"SAM! What the hell is your problem?! You've been so distant, and so wacked out lately! I've tried and I've tried and I've tried to act as if everything's all right but your obviously fucking hiding something! I don't- I just don't know what to do anymore! What can I do to make you feel better? What can I do to get the old Sam back?!"
"Leah…you can't…I'm so sorry…but- but you have to know…"
"What Sam? Please! You're scaring me! What's wrong?" I run up to him, grabbing a hold of his shirt sleeves and pulled him closer to me. I didn't know what was wrong with him. Or maybe it was me. If he didn't tell me tonight, I would surely go crazy by dawn.
"Are you sick? Is that it?" I asked frantically, but all he did was break out of my hold and turn his back on me.
"Leah, you know I love you. I'll love you always and forever. You know that. But, something's changed…and I- we- can't be together anymore."
I stood there frozen while the tears feel down my face and my knees trembled so hard that I'd thought they might have fallen off. He's trying to be macho man. Trying to stay strong, but what for?
"What…what are you talking about? I –I don't- understand!" By this time, my whole body was shaking from head to toe and deep grossly sounded sobs came out from my throat.
Sam spun around again and slowly walked towards me. I flinched away when I felt his extremely warm hand touch my shoulder.
I don't know what, or why, or how this happened. I didn't get how he could still love me yet tear my fucking heart out and shred it into a million pieces…I don't understand anything anymore. Was there some else he liked? Maybe?
"I-I-Is t-there someone…else?" I whispered out loud. Then I knew right then and there. His face changed into a pain, tortured look and he couldn't look me in the eyes anymore.
And ever so slightly, a little tiny yes came out of his lips. I let out another sob and fell to my knees.
"…Who…"
"Leah…I don't think…I should tell you, right now…"
"DAMN IT SAM! You go missing for weeks and come as a whole new person wanting someone else...you're tearing me into shreds.... Don't you think…I deserve…to know who…"
"It's Emily."
Of course it is. Of fucking course it is.
"I'm so sorry Leah…I can't…" Oddly enough that wasn't Sam's voice. I opened my eyes to see Jacob with the torn expression.
"I have Nessie…I'm so…sorry…"
"And there he is with two strikes and two balls with the winning run on third, what will he do now? Coach gives him the sign…players are ready…here comes the pitch…"
I opened my eyes slowly to see a baseball game on the television, Dodgers against the A's. My head hurt like hell and I could barely move any of my muscles. I sat up straight in my bed and turned to get out.
As I stepped down, something squishy and hot laid underneath my toes. That's kind of funny cuz' I don't remember buying a new carpet, although Seth was there, out like a light.
"Ugh, a nightmare…and now a dead Seth. How can things get any worse?" I asked myself.
I kicked him lightly in the face. "Seth, if you're dead then I guess you don't mind me renting out your room huh?"
He stirred in his sleep and mumbled, "I'm not dead, but who's asking?" Then he rubbed his eyes and then took a good look at me. "Leah?"
"Nope. I'm your long lost sister who got removed twice from the family." I told him sarcastically. "Or was it three? I can't seem to remember."
"Hey, that kind of reminds me of…hmmm…I don't know, Leah!" Seth got up, wobbling from a head rush, and made his way towards me.
"How're you feeling?" He asked placing his hand on my forehead.
"Who are you? Mom in disguised? Ha ha." I moved away from him and locked myself in the bathroom.
"Hey I'm not the one who had a one twenty degree temperature in the middle of the night."
"I did not!" I stated after dropping my toothbrush. One twenty? Shouldn't I have been dead?
"Oh, you're right! Technically it was one nineteen but one little degree is not going to make a much of a difference."
I heard him lean on my door and let out a big sigh.
"You should've seen Mom. She thought you were dead. Nearly called the cops, ambulance, and everyone else."
"Yea? How'd you get her to calm down?" I picked up my toothbrush and started brushing my teeth again. Last thing I needed to do was give Mom a heart attack too.
"Uhhh, Old Quil came by and told us it was normal to have a temp like that when being a werewolf and all that. He said it was like having a one oh five temperature. Lucky you can heal fast, slower than the pack but faster than humans. Old Quil said he'd never seen any pack member with that kind of temp. But then again, you're a girl."
"Oh haha, you think you're a comedian now? As if. But I'm sure that wasn't too good of news to Mom either."
"Ya but he told us you'd be fine in the morning and here you are."
We both knew we were taking this conversation to lightly.
"I'm surprised I even found you Lee. It took me three and a half hours. It's really hard and annoying to find someone whose thoughts I couldn't hear anymore because they've crashed down completely. I couldn't even smell you, I was too drenched in the Cullen's scent and it seemed like everything else was to."
"Gee Seth, thank goodness you're not a normal human being. How ever could you stand life?"
"I don't know…I'd probably die of boredom, or something." He said taking a bite of an apple-of what I can smell.
Once I was done in the bathroom, I walked down stairs with Seth practically up my ass watching to see if I'd faint or something.
"Leah are you sure you're all right? You still seem kind of pale."
"Seth quit worrying about me. As long as you make breakfast I'll be just fine." I said with a smile on my face. Seth looked so relived after watching my bright expressions. He started cooking right away.
"Jake says he'll understand if you don't come out on patrol today. Wanna tell me what happened?" Seth asked, eying me suspiciously.
"No thanks I'm good. What'cha cookin?" I've been eating more than Paul these days and that's saying something. Although I never gain a pound either so it doesn't hurt.
Seth went back to cooking the meal, flipping some eggs over. "Leah, you know I'm always here for you right? You know you can talk to me about anything. I want to help you out, you know?"
He kept his head down while talking making it very obvious that he was trying to avoid my stare.
"Seth I know you're always there for me whenever I need it, I mean I'm not that stupid. It's just that some things are better left unsaid. If I don't talk about it, it just basically means that I can deal with it by myself. That's all." I told him picking up the remote and turning on the television in the living room.
"Yea, alright. If you say so." I can tell he was disappointed with my answer but that's all I had to say to him.
I don't know about patrolling today. I'll have to face Jake sooner or later though anyways. Guess we'd just act as if nothing happened.
"Oh ya! I almost forgot to tell you! I mean its not good news to you but still…" Seth told me putting my eggs and some bacon on a plate. Yea, he cooked fast.
"Alright then spit it out."
"Again, Jacob also said you don't have to come if you don't want to and that I could explain everything to you later but the offer is still up for grabs though I don't think you'd come now that you have an option-"
"Seth, you're rambling on again just spit it out so I can spare a couple minutes of my life. I don't think I could handle the suspense anyways."
"The Cullens managed to find some of their friends again to help fight off the Volturi but we're still outnumbered. There's another meeting at two and they want everyone to practice taking on more than two vampires at a time."
"Don't you think that that's a little too much to miss out on. Why would Jacob even give me the option to skip out?" I wondered to myself.
"So you'll come?"
"I'll think about it."
Seth came over and handed me my breakfast with a big smile plastered on his face.
"That's not a yes."
"It's not a no either sis. I'll be back; I'm gonna go take a shower." He told me walking up the stairs.
"I can't believe you didn't take one last night. I mean how could you even sleep?"
"I had to deal with others things on my mind and look for certain people and calm other people down-"
"Alright, alright, I get it. Go on." God that boy could talk a lot. Especially for this kind of time in the morning.
I heard him laugh as he shut the bathroom door. I turned back to the television, watching the A's celebrate their win, until someone tried to open the front door. I'd laugh if it was a bugler.
Then I heard voices outside that sounded extremely familiar. I got up, opened the door for them, God forbid…to find one of many worst nightmares.
OH FUCK. Charlie AND his bloodsucking daughter were here. At my fucking house! I mean come one Charlie it can't be any more obvious that your daughter is not human. There's practically a tattoo on her forehead that says vampire. Why would you let such a creepy thing like that visit you?!
"Hey squirt, I know your Mom's not in right now but she told us to, um, come in…if that's alright, and she said she be here…in a couple of minutes." Like Father like daughter I guess. They're both so awkward. Doesn't Mom know that his daughter is one of THEM? How can she just fucking invite them over like that? No No and No. There was no way in hell that they we're coming in here. Maybe when pigs could fly or when hell freezes over.
"What are you doing here?" It took a little too much effort to keep from yelling at them both. The leech was looking everywhere else besides at me while she shifted her weight uncomfortably.
"Well, um, you see…Sue invited me over to watch the next baseball game and uh I just thought that I'd invite Bella along with me…because we haven't really hung out much and um she kind of owed me that much…huh Bells?" He nudged her arm and slightly winced, probably just gave himself a bruise.
Mom didn't even know that he brought her. What was he thinking? Ya, Ya he's a nice guy, helped us out alot, blodi blah blah. It doesn't change that fact that he brought his leech over to my house, even if he didn't know what she was I still did and unless someone can erase my memory in a few seconds there was absolutely no way that I was going to-
"Did I...ever tell you, that your house is-"
"Quite a catch? Yea you did." I didn't want to be mad at Charlie, honestly. In fact I wasn't mad at him...I pissed about the leech. Stupid annoying kid brother of mine! If Seth hadn't come down stairs to invite them in, so help me they'd both be back at their own house by now.
"Are you all right Leah? I sure hope you're not sick." He said looking me over carefully.
I hadn't realized that I was shaking so violently. His parasite looked as if she was about to throw him on her back and run for it. Well since Seth loved her so much he can deal with them.
"Seth thanks for the breakfast but I lost my appetite." I started walking out the door before Charlie stopped me again.
"Aw, Leah-"
"Aren't you going to grab a jacket? I'd say it's less than forty degrees out there."
Everyone but him knew I didn't need one but if it would keep him from throwing questions up my ass I'd love to grab a jacket.
Once I was out, I slammed the door hard and walked away to who knew where. I'd guess I'd stop by Emily's house today. I've been putting it off for a couple days but I have to pick up the damn dress. No doubt Sam's pack is going to be there. Even if we are cooperating together the packs are still divided in a way.
I continued walking for a little bit more until an arm wrapped around my neck and yanked me close to their body. I half realized that I was being half dragged to a beat up ford.
"Quil let me go right now! I fucking swear! I'm definitely in no mood to play around right now!" I tried yanking his arm down and away from me but he was waayyy stronger by far.
"What are you on? Steroids?" I choked out.
"Nope. Now stop moving around so much you're being so troublesome."
"What, you think I'd just play along? If someone grabbed you by the neck and started yanking you somewhere I don't think you'd say 'Hello, my name's Quil what's yours?'"
"Ouch, your sarcastic-ness is just killing me." Embry said out of nowhere. It was like one minute there was nothing but trees and rocks, and the next, it was rocks and Embry.
"What the hell are you guys doing?"
"We're kidnapping you. Gee Quil, I thought we made it obvious, guess Leah's just a bit slow today." Embry said looking over at me like I was stupid. The nerve of that boy!
"Let me go and I'll show you who the slow one is!"
Embry opened the car door and Quil practically threw me into the back seat. Before I could get myself together and jump out they had already started the car and locked the doors.
We were traveling almost sixty miles per hour now on the lonesome road.
"What? You think I won't jump?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.
"You better not. I'll just knock you unconscious and drag you back by your ear."
If I were to phase and run, he'd never catch me, so I don't know why he tries to bluff. If I jump, there's no harm done and if I knock them both unconscious right now…they'd never see it coming.
Embry watched me carefully as I went through my thought process, as if he knew what I was planning on doing.
"At least tell me where we're going." I guess if they had to go through the trouble of kidnapping me, this was worth it.
"To the mall." Quil simply said.
The mall? The mall means stores and stores means shopping…what kind of person do those guys think I am?! Leah Clearwater plus mall equals epic failure. After all of this time, being in my head and all, they still don't get me? There's not much to get that's for sure. Idiots. Just...idiots.
They both started laughing as we pulled onto a highway.
"Just look at her reaction! Kidnapping Leah means that our lives are hell tomorrow. Taking Leah to the mall means getting our heads ripped off. Making her shop means our pack is screwed. But seeing her reaction as we lie to her face?"
"Priceless." Quil answered Embry.
Oh those two sons of—I started to climb up in the front to punch the living daylights of Embry, but he only held my wrists together in one hand and flicked my nose with his other.
"Nah uh uh! If Leah doesn't cooperate she'll never know where we're going."
"Embry you better tell me right now or else I'll—"
"Man, just tell her. She's starting to freak out." Quil said interrupting my oncoming rant.
I looked over at him while he drove and said, "I don't freak out. I get pissed off."
"Same difference. For you anyways." And with that, they laughed again.
"Calm down Leah, we're going to the arcade. Can you handle that? I really hope you don't rip some poor kids head off. Then we'll have to clean up your mess and bail you out of prison." Embry said sarcastically.
"The only people that you should worry about their heads getting ripped off are yourselves." I said yanking free of his grip to slam back against the seat. "Why are we going to the arcade anyways?"
Quil gave a quick glance at Embry before speaking. "We thought you needed a day off. Some fun time or something. Anything to get away from La Push right now."
They were doing this for me? So that I could have some fun? Sometimes I just gotta love these guys.
"Hey Quil, did you bring your video camera?" Embry asked.
"No, why?"
"I think Leah's gonna get all mushy and cry."
Then again, maybe not.
"Oh there's that happy Leah we just love to see all the time." He said when the scowl returned to my face.
Ten minutes later we arrived at some half golf half arcade place. I gotta admit that is was freaking huge. Quil and Embry were great friends. I'd never admit it out loud but I'd kill myself to save them both.
"Hey Lee, bet you I can beat you at basketball! Fifty dollars says I win?" Embry asked as we walked into the front doors.
"You're on!" He never picked up that I'd played basketball for six years. I'd had a good feeling that this was going to be an awesome night.
So here I laid in my comfy bed with one hundred and fifty-five more dollars in my pocket. Quil had also bet against me. They had betted against me on every game we played and every time they lost. They should have known that I hate to lose. But watching their reactions as I beat Embry lose twenty to eighty in basketball? Priceless. I still smiled at the fact that I beat him so badly. He got his ass handed to him on a silver platter.
I was at the point where I was about to fall into a deep slumber until there came multiple knocks on my door.
"Whaaa…" I kinda mumbled out.
"Leah?" It was Seth. "Leah I hope you're not sleeping! We gotta meet the Cullens remember? The meeting? I thought you were going."
He walked on in and pulled the covers off of me.
"TellthemIgotlost…." I turned away from him and snuggled deeply into my pillow.
"Leah…" I could tell he was getting frustrated so I slowly got up and freshened up a bit. I didn't feel like complaining right now.
It's like I can't get any sleep anymore. It's all about meetings and vampires and threats these days. Fucking hate this part of being a stupid shape shifter.
"Hurry up Leah; Embry and Quil are already waiting downstairs." Seth said as he walked out my door. Haven't those guys had enough of me tonight?
I slowly- everything I do nowadays seems slow- walked down the staircase and dragged myself into the living room where they were waiting.
"Werewolves and vampires and zombies, oh my!" None other than Embry called out.
"Leah you look like crap." Quil said smiling brightly.
I shoved all their comments away as I walked out the door. I hid behind a couple of trees and then phased.
Leah, maybe you shouldn't be out here. You're dead on your feet. Jake and the others will understand.
Touching. How nice of them to feel concerned about me.
Oh we're not concerned, we just don't wanna clean up your blood when you get owned tonight because you start to daydream about something.
Aka looking out for me.
Don't push your luck Leah.
Don't be a jerk Embry.
Shut up you two, you're already giving me a headache.
It's weird to have Seth tell us to shut up when it's usually the other way around.
Hey…did you guys notice?
Notice what?
The others…
Quil was right. The others, we couldn't hear anymore. The others were gone. We were separated this time I think its permanent. I heard some rumors that Jacob and Sam were fighting again. I don't think Jake will try and cooperate with them anymore. It usually gave everyone a headache when we had two alphas. It's safe to say that both packs are divided for good. Everyone else felt the same way but it was kind of a disadvantage at this point in time when the big bad mighty parasites were coming to kill soon enough. Well, mostly to kill me anyways. Ha ha.
Too bad we have to see them tonight though.
It's better to get it over with, I'm sure they're thinking the same thing.
We reached the clearing in less than a few minutes where we saw all the Cullens, Sam's pack, and Jacob…in human form. What the hell was he doing? Was it because-
No Leah. I'm sure he has another reason.
Maybe he doesn't want to feel uncomfortable. Or he doesn't want to feel pity for me? Maybe because he couldn't stand to hear my thoughts. What have I done?
Leah I'm telling you. It's nothing. Besides you didn't do anything wrong. I was the one who told you what to do and you did it. It really should be my fault.
But Embry I wanted too! I really did…I knew what would happen but…I just wanted to let him know.
And you did. That's all that matters. Now he can think about what he might miss out on.
I hope you're not still talking about me.
The hell I am.
Embry…
Sweet guy. Always was, always will. I just don't want Jake to feel sorry for me. I don't need his fucking pity.
When I looked back up I noticed the whole group staring at us.
What the?
You were whining out loud. Quil explained.
Oh crap. Jake looked as if he was debating on phasing or not and Ed boy was trying hard to cover his expressions up. Quil and Seth had already gone through our heads and saw the situation I was in. Quil started to feel sorry but focused on something else and Seth seemed like he was the one whose heart had been cut out.
Really it's fine. Can we just get this thing over with already? I'm so fucking tired. I called out to the mind freak.
"They would like to start now." He said talking to his so called "family."
"Alice, how many did you say you saw coming?" The Doc asked.
"Sixteen. So far. They might pick up more on their way out. This will be the biggest fight of our lives. We had never fought against the Volturi like this."
"I thought you said that most of them wouldn't come." Jacob said.
"Yes but their strongest will."
"Who?" The scrawny looking blond boy asked.
Tinkerbell frowned and looked at every single one of us as she spoke.
"Demetri, Ciaus, Alec, Jane-" At this point many growls and hisses erupted upon us. We knew their powers, we know who they are, and we know we're screwed.
The small leech named some other ones which I didn't catch and told the rest of us that the others were pretty much stray newborns.
"You think the newborns would be a distraction?"
"Most likely but we can never be to sure." Eddy said messaging his temples and briefly closing his eyes.
"In any case, their main target is in deed Leah. Most of them would try to attack her first. We always need at least three of us around or close to her. We watch everyone's back of course. Bella's gift should lessen most of our worries but if it were to fail and if Jane or Alec gets to us…"
Doc never finished what he started to say. He didn't have to.
Only sixteen? No problem! If Bells can keep her shield up for, I don't know ten minutes tops, we'd be done in no time at all.
Seth was right. We had more than enough pack members to take them on as long as what's her face keeps that freaky mind thing going.
I could see the mind reader leech realize that Seth was right.
"But they know that. They know how many numbers you have and they know how to work around it. If that's the case…then Bella would be one of the first targets."
He went through so many emotions at once it was hard to understand if we actually stood a chance or not.
"If Bella loses concentration then…"
"Most of us would be digging our own graves." The big guy said.
Any other normal human being would be spending their time throwing parties or sleeping. Any other creature than that would have to fight for their lives without the human race knowing. Wouldn't it just be freaking peachy if we we're all normal?
"I won't lose concentration. I promise. I swear."
"We know Bella love; we're just looking at the situations from different angles." Lover boy said. Yuck.
Its like she thinks all cool and tough now just because she became a leech. Like she has to play the main role in every little thing that happens in the "un-human" world.
"So, when it comes to fighting, Leah…you know you'll have most of them on your back. We would like you to try practicing fighting many of us at one time."
Yesss I thought out.
"Technically we aren't really going to fight though." Nooo "If one of us lays two hands on your back in means-" I have to take a really long shower and hold my puke in until we get home? At this, Eddy snickered at and I didn't catch the rest of what Doc said…at least I didn't want to anyways. "And it goes the same for us."
"So, we think four of us would be the right amount to fight off if it comes to that. You can choose whom you'd like."
I wouldn't like any one of them…but if I had to choose like Seth's life depended on it-
HEY!
It would be-
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So Sorry. Next Chapter will be uploading in an hour or two. Truly I am sorry like you don't even know how much I thought about the story day after day feeling guilty that I haven't uploading anything.