Sorry for the long delay in Posting Chapter 3, I decided to post Chapter 4 super early for you guys. Why not? & I know, I don't normally ask for reviews or any of that, but it would certainly make me feel better. :3 Tell me what you guys think, Do you like it? Have any questions? Let me know! As always, Meyer owns Twilight, I own Naleigh and her demons. Enjoy!
Fingers trailed along the curves of my waist and back up again.. so warm. I sighed as I brought my thigh over hitching at the waist bringing us closer, connected. "Naleigh" the voice whispered. I hummed in question and buried my face into their warmth even more. I wanted more, I wanted to bask in it and never feel cold again.
"Naleigh" whispered the voice softly once again. I didn't answer when I felt a hand push away my long hair out of my face gently, it lingered for a second before trailing down my arm and stopping at my wrist.. light as air, that definitely felt real. I moaned quietly in satisfaction, I reveled in the heat of the mysterious person's hand as my eyes fluttered open and came in close contact to someone's mouth. Someone's pink full mouth. I looked upwards and stared into deep brown eyes. Leah. Leah was here. I was pressed up against her. In her bed. Together. Leah's bed. My mind went into overdrive as she cleared her throat and I immediately panicked. Jumping out of bed before my leg gave out on me and I hit the floor and an "uufff" I stood up slowly this time, testing it out before I heard a "you okay?" I blushed ten shades of red. "Jesus, Leah I'm sorry." I said in a mumble as I shook out my leg, then I heard laughter coming from the other side of the room. "hey! This is not funny." I glared at her, then I remembered the comment she made at the clinic and I blushed once again.
"God, relax, its not like you were doing anything wrong" she said. I heaved a huge sigh, and stared at the wall away from her, my cheeks going hot again.
I noticed the cold morning air seep through the room that I finally donned on me what I was wearing. "Leah, what the hell is this?" I looked down at the grey shorts and a long loose white tank top. Leah's clothes. I blushed. "I changed you, figured you'd be more comfortable with that then jeans." She yawned and settled to her side. "As much as I want to see you in short shorts, it's too early" she muttered. After I while I gave in and joined her, feeling a little bit of her warmth filter through the bundle of sheets separating us. I closed my eyes but I didn't sleep.
~. Later that day.
I had showered and gotten dressed before making my way across my hotel's living room. I woken a few hours ago in Leah's house before wanting to get something to eat. I made myself a breakfast with cereal, a bit of granola and fruit when my phone vibrated in my pocket. I flipped it open. "hello?" I answered. I heard a clearing of throat before a voice answered "hello darlin' how was.. um" came a momentary pause, I sighed into the phone. It was my mom checking up on me. Dammit, I forgot to call her last night.
"I'm okay mom, I went.. over there and yeah, but I'm.. alright." I pushed around the soggy cereal in the plate. I knew I didn't have to explain. "oh honey" she breathe. "That's good.. you finally reached closure" she said quietly. I nodded when I realized she couldn't see me so I answered with a faint "yeah."
After a while she asked "When are you coming back?" a little bit more relieved. I got up and walked over to the window staring out at the cloudy sky and the thick forest below. "I really don't know mom, probably another two days? I have enough money here and it's peaceful." I added the last part sincerely. She hummed. "your dad misses you, we do miss you, we just wanted to see if you're okay, you didn't call in last night" I huffed a sigh. I was busy in the hospital, but I couldn't tell her that. "I was out. I went to go buy groceries." I lied, hoping she'll believe it. "oh! Good, don't be out so late dear. Well, I'll call you later, check in once in while okay? I love you." she said. "Love you too momma, bye." And I hung up.
As I walked the streets of La Push, I noticed a man in wheelchair on the other side of the street, I was about to call out to him when the bag that was draped on his lap fell over and he bent from the waist to pick it up, when he smiled over at another man with a plaid shirt and dirty jeans, they seemed to be happy with whatever they were doing, till the other pale man pulled down a bucket from the back of the old looking orange truck of what looked like huge fish. Ah, so they went fishing. .
I turned and continued walking towards the little souvenir shop I had my eye on before I saw Billy. I figured I'd mail something nice for my parents since I was staying an extra two days then originally planned.
I walked in, unsure if I should stay here seeing as there wasn't a cashier in sight. But I thought I'd look around for a bit. I was admiring the small mold of clay of an Indian male and the female woman being carried in his arms as they looked lovingly at each other.
"hello" said a voice from behind. I spun quickly bringing a hand to my chest. It was Tracy, the nurse from last night. I shuffled not meeting her eyes. She made me uneasy even more then when I asked her not to sedate me and she did . "um, hello, this is nice" I tried not to narrow my eyes at her and pointed to the mold behind me instead. "yeah, my dad made it." she said as she eyed me up and down, not even trying to hide it, it sent a wave of alert over me. "hmm" she almost purred. "I wonder why Leah was all protective of you last night." I stared at her blankly. "Protective?" I asked. Tracy merely laughed at me. "You didn't see the way she was eyeing you." she stated casually. I nodded slowly.
She walked up to me standing very close, "tell me, did she have you yet?" she asked quietly.
"have me? Um ..no." I said shakily. She was beginning to freak me out. Have me? Have me how?
"hmmm. I guess it's my chance" she replied huskily.
In one quick move she took me by the arm and pulled me closer, yanking my head to side by pulling my hair, lunging at my neck, leaving what I thought were to become painful red marks, she had me pinned then tried to kiss me. I cried out in pain as her lips came in contact with my own, bruising hard, she bit my lip when I tried to fend her off, I grabbed the closest thing to me and hit her over the head, shattering it into a million pieces, it didn't seem to affect her, when I thought I could of killed her with a blow like that. Instead, she stopped at once and slowly turned her head upwards to stare at me, but I didn't see her usual honey colored eyes, they were a much darker shade, to the point of black.
She growled low in the throat, the sound I never thought would come out of a human female as I gasped and pushed her off with unknown strength, running out the door in a frenzy to escape her. I crossed the street, not looking, I collided with the front of the truck I saw before I came in, it threw me forward with the momentum, the truck's front bumper pushed at my hip making me stumble, one hand steadying myself before I made full body contact with the ground, I looked up and noticed Billy staring not at my face, but at my neck, where I felt a trickle of warm blood running down my shoulder. Billy motioned me to get in as he opened the door to his side of the truck in the middle of the street, I climbed in quickly and shut the door.
"What happened?" he asked at once dabbing at my neck with a handkerchief. I was shaking so bad I was sure he could feel it too. I put my finger up, signaling a needed a moment as I buckled myself in and put my knees up to my chest, my brown hair falling in front of my face like a curtain, successfully blocking two pairs of curious stares. I breathe in and out slowly. I looked up as Billy filled the other guy in on who I was. "She's one of Leah's friends" He motioned to the driver. "He's Charlie, Bella's father, you've heard of Bella right?" he asked. I slowly nodded a yes. "I've heard Jake talk about her but I haven't seen her." I said quietly. He offered me his hand. I offered my own shaking one. "I'm also Chief here so if you need me, here's my card" he handed me his card which I pocketed. Charlie Swan. I nodded in thanks. "you know, Bella suppose to be here in two days.. you could make friends with her .." he trailed off. I looked up and nodded slowly. He gave out a small smile at my response. "Are you going to school?" he asked once again. "no" I said quietly. "I got here yesterday." I murmured and looked at Billy who looked at me kindly. "so what happened?" asked Billy.
"I- I went into that souvenir shop across the street, and a girl I met last night, she um.." I gave out a shaky sigh. I was very bad at lying. Charlie looked over at me. "She did what?." he said in his gruff voice. I looked over at him then down at my lap again, wringing my fingers together. How do I explain these bite marks? "She umm.. has an angry cat." I remembered when I was little, I was bitten and scratched by Nat's cat, Snowball. "hmm" he said thoughtfully, not thinking twice about it."She shouldnt keep a hostile cat in a public area." I sighed, he bought it. "Where are you staying at?" he asked. I pointed to the hotel not a kilometer away. I was extremely glad he didn't press, Billy on the other hand, was too calm, too quiet. I felt wary.
"you might want to wipe that off" motioned Billy to my shirt. I wiped up the blood the best I could. "um thanks Ch- Charlie.. Billy. Sorry about that" I murmured before I hopped off and spotted Leah walking across the street towards me, she waved at me and Billy. "Hey, I thought we'd go to the mov- " she stopped and stared at the now burning marks on my neck. The shaken state I was in. She walked closer and begun to tremble again. She seemed to be taking deep long breaths, her eyes narrowed at me. "Who did that to you?" she asked through clenched teeth. I stared at her taken a back. I looked over my shoulder at Chief swan and Billy but they were long gone now. "umm, I- I was going to the souvenir shop a- and I met Tracy…" my voice faltered. I didn't want to start a fight between the two, they were clearly friends. "Tracy did this to you?" her body shook harder, it worried me. I debated whether to put a comforting hand on her shoulder, instead I opt on trying to meet her eyes.
No one got so worked up about me like she did. It was.. oddly comforting.
"Hey" I said softly. Her eyes flickered to mine as she took long slow breaths. She turned away from me and walked towards the hotel, leaving me to follow behind her.
"Leah?" I asked, trying to catch up, but with her long legs, it made me do a quick jog.
I walked in with her, as she stopped to let me guide her instead. As we reached the elevator she still had that hard look on her face, but as her gaze caught my worried ones, it begun to soften.
We walked quietly to my hotel as I fumbled with my keys and unlocked it. She stepped in behind me and closed the door. "where's your first aid kit?" she said without emotion. I motioned to my left and saw her walk past me and into the bathroom. I begun to take off my soft blue plaid shirt, leaving my white tank top underneath and my jeans, I tied my hair in a knot on top of my head and bent down to unlace my chucks. When I heard movement coming the hallway suddenly stop. I set my shoes in the corner of the and turned to look at Leah. "umm, you don't have too." I murmured. She stared at me with this look in her eyes that made me sway a bit, she stepped forward looking down at the kit then at my neck, and begun pulling out things like peroxide and gauze.
Her hot fingers tread lightly over my collarbone, flesh breaking out in little bumps where she touched. Her fingers were always warm, her body was always warm, it brought me back to this morning's happenings and I brought my head down. I secretly missed that. "Tracy, she.. " Leah spoke quietly, breaking the silence . "she's always been the jealous type, I know that now, we've been friends before" she tilted my head a bit to the side, it was sore. " I left her to study at a Uni, and after that.. She changed, only becoming my friend to become closer to me, she has been after what I have, what I want.. she's done it before, now that I realize it.." she said softly, my eyes fluttered closed as she ran the warm pads of her fingers over my cheek, behind my ear and stopping abruptly. "hmm" I murmured. "it sounds like she infatuated."
" all done" she whispered but did not reply to my question and cleaned off the table instead. After she came back from the bathroom I wondered if she wanted to watch a movie beforehand?
"Leah? umm did you want to watch a movie before coming here, I could of sworn you said something about that.." I waited for her to answer as I fumbled with the hem of my shirt.
"yeah, but I don't really feel like going out right now.." she trailed off leaning against the sink of the kitchen, she looked big compared to this tiny room.
I whacked my brain for something to do when she spoke up. "We could watch a movie here.."
My eyes widen, she wanted to watch a movie here? Alone. With me.. Nobody else.
I flustered over the thought when I gave no response and just found myself walking into the living room and bent slowly to fix the computer screen on a slate of wood that was on the floor, I watched almost all my movies on the internet, only going out to the theaters for midnight showings. She stepped by me and noticed I cleared out the couch on one side and rose a brow at my inflatable bed against the wall. "why don't you sleep in the other room?" she asked and took a seat on my bed. Testing it before deeming it safe. "I don't like sleeping in hotel beds, you never know what goes on in one, I mean all they do is change the sheets." I made a face and she laughed softly, agreeing with me.
After that was done, I took the liberty of lowering all the blinds and pulling the curtains closed to reduce glare. Then I took a seat next to her, wrapping her and myself in blankets as the computer speakers played out the beginning credits of Blood and Chocolate.
"Really?" she looked over at me a small smile on her lips, looking comfy with her shoulder grazing hair, she looked lovely to me. "What? I like this movie.." I said quietly. "I can change it you know.." I shuffled. "nahh, its fine." she propped one of my pillows against the wall and laid back. I turned my head to the screen to see the dog that was eating scraps from a plastic bag, turn to growl as Vivian stared at it with a hard stare.
"Why cant.. Vivian and that dog get along. I mean aren't dogs supposed to be descendants from wolves? He should be rolling over asking for a belly rub." I mumbled. Leah snorted. "She was trying to get him to submit, and he would have it, that's why the dog growled. It felt threatened." she spoke.
I nodded in understanding when I felt a hand on top of my head, travel all the way down and began playing with the ends of my hair. She brought it up towards my shoulder and grazed it lightly. I jumped and shivered. "Leah, stop that tickles." I laughed quietly. She dropped it and pulled me closer, my head leaning on her shoulder, I settled in more closely and got comfortable against her. Her warmth. "sorry, I couldn't resist, your hair is soft." she murmured as I smiled at her.
About half way through the movie, I felt her gaze on me, I felt like swiss cheese, her gaze burning me over and over like the craters on the moon, I looked over at her, on the TV screen Aiden was brought to the shifter council to be practically killed as Gabriel slit his wrist for the pack to smell. They all surged forward like snakes with a hungry look in their eyes. My eyes flickered back to the small screen, I winced.
Leah brought her hand up and pushed back my hair, I looked over at her curiously, her eyes examined my face down to my lips. I felt a wave of heat go through me, making me feel all hot, like a burner was lit from the inside.
She inhaled into my hair, groaning softly and buried her face in the crook of my neck, pulling me up, bringing me closer, my legs between her thighs as I laid both my palms against the wall behind her, God help me I needed the support, the way she was looking at me almost turned me into a puddle of goo. I looked at her in question as she breathe deeply and looked up at me, her eyes black against the televisions glare.
I was trembling on the spot as she pulled me up again and instructed me wrap to my legs around her hips, propping up my butt on her thighs. "Naleigh" she whispered. I ran a hand over the smooth skin of her shoulder to her elbow. She rubbed at my bottom lip with her thumb, she closed the space between us and gave me long and hot kiss, her mouth fusing with mine, as her tongue darted out to give my bottom lip a slow lick. My breath hitched and I moaned into her as fingers trailed from my waist up to the side of my ribs, a ghost touch, it made me shiver.
Natalie.
Her face appeared before me like a vision, as I froze in place and stared wide eyed at Leah. Pushing her away softly I stood up and walked over to the window trying to compose myself the best I could. Seeing her face in such an intimate moment with another brought tears to my eyes, I wiped at them quickly. I heard rustling coming from the other side of the room, Leah had stood and was making her way towards the door. I walked behind her trying to keep up before she walked out of here.
"Leah, wait." she didn't stop her hand turned the latch of the door and pulled it open. "Leah, please, I'm sorry. I just.. I." I said stammering, my voice cracking. She turned to look at me, sighing and running her fingers through her hair. I looked down at the floor in shame. She turned at once and walked towards me, my chin in her hands, regret etched on her face.
She tucked some of my hair behind my ear looking forlorn, "no, I'm sorry Naleigh, I shouldn't have pushed myself on you." she said quietly. I looked up at her chocolate brown eyes. "take all the time you need." she stated. I nodded, looking down and resting my forehead between her chest lightly and pulling her close, I wanted to feel her warmth again. I wanted to let her know that I didn't mind, I wanted to let her know I would enjoy it if it happened again. I needed more control of myself. I looked up to her face and down again shuffling. "thank you" I murmured after a while. Not being able to say what I wanted, so I held on for as long as I can.
" I do have to go though." she nudged the top of my head with her chin. I nodded. not noticing I was falling asleep on her. Her eyes were back to the same hard look as before. I wondered where she was going, was she going to confront Tracy? I was momentary distracted as I felt arms haul me up into the air. I gave out a little yelp. "hey!" she laughed quietly as she set me on my bed, "you weren't moving, I thought you'd fallen asleep with your eyes open" she said seriously, I smiled. "I'll text you later okay, sleep, you've been through a lot today." I nodded. "you spoil me too much." I stifled another yawn and curled up under the covers. It wasn't as warm as her though. "It's fine." she said she turned and walked away.
I sat up abruptly throwing the covers everywhere, my hair falling loose from it bun as it fell like a waterfall over my shoulders and back. I ran to her as she reached the door and opened it, she looked behind her as I approached "wha-" she didn't have a chance to ask her question, I threw my arms around her neck and leaned up despite my short stature, pressing myself against her hard, colliding, her arms wound around my waist as I brought her lips to my own, and kissed her softly.