Choice
Capter 9

Billy:

I watched her go and looked back at Embry who was nearly foaming at the mouth. It seemed things would be changing for them very soon. And honestly I was excited to see it happen. I looked at Embry like my own son, considering he has helped take care of me in my old age. A job my Jacob would have performed if he were alive. I can see Sarah trying to make her way over to Paul, and I smile. The girl had a brain that's for sure. When you want to find something out, find the one person who gossips like a housewife, and she tracked him down easily enough. The hard thing was for her to get past Rachel and their 4 kids. I can see Leah and Jacob in her. From her looks to her personality, she screams Blackwater. I wished her parents were here to see her today. They would have been proud for sure. She was as beautiful as her mother, but her eyes, they were my Jacob's. Dark chocolate brown with specks of gold that could only be seen in the light. I sigh, as I look her over again, from her take no nonsense attitude and her quick wit, I know she'll be a great Alpha one-day. One that would be fair and understanding to her pack and her people. Again, I just wish her parents could see her...

"You going to tell her tonight?" Jared whispered over to Embry to get his attention.

Embry ran his hands through his hair and looked over at Billy as he rubbed the back of his neck, a motion he was known to do when he was nervous. "What do you think old man?" Embry asked.

Billy shrugged, "When your comfortable. And if that's tonight, then so be it."

Sam smiled, "If she's anything like her mother, than you have your hands full."

Billy glowered at Sam and reassured Embry, "Remember, she will not imprint. The female wolf is always given the choice of who to choose. It's you who will have to persuade her that you're that right choice."

Embry nodded as if he heard it all before. Billy had gone over it with him earlier today. Now that she's 18 he felt the time was right to let her know how he feels about her. If only the boy could get his damn nerves under control. He was sweating profusely and Billy thought he was going to phase for the first time if he hadn't already known he's been a wolf for the past twenty plus years. And he knew the boy had cared for Leah deeply when he was barely out of school, and how he couldn't stand to be around Leah and Jacob when they were together. But he promised Billy, the moment he saw Sarah, it was her and only her. Leah never crossed his mind in 'that way' again.

Billy watched as Embry released a deep breath and then stood. "Wish me luck boys."

They all nodded and smiled and watched as Embry approached Sarah, who had yet to make it past Rachel to get to Paul. Billy averted his attention to little Sammy as she waddled on her leg braces up to her father who accepted her with open arms. He managed to maneuver her so she was sitting comfortably on his leg while still facing outwards to the other men. She smiled up at Sam and tilted her head to the side in curiosity.

"Will I be a big woof some tay daddy?" she asked.

Everyone who wasn't paying attention before was looking now. Leah was a surprise and the first female shifter. Sarah was sort of expected considering her parentage. But would the gene carry down to Sammy or pass her to the next male born? Sam looked up at Billy for the answer since he wasn't sure himself.

"Sammy, would you like to be a wolf someday?" Billy asked softly.

Sammy looked down at her legs and thought for moment. The idea was obviously intriguing to the child, who even with all the medical problems she's faced, she was one of the bravest people he knew. Finally she pointed to her legs and looked back up at Billy with pouted lips.

"Will I have tese when I'm a woof?" She asked while pointing to her leg braces.

Billy thought if his heart would melt than it was probably a puddle by now. "No child, you wouldn't have to wear those ever again." And he prayed to Tahi Aki that he wasn't lying to the girl. Was it too much to ask that her dreams come true? She wasn't asking to become a princess. She wasn't hoping to become a racecar driver. And she was wishing to become a wizard. No, this small little girl was asking for not the impossible, but for the possible. Something they see everyday in La Push.

A big smile was his reward and she jumped up and down in her fathers lap while clapping her hands together excitedly. "I wants to be a woof, I do, I do!"

Everyone smiled and laughed at her bright and cheery demeanor. "Then sweetie, you will be the biggest, fastest and strongest wolf warrior in La Push history!"

"Fasser tan Sawah! Begger tan Emby! Songer tan Tah hi yuki?" Sammy asked with wide eyes.

Billy leaned forward, "Yes, yes and yes."

It seemed that the simplest of promises would be the hardest to keep. Billy didn't know if his promise would be kept and had no control over it if it was or not. But to let a little girl believe for just a moment in the possible seemed like a better idea than crushing her spirit all at once. She already had enough hard times ahead of her, and maybe hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel gave her the strength to endure the worst.

Billy looked back over at Sarah and smiled as he watched Embry escort her away from Rachel and the kids. Tonight was the night he was going to explain the imprint to her. What he didn't know was Sarah was already madly in love him. Billy had found just the other day, a notebook of hers with Sarah Call written all over the back in different fonts. The two of them were meant for each other just like Jacob and Leah. Imprint or not, there was something stronger that connected the pairs together. And though Billy could never understand it while his son was alive, he understands it now. Their connections were based on choice. The ability to choose their partner rather than have it forced upon them. Embry imprinted on Sarah, but she held the power to break that imprint and set him free, not that the boy would let her.

But the choice was there. And as for Leah and Jacob, the promise they made to each other will go down in the history books, will be told at many more bonfires to come and will be the stuff of legends. After all, they gave their lives for the person they chose to love the most and above all else. Their daughter.

The End

~I understand some of you hate me for killing off Leah and Jacob and some of you wish you could throw something at my head for having Sarah grow up with the Vampires. But I hope this ending was enough to satisfy your anger and bring you back to my side. No? I have cookies! lol. I imprinted Embry on Sarah because I wanted their to be another story of potential happiness. Leah and Jacob had theirs and now its time for their daughters. The only reason why I didn't elaborate on Sarah's relationship was because I felt it strayed too far from the main characters storyline. Remember its all about Leah and Jacob and the choices they made. They chose to be together, chose to try for a child, and chose to die trying to save one another even while knowing all the consequences.

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