Chapter 4:

It wasn't an everyday occurrence that Leah made these split decisions. First she jumped off a cliff in a set of depression. Then she began packing her bags with the idea of leaving La Push and never looking back. And now she stood there in her yellow room decorated with sunflower curtains hanging from the window in front of her Alpha, who had yet to say anything when she declared she was in love with him.

But really, it wasn't her thing to make life-altering decisions without completely thinking it through first. She just wasn't having a great week.

Leah wiped at a stray tear on her cheek and glanced up at Jacob through her thick lashes. Jacob continued to stare at her with his mouth hanging open, She was afraid if he didn't close it, there was a possibility of a bug flying in and making its home inside near a wisdom tooth.

"Jacob, say something…please." Leah whispered desperately. She looked down and dropped her arms back to her sides.

"Leah, I can't…" He finally answered, even though she wasn't actually asking him anything. But she understood loud and clear. He wasn't meant to be anything more than her friend. He was meant to ride into the sunset with Nessie, not her. No matter how many times she lied to herself and said there was a possibility, there never was.

Leah let out a loud sigh, causing her long bangs to blow away from her face. She placed her hands on her hips and turned back to her bag. "Well, then I better go."

Jacob still had yet to move, but Leah continued to ignore him.

"Please Leah understand." He pleaded in a last attempt to make her stay.

"Understand what Jacob? That you're in love with someone who is your mortal enemy? Understand that you're not making a choice but fate is? I don't have time to try and understand anything anymore, but you know what? Why don't you try and understand, I'm leaving you!"

Leah grabbed her green suitcase and patted his cheek with her free hand as she walked out the door. She threw her belongings' in the passenger seat of her mother's old Pinto, put it in drive and finally after all the drama…Leah Clearwater drove away from the love of her life.

It wasn't long before the tears started up again. She continued to fix the rearview mirror as if that was the problem for her blurry vision. She had loved Sam, but walking away from Jacob even though he never returned her affection was the hardest thing she'd ever done. Leaving him honestly felt as if her chest was going to collapse, as with Sam all she wanted to do was collapse his chest for pissing her off.

Leah began passing the old La Push Community Center telling her it's only been a few minutes since she got in the car, but already it felt like a few hours. Her tears had dried on her cheek making them feel cold as the wind brushed against them thanks to the rolled down window.

"Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, but that's alright because I like the way it hurts."

Leah looked down at her phone. The ringtone was fitting for what was happening at the moment. Jacob always promised better but never seemed to deliver on that promise. She had taken the backseat one to many times, she had looked the other way when he promised time with her and spent it with his imprint, but not anymore.

Hitting the ignore button, Leah was done being runner up! She was taking control of her own life and nobody was going to tell her different. No elders, no annoying ex-boyfriend, and definitely no specific commanding alpha.

That was until a huge red wolf jumped in front of her car causing her to swerve and hit a tree. Yup, that put a kink in her plans of freedom.

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The smoke should have told him, the narrowed eyes should have explained it all, but it wasn't until Leah walked up to him after he phased and dressed and slapped him so hard his head spun, that he finally realized she was extremely pissed.

Jacob still wasn't quite sure why he was there, but there was something about her leaving that didn't sit right with him. He fallowed Leah to her busted car as it and her continued to let out steam. Unfortunately for him, Leah unlike the car could do real damage.

"Leah, I'll fix it."

Leah spun around and placed her hands out in front of her, "You wouldn't have to fix it if you hadn't jumped in front of a moving car!" She screamed at him.

Jacob folded his arms across his chest and frowned, "Well I wouldn't have had to jump in front of the car if you had picked up your stupid cell phone!" he shot back.

Leah copied his stance and moved closer to get in his face, "You wouldn't have to call me if you had said whatever you needed to say back at home!"

"You never gave me a chance!" He said in exasperation.

Leah looked away, "I don't want to hear anything more from you. Your expression said it all."

Jacob nodded and gave a humorless laugh, he moved a little closer to her heated person, "you know what I wish I had done?" he asked softly, causing Leah to look up slowly at the tone he used.

"What?" she asked quietly.

Jacob grinned, "This", and with that he kissed her.

Leah was taken by surprise, but pleasantly so. His lips were warm and gentle, yet demanding and strong.

Jacob hadn't planned on stopping Leah by kissing her. No he had planned to talk sense into her, by making her see reason on how silly and dramatic she was being. But as he watched her get angry and upset, he stared at her mouth in longing. He remembered the awkward kiss back in her room just moments ago. How he wanted to taste her one more time and see if she was really as sweet and hot as it had begun, but ended so quickly. He was attracted to her that was for sure, he wanted her like a man wanted a woman. Thoughts of his imprint ran out the window, and he knew that something had to be wrong about this. An imprinted man does not kiss other women, especially their beta's!

Leah's arm came up to wrap around Jacob's shoulders. Jacob hands came up to clutch her face to his in demanding need. It wasn't just a normal kiss between two people. It was a kiss that had meaning and passion. A kiss that had Jacob's head spinning as he slowly and regretfully pulled away.

Their foreheads rested against each other's while they both tried to catch their breaths. Leah looked up and smiled.

"You're still fixing my car." She said quietly.

Jacob grinned, "yeah I'll still fix your car."

They pulled away allowing Leah to once again go and survey the damage. Jacob began to follow her until he felt a vibration in his right shorts pocket. Pulling out his phone, he flipped it open to see the name Nessie plastered across the small screen.

Answer and ignore continued to flash asking him to choose. Jacob looked back at Leah who was currently bent over trying to see under the hood. Pressing ignore, Jacob walked over to Leah and hugged her from behind.

Leah turned in his arms, "you know there's a lot we have to still talk about?"

Jacob nodded and looked down at his pocket where the phone vibrated once telling him there was a voicemail. "Yeah, I know."

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"Hey Jacob it's me. Just calling to find out where you are, you should have been done with Leah and your walk over two hours ago. I hope you didn't forget about tonight. You promised, remember? (Sigh) I'm sure you do and are probably on your way here now. (High pitch giggle) okay then, I'll see you soon!"

Nessie hung up the phone with a small smile placed on her lips. She knew her Jacob would call her back soon. He said himself he can't function without hearing her voice. She was worrying too much about how much time he was spending with Leah, they both knew that it was impossible to break an imprint, and no matter what she did, Jacob would always come back to her…his Nessie.

Always.

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Yay! Chapter 4 is up and done! (Sigh of relief)

So they're not completely together yet and who knows if they ever will be. They can't all be happy endings ya know. I haven't decided how I wanted to end it, but I'm sure that's still a ways off for now. My last Jacob/Leah chapter story only had 18 chaps before I ended it, I don't think this one will have to go that far. Not sure, we'll see what happens.

Until then, thanks for keeping up with my updates!

Hope it was a good read for everyone, and of course, please, please, please review! Thank you!

~Smo