" … you'd like to go shopping with us, but if you're not feeling up to it there is always another time." I looked over at Naleigh who turned to look at me with a little sniff. She had gotten sick after a night swimming with the pack's females. The nosy men had read my thoughts on Naleigh's behaviour when we patrolled, they told the females what was going on and decided they were going to let her have some fun, so they grabbed all of their bathing suits and jumped into the slightly hot water of Rachel and Paul's heated pool.
"uhm, I can, maybe I can catch up with you guys later?" she turned to me again. I grabbed a box of tissues and set one in her hand, she mouthed a quick thank you to me, in the meantime I heard Bella update her friends on what was going on.
"yeah of course" said Bella. "call me on Jessica's cell." and she hung up. I let out a huge sigh, as she put the phone back on the receiver.
I rubbed my thumb over her wrist, I noticed she never wore bracelets or rings. "baby, if you don't feel up to it, why force yourself?" A part of me wanted to keep her with me another part of me wanted her to break out of this routine and visit her friends. My selfishness wouldn't be fair to her.
I broke contact and wandered into the bathroom, pulling out allergy pills from her medicine cabinet, it would as least help with the stuffy nose and headache she was having.
She eyed the box in my hand, a crease in her forehead. "didn't you want me to stay a moment ago?" I poured a cup full of lukewarm water and handed it to her. "yes, but I can see it in your eyes how much you want to go.. so." I offered her the pills and water. She took neither and looked up at me instead.
"What about you?" she asked. It brought a smile to my face. "I have somewhere to be, you can call me when you're ready to go home and I'll pick you up." I moved a piece of hair that was obscuring her eye, dull green stared back. All of the sudden I felt guilty.
What am I doing? She's not well. I cant make her go out there! She's sick for fucks sake, she should be inside sleeping, watching movies, recovering.
I felt a hand on my arm squeezing slightly.
"Leah, you're panicking again.." Her gaze went back and forth assessing me. She was right.
"You know maybe you -" I started.
"Yeah, I'll go, I didn't get a chance to-"
" should stay here."
" and meet Bella's fri- what?"
She looked confused.
"stay here? I thought you said you wanted me to go."
I sighed. "I do want you to go, not right now, you're sick, you should be sleeping.."
She took the pills and cup from me, quick as a flash and downing everything in one go.
"see? I'm fine, and besides I don't have a fever or anything serious it's just a stuffy nose. I'll be fine."
I raked a hand into my slightly medium length hair. I was starting to get longer then what I was used to. "Are you sure?" I asked quietly. The tone of my voice flicked something inside her. She deposited the cup on the table, and walked towards me wrapping her arms around my torso. "Yeah Leah, I'll be fine, if anything happens I'll call you or if I get a little bit dizzy okay?" I nodded against the warmth of her neck and the smell of her hair. "Okay good." and with that she concluded our conversation. The smell of her and the subtle chill all humans have against us, was doing things to me. The wolf inside me howled. I lifted the hem of her shirt to feel the softness of her skin. She began to rub my back in slow motions, pressing herself closer to me. I closed my eyes for a second, regaining my composure just a tad when I had the urge to taste her.
So I did. I bent down captured her earlobe between my teeth and sucked, going down towards her neck and collarbone. She mewled against me as she trailed fingers over my ribs and stomach. "le- leah." she half whispered. I looked up at her, and closed the space between us for a deep kiss. Her fingers moved up to my neck, as she ran her hands in my hair pulling me closer still. This got hot and heavy too fast.
I pulled away from her.
She looked shocked for some reason.
"I just kissed you.." she mumbled she had a hand to her lips.
I looked at her confused this time. " Yes, we do kiss the time.." I said slowly.
She laughed. "I know, I meant.. I just kissed you while I'm sick, so that means-"
I chuckled. "Silly, I don't get sick too often, I'll be fine."
I kissed her once on the forehead and led her to her closet.
She cared so much for me, the littlest things, seeing if I'll get sick or making sure her plans were okay with me. I wanted to give her something, that showed her how much I cared about her.
Mine.
NPOV
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I waved a pair of shirts in front of me, but Leah seemed to be lost in thought, so I tip-toed quietly to the bathroom to try them on. One was a black long sleeve Henley tee and the other a blue tank top with a grey cardigan. The Henley tee seemed to wide at the top, so I added the blue tank top underneath and the grey cardigan, seeing that I was still sick, along with a pair of skinny jeans. As for my hair, I left the braid in and just twisted it into a bun, tying it in place.
I added a bit of mascara and a bit of tinted moisturizer to even out my complexion, a bit of a pinkish lip gloss and I was set. Stepping out into my bedroom, Leah was nowhere to be seen. I went to the kitchen and saw her leaned over the coffee table, again lost in thought.
"What are you thinking so hard about?" I asked. I went over and settled in next to her.
She nodded a no, but didn't say anything. Instead she mentioned if I was ready to go. I nodded, it was bugging me inside. She usually never held back anything from me. I grabbed my bag and followed Leah out the door.
It was a half an hour drive to Port Angeles. The three girls were trying on dresses for the spring dance at their high school and they seemed really excited to go.
Leah was quiet throughout the whole drive, but I could see her look over at me. I bit my lip and reached over to clasp her wrist and rubbed slow circles like she did when I got off the phone, it seemed to calm me and I hoped that was what she was starting to feel. I hated seeing her tense. She looked down at my hand on her wrist, and her brows went up like she realized something, then she looked at me straight in the face.
I took in breath, she looked so serious, like she was searching for something, once satisfied she looked back at the road again a small smile to her lips.
"Everything okay?" I murmured.
"yup, everything's…amazing." she replied.
Well.. okay then.
Once at Port Angeles, Leah dropped me off, not before calling Jessica that I was here, squealing was heard, I winced at Leah, before the shop doors flew open and Bella stepped out along with two of her friends and we're headed our way like a ray of light I smiled and waved.
"Oh my god." I huffed. Leah chuckled beside me. "Already overwhelmed?" Leah asked. I nodded just a little bit. I took her hand in mine, interlacing.
"okay, I have your number, I'll call you later?" I asked. Leah nodded.
"I hope so." she murmured against my lips and kissed me. I smiled and hopped out of the car. All three looked shocked. "Oh my god, you guys have to be the cutest couple ever." said a tall long haired girl. "I'm Angela by the way."
One short girl with wavy hair looked over at Leah then me. "Jessica." she said simply. Then "oh isn't she part of the rez?" she asked. I nodded. Seeing that I left the car door open I quickly closed it and mumbled sorry to Leah. She just laughed and waved at me. I walked with Bella who I said Hi to and hugged briefly. Before I stepped inside the store I looked over my shoulder to see Leah's BMW pull out if the parking space. She looked over at me and smiled. I waved goodbye.
AN: hum, what do you think Leah will give her? She's serious about Naleigh isn't she? Maybe that'll help answer her question from the previous chapter on where they stand. :)
Coming up next in INAG: Naleigh meets a certain sparkly vampire.
On a serious note I'm having second thoughts about this story, you don't know how many times I've been wanting to delete the whole damn thing, truth is… I like it wayyy too much. I might just end up editing all the chapters. Cause I just can't delete it. You guys are too good to me. It wouldn't be fair. College is giving me no time whatsoever. But I feel like the storyline is somehow progressing now so it'll be easier.. Please be patient. xx