** Disclaimer ** I do not own The Twilight Saga or any of its characters. All belong to Stephenie Meyer. **

Writers comment: Just so you know, Jake and Leah won't be jumping on each other from the get go. That just wouldn't make any sense. We are used to the characters that we know and love. I will however be softening the way they feel towards each other in order to bring them closer together faster and to just make the whole process smoother. This is set in Breaking Dawn after Leah joins Seth and Jacob to protect Bella. Bella is still pregnant. About this story well there aren't many Twilight fans left out there and I've thought about writing about this pairing before but never actually made the effort to. I've also noticed a lot of the fanfics today are more about OC's than canon characters. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Anyway... while you are reading this I'll be seeing about a second chapter! ;) Oh yeah :O Don't forget to review as well!

Rated M for safety.

Spoken conversations will be shown in quotation marks.

Wolf telepathy will be shown in italics.

Jacob's POV:

I stepped out of the Cullen's house, glad to finally get a decent breath of fresh air. Frequently visiting them to check on Bella somehow made it easier to tolerate the smell. I took in a deep breath of the morning air. It was thickly laced with tree sap, moss, rotting bark and citrus. I took a long stretch before running into the forest. I had to get deep enough into the trees to take my shorts off and tie them to my ankle with the leather chord I kept in my pocket without being too close to the house in case an unfortunate vamp would pass by the window and catch me without any clothes on.

I needed my privacy, but with Edward around, I never had too much. I smirked at the idea that I'd find a way to piss him off. When I was sure that I was deep enough, I pulled my shorts off in one swift motion and just as I was finished with the knot, I let the heat consume me and phased. With these ears, I could hear Leah's quiet, swift footfalls in the distance.

I decided to join her and help tighten the loop, not wanting to give Sam's pack the advantage. It felt weird saying it that way now. Not that I had a pack of my own. Morning., I heard Leah think lazily. She must have just woken up. I didn't feel any sign of Seth's presence. He must have ran through the night, the kid was tough. It didn't take long before I caught Leah's scent. I changed direction and started following it.

You had anything to eat yet?,I questioned her. Nope. I'm not hungry or anything though. She responded casually. Although she tried to not think about it, I caught her imagining how she would have had breakfast by now if she was home. Right,I wolf scoffed. I understood why she had been hungry. Running away from home to run in the woods guarding vampires doesn't leave you with too many options.

Especially when you're too proud to accept vampire handouts. Plus, I knew how Leah hated eating raw. Suddenly, an idea came to me. I dug my claws deeper into the dirt to catch up to her. Hey. You don't have to starve you know. There's perfectly good food over at the Cullen's, I thought suggestively. Like that's gonna happen. Leah mentally rolled her eyes.

Well then. We could go deer hunting. Just imagine tearing all that bloody meat off those bones an-

Okay okay fine! There's no need to make me picture it. You know how much I hate that. She interrupted, shaking her head as if trying to remove the picture from her mind. I missed a step and almost tripped over a boulder. I didn't expect her to agree so easily. But you have to go with me, she thought smugly. Going back there right after leaving wasn't the first thing on my short list of priorities.

Leah knew that and was probably just doing this on purpose. Whatever. As much as she annoyed me, I'd give her this victory. Hey! I won fair. Besides, you know I'm better than you oh mighty alpha, she laughed to herself. I ignored that.

On my way I found Seth curled up under a tree. I felt guilty but kicked him awake. Jake?, he thought groggily. Hey kid. Sorry to bother you but I need you to run the perimeter for a bit while we get your sister some grub then when we get back you can crash, okay? Seth stood and shook his fur out. Leaves and dust flew everywhere. Sure Jake!, he responded before darting off into the bushes enthusiastically. The joy of me allowing Leah to stay must have still been keeping him happy. I turned my own way and eventually caught up to Leah.

Hey Seth?

Yeah?

If you find a sign of the pack or anything else suspicious, howl.

Yes, sir! Seth thought, and ran even faster to make up for the lost distance that would be there without Leah and I.

We ran until the house was almost in view when Leah suddenly skidded to a stop. I turned my head to face her. What now?, I thought, annoyed. I don't have any clothes dumbo., she struck back. The thought had not come to me. Leah must have left home in a rush and that wouldn't give her time to get a change of clothes. Getting away from Sam was what was important. She had to do it on impulse too. If Sam caught her thinking about escaping, he would probably put Jared in charge of guarding her. Paul had too much of a temper for the job. And the others would probably be unable to keep up. I was the only one that could match Leah's speed after all.

Wait here., I thought. I took a few steps forward and found shelter under a tree. Standing upright, I balanced against the tree and slowly shifted back to human form. I put my shorts on and began walking towards the house. Leah needs clothes. Help her. Edward could read my mind so I thought things could go faster if I warned them in advance.

When the house came into view I noticed a figure standing by the window. Edward. He motioned down towards the porch and disappeared back into the house. I looked down and noticed a basket. With eight long strides I picked it up and found a dress in it. I didn't know too much about Leah but I did know that she wasn't the biggest fan of dresses. I laughed at the thought of her wearing it. After taking a short walk back to where I last was, I put the basket down in front of her and walked back to the porch to wait.

After a series of strange banging sounds and ruffling of leaves, Leah came into view. What was a pale white dress was now decorated with several shades of brown and green. I wasn't surprised. She had probably tried beating the vampire smell off that clung to it like crazy.

The dress was just above her knees but she kept trying to pull it down further. I couldn't help but chuckle at her efforts. She rolled her eyes and turned around, ready to leave. ''Okay wait!'', I shouted. ''I promise not to laugh or tell anyone about this.'' I lifted my hands innocently.

She turned back to face me. Besides the tree beat down she gave to the dress, I had to admit that she looked kinda beautiful. I immediately rubbed my eyes and tried to forget. I didn't think about her that way. I only thought about Bella, right?

She raised an eyebrow and walked towards the door before coming to a halt as if there was some invisible barrier in front of her. She put her hand in front of her nose and shook her head. ''You didn't tell me that the bloodsuckers stunk up the place this bad.'', she mumbled. '''You wanna go back? We didn't come here for you to criticize everything.'' I wasn't the biggest fan of these yellow eyed monsters either but it wouldn't pay off to be rude for the time that we would be here. ''Yeah yeah.'', she responded and folded her arms. I lifted my hand to knock and before I could touch the door it swung open.

''Hello Jacob, Leah.'', Esme greeted us with a motherly smile, nodding to the both of us. Her smile went wider when she saw Leah, glad to see that she had accepted her clothes, despite the condition they were in right now. ''Edward told me that you would be needing breakfast. Please come in.'' She led us into a room with a long table. Leah was walking so close to me that our shoulders kept brushing. Almost as if she was ready for Esme to turn around and attack her. I had never seen her that way though. Esme was more of a mother hen than a snarling, blood thirsty vampire.

There were two plates on the table with a huge pile of food. On one plate I noticed two steaks drenched in barbecue sauce, thick cut french fries and onion rings. I didn't bother to look for anything more and headed straight for the table and dug in. This was the best food I could remember having. ''Come on Leah. You've got to try this.'' I tried saying in between chews. It hadn't been until this moment that I knew exactly how hungry I was. Huh.. Werewolf appetite.

I glanced to my left and saw Leah awkwardly standing against the wall. She alternated between looking at me and the food. After what seemed like forever, she finally mustered up enough courage and joined me. We both ate until we were full.

I noticed that Leah had a little mushroom sauce on her lip. ''Uhm.. You've got a little..'' I signaled towards my mouth to show her. She licked her lip but just missed it. ''Did I get it?'', she asked. ''Nope.'' I wiped it off with my thumb and found myself staring into her dark eyes. ''What are you doing?'' she asked and pulled away. She stood up so fast that her chair nearly flew back. I shook my head and found myself unable to come up with any words.

Leah's POV:

Leah Clearwater eating at Dracula's table.. I thought to myself, laughing at the thought. What would the pack think? I frowned. I wasn't really feeling like myself these days. And why was Jake looking at me like that earlier? Was it that weird seeing me in different clothes? Before I could try thinking any further I felt a warm finger run past my lip. I looked up and noticed that he was staring at me.

I just felt so free to be away from Sam. Things were just so much easier here with Jake. I was getting lost in his brown eyes. For a moment I wished he could wipe Sam out of my mind as easily as he wiped what was on my lip clean, and for a moment he did. I drew back as fast as I could. I had enough werewolf in my life. It wasn't like I could imprint or anything. And he wanted Bella. Her name began to annoy me more than ever before.

She had no idea how much she was hurting Jacob and how selfish it was of her to keep him near her knowing that she didn't intend to choose him. Why couldn't he obsess over someone single? Someone who could love him back? I brought myself to reality. ''What are you doing?'', I asked him accusingly. Maybe if I could change the subject I could get him to forget how I was looking at him.

His face went blank. ''I... uh.. uhm.. I'm sorr-'' before he could get the rest of his sentence out, a howl pierced the morning air. Without hesitation, we ran out the door. Jake had barely touched the edge of the trees before he phased mid air, tearing his shorts to shreds. I tried consoling myself. If the pack was coming, chances are the would fight Jacob or me, not my kid brother.

Not wanting to make the same mistake, I took the annoying dress off but in my rush I heard a tear. Argh. I'd deal with that later. Not wanting to be outdone, I took a jump and phased. As soon as my paws struck the ground, I took off like lightning. Following the direction of the howl. Now that dad wasn't here it was my responsibility to take care of him. We were just too much for mom.

Seth! Wait!, clearly Jacob was worried about his safety too. It's okay. I hear paws. Three.. No. Four wolves. Seth decided confidently. Even if I made it on time. Three against four. I didn't like those odds. But where was the rest of the pack. Suddenly Seth froze. That scent. He thought. Vampire. Jacob completed. I ran faster catching up to Jake. We didn't care about who was faster right now. We just wanted to get to him before whatever was out there did.

Well! That was the first chapter !:D Once again please do read and review. Suggestions are welcome so please feel free to tell me if you have anything in mind to happen next or maybe if you want to predict what's coming. Leah and Jake will definitely be getting a lot closer in the next chapter.