AN: I closed the poll and the winning question is:

Will Jacob imprint?

Here's the answer then:

No he won't, I'm sorry but I honestly believe that love can overcome everything, Jacob loves Bella so deeply that is enough for him not to need imprinting and besides that, I think that the Alpha of the pack shouldn't imprint because he has to lead and the tribe should be his first concern. I can't tell anything more about it because there are aspects of the story that will be strongly linked to Jacob not imprinting on her.

AN2: thanks for the reviews. I had a free day yesterday and I managed to write another chapter, so here it is.

Chapter 12

"But why Sam? Why did you leave her if you love her?" She asked him.

He seemed desperate; slowly he sat on her bed and placed his head in his hands. "Because I don't have anything to offer her anymore. I talked with the Elders, I'm stuck here Bella. No University, no leaving La Push. If I turned into a wolf then there's danger looming ahead. Other guys at the Res are showing signs that point in the same direction of mine. They'll phase and I'll have to lead. I can't reveal to Leah what happened and I can't stay with her lying constantly."

Bella sighed and sat next to him. "Sam, I know it'll be hard at the beginning. But you aren't alone, I'll help you and although you think Leah will care about being stuck here I don't think she will. I know her enough to be sure that she loves you too much and you're all that matters to her. I wouldn't leave Jake because of it and neither would Leah."

"I'm dangerous Bella, I know you see just the best in people but honestly you saw what I became. And strong feelings will make me phase, and what if we have a fight and I phase and hurt her? I can't risk Lee-lee. I can't." He whispered looking broken.

Bella had vivid in her mind Emily's scars and she knew how Sam had felt guilty about that, part of his reasoning was right. "So what about working with me to get yourself in control? If you can tame your wolf and control him enough then you can still be with Leah. I agree that maybe you need some time away from everyone, just to understand all the changes you went through. But please Sam, you'll destroy her if you leave her."

"There's imprinting too." Sam added.

She bit her lip. "Imprinting?"

He nodded. "It's a way for the wolf to find its soul-mate, Old Quil told me that one day I'll look into the eyes of the woman who is my other half and nothing will matter anymore but her. I can't do that to Leah, if I break up now, it'll hurt less if later on she'll see me with someone else."

"And would you like to see her with someone else as well? Will you be happy to see her marrying and having kids with another man? Isn't your love worth fighting for? Yes, maybe there's someone out there that it's perfect for you, but wouldn't' you rather have someone you chose?" She told him.

Sam growled and looked up at her then. "You'll lose Jacob as well, you do know that…"

She stood up angrily. "I refuse to lose him. I'll fight for him, and fight, and fight some more and he won't imprint because he loves me, and you love Leah and she deserves that you fight it. Please Sam… I know how upset and scared you might be right now but… we'll get through this. I'm here and I'll help you."

Sam shook his head. "You're very determined Bella and I'll let you help me, but I won't change my mind about Leah. I can't, I'm sure she'll hurt less if I leave her now."

Bella decided to not push the argument, she knew now that he was too upset. She would change his mind soon enough, she needed for Sam to fight for Leah. He was going to show everyone that imprinting was not as strong as true love. Probably she had to let him see when Jared imprinted on Kim, how besotted and chained to his imprint the other wolf was so that Sam would be scared enough into fighting for Leah.

"You need to rest now Sam, why don't you go home? I'll see you soon; right now you need to test what you can do with your new gift. We can talk soon and please think about how much you love Leah." She whispered to him.

He nodded and stood up. "You're right I better get going, I'll see you soon then." Before she could reply he jumped out of the window and when she looked down she saw him disappearing into the forest. She just hoped he didn't phase in Forks because that would mean breaking the treaty.

Bella heard the phone ringing and she slowly went down the stairs, she dreaded answering because she knew who was calling her. "Hello?"

"Bella, he broke up with me!" A distraught Leah cried into the phone.

She sighed. "Give me half an hour and I'll be there." Bella placed down the phone and shook her head. Why was her life always so complicated? She had gone and dated a vampire, almost died twice and then gave birth to a child and actually died for real. Then she woke up and decided to live happily and healthily only to find herself deep in the heart of a pack of wolves. When would the easy as breathing part happen?

Slowly she drove to the Res and then entered into Leah's house, not ready to see the broken girl but resigned that she had to be there. Leah needed a friend and Bella couldn't risk that Emily appeared into the picture yet. She spent almost all the afternoon trying to convince Leah to give Sam some space and to trust that his love for her would be strong enough, but Leah was inconsolable. Finally Sue came back and sent Bella home, Bella hugged Leah and promised to be back soon.

Before going home she stopped at the Blacks. Jacob must have heard her truck because when she opened the door she found herself wrapped in his arms. She looked up just in time for him to place his lips on hers, she let him kiss her with the passion and warmth that were always only for her.

"Bells, what are you doing here? Not that I'm not happy to see you, but I thought we were going to see each other tomorrow." Jacob said.

"Sam broke up with Leah and she needed a friend, so I spent the afternoon there trying to calm her down." She told him.

Jacob's arms tightened around her. "Is it because of you?"

She looked up surprised. "What? Me? What are you thinking Jake?"

He looked away from her towards the forest. "It was the way he was looking at you this morning, I didn't like it. You saw each other a few times because of Leah and I have the feeling that Sam is hiding something."

Bella freed her right arm from their embrace and with her hand she turned his head towards her, when their eyes met she spoke again. "Listen to me Jacob Black, I'm yours. I chose you and I just want you, so don't get any weird ideas in that handsome head of yours. Me and Sam aren't interested in each other, okay? You're the one I want to be with." She stopped there; it was too early to tell him that she loved him.

"Sorry Bells." He said, and then placed a kiss on the crown of her hair. "I'm just scared because I care for you a lot and I don't want to lose you. I feel like you were meant to be with me and I don't want anything or anyone getting in our way."

"It's okay Jake, I care for you a lot and we'll be together for a very long time. Now I've got to go, tomorrow I have school. But please Jake, remove from your head the idea that Sam might like me." She begged him.

He nodded solemnly. "I will try but... you have to promise me that you'll spend next Saturday with me. I've got a surprise for you."

She smiled at him. "You do know that I don't like surprises... but this time I'll indulge you. Good night Jake."

"Sweet dreams my Bells." He told her and after kissing her again, he let her go.

Bella was driving back when she was almost at the treaty line she saw Sam on the side of the road. She stopped her truck and got out. "What's up Sam?"

"How is she? I know you went at her house." He said somberly.

"She's upset and heartbroken and she will never get over you, so you better get your control soon and stop being an ass and get back to her." She said angrily. "I understand that you're scared but she loves you, and when you love someone it isn't just for the happy days. You stick with your other half through the bad days too." She added and then wiped away the tears that had started to fall.

The pain to realize that Jacob had been there for her during her pregnancy, even though the child was of his sworn enemy, had her heart breaking all over. He had stuck with her, during the bad days that had been more than the good ones. She would never forget that it was him holding her hand while she died. "Love is something that you can't explain, you love someone and you fight for him. He can disappoint you and hurt you, but when he'll need you, you'll be at his side no matter what. Fight for Leah, fight for the love you share." She told him, hoping he would listen to her.

Sam sighed. "I know what you mean Bella, but what if she isn't meant for me? I looked into her eyes and nothing happened. What if out there someone else is exactly right for me? I love Leah, but who is going to reassure me that there isn't someone else that can make her happier than I can?"

"Nobody has that certainty, but she told me that she knows you're her soul mate. Honestly Sam if it takes this little to have you doubt your feelings for her then just walk away. But now you're either being a coward or you've lied about how much you love her." She said coldly and then she stomped into her truck and left him there.

She was livid with him for hurting Leah and at the same time she was angry with herself for having been so blinded during her first life. If she had seen sooner that Jacob was the one for her then she wouldn't have died and she would be now happily with Jacob. Instead she was fighting every day hoping that his love for her this time around would be as strong as it had been in the previous life. She was paying for her mistakes, she deserved as much, but she hoped that having learnt her lesson would help her keep the man she now knew was the one exactly right for her.