Chapter 10

Leah entered her house on cloud nine. She felt like she'd been transported back into her teenage years. She gently touched her lips and held on tightly to the buzz that she'd felt from kissing Nahuel. Her blissful moment was quickly crashed by someone clearing their throat. It wasn't until then that she realized the Jacob and Seth were staring at her as if she'd lost her mind.

"So how was coffee?" Seth teased with a little grin on his face. She rolled her eyes at him and glided to head upstairs where she could relive all the good moments of her date in peace.

"So did you get to see what a weirdo Nahuel is?" Jacob asked, causing Leah to halt in her tracks.

"Why do you say he's weird," Lea inquired as she cocked her head to the side in wonder. Jake almost wished he hadn't opened his mouth but he couldn't stop himself from saying something. He just wanted Leah to realize that Nahuel was a really bad choice for her. Leah glared at him as she tried to figure him out. She would've thought that Jake would be thankful that Nahuel was hanging out with her, and wasn't being the third wheel where he and Ness were concerned.

"He's not weird. I actually had a really good time with him tonight. It was one of the most- I'm not having this conversation with you, especially with you looking at me like that." Leah didn't understand why her alpha was standing there frowning at her like she'd done something wrong, but she didn't have time to bother figuring out what his problem was. She had plenty of better things to think about. She started up the stairs once more.

"Leah wait!" Jacob practically yelled and she halted once more.

"What is your deal Jake?" She finally snapped. She'd been extremely nice to all the guys, but this was a little much. Jacob was acting sappy and he should have known by now that Leah didn't respond well to sappy people.

"I just… I want to spend some time alone with you!" Jake blurted out and his statement cause both Seth and Leah to look at him like he'd lost his mind.

"What?" Leah arched her eyebrow at him.

"Yeah, it's just everybody is always around. I would love to, you know… catch up, just the two of us." He inched toward the stair case.

"But why? Aren't you supposed to be all into spending your time with Renesmee?" Jacob huffed, he did care about Ness, but like a kid sister and he was very concerned about her safety. He didn't feel that his imprint should stop him from being friends with someone, and for some reason he really wanted to be Leah's friend.

"Ness is my imprint and you're my friend. Can't I just want to chill with someone my own age?" Leah chuckled and took a couple steps toward Jake.

"I'm older than you," she teased and he shook his head and rolled his eyes.

"You know what I mean," Jacob exclaimed.

"Give Ness a couple years, then she'll at least look your age," Seth chuckled he'd stepped out of the room for minute grabbed some chips from the kitchen and returned. Jacob hadn't even realized that he'd left.

"Shut up, Seth," Jake mumbled and then turned his focus back to Leah. "What do you say, Leah?"

"It would be cool to catch up, I suppose. We just can't do it tomorrow, I have plans, but yeah we can hang out or whatever." Leah hunched her shoulders; she figured maybe she'd convince Jake to race or something so that she can link up to his mind just so she could figure him the hell out.

"So not tomorrow, but the next day, we're going to hang out," Jacob confirmed and Leah nodded. "Cool, I'll find something for us to do and I'll call you."

"Okay," Leah said with indifference coloring her voice. She really didn't know what was getting into everyone. Out of all the guys that were acting weird, the one that she could tolerate the best was Jacob so she didn't mind him asking her out, but she just thought it was hella weird that he did. "Look, it's been a long night, Jake, I'll see ya later." She said her goodbyes and the finally made it to her room. Once there she noticed that her she'd received a voicemail on her cell.

Leah, it was truly a pleasure spending time with you tonight. I don't ever think I've felt so completely and utterly taken by someone. You are truly a captivating woman and I can't wait to see you again. So much so I'm calling you before the sun even rises on a new day. It's funny, Emmett and the others said that me contacting you makes me seem as though I'm sprung. I'm not exactly sure what that term means in the context, but if I'm sprung over you then so be it. Goodnight, lovely Leah, I hope you sleep well.

It wasn't often that Leah felt mushy or sentimental. She had never heard such beautiful words spoken about to her. She decided that Nahuel's sweet words most definitely deserved a call back at the very least. His phone rang barely three times before he picked up the phone.

"Hello," he said warmly.

"Hey, so you can't get enough me, huh?" Leah said as she plopped down into bed.

"Apparently not, you're all I've thought about since I returned home. Is it strange to say I miss you, after a first date?" Nahuel asked and Leah grinned hard at his confession.

"It is a little weird, but you're not alone in that feeling. So I figured I'd give you a call, and we can just talk until I fall asleep if that's okay with you?"

"Of course, I'd love to be the last thing you think about before you surrender to slumber." Again, Nahuel beautiful words warmed Leah's cheeks. That began another conversation that resembled the one they had at the coffee shop. They discussion everything and nothing at the same time and found that even though they were raised worlds apart, they shared a lot of the same values. Leah felt like she was sixteen again; sleeping in her bed in her mother's house, trying to sneak and talk to the boy she liked without waking the whole household. After hours of talking, Nahuel finally heard light snoring on the other end of the receiver. Leah had fallen asleep like she said she would. Even still he didn't want to hang up; it was something comforting just hearing her breathing.

"You've warmed my heart, Leah, you've truly awakened me," Nahuel whispered as he finally hung up the phone. He didn't realize that it was possible to care so much for someone so fast. He held his phone close to his chest and spent the rest of the night hooked on this delicious feeling.