.::The only exception::.
Leah x Alice
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.:: Chapter 3: Tension ::.
Leah glanced around the Cullen home, she was feeling extremely out of her element. And the knowledge that the only other non-vampire was leaving in about a minute had her even more on edge.
The dark haired woman sat down gingerly on the couch, watching in silence as the Cullen family bid farewell to Bella. The brunette waved, Leah smiled and waved back as she watched Bella and Edward leave.
Once the door was closed the rest of them turned, all of their eyes on the wolf. Her face flushed as the vampires all stared at her with unblinking and unnerving coal black eyes.
"Where's she sleeping?" Rosalie spat out, her nose wrinkling in disgust. Carlisle sent her a disapproving look but shook his head slightly and glanced toward Esme for help.
"How about one of you girls...?" She asked, Rosalie's eyes narrowed.
"Emmett and I share my room, therefore we're crowded enough as is. How about she sleeps on the couch? Or better yet, outside... Where she belongs." She growled out in irritation. Esme narrowed her eyes at her adopted daughter and the blonde looked away folding her arms over her chest.
"Alright then... Alice?" Esme said in her seemly usual pleasant voice, Leah's heart skipped a beat at the mentioning of her name. She raised her eyes slowly to meet the black ones belonging to the diminutive vampire, they locked and the wolf felt her insides churn.
"Fine." She said simply before turning and heading for the steps, Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper followed her while Leah remained behind with Esme and Carlisle.
Leah's cheeks burned as if they were literally on fire, 'She said yes! She said YES!'
She thought to herself giddily as the two vampires approached, Esme offered her hand to help the younger woman off of the couch.
Leah accepted it with a smile, 'Maybe... Maybe these vampires aren't so bad after all...' She thought, her spirit soaring from the simple 'fine' that the beautiful pixie had mumbled out in her sweet melodic voice.
"Don't mind the girls, they're just... Adjusting. Alice is usually a pretty outgoing person so it's better that you're rooming with her anyway..." Carlisle said, his voice gentle.
Leah could tell there was more he wanted to say, the two stared at each other a moment, searching each others eyes.
"Sam told you, didn't he?" She whispered as Esme busied herself elsewhere with finding their guest a suitable set of pajamas for the younger woman to wear. Carlisle nodded, his brows furrowing.
"I don't exactly understand why something like this would happen... But I don't really know much on the subject to begin with... All I can say is good luck, Leah." He said giving her a sympathetic pat on the shoulder, she sighed but smiled at him. Knowing that she would need all the luck she could get.
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Leah's stomach doing flip-flops as Esme lead her upstairs to Alice's room, as they went down the hall the wolf could smell and hear traces of the other vampire's already tucked away in their own respective rooms.
"Here it is! She has a bathroom in there too, you should probably freshen up a bit sweetie." Esme said as she opened the door, Leah was shocked that she didn't knock but apparently that was just something typical.
Alice was perched neatly on a desk chair her eyes locked on the darker skinned girl. Esme smiled nervously at the two of them, pointing to the bathroom before exiting the room.
Leah gulped, as much as she was trying to restrain herself... She could feel that odd, almost magnet like pull tugging at her chest and towards Alice.
The vampire's scent hung heavily in this room, it's intoxicating aroma making it difficult for the wolf to concentrate. She could feel her heart pounding, Leah wanted nothing more than to pin her to that little wooden chair and...
"Are you just going to stand there?" Alice asked in a rather monotone voice, a slender brow arching. Leah gulped again, trying to squash the thoughts that were trying to overload her brain of the vampire's pink lips pressed to her own.
"I... Uh, sorry." The taller girl whispered, turning and heading into the bathroom. It was huge. And beautifully decorated just like her bedroom. There was blue everywhere in both rooms. She gave a small goofy grin, peeking her head around the corner of the door.
"So, I'm guessing your favorite color is blue?" Leah asked nervously.
Alice glanced over her shoulder towards the bathroom, her face still holding a neutral expression. "No, it's orange."
"Oh," Leah responded, almost dejectedly. Alice shook her head, that one brow once again disappearing beneath her bangs. She suddenly started laughing and Leah could feel her face flush again. 'Of course,' she thought, 'sarcasm.'
Leah popped her head back into the bathroom and carefully shut the door. After finding herself a fresh towel she hopped into the over sized shower. It was gorgeous, tan and brown tiles with the pale blue walls and white trim.
There were candles perfectly placed around the bathroom for a romantic feel should the little pixie want it. Leah flushed, daydreaming of Alice being in there with her, the candles all lit and the lights out. The light from the flames dancing across the walls and flickering across her black-gold eyes...
'God, when did I become such a romantic?' The wolf thought, grumbling inwardly before grabbing a nearby shampoo bottle. It was a fresh smell, the bottle said something about refreshing waterfall or whatever.
She smiled slightly as she inhaled the scent, it was indeed quite fresh. Leah carefully washed her hair making sure to get all of the dirt, blood and grass out of it. She wrinkled her nose every time her fingers were met with resistance, even with her hair at a much shorter length it found ways to tangle and knot.
As she started on her body she slowly began to remove the dirt and blood that was from her toes to her forehead.
Leah grumbling more, watched with disgust as the dirt could clearly be seen running down her body and then sliding its way down to the drain.
'I hope I don't clog their drains with all this mess...' She thought wearily, her eyes wandered over her body. Taking in the sight of freshly formed scars from the deepest injuries that she had sustained earlier that same day. The lighter tone of the scarred skin seemed to glow against her much darker copper complexion.
Stepping out of the shower and into the coolness of the bathroom Leah sighed. She was feeling much more refreshed and another, better idea popped into her head.
Obviously the little pixie in the other room wasn't sure what to think of her being there. Acting aloof and indifferent was her attempt at showing it was probably going to continue that way unless... The taller girl could inspire her to feel otherwise.
A cocky smirk made its way across Leah's lips as she began to towel dry her hair, Esme had left the pajamas in Alice's room so she had to go back out to get them anyway... Right?
Gathering up her courage, Leah placed the white towel around her neck and headed out into the bedroom. She continued to dry her ears and neck as she walked, watching Alice from the corner of her eye. Nothing.
She didn't budge, she seemed completely enthralled with whatever it was she was doing.
Frowning slightly, Leah stopped drying herself off and cleared her throat, "Do you have a comb?" She asked, Alice raised her head slightly.
"Yes, it's in the bathroom." She said turning to look at the darker girl over her shoulder, Leah's stomach did flip flops as their eyes met. But the pixie's expression remained neutral, much to the wolf's disappointment.
"Kay, thanks." She said, trying not to act bothered by the smaller girl's obvious disinterest.
Leah grabbed the pajamas and headed back into the bathroom, glaring at herself in the mirror as she carefully but angrily dragged the comb through her hair. 'Of course she wouldn't be interested in you, moron. You're an overly muscular, too tall, awkward piece of wolf ass...'
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Alice bit her lip as she heard the door opening, the wolf's scent had been bothering her since that afternoon. She couldn't tell if it was because it was the only female wolf she had ever encountered or if there was something more going on... But something was certainly not right.
Her body was actually reacting to the werewolf, to the other woman's scent. She guessed it had something to do with pheromones but then why was she the only one affected?
Chewing on her lip she remembered Rose catching on to her short lived arousal when they had first found the injured Leah in the clearing, suddenly snapped from her thoughts Alice blinked when she heard Leah's voice.
"Do you have a comb?" She asked, Alice raised her head slightly and she immediately stopped breathing. There it was again, that overpowering dose of pheromones hitting her like a tractor trailer.
"Yeah, it's in the bathroom." She responded, turning her head slowly and trying her hardest to control her urge to look anywhere but the other woman's eyes. Alice's head was swimming now, 'SHE'S NAKED. Why is she naked?' She thought, her nostrils flaring slightly as she was tempted to breathe in the wonderful smell.
She watched as a slight pained look entered the wolf's brown eyes, and as soon as Leah's back was turned Alice let her eyes slip lazily down the woman's beautiful figure.
Alice turned back to her desk, her lower stomach beginning to throb in an almost painfully pleasant way.
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Leah glanced at herself in the mirror before resigning herself to the fact that she would have to spend the night torturing herself in the prescence of one of the most beautiful creature's she'd ever seen.
The clothing that Esme was letting her borrow wasn't so bad, there was a simple black tank top and mid thigh length black shorts.
She turned out the bathroom light and headed back into the bedroom, her cheeks flushing when she noticed Alice laying on her belly facing away from her, reading.
She laid down next to the pixie on the bed, her eyes studying the other woman's profile as she sat reading what appeared to be one of the Harry Potter books.
Leah stifled a chuckle and Alice glanced towards her, eyes now more of a burnt umber than black.
"What?" She asked in a semi annoyed tone, Leah shook her head.
"Harry Potter, really?" She asked with a smile, the wolf saw Alice's eyes dart down to her mouth before once again heading back up to her eyes.
"Yes, really. These books are quite good, even if they were written for a younger audience. Much better than the books that Meyer woman wrote, you know the ones." She said replacing her book mark and closing her book, "...Why do you keep staring at me like that?" She asked her eyebrow once again doing that adorable little arch.
Leah glanced away feeling her cheeks get warm, "I well... I've never been so close to a vampire before... Not to mention, I don't feel quite as much resentment towards you guys because I'm really new to this whole thing." That was a lie, and she knew it as it left her lips. Before she had laid eyes on the beautiful girl, she had hated the mere thought of any vampire but now... Things were changing.
Alice still looked skeptical as she watched the other girl answer, and Leah began to feel uncomfortable under her intense gaze.
"Why aren't you breathing? Or blinking for that matter?" She asked suddenly, in an attempt to save herself.
"Vampires don't need to breathe or blink," Alice answered looking slightly amused, Leah blushed a deeper shade of red.
"Oh, yeah..." She mumbled, "sorry, like I said, I'm new to this."
"It's fine." Alice said as she turned and leaned off of the side of the bed, sliding her book back onto the nearby bookshelf.
Leah's teeth worried her lower lip as she watched her move, those lean muscles pulling just beneath her pale skin. The dark blue tank top was getting in the way and she wanted nothing more than to rip it off so that she could see the rest of the delicious creamy white flesh that she was hiding.
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Alice's body stiffened as she was suddenly hit with an extremely overpowering smell, the smell of the pheromones had intensified and with it came a scent of arousal. Cursing at herself for slipping up, the vampire once again tightened her chest and turned to face the wolf laying next to her. The look she saw in the other woman's eyes made her want to squirm, it was obvious that the creature next to her wanted her, badly...
"So, are we both sleeping here?" Leah asked in a low husky tone, Alice was trying her best not to react but it was becoming increasingly difficult, shaking her head the pixie sat up.
"Vampires don't need sleep either." She whispered back, her voice slightly strained.