Thanks so much for the awesome reviews, guys! I'm thinking about doing another chapter in Seth's P.o.V...What do you guys think? I already have an idea, but I want to see if you guys want another chapter like that, too. Just PM me or tell me your answer in your review.

Anyway...

Enjoy Chapter 9!

~SashaFierce12.0

Chapter 9

Leah's P.o.V.

I woke up and headed to Baby Claire's room. Seth and I were still living at Sam and Emily's...I don't think we-specifically Seth-would be able to take going back home. I still felt kind of bad mooching off of them...But they had offered, so...Here we are! Even though Claire was two, she was small enough to fit in a crib. She smiled at me when I walked in.

"Hey, CeCe!" I exclaimed, picking her up. She giggled.

"Lee! Is Qwil comin' over t'day?"

"Maybe..." I answered. Quil had imprinted on little Claire when she first came to stay over a couple of weeks ago. I still thought it was kind of creepy. But...Who cares? If it makes him happy...I was still kind of fuzzy on the whole imprinting deal, but I do know it's like love at first sight.

How cheesy is that?

When I got downstairs, I set Claire in her booster seat and went to go make her some Cheerios. Sam was sitting down drinking coffee, and I couldn't help but look at him through the corner of my eye. It was really awkward being in his house and all, and being in the kitchen alone with him just made it worse.

When I reached for the Cheerios box, I couldn't take it anymore. I turned around to him and he looked at me.

"This isn't going to work," I said. "If we're going to be in the same house, we have to get rid of the tension between us." He set down his coffee.

"Yeah. I know what you mean. This is terrible."

"Can we start over? Just explain what happened from the beginning. I need...Closure," I explained. I proceeded to make Claire's breakfast.

"Well...A couple of years ago, you remember when I disappeared?" I nodded. "Well...I was phasing for the first time. Then I came back, and the Elders-Billy and...You're...Parents-were kind of hesitant to let me keep hanging out with you." I went to the refrigerator and got out the milk, then I poured some into the bowl and put it back. "But I still did it. Then...Then you brought Emily over to visit. And...Well..." he rubbed the back of his neck. I came over and sat down, starting to feed Claire her cereal.

"...And you imprinted on her," I finished slowly. I shoveled food into Claire's mouth.

"Yeah," Sam said. "I didn't want to believe it at first. But the pull...It was so strong. And I couldn't tell you about it because, well, you weren't a shape-shifter like me. But then...You and your brother phased. And I thought that things would get better between us. But then you left. And I never got the chance to explain." I wiped Claire's chin and turned to Sam.

"Well, you're explaining now. And now I understand. It took me a while, but I learned to forgive and forget. I've moved on," I said. Then I smiled and placed my hand on his. "And I'm really glad that we had this talk." He smiled at me. Then looked up when Emily came in and smiled wider. I looked at her and stood from my seat. Then...I hugged her.

"Whoa, Leah. What's that for?" she asked.

"What? I can't hug my cousin once in a while?" I laughed. "You need any help making food?"

"Y-yeah. Actually, you can take out the eggs for me. I'm making muffins."

"Really? I've never tried them, but from what I heard, they're good!" I turned to Sam and winked. "Finish feeding Claire for me?" He nodded and tried to spoon food into the baby's mouth. Emily and I headed towards the counter. She turned to me.

"So? What's the deal between you and Jake?" she smiled slyly, taking out a big bowl, measuring cups, measuring spoons, flour, sugar, and vanilla. I looked down, hoping she wouldn't see me blush.

"I don't know. What's the deal?" I finally looked up at her, and began cracking eggs. She gave me a 'cut the crap' look. I sighed. "Okay, OKAY!" I whisper-yelled. "Umm...Well...I guess I've forgiven him...Almost...And, well..." I turned back to my egg cracking.

"'And, well...'What?"

"I kissed him..."

"You WHAT?" she screamed. She was smiling so wide, I was scared that her face was going to crack. Sam turned to me and smiled.

"That's what he's been so giddy about," he said thoughtfully.

"You were listening? That's girl business!" I scolded playfully.

"Hey, you're not that very good of a whisperer!" We all laughed, and it pattered out as Seth made his way down the stairs, ready for school. It had been three days since his little episode, and he hadn't talked since.

"Hey, Seth! You want some breakfast?" I asked. I started to get out the box of Cheerios, but he just grabbed a banana. "I could cut that up for you and put it in with the cereal?" Seth just shook his head and began peeling. My shoulders slumped, defeated.

"Hey, at least he's eating again," Emily said, always the optimistic one.

"True."

Just then, Jacob, Embry, Quil, Collin, Brady, Kim, and Jared burst in.

"Who's ready for another week of SCHOOL?" Brady exclaimed. He rushed over and ruffling my hair.

"Not me," Kim said. Jared had his arm hooked around her. "I've got a test in honors every day this week. I HATE quarterly exams!" She and Jared sat down on the couch. Then Kim looked at me. "Hey. You're a senior, right? How come you're not in school?"

"Ha! I graduated early!"

"Lucky!" I just stuck my tongue out at her. I glanced at Seth, who was still quietly eating his banana. As my eyes roamed around, looking at the rest of the Pack, I noticed Jacob staring at me. He gave me one of his breathtaking smiles, and I blushed and looked down. Which didn't go unnoticed by Kim. "Ohhhh! Lee! When I get back, we are having a VERY long talk! But we have to get going to school! This ISN'T over!"

"Oh, joy," I said sarcastically. Kim smiled triumphantly and dragged Jared out of the house.

"Have some muffins ready when we get back!" he yelled.

"Yeah! See you guys later!" Collin exclaimed. Then he and all the others left the house. Jake gave me one last smile and followed them. He waited for Seth, and they were off. I turned back to Emily who was still smiling creepily.

"You heard them! Let's get to making these muffins!" Her eyes widened and she turned back to her bowl.

"Oh, right!"

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"Quil's here!" he was the first one through the door. He went straight to Claire.

"Well, hello to you, too!" Sam said with mock hurt.

"Oh, yeah. Hey, Sam. Hi, Em! Hi, Lee!" But he was too busy with Claire to really pay attention to us. We laughed anyway. Soon the rest of the Pack came in. Seth trailed behind Jake. And Kim instantly took my arm and ran out the back door.

"Hey!" I yelped.

"Spill," she simply said.

"Uhh..."

"What's going on between you and Jake, and WHY don't I know about it?"

"Oh, that..." I looked down, hiding my nervous smile from her. She gasped and grabbed my shoulders, shaking me.

"So there IS something going on between you two!" she yelled.

"Can you scream any louder? I don't think that the penguins in ANTARCTICA heard you!" I yelled back. She glared at me. Then smiled evilly. "Could you stop that? You're starting to creep me out." She shook her head and walked back in, still smiling.

Something was telling me that this talk just made things worse.

I hoped you guys liked it! 'Cause I know I did! Next chapter is going to be in Jakes P.o.V.!

~SashaFierce12.0