i don't own twilight.
hey all i hope your all liking this story please let me know if you are by leaving comments and listen to the songs if you haven't heard them and tell me what you think of them and if they go with the chapter or not.
enjoy cheers :).
also please note that I do have dyslexia. I'm not ashamed of it because it is something I cannot control but I am self-conscious about it. so a lot of my words are miss pelt and many, many of the sentience's are a little back to front. I can't tell you the amount of time I've gone to reread something that I have wrote but couldn't even understand what I was trying to say.
He who haunts the attic. Chapter 8. I need a man to love by big brother and the holding company & Janis Joplin.
Leah bit her lip and placed her phone in to her jacket pocket. Seth and Sue were downstairs, she knew that she couldn't sneak passed then. And that telling them she wanted to go for a walk again wouldn't work. and if on the off chance it did she knew that she wouldn't be aloud it go alone. Leah knew that Seth would come with her weather she liked it or not. And that Sue would insist on it.
'what to do, what to do'. but then the she wolf had an idea. She looked up at her window and smirked. 'well this is gonna take me back'. she jumped off the bed and looked out of her window. Making sure that she couldn't see anyone. She sniffed the air trying to determine if she could catch one or any of their scents. When she couldn't she grinned. Leah looked back at her bedroom door one last time to make sure that either her brother or her mother were coming up the stairs. She didn't need to be caught sneaking out to go meet her boyfriend….. again.
It wasn't the first time she had done this. When she was with Sam she'd sneak out and go to la push beach with him. they'd spend hours swimming and playfully tossing send at one another. Then she would sit in between his legs as she rested on his chest as the both of them watched the sea. Watching the waves wash in and out in and out.
The she wolf shook her head at the memory that seemed like so long ago. Leah steadied herself on the windowsill and reached for the tree that grow right next to it. she grabbed a hold of it and made sure she had a good grip before she swung over to the branch. She steadied herself on the branch then slowing and carefully began to clime down it. she wanted to do it was quickly as she could. Leah didn't want to make any noise just in case it alerted Seth and Sue.
Leah made it to the ground and crouch down. She looked around making sure that she was totally alone before slowly making a beeline for the tree line. After she was well behind it she sniff the air once more. Making she that she hadn't missed anything before making a fall on run for it. she didn't want to phases just in case one of her pack brothers were in their wolf form as well. Because of her not being in Sam's pack any longer she couldn't use the mantle link to communicate with him…. or the rest of the uley pack. Only Jacob could communicate with Sam and Sam with him being the Alfa's. which Leah didn't completely hate, being as she didn't have to hear about how much Sam loved Emily. And how much the other guys hated her.
She ran through the woods as fast as she could. but would come to an stop every time she heard a noise. Thinking that it may be someone from the Uley pack or worse….. just Sam. Jacob wouldn't be great to run in to either. He'd use his Alfa command it find out why she was in the middle of the forest so early in the morning. Then she'd have to tell him about Alistair. The vampire who she had been sneaking around with. plus the fact that she had been faking sick just so no one could find out about it.
It began to rain but Leah didn't care. She came to an dead stop and looked up to the sky. She spared her arms out and felt herself relax almost instantly. After a minute she began to run again. not wanting to keep Alistair waiting. Is what she told herself. The reason she was telling herself that was because she didn't want to think about what was really in the back of her mind.
She was worried what would happen if Sam caught his scent and tracked her tracker down. Though where Leah was going wasn't where Alistair would be over the line. She was still scared if that were to happen. She didn't want to imagine her former pack member ripping her tracker apart limb by limb.
She shut her eyes to try and drown out the image. She ran for a bit longer then noticed something. She could smell the scent of one of the uley pack. Leah looked around fast then realized who it was.
Jared.
She didn't stop looking around for but this time for a place to hide.
Leah couldn't be found out this way. not here and not by Jared. The she wolf knew that she wouldn't be able to out run him in her human form. Now if she was in her wolf form she'd be able to. out of all the wolfs she was the fastest. She noticed a big log that looked like it had enough room for her to slip under.
She ran to it and slid under the laugh log. She moved as far as she could closer to the back of it. as out of sight as she could be. Until she was tucked all the way under as far as she could go.
Leah knew that the rain would be able to help her out. That it would over up her smell a little bit. She just hoped that it would be enough…. Enough to save her.
If Jared were to find out the she was out here he'd run right to Sam and let him know.
'how the hell would I be able to explain my being way out here?. I can't tell him I'm going for walk because I know that he wouldn't believe that. and there's no way on gods green earth that I'd be able to tell him that I'm going to meet someone. What saw I mean to do when he asked who?. Who would I be meeting in the middle of the forest. Why would I be meeting them in the middle of the forest?. Why am I meeting them at all?. There'd be no way out of this". The she wolf braced herself when she heard him approach.
Her whole body tensed.
Leah couldn't see him but she knew he was close. She could hear him breathing. The she wolf held her breath as long as she could. in fact she hadn't even realized that she was holding it until she began to feel uncomfortable. She was too worried to let it out though. Because at that moment she'd do anything not to get found out.
She could hear him plan as day but could tell where he was. That was until the log she was hiding under creak a little. Leah sucked in even more air then was already in her lungs. When she realized that…. Jared was standing on the log.
Her eyes widened when he fully stepped on to it and the log want down a little bit. Causing the roof of the log to cave in slightly. Making even less room for her in the already tight stop.
'no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no'. she kept repeating herself. "not now… please not now. not like this… it can't be like this. Not this way… we can't be found out like this. What would happen to Alistair?. Would Sam do something to him?. or would he just make one of his pack attack him as he watched. No…. Sam wouldn't do that. he'd want to be the one to do it. the one to rip my tracker a part. The one who got to take pleasure in knowing that I'd be alone forever. That no man could ever love me..'. the thought made the she wolf want to cry.
She was so close to her former pack mate that she could now smell him.
But then….. he was gone.
Jared jumped up off of the log and ran in to the distance leaving her under the wet log. After a moment of waiting to make sure that what she heard and saw was real. She let the air out of her lungs. She placed her hands on her chest and continued to breath. 'in and out, in and out'. She kept telling herself. 'fuck… was that close. I thought that I was caught for sure'. She crawled back out from under the log then bolted to straight ahead.
The water fall.
Alistair had been sitting on the large rock staring off in to the waterfall listening to the way the ice cold water would hit the rocks below.
He had been there for a while now. once Leah had hung up and ended the phone call was when he left. He didn't want to keep her waiting for too long like the last time so he ran as fast as he could. he only hoped that Carlisle or Esme wouldn't go up to the attic to look for him. that they hadn't decided to have that talk they were going to have with everybody about the treaty line right then. Straight after the wolfs had all left.
Alistair knew that the moment they realized he wasn't in the house that he must have been the one who was going in to the wolf's territory. The tracker wasn't stupid, he knew that he couldn't keep him and Leah a secret for much longer. And it had only been less then four days. 'in my defense I'd never really been in an relationship before. Up until this point I'd only had flings…. And the Americans say. Hell I couldn't even remember any of their names. They didn't matter to me…. But Leah does. well I guess that once I see her I better have a talk with her about keeping us a secret. I'd like us to contained to be just to ourselves. Bit at the end of the day… I'm a realist. We can't keep this to ourselves for too much longer'.
So once the tracker made it to the waterfall he found a rock to sit on and waiting for his she wolf to arrive.
He turned around when he sensed her coming.
"love". He said with a smile.
"leech". She walked up at him and kissed him. he saw still sitting on his rock. He pulled her on her his lap so that now she was straddling him. they continued to kiss for awhile they till they broke away from each other.
"how'd it go?". He asked in between sweet kisses.
"how's what go?". She was barely listening to him. she was to lost in his kisses to think.
"getting here. did it go alright?. you didn't run in to any blows did you?".
"no, no, I was fine… wellll".
"wellll what?". He pulled away form the she wolf and looked at her.
"well I was… almost….. found by one of the uley pack". There was a pause. "but I'm fine. I didn't". he went back in to kiss him and he lent back so she couldn't lock lips with him.
"almost found by one of the uley….…. Almost. see this is why I wanted to see you. we need to talk about this".
"I don't want to". she said stubbornly.
"well we have to love". He stood up from his rock. But he was still holding her. Leah wrapped her legs around his waist as he held her. "you were almost found out I was almost found out. As much as I'd like to keep you all to myself…. We're not going to last much longer. And I rather have people find out about us through us instead of your wolfs friends catching in the dirt rooting".
"rooting?... is that what the English call sex". She smirked.
He smirked back and kissed her.
Then she pulled away. "They're not my friends". She went back to kissing his cold lips.
He began to talk again…. but just in between kisses. "it isn't….. that…. I want anybody to… know about…. us. but I don't want….. to have to….. worry….. that I…. might get….. milled by… a .. wolf every time…. I… I .. want to….. see you". he placed her down on the ground so that now she was standing like him. "what if I got you in to trouble?. Us being together… us…. mating".
"well…..well…. fuck I don't know…. listen". she took a hold of both sides of his face. "they. Will. Never. Keep. Us. apart. It's me and you. me and you forever now. one more day…. we can tell them before the fancy bloodsuckers come alright. so that would mean no one would have time to think or care about us because of the oncoming threat".
"but Leah….. do we really want to use them coming to kill an child as are way of avoiding an awkward situation?".
The she wolf looked down feeling guilty. She hadn't thought about ti that way. she felt embarrassed to look him in the eyes…. But she didn't any way. and when Leah did gaze back up at him he had an big smirked.
"got ya". He said with a chuckled.
Leah punched him in the arm. "so what your fine with it?".
"of course I'm fine with it it's me, I don't care about that". he kept chuckling. Is isn't that I won't anything to happen to the kid but this isn't my fight. I'm only here because Carlisle asked me to come. If not then I wouldn't of bothered.
"you tried to make me feel like shit on purpose". He punch his arm again.
"yes love…. And I didn't try….. I seceded". He pecked her lips.
"secede this". She knelled him in the groin for trying to make her feel like an asshole. But he didn't even flinch and later that day she'd get a bruise on her knee.
"good one". he said sarcastically.
"well if your balls weren't like two big boulders I would have been able to make my point". She wanted to be mad with him but she just couldn't be. It was like being was him was made all the anger Leah had inside of her evaporate. When she was with her tracker she just didn't care about things as much. like Sam or the way the guys would sometimes treat her. or that fact that because of her mother dated Charlie swan. That she would be the step sister of Bella the bloodsucker Cullen. That made her feel the worse. But while with him she didn't care. She couldn't think about anything else. For the first time in so long she was happy without a care in the world.
Too bad she didn't know that, that wouldn't last for long.
"that's it's like?". The tracker asked suddenly.
"what's what like?. Having my…. My mate I guess?. Would I even call you my mate. I know that you call me your mate but would I call you that?. with us shape shifters it's imprint. Which I can't even do due to…. Reasons that don't need to be talked about right now".
"I don't know…. maybe". Alistair shrugged. "I guess you could if you wanted to. I wouldn't have a problem with it. I think I'd like it". he grinned teasingly at the she wolf. "no boys..". he but a slight voice on pretending to be her. "I can't go out on the job today lads. I gotta get home to my mate".
"lads?".
He chuckled.
"in what world…. Would I call… my pack brothers lads and when?".
"when you'd have to get home to your mate".
She laughed and placed both of hands on either side of his hips and pulled him closer to her. he let her and placed her chin on the top of hers.
"it's not accurate…..".
Leah looked up at him. wondering what he was gonna say.
"but if you'd like to….. you could call me your imprint". He looked down at his she wolf. "I don't mind. I know that it might not make a lot of sense to you why….. and it's hard to explain it….. but.. I wouldn't mind".
'they all have imprints….. shit even Quil'. The she wolf thought to herself. 'i used to sit on the send at La push and dream about what mine would be like. But then I'd see all the guys with her loved ones and feel so….. feel so… hurt. Hurt that I could never have that. that I could never have kids, hurt that I could never have a soul mate. and this guy…. This vampire standing right here in front of me, who moments ago who's tongue was inside of my month, Swirling around with mine….. makes me not give a shit'. "yes!". She almost shouted.
Alistair almost had to step back from her. he hadn't anticipated her excitement. Leah through her arms around him in glee. They stayed that way for a while before either of them moved. "what was what?".
"ha?".
"what was what like?. You asked me before but then….".
"what is it like being a were wolf?".
"no less fucked up then being a vampire I'd imagine".
He nodded understandably. They were standing under their tree to avoid getting too wet. Though the two were already considerable drenched by the ice cold rain drop anyway. He nuzzled his nose and face in to the side of hers. Then the two found each other's lips.
"I missed these lips". She kissed him back, nuzzling in to him.
"it's only been a few hours".
"and?".
"and nothing". He pulled back again. "are you feeling alright?. ya know…. from…. Last night?".
"I was kinda sore for a while… but I was fine. After I had a shower it felt a lot better".
"I was worried that I'd hurt you…. even though you're a wolf I'm still a whole lot stronger then you". the tracker smirked.
"oh really?". Her lent away from him and raised her eye brows.
"yes….. that's why I let you be on top". He smashed his lips back on to hers again.
"oh so it's not because you can't handle me".
"oh I can handle you".
"oh yeah?".
"yeah". He smirked.
"then show me…. Show me how well you can handle me". Leah said a little aggressively. She pushed him up against the tree and began to kiss him with an burning desire. He repicked her up grabbing her hips and slamming her in to him more.
"I'll show you". he kissed her roughly. "but not here".
Her eyes widened. "what do you mean".
"I don't want to have you in the dirt again. though I think we can both agree we had a lot of run. Our first time shouldn't of been in the mud…. It should have been in an bed. Your first time.. it.. it should have been in a warm bed".
"I don't regret it…. not one bit. That one night…. In the dirt…. And in the mud. Was the best night of my life. I didn't care that we weren't in an bed. I didn't care that I got mud in my hair and dirt on my face. being in an warm bed didn't mean anything to me because you kept me warm that night. And that's how I'm going to remember it. happy. happy in your arms….".
The couple heard a howl in the distance.
both of their necks snapped in that direction. "we need to leave". The she wold said. "you need to run… now".
he placed her down.
"why?. I'm not on their land".
"yeah you might not be on our land right now nut you were before. They'll recognize your sent and come for you…".
Alistair cut her off. "well I'm not gonna leave you here alone". He picked her up again. "where to?".
"where to?".
"anywhere you want love. A motel?, a different country?... your place?".
"Alistair…".
"times running out she wolf".
"Fine fuck my place".
and he was off.
The Clearwater home.
Sue and Seth were sitting in the kitchen. When Seth phone went off. He had gotten a text message. He picked it up and looked ta it. it read.
'Seth time for the meet up – Jacob'.
The younger wolf texted back.
'K B there soon'.
'will Leah B there?'.
The younger wolf looked at his mum. "hey mum… have you seen Leah today?".
"yeah Hun, I cheeked on her few hours ago. She said she wasn't feeling good and decided to have a cat nap".
"do you think she'd be awake now?".
"I'm not sure?. Why don't you go up at cheek".
Seth nodded and made his way up that staircase. But then Sue called to him.
"but try to be quiet. If she is asleep we don't want to wake her".
"sure mum". He walked up the stairs and down the hall. She got to his sister door and stood outside of it.
'now…. do I want to knock on the door… or…. Do I want to quietly call her mane out and see if she's awake that way. now if I knocked and Leah is asleep then I could wake her up. But…. If I kinda call out her name then that wouldn't be as loud as the knock. If she really is that sick…. She'll need her all the sleep she can get'. He leaned in to the door. "Leah…. Leah… are you still sleeping". She called quietly.
"Leah…. Leah.. can you hear me?". But after a few minutes of nothing he decided that she must have been fast asleep. Seth shrugged and made his way back to the kitchen. "I called out her name but I think she's still sleeping". He told his mum coming back over to the kitchen island and grabbing his phone off of it. he texted his Alfa.
'na… she still not feeling good'. He sent it.
"Seth". The young wolf looked up at his mother. Who was in the proses of putting her jacket on and picking up her bag.
"yeah mum?".
"I have to get to work. if I'm not back before you are cheek on your sister alright. and if she's still asleep wake her up and make her have something to eat. It isn't good for her to go without eating for a long period of time. and because of her being this sick she's going to need iron in her body. Make sure she'd eats something with meat in it".
"sure thing mum. I'll like.. order pizza or something".
"good boy". she grabbed his head and kissed it. "I'll call you when I'm on my way home".
"bye mum". He said to her as she left the house.
He got another text.
'K be in the woods in 5'.
Seth got up from his chair and went to the door. but before he opened it he stopped. He looked up towards the stairs, wondering if he should cheek on her one last time. 'na… she'll be fine'. He thought as he closed the door behind him.
Alistair and Leah in the woods.
She hadn't meant to say her place but she got confused. it all seemed to be happening at once. At minuet she was about to have sez with him again. then the next she was telling him how happy she was and that she didn't regret her first time with him. and now she was being carried back to her place….. which she knew wasn't a good idea. By the guy she was proposed to be not bringing around her home for his own safety.
Leah didn't know why she didn't just say 'somewhere away from here'. but she didn't. and now it was too late. Because of all the wind being flung in to her face she couldn't talk. the she wold wanted to yell to scream no turn back.
Leah didn't know if anyone would be at her house. She knew that Seth was going to go to meet Jacob and the pack. And that Sue had work but she wasn't sure what time.
Was Alistair going to leave her by the tree line again and have her walk back?. she didn't think she could handle waiting by the phone for his call again. wondering if something had happened to him or not. On the phone earlier when he said that they knew about them… we'll Leah thought that worst. 'a vampire on our land. A vampire that wasn't invited. Friend or not they would of killed him'. the thought made her shutter.
'then when he told me that they really didn't know about him, him she wanted to rip his head off myself. Damn him for scaring me like that. I think my heart stop when the idiot told me that. thinking that he was in trouble and was going to get hurt'. The she wolf shut her eyes even tighter. 'no…. I don't want to go through that again'. he made it to the tree line an put her down.
"so… till next time love". He packed her lips and went to run. But Leah pulled him back towards her with an vengeance.
"you ain't going anywhere, not like the last time". she said aggressively, with a tight grip on his jacket.
"then what do you suppose I do then?".
Leah bit her lip… hard. "oh fuck just come in side".
"… I'm sorry love…. You want me to what?".
"well it looks like your about to meet the family". She still had a hold of him as she stomped her way up to her home. As much as she was scared for her brother and mother to meet her mate, she feared Alistair's safety even more.
While walking up to the door he didn't say anything.
she decided that she wasn't gonna think. She was just gonna open the door and walk in. she didn't want to hesitate just I case she freak herself out of doing this.
They got to the door.
She took in and deep, deep breath and flung the door open.
Leah stood in the doorway with her eyes screwed shut. She figured when she opened her eyes that she'd see Sue and Seth staring back at her with confused, worried or even angry expression's. but when she finally did there was no one.
"well love…. It looks like to pissed yourself for nothing". The tracker smirked.
"oh shut up". they walked in and Alistair close the door. "so…. this is what your kitchen looks like. It's… homily". He picked up an ladle.
"well that's because it is a home".
"so… you were just alright with you mum and brother meeting me?... like this?".
"well of course not but I'd rather have you in here having an awkward interaction with my family then out there have a even worse interaction with my ex". She flopped down on the couch. He made his way over to her and flopped down next to her.
"what would have you done if they were here?. what would you have told them about me?".
"the truth". The vampire and the wolf looked at each other. "I have no idea".
They sat in silence.
"so what now?".
"who knows". Leah looked up at him. "so…..".
He gazed at his mate.
"were you series about wanting me in an bed".
He smirked and his eyes widen.
"you know where my bedroom is". He scooped her up and ran to her bedroom.
The black pack.
"well that was a bust". Embry said walking alone side his pack mates. They'd all been at the Cullen's for the past few hours watching everyone train. Being as they were all vampires the younger shifter boys thought that maybe there would be a bit more action…. But they were wrong. "I just thought that it would be a bit more…. Fall on you ya".
"Embry..". Jacob went to scowled the younger wolf when Quil jumped in.
"Jacob…. I'm gonna have to agree with Embry…. It's like…. Their all vampires….. where's the rush. Where's all the action… the excitement. It was just do boring. Every fight was over in eight seconds….. I'm not gonna lie…. I'm disappointed".
Seth laughed at his friends.
"well at least no one died. we need numbers if there's gonna be a fight. So the fact that all the fight were over in seconds isn't really a bad thing". Jacob said.
The three boys shrugged.
They all decided to go back to Seth's place. He had mentioned that If he got home before Sue to order a pizza. So he invited the guys to come over. He also thought that if he couldn't do it then maybe Jacob could get Leah out of bed.
The foursome got closer to the house. Seth opened the door for them and they all walked in. they went to walk in to the living room when Seth stopped dead.
Embry noticed. "Seth what's wrong?".
"do you smell it?".
"smell what?". Quil asked.
"the vampire… the one that was in the wood".
The other three boys stopped and sniffed the air.
And like their pack brother stopped dead.
"where is it coming from". Jacob said slowly and dangerously. They all continued to smell the air.
"dude…". Quil said quietly.
The other looked at him.
"I think it's in your house?". He said slowly.
They all froze.
"Leah". Seth breathed out.
Within an second he was bolting up the stairs. With the others following.
out of fear and adrenaline Seth smashed open her bedroom door. expecting the worst.
"LEAH". he screamed hoping that she was alright.
But then his jaw dropped at what he was.
The other appeared behind him staring with wide eyes.
Leah was in bed with a vampire.