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.

Disclaimer(2): The expression "mini-alpha" belongs to Anne Sullivan.

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 FantasyLover74.

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

36. Choice

I went to my bedroom to change clothes and try not to murder my brother. I knew he was only doing this because he was worried about me but he should've never called my mother that morning and asked her to bring Billy over.

Jacob was still trying to cope with the idea of being a father. I was still trying to decide if it was a good idea to be with Jacob and now we were going to have to explain our parents this awkward situation.

I could hear Jacob and Seth arguing again in Esme's kitchen. Jasper was there to try to calm them down. Emmett and Edward were also on red alert. I sighed deeply. I wouldn't be in this situation if I had faced everyone as soon as I realised I was pregnant.

Well fuck all this mess. Enough of this shit already.

I left my bedroom and walked into the kitchen, putting myself between Jacob and my brother.

"Stop right now!" I ordered. They shut up immediately.

"You…" I turned to Jacob. "Go to my room and wait for me. We need to talk again."

The leeches were stunned with my little outburst but they didn't interfere. I guess they were also interested in keeping their house intact. So when Jacob finally left, they all sighed in relief.

"And you…" I told my brother. "I love you Seth but what you did was wrong. Jacob and I were supposed to fix things between us and then talk to the Council and our families."

"Well I guess you'll do things in reverse mode." Seth replied making my blood boil.

"I'm very close to my limit, Seth Clearwater!" I warned him and I saw my brother flinch a bit. I haven't lost my touch yet. "I told you this is between me and Jacob."

"Whatever."

"I'm going to try and give my son a happy childhood with his father. If Jacob leaves us it will be my problem, do you understand?"

He shrugged.

"I'm going to take that as a yes."

I turned around and left to my room where Jacob was waiting for me. I didn't even let him talk.

"You and I are raising this child together. If you imprint I will be hurt and I will suffer but I will survive. I'll be twice the bitch I was with Sam and I will rip your balls and turn you into a eunuch, got that?"

"Be careful with your words Leah…You're seriously turning me on." He mocked.

My anger dissipated immediately. Damn haywire hormones.

"Am I?" I teased.

"You bet…Too bad you're pregnant already."

I hit him in the chest and he smirked. He leaned on and kissed me softly.

"We're going to face our families soon…and I want you to know that I love you." He said.

"I want you and my brother to be friends again." I told him placing my arms around his neck.

"You know Seth…he'll come around."

I nodded and placed my head over his chest, hearing his heart beat increasing a bit due to our close proximity. It felt so good to be close to him again.

"Leah? I need to ask you something."

"What?"

Jacob cupped my face and took a deep breath. He kissed me twice and then he faced me directly. I almost got lost in his chocolate brown eyes.

"Will you marry me?"

I pushed him away stunned.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?" I snarled at him.

"What? We're going to have a family…What's wrong about getting married?"

"I'm not going to get married looking like a whale."

"You won't marry me because you're fat?"

"I'm not fat! I'm pregnant, you asshole!"

"Alice can solve that…"

"Really? How?"

"I don't know…A big dress? Some ribbons and laces…"

I wanted to hit him.

"Fuck off. I said we would raise Harry together, isn't that enough?"

"I want us to be official. I want Harry to be a Black."

"This is not the right time to get married."

"Why are you so complicated?"

"Because I am." And it was true. I was complicated. Period. "Even if my mother tries to force us, I'm not getting married, do you hear me?"

He nodded.

"I thought Sue already knew about us." He said.

"No, she knows I'm pregnant but I didn't tell her you are the father."

He gulped.

"I'm screwed." He realised that too late.

"Probably."

"She's going to kill me, isn't she?"

"Not before she castrates you."

"Fuck, I'm going to kill Seth." Jacob let me go and walked towards the door but I stopped him.

"You can't hurt my brother."

Jacob pouted. I could sense he was worried about the upcoming "family meeting" that Seth had arranged for us. I was a bit worried as well because I knew my mother would react exactly like my brother. They had both witnessed the pain I had gone through when Sam left me for Emily.

I had spent a few months in a depressive state. My mother probably even considered to take me to a mental institution. Things only changed when I turned into a wolf and learned about the imprint.

I pulled Jacob closer to me again and buried my face on his large chest taking in his scent. We had been apart for too long.

"Do you think the Council will accept this?" I asked.

"I don't care. We don't need their approval."

He was right in a way. I was going to have this baby either they liked it or not but it would be much easier if everyone accepted it.

"Are you tired?" He asked me.

"A little."

He pulled me over to the bed and we lay there in silence for a few minutes. Finally I had told him the truth and he had showed me he cared. I didn't know if I was being optimistic or just stupid, but in that moment I had a feeling we would be able to pull this together. We would raise Harry and be happy.

It wouldn't be the first time we'd managed to beat the impossible. Everyone thought I was barren and I was expecting a child.

"When did you find out you were pregnant?" He asked me softly.

"When I came to see Carlisle because I was feeling sick."

"It wasn't a virus then?" He laughed.

"I guess not."

"How far along are you?"

"Five months."

"Is everything alright? I mean…normal?"

"He has the gene. Carlisle ran a few tests."

"It makes sense…He's going to be an alpha some day."

"Edward told me you fought against Sam…Why?"

"I thought he had something to do with you leaving."

"I have nothing to do with Sam anymore."

"I know. I guess I was jealous."

"Did he hurt you?"

"Not much. I hurt him more…"

"Did you phase?"

"Yes."

"Does he know about us?"

"Definitely."

I raised my head to face him.

"I had to show him. You're mine now." He grinned.

"If he knows the others must know as well…"

Jacob didn't answer. I guess he didn't care that all the members of Sam's pack, our former pack, could know about our intimate activities. But there was a small chance that Sam had managed to hide thoughts from his pack.

"Does that bother you?" He questioned. "That other people know we're together?"

"A bit. I like privacy. I don't mind them knowing…I mind them seeing…"

"They've seen you naked before."

"Not underneath you and panting your name."

Jacob laughed again.

"Well…at least now they know you're mine. You belong to me."

"I'm not a fucking object Jacob."

"I know. But you're mine." He kissed my forehead and I decided to let it go. What was the point in fighting with him when deep down I knew he was right. I was his.

"People are going to talk." I said.

Actually they would talk a lot. Jacob would be the next chief and he was quite popular in the Reservation because people saw him as a good kid who had always loved his family and took good care of his father. Besides there was still the age "issue". Jacob was four years younger than me and that would make me look like a cheap whore or an irresponsible and vicious girl. After all I was Sam's bitter ex-girlfriend and my reputation wasn't very good.

"Let them talk."

"I'm going to be your downfall. No one will ever look at you the same way after they know you got me pregnant."

"Actually I think they'll see me as a fucking hero. I've tamed Leah Clearwater."

"You wish, Black."

In that moment Seth walked in without knocking to warn us that my mother and Billy had arrived. Without noticing one hour had passed.

"You better keep your hands to yourself, Jacob." Seth said.

"She's already pregnant, idiot."

"Shut it, both of you." I ordered.

We went to the Cullen's mansion where Carlisle, Esme, Edward and Bella were welcoming the guests. The other vampires were nowhere to be seen. When we walked in I realised Billy and my mother weren't alone. Charlie, Rachel and dumbass Paul Merav were there as well. Fantastic.

Billy was relieved to see that his son was alright and then all eyes were suddenly on me.

"Holy shit…What the hell…" Paul blurted. At least he didn't faint.

"Leah? Are you…pregnant?" Rachel's question was really dumb, but I guess she was in shock, so I had to give her some slack.

Charlie wasn't surprised which made me suspect that my mother had already told him. No harm done, Charlie was a decent man and he had obviously kept my secret.

"I've been monitoring Leah and her baby through her pregnancy and everything is fine." Carlisle said making everyone turn to him.

"You wait until Old Quil sees you…He always thought you were barren." Billy smiled at me.

"Well…me too." I confessed.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Rachel asked.

"A boy." I said.

"You just wait until the others know about this…Fuck…Sam's going to be really pissed off."

Rachel elbowed Paul on the ribs and Jacob growled.

"Sam has nothing to do with this, Paul." My mother said firmly.

"That doesn't matter, we should go back to La Push and celebrate this miracle…the coming of a Clearwater's baby. Harry would be so proud. What are you going to call him, Leah?" Billy asked.

"I'm going to name him after my dad."

"That's perfect." He agreed.

"It sure is…but this baby isn't just a Clearwater…He's a Black too." Seth said.

The game was on and the silence fell on us like a damn storm in the winter. Seth was glaring at Jacob and everyone else, minus the leeches, were completely shocked with the revelation.

"You're not so brave after all, are you?" Seth provoked.

"Leah's pregnant with my baby." Jacob stated trying to prove Seth he wasn't a pansy.

"What? Are you sure?" Paul inquired.

"What the hell are you implying Paul?" I hissed at him.

"My sister is not a slut, you jackass." Seth defended me.

"Fine." He said throwing his hands in the air in surrender.

"Leah? I thought…I thought you had met a guy in Gold Beach…" My mum stuttered.

"I'm sorry I had to lie to you mum. There was never a guy in Gold Beach."

"It's Jake's?" She asked needing reassurance.

"Yes."

"Ungrateful little prick!" She snarled at Jacob. "You took advantage on my daughter! How dared you? After all she's been through…How could you do that?"

"Sue…things aren't like that." Jacob tried to explain.

"She was vulnerable and sad…and you seduced her."

"Hold it right there Sue." Rachel said. "My brother wouldn't do something like that."

"I think she seduced Jacob…" Paul suggested.

"No one wants to know what you think, asshole." I said.

Seth walked forward ready to lunge against Paul.

"He's not worth it." I said and my brother stopped.

"Do you think you can act as you please just because you're the alpha? Do you see the mess you caused?" I guess my mother wouldn't stop anytime soon.

"Mum, please calm down." I tried to reason with her in vain.

"I did not take advantage on her…and I'm assuming all responsibilities on this. I even asked her to marry me."

I slapped his head and glared at Jacob. I had told him about the "marrying subject". He should never mention it in front of our families.

"You're going to marry her?" Paul asked.

"Apparently not." Jacob replied half amused, half angry. "She doesn't want to marry me."

"Of course she's not going to marry you. You're just an idiot. My daughter is not that stupid."

"Don't you think you should be worried about the baby and let Leah and Jacob decide what to do?" Edward inquired.

"Edward is right." Billy said. "My boy is trying to do the right thing."

"He should've thought about that before toying with my daughter." My mother said sharply.

They were easily polarising the issue and turning it into a war. My mother was about to jump at Billy's throat, Charlie was trying his best to calm her down, my brother and Rachel were having a glaring contest and Paul was looking at me and Jacob with a fucking grin on his face that it was seriously creeping me out.

"I'm going to raise this baby with Leah." Jacob yelled putting a stop to that argument.

"No, you're not. Leah and Harry will live with me." My mother said. "Charlie and I can raise the baby. You're only eigtheen…you don't have to do anything."

"Jacob has the right to be with his son." Billy opposed.

"I believe they have a choice since they're both over eighteen." Charlie spoke for the first time.

"Thank you Charlie." Jacob said.

I saw Bella flinching when Jacob grabbed my hand. She wasn't too comfortable with the idea of Jacob and I raising Harry together.

"I want to be with Leah and our baby. What about you?" Jacob asked turning to face me.

"I want to be with you too." I replied.

"Fine. Be this way…" My mother said clearly upset. "You've clearly lost your mind."

"I think we should all go back to La Push and think about this properly." Billy suggested. "Besides we need to talk to Old Quil."

Jacob agreed and so did I. I had stayed away from home long enough. It was time to go back and repair the damages.

"This is going to be awesome." Paul said pushing Billy's wheelchair towards the door.

"Shut up Paul!" Seth and Rachel said at the same time.

"I'm going to be a grandfather." Billy cheered. "I'm really proud of you Jake."

Jacob smiled proudly and intertwined his fingers with mine. This was going to be one hell of a battle.