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45. Growing distance.
"It took you long enough" Leah whispers when he finally sets a step in the house. He's shirtless, wearing some jeans, and the beggining of a scruffy beard is noticeable on his chin.
She gets up from the sofa where she had been laying and walks up to him. Her hand reaches to feel his face, there's something off about his look. But she's too glad that he's finally come back to feel upset about it.
Leah just had four more daysbefore the month was up, and she went looking for him .
A week ago, she had seen a change, which explains why she was lying in the living room sofa at four in the morning.
It was by accident, really. She was in the kitchen getting a glass of water , when the familiar scent hit her. She could see him lurking behind the trees when she peeked through the curtain , confirming what her instincts had assumed. She had shut the curtain almost immediately, because one second more and she would've been out the door and going for him. But she knew he wasn't ready to face her. He needed time. And she was willing to give him that, so when he came back she could explain what he hadn't wanted to hear the first time.
From that night on she had been sleeping on the couch waiting for him to walk through the door. Some nights when everyone was already asleep or out patrolling she would let herself cry. She tried to do it quietly, she didn't want to burden him with her tears, but at the same time a part of her wanted to share her pain with him.
And for her it was a big deal.
Leah was like a locked case, and Jacob just happened to be the key that opened and made her want to spill everything. She wanted to build a life with him. She wanted to share her life. She wanted to be everything to him. She knew he could be everything to her...
But it was too soon. Maybe she was being selfish, but after all she had been through, she feelt entitled to it.
"Would you mind stepping out"Jacob says, not removing her hand but not reaching out to her either. She nods and steps out into the dark night.
The dread settles in, when she notices the physical distance between starts growing as they walk towards the forest. She tries to ignore what the lack of physical contact might mean, but it's impossible when her mind registers the fact that he hasn't even looked her in the eye.
a/N: two updates maybe there's another one coming, don't forget to review please... i'm really torn about what's going to happen next...let's see what my fingers come up with...hahaha