Hey everyone! Yes, I know not a lot of people liked the Nessie thing lol But I told you guys I would pull a few heartstrings! But a fair warning, this story will just keep getting worse before it gets better :p. But I really wanted to see how much Leah and Jacob's relationship can take so I know true Blackwater fans will stick around :p and if not, curiousity will kill you lol. Here's the next chapter, some of you have already guessed what happens next but I still want to see your reactions! Enjoy!
Something Like It
Chapter Four
Three Months Later
Her head was killing her, it's not even funny. She had never felt any kind of physical pain since she phased for the first time or been sick. Not even headaches, and now it was like she had a hammer inside her head trying to beat her brain from the inside out. Come to think of it she's been feeling strange for the past three months.
"I'm so tired, all the time." She's felt unbelievably tired and she sleeps for more than midday. She guesses it's the stress of all that's happening. It's not easy being a part of a pack filled with vampires you had sworn to kill.
It's been three months since "Renesmee" was born and that fateful night where their world took a strange turn for the weird. At first, Leah could hardly stand the sight of the little monster. The way all of them bloodsuckers, even Jake, fended over her. She had Seth on her side for a little while until a month ago when Renesmee was under Seth's care (not that Jake ever let her out of her sight for a second) and suddenly she touched his face and did something weird to him.
"From that moment on, I lost my little brother to the dark side." Seth then slowly started caring for her like everyone else in that damn house. And Leah, as always, was looked as the bitter young woman who didn't have enough heart to even like a small child.
"It's not that I don't like her; No, scratch that, it's not like I have a choice." As soon as their Alpha imprinted on Renesmee they were all bonded to her, too. It's wolf instinct. She's part of the pack now and we have to protect her, too.
"It's like when Sam imprinted on Emily." Leah flinched not having thought of either of them much for three months. She remembers that when Leah phased and was part of Sam's pack officially, she couldn't understand how she could hate Emily so much and yet have this abnormal instinct and need to take care of her and protect her. And then she understood that that was part of being a wolf. Part of being a wolf is that you protect each and everyone of your pack, whether you want to or not. It's like Imprinting, it's an instinct you can't control because it's isn't part of your human psyche but of your inner wolf.
"And that sucks. Just another thing I can't decide for myself." So when it came to the hybrid child Leah felt she was back in Sam's pack fighting against her human emotions and her animal instincts for Emily.
A part of her, a human part of her, hated the sight of her. But the animal part of her couldn't help but feel like she would rip to shreds anything that tried hurting her. But Leah also knows that another part of her, one she hardly doesn't let even herself listen to, does it all for Jake.
Even though she hasn't come to full terms about what exactly she felt for Jake, she knew she cared for him and liked how their relationship had grown since their night together. They understood each other in a whole different level, a level no one understood but them. She could even say it made their bond as Alpha and Beta a bit stronger. Once Jacob made her Beta she could already feel the difference when she phased, that something connected her and Jake together in a permanent way. She had heard of that special connection that forms between an Alpha and Beta but it's a whole different experience to feel it firsthand. It was like a need to always be by his side and protect him and a feeling that he would do the same for her. It was the first time in a long time that Leah felt like she was accepted somewhere. She wasn't the pathetic ex-girlfriend or the bitch of the pack she was just Leah. And she hadn't felt like Leah for a very long time.
"That was short-lived." When Renesmee came into the picture, obviously the relationship with her and Jake changed. Renesmee is the central part of him now, his everything, she felt it that night that he came out of the Cullen's house and flooded their minds with images of her. He loved her now. And being his Beta she had to protect him and his imprinted and being Leah, his friend, she had to ignore whatever jealousy she could have and just move the damn on. She was thankful at least that whatever her feelings were for Jake never turned as deep as with Sam. She wouldn't have been able to go through something like that again.
In a way, Leah's happy for Jake. He finally got over Bella… by falling for her daughter.
"Fate has a real sick sense of humor."
Leah's head hammered harder making her cry out a small grunt. She turned into a fetal position in her bed and tried to not concentrate on the pain. What the hell was happening to her? Leah woke up to the pain of her migraine and when she looked to her digital clock by the side of her bed she was almost surprised to see it was mid-day.
"Not again." She had thought. Her internal clock has completely gone insane. She never stayed sleeping this late; she always was a morning person.
Leah stayed at her house at night to sleep, needing an escape from the Cullen's house and returning to the real world for a while. She's been applying for colleges, to see if she could start community college, at least. No one knew of that, only Jake.
"I need my own life." Leah remembers saying to him.
She decided a long time ago she would leave the pack one day, and that sure as hell hasn't changed.
Leah's cell phone rang and she could almost scream which how much more that hurt her head. She moved from her bed toward her night stand and quickly opened the phone without checking caller ID; she just wanted the damn thing to stop ringing.
"Hello?" She answered, trying to not sound sleepy or in pain.
"Where the hell are you, Lee-Lee?" It was Jake. He started using her nick-name a little more each month ever since that night. And she honestly didn't mind. She took it as a sign that she was getting over Sam, not seeing his face in her mind every time she heard it.
"I'm um…" She could hardly think of a good lie thanks to the pain.
"You're still sleeping, aren't you?" Jake knew of how late she was sleeping in the last two months and he didn't understand it. He also knew of the migraines and he told her to go see Carlisle; something completely foreign to them not going to a doctor since they were in junior high. Once you turn wolf, you don't get sick.
"I'm not going to the damn bloodsucker doctor because of a little headache." She remembers telling him one day they decided to patrol around the Cullen's house. Leah couldn't phase because of how strong the migraine was and she was so tired, she didn't have the energy to either. It was almost like her body wasn't letting her. Now that she remembers she hasn't phased in the last three months.
"Fine, then take a Tylenol at least, Lee-Lee. And don't make me take one and shove it down your throat." She remembers laughing at the comment. Jake really got protective when he wanted to.
"Yeah, I just woke up to the damn hammering in my head. I feel horrible, Jake. I think I'm going to skip the "I Love Nessie" show today." That was Renesmee's nickname, Jake gave it to her. She hardly ever used it but she did now to show Jake just how serious she was.
"Leah, why don't you come and see Carlisle, he can help you."
"I told you, no. it's just a bug or something; it'll pass." She heard Jacob sigh and knew he would drop it. He knew how uncomfortable it was to hang around vampires all day. He could be there all day with his little bundle of love but she didn't need to be.
"I'm afraid you can't skip it today, Leah." Leah's eyes shot open at this and she used her elbows to sit up on her bed.
"Why in the hell not?"
"They're coming for her, Leah. The Volturi. They're coming for Nessie." She doesn't know if it was the surprise or what the hell it was but Leah felt the hardest feeling of nausea start in the pit of her stomach. Before she knew it, she was head first inside the toilet vomiting her guts out.
…
"You're hungry." Seth said with an amused face as Leah stuffed her face with a sandwich the older female bloodsucker, Esme, made for them. She was so hungry today. Now, she wasn't tired but hungry.
They were sitting in the back porch of the Cullen's house, or like Leah's new name for it "The Vampire Clubhouse", as they were surrounded with different vampires of different ages, sizes and races. The Cullens were bringing in witnesses for when the Volturi came for Renesmme.
"More like an army, if you ask me." Leah thought as she looked around the different covens that had joined them in a few weeks time. Some were the weirdest vampires she's ever seen.
Like the three Amazon women, they looked wild-like. They were very tall, have dark skin and hair and wore animal skins. Their names are Zafrina, Kachiri and Senna. Good friends of the Cullens apparently which is weird for her to see since the Cullens are so civilized. These Amazonians have crimson eyes and Leah has the feeling that they might be one of the most dangerous vampires here.
Then there was the Denali Coven. They were the only other vegetarian vampires here like The Cullens. The coven was made of Carmen, Eleazar, Kate and Tanya. Carmen and Eleazar were an item apparently and Kate and Tanya were sisters. They came all the way from Alaska and they're practically the reason for this whole mess and why the Volturi are coming for Renesmee. Their sister Irina hates the werewolves for killing her boyfriend and now she's out to destroy the Cullen's for being united with them and has gone to the Volturi and told them they had bred an "Immortal Child". This is apparently worse than a hybrid baby because now the vampire "Mafia" is coming to kill Renesmee.
"This keeps getting better and better." Leah thought.
There's also an Egyptian Coven joined by Amun, Kebi, Benjamin and Tia. The four of them apparently both couples or else they would be a real freaky family to Leah. Amun is with Kebi and Benjamin with Tia. That Amun kind of freaks Leah out he always seems to be in suspicion of everyone around him.
There's the Irish Coven which is the first band of vampires she's seen that can be as civilized as the Cullens but don't follow their unique diet. She knows for how crimson their eyes are. The Coven is composed of three bloodsuckers: Siobhan, Liam and Maggie. Siobhan and Liam are together and Maggie, Leah learned recently, has a gift to be able to know when someone's lying. It's pretty cool to her actually.
There are other vampires that came alone not necessarily with a Coven. There's Garret, a kind of adventurer type. He was tall and had sandy blonde hair down to his shoulders which he uses a thong to tie it back.
"Enough said."
There's Mary and Randall. Who didn't travel together but apparently were good friends. There's also Peter and Charlotte who are together, apparently friends of the psychic bloodsucker's, Alice, boyfriend. Peter had long, white, blonde hair and was as tall as Jasper. There was also Alistair, Charles and Makenna. Leah tries to stay as far away from Alistair as possible. There's just something about him that just makes her uneasy.
And last but not least there's Stefan and Vladimir or "Dracula One" and "Dracula Two" as Jake calls them. They wear black clothing and have dark, crimson eyes just like the rest of them. But there's a certain air to them, like they thought of themselves as royalty. And their voices are so similar; sometimes Leah doesn't know whose speaking.
Leah sighed as she looked around to see herself in a position completely new to her. She was surrounded by more than twenty vampires and she can't kill any of them.
Jake already gave her the Alpha speech. We got to be nice to the bloodsuckers because they're here to save his beloved, which is part of their pack.
"Could you blame me for wanting to get the hell out of here?"
"Hey, that one barely stung. Good job, Bella." Leah looked to the side as she heard the leech-lover's husband speaking. He and Bella were holding hands, while one of the new vampires, Kate was touching him. Apparently, the leech-lover had developed a new power when she turned into a bloodsucker. She could shield the people around her with her mind and she's been trying to do that for the last few weeks using her husband as a guinea-pig but has failed. Leah had to admit she was finding it a bit fun to see Edward writhe in pain now and again.
"Again, Kate." Bella grunted through her clenched teeth.
Kate pressed her palm against Edward's shoulder and the bloodsucker didn't even flinch, Leah could see his sigh of relief. She looked around as a small crowd had developed around their little training session, well, what else could they do? They didn't sleep. Leah stood up from the porch, deciding that she had enough of this. She looked around and saw Jacob carrying Renesmee on his back, smiling and having fun with the child.
"I think I won't be missed."
"Where are you going?" Seth asked, his eyes looking over at the bloodsuckers little training session.
"Anywhere but here." Leah started walking, passing by all of the bloodsuckers until she made it to the woods. She passed by the river and saw one of the Egyptian tribe, Benjamin, playing with the water. The kid's really impressive; Leah saw as he manipulated the water with his hand and played around with it in the air. But she kept walking, needing some alone time.
She kept walking for maybe ten more minutes until she arrived in a familiar place. She looked at the open sky, the clouds hiding the sunset, making the sky a bit orange. She decided to lie down on the ground, her hands palm down.
"The only thing missing is a red blanket, pillows and a sheet." Leah thought. She couldn't help but smile at the thought.
That night felt so far away to her, even though it was just three months ago. So much has changed for Jake, for Bella and her leeches, and yet she feels completely the same; the same Leah, alone, nothing else to do but follow someone else's orders and take care of her little brother. Her whole life fate has stepped in to always beat her down and leave her hardly breathing having to look for a way to survive; Sam and Emily falling in love, her phasing into a wolf, her father's death. Moment after moment of Fate not giving her a break and taking something away from her, her free will, the love of her life, her father. There's only one moment that she could say that she has felt Fate finally had given her a helping hand.
And it took place where she's lying down right now.
That night gave Leah her freedom back. It made her have some actual hope for her future, that what might happen after that night couldn't be so bad than everything that has already happened. But she was slightly wrong. Fate decided that Leah's life needed a bit more color apparently. Now she was surrounded by bloodsuckers and she might just be forever bonded to them somehow.
"Honestly, it could be worse." Leah thought, she could still be stuck in Sam's pack, being the pathetic girlfriend. At least here, she still felt like herself. She had to one day thank Jake for that.
Leah heard ground moving behind her and she shot up from the ground looking back.
"Hey." Jake said giving her a half-smile.
"Hey, what are you doing here? Renesmee put you in the dog house?" Jake smiled and shook his while he walked over to Leah and sat down next to her.
"Nah, she's with Zafrina. They're doing their sharing images in their minds thing, it helps Nessie to relax and go to sleep so I let her go." Leah actually laughed at how pitiful his voice sounded at the end.
"Oh god, Jake, Don't worry you're going to get her back you whipped dog." Leah moved her hand in his direction imitating holding a whip and he laughed and imitated the position she was in before he came and joined her. Leah did the same and lied next to him; neither of them cared about their clothes getting dirty.
It was darkening now and the stars could be seen pretty clearly. Leah would never admit it but she loved stargazing now.
"I thought you had forgotten about this place by now." Leah whispered, feeling the familiar fatigue start to take over and her eyes close a little.
"No, I could never forget this place." Jake whispered back. Leah turned her head in surprise and looked at him while he looked at her and did a small smile. Jake then did something that surprised her. He spread his arm open and put it behind her head pushing her to rest her head against his chest. It was like he was saying something to her but she was so tired she didn't really want to think about that now.
"Are you sure this is allowed, Jake? I don't want a hybrid baby to come and suck my blood or something." She felt his chest rumble as he laughed.
"Don't worry, Lee-Lee, we'll keep this between us. Just… don't tell Edward or Bella." Leah laughed and she and Jake spent talking the rest of the night. They talked of everything and spoke of absolutely nothing. They laughed at how Edward was being slightly tortured by his own wife or how they would try to remember every bloodsucker's name. It was a nice break for Leah; it was just her and Jake again.
It gave Leah a kind of hope that maybe their relationship would keep growing, aside for how everything around them was changing.
…
Leah woke up in her bed when she felt the wave of nausea hit her. She ran outside of her room and ran into the bathroom. She knelt in front of the toilet and felt the liquids leave her body making her feel dizzy afterwards.
"Damn, what the hell's wrong with me, lately. All the vomiting, migraines, the cravings, the fatigue; if I didn't know bett—. "
Leah's head shot up and stood up from the bathroom floor, her head reeling with a million thoughts a second. It was like someone started showing her everything chronologically in her head over and over. Her having her period, that night with Jacob, the fatigue, the migraines, the nausea, the cravings, her period, Jacob, fatigue, migraine, nausea, craving, period, Jake, fatigue, migraine, nausea, cravings.
It can't be… she couldn't… but she was… No way.
She felt herself shut down as she collapsed onto the floor.
It was like Fate telling her that it wasn't done with her just yet.
TBC
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