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Chapter Seven- Seize the Day

"I found you here, now please just stay for a while

I can move on with you around

I hand you my mortal life but will it be forever?

I'd do anything for a smile, holding you till our time is done

We both know the day will come, but I don't want to leave you

I see my vision burn, I feel my memories fade with time

But I'm too young to worry, a melody, a memory, or just one picture"

-Avenged Sevenfold- "Seize the Day"

(Leah's POV)-You asked for Leah to come back, well here ya go!

It was nearly time. Bella was asleep in her tent far away from the clearing. Edward was with her right now, I didn't like that but Jasper had everyone else in the clearing to plan our attack on the newborns.

I felt the pull in my heart that was telling me I needed to be by Bella's side. Sam had us all in human form and we were discussing what would be the best plan. When we were finished, Alice turned to me.

"Leah?"

I faced her, trying to keep my face blank. "Yes?"

She smiled a little. "I think Bella would really like it if you went to the tent. Edward says she's cold and he can't seem to warm her up."

I didn't answer her; I just turned and walked through the trees until I reached the tent. I went inside. As soon as Bella saw me, she smiled and opened the sleeping bag.

I smiled back and climbed in next to her. I ignored Edward's eyes that flashed with jealousy. Bella tucked her face into the crook of my neck and sighed in content. My arms were wrapped tightly around her small freezing body. She was cold enough to be a vampire.

God damn you Edward! I cursed in my head. How could you let her get this cold, stupid bloodsucker. He growled, but said nothing. Good. I don't want to hear his fucking voice.

He said something but I ignored him, pressing my face into Bella's hair and breathing in her sweet scent. Edward shifted uncomfortably.

"Do you have to think like that?" He spat at me.

I rolled my eyes. Get over it leech. Why doesn't he just leave? Bella doesn't need him now, I'm here and he wasn't keeping her very warm in the first place.

I heard a rustling and Edward's scent grew slightly weaker. I lifted up a little to see that he had left the tent. Bella looked up, "Did Edward leave?" She asked in a soft voice.

I nodded. "He didn't like my thoughts." I said. She giggled and looked down. I caught the sight of her faint blush just before she pressed her face into my neck again. Her hot breath was hitting my neck in sinful ways.

Slowly, I lightly traced my fingers along her arm. Her breath caught in her throat at my gentle, feather light touch. I smiled into her hair. She snuggled closer to me. Our bodies slowly synched together, our hearts beating at the same time, breathing at the same time, falling asleep at the same time.

With Bella's sweet scent filling my nose and her soft body pressed against mine, I soon forgot all about the threat of the newborns and I fell asleep. There were so many things I could do with Bella in this tent, especially when we were so far away from everyone else. I wouldn't push her into doing anything she didn't want to. I'd give her as much time as she needed. When she was ready, we would do whatever she wanted to do.

The next morning, Edward woke me up rather harshly. Seth would be sitting with Bella during the fight, to ensure she was safe. He would be phased so he would see any danger coming and alert us if he needed to. I knew that at the slightest hint that Bella was in danger, I would be there in half a heartbeat.

I sat up at the same time Bella did. She looked over and smiled at me. I smiled back a little shyly. Our eyes locked and I found myself lost in Bella's unnervingly enchanting brown orbs. I knew my eyes had filled with my devotion toward her since she blushed and looked away. A second later, she glanced back at me, still blushing. I smiled at her to let her know I wanted her to look at me.

Edward huffed impatiently at the opening of the tent. I glared at him and Bella giggled at our tension.

"It's time to go." He bit out.

I sighed heavily and looked back at Bella. My eyes scanned her face, trying to memorize every little detail. I didn't want to forget a single trace of her gorgeous profile.

"Stop it." She whispered.

"What?" I asked, feeling more than a little confused.

"Stop looking at me like you'll never see me again."

I nodded and tried to think of what to say here. This should be an easy fight according to Alice. Even though we were fighting with the Cullen's in this fight, I couldn't help but feel I had an enemy on my team. And that was Edward.

The man in question growled from his post by the door. "I'm not your enemy."

I mentally laughed. Sure does feel like he's my enemy. I can't help I imprinted on Bella anymore than he can. He may be a selfish bloodsucker who saw her first, but fate says she's mine. Who am I to corrupt the grand design?

Edward rolled his eyes, but said nothing. I sighed and stood up to follow Edward. I had only taken one step before Bella's small hand closed around my wrist. She tried to pull me back, but she wasn't strong enough. I moved so I was standing in front of her.

She turned her enchantingly brown eyes to meet mine and whispered, "Come back to me."

I could almost feel the love pouring from her. Before I could stop myself, I was leaning down. I was about six inches from her face when I realized I didn't want our first kiss to be here, before this fight. It should be something special, but I couldn't just leave her with nothing. She had to have something to think about during the fight didn't she?

Just as our lips were about to meet, I quickly leaned even further down and pressed my lips to her neck.

"I promise." I whispered, tilting my face up so that my lips brushed slightly against her earlobe. She shivered under my touch again. I didn't have time to feel smug from how she reacted to me. Edward huffing again pulled me from my thoughts. I sighed against Bella's skin.

When I pulled back, I noted Bella's flustered face and smiled at her. I cupped her cheek with my hand. It was a silent promise that I would return to her. I smiled softly at her, and then slowly pulled my hand from her face. My fingers brushed lightly against her cheek, causing her eyes to flutter closed.

I finally turned and followed Edward out to the clearing. This was unpleasant for a few reasons. There was the insistent tug at my heart telling me to go back where I belonged, which was with Bella. There was also the big fight that was ahead of us. And to top it all off, I had to walk behind Edward. So I had the bloodsucker stench in my nose the entire walk.

When we reached the clearing, tension was in the air. Alice was standing as far away from us as possible, I guessed to get a better read on our futures after this fight. Jasper lined us all up and then there was nothing to do but wait.

The first newborn became visible through the trees and we all shifted uneasily. Jasper was the first to attack; the rest of us followed his lead and pounced on the first leech in sight.

I had just finished killing my second newborn, when Seth's howl ripped through the air. Without thinking about what I was doing, I ran from the clearing and toward Bella. Seth's thoughts were jumbled and I couldn't separate his thoughts from the rest of the pack.

When I reached Seth, I saw he was crouched protectively in front of Bella, who was leaning against a tree; she looked terrified. I felt another pain in my heart and the strong urge to make all her fears disappear. I knew just how to do that. I turned my attention to the two vampires in front of Seth. They hadn't noticed me yet. Good.

The male vamp took a step toward Seth, and the red head followed him. Every step they took toward Seth was a step toward Bella. My Bella. Seth mentally told me to go for the redhead, and he would take down the other.

We counted down in our heads, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. We both leaped at the same time. The male moved because he saw Seth coming. The redhead started to move toward Bella, but I pounced on her from behind. My jaws locked around her head. I twisted and pulled it off with a pop. I tore the rest of her body apart.

Seth and I were throwing the pieces of the vampires into the fire he had started. I couldn't face Bella. She knew I was a monster, of course, but did she have to actually witness me killing a vampire? I didn't even want to chance a look in her direction for fear of what I might see in her eyes. Pain. Hatred. Revulsion. Hesitance. What if she didn't want me anymore? Could she even stand to look at me after what I just did in front of her?

My rambling thoughts were cut short when Bella's small pale arms wrapped around my waist from behind in what she called a tight embrace. I smiled at her even though she couldn't see me.

She whispered against my back, "Thank you."

I turned around and pulled her up into my arms. She wrapped her legs around my waist and nuzzled my neck with her nose. I could hear Seth walking away from us and I was thankful for that. I wanted to be alone with Bella right now.

Gently, I placed Bella back on the ground. She looked up at me with her mystifying eyes and said again, "Thank you." She sniffed as tears filled her eyes. "Leah? Will you kiss me?"

I smiled at her request. I still didn't think it was the right time for this, but staring into Bella's eyes wasn't helping me at all. I leaned forward and kissed her forehead. She huffed.

I smirked against the skin of her forehead. Surprising me, she leaned up and kissed my neck, tightening her hold on me. I pulled away and looked deep into her eyes again.

"Let's get back to the others so we can go home." I said, smiling.

She nodded and laced her fingers through mine. We walked slowly back to the others, I had to catch her quite a few times because the rain had made everything so slick.

When we got back, Alice ran forward, "I told you everything would be fine!" She hugged Bella. I fought to bite back a growl. Great. Now Bella would have bloodsucker scent all over her. Bella gave me an apologetic look over the pixie's shoulder and I just shook my head.

Alice pulled back and said, "Come on, Bella. I'll take you home." She ran off with Bella before I even had a chance to say bye to her. Gritting my teeth, I started to walk home. Seth came up beside me, smirking.

"We did good didn't we, sis?"

I smiled. It was pretty much unheard of to be upset in Seth's presence. Even a bitter old harpy like me had a soft spot for him. I bumped his shoulder with mine, causing him to put his hand out to keep from crashing into a tree. I laughed at him.

He growled, then stopped, composed himself and smirked. "Piggy back!" He yelled and then jumped on my back.

I gripped just under his knees and took off running home. We charged through the back door, causing mom to jump out of her chair, shattering her coffee mug in the process.

"Oh! It's you two." She breathed, putting her hand over her heart in an attempt to calm herself down.

I laughed and shook Seth off my back. Mom laughed as Seth fell on his ass. She abruptly stopped and came forward, pulling us both into a fierce hug. "I'm so glad you guys are okay! I heard the howls outside and I was praying you two weren't hurt."

We pulled back from her. Even for a human she still had a lot of strength. Seth smiled at her, "You know it takes a lot more than some filthy bloodsuckers to keep us down! You should have seen us mom! Leah and me kill-"

Mom cut him off by holding up her hand. "No! Stop right there, I don't want to hear any details. My babies did well and that's all I care about. Now go upstairs and take a shower, you smell like trees."

She pushed us out of the room. Seth and I looked at each other, silently challenging the other to a race to the bathroom. Without warning, we took off at the same time, pushing and shoving each other up the stairs. I ran into my bedroom first.

Seth slammed the bathroom door. "Ha! Wrong way Leah."

I smirked as I grabbed a towel and my clothes. I knew there were no towels in the bathroom and he had no clothes so he'd have to leave the bathroom and go to his room anyway. Seth realized this and groaned loudly. He came out of the bathroom. "Well, played Lee." He mumbled and walked past me. I laughed and went into the bathroom.

"Yeah, yeah." I said, shutting the door behind me.

A/N: So there ya go, another chapter. Sorry it took so long, I had a hard time deciding on where to go in that chapter and I took a lot of time to re-write it. Hope you like it! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, I love you ALL!

By the way, if anyone knows how to photoshop pictures and is interested in helping me, I am hopeless with photoshop no matter how many times I try it. I just need a picture of MY Leah and MY Bella together. The pictures are on my profile and if you can help me out, PM me and let me know. I'll give you a special mention and maybe name a character after you. I would love it if anyone can help me, thanks!

~LCM~