Chapter 9: Bats & Dogs
The air was so thick with tension that you could cut it with a knife. As the two supernatural enemies faced each other, old resentments and hatred ran ripe. Leah growled and vibrated with anger at being in the presence of the woman who could very well have been with the woman she loves if it weren't for the ice bitch's stupidity. Not only that but it may have been six years since the Cullen's left, the bitch included, but though Bella wouldn't admit it and hides it well she still misses them and is hurt by their departure. Seeing her imprint hurt in any capacity pisses Leah off and makes her heart clench in pain for her imprint.
When the Cullen's left Bella, it had nearly killed her to see Bella so depressed. Sure, Bella may have acted all depressed over Edward and if Bella hadn't told her who she was really pining after she would have been fooled, but Bella still cared about the boy no matter how much of an ass he was and he hurt her. As it is she was damn near catatonic over this bitch's departure no matter how thin their bond has become and no matter how much she cared for the other Cullen's it was Rosalie who destroyed her. Just remembering how destroyed Bella was caused Leah to growl louder and fiercer as her eyes narrowed with hate at the leech.
As Leah was glaring at Rosalie while she thought of her girl's pain, Rosalie was glaring right back at Leah wishing she has the power of setting someone on fire with her eyes. Sadly, that is not a power she has nor does she think anything other than Superman has and he is a comic book character. Rosalie hated this wolf bitch! This was the woman who not only loves her mate, but she gets to be with her in every way. Leah is the one Bella turns to when she is sad, angry or just wants some love. Leah is the one who gets to kiss Bella. Leah is the one who gets to make love and fuck Bella whenever she damn well pleases. But most of all Rosalie hate the fact that Leah is the one who Bella loves and that just pisses Rosalie off! Granted, Rosalie knows that after how she has treated Bella she has no right to feel this miserable and pissed at Bella for moving on.
Hell, Rosalie never even knew that she was in the running for Bella's heart! Not only was she with Emmett and believed with all her heart that he was her mate, but she never felt the bond! Even when she finally realized that Bella was her mate she rejected her! Christ the signs were there, all of those looks that Bella gave her when she thought she was being subtle about her pining looks, all those times that she tried to get close to her only for the ice queen to rebuff her. Nobody tries that hard after that many rejections, insults and abuse if they weren't so absolutely fucking in love with you! But if there was one thing that Rosalie knew best it was denial, and good lord was she in denial. Unfortunately, that denial cost her and when her attitude caused her to snap the bond severing it forever.
No matter what may happen in the future, that bond she had or could have had with Bella is forever damaged. Rosalie could only hope that one-day Bella could find it in her heart to forgive her and maybe they could have a relationship in the future. As it is for any chance of that happening, then she should get along with the bitch before her. Well I am so fucked! Rosalie groaned to herself, before she took a deep breath through her nose to calm herself and prepare to start making her amend.
"I can't read minds and Fuckward isn't here so can one of you dogs change? I don't speak mutt." Rosalie dryly spoke a smirk tugging at the corner of her mouth.
With an aggravated growl at the barb, Leah looked towards Jacob who in all honesty if she hadn't heard his annoyed huff at the jab, she would have forgotten that he was here. Jacob rolled his eyes at the blonde, he knew all about Rosalie and the love triangle with his best friend and his fellow pack member. Jacob could honestly care less if the two went and killed each other at this point. Leah and her drama annoys the shit out of him daily, if he didn't know that Bella was gay as fuck he would have tried his luck with her and maybe once upon a time in another life they would have been lovers. But he still hated Leah because she is with Bella and he isn't, even knowing that he has absolutely zero chances. As it is he just believes that Bella deserves better than both women and their shit! Leah would never tell Bella, but Jacob knows that she still loves Sam. Imprint or not, Leah wouldn't be so bitter and hate Sam so much if she didn't feel something for her ex. Jacob would never tell Bella this because he would never want to hurt her, but this is just one of the many reasons why he truly believes that Leah doesn't deserve Bella.
On the flip side, there is no way in hell that Rosalie is any better. Jacob hated the Cullen's before he became a wolf for the way they treated Bella, the way ALL of them treated Bella. Jacob has never seen how the Matriarch of the Cullen Clan treated Bella, but he has seen how the Doctor and his children treated her and he didn't like it one bit. They all talked down on her with condensation, they patronized her, they ignored her input and brushed off any of her concerns or opinions, they made decisions for her. Don't even get him started on the terrible trio as Jacob called them. Edward, Alice and Rosalie were the worst in his opinion. Not only did Edward and Alice both control her and isolate her, they manipulated her and made her cry. Rosalie treated her like garbage, no she treated her worse than garbage and Jacob can't remember ever hearing or seeing Rosalie say or do anything to make Bella smile. Not even once!
So, the way Jacob sees it, neither of these two have any leg to stand on with their little pissing contest now. As it is, they came here for a reason and insults and feuds aside Jacob has things to do today and the quicker they get this over with the sooner he can get to them. With that in mind, Jacob gave Leah a look to behave and went behind the nearest tree to shift back into his human form to get the negotiations over with. Once in his human form and in clothed, he headed back to Leah and the leech. Seeing everyone alive and in one piece, Jacob breathed a small imperceptible sigh of relief. Jacob really didn't want to deal with cleaning up and disposing any bodies today, not to mention the hassle of causing a war between his people and the bloodsuckers. Shit, he got a headache just thinking of that mess! With a shake of his head, Jacob decided to get everything over with.
"What are you doing back here?" Jacob's timbered voice rang with the authority of the Alpha he was born to be.
Raising an impressed eyebrow at the balls of this mutt for thinking that he could order her about like one of his pack of dogs, she shrugged. If he wanted to believe he was in charge so be it, by the end of the visit he will know who was really in charge here and it wasn't either of these mutts! With a sniff of disdain Rosalie glanced between them before with a huff she decided to play nice.
"I wanted to come home," Rosalie sardonically replied with a mocking smile to her lips. Rosalie knew she was being a bitch, but she couldn't stand these two! Especially the she bitch! So, what if she decided to come back to Forks! Forks is Cullen Territory! It isn't like she's on LaPush territory, it isn't like she is like those red eyed freaks! The only thing these mutts need to worry about is the animal population and making people wet and shit themselves in fear of her when she feels like it. Oh, and Leah needs to worry about Rosalie stealing her girl back from the worthless mutts paws. Other than that, they can fuck off with their holier than thou attitude and their questions of her intentions.
After seeing such disrespect for her and Jacob and hearing her snarky attitude, Leah snapped! Not caring about any sense of decency whatsoever, Leah shifted into her human form right then and there. In all her nude glory, Leah ripped into the ice bitch!
"BULLSHIT! Leah roared startling them both with the ferocity that she displayed. Leah was visibly trembling from anger and trying to hold back from shifting again. Her skin was flushed red and her skin was perspiring as she was pissed beyond reason at the audacity of this bitch! "SIX FUCKING YEARS!" Leah's voice cracked with anger as she thought of the six years where no matter how happy she and Bella were there was always a ghost over their shoulder that prevented them from being happy. Six years of never being able to let go of this bitch even when Bella has Leah, now after all this time that ghost has returned when Bella is finally home for good and they can really start their lives together. This is bullshit! Leah thought furiously.
Seeing Rosalie open her mouth, Leah continued undeterred. "IT HAS BEEN SIX FUCKING YEARS AND WHERE WERE YOU! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOUR CUNT OF A BROTHER LEFT HER COLD AND ALONE IN THE WOODS?! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN SHE WAS SO CRUSHED THAT SHE WAS GODDAMNED CATATONIC FROM GRIEF AND DESPAIR! WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU WHEN SHE HAD NIGHTMARES CRYING OUT FOR YOU?! WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU BITCH!" Leah roared as with each word she spoke she remembered all the agony she felt as she watched her imprint unravel before her eyes, broken and frail. Leah remembered how broken she was and how hard it was for Leah to put her back together again.
Bella may have moved on from the pain quicker than most expected, but she had Leah to help her behind closed doors when nobody else were to witness her imprints nightmares, cries and screams. Bella had the army as her distraction for when Leah wasn't enough and when she desperately needed to vent her anger before she took it out on Leah. Bella can tell herself and anyone who will listen that it was so she wouldn't feel useless and because she didn't really love the Cullen's as much as she let on, but Leah knew the truth and it killed her. It really killed Leah that Bella had worn the mask of being so strong for so long that at this point even when she is with Leah, she never lets herself be truly vulnerable with her anymore. And this all began and started with HER! With a growl at the thought of how much power this bitch has over her imprint after these years, Leah couldn't help but to despair at never being enough for her Bella when this bitch will always be their ghost.
At first when Leah began to explode on her, Rosalie was about to punch her for speaking to her like this. The nerve of this mutt to speak to her like this! Who the fuck does this bitch think she is?! But as Rosalie listened, truly listened to what the she wolf had to say, well to put it simply Rosalie felt like utter shit. Leah was right where was she when her Bella suffered so much because of her? Rosalie was in Alaska feeling sorry for herself as she watched Emmett and his new mate flaunt themselves before her. Rosalie was too busy feeling sorry for herself and being an utter bitch to her family as they tried to pick of the pieces of their life after Bella. Rosalie stood by as one by one her family split apart, the grief of losing a daughter became too much for Carlisle and Esme to be able to look each other in the eyes since they both silently blamed the other for leaving their child behind, thus they went their separate ways.
Carlisle left to stay with some friends in Romania for what was supposed to be a week but ended up being much longer. Esme, in despair of losing not only her child and her mate just took off without a word to anyone and only Alice knows where she is and she isn't telling. Jasper and Alice decided it would be best to stay with Peter and Charlotte for a while. Edward had long since abandoned the family, fleeing like the pathetic coward that he is not even a day after arriving in Alaska. Only Emmett and herself remained with the Denali's who had long since stopped asking questions and let them stay.
While all of this was going on, Bella was miserable and in pain. While Rosalie was watching her world fall apart and doing nothing about it, Bella picked herself back up no matter how hard and fought not only for her happiness but for others to have a chance to do the same. At first when Alice told her one day that Bella was now a soldier and a damn good one, Rosalie freaked out. If it wasn't for the fact that Rosalie knew she had no right to act like a concerned girlfriend, Rosalie didn't care and almost ran to Forks to tell her to quit. As it is Alice talked sense into her, reminding her that not only did she have no right to tell Bella what to do with her life, but Bella wouldn't understand why she is suddenly so concerned.
While accepting that Bella will always be in danger with her new choice of career wasn't easy she couldn't deny how proud she was of Bella. Not only because she was moving on with her life, no matter how much it also hurt, but she was also making a difference unlike her. Also, Rosalie couldn't help but be aroused at the thought of a confident, badass Bella in a uniform! But regardless, the point is she wasn't there to see Bella get to where she is today. Rosalie didn't see Bella broken, she didn't hear her cries and she most definitely has never seen what she looked like until she spied on her at the airport.
Rosalie only knew about what has been going on in Bella's life through Alice and that was even more sparse since now that Bella is mated to a shifter, Alice doesn't get visions of Bella anymore. Hell, Alice only knew about what was going on with Bella because of Peter helping her to pick up what she couldn't. Although Alice doesn't get visions of Bella specifically, she does get visions of people of significance to Bella. Peter, being a precog doesn't have such restrictions although it isn't nearly strong enough since he has no ties to Bella. Honestly, it is a miracle that they know anything with all the interference surrounding her once mate.
Once it looked like Leah had run out of steam, there was a tense silence as everyone tried to calm down. The only sound was the birds singing their songs and the gentle breeze of the wind. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the silence was broken at last. With a sigh, Rosalie ran her hand through her golden locks in nervousness as she finally decided to tell them why she has come home after so long of being gone. Maybe if she tells them they will help her, maybe after she tells them she can stay without them giving her any trouble as she tries to win back her home.
"I came back, because Bella is in serious danger," Rosalie softy said as she looked into her adversaries eyes trying to show just how serious she is about this. Rosalie would never lie about Bella's safety, she may not be as manic like Edward was about it, but she is just as protective of her. Rosalie will always fight for and protect what is hers and Bella is hers no matter what has happened between them, that is just an undeniable fact no matter who suggests otherwise.
As she watched the she wolf process what she said, Rosalie noticed how she went from pissed off to alert within seconds of hearing Bella's name. Seeing that, Rosalie thought that maybe, just maybe in time she could grow to tolerate the wolf if she cared as much about Bella as it seems. That won't stop Rosalie from trying to win her back though. After all, Rosalie has always loved a good competition. A growl from the wolf broke her from her thoughts of competing for Bella's heart.
"Tell. Me. Everything." Leah demanded through gritted teeth, looking if possible angrier than before. Rosalie felt an honest to god chill run down her spine at witnessing such glorious anger. Before she answered the pissed off she wolf, Rosalie had one thought run through her mind that has never been truer.
Those sorry fucks are so screwed for messing with Bella!