Part 17: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Leah

Over the past several days, Jacob said it had been 5, I slipped in and out of consciousness not really taking anything in. Now I was better and had just had a visit from Bella and Angela. Since they had left and Jake was in the toilet I was alone.

"What you watching?" He asked as he returned. The TV was on but I wasn't paying any attention to what was showing.

I looked at the screen for a moment and then read the title card out loud. "Apparently it's a show trying to find out who Hannah Montana really is." I scoffed at that, who gives a damn. "Turn it off will you?"

"Sure thing. So how are you feeling? Been a rough week."

I looked away from him as I answered. "What happened with Sam? I don't remember anything about it." Except him rescuing me, if he was too good a person to love scum like me before then there was no hope now.

"I'll tell you what I know. Rachel could see that I was worried about you and told me to leave; dad is still there now, that was when I phoned you. Two trains and a taxi later and I was at your house. Seth answered and said you had gone up to La Push to surprise me so I got back in the taxi and told him to step on it, Seth was trying to tell me something but I wasn't listening.

"When I was nearly there I phoned you up on your mobile and it was answered by Sam; he said 'back so soon little Jakey I should hurry up and leave then'. I told the driver to call the police and jumped from the cab as soon as it was near and ran to my house looked through and couldn't find you so I headed out back just in time to see the bastard opening the door of my work shop.

"I won't go into details but when the police arrived I had him pinned to the ground and then they took him and soon the ambulance arrived for you and here we are." Someone that perfect must have a flaw, something I can cling onto as a sign that we can be together.

Then still not looking at him I asked what I should have when this all started. "Why were you friends with this jerkass?"

"It's kind of complicated, not something I can explain. Just accept that we were not friends." We were silent for a while just listening to each other breathe. As I was about to speak again I suddenly slipped out of consciousness.

When I opened my eyes again I figured I was dreaming. My first clue was that I was sat in the branches of a huge tree and it was floating through space. If I wasn't taking all manner of pain killers I would have to wonder what this said about my subconscious but even so I have to ask what the fuck is going on?

"What the hell are you doing here?" I wind milled my arms as I almost fell back off the branch. The girl that had popped up in front of me slammed her foot on top of my leg, jamming it against the tree. Hanging I looked up at her, she was very familiar looking, her long brown hair pulled back in a triple pony tail. A cloak of feathers flowed out behind her looking almost like a pair of wings.

"I was going to ask the same thing, where is this." She pulled her foot away and before I dropped grabbed my ankle and flipped me in the air so I landed on a limb wide enough to stand safely on.

"There are all manners of aspects to that question." She sighed and I caught a glimpse of some one behind her. He was silhouetted against a passing moon and had bat like wings sprouting from his back, then I blinked and he was gone. "Maybe this is his work."

I turned back to her. "What?" Who's work?

"Oh nothing, just thinking aloud. Now this seems to be a dream you are having but..." There was a flash of light and when it was gone the colour had drained from her hair till she was blonde and her deep blue eyes gripped me and wouldn't let go. Tears spilled out of my eyes at how unearthly beautiful she was. "Thought so you need to stop holding back and let the boy in."

I sat up in the hospital bed still crying and looked down at Jacob sleeping in the chair next to my bed. I leaned down and whispered in his ear. "I love you."

Weeks later me and Bella were getting ready for her birthday celebration. I still had a slight limp but otherwise I was fine. On the outside anyway.

As we were talking about nothing much the door bell rang. "Hey Leah could you zip me up so I can go answer that, it might be the boys."

"OK but if it is they are really early." I helped her and then turned to my own outfit. Bella had picked it for me to stop me from going in jeans and a t-shirt. I was already wearing the skirt but anyway I looked at the top it was just far too girly, oh well might as well get it over with.

"Hey Leah you should get down here."

I leaned out of the bedroom door and yelled back. "Cant it wait?"

"No it really can't."

"Fine, I'll be a minute." I huffed and pulled the top over my head.

When I got down I looked quizzically at Bella before a girl stepped out into view. She had three scars trailing over her face but I could still recognise her. "What are you doing here?" I ran forward and enveloped her in a bear hug. "God it is you, you're real. I thought you were dead. I missed you Emily."

this is what we in the biz call a wham ending. Yeah so Emily is scared but for different reasons than in canon. Next chapter will focus on her and explaining Leah's comment.

This makes the third appearance of Freya. Anyone guessed what her first appearance was yet?

More Norse imagery in Leah's dream BTW. Yggdrasil the world tree and Freya the goddess of love among other things.

also head to my profile for an extra story about Wesley and a bit of backstory called "Pages from the diary of Wesley Jones"