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Our Dawn
Part V
Book 2 – Midnight Stars
Jacob Black
21. Jay and Jason
Milena sighed impatiently.
"What the hell is your problem?" She questioned.
Leah glared at her and was about to get up when I grabbed her by the waist and pulled her down. It wouldn't be a good idea to threaten Milena besides she was already intimidated by Leah's death glares and I needed her to be fit to answer more questions.
"Calm down." I whispered to my wife. "Just stay calm."
"Repeat that." Leah ordered, ignoring me completely.
"What?" Milena seemed confused.
"About Jay's real father, you idiot!"
I was forced to restrain Leah once more, because after the verbal abuse, she was at the verge of attacking Milena physically.
"Jay is a Quileute, right?" I asked.
"Obviously." Milena rolled her eyes. "I've only seen him in photographs but it is pretty clear to me he took after his father."
"I'm not asking you again." Leah threatened trying to break free from my grip.
"When did you meet him?" I questioned.
"Jay's father?"
"Yes."
"When I came here to ask for your help and your crazy wife kicked me out."
Leah sat down quietly after that.
"You came here to ask my help? Why?"
"Well…at Darren's party you said you'd help me to escape my ex-boyfriend and I trusted you. You'd be a perfect body-guard."
"That's a really good excuse to steal someone else's husband." Leah accused.
"I only asked for help." Milena stated.
"Sure…playing the victim suits you well."
"Leah…let her finish." I whispered. "What did you do after Leah kicked you out?"
"After your wife kicked me out from the reservation I ended up in a bar in this little town. The last bus to Seattle had already left and I spent all of my money on drinks. I didn't have money or a place to stay so…" She hesitated.
"So?" I insisted.
"I asked a group of kids from the reservation for a ride in their truck. I was planning on going to your house again and ask you to let me stay there when one of the guys invited me to his house."
"Who invited you?" Leah asked.
"Do you know his name?" I was about to know who was Jay's father. And it wasn't me.
"I know his first name and he had one of those too." Milena pointed her finger to the round tattoo in my arm.
Leah opened her eyes in shock. Jay's father was not only a Quileute but also a member of our pack.
"I didn't pick the name Jay by coincidence." Milena declared.
"Jason!" Leah and I exclaimed at the same time.
Jason was an ex-member of the pack. He had stopped phasing a few months after the first time the Volturi came to La Push. Back then, three more wolves stopped phasing along with Jason: Rick, Ethan and Gary. No one knew why the four teenagers were able to get their old lives back and ceased turning into giant furballs.
Carlisle had a few theories though: the Italian vampires were gone, the Cullens were planning on leaving too so there was no need for the pack to have so many members; the other theory had to do with the boys' ancestors. The four of them were great-grandsons of Ruth Uley and Gene Lahote. Ethan, Gary, Rick and Jason had inherited the wolf gene through Ruth and Gene's daugthers, Angelica and Edith which in Carlisle's opinion made all the difference.
Paul and Clayton were also Ruth and Gene's great-grandsons but unlike the other four boys they had inherited the gene through the male line since they were grandsons of Daniel Lahote. The male line was stronger and had allowed them to keep phasing until now.
"At least now it all makes sense." I muttered and Leah nodded.
"Jay will have to move to La Push soon." She said.
"What are you whispering about?" Milena wanted to know.
"I suppose Jason doesn't know he has a son." I faced her.
"Didn't you tell him?" She was surprised.
"I thought he was mine." I confessed.
"Yours? But we never…"
"Anyways, he has the right to know." I added.
"You should decide together what to do about Jay." Leah said.
Now that she knew Jay wasn't mine Leah was calmer and a lot more understanding.
"Jason is going to Alaska in a few days." She kept going. "He'll spend the rest of the year working in an oil platform so we need to tell him the truth before he goes."
"Well, you don't need me for that, do you?"
Once again Milena was trying to get an easy way out but I knew Leah wasn't going to accept that.
"He won't believe us right away." Leah announced. "Besides I want Jacob's name out of that boy's birth certificate as soon as possible."
"The Social Services can arrange that. If Jason accepts to do the paternity test, they can change the certificate." Milena tried.
"The test will take too long. We'll need a court order and I want this taken care of right now."
"Said like a true alpha female." I whispered and Leah kicked me under the table.
"I'm not Jay's mother anymore. I don't want to get involved."
"The way you care about your son touches me deeply." Leah said sarcastically. "The kid is living in an orphanage. Do you really think you have the right to turn your back on him a second time?"
"I didn't…"
"Yeah, I know…You never wanted a kid to start with. But he's here now and he deserves to have a good and happy life. Besides, Jason needs to know he's a father too."
"Fine." Milena said. "I'll stay until you solve the certificate problem but after that I'll go back to Austin."
"We'll go get Jason and after you speak to him, the both of you are going to the registration office, is that clear?" Leah asked.
"Yes. But I'm not going with you to that God forsaken reservation. I'm allergic to dust."
"Really? You weren't allergic when you came here searching for my husband."
Milena didn't reply which was a good move on her part. Since we couldn't actually force her to come with us, we decided to leave her there and get Jason.
"I have a few phone calls to make anyways." She informed. "I have to reschedule some appointments and I need to warn my boyfriend I'll be late for his brother's birthday party."
"Fine. But if you're not here when we come back, I swear I'll hunt you down and I'll kill you myself." Leah growled.
Milena gulped and nodded. Then Leah pulled me out of the coffee-shop and we stopped outside our car.
"I can't stand that woman!" Leah complained going to the passenger's seat. "She has some nerve."
"Are we really going to get Jason?"
"You bet we are. He needs to know the truth. Milena can't decide that child's fate on her own. I mean she doesn't give a damn about Jay...he'll end up living in that orphanage forever when his place is right here with us. If she didn't want the kid, she shouldn't have had him."
I wanted to talk to Leah about us, about me going back home and about me being innocent all along but she was talking non-stop.
"She's so...annoying." Leah kept crucifying Milena for the decisions she'd made in the past. "Not to mention irresponsible. How the hell did she end up having a one-night stand with Jason?"
"She just told us how and you have some guilt in it too."
"Me? Are you defending her?"
"No. I'm just saying..."
"How could I know she would end up getting pregnant?"
"I just think you're not the best person to judge Milena."
Leah glared at me and I decided to stop the car before she could attack me or something. We were in the access road that lead to La Push.
"Because I told her to leave when she came here looking for you?"
"No, because when you got pregnant for the first time you ran away from me. You didn't tell me, remember?"
"That was different."
"In what way?"
"I was afraid you'd imprint and leave me. I didn't want my baby to suffer like that."
I rolled my eyes.
"That's not the point, Leah. The point is you ran away just like she did."
"I'm nothing like her!" She denied.
"You're right. What you did was worse."
"Why?"
"Milena had a reason to go. She didn't know Jason, there were no feelings involved and she was trying to escape her ex-boyfriend. Besides she didn't know she was pregnant when she left. You, on the other hand, knew you were carrying my child and still left."
"Fine. What do you want me to do now Jacob?"
"I want you to stop complaining and apologise."
"Apologise? What for?" She asked surprised.
"Well in the last week I was accused of infidelity, I was forced to sleep in the couch and later expelled from my house, more than one person threatened to kill me and more than once...and in the end I'm innocent."
"I'm not too good apologising."
"Lucky you, I'm a patient guy."
"Can't we discuss this later?"
"No."
"Whatever."
Leah left the car and began walking towards the reservation. Her pride was making her act like a spoil brat. I knew she hated to admit she was wrong but I wasn't going to let her go so easily, so I followed her.
"Don't act like you're the victim, Clearwater." I called.
"I'm not. I just don't want to fight anymore."
"I don't want to fight either but I deserve an apology."
When I reached her she suddenly changed direction and walked right into the woods.
"Come on Leah. Quit being so stubborn." I asked.
"I'm not asking you to follow me."
"Stop walking damn it!" I demanded and this time she complied. That was when I noticed she was on the verge of tears even though I didn't know why.
"I thought you'd be happy to know Jay isn't mine."
She began cleaning up a few tears and turned around to face me.
"I was so sure I was going to lose you." She confessed. "I was preparing myself to be on my own..."
"Seriously?"
She nodded.
"You had so little faith in me, huh?"
"It wasn't the first time I was betrayed by someone I love."
"You should've known I'm not like him."
Leah's eyes were on the green floor and she remained silent.
"Do you trust me now?" I asked.
"I think I need some time."
"How long?"
"I don't know."
"So does that mean I can't come home?"
"Of course you can come home."
"Great, because sleeping in Bella's old truck was killing me."
"I thought you were staying with Billy."
"That would be too humiliating. Besides, at least in the garage I had something to do to take my mind off of problems." I smiled and offered her my hand which she took. "Come on."
Instead of going back to the car, I took her over to the garage that was nearby. I was going to get my bags since Leah had finally allowed me to go back home. My intention was to open that garage one day and have a family business with my sons but for now the small building didn't seem much. Actually it looked like an abandoned place, its exterior was as deplorable as the inside.
"I wanted to fix it by the end of the summer." I said pointing to Bella's red truck when I opened the door and we walked inside. "I'm going to get my things, I'll be right back."
Leah leaned down against the truck and studied the place.
"You didn't start the repairs on this place, did you?"
"I didn't have much time. I had family problems."
"Really? That's a great excuse." She laughed a bit. It was the first time I was hearing her laugh since a long time.
"We can stay around for a while and work on remodelling if you like." I suggested playfully.
"I don't think you have all the tools." She played along.
"I think I have." I made my way over to her and brought our lips together, just tasting her for a while. Her reaction was way better than I had anticipated.
She put her arms around my neck and our bodies touched. Her heart was pouding as much as mine and it took us a while to ragain control over our actions.
"Jacob…what I told you the other day…" Leah muttered. "It wasn't true."
"What about?"
"About not loving you anymore." She confessed. "I was just trying to hurt you a little."
"I know baby…I know."
"If you want to have a chance to fix this truck I don't think we should do this here." Leah suggested and trembled when I kissed her neck.
"You want to go home?" I asked hoping her answer would be negative.
"Don't you have an office or something?"
I grinned while she snaked her legs around my waist because I knew we'd be there for a long time before we'd actually get tired.
"This last week felt like a year." I complained.
"I know." She moaned. "But we can change that now."
I didn't need an invitation. It didn't matter which one of us was more eager to that sort of contact but it really didn't matter.
I stumbled until reaching the office in the back of the garage and managed to close the door with a kick when we were inside. The office was the only place I hadn't been yet. It was packed with old boxes with papers and objects so old I didn't know what they were needed for anymore.
There was also a small couch but it was so small it wouldn't provide us any comfort so I took Leah and placed her on top of the fragile secretary in the middle of the room. The windows were covered with black rugs but there was still a small ray of light that allowed me to wacth Leah while she was taking her clothes off.
She was naked in less than a minute and I felt a jolt of heat travelling through my whole body.
"You're so beautiful..." I whispered. I could never grow tired of that vision. "You have no idea what you do to me."
"Actually...I do..." She teased me before getting rid of my own clothes.
The secretary wasn't going to sustain our weight for too long so we had to move to the floor. Fortunately none of us cared since we were too wrapped up in kisses to notice those details.
It ended the same way it started: with an explosion of feelings and emotions that left us pretty much breathless. The adrenalin frensin faded a few seconds later even though I could feel Leah's body still shaking.
"I'm glad we're miles away from home." I said and she laughed.
"Me too." She agreed and held me even closer to her. "I'm sorry."
"I thought you weren't too good apologising."
"You were right Jacob. I owe you an apology. I should've trusted you but instead I acted like a jealous idiot. I'm really sorry."
She was being honest, I could feel it.
"I forgive you."
"You do?" She was surprised. "On what terms?"
"Well, I guess we can think about that later."
"You still want some time to think about it?"
"Nah...I've realised all I need is to have you around again."
"I'm glad."
"Knowing you had slept with Milena was driving me crazy..." Leah said. "I never felt more jealous in my life."
"I'm happy to inform you that you still hold full exclusivity on me."
"Good." Leah kissed me and we both smiled into the kiss.
"I felt jealous too." I confessed and she tensed in my arms.
"What? Why? When?"
"Sam still loves you. Even having imprinted on Emily...his feelings for you are still there. When I saw you two organising Lisa's hunting together I felt jealous because...you were working as a team."
"We are a team Jacob. The pack is a team. But Sam and I are over for a long time."
"I know."
"I'm with you Jacob. I'm yours. You know what that means, right?"
I wasn't able to answer that question because the next minute we heard voices outside. Leah got up immediately and put on my black t-shirt that covered most of her naked body. Unfortunately I couldn't find my clothes fast enough and when the door opened I had to remain behind Leah to preserve my dignity.
"Mum! I thought you'd..." William never finished his sentence. He was too shocked to talk. The office was a total mess and we couldn't lie about what we'd been doing. Even if our son was blind he would be able to smell it on us.
Leah tried, in vain, to fix her hair while I was trying not to move much.
"For the sake of the holy spirits Edward...You could've warned me they were having sex...I'm going to have nightmares about this for the rest of my life!" William dramatised while backing up.
"I read thoughts Will, I can't see through walls." The mind rapist replied. "And you should actually thank me we came here through the longest route because if we'd gotten here five minutes earlier you'd be traumatised for life."
William left the room faking a vomit while Edward stood by the door with a mocking smile on his pale face.
"A little privacy here, Edward." I asked.
"Sure…" He laughed and passed me my shorts. "I swear to God you two have the worst timing ever."
"I can tell the same thing about you leech." I replied.
"We're waiting for you outside." Edward said before leaving.
"Edward, did something happen?" Leah asked concerned.
"We'll talk when you're decent."
A/Note: I think I answered most of your questions about Jay and Milena for now. I still don't know if they'll be regular characters on the story. Thank you for the feedback everyone. You all rock.
Take care, Karisan