Disclaimer… I do not own any of the Twilight characters...just like to have some fun with them!
Chapter 1 – Leah's POV
I don't know if I can do this…no that's not exactly true I know I can after all I've lived through much worse. I suppose what I should really be saying is that I can't believe my Mom is MAKING me do this! I can still hear her practically lecturing me this morning as I walked out to the kitchen for breakfast.
"Family comes first, Leah. I would think after all that this family has been through you would understand that without me having to remind you."
Yeah RIGHT! Like Emily REALLY put family first all these years. I know, I know if Seth or Jacob, or really any of the guys could hear me now they'd all tell me that she had no choice, Sam had no choice. I've heard it all before… "it's nothing that you did, Leah……..Sam's imprinted on her, he never chose to hurt you…….Emily thinks of you as a sister, she never wanted to she you hurt" Well guess what everyone…. It still hurts! It hurts me every single day, although the pain has become more bearable now that Jacob is my alpha.
Yet, here I am subjecting myself to the pain all over again just to appease those that I love. I'm even tolerating a shopping trip with Bella and Nessie. I'm no longer sure where or what the creator is knowing what I know and seeing what I see but let me tell you…someone sure has a warped sense of fairness.
"Hurry up, Leah! I can't believe that you guys didn't tell us about the shower until the day of!" Nessie shrieked from the open window of her mother's car as I walked out onto the porch shutting the door behind me.
"I'm coming, Ness. Not like anyone will be holding their breath waiting for me to arrive, will they?" I told her sarcastically while sliding into the backseat. "So tell me girls, what does one get for their cousin and former lover's unborn children?"
Bella shot me a sympathetic look in the rearview mirror. "Leah, the fact that you're even going shows what a remarkable woman you are."
I looked back at her and rolled my eyes. It's not like I have a whole lot of choice, do I? I thought to myself. As amazed as I am to admit this, in the past four years since Nessie's birth Bella and I have actually become rather close. I guess now that Jacob's imprinted on Nessie and that whole REALLY messed up situation between Bella, Edward, and him is completely over it's allowed us all to look at each other differently. And, ok I guess I do have to admit I'm not nearly as much of a bitch to everyone since I'm not hearing Sam's thoughts everyday anymore.
We pulled into the mall parking lot right outside of Baby Zone. Great…let's just get this over with. I thought as I exited the car and headed towards the store. Bella placed her arm around my shoulders in a show of support and together we followed an exhuberant Renesmee into the store. No sooner than we walk through the automatic doors do I hear a distant rumble of thunder and slightly chuckle to myself as to how appropriate that is. It's not like it's that uncommon as we do live in the Pacific Northwest however today had dawned bright and sunny.
Thirty excruciating minutes later we walked back out to Bella's car and stored our gifts in the boot. "Now the real fun begins." I mumbled under my breath not caring if Bella with her vampire ears could hear me or not.
"Common, Leah, it won't be THAT bad." Nessie said from the behind me.
"I'm sure you're right, Nessie." I told her twisting around to flash her what I hoped was a smile. There are times that I tend to forget that while Renesmee may look around 9, she's truly only 5 years old, and while she may be way far advanced for her age there is no way she could understand what torture this is to me.