I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been super busy with college applications. I've already started my next chapter! So it will be up soon! :)
Saturday seemed to take forever to arrive. I was both nervous and excited to talk to Leah. What would she tell me? Saturday morning while I was eating a bowl of cereal, Jake came over and asked if I wanted to spend the day with him. When I told him I was going to visit Leah, he pointed out how much more fun we would have. "It's fine Jake. I actually want to talk to her. Plus she probably hasn't had many visitors."
"I'll go with you then. I don't want you to go alone." I gave him a look. "Seriously? I'm not a little seven year old. I'm seventeen. I am going alone. You can drive me there if you want to but that is it."
"Nessie. I just want to make sure she doesn't hurt you. I trust you." "Then if you trust me, trust Leah too." I said, cleaning out the rest of my bowl. Jake seemed defeated. "Fine. But I am picking you up." "Great." I said. "We can hang out afterwards." The drive to the hospital was quiet after the bickering. When Jake parked he turned to me. "I will be in in one hour-"
"I'll be out when I am done. If you want to leave I'll call Dad." He sighed. "Bye." I said opening my door and stepping out towards the tall, rather cold looking building. "Hi." I said to the man at the front desk.
"Hello. How can I help you?" He said, not even looking up. "I am here to visit Leah Clearwater." After a minute he still didn't look up. "She doesn't have any expected visitors today." He said dully. Had she forgotten? "My name is Renesmee Cullen and I saw her a few days ago and she said I could visit." I was getting angry. Finally he looked up.
"Oh." He said staring at me. What was his problem? I managed an awkward smile. "She is right down that hallway, and take a left." He said pointing. "Thank you." I said. I had no idea why he just let me go, but I was glad he did. I knocked on the door. "Come in." I heard. "Hi Leah." I said walking in and standing near her bed. "Close the door." She said harshly. I did.
"And if you want to her this story you are going to want to sit down." She said staring at a chair in the corner. I dragged it over and sat next to her bed. She was not in a good mood today. "So…" I said after a few minutes of painful silence. "What can you tell me about this imprinting thing?" "I can't." Leah said, sounding final. "What do you mean you can't?" This morning was not going well for me. "Jake doesn't want-" "Right now," I said, anger clear in my voice, "I am not very happy with Jake, so please tell me." There was more silence. "Okay." Leah said happily. "But remember, if he asks you don't tell him I told you and if he finds out tell him you wanted to know."
"Okay, I will." I said back. "Well," pain sounding in her voice as she managed to sit up in her bed. "Imprinting happens with every wolf. Well maybe not every wolf because I haven't imprinted but it is supposed to happen to every wolf." I listened intently. "And it is basically when a wolf pack member meets someone and immediately falls in love. Well, not immediately because he or she has to see them grow up before then. But as they grow the wolf is their best friend all the time. They never leave their imprints side.
They love them unconditionally. They would even die for them." I was trying to soak all the information up like a sponge. "It happens whenever the wolf sees the imprintee for the first time. The wolf member who imprints doesn't age until the imprintee catches up in age. Or may never age again if the imprintee…" She paused, letting her sentence hang before slowly whispering "immortal." I was now so angry at Jacob. How could he have? "Thanks Leah." I said vaguely standing up. "I have to go now."
"Nessie!" She shouted after me as I was walking down the hall. I turned around and stood in her door way. "Please don't tell Jake about what I told you. And you are welcome to come by here anytime to visit. I'm starting to kind of like you." Without really listening I responded, "yeah Leah, no problem." And left. There was Jake. Sitting in the car in the same parking space.
I got in and slammed the door. "Whoa! Ness. No need to slam things here." "Why didn't you tell me!" I shouted at him. "What?" Jake said looking completely clueless. I didn't respond. I wanted him to think about it. After ten minutes of silence, except the humming of the car Jake said "Nessie, I honestly don't know what you are talking about." We pulled into my driveway and before the car even stopped I jumped out, ran in the house and upstairs to my bedroom where I closed the door and locked it. My whole family decided it was a good day to go hunting. Great. I lay down on my bed, curled up in a ball, crying. Why didn't he tell me? I thought as I pulled the sheets around me.