Title: The Oddity of Us
Rating: T
Pairing: Leah/Edward
Disclaimer: I own nothing from Twilight! If I did and I repeat that I don't, Leah would have gotten her happily ever after. I also do not own the song!
Summary: During the fight with the newborns Leah is hurt. Not knowing if she is going to make it or not, Edward remembers how they got there. Will Leah live to see another day? Will Edward get the chance to tell her he loves her?
A/N: You remember how I said I was having computer problems? Well turns out that the registry cleaner was infected and it killed my computer. Hopefully we can fix it. If not I will hopefully be getting a new one. Point being that all of my stories were on my laptop. I am using my moms computer to write this. It will keep me buisy until I can work on my other stories again. I hope you like it! Please R&R like always!
A/N2: I had half of it written and then we lost power. I hadn't saved so I lost it. I think I am having a bad week with electronics. Anyways, I have no idea how many chapters this will have. A few at the very least.
Warning: If you don't like to read off canon, you may not want to read this. It is AU obviously.
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You Have To Show Them That You're Really Not Scared
You're Playin' With Your Life, This Ain't No Truth Or Dare
They'll Kick You, Then They Beat You,
Then They'll Tell You It's Fair
So Beat It, But You Wanna Be Bad
[Chorus]
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fight
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
---Beat It by Micheal Jackson
Edward's Pov:
"What's she doing?" I was horrified at the images playing out in Seth Clearwater's mind. Thanks to my mind reading abilities and his connection to the other wolves due to there shared pack mind, I got to see every gory moment in great detail.
Way down the mountian, in the clearing my family used to play baseball, Leah Clearwater had just made a tremendeous rookie mistake. She had found a lone newborn hiding in the bushes. All of the other newborns had been destroyed and disposed of, along with there creator Victoria. I should be celebrating with the rest of my family but that was not to be.
You ask why she would engage the vampire without backup? Well that is a question with a simple answer. Leah 'I am to stubborn for my own good' Clearwater, felt as if she had something to prove. Being the only known female shape-shifter to have ever existed, Leah never quite felt as if she fit in with her pack brothers. The fact that her ex-fiancee was the Alpha, you could guarantee that would make her a little reckless. She wanted to be respected and not pitied. That was why she wanted to fight in the first place.
She wanted to prove that she was just as good as any of the men, if not better. What better way to do that than to kill a newborn on her own? It didn't matter if it was dangerous, because Leah would tell you that she laughed in the face of danger. It didn't matter if she was the smallest wolf. She would say, 'The bigger they are, the harder they fall.' She wasn't concerned that they may have special talents. A direct quote she used when I expressed that fear was, 'You don't think I can handle a Harry Potter inpersonating leech?' No, none of that was a concern of hers.
I continued to watch threw Leah's eyes as she pounced on the rogue vampire. "No! Don't!" I yelled out knowing she wouldn't be able to hear. We were miles apart but I felt as if I where right next to her.
My vision seemed to blur as I fell to my knees. One of my hands flew to my head as the memory of the last conversation I had with Leah resurfaced. My other arm flew out blindly infront of me as if trying to reach out to her.
"Leah I want you to stay in La Push. I already talked to Sam and he agreed with me." Those were the first words out of my mouth as I entered the Clearwater household. (Sam and the elders had given my family special permission to enter La Push territory. It would be revoked as soon as the newborns had been dealt with.)
"Well hello to you too." Leah was pinning her short hair back with barettes. After she had completed that task, she turned around to face me. "Did you ever plan to ask me how I felt about this master plan of yours?"
I was leaning against the back of the couch with my arms folded over my chest. I looked her over briefly. She had on a sweatsuit. Something old and torn that would be easy to ditch if she had to phase quickly. "No, not really."
Leah smirked and shook her head in my general direction. "Sarcasm is not needed right now Cullen."
Leah and I had been friends for almost a year. After I returned with my family and found out that Bella had been imprinted on by Jacob, I had been a mess. I would mope around worse than before and it was driving everyone insane. The fact that I had to see Jacob Black with Bella almost daily, because Alice was still friends with them, didn't lighten my torment.
Oneday when they visited my sister, they had managed to drag Leah Clearwater along kicking and screaming. They were trying to cheer her up and thought the best way to do that was by getting her out of La Push and away from Sam and Emily.
Well having two romantically tormented and broken souls who also happened to be mortal enemies, in the same room together had not been a smart move. The insults had started right away. At first she reminded me of Rosalie but Rose usually insulted me and then left the room. Rosalie Hale could dish it but she couldn't take it. Leah Clearwater on the other hand could do both.
After a few hours the screams had died down and the insults were less severe. We had grudingly agreed to a truce and over time, when Bella and Jacob dragged her along with them to our house, we had become friends. That was why I was here today. As her friend I wanted to stop her from doing something stupid and potentially life threatening.
"What are you doing?" I had been plucked out of my musings when I saw her strap a silver dagger to her calf.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" She replied as she pulled her pant leg over the weapon efficiently hiding it from plain sight.
If Leah was anything it was smart. Smart enough to be prepared if she had to phase back from wolf to human form. Now a dagger wouldn't do much damage, if any, to a vampire but it was better than nothing at all. I had noticed the dagger was one that had belonged to her father, so a part of me was curious to know if she was bringing it along for sentimental reasons rather than practical ones.
I pushed myself off of the back of the couch. "To me it looks as if your preparing for a battle."
The cheeky little wolf thought it would be cute to clap. "Wow, who knew that you actually weren't as dumb as you look? Ten points for your very astute answer."
She reached past where I now stood, for her purse. "Now is not the time for sarcasm Leah."
"Your absolutely right." I watched as she poured the contents of her purse on the kitchen table. I had followed her and was now standing beside her as she riffled threw the mess on the table. "Sarcasm will have to wait until after we kill the newborns."
I grabbed her wrist lightly. "Where do you get a we? You are not going to be anywhere near the vicinity of where the battle is to take place."
"Yes I am." She said, pulling her wrist from my cold grasp.
"No your not." I picked up what I thought twas a tube of lipstip and fiddled with the top in order to keep my hands buisy. If I got fustrated, which I no doubt would because Leah always fustrated me, I wanted to have my hands occupied.
"Yes I am." She retorted before grabbing the lipstick from my hands. She pulled off the top and I was suprised to learn that it was really a tiny little blade hidden inside the lipstick case. I raised my brow at her and she shrugged.
"No your not." I easily dodged the address book she threw at my head.
"Is there an echo in here? I am fighting today Edward. End. Of. Story." She didn't bother looking at me as she placed the items back into her bag. For the first time I realized Leah kept some strange things in her purse.
"Damnit Leah!" I slammed my hands down on the table and felt something squish beneath my palm. Eww. Lifting it up I pulled off the remains of a half eaten candy bar. Making a face of pure discust, I tossed the offending item into the trash.
Leah tossed me a wash cloth before responding to my reaction. "Watch your language Cullen, I have virgin ears."
"This is not the time to joke around Clearwater." No amount of joking would ease the severity of the situation at hand. She should realize she couldn't weasel her way out of talking with me.
I tossed the now dirty rag back at her. She caught it easily. "And I thought it was a great time for my witty humor."
"Leah-" I growled out as my hands ran threw my hair. Leah said I did this alot when she was around. I told her once it was a habit I developed when I became fustrated. Like I said earlier, Leah fustrated me alot. My fingers should just take up permanant residence in my hair when she was around. It would save time.
"Yes?" She asked me. She was just waiting for a chance to be the snarky Leah Clearwater she usually was, of this I was posative. If she loved being mean, it was nothing to how much she loved being sarcastic. If sarcasm could be a career, Leah would be perfect for it.
"Your avoiding the topic at hand." I snapped out at her. I didn't mean to seem touchy but I was irritated right now. This was supposed to have been a serious talk but she was trying to avoid that. She was determined to go along with her suicidal plan to fight the newborns and I was determined to make sure she didn't.
"Which was?" This time she was the one with her arms crossed.
"Your not fighting today." I mimiced her actions.
"Are you starting that argument up again?" She removed her hands from her chest and placed them on her hips instead. Her chocolate brown eyes bore into my golden ones.
"I wasn't aware we were arguing." I said with a smirk.
Damnit, she was rubbing off on me. I needed to remember that now was not the time to joke around. It was sometimes hard to do that with Leah around. My emotions went crazy whenever she was near. She made me feel things I hadn't even felt with Bella. It was sad that I had more of a solid friendship with my mortal enemy than I did with my former girlfriend who I once claimed was my everything.
Leah smirked right back at me. I don't think I have ever seen her wearing a real smile. If we managed to live through this, I would have to make sure I got her to smile more often. I was sure it would be a beautiful sight. Damn Sam Uley for breaking her heart. To bad he couldn't have taken away her ability to be as stubborn as a mule.
"Your right, we weren't arguing. Because there was nothing to argue about. And if we were arguing, I was winning." Her smirk only grew wider as she spoke.
"You were not." My tone was authorative but apparently that didn't frighten little Ms. Clearwater.
"Was too." She stated stubbornly.
"Were not!" The volume of my voice had risen an octive or two.
I was glad her mother was staying with Billy Black and Charlie. It would do her no good to know that her daughter was being reckless with her life. Sue Clearwater had already lost her husband and I would be damned if I let her loose a daughter as well. Leah may not think she had anything to live for but I tended to differ on that topic. I could not allow her throw her life out the window.
Leah wouldn't even be preparing to fight if it wasn't for me. Bella and I may have broken up but she was still my friend. And because of that, my family and I agreed to help fight the newborns who were after her. In reality, it was more my fault than Bella's. She didn't ask to smell so good for vampires. She hadn't wanted James to go after her. She wasn't the one who killed Victoria's lover. She was really innocent in this whole debacle. If anyone was to blame for this whole mess, it was me. My selfishness was the cause of all of this. And if anyone died or was injured, that was on me as well.
Jacob said he and the pack could handle it but Sam agreed to have us help. Being a fairly new pack, Sam thought it would be smart to have Jasper teach them defense and offense fighting techniques. Sam did not want there to be casualties and he thought that if they were better trained the casualties would be alot less. If there were deaths, he hoped that it would be one of us Cullens. That was probably the only other reason he wanted us to fight along side them. So I had asked Jasper to teach them. My brother had agreed, even though deep down I knew he didn't want the wolves involved. He didn't trust them but he trained them none the less.
That was what had caused Leah's excitement. She couldn't wait for the battle. She was tired of being treated like glass by Sam. She wanted to prove her worth. She wanted to show that she was more than Sam's cast off of an ex-girlfriend. She wanted to make a name for herself. I wanted to scream at her that dying wasn't the way to do it, but screaming at her would help nothing. So I would have to stick with this silly, childish, back and fourth squabbling.
"Was too!" Her voice had also risen in pitch. She only had one hand on her hip now as the other was buisy grabbing her purse and launching it at my head.
I caught it easily in my hand before placing it gently on the couch. "Were not!"
"What are you two?" She had thrown her hands up in annoyance. And to my amusement, she stomped her foot.
This caused me to grin a little before my anger made another appearance. Why couldn't she just listen to me? When I asked her that once before, she told me that the only way she would ever listen to any man besides her father was if he was her boyfriend. Since I wasn't her boyfriend, nor was I her father, she said that I had no say over what she did. And then she had added that even if I were her boyfriend, she probably wouldn't listen to me even then.
"What the fuck is there to prove by risking your life?" By this point I had wrapped my hands around both of her upper arms.
I wanted to shake her, to tell her that she was being selfish. She was my only friend, she was my bestfriend as odd as that may be. I wanted to scream at her that I was just trying to keep her safe. I was trying to keep her safe for not only her own well being, or even for her family, but for me as well. I was being selfish again I knew, but I couldn't bear the thought of what I would do if I lost my only real friend. I couldn't turn this into an all out fight though; if I did that I would never have a chance to change her mind. Not that I had much of a chance as it was. Still I had to try.
"Swearing again? Do I need to get some soap?" She was using her strange humor to try and lighten the mood. It wasn't working very well.
"Be serious Leah." When her eyes flicked to my hands on her arms, I released my grip instantly.
I had to be careful I didn't loose my patience and accidently hurt her. Wait..I wondered if I hurt her, would that make it so she couldn't fight against Victoria and the newborns? Sure she would be mad at me and Sam would probably kill me, but It really was an all to tempting plan. The fact that I had even considered something like that had to show what state of mind I was in.
"I am being completely serious. Bad language is no joke." She was shaking her pointer finger at me and trying to look serious and not laugh. She was doing a pretty good job of it. Still, I was able to see what holding in her laughter did to her. It would only be a short time before she lost it and started giggling.
"Leah-" I knew that I must looked tired and worn out.
The days counting up to this day had been haunting my day dreams. A number of things could go wrong. I would have felt better if Alice could see the wolves so I would know for sure that my fears were unwarranted. I would feel even better if Leah could be with me during the fight. I was gaurding Bella along with Seth up the mountian. Jacob had planned that part out. Atleast with my family I knew that they could take care of themselves. I didn't know that about Leah. And Alice couldn't see if Leah would be ok; that was the cause of most of my worry.
"Stop right there Edward. I know that look. Don't go all mother hen on me." I sighed when she said that. Leah knew me a little to well. I couldn't even lecture her properly. Somehow that didn't seem quite fair to me. I should atleast be able to give her a good tongue lashing. I deserved the chance to make her see. Yet she couldn't even give me that could she?
"Leah you don't have to risk your life to gain respect-" I had thought that maybe changing tactics would work. I realized to late that reading her mind would only serve to piss her off.
"Stop reading my mind." Leah said as her mind went blank. Leah was the only person ever, and that included vampires, shifters, and humans, who could close her mind to me. It was different with Bella. I could not read Bella's mind period. I could with Leah, that is if she let me and that was on rare occassions. Or if she got angry enough sometimes her barrier would drop.
"I will, if you stop being so immature." I replied bitingly. She wasn't listening and she was closing her mind. Was she trying to anger me?
Leah scoffed and grabbed a muffin from the table. She devoured the whole thing before she took the time to answer me. She had used the time eating to come up with a rather lacking insult. "I am not immature. Your just old."
"I am not old!" I said in outrage. I was not old, ok maybe I was but still. I was like a fine wine, I only got better with age. Also, Carlisle and Jasper were alot older than I was. If anyone was old, it was those two.
"Yes you are but don't worry, you look good for your age." Leah called over her shoulder as she poured herself a drink. She didn't bother offering me one. We both knew that I would decline. That was unless she started drinking blood without my knowledge.
Walking up behind her, I placed my hand on her shoulder and turned her to face me. It was time to start the begging. "Please don't do this Leah. You could get hurt."
"I thought I told you not to go all mother hen on me?" Her words may have been anything but comforting, yet the look she gave me as she said them and the way her voice softened, did comfort me a tiny bit. She was scared but she was determined even more than that.
"Someone has to worry about you since you obviously don't." My words must have had some kind of impact on her. Leah was not one who liked to hug and get all touchy feely as she called it. So when she hugged me, I knew what I said had some kind of effect on the she wolf.
"Well stop worrying about me. I didn't ask you to." She sighed deeply as her head rested against my chest. I think she only let the hug go on for so long was because she knew how worried I was.
I groaned before replying. "I wasn't given much of a choice."
That was an understatement of the century. I wasn't given any choice about the feelings I harboured for her. Leah's personality had just pulled me and now I was trapped. There was no way I could get out even if I wanted to. If Bella had been my sun, then Leah was my moon. She was there even when the sun went down. In a world where my sun had been blocked out by a solar eclipse, Leah was the only light left. Somedays were brighter than others but the point was that no matter what, there was always some kind of light and even some hope if Leah was near by.
"Well I don't like people worrying about me, so stop." I could feel the warmth of her body soak threw my clothes and warm my icy skin.
With a chuckle I pulled her tighter against me. One of my fingers traced the path of her spine. "Yeah, I'll be sure to get right on that."
"Didn't we discuss this is not the time for sarcasm?" Leah pulled away from me and rolled her shoulders. She was looking at the clock. I hated the stupid little device. With every little tick, tock, tick, tock, tragedy that would soon take place got closer.
"We may as well use it now. I don't know if you'll be around to use it later." I clenched my jaw as I said this. I didn't want to think about what could happen. I didn't want to think that a day could come where Leah wasn't near by with a scathing, sarcastic, or witty response to something I said. The pain that image brought me was to much and I wished Jasper was here to calm my emotions.
Leah Clearwater seemed to see the turn my mood had taken. "Don't get all mopey on me Mr. Sparkles."
This girl sure could come up with some interesting nicknames for people. Atleast this new one was better than Jacob's pet name. Leah had decided to call Jacob Lassie. It was a nickname that I couldn't help tormenting him with whenever he was around. Emmett had even started calling Bella Timmy. You know because of how Lassie always had to save Timmy from falling into the well.
"Mr. Sparkles?" My lips twitched with the urge to smile. I managed to stifle it. No need to encourage her. She was hard enough to deal with at the present time.
"I'll explain later." With a wave of her hand the conversation of Mr. Sparkles was shuffled to the back of the pile to be used later on.
"If you have a later." I frowned and once again wished that Alice could see Leah's future so I would know for sure if she really did have a later to look forward to.
Leah looked around the house. To a casual observer she seemed to be bored and just trying to keep buisy. To me, I knew that she was taking in every detail just incase this was the last time she would ever be inside her home. "I'll be fine. Don't worry about me."
"Is that an order?" I clucked my tongue as I said this. I had just given a great opening for her to come up with one of her witty comments.
Her smile turned mischievous and playful. Another rarity for Leah 'she wolf' Clearwater. "Can I give orders? Cool, and yes, it is a direct order."
My eyes narrowed into slits. "Fine."
Leah bit her lip but then she started to laugh. Quickly she slapped her hand over her mouth. Still the tinkling laughter escaped and reached my ears. I think she even snorted. "Are you pouting?"
I feigned mock hurt. I so did not pout! I just merely showed my disapointment in my own special way. In no way did it even come close to pouting. "No, I don't pout."
"Sure you don't." She took to steps forward and patted my head much in a way a human pets a dog. Ironic if you think about it, considering she was technically the dog in this situation. Somehow though, I don't think she would have taken it well if I had pet her on top of the head. "You'll keep an eye on Seth right?"
The air of humor that had been in the room vanished for a brief moment. "Of course I will. It's not him I am worried about."
That was not completely true. I was worried about Seth, I was just worried about Leah more. The only reason I wouldn't be fighting in the clearing was because I didn't want Seth to have to watch Bella by himself. Isabella Swan had bad luck when it came to dangerous situations and I didn't want Seth caught in the middle. So I would go with him and make sure he stayed safe. If anything happened to him, Leah would probably kill me, put me back together, kill me, set me on fire, and then spit on my ashes.
Leah must have wanted to change the subject because her banter turned playful and teasing once again. "Aww your worried about Jake? I had no idea."
I wanted to laugh at the silliness of her statement. Like I cared what happened to him. Wait, no, I did care because if he died then I would have to deal with Bella. I needed to keep him around so Bella would stay away. If Jacob Black died it would just make life more complicated than usual. Best to make sure he keeps breathing. I had no doubt he would survive, I had wished he would drop dead alot when I first came back but he didn't. Even as I chanted 'burst into flame, burst into flame' in my mind when he was around, it had no effect. He was to stubborn to die. He and Leah had that in common.
I took a step towards her. It seemed she liked to walk around when she was arguing. Maybe it kept her occupied or cleared her mind. Whatever it was, I just wanted her to stay still so I could look into her eyes when I told her what I was about to. She needed to know. "Leah, I wanted to tell you-"
"No, don't go all girly on me please." Leah was quick to stop my speech before it started.
"Will you be serious for a minute?" She wanted to fight, I couldn't stop her. I wouldn't even try to. She should be willing to listen to one little speech then. I had a right to get my feelings out. She owed me that. I didn't know if I would have another chance. Hell, she didn't even have to really listen. She could pretend for all I cared as long as I got to say what I was feeling.
"I am being serious." Her commanding tone told me that I wouldn't be spilling my guts to her anytime soon.
Since bearing my soul to her was out, I settled for some teasing banter. If this was our last conversation I sure as hell wanted it to be memorable. "Why does that scare me?"
Leah tilted her head at me and smiled even though you knew she didn't want to. "Funny. Well it's about that time."
My eyes landed on the clock. No! I needed more time, this wasn't possibly enough time! I wished I could freeze time, freeze this moment forever. No, a better idea would be locking Leah in cage until tomorrow. By then the battle would be done and over. She would have no one to fight tomorrow. I liked that idea alot. No fighting equals no death by newborn/ No death by newborn meant Leah would live to see another day. And if Leah lived on, I wouldn't have to live in perpetual darkness.
If my heart could beat, I would be having a panic attack right now. "Leah be-"
She cut me off as we both headed for the door. I was going to try and block it so she couldn't leave. "Careful, yeah I heard you the first million times."
"I'm trying to make sure it sinks in." I said to her as my hand covered the gold colored doornob.
Leah placed her hand over mine. At first I thought she was trying to open the door, to walk out of her safe house and into the dangers of the world.
It was only when her grip tightened that I realized she was trying to comfort me. A year ago that would have been a joke to both of us. Who would have thought the leech and she-wolf would ever be so close? I certianly hadn't and I knew she hadn't expected it either. "Edward, it's gonna be a peice of cake."
A stroke of brillance hit me when she said that. Chocolate was a weakness for the female shape shifter. "If I buy a peice of cake will that be enough of a bribe to make you stay?"
She paused for a moment. I wonder now if my offer really tempted her or if she was only playing along for my benefit. Probably only doing it for my benefit but it is Leah, so really you never can tell when she is serious or not. "Would it be chocolate?"
"Triple chocolate if you'll stay." I could see her mouth water at the thought of eating her favorite triple chocolate cake. That was her favorite thing to eat. Sometimes I joked with her that she should be glad that the saying, 'you are what you eat' wasn't literal. I also teased her by saying that the only reason she had all of her teeth was thanks to her advanced healing abilities.
She crinkled her nose as she thought about it. "Tempting but no."
"Damn." I snapped my fingers together.
"If you swear again I will make you eat a whole bar of soap when I get back." I just shook my head at her threat. Who in there right mind actually thought eating soap stops someone from swearing? Also, who was she to tell me not to swear? She made sailors look like nuns when it came to cussing. She even gave Emmett a run for his money. That in itself was a miracle.
Finally I opened the door. There was no use trying to put it off any longer. Arguing wouldn't change her mind and I had to meet Seth soon anyways. "Atleast you say you'll be back. Can I take it to mean you won't be reckless?"
"If that helps you sleep at night." She mumbled with a shrug. Why could she not even promise me that? Why couldn't she just agree to try and be safe? That's all I was looking for. I just needed to know she would atleast try to survive.
"I don't sleep." There was no reason for me to state the well known fact. I think that I only did it so the conversation would last a wee bit longer.
After we exited the Clearwater home and she was sure the door was locked, did she finally turn in my direction to look at me once more. "Oh right. Well as much as I like this heartwarming conversation, I have places to be."
I grabbed her arm before she was out of my reach. I pulled her back into my arms for one last hug. No I could not think like that. This was not a goodbye, it was merely a see you later. "Be safe."
"You make it sound like im preparing to have sex instead of fight in a epic battle." Leave it to Leah Clearwater to come up with the strangest response. She could make anything seem dirty. I really was begining to think she was related to Emmett.
"Epic?" I said the word with a grin. Leah hated fads, yet it seemed that this one had grown on her.
She rolled her eyes at me. "That's Seth's new favorite word. It rubbed off on me. Stupid kids and there fads."
That was the last time I had spoken to Leah. It was also the last I had seen of her until now and I wasn't truly seeing her as it was. I was seeing her threw the packs mind. I could hear Sam screaming out orders, and trying to get to her. I could see Jasper, (threw Embry's eyes) as he raced past Sam and wrestled the newborn off of her.
I watched as she fell to her knees, unaware that I had mimiced her actions. Then I continued to watch as she fell sideways, gasping for breath. I could hear small unimportant thoughts passing threw her mind as she faded out. It was like a switch had been flicked. When that happened, I could no longer feel the connection to Leah.
A whimper from Seth caught my attention. "Go." I told him even though I wanted to tell him to stay and wait with Bella for Jacob to arrive. I wanted to go down to the field but Seth was her brother and I couldn't ask him to stay. Seth whined again. "Go, I will be there soon." I promised as he took off into the woods and down the mountian.
"Edward?" Bella was standing beside me. "Edward? What is it? Why did Seth leave?"
I was still crouched in the mud and Bella bent down to look at my face. "Someone was hurt." Was my reply.
Her eyes widened in panic. "Was it Jacob?" Her hands flew to her heart as she turned the color of a sheet.
"No." My voice sounded dead to my own ears.
"Alice?" I raised my eyes to meet Bella's frightened ones.
"No." I repeated.
Now she just looked confused. "Then who? It wasn't Carlisle or Esme was it?"
"No." I was begining to feel like a parrot.
"Then who?" Her irritation was easy to read.
My voice cracked with the weight of the answer. I knew I should have told her my feelings before. What if I didn't have the chance now? What if she never knew I loved her? "Leah."
TBC...
A/N: What did you all think? Oh by the way, there will probably be a memory in every chapter. Also a sneak peak to the next chapter.
Preview: "You said you would make sure she wasn't hurt! You couldn't even do that could you? To worried about Bella to stick around and make sure the newborns were all dead!"
"It wasn't my fault she was reckless!"
"She shouldn't have been fighting in the first place! If you hadn't made me watch Bella, I could have protected her you flea infested mongreal!"
"Why do you even care what happens to her? Do you like her or something?"
"And the pulitzer prize goes to Jacob Black."
"So you do like her?"
"My feelings are more complex, but in a nutshell yes I do like her."
"I don't like it."
"It's not your concern."