Chapter 7: Unexpected Occurrences

I clasp my hand around the gold cool knob of the door. I gently twist it open, peaking around the corner. I'm glad to see that my brother is back to himself, still wearing the same ensemble as earlier.

"Is it safe to come out now?" I ask with a tint of knowing behind my words. Seth gently smiles at me as I wade past Embry, over to my brother. He outstretches his arms as soon as I'm in reach. As I'm pulled into his firm chest, I know realize how much he's changed. Not just his physical appearance, but his mannerisms too. Seth is a man.

"I'm sorry," Seth mumbles out, running a hand in a circle upon my back. "Will you answer my question now, Lee?"

I take a deep breath knowing that it's going to be so much harder for me to tell Seth than anyone. But sometimes the truth is hard to swallow. I might as well tell him the truth then trying to guard him from it. Seth isn't a boy anymore.

"Sam," is all I manage to get out against his rigid chest. He pulls away, starring astonished at me.

"What?" Seth asks, bewildered at the thought. I know he has heard me. Seth has the most acute hearing out of any of the shifters. He's extremely thought. As a boy Seth had always looked up to Sam. Even after the break up I knew he did. Seth tried to hide the fondness he had for him, to comfort me. Yet it stayed. Until now.

Although, I'm not sure he believes it.

"It was Sam, Seth. I know you don't want to believe it. But you have to trust me. I would never lie to you. You know that, right?" He doesn't answer me. He seems to be contemplating the truth behind my words. I press my hand upon his cheek. Immediately, his eyes flash up to meet mine. "You and Embry are the only support I have left." I let my hand linger, before pulling it away. Seth grasps my hand prior to it returning to my side.

"Leah, your hand is cool," he gasps out, starring at me with concern.

"Is it? I haven't noticed. I think it's a side effect to the pregnancy." I pull my hair from the side of my neck, I turn to face him. "See, it's still in the midst of turning into a scar."

Suddenly, I realize that I've just given Seth yet another reason to phase. I hurriedly clasp my hand over the bite marks.

"He. Fucking. Claimed. You." But it's not a question. We've all seen the mark. He knows exactly what it means.

"Seth, please." I step forward towards his shaking frame. Two hands grasp around my waist, pulling me back. Embry protectively places himself in front of me.

"Stay back," he orders, keeping his gaze focused on my brother.

"That bastard will never lay another hand on you, Leah." Seth hunches down, near to letting his wolf take control. His breathes become heavy as he begins to snarl. There's no stopping him now. The change is too far in. "I'm going to-" But Seth's words are cut short. In one swift motion Embry shoves Seth into the air, as the splitting of clothes and lengthening of bones fills the room.

A substantially, sandy colored wolf takes my brothers place. Snarls rip through his teeth, while I stare into his inhumane eyes. As soon as he's spotted me, they soften. Something trails down my legs and the world begins to spin.

All I can make out before falling to the ground in darkness is my brother phasing back, screaming my name.

Something ice cold comes into contact with my skin, my eyes slowly coming into focus. Beeping begins to feel my ears, a slow steady rate. As I realize where I am and whose hand is placed upon my head, the beeping becomes erratic.

"Leah," a soft angelic familiar man's voice rings in my ears. Carlisle's face comes into view as he hovers over me. I turn away from him not wanting to look at him. Instead, I stare at the Iv laced into my arm, pumping unknown fluids into my body.

"What happened?" I coldly ask.

"You experienced a Placenta Previa," Immediately, my gaze is fixated on him. "It's a rare condition that can occur in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. The cause is when the placenta-"

"Lies low in the uterus covering the cervix. That's why it didn't hurt when I began bleeding." I pause, talking in my present state. "Why am I not in labor? Is the baby okay?" The beeping goes up as my chest heaves up and down.

"It's alright. Everything is alright. You're stable and so is the baby. But we do need to keep an eye on you, Leah. I've place another monitor on the baby. Right now the child is completely calm. Please try to keep you heart rate down. There's no need to add anymore stress that there already has been." I watch as Dr. Cullen strides over to the small IV bag beside my bed. He pulls a syringe from a side table. My eyes widen as he plunges the needle into the bag filling it with what little fluid is in the chamber.

"What are you doing?"

"You need to sleep," are the last words I hear from him before slipping into the darkness once again.

Sweat drizzles down my neck, as I lung up gasping for air. Immediately, someone is at my side stroking on my damp hair. Someone I never thought would be here. Someone I know who is liable to hate me for the condition I'm in.

"Mom?" I gasp out between heavy breaths.

"Leah. Sweetheart," Mom says in a tender voice that I haven't heard in a long time.

"Mom, I'm sorry. It wasn't my fault. I-"

"Sh. It's all alright. I understand. Everything is going to be alright."

A sudden pain rips through my abdomen. I arch my back in response, hissing from the pain. The sweat forms again across my skin. The door flies open as Dr. Cullen and Embry rush through. The beeping begins to speed up as another enters along with it. I watch as Dr. Cullen mumbles something to my mom. She shakes her head, coming back to my side.

"Now!" He directs her, pointing towards the door

"Embry," I choke out in a small voice.

Instantly, he's by my side stroking my hair while holding my hand. "I'm right here, Leah." I fix my eyes on him, trying to focus on one thing to calm down. I feel the blood starting to drain from my head as I become dizzy. Blackness once again begins to cloud my eyes. But I don't let it consume me. Carlisle mutters something to Embry that I don't pick up on. "Leah," Embry grabs a hold of my cheek, forcing me to look at him. "Look at me. You need to stay awake. Focus on me, Leah."

The beeping becomes louder. I can't seem to focus on anything. The darkness begins to take over again and this time I don't think I'll win. I turn my head to see that my mom hasn't left. Somebody opens the door, pulling her from the room.

Before she's gone she blurts out the two words I never thought I'd hear her say. "I'm sorry, Leah. I never wanted anything like this to happen."

Everything blurs into one. The pain ripping through my body, the yelling, the pain killers flowing through my body and my fretful thoughts. All falling into the darkness.

TBC