AN: Sorry for the long wait, I was just at a blank spot in writing. Thanks for the reviews, ya'll rock! This chapter is in Leah's POV. Ok so here we go…
Twilight and the character belong to S. Meyer! I only own this plot.
The drive to Sam's house only took a few minutes. Jacob sped down the dark, spiraled roads like a bat out of hell. The car was silent, Jacob's anger filling the car and angst filling our hearts. The Cherokee pack was causing chaos and I had a feeling it would get worse. After I heard Nessie tell Jacob that Adahy wanted my baby, I was on a constant look out, thinking someone would just pop up and attack me. I was not scared because I knew I would fight back, even if it killed me. I got out of the car and followed Jacob and Seth up to Sam's house. We walked in and the other pack members were already there.
"Where is she," Jacob asked shutting the door behind him.
" I told her to get some rest, she's pretty tired," Sam said rubbing his forehead. His eyes had dark circles under them and his face was contorted with anger. He sat down on the couch next to Paul.
" What the fuck is up with this pack," Paul said balling his fist up. I don't know if he was pissed this pack business was taking him away from Rachel or if he was pissed about Emily getting attacked.
"How the hell did he get anywhere near her Sam," Jacob asked. Sam looked like he was guilty, he couldn't even look Jacob's way.
" I went down to the beach with the guys," he pointed to Jared and Paul. " When I got back, Adahy had Emily pinned to the wall.I was so worried about Emily, I let him get away. I should have killed that son of a bitch." Sam got up and walked into the kitchen. I looked over a Jacob.
" I'll go talk to him," I said softly. I had never been willing to talk to Sam; ever time we did someone phased. I walked into the kitchen and spotted Sam sitting at the kitchen table twirling his wedding ring around his finger. " Sam." I said sitting down at the table.
" If I would have killed him he would not be walking around waiting on his next victim," Sam spat. He hit the kitchen table, causing it to crack.
" No if you would have killed him his pack would be getting revenge right about now. He wants my baby," I said. Sam looked up at me and his eyes widened slightly. " Nessie told Jacob. Him and his pack supposedly went to the Volturi for some reason, but I guess they are back."
" When I get a hold of him I will-"
" We will all handle this together. No one person is going to fight alone, it's too dangerous," I replied. It felt weird actually being nice to Sam. It wasn't that I was becoming a softer Leah, I was learning to be the bigger person. I had not forgiven Sam or Emily, but I would not let someone come in and threaten this pack or my family. This Cherokee pack had to be demolished before they demolished us. Seth walked into the kitchen.
" Jake is calling a meeting," he said before going back into the living room. We nodded and got up and walked into the small room, I took a spot next to Jacob on the couch.
"Ok, I called this meeting because we need to discuss some extra patrols. I don't know what other kind of stuff this pack has up their sleeves so we need to be extra cautious. This means extra patrols," Paul sighed. Jacob glared at Paul and continued talking. "Patrols every night and even throughout the day. It's time that we get the cubs patrolling too, we need to train them for fighting. We need to split up in groups so no one gets overworked. Patrols start tonight, Jared and Paul you will run the perimeters and in the morning I will patrol. Seth and Embry are on night shift tomorrow night and Quil and Sam will patrol the next morning. Patrols will more and likely double."
" What about me," I asked noticing that Jacob left my name out.
" Yea the she-wolf just gets to chill," Paul asked offended.
"You will stay at my house, I don't want you patrolling right now,' Jacob replied.
" Why because you knocked her up? Sam knocked Emily up but you have him patrolling," Paul yelled.
" Paul just shut up and do what he says," Embry exclaimed.
" No, I don't get to spend time with Rachel. I'm always out here protecting people that don't even protect me or my wife. First the vampires, now this bullshit," Paul yelled. His body began to shake and he walked towards the door.
" You will be patrolling tonight," I said in a semi-Alpha female tone. " You will not turn your back on this pack and if you think the people you are protecting don't matter, then you are an even bigger pussy than I thought. This is not only about the Cullens, it's about me and Emily too. What about the people of La Push, you don't want to protect them? What about Rachel?"
Paul let go of the door handle and made his way back to the couch. He looked pissed off as he threw himself on the couch and crossed his arms.
" You will be patrolling in an hour," Jacob said to Paul.
"Um when do I patrol," I asked, hoping Jacob would say I was going to patrol.
" You're not patrolling Leah. I don't want you out there," Jacob replied. Paul shifted. uncomfortably on the couch.
"So I'm supposed to just sit at home and do nothing. Fuck that," I said.
" Leah you're pregnant, it's not safe," Seth exclaimed putting a hand on my shoulder. I couldn't argue with him on that. I didn't want to sit at the house waiting when they were out on patrols, but I knew that I had to keep the baby safe.
" Ok I will make a deal with you Lee," Jacob started. " You can patrol with me, but if a battle breaks out you can't fight in it. You will be resting during the day, and some nights you can patrol with me. You won't be patrolling as much as the others though. And if you ever get tired you will be taking a break." Jacob explained.
" Ugh ok whatever," I said rolling my eyes.
" It's for the best Leah, " Sam warned. Would he stop acting so damn caring, it was getting annoying.
" Sam," Emily walked into the living room, holding the tiny bump protruding out from her hips. She had to be like three months now, we weren't too far behind each other.
" Oh hey Lee." She smiled weakly and sat by Sam. Worry was etched all over her face and she looked like she had been crying. Sam pecked her cheek and put a protective arm around her. I don't know why I still felt like puking whenever they were together.
" Well I should go get ready for patrols," Jared stood up and headed towards the door. A very pissed off Paul got up and followed Jared out the door.
" His attitude is going to get his ass kicked," I stated crossing my legs. I leaned back on the couch and laid my head back. Jacob looked over at me and turned back to the pack.
" I'm going to get Leah home, she's had a busy night," Jacob grabbed my hand and stood me up. Sam glanced at our intertwined hands and winced a little. It was not noticeable to no one but me, I always could detect when he was uncomfortable.
" Ok, Emily should be getting back to bed too," Sam said turning his attention towards his pregnant wife. She still wore that weak smile, which was really irritating me for some reason. I didn't like how she could still smile even when she was just put in a dangerous situation. If I were her I would be pissed, scared, confused, and every other emotion on the negative side of the emotion meter. Ugh, it was just so annoying for her to be all smiles all the damn time.
" Well we will catch you later,' Embry said getting up and touching my stomach. " Bye little Coral."
" Bleh," Seth said making a gagging noise.
"Coral?" Quil said with a disgusted look on his face. "Dude that name is hideous, that's like naming a child Apple, just horrible." Quil and Embry were still arguing about the name ' Coral' as Jake led me out the door. Seth was right behind us and hopped into the back seat. I got in the front seat and buckled my seatbelt.
" My house or yours," Jacob asked me as he started the car.
" Yours," I blurted out closing my eyes. His bed was much more comfortable than mine.
We dropped Seth off at my house and I went in to say goodnight to my mom.
" You hungry," Jacob asked as he drove off. He must have heard my stomach growl, I was starving. I had a taste for a large vanilla shake with some French fries. Oh with two burgers on the side, yum make that three burgers.
" Yea," I said and then went on to tell him what I wanted.
"Wow, can you eat all of that," Jacob asked looking over at me. I gave him a 'duh' look and patted my stomach. I felt a warm hand lay on top of my stomach. " I can't believe there is a baby growing in here."
I smiled as his hand gently massaged my stomach. " So you are really going to let me patrol with you?"
" Yea, but I meant what I said Leah. If you are not feeling well you need to tell me. Don't overwork yourself or act like you are okay when you're not. You know how you are Lee," Jacob said his hand still resting on my stomach. I felt a slight flutter in my stomach as Jacob started to massage it again.
" Ok daddy, gosh," I said sarcastically.
" Hmmm I like the sound of that," Jacob winked at me. He was such a guy, I guess I walked right into that one. My stomach fluttered again and I smiled to myself. Jacob pulled up to a fast food joint and came over to my door and opened it. Good thing this joint stayed open 24 hours, it was one of the only ones that did.
" Thanks," I said getting out of the car. I could already smell the burgers and fries cooking. Jacob held the door open for me as we walked into the restraunt.
" Hello, non-smoking or smoking," a bubbly girl walked up to us with menus. She grinned at Jacob and her face turned beet red.
" Non," I said grabbing Jacob's arm. I heard him laugh beside me and the girl's face was still lit up.
" Ok, follow me," she said turning around. Her long black pony tail bounced as she led us to our seats. We sat down in the booth and the girl took out a tablet. " What do you want to drink?" She was still looking at Jacob.
"Well I want Sprite. Thanks for asking," I said sarcastically. The girl glared at me and popped her gum. " Is there a problem?"
" Come on baby," Jacob said putting a hand on my shoulder. " I want water. Oh and add a large vanilla shake to the order too." The girl smiled again and wrote down the order.
" Here are the menus," the girl said laying the menus on the table.
" I already know what I want. I want two Big Texas burgers with extra ketchup and I want a order of waffle fries. No make that two orders," I said handing her the menu. I was being such a bitch to her, but she was the kind of girl that irked me. I hated girls with extra bubbly attitudes and that flirted with someone else's man. Arghh girls like her were a nuisance.
" Are you expecting someone else? I can get another menu," the girl asked.
" No it's for me and my baby," I patted my stomach and smiled at her. Ohh burn.
" Oh congrats," she said flatly. She looked over at Jacob. " Do you want to order now too?"
" I will have what she is having," Jacob replied. The girl smiled for a last time and walked off. " You just loved making her feel stupid huh?"
" Hmm yea I guess. She was eye fucking you, it was annoying me."
" So Clearwater gets jealous. I don't understand why, remember we are only friends," Jacob said raising an eyebrow. Here we go with this again.
I cleared my throat as the girl brought our drinks over to the table.
" Thanks," Jacob said as she sat his water in front of him.
" No prob," the girl winked. I was about to get up but Jacob put a hand over my stomach.
" Don't push it missy," I said as the girl walked away.
" You've got to control your temper, it's not good for the baby." I took in a deep breath and sat back. A sharp pain went through my chest causing me to bend over.
" Damn imprint," I said between deep breaths. Jacob rubbed my back and whispered 'it will be okay' in my ear. The girl came back with our food balanced on a trays.
" Here ya go," she said popping her gum loudly.
" Thanks bitch," I said pouring ketchup on my fries. Jacob nudged me in my side.
" I never thought we would be sitting here together, like this," Jacob said taking a bite of his burger.
" Me neither. Back then I would have been throwing French fries at you. It's just weird."
" Are you ashamed of me Leah?" I dropped the fry I was about to eat and turned to face Jacob.
" No I'm not ashamed of you Jake. If I was I wouldn't be here with you. It's just…I don't know I'm just scared I guess."
" Scared of me ?" Jacob asked.
" Yea. Yea I'm scared of you. Scared of how much you actually want to be with me and how much you love me," I said dropping my eyes down to my plate.
" Leah, look at me," his index finger raised my head to look at him. " You don't have to be scared of me, I promise I won't hurt you. Just trust me, give it a chance." Jacob kissed my cheek and went back to eating. Give it a chance Lee. You know you want to be with him.
I went home with Jacob that night. His words still lingered on my brain, it was eating me up inside. I took a deep breath as he unlocked the front door and let us in.
"I'm going to take a shower, you should go lay down." I began to protest. " You can take a shower after we patrol in the morning, go lay down." Jacob replied pushing me toward his room. I walked into the room and took off my shoes. I literally fell on the bed and pulled the covers over my body. I saw a picture of Billy on Jacob's bed side table. My eyes watered a little. I could still see the hurt in Jake's eyes over his father. No matter how much he tried to hide it, I knew it tore him up inside. Ten minutes later I felt the bed shift and Jacob's arms around my waist. Damn, I loved him. He really was a good guy, someone I didn't want to regret losing. I needed to get over this fear of him hurting me, hell I was hurting him. The thought finally came to my mind…I wanted to be with Jacob Black. I wanted to be more than a friend. I wanted to be his best friend, lover, and supporter.
" Jake," I whispered.
" Hmm."
Here it goes, there is no turning back now. " I want to be with you." I said.
Chapter 25 everyone. Sorry for the huge delay but I was having some major difficulties writing this chapter. Hopefully the next one won't take so long. Thanks once again for everything. Reviews are lovely! Thanks for reading!