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Now, I know you all want to kill me, I'm really sorry for not updating, but life got in the way… But I'm glad to inform u guys that I'm in vacations till April, I just have to work with my dad but overall, I'll be pretty much free.

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Chapter 17: Illegal Kisses & New friends

Leah's POV

I woke up to the feeling of butterfly kisses traveling up and down my back, making the hairs on the back of my neck stand.

I smiled as I began to recall the amazing events that transpired yesterday. The memories came pouring down on me, like April showers. I had been encircled by the wonderful love, adoration and tenderness of Derek's arms. If I thought Derek was perfect before yesterday, he was now a God! I don't really remember how many times we did it, but every time was better than the last! The guy was like love-making-machine! A very HOT-love-making-machine!

"I know you're awake, baby girl. If you keep thinking about what you're thinking, I won't be able to stop myself," Derek said while he stretched out beside me, nibbling on my neck, making me giggle in the process.

"I wasn't thinking about anything!" I said laughing, turning around to face him.

"Yes, you were! Don't deny it" He answered while giving me a chaste kiss on the lips. I caught his bottom lip between my teeth and gently bit down, before he could retract it, making him growl and turn us so he was on top of me. "I have enchanted senses too, you know?" he whispered looking at me with now navy, almost black eyes.

I blushed at the innuendo and cleared my throat. I couldn't concentrate on anything that wasn't him, when he was this close to me. I've made many amazing discoveries the previous night; I would have to second him… He really had a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

"Did you know that your eyes change color?" I said.

"Really?" He asked nonchalantly, as he made sensual love marks all over my collar bone.

"Yes," I said amused. "When you are lusting after me, or angry, they become a dark blue, almost navy or black, kind of color. Normally, your eyes are a soft shade of blue, like icy-blue. But just after-" He interjected me, when his lips came crashing down on mine. "They become an amazing emerald color," I said breathlessly, when I slowly pulled away.

"Emerald?" He asked me, a little dejected. There was a sadness cast upon his lovely face. "My mom had green eyes," He said, smiling sadly. I felt remorseful for bringing her up. I knew how much he missed her and I felt like an ass for erasing his wonderful smile

"I'm sorry." I murmured.

"Hey, there's nothing to be sorry about." he whispered, smiling at me. We looked into each other's eyes for a while when Derek got a mischievous look in his blue eyes. "But I'm wondering something, though… Was I that bad last night that you were taking your time to look at my ey-" I stopped him by launching myself at him, making us fall off the bed in the process.

"You're such an ass," I said annoyed, but grinning.

Derek smiled and kissed me, "But I'm your ass," he said with finality, against my lips. He scooped me off the floor and gently brought me to his arms. I snuggled closer to his warm body, pressing my head against his shoulder, as his lips trailed a path of velvety fire over my neck. He slowly placed me on the bed and positioned himself on top of me. I stared into his eyes, becoming hypnotized by the softness of his breathing.

"You got that right, Der," I paused, as I framed his face in my hands. "You are mine," I murmured, when I lost sight of everything that was around us, except him. His eyes were beckoning me into a seductive game of total submission. All I could see was his gorgeous blue eyes and Derek. Nothing else matter, only him.


After our morning… adventure; Der and I decided to take a bath together. Yes, together. It was an unforgettable adventure that I was hoping to repeat. Let's just say, bathing alone, will never be the same now.

"You ready?" Derek asked, after we were done from bathing and was fully clothed.

He was sitting on the corner of my bed, tying his navy Converse. He was dressed a navy chemise and shorts. His hair was still wet; little droplets of water strolled down his neck. I stared at him from the doorway of my room. I was seriously considering the idea of not leaving my house. I could stay home and get to, um, well, know him more intimately; again.

"Yes, let's go," I answered. Derek lifted his head to look at me and did a double take.

"She's seriously trying to kill me," He murmured to himself; making me giggled.

I was just dressed in a mini jean skirt, with a jacket and a pair of high heels. I also wore the locket that he'd given me. I seriously was never going to take it off. It was my constant reminder of Derek's love for me.

(Pics of the Outfits on my Homepage)

Derek got up from the bed and took my hand in his, kissing my forehead and dragging me downstairs.

When we got to the main house, we couldn't stop smiling; we had just made a little pit stop in the way here, probably not the best idea when you were about to walk into a house full of supernatural creatures with enchanted senses. Fuck!

We climbed up the porch steps and opened the front door, when we got inside, every vampire and wolf, minus Esme and Carlisle were paying a grinning Emmett.

As soon as he saw us, he launched himself at Derek and me. "You guys just made me richer!" He was jumping up and down with both Derek and me in each arm. "But seriously guys, take a bath, you guys reek of sex!"

Everything clicked then… I blushed first, but then the anger came. "You motherfuckers made a bet about me and Derek having sex!"

Emmett immediately let go of me and took several steps back. "Wow, Lee Lee-Kins! I mean, we did a bet about when you guys were gonna kiss. It was just a matter of time before we started betting when you guys were gonna do the nasty." He finished, winking and smirking at me.

The nerve.

I turned to Derek for some kind of back-up, but to my surprise he was shaking trying to contain his laughter.

"Fucker," I hissed at him, and made my way towards the kitchen.

"Lee, come on! Don't be like that!" He pleaded, as he stalked behind me. I could hear the others mumbling in the background, calling Derek 'whipped' and 'now you're never gonna get laid again' in their happy sing-song voice. How fucking immature! "Babes, I'm sorry, I… I," He said, as he grabbed me by the arm and spun me around to face him. "Forgive me, Beautiful. I didn't laugh because of the bet. I swear. You are just too cute when you are angry." He whispered huskily in my ear, placing small kisses just bellow my ear, making me shiver.

"You're not fair. I can't be mad at you for more than a minute" I pouted and he just smiled at me and kissed my lips chastely.

"So, I'm I forgiven?" He asked cockily.

"Ugh, you're so full of yourself" I said rolling my eyes at him, but pecked him on the cheek and started walking with him towards the kitchen. The festivities of the previous night had me hungrier than a pack of hungry wolves, no pun intended.

We said 'Hi' to Esme, who already had steaks, rice, baked potatoes and watermelon juice waiting for us.

Turns out it was already two in the afternoon; after we finished eating and tried to help Esme with the dishes -focusing in the word TRIED, because she obviously didn't let us do anything- we made our way towards the living room where all the wolves and vamps were chatting or playing animatedly.

As soon as we were about to sit, Esme came to us smiling wildly.

"Derek, we have a surprise for you," Esme said enthusiastically.

"Oh, yes! The surprise!" I said cheerfully. I had totally forgotten about it.

"What surprise?" Derek asked puzzled.

"One that you and Leah can't absolutely use to do your extracurricular activities" Quil boomed, making Jake and Emmett laugh loudly; which earned them smacks on the back of their heads from Ness and Rose.

"Shut up guys! You'll just have to wait and see," Alice said while she started to drag Derek towards the back door that led the new pool.

Before I could go, Embry came up behind me tapped my shoulder.

"What's wrong Emb?" I asked puzzled.

"I… Um, could I have a word with you?" He asked, fidgeting. I nodded and turned around to tell Derek that I was going to step outside momentarily to speak with Embry, when I noticed that he was already outside. I began to turn to face Embry, when my eyes made full contact with Edward. He looked edgy and somewhat worried. I ignored it and turned to Embry who was already waiting for me at the door.

We walked out of the house and when we got to the beginning of the woods he turned around to face me.

"Lee, I," He hesitated. "You're gonna hate me for this, but this is my only chance," He said looking directly into my eyes. He took a determined step towards me, making him tower over me and cupped my head in his hands and kissed me.

I didn't do anything; I was rendered immobile on the spot. The situation left a bitter taste in the back of my throat. I couldn't do anything. I grabbed Embry's hands that were holding my face in place and clutched at them with all my might. He gripped my hands harder; he must have thought that I was responding to this kiss, because he allowed his tongue to glide over my lips. It felt wrong. I didn't like the feeling; when I noticed that he wasn't gonna stop, I pushed him off me, using all the force that I could muster. He stumbled on to the ground and stared at me.

"How could you?!" I yelled at him. "You were supposed to be one of my best friends!" I hadn't realized I was crying, till I tasted the saltiness of my tears in my mouth. "I hate you!" I hissed at him. "I told you that I didn't see you in that way! You are just a friend! I love Derek! And he trusted you not to make a move!" I looked at him directly in the eyes and I could see the guilt starting to settle, but I wouldn't forgive him that easily.

"Lee, I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking!" Embry started to get up from the ground, but I stopped him.

"Don't, Embry. I don't want to talk to you right now" I said and turned around, facing the mansion. I had to get out of here; I didn't want Derek to find out. Everything was going perfectly, till now…

When I got to the porch, Edward was waiting for me, a sad look on his face and the keys to my Cayenne in his hand and my purse in the other. He threw them at me and I smiled thankfully in return. Thanks Eddie, I thought.

Just when I was about to climb in my car Esme got out of the house. "Where are you going Leah?" she asked me.

"Um, I, I was gonna go to the supermarket cause I was gonna take something to my mom's house." I lied smoothly.

"Oh, Ok, Oh! Be a dear and bring me some eggs, please" She asked.

"Sure, sure" I murmured and climbed in my car, turning it on quickly. I peeled out of the driveway.

When I was finally out of the property I let my thoughts run freely. I can't believe Embry kissed me. I thought that I made it so very clear to him a week ago that I didn't want anything with him, that wasn't a friendship. I even told him that I seriously liked Derek; if that wasn't proof enough Emmett made it very clear for everyone that Derek and I were really taking things seriously.

He was going to Imprint someday, damn it! This was just temporal!

Why did he want to ruin what we had? I was comfortable with our relationship. But noooo! He had to come up to me and fucking kissed me! If Derek finds out he's gonna go ape-shit on him, and I'm sure he's gonna find out sooner or later. It's just a matter of time and I seriously don't think he's gonna be the only one pissed.

Half way through my ramblings I noticed the 'Welcome to La Push' sign. Well, I guess La Push it is. Maybe I can go to the beach or something.

Just when I was about to make the turn for the beach I saw the La Push Grocery Store. "Shit the eggs" I murmured. "Well, might as well get them now then later".

I turned to the right and drove through the mini-parking lot finding a spot in front of the store; I parked and noticed all the shopping bags from yesterday in the back. Well, I guess I'll have to get them out later.

I got out of my car and headed towards the store, as soon as I entered it, I'd calmed down a little. Being around normal people made me always feel; normal. It's not that I don't like having supernatural friends, but it feels nice to sometimes act like if I don't turn into a hairy beast, the size of a horse that kills vamps on her spare time.

I went to the dairy and poultry aisle to find Esme's eggs, so that I could start to look for some Chocolate, and iced tea later, yeah, a lot of Chocolate.

While I was musing in my thought of chocolate, I didn't notice the girl standing in front of me. I bumped into her and just when I was about to apologize, Dee's face turned around.

"I'm so-" We both said at the same time and laughed.

"Hey Leah! Didn't think I'd see you so fast," she laughed.

"Trust me, neither did I." I said smiling. She had her cart full of junk food. Though I could see some vegetables; but just tomato, potatoes (in a bag) and lettuce, not what you could call healthy food, but whatever. "I was just looking for some eggs, and chocolate, a lot of chocolate" I murmured the last part.

Dee giggled and starting walking through the aisle. "You know, eating your weight in chocolate is not the answer." she concernedly.

"The answer to what?" I asked feigning ignorance, did I look that bad?

We walked in front of a mirror and I looked at my reflection. My eyes were red and puffy. I had a little cut on my upper lip, but it was already healing; there was just a little white scar there.

"Don't play dumb with me, Leah. I'm not stupid. I'm not gonna get myself in something that I don't know of, for obvious reasons. But if you want to go to my house and relax for a while, you are more than welcome." She said smiling timidly at me.

I was baffled by the sincerity in her voice and I founded myself nodding.

"Yeah, sure. It's better than mope around in the beach alone, like I was planning to do." I laughed dryly.

Dee just smiled and told me to find the things that I needed and that we could meet at the register.

I grabbed the eggs, a whole bag of Hershey's Cookies 'n' Cream and like three bottles of Lemon Iced Tea. I walked towards the register and quickly paid for the food. Well, if you could call that food. Dee waited for me at the door and together we made our way towards the parking lot.

"So, I'll follow you to your house, 'kay?" I asked.

"Sure," Dee nodded smiling. "Mine's the gray one," she said pointing at the new Cadillac SRX.

"Sweet ride." I said.

"Thanks," She murmured shyly.

We walked to her car and I helped her with her groceries. When we were done, I drove behind her, as I followed her to her house. I parked my vehicle behind hers, when we reached her home. She lived in a fairly big home, not as big as the Cullens, but big enough for La Push. It was a nice blue two story home with white shutters, the window shutters were full of with yellow tulips planted on the front. I got out of the car and brought with me the bag that had the chocolates and the Ice Tea and helped Dee get her stuff out.

The inside of her house was cozy and warm; just like I imagined it would be. All the furniture was a nice cedar color and the couches from what I could see, where made of dark blue leather or something. The floors were completely covered by a cream colored carpet, except the kitchen, which was white ceramic. The kitchen was the same as the house, cedar cabinets and navy tiles, all the electric appliances were stainless steel, it was really pretty.

"You have a beautiful house." I told her.

"Thanks, though, I have to admit that the guys on the Rez did most of the stuff. They sent me pictures of the models by e-mail and I just had to pick," She laughed.

I laughed at the mental picture of Sam, Paul and Jared picking out tiles and furniture.

When we finished arranging the food in the pantry- apparently, they had been eating out since they got here- we got the chocolates, tea, marshmallows, cookies and everything we could find and took them to the living room. We took our shoes off and Dee grabbed blankets for us to snuggle in. We turned the TV on and watched some HBO. They were having a Marvel Movie Madness Marathon on. They were showing Iron Man 4 right now. I bet that Jake was so watching it!

But we ignored the TV and I asked Dee if she liked the Rez.

"I totally love it! It's so relaxing. Seattle was so crowded and loud all the time. Luke loved the night life and all, but I prefer the greenery of these parts of Washington. I love the animals and the cups of hot chocolate more, than Chris Brown, Night clubs and beer." She gushed; I could see her eyes taking a shinning that I hadn't seen there before.

"Well, that's great, I love the Rez too, I've been living here all my lif-" I was interrupted by my cell phone ringing. I got up from the couch and made my way towards my purse. I quickly found my cell phone and answered without looking at how was calling. "Hello".

"Babe! I was so worried! You left and didn't even tell me anything and then Esme said that you were going to your mom's house, but your mom is not in her house." I groaned inwardly, when I remembered my mom was with Charlie in Seattle for the weekend, visiting Seth and Angie to celebrate their engagement.

I made my way back to the couch and Dee watched me while I talked. "Um yeah, about that, there's nothing to worry about, Der. I didn't want to tell you that I was going out when you were receiving your surprise. I had totally forgotten that my mom was out of town, so I made my way towards the grocery to buy the eggs that Esme had asked me for, when I bumped into Dianna. So, um, she invited me over to her house." I told him quickly hoping he'd drop the mom subject.

"Oh, that's great; just please don't leave like the next time. It's bad enough when you are not with me and if you don't give me a good bye kiss is worst," He whined, making me giggle.

"Don't worry, Baby. Next time, I'll give you more than a good bye kiss." I said.

I heard him stop breathing on the other line which made me laugh. "You do things to me woman," He sighed. "Hey do you know where Embry went? He left when you did and we haven't seen him since." He asked.

My face turned into a scowl, but I answered him none the less. "I don't know where Embry is."

"Um, ok, so I guess I'll see you later, Lee," Derek said.

"Of course, baby. I love you" I answered.

"Love you more, babe. I'll be waiting for you" He said before he hung up.

I placed the cell phone on the coffee table and turned to Dee, she was looking at me with a thoughtful expression. "Who is this Embry guy? Is that why you are so upset?" She asked.

Well, the wolf's out of the bag now. "Um, yeah" I answered.

"Care to tell," She said smiling. I don't know why, but I wanted to tell her, it would be nice to get a point of view that didn't involve imprinting, werewolves, vampires and eternal life in it.

"Well, it all started a week ago…" I told her everything. Well, not everything; just the basics, Derek moved here, we meet, we felt a connection, the dates, the talk with Embry, the Sam attack –leaving out the actual attack-, about being with Derek and finally Embry kissing me.

"Wow, that's a lot of shit to take in," She murmured, but I heard her perfectly.

"Tell me about it," I told her.

"Well, this Embry guy needs to get beat up! I mean, obviously, you trusted him and he just came and kissed you, even after you told him that you didn't like him that. Damn, just when you were in you eternal bliss after your fist night with Derek! That sucks!" She said.

I blushed at her comment and just waited for her to continue.

She was quiet for a while when she talked again. "So, what are you going to do? Are you planning on telling Derek?"

I jumped at that. "No, absolutely not! He would kill him, besides, Embry is Quil's best friend. I don't want Derek and Quil to fight too. If this comes to that, he's just settling in".

"But what about how you feel? Sooner or later it's gonna eat you alive! You're going to feel remorseful for not telling him." She told me.

I huffed at this. That was true, and Derek was bound to notice that Embry and I weren't talking, "Let's just hope is later than sooner," I smiled sadly.

"Ok, but no more sadness, though, you came here so that I could cheer you up and damn it, I will!" She smiled at me and turned the volume of the TV up.

We watched Iron Man 4 and gushed at Robert Downey Jr. -The years have been good to the guy, I'm not gonna lie- until it was finished. We watched the movie that followed; The Fantastic Four.

When it was seven in the afternoon, we decided to look for food. We had frozen pizza and chocolate milkshakes. I hadn't had this kinda fun in a long time. I mean, Alice and Rose where always making me laugh, but there was something about being with someone completely normal that just felt- right, relaxing, stable, and I liked it.

We made a disaster in kitchen, when I accidentally turned the blender on, without the top on, making the chocolate splash all over us, but thankfully it didn't reach the wall, or the ceiling.

When we finished cleaning the mess, Dee decided that she was the one that was going to make the milkshake and gave me the task to set up the table. When that was finished, she went upstairs to change and gave me some spare clothes for me to change too. I went to the downstairs bathroom and quickly changed into the black jeans and white long sleeved shirt she lent me. The jeans were a little short, so I adjusted them so that they looked like actual Capri. The shirt fitted perfectly; I didn't have to worry about that.

I made my way towards the kitchen and the pizza was already at the table and the milkshake served.

Dee smiled at me when she saw me enter. "You look way better than me in those clothes," She said.

I rolled my eyes and answered her in a sappy frilly voice. "Yeah right Miss-I'm-a-22-year-old-Super-Model".

"Pff," she laughed. "Super Model my grandma. I'm just plain old me. You have that exotic look going for you." She whined.

"Ha! And you don't?" She just laughed and rolled her eyes at me.

"Whatever you say, Leah." She told me. "Now come and eat! I'm hungry!"

"Okay, Okay! You're so pushy!" She chuckled.

She just stuck her tongue out at me and offered me a slice of pizza, which I gladly accepted.

We eat in comfortable silence for a while and then talked about life in Seattle and the places she had visited.

After we were finished eating, we put the dishes in the dishwasher and ate a little bit of chocolate ice cream. I have to admit, this girl ate like a freaking wolf, and yes, the pun is intended. Since I got there, she ate as much as me and not once did she complain of being full.

At 8:30 p.m. I decided to head back home. I was starting to feel edgy from being away from Derek and I was sure that he must've felt the same way.

I placed my milkshake-covered-clothes in a bag and put my heels on. Dee walked me towards the door, when I heard a car parking on the drive way, when we got out I saw a Luke coming out of a black Lexus GS350, this kids had definitely good taste in cars.

As soon as the kid looked at me, he beamed. God, he never gave it a rest.

"Hey, beautiful! Got tired of your boyfriend yet?" He asked me cockily.

I answered him with a simple, "Hey Luke, and Nope".

"Too bad" He said and kissed Dee on her forehead. "Night, little sister," and entered the house.

"Pshh, little sister my ass! I'm older then you, squirt!" She yelled after him. I smiled remembering when Seth and I lived together, now he's gonna get married.

"I'm taller than you!" I heard him say in a sign-song voice.

"Whatever! Now I'm not making you dinner!" That immediately shut him up, making me laugh.

"I'll see you soon, Dee. Call me if you need anything and thanks for today. It was really nice" I said sincerely.

"Ditto, Leah. Take care, come by anytime you want," She hugged me and I returned the hug.

"Wow, you're really warm!" She said after she released me. "Are you feeling good? You're burning up."

"Nah, it's nothing. It runs in the family. My brother is just the same." That seemed to calm her a little bit.

"Ok, well, see you around." She said and I made my way towards my car.

I got inside, started the car and drove back to the house and to see my Derek. I felt so much better after a day with Dee; I had a feeling we were going to be great friends.

When I got to the house I could see all the lights in the living room turned on, which was weird considering all the vamps went to do their 'activities' at night.

I quickly parked and made my way towards the house, when I got there I could see Alice, Rosalie, Esme, Nessie and Bella all looking worriedly at me.

I immediately panicked. "What happened? Where are the guys? Where's Derek?"

Alice looked at me sadly and answered. "Derek phased with Quil, you know, trying to see if Embry was in his wolf form too, and he was," She paused and looked at me seriously. "Derek saw everything. He went after Embry".


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