Thanks for the reviews! Leah's point of view:

I looked at my dress in the mirror and I felt please with how the staples purple dress looked. It had a black ribbon tied around my waist and it flaired out at the bottom which gave me an hour glass shape. I grinned as I looked at Emily's pleased smile. Kim, Rachel, and I had matching dresses on. I had been helping Emily with the wedding details as part of my duties as maid of honor. Even though I was glad to help my cousin and best friend, I felt overwhelmed by all of the details that went into planning a wedding.

"I don't think I ever want to get married," I staed to the three other girls.

"You're crazy." Rachel shook her head at me, and Kim and Emily's looks told me they thought the same.

"After seeing how much work it is to throw a wedding," I said, rolling my eyes. "I'm not sure it's worth is."

"You had better marry Felix, though, so other women know he's taken," Rachel said. "So many women want to scoop him up."

I growled. I knew what they were saying was true, but I didn't mean I had to like it.

"I doubt he would go after them, Leah," Kim said gently. "Ive seen the way he looks at you."

"He had better not," I replied, rolling my eyes. "If you say so."

The comment left me feeling pleased. We all looked in the mirror at our matching dresses. I couldn't wait till Felix saw me. Even though it wasn't our wedding, I was making him wait till the day of to the wedding to see me in my dress.

"You guys look so amazing," Emily said as tears filled her eyes and spilled over. "Oh, stupid pregnancy hormones."

She brushed away her tears while Kim gave her a comforting hug as tears filled her own eyes. I smiled at my cousin. Despite her tears, I could tell she was thrilled to be getting married. Ever since I learned of Emily's pregnancy, Felix had been helping me to feel at peace about not being able to bear children. We had talked about adopting children, but not for a couple of years.

The three of us purchased our dresses before dropping them off at Mom's house. We put them in the spare bedroom to be kept until the day of the wedding. While we ate, I felt my phone vibrate, and I smiled seeing it was from Felix. I had convinced him to get phones for the two of us last week. I hated not being near him, but having phones made it a little more tolerable.

Hey baby, I'm picking up groceries, do you need anything?

I grinned as I texted him.

"Who are you texting?" Emily asked, innocently smiling at me.

"Felix is just picking up some groceries," I said rolling my eyes. "He wanted to know if I needed anything."

The three girls blinked at me.

"What?" I asked.

"He's grocery shopping?" Rachel asked.

"Yes," I replied, "and he's the one that ends up cooking for me, so it makes sense that he shops for us."

"Man, I couldn't get Jared to go to the store for me to save my life," Kim said in aw, "or cook for me either."

"Is he a good cook?" Emily asked.

"The best," I said smiling. "He's better than my mom or Esme."

"I'm surprised that the boys haven't found out about his cooking skills yet. They still come to my house all the time for food," Emily said.

"Oh, they found out about Felix's cooking skills when I was on patrol a couple of weeks ago, but I warned them that we have plenty of hot nasty sex so they've stayed away." Emily choked on her water, Kim blushed and looked away, and Rachel simply laughed.

Over the next hour, we talked about finalizing wedding plans and who would pick up the last minute items for the wedding. I went home grinning, glad to make up for the girl time I'd lost since I first phased. I opened the door to see Felix putting the groceries away.

I smiled at him, thinking about how things had been even more amazing than when we had first met. We had been closer now ever since I had found out about Emily's pregnancy. We really opened up to him, more to him than I ever had to anyone else.

"Hi, baby," he said, smiling at me.

"Hey," I said, and I gave him a big kiss.

"How was your day?"

"It was good. I forgot how nice it is to be around other girls for once."

"I'm sure."

"How was your day?" I hopped up on the counter watching him put groceries away.

"It was good," he said as he put some chips in a cabinet and turned to me. "I talked to Sam today."

"Oh, about what?" I raised my eyebrows at him.

"He's been considering opening a motorcycle shop," he said, as if that explained everything.

I remembered before we phased that Sam always wanted to work in a motorcycle shop. He talked about it constantly.

"Okay." I felt unsure of where this was going.

"I want to help him start it," Felix said.

I stared at him in surprise.

"When did this come up?"

"Well, he told me his idea when we had dinner a couple of weeks ago with them," Felix said, putting the last of the groceries away, then turning to look at me. "I do have some money from the Volturi. I honestly didn't want to use the money because I wanted to cut any ties I had with them. When Sam told me his idea, I decided to use the money for something good."

I was silent for several moments and I wasn't sure how to handle this. Felix came to stand in front of me.

"What do you think?" he asked, placing his large hands on my thighs.

"I think it's a great idea," I sad, placing my hand on his cheek. Were you worried I wouldn't approve?"

"A little," he replied honestly. "I was afraid that you wouldn't happy that I didn't tell you about the money."

"I don't blame you for not wanting to use their money."

He pushed my legs apart to stand between them and he kissed my gently.

"I love you," he murmured against my lips.

"I love you too."

An hour later, I cuddled up to his chest as we lay in bed.

"Tell me about the shop," I said quietly while I traced patterns on his chest.

"Part of it will be a repair shop, and the other half will be for custom bikes."

As he talked I could see how excited he was. I smiled, and I felt happy for his enthusiasm.

"I'm proud of you," I told him.

He opened his mouth to say something, but I cut him off with a kiss.

Felix's point of view, a week later:

Green blurred around me as I ran through the forest while Esme and Carlisle ran on either side of me. I frowned in frustration. I had hoped that we would have found something to drink by now, but we didn't have any luck coming across the mountain lion we were hunting. Carlisle, Esme, and I had left to go hunting late last night. I had enjoyed spending time with the couple but this morning an anxious feeling settled over me.

I couldn't explain why the feeling had settled me other than something was wrong with Leah. From what I understood, I knew the imprints could sense the needs of their mates. We could scene when something was wrong with the other. I could tell something was off with her, but I wasn't sure what. I hoped she wasn't hurt. I was sure her brothers as well as the rest of the remaining Cullens could take care of her, but there was always a chance that she could run into vampires while patrolling. Leah was tough, but there was still a risk of her getting hurt.

My thoughts were broken as the scent of mountain lion grew stronger. I pushed my body to run after is so we could find it, drink, and go home. From my frustration and fear, I was able to reach the lion quickly and bring it down. My teeth broke its skin, and I drank my fill while Esme and Carlisle did the same.

I stood as a wave of fear ran over me. Something was definitely wrong with Leah. I turned away from Carlisle and Esme. I didn't want them to see my fear. What if something was majorly wrong with her? What if she was hurt so badly she didn't make it? I just started our lives together and I couldn't lose her.

"Felix," Esme said kindly as she put her hand on my arm. "Are you alright?"

I looked at Esme's kind, worried face. I had never met a more carrying person. She truly loved those around her, especially those of us she considered her children. I was amazed that she could love me like her son, especially after the fact that I had been part of the group that had come to kill her family.

"Are you having a hard time with the diet?" Esme asked in a nonjudgmental tone.

"I need to see Leah," I replied. "Some things wrong."

"Are you sure?" She asked me, and I nodded. "Well go home then," she said gently.

She gave my arm a gentle squeeze before we turned to run. I pushed my body as quick as I could. I felt panic rise and anxiety rise up within me. It felt like I ran for ages before Forks came into view, and I used our pull on each other to take me to our house. My stomach dropped out from me as I saw Embry and Quil waiting outside with worried looks on their faces.

"What happened?" I asked.

I didn't wait for their answer while I barged into the house. I found Leah in our bedroom, laying on the bed surrounded by Jacob and Sam. Sam had his phone up to his ear, but hung up when he saw me. Jacob was scowling at Leah with his arms crossed. The moment I stepped into the bedroom, I could smell arousal coming from Leah. She looked like she was sick, and she shouldn't be feeling aroused. I reached her bedside, knelt down next to her, and touched her forehead. She felt warmer than she normally did.

"What happened?" I asked.

"She started to feel sick this morning," Jacob said and I looked up at him. "We had to force her to come here, but she said she was fine. When she passed out we tried to call you."

"I told you I would be fine," Leah said grumpily, "once Felix got home."

"How do we know, Lee?" Sam asked harshly.

I hissed at him, and Sam backed off.

"I'll look at her, if it's alright with you, Felix," Carlisle said from behind me.

I nodded but stayed by Leah's side as Carlisle moved to the other side of the bed. He asked her a few basic questions and checked her vital signs.

"Will you give us a few moments," Carlisle asked while looking from Jacob to Sam.

Sam nodded and left, but Jacob hesitated. Leah sighed and frowned at him.

"I'll let you know if I need anything, Jacob," Leah said.

She knew that Jacob was too protective of his honorary sister to let it go that quickly.

"You had better." He quickly exited the room after Sam and shut the door.

"Did you have any other symptoms?" Carlisle asked.

"Soon after you left," Leah started, "I could feel my connection pulling me towards Felix. Usually it's not strong unless something has happened to our imprint. I could tell nothing bad happened to him, but I still had a strong desire to be with him."

"That's how I felt too," I told Carlisle.

"This morning, it became even worse and that is when I started to feel sick. Jacob tried to make me come home, but I knew once Felix would come home, I would be alright," Leah continued. "What I don't understand is why I became so sick from being away from him. We've been apart for several days when he's hunted before and we've both been fine."

Carlisle was silent for a moment as he process what he heard. Leah started to sit up, and I moved to sit by her and I took her in my arms.

"This is a personal question, but did you feel any sexual yearnings?"

"A little," she said weakly and she cuddled into my side.

"I think you'll just be fine, Leah," Carlisle said. "I think you two just need some time alone together."

"Alone together?" Leah asked, looking confused.

"I think you maybe in heat," Carlisle explained. "It's just a hunch, but I think this is your body's reaction to wanting to mate."

"But … but I, I can't get pregnant," Leah stammered.

"Maybe you can since you imprinted," Carlisle pointed out. "Do you have your period at all?"

"A couple of times of year," she confessed.

"There is still a chance, Leah."

"I don't want to be disappointed," Leah whispered while looking down.

My heart broke for her. Over the weeks she had confided in me how much she wanted children. From what she had told me she would have a hard time becoming pregnant. She hoped that when she imprinted that she could stop phasing and get her cycle back. Since I was her imprint, she wanted didn't want to phase at all so we wouldn't have lose each other. That sacrifice tore me up inside because I didn't want to lose her, but I knew I was causing her to miss out on her dream of carrying our child.

Part of me hoped that Carlisle was right, because this meant I could give her a child. I would love to see Leah pregnant with my baby. I knew she would be stunning pregnant. I imagined how her eyes would light up joy at the word of our growing baby. Leah would make a great a mother, and I knew that our baby would have an amazing family through the Cullens and the pack. I hated seeing her hurt at Emily's pregnancy, and I knew other pregnancies could cause her to have the same heart ache.

At the same time, I was afraid of her getting pregnant, but I never voiced my concerns to Leah. I had heard of Bella's pregnancy along with rumors of other women's ordeals of carrying a vampire's child. I couldn't see Leah go through that while I stood and watched her die. I knew her carrying a child would snap her strength long enough for the baby to be born.

I also didn't know how to be a father. I didn't remember my own father to look up to as an example. Carlisle and Edward had the natural ability to be good fathers, and I knew Sam would be too. I, however, didn't think I could give any child that especially with my tainted history.

"It's just a theory, Leah." Carlisle's voice broke my thoughts, and he rested his hand on hers. "I'll leave you two, but let me know if you get worse."

"We will," Leah said. "Thanks, Carlisle."

"You're welcome." Carlisle gave us a warm smile before exiting the door.

I put my arms around her as she laid her head on my chest.

"How did you know to come here so quickly? Sam said you weren't picking up your phone," Leah said.

"I just knew something was wrong," I explained. "Kind of like you said earlier, I felt a strong pull towards you. I couldn't explain it, but I knew I had to get to you even though you weren't seriously hurt. Although, I was pretty scared you did get hurt."

"I'm fine. I'm feeling a lot better now."

Leah ran her hand up and down my chest. I sighed in contentment as I laid my head on hers. She turned so that she was on my lap, and I ran my fingers through her hair.

"I'm glad you're home," Leah whispered.

"I am too." I kissed the top of her head.

"I missed you."

She turned in my arms and kissed me. I felt her warm tongue against my lips, and I opened my mouth. Lea moved to straddle me while not breaking our kiss. I put my hands on her hips so she wouldn't settle of me and I broke our blazing kiss.

"Leah, stop." My voice sounded deep. I didn't want to stop, but I was worried that she still wasn't feeling well.

"Why?" She pulled back to look at my face. I hadn't ever stopped us from having sex.

"You … you're sick."

"Felix, I'm fine."

She leaned forward to kiss me but I pulled away.

"But … when I came home you, you were …" I stopped talking when she put her finger on my lips.

"Felix, I'm fine now," she explained. "I was just having some strange imprint withdraw."

She then kissed me, and this time I didn't protest. I wrapped my arms around her as I felt her settle her core against me. Usually it took me several moments at least to get her aroused, but I could already smell her arousal. I moaned when I felt her rock her hips creating friction.

"I need you, Felix."

With those words Leah stood to remove her shorts and underwear while I removed myself from my pants. Leah liked her lips at the sight of me, and I grinned. She gave me a coy smile as she straddled me again, and quickly lowered herself on to me. I moaned at the feeling of her wet heat. I loved the warmth of Leah's body surrounding me as she moved her hips up and down. I kissed her throat as my hands grasped her hips to guide her over me.

"I'm so close," Leah rasped out.

"Already?"

She nodded as she bit her lip. I moved my hand between us and found her clit. Using my vampire speed, I moved my fingers quickly against her. After only a moment of stimulation, I felt Leah clench me. She cried out and held onto my shoulders as I felt wetness flow over me. I grounded my teeth together from the force of her body's reaction. I came, my fingers digging into Leah's hips.

Leah slumped against me, breathing hard. I kissed her temple. I moved my fingers, knowing I had left bruises that would heal soon. My arms wound their way around her waist as I cuddled her against me. I felt myself slip out from her heat, and Leah whimpered from the lose of contact. I felt her lips press kisses to my jaw letting me know she wanted more.

"Again?" I asked as I pulled her closer to me. I felt myself twitch against her as warm center hover of me.

"I need you, Felix."

I grinned as I flipped us over. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to call this women mine.