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Tell me, is being a territorial jackass a vampire thing or is it reserved for mind reading Cullens?

As soon as Leah spoke the words the room grew silent. Edward didn't say anything because honestly what could he say? He'd hurt her by insinuating Jacob had to be near insanity to want to spend time with her willing and she hurt him right back.

Neither of them could work up the nerve to look at the other. Both to stubborn to appologize first. Both still thinking they were right and justified in saying what they had. Vampire and Quilette female both felt the sting of rejection.

Edward felt as if Leah didn't care enough to take the situation seriously enough. The bronze haired blood drinker wondered if a part of Leah did not care about Jacob Black more than she was admitting. Maybe she wanted a taste of normal which was something Edward himself could never give her.

If he could give Leah a normal human life he would. He'd give her the world if it were possible. Yet he was unable to do so and it tore him apart inside. He knew she deserved better than someone forever frozen in the body of a seventeen year old vampire. Knew she should be with a human who could give her a life with a house full of kids and lunches in the park on a sunny day.

Leah on the other hand felt as if her undead boyfriend held no respect for her. To respect someone you had to trust them and her mindreader obviously did not trust her if he beleived she had feelings for Jacob Black. If he truly respected her he would know she was a one man woman.

Finally after what seemed like an eternity Edward Cullen raised his golden eyes to meet hers. "Leah I do trust you. It's Jacob I do not hold any trust in. I can read his mind and I know what he thinks of you. Trust me the images are not pg friendly."

"So just because Jake is guy and has guy thoughts you think it's ok to go all cave leech on me?" The native american female gripped the back of the couch when a wave of dizziness washed over her. She had been suffering with the flu for weeks and this did not help the healing process any. "News flash Cullen, guys are always going to look at me and not all the thoughts in their heads is going to be please you. If we are going to be together your going to have to learn to deal with it!"

The veggie vamp rolled his eyes and scoffed. "That is a two way street Leah. Women will always want me because everything about me draws them in. My face, my smell, my voice, the way I walk, everything about me calls to them. It isn't something I can turn off."

The native american beauty rolled her eyes. "You thrive on the attention."

"How am I thriving on the attention when I ignore them?" Edward Cullen crossed his arms over his chest and raised an eyebrow. He couldn't wait to hear her crackpot theory about how he thrived on the attention women lavished upon him.

Leah let loose a sarcastic laugh ment to mock her vampire lover. "It's called playing hard to get. The more you push them away the more they want to drop their panties for your attention."

The bronze haired mind reader was about to interrupt his girlfriend but she wasn't even closed to finished yet. "When we go out to dinner you smile at the waitress or give them your deep poet like stare. You never tell them to fuck off or get lost. Why do you think they keep coming back for more?"

Edward's golden eyes narrowed and he bared his teeth. Leah just rolled her eyes because his vampire side didn't scare her even though sometimes he wished it would. "That's the biggest load of lies I have ever heard! I have never given any girl the impression I wanted anything sexual from them in my entire live minus you of course. All I have ever done is be polite. I didn't know that had become a crime."

"Now you know how I feel Cullen. You come home, smell Jacob's scent and then you go all cave leech on me. How does it feel to be blamed for something you did not do?" Her tone held a slight challenge begging him to disagree with her.

Leah's expression was set into a scowl. Her face covered in sweat from the fever. She would have to take some tylenol to try and break it. She had been sick for a couple weeks now and even Carlisle could not figure out what was wrong with her. Edward wanted her to see a specialist he knew of but she refused. It was only some stomach bug and she was not going to let him dish out buckets of money for some quack in a lab coat to agree with her.

Suddenly Edward's whole expression changed as it softened. He reached his hand out to touch her forhead but she jerked away as if he had cooties when she was the sick one. "Let's not have this discussion now Leah. You are ill and-"

"No, let us have this little talk right here and right now." She snapped while wiping away sweat from her brow. She felt as if the whole world tilted on it's axis. Or as if she had been on a roller coaster ten times in a row. "Are you making me choose between you and Jacob?"

When her boyfriend cast her eyes down towards the floor she had her answer and it only served to enrage her even more. Leah felt her entire body begin to shake. "You are aren't you? How dare you! You want me to choose between my bestfriend and my boyfriend?"

Edward ran his hands through his hair causing it to stand on end. "Is that all I am? Just a boyfriend?"

A sigh escaped his lovers lips. "Well yes actually dumbass you are my boyfriend. We aren't married or engaged so by definition your my boyfriend."

"I see." Golden eyes turned cold as the mind reading leech turned and strode towards the door. "I think I will hunt now."

"Don't walk out on me Cullen." Was that fear overtaking her usually hard personality? Since when was Leah Clearwater frightened of anything?

Edward pretended not to hear her and opened the door. "I'll be home later." He stated still not bothering to look at her. "Get some rest and take something for your fever. I can smell it in your blood."

Then he was gone and Leah fell to her hands and knees from the pain gathering in her stomach. Dark hair fell around her face like a curtian and she heaved from the urge to throw up. Yet nothing came up and that hurt worse. Her bones seemed to be on fire as they started to twist and change.

She barely made it to the phone and dialed Jacob's number. It rang and rang so many times she almost gave up. Then there was a soft click and Jacob answered. Leah tried to gather the strength to speak and managed one word. "Jake.." Then darkness over took the girl from La Push.

TBC..

AN: So this wasn't the greatest chapter but I tried. It just gave me such a hard time and didn't want to be written. I promise the next chapter will be better.

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