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Author/Note 1: Sequel from Our Dawn 2

A/Note 2: I'm not a native English speaker so I'm sorry for my grammar and spelling. Thank you for reading.

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part III

Book 1 – Weakness & Strength

Leah Clearwater

Chapter 2 – Down Under

I tried not to think that I was going to stay away from my kids for two weeks but as I sat down on the airplane, I couldn't help to miss them already. I knew they were fine though. I could still remember the excited look on their faces when Jacob told them they were going to spend the Spring's Break with the Cullens in Canada. They were going to Mount Sima to ski and Seth would meet them there.

I had nothing to worry about with two doctors being there. Carlisle had three hundred years of experience and Seth, although he was still doing his internship, was perfectly capable of dealing with emergencies. Actually Seth had done really well over the years. I was sure he was going to be a great doctor. I was proud of my little brother.

"They're fine." Jacob said sitting down beside me and taking my cell phone off my hands. "Don't you know you can't use the phone while we're flying?"

"I was going to turn it off." I lied.

"Sure, sure…"

"What's up with you, anyway?" I asked him noticing that he was acting a bit weird. "Oh, please, don't tell me you're afraid to fly."

"I'm not afraid. I'm just…Let's just say that it's not my favourite means of transportation."

"Big bad wolf, Jacob Black is afraid to fly." I mocked taking my seat belt off when the airplane's captain announced we were in the air.

"You can make fun of me all you want, Leah. I also know all your secret fears."

"What bothers you? Is it the turbulence?"

He shrugged.

"We're wolves but we're not…immortal like the leeches." He said lowering his voice. "If this crap crashes, we'll die for sure."

I nodded. I guess he was right about this one.

"You can't think about that." I held his hand. "Maybe you should try to sleep. It's going to be a long trip."

He closed his eyes and squeezed my hand a bit.

"I got you covered, baby." I brushed his jaw and kissed him softly on the cheek.

"Don't push it, Leah…I don't really want to give a free show to all these people." He said with his eyes still closed but with a huge grin planted on his face.

I laughed and I readjusted myself on the seat to rest my head comfortably on his sculptured chest. I noticed a blonde air hostess looking at us but I chose to ignore her. I could tell by the look in her blue eyes that she wanted to be in my place right now. Tough luck though because Jacob Black was mine.

An hour later I woke up and watched the clouds through the window. Jacob moved slowly and opened his eyes.

"Are you feeling better?" I asked.

"Yeah. I'm kind of hungry…"

"We can…" I was cut off by a noise followed by an annoying voice.

"Do you need anything sir?" The blonde hostess came with her trolley. She had some nerves. I breathed deeply to avoid smashing her face in the food she was serving and Jacob noticed I was acting weird.

"Are you alright?" He asked worriedly.

"Fine." I assured him.

"Do you want something to eat?" He asked again. "Or maybe a drink?"

I smiled at him but I never took my eyes off from the blonde woman, who was obviously more interested in watching my husband's biceps.

"Can you please stop eye fucking my husband?" My attempt to be polite failed miserably.

The woman turned red and finally took her eyes off of Jacob's body. He was stunned with my words. I had never raised my voice in public, except for that time in Seattle when I caught Milena trying to hit on him. I yelled, kicked and slapped a lot that day. Jacob was the one who took all the blows because he was afraid I would kill the stupid bimbo. She wasn't so lucky the second time though.

"Leah. What the hell…"

I crossed my arms and faced him. Sometimes he was really clueless.

"What?" I questioned in defiance.

He shook his head in defeat. Good thing he still knew I wouldn't back off from this. Not after what I went through with Milena.

"I'm sorry about my wife. Can you give me two cokes, please?"

The hostess tried her best not to stare at him again and left quickly after serving our drinks.

"I can't believe you almost jumped a hostess' throat because she was checking me out." He said.

"I'm sorry I spoiled your fun." I shot at him.

"Come on Leah…It's not like I…"

"I know it's not your fault." I cut him off. "You're just too fucking hot and some women can't just keep their hands off of other people's husbands."

"I never cheated on you…and I never will. Isn't that good enough?"

"Sure." I rolled my eyes.

"Look…it's not only you who need to worry about this kind of shit alright?" He raised his voice a little and I looked at him surprised.

"What?"

"You think you don't call attention from other men? So far I had to control myself three times not to rip a few heads back at the airport. And if that guy over there…" He pointed to a tanned guy with brown hair sitting down a few seats from ours who immediately blushed. "…doesn't stop staring at your breasts I'm going to fucking kill him right now."

I pulled Jacob into a deep kiss to calm him down and show him that it wasn't a good idea to attack other passengers. We both relaxed a little.

"I hope we get to Australia fast." I moaned into his mouth.

"My thoughts precisely." He chuckled.

A few hours later I was trying my best not to sound excited about going to a five star Hotel with Jacob and spend two weeks in a bedroom with a private bathroom, a Jacuzzi and room's service. I was going to relax and have a good time. After those two weeks hell would break lose again in La Push. Rebecca had finally convinced her husband to come over to the States to sign the divorce's papers. He had denied her the divorce for six years, which was stressing Embry a lot. He had wanted to go to Hawaii and murder the guy a couple of times already. Wanting to organise one more wedding, Alice even offered Embry the money to go to Hawaii, but Jacob interfered in the last minute and prevented Embry to get into troubles.

I waited patiently for our luggage to arrive and almost half an hour later I met Jacob outside the airport with a big smile on his face. I knew immediately that something was wrong. I knew him better than that.

"Did you call a cab?"

"We don't need one." He said brightly and pointed out to an old grey Nissan pick-up. "I rented that for two weeks."

I almost let the luggage fall on the floor.

"Are you kidding me?" I asked trying hard not to freak out.

"Nope." He smiled again.

"This wasn't in Bella's plans, was it?" I asked. "I remember you mentioning a five star Hotel, clubs, museums, shit like that…"

"Well…Since I know you always hated Bella's suggestions I decided to change things. I cancelled our registration in the Hotel and I bought us maps and camping material. We're going to discover Australia on ourselves."

I couldn't believe he had done that. The idiot had actually ruined my dreams for a comfortable and awesome staying in the most famous Australian Hotel for what? A damn camping trip? Was he for real?

"Jacob…" I started. "Are you out of your mind?"

"What? We'll be in our element…you'll feel at home. I mean sort of…Australia doesn't have all those forests and it's a lot warmer but still…"

I sighed deeply. That was exactly the problem. I was tired of forests and animals and Nature, I wanted something different, something sophisticated and modern. I guess that would never happen now. I couldn't disappoint Jacob because he was doing this for me and because of me. Because he thought I didn't want to do what Bella had planed for us. If only I hadn't bitched so much about that trip. If only I had accepted Bella's ideas without arguing.

Since I would never admit that I liked Bella's ideas better, I decided to play along. He wanted to explore nature and have an adventure, right? Well, I could do that. I just had to keep my temper in order and be patient. Maybe after the first week he would grow tired of exploring.

"Can you turn on the air?" I asked after carrying the bags inside the truck.

"It's broken. Sorry." He said starting the pick-up.

All I wanted was to cry. We were in Australia for crying out loud. It was at least ten more degrees than we were used to at home and he was telling me the air was broken? It was going to be one hell of a ride. Literally.

"Where are we going then?" I asked.

"I spoke to a guy and he told me to follow this route." Jacob gave me a map and I sighed.

"So, basically we're going to the middle of the jungle." I asked while we were leaving Sidney.

"It's not actually a jungle."

"Sure." I closed my eyes and thought about the kids. At least they were having fun with Seth and the leeches. "Jacob?"

"What?"

"In a couple of years Harry and William will notice something's wrong with the Cullens." I said. I had wanted to talk to Jacob about that but I had never found a way to talk to him alone.

"Maybe they won't."

"They're kids not morons. Besides…it's not only the vampires we need to worry about. We're different too Jacob…and they're not like the other kids either."

"Look…The Council said we shouldn't tell them the truth until they're old enough to understand."

"What do we do when they ask us why we're not getting older?"

"I don't know yet."

"Of course you don't."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing. Forget it." I said putting away the map while trying to enjoy our last moments in civilisation.

It was going to be two long and stressful weeks, after all.

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Australia was a beautiful place nonetheless. Although, initially I had dreamed about an hotel, a cooler temperature, room service, free drinks by the pool, restaurants and clubs, now I was slowly making myself comfortable in that natural environment. Alice Springs was a nice place to stay actually.

We had stopped there to buy some food and because we were tired and needed a nice meal, we decided to stay for a couple of days because we found the small town quite welcoming. Since the two of us didn't fit properly in the tent that Jacob had bought for us (apparently there weren't tents big enough for two wolves, not even in Australia), Jacob decided to rent a room in a guest house for a couple of days.

But I'm pretty sure that what really made him rent the room was the lack of proximity that our bodies had experienced so far. Since only one of us could use the tent, which was me, and because I was somehow trying to punish him for ruining my two weeks in heaven, Jacob and I hadn't done what real couples do on their honeymoon and that was affecting his good humour, just like I predicted.

I knew that, eventually, he would throw a tantrum and I would have to give in but I was trying my best to annoy him a little bit more. The first night I alleged I was tired, the second night I told him I couldn't do it in that tiny tent, the third night I bitched about the insects and wild animals and on the fourth night I told him I would never do it outside.

He rented the room so I wouldn't have any more excuses but I would figure something out eventually. The thing was I really didn't feel like fighting back tonight. I had reached my limit too and the way his hand had brushed mine when we were going up the stairs to our room was all it took to light the fire in us. Since it was still March and the mating season was on until April, things got pretty hot as soon as our bodies touched.

We tried to keep it down and the first time we actually managed not to scream but round two was much more intense than we expected.

"That was…amazing." I said lying down on my stomach next to him. The small room was a chaos but the furniture was still intact.

"It was more than amazing. Remember that time when the kids had to go to your mother's place for almost a month?"

I nodded. I would never forget that month or the following months for that matter. I was forced to talk to Carlisle about it, which was extremely embarrassing because the fucking mind rapist read his adoptive father's thoughts and wouldn't stop mocking us for weeks. I also had to do several pregnancy tests just to be sure.

"We were out of control then." I said. "Our instincts got the best of us."

"I thought I would never feel like that again…but I'm feeling it now."

"It's a pretty powerful feeling that we need to control." I admitted. "But not tonight."

I crawled back up to his naked body and kissed him fiercely. He responded automatically, running his hands through my back and placing them firmly on my hips. I kissed his chest feeling his abs a bit lower and taking in his scent that was driving me almost insane.

"You have no idea…what you do to me…" He whispered and I couldn't help but smile.

"I can say the same."

"Tell me something I don't know." He grinned against my skin.

I lifted my head and looked at him mischievously.

"I was avoiding you on purpose. I wanted you to pay for stealing away my Jacuzzi…" I said just to see his reaction.

He looked at me dumbfounded.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah."

"If you wanted to go to the Hotel why didn't you say so?"

I shrugged.

"So…is there anything I can do to make up to you?" He asked pulling my body impossibly closer to his.

"Maybe…"

"Like this?" He started to tickle me and I rolled off of him immediately.

"That's not fair…stop…Jacob…" I begged him.

"This is exactly why I didn't bet a time limit for our marriage." Jacob said caging me in a tight embrace and settling himself comfortably on top of me.

"Our marriage has a time limit?"

"You didn't know?"

I nodded negatively.

"Everyone in La Push placed a bet." He explained.

"But you didn't…"

"No, I didn't. Because I know that you and I are forever."

I was at a loss for words with that sudden love declaration. Sensing that I was receptive for a third round, Jacob brought our bodies together again. This time he started off slowly and tenderly. Then all the passion and lust started to surface naturally.

While he repeated the same movements over and over again, his name escaped my lips continuously, fuelling his desire even more. I couldn't even breathe properly because the heat was consuming all the oxygen in the damn room.

I was starting to feel the usual pressure building up inside of me when I suddenly felt something different. It was a powerful feeling of belonging, reassuring me what Jacob had said before. It didn't matter the place or time, my place was by his side, with him and it didn't matter what other people thought because we belonged together.

Our blissful connection brought us into a state of pure ecstasy and I knew that all the bad times and all the fights we had in the past didn't mean anything when it was true love that tied us. Everything we had gone through was worth it. There was an undeniable reason why our bodies reacted like that, mating season or not, we would always feel attracted to each other.

"I love you, Jacob." I said, feeling jolts of electricity travel through my whole body while he was calling my name non-stop.

And then all of my senses went haywire. A part of me was being totally controlled by my wolf's instincts. I wanted us to remain like that forever. I didn't want that feeling to end. I needed him too much. My body would reject if he stopped moving and I was ready to take over if that happened.

The other part of me was longing for the final waves of pleasure to reach us and for the moment when we would rest in each others' arms and finally fall asleep.

His grunts and groans were telling me that he was debating the same questions and couldn't find the answer.

All of my body was now starting to hurt and his muscles were so tense that I knew he was also stretching his body to the limit.

"Do you want…me…to stop?" He asked breathing heavily and placing my leg around his waist.

It was a simple question. I knew he would do what I asked him to do. I knew he was fighting against his inner wolf. He was probably afraid that he would hurt me too much.

"No…Please…Don't…"

"Leah…I don't want to hurt you…" He said huskily and I melted completely.

"You're not hurting me…" I reassured him.

My words seemed to please him and he set a new pace which made my heart beat faster. I abandoned myself to the thought of, once again, being controlled by animal instincts but a few seconds later, Jacob's hands left my thighs and he intertwined our fingers while looking me in the eyes. The way he looked at me was enough to show me we weren't being totally controlled by our inner wolves.

A small growl erupted from his chest at the same time he brought his lips to meet mine. Our bodies started to shake violently and all my thoughts were lost for a second. I didn't know how long that feeling lasted but it had been unbelievable.

"I don't know what the hell this was but I'm sure I don't want to forget it." He panted letting his body fall on the bed completely spent.

"I think we just…reached a whole new level of…"

"Amazingness?" He suggested amused.

"Perfection." I whispered holding him and burying my head on the crook of his neck. "I can honestly say this was one of the best nights in my life."

"I am that good." He grinned.

"Shut up." I chuckled.

"You know I'm right…You're just playing hard to get."

"Just hold me." I asked him.

He kissed my forehead and tightened his grip around my waist while I drifted off to sleep a few minutes later feeling warm, secure, happy and whole.

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So I didn't manage to have my dream's vacations. We didn't stay in a modern and comfortable Hotel, we didn't go to museums or parks, we didn't go clubbing at night and we didn't eat in fancy restaurants either but Jacob did give me the perfect vacations.

We spent most of our time surrounded by trees, bushes, lakes and rocks. We managed to enjoy the Australian landscape and we learned a thing or two about it: don't go to a beach without supervision or you can end up being shark food; don't bathe in lakes because the crocodiles will try to eat you alive; be careful with snakes, spiders and all the other insects, because even though their bite can't penetrate a wolf's skin completely it stings like a bitch.

After our fourth day in the "land down under", we had a really great time together. For six years we had been stressed out about our family problems and financial difficulties, but for almost two weeks we forgot all about that and acted like a normal couple.

So we promised that every time things went bad for us back home, we would take some time off and maybe return to Australia. Maybe next time we could even afford to take the kids too.

The first thing I did when we arrived at Seattle was to turn on my cell phone, while we were waiting for Embry to come and pick us up at the airport, and I called the Cullens. Just like I was expecting, the boys loved their vacations and were having a lot of fun. Esme told me they would go to Forks the next afternoon and would be home by dinner time. I could hardly wait to see them again.

"Embry's here." Jacob announced. "Let's go home."

I smiled at him and we finally left Seattle.

A/Note 3: Thanks for all the feedback you gave me. Since I've been a little bit short on time because I've been working on another story, I can guarantee you that Leah will have a fierce confrontation with Bella again...and yes, more slaps are on the way...but Bella will keep her head (sorry). Since I've jumped 6 years, I'll try my best to give you some information of what happened with the pack and the Cullens for the last years. As you probably noticed this time I'm going to split the story in 3 parts: Books 1, 2 and 3, each will have a different POV. Leah is the first, but for the other two I'm not sure yet.

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Karisan