Chapter 14

Jacob's POV

"Leah?" I said nervously. She just kept on looking at me, then at Maddy, then back at me.

"I was just coming to talk to you. But I see that you are already busy," she said trying to stay calm.

"Leah, I-" I started to say.

"Whatever," Leah replied running off. I jumped up and ran after her, leaving Maddy alone on the beach.

"Leah! Wait!" I shouted. She ran faster as she got closer to her house. I ran faster to catch up with her. I was determined to explain everything to her. She ran up to her porch. Just as she was about to run to the front door, I reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Leah, you have to let me explain."

She yanked her arm away.

"Leah. Please? Wait what did you want to talk to me about?" I asked her.

She wouldn't look at me as we stood on her porch.

"It doesn't matter. Looks like I was right," she replied as she walked in her house. She slammed the door and turned off the porch light. Leaving me in the darkness.

Leah's POV

I woke up the next morning with dark circles under my eyes. I haven't got much sleep lately. Especially last night. There was a knock on my door.

"Come in!" I said wishing that I didn't. What if it was Jake at the door. But luckily the door opened to reveal Seth.

"Jake wants to talk to you. He's downstairs."

"Well, I don't want to talk to him. Tell him to go away."

Seth gave me a sympathetic look.

"C'mon Leah. Jake wants to explain things."

"I don't want to hear it."

"Okay, fine," Seth said giving up. He closed my door and I heard him running down the stairs. Then a minute later I heard the front door close. I got up and got dressed into some old ripped clothes. I have patrol with Quil today. I grabbed some extra clothes and ran downstairs and out the door.

I headed towards the forest.

I was already upset enough, so it was easy to phrase. I felt my clothes ripping. I picked up my extra clothes with my mouth.

"Ugh. I hate carrying these in my mouth," I thought.

"Yeah, tell me about it," Quil thought.

"Oh. Hey."

I guess he phrased before me.

"Sam is so overreacting a little isn't he."

"I know, right?"

"So…I talked to Jake," Quil thought.

"Quil, I'm not talking to him."

"I know. But we all know that your tough girl act was just an act to hide your pain about Sam," Quil thought.

"Maybe it was. So?"

"So, Jake would never want to hurt you like Sam did."

Just then I felt someone else phrase. It was Jake.

"Leah, you need to listen," Quil thought.

"Leah, please," Jake thought as he pleaded. I ran off.

I phrased back to my human form and I put my clothes back on. I left Quil by himself on patrol. Oh well. Jake can help him. I really don't care if I get in trouble. I walked towards Emily and Sam's. I was hoping that Emily was there. I really want to talk to her about what happened last night. I looked around and saw Paul and Jarred walking towards the corner store. Probably hungry as always, I thought as I walked up the porch steps. I knocked but nobody answered.

"Damn it," I muttered to myself. I decided that I was going to wait. I got nothing better to do. Except patrol. But Jake's there so I am not going back to patrolling. I took a seat on the porch steps. I can't believe Jake expects me to just listen to him. He can be so like Sam sometimes.

I looked up to see Sam walking towards me. Oh great. He's probably going to yell at me for not being on patrol.

"Waiting for Emily?"

"Um…yeah. Look I know I'm supposed to be on patrol but-."

"It's okay. I know what happened last night. Jake was thinking about it," he replied.

"Oh. Thanks. Do you know when Emily will be back?" I asked smiling.

"No. She is visiting an old friend for the day."

My smile disappeared.

"Oh."

He could probably notice my disappointment.

"But you can talk to me."

I wasn't sure if I should.

"Um, I'm not-," I began to say but he interrupted me.

"Please? I won't tell anyone. I promise. You can trust me."

I looked at him. He walked closer and sat and beside me.

"You know Sam, it hurt a lot when you broke up with me," I said.

He looked at me.

"And it hurt when you imprinted on Emily and married her. But I never hated Emily," I continued.

"Do you hate me?" Sam asked.

That question caught me off guard. I never actually thought about whether or not I hated Sam. I thought about it before I answered.

"No. I don't hate you Sam," I told him honestly.

"I guess it was just too hard to talk to you after everything that has happened," I said.

Sam nodded.

"I know. I never meant to hurt you but I would have either way," he said.

I was confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"If I continued to date you after I imprinted on Emily, then you would have eventually got hurt. But I also hurt you by breaking up with you," he explained.

"I know. I guess I didn't realize that at first. I'm sorry I was suck a pain to all of you. It was just hard to be around you and everyone. Everyone was always feeling sorry. For me. Especially after I became a wolf," I admitted.

"I understand. And I understand how you are feeling about Jake. But don't you think you should let him explain?"

I thought about that.

"No. I know what I saw. I don't want to feel this pain again. I can't take it."

"Okay. But you might feel better if you talk to him."

"No! I'm sorry Sam, but I'm not going to talk to him."

"I guess I understand. But I will always be there for you Leah. As a friend. We're friends right?"

I smiled.

"Yeah, we are friends. And I'll always be there for you. As a friend, of course."

He smiled.

"Thanks," he said as he gave me a hug.

"I should get home. I need sleep."

"Okay," Sam said.

I headed home as the sun started to set.