Thank you my wonderful reviewers and to those who have put this story on your alerts and favorites! You all truly make me smile when I see the comments you make each chapter. So here is chapter 28, I did not even realize this story is almost 30 chapters now. Love you all!!!

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My mother was on the couch biting her nails and her legs were shaking. Jacob was pacing back and forth with his hand on his head. I grabbed my cell phone from my bag and dialed Emily's cell phone number. The phone rang five times and went straight to voicemail. I knew she heard her phone ring and chose to push ignore. I waited until the answering machine picked up and left a message.

" Hey Emily this is Leah. I heard that you went missing, but now we all know who you left with. I don't know what is going on, but you need to call home. Call when you get this message, bye." I pushed the end button and slumped back on the couch.

" If she is with her dad then we know she won't be back," my mother said hopelessly. I put a hand on her knee.

" We don't know that. If she needs someone to go and get her well you know someone will." I hated the way Emily betrayed me, but there was no way in hell I would let her stay up there with her abusive father. I remember times when my dad went up to the Makah reservation and had fights with her dad. Emily's mother was my dad's cousin and my dad never liked Emily's father. He was always a little off to the rest of the family. Her mother continued to stay with after the constant hospital trips and threats. He did hit Emily a few times, but I was the only one who knew that. We made a pinky promise that I would not tell a soul.

" So what is up with her dad anyway," Jacob asked.

" Um he is not the best person for her to be around," my mother replied. " He is abusive towards her mother and is not a nice guy at all.

" Has he hit her before," Jacob asked with a frown on his face.

" Not that we know of," my mother stated. I swallowed a lump that had formed in my throat. I hated knowing something like this about someone and not being able to tell anyone. It was crucial that the rest of our family knew he was abusive towards Emily too. I got up and went to the restroom. I grabbed a towel, soaked it with cold water, and placed it on my forehead.

" You okay?" My mother's soft voice filled my ears. I slowly nodded my head and soaked the towel again. "Maybe you should rest some, you seem a little stressed Leah." She placed a hand on my shoulder.

" No I'm fine, just hot that's all," I replied putting the towel back on my face.

" Well I am going to go to the house. You call me if you need me okay? I need to make a few calls and see what the hell is going on," my mother said kissing my towel covered forehead.

" Bye mom," my voice was muffled by the towel.

" Bye sweetie." I heard her say goodbye to Jacob and the front door close.

" What are you doing," Jacob asked coming into the small bathroom.

" I'm hot and this stupid ass towel sucks," I said throwing the towel down.

" Maybe some ice would help, I can make you a ice bath," Jacob offered. As crazy as a ice bath sounded, I wouldn't mind laying in a pool of ice. My body was burning up and I'm sure me getting mad did not help.

" That sounds good," I said smiling slightly.

" Ok I was only kidding. Do you realize how much ice that would take," Jacob asked.

" No fair Jacob. Why would you offer that then?" I punched his arm and pushed past him. Being in a small, closed in space was not cooling me down either.

" Sorry it's funny to joke with you. Your faces are priceless." I stuck my lips out and made a fake sad face. " Awww I'm sorry pookey." Jacob covered my face in sloppy kisses.

" Eww Jake," I wiped my face. He laughed and pulled me into his chest.

" I don't know what I would do with you," he whispered into my hair. I held his waist tightly and let out a sigh.

" I know right," I said. " We should go talk to Old Quil about some stuff. I have some questions and I know you want to ask him stuff about the Cherokee pack."

" That sounds like a good idea. Let me take a shower first and then we can go," Jacob said going back into the small bathroom. I went to the bedroom to lay down for a little bit, I was exhausted.


" Come to visit me," Quil said as we walked into the small home.

" No we came to see your dad actually," I said.

" Well gosh I feel special. I think he is in his room I will get him," Quil said heading for the hallway.

" By the way hi Quil. Maybe that will make you feel better," Jacob joked. Quil made a face and continued down the hall.

" So do you want to talk first or me," I asked Jacob as I sat on the couch.

" You go first, ladies first. Plus my questions are a little more complicating," Jacob sat next to me and put a warm hand on my thigh.

" Well hello there Mr. and Mrs. Black," Old Quil joked. I playfully rolled my eyes and Jacob laughed. " What, you two aren't married yet? Quil told me about the baby, congrats on that."

" Thanks. Actually we came…I mean I came to ask you some questions about that," I said. Quil nodded at me telling me to continue. " Ok, well I was wondering how did I become pregnant? I thought I was infertile, so how did this happen?"

" Well to be honest Leah, we really do not know anything about the female shape-shifter. We just know that the males are able to impregnate a woman but as far as your pregnancy I'm not sure. We thought you were infertile, but that was just a guess. No one ever looked into it or researched it."

" But I don't have periods." Jacob flinched next to me, obviously uncomfortable.

Old Quil shrugged his shoulders. " Very interesting but we have no idea. I was a little curious myself when Quil told me the news. Maybe we can investigate it further, if you want to. If you think that this can cause any harm to you or the baby, we can investigate into it."

" What would you need to do in order to get some answers," Jacob asked, his face held a confused expression.

" Test, but the problem is we don't have anyone to do the test. Leah won't be able to go to any normal doctor. I don't like the idea of her going to the Cullens, but that is up to you two," Old Quil stated. My eyes wandered over to Jacob's, which were questioning me.

" Um I don't like that idea either," I replied looking back at Old Quil.

" Leah it's the only way you will have a safe pregnancy. You let him check you out once, what's the problem now," Jacob asked.

" I know but I… I just don't like the idea of test. My child is not some test rat."

" I will talk to her about this later. I have a few questions too," Jacob said leaning forward.

" Uh-" I started but Jacob squeezed my thigh and gave me a ' shut the hell up look'. " We definitely will be talking about this later." I glared at him as he turned his attention back to Old Quil.

" Anyway I came to ask you some more questions about the Cherokee pack. They are causing some problems here and now they have fled to Italy, at least that's where everyone thinks they are. Adahy, the one that imprinted on Nessie, is allowing his son to be a guard dog for the Volturi. He is fetching them humans to eat. I thought that shape-shifters were against that sort of thing."

" Well the Cherokee pack has different beliefs and rules. They barely have rules actually. When they came here back then, they were really wild, just running around with no morals. The funny thing is the Cherokee culture is very strict, but the pack is just not disciplined. They actually stand out from the other Cherokees that have visited La Push. I already told you that they killed a human, that's the reason they were kicked out," Old Quil explained.

" Adahy was trying to combine his pack with mine. He promised that they meant no harm and that were not like their ancestors. I knew I couldn't trust him."

" And you shouldn't. No telling what would happen if their pack was combined with ours again. Be very careful of what you do with them, they can't be trusted. Adahy's father was the last Alpha. He could manipulate people easily, Adahy seems to be a lot like his father."

" So how did Adahy leave Nessie behind? Imprints are very strong, how did he just leave at the drop of a hat like that," Jacob asked.

" Like I said, they are very different from our tribe. Imprinting does not have a strong pull on them. It's more like they have a choice, they can break an imprint easily. When they imprint on someone, they don't have the aching feeling when they aren't around them. Nessie is purely a girlfriend to Adahy, no strings attached."

" Wow they have it easy," I said thinking about the pain I went through because I wasn't around my imprint.

" I know right. Only thing is, they are not very good fighters. They aren't disciplined so it makes it hard to fight vampires or even us," Old Quil said. Me and Jacob smirked at each other and looked back at Old Quil.

" Ok I think that's it. Thank you Mr. Aterea, you really helped," Jacob said standing and shaking Old Quil's hand.

" Thank you," I said hugging Old Quil and stepping towards the door.

" Tell Quil Jr. I will catch him later. I think he is having Jacob withdrawal," Jacob said. Old Quil's laughter covered the small room.

"I surely will. You take care of her," he nodded his head toward me.

" You know I will," Jacob replied.

" That went well," I said getting into the Rabbit.

" Yep," Jacob got in and started the car. I could tell by his lack of words that he was mad about me not wanting to get test done by Leech Doc.

" So I'm going to assume you are upset. What's new," I shrugged my shoulders. We had been having arguments everyday since he didn't let me patrol. It was getting a little comical to me, he seemed to get mad quicker than me.

" I just think you are being really selfish. You have been being that way lately."

" Selfish? You've got to be kidding me. I am far from selfish. How am I'm selfish," I asked offended.

" First you want to harm our kid by patrolling. Now you won't even let Carlisle run test on you. What if there is something wrong Leah?"

I sat there speechless. I turned my head to look out the window, not even attempting to answer Jacob. One thing I had a problem with is admitting someone was right. I was being selfish, he was right. What kind of mother was I being?

" So now you aren't going to talk," Jacob asked glancing over at me.

" I'm tired of arguing with you," I said.

" Stop starting arguments then."

" So now I start all the arguments? You are really something Black," I rolled my eyes at him.

" Whatever Leah. You are the one that always has to have the last word. It never fails you never shut up," Jacob replied.

" No you never shut up. Look at you now. Ugh, you get on my nerves, sometime I really dislike you," I said. Jacob busted out laughing and almost lost control of the car.

" Wow I can't believe we are arguing about arguing. We sound like an old married couple," Jacob said still laughing.

A smile crept across my frowned face. " You make me sick. You always find a way to make me smile when I don't want to."

" Yep that's me," Jacob said putting his hand on my stomach. " But really think about it Leah. Think about the test."

" Ok," I said. I pushed the idea to the back of my mind. I really didn't want to be tested, it scared the hell out of me. The needles, drawing blood, and the chance of something happening bugged me. I just didn't tell Jacob about my fear.

" Thank you," he said smiling at me. I nodded and laid my hand on top of his.

When we got to his house Sam was pacing in the front yard.

" Oh shit this doesn't look good," Jacob said putting the car in park.

" What's going on," I asked getting out of the car.

" I can't get a hold of her. Have you talked to her? She won't answer my calls," Sam said still pacing.

" No, I called her and got her voicemail. Could you stop pacing it's making me dizzy," I said.

" Maybe you should stop looking at me then," Sam spat.

" You know what-" I started but I felt a warm hand on my shoulder.

" Yelling is not good for the baby, go inside," Jacob said pointing towards the house. I was going to protest but decided not to when I thought of the baby's health. I went inside the house and pulled back the curtain.

Jacob was close to Sam's face and it looked like they were arguing. Jacob's fist began to shake and Sam was throwing his hands up. Then Jacob had his hand on Sam's shoulder and Sam calmed down. He looked like he was about to break out in tears before Jacob gave him that manly hug that all men give to other men. What the hell was going on? Sam got into his car and left and Jacob came towards the house.

" You are nosy aren't you," Jacob said coming into the house.

" I just wanted to see what his damn problem was. What was all that about?"

" He is just upset about Emily, he is about to go nuts. The pull of the imprint is driving him crazy. I told him to just try to stay calm and keep calling her. Maybe we can go up there and see what's up," Jacob said sitting on the couch.

" I know how he feels. I still feel the pain everyday, hurts like hell. But he didn't have to lash out at me like that. He was about to catch my fist."

" I wonder if our kid will be as feisty as you," Jacob laughed and put his arm around me.

" Hmmm I hope so."

" I'm sure he or she will be pretty tough. Look at the parents," Jacob said getting up from the couch. " I will be back."

" Ok," I turned on the television and started flipping through channels. My cell phone rang from my pocket.

" Hello mom."

" Hey honey, have you heard from Emily," she asked.

" No not yet. I called but she didn't answer. I left a message for her to call."

" Ok, well call me if you hear anything. Love you."

" Love you too mom," I hung up the phone and got up. I opened the door to the bedroom, but stopped when I saw Jacob sitting on the bed. He was holding a picture of his dad and staring at it. He didn't even notice me in the doorway. If only I could bring Billy and my dad back.

Hopefully I answered some of your questions if you had any. I think it's funny how Leah and Jacob argue and then act lovey-dovey seconds later. I am actually kind of basing their relationship off of my cousin and her boyfriend's. They act just like this, except they are not shape-shifters of course. I just imagine Leah and Jacob this way. Thank you soooo much for the reviews, they push me to write. Thanks for reading, reviews are my heart!!!