An: Thank you all so much for the reviews! I really, really, really appreciate them. This chapter just kind of wrote itself, I had no ideas in my brain at the time. Enjoy.
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Wow last night was great. Jacob was great in bed and who knew he could be so gentle. I smiled to myself and closed my eyes tighter thinking about my extravagant night.
" Leah!" Seth yelled from my doorway. My smile faded and my eyes shot open. How dare he take me away from my happy place.
" What! Don't you see people sleeping here," I asked putting my pillow over my head.
" Well I see a person sleeping as in singular," Seth said sitting on my bed. I turned to face him realizing Jacob was not there. I sat up and pulled my covers over my body. " He went on patrol he will be back in a little bit." Seth said standing up like the bed was hot.
" What's your problem?"
" I don't want to sit on your bed. Kind of gross," Seth smiled and walked out of my room. What was the point of him waking me up like that? Ugh little brothers could be a pain, but you gotta love them. I got up and rushed to my drawers. Could not walk around naked all day. My phone rang from my bed. I threw the spread and sheets all over the place looking for the damn thing.
" Hello," I asked slightly out of breath. Weird since I was a werewolf.
" Lee can you please come over here," a weak voice said from the other end.
"Who is this." I had not even bothered looking at the caller id.
" Emily." she sounded like something was terribly wrong with her.
"What do you want Em? I don't have time for your little games today."
" Just please come over. I need you now," she cried out. As much as I wanted to punch the living day lights out of her, I knew she needed me. Emily was always in good spirits, but now she sounded withdrawn.
" Ok. I am headed that way," I said hanging up the phone. I put my clothes on and grabbed my cell.
"I am going over Emily's," I said to Seth as I was walking out.
" No Leah please don't do it! She didn't mean to hurt you! If you do it then you will go to jail and then I will starve to death," Seth grabbed my legs so I couldn't walk anymore. He reminded me of a kid that was begging his mother not to go to work.
" Seth what the hell are you talking about," I laughed trying to walk but Seth's weight was not easy to carry.
" Don't kill Emily," he begged holding my leg tighter.
" I am not going to kill her, she needed to talk to me," I loosened his grip on my legs and watched him get up from the ground. He had that dumb " oh" expression on his face, which made me laugh harder.
" Oh I thought you were going to kill her and Sam,' Seth brushed off his pants.
" You should not assume baby brother," I patted his head and walked off. I took out my phone and texted Jacob.
I am going to Emily's. I will catch you later.
Emily was standing in the doorway with the door open. Her eyes were all puffy and red and her cheeks were flushed.
"What's up," I tried not to sound too concerned. I didn't want her to know that I actually cared about what was going on with her.
" My dad beat my mom again. This time he caused some damage. She is in the hospital and she might not make it," Emily rushed all her words out before she burst into tears. I didn't know whether to hug her or stand there and look at her. Emily's father was always abusive, he even hit Em a few times. She often came down to La Push to escape his rampages, but he would only beat her mother more. Emily told her mother to come live here, but she refused to leave.
" I just hate him Lee. I hate him,' Emily broke down even more. I hesitated to hug her, somehow my arms wrapped around her and held her tightly. " If she dies, I will kill him I swear." I felt her warm tears fall on my shoulder.
" Did you tell Sam about it," I asked her. She tried to calm her sobs down to answer me.
" He is on patrol with Jacob."
"Wait what," I pulled away from her.
" They rejoined the packs," Emily said leading me inside. She was still slightly sobbing but I could tell she was calming down. She sat on the couch and dabbed her eyes with a tissue.
" When did this happen?" I asked sitting down next to her.
" They talked about it early this morning. They left to patrol really early too. I just wish Sam had more time for me," Emily looked down at her hands and more tears formed in her eyes. Now when it came down to talking about Sam, I could not really talk with her. Talking about Sam just made me look back on my times with him. I didn't want to seem selfish so I listened to her ramble.
" We are about to have a family and he is always gone on patrol or something. I'm not trying to be whiney but I need him at times like this. It just sucks." I didn't look at her while she talked. I didn't want to get pissed off and phase too close to her. It annoyed me that she complained about not having time with Sam. Shit, at least she had him. Why was she complaining? The front door opened and Sam and Jacob appeared.
" Babe what's wrong," Sam walked over to Emily and sat next to her on the couch. He looked over at me like I had something to do with her crying.
" I didn't do it this time, so don't give me that look," I shot at him. Jacob put his hand on my shoulder.
" Thanks for being here for me Leah," Emily said between cries. I nodded at her and got up. Jacob held the small of back and led me out the door. I noticed Sam glare but he quickly turned his attention back to Emily.
" So when did you plan on talking to me about it," I asked as soon as me and Jake reached the end of the walkway.
"Talk to you about what?"
' Don't play like you are a dumbass Jake. When were you going to tell me about rejoining the packs," I glanced over at Jacob who looked like he was getting nervous.
" Um. You were sleeping I didn't want to wake you." Jacob exclaimed. He gave me the puppy dog look to soothe my anger.
" Bullshit Jacob. I am your beta why they hell would you make a decision without at least talking to me about it first?"
" Actually Sam is Beta Leah," Jacob said taking one of my hands.
" You bastard! How could you? So you just demote me without telling me! I could just kill you! Ugh I hate you!" I yelled stomping my foot. I punched Jacob in the chest and kicked him in the shin.
" Geez Leah calm down," Jacob bent down to rub his shin. I continued to beat him in the back and yelled out so many profanities. Jacob grabbed me by my legs and carried me into the woods.
"Put me down punk," I beat him in the back and he dropped me on the ground. I glared up at him and he smirked at me. I could tell that he was trying to hold back a laugh, and that annoyed the hell out of me. " What is so funny?"
" You."
" I don't understand why I am so amusing to you," I got up and brushed myself off.
" I didn't demote you, I actually promoted you," Jacob grabbed my arm and pulled me into him. I pushed him away to get a look at his face. " I made you Alpha Female Lee." Jacob eyed my facial expression.
I couldn't tell if my face still showed that I was pissed off or if I was expressionless.
" I'm sorry I didn't talk to you about it. I didn't think you would mind," he walked towards me and put a warm hand on my shoulder.
" So…alpha female means, it means,'
" Well it means that you are Alpha Female. Look we don't have to be boyfriend/ girlfriend yet at least. But you have to admit there is something there.'
" So Sam just excepted this with no problem," I asked just curious as to how Jacob got Sam to become Beta.
"He didn't take it well at all. There will be some drama, nothing is near peachy. He just agreed because the pack from Wyoming is headed back here. Jared caught their scent at the border last night. We don't know if they are a threat so I just thought it was best to combine the packs. This is not permanent, just for now," Jacob explained rubbing my shoulder. The friction from his hand was about to drive me crazy.
" I still can't believe you,' I shook my head and slapped his arm.
"You can believe this," he leaned down and captured my lips. This kiss was rougher than the other ones we shared. He gained dominance quickly and lowered me to the ground. I broke away from the kiss and sat up on my elbows.
" What?" Jacob raised his eyebrows and leaned into me again. I stopped his face with my hand. His eyes widened and he grabbed my wrist.
" You are moving too fast, slow it down," I said moving my hand down to ground.
" Ok, I will slow it down," Jacob exaggerated slow and smiled. " We already did it once anyway so what's the point?"
" Ok and now we are back on sex hiatus. We were both sexually frustrated at the time," I got up from the ground and brushed off my shorts.
" So you are saying we just used each other and now we are done," Jacob asked getting up and following me.
" No we just moved too fast at the time," I kept walking in the direction of my house. Jacob grabbed my arm and turned me around.
" So what are you saying Leah. Quit with the code language. What is this," he moved his hand between us back and forth. I smirked at him knowing exactly what he was talking about.
" We are still friends…for now,' I turned back around and walked away again. I laughed to myself when I felt Jacob beside me.
" For now huh?" Damn I just boosted his ego up too much.
" You heard me so why keep repeating everything I say," I replied. Jacob put his arm around me as we approached my house.
" I am going to check on my dad," he pecked my lips and I tried to deepen the kiss. Jacob put his finger up to my lips. " Moving too fast there Clearwater." he walked off into the woods.
" Asshole," I called out to him. I walked back into the house and spotted my mother and Charlie on the couch. Seth was sitting in a chair next to them.
" Hey Lee, I saved you some,' Seth held up his hot dog and smiled.
" Thanks." I walked past my mother slowly trying to avoid making eye contact with her.
" Leah come back here," my mother said getting off the couch. Charlie stood up with her as if he was supporting her. I turned around to see my mother with her arms out. I had second thoughts about hugging her, but she was my mother for crying out loud. All of a sudden I felt the urge to break down. I don't know why, but all emotions had taken over me at this point. I collapsed into my mother's arms and cried.
" I'm so sorry Leah," she rubbed her hand up and down my back. Seth came up and put his arm around me. Charlie just stood there unaware of how he could show his sympathy.
It felt good to be back on speaking terms with my mother. We sat in her bedroom and talked about everything that had literally tore us a part. She actually listened to me when I told her about the whole Sam and Emily situation. That of course created waterworks because it was such a touchy subject. We talked about dad and how much we both missed him. I told her about how I think I like Jacob and she told me not to pass a good one up. By the end of our conversation we were both in tears again.
" I love you Lee," my mother kissed my forehead and hugged me lightly.
" Love you too," I smiled weakly and patted her back. She gave me one last look before leaving me alone in her bedroom. I looked over at the nightstand and seen a picture of my dad. I grabbed the picture and stared at it. My dad was always so peaceful and happy. I can't remember a day when he frowned.
" I miss you daddy,' I kissed the picture and sat it back down on the nightstand. My phone rang from my pocket.
" Yes buttface," I knew it was no one but Jacob.
" Hi to you too. I need to see you," he said softly.
" Can't get enough of me huh," I smiled and twirled my hair around my finger.
" Don't flatter yourself Clearwater. Just come over," Jacob hung up. He really knew how to pull me out of a bad mood.
" I'm going over to Jake's," I said to my mother who was back on the couch.
" Ok be safe," she smiled at me and I walked out the front door. Hmm this was different. We were actually talking and not going at each other.
" Hey puddinface," I said as I walked into Jacob's room.
" Ok these little nicknames are not working for me," Jacob hugged me and sat on his bed.
" Ok fucker."
" Yea I know I fuck-"
" We don't need to talk about that," I held my hand up and joined Jacob on his bed. " So what do you need to see me about?"
" Nessie is back. She is about to deliver her baby."
" What the hell? Ok so when did she get pregnant? I mean has it even been nine months? And yuck on the vamp wolf babies," I played like I was gagging.
" I don't know," Jacob said. He acted like this whole situation was bothering him.
"Is it upsetting you?"
" The imprint is slowly breaking but it just sucks sometimes. I just want it to break all the way, I am getting tired of feeling like I have ties to her ya know. I want to devote all of my attention to you,' he gave me that all time favorite sexy Jake look.
" Aww you care about me," I joked.
" It's not a joke Leah. I care about you," He laid back on his bed and pulled me with him. " I'm just taking it slow like you said. No need to rush things." he patted my hip.
" Thank you." I replied sincerely. I was really afraid of where all this was going. What if Jacob did the same thing Sam did? Could a wolf re-imprint? If so, then what if Jacob imprinted on some local chick? She would look better than me, maybe shorter and not as muscular. She would have long luxurious hair and me well my hair is only to my ear. Would taking it slow really work out? Damn, I am having second thoughts.
" What are you thinking about now," Jacob interrupted me from thoughts.
"What if this is a big mistake," I asked in barely a whisper. I felt Jacob shift under me uncomfortably.
"You mean us?" I slowly nodded my head. Jacob pulled me up so that we were face to face.
" It won't be a mistake Leah. Don't doubt me, you have to have a little more faith than that," I drowned in the chocolate pools that others would call eyes. Why the hell was he so dreamy?
" I had faith in him and look what happened," I replied tracing the pattern on his comforter.
" Dammit Lee I am not Sam Uley. No one is Sam Uley! Hell no one is even Jacob Black! You can't let him hold you back forever!" Jacob yelled. His body was shaking and he stormed out of his room. I heard the front door slam and clothes rip to shreds. I ran to the window and spotted a russet wolf running towards the woods. I ran outside and took my clothes off and tied them around my ankle. I phased and ran in the direction Jacob was going.
" Jacob why are you running away?" I asked him. He let a image of me running from him run through his mind. " I know I do it a lot. I can't help it."
" So your legs just carry you themselves?" he was really pissed off. He always had this sarcastic attitude when he was really mad.
" Phase out." I told him.
" I don't have any clothes Einstein."
" I don't care phase out Jake."
" Nope." He was such a stubborn asshole at times. " I can hear your thoughts." Jacob thought back to me. A growl escaped from his chest.
" Ohh is that supposed to scare me? Jake just phase out please," I begged. I can't believe I was begging Jacob Black. What was the world coming to?
" Leah just go back to the house I will be there in a minute." I stood there looking at Jacob. He didn't seem as angry now but something was bothering him. Probably the brat having her vamp wolf spawn.
" Go Leah.' he commanded me. I turned away from him and hit him in the face with my tail.
I went back to the Black's home and waited in the living room for Jake. Billy was sitting next to me watching a football game. I never understood the big deal about football. It was just a whole bunch of guys in tight pants running into each other. It kind of reminded me of myself though. I was the quarterback and everyone else were the other people on the field. I watched the quarterback scramble around looking for a hole to run through. Who was blocking for him, he shouldn't have to scramble. I was just like him. I was always scrambling, looking for an escape.
" So what is up with you and my son," Billy asked when a commercial came on.
" We are friends. Everything is so complicating so I really don't know where we stand to be honest."
" He really loves you," Billy looked at me and patted my shoulder. My eyes widened at the statement he made. Wait, hold the ice. Did he just say that Jacob loved me? Ok now I am feeling all weird inside. Billy covered his mouth and widened his eyes as well.
" He hasn't told you yet," Billy asked.
" No. He didn't." I stated letting Billy's words turn in my head over and over again.
Like I said this chapter wrote itself. I had no idea where it was going and this is where it stopped. I hope it is ok because I felt weird writing it. Like Jacob said, the drama will not stop. So combining the packs might seem like a good idea, but you know how that is. Sam is not a person to just let stuff fly by him, or at least that is how he comes off to me. Thanks for reading. Review, comment, suggest, just don't be rude ( I have not had that problem out of any reviewer reviewing this story, but I have had some rude ones on other stories, bleh). Ok so much love. Muah!