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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.

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

39. Rise and Fall

I knew what I wanted now. After Jacob's last words, telling me that I was his choice, we had kissed passionately and from that moment on I was completely unable to stop myself from pushing him inside my house and into the living room where we lay down on the couch.

Since I had seen the way he stood up for me against Bella, I had felt incredibly attracted to him. After getting pregnant I had hardly thought about being close to someone, let alone having sex, so I was a bit confused with my own actions.

But I couldn't stop this feeling. I wanted him, I needed him and I was sure I couldn't live without him now.

By the look in his chocolate brown eyes, I knew he was feeling the same, but he was even more nervous than in our first time. I guess back then I wasn't five months pregnant with his child.

"Leah…" He moaned against my neck. "We can't do this."

I kept straddling him and attacked his lips once again, trying to make him change his mind. A little of persuasion surely doesn't hurt.

"I'll be on top, alright?" I suggested. My body was craving for his touch and I wasn't going to quit now. I didn't care if I was fat or if my boobs were hurting while pressed against his bare chest, I was way too intoxicated by his scent which had put me on a very high trip. I really felt like a damn addict.

The way he kissed me was too gentle and too tender. It was a torture. I needed to feel his urgency to take me, I needed him to be as desperate as I was only that Jacob was too damn busy with my lips to pay any attention to the rest of my body.

My hands travelled along his biceps, then his chest and finally to his pants. I was about to unzip his cut-offs when his hands reached mine.

"Leah…don't." He said huskily, sending an electricity jolt all over my body.

"It's fine…You can take off my clothes…"

"You have no idea how I want this, but we can't." He said panting.

"Of course we can. It's perfectly safe…"

By looking at his face I knew he wasn't going to let me have my way, so I pouted childishly and got up from his lap.

"Don't pout Leah. You know I wouldn't turn you down if…"

"If what?" I cut him off. "If I wasn't this fat? If I had the looks of a top model?"

"These mood changes are killing me." He complained, half annoyed by my attitude.

"Fine. You don't think I'm attractive anymore…I can't blame you for that but if you were going to turn me down you shouldn't have said those words to me. You should've stayed with your leech."

"Stop with that nonsense. I can't make love to you after seeing my child on that ultrasound. It has nothing to do with your weight, Leah. I just…I don't want to…you know…hurt the baby."

"Doctors say it's alright to do it…"

"I know but you almost had a miscarriage yesterday. Let's not make things worse."

He hugged me gently and placed his head over mine. I put my arms around him and took that opportunity to inhale his marvellous scent.

"You owe me, Black." I stated. My lust was finally settling down and now I was ready to cuddle.

"I'll make up to you after Harry is born. Just you, me and a large bed."

"You better keep your promise."

"I will."

"Do you want to stay for lunch? I think my mother has accepted you now."

"I would love to but I need to go and take care of some businesses." He grinned.

"You're not going to Sam's, are you?"

"Nope. Sam had his share…But there's someone I need to have a talk to."

I immediately knew he was talking about Paul.

"Jacob…it's not a good idea. The Council is willing to forget about yesterday but if you attack Paul…"

"It's fine. You can come if you want to."

I guess it was better if I went too, just in case someone had to calm him down or prevent him from killing Paul.

Paul had moved in to Billy's place after the wedding and we found him watching TV alone. Billy and Rachel were out.

"We need to talk jackass." Jacob said firmly. Paul looked at both of us and got up immediately. I saw in his eyes that he was going to hear everything that Jacob had to tell him without a word. I guess he was really sorry about what he had done.

Jacob approached him and without a warning he punched him hard in the face. Paul took a few steps back and prepared himself to be hit again but Jacob stood in the middle of the small living room and crossed his arms.

"I've accepted you in my family to make my sister happy." Jacob said. "I once considered you a pack brother but right now all I want is to kill you."

"Jacob…I think you made your point." I declared, afraid that he would beat Paul into a pulp. Besides if they started to fight I wouldn't be able to stop them on my own.

"It's alright, I'm not going to hit him more. I just want him to know that if this happens again I will forget about my sister's happiness and I'll kill him…I will make him feel the same pain you and Harry felt yesterday."

"I know that whatever I say it won't change a thing but it was never my intention to harm Leah or the baby. I tried to leave Sam out of this but he followed us and now I understand what I did was wrong."

"I'm going to accept your lame apology attempt but don't push it. I really don't want to explain my son I killed his uncle."

Paul half smiled and cleaned the blood from his nose with the back of his hand.

"Go clean yourself properly Paul…before Rachel gets here and accuses me of something." I suggested and he left to the bathroom.

"I'm sorry you had to watch this." Jacob said.

"It's ok…But this beat up frenzy has to stop."

"Sure, sure." He said with his trademark smile.

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Carlisle had advised me that the three last months of pregnancy would be really frustrating and he was right. Since my mother had accepted Jacob, she had decided to give us some privacy and returned to Forks to Charlie's place while Jacob practically moved in to my house.

As soon as people started to notice the size of my belly, rumours started spreading like a disease in La Push and I was again the bad witch from the fairytales. I had stolen Jacob's innocence and now I was forcing him to assume all responsibilities for my baby. Most of the people thought I had gotten pregnant after a one night stand and surprisingly Jacob and I didn't even bother to explain the truth. Actually we were amused by the rumours that had surfaced.

To be sixth months pregnant was really beautiful, at least to me, since I always thought I wouldn't be able to have children, but it was also damn boring. I couldn't take a step without someone asking me if I was alright. First it were mum and Seth. Then, because my mother went back to her husband and my brother was at School, it were Quil and Embry. Now it was Jacob.

So when he told me that the Cullens had called and asked his presence in Canada to talk about the treaty, I sighed in relief because he would stay in Canada for at least a day. His overprotection was really driving me insane. I would be able to go outside and have some fresh air since I was tired of being at home.

Jacob had left three hours ago and I decided to go for a walk. I took my cell phone and when I was about to leave I saw Rachel pulling over in her car. Jacob had told me that Rachel wanted to speak to me about her behaviour towards our relationship but I didn't know if I wanted to hear her out.

"Hey…Are you going out?" She asked.

"Until Seth comes home from School. Why?"

"Can I join you?"

"Don't you have anything else to do?"

"No."

I guess I was stuck with her. Awesome.

"So…where are we going?" She asked with a smile.

"I don't know…maybe to the beach."

"Ok."

The beach was just a mile away from my house if we took the forest's shortcut. Rachel walked in silence next to me for a couple of minutes.

"You know I don't enjoy small talk, right?" Rachel turned to me.

"Yes." I said.

"I have two things to tell you."

"I don't know if I really want to hear you right now Rachel."

"I don't really care because I need to tell you that I'm sorry. I'm sorry about the way I reacted when I found out about you and Jake. I was a selfish bitch."

"Why are you suddenly having a change of heart?"

"Because despite all I thought…you do make my brother happy."

"So you're actually telling me that you want us to be friends again?"

"Yes. We're probably going to be family one day and I don't even care about the rumours."

"That's good to know." I said sarcastically.

We finally got to the beach and Rachel made me sat down on the sand.

"I still have one more thing to tell you."

"Shoot."

"I'm pregnant."

"What?" I asked surprised. I was expecting a lot of things coming from her mouth but not that.

"That son of a bitch got me pregnant." Rachel spat throwing a small rock into the water.

"Rachel…shouldn't you be happy?" I questioned.

"Sure. In four or five months I'll be looking like a whale and I'll have to leave my job. Fucking fantastic." She said. "No pun intended."

I shrugged. Rachel was now a teacher in the School's Reservation and she took her job quite seriously since she had been forced to quit her dreams to be an architect after Paul had imprinted on her.

"I made him promise me we wouldn't have kids before six years of marriage." She announced.

"So now what? You're going to kill him because he wasn't safe?"

"I would like to blame this on Paul, but I can't…It was my fault."

I chose not to comment on that. But on the inside I was laughing my ass off. Payback was a bitch and Rachel was surely tasting a bit of her own venom.

"Well…congratulations." I said trying not to laugh in her face.

"Thanks. Can I ask you to keep it to yourself?"

"Sure. But why? I think Paul will like the news and so will Billy."

"I need to get used to the idea that I'm having a baby."

"It's not as difficult as you think."

"Are you sure?"

"Do you love Paul?"

"Of course I do."

"Then you will love this baby too."

"I know I will. I'm just scared that I won't be a good mother or that this isn't the right time to have a baby. Paul doesn't even have a job yet…"

"Rachel…Calm down. It's going to be fine. You have a family, a husband who would do anything for you, I'm sure you'll manage."

"You know Leah…" Rachel said whipping her tears away. "I really didn't come here to be comforted by you. This makes me feel even worse…It's like I'm taking advantage on you because I have no right to bother you with my problems but…I'm really grateful for your friendship and I'm happy that you accepted my apology."

"Well, actually I was thinking about kicking your ass and leave you here to rot but then again you're pregnant so I guess I'll leave it for later."

We both laughed and then her phone started ringing.

"Damn it." She said seeing Paul's name on the screen. "I totally forgot about our plans for this afternoon."

"Well go then."

"I'll walk you back home."

"No, I'm staying here a little bit longer."

"You're six months pregnant. I'm not leaving you alone."

"We're in La Push, Rachel." I stated starting to feel annoyed. She was overreacting. Actually she was behaving just like her brother.

"But…"

"Go. I have my cell phone with me." I cut her off and she finally gave in.

"Fine. I'll call later to check up on you, alright?"

"Sure."

I was in heaven after Rachel left. The buzz in my head was finally gone. I did like Rachel, I mean now I liked her a bit more than I did yesterday because she had finally apologised, but she was damn crazy.

She had actually made Paul promise they wouldn't have children before they had six years of marriage. She was definitely insane. I was still recovering from the latest news that Rachel had thrown my way when I realised I should call Jacob and check what was going on at the Cullens.

They had refused to talk to him over the phone and said that it was really important that he would go to Canada to meet them.

I was a bit frustrated when after my third attempt to call him, the signal was the same: his number was temporarily unavailable. I tried the Cullens but no one answered. That made me feel a bit uneasy. I had a feeling something was going on.

Maybe Bella was trying to convince him that I wasn't worth it. Maybe Jacob had finally realised he wanted to stay there with her. I shook my head and laughed because I was being stupid, again. I had to trust him. Jacob had made his decision and had told Bella not to interfere in our relationship. So far Bella had abided to his terms.

I stayed almost an hour watching the water because I always felt more relaxed watching the waves coming to shore and going back to the ocean as if something was preventing them to stay.

Then I got up and left. I had to go back home before Seth arrived from School otherwise he would freak out.

I did realise that the forest was quieter than usual. I should've read the signs when I felt a cold breeze and a stench that reminded me of a public bathroom and old unwashed socks. As the smell burnt my nose I noticed a shadow moving incredibly fast and making its way over to me.

I stopped and waited for the leech to show up. My heart fastened when I recognised her scent. It was a vegetarian vampire, a Denali.

"Irina." I whispered.

She was now standing before me less than twenty feet away. Irina was wearing a dark green dress, brown gloves and her hair was tied up in a beautiful braid. I couldn't read her emotions right now because her face was showing no emotions whatsoever. It was as if she was completely numb.

I thought about my options. I could try to run but she was probably faster than me, after all I was six months pregnant, I wouldn't stand a chance. Or I could face her and risk having a miscarriage.

"You know who am I?" She questioned in a low but melodic voice.

I nodded affirmatively and she smiled, taking a few steps towards me.

"I wasn't expecting this to be so easy." She said and then I knew that today I wouldn't see my brother coming home from School. I wouldn't meet mum and Charlie at dinner, I wouldn't hear Jacob's voice on the phone and I wouldn't be able to feel my baby move at night before falling asleep.

Irina was there to kill me. I had no idea why she had suddenly come over to La Push again when the Denali's Coven was sure she would stay away from us. Even Edward had read in her thoughts that she didn't want revenge anymore.

I didn't know why Alice hadn't been able to have a vision with her. But then I finally understood the reason why the Cullens had called Jacob. They wanted to talk about Irina but by calling him they had made us more vulnerable. Unless Irina was only after Jacob and they were trying to protect him. Maybe it never crossed their minds that she would come here.

"I know what you are…" She said coming even closer. "You're one of those giant dogs that murdered my Laurent."

I didn't know what to say. If I weren't pregnant I would phase and take her on. With me being the fastest wolf on the pack I probably had a chance but I couldn't phase.

My only chance was to buy some time and hope that Seth went home earlier or that someone would notice that I was missing. I knew there was no one patrolling at this hour. Since the fight with the Volturi, Sam's pack hadn't seen vampires on the area so patrols were reduced and they were only vigilant at night.

"You tried to kill us once and you failed." I said trying to maintain my composure and not show my fear. "My friends will come soon."

I was bluffing and she knew it.

"You're alone…and I can feel your heartbeat increasing which means you're lying."

In a flash Irina positioned herself behind me and put a hand around my neck. Her cold fingers made me start trembling. I was going to die and it was my fault. I should've never left my house.

"You know…bitch…I could kill you in a second…but that wouldn't bring Laurent back." She stated and I could hear pain in her voice. I was momentarily confused. "Today is your lucky day because I'm not here to kill you. I'm here to ask a favour."

"What do you want?" I managed to ask.

"I need you to kill me."

Her statement caught me off guard. Was she serious? She wanted to die?

"I don't want to live anymore. Immortality isn't fun without the one you love and you took that away from me. I thought that if I killed every single one of you I would feel better but that's not true." She declared. "So…please…just kill me like you did with Laurent."

"I can't." I said trying to breathe but her fingers squeezed a little harder after my reply.

"You can't? Are you kidding me?"

I couldn't risk phasing because that could kill my baby but I couldn't think about another way to make Irina spare my life. If I didn't do what she wanted she would kill me and move on to find another wolf that would do what she wanted.

"You will kill me or I will kill you and your unborn child." She put her free hand over my belly and pressed it. I flinched and the panic almost blinded me.

I was still a wolf, which meant that my mind was strongly debating what to do. I wanted to phase and rip Irina's head off, but I also wanted to keep my baby safe.

I felt my control slipping by the second and when Irina's grip was so strong that I couldn't even breathe anymore I knew I had to act or she would break my neck.

I felt my phone ringing inside my pocket and I reached it with my hand. I need to ask for help but I knew no one would get to me on time. The usual tremors started when I pressed the call button allowing whoever was calling me to hear what was happening.

Leah? Where are you? Leah? Are you there?

I heard Rachel's voice.

"Call the pack!" I managed to scream before my body started to change and my clothes were shredded right before Irina's eyes.

I really couldn't help it. My body was reacting to the danger and I knew I would only be able to phase back once Irina was killed. Unfortunately that could be too late for my baby.

Trying to bear the pain I faced the cold bloodsucker that was standing before me. I had the slight impression of hearing a "thank you" before my massive body hit hers. She was hard as rock but since she didn't fight back I easily threw her to the ground.

I placed two of my paws on her chest so she couldn't escape and growled when I looked into Irina's eyes. We both knew what was going to happen next. She was happy to die by my hands, or teeth. I ripped her head off and she didn't even scream. Irina didn't fear death. She actually wanted to die because she refused to live in a world without her beloved one. How poetic.

When her head rolled on the forest's floor I fell down and howled in pain. I felt my lower stomach aching. It seemed that it was on fire. I started to feel dizzy so when three large wolves jumped in front of me I almost thought I was hallucinating.

I couldn't hear Sam, Collin or Paul because they weren't my pack but I watched them as they came to finish off the job I started by dismembering Irina's body. More wolves followed and I saw Brady and Jared phasing back. While Jared was setting Irina's body on fire, Brady came to me and told me to phase back.

I tried but the pain was too much.

'Leah…you need to phase back.' I heard Seth thoughts as soon as he phased. He started howling in pain as well although it was me who was hurting.

'I can't…' I whimpered.

'Do it for Harry.' Seth encouraged. 'Mum and Rachel are trying to reach Carlisle. I'll be with you in a minute. Hold on sister.'

'Don't give up. I know you're strong enough. Phase back.' Quil said.

'We're almost there. Hang on Leah. Harry will be fine.' Embry's thoughts were filled with despair, just like my brother's and Quil's.

Slowly my body started to give in and my bones began to change. I returned to my human form and Brady and Jared exchanged a worried look.

"She's bleeding too much." Jared said.

"Should we move her?" Brady asked.

I was still lying naked on the forest's floor when my brother came to me. He had phased back and quickly put a blanket over me. I saw Quil, Embry, Sam, Collin and Paul joining us.

"I think I killed my baby." I cried.

Seth took me in his arms and for a few minutes I blacked out.

"I think she's having the baby now." I heard my brother's voice and I felt my body being laid on a soft mattress.

"Carlisle in on his way. He said he'll be here in fifteen minutes." My mother announced.

I was relieved to hear Carlisle's name but would my baby resist those fifteen minutes?

"She's awaken." Rachel said.

"Honey…you're having the baby…please don't panic, alright?" My mother said.

Better said than done. I was six months pregnant. I knew Harry could make it alive but what if he was still too small? What if he didn't make it? It would be my fault. I was reckless. I had left my house and I had phased when I was instructed not to.

"Mum…tell Jacob that I'm really sorry."

Downstairs I could hear my pack brothers pacing. Seth, Rachel and my mother were the only ones inside my bedroom.

"Don't say that…The Cullens are coming and so is Jake. You'll see him soon."

I held my sheets tightly when the pain came back full force. I tried not to scream but I felt like my whole body was being crushed over and over again.

"Where's Carlisle? We really need him." Seth said. "She's still bleeding."

It was hard to keep focused while I was lying there trying to bear the most horrifying pain I had ever felt.

I suddenly felt tired and I probably blacked out again. I realised then that I was having some periods of clarity and other times I'd just loose the perception of where I was and what was happening.

I was almost passing out again when Carlisle arrived.

"I need to be alone with her." He said. "And Seth…try to calm Jacob down or he's going to destroy this house."

"Carlisle…please give me something for the pain." I begged.

He inspected my state and shook his head.

"I can't. Harry is coming and you need to push."

"This wasn't supposed to happen this way…but Irina was here…I killed her…" The words starting slipping from my mouth.

"Don't think about that now."

"No…you have to tell Jacob that I never meant to harm our baby. She made me do it."

"Jacob knows. Now push Leah…If you want this baby to live, push as hard as you can."

Was he for real? I was completely exhausted and he wanted me to push? What the hell!

"Push harder Leah." Carlisle instructed.

"Why don't you try it leech!" I retorted. I was lashing out on my doctor. What the hell was wrong with me?

"Look…I can't see the extent of your injuries like this. Harry needs to be born now."

"Irina didn't hurt me. I don't have injuries."

"Yes, you do. When you phased your bones stretched and that caused the womb to rupture and that's why you're having contractions. After phasing back your bones didn't take their original place…there's too much damage and that's why you're bleeding."

"What does that means?"

"It means that you're probably not healing quickly enough and Harry can die. Now push."

For fuck sake. Why was this happening to me? I closed my eyes and started crying while I was trying my best to push. This was ten thousands times worse than in the movies.

"I've got his head…push again."

In that moment the door opened and Jacob came inside. He was horrified with all the blood but he came to kneel beside me and took my hand.

"Hey…How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I yelled. "I'm having your baby and you're asking me how I feel?"

He flinched but kept holding my hand.

"Do what Carlisle is saying, alright?"

"Fuck you! Do you think it's easy?" I squeezed his hand as hard as I could.

"Leah…you're going to break my hand." He whined.

"I don't care, you idiot. I'm in pain."

"Come on Leah…one more time and Harry is out." Carlisle announced. I did what he told me to and finally the doctor took my son in his arms and wrapped him around a blue blanket. I sighed in relief. All that pain was worth it as soon as I heard my baby crying.

"Good job Leah. You did great." Carlisle praised me.

"That's my girl." Jacob said kissing my forehead. Then Carlisle handed him our son.

I was going to demand to hold my baby when a sharp pain hit my lower stomach again. Carlisle bent down to check me up and I could see in his eyes that something was wrong.

"What's going on?" Jacob asked.

"This is unbelievable." Carlisle stated.

"What?" Jacob insisted.

"I need to take her to the Hospital. I'm going to need to perform a c-section. There's another baby…"

"Another baby…" I muttered. I was having twins. How was that possible?

"It's a very rare case of monozygotic twins. They were in the same position…one was covering the other so we could only see one of them in the ultrasounds."

Carlisle opened the door and called my mother and Rosalie.

"Rose prepare the car, Leah needs to go to the Hospital." He ordered. "Jacob give Harry to Sue and follow our car."

I don't remember being taken by Emmett to Carlisle's car. I only realised he was carrying me when he was putting me down.

Rosalie took us to Fork's Hospital in a flash. Carlisle knew all the doctors working there and he managed to stay by my side when they took me to the operation's room.

"Carlisle…if this baby makes it alive I want to name him after Billy." I said.

"I'll let Jacob know that."

"Thanks."

"We'll try to save you both, alright?" He smiled at me and I nodded weakly. A few seconds later I heard a nurse saying that I was loosing too much blood and that I wasn't going to make it. Surprisingly I didn't feel pain anymore. I felt disappointed because I probably wouldn't be able to meet my children and be with their father. Maybe this was my fate. I closed my eyes and I fell asleep.

A/Note (2): There you go...after millions of attempts to upload this chapter, I finally succeeded. Am I the only one having troubles uploading? It's frustrating. Anyways...Don't panic. The person who was supposed to die was Irina and she's finally dead. She died because she had the same fate in BD, so...I do feel sorry for her, but she wasn't such a major character. RIP Irina.

Karisan