she goes, she can never truly get away from Sam. Jacob agreed to join only if he was Alpha and Leah was Beta causing a huge argument about birthright and fate. Sam finally backed down when Jacob threatened to walk away, knowing if Sam didn't unite the packs the elders were going to come down hard on him.

Coward.

Leah shook her head. She didn't want to think about the pack or anything else in regards to wolf business while she was in her peaceful place. All it did was give her worry lines.

Leah watched as Embry walked up to her house and knocked on the door. That was strange, because everyone who knew Seth knew he was at the Cullen's. Why would Embry be at the house?

"Hey Em, what's going on? Leah asked as she started up the walkway to her door.

He turned around with an angry face causing Leah to take a step back.

"Is it true?" Embry nearly yelled while coming down off her porch steps.

Leah cocked her head to the side in confusion. "Is what true?"

"I was patrolling when I came across Jacob. I got a glimpse of what was on his mind!" He answered and placed his hands on his hips. At that moment, Leah truly wanted to laugh because he looked like an angry mother instead of an upset jealous wolf. But before she could crack a smile, the words suddenly sunk in and she was hoping that they didn't mean what she thought. Then again on some level she hoped they did, because that means there was an impact on Jacob and not just her.

"What did you see?" She asked while all at the same time dreading and feeling excitement about the answer.

"He threatened you!" Embry nearly roared.

Leah cocked her head to the side. That wasn't the answer she was expecting exactly.

"Oh, well not me per say more like..." she couldn't say Ms. Ducky, what would the boys think of her? The only person beside her family to know about Ms. Ducky was Jacob. Sam had already left her for Emily when Leah got the small toy. Jacob had come to her after Harry died to console her and they ended up talking about anything and everything that had something to do with her dad, which included the topic of Ms. Ducky herself.

"More like..." Embry asked while waving her on to continue the sentence.

"Listen Embry we were only talking about Seth. There was no actual threat there. Seriously you think someone could threaten me without losing their tail?" She asked while putting the toy behind her back and placing her other hand on her chest.

Embry shook his head, "I didn't think so, I just saw you looking at him begging him not to do something and I lost it."

Leah patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry so much Em, I'm fine."

"Hey Leah, I Just heard you and Jacob kissed! The man can't stop thinking about you!" Quil yelled as he ran to the two of them. With Jacob following quickly behind him trying to hush him up.

Yup, that was the answer she was expecting. Embry looked at her in horror and she cringed away. Her and Ms. Ducky have really had a long day.

~So there will be 8 chapters to this story and are already written, in fact the story was originally written as a one-shot. But because of the length I divided it into the 8 characters points of view. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and are excited about tomorrow for the update!

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~Smo