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This chapter is another short one,... sorry but it was the best I could do with the little time I had. Next week's chapter will be much longer. I promise ^_^

Hope you like this chapter as well.

Just a moment of weakness
I should examine my head!
Just a moment of weakness
Never meant a word I said!

Moment of Weakness by Bif Naked

Leah POV

"So did you kiss him yet?" Sophie didn't even try to hide the excitement in her voice. I swear this girl feeds off of my drama.

"NO, I didn't, now get it out of your head missy." I said, trying to set her straight, but it didn't work.

"You've been avoiding him." She stated knowingly, as if she has been monitoring my movements all week.

"Why would I do such a silly thing Sophie? I have no reason to avoid him." Dammit' why's she gotta be so damn perceptive, I thought to myself.

"Leah Clearwater, don't lie to me. I was able to hear it in your voice, the way you spoke about Embry… I know you have a thing for him, and it isn't something that just surfaced now. Whether you agree with me or not, you had a thing for him the moment you moved back. You talked about him non-stop, 'That Embry, he's so annoying, thinks he's hot shit now', 'You should see his smirk, so annoying'" She said imitating me.

"I don't sound like that! And I didn't say those things!" I replied but I knew it was useless to argue.

"Oh yes you did Leah! You talked about him just as much you talked about Jacob."

"You're insane S. I did not." Sophie laughed in response.

"If you haven't kissed him then you were avoiding him."

"Okay, so maybe I have been avoiding him… but if it makes you feel better I actually did come close to kissing him. We watched a movie on Monday…" Sophie listened intently as I retold the story of our Monday Night movie.

"Damn Leah, this guy has you hooked and you don't even know it."

"He does not!" I protested, "... but he's sweet and he always looks so happy to see me. He gets that 'kid on Christmas morning' look when I get home. It's actually really nice."

"I can't wait to meet him. By the way, I'll be there Thursday night. My parents had no problem with me spending Thanksgiving with you. I'm really excited about the visit."

"Yay! I'm so excited too. I'll send you the directions tonight. Make sure you bring warm clothes, the elders are putting on a Thanksgiving bonfire so we will be outside a lot, and it's freezing here."

"Thanks for the tip Leah. It will be Thursday before you know it!."

Embry POV

I don't know if Leah was avoiding me or if I was avoiding her, but we barely saw each other for the next few days. If I was to stay strong around her I needed to stay away from her. I'm not taking any chances and thankfully today is my last day at the Clearwater house.

It was getting late, Sue, Seth and I just finished eating dinner and I needed to take a shower before I headed home. I grabbed my towel from Seth's room and headed for the bathroom. I took off my shirt and stood in front of the mirror inspecting my scars. All the small ones have almost fully faded, but the most prominent one across my chest still remained. It looked lighter then the rest of my skin and I could feel it as I ran my hand across it. It was ugly, but I took solace in the knowledge that it would disappear sooner or later.

The one downside of being a werewolf is that it's hard to take hot showers. The water rarely feels hot enough. I know it's a weird thing to miss. But nothing beats a hot shower after a long cold day outside. I turned on the hot water and a bit of the cold, before I stepped in to the shower. The water was warm but not hot so I turned down the cold water flow until I could feel the heat against my skin. It reminded me of Leah's touch the first night we kissed at the Halloween party and I had a new reason to love hot showers.

I wrapped the towel around my waist after I was done drying off, opened the door and took one step out the door before someone barreled in to me. I knew who it was instantly, because Leah scent hit me like a brick wall. We walked in to eachother without looking and she must have been walking really fast because she walked in to me with a lot of force for an ordinary human. So hard actually that she pretty much bounced right off me and almost fell to the floor. But only almost because I caught her before she fell.

Leah POV

I was rushing to get to my room before Embry got out of the bathroom. Avoidance is key, I only had to do this for another few hours, then he'd be gone and I could go on with my day. I ran up the stairs and was steps away from the safety of my room when I collided with a wall. Well not a wall exactly… Embry.

I hit him with so much force that I bounced right off of him, but he caught me by my waist as I fell. He pulled me up with ease, as if I was delicate and weightless. His warm arm was around my waist and I was enveloped by the fresh scent of his skin. He stood up close against me as I back on to the hallway wall and quickly became aware of the fact that he was half naked… with only a towel wrapped around his waist. I slowly took in the sight of his shirtless chest, it was amazing, and I lifted my hand to lightly run my fingers across his scar.

"Wow, that's amazing" I breathed as my fingers ran across his skin. The feel of his skin against my finger tips seared and a slight jolt of excitement ran through me at the thought of touching him. It was also amazing how quickly his skin heals. It wasn't even more then a week and a half that he got these injuries and he already was fully healed.

"Amazing? Why thank you Leah. I try to work out as often as I can." He smirked down on me and I realized that I was running my fingers still across his chest.

"NO that's not what I meant Embry,.. Amazing as in, Wow, your gashes and cuts have already healed!" But he continued to smirk down on me while I tried to keep composure.

"Oh sure Leah." He said skeptically.

"I swear on my life!" I defended.

"So you mean to tell me that you don't think I'm worthy of 'amazing'?"

"You're 'alright'." I replied, remembering what he called me the other day, but instead of pouting he just smiled widely at me, as if he was expecting that answer.

He gently pressed me back against the wall and I felt a hint of hesitation, knowing that I would not be able to escape his hold if he tried to kiss me in this position. He rested his forearm on the wall over my head, which in turn brought him exceedingly close to me. I could smell the fresh moisture off of his recently showered skin and I wanted to touch him again. It was getting exceedingly hot and tense between us.

Embry smiled down at me evilly and moved the hand he had originally around my waist, from when he caught me falling, leisurely placing it on my hip. Slowly, he lowered his face closer to my neck. His nose barely traced my delicate jaw line, leaving a trail of hot skin along the way. My breath hitched when he arrived at what seemed to be his chosen destination. His warm breath hit the sensitive skin just below my ear and I muffled a labored breath by biting my lower lip, as his hand moved up my side from my hip, passed my waist. Oh damn!

"I think you're lying Ms. Leah Clearwater" He whispered less then an inch from my earlobe. He then promptly withdrew himself away from the wall, turned and walked in to Seth's room shutting the room behind him.

What the hell was that? I walked in to my room, still dazed from what just happened. That was so hot.

Jacob POV

I heard that Embry was coming home today so I thought I'd stop by. Hesitantly, I walked up the path to his front door and knocked. I could hear small footsteps down the hallway and the door swung open.

"Well hello Jacob!" Embry's mom said pleasantly.

"Is Embry home?"

"Not yet, but he should be here in an hour or less"

"Oh…" I said disappointedly.

"Well do you want to wait for him? You can come in." She stepped back to invite me in.

"Sure. Thank you." I walked in and made my way to wait in the living room. Sitting on the coach I looked around the room at the photos. Every second one was a picture of Embry and I doing something we loved and creating more fond memories. That made me feel even worse about how I reacted to his accusation last week.

I must have dozed off because Embry's voice coming from the front door woke me.

"There's someone here to see you." Embry's mom said to him.

"Who is it?"

"Jacob, he's in the living room." I heard quickly approaching footstep and Embry was in the living room in mere seconds.

"What do you want Black?" He said with a tone of resentment, which hurt a lot.

"I came to talk to you Embry."

"There's nothing to talk about."

"I'm here to apologize." I said as he narrowed his eyes at me.

"Apologize for what?"

"For being a giant ass and a horrible best friend." I couldn't hide the guilt I felt.

"Oh… yah you're an ass that's for sure." He replied and his lip curled up on one side into a smirk. "I was kind of waiting for you to realize it yourself. Glad we are on the same page now."

"Don't do that… the sarcasm. I'm very serious. I'm sorry for everything."

"I wasn't being sarcastic. I mean it, you're an asshole Jacob. I've been your friend for a long time and you sometimes treat people like shit. The reason why I reacted the way I did, is because I didn't want Leah to be next on your list." I dropped my head down at his words. I felt like such a horrible person.

"Let me make it up to you. I can change, I can be better." I promised. "I don't want to lose you as a friend, so let me make it up to you."

He smiled at me and said, "Alright, but you have a long way to go to make it up to me Jacob." I smiled back at him feeling a sense of relief.

"You won't regret it."

NEXT CHAPTER: see what happens when Sophie visits.

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