No one's point of view again?
"Hey why aren't you at the bonfire?" Leah laughed walking over to Embry. She sat besides him on the cliff.
"I was just about to ask you the same thing." He gave he a crooked smile. She rolled her eyes at him.
"I asked you first." She argued playfully.
"Just really boring. Everyone just sits there all cuddled up with their one true love and I'm trying not to vomit at the love fest." He fake gagged. Leah laughed shaking her head.
"Right? Like has everyone just magically paired up?" Leah agreed. Embry bit his lip to keep from laughing. She didn't know about imprinting or the fact her baby daddy was the alpha to a magical pack of wolves... yet she got very close to the truth... it was a form of mystical magic.
"Yep, but hey it's whatever. What's your reason?" He asked.
"I kinda... ruined the last one and so..." Leah trailed off.
"Yeah you kinda did..." Embry bit his lip again to retain from laughing. She saw this and punched his arm hard.
"You are such an ass." Leah smiled finally yeilding the punches when he playfully cried uncle.
"Actually it depends on who you ask." Embry smiled at her trying to stop laughing.
"Huh?" Leah asked dumbly.
"Yeah you ruined it for Jake but for your dad... I haven't seen him smile like that in years. Same with your mom." He said.
"Yeah I missed them. Especially Seth but he's still weird around me." Leah sighed. Embry could tell Leah was hiding something but he wasn't going to force it out of her. He knew how hard it was to keep secrets from people you loved.
"He kinda went all bad boy for a couple years. Sam had to alpha command him to chill out." Embry flinched realizing what he said. He almost told Leah about the pack.
"Oh my God... Alpha command? Is that code for scare the shit out of him or something!? I'm totally going to use that phrase with Jax!" Leah laughed. Embry nervously laughed with her until she calmed down.
"Seriously give him time Leah." Embry suggested.
"He's not just gay to piss my parents off, right?" Leah asked.
"Seth?" Embry echoed.
"No my other bad ass brother fucking Will..." Leah sassed making Embry laugh.
"Yeah those two were hot and heavy fast." Embry shuttered at all the memories Seth had accidentally let slip when they were patrolling as wolves.
"No Leah, I think at first it was like he just kissed another guy drunk and like couldn't stop... you know? Like he still fucks girls but he just swings both ways. We are all cool with it, but it was just bad timing." Embry sighed.
"Why was it bad timing?" Leah asked.
"Everyone was just falling apart in some way. Your dad's health started to fail and your family was stressed about you. You were missing and we were all thinking the worst. Sam and Emily felt terrible, Emily got mauled by a bear{Embry twisted the truth and told her that version instead of the Sam phasing version}. Sam blamed himself for what happened to her and the fact that you ran away, Paul's dad just kept beating the shit out of him and he couldn't defend himself without messing with the reservation. Paul got with Billy's daughter, Quil had this whole thing with someone he shouldn't have. You already know about Seth. Jake went dark..."
"What do you mean all dark?" She pressed.
"He was depressed for a long time. Like there were days where he just couldn't cope. I was so scared because no one else saw what I saw. That's all I can say Leah, he can tell you if he wants to." Embry said shaking at those terrible memories. He looked over and saw Leah was close to crying.
"Shit, Leah, I am so sorry. I've said too much." Embry apologized hugging her.
"It's okay Bry. I just hate myself for keeping Jax away from him." She stubbornly wiped away her tears.
"It's okay. Jake is better now that he has Jax. Don't you see how happy he is when he is there?" Embry smiled trying to ease her.
"Yeah he is." Leah sighed.
"I think he's happy that you came back too." Embry sighed.
"No he hates me." She said.
"Leah, I know my brother. He is pissed and beyond hurt but he loves you." Embry states honestly.
"I am bad for him." She shrugs.
"No you aren't. That bitch Ruby is. You and Jax are... his." Embry trails off. Leah rolled her eyes at that bitches name but feels something tug deep inside her chest when he said they were Jake's.
"Where is Jax?" Embry asked breaking the silence.
"Your nephew is with your brother." Leah smiled referring to Jacob.
"Shit, how did you know?" Embry swore.
"You accidentally let it slip a couple of seconds ago Mr. "I know my brother". But I kinda figured it out before hand. Jax kinda acted like you before we even came here. Like same personality but I never realized it till I saw you two interact side by side. Also he just naturally gravitates to you, Seth and Jake. Seth is my brother and I didn't sleep with you so that must make you Jake's brother. But no one has mentioned it to me so I am assuming either you didn't know... But you kinda slipped up so that wasn't an option... or that you don't want people to know." Leah concluded.
"You can't tell Jake." Embry looked dead at her.
"Why don't you? Like you guys are best friends, wouldn't he be happy about it?" Leah exclaimed getting pissed.
"Chill out baby mama." Embry laughed making Leah punch him again.
"You know how Jake idolizes his dad, especially the relationship Billy had with his mom?" He asked. She nodded.
"And how destroyed Jake was when his mom died?" Embry asked again.
"Yeah even though it happened to him at a young age." She stated.
"Yeah I am not going to ruin Jake's relationship with his dad and spit on his mom's grave.. you know. Yeah it's awesome that we are brothers but Billy and I discussed this. He was devastated when he told me, he said he felt like a coward but he felt something for my mom. Sarah and his relationship wasn't perfect and he made a bad mistake but then Sarah got pregnant with Jake. And my mom got pregnant with me around the same time. My mom told him it was okay because she didn't want to be a homewrecker." Embry explained.
"I can't believe you and Billy are keeping this from him." She snapped.
"That's rich coming from you Leah." Embry snapped back. She glared at him hard.
"Look I am sorry but you really can't tell him. I can't lose him as a friend and Billy can't lose him as a son." He pleaded.
"But Billy is willing to throw you out like trash and act like you aren't his?" Leah spat.
"I asked Billy not to tell Jake when I confronted him. He was going to tell Jake and I begged him not to. It was my decision." He snapped.
"You matter too." She yelled. Embry took a step back shocked that she said that. No one ever told him that before.
"Not this time Leah." He shrugged trying not to sound hurt.
"You can act all tough Bry but I know you're hurting. I see you are about to self destruct. I see the way your hands shake when you are craving it, I see the bottles at your house, I see the scars in your arms. Don't act like this isn't affecting you!" She yelled.
"I don't know what the fuck you are talking about!" He yelled back. He was starting to get made and was trying not to phase. A part of his life that he was ashamed of and tried to keep hidden was out in the open and he got defensive.
"Really?! Because I've been down that rode and it doesn't end well. People hurt me in the worst way and I hurt myself worse than they ever did! Heroin, coke, vodka, Ketamine, weed, LSD, just fucking random people, cutting yourself! None of it will ever fix you!" Leah slammed his chest. He grabbed her wrists and pulled her tightly to him.
"You fucking say anything to anyone..." He spat.
"You'll what?" She challenged spitting in his face.
"For this family's sake you better fucking keep your mouth shut Clearwater." He threatened. Leah had to take a step back. She didn't even recognize him, he was so defensive and pissed off.
"What family? You said it yourself, you have no relation to any of us." Leah choked out. Embry flinched and she could see tears in his eyes.
"Go fuck yourself, Clearwater." He spat before turning to get away from her.
"You're brother already fucked me." Leah yelled after him, wiping the tears from her eyes.
