Jacob's point of view
I went to my own house slightly shaken about what I had just seen at Leah's. Surprisingly the Clearwater's, besides Seth, and my dad were inside. I knocked on the glass door. Leah opened it shocked I was there.
"Hey." She stuttered. God damn she was still so beautiful. I was actually taken back now that I wasn't pissed at the moment. Now I actually looked at her, all these feeling surfaced but I was so angry still I put them back down.
"Hey." I reflected lamely. We stood in awkward silence.
"Did you just knock to come into your own house?" Leah smiled. I naturally chuckled at that and she laughed too.
"Yeah I guess I did." I smiled. Everything was always so easy with her but I was still pissed. There was a long pause again.
"I actually have my own apartment now. So it's not really my home anymore." I answered filling in the silence.
"This will always be your home." She smiled.
"I wish you would have said that to yourself four years ago." I snapped. It was involuntary, and she reacted to it. Her smile turned into a hurt expression and she back away from me slightly.
"Shit, sorry Leah. That just came out." I said stepping away from her. She was still hurt though but I was worse.
"It's okay. Everyone else has been thinking it. You are just the person who said it to me." She frowned turning to leave.
"Wait Leah. I didn't come here to fight. Although I am so fucking pissed at you." I said.
"Why did you come?" She huffed crossing her arms.
"My son." I answered even though I still couldn't believe it was true. I mean I knew he was mine but I couldn't believe I was a dad. Leah gently shut the door and walked into the woods. I guess that was my cue to follow her. Once she was far enough, she turned towards me.
"You denied he was yours last week. You have no right to call him yours because you are suddenly feeling guilty." Leah snapped.
"You are the one who should feel guilty. You kept his father away from him for four years!" I snapped back.
"Are you kidding me? You should be thanking me! I did what was best for him and you." She raised her voice.
"And taking away my choice was okay?" I snarled.
"You were sixteen when I got pregnant. I was eighteen. You were sixteen! I couldn't do that to you!" She yelled.
"I should have been able to make my own decision about us!" I yelled.
"Us? What would you have decided back then about us?" She groaned.
"I would have married you." I answered back instantly and was shocked by what came out of my mouth. Leah froze too.
"Then what? We would have spent the rest of our lives stuck together, not because of love but because it was the proper thing to do. You had a future Jake and I wasn't going to ruin that for you. We were best friends and we would have spent years fighting and arguing in front of him." Leah sighed.
"Too bad that's what we are doing now." I answered back.
"What?" She asked.
"Leah we keep fighting or ignoring each other." I said. She sat down on the ground and I sat next to her.
"I hate fighting with you. I've always hated fighting with you, Jake." She sighed back.
"That why you left?" I asked. She sucked in a breath and shook her head no.
"You aren't going to tell me, are you?" I asked even though I knew her answer.
"Maybe someday." She answered looking down. I knew she was keeping something from me but for now there was nothing I could do.
"Fine, I'll just wait." I said. She looked at me slowly.
"You never give up, do you?" She smiled.
"I only gave up once, and I didn't have a choice in that matter." I said bitterly.
"Jake…" Leah started to say.
"What's his name?" I asked, cutting her off abruptly. She paused taken back.
"I deserve at least that much Lee." I said bitterly.
"Jacob Harry Black." She answered slowly. My throat tightened and my jaw tensed. I had no idea she was so sure I was the father. I might have been had been mad at her but that was the kindest thing anyone's done for me. He was mine and it was official. He had my name. I felt tears threaten to slip out of my eyes so I looked up to stop them.
"I call him Jax though. Hey are you okay?" She asked once she realized I was close to tears. I stubbornly wiped them away.
"So can I tell him?" I asked getting up.
"No." She answered standing up. I was taken back.
"Why the fuck not?" I snapped.
"Because he has gone his whole life without his father and I don't want to hurt him now. I don't want him looking up to his dad and then something happening that I can't fix." She explained tearing up.
"That won't happen. What do you think that I am going to do? It's not like I'm like Paul's dad." I yelled. How dare she keep me from my kid.
"No you aren't abusive like Paul's dad. You just might leave or something. I don't want him to look up to you and then you hurt him." She spat.
"Leave!? That's rich coming from you!" I let out a cruel bark.
"Jacob! You can meet him just wait before telling him or else..." She trailed off.
"Or else what!?" I challenged getting in her face. We were inches apart.
"Or else, you'll never meet him." She threatened but I could see the tears in her eyes too. I was heated and my body was shaking. I had better control now as an alpha but she was still testing my control. She kept my son away from me for years and now she threatened me again. She was not going to take my son away from me. I slammed her against a tree roughly.
"I am fucking sick of this mystery game Leah. You kept him away from me for four years! I have had enough! I have a right to him just like you! I will fight for him in any legal way possible!" I yelled in her face. She flinched but pressed hard against me showing me she wasn't submitting.
"You won't make this a custody battle!" She spat.
"You basically kidnapped my kid for years. You have no current job or status on the reservation. Lawyer up Lee." I slammed her away from me.
"Jacob, I will never forgive you if you take my son away from me!" She screamed as I walked away.
"Carma is a bitch Clearwater!" I yelled as I left her. I was a warrior and I was going to put up one hell of a fight.