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7. Signs of life
She's not even fully out of the car, when Nessie is being ripped away by Rosalie. Claire is asleep and barely stirs with the motion. Leah stands not knowing exactly what to do now that she's here. There's a sea of people outside the Cullen mansion.
And then he's the one she sees first. Until their eyes connect, she realizes it was his face, the one she was searching for when she stepped out of the car. It makes her feel naked, guilty, and sort of embarrassed. The emotions she had been supressing for the past days, stir up threatening to roll in one gigantic wave that would push her directly into his arms. But she stops herself when her brother comes into view, with bloodshot eyes and injuries all over his body.
Leah is rushing to Seth now that she has enough reason to move without being reckless, and she's side hugging him, letting happy tears spill all over her cheeks. Quil and Embry are closely behind. She greets them in the same enthusiastic manner kissing their cheeks. Leah can't begin to imagine how extensive their injuries were that they haven't healed takes her time giving Claire into Quil's arms.
"Thank you"There's so much sincerity in Quil's voice that she can't help smiling back at him. And lowering her face to kiss Claire's forehead. Seth lingers for a little bit, never quite releasing hold onto his sister.
"What happened-" But she gets cut off by the deep baritone voice she's been dreaming of.
"Leah" Seth seems to stiff when Jacob comes close, he glares slightly at his alpha, but finally lets his sister go, and falls into step with Embry and Quil. Jake waits until they're out of earshot to step even closer to Leah untile there's less than a step between them.
Leah steels, trying not to move, because any kind of motion might make her loser balance and fall directly into his arms. And right now she's not even sure she wants the intensity of his gaze is almost unbearable but she can't tear her own eyes from his. In that moment every wall she's built comes tumbling down, every pretext or doubt slips away, and there's only Jacob and those black pools mirroring the exact same feeling that's flowing through her body. Love.
Her eyes betray her and she blinks the first tear, but before it runs down her cheek. Jacob's hand is behind her, holding her neck, pulling her to him, until she can't breathe anything but him.
He's alive.
a/N: the new moon clip, bella slapping paul wow. one month seems too long. the wolves look scary and i can't decide what i like the most jared's joke, sam's sexy voice, paul's nostrils flaring or jake's improved wolf form. team wolf all the way