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Part Ten

"I've seen this one before, the girl she gets away

Everybody knows it but no one tries to stop it

'Cause she barely even knows him but if she could see inside

Everything is quiet as she waits to tell him who she is."-The Fray, Absolute

"You're what?" Scarlett screams as soon as Jacob and Leah tell her that they're getting married.

Of course.

Of course Scarlett isn't happy with any of this, because if she was, they'd be the perfect family and they wouldn't have to deal with any of this.

Scarlett starts to get off the couch and walk in the direction of her room, but her mother stops her.

"No," Leah says. "I've let you run away from your problems too many times now. Scarlett, you may as well learn now that running away doesn't always work. Sometimes you have to face the problem."

"Well," Scarlett glares at her father while she speaks. "Where do you think I got this running away thing from? Maybe it was from my father, who couldn't, or maybe wouldn't stick around to see me grow up? And now," she turns her glares to Leah, "You're just letting him back into our lives? I thought my mom was smarter than that."

Those words hit Leah hard and she allows her daughter to walk past her.

"I'm so stupid!" Leah scolds herself after they hear a slam from the direction of Scarlett's room. "Stupid, stupid, stupid. Scarlett's right, Jacob. How do I know that you won't just leave again? Why should I trust you?"

Jacob uses the best way he can think of to calm Leah down: being cheesy. "This is how," he murmurs, holding the hand that Leah wears the ring on. "Leah, this is my promise to you that I am not leaving."

"Cheesy Jacob, shut up," Leah snaps. "I want to hear the real Jacob. One who's not trying to calm me down or trying to get me to turn into a pile of mush at your feet."

"Look, Leah," Jacob sighs. "You're the one I chose to be my beta. You're the one I broke the imprint for. You're the one whose strength I've always admired, because you never ran away. You faced your problems, unlike me. You're the one I came back for. I didn't come back hoping to see Bella or Renesmee. I came back to see you again. How long does this list have to go on for? All of this is me just trying to say I love you, Leah Clearwater. Okay. Do you believe me now? I'm not leaving you."

Leah remains silent. She just stands there like a statue, staring at Jacob's face.

"Leah?" Jacob says softly. "This is the part where you say 'yes, I believe you Jacob, and I'll love you forever.'" His attempt to make a joke fails. "Are you okay, Leah? Leah? What do I have to do to get you to answer me? Just say something, Leah. Even if it's completely irrelevant."

"There's something wrong," Leah mutters. She rushes to Scarlett's room, and bangs on the door. When no answer comes, she opens the door.

No one is in the room. The only sign that Scarlett was ever in here is an open window, and a note.

Leah has to read the note out loud before she can process it.

"Mom," the note reads. "I guess I can't face my problems. Jacob must know how that feels. I'll come back when I can. Scarlett."

As soon as Leah puts the note back down, Jacob walks into the room. "Leah, is everything all right?"

"Scarlett ran away," Leah mumbles. "And it's all my fault."

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