Leah's Point of View
The days went by in a blur, and I spent all of my time with Ron.
We planned to go to La Push soon. His mother, by some miracle, had found four teenagers to take our place. She was thrilled that she wouldn't be taking all of her workers time, because she didn't have many.
She was also delighted about Ron and I's engagement. She couldn't wait. I smiled at the memory of the day we told her, it was only a few days after the engagement happened and we were sitting down in the dinner at one of the tables talking.
Ron and I were sitting beside each other and holding hands under the table… His mom looked at us from across the table, smiling.
"So, what's up kids?" She asked us.
"Um… Well mom, we just wanted to tell you something." Ron started, glancing at me.
"Alright. Shoot." She told him.
"Well… The other day, I asked Leah to marry me, and she said yes." He told her.
"You're getting married?" She asked, beaming at us.
"Yeah." He said, smiling over at me. "And we were thinking that maybe you could move to La Push when we move back there."
She smiled at him and stood up. "Sounds great, son." She walked over to him and kissed him on the forehead. "I'm really glad you found her." She whispered and turned to me… I stood up and hugged her. She beamed at me and then looked down at her son. "You guys can lock up, can't you?"
Ron nodded and she smiled at us. "Alright, I'm going to run on home. I've got some calls to make." She walked out of the dinner and walked over to Ron.
"Well… That went well." He said, kissing me.
"Yeah, it did." I answered. "Hey, does she know about imprintion?" I asked him looking curious.
"Yeah." He answered smiling down at me.
"So she knows you're a were wolf?" I asked him.
"Yes. I showed her the letter from Billy."
"Oh." I responded, looking down.
"Let's get out of here." He said, pulling me out of the little dinner.
We were leaving today, heading back to La Push. I watched him lie there beside me in bed. His face was so peaceful. I smiled and closed my eyes, thinking of going home.
I would see Seth and mom and Jake and everyone. I would see the beach and the sand and the water and all the places I know and love. I would be back with my pack, protecting vampires and I didn't even mind. I was going home.
I did love this place, though. It was beautiful and where I met my imprint, and were we out engaged, but my family didn't live here. My family lived in La Push, Washington and today I was going back. I wouldn't be sad, no I would be joyous.
The second he woke up we would leave, dropping my key off at Mrs. Smith's office as we went.
We'd stop by the dinner, and say goodbye to his mom, then we'd be off.
"Hey, beautiful." He said, opening his eyes.
"Hi." I said, kissing him.
"Wow. Someone's ready to get out of here. You must really hate this place."
"No… I miss my mom and Seth. I miss my pack… I miss my town." I explained.
"Well, I guess we should get dressed and going then my dear." He said, sitting up.
We were both dressed and ready in two minutes and he carried my backpack for me to my car (He sold his car, because we never wanted to drive anywhere on his own.).
I drove to the front office and then stopped, leaving the keys in the ignition. "I'll be right back." I told him, slipping out of the car. I walked into the little office and smiled at Mrs. Smith who was sitting behind her desk reading some papers. "Hey, Mrs. Smith." I called to her, as I walked over to hand her my key.
"Hello, dear… Here to turn your key in?" She asked, smiling at me.
"Yes, I am." I told her, giving it to her.
"Thank you dear… I wonder what's going on… Two people moving out in one week isn't something that happens a lot." She told me.
"Oh, well I can explain that to you, Mrs. Smith. You see Ron Waters and I are getting married, and we're going back to my town, La Push." I told her, beaming.
"Ron is getting married?" She asked, smiling at me.
"Yes, ma'am." I told her.
"That's fantastic. Well, thanks my dear… Good luck." She turned to her paperwork and I left the room, half running to the car.
"Hey." I said, when I sat down beside him.
"Hi." He said, taking my hand and kissing it. "I love you." He stated.
"I love you too." I said, pulling my hand away so I could drive. Soon we were at the dinner, and we went in to say goodbye.
"Mom?" He called to her. The dinner wasn't open yet, so she was in the back getting ready, but after a moment she came out and smiled at us. "We're about to leave." He told her.
"Oh, come here son." She said, walking forward to hug him. "Say hi to Billy for me." I heard her whisper in his ear. She pulled away from him and smiled at me. "Well, you take care of him, now won't you?" She asked me.
I laughed, but nodded. "I will." She came over and hugged me. "Bye then kids." She said, turning to get back to work. "I'll come up as soon as I get this place sold." She promised.
"Bye, mom." Ron said.
"Bye." I said, grinning.
She was standing at the counter when she saw something… She picked it up and I noticed that it was my notebook. My notebook with my Sam stuff in it. Crap. "Oh, Leah, is this yours?" She asked, closing it.
"Yeah. I must have left it or something. Thanks." I said, walking over to take it from her.
"Your very welcome." She must have not read it. Just saw my name.
"Bye, mom." Ron said again, pulling me out. When we were in the car, I thrust the notebook in my backpack and turned on the car. "What was that thing Leah? I remember you reading it one day at work, what was it?" He asked..
I frowned, but answered quietly. "It's my Sam notebook. Pictures and letters and stuff." I told him, leaving the most current thing out. "When I was really sad, I would simply read this… It reminded me that Sam had loved me, and that someday someone might love me again." I explained, yeah some of it was a lie. I didn't have it for that reason, but I couldn't tell him…
"Oh." He exepted, kissing my cheek. "I guess you won't be needing that anymore." He joked.
"Nope." I answered. When I got home, I was going to put it in a box in my closet, and never look at it again. I didn't want to throw it away, though. It almost seems wrong. There had been good times with Sam.
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We drove through the La Push city limits soon enough and I smiled at the familiar setting. "Home." I stated.
"Yeah." He answered, smiling blissfully out the window. "What does your mom think I am?" He asked me, without looking away from the window.
"She knows you are my imprint. She knows I'm your imprint. She knows we're going to get married." I told him.
"So basically, she knows everything?" He asked, looking over at me.
"Basically." I answered, looking out the window and seeing just a glimpse of the dark ocean gleaming with the little sun that could shine through the cloudy day. We passed Jake and Billy's house and I pointed at it… "That's Jake's house." I told him. "Oh, and he lives with his-and your- dad." I told him.
"Does Jake know I'm his half brother?" He asked, as we drove past my old high school.
"No." I said, looking over at him. "I haven't told him yet. I'm not really sure how to… Really I think Billy should be the first one to find out. Wait, he already knows… I just mean he should be first to know you're here and all. We'll tell Jake after."
I glanced at Quil's parent's store and saw Embery sitting outside on a bench beside Quil.
They saw me and waved; I smiled back, but turned my face to the road. "Who are they?" He asked, frowning.
"That's Quil and Embery… Their from my pack." I told him.
"Oh… How many of you are there?" He asked smiling. I guess he really didn't know that the pack was big.
"Well… There are five of us in Jake's pack. Me, Jake, Seth, Quil, and Embery." I told him, glancing over at him. "I never told you this, but I'm Bata."
He laughed at that. "Really?" I nodded and almost cried when I saw my house coming into view.
"Here we are." I said, as I pulled in the driveway.
"Do you think they'll like me?" He asked, worried.
"Duh." I answered, jumping out of the car. Seth opened the door and I ran to give him a hug. "God, baby brother! Are you still growing?"
"Maybe… I don't know." He answered, smiling at me. "Where's the guy?" He asked, looking around.
I pulled Seth over to the car, where Ron was sheepishly grabbing our bags (the ones we'd need)… "Seth, this is Ron. Ron, this is my baby brother Seth." I told them, beaming.
"Nice to meet you, Ron." Seth said, smiling at him.
"You too." Ron answered, taking my hand. "I've heard a lot about you." He told Seth, smiling.
"What'd she say?" Seth said, pretending to be worried.
"Just that you were the sweetest person she'd ever met and that she loves you." Ron said, and I glared at him. Did we really have to tell Seth?
"Aw!! Thanks, Lee-Lee." Seth said, kissing my cheek.
"Where's mom?" I asked, starting to walk to the house.
"Inside getting lunch ready." Seth said, as we walked through the front door.
"Leah?" I heard mom call from the kitchen. I smiled at Ron and dropped his hand, running to the kitchen and smiling at my mom. She hugged me and then looked around the room as if she was trying to find something. "So… Where's this guy? Where's Ron?" She asked, when we pulled away.
"Right here." He said, wrapping his arms around me.
I know I jumped about ten feet in the air, but he just laughed. "Don't scare me like that." I said, frowning.
"Sorry." He said, smiling at my mom. He let go of me and went over to her… "Hi. I'm Ron Waters." He said, stretching out his hand so very formally to shake hers.
Mom laughed, but shook his hand. "Hi, Ron. I'm Sue Clearwater… Leah's mom, but you probably already figured that out." She said, beaming at him. I knew that look. She was glad beyond glad that I was happy again. She was beaming almost as much as me.
"Nice to finally meet you." He said, dropping his hand and walking back to me. He pulled me close to his side and held me there.
"A pleasure." She said, turning back to the stove. "Oh, Leah… Jake and Billy are coming over for lunch." She told me.
I looked at Ron, whose face was blank… I was nervous for him. I don't think he'd ever even met his dad.
"Okay… I'm going to go show Ron his room." I said, pulling him out of the kitchen. Of cores he wouldn't sleep in that room, but mom didn't know that he slept (and just slept) in my bed every night.
I looked at him as I pulled him up the stairs and into my bedroom. His face went ridged, then and he collapsed on the edge of my bed. "I don't know what to say… Tell me something, Ron… What are you thinking?" I asked, frowning at him as I sat down on the edge of the bed beside him.
He looked up at me and took my hand. "Leah, I'm thinking that I'm not ready." He said, frowning. "I've never even met my dad. I think he knows what I look like, though… I'm pretty sure mom sent him pictures of me. I don't know for sure though. All I know is that I've never seen him, and that I don't know if he even wants to see me. Maybe he wishes I hadn't happen. Maybe I was a freaking mistake he made." He was crying now, and I wrapped my arms around him, trying to comfort him. "Maybe he doesn't want to see me."
"Ron, you couldn't be a mistake. That's just not possible and anyone who doesn't want to see you, well they can just go to Hell. You are so kind and loving and great, who wouldn't want to be around you?" I kissed his forehead. "No one. And I'll be right there… It'll all be okay. Just don't worry about it now." I begged.
He took my face in his hands and kissed me. "I love you, so much, Leah." He whispered, resting his forehead on mine.
"I love you, too." I breathed, holding him for a moment.
"I think I'm going to change.." He said, frowning. "Want to look nice when I meet my dad." He said, sarcastically.
He stood up and grabbed his bag from off the ground. He started rifling though it, looking for something to wear. I stood up and went to my closet, smiling at my old clothes (the ones I'd left behind). I grabbed my strapless black dress and through it on the bed.
I looked down at him, and smiled. He looked so cute there on the floor like a little child, looking through his father's briefcase.
I laughed as I slipped my clothes off and then slipped into the dress. I sat down on the edge of the bed, again and crossed my legs waiting for him to stand up.
After a moment he surfaced with a white polo and black jeans. He looked at me and I laughed when his eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Wow." He said, smiling at me.
"You like?" I asked, laughing.
"A lot." He said, crossing the room to kiss me. "You look beautiful." He whispered, lips hovering over mine.
"Thanks." I said, smiling at him as he pulled off his shirt and stepped out of his jeans. "Yep… Right there. Freeze." I said, standing up and wrapping my arms around his neck. I smiled up at him… He laughed at me and I kissed him, before I let go and let him get dressed, but in my head I remembered him standing there in his boxers…
He sat down beside me, and placed his hand on my bare thigh. "You think the dress is too short?" I asked, smiling.
"No." He answered, kissing me.
"It used to be longer.. But then I got a lot taller." I told him, laughing at his expression.
"I like it like this." He answered, pushing me down on the bed and kissing me. I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck again.
"Me too." I answered, kissing him again, but his mouth froze on mine, and I pulled away slightly so I could look at him. "What is it?"
"I heard a car pull up." He said, eyes turning back to the nervousness of before.
"Shh… It'll be okay." I promised, pulling him up and taking his hand. "I'll be with you." I promised as we walked from the room, holding hands.
When we reached the foot of the stairs, he wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed my cheek. "I love you." He whispered, before we walked into the living room.
Jake was sitting in an arm chair, talking to Seth who was sitting on the floor, and Billy was sitting in his wheelchair beside the couch where my mom sat. "Look who's here." My mom said, beaming at us again.
"Oh, Leah, it's great to see you back." Billy called from where he sat. He hadn't looked away from me yet, and I felt Ron's arm tighten around me.
"Yeah. I've needed my Bata." Jake insisted, but I was watching Billy… His eyes drifted away from me and to Ron. His eyes opened wide and then a big grin stretched across his wrinkled face. "Oh, this must be Ron." Jake said, standing up and walking over to us.. He shook Ron's hand and then smiled at me.
"Ron Waters." Billy murmured. Jake turned around and looked at his dad.
"How'd you know his last name?" Jake asked, confused.
I glanced at Ron, and he was smiling at his dad. I could see that seeing Billy smile made him happy. His dad did want to see him.
"Er… Um.. Jake. I never told you this, but well you have a brother." Billy started.
"A brother?" Jake asked, confused.
"Well, really a half brother, but anyway… Ron's my son." Billy declared, tears welling up in his eyes.
Everyone turned to look at Ron, who was smiling at Billy and I beamed over at him. I wanted to say I told you so, but not now… I'd wait for that.
"What?" Jake asked, and I knew where his thoughts had gone. Jacob thought that his dad had cheated on his mom.
"Jacob, this was before I met your mother.. You see I met her a little after Marge and I broke up, and we got married right away. After a few years I get this call from Marge and well…." Billy trailed off looking at his son (Ron..).
"Did you know?" Jake asked me, frowning.
"Yeah.. We were going to tell you." I told him, frowning.
"Oh, you were?" Jake said, running out of the room.
"Jake!" I called… Gr. Mr. Drama King.
I looked over at Ron, frowning. "I'll be back." I said, fallowing Jacob outside. I fallowed him into the forest and scowled at him. "Right, great Jake. Way to make him feel loved."
"I'm just mad at my dad." He said, frowning at me. "You would think your dad would tell you if you had a brother somewhere."
"Yeah, Jake, but is it really the worst thing in the world? I know Seth and I fight all the time, but I love him and we take care of each other. It can be like that. It's not the worst thing that could have happened. For example, Nessie could be being eaten by a bear." I said, frowning deeply at him. I saw him cringe at the thought and I nodded. "I know I'm right there. Worse things could happen. So your dad didn't tell you that you have a brother, what does it matter? There's be rumors of Embery being your brother, that never bothered you! Why does this matter?" I asked him, looking at his hurt face.
"I don't even know, Leah. I just don't know. I guess because I always knew Embery, we were always friends. And on another note, it's one thing to suspect something like that and another to have it confirmed." He said, looking down at the ground. "If dad told me right now that Embery was my brother, I would go ballistic. I mean Embery and I have been great friends for ages now, you would think he would've told me by now… But this is completely unheard of. No one knew about this one." He looked up at me, eyes hurt.
"Yeah, but now you know. Get on with your life, Jake. So, what you have a big brother?" I asked, frowning.
He sighed and stood up… "So what." He answered, turning to walk back to the house. "I'm good now." He promised.
"And be nice." I told him. "I mean really, you've already made him feel unwanted and unloved. The least you can do is be nice." I said, scowling.
"Yes, ma'am." He said, and then let out a laugh.
"What?" I asked, smiling at him.
"I just realized that when you too love birds get married, you'll be my sister." He said, smiling over at me. "I'm not sure how I feel about that."
"Oh, you know you love it, little brother." I joked, taking his face in my hands and kissing his forehead.
"Love it." He answered, sarcastically. "Just what I need, my Bata being my big sister."
"I know! It'll be great." I said, laughing quietly as we walked into the house. Billy was talking to Ron, who had sat down on the floor beside Seth. Mom was still sitting on the couch, listening to the conversation… They all looked up when they saw us come in, laughing and Ron beamed at me.
"Look who's back." He called, eyes sparkling.
"Yeah." I said, pulling Jake over to him. "Jake, this is Ron. Ron, this is Jake." I said, smiling at them.
"Hi, Jacob." Ron said, as I sat down beside him.
"Call me Jake." Jake said, and I beamed over at him.
One big happy family.
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