Urgh.
I wrinkle my nose as I catch a whiff of my hair. I stink like leech.
I sniff my shirt, and then cough as the smell goes straight up my nose and burns it.
Urgh.
Quil sniggers and I lob a mug at him. He catches it and sets in down on the worktop.
"You have anger issues." He says mock seriously.
"I'll give you issues in a minute." I mutter. He pretends to looks scared, puts his hands out and twitches his fingers towards his self, inviting me to go and punch his lights out and says "Well bring it on, bitch." What a prick.
It's half ten. Me, Seth, Quil and Embry are in our kitchen, waiting for news. Jacob's at the Cullens at the minutes, hopefully gathering valuable information about the parasites. I really need a shower but I don't want to miss Jacob.
The door bangs open. It's raining again, and he's soaking wet, plus he's frowning.
"Ok, bad news. There are three out of the nine with powers. That Jeffery- That's the leader guy- check this out- he can control the freaking weather."
"What?" Seth yelps. I groan and drop my head onto my arms. I'm tempted to start banging my head on the table too.
"One of them, a blonde bitch called Camilla can set things on fire..."
"We are so screwed." says Quil flatly.
Jacob continues "but only through touch, so if we rip her arms off, we might stand a chance..."
"Might." I repeat glumly.
Jake ignores the interruptions and carries on "...and we don't need to worry about that Ezra guy 'cos Edward told me that his power is all in the mind and Bells can protect us."
"But what is his power?" demands Embry.
Jacob clears his throat. "Well it's kind of like...death. You can't move, think, see, feel, hear...you can't call for help. You freeze up. Complete nothingness."
I start to bang my head on the table.
"Leah, what are you doing?" asks Seth, sounding slightly concerned.
"Guys, lets face it, we're fucked." I say, my voice muffled by my arm. "How the hell are we going to do this? I mean...weather control, come on!"
There's a silence following my words, as everyone contemplates exactly how screwed we are.
"I guess this is the part where I offer to give myself up." I sigh, waiting for the protests...which don't come. I jerk my head up. "Hey!" I exclaim to four grinning faces. "No fucking way!"
Jacob laughs. "Kidding Leah. We wouldn't let you do it, even if you did mean it." Seth snickers.
"Good." I grumble. "I'm not a martyr...not giving myself up to save you lot..."
"What about Joey?" asks Quil teasingly. I narrow my eyes.
"It's Joel, not Joey." I say, unwilling to tell them anything about my feelings for Joel.
Jake coughs pointedly. "The good thing is we have the Cullens on our side. So that's eight, plus us five, plus Sam, Paul and Jared...Collin and Brady...we wont even need the kids I shouldn't think..."
"Alex wont be too pleased." interjects Embry. Jacob shrugs.
"They can protect the people." he suggests "They don't have to fight to help, do they?"
There's a pause, then I bring up another problem. "Did anyone realise that we're fighting on the beach?" I ask.
"I realised." says Quil. God he's annoying sometimes. "So what?"
"So," I say slowly "There'll be people. The fight's at half six. Some people are actually awake at that time believe it or not. Not forgetting the fact that we're fighting on sand, which is hard enough to walk on, let alone fight. Did that occur to anyone?"
Four blank faces.
"We'll be fine." Says Quil bracingly. "We have an advantage on the sand anyway, our paws are better than feet...it's all about er...weight distribution and stuff."
"And we can clear the beach, can't we?" adds Seth.
"Fine. Whatever. I'll let you lot think about that." I stand up. "I'm having a shower. Since we went to the Cullens I reek."
"You always reek." says Quil cheerfully. I accidently elbow him hard in the back of his head as I pass, smiling at his loud shout of pain.
I'm just about to go into the bathroom when I hear Lizzie. She pokes her head around my bedroom door, where she's probably been sitting since we got back.
"Leah?" she asks nervously. "Can I talk to you?"
Why is that people are afraid of me? Other girls I mean. Seriously, why is it? Aside from the whole werewolf thing, I am not scary. But there all afraid to talk to me. Emily is, Lizzie is, other girls in La Push are...
I glance longingly at the bathroom, where a beautiful shower is waiting for me, then sigh and go into my room, where I plonk myself on my bed. I stand up again then, knowing that if I sit there it'll stink later.
"I'm-really-sorry-about-earlier-when-I-freaked-out-about-you-being-a-werewolf-even-though-I-was-fine-when-Embry-told-me-well-not-fine-exactly-but-you-know-what-I-mean-but -anyway -I -was -just -shocked -that -my -brothers -best-friend-is-really-a-person-who-can-morph-into-a-giant-dog-when-they-get-angry-or-near-a-freaking-vampire-or-even-just-when-they-feel-like-it-and-oh-my-god-I'm-just-really-sorry-about-the-way-I-acted-it-was-totally-horrible-especially-after-what-had-just-happened-on-the-beach." She gabbles in one breath. Jeez. I didn't even know that it was possible to say that in one go.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa" I say putting my hands up as if stopping traffic. "Lizzie slow down, I didn't understand a word you just said" Ok, that's a lie; I just want to check she's serious. She repeats what she just said, but slightly slower. I shake my head.
"It's ok." I tell her, fighting a smile. She's still my friend, even though I'm a wolf! "I'd have freaked out too."
She beams. "And I heard that you told that moron Toby to get lost."
I nod. Here we go. I knew she'd react like this.
"I tol-." she begins before I interrupt her with "How did you know that I broke up with Toby?"
"Oh." She says in a matter of fact tone. "Your mom told me."
"Mom?" I gasp. "What?"
"Yeah, and then Emily caught you and Joel making out in the kitchen! I to-"
"How do you know that too?" I gape at her.
"Emily told me." She shrugs.
"What? When?"
"While Sam was talking to you. And then I told your mom, and then when you dumped Toby I told Emily."
"Wait." I say, flabbergasted. "You, Mom and Emily have been keeping tabs on me and my relationship with Joel?"
She nods unrepentantly. "Yep. Oh, and Seth."
Seth too? What the hell?
"Why did you do that?" I splutter, feeling my cheeks go slightly pink. This is just...insane!
"Because it was fun." replies Lizzie with a grin. "We were all wondering how long it would take for you to realise how dense you were being. Both of you. We even had bets. That reminds me Emily owes me ten dollars...she thought it'd take you longer..." he voice falters at my expression. "Are you ok?"
I blink.
"Well, anyway, I t-"
"Lizzie?"
"Yep?"
"Shut up."
"Ok."
I start to head for the door.
"Leah?"
I barely suppress a groan. What now? I just want a shower. Is that too much to ask?
"I told you so."
A/N Yay longer chapter this time! Its to celebrate half term lol. Its not really, I just decided to add lots of random bits like the bit wher Leah threw the mug at Quil. Oh, yeah and I couldn't remember what its called when you do that thing where you like bend your fingers to yourself as if to say bring it! Do you know what I mean? I keep doing the action but that's not helping because you can't see me. At least I hope you can't. Right. Anyway I'm off, I've got to type my coursework up which is what my mother thinks I'm going now mwahaha. I dont know why that needed an evil laugh.