Leah Clearwater; Wounded.

Authors Note: This happens after Breaking Dawn, when Leah, Seth and Jacob all return to La Push, and Sam's pack. Italics, just like in Breaking Dawn, are used to show the wolves communication through their wolf form bond.

Leah's point of view.

I was running through the forest, passing the trees gracefully, though powered with force. That's when I heard it. Embry and Quil's conversation.

They were running not too far from me, but they seemed too engrossed in their conversation; the news, to realize I was near. I heard Embry first.

I can't believe it.

I know, it's... wow. Quil's voice responded.

Leah and Sam tried for a while... Embry said, as I seen vague images from his head, of Quil now sat across from him, nodding.

But this happened so fast. They just started trying... She's going to be devastated.

I definitely don't want to be there when she finds out. Embry stated.

Confused, I ran to the tree I had tied my clothes too, and phased back, throwing them on before going to find the others. I figured since it was Saturday afternoon, they were all on the beach and I was proved right when I arrived there, seeing everyone sat around, Emily talking, the others listening intently.

Usually they would be frolicking in the water, splashing each other, and having fun while Sam barbequed and Jared begged him to let him try, resulting in Sam handing over the spatula to Jared, hoping he didn't burn anything to a crisp, but not today.

As soon as I stepped onto the rocks, Emily's head shot up, and her happy expression moments ago faded to one of nervousness. As soon as the others saw her reaction, especially Sam, he looked up, and his happiness drained from his face, too, to one of sorrow.

"What's going on?" I asked, a crease forming between my brow. "What don't Quil and Embry want me to know?"

Seth and Jacob got up then from their place on the rocks next to Brady and Paul. The look on Seth's face told me that this would be bad. He walked over to me, and took my hand, Jacob following. "Let's talk,"

I gulped. "Seth, you're freaking me out. What is it?"

Seth didn't answer me right away and Jacob stayed silent as well until we got away from the beach. As they stopped walking, I turned to face them. "What's up?" I demanded.

Seth and Jacob exchanged a glance, and then finally, Jacob answered. "Emily's pregnant, Leah."

The words were a slap in the face. My whole body started to tremble with anger and pain, and it took all I had to stay calm enough to stay in my skin and not phase. My infertility was bad enough, along with the fact that she had taken Sam from me. But her carrying the child of the man I loved, while I stood there, standing by; alone, felt terrible.

That was supposed to be me, growing by Sam, his love and commitment to me. Not her. I could hardly believe right then, that the one who took everything from me used to be my best friend. Friends didn't hurt other friends, and I guess her betrayal hurt, too. The hostility I felt toward her, even if it was more Sam's fault the her own wasn't fair, but I wasn't able to stop it. I had grown up with her; had slumber parties, watched movies, did each others hair and told secrets. She had walked away from that when she chose to be with Sam. They had both chose each other over me, even if he had imprinted.

"It was going to happen someday, right?" I said, trying to stay level-headed. My words were more convincing then I would of thought they'd be, and I gave a shaky laugh, playing it off.

Seth frowned, "Leah, it's okay, I mean-"

"I'm fine," I cut him off. "Honestly, it's no big deal."

Jacob saw through my facade, and I was sure Seth did, too. Jacob went through this once. Finding out the one he was in love with was pregnant with someone else's child. Although, it hadn't been his best friends baby. Or, ex best friend. He had never made love to Bella, feeling the skin on skin contact, the way Sam's lips moulded perfectly to my own, and the way our bodies moved so rhythmically together, never missing a beat. How his hands caressed me, and touched me, and drove me mad. How the love between us burned. No, Jacob didn't feel any of that with Bella, so he didn't understand. No one did.

Heartbreak and I were good friends. I knew it's bitter, empty embrace, it's tears and it's pain just like my own. I was no stranger to the feeling. Heartbreak made everything empty; your heart, your hands, your home, your bedroom, your life. To sum it up; I was used to it.

"I'm going home," I said quickly. "See if mom needs anything."

Seth nodded, frowning, knowing any type of effort would fail to keep me here. "Alright, tell her I'll be home soon, okay?"

I nodded, "Will do."

I turned abruptly, before either of them could see the pain in my face.

"Seth, you go back with the others, I'm going to go with your sister." Jacob's voice informed.

I turned, the pain being replaced with anger. "You can't come with me, Jacob. I told you, I'm going home. What do you want?" I snapped.

Jacob didn't respond to my anger. "To talk," he said calmly. "Just to talk."

Seth hesitated before leaving, going back and I turned again, shaking my head. "Go with him, Jacob. I don't need to talk to anyone. I told you, I'm fine." I started walking away, but Jacob, being as stubborn as he was, followed. Maybe he was too much like me.

"Leah," he said in a pleading voice.

This reminded me of when Jacob and I were up on the cliff, before Edward and Bella's wedding, and the chaos that followed it. He was hurting and I had been bugging him, annoying him, and taunting him. Now, the roles seemed to be reversed.

I didn't answer him, instead, I kept walking, and Jacob... he kept following. Had I really been this annoying?

I turned around sharply as he continued to follow. "Jacob, I don't want to talk to you, or anyone else. So just leave me alone." I snapped.

We were in a large, grassy area near Emily's house. She and I used to play out here when we were little, riding on her Barbie jeep and playing dolls, giggling as we watched the sun go down before we were called in for supper. It was another lifetime ago.

"Leah," Jacob sighed as he enclosed the distance between us, taking my hands. "Listen to me."

I didn't pull away as I let my eyes wander to his. "What?"

"Sam still loves you, you know."

That was enough. "If you don't leave me alone right now, I swear you'll regret it." I warned, shooting daggers at him with my eyes, pulling my hands back.

"He does, Leah, trust me. God, you have no idea. He still cares about you. Knowing he hurt you kills him." he said, hurriedly.

"Then why does he still do it!" I asked, incredulously.

Jacob sighed, "He doesn't mean to, Leah. He's happy with Emily, you know that, and his happiness hurts you, and knowing he hurts you hurts him."

I shook my head, a frown on my lips. "No, his happiness doesn't hurt me. Having to stick around and watch his happiness does." I admitted. "Jacob, I'm sick of this. I'm sick of living here, I'm sick of being linked to him, and I'm sick of having to see her suck everything up for herself. I'm fucking sick of it! She's always gotten everything she wanted."

Then, unexpectedly, Jacob took me into his arms and rubbed my back. "Leah," he said, sympathy in his voice. "I'm sorry."

I let the words sink in a minute before I pulled back. "Yeah, you and I both." I said, a little more hostility in my words then I meant.

I spun on my heel, but didn't walk away. I looked around the field, the trees surrounding it. As the information from earlier set in, I felt my eyes weld with tears. "How far along is she?" I asked Jacob in no more then a mere whisper.

"Almost two and a half months."

I shivered. Two months of them being intimate. At least. I knew fully well telling myself they weren't was a lie, but still... knowing it for certain made me want to throw up everything I had eaten that morning both from disgust and the twisting envy inside me, making my stomach coil into a knot.

"They hadn't been trying long." he clarified, taking a step toward me. My back was still to him, and my arms had wrapped themselves around my stomach.

"Whatever," I said coolly, calming down a little.

"Leah, please... I know how hard this is to go through alone... You were there for me when I needed it... Even if I tried to push you away." he said, chuckling softly at the memory before turning serious again. "Let me help."

"You can't help, Jacob!" I said, turning to face him once again. "Don't you understand that? No one can help. You told me yourself I've changed, and yeah, I'm not as cold and stupid and naive as I used to be, but you should understand out of everyone that the pain doesn't change. It hurts everyday I'm away from him, listening to his thoughts about Emily, my cousin. When they get married, Sam's going to be my second cousin by marriage, and I still have feelings for him. That's disgusting." I said, shaking my head as tears threatened to spill over and my hands were clenched, trying to keep my cool, to stay in my own body.

Jacob frowned as he wrapped his arms around me again. "I'm sorry, Leah, honestly. I know how it feels, maybe in a different way, but I still know. It's the worst feeling ever. You feel like no matter how hard you try, you'll never be better then Edward, or in your case, Emily. I knew I could live through her picking him over me, but the hard part for me was knowing she was giving up her life for him."

I nodded. "I know, Jake." I said before sighing. "It just... I don't know." I paused for a long minute. "You've changed too, you know."

He chuckled. "Really?"

I nodded. "A few months ago, you would of just let me storm off and hoped I got over it. I'm glad we're closer."

He smiled and hugged me tightly to him. "I felt better when I talked about it, I figured you would too."

I nodded, and then bit down on my bottom lip, closing my eyes to stop the tears that were in my eyes from falling. "At least you were supposed to hate Edward in the first place. I can't hate Emily. I hate her for taking Sam, but she makes him happy, and I'm glad. Besides, she's family if nothing more. Our friendships long gone."

Jacob frowned and pulled back to look at me. I looked up at him and seeing the tears in my eyes, he rubbed my back, pulling me close again. "It's okay." He breathed, "You'll always have us all. Embry, Quil, Seth and I won't let you go through this alone."

For once, I felt at ease. Like I could let my guard down, and just be consoled. For once, Jacob had cut through my layers.

"It's not fair," I stated as tears started to steam down my face.

"Life's not fair, Leah." Jacob replied.

"I know that, but this is just..." I shook my head, not knowing the right word. Horrible didn't even begin to describe what it felt like.

"I know," Jacob said gently, into my hair.

Then, Jacob went rigid. I felt his body tense beside mine.

I looked up at him, wiping the tears off of my cheeks before looking in the direction he was.

Sam and Emily.

They took the shortcut back to their house, that being through the field. I gulped, looking away immediately, back to Jacob. "I'm going to go," I said swiftly.

Before he could object, knowing Sam and Emily had both seen the pain in my eyes; the real Leah Clearwater, weak and hurt, I ran. I ran into the woods, and this time, I didn't hear Jacob following.

Jacob's point of view.

Leah needed me, and I was glad she finally opened up, even if her pain hurt me, too, and the topic was extremely uncomfortable. But when she left so abruptly, I couldn't help but feel bad.

I should of followed her, but Sam approached me, and I felt frozen. "How is she?" he asked, his voice low, holding back the emotion that I knew should of been there. But before I could answer, Seth appeared, walking into the clearing, seeming to of heard Sam's words. Seth's hearing was the best out of all of us, human form, or wolf.

"Honestly, no disrespect," Seth said, directing his words to Sam as he came to stand by me. Hostility filled his voice. "But how do you think she is?"

Seth's words were… out of place coming out of his mouth. He was always so polite and kind.

Emily frowned. "I didn't want to hurt her."

I knew that, and I knew Seth knew that she didn't ask for this, but, he seemed to react impulsively. "Didn't want to hurt her? You took Sam from her in the first place." Seth said, shaking his head. "Do you know how many nights I woke up, and heard her crying when you first left her, Sam? And eventually, it stopped. Not just the crying: Everything. It's like she stopped feeling. Like she wasn't the same girl anymore."

Emily looked down at the ground, and Sam looked at Seth, stunned. If I had said that, Sam would of chastised me immediately, giving me a look that surely would of turned me to ash for making Emily feel bad and because I should of understood. But it wasn't me. It was Seth, and showing Sam his pain, along with his sisters over what he had done wasn't done to intentionally hurt Emily. Along with the fact that Seth and Emily were family.

"Now, she has to look at you both everyday, or hear your thoughts, Sam, and know how much you love Emily, and the baby. Really, you expect her to be the slightest bit okay? You know, she's taking it better then anyone else I know."

We were all shocked at Seth's words. None of us expected for him to speak up like that, but I guess a guy could only take so much.

"Seth…" Sam said, sighing. "I'm sorry."

Seth looked at him, despondent. "Yeah, me too." he said before turning to walk away.

"Seth," I choked out, frowning as he turned back to look at me.

"Yeah, Jake?"

"Wait for me." I turned to Sam. "I'll be back sometime tonight or tomorrow." I clarified before we both turned, and left the clearing together, to go find Leah.

Author's Note ;

So, originally, this was supposed to be a one shot, but I'm kind of curious to explore Leah, Jacob, Sam, Emily and the pack a little more, so, depending on the feedback I get, I may do a short chapter story? :)

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