Leah POV
When I woke I could feel Bella wrapped in my arms, pressed up against my side. I opened my eyes slowly and looked over at her. She was snuggled close, her one arm draped over my stomach, in nothing but her bra and panties. My heart sped up for a second as I admired her almost naked body. Gingerly, I unwrapped one arm from her and looked around my room. My laptop was asleep but my shorts were laying across the keyboard. Bella must have thrown them there last night. Slowly I extended my leg to it's full length and was just able to reach the shorts with my toes. With a little difficulty I picked them up with my toes and brought them high enough up that I could grab them with my hand. I looked on the floor beside my bed and found the rest of our clothing. Trying not to shift too much, not wanting to wake Bella, I reached over the side of the bed and scooped up the rest of the clothing, placing it between my legs. Then I used my foot, again, to grab the blanket that was shoved to the end of the bed. I pulled it up and completely covered Bella with it but only pulled it up over my legs, and our clothing. When my mom inevitably walks in she would see Bella completely under blankets except her head and the arm on my stomach. As for me she would see me from the waist up, in my sports bra, minus my one arm that disappeared under the blanket and wrapped around Bella. This should be fine, I almost always walk around in my sports bra. Happy with myself I grabbed my phone off my night stand and downloaded a realtor app. It's about time I looked into finding my own place. Plus once I did have my own house Bella and I wouldn't have to worry about my mom's stupid rules. I scrolled through the app for awhile before I heard my mother approaching. She was tiptoeing towards my room and I knew it was only for Bella's benefit, probably making sure if Bella was asleep she didn't wake her. She slowly pushed the door and poked her head in once it was half way open. I looked up from my phone, as if I hadn't known she was coming until just now. She was assessing my room, looking around and her eyes looked under the bed before looking at Bella and I. My heart sped up a bit and I mentally pat myself on the back for not putting the clothes under the bed. I smiled an innocent smile and she narrowed her eyes slightly before turning and leaving, the door now half ajar. I sighed and turned my attention back to my phone. The houses in La Push were incredibly limited and too expensive for my meager savings. There was one house that was abandoned and boarded up. Honestly, it looked like shit but I could afford it. There were no pictures of the inside and no information about how many bedrooms and bathrooms. It was two pictures, one of the front of the house and an aerial that showed it tucked away deep in the woods.
Bella stirred then stretched, and snuggled against me harder with a small sigh. I smiled and put my phone down, wrapping my arms around her and rolling her so she was laying on top of me. She opened her eyes and smiled down at me. The blanket had fallen on the floor when I moved her but she didn't seem to mind. She kissed me softly before sitting up, straddling me her hands staying on my stomach. I placed my hands on her hips and we just kind of held eachother like that, looking into each other's eyes.
"Hey we shou-" Whatever Seth was going to say was lost as he choked on the sentence.
He stood in the door frame, door now wide open. His hair a complete mess, his one hand still at his face like he had been rubbing sleep out of his eye. I cursed myself because I never worried about listening for Seth, too wrapped up in Bella. I moved at wolf speed, gathering the blanket from the floor and wrapping Bella in it. I didn't bother hiding our clothes, Seth had already seen everything. My wolf speed couldn't even hide Bella quickly because he had the same speed.
"Morning Seth" I muttered, glaring at him.
"Morning Seth" Bella said cheerily, as she poked out from behind me.
"Morning." Seth managed to choke out, wide eyed for a second and then he was looking mischievous.
"Mum awake yet?" He asked mischievously, knowing she was.
"Yeah I think so" I glared, warning him with my eyes that if he ratted me out he was a dead man.
"Wonder if she'll make bacon if I ask" He smiled his understanding but the mischievous look was still there.
"You know how to cook, idiot" I glared one last time before breaking off and moving to my closet.
"Yeah but we have company over" Seth's voice was nothing but cheer and I could hear him moving towards Bella. My bed springs creaked a bit as he sat on the bed. I growled lightly as I quickly grabbed pajamas from my closet for Bella and I.
"Breakfast isn't exactly a meal you go all out for when you have company" I kept my tone friendly as I turned to look at Seth.
Bella had the blanket held around her shoulders, sitting in the middle of my bed. Seth had sprawled himself out on the foot of the bed so his back was to Bella and he was looking at me. I appreciated that he was making an effort not to look at Bella even if she was wrapped in a blanket.
"Seth." I shot him a serious look.
"Leah." He mocked my tone and gave me a goofy smile. Bella giggled at Seth's tomfoolery.
"Get out of my room!" I yelled like I used to before we were wolves.
"Don't wanna" He stated stubbornly, his face determined.
Suddenly I felt like a young teenager again. When Sam and I used to hang out in my room and my annoying kid brother wanted to hang out with us constantly. I couldn't help but smile at the feeling of the memory and feeling in the moment I set the pajamas down. I saw Seth's smile waver as he tried to figure out what I was planning. I ran over and grabbed his ankles, yanking him off the bed before he could react. Seth's head hit the floor with a thud but he had his arms around me and we were rolling on the floor trying to wet willie each other. Bella shrieked with laughter as she watched us. Seth and I rolled into a wall with another loud thud.
"Kids!" Sue's voice called in a warning tone "If someone gets hurt or worse something gets broken I'm feeding you to the wolves."
Seth and I grinned at each other recognizing the old threat from our childhood, when the giant wolves were just a campfire tale.
"Seriously, get out of my room. You're stinking it up" I shoved Seth as I got up.
"I'm rubber you're glue whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" Seth sang as he pranced out of my room.
Bella was laughing still and I could see tears rolling down her cheeks. I closed the door behind Seth and grabbed the pajamas again.
"You two are so similar sometimes" Bella's laughter was slowly calming down.
I feigned being appalled and shoved the pajamas back into the closet figuring Seth was going to tattle on me anyways.
"Could you grab my bag from my truck?" Bella inquired as she stood up and dropped the blanket on my bed. I nodded and walked over to her taking her in my arms, never having enough of her. She stood on her tip toes and kissed me lightly before whispering "Is your mom downstairs?"
I nodded, wondering what she was up to.
"Good I'm going to shower" She stated as she broke our embrace and left my room heading to the bathroom.
I pulled on a pair of sweatpants and went to my window, not wanting to deal with anyone downstairs. Opening it I stuck my head out the window and looked up and down the street to make sure no one was around. When I was sure the coast was clear I jumped from the window and jogged the short distance to Bella's truck. Once in the truck I easily found a gym style bag and threw it over my shoulder. A quick look up and down the street again before I jumped back through my window. With the bag I crossed the hall to the bathroom, knocked lightly and opened the door just enough to slide the bag in. I heard Bella call a "thank you" as I went back to my room. I quickly got ready in a light t-shirt and jeans. Once I was ready I pulled my laptop back onto my desk and looked at the abandoned house on google satellite. A quick look at the weather too, which was supposed to stay a light drizzle most of the day. It wasn't too far from here, we could make a day out of going there. I could pack a nice picnic lunch, maybe some flashlights. I closed my laptop, grabbed an old backpack from my closet then moved to the linen closet in the hall. Looking on the very top shelf I found the flashlights my father had put there incase the power went out. I grabbed two and shoved it in the bag. I heard the water of the shower stop and went back to my room. I opened the old blanket box at the end of my bed and pulled out an old tattered blanket, shoving it into the bag as well. I also grabbed a spare hoodie, for Bella, just incase. It was always good to be prepared for her. Just then Bella walked in wearing a long sleeve shirt and jeans, her hair still wet from the shower. She set her bag down just inside the door and raised an eyebrow at the bag in my hands.
"I've got a fun idea for today" I smiled back at her.
"An outside plan?" She looked out the window, skeptically, at the light rainfall.
"It shouldn't be too bad where we're going" I grinned at her obvious curiosity. "c'mon let's get some breakfast, then we have to pack some lunch"
Before Bella could ask more questions I was already moving towards the kitchen with my bag, she followed close behind.
Seth was sitting at the table with a bowl of cereal and mum was finishing a piece of toast. Bella and I quickly joined them with our own bowls of cereal.
"What are you two up to today?" Sue smiled kindly at myself then Bella.
"We're going exploring today" I smiled, not wanting to give too much away.
"Cool! Can I come?" Seth spoke around a mouthful of cereal.
"I don't know Seth...maybe you should stay home and help mum around the house." I avoided his eyes, knowing he could persuade me with his pouty face.
"Oh, yeah I guess" I could hear the disappointment "I could tell her about my day so far I guess" the disappointment was taken over with a mischievous tone.
I looked up and met his eyes, he wouldn't dare.
"Yeah? Not much has happened between you waking up and eating breakfast" I narrowed my eyes, suspiciously at him.
"Yeah but you know me, I could go on and on about minor things in great detail for hours" he smirked knowing he had me. He would tell her about what he saw when he burst into my room earlier.
"I guess you can come, I wouldn't want you to bore mum with your ramblings" I grit my teeth.
"Whatever secret you two are keeping from me, I don't care as long as you're not doing something illegal" Sue stated, with little interest, as she stood to take her plate to the kitchen.
Seth smirked at me victoriously. I turned to Bella with an apologetic look but she just smiled sweetly back at me.
"It'll be fun to have Seth come along on our mystery adventure" she reassured me.
"Hell yeah it is!" Seth stood excitedly and brought his empty bowl to the kitchen.
"Fine, but you have to pack the lunches!" I called after Seth, exasperated.
"Done deal" Seth called back which was followed by things banging around in the kitchen.
Bella and I finished our cereal quietly as I brooded over having my time with Bella disrupted by my baby brother. By the time I took our empty bowls into the kitchen Seth had a large pile of food packed in Tupperware and ziploc bags. I glared at him as I shoved a variety of sandwiches and finger food snacks into the backpack.
"Thanks Seth that all looks great" Bella smiled at him as she placed a hand on the small of my back for a second. I instantly relaxed my glare at Seth, as long as she was happy I wasn't upset.
"No problemo!" Seth grinned his charming boyish smile.
I slung the bag over one shoulder and moved towards the door.
"Are you kids going to be back for dinner?" Sue looked away from the TV to look at me.
"Yeah, thanks mum" I gave her a small smile.
Seth quickly moved into the living room, kissed our mother on the cheek, then darted out of the house.
"Mama's boy" I mumbled and followed after him.
Once we were all outside I took Bella's keys and instructed Seth to get in the bed of the truck. I opened the door for Bella and climbed into the drivers side. Every once in awhile I glanced at my phone, checking google maps. Seth would howl with laughter every time we turned a sharp corner and Bella would snicker at it. I smiled to myself and jerked the wheel to hit a pot hole. I heard a loud thump from the truck bed and looked in the mirror. I didn't see Seth's legs anymore. A second later Seth's laughing face popped up in the back window.
"Do that again Leah!" He called to me, excitedly.
Bella was giggling.
"Man I got so much air, did you see me?" Seth was yelling excitedly.
Bella was laughing with Seth now. I could feel the grin spread across my face. Bella leaned in and kissed my cheek.
"You have a really pretty smile" she was blushing ever so slightly when I looked at her.
I smiled at her and then pulled the truck onto the side of the road. Seth jumped out instantly and looked around as I turned the engine off. Bella was looking out the window, trying to figure out where we were too. I leaned over to her and she turned to face me. I kissed her quickly before hopping out of the truck. Before I even got around to the other side Seth already had Bella's door open, helping her out of the truck. As annoying as he was I did love the idiot.
"Where are we Leah?" Seth was practically bouncing around with excitement.
I threw the bag at him and he caught it. "We're going to check out an abandoned house" Seth's face lit up even more as he slung the bag over his shoulder.
"I thought this looked like a path!" Seth exclaimed as he took off down the very over grown driveway.
I turned to Bella and took her good hand.
"Is that alright?" I asked, just now realizing that maybe Bella wouldn't want to do this.
"Ofcourse, it sounds like fun" she stood on her toes and kissed my jaw before leading me after Seth.
It was slow going down the old gravel driveway because of all the undergrowth. Eventually, Bella stopped and I turned to face her.
"Are you okay?" I questioned, worried she had hurt herself.
"I'm fine, just need to take a breather" she smiled sheepishly and I could see her cheeks were flushed and he breathing a bit heavy.
I nodded then turned my back to her and crouched so she could hop on my back.
"Do you want a piggy back ride?" I turned my head to look back at her. "I'll go slow" I added my mind pulling up an old memory of Bella complaining to Jacob about getting sick when the leech ran with her.
She reacted to the last bit but I couldn't figure out what emotion it was.
"That would be nice actually" she sounded relieved.
Bella climbed onto my back and I began walking at a brisk pace. She rested her head on top of her arm, her nose and mouth right beside my ear. After a short while her breathing became even again. A few more minutes and we were at the house.
"Fiiiiinally" Seth whined. "I waited to go in cuz I knew you would kill me if I went in without you, but you were taking soooooo long" Seth's whining quickly turned to excitement.
I rolled my eyes and let Bella slide off my back before taking a moment to look at the outside of the house. It was incredibly small and run down, it looked like the forest was quickly taking it back. The house had somehow looked bigger in the picture. I sighed and moved to the front door, it was locked. I looked back at Bella and Seth, both looking at me expectantly. I turned back to the door knob and crushed it in my hand. After that it was easy to pull the knob off the door and gain access to the house. Once I opened the door I was hit with a strong musty smell. This place must have been sitting here for decades. The other two were now on either side of me and I spun Seth around to dig in the backpack. I handed Bella and Seth a flashlight and gestured for them to have at it. Seth ran into the house excitedly, his flashlight beam quickly disappearing into a room. Bella held the flashlight in her good hand and began exploring the house cautiously, I followed close behind.
"So what made you want to explore an old house?" Bella asked as we looked around what appeared to be a very tiny living room.
"Well it's pretty hard to get privacy in my house" I ran a hand through my hair "I figure it's about time I moved out"
Bella stopped just outside the kitchen. "You're thinking of buying this place?"
"Yeah, I've got some savings for college but now that's not really neededâ" I trailed off not wanting to face the reality that my life got turned upside down because I phased.
"Oh" Bella moved and wrapped me in a tight hug.
"Uhm, why this house though?" Bella asked, still holding me tight. "I mean it looks like a lot of work"
"It's really all there is in LaPush that's affordable with renovations" I explained kissing the top of her head.
"Hmmm" she mused and pulled free of our embrace.
"Well" she continued exploring. "I think it's a wonderful house." She stated genuinely.
I smiled at her.
As we explored the house we discussed renovations and where everything would go. It wasn't a horrible property it just needed some work. There was one bedroom, one bathroom and a small room that could be a small guest room or office. After thoroughly exploring the entire house we went out onto the porch. I laid the blanket out and Seth started emptying the food from the backpack. We all began eating, Seth had packed a large variety of food. Then I heard movement in the woods, Seth must have heard it too because he paused his eating. We both listened and Bella picked up on it and stopped eating too. Seth and I relaxed once we recognized that it sounded like a deer. I turned and smiled at Bella.
"Take some trail mix in your hand and stand very still over there" I pointed to a spot on the driveway near where the deer would most likely come out.
Bella did without questioning me and stood as still as a statue, squinting into the woods. Very slowly the deer stepped out of the brush, sniffing the air cautiously. It zeroed in on the trail mix in Bella's hand. It took cautious steps towards Bella. She was grinning from ear to ear and looked up at me quickly then back at the deer. The deer was incredibly tense but reached its snout out to her hand and started eating the trail mix.
"Leah come and bring it more trail mix" Bella whispered. The deer's ears twitched but it kept eating.
I stood and grabbed a fist full of trail mix and began walking towards the deer, very slowly. The deer's head shot up and it sniffed the air just before taking off into the woods again.
Once we finished lunch we decided to check out the property line too. Seth disappeared behind the house and his wolf came back.
"Seth you idiot, how do you expect Bella to come along?" I shook my head at him.
His wolf came right up to Bella then laid on his stomach, looking up at her with gentle eyes.
"No, no fucking way. You'll jostle her too much, she'll slide off" I scolded Seth.
"I'll be fine" Bell had a stubborn look of determination on her face as she reached her hand out to Seth. She stroked his head once before hopping on his back. Seth stood slowly and she wobbled slightly before gripping the fur on his neck tightly with her one good hand. I tensed up, grabbed the spare hoodie and walked over to the two. Bella was adjusting herself, looking for the most stable way to stay seated on Seth. I draped the hoodie around Seth's neck and tied it. It looked like a large collar on an enormous dog. Bella held onto the hoodie instead then grinned down at me.
"I'm going to run beside you incase she starts slipping so I can yell at you" I sighed at Seth.
"I'll be fine" Bella insisted before squeezing her legs around Seth's torso. "Onwards my trusty steed"
They were a little awkward at first and there were a few close calls with low hanging branches. I ran beside them worrying the whole time and watching Bella. After a little while they seemed to get a rhythm and looked a lot more stable. I was able to relax and start to take in the large property. We weren't sure where the property lines were but there was an old farm fence that ran along some lines. From what I could tell this property had a small backyard but a large chunk of forest. This would be great for phasing quickly and I could get almost anywhere in LaPush from these woods.
Suddenly Seth stopped and whined. I quickly pulled Bella off his back and into my arms, looking around the woods for the danger. Seth phased back which made me relax, that meant there was no immediate threat in the area.
"What is it?" I asked, Bella and I looking away from him while he pulled his clothes on.
"Jake, he phased while I was running. He sensed Bella on my back and now he wants to talk to you." Seth said solemnly.
I turned to look back at Seth, he was in his shorts and had the hoodie around his neck still, but now it was loose and looked almost normal.
"Is he coming here?" Bella asked.
"No, he's headed to our house" Seth answered, never breaking eye contact with me.
"Let's go then" I said, I wanted to speak with Jacob as well.
When we pulled up in Bella's truck Jacob was waiting just inside the tree line by our house. I hopped out of the truck as soon as it was turned off and stormed over to him.
"If you ever touch her against her will ever again!" I growled, my face inches from his.
"She doesn't know what she wants" Jacob responded with just as much hatred.
"Please, just calm down!" Bella pleaded from Seth's arms where he held her back.
"Let me give you a clue, wait until she asks" I snarled shoving him back.
"Fine." He shoved me back "and she will"
At that last part I snarled and before Jacob had a chance to react I punched him in the jaw. I heard the sickening sound of breaking bones and smirked to myself as I shook my hand out.
"That's for Bella you bastard"
Jacob shook as he held his jaw, trying to put it in the right position.
"Hey, hey easy, let's take it down a notch" Sue demanded as she ran down the porch and got between Jacob and I. Jacob and I just glared at each other, recognizing that although Sue was not an alpha she was an elder and almost held as much authority.
"Yeah alright" Jacob grunted.
"Maybe you should go" I glared at Jacob.
Jacob turned without a word and jogged off into the woods. Sue quickly looked at my hand then at Bella with a sigh.
"Seth you can let her go now" Sue turned and went into the house shaking her head. Seth released Bella and followed our mother.
I stood watching the woods where Jacob had disappeared until I felt a tiny hand touch mine. I looked down at Bella as she turned my hand over in hers. She said nothing for awhile, just inspected the dark bruises on my knuckles.
"Are you mad at me?" I asked with a sigh.
"No." She stopped looking at my hand and looked off in the distance.
"He's still my friend.." she met my eyes.
"I know" I sighed wishing it wasn't true.
"He's nothing compared to you though. I...I love you more than anything." She looked at me nervously.
"I love you too" I smiled a little.
"And I'm glad you punched him" she smiled sheepishly.
"Well that sweet right hook of yours needed to cause some sort of damage" I smiled back at her and took her hand, leading her inside.
Author's Note: For anyone worried about the dirrection of this fic let me reassure you. This fic is a Bella/Leah fic that I am trying to keep as cannon with the real books. Obviously I've changed small events, and replaced Edward, but I'm trying to keep it as similar as possible.