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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.

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

38. Destiny

When I woke up I could hear people whispering around me. I recognised the ceiling I was looking at. I was in my bedroom. Somehow I felt safe in there and a wave of comfort washed over me. I knew that I was alright but I didn't quite realise why I was lying on my bed when it was still early.

I also recognised the voices around me. When I turned my head to my left side I saw Quil, Embry and Seth staring at me with worried expressions.

"Hey there…How do you feel?" Quil asked.

Seth approached me quickly and held my hand, squeezing a bit too hard. I looked at my watch in my bedside table and it marked almost noon. That's when I recalled everything. Paul coming to our house, Sam acting like he still owned me, Jacob attacking Sam, my body aching in pain.

"I'm fine." I really didn't feel anything right now but then again, I had been out for almost two hours. I didn't even remember Carlisle coming over to see me.

"Do you feel any pain?" Seth asked.

"No, not anymore…" I said and the tears were threatening to come when I remembered the amount of blood on my living room floor. I had lost my baby and I didn't know why destiny could be so cruel to me.

"Did I lose Harry?" I needed someone to confirm it because everything looked like a bad dream.

"No. Carlisle said the baby is fine."

"Really?"

"Yep. Harry is tough…just like his mother." Seth said.

"And his father." Quil added.

"How's Jacob? Where is he?" I asked trying to get up and being immediately stopped by my brother.

"Carlisle said you need to rest." Quil stated. "He went over to check on Jake and Sam."

"They almost killed each other. I had never seen them fighting like that." Embry declared. "It was one hell of a fight. None of us could stop them."

"Who won?" I asked.

"Sam blacked out first so I guess Jake won fairly." Seth smirked. "I always knew Jake was stronger than Sam."

"Is Jacob badly injuried?"

"Not much…He was already healing when we got him home." Embry said.

"If that's the case why is Carlisle over there?"

"Jacob broke a few bones." Seth announced. "But Sam's in a worse state than Jake, trust me."

"I need to see him."

"You should do what Carlisle said." Embry advised.

"I can do whatever I want. You're not my father and you never cared about me before, so please stay out of my way."

I slowly managed to get up from my bed and walked towards the door but when I held the doorknob, Quil grabbed my wrist.

"You're right about one thing Leah…"

I turned my face to him and gave him one of my best glares.

"We never cared much about you…but you weren't the best person to be around either."

"I'm not interested Quil. Save your sweet talks to Claire."

"What we've done to you was wrong and we want to start over." Embry said suddenly. "We want to be your friends and we do care about your baby."

"Since when?"

"Since we realised that Jacob really loves you. Since we realised that your baby is going to be one of us. Since we realised we should've tried harder to understand you." Quil explained letting my wrist go.

"What the hell happened? Who are you? What have you done with Embry and Quil?" I mocked.

"We're not asking your forgiveness, Leah. You acted like a bitch in the past and we just reacted to that. What we want is for you to allow us to stay by your side like a true pack should do." Embry put a hand on my shoulder and smiled. "You're our beta, after all."

"Things are different now. You're with Jake, you're going to be a mother, you surely have changed a lot and we want you to know that you can count on us." Quil said with a serious expression covering his features. I had never seen him act and talk that way. He almost looked like an adult.

"Count on you? What for?"

"Baby sit?" Quil suggested. "I've got loads of experience…"

Embry and Seth laughed and I couldn't help to smile too. It was actually interesting having those two around trying to convince me to accept them in our so called "family". I guess not everything they were saying was stupid.

I had changed. Mainly because of Jacob. I had even lived a few months with a family of fucking leeches, so why couldn't I give them a second chance? They were my pack brothers after all.

"Give them a little credit, Leah. They're trying their best." Seth said.

"Their best suck." I pointed out.

"So do vampires and you stayed with them." Embry remembered me. "Plus they really do suck…literally."

Seth and Quil laughed.

"I can't believe you made a joke out of that." I shook my head, although I had to admit that it was funny.

"How did you manage to stay with the Cullens without killing Rosalie?" Quil asked. "I thought you hated each other."

I shrugged.

"I will never know that either." I confessed but the Cullens weren't that bad and they also knew it. They were just surprised because I used to mistreat the leeches in every way I could.

"Actually…Rosalie is not that bad. I just can't stand Bella…"

"Are you still worried that Jake can choose her?" Quil asked surprised. "Because I don't think that will happen."

"I'm not jealous. I just don't like her. Period."

Embry and Quil looked at each other and then smiled.

"That's our Leah." They said in unison.

"I need to see Jacob. Which one of you morons is going to drive me to his place? Or do I have to go by myself?"

"Carlisle said…"

"I don't care, Seth." I cut my brother off. "I'm going and that's final."

"Fine…We'll take you." Embry gave in.

"Where's mum?" I asked Seth when we were in the car.

"She came to check on you and then went with Carlisle to Sam's place."

"Does the Council know about Jacob and Sam's fight?" I questioned.

"Probably." Quil confirmed.

"Wonderful." I breathed. "Fucking wonderful."

We arrived at Billy's place in less than ten minutes. As soon as Embry pulled over we saw Paul and Rachel sitting down on the stairs on the front porch.

They got up after noticing our presence and Rachel stepped in my way over to her house.

"What are you doing here Leah?" She asked.

"I'm here to see Jacob. Can I go inside?" I tried to be polite because Rachel had been the one to call Carlisle but I could still remember her words when she got to my place. I was in pain but I wasn't deaf.

"You shouldn't have come. My brother got hurt pretty badly because of you."

"Me?" I gasped. "Seriously, Rachel? Have you asked your husband what really happened?"

"He already told me. Sam and Jacob fought because of you."

She was right in a way. The fight had started because of me but that didn't mean it had been my fault. Paul shouldn't have told the packs I was pregnant. Sam should've realised by now I didn't love him anymore and Jacob shouldn't have felt jealous of Sam.

"Look Rachel I understand that you might be surprised about this. I never thought I could get pregnant either. But I did and even though you think I seduced and deflowered your brother, what happened between us was stronger than that. It was even stronger than a damn imprint. I didn't ruin Jacob's life, alright?"

"You accused Leah of ruining Jake's life?" Seth asked. "Seriously?"

Rachel didn't look up to Seth.

"My sister didn't do that. I thought she was making a mistake by falling in love with Jacob but after seeing his thoughts when he was facing Sam today…I actually think they're good together." My brother added making me stare at him in awe. I was also wondering what the hell had he seen in Jacob's thoughts.

"Yeah Rach…you don't know anything about what happened between them…don't assume the worse. Jacob knows what he wants and even though it's strange…he wants Leah." Quil stated.

"I would actually accept those words Rachel…but not from you. Maybe from Billy or even Bella…but never from you. You know why?" I looked intensively to the woman standing in front of me. "Because you don't know us. You didn't come to La Push for four years straight. You left your brother to fend for himself."

"Leah's right. You're only here for a year and a few months. You didn't even remember the most of us when you arrived." Embry recalled.

Rachel didn't answer and allowed me to walk pass her. When I was standing at the door I turned back and Paul was staring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing." He replied.

"I don't even need to tell you that what you did can't even be described, right?" I scolded. "Next time I will kill you myself, Paul."

"I don't usually say things like these but…" He hesitated. "I never meant this to happen. I never meant to hurt you or your baby. I actually care about the kid, after all he's going to be my nephew."

"Don't even remind me of that." I spat.

"I'm serious…I was just having some fun. I didn't mean any of this." He said diverting his eyes to the floor.

I guess he was being sincere but right now I didn't care whose fault it was, I was still a bit angry about the fact that I almost had a miscarriage for the second time, but all I needed now was to see Jacob. We would finish this later.

"Once an asshole, always an assohle." I said and I walked in, leaving them outside.

"Hey Leah. How are you, is the baby alright?" Billy asked when he saw me coming in.

"I'm much better now, thank you Billy."

"Jacob's in his bedroom. Carlisle said he can't get up until tomorrow."

I walked over to his bedroom and slowly opened the door. Jacob was indeed lying down on his tiny bed but he wasn't alone like I was expecting him to be.

Bella Cullen was sitting down next to him, in a bench, holding his hand and caressing his cheek. I didn't pay attention to anything else. Not to the bandages in his arm and leg or even the cuts and bruises in his chest and neck.

All I could see was her cold hand in his and her cold fingers touching his face covered in sweat.

"I'm sorry…I didn't want to disturb you." I chocked. I really was stupid. I had been worried about him and what did I gain in return? Nothing. He wasn't worried about me, I was pretty sure about that now. I guess it was time for me to leave. I turned around quickly and left the house without looking back.

I heard Jacob calling me but I ignored him because my blood was boiling with anger and I couldn't even see straight. If I stayed there I would probably kill Bella thus breaking the traty with the Cullens. That would send Jacob on a rampage. Even if I didn't kill her, I would certainly engage in a heated argument with both Bella and Jacob and I couldn't stress myself out after almost having a miscarriage. Harry was now my priority.

"Let's go." I ordered the others.

"Did you talk to him?" Seth asked following me with Quil and Embry on his tracks.

"Was he sleeping?" Embry asked confused.

"He's busy…but I guess he has everything he needs." My voice was bitter and cold and I felt like I was drowning. I had almost lost our baby and there he was, recovering from his injuries in Bella's arms.

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I hadn't slept much last night. The phone kept on ringing until dawn and my mother had to beg Jacob to stop calling because there were people in my house who needed to sleep. Which were basically her and me since Seth had preferred to stay at Embry's. Smart move.

I had thought about my current situation and I was starting to realise that maybe this wasn't meant to be. I would never be able to compete with Bella. I believed that Jacob wanted to do the right thing for me and the baby, but whenever Bella was around, she would always get his attention. I knew he didn't do it on purpose and I also knew that it was wrong to feel jealous because Bella was married but I couldn't help it.

It wasn't much different from what Jacob felt about Sam. Jacob felt that Sam still represented a shadow in my life even knowing that he was married to Emily and they had a baby girl. So in the end I knew that Jacob loved me and I also accepted that I was in love with him. Actually I loved him more than I could ever imagine I would. But I couldn't just force him to forget Bella like I had managed to forget about Sam. Jacob had to do that by himself and I guess he wasn't ready yet.

So maybe we should take things slowly. Maybe I shouldn't make him such a big part of my life because he could just miss Bella and leave after her. Maybe my mother was right and we should just wait until Harry was born and then figure out what to do.

In that moment my mother walked in my room with my breakfast.

"Breakfast in bed…What did I do to deserve this?" I asked.

"Well…I like to spoil my kids once in a while."

"Thanks."

My mother sat down on the bed and looked at me while I ate. I knew she was trying to figure something out to start a conversation without upsetting me. I knew her like the palm of my hands.

"Leah…I heard you cry last night and I'm not quite sure what I can do to help you. Am I doing something wrong?"

"No." I simply stated.

It was true, she wasn't doing anything wrong. She had opposed my relationship with Jacob from the start because she was worried about me, and now I was beginning to think she was right.

"Carlisle said Harry is fine. You were bleeding because the placenta moved unexpectedly and caused a rupture."

"I know. I wasn't crying about that mum. I trust Carlisle enough to know that he won't let me and the baby down. He's a good doctor even though he's a leech."

"Then what is it?"

I turned my face to the window and didn't talk.

"Sam's sorry about everything, he told me he regretted reacting the way he did."

"He regretted it because Jacob kicked his ass."

"No…I think he's really sorry. I believe he just acted that way because he still has feelings for you. Even Emily knows that."

"Sam needs to let me go. I've moved on."

"Billy and I agreed that they won't be punished. This was just a misunderstanding. Emily needs Sam right now and we decided to forget about this."

I shrugged.

"Leah? What's going on?" My mother insisted.

"I don't know. It's just that…Since I fell in love with Jacob I've been telling myself that there was a reason why Sam imprinted on Emily, why I got hurt so badly, why Bella chose Edward instead of Jacob, why I got pregnant…and now I'm not so sure anymore."

"Honey…I'm still scared that you may actually suffer more because of Jacob, but Seth told me everything he saw in Jacob's memories about the two of you. I really couldn't believe myself when he guaranteed me that Jacob is the right one for you and that he will take good care of you and your baby."

"Like I told you…I'm really not sure about that anymore. I'm starting to think that this is all happening too fast. I should just concentrate on my baby. I'm tired of Sam and Jacob…this isn't helping me or Harry."

"I thought you would be happy if I accepted Jacob."

"I know that I told you I wanted to raise Harry with Jacob, but recent events made me realise that maybe he's not ready yet. So…perhaps you should just consider the idea of Jacob being part of Harry's life but not a part of mine."

"And will you be alright with that?"

"I don't know."

"Whatever you decide, I'll be here for you honey."

"Thanks."

After that my mother left. She needed to go shopping and she would also stop by Charlie's house to cook him lunch. I decided to take Carlisle's advices and I stayed in bed a few more minutes and that's when I felt his scent. I measured my options and decided to face him because I couldn't run away anymore.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. "I thought you couldn't walk."

"I'm fine, thank you Leah." He said almost pouting.

"You shouldn't be here, Black."

"We're on last name's basis again?" He inquired arching his eyebrows.

"What if we are?" I asked watching his body. His injuries were almost completely healed. He wasn't wearing bandages anymore and he didn't seem to be in pain.

"Come on Leah…don't act like this."

"Like what?" I got up and started to fold some of my clothes that were out of place.

"What you think you saw in my bedroom wasn't real."

"So Bella wasn't there holding your hand? Was she a hologram or something?" I asked sarcastically. I mentally scolded myself because those words sounded like I was dying with jealousy, which I was but I wasn't going to admit that.

"Of course Bella was there but that didn't mean anything. She's a friend and that's all. You don't have to feel jealous."

"Don't flatter yourself, Black. I'm not jealous of you and your fucking leech."

"Yes, you are…You don't need to feel intimidated. Bella's married and I don't love her anymore."

"Well you should take your own advice because you didn't have to attack Sam like you did." I scolded myself again. I did like the way he beat the crap out of Sam. Actually I wished I could have seen it.

Jacob grabbed my arm and pulled me against his chest.

"Sam's a fool if he thinks I'm going to back off because I won't. He doesn't have the right to even dream about you…"

If the situation was different and I wasn't pregnant I would jump him right then and there.

"Sam is an idiot and I'm really sick of him but at least I was strong enough to forget about him and even if he fought against his imprint right now, I would never go back to him." I stated pushing Jacob away from me.

"You honestly think I'm still interested in Bella?"

I glared at him. I didn't think he was still not over the leech, I was sure.

"Fuck Leah after all I told you? Are you serious? Let me get this straight…First you were afraid that I would imprint on some random girl and now you're afraid that I go back to Bella, who is happily married to Edward?"

"Don't talk to me as if I was crazy!"

"But you are. You're clearly out of your mind. How many times do I have to say that I love you?"

"I believe that you do have feelings for me Jacob…but I will never be your priority."

"Of course you will. You are my priority Leah. You and the baby."

"How can you say that? How can you lie to my face and say that I'm your priority when while I was bleeding out and almost had a miscarriage you were lying in your bed being comforted by Isabella Cullen?"

"What?" He arched his eyebrows in surprise.

"I was worried about you. I almost lost our baby…just like that day when Bella and I argued and I passed out."

"What the hell are you talking about Leah?"

"She didn't tell you?"

Jacob looked at me and I realised that he was speaking the truth. He didn't know about anything that had happened between Bella and me in Canada, and he didn't know that I almost had a miscarriage the day before.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't anyone tell me about this?" He asked raising his voice.

I had no idea why no one had told him about my condition but I was almost sure that they didn't want Jacob to be more upset.

"Let's go." He ordered taking my hand and pulling me with him out of my bedroom.

"What are you doing? Where are we going?"

"We're going to solve this mess once and for all."

Jacob took my car keys, opened the car door for me and then he got inside the car too.

"Where are you taking me?"

"You'll see…"

We left La Push within minutes and then I finally recognised the way we were heading. We were going to the Cullens.

"Why are we going to the Cullens?" I asked.

"Because I need to talk to Carlisle."

"He lives in Canada, remember?"

"Bella told me they would stay for a couple of days."

I crossed my arms and let him drive.

"Why are you doing this, Jacob? I told you I don't care that you still like Bella."

He chose to ignore me the rest of the ride. We pulled over in front of the Cullen's mansion and Carlisle came to greet us.

"You should be resting. The both of you." The leech doctor said.

"Why didn't you tell me Leah almost miscarriaged?" Jacob questioned.

"I had to go to Sam's place and I told Bella to talk to you as soon as you were calm enough to handle it."

"Where is she?" Jacob asked.

"Hunting with Edward. They won't take long."

"We'll wait."

"No, we won't. I have things to do." I said.

"How are you feeling Leah? Do you want to do a check-up?" Carlisle asked.

"I'm alright. I want to go home to rest." I whined.

"Since you're here, you should do what Carlisle said. Do the check-up." Jacob said with authority.

"What the hell! You can't force me to do that."

Who the hell did he think he was? Bossing me around as if I was some sort of personal slave.

"I want to know if my son is alright." He stated. "Now go upstairs with the doctor and do the damn check-up."

He didn't raise his voice but his tone made it clear that he wasn't asking, he was ordering and he wouldn't take a no for an answer.

Fucking alpha genes.

"Follow me Leah."

Carlisle led me upstairs to his office where he had some equipment to do an ultrasound. Jacob stayed outside while I undressed my blouse and sat on the chair.

"I guess Bella didn't tell Jacob the truth about you and the baby." He said.

"Yeah…well…that is typical of her."

"She was probably worried about Jacob and his condition."

Of course Carlisle would defend Bella too. They were family after all.

"Jacob you can come in." Carlisle called.

"Is that Harry?" Jacob asked watching the screen.

"Yes. I still don't now why he moves so much…but I guess it's all about the wolf genes. He has a steady heartbeat and I believe we will be born in late July or early August, if not sooner."

"Is everything alright?" Jacob questioned never taking his eyes off of the monitor.

"Yes. He's fine."

"If he's born prematurely, will he be alright?" I asked.

"I think so. If he's born after your fifth month, he'll be safe."

We were so excited watching Harry on the screen that we didn't notice Bella and Edward coming in.

"Is everything alright with the baby?" Bella asked. Either she was a good actress or she was really worried about my baby.

"Yes." Jacob answered sharply. "I'm actually here to talk to you."

"It wasn't her fault Jacob." Edward said quietly. "Bella was just trying to spare you from another anger episode."

Jacob stood there watching Bella intensively. I put my blouse on and waited for the argument that would follow.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was worried you would do something stupid." She replied.

"Like what? Go to my house and see me?" I questioned sarcastically. "That's really a stupid thing to do. Unless you wanted to keep him by your side."

"It's not like that. If Jacob saw your state, we would go crazy again and attack Sam, Paul and everyone he could blame." Bella stated calmly. "Besides he was also hurt, he needed to have some rest."

"This is Leah we're talking about, Bella. Leah and my baby. I had the right to know what was goign on."

"I'm sorry." She apologised.

"Are you really sorry?" Jacob insisted.

"Of course I am. I would never do that on purpose."

"Then why didn't you tell me it happened before?"

Bella knew what he was talking about and she looked to the floor.

"Because I'm not proud about what I did."

"Leah and Bella had an argument and things got out of hand. It was not Bella's fault, we should've stopped them." Edward tried to find an excuse for his wife.

"Bella…" Jacob started. "You're my friend and despite all that happened between us, all the mistakes you did and I had to put up with, all the pain you inflicted on me…I forgave you all of that. I even accepted your transformation and your family's alliance. I want you to be my friend but you need to accept that I make my own decisions now and I've chosen Leah."

"I know Jake. I never meant any harm to Leah or your baby. I just…want you to be sure about your decisions. I still want us to be friends."

Meaning: Bella still thought she had a claim on Jacob, she still thought I wasn't the right girl for him and she was just trying to play the good guy so that Jacob would forgive her again. Which he would certainly do because he was a sucker.

"You are underestimating his feelings for you." Edward told me. Bella and Jacob looked at me but they didn't make any questions.

"There's something you need to understand Bella." Jacob said holding my hand and pulling me to the door with him.

"What?" She asked.

"We're still friends and our alliance will still remain but just like you once chose Edward over me, and just like you chose death over life so you could be with him forever…My decision was made and it is Leah. Please don't interfere."

"But Jake…have you thought about…"

"You don't need to think about anything when you're in love, not even about the consequences. I learned that from you, Bella."

Jacob and I left the room and when we were getting in the car I heard Bella and Edward talking.

"She's not right for him, but I do hope she can make him happy." Bella said.

"I guess you're finally letting him go."

"Am I?"

"Yes."

"But he's still my friend, right?"

"Of course he is, Bella."

"Did he make the right choice?"

"We'll have to find out later." Edward finished.

Bella's question lingered in the air while Jacob was driving all the way back to La Push. We had both heard those words. I could've told him that he didn't need to make his decision so fast. I could've told him I would accept if he changed his mind. But I didn't because for once I felt happy about being someone's choice.

When we finally got home he held me close to him before we walked in the house and cupped my face.

"I made the right choice. Don't you ever doubt it."

A/Note (2): Don't worry this baby will be born safely into this world. LOL Some of you blamed Sam, others Sue and others Paul…I think they're all to blame, even Leah and Jacob. But don't worry, there's only one death left in this story and it's not baby Harry. Thanks for your support.

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