Choice
Chapter 2:

Jacob:

It was the way you smelled, that cocoa butter mixed with floral scent kind-of smell due to your lotion and mist spray that you would put on after your shower. Or it could be the way you laughed, how if it was inappropriate you covered your face, as if nobody could guess from your shoulders shaking. No, it was the way you looked when you woke up in the morning, stretching with the very satisfied smirk on your face giving me the ego boost of the day knowing I put it there. Actually, I wonder if instead of just one thing, maybe it was all these things that makes me love you. That feeling of never looking away because I'm afraid I'll miss something important. Something monumental in our relationship. When Billy told me I would need to "marry that girl" or stay with him at our house, I really didn't need to think twice...

"Hey Leah, can I talk to you for a sec?" Jacob asked, stopping her in the hallway where they first confessed they loved each other. They had finally committed themselves to a relationship and agreed to see where things went. Now that he thinks about it, those were the best months of his life and he could only imagine what the future would hold. But not everyone agreed with his or her decision. When Sue moved in with Charlie, she and Billy gave there blessing to the lovebirds. However Quil Senior and Sam refused to acknowledge a non-imprinted wolf pair, especially the Alpha of the pack.

Leah had been crying about the council meeting and how they didn't want them to be together for their futures sake. Jacob had pulled her to him before she could walk into her bedroom and hugged her tight as she cried into his shoulder. When the sobbing turned to sniffles and the fist became a loose hand, he pulled back and wiped her tears. A tender moment for them both he wasn't going to let slip away. So he whispered he loved her. The smile she gave him was still the only one that makes his heart skip every time he remembers it. How it was full of hope and happiness and sadness all at the same time. When she whispered the words back to him, Jacob was pretty sure he had the same goofy smile on his own face.

"Sure, what's up?" Leah asked raising an eyebrow at his sudden question.

"Well, the thing is I...you see...We've been..." Jacob continued to stumble over the words, restarting his sentence countless times in his head and too many times from his mouth.

"Are you all right?" Leah asked concerned.

"Yeah, I just don't know how to tell you this." Jacob said, placing his hand on his forehead in exasperation.

"Oh god."

Jacob removed his hand and looked down at a now terrified Leah, who was currently backing away from him slowly. She bumped into the table that was flush against the wall causing one hand to go behind her for balance and the other to fly to her mouth. Tears began to threaten to fall from her eyes. Jacob placed his hands out to stop her reaction. Why is she freaking out? What did he say? Does she know he's proposing? Is she afraid to marry a non-imprint?

"Leah, please try to understand-"

"I'm never picking your underwear up off the floor again!" Leah said angrily, making her even more beautiful to him.

"Wait, what?" Jacob asked confused while trying to tamper down his desire to take her in his arms.

"And I'm going to order black olives on my pizza, and listen to Nickleback in the car! I'm going to buy my own razor instead of using yours...you imprinted jerk!"

"I DIDN'T IMPRINT!" He yelled.

Leah stopped her tirade and looked up at him in complete confusion.

"But-"

"I WANT TO MARRY YOU WOMAN!" Jacob cut her off before she could assume something else.

The silence that followed still makes Jacob grin as he remembers. Leah jumped into his arms and started placing kisses all over his face while promising never to touch a black olive again. He tried to ask her about the razor situation but stopped and began to finally laugh at how the proposal went down. He had meant for it to be special and romantic, the speech he rehearsed wasn't supposed to get butchered like it did but said fluently and softly so that when she cried it would be tears of joy not tears of sorrow. Instead he scared and yelled and she nearly destroyed the hallway when she jumped on him. Pictures came down from the wall, a table was knocked over and he's pretty sure the hole near her door was from him trying to steady himself.

They made love for the first time that night and now many nights later, he looks down at her trying to find one thing he loves most. Realizing that he couldn't choose, and that he simply loved all of her. The idea of losing Leah made his blood run cold. The idea would cross his mind every now and then and he would pray that if he lost her, he would die himself. The dark thoughts were cast away the moment she opened her eyes and touched his cheek.

"Stop thinking so hard, you'll hurt yourself." She whispered in her sleepy voice that made him think hard elsewhere.

"Why did you marry me?" he asked while pushing her hair back away from her face.

Leah opened one eye to look at him, "Because I kind of liked you."

He grinned at her sarcastic remark, "Really? Only like?" he asked while running his hands up and down her thigh. He loved the way her skin felt. It was so smooth and soft.

"Well...I really, really, liked you...a lot." She giggled as he pinched her.

Jacob stopped laughing and leaned down to give her a long passionate kiss, the kind that he knew made her toes curl. Why did she make this so easy for him? Wasn't marriage supposed to be hard? Sam and Emily always seemed to be devoted to each other but looked unhappy whenever Leah and he were around. Jared and Kim would always smile and laugh, but when Leah would argue with him, Jared would look at Kim longingly, wishing for her to disagree with him at least once. The imprints love life compared to his and Leah's were as different as night and day. They liked to argue because the make-up was even better. What would a marriage be if they didn't argue...Boring? Yeah, he thinks so. Life would be pretty boring if he didn't have Leah in his life.

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