I have no idea what to do anymore. It's like I've become the number one enemy of America. Humans are scarred of me, vampires hate me, and the werewolves can't stand me. What's left? I wouldn't be surprised if this world came up with witches or zombies.

"Leah lets go, its time!" Jacob called up from downstairs. He had decided to stay at the house for today until the meeting, making sure I wouldn't "run" off or anything but I'd like to think that he's just worried.

There's a few tribulations I kinda have to face when I see "them." For instance, something might come up like "Why protect Leah when she's done nothing but insult this family?" Then our side will be like "You have many favors you owe us" and then something will come up like-

"We're outnumbered. By more than fifty." The short psycho midget looking one said. I just knew this was going to happen.

"And we don't know how many others will come and help. They're not exactly a huge fan of the 'We change into dogs' club. Looks like your out of luck pup." The blond girl said…good old what's her name.

"Rosalie!" Ya, her. "Don't you speak like that to them again do you understand?" The mother hen scolded. I kinda found it funny as well as the others did.

She only glared at us harder, if she keeps that up her face would be stuck like that forever.

Imagine the horror her family has to go through, looking at a face like that everyday. They might just kick her out.

Haha, ya I'd pay to see that.

Would you treat me to popcorn?

Only if you brought the soda.

Alright it's a deal.

Shut up Embry, Leah. They're not here for jokes. They're here to help save your future so-

Aww Jake you know its kind of funny, I mean just look at her. If she stares any harder I think laser beams will shoot out of her eyes.

The whole pack and even that mind reading freak, got quite a chuckle out of Quil's remark. But of course, we're not here for jokes.

"What's so funny? I want in." The big bear looking guy said.

Ed boy just cleared his voice and told him he might not want to hear.

"Don't call me that." He told me with so much venom in his voice it could have probably killed a human.

Leah stop. They're here to help not to fight.

Sure, Sure.

Please go on. Sam told the bloodsuckers…well technically only one who translated it to the others.

"Marcus, one of the vampires who lives in the Volturi family, had a met a younger vampire who reminded him of his sister way back when. The two became ultimately close. He protected her and she shielded him. Marcus was devastated when she found a coven that she thought she belonged to and that coven was the one who you saw in the woods chasing that family. Knowing Leah, being the fastest and all, of course she would catch at least one of them and that one is going to bring us a lot of problems."

I felt kind of cocky about this. It's kind of like Ha, ha even they think I'm the best.

Only the fastest. Seth thought. Now shush.

"They want to know if we have a chance or not." Edward told his family, mimicking Sam's thoughts.

Everyone was quiet then. Everybody practically looked at the ground. Everybody was Screwed with a capital S. Then I slowly came to realize…what if we didn't have to fight? They only really wanted me…so if I gave myself away…but is it really worth it?

Of course it is. Worth it to save my family, and my friends. Anyone of us could have been in my position but and anyone of them would have done the same. But I've never really been the hero in this kind of situation and technically speaking I still wouldn't really be the hero.

It would just be called even. If I went to meet them halfway…at least away from Forks like maybe in New York or some—

Some heavy ass force tackled me to the ground as if I had the "football" or something and I flew a good couple yards across the clearing.

What the hell is your problem?! You son of a fucking bitch! What'd you do that for?! I mean Damnit, if ya don't like me just say it but do not hit me!

LEAH WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?! To just give yourself away?! It's like committing suicide. We don't have to be even! It was their fault, what that stupid coven did was wrong and you were just doing your job! Don't you ever fucking think that we'd just let you run off to get yourself killed you hear me?

Jacob what do you want me to do?! You want us to all fight? We're all committing suicide here if we go against the Vuliwhatever. I mean come on Jake don't tell me you wouldn't do the same thing.

He thought for a moment before answering. He knew I was right and so did everyone else. The leech family stared at us in shock but I don't blame them for once. If I saw Ed boy tackle the short one I would be like what the hell is he doing. And it was kinda awkward with Jacob pinning me down to the floor with a little too much force.

We'll find another way around this. And if you go running off on your own I swear to God I WILL hunt you down. Leah, do you understand me? You will NOT go running off to them.

Again with the Alpha voice…I've been told he only uses it on me. Probably because I'm more of the troublemaker.

"What's wrong?" I heard one of the leeches whisper, but Ed boy told them a lie or something.

Leah I'm not asking again. Do you understand?

He said each word slowly like I was some old lady who had lost half of her hearing.

But what am I thinking? Seth…and the others…what if one of us gets killed? Or even more?

"There is something else…" Alice said slowly.

Jacob got off of me immediately and turned to her. What is it?

I got up, painfully, but with the help from Quil and Embry my side didn't hurt so much. Jacob did give me a headache and probably a bruise that would go away in a couple of minutes.

Well you shouldn't have thought so stupidly. Ask Alice what she meant by "something else." He told the mind freak.

"She means that Aro doesn't know about this. Marcus is planning of leading a group of skilled vampires by himself without telling Aro. I'm sure if he knew about this he wouldn't let Marcus come here. Aro plays by the rules and he would take our side. He knows that if any of them cross your land there's more of a chance of them getting killed than getting away with it."

"I see what you're saying…and if Aro gets on our side, we'd have more than enough help even if they wouldn't be willing to contribute." Carlisle said.

"Plus, he was planning to get rid of Marcus anyways."

"What do you mean?! That would be insanely stupid. Aro would never do that." The blond bitch hissed.

"Aro saw through Alice that Marcus would turn against him one day and fight him till death. Aro's coven would be in great danger then so I'm sure he would be more than willing to help us."

I don't even know were all these names are coming from. What if we were to fight and I thought this Marco guy was the "Polo" guy or the other way around.

Everyone was concentrating on what information has just been giving. Many of the others were planning on how to attack the leeches or if there was another way around this…aka Sam.

"Well we still have time to think and plan. Marcus has to attend this special event thing Aro is holding in Italy so that he wouldn't get suspicious. I'd say we have a week or less." The physic said.

"Well there's one more problem. Marcus would be telling the rest of the group to mainly aim for Leah and it would be kind of hard to keep jumping in the way and pulling them off one by one. Besides, Leah could only protect herself for a limit amount of time before they get to her. We'll have to plan carefully to make sure nothing happens. One mistake can cost a life."

Just great. I can't wait to see what happens. Collin, Brady, and Seth…the other younger boys surely wouldn't be in this fight. It's way to dangerous.

Sis, I'm gonna help protect you just like everyone else and there's nothing you can do about it.

Gee Seth, you seem pretty cocky about that. Hmm who do I have to ask- oh that's right! Jacob.

We'll talk about this later k?

It all good with me Jacob, just remember that I let you have my Playstation 3.

Shut up Seth.

Shutting.

"Alright, I think that's it for now, we'll plan everything throughout the nights."

Thank you for the information.

"You're welcome."

Alright, let's get some sleep.

We both turned our opposite ways heading back home. For our pack we only brought the regulars so the leeches wouldn't feel uncomfortable but I think it would have been kind of funny.

I'm going with them. To visit Nessie and stuff.

Jake, that thi—sh-it-ugh! She's sleeping.

Damn it took so much effort just to say she instead of it. I hate talking about "her." But I told Jake I would try and that's the best I can get.

Thanks Leah. She doesn't sleep much though so I think its okay.

Alright man, just don't stay out too long. Don't want your Dad to worry or anything.

Sure, sure.

Quil, Embry, and Seth started walking off, back to the reservation while I stared after him.

I don't know why my heart sunk when I saw him leaving. It's like I felt hurt, broken again. I don't why though…I just didn't want to see him go. I didn't want him to leave me.

Jacob started to slow down his pace and then stopped abruptly.

I knew why though, because he can feel my every feeling and hear my every thought. He knows my emotions from the inside out and I know them too.

Leah?

I was having mixed feelings now so he probably couldn't tell exactly what was happening but I had to go. I have to go….before I do something I'll regret.

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I repeated the alphabet over and over in my head as I ran from him. Trying to hide my thoughts was hard. Trying to hide my feelings was even harder.

LEAH WAIT!

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Let's just talk about this.

There's nothing to talk about Jacob so just fuck off!

And before I knew it, I ended up at my house, phasing before Jake could tell me to stop.

I ran straight up to my room and locked the door behind me. I was scarred to fall in love but here I am. In love with Jacob Black.

Now everything made sense. The way he made me laugh, the way he would just talk to me as if I'm the only girl on the planet, the way he sometimes looked at me, and even the little comments he made.

How could I have fucking missed this?! I'd always admire him and I'd always been in love with him.

I was just too wrapped up in my own little world to notice it and noticing it now just makes me want him even more.

"Hey Leah, you okay? What happened?" Seth asked as he knocked on my door.

"It's nothing go away…" I lied in an unconvincing way and of course Seth saw right through it.

"Hey Leah open up, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing I said so leave me alone."

"But-"

"Now Seth!"

"Fine, I'm going to bed then."

Jacob is in love with that little monster though. I can't compete with an imprint…I just can't. He loves her…I mean he really really loves her. There's no way…I have no chance at all with him.

Jake's the one who helps me up when I'm down, he cares for me when no one else does, and most importantly he makes me forget about Sam.

Jacob.

Jacob.

Jacob.

Why do I even try? He's got someone that I'll never get to have…

"Leah open up the God damn door." What the hell?

"Embry?"

"Surprised much?"

"Only a little, what the hell are you doing here?"

"Open the door and I'll tell you."

Embry sounded kind of mad, like, not joking at all.

"No." I'm not just gonna open my door for him…maybe Jacob but not Embry.

"No matter." He said and then there was a crunch with a twist.

"It's not like I don't have super strength or anything." He told me in a low sarcastic voice.

"I know you did not just break the handle off my door." I stood up slowly, ready to punch him. He invaded my privacy at the one of the worst times in my life he might as well have taken the fucking door off!

"Oh…is that what it's called? I'd have never guessed."

"Embry, get the fuck out or I swear I'll-"

"What? Punch me; break my bones, only to have them heal in an hour or so? Go ahead. But the longer you make me wait to talk, the longer I stay. Remember that."

What the hell is his deal? He has absolutely nothing to do with my life that's for sure.

"EMBRY-"

"I'll buy you a whole damn new door alright? Now shut up cuz' the kid is tryin' to sleep."

He shut my door and then grabbed my wrist pulling me close to him.

"What are you doing? Get off of me."

"It's not like I'm gonna kiss you or anything so calm down will ya?"

I understood what he meant when he suddenly pushed me roughly onto my bed.

"I'm gonna ask you one more time and if you don't answer I swear I'll throw you out my window."

"You and what army?"

"I don't need one to beat you Call."

He kind of stared mockingly at me for a second, and then his face blanked out and turned to the serious mode again.

"What the fuck was that back there?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"The hell you do. You know exactly what I'm talking about. In our wolf form, what were you thinking?"

"You heard me?" That can screw everything up. He'll tell Jake for sure, and Sam.

"Yea, I did. I stayed a little bit longer to ask Jake something but I couldn't get the chance to. Besides, it was obvious all a long that you liked him. You talk to him differently than you do us. You do little things, like you flirt. You're nicer to him and every time he mentions Nessie you wince as if you had been stabbed."

"You're wrong." I lied.

"Leah, don't play games with me. You know it and I know it so don't even try to lie."

"You're wrong. I don't like him," Embry looked as if he was gonna throw me out he window but I wasn't done yet. "I love him."

And in that moment his face softened to that pity look.

"Don't you dare Embry, don't you DARE give me that look!" Before I had time to control it, the soft little tears ran down my face.

"Leah, what were you thinking? He imprinted…you know what that means…I don't understand…"

As he spoke softly, he started moving closer.

"You think I want to be in love with him Embry? I wish I could hate him but I can't alright?! I just can't!" If I could hate anyone in the whole world it would be Jacob. For turning over to the leeches and for taking my heart.

But what does Embry have to do with this anyways? Why was he telling me that what I'm doing is wrong?

"And why are…you…here?" I asked between sobs.

"Leah…I just…I don't…I don't want to see you get hurt again." He said looking towards my direction as if he could see right through me. He had this tortured look on his face.

"Look, just because I'm being torn to pieces here doesn't mean I'm gonna talk shit about your Dad." As I said the words he automatically winced and I did feel guilty.

"I don't care. You can talk crap about him all you want but I'm not here because I'm afraid you'll dish on me. I'm afraid you'll loose your belief in finding love Leah."

Wow. Embry Call lecturing about love. Embry Call telling me not to give up. Embry Call worrying about me. The world is coming to an apocalypse.

"Then what do I do huh? He loves his imprint and I can't stop that…" I stopped talking as he started chuckling.

"Imprinting's a bunch of phooey. You make him fall in love with you. The old fashion way."

Then suddenly I remember the conversation I had with him about how he didn't want to imprint and I did. Maybe, just maybe…he still believes in that.

"If I were you, tomorrow I'd walk up to him, kiss him like he's the last man on earth, and then tell him you love him. But I'm not you and I don't swing that way so the choice is yours." He told me crossing his arms.

As of this moment I had never been more grateful than now to have Embry here as my friend. He's a great guy and I regret all the times I'd ever bitched about him.

I got up and in within two steps I hugged the crap out of him.

To my surprise, he hugged me back.

"I'm sorry I talked shit about you and your Dad. It won't happen again."

"It's okay Leah. I forgive you, now get some sleep…you have a big day tomorrow."

With that he left me to myself.

The next morning I was up at the crack of dawn to go out for a morning jog. I'm going to tell him how I feel even if it kills me.

When I jogged over to Emily's house for breakfast I caught Jacob walking towards the house.

"Hey Jake wait up!" I called over. It was now or never Leah. Pull your self together.

"Yea, how's it goin' Leah?"

He wasn't alone. That thing was with him.

"Hello Leah, how are you doing today?" The leech asked me looking all innocently. I twitched at the sound of her high strung voice as Jake walked over to me. Now or never Leah. Now or never.

"J-Jacob…umm…can I speak to you alone?"

He looked at the little monster then looked back at me doubtfully.

"Please?" Come one Jake! Don't make this hard.

"Hey Jacob I'll take Nessie inside and get her settled down alright?" Embry came up outta nowhere and asked.

"Um, ya sure. That'd be great thanks."

Thank you soooo much Embry. I'll probably have to send him a card or something.

"So what is it? Don't try and talk me into letting you go off to those leeches alone cuz' it's not gonna happen."

"No…I'm not here…for that."

Jacob's face dropped and looked over me anxiously.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Ya…something happened." I'm in love with you…I just can't get the words out of my mouth.

Do it Leah, just do it.

"Umm…" I started walking closer to him until we were inches apart.

"I know this is wrong of me…but…I don't think I can hide…for that much longer…"

"Leah, what's wron-"

And I kissed him. With all the force I had, I kissed him. And he was kissing me back. I felt whole again, I felt like we were meant to be together. Then he jerked away.

"I-I can't Leah…I'm sorry…I have Nessie…I don't-I'm sorry." Of course. This was the worst that could happen and I was prepared for it. Tears poured down my face as he stared at me worriedly.

"Of course…I didn't expect you to do anything anyways…I was just letting you know. I'm sorry."

And I ran.

"LEAH COME BACK!"

And I ran.

"STOP!"

And I ran until I lost him.

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Sorry Sorry, I've been outta of it with bloodwork and dentist and x-mas and stuff... I swear that I'll get you your next chapter by next week or so. I did make this chapter longer though....plz review its what keeps me goin.

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