SONG OF SOLOMON

PROLOGUE: The Bride

"Where the hell were you!?" Leah stood in front of Jacob, the silk, close fitting wedding dress that she wore was soaked through, so much so that he could make out the vague outline of her dark nipples .Her hair, also soaked, was flat and stuck to her beautiful face. Any trace of make-up had been washed away by the rain, except for the mascara which had run down her face in streaks.

Jacob slid out from under the car he'd been working on "I had sh* t to do."

"Like what!?"

"Just some sh * t..." Jacob said gruffly, refusing to make eye contact. "Important sh * t."

Leah shook her head incredulously. She wanted to knock him out. He had wilfully ruined her wedding day and still had the audacity to be so cavalier.

"What's more important than giving your best friend away on the most important day of her life !?" Leah demanded, her hands firmly on her hips.

Jacob got up, simply shrugged ,wiped his hands on his jeans, walked past Leah without a word and went over to his work bench. He sat down and picked up a screwdriver and began tinkering with parts.

When it became apparent that no explanation was forthcoming, Leah could feel the anger and frustration begin to brew in the base of her stomach, she wasn't just seeing red, she was beginning to feel it too. It bubbled and swirled like lava, rapidly rising up through her core, past her heart which began to rapidly beat, then up to her head. Before she knew what she was doing she had picked up the nearest wrench and went straight for the car Jacob had been working on.

Leah took a deep breath and swung the wrench with all the power she possessed. The windscreen shattered in to thousands of teeny tiny pieces. Not satisfied with the carnage, Leah raised the wrench again, aiming for one of the wing mirrors but was stopped in her tracks by Jacob who had swiftly grabbed the end of the wrench.

"What the f * ck Lee !?-" Jacob yelled trying to retrieve the wrench from Leah's iron grip but to no avail.

Leah twisted her body to face Jacob and used her heel clad foot to stealthily kick him in the gut. Whilst her manoeuvre hadn't hurt him, it did momentarily wind him and made him double over, forcing him to relinquish the wrench.

With the advantage she had gained by disabling Jacob, Leah turned back towards the car "It sucks having something you care about ruined , doesn't it.?",she said with all the spite she could muster. Just as Leah was about to swing for the second time, Jacob grabbed her waist and tackled her to the ground, this time forcing her to drop the wrench as they both went tumbling to the floor, rolling around in the dirt.

"You said you'd be there for me. You promised me that you'd never let me down…"Leah said clawing at Jacob, pushing his face hard with the palm of her hand.

And he had meant to keep his promise too. But this morning as he lay on his bed, staring up at the ceiling, silently willing himself to get up and find the strength to be the best friend she needed him to be, he found he physically couldn't do it. His broken spirit, pounding head and aching heart told him exactly what he had known for months, what he had tried to deny.

Jacob Black has fallen desperately in Love with Leah Clearwater. But it was more than that, he had imprinted on her and much to his and the rest of the packs amazement, Leah didn't seem to have a clue.

Today he couldn't keep up the pretence any longer, even though he had wanted to because if anybody deserved to be happy it was Leah, and that's all he really wanted for her. Her happiness.

"I'm sorry I let you down Lee.." Jacob said whilst trying to restrain the thrashing woman underneath him.

"No you're not !"Leah tried her best to simultaneously reach for the fallen wrench whilst trying to get Jacob, who had the physical advantage in human form, off of her. It wasn't working. "If you didn't wanna give me away then you should have said…"

Jacob finally managed to pin her body down, with her arms above her head inadvertently forcing her to stop moving and catch her breath.

"What should I have said Leah!? That I imprinted on you, Cos' I did. You're officially my soul mate. Surprised?"

Leah lay completely still, of all the things that she had been expecting to come out of Jacob's mouth, this was not one of them.

"…Every time your fiancé touches you I want to rip his beating heart out of his chest with my bare hands, is that what I should have said?…" Jacob stopped abruptly and took a deep breath, he swore quietly, let go of Leah, got up and immediately turned away.

Leah stood up too, slowly. She looked down at her once beautiful wedding dress, which was now grey, and had a rip the length of a number 2 pencil along her bust, displaying her lace white bra.

Jacob turned around to face Leah, ".. should I have said that the thought of watching you become Mrs Clayton Forrester today made me want to get a gun, load it's barrel, put it in my mouth and pull the trigger…"

There were no words for what must have been a couple of minutes but what seemed like eternity. Leah had no idea what to say but she felt the need to say something "Jake…",she began.

"Better yet..", Jake interrupted, slowly walking towards her. "…maybe I should have just man'ed up and told you everything." He stopped in front of her.

Leah gulped; she struggled to get any words out. Suddenly it felt like there was no air left. , "Which is what exactly?" she choked.

"That I am so frikkin' in Love with you that I can't eat, sleep or think straight, that..."

"Yes-" Leah interjected suddenly, her hand unexpectedly covering his mouth to stop him from talking, "That's exactly what you should have said."

TBC.