A/N: Set after Breaking Dawn, but with one change- there was never a Nessie. Bella married Edward, and was turned into a vampire by Edward after their honeymoon. Jacob, Leah, and Seth stayed with Sam's pack. However, everything else is the same. I do not know about you, but I spent all of Breaking Dawn waiting for something like this to happen.
All Is Fair In Love and War
(Jacob POV)
Leah and I were walking through the forest behind Charlie Swan's house while she complained about being a 'genetic dead-end'. Fun.
"Leah, shut up," I said abruptly. She glowered at me.
"I just think it's unfair I will never get to have a family," she moaned.
"I know. You have said," I sighed.
"What man would marry me?" she sighed and glared at a tree.
"Look, Leah, if within the next hundred years or so, and neither of us have imprinted, I will marry you," I said sharply. She looked at me, clearly surprised. I realised what I had said, and smirked. Bet she was not expecting that.
"Yeah, right," she said irritably, recovering from the shock.
"Oh, I'm serious if it will make you stop complaining," I said, and we started walking again.
"Jake, we don't like each other that way," Leah rolled her eyes.
"I know," I said, feeling more confident in my plan.
"We aren't even really friends," she continued.
"I know. I could help fix that if it would make this less weird," I offered. She was really freaking out about my offer.
"That's nice. But it's sort of weird, getting together with you because there is no one else," Leah said thoughtfully.
"Think of it as a security incentive," I said. Wow, I was being nice to her, more than normally at least. Her genetics rant must have hit something in me. We were almost outside Charlie's house. I could hear a football game going on.
"I don't know," Leah frowned at me, stopping. I could see Charlie now. He was sitting on the couch. He did not do a lot now Bella was with Edward.
"Look, Leah, it would be ok. We both do not change so we have forever. We might both have imprinted by then anyway," I said casually, as if I asked girls to marry me after one hundred years every day. Leah considered this.
"Alright," she agreed. I smiled.
"Good," I said and turned to look at Bella's old window.
"If you make it official," she continued. I looked at her, confused. Oh, right.
"Um, ok," I said. Leah looked like she was firm on this idea. Maybe she expected me to chicken out. I took the prettiest ring of the three on her fingers, much to her surprise. I smirked. Ha. I got down on one knee, and took her hand. We were both close to laughing aloud at that point. I waited until we were both serious.
"Leah, I don't love you. I think I am a lot closer to hating you in fact, no offence of course. Nevertheless, I really do not want to be alone forever, stuck as a werewolf with no one. I know you don't either, mostly because you won't shut up about it. I think we could stand to go through with a whole wedding and married life together, providing it started after the one hundred year limit our imprintations have to get around to meeting us," I paused to smile at that. Leah was close to laughing again.
"Leah Clearwater, will you marry me?" I asked, pulling my best puppy face. At that moment, Charlie burst outside. He took one look at Leah and me before gasping.
"Jake!" he exclaimed.
"Hey Charlie," I said nervously.
"What the hell are you doing?" he asked gruffly.
"It's complicated," I said quickly. Why did this have to happen? What did I do to deserve this?
"You're sixteen!" Charlie exclaimed.
"Seventeen," I corrected, because technically I was. He shrugged.
"Still, you two can't get married!" Charlie exclaimed.
"Look, Charlie, we aren't going to get married tomorrow. It's more a… someday thing," I said, not wanting to elaborate on how long that someday was.
"All right then," Charlie said curtly, "What do Billy and Sue think?"
"Not a lot. They kind of don't know," I said apprehensively.
"What?" Charlie looked outraged.
"We'll tell them later! It was a spur of them moment kind of thing!" I insisted. Well, it was.
"Okay," Charlie accepted this.
"Promise you won't say anything," Leah pleaded.
"Fine," Charlie agreed. He liked us after all.
"So, Leah, are you going to answer my question?" I asked, pulling
my puppy-face again.
"I thought the answer was obvious, Jake.
Yes," she laughed. Charlie somewhat smiled.
"I'll leave you kids alone," he said shyly and went back inside the house.
"We so need to get out of here," I said, giving her back her ring.
"Oh, certainly," Leah agreed and we ran back into the forest. After we were a decent way back in, we stopped.
"Oh man! That was so awkward!" Leah moaned. I laughed.
"I know!" I said, and we began to walk toward my Rabbit.
"Charlie must think we are crazy," she added.
"No more than before. Now he thinks there is going to be something," I moaned.
"Hey, don't stress, Jake," Leah laughed.
"Thanks. This is going to be so weird seeing Charlie after this," I laughed. She nodded and we finally reached the car.
"Home to La Push?" I offered.
"Before anything else can go horribly wrong," she smiled and climbed in.
"Yes, dear," I said teasingly, and climbed in.
A/N: Well, that's the first chapter. If you like it, review it and I'll upload chapter two tomorrow. If not, sometime this week.
