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46. It
Leah rocks his world. In every sense of the word.
Wether it's a smile, a look, a touch. Hell even the memory of her will suffice to throw him completely off.
It's the only way he can explain why he's in the middle of the forest, head buried between his legs, trying to force the words out of his mouth.
The main problem is that he's not entirely sure what exactly he wants to say. He came up to the house with the idea of packing his stuff and moving back with his Dad. Of course that idea went flying out the window the moment he saw her. Living without Leah, it's not a possibility anymore, and he just has to accept that fact.
Then he thought maybe he could try and reason with her. But he is reminded of the many failed attempts of the imprint conversation. And why would it be different today. Nothing's changed. He has to accept the fact that Leah's not going to believe that he won't leave her for Nessie, until the little girl reaches adulthood and he actually stays.
It's like they can't go back, but they can't move forward. And ultimately they're both to blame for it. He, for forcing the change and Leah, for refusing it. But it's done and now they need to sort things out.
"Jake" He finally allows himself to look directly at her, and he sees her hand taking a goldchainout of her nightgown. The glint catches his eyes and his stomach almost falls to the floor when he realizes what Leah's holding between her fingers.
His ring.
"I thought you didn't want it"He can't help blurting the sentence, because the sommersaulting his guts are doing is making him literally sick. He can feel the blood rushing to his head, and his heart fluttering at the possibility that Leah's finally changed her mind. And he needs to know.
She takes a deep breath, clutching the chain tighter before letting it go, and dropping her arms to rest at her sides.
"I want to marry you"Jacob almost loses his shit, the moment he hears the words and he takes a step back from her, to make sure this isn't another one of his dreams or a hallucination caused by living on the forest and being sleep deprived for almost a month
"I really want to"Leah tells him again, to get her point across "I really hope we can"
"You're saying-"His throat closes and the words come out completely strained
"I'm saying yes if you still-"
"You're sayin yes?" He can't believe his ears.
"I'm saying yes"She takes hold of his hands, and he can see her lip quiver slightly before she speaks again "Yes but not now"
"I don't care"Jacob starts laughing letting her go and picking her up "You're marrying me"
"But we have to wait"
"I was willing to let it go"He whispers in her hair pulling her into him completely "I was willing to let it go, if I got to keep you." The words surprise her and him, when he realizes he was. But that what he's getting is a hundred times better than he expected. " I'll wait. I'll wait until I absolutely prove to you there's nothing to worry about"
"Maybe it won't be that long"She whispers back "I need to trust this, and there's still so much for us to learn. But you are it for me"
And that's all he wants to be anyways.
a/N:I hope you like it, my offer still stands for the 400th review. the person gets a request granted plot wise. And come on review. I'll be updating again today.