Chapter 28: Patience

A/N: First of all I have to say that this is not the end; I still have plenty of writing in me. And I don't see myself ending this story yet, anyways I just to thank everyone that reviewed the last chapter, thank you for all your kind words. I didn't think that I would get this chapter done so quickly but I did, I wanted to thank everyone that told me that I should update this as soon as I could. You guys are awesome and I hope that you like what I have been writing. Anyways you know here it is, remember if you ever have a question or a idea that you like and is would fit well with the story, all you have to do is drop me a PM, and I will back to you as soon as I can.

Jeremiah's POV

"Leah, darling I think that it is best that we do this inside the house instead out here in public in front of the entire reservation," said the woman that opened the door for me

Leah sighed and let go of me, she grabbed my hand and dragged me into the house that they owned

"Was this my home as well?" I asked myself

She dragged me to what I could only figure would be there living room. She sat me down and sat really close to me with her hand still attached to mine. I looked over and tried to take in everything. The last time I was here I only saw two rooms. Now that I was able to get a better look at the house I was able to tell that this was a small house but it didn't seem to be too cramp. I finally looked back down at her and saw the look on her face, it was so expectantly; I honestly didn't know how to react to it.

"Do you remember anything?" she asked, it came out in a burst. My guess was that she didn't think about the question before asking it.

"No, not anything concrete," I told her

"Well what do you remember? Asked the older woman who was sited in a chair facing the girl and me. I saw that she had closed her phone so it was obvious that she was on the phone with someone but I didn't know who it was.

"Flashes really, I mean they are all a blur but I do see people and I do see a child but I don't know if its me in those flashes or if its someone's else memories," I told her

"Then how did you find this place, how did you come see me?" Leah asked me

"Well the people I was staying with told me that it was you who caused me to lose all of my memories and it was the Cullens who were my enemies and that it was my duty to stop all of you for the sake of our people," I told her

"Who told you all of these lies?" asked the woman

"I'm sorry I don't even know your name," I told the woman

"Oh I am so sorry, I am Sue Clearwater and obviously I am Leah's mother and the grandmother of your son," she told me

"So she was right," I said more to myself but it was loud enough for the both of them to hear me

"Who told you these lies about me and about the Cullens?" asked Leah

"For however long I have been I have been staying with others of my kind in a place called Volterra," I told her

"You were with the Volturi?" she asked

"Yes I believe that they called themselves that," I told her

"But I thought that they were all dead?" asked Leah

"Well apparently not," I said as I heard a knock on the door

The woman Sue got up and went to the door, I heard her talking with what seemed like a large group of people, the next time I heard was the door closing and then the group of people that she was talking with came into the living room. They all looked at me with the same expression it was a mixture of shock and happiness. Did I know these people too? I asked myself, it was clear by the looks that I was getting that I did in fact know these people but from where? And in what capacity?

"These are the Cullens," said Sue

"Oh," I responded as it all clicked into place. When I was given the dossier on the Cullens I wasn't given picture of any of them. Then I saw a couple other individuals with them that didn't look like them. The two men looked like Leah and Sue, the smaller one much, much more than the bigger one. The smaller went over to Sue and gave a kiss on the cheek; then it clicked, he must have been her son because I looked over at Leah and saw way too many similarities between them not to be a coincidence.

A blond man, who looked to be youthful yet older than anyone else here walked up to me and extended his hand to me.

"You may not remember me but my name is Dr. Carlisle Cullen," said the man

I shook his hand; he seemed to be friendly. It was a relief that I finally met someone who didn't pose an instinctual threat to me.

"It's nice to meet Carlisle, my name is Jeremiah Rueben but I'm thinking that you already knew that didn't you," I told

"Yes I did, but it was quite nice of you to do that. I see that your sense of honor didn't go away when you lost your memories," he said to me

I chuckles

"I'll take your word for that," I told him

"Umm Jeremiah was just telling us what really happened to him," Sue told him

Everyone sat down like they were waiting for me to tell them all a bedtime story, I just sighed better to get it over with.

"What happened?" asked a woman that stood by Carlisle

"Well apparently I was told that I was visiting my human family in Los Angeles and that is where they found and kidnapped me," I told them

"Who is they?" asked Carlisle

"Well their names are Sulpicia and Athenodora," I answered

"The brides," said another woman, but she was much smaller probably the smallest one in the group of those looking at me

"Excused me?" I asked

"We call them the brides because of the fact that they were married to the rulers of a place called Volterra," said Carlisle

"Yes that is where I was staying," I told him

"How could they take you out dude you're the man?" asked the big one

"Well I was told that they had scientist create a drug that could subdue those of our kind that's how I was taken then I'm guessing they took me to Volterra where those same scientist gave me another which eventually resulted in me losing all of memories. The woman Sulpicia fed me a bunch lies about how Leah was the one who did this to me and how your family was my mortal enemies who had killed many of those that I supposedly cared about. She also told me that she was my wife and that I was ruler of those people," I told them

"Did you sleep with her?" asked Leah

I didn't know how to answer that cause honestly really threw me off, why did she care whether or not I slept with Sulpicia but then I instantly remembered that she was supposedly the mother of my child and the woman that I loved. It wasn't a hard question to answer but I really didn't feel like answering it yet I knew that I should be open about my time there so that there are no lingering questions.

"I am going to be honest I did kiss the woman but I never slept with her, lord knows that she tired but the truth is that it just never felt right. She is very physically beautiful but I came to realize over time that her beauty is just mask for what she really is, a monster who abused the power she was given and the pain she inflicted on others," I told her

The expression on her face was hard to read truth be told it look like a mixture of pain and relief with some happiness thrown in.

"How did you escape?" asked Carlisle

"I just walked away," I answered

"How did you do that?" asked the woman next to Carlisle, I'm sure that they are mates by the fact that they were in a tight embrace but in what capacity I didn't know

"Because I used her lies against her; I made sure that all of the power, and resources she once had were taken away from her," I told the woman

"But how do you know that she won't come back and try to get back everything that you took away. I mean you are here and you wouldn't be able to keep tabs on what's going on over there?" asked a brunette who was standing next to a blond man who had short hair

"Well I left the city in good hands," I told her

They all looked at me with confusion on their faces

So I finished my train of thought

"Are I should tell you that it was Athenodora who told me the truth about everything and that she was regretful about everything that she helped to do. I forgave her and that's the end of that. Anyways during my time there Sulpicia had a group of newborns created so that I could lead them into battle against you. They all had military backgrounds so it was easier for me to train them into a well-oiled group. They only took orders from me, they listened no one else not even Sulpicia; anyways we came to this town and executed a recon mission to test your defenses. That is the night that I saw Leah and she told me that I was the love of her life," I said as I sat down on the arm of the couch looking at Leah who was smiling at me.

"What happened next?" asked Sue

"Well after I talked to Leah I ran away because I was so in shock of what happened. On the plane ride home I began to have flashes of blurred figures. Of a man holding a child, of a man and a woman walking through the forest and of a large group of people talking and having fun. Anyways the captain in my regiment, a man by the name of Nathaniel asked me if I was okay, see during my time there himself and I became close friends who depended on each other for guidance. I told him about the visions I was having and he told me that I would be okay and that I should talk to Sulpicia about everything that I had been experiencing. Once we got home, I'm sorry I mean Volterra I questioned her about it, obviously she denied it completely and passed it off as if Leah was only trying to lull me into a lie so that I wouldn't kill her. That is when Athenodora told me the truth about everything and that if anyone should be punished that it should be her because she let Sulpicia do all of this and not once did she try to stop her," I told them

"Good, I hope that she feels guilty as hell and I hope that she got her head knocked off," said a blond woman that was standing next to the big one

"I appreciate the words but I couldn't do it, yes I was angry and yes I felt the urge to do it but Nathaniel talked me down and told me that if I did actually killed her that I would ultimately become her, also Sulpicia said a lot of words about how she couldn't believe that it was me who killed a guy named Aro and how I had so much potential but I weak-mined and cared too much about the citizens of the city," I told them

"Wait didn't the guy know what was going on, what if he was in on it and he was trying to save her life by telling you all of these words," said the brunette

"No, they didn't know. Only Sulpicia, Athenodora, a woman named Heidi and the few reminding members of the guard. The newborn army that was created was completely oblivious to what was really going on," I told then

"How do you know?" asked the blond woman

"Because I know my men and I know how honorable they really are and I would sacrifice my life for anyone of them and I know that they would do the same without question," I said defensively. I know that she was only trying to play devil's advocate but these were my men and I would not let anyone trash their honor

"Okay what happened next?" asked Carlisle

"Well I had two of my men take her away then I had the accountants take everything away from her and that same money that was in her personal accounts was given to the citizens of the city. Then I had some of the money that they had and it went to rebuilding and upgrading the city," I told him

"What about Athenodora?" asked the small one.

"Well it turns out that she fell in love with Nathaniel, my captain and he fell in love with her all the sae and I knew that they were the perfect ones that I should leave the city with," I told them

"But what if they do the same things that the Volturi has been doing for years?" asked the brunette

"Well they won't because I know what kind of people there are but they also know that if they do fall out of line and go against the wishes of the people that I will go back there and remove them from power," I told them

I knew that there was a sense of finality to my words; it was something that I knew that I had to convey.

"Are you afraid that Sulpicia might return to try and get her revenge?" asked a blond male whose hair was short and curly

"Honestly that is a concern I highly doubt that Heidi and the few remaining guard members are going to listen to my soldiers and it seems as though they are quite loyal to her so there is always the possibility that they may leave Volterra and they may all coming here looking to pay us back for what I have done to them. But if or when that time comes I'll be ready," I told him

I sat back down on the couch and let them all think about what I just told them

"So you don't remember a damn thing about us?" asked the big one

"Nah man not a damn thing just flashes of something that could be real or it could illusions of my mind. That's kind of why I came here, I came here to find out whether or not those visions were real and if what I was told was the truth," I said as I looked over at Leah. She smiled at me

"Alright well its been a long day and I think that we should leave it at that so that we don't overwhelm Jeremiah," said Carlisle

I nodded I mean its not like I could get tired but I appreciated the concern

I shaked each one of their hands and they all left. After a while the young boy went into his room, so it was just the right of us again. I got up and the both of them looked at me; this wasn't my home so I shouldn't expect them to just let me stay there.

"You know you could just stay here," said Sue

I turned back at her and looked at her with such confusion; did she really just read my mind

"I have known you for a long time Jeremiah so that means that I know that you are way too selfless and would immediately think that you should leave because this isn't your home," Sue told me

"Okay," is all I could muster.

She smiled at me and left but not before placing a hand on Leah's shoulder, something was there because I saw Leah smile but for the life of me I didn't know what it was.

After I heard the door close, I saw that Leah patted the spot on the couch next to her, I sighed and I went over and took that spot.

She looked down at her feet, it was obvious that she was just as nervous as I was; then she did something that I didn't expect, she place her hand over mine. I looked up at her and saw the same look in her eyes that I always from Sulpicia but this was different because I think it was genuine and not forced.

"Leah," I started to say but she put a finger on my lips

"Please, if I don't get this out then I will never let be able to do this," she told me

I nodded letting her say what she wanted to say

"Look I know this a lot for you to take in and that I might slip up and push things too far and I'm sorry for that. The truth is when I look in your eyes it is hard for me not to think about all the memories that we have together and truly how much I love you. I know I need to have patience with all of this, the only thing that I am thinking about is jumping your bones but I'm not going to," she said to me

I grinned at; well at least she was honest about it I thought to myself

"But you need to have some patience as well; you have to know that you have touched a lot of lives and they will all look at you and remember who you were and it may be frustrating for you but you have to understand that they mean well by it and they are not trying to hurt you or pressure you," she finished

I nodded

"Thank you for being honest and thank you for not pushing me to be someone that I don't know that I can be," I said to her

"Okay, I'm just going to put this out there. Would you like to truly meet your son?" she asked

I thought about it for a minute and I knew that this would happen eventually and I might as well do this here and now just to get it out of the way. Not that I thought that my child is a burden or something that I should get out of the way but it would linger over me and I didn't want to think that I was somehow abandoning my child.

I nodded and we got up; as we walked down the hall I saw that she tired to hold my hand but as soon as she saw what she was doing she quickly pulled it away. I thought about what she just told me, it must have been an instinctual thing for her and I couldn't be angry with her for something that she did out of habit.

We went into the room and I saw that the light was off; not that it mattered much; I knew that I could see perfectly in this room and all of the research that I did on her kind told me that she also had superhuman eyesight and could see as well as I can. We walked over to the crib and saw that the child was sleeping peacefully. It was strange again to see this child again; who had half of my DNA, half of my chromosomes and yet this child felt so foreign to me. Like he was a stranger to me, I looked over at Leah and saw this hopeful look in her eyes, I guess she thought that me seeing this child would bring back all of my memories.

"Would you like to hold him?" she asked me

I nodded; I wanted to hold him to see if he really was my child

She picked him up and handed him over to me, she made sure that my forearm was supporting the child's head.

"What's his name?" I asked, I felt like such a jerk for asking what my child's name was but I couldn't remember which made me feel even worse.

"His name is Cristobal Harry Rueben," she answered

"Cristobal?" I asked

"Well that was the name of your father, and Harry was the name of my father," she replied

"Was?" I asked

"Well your father died when you were really young, you were 5 when he passed. And my father passed away a few years ago," she told me

"Oh I am so sorry to hear that, I am sorry that you lost your father," I told her. I really was sorry; I mean no child should lose a parent at a young age.

"It's quite alright, I have come to terms with his passing. It was really because of you, because of the pain that we shared I was able to get pass everything and finally be happy with my life," she said

"Oh," I responded

She smiled at me but I knew that she wanted to say more, that she was holding back a lot and I knew that it was my doing that caused this. Me being unable to love this woman like I use to was actually hurting her and me being unable to remember my own child was taking away the happiness that any father should have when holding their child. But I knew that for at least this moment I needed to push away all of my regrets and live in the present.

I paced around the room a bit taking in my surroundings; it was a pretty plain looking room. The only things here were the bed and the child's crib

"This sorry is so empty," I said more to myself than to her

"Well this isn't our home; the three of us actually live in a house that is in between this place and the Cullens' mansion," she told me

"Well then why are you and Chris living here?" I asked

"When you were taken away from us, I couldn't bear staying there. I would have been constantly reminded of you and because of our son I knew that I needed to stay strong and I couldn't break that I needed to stay away from there; I would have gone to the cabin but the same thing would have happened, oh that's right you don't remember umm there is a cabin in the middle of the forest that is owned by the Cullens. We lived there for a while before we moved into our house. Then I moved back into this house with my mom and my brother Seth. The only thing that I brought with us was the crib that the Cullens gave us and clothes obviously," she told me

"Oh, do we still own the house?" I asked

"Yes we still own, well I mean you own it. Umm believe it or not but you are a really rich guy; I'm taking like you are worth almost a billion dollar," she said

"Oh damn, well that's something," I told her

A billion dollar, damn that's a lot of money

"Well anyways the woman with Carlisle is his wife Esme and the smallish one is named Alice; they have been taking care of the house for us. Making sure that it doesn't break down and that it is not considered abandoned so that squatters don't take the place over. They almost use the house as a way to try out new things, they love to do fashion stuff. Would you like to see it?" she asked

"Yeah that would be cool, could we do it tomorrow?" I asked

"Sure," she answered

I smiled at her

I put the child down back into the crib and I look over at Leah

"Can we take a walk?" I asked

"Of course, we'll walk in the forest," she told me

She went outside of the room, my guess was to tell her mother that we were leaving for a bit. She came back into the room and motioned me to follow her. I looked down at my son and then I walked outside of the door and closed the door behind me.

As we walked through the forest I could see what would make someone want to leave here. It was so beautiful, maybe that is why I came here in the first place; but that was a conversation for another day. I was trying to take in all that I was told today and I didn't want to push it. Answers would come in time and time was the one thing that I was assured of.

"Well what did you want to talk about?" she asked me as she came to a stop. My guess was that this was the middle of the forest I stopped and look around before resting my eyes on her. God this woman is beautiful I thought to myself.

"Us," I told her

She looked at me with such confusion

"I want to tell you that I will remember you, I remember how much in love with you I was. I promise you this; I will get those feelings back even if it takes me a million years. The truth is that the woman I was staying with, Sulpicia always looked at me like she wanted to fuck the shit out of me," I said

She started laughing; she had such a beautiful laugh. The sound was indescribable, it didn't sound like anything I had ever heard.

"But that's not the way you look at me, well I've seen a few glances that obviously gave away what you were thinking. But the majority of the time you look at me with such love and I know that it didn't happen over night and that I must have loved you and Chris the same way," I told her

"Thank you," she whispered then I saw a slow tear fall down her face. I reached over and wiped it away, and then I felt my hand cup her cheek. She kissed it and I felt her melt into my hand. A sense of happiness came over me, I didn't know what it meant or if it was reminder of what we once had.

Then I did something that I knew that I shouldn't have but I couldn't stop myself from doing. I leaned in and laid a soft kiss on her lips, her lips tasted so good. Our kissed began to deepen and I felt her arms around my body. It was like fire to me; angry and all consuming. The lack of need to breathe helped me at this moment because I really didn't want to let go of her. After a long while of this, she removed her lips from mine and I felt her head on my chest. She was breathing heavily,

"That was wow," I heard her say

"Yeah I know," I told her

"Look I don't want to add any pressure on you but that was incredible," she told me

"It doesn't, I'll be fine," I told her

"I'm not expecting anything but I just wanted you to feel what I feel for you," she told me

"I'm glad that you did, now I know where you stand," I told her

"Do you want to walk back?" she asked

I nodded

As we walked about she started to tell me about myself; who I was, where I came from, who my family was and what I did in my life. These are all things that I had heard before, Athenodora and Sulpicia told me all of these fact about my life during the time I spent in Volterra but to see the way that Leah explained it to me, it made it much more real to me; like I was finally understanding where I truly came from. They didn't know me or experience any of the moments of my life, which is maybe why they had a hard time explaining those moments. But Leah did so it made much more sense that she would be the one to tell me all of these things. As we entered the house I was much more sure of my place that it didn't feel as strange as it did the first time I walked through the door. She walked in front of me and went over to a closet in the hall and pulled out a few things; a couple of pillows and a large blanket. She walked back to the living room and placed them on the largest couch in the living room. She walked back to me and wrapped an arm around mine.

"Walk me to my room," she told me

I nodded and I couldn't fight the smile that was growing on my face.

It only took us a few steps that get to the room that she and my son shared; the door was slightly opened and then I saw Sue walk through the door to her room. It was hard not to see the huge smile on her face.

I turned my attention back to Leah who was smiling at me, so I smiled back.

"Goodnight Jerry," she told me

I was so confused by the name

"Jerry?" I asked

"Well I and your mother are the only two people that you allow to you that; in return you get to call me Lele," she answered

"Oh, well goodnight Lele. Sleep tight, I hope the bed bugs don't bite," I told her as I leaned down and planted a kiss on her cheek.

She smiled and went into her room and closed the door behind her

I went into the living room and I took my shoes and jacket off and then I laid down on the couch. Obviously I knew that I wasn't going to sleep but I still thought that it was a nice gesture on her part. I laid there for a while, thinking about everything that happened that day. It was a good day I thought to myself. Then I heard the door open, I didn't lift my head up because I knew that someone probably needed to get something and it had nothing to do with me. Boy how wrong I was, I heard Leah cough. I looked up and saw that she was in a very thin nightgown. I was thinking about some very naughty thoughts at the moment, I saw her blush at me, I'm guessing that she could tell what I was thinking by the look on my face. She walked around the couch on, as she did that I lifted my body up but she pushed me back down. She swung her leg over my stomach, I repositioned my body so that her leg wouldn't get hurt but I was still confused by what she was doing. She then sat on my thighs; her nightgown was so small that when she did this I could see her panties. She laid her body down on mine, then I felt her plants a few kisses on my neck. I couldn't help but groan. It felt really good, I didn't know where to leave my hands should go so I just left them on her hips.

"Do you want me to stop?" she asked in between kisses

"No," I breathed out

I could fell the smile on her lips as she kissed my neck. She then began to unbutton my shirt and I felt her lips on my chest, she then began to grind her hips into me. I could feel my erection grow, I heard her chuckle it was obvious that she noticed it, it was hard not to.

"Oh really," I said

I used my speed and my strength to flip her over, so that our positions were switched and now I was on top of her. I began kissing any exposed area of her body, I didn't know what I was doing I just went on instinct and desire. I heard moan a number of times.

"Please," she begged into my ears

I knew what she wanted to do

"What about your mom? What about your brother? What are about our child?" I asked

"Mom and Seth are deep sleepers and the door is open so if Chris needed us we would hear him. I miss your touch so much that I need you to be in me," she whispered into my ears

I felt her unbutton my pants and unzip my zipper; I couldn't stop her, hell I didn't want to stop her. It wasn't long before she held my dick in her hand. She looked at me with such a pleading look. I nodded and the next thing I knew I was in her, I moaned so roughly that I was afraid that I would wake up the entire house. But I didn't hear a thing expect for moan that was coming from Leah, but she did a good job of muffling it. I went in and out of her slowly, I knew that if I went any harder I knew that we would have been screwed. This went on for a long while we both moaned a lot it was hard not to she felt so good, eventually she came first; I felt her finger dig into my back as she rode out her orgasm. I followed her a few minutes later as soon as I came down from my euphoria I looked into her eyes and I could see that she was glowing. I turned her around again and I laid her on my body as I zipped my pants back up and wrapped the blanket over us. Thank God she remembered to bring it I thought to myself.

"I love you," she whispered but before I could say anything I heard so snoring softly. I just laid there thinking about what just happened. I knew that it was probably a big thing that we just did but I really didn't care. Because I knew that this girl, this woman was truly in love with me and it didn't matter how long it would take me I knew that I would get those feelings back.