Hey, here's the third chapter :) Thanks for all the reviews, keep them coming! This might be the last one i post for a bit because I'm going away early monday morning and won't be able to post again until next saturday, but i will try and post one tomorow. Hope you like it :) please review! xx
Aged Well.
LEAH POV.
I slowly turned around to see Jasper Cullen stood behind me, wide eyed, his clothes ripped and torn. His eyes got even wider when he saw my face and his mouth opened in shock.
"Do I look that bad?" I asked quietly, smiling a bit.
"Leah…? What the hell, you should be nearly 40 by now!" he said confusedly.
I laughed bitterly, "I guess I age well."
He smiled at that before walking over to me. I got up slowly, and stood in front of him, making sure the shirt was covering me.
"Seriously Leah, what happened?" he asked me sounding concerned. Nah, I probably got that wrong. Why would anyone worry about me?
JASPER POV.
I fought with the bear angrily, trying to forget how lonely I truly felt. The bear ripped at my top and I smiled to myself, knowing Emmett would love to be watching us fight right now. I was about to kill the bear when I heard someone talking quietly. It sounded like a woman's voice. I let the bear go and ran quickly to the voice, I knew I would be able to control myself, I had got much better these past 20 years. I found her sat in a small clearing in the woods, she looked quite thin, and she was just wearing a old shirt. She whispered something, looking up at the moon. "One last chance at love and life." Not even a second after she said that, her smell hit me.
No way. No freaking way. That could not be Leah Clearwater, what would she be doing here? I paused for a second before calling out her name uncertainly
"Leah?"
Her whole body froze, tensed up. It was her. It had to be. She didn't respond though, just sat there.
"Leah?" I said again.
She slowly turned around to face me and I was shocked. She hadn't changed a bit. Not at all. How was that possible? The moonlight lit up her face, and she looked so beautiful but so sad.
"Do I look that bad?" she asked me quietly with a small smile. Quite the opposite I thought to myself but then shook that thought out of my head. Stop being such a boy Jasper I thought.
"Leah…? What the hell you should be nearly 40 by now!" I said and I knew I sounded really confused.
She laughed a short bitter laugh and said, "I guess I age well."
I smiled; she still had that sarcastic sense of humour. I walked over to her and she got up slowly, pulling at the shirt that she was wearing, making sure it was covering her.
Her emotions were curious, embarrassed, sad and lonely.
"Seriously" I asked, "What happened to you?" I couldn't help the concern I felt for her, which was odd but I pushed that thought away.
She sighed sadly before looking up at me, and I saw how much she had changed. Her eyes looked dead, there was no spark in them, and none of that mischievous look she used to have. Her cheek bones stood out from the lack of fat on her skin, she had lost a lot of weight. Her hair was flat to her head, it had grown long though, it was down past her chest now. I looked down at her body; even though she had the shirt on I could see that she had lost her curves. Her legs were very skinny, she looked so fragile. What the hell happened to her? To sassy, loud, brave Leah. Even when I was with Alice, I had always admired Leah. She was beautiful; nobody could ever say she wasn't.
I looked back up to her face, looking into her dead eyes.
"I'm stuck like this" she said bitterly.
"What do you mean?" I asked, not fully understanding.
"Female wolves will stay at the age they first phased at forever. I'm like you leech's, I live for eternity." I could hear the anger in her voice, and her eyes stopped looking so dead for a second.
"Oh my god. Leah, I, I don't know what to say" I admitted. She smiled sadly and looked down.
"Why don't you tell me how Jacob is?" she asked quietly. I smiled at her and took her hand,
"Come back with me, come and see him." I told her.
She looked up at me and then down at our hands, before quickly shaking my hand off hers. She grinned at me
"Don't touch what you can't afford," she said cheekily.
I laughed before turning and running back home, knowing she was following me.
LEAH POV.
I looked down at Jaspers hand, which was resting on top of mine, secretly enjoying the feeling that ran through em when he did that. What the hell Leah my mind suddenly screamed at me and then it was like a firework had gone off in my head, I suddenly felt better, the old Leah suddenly came back to me and for the first time in years, the huge hole in my heart started to feel a bit smaller.
I shook his hand off mine,
"Don't touch what you can't afford," I said cheekily. He laughed and started to run.
Welcome back Leah I thought whilst phasing and chasing him through the woods. I wondered what had happened, why I suddenly felt more alive again. Probably because I would actually get to speak properly to people again, well not really people. I snorted at that and ran even faster, excited about seeing Jacob.
We ran and ran until we came to a big posh looking house. Yep this was the Cullen's I thought. The people who had more money than the whole population of New York. I stopped behind the trees and quickly phased back, pulling on the shirt. God they're going to think I'm some kind of homeless person I thought worriedly.
I walked out of the forest, to see them all coming out of the house curiously, Jacob was in front. His eyes widened and his mouth turned into a big grin.
"LEAH!" he yelled, running towards me. I laughed and held out my arms for a hug. We hugged quickly, seeing as I wasn't all that big on public displays of affection.
"Sam called me" he said, a look of sympathy in his eyes. "He told me you were stuck as a wolf forever."
I smiled, trying to reassure him. "I'm fine about it" I lied.
He raised an eyebrow at me, but didn't say anything. He started walking back up to the Cullen's, and I followed.
"So where've you been living?" he asked me
"Everywhere really." I said.
He nodded but didn't say anything else; there would be time for that later.
I looked up at the family and they were all smiling at me, even Rosalie. Then I saw Jacob walk up to Renesmee. God she had changed, and she was gorgeous. She hugged Jacob and I felt jealous of him. He could imprint, he had found the love of his life. I was stuck alone. Edward looked at me, looking pitifully. I glared at him before looking at Esme. She smiled at me and said
"Hello Leah dear, Jasper has told us about your situation. We were wondering if you wanted to stay round here tonight, catch up with Jacob."
I smiled at her and said, "That would be nice, thank you" she just smiled back and started speaking to Rosalie.
"Take Leah upstairs and find some new clothes for her please Rose."
Rosalie nodded and walked into the house, I followed her.
Ok, so i know there might be a bit of chemistry but don't worry i'm not going to make them fall in love straight away, there will be a bit of arguing between them. :P
