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Leah's POV-

"You have got to be fucking shitting me Jake! A month? They want to drop me off in the middle of nowhere for an entire month in order to see if I am strong enough and smart enough to survive? Did they conveniently forget the little fact that Leah is pregnant? By the time I get back she may of had the baby and nothing is going to make me miss the birth of my first child." I could tell my fiancee was trying to keep his cool and not take his frustration out on Jake since it wasn't Jacob's fault. It wasn't as if our alpha had chosen the first task. "Can't you talk to your father? He is on the council and that means he has some pull when it comes to certain things. Can't you convince him to postpone this one task until after the baby comes? I will do all of the other trials without a complaint, but there is no way I can leave Leah for a month. There has to be another way."

By the look on Jakes face I knew he had already tried talking to his father and since his expression wasn't exactly encouraging, it meant there was nothing Billy could do. "Dad already tried and he almost won until Sue claimed it was favoritism and would be unfair. Since the council has to follow the old rules there is nothing that could be done. I suppose you could forfeit, but we all knows what that would mean and we can't ask someone to fill in for you because Sue claimed that too would be an unfair advantage."

Knowing how much my mother didn't care about me hurt more than words could describe. I know it shouldn't really surprise me since she had been this way for as long as I could remember. Maybe Paul's mother had been right when she told me that despite the way Sue may treat me, she was my mother regardless and I would always love her because of that. Still, it stung knowing she didn't care about me nor did she care for her unborn grandchild. Of course I had other family and yet it wasn't really the same, but that did not mean it was bad necessarily; it may actually end up being one of the best things that could happen to me for all I knew. I had to stop living in the past and start focusing on the future. Paul and I were going to be married soon and we had a child on the way. If Sue had taught me one thing it was I never wanted to end up like her. My child would grow up without ever having to worry about if their father and mother loved them; they would know because we would be sure to constantly remind them and we would tell them how much we loved them at least once a day.

"Paul," I called out his name in order to get his attention. "My mother is only doing this because she was hoping to get this sort of reaction from you. She wants you to forfeit in order to ban us from her life and from La Push forever. We cannot give in to her."

My shape shifting fiancee sighed before running his hands down the length of his face. "I understand that Leah, I really do, but you cannot expect me to leave for a month when you are so far along in your pregnancy."

"You're acting as if I am going to be left alone when the truth is I will be surrounded by people who care about me." As much as I wanted him to stay, I knew how selfish it would be because if we were never allowed to visit or family and friends on La Push, Paul would never see his mother again and I couldn't be the reason he was torn from his only remaining family. "Besides, Carlisle is sure the baby won't come for at least eight more weeks and you will be back by then. I may not have wanted you to take the trials before and yet I came to see this is something you need to for you and I am going to support you through it all."

He nodded as he kissed my cheek. "If you have this baby while I am gone, I am going to shove he or she back up there just so I get to watch the birth you made me miss."

I smirked holding back a laugh. "Right, like that is even possible. Since we cleared up the issue about you going, we need to get you ready. I remember when you were in scouts with Jared and i also remember how you failed to get any of the survival badges. Jake and I don't have much time, but we need to whip you in to shape and before you make some perverted comment, when I say whip you in to shape, I don't mean that in a kinky bedroom fun kind of a way. Since it has been a long day we can start tomorrow, but for right now lets go to bed and see what we can do about kinky bedroom fun."

Jake made a face at my comment. "I think that is my cue to leave and let you get to it, no pun intended by that comment. I will be back bright and early in the, uh, well it won't be early in the morning because I hardly ever get up in the morning, but I will be here bright and not so early in the afternoon shortly after lunch. We can meet at the treaty line and remember not to bring anything other than the clothes on your back Paul. When you are out in the wilderness with nothing, you need to live off of the land and myself and Leah are going to give you a crash course so be ready to put your body and mind through the ringer. we have to work you ten times harder than we normally would in order to have you ready in time and unlike Lee, i do not mean that in a fun kinky bedroom kind of way."

TBC...

AN: This chapter is kind of short because I am still exhausted from my trip and also, I need to know if you all want to see the training and Paul surviving the wilderness or would you rather if I just skipped ahead? Let me know in a review.

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