Hey guys! This is the next chapter. In this one we'll get to see what's up with Leah! You guys will have to cut me some slack on the whole Chicago front. I literally have never even been to Chicago so I tried to not put much detail in case I said something wrong. And since there isn't much detail on how Edward's home was I had to completely make that up too. But I hope it's okay. I'd like to give a HUGE thanks to Karamel Kat who practically saved this story ( She knows why :] ). And also great, big thanks to those who put this story in their favorite story and story alerts! It means a lot! I hope you keep enjoying this story and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Something Like it

Chapter Eleven

Five Months Later

Leah's eyes snapped open as she was awoken by her alarm. She looked to her left at her nightstand and saw her digital clock which read brightly in blue numbers that it was seven a.m. She groaned inwardly and slowly moved to the side of her bed, spread her arm and hit the top of her alarm clock as hard as she could.

Leah a took a deep breath and slowly moved her feet off the bed, sliding the covers off her revealing her very big, swollen, nine month belly. She put her hand on her stomach and lightly passed her hand over it.

"Nine months… almost there." It has been a hard five months but it's almost over. Leah could definitely feel it. She stood up from the bed and waddled her way through to the bathroom and started getting ready for work.

Leah Clearwater got to Chicago, Illinois five months ago and arrived to what would become her new temporary home in downtown Chicago. After hours driving non- stop, she finally made it to Edward Cullen's childhood home… or she should say mansion. When Leah got out of the car and saw the two- story house her mouth dropped open. Edward definitely didn't know poverty when he was growing up.

A beautiful garden up front, which looks like Edward, also sends a gardener to take care of it because it was in great conditions. The mansion had a cream color, two large glass windows up front and a white glass door in the entrance. The house had an odd antique kind of feel; you could tell it wasn't a house of this time. When Leah entered the mansion, her jaw dropped even more… it was so big. The house was clean, very, and if it wasn't for it's tidiness she would believe someone lived there. In the entrance there was a grand stair case that led upstairs. It had about four rooms and two bathrooms; she immediately knew it was a family home. There was a kind of family room; it had furniture and a center table with places for six people. No T.V though.

"Well, of course, Leah who would watch it?" Leah thought.

There was a small library, with a desk in the middle. The desk was pretty empty, only a calendar and a few books put on decoratively on it, she could tell they were never opened. She would bet her life Edward's Dad worked there. Another room was a music room, a grand piano in the middle. Leah's not much for music but she had to admit the piano was a beauty. She knew Edward played piano; this must be where he learned. It was like walking around a museum, she almost didn't dare touch anything. She'd feel she was disturbing something historical or important. But it wasn't long before she threw herself on the first bed and slept for the first time in a bed that wasn't her bed in La Push.

Her first week there was horrible; not only because of the constant vomiting and just weird pregnancy stuff but because she didn't know what to do in such a big house and such an empty, big house at that. The house felt like the constant reminder of the big, huge absence there was now in her life. Her family, her friends (how few they may have been) they weren't there anymore. More than once she was tempted to call her mom or Seth even Jacob. Just to hear a familiar voice. She found herself constantly crying alone in her room. They were days she wouldn't even get up unless it was to go to the bathroom. The only thought that kept her going was the baby growing in her.

One day she got scared witless by the maid. She had forgotten that Edward said a maid came once a week, it seems the maid got scared too never seeing anyone living there. Leah hardly talked with her, the maid kept to herself and so did she.

After about three weeks, Leah started feeling a little better. Emotionally anyway the nauseas only got worse. Leah decided that if she was going to be living here for the next few months she wasn't going to be crying or depressed for all of them. That couldn't be healthy for the baby so Leah decided to use the money Edward gave her and put it to good use.

Leah looked for a local doctor in the district and made an appointment pretty quickly and the doctor set appointments for the next few months. She started reading and buying pregnancy books down at the local book store; those "What to expect when expecting" books and started taking in their tips. Like exercising was good for the baby so she went and bought a few weights and a mat. She also picked one of the rooms and decided to make it the baby room. She started moving the things out, putting furniture in other places, mostly the family room. She bought paint, a cradle, and other things to decorate the room. Since she didn't know the sex of the kid yet she bought everything pretty general when it came to gender and stuff at first.

The maid saw her one day decorating; she was trying to build the cradle.

"I knew it." A voice from behind Leah surprised her and she turned around. She was pretty focused with the cradle and she hadn't noticed the maid come in.

"Could you knock on the door or something when you arrive? You can't just barge in here." Leah said in an annoyed tone. The maid obviously had a key to the mansion and before, since no one lived in the house, she could just enter but that's changed now.

"I've been cleaning this house's toilets without needing anyone's permission for three years; I'm not going to start knocking now." The maid said with a strong accent as she leaned on the doorframe of the room. Leah finally had a good look at her, only seeing her head's back for the last few weeks. She wasn't that old, she looked about forty, dark hair and hazel eyes. She wore a grey and white maid uniform, pretty simple. She looked Latin-American; she was dark-skinned and had a pretty big butt. This Leah knew from bumping into it quite a few times.

"Yeah, well, I'm living here now and I say you knock."

"The only man who can order me around is Mr. Cullen, whose name signs my paycheck."

"Well, guess what, I'm a very good friend of Mr. Cullen's and I can easily call him up and leave you without a job and tell him to hire a NEW maid who knocks." Leah said walking toward the maid and crossing her arms in front of her chest. The maid looked her up and down and after a few seconds of a stare-down she leaned off the door frame and nodded.

"Yes, madam. My apologies, I've just been very curious about you since you've arrived. They've told me this house had been vacant for quite a few years now. So imagine my surprise when I'm suddenly cleaning someone's unknown vomit from under the toilet seat." The maid said with her accent dripping on her voice. Leah couldn't help but chuckle at that last part, her morning sickness has gotten pretty bad in the last few weeks.

"I'm sorry about that. I'm Leah… Leah Clearwater. I'm going to be living here for the next few months." Leah spread her hand out for the maid to shake.

"Gloria… Gloria Diaz." The maid shook her hand and glanced behind Leah towards the unfinished cradle.

"Nice to meet you." Leah said.

"I knew you were knocked up."

"Excuse me?" Leah asked surprised.

"The vomiting, the books and now the cradle and your growing belly; it was pretty easy to figure out." Gloria said with a small smirk as if satisfied with herself. Leah consciously put her hands over her stomach. She had been showing a little more recently.

Leah shook her head with a small smile at how honest Gloria was.

"I wasn't really trying to hide it. It just isn't any of your business."

"Is it Mr. Cullen's?" Leah let out a surprised laugh and shook her head.

"NO, Hell no. He's just helping me out."

"Aw, that's a shame. He seems like such a handsome man. I would love to see one of his children someday, they must be beautiful." Leah found herself for the first time in three weeks thinking about Renesmee and Jacob. Gloria must have seen Leah's solemn look for she quickly changed the subject.

"Well, I better get started on my cleaning and everything. It was nice to meet you, Miss Leah." Gloria turned around and left.

Gloria would knock or make herself known when she entered the house since that conversation. Gloria started doing odd things since they had spoken that day. She would sometimes arrive early and make Leah breakfast or bring her more books about pregnancy. Sometimes she would stay longer than she should and help Leah with the baby room. Leah knew what she was trying to do; she was helping the pregnant teenager who was living alone in a house that wasn't hers. She probably still thought it was Edward's baby or she thought she was a runaway. At first, Leah felt it was kind of strange but she couldn't help but welcome the feeling that she wasn't alone in this.

A month passed and the doctor told Leah she was having a baby boy and she immediately knew what to name him.

"Harry… for you, Dad."

More days and weeks passed and she finally had the baby room ready. She painted it blue and tried to make it as boyish as she could. In the end it kind of reminded her of Seth's baby room. Soon enough she found herself getting depressed again. She needed to leave this house.

"Do you want a job?" Gloria asked one day while she vacuumed the living room and Leah ate some chocolate ice cream right out of the pint.

"A job?"

"Yeah, it gives you some time out of the house and you get paid for it. Come on, Leah you're going to need a job soon. I have a feeling you aren't going to live here forever." Leah sighed and she knew Gloria was right. After the baby was born she was going to need a job. The house was beautiful and everything but she wasn't going to mooch off Edward forever. Those twenty thousand weren't going to last her forever either.

"Ok, you have a point. But who's going to hire a teenager who's six months pregnant?"

"Don't worry, I have my connections."

Next thing Leah knew she was working at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Illinois. Gloria's sister was apparently manager at the Hotel and got her a job in the check-in counter. Leah at first was pretty hesitant but as soon as she left that house she didn't complain. Leah liked feeling active and not boxed in all the time. She liked working at the hotel for a few hours and forgets that she wasn't coming home to her family but to an empty house that wasn't even hers.

Leah didn't speak much to anyone at the hotel though people surely spoke of her. The employees were a little curious about the new pregnant employee who knew the manager's sister pretty well. But Leah ignored it, her mind were on more important things, like the kid she was going to have to take care of and all that.

"You better come out of there pretty soon, kid. I can't wait to be able to see my feet again." Leah thought as she finished touching on her makeup.

She looked at herself in the mirror; her hair grew longer all the way down to her shoulders and her boobs had grown about two sizes. She didn't feel nineteen years old, she felt thirty or more. How can you feel so tired at nineteen years old? For the first time since she phased she noticed herself getting older, she noticed it in her face and felt it in her body. She was no longer frozen in time; soon enough, all of her wolf powers will no longer work. Leah's wolf senses hadn't died down with her pregnancy. Leah hadn't noticed it until she started working at the hotel. She could still smell things a bit stronger than others and she still could heal pretty fast. Leah found it confusing thinking that without her phasing for such a long period of time not only would she start aging she would lose her powers. Maybe they will die down as more time passes.

Leah walked out of her room, dressed in her black suit that she bought at a Maternity store, got down the stairs, took her keys and she was quickly out the door.

"Morning, Joe!"Leah exclaimed to the gardener. He came once a month to trim the garden. He was African- American and one of the sweetest men she has ever met.

"Mornin, Miss Leah. You're looking beautiful this morning as always."Joe said tipping his hat.

"Aww, thanks Joe and I told you, it's just Leah. Help yourself to anything in the fridge if you get hungry, okay?"

"Thanks, Mi—I mean Leah." Leah smiled and waved as she walked over to the garage. She got in her car and away she went to the hotel.

Leah arrived and checked herself in and went quickly towards the check-in counter.

"Morning, Leah." A blonde girl also standing behind the check-in counter said as soon as she saw her.

"Morning, Nancy." Nancy White is the only person Leah has befriended since she started working at the hotel. She started working here too at the same time as Leah, they both kind of bonded over being the new fish in the sea. Nancy was a college student, working at the hotel to pay her studies. She was studying to be a teacher in Spanish and a few more languages. Leah could tell she was kind of a book worm but you couldn't judge that by her appearance. Nancy was gorgeous, blonde hair and blue eyes, she was tan but not as tan as Leah and she was short. She had to be at least two inches shorter than Leah but she was a very happy girl. Leah felt partly happy that Nancy was with her at the counter, there never was a dull moment.

"You look horrible." Nancy said after they got back from their lunch break.

"I feel horrible."Leah whined putting her hand on her swollen stomach.

"Don't worry, any minute now you're going to explode you'll see."

"Gee, thanks." Leah and Nancy laughed when suddenly Leah felt a sharp pain in her stomach and she let out a small whimper.

"Whoa, Leah, I was just kidding." Nancy quickly walked beside her and put a hand on her back.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine it was just… a small pain. I get those sometimes and I've read its normal." Nancy nodded and returned back to her part of the counter and Leah took a deep breath. She hated when those pains hit her it was like someone sucker- punched her in the stomach.

Suddenly a smell hit her, very strongly. It was a stink she thought she would never have to smell again.

"Vampire stink." Leah's heart accelerated a little and she started looking around the lobby; looking for pale faces and red eyes. She watched the people entering the lobby and those leaving the building.

"Nothing."

"Leah? You okay? You look as if you've seen a ghost."

"God, I hope not." Leah thought. Soon enough the stink left and Leah calmed down a little; but only a little.

…

"Well, I'll see you Nancy." Leah said as she punched out and was leaving the hotel.

"Wait! Leah!" Nancy exclaimed as she ran towards her.

"What is it Nancy?"

"I wanted to give you this." Nancy got out from behind her back a small, blue gift bag which said It's a boy! on the outside.

"Oh, Nancy, You didn't have to."

"I know but I wanted to. You didn't throw a baby shower or anything so I decided to buy you a little something." Leah smiled and opened the bag and got out a small shirt and pants that said Mommy's boy. It had a soccer ball in the back and two pairs of little converses. Leah genuinely smiled and almost cried. This was the first and only gift she had received for her baby boy. She didn't throw a baby shower because she knew those kind of parties were supposed to be with close friends and family and… she didn't have those.

"Thank you, Nancy." Leah took a deep breath and hugged Nancy. She felt Nancy's surprise, this being the first time she has ever shown this kind of gesture towards her. But it just meant a lot to Leah. Nancy soon returned the embrace and Leah almost let her tears fall. The last time she felt a warm embrace from someone were five months ago.

"I wanna see that baby." Nancy said as she let go of the embrace.

"You bet."Leah answered as she waved goodbye and left.

As soon as Leah got into the car she let those tears fall.

…

Leah raised herself off her bed as she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She did a small whimper as she waited for the pain to pass. The pain was a lot sharper than before. She looked to her nightstand and it said in bright blue numbers that it was eleven p.m. She lay down again as the pain passed and closed her eyes to get back to sleep.

"Aaaaah!" She rose up again. The pain was even stronger than before and this time it was coming in waves. Leah started breathing heavily and her heart was beating a little faster.

"It's time." Leah slowly started getting off the bed and put on a robe. This was how the books said it would start. Sharp pains coming in waves and they would only get stronger. Leah slowly walked over to her closet and put on some sandals and walked out of her room. She froze as she felt another sharp pain and this time she let out a scream and leaned over.

"Whoa." She wasn't going to make it to the car; she's going to have to call Gloria. Leah started heading down the stairs to the phone when suddenly she felt a puddle of water on her feet. Leah looked down and her water had broken.

"Damn it." Another pain, the strongest she felt made her lose her balance and fall. She tried to hang on to the wooden handle on her side. She didn't expect this much pain.

"AAAAAH!" Leah exclaimed and tears started falling down her cheeks.

"BOOM!" She heard a loud noise coming from the front door about twenty inches away from her.

"BOOM!" She heard the noise again and this time she heard it closer and then she smelled it.

That stink.

Suddenly the front door broke down and it was crashed open as a dark figure flew through it. At first, she thought it was coming toward her until she noticed it was someone's back. Someone was just thrown through her front door. The body landed on the bottom staircase; Leah was holding on just three staircases higher.

The body shot up quickly and stood crouched; looking at the front door as if something was going to come through it.

Leah's breath held as she suddenly recognized the person in front of her.

"Bella?"

TBC

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