2nd chapter of my pre-written extras - this one is an incomplete part of the sequel to my Leah trilogy, which if I ever finish it will be a series of one shots spanning ten years of her life. This will be easier to understand if you read A Day Without Rain and perhaps One Day I'll Fly Away first. As always, this extra is incomplete, choppy, and unedited but one of my favorites. There is some language.

Leah and Ren

Vampire Weekend

Seattle - Leah's Apartment

God, is he still talking?

"Leah!" Edward broke off his snore worthy monologue of do's and don'ts to give me a blistering look. "Would you please pay attention? This is important!"

Once he was satisfied he had my reluctant attention, he continued, ignoring that next to him Ren was practically tap-dancing with impatience, clutching her pink rolled up sleeping back and teddy bear in her arms.

"Renesmee's bedtime is at nine o'clock sharp. There's blood in the thermos; you'll want to put that in the refrigerator right away. She likes it warm; thirty seconds in the microwave should be sufficient. I've sent along some books and music for her. We prefer to not expose her to too much pop culture so please don't allow her to watch television unless it's educational – "

Fucking Edward. Does he not ever shut up? How hard can it be to take care of a practically invincible half vampire with her own platinum credit card for two measly days?

"Leah!"

I couldn't believe I had agreed to this. Must be Ren's amazing ability to say 'Pleeease, Leah?" three hundred times in a single minute.

I groaned loudly, interrupting Edward's lecture. "Enough already. Ren – get inside. Edward – go away." With that, I reached out and snagged the princess backpack that was dangling from his fingers.

Ren needed no further invitation. She ducked underneath my arm and ran inside. I looked back at Edward. "What part of 'leave' did you not understand?"

Edward sighed heavily and took a reluctant step back. I started to swing the door shut, then stopped. "Look, I know expecting you and Bella not to skulk around in the shadows like the lame stalkers you are is expecting far too much. So I'll just warn you – sneak up on me at any time this weekend and I might accidentally – oh, set you on fire or something. Got it?"

Edward folded his arms across his chest. In a flash Bella suddenly appeared. The cold, angry look she shot me was an interesting contrast to the apologetic expression she used to wear all the time when she was still human. Looked like Vampire Bella had some bite to her after all, at least where her mutant spawn was concerned.

"I swear to God, Leah, if anything happens to Renesmee while she's in your care – "

"Fascinating," I interrupted and with that, I slammed the door in both of their faces.

As soon as I was inside, Ren practically attacked me. "Leah! I can't believe I get to stay for the whole weekend! We're going to have so much fun!"

"Yeah, yeah," I pulled the auburn monster off of my legs and gestured to the living room. "Go put your sleeping bag on the couch and then you can put your toothbrush and stuff in the bathroom."

As soon as she was out of sight I opened her backpack and pulled out the reeking thermos. As the rancid smell wafted up to me, I nearly gagged. With another quick look to make sure Ren hadn't returned, I walked to the kitchen sink, opened the bottle of bleach next to it, and poured both it and the contents of the blood down the drain, hoping the bleach would mask the smell.


"I don't want this," Ren crossed her arms, her chin jutted out stubbornly as she stared at the steaming cardboard box on my kitchen table. "I want my blood!"

"Well, too bad, kid. No blood drinkers in my apartment. Besides, I dumped it down the drain. So you either eat what I give you, or go hungry." I turned back to my open book.

A loud sniffle made me look up. Ren's eyes were welling with tears. "You're mean!"

I snorted. "Look, you're the one who wanted to come for the weekend. If it's really so awful, call your parents, tell them to hop in the Batmobile, and come and get you."

Ren was silent for a long moment. I absorbed myself in the next passage, and looked up several minutes later to see her tentatively sniffing in the direction of our dinner. "I smell meat," she mumbled when I met her eyes. "And…" Her brow wrinkled.

"That would be cheese. It's pizza, Ren. Truly a wonderful human invention. And you know, you are half human. Don't you think maybe it's time to see how the other side lives?"

Ren still looked suspicious, but she opened the box warily and eyed the heaped toppings on top of the cheese and tomato sauce filled crust. The smell wafted to me and made my stomach grumble. I was glad I'd ordered two.


"That was the best thing ever!" Ren exclaimed, wiping the pizza sauce off her chin.

"Glad you enjoyed it," I said drily, examining the few crumbs that remained in my own pizza box. After watching her wolf down her own pizza, pun intended, I couldn't help but sacrifice a good half of my own to her ravenous human appetite. Five pieces of pizza were like a mini snack to me, and I was still starving.

"Is all human food this good?" Ren was asking now, cocking her small head at me inquisitively.

"Well, it depends on what you like," I surveyed her. "I guess you don't really know yet." An idea suddenly occurred to me. "Hey, do you still have that credit card your daddy gave you?"

Ren produced the piece of silver plastic immediately. "Yes. Why?"

I grinned. "Grab your coat, kid. We've got a grocery store to raid."


I opened the door, glowering. "Really, Jake? You couldn't spend one night away from her?"

"Sure, I can," Jake protested, though I could see the red tinge in his brown skin. "I just wanted to say goodnight, that's all."

I snorted. "You ran all the way to Seattle to say goodnight to her? Don't you ever find it disturbing, how obsessed you are? There are words for people like you, you know."

Jake glared at me. "Don't be disgusting, Leah."

"Pot, kettle, black." I smirked at him. "Anyway, she's asleep, so beat it."

I started to close the door, but just then Ren's weak voice called out, "Hi, Jake!"

I gritted my teeth. I was going to kill that kid.

Jake beamed at the sound of her traitorous little voice and shoved past me. "I'll just be a few minutes, I promise," he abruptly stopped speaking as he took in the trash that covered my apartment; empty Pringle cans, pizza boxes stacked precariously high on my table, Ding Dong wrappers overflowing the trashcan, a half eaten hamburger and a few stray flies on a plate, a fly buzzing around a dozen empty pop cans. "What the hell happened here?" He finally ground out.

"What? I'm a wolf. I'm allowed to binge. And if you don't like my housekeeping, you're free to leave." I gestured to the door, concentrating hard on the edge in my tone covering up any nervousness.

Whether he would have taken my cue I didn't get to find out, because Ren picked that inauspicious moment to jump up from the couch where she lay, clapping her hands over her mouth and turning pale avocado. "Leah, I'm going to throw up again!" she managed to grin around her fingers at me before she dashed off.

"You do that!" I said as brightly as I could. The only response was the slamming of the bathroom door followed by immediate retching.

Next to me, there was only silence. Jake didn't even seem to be breathing. I couldn't turn to face him and I didn't really need to – I could feel the heat of his barely stifled rage.

Finally, he sucked in a breath. "You are the WORST. BABYSITTER. EVER! Have you lost your mind? I know you don't like vampires but to pick on a kid like this? What the hell were you thinking force feeding her a ton full of human junk food?"

"Stop acting like I'm torturing her!" I snapped back, trying to keep my voice down despite my overwhelming urge to pound Jake's baby-vamp obsessed head into the wall. "I wasn't trying to make her sick! I just wanted her to see what she's been missing! She is half human, after all – as much as her sparkly family wants to ignore that fact. I thought you at least might understand!"

That's all she wrote, for now. And I'm still working on the next chapter of Evening Falls!