a/n: This chp gives us a little taste of what they are up against in later chps as well as the issue of Sam. Enjoy...
6) Redrum=murdeR
"What do you think he wants?" I asked Jacob even though I had a pretty clear picture of what he wanted.
"What do you think?" He said back look at Lena who started to shift around in my arms as if she knew something was wrong, which I'm sure she did.
"Why don't you take a seat?" Sam offered as we stepped into the small living room of his house. I saw Emily quickly rush out the back door and also Billy sitting next to the couch. Jacob was tense by my side as he took his seat by his father.
"Hey kiddo. How are you?" Billy greeted him totally nonchalant though I did catch his eyes going all-wide, like everyone else's, at the sight of the little girl in my arms; while I tried to keep my breathing steady and my nerves down to a minimum.
"Usually better." Jake answered. I noticed he turned all dark and scary not the man who was just rolling around a few seconds ago but an intense homicidal looking person. I took a seat next to him clutching my baby closer to me and linking my free hand through his.
"Is that her?" Billy asked pointing to the girl who looked up curiously at him.
"If you mean my daughter then yes." Jacob answered as he took Helena from my arms giving her to Billy and staring at Sam.
"What did you say her name was?"
"Her name is Helena Audrey." I answered then continuing. "Honey that's your Grandpa Billy."
"Hello grandpa." She said perfectly.
"My, my I didn't expect you to talk but I guess with these two as your parents I shouldn't expect much less." He smiled.
"If I could interrupt." Sam started.
"Go ahead its not like I came here to have fun." Jacob said sarcastically tightening his grip on my hand.
Sam rolled his eyes before stepping closer and taking a seat in the chair across from the sofa.
"What are your plans about your child?" He asked like he was Dr. Phil.
"What do you think were gunna do leave her? No, we're going to raise her." Jacob's voice started to get louder.
"I mean after she's full grown will she be part of the pack or coven?" Sam asked looking at me when he said coven. Sam never loved me per say but he certainly never hated me, what was up with him?
"Whatever she decides." Jacob glared at him.
"So you leave her with the choice of choosing us or them." He said 'them' like it was some kind of disease.
"That's what I said. She is part of each of us and whatever she chooses she will be supported." I saw out of corner of my eye Helena cringe into Jacob's chest.
"What if she chooses evil?" I felt like I should be hooked up to a lie detector because these were some insane and grueling questions.
"Evil?" Jake even seemed a little taken aback by his questions.
"Yes as in using her powers, that are stronger then ours and theirs, for horrible things?"
"Why would she choose that?" Jacob lost the menacing tone in his voice and it was replaced with confusion was it?
"She is programmed that way. The want for the human blood, the need to protect, the hot headed temper, the vulnerability to sex." His last words took me completely off guard. My head popped up like popcorn glowering at him. His eyes met mine, when he finished off his list, almost mockingly like he knew he could break down my defenses with that. Though he just didn't know how I would be broken down. I was over crying about love vs. lust I moved onto anger if anybody brought it up and he just did. As if that wasn't good enough he described my child as that, he barely knows her.
"No one talks about my child like that!" I yelled before Jake got a chance to talk. "You don't know the first thing about her or about what really went on over in Italy. Now listen up my daughter is a lot smarter then her years and will not choose whatever this evil is that you talk about. She will choose whatever she wants and whatever she feels comfortable with. You understand me?" I let out an angered breath as I sat back down in a huff.
"Yes." He surprised me by saying. "There is something lurking and I want to be sure about how we will deal with it."
"What's lurking?" Jacob asked.
"I'm not sure. I just have a hunch something is not right in those woods." Sam's face was solemn as he spoke.
"Let me know is you get anymore leads on this hunch." Jacob said but I could see that he didn't believe everything Sam was saying.
"Where are you going?" Sam asked as we stood up to leave.
"Back out to where the real fun is." Jake answered.
"There is something else." Billy spoke this time waving his hand and I looked over towards what seemed to be two shadows moving closer. For some strange reason I felt like screaming and running outside but as soon as they came into the light I felt like fainting. It was like looking at a pair of twins yet by the way they acted it was like looking at strangers.
"Did you forget about me?" Leah said looking up from lowered lashes towards her cousin then to Jake who's jaw was dropped.
"L…Leah?" Jake stuttered.
"In the flesh." She said looking completely bored with whatever was going on.
"I'd sit back down." Emily said turning towards a seat to show us her old scar that mimicked the one Jake gave Leah only a few weeks ago.
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Jacob's POV
Just when I thought I had the perfect opportunity to rip Sam apart for talking about my daughter and wife like some kind of whore-ish killing machine, the two people who came out from the shadows shocked me.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Leah actually looked vulnerable not harpy like she usually did. Plus I definitely didn't think she would be hanging out with Emily and Sam for all I knew she would be living in New York City not back here where all her problems were. Maybe this was her trying to restart her life because obviously her former life wasn't working out too well.
"I'd sit back down." Emily said and I felt Nessie stiffen by my side when she caught sight of how similar the scars actually were because that's exactly what I did. Atomically I took a seat trying unsuccessfully to stop staring like a complete idiot.
"Do you admit you did this to Leah?" Sam asked like this was a trial. She swept her from behind her ear to try and hide the bright red lines that trailed down her face but you could still see what she was trying to hide.
"Well yeah I guess." I said still looking at Emily and Leah.
"Why would you hurt one of our own?" Sam's voice boomed through the house.
"Because she wasn't exactly one of our own at that time. She was trying to kill my wife and my daughter and maybe even some of the Cullen's. You said yourself we stand to protect what's close to us and Nessie is close to me and I live to protect her and whatever is close to her. Unfortunately that meant Leah getting hurt." I said narrowing my eyes in his direction. For a few tense seconds we held eye contact alpha to alpha and if it wasn't for Nessie who spoke next we might have never let up.
"I don't mean to be rude but Jacob knows what he did and he already apologized."
"I'm not looking for an apology." Leah snapped back to her old self.
"Well then what is it that you want?" Nessie asked.
"Leah." Sam said sternly like he was her father.
"I don't want to see them ever again. What don't you understand?" Leah screamed getting up in a rush and going up the stairs before Sam yelled back.
"This is the only place you belong wherever you go you will be always be a wolf. You need to get over whatever it is and help on the rez." Sam yelled causing Leah to turn around slowly with a spike of anger in her eyes.
"I belong anywhere I want to belong. It just so happened I needed to talk with my cousin and not you. I don't think Jacob and I will be able to work under the same terms ever again." Leah stated before slamming the bathroom door shut.
"I'll go talk to her." Emily said running after her cousin.
"You can't change everybody." Nessie whispered to Sam who had his face in his hands.
"I wasn't trying to change her I was trying to get things back to normal." Sam muttered. I had no idea what to do. Did I go over there and console him? Or did I just leave?
"Nothing is ever normal. I'm sorry for messing things up but it's not your place to try to fix something that doesn't want to be fixed." I was happy Renesmee knew how to handle this situation.
"Well it needs to be fixed for what is coming!" He stood up abruptly knocking over the chair he was sitting in.
"So you think by getting me and Leah to apologize will make whatever is lurking go away?" I asked not convinced that something was actually lurking.
"I don't know! I'm just trying to do my best!" Sam yelled and for the first time in quite some time he was completely unguarded, you could see the moisture starting to form in his eyes and running his hand shakily through his hair. He looked a lot more like a crazy person then an alpha. He finally broke.
"Are you alright?" Nessie asked.
"No!" He exploded causing even my dad to wheel himself closer. "Ever since Leah has returned some strange darkness is lingering in the woods at night but every time I try and show the smell to the rest of the pack its not there anymore. Also Emily doesn't speak to me anymore she doesn't even come into bed with me anymore! She spends all her time with Leah, hiding in the guest room. She avoids me at all costs." He was out of breath by the end of his rant and no one spoke for some time.
"What happened to Leah was drastic and traumatic she's going to need someone who lived that to help her because I don't think Seth is all to keen on helping someone that wanted him dead and she certainly wouldn't go to her mother. Emily is all she has." Nessie stated putting Helena down and patting Sam on the shoulders. He jerked a way a little but didn't yell at her.
"You have nothing to worry about I'll even run patrol right now to see is I can catch anything." I said trying to sound somewhat sympathetic.
"If you want." Was all he said before going outside to the bon fire.
"You think you could help wheel your old man outside?" My dad asked trying to break the odd tension that settled in here.
"Sure, sure." I said moving him outside towards where Charlie and Sue were sitting.
"Are you going to run patrol?" Nessie whispered leaving Helena with Sue, Charlie and my dad.
"I guess I need to clear my head." I said back.
"I'll come."
"No stay here." I ordered.
"Jake I can take care of myself besides just in case you miss something." She gave me her puppy dog eyes and even though I shouldn't give in I always do because whatever she wanted she got.
"Fine. Lets go." I said taking her hand and leading her into the woods. We didn't talk both listening carefully for any off ruffling of leaves or any new smells.
"I don't sense anything." She said after a few minutes.
"Me neither." I said taking my clothes off so when I phased I wouldn't ruin them.
"What?" I asked watching as Nessie eyed my body seductively.
"Oh nothing." She smiled walking closer running her fingers along my abs.
"I'm working here." I said trying to walk away but I just couldn't resist.
"So your all work and no play?" She pushed out her bottom lip.
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I quoted from the Shinning. She giggled lightly and her sweet sent drifted up causing my knees to buckle.
"Redrum…redrum." She said in that creepy voice the little boy does.
"Gosh Nessie that's really creepy." I said as she crossed her eyes repeating Redrum.
"Thank you." She said taking a little bow before moving her lips closer to mine and then a cold wind spun around us carrying a strange scent and I could've sworn the words redrum as well. We both looked at each other and as I burst into a pile of fur and paws she got the head start but I soon ran along side her.
We both ran the area in record time not finding any other traces of the scent.
"You think it was just a figment of our imagination?" She asked, as I got dressed.
"No it definitely was there I just couldn't tell you where it was and do these clothes smell?" I said coming from behind a tree. She stepped closer pulling her head back abruptly.
"Yes. They smell like…" She trailed off looking into my eyes.
"It's different then it was before." I said.
"Yeah." She muttered. "There is a change of clothes in the car because you really do smell." She laughed a little and I followed her to the car. Everyone else was by the fire thankfully to paying much attention to me changing.
"Hey Jake where have you been?" Seth asked as I sat down next to him.
"You know around." I lied, no need to bring him into whatever was going on.
"Right so is everything cool with Sam?" He asked and I looked around for him and sure enough there he was sitting very still across from us.
"Sure, sure." I said and Seth shrugged. That's what I liked about him he didn't press issues any further then you were willing to give.
"Nessie can I talk to you?" Lindsay spoke up from Seth's side.
"Sure." She chirped standing up and walking towards the shore with Lindsay. I couldn't help but sniff at Lindsay to make sure it wasn't her scent and it wasn't. Which made my nerves spike even higher, I was kind of hoping she was in the woods and happened to rub against my clothes but that wasn't the case.
"Weren't you wearing something different earlier?" Seth asked.
"Umm yeah I spilled some soda on it, lucky for Nessie's obsessive packing." I joked. Though I knew my eyes didn't carry out the lie.
"You look a little flush are you okay?" he asked squinting at me through the smoke from the fire.
"Yeah just a little excited." I said.
"For what?"
"What is this 20 questions?" I exploded.
"Sorry I didn't mean it like that I just." Seth was defending himself.
"No I'm sorry I'm still a little worked from what happened with Sam." I half lied.
"Oh what'd he say?" Seth asked, "You know if you want to talk about it." He added.
"Just about Helena and what side she'll choose."
"What do you mean side?"
"Will she fight with the vamps or wolves." I explained.
"I thought we were all cool with each other?" Seth said and he made a good point. We were allegedly all on the same side.
"Yeah me too. I just said whatever side she wants."
"That's good. Can you believe Lindsay?" He changed the subject.
"Huh?" I said brilliantly.
"She's gorgeous and she's mine." Seth cooed.
"Yeah and." I prompted.
"She has some plans up her sleeves." Seth hinted.
"That's nice. Just keep it to yourself."
"Now you know how I feel when you talk about Nessie." He retorted back.
"I don't talk about her like that." I defended.
"See you don't even realize what you do. It's gross."
"Okay I'll keep my thoughts to myself is you keep yours to yourself." I stated.
"Deal." Seth said shaking my hand like we were business partners.
Then we both ruined our attention to our imprints. One looked completely excited and calm as she went on about the fun times and another, unfortunately mine, looked excited and interested on the outside but as she met my eyes you could see the anxiety within. Her eyes snapped behind me and got all wide as she gasped then she shook her head and when I looked back I didn't see anything but darkness. Our eyes locked again and this time I felt eyes boring a hole in my skin.
----a little foreshadowing so what could be going on? review!---