In Spite of It All
Chapter 3: A Plan
Leah stared nervously at the clock and watched apprehensively as the seconds ticked by. She knew she shouldn't be nervous but she was scared that Jacob might flake out, that he wouldn't come and that he would decide to stay a werewolf forever…he was supposed to be at her house over an hour ago. But she told herself that he was just late. He would come and they would work on a plan to break them apart.
Them, being Edward and Bella.
And as soon as Leah had given up hope on Jacob ever coming, he opened her door and sulked into her house. Leah looked inquisitorially at Jacob and waited for him to speak.
"She's fine, she's with Edward and she's just great…she's perfect!" Jacob nearly screamed as he slammed himself onto Leah's couch.
Leah was surprised that he was in his human form, right now anger was emanating from his very being, but he unlike herself had learned to control his transformations. So when Leah replied she tried to keep her voice calm and collected because she could feel that her anger was building up as well, "You went to see her!? Didn't I tell you not to? And you saw Edward too...you could've ruined everything he could've found out, don't you understand he can read your mind?"
"Really, I wasn't aware…," Jacob replied in a sarcastic tone. "Listen, Leah just calm done. The sooner you do we can come up with a plan and I can be with Bella." "And I can be with Edward," Leah interjected with energy and excitement in her voice.
This was the first time Leah had ever felt like she was doing something ever since she had become a werewolf. It was the first time that she felt in control in her life and as she glanced at Jacob, she was sure she saw the same gleam in his eyes. A gleam that radiated with purpose and what she hoped was fulfillment.
"Right…well umm where do we start?" Leah asked feeling slightly stupid and she looked up at Jacob hoping he had thought of something, because at that point her sense of determination vanished as she realized she hadn't even thought of where to begin.
"Well I was thinking, you've already told Bella that you've imprinted on me but that I loved her, right?"
"Yes...but—"
"Then we have to play on Bella's guilt," Jacob replied with a frown on his face.
"I think it might be the only way."
"Maybe we can just tell her that as long as I love someone else you," he said turning and pointing at Leah, "you will be dying inside, dying inside from the love that I am denying you."
"So then what? She can't, Bella won't come to you if you say that, because then that will just hypothetically kill me more. She'll try and ignore you even more in the hopes that you will forget about her." Leah replied shaking her head as she said it, "That won't work at all."
"Oh, yeah. Well then we can tell her more, we can tell her that you will be dying inside if the person you've imprinted on loves someone else—"
"You've just said that!" Leah stated impatiently.
"—loves someone else, someone who loves them back but chooses to ignore it, and that someone is Bella" Jacob continued with a mischievous smirk on his face. "And once, I've chosen to love someone else who loves me back, your imprinting will break and you will no longer be in love me, you'll be free to love Edward." Jacob thought hard for a flaw to his plan but when he could think of none he simply said, "I think, well I think that might work," he finished somewhat lamely.
And then Jacob stared at Leah waiting for her approval, waiting for her face to break out in a smile as wide as his.
"Yes! That's it, then she'll leave Edward and then I can have him."
But as Jacob stared intently into the greedy eyes of Leah Clearwater, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. Although he was up for a challenge, he didn't want to hurt Bella. He didn't want to have her if she didn't love him.
