Chapter 9

"Now run this by me again? Why do you hate Ren?" Emmett said near tears in laughter. The others were laughing too but not nearly as loud.

"I don't hater her . . . but she is constantly around." Ren was the main person that pulled Leah away from me. She always claimed she had some big news that she needed to privately speak to Leah about. Leah, being the wonderful woman she was would make sure I was contented before she left with her, and I always faked like I was.

"Wow and here I thought it was impossible for anyone to be more whipped than old Eddie but you my friend take the cake!" Emmett laughed.

The males in the house had decided to go hunting in the early morning and this was one of the rare occasions I went along because of that bronze-haired woman stealer! I sat on the ground not really anxious to go back because they probably were still conversing.

"I feel you, but I mean Ren and Leah are tight, so you might as well get over it, I did." Jacob said, "you're just a little territorial but I think Ren would straight smack you if you denied her time with Leah."

"I think you're just frustrated and it's a new emotion for you so you channel it as hatred." Jasper spoke and everyone looked at him dumbfounded.

"Way to channel Dr. Phil." Seth smirked.

"Dumb it down for them." Edward teased Seth who really didn't seem appreciative of the remark.

"He's horny as hell so he's pissed . . . I mean I would be too if I were you." What he said had me confused.

"Can I have the definition please?" I slyly touched my head to ensure I wasn't growing anything foreign on my head.

"Frustrated . . . sexually," Edward spoke decently while everyone stifled laughter.

"Oh . . . you could have just said that . . . and it's not true by the way."

"Don't lie!" Jasper laughed, I believe it was the first time I ever heard him laugh so heartily. "We've all experienced it." A few of them nodded.

Some more than others . . .," Emmett spoke confidently, "Rose keeps me plenty satisfied."

"When she's not pissed," Edward countered confidently and then they started bickering back and forth, I tuned it out. Although their talk was amusing it was a bit juvenile. Of course Leah is sexually attractive but I planned to never act in such a way so I tried not to entertain such thoughts. All I allowed myself to think of was Leah's soft gentle lips . . . since I wouldn't be able to please her past kissing her.

"There are other things you could try," Edward's words broke my train of thought. "I'm sorry to intrude but I didn't want you to miss out on opportunities . . . I can't believe I'm saying this." I couldn't believe it either. "There are quite a few avenues you can take with Leah."

"I'm not as naïve as you may think, I'm aware of what lust is and what happens when lust occurs and most importantly the different avenues to take to remedy the situation. I refuse to think of Leah that way so I'm not as you say horny because I refuse to be." I said smugly.

"You may not want to be but . . . you are." Jasper murmured.

"Believe what you want!" I said looking away from them. I heard their low snickers that I wasn't meant to hear. "I can hear you. Contrary to many beliefs I'm fairly matched against a full vampire and my strengths are quite similar by comparison." I rolled my eyes up in the air and tried not to be annoyed by the perceptions of full vampires but I honestly couldn't blame them logically you would think that full vampires versus a half . . . the full would win . . . by theory.

"I know full well what you are capable of." Edward murmured.

"Right . . .," Leah, I could her scent coming closer and closer when I turned around there she was . . . with Ren. Why was she holding her hand? I hissed slightly. Jasper laughed again. I was relieved when Jacob scooped up Ren leaving my Leah alone.

"Good morning?" I smiled at my beautiful mate who was actually wearing a frown on her face.

"You disappeared!" She punched me in the shoulder, she was gentle enough not to hurt but firm enough as to where I could feel it.

"Sorry, I knew that you and Ren like your privacy and I was thirsty." I explained rubbing the spot she hit me, she looked as if she was sorry she had did it so I stopped rubbing so she wouldn't think that it hurt.

"I also like to know where you are going. You could like text me or something." She huffed.

"Text?" I arched an eyebrow.

"Yeah . . . we'll work on that." She laughed and then stared at me helplessly, hated when she became trance like but it always happened when she stared at me too long. I didn't think she liked it either because she had to will herself out of the damn thing. I touched her face to help her snap out of it but the weirdest thing happened. I had the most intense insane urge to mate with Leah. I quickly withdrew my hand and turned my back on her. "What's wrong?" She approached me and grabbed both side of my face. I couldn't help myself I grabbed her waist and kissed her, the kiss was innocent enough but the connection of our bodies was not, and the places I eagerly allowed my hands to wander. She obviously was taken off guard with my behavior because she stumbled back a few steps and I caught one of her legs and balanced her by placing her leg around my waist. I took the opportunity to allow my fingers to climb up her thigh.

"Kill it Japser!" Edward said sternly but he clearly was amused or else he wouldn't have allowed it to last as long as it did.

"Sorry just proving a point," Jasper murmured little did he know I was ready to throw him swiftly into a tree. I calmed myself quickly and refocused my attention on Leah, whose leg was still hitched around me, I slowly removed it.

"Sorry I couldn't control it." I started to explain and she kissed me again, and again, and again. "Leah . . .," I groaned she looked up at me with brown eyes traced with a grey like silver and I tried not to melt. I tried not to envision myself taking her someplace quiet and consummating our union.

"I don't know what kind of stuff you all were talking about or what kind of games you're playing but I'm not to be messed with." She broke her stare with me and directed the words to Jasper and the other. "Or balls will be cut off got it!" She growled and then walked away but then paused. "I need a minute." She whispered and I nodded. Once she left the area everyone was quiet.

"You may not be horny," Jacob whispered, "but she definitely is."

Even with all of the strange emotions and teasing that went on in the house my love for Leah seemed to grow. It became an addiction really me being round her.

"I can't believe you suckered Ms. Jordan into letting you sit in here," she seemed a little annoyed by my presence and I found that adorable so I made to plans to move closer to annoy her. I sat and watched as her brush stroked the canvas and her eyes studied the twists and turns her strokes took. I leaned forward to try to get a look at what she was working on, what captivated her so. She looked in my direction so I leaned back and put on my charming smile.

"I was bored. Plus, you know you entertain me, besides Mr. Leland will not come looking for me." Her eyes widened and she became slightly dazed I took the opportunity to scoot closer to her, I glanced at her painting quickly so that she wouldn't notice, it was a portrait of a garden full of flowers and sunlight, she probably missed sunlight being that she hasn't been able to live in an area that has much of it. I was afraid I wasn't going to be much help to her in that area, my skin also glisten under the rays of the sun, however not to the extreme magnitude of a full vampire. She shook her head and came back to focus moving her canvas out of my line of vision.

"Why won't you let me watch you while you paint?" I asked I wondered if maybe she was ashamed of her work, she shouldn't be she had a very good eye and the pictures that I had seen were all beautiful. I felt honored to have a mate that was so talented I just wanted to share it with her. She shrugged her shoulders and looked down as if she was thinking of a good excuse.

"I will show you when I'm finished." She said apologetically I think she thought she hurt my feelings by not letting me view her work but I have very good peripheral vision and in most cases catch several glimpses when she's not looking not that it mattered even if I couldn't see her work, it would be a small request I would be willing obey . . . if I had to. She brushed her warm hand against my skin but it didn't feel quite the same. "Whoops!" She said stifling her laughter. She tried to clean up the wet substance but I felt it spread across my face.

"Why do you have such a problem keeping the paint on the canvas?" All the while I talked she laughed, she laughed so hard she was practically doubled over. I was not going to have my imprint in hysterics over my stained cheek some pay back was to be involved. I pulled her close for my benefit I wrapped my arms around her I pressed my cheek against hers sharing my misfortune.

"Nahuel!" She squealed and actually giggled which I was told was a rarity for her but she did it all the time when she was around me. Maybe I was special I smirked to myself as she wiped another substance against my cheek making me less orange.

"Orange looks good on you!" I said smoothing my thumb over her cheek. She pouted like she was upset but I could see the smile in her eyes. If we were alone the things I would do to her for giving me such a look. Then the door opened and her red headed friend entered the room. She kept her company in a couple of her classes but today something didn't seem right, her heartbeat seemed strange and her scent seemed altered slightly, I didn't say anything to Leah because I didn't want to alarm her, I knew that as talkative as her friend was that she was bound to let her know sooner or later.

"You okay, Shell?" Apparently Leah wasn't waiting for the girl to come to her. The girl nodded but still wasn't her normal self, she wasn't a very good lair and then I saw the bruises and my body tightened I tried to gently use my mind to move her hair to expose the area further to see the extent of her hurt. My Leah must have known that the young girl was telling untruths because she went to her and what I considered her mothering instinct took over. She gently touched the girl's shoulder and she flinched drawing back from Leah.

"You are hurt," I heard Leah whisper I backed away from them and pretended not to be listening but of course I was taking everything in. "Who did this?" She asked the girl who actually seemed offended by her concern. I could tell that Leah was getting upset and I was about to go and pull her away so that she didn't get lose control of her emotions.

"You know nothing, Leah." The girl snapped, "Now, just get away from me!" Then the teacher was aware of the girl's upset and Leah came back to me. I was angry at the girl for not treating Leah with kindness, but then I placed my anger in the appropriate place with the person who made the child this bitter. The person who hit her, I rubbed Leah's back continuing to try and calm her nerves. Then Seth got our attention he motioned for Leah to join him in the hallway but I wasn't going to be left out.

"What is wrong with Shelly?" he asked, "I went to hug her and she almost jumped out her skin."

"Honestly, I was hoping that you knew." Leah's concern colored her voice as she looked back into the classroom, "You know she has bruises?"

"No, I didn't" Seth said. His face stayed blank, but his eyes were angry, "Who would want to hurt Shelly?" He shot a glance at me and I was offended, yes I had harmed humans in the past for my own survival I would never beat up on a human there was no reason to cause them unnecessary pain.

"I know . . . That's what I was trying to figure out." Leah countered and we all thought got quiet I knew the person that harmed her had to be close to her because she was trying to protect them, they also had to be someone that she had constant contact with.

"Well, there is only one way to find out." Leah smirked deviously at her brother and I had no idea what was going on.

"Perfect, I'll find Jacob and let him know." He clapped his hands and headed on his way.

"What are you planning?" I asked concerned that they were going to do something reckless; Edward was always calling their kind reckless because they were controlled by their emotions.

"A little detective work," She grinned darkly and I was immediately concerned. I had every intention of going to Edward to get the full detail as to what was going on inside her head. I was heated that the child had be harmed too but that was no reason to jeopardize our low key profile. She went to pull me back inside but I excused myself and headed for Edward's class.

Author's Note:

Hey I haven't worked on this story in a million years. I have broken chapter 9 up so chapter 10 will have some of the details from Untitled Chapter 9; I decided to do this because Chapter 10 is kind of short. I know Nahuel is pretty obsessive but that will change as the newness of the relationship wears off. I hope you liked it please read and review and please no flames.