Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. She messed up the story when she made Jake imprint on Nessie. Fortunately for us there's always the world of fanfictions.

Author/Note: This is a Leah/Jacob story with all the normal pairings and the events in Breaking Dawn never happened, because just like my cousin said, Breaking Dawn shouldn't even be considered a book.

Translation to English of O Nosso Amanhecer 2. This version was subjected to a few changes from the original in Portuguese.

This translation was a request by harrypassion.

I'm not a native English speaker so I'm sorry for my grammar and spelling. Thank you for reading and thanks the people who reviewed, harrypassion, She-Wolf Heiress and brankel1.

Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

2. Escape

My life definitely sucked. I was watching my paws buried in the forest's ground or should I say mud. My shift was almost over for today but since I was the luckiest person on the planet I was sure that in about five minutes would start to rain. I hated to go home soaking wet after patrolling La Push.

'Come on Leah…it's not so bad.'

My brother was an idiot. It was that simple.

'I am not!'

'Oh, yes you are Seth! Come on…not so bad? This is torture…We should be able to be at home, resting and having a nice bath or eating mum's chocolate cake or…whatever. Why is it that whenever we have to patrol starts fucking raining?'

'We can't control the weather. It's just not possible and we have to patrol. Jake said the Cullens are worried about Irina. She can come here again so…better be safe than sorry.'

'Well why doesn't Jake patrol for us? I mean I really need a break and there are more wolves now.'

'You know why.'

My thoughts travelled back in time. Last week we had an emergency meeting to discuss patrol shifts and pairings. I, of course, was paired with my brother because no one wanted to put up with me during four hours straight and they knew that Seth was probably the only wolf that I wouldn't want to kill if he said the wrong words. Truth to be said, I would never do anything that would hurt my own brother.

In that same meeting it was decided that the three new pups, Caleb, Gary and Justin would have more time off because they were only fourteen years old. Their absence could make their parents suspect something was going on and they had school projects and homework to do. I kind of understood, I mean we had to protect our secret. What I couldn't understand was why Sam was given a time off too. In Jacob's opinion, Sam wouldn't be able to focus on patrols since Emily was gone. She was in Boston with papa and mama vamp, meaning Carlisle and Esme Cullen, and she was going to stay there for quite a while.

I didn't care if he was hurting physically because of Emily's absence or just emotionally. Whatever the pain and sadness was, he deserved it. The problem was that we were all tired of patrolling and Sam was the only one who was on holidays. It wasn't fair.

'Don't start Leah. You know very well that Sam can't concentrate right now. It is better if he has a time off. I mean he wouldn't be able to fight properly if Irina showed up.'

"You know what Seth? Imprints are a weakness Look at big bad wolf Samuel Uley…he's like a little girl crying about a lost doll.'

'You're a bitch, Clearwater. Sam's suffering…can't you just be a little sympathetic?'

Paul and Embry had phased to start their shift and like always, Paul's words were really comforting for me to hear. But then again Paul and I never got along since the beginning and there was no reason to change now.

'Fuck you Merav. Just go suck on…'

'Leah.' Seth interfered.

'He started it. I'm just trying to defend myself.'

'You're just waiting for the right moment to make Sam's life even more difficult. He's going to get married, Clearwater…remember?'

'And I thought my brother was gay…You know what Paul? Are you sure you imprinted on the right person? I think you should have imprinted on Sam instead of Rachel.'

'You're a bitch.'

'Proudly.'

'Guys…let's stop this." Embry asked. "We need to patrol and you two can go home.'

'To be continued Clearwater…'

'Anytime, Merav.'

Seth and I phased back and now it was really pouring. We ran back home in silence and when we were about to get in Seth grabbed my wrist.

"Leah? Are you happy that Sam's alone?" He asked me.

"What?"

"I've been in your head for a while now. I know you want Sam to suffer. I want it too…but not like this."

"It's not my fault that Emily's going to have the surgery. It's not my fault that she needs to do it in Boston…"

"I know that. But you're not actually happy to see Sam's suffering. You're angry…"

"You lost me Seth…"

"You're angry at him because he can't be without her. You're angry because Sam misses her too much to think about you."

I looked at my brother. I didn't know how or when he had picked up those feelings in my mind, but he was right. He was right about everything. I was angry because a small part of me had hoped that once Emily was gone Sam would notice me, he would realise that he didn't love her that much and maybe he would be able to break the imprint. But he wasn't even fighting. He was missing her so much that he couldn't even patrol.

"I just want you to promise me that you're not going to do anything to get Sam back."

"Get Sam back? Are you joking? I don't give a damn for Sam anymore."

Seth gave me a sad look because he sensed I was lying.

"Good, because honestly I don't think he ever deserved you."

I smiled involuntarily.

Seth always had this strange ability to surprise me. When he read in Jacob's thoughts that he had seen and touched me naked the night Edward and Bella got married, he wanted to beat the crap out of our alpha to protect my "honour". As if I was a damsel in distress"! Besides nothing had happened between us. Now he was lecturing me about Sam and Emily. He sort of accused me of being selfish and unable to put the past behind, and in the end he had just managed to make me smile.

After dinner Seth and I decided to clean the kitchen so that mum could enjoy some quality time watching her favourite TV show. It was quite strange to see that despite our efforts, mum wasn't watching TV when we finished. She was pacing around the living room brooding.

"Seth, Leah…I need to talk to both of you." She stated when she saw us.

We sat down on the couch and nodded. I had this strange feeling in my stomach that she was going to talk about Emily's wedding in May and how I should just pretend that I was happy for her, bla bla bla. But mum just stood there looking at us without saying a word.

The last time I had seen her act like that was when she had to tell dad I was dating Sam. He didn't like it at first and she knew he would rant about me being only seventeen years old. They had a major argument that night but fortunately I managed to stay out of it, until next morning of course.

"I've been thinking about a way to talk to you about this, but it's not easy…"

Now I knew this had nothing to do with Emily.

"You both know how much I love you, right?"

We nodded again.

"And you know I wouldn't do anything to hurt you, right?"

This time we looked at each other after nodding for the third time.

"Things happen and you're old enough to understand this…I wasn't expecting to feel this way about anyone again but…" She hesitated.

"When's the wedding?" Seth asked playfully.

"In May…" I answered him.

"I'm not talking about Sam and Emily." He laughed.

I was very confused at the moment.

"I'm talking about mum and Charlie." He added still smiling. "That's what you were trying to say to us, wasn't it?"

It was time for my mother to nod, leaving me completely and utterly shocked. Was she really dating Charlie Swan? Bella's father? One of my father's best friends? What the hell!

"You're dating Charlie?" I asked getting up. "Since when?"

"Since the New Year but I wouldn't call it dating like you do…I mean it's different for people our age."

"I can't believe you're doing this! I can't believe you're actually dating your late husband's friend!"

"Leah…you're overreacting." Seth said.

"Overreacting my ass! Mum should be mourning. Dad died for fuck sake!"

"Charlie and I never meant this to happen but we talked a lot about it and we want to have a serious relationship if that's alright with you two. Bella was very understanding when we told her."

"You told her first?" I spat. "What is she to you? Your fucking daughter?"

"Leah!" My mother yelled. "I'm still your mother and this has nothing to do with Bella. This is about us. I love you…you're my children. I don't actually need permission to live my life but I want you both to know that I'm not betraying your father, I'm just moving on because I found something that is worth it. I like Charlie and he likes me too. We're good together."

I was already crying when she finished the sentence. I didn't know why I was feeling so disgusted when in fact I also liked Charlie. Even now, knowing that he had been dating my mother for two months, I couldn't hate him. But the shock was too much for me to stay there and face my mum. I had to leave now.

I grabbed a few clothes and left immediately. I only had time to tie the clothes to my leg and then I phased. Paul and Embry were phasing back since their shift was over when they saw me running like a maniac through the forest. They phased again fearing that there was a leech attack.

'Where's the leech? Where are the others?' I heard Paul's thoughts.

'What's the problem Leah? Where are you going?' Embry's questions only made me run faster.

'There's no leech. Go home and leave me alone! I fucking hate you all!'

'What the hell? Are you serious?' Paul asked after seeing my thoughts about my argument with my mother. 'You really are a bitch, Clearwater. You can't stand other people's happiness, can you? She is your own mother! Just be happy for her. You're a selfish cow.'

Embry and Paul phased back and I reached the Cullen's lands running into Blondie and Big Foot. The vampires were also running patrols on their lands. They didn't ask anything and they didn't even get angry about me being in their lands. I kept on running until I left Forks.

All I wanted was to be alone and away from home as far as possible. Paul's words were still playing on my mind. I was being selfish and I was angry that my mother had been able to move on. She wasn't in pain anymore, she had been able to forget about the pain and find love again. She was abandoning me. I was alone again.

The asshole was right. I was unable to feel happy for other people. I was a bad person. I was rotten to the bone. I didn't want Emily to do the surgery and be pretty again, I didn't want Sam to miss Emily, I didn't want my mother to be happy with Charlie.

I wanted to run away forever. I was running so fast that I didn't realise I was almost at the Canadian border. And then three more wolves joined me making me growl in annoyance.

'Come back home Leah. Mum's worried.'

'Well she didn't think about that when she was dating Charlie Swan, did she?'

'She wants to talk to you again. Please come back.'

'I can make you come home, Leah.' I hated when Jacob acted like that. The kid had some nerves.

'If you do that, if you order me to come back, I'll make sure you'll regret it for the rest of your miserable life. Do you understand, Black?'

I guess he did because he didn't give me an alpha command.

'Just stop being stubborn. Stay where you are, we're coming.' And that was Sam Uley. I didn't quite realise how much of an idiot he was until now. I mean he was taking some time off to cry about his beloved fiancé being away from him and there he was, coming after me because I had an argument with my mother.

'Irina is still at large, it's dangerous not to mention reckless to run away alone.' Sam said.

'Go home, Sam. Just leave me alone.'

'Please Leah. Just do what we say, just this once.' Seth whined.

'Seth, stay with your mother. We'll bring her back. I promise.' Jacob assured my brother.

'We'll see about that assholes.'

I phased back and put my clothes on quickly. It would be harder for them to find me that way besides I had almost an hour head start. I walked around and noticed that I had passed the Canadian border. I didn't care much and the landscape wasn't so different. It was just whiter because it was starting to snow. I knew Jacob and Sam would be able to find me and still I didn't give a damn. I sat down behind a huge tree and hoped the snow could cover me completely. I closed my eyes and I tried to focus on everything that I was feeling.

So my mother was seeing Charlie Swan. Seth clearly approved and Charlie wasn't a bad guy, he just happened to be Bella's father. That was just great. If mum and Charlie decided to get married I would be Bella's stepsister, thus making me related to a family of bloodsuckers. Seth would absolutely love the idea.

I didn't like it but I had to admit that my mother deserved to be happy again. After losing my dad things had been really hard for us, especially her. Seth and I were wolves and my mum was always worried about us. Being on patrol, fighting leeches, not being able to have a normal life…Seth had almost died during Irina's last attack. What if we both died? Mum would be alone. I didn't want that. I didn't want to be the selfish and cruel bitch that Paul accused me of being.

"So…you're having fun, aren't you?" Jacob's voice reached me from behind. I knew he was there for at least five minutes now. I was actually wondering what was taking him so long. I guess he was trying to buy time and see if Sam would arrive so they could decide who would come and talk to me.

"Yes, maybe a little."

"We're in Canada, Leah…we can get into troubles if we're caught."

"No one comes to the forest in the middle of the night in the winter, Jacob. They're Canadians not idiots."

"Fine. Let's go home, I was watching a game…"

"I didn't ask you to come."

"I had to come. It's my responsibility as your alpha and besides I guess one of us has to act like a grown up."

"So you're the grown up now? Give me a break! You're just a kid."

"I'm not a kid!" He said fuming. It was so easy to tease him.

"You can go back to La Push and tell my mum that I'm fine."

"I'm not leaving without you. Don't make me go all cave man on you…I can drag you back home if I want to."

I laughed.

"I would like to see you try. I bet you would end up without a very important part of your lower body."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Wouldn't I?"

"Why are you so complicated, Leah? Sometimes things are really easy and you just…"

"Complicate things?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Yeah."

"Give me an example."

"Well…Sue and Charlie." He said. "When was the last time you saw your mum smiling?"

He had a point.

"Ok…My mum is happier now. But…Charlie's not my father."

"Everyone knows that except from you. Charlie doesn't want to be your father, he wants to be with Sue and he wants to help you guys. You and Seth are like his own kids. He saw you growing up and…"

"I get it. Charlie's a good person."

"So what's the problem? Can't you just think about your family and not yourself for just once?"

I avoided his eyes. I hated when he was right. I was being lectured by a seventeen year old, how lame was that?

"Fine. I'll go back. I'll talk to my mother."

"Good. Now let's go."

He helped me getting up.

"I'm not going home though."

"What? Why not?"

"I can't face my mother yet. She must be really disappointed right now. I rather talk to her in the morning. I'll spend the night in the forest."

"Come on Leah…that's not healthy."

"I don't mind."

"You can stay at our place then." He offered.

"What?"

"You can stay at our house."

"I'm not sleeping with Rachel."

He sighed deeply.

"Ok, you can sleep with me then." He winked.

"In your dreams."

"Let's just go. Please."

He phased and waited for me to phase too. I didn't want to take off my clothes because he was too close and Sam was around too so I ended up ripping off one of my favourite t-shirts. Soon I would have to find a damn job to be able to buy clothes.

I tried not to think while we were going back, especially because Sam was there. He joined us as soon as we phased. It was hard to run side by side with him and be in silence. It was only when I picked up his thoughts about Emily that I truly snapped.

'Why the hell did you have to come?'

'Because you're an idiot. That crazy leech is around here somewhere and you run away to Canada? Are you suicidal?'

'Fuck you Sam! So what if I died? Stop pretending that you care! No one gives a damn about me!'

Jacob growled.

'What? You wouldn't either!' I accused.

'You're part of this pack. We're here because we care.'

'Fuck off, Black. You're here because my mum and Seth begged you to come and Sam's here because he thinks he owns my life. Well guess what? You can both go to hell!'

I sped up and they tried to catch me. That would never happen. I was still the fastest wolf.

We took about twenty-five minutes to arrive to La Push.

'You're not going to stay out here, are you? I mean you said you'd stay at my place.'

I sensed jealousy on Sam's thoughts and I decided to take Jacob's offer although I was thinking about going home.

'Yeah, I'll stay at your place, oh mighty alpha.'

'Ok. Sam you can go home.' Jacob said and Sam reluctantly phased back and I almost cracked down laughing.

Jacob and I walked slowly until we arrived at his place. I remembered I didn't have more clothes with me.

'I've seen it all before, you know?' He thought about all the times he had seen me phasing and that night on the beach. Stupid teenager.

'Perv.'

'I'll go get something for you. Wait here.'

He came back with a t-shirt.

"Sorry…Rachel locks her room when she's out. That's all I have."

God, his sense of fashion was horrible. But since I really didn't want to walk around naked in front of him, I had to accept his offering and I dressed his old black t-shirt. Then I followed him inside and sat down on the couch. I didn't take too long realising we were alone.

"Where are Billy and Rachel?"

"At your place."

"Great. Tomorrow everyone will know I ran away to fucking Canada."

Jacob shrugged and went to the fridge. He was probably starved after all the running. Then he came to sit next to me and gave me a glass with milk.

"You don't want it?" He asked.

I took it out of his hands and murmured a "thank you".

"I'm going to call Sue and tell her you're staying here. You can take my room."

"Ok…so…what about you?"

"I'll take the couch."

I nodded.

"Would you accept Charlie if you were me?" I asked before getting up.

"Absolutely."

"So, you would be ok if Billy had another woman in his life after your mother?"

"I guess so. Anything would be better than to be raised by Rachel and Becca."

"You have a point there."

"Sometimes you just have to try to be happy for the ones you love."

"So that's what you did when you give Bella up? When you let him turn her into a vampire?"

"Sort of. At least she's happy now."

"That's really great Jacob but…what about you?"

"I did what it was best."

"For who? Because you don't seem happy and I know how it hurts to see the one you love with someone else."

"I'm not sorry and I don't love her like that anymore. She's not my Bella anymore. She was always destined to Edward."

"And I'm destined to be a cruel and bitter bitch. I'll never imprint and I'll be alone forever."

"You can't possibly know that."

"I'm the only female wolf in History, jackass. I'm a freak…"

"We're all freaks."

"God…and if my mum marries Charlie my family will be a fucking nightmare."

He laughed.

"You'll be Bella's sister. What a tragedy."

I got up and slapped his head hard. Indeed, it was a tragedy…but that was my life.