Missing You And That Shirt

Thanks to ItsCuzOfTheFame for reminding me of this *takes a deep breath*

Disclaimer: I do not nor have I ever or ever will own the characters mentioned in this story except for any original characters. But, one day!! *shakes fist at the screen* I will earn something!! Maybe a Dodge Charger…black with a black leather interior and a silver trim. ^-^ Yea, that'd be sweet.

But thanks for all the reviews and I'm glad everyone likes the chapter. I was kind of unsure of most of my chapters except for the ones written during the weekend because there's actually time to flesh out ideas and proofread! But here ya go.

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Leah sits quietly on her couch looking at the phone. Her mind wanders to the boy – now young man who was just on the other end. Placing the phone down on the coffee table she hugs her knees to her chest resting her chin on them. Running a hand through her long hair Leah chuckles to herself as she hears a knock on the door. "It's open." Leah says wiping away the tears that had suddenly started to fall. Embry walks in with a hello while carrying a bag. The smile on his falls when he sees Leah's face.

"Leah, what's wrong?" Embry asks quickly moving to Leah's side. Leah laughs as her tears begin to fall again. Sitting on the coffee table he places a hand on Leah's shoulder looking at her with a frown on his face. Leah shakes her head and wipes away her tears and Embry notices the phone on the table. "Finally talked to Jake." Embry states turning his attention back to his upset Alpha.

"Yes." She admits nodding her head. "I was taking a nap when he called. We just hung up." Embry sits quietly as Leah starts crying again gently rubbing her shoulder.

"Lee, here." Embry says as his hands gently run down Leah's sides making her turn around to face him. His hand gently pulling her chin up so that she will look him in the eyes while his other hand rubs her thigh. "It'll be okay, Lee." Embry says gently. "It's okay to miss him."

"I, I'm so mad at him." Leah says trying to fight back the hot tears burning her eyes. "Why, Embry? Why did he leave?" Leah demands as her defense mechanism kicks in – rather than crying Leah Clearwater covers her tears with anger. "He left. He left me." Leah says her anger failing her as the tears still fall and Embry looks at her with understanding in his eyes. "Oh Embry, I miss him so much!" Leah cries finally unable to hold back the hot tears. Falling into Embry, Leah holds him tightly crying her heart out telling Embry how much she misses Jake and how much she hates him.

"You don't hate him." Embry whispers pulling Leah off the floor and into his lap. "You're just angry about the imprint." Embry explains holding Leah wiping away her tears. "We all are."

"Yea, but," Leah sniffles out but stops as Embry shakes his head. Leah sits quietly resting her head against Embry's chest listening to his heartbeat enjoying the comfort his presence brings. She sighs contently as Embry rubs her back calming the wolf tremor shooting down her spine and his head rests comfortably on her as he rocks her back and forth. "Embry?" Leah whispers as she yawns.

"Yea, Lee?" Embry asks back.

"Everything will be okay…right?" Leah asks hopefully. Leah's body tenses for a second as she hears Embry laughing.

"Yea, everything will be okay. You'll be a great Alpha, in your own way, and we'll get through this." Embry says.

"Thank you, Embry." Leah says hugging Embry tightly. Embry gently kisses the top of her head so lightly that Leah doesn't seem to notice.

"What were you doing before all this started?" Embry asks clearing his throat and placing Leah back on the couch as he stands up. He quickly regrets this mistake as he takes in Leah's appearance. She sits on the couch looking up at him with her eyes shining from the shed tears, a slight blush on her cheeks, bottom lip swollen from her biting it to calm herself down, and a black tank that says 'wet pussy'. He had seen the tank before but whenever he got lucky enough to see her in it Jake was always close by – almost blocking her body from the pack's view. The tank was tight and clung to the curves in her chest sinfully well. The tiny shorts he knew she was wearing didn't help ease the ache his body was feeling because they seemed to disappear underneath her chest from his view.

"Watching X-Men 2." Leah says looking up at Embry with a frown. Shaking the thoughts from his head Embry sits down on the couch and puts the bag, he brought with him, in between them.

"Up for watching The Watchmen afterwards?" Embry asks pulling the DVD out the bag. Embry watches with a smile as Leah gasps, snatches the DVD from his hand and jumps over the coffee table to insert the DVD in the player. He never could understand how Leah Clearwater could've secretly been a comic book fan for so long and kept it a secret from the entire pack. No one had any secrets left to keep…except for Leah. Somehow she was always able to keep certain things locked away where no one could see them. Her mind was an intricate vault with the best, unknown security system in place. But, he was going to find the blueprints and the access code – Embry promised himself that he would learn as much as he could about the young woman in front of him.

"I'll be back." Leah says snapping Embry out of his thoughts. He frowns slightly wondering how long she was standing there looking at him. Leah runs upstairs into her room and runs over to her dresser rummaging through grabbing a black t-shirt and gray sweatpants. Looking at herself in the mirror she sighs shaking her head and notices her cell phone – smiling quickly she snatches it open and takes a picture of herself, adding a message to the picture and quickly sends it to Jake. Leah watches as the message is sent. Stripping off her clothes and throwing on the new set Leah takes a look at herself in the mirror and shakes her head with a sigh again, "Never changed my clothes for Sam but here I am changing them for Jacob Black. And he's not even here." Leah says with a bitter smile as she runs back downstairs to sit on the couch with Embry.

"Favorite character?" Embry asks as Leah sits down on the couch and X2 finishes playing. "Rorschach, of course." Embry says with a sigh rolling his eyes after Leah gives him a smug smile. "Lee, why do you like the…outcast characters so much?" Embry asks sensing that he already knows the answer.

"It's their storyline I love. It's deeper than what is right in front of you. Sure all of them have a history but Logan and Rorschach do what they do…because it's what they want. It's not just about responsibility, genetics, and a gift. They're the oddballs because they don't give a damn about what's popular or what will make everyone happy. They'll tell the truth because it's what people need to see and hear. The world isn't beautiful and perfect like some corny Disney movie." Embry sits looking at Leah carefully as she talks about the two characters but Embry knows she's talking about herself at the same time. "And even though they are both hated by one or more of their team mates…it doesn't stop them from still helping." Leah stops talking but Embry can tell that she's still carrying on the conversation with herself – or at least being deposited in the maximum security vault.

"I like Nite Owl." Embry admits.

"Like that's a shock. He's the quiet dork of the group who is underestimated at times because of his personality." Leah says with a smile.

"Underestimated, huh? So you think everyone underestimates me?" Embry asks quietly. Leah nods her head.

"I've seen you fight, Embry. You could easily become one of the better fighters if you'd just stop holding back." Leah says placing an encouraging hand on Embry's knee.

"How much are you holding back, Lee?" Embry asks placing his hand on Leah's looking at her with a longing.

"That you'll have to wait and see, Embry Call." Leah says with a smile pulling her hand away from Embry's. Embry watches as Leah settles at the far end of the couch and continues to watch the movie.

'Yea, I will.' Embry thinks to himself getting comfortable.

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After the phone call Jake feels as if his batteries have been recharged even if he regrets not telling Leah the truth. He finds himself in better tempers even when Blondie makes her mutt references about barging in with muddy paws. It's almost as if he's gotten his fix for the day. 'Do you feel better, Jacob?' Nessie asks as Jake comes back inside the house with a smile on his face.

"Yea, I do." Jake says picking Nessie up and placing her in his lap. "Was, was just missing my friends." Jake admits with a smile. Nessie looks at him with a deep gaze that pierces one's soul. Jake breathes a sigh of relief as Nessie hops down of his leg glad to have dodged the question he saw in her eyes. Nessie returns a few seconds later with a huge book. He frowns slightly as he reads the title, Kings and Queens of England, as she settles down in his lap and begins reading. He smiles contently as Nessie reads the book to him. Suddenly his phone goes off and he leans over holding Nessie to dig it out of his pocket. He frowns at the unknown number and flips his phone open to see '1 multimedia txt'. Jake opens it and is greeted with a picture of a winking Leah with her lips puckered as if blowing a kiss. He laughs knowing it was her way of telling him as usual, 'kiss my ass'.

"Is that wolf girl?" Emmett voice asks catching Jake completely off guard. Jake turns around quickly to look up at Emmett only to realize that his phone has been snatched away in that same second. "Damn that's a hot picture." Emmett comments smugly as Jake quickly places Nessie down and reaches up to take back his phone.

"Give it back Emmett." Jake demands hoping over the back of the chair as Emmett jumps back.

"Does her shirt say, 'wet pussy'?" Emmett asks bringing the phone closer to his face laughing. "Hmmm? I wonder." Emmett says with a subtle smirk.

"Emmett give me back my phone." Jake growls out. His eyes grow wide as Emmett starts pushing buttons. "DON'T DELETE IT!" Jake yells as he dives at Emmett who easily dodges him.

"Delete this? What are you kidding me? I'm sending it to myself. Wolf girl has got a nice rack." Emmett says smiling down at Jake. Jake looks up in horror as he hears Emmett's phone go off and he flips it open. Quickly getting up Jake lunges at Emmett again – successfully catching him and snatches both phones from the vampire. Laughing Emmett knocks Jake off of him and the two begin wrestling for the phones as Nessie looks on in confusion.

"What are you two doing?" Jasper asks a Jake slams Emmett into a wall and holds him pinned with one hand while trying to get back to the pic with the other.

"Nothing." Jake says flatly as he tightens his hold on Emmett.

"Give me that." Bella says snatching the phone out of Jake's hand just as he finds the picture. Jake freezes and holds his breath as Bella looks down at the picture of Leah – her eyes growing wider every second. "Who – what is this?" Bella asks turning to look at Jake.

"It's Emmett's phone." Jake says quickly letting Emmett go and picking his own phone off the floor.

"Is this Leah?" Bella demands as Jake tries to slip away. "Where did you get this Emmett?" Jake begins to quicken his pace at Bella's question to get as far away as possible.

"Jake." Emmett answers flat out smirking at the retreating figure of Jacob Black.

"JAKE!" Bella yells.

"Damn." Jake whispers under his breath as he turns around to see Bella standing right in front of him. "You've gotten quicker Bells." Jake says smiling down at her.

"Don't Bells me." Bella says coldly her eyes burning with outrage. Jake growls as Bella takes his phone and flips it open to find the exact same picture with an added message. "Miss this? Miss this?! What the crow is that supposed to mean?" Bella demands as Jake takes the phone and reads the message. He smiles at the message despite the angry vampire just inches away from him.

"Lee's always telling me to 'kiss her ass'." Jake says chuckling to himself trying to explain the meaning. Truth is he doesn't want the message to mean something other than the obvious – truth that he's missing her, everything about her – her hair, those eyes, her lips – that shirt. "You know that, Bells. That's what the face means besides she was just giving me her number."

"Yea, that's believable." Rosalie says smirking at him from across the room.

"Well you know Lee, Blondie. Look at the picture and say what your honest opinion is." Jake says tossing Rosalie the phone. Over the years Leah and Rosalie had developed a friendship that involved in a sense, 'Beautiful Girls Who Hate Isabella Swan and Her Fairytale Story Because We Both Got Screwed at Some Point' club. Both girls agreed the only good thing about Bella and the whole ordeal was Nessie and one another. Rosalie always covered for Leah with the Cullens and Leah did the same with the wolves. Jake waits as Rosalie looks at the picture of Leah and laughs.

"She's such a tease." Rose says smiling down at the picture of her friend. Jake's eyes brighten at the idea of Rose saving him from being prevented from seeing Nessie – but right now he couldn't understand how that was possible. He didn't have a home to go to all the way out here or would Bella make him sleep outside? "She always makes that face whenever Jake shows up acting cocky." Rose states tossing the phone back at Jake. "Bella you're over reacting. Fido hasn't done anything wrong." Bella nods her head and gives Jake a dark look before taking Nessie's hand and walking away.

"Thanks Blondie." Jake sighs as he hears Bella take Nessie outside.

"Don't mention it, Spike. Besides can't have Leah running all the way up to save your sorry butt over her sexy picture. But don't get too comfortable with that picture." Rose whispers and glides away.

"So? Can I keep my picture?" Emmett whispers once Rosalie has left the room. Jake looks up surprised to see Emmett and Jasper both looking at Leah's picture.

"She didn't take that for you." Jake whispers angrily stalking towards the pair.

"If I delete my picture then you gotta delete yours." Emmett whispers back harshly.

"No." Jake says. "Call her yourself and ask her for your own picture." Jake snaps and regrets his words right after. Leah had also developed some sick relationship with Emmett that involved the two of them flirting with each other shamefully. If Emmett asked for a hot picture of Leah she'd send him one with a dirty joke to boot. "You know what forget I said that. Keep the damn picture." Jake grumbles and stalks off cursing under his breath about stupid vampires.

"He's jealous." Jasper comments looking up at Emmett with a bored expression. "Just don't push him too hard when Leah is involved." Jasper adds noticing Emmett's confused expression that screamed 'so?'.

"Whatever. You're just jealous you don't have one of these." Emmett says as Jasper walks away.

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Well there's chapter 3. This chapter is actually a bunch of other ideas cut and pasted together during a brief break. Man, I'll be glad when the end of the month hustle is over and done with. But as usual tell me what you think and how the story is progressing.