**Chapter 6 - Animal I Have Become / Waking The Demon**
Leah POV
I woke up the next morning sore and stiff, stretching out my muscles I remembered.
The Kiss.
I kissed Bella. I kissed a girl. She said she likes me. I can't stop the smile that forms on my face.
I went to do my morning routine before heading down the stairs for breakfast. My steps falter when I see HIM at the table. But the ache I once felt isn't here.
I smile broadly at the thought.
"Hey Lee" Seth says with a mouth full of cereal.
"Good morning everyone" I said with the smile still plastered on my face.
Everyone stops eating and watches. No one speaks until my dad does.
"Leah? Are you alright?" he eyes me carefully.
"Actual daddy, I've never been better"
He looks at me shocked I haven't called him daddy in years.
But it quickly goes away with a happy twinkle in his eyes. I sit next to Seth and ruffle his hair.
He looks at me with his goofy grin and continues to stuff his face. I completely forgot Sam was in the room until he spoke.
"Hi Lee-Lee" he says quietly.
"Good morning Sam" I say with a small smile.
My mom looks at me surprised.
"Who are you and what have you done to my daughter?"
I giggle at her question. I'm about to answer when my phone rings. Once I see who's calling I answer, not caring about the audience.
"Hey baby girl" I say happily
"Hi Leah"
I can hear her blushing at my baby girl comment.
"What can I do for you today?"
I hear her take a deep breath before answering.
"I really wanna see you, can I come over?"
I jump at the thought of seeing her I don't even ask my parents before saying.
"Of course you can, my moms making breakfast come over"
After saying our quick goodbyes I realized everyone was staring at me.
Shrugging my shoulders I go to stand up to get dressed I'm stopped by my mom
"Who's coming over dear?" she asks
I can't stop the smile when I say
"Bella Swan"
Sam chokes on his food, my dad looks at me like I'm an alien, Seth just smiles and my mom says
"I'm glad you're making real friends"
Before I can stop myself I feel my cheeks getting red and saying
"She's more than a friend"
Nothing prepared me for the reactions. Sam slammed his fist down on the table roaring out a
"NO!" Sam roared
Seth got up and hugged me in acceptance.
"I'm gonna need to have a chat with this Bella Swan, after last time" Seth said and glared at Sam before continuing
"I need to make sure her intentions are pure"
I can't help but think I'm the one with the impure thoughts, before my mind wanders off I hear Sam
"I forbid it..."
Looking at my ex, I start shaking. How dare he? He left me for my cousin, he has no right to tell me how to live my life. I walk towards him and shoved his chest.
"Now listen very closely Samuel, you can't FORBID me from doing anything, this is my life MINE, I'm picking up the pieces that YOU left behind, YOU left ME and just when I started hating you less you act like you own me, well guess what YOU DON'T" I was in his face growls vibrating in my chest.
I heard a knock on the front door. I rushed to open it and realized Bella was here, holding out a disk. I looked at it confused but before I can ask she says.
"It's a mix tape"
Giggling at her old school technique I grabbed her hand and walked towards the kitchen she stops mid step when she sees Sam. She steps in front of me blocking off his view.
"Leah, you could have said you had company"
I laughed at her statement.
"He's not MY company"
I tugged her to sit down next to me but her and Sam where having a staring contest. Bella, having hung out with me too much asked Sam
"So Sam, how's Emily?"
I saw his body tense before he looked at me.
"You told her?" he demands
Bella with her new snappy attitude replies for me.
"HER has a name and yes she told me, she told me all about the engagement, you disappearing, coming back and leaving her for Emily, I know."
I place my arm over her shoulders and her head snaps back to me.
"Leah? Your arms are burning up"
My mom, over hearing her rushes to me side. My father gives her a knowing look and Sam gets a shocked but smug look on his face.
"What are you looking at?" I snapped
He shook his head and stood up
"Sue, thank you for breakfast but I have to go"
He walked out the back door and disappeared into the forest.
Just his presence makes me so mad, I got up and went up stares, pulling Bella along with me. Shes concern because I'm burning up. I feel fine but can't exactly control my anger at the moment.
My dad came upstairs and asks to speak with me in the backyard, in private.
I told my dad anything he has to say to me he can say it in front of Bella.
He kept pushing for me to just talk to him in private but I insisted that Bella comes to the backyard with us.
Now we were walking to the backyard, Bella's hand in mine and her blushing right beside me.
My dad turned to look at me.
"Look Leah, I know this is a touchy subject but it needs to be said"
He trailed off as if looking for the right words to say.
"What dad?" I say getting impatient
"Sam couldn't help but.. fall for Emily, it's not hi-"
I didn't let him finish.
"What!? it wasn't his fault!? then whose fault was it? Out of all the people in this world he had to leave me for my fucking cousin! Please tell me how it's not HIS fault"
"Leah CALM DOWN, you're shaking" Bella said from beside me.
"Bella please step away from Leah" my dad said looking Bella in the eyes, she looked at me silently asking for permission, I nodded.
at that moment I couldn't stop shaking, I could feel my temperature rising and my blood boiling.
"Leah calm down, now is not the place" my dad said backing away cautiously.
That's what made me lose it...
Bella's POV
"Bella please step away from Leah" Her dad said looking me in the eyes, I looked at Leah silently asking her permission, she nodded, so I backed away but only a little.
Leah looked like she couldn't stop shaking. I was really worried, is that normal?
"Leah calm down, now is not the place" her dad said backing away from Leah cautiously.
Nothing could have prepared me for what happened next.
A large grey/silverish wolf stood in front of me...