An Imprint of a Lifetime
Chapter 10
Pairing: Bella / Leah
Rating: M for Language and Sexual Content
BPOV
I was ecstatic that Leah had accepted me for who I am. I know I won't be able to hide my gruesome past from her, like I wanted to. But I know if I try, it'll push her farther away from me, and I would do anything to prevent that. Instead I decided that we had enough huge serious moments for now, and all I wanted to do is get to know the real Leah. The one I had yet to find out about. I wanted to know what her favorite color was, what food she liked, all those things that seem so trivial, but to me would be the most important things I learn about her. I feel as if the imprint she has on me is starting to awaken my wolf even more. I had strove so hard to push it down, so far that I might have extinguished it forever had I not met Leah.
Although this thought brought something else into my mind, a problem that I would have to face soon. Edward. I had to think of how to deal with him. I knew as soon as I accepted my wolf back into my life that I couldn't be with him anymore. Things changed, and I would have to take care of it. Edward still thought I was clumsy Bella, not Bella the Lycan of Darkness. I didn't know how I wanted to handle this. I could just break it off with him, telling him that Leah had imprinted on me, and that I couldn't hurt her. However I knew that he wouldn't accept that, and try to dazzle me into rejecting the imprint. I could reveal myself as a Lycan, but somehow I think that would make things worse. Vampires were trained to hate Lycans by Caius and although the Cullens were good beings, I know they wouldn't let a Lycan go unnoticed. They may have let a human slip past them, but they had other reasons as to that. A Lycan, that wouldn't go down well with any vampire. I knew that if Caius knew of my existence that would make him even more excited to kill me. I was a Lycan yes, but as vampire royalty knew of the different sects and species of the supernatural. If he knew the Lycan of Darkness was among vampires, I shudder to think what he would do.
I would need to consider carefully what I decided to do about them. For now I would just avoid Edward. Now that I accepted my wolf again, that would be easy. I could block Alice, and she would just attribute that to being with the wolves, and since my mind was blocked to Edward anyways, something that my wolf had done I'm sure, that wouldn't be a problem. I knew Jacob was another problem. There was something off about him on the day I protected Leah from him. He had always professed his love for me, yet he was so off the chain that if I rejected him, he would kill me? No, that couldn't be right, as much as I hated Jacob right now; I knew he wasn't capable of that. I would need to look in the Lycan archives, something I had access to as a Leader, and look into this. I knew for sure some species of the supernatural was influencing him. I just wasn't sure which one.
But enough of this, I have the day to spend with Leah. I decided that I wanted to take that walk on the beach with her before we were so rudely interrupted and the mood ruined. So I got up out of the bed, and held my hand out to her. "Come on Leah, let's take that walk on the beach that I promised you before we were.. interrupted."
She reached for my hand, grabbed it, and used it to pull her to her feet. "I'd be honored to Bella."
I smiled as we walked out of her house and got into her car. As she drove to First Beach, her arm was resting on the consol in the middle, her hand lying palm down. I placed my hand of top of hers. I could see her smile and flip her hand to intertwine our hands. We were silent in the car, but again it was a comfortable silence. As we got to the parking lot, we got out of the car, this time not being stopped by another distraction. As she started to walk towards the beach, I observed her, in a non-creepy way. She was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. It had warmed up that day so she was in a black tank top, running shorts and flip flops. I could see the tribal tattoos that she had. The circular tattoo of her bicep being the most prominent. She had her short hair put up in a small ponytail, revealing the running wolf tattoo on her back, between her shoulder blades. As I snapped out of my haze, I ran to catch up with her, grabbing her hand and lacing my fingers through her. She smiled and squeezed my hand and be proceeded to start walking along the beach.
I knew there were things she wanted to ask me, and as much as I wanted to come clean, I just couldn't, not after the things that were said yesterday and this morning. So instead when we came to a fallen log, and pulled her over and sat her on my lap. I kissed her shoulder and wrapped my arms around her waist. "Bella..–"
"Leah, not now, all I want is to spend the day with you, getting to know you better. I know you hated me at one point, and that you love your family, and that you are a wolf. But beyond that, I don't know anything about you. I want to know everything. You know things about me, not everything, but I would tell you everything. I just want to spend today getting to know you."
"What is there really to say Bella. Compared to you, my life is pretty uneventful. As you might know, I am the only female shifter. No one knows why, maybe it was because I was meant to be you mate, and as a shifter it would make that easier. I have no idea, all I know is that I resented it, still sort of do. I changed my life; I am no longer just a carefree teenager, now I have to protect my tribe, my family. As a child, I was always close to Emily. That's why it hurt so much to lose Sam to her. I understand why now, but back then, I was heartbroken. Sam and I dated during my freshmen year of high school, and it was a three year relationship. During junior year, he just disappeared, and then came back two weeks later, with not explanation. When Emily came to the reservation to visit, he imprinted on her. He broke up with me that same day and I was heartbroken. I blamed them for so long, being the reason for my unhappiness, but now I know Sam was trying to save me from even more grief. Had he tried to make it work, leading me on, it would have hurt more. Now, I'm grateful to him, as I know he wished he didn't have to, but I have you, he has Emily. Maybe that why I'm so protective of Seth, because I don't want him to go through the same things I have, or be in the position that Sam was in. I just want him to be happy, like I am."
I was slightly surprised, I didn't expect Leah to open up to me that much, especially when I hadn't opened fully to her. I knew that my full history could wait for another day. As she was talking, I was rubbing her back and shoulders, making her relax. When she finished, I started kissing her neck. As I was kissing her I whispered to her, "Thank you Leah. I know it was hard for you to talk to me. I only wish that I hadn't rejected my wolf and had met you sooner. Had I looked for my mate before being caught up with the Cullens and everything, I might have saved you from your pain."
"You have saved me Bella. You are my world now, and it may be a slow process, but you are repairing my heart. I will always love you for that. At first I was scared of how fast this was moving, but the past couple days have been amazing with you, and I can't bring myself to regret anything that has happened, and everything that will happen, I'm in it with you. Whatever you decide."
"Man, when you say things like that Leah, you make my heart clench and the butterflies flutter. I've had lovers in the past, I'll admit it, but none of them can compare to how you make me feel. You accept me for me, not for my power or looks alone. I'd do anything to make you happy."
She almost looked like she wanted to cry, but instead she flung her arms around me and kissed me passionately on the lips. As I kissed her back, her tongue brushed against my lips, begging me to part them. I complied and our tongues fought for dominance, and although I could have taken it, I submitted to her, letting her tongue rule my mouth, intertwining hers with mine. As air became an issue, he broke away, breaking heavily. I rested my forehead on hers and whispered, "I love you."
The tears threatened to fall from her eyes again, as she whispered back, "As I love you."
It was moments like these that made the situation I was in worth it. I felt that as long as I had my mate close to me, I could take on the Edward problem and the Jacob problem with one hand behind my back. I would do anything for her, I knew I had to take care of the Edward problem soon, but for now, I would spend the day with my beautiful girlfriend and mate, making sure she was happy. I had my work cut out for me, but I would fully repair her heart and make her happy.
A/N:
Yeah, I know, I know, you all are ready to kill me or drop this story in general, since I don't update regularly at all, so this time, I won't promise a update time. I will however say that since it is the summer before my Senior year, I do want to finish off all my stories somehow. So this summer, I will commit to updating and finishing the story.
This chapter was kind of a filler chapter. It was meant for me to be able to get back into the swing of this story, since I haven't really worked on it in months. I hope it was a satisfactory chapter, and I will work on getting back to the plot ASAP.
I'm outlining Bella's whole history, so I don't get lost, so this story will mostly likely go through some revisions as I look back at inconsistencies that I know I have written.
I just finished my AP Literature class, which involved some heavy writing, and as time progressed my timed write scores did go up, so hopefully my writing is a bit better and more consistent. My apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes in this story. I read through my chapters, but sometimes I insert words that should be there in my mind.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy, and thanks for any of you that have stuck it through with this story.
A Charmed Vampire