REWRITE THE STARS
A Twilight Fanfiction
By Coolcat7325
DISCLAIMER: We do not own Twilight. All Twilight characters and rights belong to Stephenie Meyer.
DISCLAIMER: Spoilers
(SET AFTER BREAKING-DAWN)
Chapter 1
Leah smiled, as she leaned against the door-frame and looked down upon the sleeping angel.
Her baby.
She bushed the pieces of hair falling in Hayley's face, and gently kissed her fore-head, before wandering into the kitchen of her apartment.
As she bustled around, making a sandwich and pouring juice into a cup for when Hayley woke up, she glanced at the photographs she had lined up on the shelf.
Most she had taken, but a handful were from when she was part of 'The Pack'.
She huffed, as she always did, before picking up the photograph she had of a certain Russet-skinned Quileute boy, and blushed, like she always did.
A couple of years ago, she had had a fling with Jacob Black.
It was just supposed to be for fun, nothing serious. They had both known that Renesmee would grow up, and demand Jacob's undivided attention (not that she didn't already have it)
But something had changed.
She had fallen for him, then seen him fall for Renesmee, and then discovered that she was pregnant with his baby.
She had never told him. She had told only a total of six people. Her mother, her little brother Seth, Quil, Embry, Carlisle and Rosalie
She had only told Embry because her mother had spilled the beans about the secret regarding Embry's father.
And it had turned out to be Harry Clearwater!
Her dad.
It had been as unexpected and as painful as receiving a blow to her face.
Quil had found out during patrol from Seth, who had been as mad as hell, because she had refused to disclose the identity of the father.
The three of them, and the vampire doctor, Carlisle, and the blonde girl vampire, Rosalie, had supported her throughout.
Rosalie and Embry had been especially helpful. She had long made up with Embry, and he had been very forgiving.
The only thing was, he kept insisting that she tell Jacob.
"No child", he had said once, "should grow up not knowing where they come from, or believe that their parents did not care for them"
She had begged her family and the others to keep quite, and make excuses for why she could not patrol, or phase.
Carlisle had warned her phasing would destroy the baby, and she had accepted the fact without question. She would do whatever it took to keep her unborn child safe.
Her avoiding phasing for nearly nine months had turned her back to normal, a fact she had shared only with Carlisle, Rosalie and Sue.
They had been concerned, especially when she reached four months, and the bump was too huge to hide.
So she had run.
She had escaped La Push, and had moved to California. Rosalie and Carlisle had given her enough money to buy a three-bedroom apartment and get by.
She had asked her mother and Carlisle to fly-in when her eighth month came to an end.
They still weren't sure Leah could actually join a hospital without people questioning her still incredibly high immunity and temperature, both of which would decrease after giving birth.
When Hayley was ready to be born, they had had to do the operation in the house Carlisle had been renting.
She had nearly died.
Giving birth to Hayley had almost ripped her apart, but she hadn't cared.
She had held the baby of her dreams in her arms, that had made the pain completely worth it.
But the minute Hayley had opened her eyes they had all known she couldn't return to the Rez. Not without telling Jacob.
Because Hayley had his eyes exactly. She shared the same firm set of jaw, the same long eye-lashes, the same cheeky smile...
Leah sighed, reality catching up to her.
Now she was making good money as a photographer for a popular environmental magazine. Photography was something she had always had interest in, and after Hayley was born, she had decided to turn it into a career.
Hayley was two, and enrolled in a good kindergarten-school, and she was pretty smart for her age.
She had named her baby 'Hayley' as a variation of the name 'Harry', in honor of her dead father.
"Mommy?", Hayley's lilting voice called from her bedroom.
Leah walked in, and found Hayley sitting up in bed, rubbing her eyes.
"Yes, sweetie?", she asked, pressing a kiss against her daughter's fore-head.
"When will daddy come visit?"
The question startled her, and she nearly fell backwards.
"Because my friend Jonathan's daddy is always home. When will daddy come home?"
Thankfully, she was saved by an incoming video-call from Embry.
"Hey", she said, relief seeping into her voice.
Embry frowned, but said nothing.
"Any specific reason that you called?", she inquired.
"When will you come home, Lee?", he asked, sounding tired.
"I can't, Embry. Not now, not ever"
"And why not, exactly?", he snorted, "There's nothing wrong with being a single mom. And I'm sure the Pack won't notice anything. You can always say you met someone there..."
She was losing her temper. No-one but Sue and Carlisle had seen Hayley, because she didn't want Quil, Embry or Seth thinking about her at patrol, and spilling the secret Leah had so desperately tried to hide.
Against her better judgement, she focused the phone on Hayley, who was still yawning and rubbing her eyes.
"What...oh!", Embry gasped with realization.
"See?"
"She has his eyes exactly"
"Yup", she said, frustration setting into her voice.
"She looks a lot like you, too"
She sighed. How many times had her mother repeated the exact same thing?
"I know"
Embry went silent for a bit.
"How is he? Jacob, I mean. Is he...happy?", she asked, suddenly shy.
"Fine", Embry said, sounding curt.
Leah exhaled.
"But I'm sure he'll be more then happy if you come and visit"
"Goddamn it, Embry!", she yelled, losing her temper, "How many times do I need to tell you? I can't! What if he doesn't want her? I can't deal with her being hurt because of a mistake I made!"
"Leah, I'm sure Hayley's hurting because she never met Jake. She deserves to meet him at least once", Embry countered.
The doorbell rang, and she muttered a quick goodbye, before walking over to the door and opening it.
To her complete astonishment, four familiar faces were waiting outside the door, one less welcome than the others.
"Mom?", She cried out in astonishment, "Quil, Seth, and...Renesmee? What are you all doing here?"
"We came to visit!", Seth said, grinning, before pulling her into a bear-hug.
"We've missed you, Lee", Quil said, pulling her into a hug of his own.
"Mom? Whats going on?", Hayley walked out of the room, her beautiful Onyx eyes glittering with curiosity.
Leah shut her eyes tightly, and gripped her mother's hand for support.
"No way!", Seth breathed.
"Jake? Jacob?! That's who her father is?", Quil asked, looking at her incredulously.
Nessie stood frozen with shock, before hissing, barring her teeth and leaping at Hayley...
A/N Please, please review! Also, many doubts will be cleared up in the next chapter.