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33. Pretty and younger, but not any better off
She got persuaded by her brother and Quil, and agreed to host a Christmas party for the entire pack and their families. She figured, the more people, the merrier. Quil and Embry had enlisted all the guys to help, and most of the imprints had offered to do the cooking, along with some of the mother of the younger members.
She's glad she got her mind into it. She needed a distraction from the fact that Jacob, and Nessie would be gone for almost a month. Three weeks suddenly seemed like a lifetime. Emily had left as well but had promised Leah she was coming back. Rosalie and Alice of course had headed back to spend the holidays with the family.
And while Leah got to spend hers with Seth and her mother, and Charlie and the rest of the pack, it still didn't feel right. This was their first Christmas as a couple, and the first since Leah remembered that they were going to spend apart.
For some bizarre reason, it was until they had left that Leah started to see reason in Jacob's arguments.
"Is that all?" Leah asked crossing things on her list as she made sure they had enough wood for the fire tomorrow.
"Yep"Embry said plopping down on a chair. They were holding the party at the council, since any of the houses were too small to hold in that many people. They had over twenty wolves, plus their families and imprints rounded the number near to a hundred. Eighty something, last time Leah had checked the list.
"It was nice of you to do this"Leah nodded and took a seat next to him.
"Well I'm known as a very nice person"She laughed "Besides they've earned it"Leah said looking over to the younger wolves who were playing some kind of tag. "It's so easy to forget how young they are sometimes. Just look at them"
"They still need a little bit more growip up to catch up" Embry said and then took a swig of the bottle of water Leah gave him"James is going to turn twelve next week"The boy in question, looked fifteen at the very least. Leah gulped down. He was the youngest member of the pack, phasing at the tender age of ten
"I wish we could find a way, and have them stop first"Leah said out of the blue. "I mean if they stopped now, they could still lead normal lives"
"And we can't?"Embry raised his eyebrows. And Leah looked at him pointedly.
"Paul and Jared can hold another five years, probably more if Kim and Rachel agree"Leah reasoned. "And there would be seven of us. "
"If you can persuade Seth, Colin and Brad to quit, which I'm guessing it's not very likely" Embry pointed out.
"Oh I will. They need to finish high school."Leah said defiantly "I'm not losing anymore boys" No one had forgotten about the four members they had lost.
"They were not your responsability"Embry reminded her. "They were Sam's and Jacob's" Leah knows it, but still is responsible for them now. And she'll be damned if another one dies on her watch.
"Can I count on you to back me up" Leah asked with a wicked smile. And Embry can't say no. The wheels in her head are already turning and she's going to make it happen. Like everything else she wants, Leah gets. And he can't do anything else but help her, the way she has for the past months.
a/N: a bit out of nowhere ahahaha but i like leah looking out for her pack... cuz she's top dog!! hahaha. this is me trying to make up for last week . and thanks for the reviews, they really make it all worth it.