A/N – Come In With The Rain is completed, so go check it out, if you want to! And here is a new chapter for you! :)
"So are you going to tell me what's going on," I said as Leah and I started walking towards the beach, "Or are you going to use that 'complicated' shit again?" I was obviously pissed off, and Leah could tell. The unexplainable guilt I was feeling about Seth was putting me in an even worse mood.
"Does it matter?" She said quickly, "We're hanging out now! And the ocean looks really nice…" She tried to change the subject, but I was not having it.
"If it doesn't matter, why won't you tell me?" I said, I wouldn't let the topic drop so easily, and Leah knew that.
"Look," she said, as she stopped walking and turned to look at me. "If I could tell you, I would. But I can't, literally." She looked at me apologetically.
"Sure you can," I said, giving her a cold look, "You always can. You just don't want to."
"That is not true," She said, giving me a cold look back. That's what fights were like with me and Leah. Battles of the stubborn bitches, neither one of us would cave.
"Oh, it is," I said, continuing to walk again, "And you know it. Does it having to do with you getting all muscular all of a sudden? Or Seth going through puberty at an irregular pace? And giving me weird looks?" Leah's eyes got even colder.
"Of course you only care about Seth," She said, and out of nowhere, she was yelling. I was surprised, I had merely mentioned him. "Why don't you go hang out with Seth? That's what you want to do, isn't it?" Leah was shaking now, almost uncontrollably, but that wouldn't stop me from bitching her out though.
"Fuck no!" I screamed, "But I have a feeling he would be a better friend than you!" I don't even know what happened. One second a pissed off Leah was standing in front of me, the next second a pissed off wolf was standing in front of me. Shit! That was all that was going through my mind. I didn't even know where this wolf came from! Had it eaten Leah and was after me now? Oh, no! The last words I said to Leah were mean! Out of nowhere another huge wolf pounced on the first one. I took this as my opportunity and I ran. Now, I'm a pretty fast runner, but I knew even I couldn't out run a couple wolves, but when I turned around, I didn't see anything chasing me.
That didn't stop me from running as fast as I could. I ran about a half mile before I decided to stop, the wolves would have caught me by now if they really wanted to.
"Jillian?" I heard a voice call from behind me. I turned around to see Embry Call, one of my friends. "What's wrong?" I realized how panicked I must look right now, I was heaving in breaths and my eyes must look wide and terrified.
"There were wolves! Two of them, they were HUGE!" My voice was really high; it always raised an octave when I was scared. "I was talking to Leah and a wolf came out and ate her then another one came-"
"What did the wolves look like?" Embry asked. Who cared what they looked like? They had just eaten my best friend!
"Well, the first one was gray and the other one was black," I said, giving him a crazy look, "But, really? Does it matter? They ate Leah!" I could see Embry stifling a grin. "What's the matter with you? This isn't funny!"
"Did you actually see the wolf eat Leah?" Embry asked, still slightly grinning.
"Well, no," I said, and quickly followed with, "But what else could have happened? I mean unless Leah magically turned into a wolf or something!" Now Embry was full on laughing.
"What? WHAT?" I hollered at him. He was really getting me mad.
"Leah is fine, don't worry. She can protect herself from wolves." I had never seen Embry as a person who was insane; then again, I didn't know him all that well…
"Are you stupid?" I just looked at him. "I mean, seriously? Leah is tough, but against wild, vicious animals? Embry Call you are insane, I'm going to go get help," I began to turn around, but Embry called out my name again.
"Jillian, c'mon. Let's go to Sam's house and you can see for yourself that Leah is fine," Sam's house?
"Sam's house?" I always spoke my mind. "What the hell good will it do to go there?"
"Just trust me, okay Jillian?" I don't know why, but I did.
"Fine, whatever," I said, and I followed him down the road to Sam's house. We walked in silence for the most part. After about five minutes of walking, we arrived to Sam's cute, little cottage.
"Hey, look who I found flipping a shit!" Embry called as we walked inside. I had never been to Sam's house before, I was never welcomed. And I had to say, it was very awkward. The room was filled with people I barely talked to, Sam, Jacob Black, Quil Attera, Paul, and Jared. (I didn't know their last names.) And to make things even more awkward, they were all shirtless.
"You going to follow through on your promise, Call? Or should I just leave now," I was already backing toward the door.
"Yeah, hold your horses," He said, turning to Sam, "Where's Leah?" In a wolf's tummy…
"She's changing into some of Emily's clothes," Sam said, and I could feel my eyes widen. "Hold on a second." He said to me. I sat there for a few incredibly awkward moments while nobody said anything. Then Leah stepped out of the nearby bathroom, wearing a pair of khakis and a polo she would never be caught dead in, until now.
"Oh, my God, Jillian," Leah looked frantic. "I am so sorry!" I was confused, to say the least. I thought Leah was dead. Now, here she was, having somehow survived the wolves, and apologizing.
"I should be the one who is sorry!" which was true. "I was being so mean to you, then the wolves came! I'm so happy you managed to escape them!" I heard all the boys laughing behind me; I turned around and shot them daggers.
"WHAT? I AM!" I yelled at them. My patience was short today, like it was every day. I looked at back at Leah who was giving Sam a pleading look. I looked over at Sam, who was still smiling, and he nodded. Leah's face lit up, and I was very confused. Leah opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, another person stormed into the house.
"Where IS that BITCH!?" I whipped my head around to see none other than Seth. Wonderful. The sad, little puppy look was gone from his face, now he just looked angry. I smirked.
"My, Seth," I said, putting my hand on my heart. "Such language! I didn't even know you knew what that word meant," I spoke to him like he was ten. I, of course, assumed the 'bitch' he was referring to was me, seeing that I had been a bitch to him, but he looked at me, gave me a slight smile, then shot Leah daggers. Why the hell did he smile at me? And what had Leah done wrong?
"What the HELL is your problem?" He shouted at Leah, I could hear the other boys laughing from the table. I was more confused than ever. "I mean, really? You could've-"
"I know, Seth, I know. I'm sorry, okay?" Leah said back to him, she didn't yell, she hardly even raised her voice. She seemed to admit that she was wrong, which is a very unLeahlike thing to do.
"No, it's not 'okay!'" He said, his voice still loud. I now noticed that Seth, too, was shirtless. And, although I hated to admit it, he was pretty damn hot.
"Seth, maybe you should go outside," Jacob said from the table, he looked amused. Seth took a deep breath.
"I'm calm," He said, his statement didn't sound very convincing.
"Yeah, calm as a fucking tsunami…" I heard Quil mumble under his breath. That's when the almighty Sam decided to step in. God, I hated that guy.
"Seth, go for a walk and calm down," He spoke with authority and Seth turned around and walked toward the door. 'No Seth! Don't listen to him!' I wanted to call out, but Seth was already gone. "Now, Leah, tell Jillian what you wanted to tell her." Oh, go jump off a cliff, Sam.
"Okay, Jilly," She said, she spoke hesitantly, "What I'm going to tell you is a huge secret, and you can't tell anybody, okay? You understand?" I nodded, extremely curious.
"You know all those stories we tell around the fire? About people turning into wolves and cold ones?" She didn't wait for a reply. "Well, they are true. And I'm a werewolf. That's why I've been acting so weird lately, and early today by the beach, I lost my temper and…" She trailed off. Jacob decided to finish her sentence.
"She phased into a wolf, she probably would have killed you if Sam wasn't there to save your ass." He said it like it was nothing.
I, of course, was in complete shock. I believed it, I mean, how else could Leah have survived the wolves if she wasn't one herself? It was just a lot to take in, a whole lot to take in. Leah looked ashamed, she wouldn't look me in the eyes.
"I'm sorry, Jilly," She said, sadly. "I shouldn't have lost my temper; I should be smarter than that." I could hardly believe that Leah was apologizing. I mean, it was only natural, wasn't it?
"Oh, Leah, it's alright!" I said, suddenly giddy. I was one of the lucky few who were in one the secret! "You didn't kill me, did you? It's all good!" Everyone looked at me, shocked.
"You aren't mad?" Embry asked.
"No, how could I be mad! Things aren't complicated anymore, I know the secret!" I was smiling way too big.
"She is taking this very well," Sam said. No, shit, Sherlock.
"No, shit, Sherlock," said somebody from the doorway. All the boys and Leah laughed. Seth was back, calmed down, apparently. I was in such a good mood, I could've hugged the kid for speaking the exact words on my mind, but of course, I didn't.
A/N – I was pretty pleased with how this turned out! As you probably noticed, there is a lot of cussing in this one, and that is just the kind of person I see Jillian as, one that cusses a lot! Haha, I hope my 'way with words' doesn't offend anybody! Anyways, review, friends! And thanks to all of you who are reviewing and/or subscribing, favorite-ing. Haha. You guys rock! :)