Not-Leah and Jealousy
Disclaimer: I do not nor have I ever or ever will own the characters mentioned in this story except for any original characters. But, one day!! *shakes fist at the screen* I will own something!! Maybe a Dodge Charger…black with a black leather interior and a silver trim. ^-^ Yea, that'd be sweet.
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Leah wakes up to the sound of her alarm blaring music loud enough to wake the dead. Sitting up groggily she hits the stop button on her alarm and growls at the time 4:30 AM to her, right now, is an ungodly hour to be getting up. It was now her shift to run a quick patrol around the borders of their territory and she frowned at the thought of marking her territory. Sam and the others had started crossing into their territory and marking it, claiming it as their own. Initially the scent annoyed Leah but once Quil and Embry explained it to her what it meant she was livid and had the boys pissing everywhere. Sam had even taken to showing up when she least expected him and blocking her way as if exerting his dominance as the only Alpha. It was now three months since Jake had left to live with Nessie, forever, and Sam along with the Council were trying to convince Leah to re-combine the two packs. Everyone was all for the idea except of course Billy and the small pack. Leah recalled talking to Billy after the meeting as she headed to the bathroom to grab a quick shower and to brush her teeth.
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"Do you want to re-combine the packs, Leah?" Billy asks looking up at her as she pushes his wheelchair home. "Didn't think so." Billy said with a chuckle hearing her deep growl. "Besides I'm sure he'll be back and he'd be real disappointed to find out that his pack absolved."
"You think he'll come back?" Leah asked holding the front door open for Billy as he wheels himself in.
"Of course he will. This is his home and you can never stay away from home for too long." Billy says with a warm smile. Leah looks at Billy nodding her head thinking over his words before she kisses him good night and heads home.
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"Nessie is his home." Leah mumbles as she turns on the shower and feels her tired muscles tremble under the cold water. Leah quickly showers and begins brushing her teeth but her ears pick up a familiar sound. "Shit." Leah grumbles as she quickly darts down the hall and dives at her phone snatching it up. "Hello?" She greets snatching the toothbrush out her mouth.
"Hey She Wolf?" Emmett greets with a laugh.
"Hey Big Daddy." Leah greets back chuckling herself at hearing Emmett's voice.
"Did I interrupt you?" Emmett asks and Leah can just picture the smug grin on his face.
"Actually you did. Some of us actually need to handle things called personal hygiene – I was brushing my teeth." Leah says finishing up the job and heading back to the bathroom.
"OoOo, does that involve a shower too?" Leah rolls her eyes and gives him a simple 'yes' for a response back. "Ah, c'mon, she wolf. You gotta give me more than that. I mean it's been what? A whole three months since I last saw you and that hot wolf body." Emmett says his voice getting husky. Leah always loved playing this game with Emmett because 1) it aggravated all of her brothers to no end to see the two of them flirt the way they did and 2) it was nice to have someone to flirt with who couldn't read her mind and wasn't afraid of her. Her brothers, at least the little ones, already had an idea of what Leah's little fantasies were and used them whenever they could – meaning? No originality. Then there were the other 'normal' boys of La Push who avoided as if she was a pariah or maybe she was already surrounded by some of the biggest guys in the village.
"Well if it helps you while away the hours I'm just wearing a towel." Leah whispers impishly and giggles.
"Now that is hot. So…I hear you sent a pic to Jake." Emmett throws in trying to sound nonchalant.
"And you saw it, huh?" Leah asks heading back to her room and shutting the door.
"Couldn't help but see it. Jake was drooling all over it." Emmett states and Leah laughs shaking her head.
'Yea right.' Leah says running a comb through her tangled hair. "Sure he was Big Daddy." Leah says.
"Well, anyway all Big Daddy wants to know is where's his picture? To help him get through this time apart?" Emmett asks now suddenly starting to whisper.
"Is that all you want?" Leah asks frowning a little.
"Can't let the dog show me up with the sole she wolf, can I now?" Emmett asks still whispering.
"Is he right there or what?" Leah asks chuckling.
"No, not yet. But I think Jasper might rat me out." Emmett admits with a pout in his voice.
"Oh, poor baby. OK, you get one pic and one pic only but that's cuz you're my Big Daddy." Leah says calling Emmett by his nickname laced with sweetness.
"Oh yea. Look I gotta go. Talk to ya later She Wolf." Emmett says quickly.
"Bye Big Daddy." Leah sings back as she flips her phone close. Leah shakes her head at the thought of Emmett asking for his picture and frowns thinking about Rose. She hadn't spoken to her since that day they left – she missed Rose just as much as she missed Emmett. Too bad as the new Alpha she didn't have the luxury of taking a short vacation to visit everyone up in Alaska – not even to see Jake. With a sigh Leah quickly thinks about a pic to send to Emmett knowing that he'd rub it in Jake's face. Leah laughs picturing a beet red faced Jake standing up stiff as his body starts to vibrate whenever he caught the two of them shamelessly flirting with one another. Truth was they did it only to mess with him – although Sam's reactions were always priceless. Jake would just try to pretend as if he didn't care – but it was wrong and he hated it. An evil smirk crosses Leah's face as she drops her towel and places her arm across her chest strategically to cover up her girlie bits but that was it and snapped a quick pic. She looks at it and smiles proudly at it knowing damn well its great shot of her cleavage and adds in another picture of a wet kitty – the same one from Jake's favorite shirt. "I'll get him to come back even if it's just to lecture me about my lewd behavior." Leah giggles to herself as she throws in a message and sends everything off to Emmett. If Rose and Emmett were good for anything it was sending Jake back to Leah and La Push where he belonged – but that was before Alaska. Quickly grabbing some clothes and tying them to her leg she quickly jumps from her window and phases into her wolf form just as she hits the ground and runs for the tree lines.
'Morning Leah.' Embry greets as she runs along side him heading towards the Cullens.
'Come to aid in the piss wars, Embry?' Leah asks pouncing on Embry playfully as he nips her back laughing.
'Been drinking nothing but gallons of water.' Embry says as he dances around her as he whimpers slightly as if he really needed to go.
'Alright, let's do this.' Leah says and runs for the borders. 'Piss on you jackasses!' Leah declares as she covers up one of Paul's markings.
'You're so hot when you talk dirty like that.' Embry teases moving to one of Sam's markings.
'Tell me something I don't know, Call.' Leah says haughtily as she runs ahead. Embry just watches her run ahead and swallows the lump in his throat but starts focusing on the task at hand.
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Alaska is beautiful once one takes the time to stop and actually appreciate the natural beauty around you. Jake sits on top of a hill overlooking a huge crystal blue lake with snow capped mountains in the background. He sighs deeply missing the noisy chatter of his brothers and sister in his head as a breeze picks up blowing his russet color fur around. Being a lone wolf was a lonely existence even though he did have Nessie and the other Cullens – but it just wasn't the same. He felt incomplete and small. Jake hears a screech and looking up sees a massive eagle circling over head scanning the terrain for something to eat. 'At least I'm too big for you bird.' Jake comments with a wolfish chuckle that mostly resembles a growl. Looking down the hill Jake sees why the eagle is circling and his nose wrinkles in disgust as he sees Bella and Nessie draining a moose of its life blood. Sure he'd seen the same scene play out often over the last four years but it still turned his stomach that the vampires could waste a creature but then that was why he came along to finish the carcass off. His presence actually hid the vampires in the area – who knew that the mutilated cows you hear about on TV were actually a vegetarian vampire's meal? Jake shivers at the thought.
"All yours Jake." Bella calls with a wave signaling that mother and daughter were through thirsting. Jake nods his head and watches closely as Bella takes Nessie's hand and the pair walk off leaving Jake alone to feed. The Cullens had learned early on not to get between a wolf and their meal when one day Emmett made the mistake of trying to mess the wolves and their food. Over the years everyone became food aggressive, maybe because in human form it was so hard to come by considering the amount they had to eat, and fought literally like wild wolves over the meat they did catch. Leah always seemed to be able to fight her instincts but she only growled warningly to anyone who came too close to her portion. Anyway Emmett tried to snatch something and wound up loosing his arm, literally, and receiving a really bad stomach wound. Jake laughs to himself as he heads down the hill towards his dinner thinking about how bad everyone felt and yet annoyed at the same time. Emmett never came in between a wolf and his/her meal after that.
'Gross.' Jake whispers as Bella's scent is all over the carcass. Grabbing the moose by the throat he begins to drag it away allowing the body to drag across the grass covering up the vampire scent as he moves along. Stopping after so many yards he carries the moose by the leg to ensure that nothing of the unnatural scent is left. 'Otherwise even the scavengers won't want it either.' Jake makes it to the tree line and begins tearing into his meal literally wolfing his meal down. Suddenly his ears pick up the sound of something coming and he growls warningly to the unseen creature. Looking around Jake picks up a scent behind him and whips around to see a light gray wolf pacing back and forth on the hill he was just sitting. 'Leah?' Jake breathes and finds his heart racing desperately as he turns around to face the form. Closing his eyes he sniffs the air and whimpers sadly, 'No, it's not Leah.' Jake admits returning back to his meal but keeping an eye on the gray wolf. He can tell by the scent that it's a female and her coloring is so similar to Leah that they could be twins – except her legs are shorter and her shoulders are broader. He continues watching her closely as she slowly and cautiously comes down the hill heading in his direction.
The wolf approaches cautiously sniffing the ground while every once in a while throwing her head up to look in the direction of the scent of food. Her nose picks up the scent of a male, a dominant male, and it pulls her in slowly but there's something different about the scent that makes her wary. She zigzags across the open valley as her instincts tell her to run away but her hunger and curiosity draws her closer. Soon she is only a few yards away from the pull and sees a giant wolf staring at her as he feeds. Her mouth waters looking at the kill and she whimpers tucking her tail between her legs showing submission.
Jake watches as the female continues coming closer often times rolling over to her side trying to show him that she means no harm. He fights back a growl as she lies down on the ground slowly inching closer. He snorts in her direction and focuses his eyes on his meal and she cautiously tries to tear off a piece of the flesh. With a slight growl he quickly tears the carcass in half and carries his half further away leaving her to feed without fear. He watches with mild interest as she tears in to her meal with her tongue lulling out almost as if laughing and he sighs missing the laughter that he should hear inside his head. He looks at her curiously confused about why the female even got so close and only yelped in surprise when she saw how big he truly was. 'She's weird.' Jake thinks as he begins mulling over a bone easily snapping the bone and eating the marrow inside. After finishing his meal Jake gets up, stretches letting out a huge yawn and shakes his fur out and heads towards home. He stops suddenly as he feels as if he's being followed and turns around to see the female wolf quickly jump to the side watching him intently. 'You gotta be kidding me.' Jake states as the female begins to dance around playfully quickly running towards him and away from him. 'Perfect.' Jake grumbles as he turns tail and trots away from the growling and yapping female. 'Careful what you ask for Jake because you just might get it.' Jake tells himself as he looks back to see her still playing her game. There were times when Jake would just happen to be watching a nature show with Nessie and/or Seth and see two wolves involved in their courtship and wish that 'his' light gray wolf would play the same game with him. This thought only annoyed Edward which was why he stopped watching nature shows at the Cullens – he was a walking nature show anyway, daily. 'Not interested kid.' Jake says as he stops to look at her intently. 'She can't hear you genius.' Jake tells himself as the female comes closer. "Not interested." Jake says as he phases back into his human form freaking the wolf out as she falls over in surprise yelping and growling at his human form. "Well get out of here then." Jake shouts as she gets up snarling at him. "Ho-Leah." And she seems to freeze at the word. A growling Jake phase back and takes off running heading towards the Cullens. 'Great, now I named her. No-Leah.' Jake grumbles to himself as he sees the Cullens home and quickly phases changing back into his clothes.
"Enjoy your meal." Jasper greets as Jake stomps in the house annoyed. Jasper raises an eyebrow as he takes in Jake's emotions and waves a small silver cell phone back and forth.
"Give me that." Jake says snatching his phone away from Jasper.
"What happened to you?" Jasper asks debating whether or not he should interfere in the wolf's emotions.
"Run off by a female wolf in heat, huh?" Edward asks with a small smile chuckling lightly at the images in Jake's head.
"She wasn't in heat, okay? But I still didn't appreciate it." Jake mumbles to himself trying to push back his other wish underneath some other thoughts.
"Wrong female." Edward explains to a still confused Jasper and walks away from a glaring Jake.
"Whatever." Jake grumbles and heads towards the living room.
"I wouldn't go in there if I were you." Jasper recommends but Jake continues on his path not hearing the blonde vampire. Jasper shakes his head and follows behind quietly. Jake flops down on the couch next to Rose, who's sitting reading a magazine not even sparing him a glance.
"Talked to Leah while you were out." Rose states matter-of-factly as Nessie walks in.
"Re, really?" Jake asks trying to sound bored with the information for Nessie's sake. 'What is wrong with me? I shouldn't feel this way – I have an imprint for Christ's sake.' Jake thinks to himself as Nessie takes her usual seat in his lap. He watches her as she sighs and leans back against him wrapping his arms around her small frame.
"Yea, she says that she's doing good but being an Alpha is tough work." Jake smirks knowing that Leah would never openly admit such a thing to him. "Sam's pushing her buttons."
"What?" Jake asks sitting stiffly. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that Sam is trying to make one big pack again." Rose states turning a page in her magazine still not looking up at him. "He and the boys have been marking territories and he's even been…oh what did she say? What was the word?" Rose asks as she looks up as if she was concentrating. This fact aggravated Jake because he damn well knew Blondie remembered word for word what Leah had told her.
"Blondie." Jake growls out threateningly.
"Exerting his dominance over her. That's it!" Rosalie watches with amusement as Jake's body quickly tenses and his eyes darken and he unsuccessfully tries to suppress a deep growl.
"What does that mean?" Jake asks taking a couple of deep breaths as Nessie looks up at him with a frown.
"You're the dog. You tell me." Rosalie snaps back with a malicious grin on her face. Jake glares at Rosalie his mind running a mile/sec as he tries to process the meaning behind the word and the reason for her telling him. Apparently, his love for Leah was known by all of the vampires with the exception of Bella and Nessie – even Seth and Quil noticed that he was drawn to Leah beyond just a friend or Alpha/Beta bond. Jake couldn't help but grin thinking about when he himself would exert his dominance over Leah and the way she'd react to him. "You know she's become de-sensitized to any sort of flirtations or physical contact with you boys. She probably wouldn't know what Sam was really up to until it was too late."
"Nessie, get down." Jake commands his imprint while glaring darkly at a smirking Rosalie. Nessie looks carefully between her Jacob and Rosalie as she sighs deeply and gets down heading out the room. Jasper smiles down warmly at Nessie as she walks by with sad eyes. "Now what did Leah really say?" Jake asks shifting in the couch so that he's facing directly at Rosalie.
"I already told,"
"Blondie – don't fuck with me about this." Jacob growls dangerously as he tries to calm himself and feel Jasper doing the same. 'Why does everything involving Leah have me reacting like this? I've imprinted.'
"Just admit it Tramp." Rosalie whispers smugly. "You're in love with your Lady back in La Push. Why do you keep on denying it?" Jacob slowly relaxes as he quickly looks over his shoulder to ensure Nessie isn't nearby.
"Look Blondie," Jake says narrowing his eyes at her.
"Hey Jake!" Emmett yells as he comes rushing into the room winking at Jasper as he drops on the couch. Jake sighs deeply as he turns around to look at Emmett. "Guess what I did today." Emmett states looking quite proud of himself.
"What?" Jake asks not feeling in the mood for any of Emmett's jokes. Jake's whole focus was on the Sam and Leah problem – if it was even a problem, 'Unless Blondie's just fucking with me. And it wouldn't be the first time.'
"I called She Wolf." Emmett states. "And we had a real nice long chat about anything and everything." Emmett continued on speaking completely ignoring the growl from Jake.
'What? Is she talking to everyone but me?' Jake thinks as heat starts to shoot up and down his spine.
"Oh yea and you'll never guess what else." Emmett continues as Jake looks back up at him shaking his head. Jake couldn't recall what Emmett had been saying. "I told her how much I missed seeing her and she promised to send me a pic. You know one of my own." Jake feels his insides turn ice cold as his anger melts into worry and fear. "I'm sure she mentioned you somewhere along the lines too." Emmett says slapping Jake on the back roughly almost if he needs consoling. "Wanna see it?" Emmett asks waving his cell phone back and forth.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Jake asks frowning at the phone.
"Doing what?" Emmett asks innocently. Jake only sighs deeply knowing that whatever Emmett has will probably put him over the deep end and send him running back to Leah – if even just to lecture her. "Well if you feel that way then I guess I won't share. I mean you're here with us and just thought you'd like some sense of normalcy since you're away from your family and friends. Seth always says, 'sharing is caring'." Emmett says with an overly dramatic defeated sigh.
"Can I see?" Jasper asks gliding up behind Emmett.
"Why yes, Jaz, yes you can." Emmett says handing the phone to Jasper as Jake looks up and quickly snatches it away.
"I hate you both." Jake grumbles as the two vampires look at each other and laugh. Jake can't help but shiver at hearing Jasper's laughter – to him it's just so light, carefree and unnatural. "I may kill you for this one day, just so you know." Jake states as he opens the phone with a sigh.
"And I will die a happy man." Emmett says smugly. "But, Leah may hate you for hurting her Big Daddy."
"Sure, sure." Jake says smiling at the thought of him pounding Emmett. "Did she mention any problems with Sam?" Jake asks as he opens up the menu and heads to multimedia. Emmett only shakes his head and shrugs – meaning that maybe Blondie wasn't lying. Jake's eyes practically bug out his head as he sees a naked Leah smiling up at and as he scrolls down he sees a gif of his favorite wet kitty along with the message, 'you know you miss this'.
"Nice, huh?" Emmett asks smiling at Jake nodding his head and Jasper nods his head in agreement.
"You really need to stop this." Jake says handing Emmett his phone back and getting up from the couch.
"Ah, don't be jealous that she wants me." Emmett calls as Jake heads outside pushing past Alice and Bella with only a grunt.
"What's his problem?" Bella asks hearing Emmett's laughter in the living room.
"He's frustrated." Emmett shouts in response and then turns the TV on to watch a game.
Once outside Jake paces back and forth quickly quietly cursing to himself about anything and everything from imprinting, vampires, Leah, Sam, the pack, Emmett, Leah, Alaska, Leah again. It had been a couple of days since he last spoke with her and everything had seemed alright then. Their conversation seeming to always start out the same with him flirting with her and she giving it back to him. She'd catch him up on the everyday things of La Push and the pack and then they'd say good-bye always, always saying 'I love you' after she had hung up. So he was being a coward about this but he didn't want to hurt her like Sam – not like Sam. He had made his decision to live with his imprint same as the others before him but one thing separated him from the others – their imprints didn't have to leave Forks. He would call her and find out for himself. Taking out his phone he holds down #2 for the speed dial. He continues pacing as the other end begins to ring.
"Hello?" A deep voice answers and Jake frowns deeply.
"Embry?" Jake asks knowing damn well he recognizes his best friend's voice.
"Hey Jake!" Embry greets warmly. "How's it going? Haven't talked to you in like a week or so. How's Nessie?"
"Uh…okay, I guess. Yea about a week. And she's, she's good." Jake answers all of Embry's questions starting to wonder if maybe Emmett switched the numbers on his speed dial…again. The last time he thought he was calling Leah he only wound up having his little dirty talk with Rachel – that was over a month ago and they hadn't spoken since. "Hey Embry did I dial your number?" Jake asks reasoning with himself that is what has occurred.
"No." Embry answers flatly.
"Who's number did I dial?" Jake asks confused. He didn't remember anyone's numbers anymore – why should he? Just program it in your phone and it's done.
"Leah's." Embry answers flatly. Both men are silent waiting for the other to say something.
"Why, why are you answering Leah's phone?" Jake asks surprised by how calm his voice sounds.
"Oh, well it rung and…she's busy right now." Embry answers.
"Busy doing what?" Jake asks wondering why in the hell some guy is answering Leah's phone; especially Embry.
"Uh…trying on clothes." Embry answers honestly.
"Are you shop, shopping with her?" Jake asks feeling his calm slowly breaking.
"What, no! I hate shopping but she's just trying on some outfits. We're going out tonight." Embry says and runs a hand through his hair mentally kicking himself knowing how this all must sound. Embry looks up towards the stairs hearing Leah mumbling to herself as she searches through her closet for something to wear.
"Who's going out? Embry? Embry!" Jake yells into the phone drawing Embry's attention.
"Huh, sorry. Uh, it's a pack thing." Embry states clearing his throat into the phone. Embry rubs his shoulder sensing how angry his best friend is right now but Embry can't bring himself to feel too bad for him. "When you were here we did this kind of thing often, remember?" Embry asks shaking off the guilt.
"So it's just everyone hanging out?" Jake asks skeptically.
"Yea, Leah wants to go dancing and have a couple of drinks. So that's what we're doing. She's in her room trying on clothes and since Quil is at work and Seth is running patrol that leaves me to be her judge." Embry can't help but smile thinking over the last couple of outfits Leah has modeled for him – well she didn't do it just for him but it was still a nice thought.
"Well let me talk to her, Embry." Jake states trying not to use his Alpha tone.
"Here she comes. Hey Lee," Embry says turning around and forgets to breath as Leah comes down the steps spinning around in a jaw dropping little, 'Hell that thing is tiny' black dress that hugs her in all the right places.
"So you like it?" Leah asks winking at Embry and he nods his head. "'Bout time I found a reason to wear this thing. Jake hates it." Leah pouts crossing her arms.
"I think it looks great on you. You look, damn." Embry stutters out looking at Leah as she smiles shyly back at him.
"EMBRY? EMBRY!" Jake yells and a low growl comes from the phone.
"Here, it's for you." Embry says tossing Leah her phone.
"Who is it?" Leah asks bringing the phone to her ear as Embry lies down on the couch.
"FUCKIN' LIL," Jake growls angrily into Leah's ear.
"Excuse me?" Leah interrupts as the caller suddenly stops.
"Lee? Hey, Lee! No, no that wasn't directed at you, honest." Jake begins explaining quickly as Leah growls.
"Jake." Leah says and turns heading back upstairs to her room.
"Yea, what's going on?" Jake asks trying to sound casual but Leah can tell he's restraining himself.
"Tonight is our big pack outing." Leah states with a sigh. "We're going to a club down in Seattle."
"So what are you wearing that I hate?" Jake asks cutting right to the chase.
"That little black dress Rose bought me for my birthday." Leah states looking at herself in the mirror trying to figure out what she's going to do with her hair.
"Lee, that's not a dress. It's a tiny piece of fabric sewed together like a dress. If I didn't know any better I'd swear you'd just found a can of spray paint to cover yourself up with." Jake says in that mature, over-protective tone Leah has spent the last four years listening to. "You can't wear that."
"Excuse me?" Leah demands straightening up.
"And another thing what's going on with Sam? Blondie says his trying to dominate you? And why is Embry answering your phone? Speaking of phones why did you send Emmett that picture?" Leah frowns at Jake's list of interrogation questions.
"Well Sam is just trying to be top dog. Rose gave you the wrong impression. Embry answered my phone because I was unavailable and it could've been an emergency, I don't know. Why are you all up in Emmett's phone and where DO YOU GET OFF TELLING ME I WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT WEAR?"
"Lee, I'm just worried about you is all." Jake states laughing lightly through the phone. "I mean if Sam is giving you trouble I'll have no problem coming back down and help to sort this shit out." And as the words come out his mouth he mentally kicks himself. "Fuck." Jake whispers pulling the phone away from his mouth realizing what he just said.
"Help to sort this shit out?" Leah repeats darkly.
"No, that's not what I meant." Jake quickly tries to explain.
"What, Jacob? You don't think I can handle being Alpha?" Jake groans knowing that he has now seriously put his foot in his mouth.
"Of course that's not it, Lee-Lee. I left you in charge 'cuz I knew you could handle it." Jake says encouragingly.
"Really? Then why would your only reason for coming back be to help me out? I don't need your help Jacob Ephraim Black!" Leah shouts into her phone and Jake winces knowing that he's in for it now. "Sam is being nothing but an egotistical, macho asshole who's going around our borders pissing on trees and trying to show how big and bad he is. I don't need you holding my hand the whole way through this, Jacob. And if you didn't trust or believe that I could hold my own against Sam then maybe you should've thought twice before you ran off with the vampires and the halfling you fuckin' love so much!"
"Lee, c'mon baby you know that's not what I meant? Baby, baby?" Jake interjects trying to get Leah to calm down as she continues going off on him about leaving, a wolf's responsibilities, stupid Sam, his own sorry fuckin' ass. Jake sighs as he listens to his Leah tear into him and can't help but smile. 'God she's beautiful when she's angry.' The two have argued before and she's chewed him out before but calming her down has always been real easy because he would just play submissive, in wolf form, rolling over on his side gently kissing her nose and as a human he'd smile and hug her tightly agreeing with every bad name in the book she could throw at him. Her anger seemed to melt with the little pet names that would suddenly come to him as she'd continue on her tirade.
Truth was sometimes Jake would say things without thinking and needed Leah to remind him of his responsibilities and priorities which is why he sometimes took the abuse. But then there were times where he wouldn't put up with it and now was one of those times. First, of all he was genuinely concerned about her safety and secondly, he never allowed any of his other pack mates hear him get chewed out by Leah – it was their unspoken agreement. Don't let the kids see or hear us fighting. The thought that Embry could hear everything that she was saying aggravated – no was enraging him. 'He shouldn't even be there.'
"And don't growl at me over the phone." Leah snaps.
"Baby, just calm down for a second." Jake orders using a hint of his Alpha tone.
"Don't try and use that tone with me, Jacob Black, dear." Leah snaps angrily. "And quit calling me baby. I'm not your baby, never have been and never will be." Jake feels like a part of his heart has just been ripped out. "EMBRY GO HOME!" Leah yells and Jake hears Embry's muffled apologies over a growling and heaving Leah.
'That's right. She gets so worked up and heated.' Jake thinks sighing to himself. "Lee, look I'm sorry, okay?" Jake asks hoping that he won't have to go another two weeks or even longer without hearing her voice. "Blondie said that Sam's been exerting his dominance over you – that angered me." Jake admits with a sigh. "And then Emmett shows up with this hot, sexy-ass picture of you naked and that just frustrated me. Then on top of all of this Embry's answering your phone – what is he doing there? Okay, okay look I'm sorry you don't have to answer my questions. I know you have everything taken care of but I just can't help worrying about you." Jake admits wishing he could see her face to gauge her feelings. "I just really miss seeing you."
"I, I miss you too, Jake." Leah admits sniffing slightly. "I just wish you hadn't left." Leah admits quietly and Jake feels a lump form in his throat.
"Me too, baby." Jake admits sliding down to the forest floor. "I'm sorry." He feels his heart pounding deep within his chest as everything within him is screaming at him; demanding to return to his home and hold the woman on the other phone so close that they look like one person.
"Don't be. Your imprint is your responsibility. Nessie is your top priority." Leah states and Jake shakes his head unable to articulate the simple little word 'no'. "Besides this whole 'piss war' mess has me on the defensive. I don't care what the Council says," Leah admits chuckling to herself. "Next time Sam 'accidentally' bumps into me I'm ripping his throat out." Leah declares and Jake laughs. "So what's new Jake, dear?" Leah asks as Jake chuckles at the forced pet name – he'll never understand why she settled on dear.
"Uh…nothing, oh I got an admirer." Jake says holding his breath waiting for Leah's reaction.
"Admirer? Seriously?" Leah asks sounding genuinely surprised. Jake frowns at the tone in her voice. "I thought, well figured they'd move out to the middle of nowhere to avoid people. You know the sun doesn't set up there for months."
"Really? I hadn't noticed." Jake grumbles as Leah giggles at his sarcasm.
"So who is the lucky bitch?" Leah asks trying to sound light-hearted and Jake laughs at the insinuating tone on 'bitch'. "The girls must really be desperate to go after a 6'7" awkward giant like you."
"Ouch, Lee, now that's just plain cruel." Jake says placing a hand over his heart for effect. "But, it's funny you say bitch 'cuz that's what she is." Jake's smile grows as the silence grows and he can practically hear the hamster in Leah's brain running double time to process the information.
"Huh, what?" Leah finally asks.
"Yea, she's also really hot. I can smell her getting ready to go into heat and it is driving me insane. She's a little small but she has these cute stocky legs and strong broad shoulders. And the way she dances and plays around." Jake chuckles lightly at the light growl on the other end.
"So…what's her name then?"
"Awe, is Lee-Lee jealous?" Jake asks trying to hold back his laughter. "Her name is Ho-Leah." Jake states.
"Jealous? Hardly. What kind of name is that?" Leah asks with a frown. "And she sounds like one of those little people. Now that is an odd pairing." Leah muses and pictures a 6'7" Jacob Black with a short 4' or shorter woman.
"It's a combination of Quileute and just some name." Jake explains shrugging his shoulders.
"Quileute? Seriously who from our rez is up in Alaska besides you? I don't know anyone by that name – how old is this chick?"
"Uh…she's maybe about 28 or 35. And no she's not from our rez."
"Wait? 28 or 35? What the hell are you talking about? That's an odd guestimation on her age."
"I don't know. She's the real quiet type."
"Quiet, huh? That's unusual when you're involved." Leah says thoughtfully.
"Really? You've given me the silent treatment plenty of times."
"And it still hasn't shut you up. Where'd you meet her?"
"Uh…out on a hike." Jake answers finding himself feeling disappointed in Leah's lack of…what? Outrage, anger, jealousy?
"Hiking, huh? And her name is Hoe-Leah? Spell it." Leah demands and Jake sighs hearing the smug grin on his face.
"H-o-and then l-e-a-h." Jake spells out.
"You liar. You haven't met anyone. Is it that lonely up that you need to dream of a girl and call her 'Not Leah'? That's sad, Jake, real sad."
"I'm not lying. She's real." Jake pouts as he hears the Cullen's door open and he picks up the sickeningly sweet stench of a vampire coming towards him.
"Sure, sure Jake." Leah says chuckling lightly. "Look Jake I gotta go. Seth's back and we're getting ready to go out." Leah says sadly.
"Yea, it's about time for me to go too." Jake says getting up and looking off in the direction of the 'vampire' home. "Have fun tonight, okay?" Jake says half-heartedly.
"It'll be different not having you around." Leah says as clearing her throat.
"God, Lee I miss you so much." Jake whispers turning his back on the uninvited guest standing a few yards away.
"I, I miss you too Jake." Leah whispers back.
"Hey, Lee, I," Jake begins but is cut off by Leah.
"And take care of your new girlfriend. She sounds like a lonely wolf." Leah says chuckling through her tears.
"How'd you guess?" Jake asks fighting the urge to ruin the moment with his declaration of love.
"Well…she doesn't talk, she's not me but look enough like me for you to even mention it and she was 'hiking' out in the middle of the forest with a coven of vampires. No offense, Jake, 'cuz I know you still adore Bella but Bella isn't going to sit by and let you openly flirt with another female. That would just break her heart and her precious Renesme's." Leah says matter-of-factly. "Bella doesn't like to share, Jake, plain and simple. But, look I really got to go before Seth pisses on himself." Leah says quickly and she curses at the three husky voices in the background. "Seth's the designated driver!" Leah yells and giggles. "Bye Jake. I'll talk to ya later."
"Bye Lee." Jake says with a heavy sigh and hangs up his phone.
"So close." Edward whispers as Jake glares at him.
"Just forget it." Jake orders as he stalks past Edward heading up towards the house.
"I would but you keep bringing it up again." Edward states his smooth velvety voice laced with annoyance and frustration. "I mean why are you even here, Jacob? You're miserable from day-to-day until you talk to Leah. You're spending less and less time with Nessie."
"It's what you do when you imprint." Jake states dryly as the hot familiar urge shoots down his spine.
"But there's something different about yours, isn't there? You know it and feel it but you're choosing to ignore it. Why? She loves you too, you know that, right?"
"SHUT UP!" Jake snarls as he turns and slams a surprised Edward into a tree. Edward snarls as Jake tries to shake off the urge to tear the annoying blood sucker to pieces in front of him. "Don't bring it up anymore. This is my decision." Quickly releasing his grasp Jake steps back and sighs deeply as he turns and heads towards the house. Edward watches his retreating figure with a sigh. Edward will stay out his daughter's so-called imprinter's love life but can't help but wonder how much longer he'll remain.
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Well here goes another chapter. Man I'm tired – gotta stop writing at 2am in the morning. But thanks for all the reviews and please keep 'em coming. By the way, I've included a link on my profile page of the type of shirt that Leah is wearing. Oh and I came up with the name after sending a friend to Google Quileute translations and 'ho' which actually means 'no' but it was the best he could do and I actually didn't have time to get on the internet while at work. Which sucks actually working. -_-; But here's hoping that I can update this story and New Day during the weekend…after I see G.I. Joe.