I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! You guys I'm so sorry for the ridiculously long hiatus! It's just that College started and life kind of got in the way. I didn't have time to warn you guys that the updates are going to come slower. But anyway, I had time to slowly write this chapter. I have to start by telling you I DID NOT plan to write this chapter at all. You guys completely took me off guard by wanting the Jacob POV chapter and at first, I wasn't going to do it but then I said why the hell not? lol. Lets please my readers! But you guys have to forgive me if this chapter is COMPLETE crap. I just, I could not get a handle on Jake or Edward's character in this one. There was a moment I got so frustrated I didn't want to keep writing but I didn't want to let another week go by without an update! So if any of the characters look completely OCC, MY sincerest apologies I did the best I could! There just came a moment when I let my imagination take my hands and write the chapter and this is kind of what came out! I really hope you guys can enjoy it a LITTLE bit and I hope I didn't crush anyone's expectations.

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Chapter Ten

Jacob's POV

Jacob was standing in the Cullen's living room. All of the Cullen clan and the last two remaining guest were all that was left of the bloodsucker army that was here. The air was pretty light and happy, a relief from all the tension he's felt in the last month. The battle with the Volturi never happened, thankfully, and the Bloodsucker Mafia left though Jake had a feeling this war wasn't completely over just yet.

Edward and Bella who had Nessie asleep in her arms were sitting in the couch with Alice beside them. Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Esme surrounded them, some of them standing others sitting on the floor. Carlisle was speaking with Huilen, the aunt of Nahuel; another hybrid being brought in by Alice. Jake noticed how the young man was practically staring at Renesmee. This instantly rubbed him the wrong way and he internally decided that he would keep an eye on him.

All of them were gathered around Edward and Bella discussing the Volturi's plan, from what Edward had read in their minds, and discovering the real reason why they won the battle.

Bella; She had been the "superhero" of the day like Alice said. While Edward described how powerful Bella's powers helped defeat the Volturi, everyone gasped and wowed; looking at her as if in awe. But Jake couldn't look at Bella as anything other than Bella no matter how hard he tried.

Jake soon found out that he was coming in and out of the conversation because his mind was wandering elsewhere or more like someone else. Jake couldn't stop thinking about his moment with Leah before the battle started.

Jake hated that Leah stayed behind; he really wanted to fight this battle with her by his side. He needed ALL of his pack there not because he was Alpha and he said so. But because if this was his last battle, he wanted to fight alongside the people who have slowly in these last months become like his family. But he knew that the way Leah was feeling he could've put her life in graver danger if a battle started. He was so mad with Leah because she refused to go to Carlisle.

"One day a vampire is going to do something so unexpected, she'll have to tolerate them." Jacob smirked. Suddenly Edward's voice broke through his thoughts.

"…I'm sure she didn't sleep soundly last night, what with all the snoring." Jacob saw Edward grinning at him, talking about Nessie. He simply rolled his eyes and yawned.

"It's been a while since I slept in a bed. I bet my Dad would get a kick out of me sleeping under his roof again." Bella came towards him and touched his cheek.

"Thank you, Jacob."

"Anytime, Bella. But you already know that." He got up, stretched, kissed the top of Nessie's head and the top of Bella's. He punched Edward's shoulder and said: "See you guys tomorrow. I guess things are going to be kind of boring now, aren't they?"

"I fervently hope so." Edward answered with a strange look on his face, as if doubtful. Jake decided to ignore it.

Jake left in a hurry after that, dying to tell Leah about the outcome of the battle and getting out of the Cullen's house for a while. Don't get him wrong, he loved Nessie but there was so much bloodsucker stink he could take.

Jacob phased running as fast as he could through the forest towards Emily's house. In his mind he couldn't stop replaying his kiss with Leah. Over and over again it appeared in his mind. It was just so unexpected from her. But more surprising to him was that he returned it.

And even more surprising… it felt right.

Jake stopped in his tracks.

"Whoa, what does that mean?" Jake suddenly remembered he was in wolf form and decided to stop thinking these thoughts. Even though he could feel Seth wasn't in his wolf form, he still didn't want to risk it so he kept running in silence.

After a few more minutes he stopped in front of Emily and Sam's house but… something was wrong. Seth was sitting in the front porch with Quil and Embry sitting beside him in each side. He was… crying?

Seth looked up at Jake; his eyes red from the crying. Jacob looked around him, all of Sam's pack was here and there was a strange feeling in the air of sadness. But why would there be sadness when they just won a great battle against the bloodsuckers?

"Jake." Jacob heard Seth call him, his voice breaking a little. Jacob walked slowly over to where Seth, Quil and Embry were sitting.

"What's wrong, Seth?" Jacob asked in his head but it came out only as a whimper. As if Seth could see the question in the eyes of the wolf in front of him he took a deep breath to try and calm himself and put a hand on his Alpha's head.

"Leah's gone." Jacob couldn't help himself and let out a growl.

…

Jacob paced back and forth in Sam's living room. He was back in human form and was wearing an old shirt of Sam's and some jeans. Emily and Seth were sitting in Sam's couch, Sam stood beside Emily. Quil and Embry were sitting on the floor and Jared, Paul, Brady Fuller and Colin Littlesea were standing around them. Everyone was slightly tense but more than anything there was a sense of sadness.

"I tried to stop her." Emily said to the group of people around her. Jacob heard her voice break in the middle of the sentence and saw as tears fell down her face. Jacob was slightly surprised to see Emily so distraught. Leah and Emily didn't have a close friendship since the whole Sam thing and Jake didn't see that getting any better with the passing of time. To see Emily crying about Leah leaving made Jake see that Emily never stopped caring about her.

"Then again, she just might feel guilty." Jake thought. He would bet the reason Leah left was because of Emily and Sam. Leah was always depressed and bitter because of their poisonous triangle and Jake knew that she was getting sick of it. But more than that, Jake knew just how the triangle had taken its toll on Leah. He still remembers how she was crying in his arms that night in the woods. Jake had never seen Leah cry like that and at that moment he was able to see truly what Leah felt underneath her bitter exterior. He saw just how deep her sadness was.

He saw it was as deep as his.

After that night Jacob never saw Leah the same way again. She wasn't just the pathetic ex-girlfriend who acted like a bitch to attract attention. She became Leah, a young woman who had her heart broken and was trying to keep on going, living, surviving... just like him.

To be honest, that night was the best thing to happen to Jake in a while. After that, Jake felt like something had lifted and slowly he was becoming himself again. He remembered that morning was the first time he laughed in a long time. Everything changed. It didn't feel like a chore to him anymore to wake up in the morning and he didn't feel miserable. He finally felt like he could keep going.

Jacob knew that it was all because of Leah.

"What did she say to you, Emily?" Sam asked breaking Jake away from his thoughts.

"She said that she wanted to leave. That she needed to get out on her own. She… didn't want to be a wolf anymore; she didn't want this life."

"You're lying!" Jake suddenly exclaimed making himself to stop pacing. Everyone in the room looked at him surprisingly. Jake even shocked himself.

"I'm not, Jake. That's what she said." Emily looked at him a little shocked and started wiping away her tears.

Leah left because she didn't want this life anymore? Didn't want to be part of the pack anymore; His pack? Don't get him wrong, he told Leah and Seth from the beginning that they could do whatever they wanted but he thought that had changed with the passing of time. They had felt closer and started to make a close bond; Especially Leah and Jake. He couldn't explain it but Leah and Jake's bond even after him imprinting on Nessie kept growing, much to his surprise. Jake thought imprinting would be a kind of brainwash. Once he imprinted, nothing else really mattered but it didn't quite happen that way. He still felt his friendship with Leah growing and his relationship with her as well.

His Dad once told him that a bond between Alpha and Beta can become equally strong or stronger than the bond of imprinting but it rarely happens.

"For that to happen something must connect them to each other. Something equally as strong as the love you feel for your imprinted. You can guess how much that happens." He remembers his Dad explaining to him.

Jake once even thought that could be the case with him and Leah. Their connection is their broken hearts, their sadness; being stuck loving people that would never love them back. Not every one could understand something like that but… maybe he was wrong; way wrong.

"That doesn't really shock me." Sam said breaking the silence that had fallen in the room since Jake's small outburst.

This made Jake's hands turn into fists beside him. How dare Sam say that? Knowing full well that he just might be the reason Leah decided to leave.

"I bet it doesn't." Jacob said forcefully making Sam look at him.

"What does that mean?" Sam asked, walking towards him, hearing the implication in his voice.

"You know what it means! If Leah left it was because of you. If Leah was unhappy it was because of you. I can't believe how you can just act like an ignorant jack-ass! Of course it doesn't shock you! You know very well the pain Leah was going through… or maybe you didn't." Sam punched Jake Square in the face making him fall down on the floor and then he was on top of him punching him. Soon enough it became chaos.

"STOP!" Emily shouted. Both Sam and Jake's pack got in between them before they both turned into wolves. Quil and Embry held Jake back as much as they could while Jared, Paul, Brandon and Colin held Sam back. But with just one touch of Emily's hand on Sam's shoulder he calmed down.

"WOULD YOU GUYS STOP IT? THIS ISN'T HELPING ANYONE NOT EVEN LEAH!"Emily exclaimed. Sam and Jacob calmed down and soon enough their friends let them go.

"Emily's right, this doesn't solve anything. But don't act like you're the only one who cares about Leah, Jake. We ALL do." Sam said crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"Then act like it." Jake said lowly. This made Sam start walking toward him again but Emily quickly put her hand on his shoulder.

"What do you want us to do Jake? She made her decision." Emily said. Her eyes inexplicably turned watery, as if she was about to start crying again.

"We… should go after her. We can't just let her go. She's a part of this family, isn't she?"

"Jake, she decided to leave. No one kidnapped her." Emily answered softly, her voice breaking with tears falling down her face.

"You're not even going to TRY to get her back?" A small voice interrupted their conversation. Every one looked back to the couch where Seth had not moved, not even through Sam and Jake's argument. He looked up at them, his eyes and cheeks as red as can be.

"Seth, of course we want to get her back but… from what Emily said she doesn't WANT to come back. I think even if we tried… she wouldn't. You know how your sister is. Once she makes up her mind, it's like hitting against a brick wall to change it." Sam said as he walked over to the young teenager, he sat beside him and put his arm around him.

"It doesn't make sense. Leah wouldn't leave without saying goodbye to Seth or her Mom or-." Jake said, stopping himself before he said his name. He doesn't really know if she would say goodbye to him. He thought of the moment they shared before the battle. Was that her goodbye?

"Emily, did she say anything else?" Seth asked. Emily didn't say anything she simply shook her head and started sobbing uncontrollably. Sam quickly stood up and walked towards her and held her in his arms.

Seth stood up from the couch and walked out of the house leaving everyone without a word. Jacob followed him out of the house and called his name to stop him.

"Seth, we can go look for her. Just you and me… we can bring her back. I'm not letting this pack fall apart." Seth turned around and Jake found himself feeling for the first time a deep feeling of pity. Tears kept falling from Seth's eyes the poor kid looked like he would break in a million pieces; he looked fragile.

"No, Jake. Though I would go and look for her in a heartbeat; Sam's right. She decided to leave for herself."

"She's being stupid! Leah would never leave you behind! I know it! She loves you!"

"I know. She told me… before the battle. I guess that was her farewell. Look, no one knows better than me how much she suffered being here. I could hear her crying in her bedroom every night for years. I knew she would leave eventually and I knew she stayed for me. But after these last three months something changed in her and I thought she was finally starting to feel better. I thought she would stay. But if she left then I can't stop her. She deserves to be happy Jake and… if leaving makes her happy…" Seth left the sentence in the air knowing Jake would get what he was trying to say. Every one knew of Leah's pain and heartbreak she made it known very well through her thoughts. But Jake believed, just like Seth, that she would stay. He thought that things had changed after… what happened between them.

Why would he think that? He had no idea. Why would he hope that? He had no idea. Why does he feel betrayed at knowing that nothing had changed? He had no idea. All he knows is he wants to find Leah and kick her ass and make her come back.

Seth turned away towards the woods and phased before Jake could even say a word.

…

Edward and Bella were lying on the bed in their cottage. They had just made love for the fourth time that night and they weren't even tired. They were about to make it a fifth when suddenly they heard a wolf's howl as clear as ever echo throughout the night. It was a sad howl. Bella hadn't heard a howl like that since a year ago, when Jake knew of Edward and Bella's engagement.

"That sounded like Jake." Bella said as she rose herself from the covers and away from Edward's embrace.

"Yes, it did." Edward said, worry in his voice.

"I have to go see what's wrong." Bella started moving the sheets away to stand up from the bed but Edward's hand holding on tightly to her arm stopped her immediately.

"No, I'll go, you stay here with Nessie."

"But Ed—"

"Bella, stay here, please." Edward stood up quickly from the bed and in a second he was dressed before Bella could even say another word.

"I'll be back soon." Edward said, leaving the front door of their cottage but what Edward didn't tell his wife was that he already suspected what had her best friend so solemn.

…

Jacob was running. He was running like never before through the woods away from Forks. His wolf paws were never on the ground for more than a second while he ran. The wind crashed against his face making his fur fly back. He jumped logs in the way and he wouldn't stop for anything in this world. He was going to go after Leah and look for her if no one was going to.

"Jake!" He heard a voice behind him and some swift footsteps. Someone was running behind him and running fast. His nose filled with bloodsucker stink.

Edward.

"Jake! STOP!" Suddenly Edward was running side by side with him. He hated that even with how fast he was going Edward was still faster. Jacob picked up his pace and for a second he left Edward behind but soon enough the bloodsucker was beside him.

"Edward, leave me the hell alone." Jacob communicated to him through his thoughts and pressed on faster.

"No. Jacob, she is not coming back."

"How do you know?"

"I've read each and every one of the thoughts of Sam's pack which are heading this way, they're a few miles behind, and now yours. I know Leah left."

"Then if you've read my mind you'll know that I'm not going to stop for anyone." Jacob thought while jumping over a broken tree trunk in his way, Edward doing the same.

"Jacob, it's not worth it. Leah left because she wanted to; do not waste your time." Jake stopped fiercely and stopped in front of the vampire. Edward anticipated it and stopped seconds before making them stop at the same time and looking face to face.

"Edward… what do you know?" Jacob growled making Edward step back.

"I helped Leah leave." Jacob pounced on Edward pinning him against the ground.

"WHAT!"

"She asked for my help and I gave it to her."

"WHY would you do that!" Jacob used his claws to sink inside of Edward's flesh but he knew it wouldn't hurt him. But he liked feeling the satisfaction of doing it.

"You have never heard Leah's thoughts. You couldn't hear her pain or how she really felt. It was… pitiful and I felt sympathetic for her. She had been thinking of leaving for quite some time, it was unbearable for her here. So, staying behind in the battle, it was her chance to leave, I saw it in her mind, and I helped her." Edward said softly, feeling Jacob's claws in his shoulders trying to penetrate his skin but it was unsuccessful.

"She was about to leave in a bus, but I gave her my car." Jacob growled even louder now, his jaw inches from Edward's face but Edward didn't even flinch.

"Jacob, would you have wanted her to stay here knowing how she truly felt?" Edward asked. Jacob stopped growling and softened his claws from his rock solid skin.

"She deserves to be happy. If she didn't feel happy here, why not let her leave? I am sure that when she's ready she will come back. But… you have to let her go." Jacob started pacing around Edward; His thoughts reeling around in his head.

"Let her go, Jake. Let her find herself and when she's ready she will come back." Jacob shook his head. What if she never comes back?

"Then that will be her decision." Edward answered the question in his. Jacob growled.

"I don't want that to be her decision! I want her to come back!" Edward stepped back in surprise and Jacob calmed himself, surprising himself.

"Why Jake?"

Jacob looked down to the ground not meeting Edward's eyes as he started to pace again.

His thoughts went back to three months ago and that night. The feeling of hope he felt, the feeling of a weight being lifted off his shoulders and he could breathe again. Memories of the last three months crept into his mind. Leah and him lying in the middle of the woods talking and he was brave enough to put his arm around her, his heart beating faster and him having no idea why. He thought of their last kiss and how right it felt. His arms around her waist and her hands around his face and every moment in battle wanting to come back to her but torn in two because he wanted to protect Nessie.

"You… fell for her." Edward whispered in surprise making Jacob stop in his tracks. Jake looked up at Edward, his face's expression (if he was human) must have equaled his own.

"Fell? For Leah? No, I… didn't."

"Yes… you did. That's… that's why you can't let her go."

"Edward, no I don't. I love Nessie."

"You feel protective of Nessie. You fell for her… before Nessie."

"No, I… I would've known."

"Sometimes, Love can surprise us when we least expect it." Jacob looked up at Edward. His face was inexplicable but before Jake could say anything else. He heard the sound of paws, wolf paws, hitting the ground. A dozen or more and seconds later Sam's pack had joined Edward and Jacob in the forest.

Quil, Embry, Paul and Jared were all whimpering and surrounding him trying to make him stop while Sam simply stood in the middle of Jake and the way that led him to keep going out of Forks. He didn't try to order him to stop, knowing Jake was Alpha; he would have no authority over him.

Jacob simply looked at Edward; they stared at each other for quite sometime. No thinking, Edward didn't try to read his thoughts.

"If you love her… let her go." Edward said in his mind, knowing only Jacob would hear him and simply walked away leaving Jacob with his thoughts.

…

Edward was only a few more minutes away from his cottage. He was walking slowly, not really in a hurry. Edward already knew that Jacob wouldn't look for Leah anymore, He had probably gone home. He had kept his word to Leah and Jacob would never know of their child… at least not for now. He hated lying to Jacob but what more could he do?

Edward hadn't expected Jake's feelings for Leah and with Jacob's reaction he didn't either. He had seen something building between those two in these last months but he believed it to be simply a friendship; a bond that was formed when Leah became Beta. But now he knew that it went further than that. There's no use thinking about it now, though, Leah is long gone by now.

He hopes the best for her and her child, he really does. Edward doesn't hold any resentment towards her or Jacob for what happened between them, what happened was before Nessie was even born. Edward earned a new kind of respect for Leah when she decided to leave simply because she wanted Jacob and Nessie's happiness. That's when he knew… Leah had fallen for him, though she would've never admitted it to herself. He's thinking of visiting her one day, maybe more than just one day, to see how she is and help her. He feels slightly responsible for her since it is because of his daughter that she must now have a dysfunctional family. A son or daughter is going to live without their Father. He didn't want it that way, he wanted Leah to tell Jake.

He knew what it was like to grow up without a Father, and he did not desire that for anyone. But it was Leah's decision what would happen to her child not his and if she wanted to leave, he must respect it.

"A little selfish, wasn't it?" A voice called from behind him and Edward turned around to see Alice standing in front of him, her arms crossed.

"Alice? What are you doing here?"

"I can't believe you didn't tell him." Edward narrowed his eyes. He knew Alice must have known. She must have seen Edward's decision to help Leah.

"It wasn't my decision to make Alice."

"You're right, it wasn't. It was Jacob's! But he had no say in the matter!" Alice walked towards Edward, making her face be just a few inches in front of him.

"Leah decided to leave without telling him. It wasn't an easy decision for her either."

"Why didn't you stop her? Because of Nessie? You wanted the best for Nessie but not Leah's child?"

"That is a lie! I told Leah to tell Jake, the first thing I did. She refused!"

"And you didn't fight it!" Edward kept silent. For the first time thinking that maybe it was true. Did he do it all for his daughter?

"And now Leah will have to raise a child on her own. Edward, I love Nessie, with all my heart and I want the best for her but… every child deserves to have the chance to have a family, a complete family." Alice said softly. Edward narrowed his eyes.

"Why do you really want me to tell Jake, Alice?" Alice averted her eyes and looked down to the ground. He has seen that look before.

"Alice… what have you seen?"

TBC

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