Leah did not have a great nights sleep. Most likely because she took a four hour nap at about six o'clock the night before, but she was overwhelmed with emotion once again. All she could dream or think about was Jacob. She wanted to run away with him and expand her horizons, but at the same time she was content with staying here as long as she had him. She almost wanted to stop thinking about him but she couldn't, just the thought of him made her melt inside and overwhelmed her with happiness. But on the other hand, she was worried about the Volturi coming yet again, this time for the pack, and possibly losing Jacob. She heard the door bell ringing and her mother answered. Leah sat up in her bed to listen.
"Hi Charlie" her mother said to her new boyfriend. Leah liked Charlie, and so did everyone else in La Push it seemed like. He was a nice guy, funny, also the loving father of Isabella Swan, which was another reason Leah couldn't stand Bella. Leah would give anything to have her father back in her life, but Bella...nope...she didn't seem to give a damn about Charlie, and put him through hell on many occasions. Seemed like something she was good at.
"Hey Sue, I'm uh" Charlie started "I think I'm dreaming or something, I've seen some strange shit over these past couple months and I just want you to know that...I might be going crazy"
Leah giggled to herself and heard her mother laugh as well she got up out of her bed and entered the living room. She knew Charlie must have seen something.
"You're not going crazy Charlie" Sue said as she sat with him on her couch. Leah sat in the recliner perpendicular to the couch.
"Bout time you woke up" said Leah's mother.
"Hey Leah" Charlie said in a dull depressing tone.
"Why do you think you're going crazy?" Leah said folding her legs.
"Well...let's see" Charlie started "Jacob comes to me a couple months ago and morphs into a really big dog"
Jacob had gotten a lot of shit for doing that, not only from the pack but from Bella as well. But the pack weren't too upset because they knew they could trust Charlie, plus with his relationship with Billy Black, Harry Clearwater, and now Sue, he was bound to find out sooner or later.
"My granddaughter, who mind you was born a few moths ago, looks like she about eight now" Charlie continued "Plus..." he paused for a second, Leah thought it looked like he was about to cry.
"Charlie, baby" Leah's mother grabbed his hand and tried to comfort him "What's the matter?"
"My daughter's a vampire!" Charlie yelled putting his head into his hands.
Leah and her mother exchanged looks of confusion. How had he found out about this? Bella or the rest of the Cullen's wouldn't have told him, they couldn't put him at risk like that.
"How..." Leah's mother started in confusion "How did you find that out?"
"She told me" Charlie said lifting his head up "She told me this morning. She said I needed to know, she said that she needed my help...or that something horrible was gonna happen...did you know about this? Did guys know about this? Billy, Harry...you?"
"We were trying to-" Leah's mother started
"Trying to what!?" Charlie stood up in anger "Protect me!?"
"Charlie sit down" Leah could see tears in her mother's eyes "Please sit down"
Charlie slowly sat back down, and he and Sue hugged each other tight. They held each other for what seemed an eternity to Leah. When they pulled away, Leah spoke.
"Charlie" Leah began "What exactly did Bella tell you was gonna happen?"
Charlie took a deep breath and explained "Before or after she told me she sucks blood?"
Leah and her mother both had to laugh, Charlie always did his best to keep the mood lighthearted.
Charlie smiled and then continued "She told me that there were a lot of vampires coming, the Volt-turrrrriii? I think she said?"
"The Volturi" Leah corrected him.
"Yea...those guys" said Charlie "She said that if I could get some people together...some trust worthy people, that maybe...they wouldn't fight, to prevent revealing their secret"
Leah and her mother exchanged looks once again. This idea...strangely enough...seemed like a great idea. There was a pause for about three minutes until Charlie broke the silence.
"So..." he said clapping his hands together "What we do now?"
"It's risky" Leah's mother said nodding her head while looking at her "But it probably will work"
"Mom, i think we should think about this" Leah said "Yes it might prevent the Volturi from fighting...but what about the newborn army that they are bringing along with them? What about OUR secret?"
Leah's mother quickly had an answer for both questions "The newborns will be distracted by the humans so the pack, the Cullens, and whoever else they are getting together will take them out no problem, as far as the tribe goes..." she paused and shook her head "We have no choice, we need to protect ourselves as well"
"I'll get some trustworthy people from the station" Charlie added "whatever I can do to keep you and my daughter alive"
Sue hugged Charlie again, and again the doorbell rang, but the two did not let each other go "I guess I'll get it" said Leah lazily sliding off the recliner. She wen't to the door and opened it. As she opened it, it felt as though her heart grew a size larger, and her posture suddenly straightened out as Jacob Black stood at the threshold with nothing but a black tang top with jean shorts and sneakers, holding a bouquet of tulips.
"Hey beautiful" he said smiling brightly as soon as he saw her.
Leah thought she looked anything but beautiful, she just woke up with her hair back, no makeup, in her bummy clothes...but ever since joining that pack, she looked like this all the time. She walked up to him with a "Hey Jake" put her arms around his neck and kissed him right on the lips.
"For you" Jacob handed her the flowers.
"You're too much Jake" said Leah shaking her head. She smelled them and pretended to enjoy them. Leah was the type that really didn't care to much for flowers because they usually wind up dying because of her lack of care for them. Nevertheless, they were gorgeous, and she was again flattered by Jacob's affection. She held them and looked up at Jacob.
"So, did Bella tell you about her idea?" Leah said to him.
"You talk to Bella?" Jacob laughed "since when?"
"Not me, Charlie"
Jacob tilted his head in confusion "Charlie? What did she tell Charlie? Is that why his car's outside?"
"Come in the living room, we'll fill you in" Leah grabbed his hand and pulled him into the living room.
"And she got mad at me for showing you my secret" Jacob laughed standing opposite the couch.
"This isn't funny Jacob!" Sue Clearwater snapped at him "Charlie's going through avery rough time right now"
"So..." Leah started "What do you think?"
"I mean, this could go either way," Jacob said scratching his head "If we do this, secrets will be revealed to some people, how do we know we can trust them?"
"We could fight" Leah said "But we're heavily outnumbered"
"It's not the newborns i'm worried about" Jacob said to Leah "they Volturi are probably just use them as a distraction for the pack while they pick us apart when we're not looking, the newborns are just a shield"
Leah nodded "If WE can distact the newborns with humans, then the Cullens can take on the Volturi while we finished off the newborns"
"Or the Voluri might not be willing to fight at all..." Leah's mother added.
"Wanna take a ride Carlisle's?" Jacob said to Leah.
"You got a car?"
"Yea, it's a Jeep" Jacob pointed out the window and Leah turned around. She saw the same Jeep that was in her dream last night.
