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Wow- Chace Crawford is so beautiful. I wish he were mine. Sadly that will never happen. So I stuck his clone in my story. Because I can do that. Oh and sorry about not updating sooner. I haven't been feeling too well, but it's here finally. And Leah Clearwater: Misunderstood should be updated sometime next week and I'll have the next chapter for this posted at around about the same time! :)

Remember to review and enjoy!

"And then she jumped out the window and landed on her arm. The funniest thing was that she told us that she would've made it if she had only had the cape" Sue laughs whilst at the dinner table.

Leah wishes she could just melt into the ground right now; her mother is sharing stories about her childhood and all the stupid things she had attempted, such as the time she was wearing her superman costume and thought she could fly so she jumped out the kitchen window. It is a painful memory and the fact her mother was sharing it with her boyfriend embarrasses her no end.

"Mom…" She groans. She is not comfortable with being subjected to humiliation in front of the only guy who loves her besides her brother and Jake. And Jake and Seth were actually there to witness 90 percent of these disasters. Nate wasn't.

Asides from the humiliation and outburst from Edward, which was being dealt with accordingly, the evening was going smoothly much to Leah's surprise.

"Don't worry Leah, it's ok. I'm sure if you had, had the chance to meet my parents, you would be hearing all sorts from them about me" Nate laughed, his blue eyes twinkling.

"Like what exactly?" Leah challenges. She was sure there was nothing that could beat some of the things her mother had told about her.

"Like the time we were trapped in the elevator in Bloomingdales. I was around 6 at the time, and if I do say so myself, I gave quite the Oscar worthy performance," He begins.

Leah forgets that Nate comes from New York sometimes. The only reason he moved was to get away from the memories of his parents, of whom Leah had heard so much.

"The elevator opened in front of a brick wall and as soon as I realized what was happening I broke down onto the ground, not forgetting that there were around 12 other people in there with us, and burst into tears telling everyone to quote 'go on without me'. Mother wasn't impressed." He laughs, reminiscing about the event.

Leah chokes on her food, imagining her boyfriend breaking down dramatically in the middle of an upscale New York department store.

"Alright, you got me beat, hands down" She manages to choke out, tears stinging her eyes.

Whilst Leah is laughing about the story she has just been told, a loud crash echoes throughout the house.

Leah sobers up quickly before rushing from the dining table to the entrance; Jacob has just flung the door open in a rage and is stood on the porch, absolutely fuming.

Behind him Leah sees Edward Cullen whimpering, his clothes ripped and shredded, and Embry stood next to him, bloody and bruised. Leah gasps, she should have known better than to leave Jacob alone with a vampire without anyone to calm him in case he lost his temper, which evidently he has done.

Taking a closer look at Jacob she realizes that he is sporting a cut lip, a gash over his eye and various other injuries and Leah suspects there may be broken bones involved.

"What happened?" She cries.

Jacob turns his head in order to motion toward Edward when Leah gasps. There is a huge cut in the back of his head. It is deep and still bleeding heavily; Leah figures it must be painful and she looks at the glistening red blood that is sticking to his black hair.

"Oh Jacob!" She rushes towards him and strokes his rough face with her hands, completely forgetting that her boyfriend is stood behind her, taking in her every move.

"What happened?" She whispers, tears threatening to spill over. She hates seeing her best friend hurt.

Jacob can't speak. He doesn't even want to think about what Edward has just said, it is enough to drive him to the point of phasing, and he doesn't want to risk Leah's relationship for the sake of his anger.

Leah realizes that now is not the best time to hound Jacob with questions, so instead she silently grips his hand and drags him into the house, noticing that he winces with every step; he must be worse shape than she thought. Walking into the living room she sets him down on the couch and goes to fetch the first aid kit.

Rifling through the cupboards in the bathroom, she catches a glimpse of Nate in the mirror as he is stood watching Leah aggressively searching through her belongings to find the first aid kit, so that she can rush to her friend's side and help him.

She pauses for a minute, looking at Nate's eyes through the mirror before asking him what the matter is.

"Nothing, I was thinking that the best thing would be to head out now, I have a long drive back to Port Angeles…and it's obvious to me that you have other, more pressing things to be getting on with." Nate says coldly.

Leah realizes that Nate is feeling jealous and cannot bear to see her shower Jacob with attention, but Leah isn't flattered by this. On the contrary she is enraged. Nate is supposed to trust her; he is supposed to understand that when Jacob Black, the man who has been her best friend and savior is hurt, instead of abandoning her in favor of his needs he should be standing by her side and holding her hand. The last thing she needs to deal with is heartbreak.

"And you honestly think that, that is the best thing?" Leah says harshly, slamming the cupboard doors and turning to face him.

Nate realizes that he's made a mistake, but with his past experiences with love, he feels that he has quite the reason to feel jealous and protective. But he has much to learn about relationships with Leah Clearwater.

"Leah, you know what I have been through, I can't deal with that kind of pain again. I can't just sit here and watch my girlfriend practically fling herself at another man..." But Leah cuts him off.

"Yes I know what you've been through, but you don't know what I have been through, and I suggest that before you make a complete and utter ass of yourself you shut up, because in case you haven't noticed my best friend is bleeding to death and all you can do is stand here and complain about how I am flinging myself at another man. Well newsflash. That man is my best friend of almost 30 years and if you think that I'm not going to help him because you told me that I couldn't then you got another thing coming. Leah Clearwater doesn't work that way." She practically shouts in his face.

Nate is fuming; of course he doesn't know what she has been through because she never tells him. No matter how much he asks. So how on earth does she expect him to understand what is bothering her or anything else for that matter?

"Well you're my girlfriend and you're supposed to tell me what's happened but you don't" He counters.

"And you're my boyfriend and you're supposed to trust me, but evidently, you don't"

And with that Leah walks past him and doesn't look back, she has no desire in speaking with him.