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Chapter 3

Sweat Past

I woke up with the alarm of my cell phone. 6 a.m. I hate patrolling at this hour. I got out of the bed and somehow I manage to enter to my bathroom. Suddenly my memories from yesterday popped in my head and a genuine smile appeared in my lips. Maybe if I hurry up I could say good morning to Chris, it was his pack turn to patrol last night. They insisted to sleep in the forest, they said they didn't want to bother anyone, but I'll make sure they eat properly. I run to the shower and dressed up as quickly as I could. I looked myself in the mirror, a pair of shorts and a T-shirt is not going to impress anyone, but there's nothing else in my closet, maybe I should go shopping next week. I heard some noises in the kitchen downstairs. Damn! My pack is already here.

My mom married Charlie a year ago and now they are living at his house. Seth and I stayed in our house and we usually use it as a place for meetings and quileute discussions.

I rushed downstairs and I was so concentrate in my thoughts that I didn't see the carpet, I slipped with it and I ended on the floor of the living room.

-What happened? - asked my brother from his room

-Nothing- I don't want him to think that having an imprint has an effect on me

A postcard on the floor called my attention, I have never seen it before, one of the boys probably forgot it here. I stood up and turned it around to read it.

Good morning Leah!

Hope you like my little present.

Please stay away from dangerous things, see you later!

Christopher

Oh my god! He was here? Am I feeling butterflies on my stomach? I don't really care. He is so cute! Wait, where's the present?

I started looking like a crazy woman; down the table, down the sofa, behind the T.V., everywhere! Where on earth did he hide that thing?

-Did you lose something? - Jacob voice asked from the kitchen

-Yes- I entered the kitchen, if someone could help me that would be him.

Jacob is my best friend. After the war with vampires and once all the things settled down, we became very close, not only because I am his beta, believe it or not we have a lot of things in common.

-I just found this- I gave him the postcard and he read the message

-Aha!-

-Aha what?-

-This is evidence-

-What are you talking about? -

-This proves that the present came from Christopher-

-I am not following-

-When I arrived to your house some minutes ago I found a little box with your name on it, and it had strawberries in it-

-It had? Where are they?-

-In some part of my intestines I think-

-Jake!-

-I had to make sure they weren't poison!-

-Why would my imprint poison me?! -

-I didn't know they were from him!-

-You liar! – I started chasing him around the kitchen

-Stop it Leah! You are overreacting- he said laughing, why is he laughing?

-You ate my first imprint's gift! - I tried to punch him but he blocked me

-Looks like our little Leah is in love- he mocked me, he is going to regret that!

I grabbed a frying-pan and he defended himself with a broom. Maybe he was right and I am overreacting, but the fact that he just doesn't stop laughing only makes me angrier.

-$5 to Jacob- Quil said as he entered the house and saw us struggling in the dining room

-I'll go for Leah, she looks pretty mad- Embry always supports me

-Jacob ate the strawberries that Christopher gave to Leah- Seth explained while he sat on the sofa

-Why that doesn't surprise me? - Quil mention

-Ok enough of this; let's start the meeting- Jacob made a quick move and took away my weapon

-Hey!-

-We are all here Leah, we can't waist more time-

-Well I am not going anywhere if you don't apologize first- sometimes I can be so childish

-Ok, ok, I am sorry, now can we please start the meeting?-

-Whatever you want all mighty Alpha- we all sat in the living room

-I talked to Kevin and Ralph yesterday and here is what we know. We have three enemies, the leader is Matt and he is the most powerful of the group because he can multiply himself-

-What?-

-Really?-

-Is just an illusion, but a very real one, instead of one, we are going to deal with five. This other four illusions can hit you, but you can also attacked them, smell them…-

-How do we know that we are fighting the real one? –Seth interrupted

-I don't know. The only way of making the illusions disappear is to knock down the real one-

-Great- Quil said sarcastically

-What about the others? – I asked

-Lisa is Matt's girlfriend- Jacob kept explaining. –She can see anyone she wants in her mind-

-She can see us right know? - Embry asked

-No, she can only see someone she already knows and she hasn't see us in our human form, besides she can only see the place were we are, but she can't hear our conversation or anything like that-

-What about Will? – I still remember my fight with him

-He doesn't have a scent-

-Well that's boring- Seth commented

-You idiot- Quil said. –He can attack you from behind and you wouldn't even notice-

-Oh, right, I knew that- Quil rolled his eyes

-Our mission is to protect what they want and attack them whenever we have a chance- Jacob dictated

-I still don't understand why they want Leah- Embry said. –What does this leech have against female werewolves?-

-Chris told me we receive a gift the first time we transform- I explain. –His sister had curative powers-

-What's the point if we can cure ourselves? - Quil asked

-Maybe is something to do with helping humans- Jacob thought out loud. –You don't have a secret power do you? -

-No that I know of, maybe it works only with Europeans girls-

-Vampires also have gifts, why is he so interested in she-wolfs? –Seth asked

-Ralph told me that their legends talk about a female who will receive a very powerful gift, so powerful that she will be able to control a vampire's mind-

-That can't be real- Everyone looked at me. –Think about it, if that is true the Volturi would have killed me years ago-

Silence remained in the room until Embry's cell phone started vibrating.

-Time to patrol- he stood up and walked to the front door, I followed

-Where do you think you are going? – Jacob asked

-Is my turn to patrol too- I answered

-Are you kidding me? There are three insane vampires looking for you out there!-

-So I can't patrol? – I asked innocently

-No! - They all screamed at me

-Ok, ok you don't have to shout at me-

-I'll go with Embry- Quil said

-Seth, go talk to Edward, I'll go to Sam's house and then I'll catch you up-

-What am I supposed to do? –Everyone started thinking

-Whatever you want- Jacob finally said. –Just stay here-

-All day? –

-Until we kill those vampires-

-That can take weeks! – They acted like they couldn't listen to me and walked out of the house

-Guys! –

-It's like a free day Leah, do all the things you can't usually do, you know, watch T.V., read a book, and girl stuff- Jacob proposed

-But… -

-No 'but', stay here and don't force me to use my Alpha tone- he said before closing the door

-Ugh- I let myself fall in the couch. What I am going to do now?

Is curious you know, when you have no time at all you wish you could do a million things, but when you finally have all time you wanted, you don't know what to do. At least that's how I feel.

7:35

I can't return to my bed, once I wake up I can't sleep again. I am not hungry enough to make breakfast; I usually prepare it after patrolling. Maybe I could go shopping, oh right, I can't leave my house. I grabbed the remote control and start looking for a movie or a funny T.V. show.

I don't usually have free time, so I don't really know what to do. I am so focused on protecting the reservation that I forgot to take care of myself. I mean, I don't do stuff that I like anymore. Three years ago, everything I did reminded me of Sam, then I was too busy being mad at everyone to do anything, and then I just got use to it, I forgot to have fun.

I don't have any female friends anymore, maybe the fact that I spend most of the time with 16 half-naked men scare them away. I wonder what Emily does all the time. Sam and Emily, I finally understand how they feel to each other. Oh god, the wedding! I totally forgot! And I am supposed to be the maid of honor! Well I didn't really answer when she asked me, but I think I can accept now. Is kind of creepy how good my world works now that Chris is here.

7:37

You have to be kidding me! Stupid clock, and stupid Jacob, I can't believe he ate all my strawberries! I should give something to Chris too, he said he likes apples and I know how to prepare apple crumble. Yeah, that's sounds like a good idea.

With that settle I stood up and walked to the kitchen, which is fully provided with all kind of food thanks to my mother and her store in la Push. Once I found all the ingredients I started working, and in less than one hour I had already finish.

I looked at my beautiful piece of art, it smells really good. I hope Chris likes it, but maybe I should prepare another for Kevin and Ralph, eating raw meat all the time is really boring, they'll be happy if I prepare one for them.

I started working again. Cooking is really fun for me, I discovered that after Seth and I transformed. I didn't use to eat much, but now I could eat three plates of pasta and still be hungry. Oh yeah, cooking is very important when you become a werewolf, especially if you don't like hunting.

18:40

Before I knew it I had already baked three apple crumbles, two lemon pies, two cheesecakes, two fruitcakes and three chocolate cakes. Who knows, maybe my special gift is cooking!

Someone knocked the door and I walked to the front door.

-Hi! - I literally jumped to hug my imprint and he hugged me back

-Hi sunshine, what happened to you? -

-Nothing why?-

-You are covered in flour, you have chocolate in your elbow, there's cream on your shoulder and your head smells like apples, what have you been doing? - A sweet smell remind me of something

-Oh no! The cake! – I run to the kitchen to save the strawberry cake I was baking and he followed me. –That was close- I whispered after I took it out of the oven

-Uh, do you have a secret passion for desserts? - I start laughing

-I am not sure- I washed my face and tried to clean myself, I really need a shower, I can't believe he is finally here and I am a mess!

-So, did you find my present?-

-Yeah I love it! - He smiled, the first real smile he gives me. He looks more relax than yesterday. –Thanks a lot-

-You told me you like strawberries- We sat on the chairs of the kitchen's table

-Well I didn't really had the chance to taste them- He looked confuse. –Jake arrived early this morning; he found them before me and thought you were trying to poison me- he started laughing

-I should have expected that, after our first conversation yesterday your friends were ready to cut off my head, they don't like me much-

-They just need time-

-It's ok, they care a lot about you and that's the way it's supposed to be-

-I don't really think I deserve it- I murmured

-What?-

-I prepare something for you! – I changed the subject I am not ready to talk about my past, not yet. –Here!-

-Thanks Leah! This looks delicious, do you mind if I eat it right now? I'm starving-

-Not at all! - I gave him a fork and returned to my chair

-You don't want some?-

-No thanks, I don't want any kind of dessert for the next two weeks- he laughed

-Why did you cook all this?-

-Well I started making that one for you, but then I thought about your pack. Then I realized Seth was going to feel jealous, so I made one for him too. Afterwards I thought about my mom, but I run out of ingredients so I baked a pie, and then I started thinking about the rest of the pack, Jake's dad, the other pack, the cubs, Renesme, and finally Sam and Emily-

-Wow, you are a really generous person Leah- I blushed a little

-Well I didn't have anything to do and they have always been very kind with me, and now they are protecting me, this is the least that I can do to show them some gratitude-

-Leah you are part of the tribe, and they are your family, why do you talk like you didn't deserve their protection?-

Why did he have to ask that question? Can't he realize that I don't want to talk about my past? Well I prefer to tell him myself, if he hears it from someone else it could be worse, ok, here I go.

-Because I don't. Let's just say that I hated being a werewolf, being the only girl in the pack and being the weakest of the group. I started blaming everyone and whenever we transform I made their lives miserable. It lasted almost a year, then a war started with the vampires, the pack got separated, and things got better, but I will never forget how I treated them- My last words were just whispers, I am going to cry? No, Leah Clearwater never cries

-Why was so difficult to become a wolf? I mean, I know how you felt, because my sister used to tell us her feelings, but there has to be something more-

Guess I can't hide anything from him. I breathe deeply and continue talking.

-Before I transform I was Sam's girlfriend- I wait for some reaction but he was eating, so I didn't notice anything strange. –We were high school sweethearts and everybody thought we were going to get married and live a perfect life together. Suddenly he disappeared, I went crazy, when he finally returned he said he couldn't explain me what was happening with him, but he seemed normal to me so I let it pass-

-He had transform- I nodded

-Then I had the genius idea of presenting him my best friend, my cousin Emily. Sam started acting very weird and said he had forgotten to do something and left. The next day he told me we couldn't stay together, that he didn't love me anymore and that he was going to be with Emily-

-He imprinted her-

-Yes, you know this is weird, a week before I couldn't talk about this without feeling that my life wasn't worth it, but now that you are with me, everything changed-

-He broke your heart- He said with a serious expression

-Yes, and then I transformed and he explained me everything. It only made it worse, knowing that I was a dead end, a freak between freaks, it was horrible. Being in the same pack with him was awful, I couldn't stop thinking about him and all the others hated me, I don't even want to remember it-

-It's ok Leah; you don't have to tell me everything-

-I want to; I don't want to keep secrets from you- he knelt beside me and took away the tears from my cheek with his hand

-Don't worry Leah, I'm not going to hurt you-

-I know, is just that it hurts talking about the past, I am sorry, you must think I am a weak person-

-Of course not, Leah you are a survivor, and that stupid guy caused you a lot of pain, you have all the right to cry- We stayed there, just looking at each other until someone knocked the door. –I'll go, you stay here-

He walked to the front door and I cleaned my face with my hands, I can't believe I just cry in front of him! I heard how he opened the door, I wonder who it is.

-Hi Christopher-

-Sam-

Oh no!

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