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(!) "Leah and Jacob go down to Seattle where Jacob goes to check up on his auto body mechanic shop. Jacob reunites with his employees after a long two months away from work. They then set off for La Push where more than a few surprises are waiting for them."
Chapter 4: Return of Mr. Black
Interstate 5 Express, Seattle, WA November 4, 12:30- Midnight
Sleeping in the back seat like a baby while Leah drove all the way from the city of Shoreline to Seattle, Jacob couldn't hear Leah singing along to a an R&B Song called Freek'n You by Jodeci. She kept adjusting the rear view mirror to see Jacob tossing and turning on the seat. So cute. She thought.
"Leah…My mate, you're my…Are you…a Queen." Jacob mumbled in his sleep.
"I don't know about being queen Jake, but seeing as you are related to Ephraim Black; that makes you royalty I guess. What do you think about that Mr. chief? I know you can't hear me Jake…but hear this out. What do you call a female alpha wolf who has carrots in her ear…anything you want, just make sure she can't hear you or else."
Leah squeezed the drivers wheel and chuckled. "want to hear another joke Jake? Well it's actually not really a joke but more of a story. So theirs this devout cowboy who lost his favorite bible who was mending fences while he was out on the range. Three weeks later, a wolf walked up to him carrying the bible in its mouth. The cowboy couldn't believe his eyes. He took the precious book out of the wolf's mouth, raised his eyes heavenward and exclaimed, it's a miracle! "Not really" said the wolf. He told the cowboy that his name was just written inside the cover."
While Leah laughed at the short story she told a sleeping Jacob, Jacob was inside his soul learning more about his new form and the progress with his inner wolf.
Jacob's Soul
"Why when I was fighting Michael back in the quarry, did that form cover my entire body. Then when I try to show Leah that same form back in Lynnwood, only my hand was covered by the white fire. I don't get it ephraim."
"It's because when you were killed and stepped into the fire of new life, I and my own inner wolf awoke all of your spiritual power within you which activated your ascended wolf form. It came out of you as a need, not out of necessity. Which is the reason why you were able to kill Michael with very little effort. When you tried to show Leah, were you in any danger? Were you protecting someone?"
"No, not really. But then that means I can't enter that form whenever I want, only under situations like you just mentioned. Do you have an Ascended wolf Form Ephraim? Do all Quileute wolves have one."
"There are ways to pull out more of that power with intense training, they are physical and mental training. You can spend time with your wolf here, train with it, and bond with him to make calling upon the ascended wolf's power come out of you more fluidly. As for me…I do have my own ascended wolf form. It's a little different than yours in that mine is a little…wild. Your's is more tamed. Not that a wild and tamed ascended wolf form are different, except maybe in appearance. And no, other Quileute wolves don't have this ability only the next tribe's chief can gain this ability."
"What about Leah, as the first female to phase…does she lack this ability too?"
"There were no female wolves when I was alive in my time Jacob, but I believe that she may have this ability. I only say this because she has a strong link to you, It's not like imprinting and it's more than love. Come back here when she has become the alpha female of your pack. I need to ask our ancestors if it's possible for her to ascend."
Jacob gave his inner wolf one big hug before waking up and joining Leah back in the human world. "I'll be back to see you again, I promise. Just stay here with Ephraim, he's nice company right?"
Jacob's wolf nodded his head and laid down to sleep.
Black's Auto Repair Shop, Madison St, Seattle, WA 4:30- Morning
"Jake wake up…Jake…Jacob wake up!"
Leah turned around on her seat and began to give Jacob light taps on his face, trying to wake him up. There was drool around one side his face, the side that his face was resting on the seat. Leah stepped out of the car and pulled the key out of the ignition. She stuffed the car keys in her leather pocket and pulled Jacob outside of the car. There weren't a lot of people out tonight, just a few wandering hobos and police cars patrolling the early morning.
Leah parked the car right next to Jacob's Auto body Mechanic shop, she remembered the address from all the talk Jacob and her used to have when she was going to college. Jacob's eyes began to open up when he felt Leah's hands touching his arms and waist.
"Leah…what time is…where… are we?"
"We're in Seattle Jake, actually were right next to your shop. C'mon shake off the sleep already, you've been asleep for an entire day."
"Sorry about that Leah, guess I was more tired than I thought but I'm fully awake now. You got my keys? I need the keys to open up the shop's shutter. I hope my employees didn't leave me because I was gone for two months."
Leah pulled the keys out of her pocket and handed them to Jacob. Jacob searched for a certain key among the many he had to fit the lock that kept the shop's shutter closed. When he found the key, he got on one knee and slipped the key into the key hole. He turned and grabbed the shutter by the hem and pulled it up.
"Wow, I though this place would be abandoned. The frame machine looks like it's been used. The tools are all inside their proper tool boxes. The floor looks clean too…I think someone's still coming to work. I wonder if it's Mike or Alejandro who stood."
"Who are they again Jake?" Leah asked him, she went into a tool box and checked out all the weird trinkets inside.
"Mike and Alejandro are my employees, they know a lot about cars, motorcycles and about taking them apart and putting them back together. I have a couple of other guys who do the cleaning. Three others actually, Johnny, Nicholas and Mario- but I think those guys might have quit when I left to find you."
Jacob and Leah walked inside of his office which was locked with a padlock, he made sure to keep anyone and everyone out until he came back; if he came back at all. He searched for the key that belonged to that one so he could open it. But Leah moved him to the side and undid the lock with her own bare hand.
"Opened…" she told Jacob, tossing the padlock over her shoulder.
"Thank you Leah…I guess." the couple walked into his office and found it untouched, Jacob wrote a note that he left before he took off to find Leah. He went over to the desk and grabbed the paper and crumpled it up. What he wrote on it contained something that explained what Jacob was prepared to leave and for who if he never came back home and to his businesses.
Leah saw this but didn't ask what it was because of how quickly Jacob was in wanting it destroyed and forgotten.
Jacob went over to a small inner safe behind a painting of La Push on the wall. He took the paining down and took a moment to remember the combination. When he did, he turned the wheel on the combination lock and opened the safe's circular door. Inside there was a stack of money that was shuffled around a bit. A picture of his dad, his pack and of Leah who looked totally angry in the picture. The scattered money was from where he went and took some money before embarking on his journey to find Leah.
And now here they were, both of them back together in Seattle at his business early in the cool November morning. He took a seat on his chair and relaxed back on it. They were so close to home from here, sure it would probably take one more day to get back to La Push. But before they returned, Jacob wanted to make sure that they would let everybody know they were together. Sam included, actually Jacob wanted to rub it in his face if he could, but he figured Leah would do that for them both.
Jacob watched Leah walk around his office looking at all the pictures and paintings on the wall, she looked amazing in tight leather pants, that black poncho and white turtle neck underneath it just complimented the rest of her perfectly. Jacob signaled to Leah to come over to him by wiggling his index finger. She walked over to him with smiles and all, she looked tired and that was understandable.
Jacob took a seat on his office chair which had openings under the armrests, Leah straddled Jacob and slipped her legs in those openings. Jacob hugged her tightly and brought her closer to him, bringing her breasts close to his face. Leah felt that Jacob needed her, but not in the way that she was thinking. If he was hugging a normal girl instead of Leah right now, he would have snapped the poor normal girl's spine by now. But Leah was anything but a normal girl.
Leah rested her head on his black hair and cradled it in her hands. In this moment, being in each others arms and hands, they stood like this very quiet without saying anything. They instead enjoyed the sounds of the city. Cars speeding off, police sirens going off and the sounds of car alarms shouting when some dumb criminal tried entering inside of it.
Then….Leah spoke.
"Are you worried about something Jake? Is something bothering you."
"It's just that…this moment. I though I would never be experiencing this moment. Where I finally brought you back home, unharmed, and even as my…"
"As your what…friend? Buddy? Your business partner?" she said jokingly at the last part.
"As my girlfriend Leah. Everything that's happened to me, to you made me see just how beautiful and strong you really are and were before all of this."
Jacob pressed the left side of his face on her chest and heard her beating heart. "You ready to go back home Leah?"
"Jacob…are you scared of returning? Are you worried about…"
"Don't say it Leah, if it comes to that then I'll make it very clear to him that you're mine. He had you once and you see how he left you for Emily. That's won't happen with me, that I can assure you."
Jacob's hands which were on Leah's back, went downward to cup her ass with both his hands. Leah tilted his head so it would look up her. Staring into eyes, Leah could feel an amazing spirit within him. That reminded Leah of something.
"Jake…when you killed those mobsters back in the quarry. And then when you couldn't change back into a human…I heard a type of harmony, like a humming coming from inside of you Jake. I heard three heart beats in you before, the one that belonged to the monster, yours and the third which was the humming."
"The third one belonged to Ephraim Leah. It was him who was always watching over me. If it weren't for him…I wouldn't have been able to return to life and save you. I wouldn't have been able to kill Michael, release both of our inner wolves."
Jacob inhaled some air and then exhaled it all out, this time both of his hands were covered in the white fire from before that covered his entire body like a shroud. Leah felt a warmness covering her butt that reached and spread through out her whole body. It was like she was dipped in a bath of warm water. Jacob brought both his flaming hands up so Leah could lock hands with him.
"Go on Leah…it won't burn you, I promise." Leah was hesitant to lock hands, the amount of light this new power of Jacob's was emitting was blinding. And the white fire to her, seemed like it was burning his hands.
"Ok…" she answered him. She placed her hands on his so they could touch, the fire didn't burn her. "Close your eyes Leah" he told her.
And closed her eyes she did. In a white space as infinitely wide as the universe, Leah saw her inner wolf and Jacob's running towards each other from west and east. They licked each other's mouth and nuzzled their faces together. The background changed from white to an endless field in summer, to a windy forest in fall. It then shifted to a frozen land much like Antarctica in summer.
The glacial walls that lined the coastline were magnificent, the animals that made this land home were exotic and a beauty to look at. She felt herself melting and becoming one with Jacob. Before this vision got to be too much for her, Leah saw an individual standing at a frozen precipice covered in all white traditional Quileute clothing. This strange individual who had his back turned to her burned with a mighty shroud that incased him in proud white fire from head to toe. And standing in front of him was a woman who looked so much like herself in similar white clothing and much longer hair, she too was incased in a softer white fire like aura.
The Antarctic air seemed to be blowing around them instead of at them, the snow avoided falling on top of them, and the sun shined brightest on them than on any other location in this world she was viewing. She felt utterly and truly happy. It was like all negativity and everything that comprised being truly free and happy had dissolved.
Leah felt like she was losing air and she snapped back into reality. Jacob raised his eyebrow and wondered why she was coughing so hard.
"Leah…you ok? All I wanted you was to see that it wouldn't burn your hand. I didn't dunk your head under water for you to be coughing like that."
"Jacob…I think I just imprinted…on you."
When she said that to him, Jacob had such a powerful shocked look on his face. He smiled so hard and laughed with so much joy, he knocked over his desk as he embraced Leah like a baby. Leah had as much tears running down from her eyes to her cheeks as Jacob did.
"I do accept you Leah! I do! I do! I DO!" Jacob and Leah covered each other's faces with as many kisses as possible. It finally happened, any and all connection to Sam was now truly broken. Now she was truly his.
When it appeared like another mating session was about to happen in Jacob's office, Jacob and Leah were interrupted by someone calling out the words "Who's in here!" from outside the office door.
"That sounds like…Alejandro! Leah wait a second for me in here ok while I scare him." Leah took of a hold of his hand, already showing the first sign she would never leave his side. Jacob smiled and squeezed her hand right back.
The man outside grabbed the door knob and turned it, he held on to a tire iron for his own protection. He swung open the door and jumped inside, "Who the hell is…Jacob!? Jacob! Oh my god you're Back Mr. Black! You're back!"
"It's good to see you too Alejandro, I take it was you who kept coming back to work? I thought that everyone had left and abandoned this place a long time ago."
"I just can't find any other type of work in this city that keeps my attention and satisfies me like fixing up cars and taking them apart. Even if you didn't come back, I might have taken over the business. But yeah everyone else left, so i decided to keep this place open, even if I wasn't getting paid."
"Thank you Alejandro, I don't how to thank you for doing this. You know what I got something for you, but first I want you to meet my girlfriend Leah Clearwater. I told you about her a few months ago when she was in college."
"This is the beautiful Leah Clearwater you spoke so much about? Wow tu si tienes una novia tan Hermosa Mr. Black." he told his boss in Spanish.
"Usted no me tiene que recordarme Alejandro. Leah give us a twirl please." Leah twirled once for Jacob, his employee Alejandro smiled. "Leah do you think you can lend me some money…I need to pay him for coming everyday. Can you do that for me?"
Leah nodded her head and went running outside to get some money from her duffel bag. She came back in and handed it to Alejandro.
"Mr. Black what is this? This is so much money." Alejandro commented on the money Leah handed to him.
"It's two months pay Alejandro, it's just not enough to thank you for coming to work for free everyday since I went missing. Think of it as the first form of a physical thank you. Look me and Leah have to get back home, everyone's gonna be surprised to see us back. Think you can manage alone for a few days here? Just enough for me and Leah to get settled back in."
"Yes Mr. Black I can manage, I think I already proved that."
"Gracias Alejandro, that means a lot. Leah come on, time to go back home." Everyone walked out of Jacob's office to lock his door with a spare padlock that was nearby. Jacob and Leah jumped back into the car and took off with this time as Jacob as the driver. Alejandro went into the employee's room to change into uniform and to count his money.
The couple took the Seattle Bainbridge ferry to cross and dock on Bainbridge island. From there they took to the Olympic peninsula which merged with hood canal bridge. They took the Olympic highway and drove until they got to La Push Road where they would be back home the next night.
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