Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. She messed up the story when she made Jake imprint on Nessie. Fortunately for us there's always the world of fanfictions.

Disclaimer(2): The expression "mini-alpha" belongs to Anne Sullivan.

Author/Note: This is a Leah/Jacob story with all the normal pairings and the events in Breaking Dawn never happened, because just like my cousin said, Breaking Dawn shouldn't even be considered a book.

Translation to English of O Nosso Amanhecer 2. This version was subjected to a few changes from the original in Portuguese.

This translation was a request by FantasyLover74.

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

37. Homecoming

Under my mother's strict orders I went to my bedroom to have some rest. The sun was leaving the horizon and I started to unpack and make myself comfortable. I missed my bedroom. I changed clothes and I lay down on my bed comfortably. Things would become pretty shitty after tomorrow.

Before coming home we had been talking to Old Quil and there were still loose ends in this story. Old Quil was shocked at first but he ended up saying that since I was the first female wolf in History, rules didn't apply to me. I was indeed frozen like the boys. I wouldn't age and I was probably capable of phasing even though it could harm the baby, but I wasn't exactly like them.

All the theories about my infertility had gone down the drain and Old Quil was even starting to doubt the concept of imprinting. The bond was real and it did happen with some of my pack brothers but its meaning was now not that clear. The Council had thought that the bond was about finding the best partner to bare a stronger generation of wolves, but if that was the case why hadn't Jacob imprinted yet? He was, after all, the rightful alpha. Why had all the others imprinted before him?

My mother was truly unsatisfied with the lack of answers and with Old Quil's reaction to what she considered to be the main problem: Jacob's insistence in staying by my side. She wanted him to keep his distance from me and the baby because she was sure that he would imprint and leave me like Sam did. She didn't care if I was ok with it, she just wanted someone to agree with her and let her have her way.

So when Old Quil said that maybe Jacob would never imprint since Ephraim never did either, and mentioned that if we had feelings for each other we should stay together, my mother almost flipped.

She started off by forbidding Jacob to go anywhere near our place and she announced she was going to move back in with Seth and I until my baby was born. She was overreacting and in the end all of her efforts were completely useless.

I was lying for almost about an hour when I heard him climbing his way up to my bedroom. He got inside quickly and without a noise. Jacob knew I wasn't asleep so he adjusted himself in my bed, holding me from behind and placing his large hands around my belly.

"I'm sorry about my mother." I said.

"She's being a pain in the ass, but she'll come around. Sue is like Seth, anger never stays too long."

I didn't know if that was true but I didn't say anything. I did inherit my stubbornness from her. We stayed there in silence for a while. My mother was in Forks collecting a few things to come home and Seth was in the living room. But maybe Jacob was right because Seth knew that Jacob was ib my bedroom and he didn't come to bother us.

"Tell me what you're thinking." I asked Jacob.

"I'm thinking about you."

"No…really…We've been so worried and busy explaining the truth to everyone that we hadn't talked properly about this."

"What do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know…" I confessed.

"Everything is going to be fine. We'll make it work."

"Let's forget that we're wolves and imagine that we just started dating for…six months...and all of the sudden I tell you I'm pregnant. What would you do?"

"I don't know…I guess I would ask if you were sure…"

"Yes, but how would you feel about it? I mean none of us was expecting things to turn out this way. We're too young to be parents and we don't have any means to raise a baby."

"I'm going to find a job, if that's what you're worried about."

"I'm not worried about that…I'm worried about you…"

"Look Leah, I can't tell you how I feel right now. It's hard to describe." He said and I turned around to face him.

"You're not sure about this, are you?"

"About what?"

"About staying with me and the baby. I'm forcing you to do something you don't want to."

"No. That's not it." He assured.

"Yes, it is. You feel trapped."

"I confess that I wasn't expecting to be a father so young and I'm not quite sure how this is going to turn out. I don't want to disappoint you or the baby. But I don't feel trapped and I'm pretty sure I'm right where I want to be."

"Really? Because I'm sure you'd rather be eating something nice than staying here with my fat ass all night."

"Well, yeah…I did stop by your kitchen first but your fridge is rather empty. You need to go shopping."

Jacob kissed my cheek and pulled me closer.

"We didn't plan this." Jacob said after kissing me. "My life is going to change and I'm aware of that…it's going to be hard to raise a child being only eighteen…I'm pretty sure I'm not even qualified to be a father, but I'm glad to know that Harry is mine because my feelings for you didn't change. You're a bit heavier than before but it's fine by me."

"I'm not heavier…I'm pregnant." I poked him in the chest.

"Sure, sure…anyways…What I feel for you is real and if you're ready to become a mother than I'm ready to be a father."

"Are you hitting on me, Black?" I asked playfully.

"I don't know…Am I allowed to do it while you're pregnant?"

"I guess…"

He didn't need an invitation to run his fingers through my hair and kiss me passionately. The temperature suddenly rose in my bedroom and my heart started beating erratically while he held me as close as possible. Then, suddenly, I felt a strong kick.

"Was that the baby?" Jacob asked pulling away slowly.

"You bet."

Jacob put his hands on my belly to feel the baby's kicks better.

"He's going to be a fighter." Jacob said proudly.

"He will." I smiled and rested my head on his chest, putting my hand above his heart. We lay quietly in my bed. I was almost drifting off to sleep when he spoke in my ear.

"If the guys knew how sweet you are when you're snuggling and cuddling…"

"If you breathe a word about it, I'll kill you." I managed to say before closing my eyes completely.

"That's my girl." I heard him say.

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When I woke up in the next morning I was alone but the smell of pine and rain still lingered in my room and his spot on the bed was still warm. He hadn't left me too long ago. I dressed properly and when I went to the kitchen, Seth and my mother were already there.

"Do I have to put bars on your window?" My mother asked crossing her arms.

"Good morning to you too." I said sarcastically.

"Don't try to act innocently. He was here all night when I told him not to come." She was fuming.

"Jacob won't stop coming here just because you ordered him not to."

"Leah is right mum." Seth said.

"God help us if that baby is as stubborn as you two."

My mother fixed us breakfast and then she sat down next to me, taking small zips of coffee from her cup. I knew she was going to say something.

"Leah…I'm going to talk to Billy." She announced looking at me carefully.

"Why?"

"As much as I try to deny it, your baby is a Black and Billy is his grandfather. I'm going to talk to him about Jacob's paternity rights."

"Mum, you don't have to go there. Jacob and I can solve this together."

"Right…" She said with a hint of irony.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Look at you, Leah…You're twenty two years old, you don't have a job and you have no plans defined for your baby's future. Jacob is even worse. Not only he's younger than you, he just finished High School, he has no sense of responsibility whatsoever and no money either. You need more than love to raise this baby."

"And I presume you have a plan…"

"Yes. If Billy accepts it, we'll be able to raise the baby and no one will get upset. If things were different I would love to welcome Jacob and Billy in our family…God knows I love Jake as my own son but this will never work out."

"Why can't you accept Jacob?"

"I do believe that he's a nice kid. You two grew up together. After turning into wolves, you became closer and the way you two were hurt by the people you love…"

"Loved." I stated, cutting her off. "I don't care about Sam anymore. I've moved on and Jacob too."

"That's what you want to believe. But it's alright…with time, you'll understand. I would accept Jacob if he wasn't a potential disaster in your life. He's a nice boy but he will imprint and I don't want you and the baby to hurt."

We heard a car pulling over.

"Charlie's here. He's going to Billy's place with me. I'll see you at lunch. Seth, stay with your sister." My mother added.

"So you're my babysitter now?" I asked my brother when our mother left.

Seth frowned and finished his breakfast quickly.

"Leah…help me to understand." He said in a whisper. I guess I should be expecting this from my brother. He hated to mistreat someone and the way he had been treating Jacob lately was very unlike him. Jacob had been his hero all of his life, plus he was his alpha.

"What do you want to know?"

"I want to understand why this happened."

"What to you mean?" Was he talking about my pregnancy? I wasn't going to tell him the story about how babies are conceived. No way in hell.

"You never liked Jacob. You were always arguing…you were constantly mocking him because he loved Bella. There was a time I was even afraid that you two would kill each other and now all of the sudden you're having his baby and telling me you're in love with him."

"We don't chose who we love."

"But after all you went through with Sam…Why Jake?"

"Hell if I know Seth. I tried to rationalise this too and I couldn't find an answer."

"Why don't you try to forget about him?"

"It won't work. I tried that already…Don't think that it was easy for me to admit that I was falling for him. At first I thought I was imagining things and I really tried to deny it."

"I'm scared for you Leah. You've been through so much already and I wasn't that much of a help…"

"Yes, you were. You were always there for me."

Seth held my hand and gave me a small smile. It was the first time he was smiling after finding me in the Cullen's mansion. That made me realise how I had missed my happy and innocent baby brother.

"So you want me to forgive Jake?" He asked timidly.

"There's nothing to forgive. What happened between me and Jacob was real. I fell in love with him and he fell in love with me…I think…I hope…"

"What if he hurts you?"

"If our relationship doesn't work out or if he imprints, I'll let you kick his ass. But until then you need to accept that we're together."

"It's a deal." Seth said hugging me. I knew he wouldn't be able to stay angry at Jacob for that long.

In that moment we heard someone walking through the living room's window. A few seconds later a half naked Jacob joined us in the kitchen.

"So we're good now?" Jacob asked Seth. He had probably been listening to our conversation.

"We have a door." My brother said. "Next time, use it…And yes…I'm going to accept that you're with my sister but I'll kick your ass if you hurt her."

"Sure, sure." Jacob smiled watching Seth going to the living room to watch TV.

"You have to be patient with him." I told Jacob.

"It's cool. At least this time he didn't try to kill me. I call that a progress."

"I guess it is."

"So…what's for breakfast?" He smirked.

"Don't push it, Jake." My brother yelled from the living room. "If you want to eat, go to your place."

"I can't, your mother is there." Jacob yelled back.

"How much of our conversation did you hear?" I asked, serving him a bowl with cereal.

"Humm…I don't know…I only paid attention to the parts when you said you loved me." He grinned.

Jacob had started to eat his second bowl with cereal when Seth walked in with a serious face.

"We have company." He stated.

Jacob muttered a "fuck" and left immediately after my brother. I could smell them now. A few minutes later my house was being "invaded" with our former pack, plus Quil and Embry. Paul was leading them and Sam was the only one absent, which was actually a good thing.

"Holy crap." Embry said when Seth opened the door.

"Sweet mother of Jesus…" Quil stated.

"I can't believe you were telling the truth." Jared complained reaching for his pocket and giving a few dollars to Paul. Brady and Collin did the same.

"You told them?" Jacob asked shaking slightly.

"Asshole." Seth spat.

"Hey…Come on…People will know eventually, besides…Leah looks like a fucking whale, it will be hard for her to keep a low profile." Paul said with a self-satisfied expression. "And I saved the best for last."

Everyone was staring at me with a strange look. I wasn't embarrassed but I wasn't amused either. Paul had no right to mess with my life.

"Get out of my house." I snarled at him.

"You look sexy…even with that big round belly, you know?" Paul mocked. "So, who wants to know who knocked Leah up?"

Jacob growled fiercely and everyone looked at him.

"Don't go all territorial on us man." Paul smirked. "It's not like you'll be able to hide it anyway."

I was glad the pups weren't there, because this time heads would roll.

"What the fuck?" Quil said looking from me to Jacob. "You and her? Are you suicidal?"

"Dam…man…I knew this would happen." Brady said.

"What are you talking about?" Embry questioned.

"Come on…don't tell me I was the only who noticed the way Jake looked at Leah…" Brady pointed out and Jacob blushed, which was kind of sweet but didn't help the situation.

"Fine. All mighty alpha, Jacob Black got me pregnant. There. Are you happy now, asshole?" I shot at Paul.

The silence filled the room until a loud growl erupted. Everyone turned around to see Sam standing at my doorstep with fire burning in his eyes.

Jacob put himself in front of me while Seth, Embry and Quil surrounded Jacob. Brady, Collin, Jared and Paul were waiting for Sam to move.

He stood there for a couple of seconds shaking in anger. His eyes never left Jacob's.

"Is it true Lee-Lee?" Sam asked almost in a whisper.

"Don't call me that." I warned. "You have no right to call me that."

Jacob kept growling.

"You're having a baby?" Sam insisted.

"Yes." I said.

"You're having his baby?" He pointed to Jacob.

"Sam…you better go home. Emily…"

"Shut up, Jared." Sam said harshly. "I need to talk to Lee-Lee."

"You need to leave now." Seth warned.

"You seriously think this…kid can make you happy?"

"I'm not a fucking kid!" Jacob snarled.

"Can't you see how wrong this is? This is a mistake! He's a non-imprinted wolf! He'll leave you…"

"I'm not you!" Jacob yelled.

Quil and Embry had to restrain him.

"You don't love him, do you? You're just doing this to hurt me and Emily." Sam said.

"You need to let me go, Sam." I stated. "I don't love you anymore. I love Jacob."

"No, you don't! You can't! He's going to hurt you…more than I did."

"That's my problem, not yours."

"He'll break every promise he made, he'll break your heart. He's not man enough for you."

"At least he didn't give up on me."

"Yet."

"I'm not going to leave Leah and our son." Jacob stated glaring at Sam.

"Do you really think your love will be enough when you imprint on other girl?" Sam provoked. "Do you really think you can fight the pull?"

"Yes."

"You won't, Jacob."

"I'm in love with her and there's nothing you can do or say to change it."

"Leah will never love you like she loved me. I was her first boyfriend…"

"And you left her for your imprint!" Jacob yelled again. "Now she's going to have my baby and we're going to be happy."

"You're an idiot. You used Leah as a rebound, you still love Bella. You just moved on to Leah because you can't stand to lose…"

"You're the one who can't stand to lose. But you lost Leah a long time ago. You didn't fight for her and now she's with me. Suck it up Sam."

Jacob's words infuriated Sam and he lunged at us. Jared, Paul, Brady and Collin managed to stop him and dragged him outside.

"Lee-Lee…you're making a mistake. That baby should be mine…I know you still love me…"

Seth, Embry and Quil didn't even see when Jacob left my living room running straight to Sam. He knocked out Collin and Jared on his way and hit Sam right in the face.

Paul and Brady released Sam and he immediately phased. Jacob did the same and they kept fighting in their wolf forms.

"We have to take them to the forest. People can see them." Embry announced.

"Stay here Leah." Seth said and left following Quil and Embry who were now helping Jared and Collin to get up. They all phased and joined Paul and Brady who were already trying to lead Jacob and Sam into the woods.

I could hear them howling and the sound of the trees crushing while they were fighting violently. I couldn't believe Sam was still trying to claim me. I couldn't believe Jacob had actually fallen for Sam's stupid words.

I was going to have a very serious conversation with them once that stupid fight was over. I had to make Sam realise that whatever there was in the past between us, was over. From the moment he had married my cousin I had worked hard to forget about him and I had succeeded. To me he was just an ex-boyfriend.

I was a bit worried about Jacob but I knew he was strong enough to kick Sam's ass. Yet I felt suddenly weak. I sat down on the couch and my lower stomach started to hurt. I started breathing slowly in and out but the pain increased rapidly and I couldn't move. I had no idea what was going on.

"What are you doing here alone? Where are Paul and the others?" Rachel's voice sounded like a bell in my ears. "I can't believe you lied to me about not being able to have kids and now you ruined my brother's life…" Rachel paused when she realised I wasn't replying. "Are you alright?"

I couldn't answer. I felt my belly aching more and more and I had seemed to have lost my ability to talk.

"Leah? Are you hearing me?"

I felt Rachel's hand on my arm and I looked at her trying to breathe calmly but the pain didn't let me. The panic was now taking over me and I managed to grab Rachel's hand preventing her from leaving.

"I'm going to call someone to help." She said.

"Carlisle…" I whispered inhaling deeply to ease the pain.

"Ok…I'm calling Carlisle."

Rachel took the phone and called the Cullens. I kept holding my stomach while Rachel kept telling me everything was going to be alright. Carlisle was on his way to La Push.

"He said it's probably just a cramp…Damn it where are the others? Maybe you need to go to the Hospital…"

I couldn't go to the Hospital because the doctors would freak out and discover that I wasn't normal.

"It hurts too much." I managed to say. "I think I'm losing my baby…"

I tried hard not to cry but I could feel the tears threatening to fall down.

"Take it easy, Leah."

"It's…getting worse."

I started to scream in pain and Rachel offered me her hand to hold. I pushed her away because I knew I would end up breaking it. I had no idea how much time passed since the pain had started, all I wanted was to see Carlisle, so he could help me.

"Leah…" I heard Rachel's altered voice.

"What?"

"You're bleeding…"

In horror I watched the floor of my living room and a red pool of blood was surrounding my feet. I looked at Rachel's brown eyes which reminded me of Jacob's and then I felt my body slowly shutting down.

A/Note (2): I've been trying to post this since last night (14 hours ago). I don't know why but there was definitely a problem with the servers and I wasn't able to submit the document. So really it wasn't my fault. Sorry for the delay...

Karisan