Three: Do I dare?
"Jake, I want to talk to you." Leah suddenly burst out as the advert breal kicked in. I glanced at my watch.
"I've got ten. Then I'm leaving to go to the school. Nothing can stop me watching Nessie." I replied,
"Seriously." She muted the volume and turned to look at me.
"About what? What's up?!" I stood up and began to wipe the sweat off with a towel.
"Imprinting." I stopped and put down the towel. Had Leah imprinted? When we were in wolf form we shared a mind, why hadn't I seen this? Was she better at hiding than I thought, or was it just she never phased while I was in wolf form. I wanted to ask so many questions.
"What do you want to know." I chose my questions carefully.
"How do you know you've imprinted?"
"You just know. Love…. Just hits you. But you can fall in love without imprinting y'know. I did with Bella. Just it wore off after Nessie. For some reason lots of the La Push guys imprinted. It's rare. Most of us don't imprint. Sam…Jared…..Me, even jus the three of us. It's allot. Don't be put off by not imprinting., Unless you have…?" I burbled.
"No, I haven't imprinted. I've just-" She paused, "Fallen in love. Seth knows. I found myself thinking about it. Thinking about how it could never work, I got angry and… he caught me dreaming about the guy." She explained. I sat down chewing over the fact that Leah was in love. Could she be in love?
"Well….Leah. Sometimes love doesn't work out. Think of Bella." I sat down on the sofa ignoring the fact the commercial break had finished.
"But Jake, this isn't about you and Bella. This is about me and…."
"Who? Somebody you know?" I questioned. Spit it out I thought.
"I can't tell you." She whispered. "Listen, I'm going home, Mum is taking me to look round houses."
"Your getting your own place? Where's the money coming from?"
"I don't know…somewhere."
"Hey, here's an idea. You can live here for a bit!" I was pleased with the idea. Leah seemed concerned.
"No. I don't think so. It would be awkward."
"Why? We're friends." I pointed out. "Yeah, I know you're a girl and I'm a boy, but so what?"
"Jacob. Isn't it darn obvious. Are you a fool? In case you haven't noticed, I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!" She yelled. Before I could digest her words I found myself taking her in my arms and kissing her. She was so soft. I wasn't exactly an expert on kissing. I'd only ever kissed one person before. And that was Bella. Leah was different she was kissing me back with passion. I didn't want to stop. But she was pulling away.
"This is wrong!" She backed away.
"That doesn't matter anymore." I leant down again but she ducked out of my hold towards the door.
"You don't love me. I can't kid myself. I don't want to get involved. You'll love her with passion forever. Nobody can change that."
"I know someone who can."