A.N. Hey! Love you all so much for reviewing :) Also, thank you so much for your lovely comments on my grandfather's health, I love you guys :) He's doing much better; it had something to do with his diabetes. On Wednesday, I have to go to the hospital to get my stitches out and I'm freaking the fuck out, because I've had stitches before and it hurts like a bitch on fire. This chapter will have some arguing, Leah opening up and the training scene. I promise I will do Jacob's POV next chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: If I owned Twilight, Bella would've died within the first few pages.
Are you fucking serious? Did she have to show up now? I unhooked my legs from Jacob's waist and hopped back onto the ground, letting go of him. He should have heard her come near us; he is a wolf after all.
"Jake! What are you doing?!" The bitch shrieked.
He looked at her and back at me, regret shining in his eyes and that's when I realised what he was playing at. "You son of a bitch, you knew she was there didn't you?" I asked in disbelief, pushing at his chest but he wouldn't budge. "You used me, just to make her jealous." I whispered, hurt and venom lacing my voice.
"Halo no! I di-" He began, exuding panic.
I put my hand up and stopped him, not wanting to hear his lies. "Save it. Fuck you Jacob." I spat, backing away from him before breaking out in a run.
How dare he use me? For a second, I thought that maybe he felt something for me too. He was whispering sweet nothings, just to get me to fall for his game. He was no better than Bella, they truly were meant for each other. I began sobbing, my chest heaving with exhaustion and pain. I came to a standstill and collapsed on the ground, the raging ache overwhelming me. Sweltering tears continued to escape my closed lids, creating a trail of fire along my cheeks. The throbbing in my chest worsened, making me whimper and groan. I just lay there on the forest floor, prey to the dangers that lurked behind the trees.
Darkness prodded at the edge of my vision before closing in on me, thrusting me into a world of obscurity.
I woke up groggily to find myself a few feet off the ground, heat enveloping me. I moaned as my chest throbbed, wriggling in the hot arms that held me bridal-style. I stretched my tight neck to identify the face above me, my eyes struggling to focus on anything. The fog refused to clear up but I could see the face angling itself towards me. Who the hell is it? I knew that it had to be one of the pack because any normal person would have to be dying with that body temperature. I squinted and peered into the blurred visage, frustration boiling up in my stomach. The haze decided to stop being a bitch, and faded away, allowing my eyes to hone in on two chocolate eyes, concern whirling within. The fingers on my waist and thighs tightened, pleasure shooting through my skin, directly to my bones. Jacob.
I lifted my trembling hand up to his face, wanting to cradle his gorgeous face. My fingertips were just a breath away from his heated skin, when I realised what I was doing. I snapped my hand back, hurt flashing in his coffee eyes. I dropped my hand and placed it on his chest, pushing with all the force in my feeble body, grunting with the effort.
I began pounding on his chest, yelling at him to let me go. "Let me down you asshole! You have no right to touch me!"
He ignored my requests and stared ahead, acting like a stubborn shit. "Jacob, I'm not kidding, let me go!" He stared at me for a second before loosening his grip enough to allow me to jump out. I bounded out of his arms, putting some distance between us.
I began to walk away when Jacob pleaded. "Halo, please. Just hear me out, will you?"
I scoffed and turned around, crossing my arms over my chest. "Why should I? I know what you did back there; you don't need to explain yourself."
"That's exactly it! You don't know what happened back th-" He exclaimed in frustration.
"I don't know? You used me to make Bella jealous. You're a fucking wolf! How the hell did you not hear her coming?! Don't give me bullshit, saying 'you were too caught up', because I know what you did!"
"I swear I didn't hear her coming, Halo. I wouldn't use you like that, never." He said, agony ripping through his voice. "Please, just give me one more ch-"
"No. You know Jacob, I made a huge mistake. I should've just thought with my brain, not my heart. I'm sick of always defending you and giving you chances. I've given you more chances than you ever can imagine, and now you've fucked it all up. Please don't follow, I can find my way home." I whispered, pain and defeat evident in my tone. I began walking away from him, feeling his eyes on the back of my head. He listened to me though; he left me alone and didn't trail after me.
As I reached my front door and placed my hand on the knob, a piercing howl rang through the night air. It was bursting with anguish and pain, making me flinch into myself. I opened the door and slammed it shut, racing to my room. I grabbed my bottle of sleeping pills and swallowed a couple, instantly feeling my eyelids tire. I buckled underneath the effects and fell to my bed, darkness welcoming me into its abode.
I opened my eyes to pans clanging in my kitchen. I looked around blearily, completely unaware of my surroundings. You know that feeling you sometimes get when you wake up? When your room looks foreign and you start panicking, thinking you've been kidnapped or raped? That's what I was feeling right now. I shot to my feet, immediately regretting doing so. The world tilted and suddenly the floor was rushing up to my face. I slammed my eyes shut, waiting for the painful impact. But once again, gravity failed to break my nose. I opened my eyes to find myself half an inch away from the carpet, the soft fabric brushing against the tip of my nose. I was pulled up and set back on my feet by a smirking Leah.
"I come into your room to wake you up and I see you on your feet, before falling face first to the ground. Funniest thing I've seen today." She chuckled, wrapping an arm around my shoulders.
"What're you doing here?" I mumbled, trying to force the grogginess away.
"Well, today is the first training session with the leeches. I came over this morning to make you some breakfast, because I'm just that wonderful, and thought that you might want to come see the bloodsuckers get their asses kicked." She said with a smile.
"You're amazing Leah. Only you'd think of inviting me to a dangerous place filled with uncontrollable corpses." I snorted punching her lightly in the ribs. She ducked and ran to the kitchen. I walked in to find nearly every breakfast food laid out on the table. I pulled out a chair and sat down, still gaping at all the food; there was enough to feed a goddamn army! "Holy mother of ducks, how did you do all of this? I didn't know you could cook." I said with disbelief.
She smiled ruefully before joining me at the table. "Emily and I used to cook together all the time. She used to live on the Makah res, so every time she visited La Push or I went up there, we would have little cooking competitions." She said bitterly. Why was she acting so hostile?
"Oh that's cool. Were you and Emily best friends or something?" I said with a mouthful of bacon.
She scoffed with disgust. "You could say that, I guess. We're cousins, so we used to be as close as sisters."
"Used to be? What happened?" I inquired, crumbs of food on my lips. I saw her expression change from one of hate to one of pain, before quickly adding. "You don't have to tell me. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." I muttered, looking down at my plate.
"Just listen to the whole story before saying anything." She said to which I nodded in response. She took a deep breath before beginning. "Sam and I were high school sweethearts. We had such a wonderfully strong relationship to share and we were meant to get married. The night he had engaged practically sealed my love for him, and I knew that no one else would ever match up to him. However, around the time he phased, we began drifting apart. At that time, I didn't know he was a shape-shifter nor was I allowed to know. When he first phased, he disappeared for two whole weeks, leaving me stranded with not even a hint of an explanation."
Sam and Leah were a thing? But he's with Emi- Oh! She hates him now because he loves Emily now, her ex best friend. Holy crap, shit just got real. Would you please shut the fuck up?! I'm trying to listen to a story.
"After he returned, he began keeping secrets from me, staying out most of the night, which resulted in the weakening of our relationship. I, however, had no intention of leaving him; we had such an amazing bond and I wasn't going to throw it all away just because he was a little closed off. Things started to get better between us, and eventually we got back on track. Truthfully, it was probably the happiest I have ever been in my life, but that changed in mere seconds.
"Emily had decided to come down to La Push for a few weeks as she had been going through some serious issues with her family. I was thrilled to finally have Emily meet the man of my dreams, in person. Sure, I had told her everything about him, but she had never met him. Everything was going great till she told me to call Sam over for dinner. I readily accepted, oblivious to what would happen next. As soon as Sam walked through that door and his eyes got a look at Emily, I had lost him. I had lost the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, to my best friend. He kept staring at her the entire night, but I thought nothing of it. Even when I would catch Emily glancing at him every two minutes, I kept quiet."
Fuck. Me. In. The. Buttocks. Hmm. Didn't think you were into that stuff. Sam imprinted on Emily.
"That very night, however, he took me for a walk and said that he was breaking up with me. To say I was devastated is a colossal understatement. I was cemented to the ground, unable to move, make a sound or even hit him. He just said that he doesn't want to hurt me and that he has no choice."
That fucking asshole! He just left Leah for Emily?! Emily's his imprint though, he's meant for her. Doesn't excuse him from kicking Leah to the curb as soon as he saw his soul mate!
"I didn't understand even a single word of what he was saying, until Emily ended up in the hospital. He had been following her around, begging her to just hear him out, to accept him, but Emily was furious. She couldn't believe that he would break our lengthy relationship, for her, a girl who he has never even met before. She knew enough about him, through me of course, to mention his low-life father, Joshua. That was all it took for him to lose it. He phased with her too close to him, ending up scarring her face for life.
"Even after she was mauled by Sam, she continued to ignore him. However, even Emily couldn't resist the imprint bond. Three months later she had moved in with him, living her perfect fairy-tale life, leaving me on the sidewalk with a broken heart and a crushed soul. To this day, I can't find it in myself to forgive her or Sam." She finished with a whisper, taking in a few deep breaths to calm herself.
"Oh Leah. That must've suck shit, to go through all that." I muttered, unsure on what to say without offending her or coming off as pitying.
"Not only that." She started, the pain in her eyes growing tenfold. "I'm a female, I wasn't supposed to phase. One day, I figured out that Sam and Emily got engaged. The rage that flowed through me was indescribable. I remember running out to the living room, seeing my dad on the couch before a violent shiver travelled along my spine. No longer did I have feet, no, I was a fucking dog. With paws! I remember snarling at my dad and seeing his face merge from red to purple. There was too much anger in my heart to realise what was happening. My dad was having a heart attack. Seth phased for the first time too, a few minutes after me, to protect my dad. He tackled me and we began snapping at each other before my mom screamed. I can still see the paramedics rushing him out the door.
"I killed my father Halo. And it's all because of Sam and Emily! I never asked for this life; their betrayal led me to lash out." She breathed, tears falling from her eyes. "Now that I'm a wolf, I don't get my period, meaning I can never have children of my own. I'm a genetic dead-end, a broken failure."
I pushed my plate away and got up, pulling her up and against me. She collapsed into my arms, sobbing out all of her pain, frustrations and fears. We stood there for a good ten minutes before she let go of me, wiping at her eyes with the back of her hand. I don't think anyone had seen this side of Leah; so vulnerable, so weak, so…Leah.
She calmed down after a few seconds before smiling again. "I'm sorry Halo. I didn't mean to shit on your day, but it felt good to finally tell someone everything. Everyone thinks that I'm a cold-hearted bitch, but that's only to protect myself from being hurt again." She trailed off before grabbing my arm. "Come on, we need to go and meet them at the clearing, let's go."
I didn't argue; just let myself be led by the emotionally distressed she-wolf.
We reached a vast clearing, trees creating wooden barrier around it. The pack was already there, with the bloodsuckers. They were fighting against each other and I was about to shout when I realised that it was training for the upcoming war. War. Terror crawled up my spine like a lethal disease, threatening to choke me. My breath caught in my throat as fear wrapped itself around my shivering neck.
I saw Jacob standing with Bella, only he was a wolf. I quickly looked away, refusing to dwell on it any longer. Bella's leech saw me and came up to me, a smile on his sculpted face. Leah growled lowly and moved a little closer to me, but Edward seemed to ignore it.
"Hey Eddie." I said with a smile. "Having fun?"
"Hello Halo. Of course I'm having fun. Why wouldn't I?" He asked with a smirk. I just snorted and rolled my eyes. We talked for a few more minutes before everyone started leaving the clearing, leaving Edward to catch up to Bella and me to go back home.
"Come with us to Emily's, Halo." Leah offered and I nodded, trailing after the pack, my dark thoughts creeping along the edges of my mind.
The war is in a few days. In a few days, I might lose my friends. In a few days, I might lose the pack, my family. In just a few short days, my soul mate could be killed.
Fuck.
A.N. That's it! I hope you all like that and please let me know what you think of it because your thoughts and opinions mean the world to me :) Did you like seeing Leah so vulnerable and open with Halo? I love Leah's story, not being a sadist or anything, because she goes through a shit ton of pain and betrayal yet she still manages to act strong, though she acts like a bitch. Like mentioned before, next chapter will be Jacob's POV. Also, please check out an amazing author, The Daughter of Night. She's writing another Jacob/OC fanfiction and it's doing really well so far. Please show her love by reviewing 3 Let me know what you think!