"What do you mean it's your fault?" Jake asked her as he clicked Jax's belt in. Leah climbed in the other side.
"We got in a fight yesterday." Leah answered. Jake slammed his door shut.
"And how does that relate to him overdosing?" Jake tensed. Leah knew he wasn't pissed at her but just freaking out about Embry.
"I snapped at him about using..." Leah started to say.
"You knew? You knew he was using drugs and didn't tell anyone? How could you have known? You have been back... what like a month? He's been my best friend my entire life!" Jake growled.
"I couldn't say I asked he told me to piss off, Jake." She answered.
"I'm going to kill him." Jake laughed as if he had lost his mind.
"You can't yell at him. It isn't your fault. It is his and obviously it's deeper than you think. He's just going to get defensive." Leah snapped at him.
"Is uncle Embry like those other sick people?" Jax asked. Leah's heart sank.
"Is that how you explained it to Jax? That people like that are just sick?" Jake demanded.
"We stayed in some really shitty places Jake. It was all Will and I could afford on the run. So don't get mad at where he's been or how I explain things to my son! Those people helped us despite their demons and I am thankful for their help!" Leah snapped.
"You could have came home!" Jake snapped slamming on the breaks at a red light.
"Pay attention idiot!" Leah yelled.
"Don't yell at me bitch!" Jake yelled. Jax flinched. Jacob saw his face through the window. He took a deep breath to keep from phasing.
"I am sorry Jax. I shouldn't yell like that in front of you." Jake relaxed his grip on the wheel.
"It's okay." Jax said softly. He unbuckled his seat belt and moved to the seat behind Leah. He was defensive over his mom and needed to be closer to her. Jake realized this and also realized he couldn't ever be that person for Leah. Jax was the only guy in Leah's life that she protected and relied on. She loved him and would die for him without a second thought. Jax was the one person Leah could never leave, and it actually hurt Jake, despite that he understood why.
"You okay mom?" Jax asked. Leah offered him a small smile.
"Yeah Jacob. We are just worried about uncle Embry. Adult stress." She answered calling Jax his full name.
"I am sorry Lee." Jake looked at her. She just nodded and looked away.
"I know its been hard raising Jax alone. And I am still mad that you didn't come home with him, but I am not judging you. You did what you had to do." Jake sighed.
"We stayed at shelters for a while. There's a lot I am not proud of." Leah shrugged as they got out of the car. Jax wouldn't walk near Jake. He didn't trust him.
"Jax I am sorry." Jake bent down to his level when they got inside.
"Strike two. Call my mom something like that again, strike three." Jax threatened. Jake was actually taken back by the seriousness his four year old son could sum up.
"What happens at strike three?" Jake asked Leah.
"We leave. We agreed to stay as long as he is happy here." Leah answered. Jax grabbed her hand and pulled her away from Jake.
"You just gave him that say?" jake asked shocked that a four year old could have that much power.
"I have moved him around so much. I finally gave him a say. He said he wanted to go to the place that I always talked about. And so we came home on one condition. If we both don't feel it's right we leave." Leah answered coldly.
"Lee you can't take him away from us now. You can't leave your dad again." Jake begged.
"I know." Leah teared up. Jake tensed up at her face. It was full of regret and pain. Jake was about to respond when he heard Seth.
"Hey guys. Embry is okay for the moment. Some guys jumped him when he was all drugged up. Can you believe that?" Seth sighed.
"Must have been the dealer asking for money." Jake sighed. leah rolled her eyes at how Jake phrased that.
"Hey uncle Seth." Jax beamed up.
"Hey nephew Jax." Seth beamed down as he picked Jax onto his back.
"So are you and Will in love?" Jax asked.
"None of your business twerp." Seth rolled his eyes.
"Little Seth just likes Little Will." Leah laughed making a sex joke.
"Yeah I saw how much Little Seth liked Will's mouth." Jake shuttered. Seth blushed embarrassed.
"Well knock next time." He bit.
"Dude it was in your living room." Jake laughed.
"What was in his living room?" Will piped in when they went to the right waiting room.
"You and Seth." Jake shuttered again at the memory.
"Well the Clearwaters are irresistible. You should know first hand with Leah." Will laughed. Jake shrugged and had to give him that point. Jake froze when he saw his dad. It wasn't the fact that his dad was there. It was the fact that Billy had his arm tightly around Andrea's shoulder. Andrea was Embry's wasn't stupid, he knew what that meant. He saw the guilt and pain on his dad's face.
"Jake..." Billy started to explain removing his arm.
"I need some air." Jake stuttered walking away. Billy pushed his chair after Jake.
"Jacob." He called after him.
"I am sorry but it is possible to love two people at once. I know how much you loved your mom and I didn't want to lose your respect." Billy said with tears in his eyes.
"No you don't get to cry and say you are sorry. Grow the fuck up." Jake left. Everyone just sat down and waited.
*******HOURS LATER
"You seem pretty calm for just finding out Billy is your dad." Sam observed. Embry just shrugged.
"You knew didn't you?" Quill accused. Embry nodded looking like shit. His eye was swollen and he had bruised ribs and a broken wrist. All the worse injuries had healed due to the werewolf gene.
"How pissed is Jake?" Embry asked.
"Pretty pissed." Jake answered for himself coming into the room. It was crammed with huge moved out of the room slowly. It was just the two of them.
"Surprise your dad slept with my mom." Embry tried to laugh but ended up wincing in pain.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Jake asked.
"I had a feeling I was Billy's son and when I confronted him he just broke down. He didn't want to disappoint you or your sisters so I agreed to keep it a secret." Embry shrugged.
"We are brother's. You should have told me." Jake sighed.
"We were brother's no matter if you knew the truth or not. We've been brothers our whole lives. The whole paternal thing doesn't matter." Embry answered.
"So you chose to be ignored so my feelings wouldn't get hurt?" Jake snapped.
"No, so Billy wouldn't lose his son." Embry snapped back.
"You're his son too." Jake sighed. Embry just began laughing.
"What the fuck is so funny?" Jake demanded.
"You and Leah. She said I matter too. You guys are such a cute couple, twining." Embry laughed.
"She knew? About us being brothers?" Jake froze.
"Yeah I accidentally called you my brother last night. She demanded that someone tell you. I told her to fuck herself." He said getting serious.
"She knew you were doing drugs too. How did she know all of this and I didn't see? Especially with the pack mind." Jake growled.
"Well you would know first hand how easy it is to hide things from the pack. You hid the fact that you were banging Leah." Embry explained.
"It wasn't just a quick fuck." Jake defended.
"Hmm..." Embry raised his eyebrows.
"What?" Jake fidgeted.
"She told Sam the same thing. He thought it was a one night stand and she shot him down. She said it was more than just fucking." He shrugged.
"Yeah she told me that she didn't regret it today." Jake nodded.
"I think there's something more to her leaving. She wouldn't just leave her dad. He is her hero." Embry said.
"Yeah I know she's hiding something." Jake agreed.
"She's going to break when someone tells her about Harry's cancer." Embry sighed.
"Yeah I know." Jake frowned.
"You have to put her back together when it happens." Embry said.
"Why me?" Jake asked.
"Because she is totally in love with you." Embry said seriously. Jake was taken back by that statement.
"No she doesn't... She wouldn't have...have left... if she did. She left me, just got up one morning and left." Jake stuttered.
"You are such a dumb ass. Something made Leah leave but you are the reason she came back. Just kiss and fuck and make up. Marry her and have more little Jacobs." Embry laughed.
"Yeah that's never going to happen." Jake rolled his eyes.
"Why the fuck not?" Embry growled.
"Well for starters I am with Ruby." Jake mumbled.
"That's a joke right? You can't stand that slut. She probably isn't as good as Leah is in bed." Embry laughed at Jake's reasoning.
" I just can't get back with Leah." Jake sighed.
"Why?" Embry pressed.
"Because I am ashamed of what I did. Part of it was because relationships always fail for me." Jake said.
"Well boo hoo alpha. You are fucking Jacob Black, you have a son with the best girl in the world. I would actually kill to be in your position. You don't have to imprint to feel something. I am a bastard and imprinting isn't going to happen. So you chose to throw away happiness? Like fucking Leah Clearwater hopped on your dick. You poor asshole." Embry exclaimed.
"Shut the fuck up." Jake commanded.
"Nope! You are going to have to alpha command me. You aren't the brother with the drug problem. You are alpha and are destined to be great. You know how our descendants are going to look at me? That guy Chief Jacob got pissed at for being his brother. So stop moaning in self pity and go get Leah. Forgive your dad and my mom because I am pretty sure in about five months they will be dating." Embry growled.
"Wait what?" Jake got caught on the last part.
"Dude look at how they are looking at each other. Pretty sure in about a year they will be married. Would that make me your step- half brother?" Embry said lightly.
"How can you be taking this shit lightly?" Jake asked.
"Because I can afford not to care. Now if you excuse me, the drugs are out of my system and I am about to start having withdraws." Embry laughed like he had lost his mind. Jake just nodded but sat by his side.
"Jake get the fuck out." Embry growled.
"No, brothers remember. Who else is going to video tape you in your moment of weakness?" Jake chuckled.
"As long as you don't get too serious about this, I don't give a fuck." Embry shrugged as he began to shake.
"Did you save me because we were brothers?" Jake asked. Embry turned to him extremely serious.
"No. I saved you because I wasn't going to let my best friend commit suicide." Embry replied.