Chapter 7:
I pull away and everyone looks to me shocked. I look down and wish I was invisible. I wish I could take back what just did, but I can't. Everyone is looking at me, Embry looks the most confused, and Sam looks as if he knows why I did it.
Without thinking I run out of the house. I hear someone following, but it's not who I expect when I turn around.
"Leah?" His voice says. "Why did you… why did you just do that?" His face showing hurt.
"Jake…" I say and look down. I find the same string I played with earlier and I play with it now. "I don't know okay! I wasn't thinking. You just make me so crazy Jake!" I say and I stamp my foot. He laughs a little and I fold my arms across my chest and glare at him.
He holds his hands up as if surrendering. "I just thought girls only did that in movies and stuff." He says and his face goes back serious. "I drive you crazy? You drive me crazy! One minute we are making out and then another you are angry with me, and then the next day you go kissing Embry. I can't read your emotions Leah."
"Uh, I only got angry when you brought Bella to the cookout." I defend myself. I did not get angry for no reason yesterday, there was a perfectly good reason.
"Yeah, I brought her, I didn't make out with her!" Jake says.
I know that everyone is watching and listening to our conversation like we are some great soap opera but I'm not going to back down. Plus, they would all find out anyways soon enough. "The look on your face said it all last night Jake. The way you looked at her like she was an angel that you couldn't pull your eyes away from. That said it all Jake."
"You obviously weren't looking at me the whole time." He says.
"I'm sorry; I wanted to keep my dinner down last night." I bite back and hold my ground. He wasn't going to make me feel ridiculous.
"What I meant by that was that I was looking at you the whole night Leah. I occasionally looked at Bella, but for the most part you had my focus last night. Then when Sam was talking to me you freaked out on me, already accusing me of dropping you, which I had no intention of, ever." His eyes hold a kind of passion that makes me want to kiss him and tremble from fear of the unknown all at the same time. I bite my bottom lip.
"But you brought Bella. You went to go see her last night instead of hanging out with the tribe." I say not quite understanding.
He sighs, obviously tired of being questioned. "Like I told Sam, she begged me, and I still want to be her friend, I wasn't just going to not go when she sounded like she really needed to hang out with me. I had no idea you would get so jealous." He says.
"Me? Jealous?" I scoff, "Yeah right." I smirk and this brings a smile to his face. "But you didn't stick up for me last night. You just stood there and let Bella talk crap about me."
He laughs, "I thought you could handle yourself Leah. I've never seen you like you were last night it scared me to death and the first thought that came to my head was to take Bella home and then I'd run back and talk to you before you could do something crazy. Plus, I couldn't believe you would automatically not trust me that quickly, so I was a little upset with you. You didn't do something crazy did you?" He says and his eyes are filled with worry. I look down. "Leah?" He says and as if right on cue the roar of a truck I immediately recognize as a sound I despise. Jake's ears perk up and he turns to the road that comes from Forks.
I sigh, "I wouldn't call it stupid." I smirk as Bella's truck pulls on the side of the road and she hops out of her truck, she slams the door shut and she walks over to us. I can tell how furious she is by the way she is walking. This makes my smirk grow even bigger.
"Why is her face purple in the middle?" Jake asks me as she gets closer. I shrug, but my smirk hasn't come off my face.
I hear the pack come out as if to get a closer look at what is about to happen.
"Oh my god Bella! What happened to your face?" I ask when she gets close and I say it to show that I'm not really concerned. She glares at me and then she gives puppy eyes to Jake and then she glares at me again. The smirk on my face grows.
"Like you don't know." She spits to me.
Embry nudges me, "You did that?" He whispers.
Jake turns and looks to me. "You did that Leah?" He says.
I shrug, "I didn't think it would get that purple or that big so fast."
Jake raises an eyebrow to me as if wanting me to explain more. I'm about to speak but Bella cuts in. "She came to my house and she punched me in the nose because of what I said last night. Jake… does it really look that bad?" She pouts to Jake. I roll my eyes but he seems to fall for it. He puts his arm around her trying to support her. His eyes don't move from me though.
"No Bella, it doesn't." He tries to comfort her and I snicker.
"C'mon Jake, there's no need to lie. The middle of her face is so swollen and it's the color of a grape. It's disgusting. You should have Dr. Cullen look at that." I say.
She glares at me. "I was on my way to see him but I thought I would let Jake know that I won't be able to drive over to see him for a while. Carlisle doesn't want me driving." She says.
"Oh c'mon, that's not the real reason why you came by Bella. You wanted Jake to yell at me and stick up for you since your glittery boyfriend didn't. Which reminds me, I should thank Edward, he could have done some serious damage to me, I was alone and all. I guess he thought you weren't worth it either." I say with my arms crossed around my chest.
"Edward just didn't want to cause a rift between the pack and the coven." Bella fights back.
I smile, "Is that what he told you? Because there is already a rift between us. Your existence doesn't change that." I glare. Her cell phone rings. "That's probably Edward now, you might want to go ahead and leave, your nose is shattered into thousands of pieces, it might be better to have that looked at sooner rather than later."
She glares at me but answers her phone. "Hello," she says in a high pitched cheery voice. I roll my eyes.
Embry has this huge smile on his face. The pack surrounds me and begins asking questions.
"So was this your plan all along," Embry says, "go over to Bella's and break her face?"
I smile and shake my head. "I didn't plan to punch her. I just was doing what everyone seems to think I do anyways, taking care of myself." I say and look to Sam who winks at me. "I didn't even aim for her nose, or try to break bone; I guess I just got lucky." I say. I hear Bella hang up and I watch as Jake turns and rushes to her side, he was over with us, listening but he hadn't said anything, he hadn't showed much emotion about the situation. I look to Bella.
"I gotta go Jake." She pouts. "Come see me though."
Jake nods and gently hugs her. "I will, be careful." He hugs her tight and I feel like I could throw up.
Their embrace ends and I feel much better. When Bella starts to leave Jake turns to me. "Leah and I are going for a walk, we'll be back." Jake announces and I don't argue. I can't read him and that makes me nervous. Is he going to yell at me? Is this going to ruin everything? Stupid Bella. Whatever happens, I did not regret punching her in the face. She deserved it all and more. She was lucky that I didn't do worse like crack her skull or something.
I nod and Jake and I begin walking toward the beach.
A/N: I guess I should comment on the fact that this story seems like I hate Bella. I don't hate her, but she annoys me so much. So I apologize for you Bella fans. But, I really sometimes can't stand her. And I'm going to quickly explain why I'm for Blackwater… I think it's screwed up that Jake imprints on Reneesmee (don't even get me started on that name choice) and that his soulmate fully relies on the fact that someone he loves has to get married and impregnated. I just don't agree with that choice. Sorry. Oh and thanks for all the reviews, you guys are really inspiring me to keep writing. Okay, I'll go now. Love you guys.
