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Chapter 9- Moon Pool
LEAH
I woke up this morning and went to the bathroom and did all the stuff I needed to do to start my day. After that, I just decided to flop back down on my bed for a little while. I was thinking about everything that had happened recently.
It had been two weeks and three days since that dinner. Jake and I had become inseparable. When we weren't on patrol, we were together.
My favorite was last Tuesday, he came over and we had a movie marathon. He sat on the recliner and I sat on his lap, falling asleep in his arms. I had never felt so safe in my entire life.
The pack took well to me and Jake but there was an undercurrent of something that I just couldn't quite put my finger on. The one person I hadn't seen at all was Embry. I can only assume that it was because the last time I ran with him I ran off and threatened him within an inch of his life. It was weird though, I didn't see him anywhere, it was like he had disappeared.
I asked Sam this when we were running one day and he said that he had just been busy.
Sam, yeah, he reacted differently to me and Jake then I thought he would. He was in my head when we were patrolling when I was thinking about me and Jake making out on the beach earlier that day and he nearly ripped my head off.
"Whoa, Sam what the hell was that about?"
"Open your eyes Leah!" was all I got from him. He never brought it up again and I never did figure out what he was talking about.
I was pulled out of my little reverie by a knock at my door. "Yeah?"
It opened to reveal my favorite person in the world. "Hey baby," he said coming over to lay beside me. I kissed him and put my head on his chest.
"Are we going to the bonfire tonight?" I asked him.
"Yep," he said.
"And if I don't want to?" He pulled his face to mine and kissed me deeply, passionately. I wanted to pull him on top of me and as if he read my mind he was leaning on his elbows over me. His tongue was tracing my lower lip and I felt my body shiver. My lips parted to his touch and he deepened the kiss. I wanted him. All of him. Damn he was a good kisser.
And just like that he was pulling away and leaning on his side. My breathing was ragged and I was a little bit pissed. You can take away a girl's heartbreak, but you can't take away the bitch.
"What the hell Jake?"
"If you don't go, I will never do that again." That was mean. My mouth fell open and he kissed my forehead. "We're going."
I growled playfully at him and he kissed me again. He pulled away breathless with a twinkle and his eye and he moved to get up. I grabbed his hand to stop him.
"I got to patrol but I'll be back at 7 to get you, okay?" I pouted and he laughed at me. "It's not going to be bad Leah, come on now." I crossed my arms like a two year old and glared at him. He rolled his eyes and I pulled him down while he was distracted. I pushed myself on top of him and kissed his mouth, jaw, neck. He groaned into my hair. It was so hot.
"Leah, I got to go-" I claimed his mouth so he wouldn't say those stupid words again.
"Five more minutes," I said and that's what I got.
I peeled myself off of him and laughed when he was the one that was mad I stopped this time. That was a little bit of an ego booster.
"Bye Jake," I said as I pointed to the door. He rolled his eyes again, kissed my head, and left to go save the world or something.
At 6:15-ish I got into the shower. Wow, doesn't this seem familiar, the butterflies were back with a vengeance and I got out when the water got too cold. My clothes were back in drawers where they belonged and I was told that this was - well not formal- but I should look nice event.
I rummaged through my dresser and found a dark denim skirt that I forgot I had. It fit great and I ran around in my bra trying to find a shirt. The beach was cold at night but not to me so any shirt was pretty much an option. I decided to go simple and I found my brown shirt that was completely open in the back and had a band at the bottom that clung to my hips. I did my hair the same way I did it for that first dinner with Jake and I put on the necklace Emily gave me for my 17 birthday. It was a long chain with blue beads and shells on it.
I had forgiven Emily a while ago. It wasn't her fault Sam left me. Part of me felt bad for Emily and I don't mean because the love of her life scarred her face. I felt bad because Sam didn't have a choice but to love her, he just did. There wasn't any challenge or danger or excitement, it just was.
I didn't have time to think about it more because Jake had come into my room.
"What the fuck are you trying to do Jake, kill me?!" I said, throwing my hands in the air. I might not be a bitch to HIM but I can't do anything about the fact that I still swore like a champ.
"I knocked!"
"Not that," I laughed at him, "You look great Jake."
"And you look beautiful Leah, you really do." I smiled and kissed him.
"Thanks, okay so you ready to go?" I said, grabbing his hand.
"Yes, but I want you to come somewhere with me first," he said while a blush crept up his cheeks. I didn't know why it was there I thought we were past all this nonsense.
"What's up, babe?" I asked him, putting my hand on his cheek. He took it off and kissed my palm before lacing his fingers with mine.
"Nothing, will you go with me?" This was a loaded question and I knew it.
"Anywhere," I said with a smile and he let out the breath he was holding. He tugged on my hand and pulled me out the door. His Rabbit was parked outside and I got in it, I had NO idea where we were going.
He took us to the other side of the cliffs; it used to be beautiful here. The fire about 6 years ago burned everything down, it killed Jake's Mom. Billy was put into a wheelchair because he tried to save her. She managed to save Jacob and his sisters, but not herself. Billy and his children haven't forgiven themselves.
We got out of the car and he took me across the white sand to the edge of the beach.
"What are we doing here Jake?" I whispered.
"Hold on Lee," he said and he took my hand and brought me up over the big rock that nobody ever bothered to climb over. It led to a cave with a small pool in the middle. It was illuminated by a hole that looked right up into the sky, directly in front of the moon.
It was the single most beautiful thing I had ever seen. You could tell just by looking that if you touched the water that it would be warm.
"This is where my parents met," he told me, pulling me out of my reverie.
This startled me, "It is?" I asked. He nodded.
"My Mom found my Dad in 'her spot'," he laughed at the memory, "she used to tell me she came here and found someone invading her Heaven. My Dad happened to find it when he was fishing and when he saw her he automatically fell in love with her. Let's just say she was a little like you, rough on the outside until she let you see her heart." I smiled at him," She called it her moon pool."
"It's beautiful Jake," I said and he smiled at me.
He exhaled and looked at me from across the pool. I walked around and kissed him softly. "What's wrong Jacob?"
"Nothing," he said pulling me closer to him, "I want to tell you something but I don't know how you're going to react." I felt my body stiffen against his and he kissed my forehead, "It's not bad, I promise."
"What is it?"
He exhaled again and pulled me away so he could look in my eyes, "I love you Leah, I love you so much."
I felt the walls around my heart crumble with every word he said and when I said, "I love you too," I meant it with my whole heart, body, and soul.
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