Pay Back Can Be For a Bitch
Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight series and if I did Jake wouldn't have imprinted on Nessie.
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Jacob sits in his car occasionally throwing worried glances at the girl beside him. Leah sits across from him looking outside the window while fidgeting with the charms. Jacob can't help but feel a sense of pride that after all these years she still appreciates the little trinkets. He internally debates over whether or not he should give her the others he has made for her from previous years. Maybe that would be something he would save for another time. He sighs thinking about how hard being an Alpha can be – especially when you've opted to protect and look out for your natural, or rather unnaturally created enemies. After everyone had calmed down it took a lot of convincing to get the pack to go back with him to get the Rabbit. Seth was more than ready to run back home in his wolf form and continued growling out his annoyance at the thought of heading back to the leeches home. Jacob groans thinking about how quickly Seth's affection for the leeches has changed – although his own has changed as well after Bella's outburst. Thankfully, it was Leah who was able to convince the others to head towards the Cullens and all ride back together. Jacob can't help but smile knowing that he made the right decision picking Leah as his beta. She asked them about their homework and from there the 'Homework Nazi' kicked in and after some choice words and insults the boys were more than willing to head back – just to appease her.
Jacob would have no problem admitting that he was anxious that the leeches – mainly Bella, Edward, Alice or Carlisle would come out trying to make peace with a pack of enraged, emotional and violent wolves. It was a good thing that Edward could read minds because it didn't take a rocket scientist or a mind reader to know that Seth, Embry and Quil were not in the mood to fuck with a coven of leeches. For Embry and Quil, who already weren't too keen on hanging around with the Cullens to begin with – the fact that Bella Cullen had lashed out at their friend, beta and pack mate only made the matter worse. "Hey Leah?" Jacob calls breaking the silence in the car.
"Hey what?" Leah asks back not bothering to turn around and look at him.
"You feeling okay?" Jacob asks trying to read her emotions from her reflection in the window.
"Yes, Jacob." Leah answers with a sigh. "Trust me I feel much better. Why? You gonna get even more mushy on me?" Leah asks with a smirk on her face finally turning to look at him.
"Well, no, but…what about," Jacob begins and a growl erupts from the back of the car.
"Fuck him." Leah states matter-of-factly with a huff. Jacob chuckles darkly at Leah's statement in regards to their former Alpha, Sam Uley, but as much as she'd just like them to let it go. Jacob Black knows that there's no way in hell that he's just going to drop it – no, Sam was going to pay for hurting his Lee-Lee and the pack. "Besides this has been quite a day and I'm just glad it's over without having to bring that jackass up."
"Well it could've been worse." Seth adds from the hatchback.
"Oh really?" Leah asks with a hint of annoyance in her voice and earning a groan from Embry and Quil. "Well tell me my little brother what could've made my day worse? Because if memory serves correctly – I awoke this morning from a nightmare or something raving like a lunatic. Whilst in this madden state I run directly to the home of a newborn leech, breaking down the front door and directly to their halfling's room. Where I am thrown through and window but fortunately," Leah states sarcastically cheerful, "there's a tree to break my fall. I mean heaven forbid if I just kept flying through the air what would've become of me. To where then for some strange reason it would seem that I convinced myself in believing that this was just some seriously fucked up dream and decided I needed to wake myself up. And how do you wake yourself up in a dream? Well you either scare yourself or you fall. And it is this idea which led me to the cliffs where I was going to jump and pray that I would actually awaken in the correct world. Then that didn't work because that jackass, Sam Uley, caught me and refused to let me go. From there I proceeded to cry and not just cry, cry like, 'oh my puppy got run over or that the shit-for-brains that I dated just dumped me'. No, I cried because I couldn't remember something that happened in my dream which meant I was crying like some strung out, crazy bitch coming off of my meth high. Did I mention that every wolf in La Push was there to witness my crying and my shattered insanity? To where then I'm led back to the lion's den and for what purpose? To apologize. To apologize for what? For losing my mind and having absolutely no logical excuse or theory why I went back in the first place. And let me tell you Leah Clearwater doesn't just apologize to anyone but the Halfling deserved at least that. But then her bitch of a mother chews me out, demanding that I apologize to her. And for what? Because the stupid bitch for some reason seems to remember that I chewed her ass out for hurting Jake back in the summer. Magical, freaky, mental shield having worthless, good-for-nothing,"
"Leah." Jacob says with a sigh.
"Anyway," Leah continues rolling her eyes at Jacob. "To where I then learn that my little brother has been going around blabbing out my whole life story to the enemies. So not only I do feel hurt and guilty but I also feel betrayed, hateful and murderous because the bitch decides to throw his words back in my face. From there I proceed to cry again. So the gifts and the breaking of that command does make things alright but in the end I guess no one died – that I actually give a damn about so I guess that is the upside." Leah finishes up shrugging her shoulders. "So please, dear little Seth. Please, please, please. Tell me how it could've been worse."
"Gawd, Lee, you know I hate this game." Seth grumbles but rolls over onto his stomach and takes in a deep breath. "But here goes. My morning would've started off great after escaping a serious fight with some really, really old vampires from Italy. But instead of waking up to a beautiful morning surrounded by my sister and the best pack mates ever."
"Kiss ass." Leah grumbles.
"Instead I'm startled awake by my sister's sudden ramblings, babblings and just plain painful confusing thoughts. It's bad enough trying to understand what's going on in your head on a normal day but this was just horrible. Nothing made any sense and your emotions affected me to the point that I thought I was going insane too. It's weird knowing that you're sane but yet at the same time trying to fight off someone else's thoughts and ideas that are overwhelming overshadowing pure logic! So then I have to try and keep up with my sister who's running towards the lion's den. Did I mention that it was really, really hard because she's the fastest thing on the planet? Well by the time I catch up I see her get slammed into the tree and just smell blood along with the sweet, sickly scent of vampires. Then to go along with the fear and panic is the fact that Edward is running towards you and that only increases my fear because I have no idea what he's getting ready to do. So while trying to grasp what the heck is going on my sister then comes barreling straight towards us. We've collided before Leah and despite the fact that I'm slightly bigger than you – it hurts. It's like running into a wall covered in fur – it looks soft but don't think you're going to get through. But anyway so now I'm stuck running, again, after my sister and catches a brief glimpse of her idea. SHE'S JUMPING OFF THE FREAKING CLIFF! Suicide is never a pleasant thought to have to hear about, experience or consider. At this point, I've caught a major cramp in two of my four legs because I failed to stretch properly. Who knew I'd be running across La Push and Forks? Not me. But then she phases out of her form so that Jake can't stop her from jumping off the cliff. But, it's not so bad because Sam and his pack are going to help us catch her. Well…Sam helped us catch her. Literally. So I arrive and what do I see but Sam Uley pressed up all up on MY SISTER!! WHO'S NAKED! I don't ever want to see some guy pressed up on my sister while she's naked. I don't care if it is to save her life that's a no- no. So then my sister starts crying – crying about something important that she's lost. And I hold my sister who is crying in front of every guy that I've shared a mind with at some point. This reminds me I don't want to see any 'spank bank' images." Seth warns pointing at his male pack mates sternly. "Well then from there after she calms down everything seems fine but this is just the calm before the storm. Can you believe that? All of that?! I go to school to find out that we've all missed two days of school into the New Year already. Yippee. But then during lunch I have to sit by and listen to Noah telling Brad that he caught you half-naked in the woods. Which reminds me - PAY MORE ATTENTION TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS! I don't want to sit and listen to them speculating about why you're half-naked in the woods. And then hear Brad's perverted comments wondering 'who's hittin' that' which is a quote. Then to be accused of being a horrible brother to my sister by my own pack mates because I get along with the mother of the child from earlier. So then everything seems fine until the aforementioned mother of the child, who I thought was my friend attached my sister because this mother is being a, uh,"
"Bitch." Embry adds.
"Yea, that! Thanks man." Seth says throwing a quick smile at Embry. "By taking some personal information little bit of knowledge I gave them to instead twist it around and make my sister feel like a turd. And then to phase, ripping my favorite shirt and I didn't even get to my revenge for the snide comment. And then I get yelled at, called gay, which I'm not! But then I feel horrible because in those few minutes someone I love very much suddenly hates me because of what the leech said. Then suddenly I feel bad and angry because she's not telling me something and the whole reason behind that was? Sam Uley – oh yea, that guy strikes again! Let's just recap what the amazing Sam Uley, her stupid effing ex-boyfriend, has done. He broke her heart, humiliated her in front of the whole school and then turned around to date our cousin. And then I learn, as if he couldn't get any lower in my book, that he used his Alpha command to prevent my sister from getting over a major loss of our father. Of course, I know now that she doesn't hate me and she will talk to me. But right now I'm hate both Isabella and Sam." Seth growls out as the car parks in front of the Clearwater home. "But you know what really makes this whole ordeal so much worse then yours?" Seth asks glaring at Leah as his nostrils flare.
"What?" Leah asks skeptically.
"Is that I was forced to ride in the trunk of a Volkswagen Rabbit! You do have any idea how small this trunk is? I'm 5'9" and it is not COMFY BACK HERE! At least you got ride in the front seat. I know I'm the youngest but I HATE RIDING IN THE HATCH! IT'S REALLY CRAMPED BACK HERE! I MEAN SERIOUSLY?! WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURN TO RIDE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?" Seth says finishing up with a huff his head hitting the ceiling roughly as the whole erupts into laughter.
"And here I thought you liked riding in the trunk." Quil says laughing.
"The kid's got you beat." Jake says as he gets out the car.
"Alright, alright already. You win Seth." Leah says bowing. "You just proved you're the bigger bitch than me." Leah says smugly as Seth crawls out of the trunk.
"You were just bitchin'." Embry adds smugly punching Seth's shoulder as he follows behind Leah.
"I ain't no bitch." Seth mumbles with a pout as he follows Jake and Quil inside.
Leah walks inside and is greeted with the smell of her mother frying chicken along with corn, biscuits, French fries and Sue's 'Death by Chocolate' chocolate cake. Leah finds her mouth watering at the smell realizing that she hasn't eaten anything since yesterday. "Hey kids." Leah snaps out of her reverie to see Charlie Swan sitting on her couch looking at them with a smile.
"Evening, Charlie." Leah greets forcing a smile on her face. "Staying for dinner?" Leah asks trying to push past the anger that she is harboring for his daughter. 'Fuckin' leech.'
"Yes, your mother invited me over." Charlie quietly admits.
"Are you guys staying?" Leah asks looking up at Embry, Quil and Jacob.
"Sure." All three answer in unison.
"Mom!" Leah yells as Sue walks into the living room flinching at the volume her daughter is shouting.
"I heard, I heard." Sue says frowning at Leah. "Well I recommend you boys call home. Embry your mother called here looking for you." Sue adds as she heads back into the kitchen.
"Ah, man. I never told her I wouldn't be straight home after school." Embry mutters as he follows Sue into the kitchen to phone home.
"Ten bucks says he gets grounded." Quil says as Embry leans against the wall waiting for his mom to answer.
"That's a fool's bet." Leah adds smirking at Quil and slapping Seth's hand down before he can get in on it. "Uh, oh, yea! Thanks for the Christmas present." Leah says genuinely smiling at Charlie as she walks over and gives him a hug.
"You're welcome." Charlie responds back bashfully. "Any," Charlie finds himself cut short as Leah snaps a picture of him.
"Anytime, right?" Leah asks winking at him. With a heavy sigh he nods his head.
"Well how about I get a picture of you and the boys?" Charlie asks his hand reaching out for the camera. Leah looks down at Charlie and throws a quick glance back at the boys who are all smiling and nodding their heads. "Majority rules." Charlie states slipping the camera off of Leah's wrist and Embry walks back into the room looking dejected.
"C'mon you two." Quil calls snatching Leah's wrist and pulling her back with ease. Before Leah can react she finds herself wedge in between Jake and Embry, Quil leaning in front of Jake and Seth kneeling in front of them throwing up the peace sign. Looking up she notices both Jake and Embry looking down at her expectantly with warm smiles.
"Ah, what the hell." Leah says and quickly wraps her arms around each of their necks.
"Everybody say 'Renegades'!" Quil shouts and everyone repeats it.
"So is that supposed to be our pack name or what?" Embry asks as they head to the kitchen ready to eat their dinner.
"I like it. Makes us sound dangerous." Seth says narrowing his eyes.
"I think just the shape-shifting shit is frightening enough." Jake adds following behind. "You grounded, Embry?" Quil and Jake both start laughing as Embry sadly nodding his head. The newly dubbed 'Renegades' quickly grab their food and head back towards the front room laughing, talking, teasing and shoving. Jake keeps a close watch on Leah taking in her expressions, the sound of her voice, the way she throws her head back when laughing and her smirks when someone, mainly either him or Quil, make some smart-mouth comment. As he sits watching her he can't help but feel a sense of relief that Lee-Lee is back, or rather a damn near close version, and he vows to make sure that she never leaves again.
"Well I'm sorry you ate the last piece of cake, Jake." Leah snaps shoving Jake and snapping him out of his thoughts. "You were growling." Leah states as Jake looks at her confused.
"Sorry." Jake apologizes sheepishly as Leah gets up, grabbing everyone's plates and glasses and heads towards the kitchen.
"Jake?" Quil asks standing up giving him a hard stare.
"Later." Jake states shaking his head and grabbing his backpack heading upstairs followed by Seth, Quil and Embry. Leah follows the boys upstairs and is surprised to see them go into her room.
"Yea, just go ahead and make yourselves comfortable." Leah says as she steps over Quil's legs and dives for her bed.
"Don't mind if we do." Jake says leaning against the foot of Leah's bed.
"My room is too messy." Seth explains lying down on the floor in front of Leah's closet.
"I expected a girl's room to be…uh, more pink – at least some pink." Quil adds looking at the sky blue walls.
"You've never been in here before, have you?" Jake asks smirking at Quil. Quil only nods his head as he continues looking around taking in his surroundings. Quil can't help but notice that's Leah's room is a pretty good size, much bigger than his own or Jake's, but there's a built in bookshelf that's filled with books and couple of beanie babies used as bookends. An old white curio, a small white desk covered in unopened mail, a brown dresser with a mirror – the mirror surrounded with pictures of Leah, her girlfriends and even a few with Jake, Embry, Seth and himself.
"Is it to your standards, Mr. Ateara?" Leah asks with a bad haughty British accent.
"Yes, yes it is. Quite." Quil responds back with the same uppity accent. "Sure as hells smells a lot nicer than my room." Quil adds sniffing the air around him. Leah frowns wondering what exactly Quil's room must smell like.
"Speaking of smells – Seth it's your turn to do laundry." Leah states as Seth pulls out his math book and groans. "And then I can give Embry his shirt back." Embry opens his mouth to protest but is cut off by Jake.
"Anyway, you have to help me with my algebra." Jake states tossing Leah his book. With a sigh Leah sits Indian style in her bed and cracks open the math book. The pack sits up in Leah's room working on their homework getting Leah's help where needed, laughing and joking all the while. Leah can't help but smile at the realization that she's actually enjoying herself. She's mildly surprised that Jake and Quil can still make her laugh, Seth is still the continual chatterbox and Embry is still the quiet one. Leah sighs to herself and lies down on her bed wondering if this is how life would've been had she taken Jake's advice and never dated Sam. At the moment Sam's presence seemed, now, to be nothing more than a huge hindrance in her life – she had lost the greatest friends ever when she started dating Sam Uley. Sure she had Sarah, Lisa and Emily. But since the leech problem had arisen Sarah and Lisa were forced to leave La Push by their parents and Emily? Well there's no need to explain that.
It was then after the break up Sam forced her to bottle up her strongest feelings and greatest pain to eternally hold onto it - without any sort of release. Along with keeping her away from her girlfriends and treating her like shit. Leah laughs humorlessly to herself but then feels a warm hand on her shoulder. Opening her eyes she notices Embry looking at her. "Leah, you okay?" Leah presses her lips tightly thinking over Embry's question.
'That's the $20 million question.' Leah thinks with a sigh.
"Lee?" Jake calls frowning at her and placing a hand on the small of her back.
"Just thinking if hindsight was 20/20." Leah says fighting back a yawn. "Couldn't help but think that this is how the last five years could've been if I never dated Sam." Leah adds tucking her hands underneath her pillow smiling.
"Is that good or bad?" Quil asks with a frown his chin resting in the palm of his hand.
"It would've been so good." Leah answers back with another yawn as her eyelids grow heavier. "We never would've had that fight, Jake." Leah mumbles. "I would've spent a lot more time with 'my' Brown Eyes outside of detention and study hall. Maybe would've even helped Quil hook up with Mandy Fisher. And Seth, Seth," Leah never finishes her sentence as she drifts off into a comfortable and long overdo sleep.
Jake watches with a sad smile as Leah drifts off to sleep. He remembers the argument they had when she told him that Sam asked her to be his girlfriend. He was so jealous that he yelled at her calling her stupid and some other names. He even told her that Sam would break her heart and not to come crying to him when it happened. He refused to hang out with her after that and slowly they grew apart. They only really hung out when Billy invited the Clearwaters over for 'spaghetti night'. He hated Sam for dating her, then for breaking her heart and now he hated him for almost breaking her spirit. Although, right now, he wasn't exactly liking himself for pushing her away in the first place. Even though Leah and Sam were dating he could've been her 'best friend' and been there when she needed him the most. Jake beings rubbing the small of Leah's back marveling at how soft and smooth the skin is. "Lee?" Jake calls gently shaking her but his only response is a soft sigh as Leah shifts a little and proceeds to breath heavily.
Jake looks up and watches as Embry brushes a few strands of hair out of Leah's face. The two lock eyes for a second and Embry shifts around putting his back towards Leah. "You guys read to go?" Jake asks standing up.
"Yep." Quil says getting up as well along with Embry who has a serious frown on his face. Embry throws a quick glance at Leah before walking out of her room followed by Quil.
"Coming Seth?" Jake asks as Seth watches his pack mates walk out.
"Uh, yea." Seth says quickly jumping and following behind.
"Sue? We're running out but we'll be back." Jake says as they all wave to Sue and Charlie who are sitting in the kitchen talking.
"Okay, wait. Jacob where's Leah?" Sue asks frowning at the boys as she walks into the living room.
"Oh, she's upstairs asleep." Jake explains pointing up the stairs. "There's something we really need to take care of and she's had a real busy day." Jake says as Sue nods her head but still looking at him strangely.
"Don't cause any trouble." Sue says narrowing her eyes and earning a grin from Jake.
"Sure, sure." Jake says smiling as he shuts the door.
"So where we going?" Seth asks excited that he's been invited to go with Jake, Embry and Quil.
"Where do you think?" Embry asks with an annoyed growl escaping his throat. Seth only looks up at Jake for a bit of help.
"I'm going to kick Sam's ass for what he did to Leah." Jacob states as he stalks past Seth followed by Quil and Embry.
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The walk to Sam's is quiet with Seth occasionally breaking the silence with a question – mainly whether or not what they were getting ready to do is a good idea. "Sam needs his ass kicked." Embry growls out causing Seth to jump back away from him.
"Aren't you pissed off about what he did?" Quil demands.
"Yea, but, I mean – this isn't like it is with Bella. We could get into a lot of trouble for starting a fight." Seth explains looking up at his Alpha.
"Don't worry. I'll deal with that later." Jacob states with a dark smirk as Sam's house comes into view. Jacob looks off to the side but quickly shakes his head and continues heading towards the small house. Seth hangs back with Embry and Quil as Jacob walks up to the door and knocks loudly. Seth can't help but groan as he notices the muscles in Jacob's back twitch involuntarily getting ready for the upcoming fight. Along the way each boy had shed their shirt proving to Seth that either way there was going to be a fight. A growl erupts from the back of Jacob's throat thinking about how much pain Sam has caused Leah – both unintentionally and intentionally. Jacob tries to calm down and convince himself that he's getting ready to do this for Leah – but deep down inside this is as much for him as well. The door opens and Jacob stands up straight smiling down at a surprised Emily.
"Jacob?" Emily whispers.
"Hey Emily is Sam home?" Jacob asks smiling warmly as he leans against the doorjamb.
"Uh yea, sure. Of course." Emily says returning his warm smile and looking behind him to see his pack minus one. "Where, where's Leah?" Emily asks her smile quickly falling.
"Oh, she's at home asleep." Jacob answers truthfully.
"Okay. Well Sam's out back if you boys want to go back there?" Emily questions pointing towards the back of the house.
"Could you have him come here?" Jacob asks nicely. "It won't take long." Jacob explains as Emily mumbles a soft 'oh' and turns around to go get Sam. Jacob quickly picks up the scent of the others and he looks back at his boys. Quil, Embry and Seth could easily handle Collin, Brady and some of the cubs but it was Paul and Jared that would pose a problem. When Jacob left Sam's pack he took two of the best fighters and he also got the fastest runners. Paul was the stamina in the pack being able to sustain the most damage the longest while Jared was the sneaky bastard who could slip down below the radar when the others would be distracted and do some serious damage. Jacob didn't want Leah to come along because she wouldn't approve of the two packs having an all-out brawl but she could've easily dealt with Jared. Jacob is snapped out of his thoughts as Sam comes walking up towards him.
"Jacob?" Sam greets as he walks up to the door. Jacob can't help but laugh darkly as he notices Sam is wearing a shirt making it easier for him to throw his sorry ass out into the yard.
"Sam." Jacob says as his body tenses.
"What's this about?" Sam asks as Jacob pushes himself away from the door allowing Sam room to open the screen and step outside.
"It's about Leah." Jacob growls as he gives Sam a moment to process what has just been said. Jacob watches as Sam's eyes goes from confusion, to worry, fear, and then anger. "Bastard!" Jacob snarls as he grabs Sam by the collar and punches him in the side of the head and then throws him out in the yard. Sam hits the ground hard, his head pounding and his ears ringing. Quickly he looks up to see Jacob Black stalking towards him eyes filled with rage and hatred.
"Jacob." Sam growls as scrambles to his feet and quickly shakes off the pain. Sam's eyes widen as Jacob stops and taunts him daring him to attack using his hands to say 'c'mon on'. "Stupid child" Sam growls as he lunges at Jacob. Jacob quickly plants his feet and easily catches Sam as the older boy barrels into his mid section. Jacob brings his fists down onto Sam's back dropping him to his knees.
"Sam?" Both alphas ignore the confused cry of Paul as the rest of Sam's pack rushes out to see the commotion.
"What? You'd think I'd never find out?" Jacob demands his body starting to shake with the wolf tremors.
"About what?" Sam asks trying to figure out a way to calm down the rival before him.
"About what you did to her!" Jacob snaps and Sam's eyes grow wide as he hears growls erupt behind him and finds Seth, Quil and Embry glaring daggers at him.
"I, I did what I had to do for the pack." Sam states using his Alpha tone glaring at Jacob.
"Bullshit!" Jacob growls and runs up to Sam punching him in the stomach. Sam hunches over but snarls as he quickly recovers and punches Jacob followed up by a knee to the stomach.
"There's more to this than just that alpha command." Sam whispers growling as he flips Jacob over pinning him to the ground. "What? Still pining over that loss, Jacob?" Sam asks mockingly with a dark chuckle. Jacob's eyes widen as he roars and head butts Sam and within the blink of an eye two huge wolves collide snarling, biting and clawing at one another mercilessly. Paul explodes and lunges at Jacob but is quickly toppled over by Embry. In a matter of seconds ever wolf present has phased and are all going at it. Emily and Kim look on in horror unsure of what to do but both knowing they cannot intervene.
"Call Sue, Quil and Billy." Emily orders Kim as tears stream down her face. Kim looks at her nodding her head and runs inside to grab the phone.
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"Leah! LEAH! LEAH!" Sue yells as she burst into Leah's room. Sue is surprised to see Leah sleeping soundly hugging her pillow. "GET UP LEAH!" Sue orders as she begins to roughly shake her daughter's shoulders.
"Wh, wha, what?!" Leah growls out as she slowly opens her eyes and forces herself up.
"They're fighting!" Sue whispers harshly frowning at her daughter and her eyes flashing with anger and concern.
"Fi, fighting? Fight." Leah mumbles as her head rolls heading back towards her pillow.
"Leah wake up!" Sue orders as she pulls Leah back up and beings shaking her again. "They. Are. FIGHTING!"
"Wait who?" Leah asks standing up on her feet trying to will the sleepy fog away.
"Jacob and Sam are fighting. Kim called. Everyone is fighting!" Sue states anxiously.
"What the hell?" Leah looks around to see her room empty and her pack mates' scent very faint.
"Let's go before the entire rez sees them." Sue orders as she heads out of Leah's room and down the stairs. Leah growls in annoyance but follows behind her mother and watches as Sue gets into the truck. Shaking her head Leah takes off running for Sam's.
Leah arrives at Sam's house and is shocked to see the scene before her. Sam and Jacob are literally going at one another's throats surrounded by the other wolves. The smell of blood, both fresh and dried, is heavy in the air along with a heavy sense of hatred, anger and bloodlust. It's obvious that the lesser ranking wolves went at it during the Alphas clash but had now calmed down to see the outcome of the fight. Whoever won this would become the true Alpha of the Quileute wolves. Leah quickly runs up to get a better view of the fight her wolf instincts screaming to support her Alpha but something else tells her to intervene. She quickly looks between the two that are both now covered in blood from snout to tail making it hard to distinguish the russet colored wolf from the all black wolf. 'Sam has the fat muzzle.' Leah notes and runs forward into the circle but is quickly snatched back.
"Leah?!" Emily cries as Leah looks back to see Seth tugging on the back of her shirt. Looking up she is surprised to see Quil shaking his head.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ABOUT?" Leah yells causing both Alphas to stop their death march and finally tear their eyes away from one another. "Dumb asses." Leah growls out as she yanks her shirt free from Seth's teeth. "Really? Are you two fucking serious?" Leah demands as Sue pulls up followed by Old Quil and Billy. She stomps towards both males anger in her eyes and they both quickly back away from her and each other. "I mean at least settle your fucking male egos out in the woods! Not in someone's FUCKING FRONT YARD!" Leah snarls causing all the wolves to flinch in shame.
"Sam!" Emily cries as she runs and hugs his neck tightly.
"What is this about?" Old Quil demands getting out of the truck and standing next to Embry.
"Get your asses in the truck." Leah snaps as she turns to glare at her pack. "NOW!" She orders as Embry, Quil and Seth quickly turn tail and jump into Sue's truck bed. Turning around she sees Jake looking at her – but it's a look she can't place. "Jake." Leah calls as Jacob turns his attention back towards Sam and growls at him dangerously his teeth barred and his eyes flashing menacingly. Leah looks over at Sam and knows that Jacob is making a promise, not a threat, but over what? He quickly snorts at Sam turns heading toward the truck walking past Leah with a smug look in his eyes. Jacob stops and barks calling Leah to follow him. Looking back at Sam she shakes her head with a tired frown and turns around to follow her Alpha.
"We're in trouble." Seth whispers as Jacob walks up to the truck and jumps up quickly phasing causing him to land roughly.
"You alright?" Quil asks highly amused as Jacob applies pressure to a laceration over his chest. Leah shakes her head scrunching her nose at the thought of riding in the back with the bloody sausages and groans at the added thought of cleaning it out. She quickly heads to the cab of the truck but Sam's voice calls out to her.
"Leah, Leah wait." Leah stops to look up the truck door open as Sam limps up to her wrapped up in a blanket. Jacob growls causing Sam to stop short but once his eyes lock with Leah's he steps forward and grabs hold of her hand.
"Uley." Jacob growls out annoyed as he jumps out the truck phasing back into his wolf form before his feet touch the ground. Leah looks back to notice an angry and snarling Jacob Black behind her with a strangely calm and desperate looking Sam in front of her. She sighs feeling very tired as Jacob's muzzle rests on her shoulder whether it's meant to be support, protective, possessive or whatever the hell is going through his mind Leah doesn't get. All she knows is that right now she is dog tired and wants nothing more than to yell at the boys in the morning after she gets some much needed sleep.
"Jake?" Leah questions as Jacob gently nudges her cheek urging her to get into the truck.
"Lee-Lee." Sam whispers earning a growl from both Leah and Jacob. "Don't leave." Sam says squeezing Leah's hand and looking at her desperately.
"Leave? Who says I'm going anywhere?" Leah asks with a frown.
"No." Sam says shaking his head. "Don't go with him." Sam growls out glaring at Jacob. "Not with them. Come back, Lee-Lee. You belong with my pack." At this comment Jacob phases and she feels the truck's shocks shake as Quil, Embry and Seth all jump out of the truck.
"She certainly doesn't belong with you." Seth sneers angrily as Sam's pack quickly moves in closer to back up their Alpha if another fight breaks out.
"Jake's the 'true' Alpha anyway." Quil adds spitting his body starting to tremble.
"I'm sorry, Lee." Sam apologizes tightening his hold on Leah's hand and pulling her close to him. Jacob quickly wraps his arm around Leah's waist holding her close to his body as a growl rumbles from his chest. "I know I've been unfair and a bastard. But I miss you, Leah. I need you with me." Sam whispers the last part so softly that only Leah and Jacob can hear it.
"Sam, I'm only giving you," Jacob snarls through clenched teeth trying to fight the urge to throw Leah in the truck and rip Sam's throat out.
"Nice to know, Sam." Leah states with a sigh. "But I've made my choice. I choose Jacob and I don't regret it. He's helped me more than you ever have. And he's a much damn better leader than you'll ever be. Go back to Emily." Leah states coldly snatching her hand from Sam's grasp and climbs into the truck without another word. Jacob can't hide the smug grin on his face as his pack piles back into the truck. Jacob jumps in the back of the truck as Sam glares at him but it quickly falls as the truck's engines roars to life and begins to pull away.
Sam smiles and cocks his head with a look of arrogance. "Was still her first choice." Sam states matter-of-factly and Jacob growls wanting to jump out of the truck and bite off his face.
"Jake?" Seth calls touching Jacob lightly on the arm. Sighing deeply Jacob settles into the bed knowing that at least he got Leah's revenge.
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There it is! I finally updated! I've gotten a couple of PM's and responses back asking where my updates are and there's the first one. I'm hoping to have New Day done by tomorrow night depends on how things are at work. But thanks for all of the reviews and those who have me on alert, fave or what have you – please just let me know what you think? Do you like it? Is it just alright? What would like to see more of? Less of? Help a sista out! But as usual thanks for reading and please review. ^-^