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Chapter 8 - The Shining

'Geez, Leah, that was really stupid.'

'Bite me.' She winced as I tied a knot in the improvised sling for her arm.

'Why did you do it? Tell me, did you at least want your moment of glory?' She tilted her head up to look at me.

'Yes, Call,' she sneered. 'That was it, I needed my fifteen minutes.'

She rolled her eyes and got up, walking outside. I followed her quickly and we both froze when we heard Jake screaming again. She shook her head and mumbled something like 'could have taken him.'

'No, you couldn't have.'

She turned to me. 'Shut up, Embry. You don't know that; Jake intervened before I even had a chance.'

'We all saw your chance, Leah. You were in trouble.'

She huffed and we both walked to Black's place in silence, wincing every time we heard another scream. When we got there, the entire pack was outside, standing there looking grim. Billy was in his wheelchair and he was obviously holding back tears; Emily was trying to sooth him by holding his shoulders.

'The doc is re-breaking his bones,' Quil muttered as soon as we got to the house. 'He healed too fast, the bones were set wrong.'

I shook my head at the thought; that was just horrible. Leah went to Jake's truck and sat on the hood. I leaned against the wall next to Quil, watching her go. Suddenly, Billy's old truck pulled up to the house, brakes screeching and Bella hopped out.

'How is – '

She got cut off by another scream and Quil informed Bella of what was happening; she started to pace slightly, looking worriedly at the house, when suddenly the leech doctor came out. His face was set grim as he addressed Billy.

'He's going to be fine now. I gave him morphine for the pain, but he'll burn it up fast. I'll come back to set up an IV.'

Billy held out his hand, and the Chief and the vampire shook hands. Now, that was history in the making. The doctor turned to Bella. 'He's asking for you.'

The entire pack rolled their eyes; we didn't like the way Jake was so hung up on Bella. I mean she was nice enough and all, even funny sometimes but no, she was too involved with the leeches to really be any good for him. We just hated the way he kept hurting over her.

Billy told us all to go home, to get a good nights sleep after the events of the day. We mumbled our 'good-lucks' and 'take-cares' to him before we slowly walked to our respective homes. I walked with Quil, guessing I still wouldn't be too welcome at home. I'd crash at his place just one more night; I'd deal with Mom in the morning. Maybe the guys had been right, and it was the time to tell her. But how could I do that do her?

We walked in silence to his house, just reliving everything that had happened... pondering, I think. Seth and Leah were walking in front of us and they weren't saying much either - Seth just kept kicking pebbles away while glancing at Leah.

When we got to the fork in the road where the Clearwater's would go right and Quil and I left, I was torn. A part of me wanted to go with them, wanted to take care of Seth, who was the little brother of the pack. I didn't wanna leave him with bad-mood-Leah tonight. Also, a part of me wanted to go with them to take care of Leah, to soothe her in her sleep. Apparently I wasn't the only one with these thoughts.

'Why don't we come with you guys?'

We all turned to Quil. 'What?'

'What?' he asked. Seth's face had lit up at the idea.

'Slumber party,' Quil muttered, giving me a look that said it all, said just how he knew I didn't wanna leave Leah. And that we both didn't wanna leave Seth after what he had to do today.

'I think it's a good idea.' As soon as I agreed with the plan Leah shot me the evil eye. Guessing, of course, that this was all about her.

'Can we Leah?' Seth looked up at his big sister hopefully, and she looked back, shrugging, before she stalked off in the direction of their home. Seth was beaming. 'This will be so much fun!'

Seth walked home between Quil and I; he started to name each of the DVD's he had at home, named Wii games and Xbox games. We just laughed and promised him to play with him - after the day we'd had, we wouldn't be getting much sleep anyway.

We walked in the house and Sue jumped up from the couch. She rushed over to Seth and Leah, pulling them both against her while she muttered prayers for the safe return of her kids. Then she rushed to us with the same gratitude and hugged both Quil and I. We couldn't help but smile and hug her back tightly. She may have been an elder of the tribe, but she was the coolest mom around.

'Billy called a while ago, he said you were on your way home.' She smiled at her kids and then at us. 'You two are more than welcome to stay, but call your parents first.'

I made a face that, apparently, she didn't appreciate.

'Yes, you too, Embry Call. Your mom may not know, but she still deserves to know where her son is.'

Quil just chuckled; he'd already started dialling.

'Mom, can we order some pizzas? I'm hungry.'

She ruffled his hair and told him to go ahead. Leah had already left the living room - she had gone upstairs as soon as Sue had released her from the hug. Sue winked at us and left the room too, probably going upstairs to talk to her.

Quil handed me the phone after he had called his mom. I dialled quickly, really not in the mood to have an angry mother on the phone. I prayed for voicemail.

And my prayers were answered, the familiar voice filling my ear.

'This is Lilly Call. We're not home right now, but please leave a message, and I'll call you back as soon as possible.'

'Hey Mom, it's me. I don't know if your not picking up or if you and Serena are out…..I'm really sorry okay. I really am and I'll tell you all about it later. But tonight I'm staying at the Clearwater's. We're just hanging out so don't worry, okay. Love you, bye.'

I quickly hung up the phone and joined the rest in the living room, Seth had already called for pizzas using his mom's cell and now he was picking out a movie. He decided on 'Gone in 60 Seconds'.

'A classic,' he said happily and we just flopped on the couch, totally exhausted after today.

A little later the doorbell rang as Sue and Leah came downstairs; Quil and I quickly moved to sit in front of the couch on the floor, letting the girls on the couch. We ate in silence, watching the movie; it was good. It felt like a big family and I was happy for it. Especially when Leah shifted behind me, her calf resting against my shoulder. She sighed softly, but I didn't know if it was because of the movie or something else.

Sue said her goodnights half way through the movie. We paused it and Seth and Quil cleaned up the living room as Sue made her way upstairs. I refilled the glasses, handing out the Coke to everybody. Seth restarted the movie and I settled back against the back of the couch; back against Leah's leg.

Quil was spread out on a recliner and Seth was on the couch next to Leah. Soon he was slumped over the arm rest, half asleep. My eyes were fluttering shut when I felt her fingers on the nape of my neck. They drifted through my hair, slowly drawing patterns on my skin. I looked back at her and grinned. She was leaning against the arm rest, her head on her arm, curled up in a ball except for her fingers that were slowly caressing my skin. She saw me looking and she smiled back, a finger moving over my jaw, before smoothing over my bottom lip.

We both jumped slightly as Seth coughed. I turned to look at him, while she tugged her hand under her head.

Seth was looking half asleep as he got off the couch and mumbled something about going to bed. He gave us a half hearted wave and headed upstairs. I let out a breath I was apparently holding. I saw Quil grinning at me, and I grinned back. He knew, of course, what was going on, having heard my conversation over the phone with Leah and I knew he was happy for it. But that was Quil; nothing could bring the guy down.

He laughed quietly and just laid back in the recliner, pretending to be asleep. Leah stayed still for a long time, until the movie was over. When it was done, I looked back at her.

'Want to watch another one?'

She nodded. 'Sure, not able to sleep anyways.'

I got up and walked to their DVD collection. I chuckled and put in 'The Shining'. Leah laughed quietly.

'Nice choice.'

I walked back to the couch grinning, and was going to sit down again when she stopped me. She sat up on the couch and took my hand, shaking her head. 'Come here.'

She moved, making room behind her on the couch. I was shocked but took the invitation greedily, laying on my side behind her carefully, just laying there, letting her make the decisions. But she kept surprising me. She scooted down the couch, so I could still see the TV, before she snuggled back against me.

Her back was flush against my chest and she let out a satisfied sigh. Meanwhile, I had to bite my lip from moaning, especially as she wiggled her ass against my groin, apparently trying to get closer. I took the liberty of wrapping an arm around her tiny frame, and she moved her hand over it, eventually lacing our fingers together.

We laid together for a while just like this, completely content, just watching the movie, hearing Quil snore away in the chair. The movie ended and Leah turned her face to me. 'Come upstairs with me?'

I nodded, and she got up, taking my hand. I followed her willingly, watching her hips sway as she walked up the stairs and to her bedroom. She opened her door and we walked inside, shutting it behind us. I stayed standing against the door as she walked to the bed, stripping her clothes off on the way. Letting them fall on the floor, she turned to me as she stood in front of her bed, in just her panties.

I couldn't help but growl, my knuckles going white I was holding the door knob so hard. She just smiled as I started to growl and she went and lay down in the bed, holding the covers up for me. My brain reset itself and suddenly I knew what to do again, quickly pushing my shorts down I walked to the bed, she moved over and I lay down. I pulled the blankets over us as she resumed the same position as she had on the couch. Only now her pantie-clad ass was brushing my massive hard on.

She felt it and chuckled softly, squeezing my hand. I dipped my head to the crook of her neck and kissed her skin softly. She smiled, which of course caused me to grin widely; Leah asked me to her bed, Leah wanted to snuggle with me. And Leah Clearwater didn't mind me kissing her neck softly. Hell…..could she actually be warming up to me?

'I thought one of us would die today…' Her voice was so soft I thought I'd misunderstood at first.

'We're all fine.'

She nodded. 'But when Seth…and you and Quil needed help from the leech.' She sighed and closed her eyes, I was too shocked. Leah Clearwater was opening up to me.

'Anyway, I was scared today.'

And it was over, she closed off again. I decided to say nothing, nothing good could come of it, so I kissed her neck again. I squeezed her hand softly with mine and just held her. Until we eventually fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning, in the same way as I woke up yesterday. I was flat on my back and Leah was over my chest. She looked to be smiling softly and I grinned wide at that. I stared at her for a couple minute before I started to feel the couple of cokes I had last night, so I gently untangled us and kissed her forehead while I slipped out of bed. Tugging on my shorts, I was amazed that she didn't wake up. Chuckling I left her room, making it just barely to the bathroom, sighing when I finally did. Figuring I'd get some coffee going before the rest woke up, I headed downstairs.

Getting to the living room, I was greeted by Quil's snores; the dude looked like he hadn't moved an inch since last night. I grinned and headed to the kitchen, already smelling coffee. I saw Sue sitting at the table, reading the morning newspaper. She looked up when she heard me, and smiled.

'Hey sweetheart.' She patted the chair next to her, so I walked over, kissed her cheek and sat down.

'Hey.'

She smiled warmly. 'Just a couple more minutes until the coffee is done.'

I nodded, rubbing my eyes as I leaned back in the chair. Sue continued to read her paper for a few minutes until the coffee was done. She closed and folded the paper before she got two mugs of coffee, handing me one with sugar.

'Thanks, Sue.' She smiled and sat down looking at me, her small hand curled around the cup.

'Leah told me about yesterday.' I almost choked on the coffee, looking at her with huge eyes. She laughed softly. 'About the fight, Embry.'

Right, fight. Not me sleeping with Leah.

'Right, the fight. Yeah, it went well.'

'Yes,' Sue seemed lost in thought too. 'Leah told me you wrapped up her arm after she got attacked.'

I nodded, not really knowing what to say.

'And - I'm guessing here - you didn't sleep in the living room last night.' I shook my head now. She smiled and sipped her coffee, I mirrored her movements, hoping I wasn't in too much trouble.

'You'll be good for her.' Now that did make me choke on my coffee. I sprayed it all over the table, coughing, pounding my chest with my fist.

Sue laughed and got up, gently rubbing my back until I could breath again. Then she got a cloth and cleaned up the mess I made on the table.

'Sorry,' I muttered softly, glancing up at her, wondering what she was thinking.

She took my hand in hers, patting it softly. 'It's okay, really. The coffee and Leah.'

'It is?'

Sue nodded. 'It's been a long time since Leah has opened up to anybody, including me; but yesterday she told me all about the fight and I didn't even need to ask.'

I cocked a brow, really wondering what that had to do with anything.

'I'm not saying she'll change overnight, Embry. And you know my daughter - she's bitter and angry. But,…' She paused and I just stared at her.

'You'll be good for her. You're optimistic, her opposite in a way. You two can balance each other out.'

'We're not really dating…'

'I know, sweetheart. But you've had an impact on her already. And that's good to see.'

I nodded, sitting quietly, staring at my coffee. My mind was still on Leah; two mornings in a row now I'd woken up with her in my arms, her hair on my chest, her lips forming that little smile. I knew wanted more of that; I could only hope that she would want that too.

'I wanted to talk to you about something else.'

'Yeah?'

'Your mom, Embry.' I winced slightly. I hadn't seen or talked to her in two days now. Not after running out of the house the day before the fight. I sighed.

'We had a fight.'

Sue nodded. 'Quil mentioned something. Embry, I think you should tell her.'

I grumbled softly, still focussing on my coffee, purposely noticing how black is was; how it looked when I stirred it.

'I could be there, for you both. I know what it's like to have children that phased, it might help.' Sue was really cool. I nodded.

'Maybe... thank you though. But…' I frowned, looking up at her. 'How do you tell your mom that you're a genetic freak?'

She frowned at that. 'You're not a genetic freak. You were chosen to protect and serve your people. It's an honour, Embry.'

'I'm sorry Sue, but that is 'Elder BS'.'

She smiled at that. 'We do try to make sure you young wolves see it the way we do.'

'Yes, but to live like a wolf... it's so different.'

She nodded, sipping some more coffee. 'If your mom gets upset, you are always welcome to stay with us for a while, sweetheart. We have plenty of room.'

I perked up at this, sitting straight in my chair. 'Thanks, Sue!'

She patted my hand. I sighed and slumped back in my chair. We would tell my mom. Tell her what her son really is…

Aaaah will he really tell her? How will his mom react? What do you guys think? Tell me! I hope you all enjoyed this new chapter!