I'm pretty sure that you guys have seen Music and Feather's review...It was kind of harsh. But she/he pointed out something important...Yeah. I didn't think about that! So here's my story...:

Emily's mother is really good friends with Sue. So Sue, Harry, Leah, and Seth are really great family friends. Leah and Seth see Emily and her siblings as cousins, and Sue and Harry see Emily and her siblings as nieces and nephews. But they're not actually BLOOD related! Does that clear things up? I hope it does! If you don't like my changes, then that's your problem! DON'T JUDGE ME!

Anyway...!

Here's Chapter 23! In Jake's P.o.V...Maybe Seth's, too...I don't know! I always write my author's notes before I start my chapters!

~SashaFierce12.0

Chapter 23

Jacob's P.o.V.

I bent down to plug in the new lamp that I'd bought for the master bedroom. Me, the Pack, Rachael, Kim and Rebecca were fixing up mine and Leah's new house. I had promised Jazmyn, and I would do it. Emily, along with Claire, had taken Leah to shop for decorations for Leah's upcoming baby shower.

Just the distraction that I needed. They'd be gone for hours!

"Lookin' good, Jake!" Rachael said, coming into the room. She carried a wall mirror, a bag of nails, and a hammer in her hands. I limped over to her to help. My leg had healed, but it still hurt. Carlisle said it'd stop hurting in a day or so...I'd actually come to get over my hate towards him and his family... Even Edward.

I know...What's wrong with me?

I guess it's Leah's kindness towards them rubbing off on me. Yeah. That's it.

Actually, the whole Pack had come to like them. We'd gotten rid of the treaty a couple of days after the battle.

"We're here! And I brought food!" Alice yelled from downstairs.

Oh, yeah. They were helping with the house, too.

"Food!" Collin yelled, sprinting down the stairs. "I'm so hungry!" Rachael and I set down our things and walked down the stairs.

"Hey, Jake. How's the leg?" Emmett asked. I shrugged.

"Fine. I'm still limping a little, though," I answered. Kim and Jared set down their homework to join us in the newly renovated kitchen. Well...It didn't need fixing up, anyway. We just made it more 'homey.' Claire's finger paintings cluttered the refrigerator, and oven mittens hung from the stove. Pots and pans hung from hooks above the breakfast nook.

"The house is looking awesome!" Rosalie said after taking a bite from her tortilla chip. Rosalie wasn't as much of a bitch as I'd thought she was before. I guess you just had to get to know her.

"Yeah. We're pretty much...Done," I replied happily. "All we have to do is the baby's room." Kim gasped.

"I can't wait to do that! I took Leah 'window shopping' last week." I raised my eyebrows at Kim's quotation marks.

"What's with the quote marks?" Brady asked, his mouth full of chips.

"Well, Jazz, Leah, and I went to up to Seattle last weekend," Kim explained. Jared smacked his forehead.

"So that's where you guys disappeared to!"

"Yeah. Anyway, we walked to all these furniture stores, and Leah pointed out all the things that she'd get if she ever decorated her baby's room," then she giggled. "Jazmyn was writing down all her picks on her phone. We already bought it, and...Sam should be picking it up this week."

"Uh, I didn't volunteer to do that," Sam held up his hands.

"Too bad. I just volunteered you!" Kim laughed. Sam rolled his eyes.

"Fine." All of a sudden, someone's cell phone started to ring. I looked at Seth, who was standing next to me. He smiled sheepishly, then dug his phone out of his pocket. He held it up to his ear.

"Hello?" I watched his smile widen. "Hey! Hold on, I'm putting you on speaker..." he set the phone on the middle of the counter. "Say 'hi', guys! It's Jazz."

"Jazmyn? Oh, I miss you so much!" Rebecca exclaimed.

"Hey, Squirt," Paul said, smiling.

"Hi!" the rest of just said.

"Hi, guys! How's the house going? Are we getting somewhere?" Jazmyn said from the phone.

"Yeah. We're pretty much almost done," I answered.

"All that's left is the baby's room," Alice sang. Jazz squealed.

"Did Kim tell you guys about the list?" she asked.

"Like, two minutes ago!" Kim answered. "We're picking it up this week." Jazmyn squealed louder.

"Jazmyn? What's going on? Did you see a mouse or something?" a man asked from the other end of the phone. It must have been her dad. Me and some of the other guys chuckled at his joke.

"No, Daddy. I'm just making a phone call to La Push. You wanna' say 'hi?' Guys! This is my dad. Say 'hey', Daddy!"

"Uh, hey...?" Mr. Young said into the phone.

"What's up, Mr. Young?" Kim laughed. Jazz's dad laughed.

"Nothing, really. Jazz, did you tell them?"

"Tell us what?" Seth asked curiously.

"Oh, duh, Jazmyn! We're coming back early!" Jazmyn shrieked. "Me, Daddy, and Mom are flying in this Thursday! When I got here Sunday, they told me that they'd bought a house on the Reservation! We're moving there! Isn't it great?" We all cheered. Thursday was two days away. "Yeah. We are packing out as we speak. Oh, whoops! Sorry, big guy!" Jazmyn giggled. I heard a thump, a small bark, then more laughter.

"You okay, Jazz?" Seth asked. He looked a little worried.

"This is Seth, right?" Mr. Young asked. "Little Miss Clumsy just tripped over Pepper!" Jazmyn giggled.

"You shouldn't be talkin', Mister!" Jazmyn retorted playfully. "This is the guy who trips over freaking air!" We all erupted in laughter.

"Who's Pepper?" Embry asked into the phone.

"Oh. My neighbor's dog. We're dog-sitting. She has a hot date, tonight, and she doesn't want dog hair on her newly cleaned couches!" Jazmyn answered. I didn't need to see her to know that she was waggling her eyebrows.

"Elliot...Jazmyn...?" a lady in the background sang.

"Hey, Mom! Come join the party!" Jazmyn whooped. "Guys, this is my mom!"

"Hi!" we all yelled.

"Oh, my goodness! There must be a lot of you guys! Jazz's told me a whole lot about all of you! Hold on..." She grunted, then I heard another thump. "Okay, I'm back. Sorry, there's so many boxes around here!"

"Well, if you guys need to pack some more, we'll leave you to it," Sam said.

"Aww..." Jazmyn said into the phone. "Well...It was a nice talk! I'll call you all tomorrow before we get on the plane!"

"Okay! Where are you flying in to?" Alice asked happily.

"Seattle," Mr. Young answered. "I take it that you'll all be there to greet us?" I could hear the amusement in his voice.

"Heck, yeah, we are!" Jared replied.

"Okay! Talk to ya' soon! Big kisses to Aunty Em, Lee, and CeCe! I haven't talked to them since yesterday! Love you guys! Bye, Sethy!" Jazmyn exclaimed. Then the line went dead.

"I can't wait to meet Jazmyn properly," Rosalie said, heading back to straighten up the living room. She picked up a pillow on the brown leather couch, then put it back down neatly. She did the same thing to all the other pillows on the couch and matching arm chairs. "She sounds so perky, so happy, so...

"...So much like Alice!" Jasper finished. We all laughed. Alice punched his shoulder playfully.

"Thanks for coming out today, guys," I said, limping to plug in some more lamps. "This all couldn't have happened if it weren't for you."

"Aww...! We love you, too, Jakey," Brady said in a girly voice. I rolled my eyes.

"Don't do that ever again," Sam said seriously. But I could hear the humor in his voice. I clicked on the lamps to see if they were working, and the room instantly got brighter. I looked outside. It had gotten a little warmer, but there was still some snow on the ground. "We should head home; the girls are going to be there soon." I nodded, and turned the lamps off.

"I'll get upstairs!" Emmett yelled out, and sprinted up the steps. He came back down three seconds later. After the girls slid on their coats, we headed out.

"Brady and I have patrol. We'll see you guys later," Jared told us. He gave Kim a kiss on the cheek, and he and Brady phased and ran into the forest. From what I heard (Sam still wouldn't let me run patrol until I was fully healed), patrol has been pretty boring. After the battle with Victoria and the newborns, there've been no vampires on our territory...Except for Sue and the Cullens. Sam had cut back on hours, so everyone wasn't running as long.

Soon, we were back at Sam's. The girls were there. I instantly headed over to Leah. I kissed her forehead, cheeks, nose, and then finally her lips. She smiled into our kiss then pulled away.

"How was shopping?" I asked.

"Great! We've pretty much gotten everything for the party!" she explained happily. "What did you do?" I grinned, sitting down and pulling her legs on to my lap.

"Nothing much. I was actually looking for a gift...For someone..." I smiled sheepishly. She smiled back, then leaned on the pillow. I began massaging Leah's ankles and feet. They were really swollen today. Must have been from all the walking she did. I frowned a little. I knew that it probably hurt her, but, knowing my Leah, she was too stubborn to say it out loud.

"Hi, Esme!" Emily said happily. I looked up and saw her hug said vampire. It was so cool to see how Emily and the other imprints had taken to Esme and her family so easily...Seeing as they were vampires and all. "Are you and your family staying for dinner?"

"If you want us to...? We don't want to intrude." she glanced at Sam, who smiled and nodded. I knew why. He wanted to get rid of the tension between us. I did, too. "Okay! I guess we'll stay."

"Great!" Emily hugged her again. "You know, you and your family are always welcome here." Esme nodded.

"Do you need help cooking...?" her voice faded out a little as she walked into the kitchen.

"Hello, Leah...Jake," Carlisle nodded at me. "How are we today?" I've been okay with having Carlisle as Leah's doctor for a while. We'd actually become pretty good friends.

"Great, Carlisle. I'm so excited at how close we are!" Leah squealed, sitting up.

"Yes, not long now," Carlisle answered, taking a seat and smiling. Leah stood up and looked at me.

"I have to pee...Again. I'll be right back," she ruffled my hair and walked to the bathroom down the hallway. I hadn't realized I was staring after her until Embry snapped his fingers in front of my face.

"Wait, whoa...What...?" I said, looking at him. Embry chuckled and shook his head.

"You really love her, don't you?" he asked. I shrugged my shoulders and looked down.

"Is it that obvious?" I asked sheepishly. Embry didn't answer, but laughed loudly. I looked up to see Paul set down a twenty dollar bill on the coffee table. He turned on the TV to the Saints/Packer game. They were down to the last fifteen seconds before half time.

"I bet twenty big ones that the Packers are going to make a comeback and win. Any takers?" he asked, grinning.

"Twenty? Psh...Heck, no!" Collin said, brushing it off. Soon, the guys in the living room were doing the same thing. I was one of them. Paul had never lost a bet. The Packers were already down by ten points, but they could come back at any time.

"Okay," Rosalie said, coming in the room. She set down another twenty. "Forty says that the Saints will win." Paul's face dropped. "What's wrong, Dog? Afraid of a little competition?" Rosalie asked, smiling and taking a seat on the floor. Paul grinned back.

"You're on, Blondie," he retorted. Leah came back and took a seat next to me. We sat silently for a few seconds, until she turned to me.

"Jakey?" she asked. I knitted my eyebrows together. Her voice sounded too sickly sweet.

"Uh...Yeah?"

"Could you go get me some ice cream?" she asked, giving me a puppy-dog pout. I rolled my eyes.

"What happened to trying and eating healthy?"

"Keyword: trying," she said. "Please? I promise I'll eat all my dinner..." she made her eyes bigger, and poked her lip out further. I was a sucker for that face. I groaned and stood up. She instantly started to giggle. "Don't forget cherries! Christian loves cherries!"

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Seth's P.o.V.

I sat down on my bed looking at videos Jazmyn and I had made on the video camera I'd gotten for Christmas. I smiled as I watched her throw a snowball at the camera lens.

"Ha!" I heard her laugh as I wiped the snow off the lens. I laughed a little as my laughing face came into view. Then the video stopped and switched instantly to when we were filming something for school. The green screen was in the back, and Jazmyn was dancing crazily in front of it. She was in her pajamas, and singing The Lazy Song...For a project for Mr. Gomez's class. "Nothin' at all! Ooh, ooh. Ooh, ooh! Ooh! Nothin' at all!"

I couldn't wait for Jazz to come back. School was really boring without her. She was pretty much all of my classes since we were Freshmen...And spending time with Collin and Brady isn't as much fun as spending time with her. But I could take two more days, right?

Sure...

I turned the camera off and put it back on the nightstand. I hummed to myself and walked down the stairs. I could smell food...And, well...I was hungry! I smiled when I saw the Cullens still here. They actually weren't that bad once you got to know them.

"Seth!" Alice cried, running up towards me. I had to actually look down at her, she was so short. "Try this dip! I made it myself!" Without waiting for an answer, she shoved the spoonful of red stuff in my mouth. I swallowed.

"It's...Really good, Alice. I like it," I replied. And it was. Not too mild...Not too spicy...Right in the middle. Alice grinned and walked back into the kitchen. I took a seat on the couch next to Leah. She was humming silently, eating a bowl of ice cream. I plucked the cherry off the top and threw it into my mouth. Leah stared at me.

"Do you really want your niece or nephew to hate you?" she asked, narrowing her eyes. I shrugged and rubbed her belly.

"For all you know, I could have saved Baby Jay...Or Chris...Whatever. How do you know if the baby's allergic to cherries or not?"

"Seth, really? No one's allergic to cherries," Leah said, giving her bowl to Jacob and crossing her arms.

"You never know!" I laughed. She laughed, too. All of a sudden the door opened and Bella walked in with Edward trailing behind her. Leah looked at me, widened her eyes for a second then took the bowl back from Jacob. She stood up to go put it away.

"Hey," Edward said, coming to join us in the living room. I smiled at him. He looked at the TV. "Who's winning?" Rosalie jumped up, Paul right next to her.

"C'mon! C'mon! C'mon!" Paul was chanting. He groaned when the clock buzzed, signaling the end of the first half.

"Looks like my team's winning," Rosalie said, putting her finger between her teeth...As if she did something naughty. "Are you ready to give up yet?"

"Never in a million years!" Paul said. I rolled my eyes and scooted over towards the edge of the couch when I saw Leah coming back in. She sat down next to Jake. Bella looked at her.

"Leah? I didn't know your sorry self came back to town?" Bella said coldly. Everyone got silent, but didn't look at what was going on. "What happened? Was New York too much for you?" Leah shrugged.

"Yeah. I've been back since...The end of October," she answered coolly. Whoa. She'd really gotten rid of her temper. If Bella had asked her something like this, like, two years ago, Bella would be a dead duck by now. "I guess I just needed to get home." Leah looked at Jake and smiled as she said this. He grinned back. After Leah's answer, Bella seemed to notice her swollen stomach. Leah's hands flew to it, but she stared ahead at the screen, rubbing it nonchalantly.

"Humph. I think I know what happened...You got pregnant. Then you immediately came back here and forced these poor guys to help you," Bella said in a nasally voice. I began to shake. Bella didn't have any right to talk to my sister that way. Leah put her hand on my knee. It took a couple of seconds, but I calmed down. I didn't want to put her or my future niece or nephew in any trouble. "Was the baby daddy not supportive? That's too bad...A bastard baby." I stood up and walked out of the house to phase outside. Bella was out of control, and she was making me mad.

I had to leave before I killed her.

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Jacob's P.o.V.

It took all of my willpower to not phase and rip Bella's throat out right then and there. Seth had already left, and I would have, too...But I didn't want to leave Leah here alone.

"Bells, stop it," Edward commanded. He gritted his teeth together, and narrowed his eyes in annoyance. Wait...Annoyance? Did Edward actually find Bella as annoying as the rest of us did?

"Stop what? It's not my fault the slut can't keep her legs closed," Bella retorted. Leah clamped her hand to her mouth and squeezed her eyes shut. I was shaking really hard now.

"Bella, I think you need to leave," I hissed. Bella stood up and walked over to me. She put her hands on my shoulder. I whacked it away.

"What's wrong, Jake? I thought that you'd be happy I finally got rid of that...Thing." I started to shake faster. Rachael came over and put her hands on my shoulders.

"Calm down, Jacob," she whispered into my ear. I took deep breaths and stopped shaking a couple of seconds later.

"Yeah, Jake. Calm down. You could hurt someone," Bella said. I frowned at her.

"I'm not the one who's going to hurt someone," I sat back down next to Leah. She looked like she was trying hard not to cry. I rubbed circles on her back. "You know, Bells, the 'thing' you're talking about has a name. Her name's Leah. And she's my girlfriend," I looked back at Bella, and so did everyone else. Her eyes flashed for a second, but then they went back to narrow slits.

"Yeah, well...I bet you wouldn't even be with her if you didn't feel bad for that bastard baby she's carrying." Rachael kept her hands on my shoulders as I shook even more.

"Don't talk about my baby that way," I hissed. The shaking in my body became worse and I could feel my bones shifting around some more. "Rachael...Back away. I don't want to hurt you if I phase." Rachael stepped back slowly next to Paul.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's...Your baby...?" Bella asked. When she realized how bad I was shaking, she backed towards the door. "E-Edward, let's go." She opened the door and waited. Edward didn't move. "I said 'let's go', Edward!" she whisper-yelled.

"Bella, I'm sick and tired of your games. You love me one second, then the next, you're pining for Jacob! And then you come running back to me...I except you with open arms...But now...Who are you trying to fool?" Edward asked. He was clearly mad. I calmed down enough to just small little shivers. I would have never expected in a million years that Edward would have the audacity to talk to Bella like that. Bella walked forward and gave Edward the best puppy dog face she could muster up...It just ended up looking like a cross between a grimace and a bull dog. I looked down, trying not to laugh.

"Edward...? What are you saying?"

"I'm staying here. And we're..." he pointed to himself and then at her. "...Done." I heard someone snort a laugh from behind me, and turned to see it was Esme.

"You...You can't do this to me, Edward!" Bella said, her face red.

"He just did," Rosalie said, standing up. She pushed Bella out the door and gave her a 'ta-ta' wave. "Bye-bye, Bells." She slammed the door in her face. I erupted with laughter as I heard Bella scream in frustration.

"Ooh, that felt so good!" Rosalie exclaimed. She looked genuinely happy. "I always hated her, you know."

"We know," the rest of the vampires answered together.

"I'm so happy she's out of my life now," Edward said plopping down back on the floor. "I've been dropping so many hints...But today she just pushed me over the edge."

"I have to admit, though, Edward. I never expected that you would have the balls to talk to Bella like that." Emmett laughed. Edward glared at him. I kneeled beside Leah, who was rubbing her stomach fiercely.

"You okay, Lee?" I asked her. She looked at me and nodded.

"She was obviously jealous," Alice confirmed, bringing out plates and setting them on the table. "I feel so foolish for even thinking that she was my friend. She's so fake." I smiled at Alice and held Leah's hand.

"I'm really okay, Jake. The baby's just kicking, is all," Leah explained. She breathed in deeply and then let it out. "I'm...Fine..." Then she grimaced, and growled.

"You don't look okay," I said. Leah shook her head.

"I'm just...Going to go to bed, okay?" she stood up and walked upstairs without waiting for an answer. I stared after her until Seth stepped in front of me.

"I see Bella's finally gone...Is Lee okay?" he asked. I shrugged.

"I don't know. She just went to bed," I answered.

"Food's ready!" Alice exclaimed happily, hopping into the middle of the living room, blocking the TV.

"No! Alice, move!" Rosalie yelled, standing up. Oh, yeah. The bet between her and Paul. Paul laughed and cheered as his team scored another touchdown. Rosalie crossed her arms and sat back down. "We've still got ten minutes left in the game. No worries."

"No worries my-"

"Language!" Quil shouted as Claire wandered into the room. "Don't poison Baby Claire with your terrible words."

"Yeah, Paul," Rosalie added with a sneer. "There's a child in here." Paul rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to the TV screen. I stood up and limped my way towards the kitchen to make Leah a plate.

"Is she okay?" Emily asked, pouring some tea into a glass.

"I think so..." I answered, putting some carrots onto Leah's plate. "She's upstairs now."

"Bella had no right to come in and talk to you guys that way," Sue said, clucking her tongue. "It took all of my power not to go in there and break her apart piece by piece," she finished, wringing her hands. The other two women in the kitchen and I stared at her. She looked at us and smiled sheepishly, fangs and all. "Sorry." I laughed and scooped up some rice.

"S'okay. I had the same feeling. Hey, Esme? Throw me a bottle of water?" I held up my hand and caught the bottle as she tossed it to me. Then I went upstairs. I knocked on Leah's door before going in. She was sitting on her bed, legs crossed. She had her palms on her thighs and her eyes closed. She opened an eye when I came in and smiled.

"That smells good," she whispered.

"Thank the lovely ladies in the kitchen," I replied as she took a bite of her roast beef.

"Mhm...This tastes so good!" she said in between bites. I laughed and watched her eat.

"I have some news for you...!" I winked at her. She set down her plate and looked at me expectantly.

"Jazz's coming back early...With her parents. They bought a house here and they're flying in on Thursday." Leah's eyes widened and she grinned happily.

"Really? Oh, it's been so quiet without her here! I can't wait until she comes back...And just in time for my baby shower on Saturday!" I smiled, remembering her party.

"Yeah, who are you inviting?" I asked.

"Esme and her girls...Mrs. Thail...Mrs. Call...Emily, Jazz, and Kim, of course...Mrs. Ataera...Mrs. Littlesea..."

"You've become really close to Esme and the other Cullens lately," I chuckled. Leah shrugged.

"I guess they just...Grew on me." She sat in silence for a few more seconds, looking down.

"What are you thinking about, Lee?" I asked, even though I think I pretty much knew what was going on inside her head. "Is it about what Bella said?" Leah looked back up at me and blushed.

"I can't help wondering...If what she said about me was true..." she got quiet as tears streamed down her face. I sat down next to her on the bed and pulled her close to me.

"Please don't cry, Leelah...You know I don't like it when you do," I tried to soothe her by rubbing circles up and down her arms. Leah sniffed.

"I'm sorry...It's probably just these damn pregnancy hormones," she chuckled in spite of herself, and sniffed again.

"Besides, if what she said was true, then I wouldn't be here right now...Next to you...Enjoying the time that I have with my two favorite girls in the world," I looked down at her and kissed the top of her head. Leah giggled.

"You mean one favorite girl in the world. We don't know if Junior here is a boy or girl yet."

"Hey! Don't ruin my dreams! I actually want a little girl." Leah looked up at me, grinning.

"Really?" I nodded in response. "Well...I don't care what our baby turns out to be. As long as he's healthy...Or she has ten little fingers and toes..." she giggled some more. "I just want us to be happy." I leaned down and kissed her.

"Me, too."

Sorry about the weird ending...I didn't know how else to end it! I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas! I love you all...And God bless!

~SashaFierce12.0

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