A/N: To the Guest reviewer: all of your questions will be answered in this chapter!

-Also to anyone that's reading please feel free to point out when something needs editing or seems a little off. I felt like I didn't do so great on this chapter so I'd like to know how I could improve it or do better in the future.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

For the last couple of weeks Leah has had to do several things that she has found to be very painful.

The first was when her mother called to inform her that her step-father Charlie would be visiting his daughter Bella and the rest of the Cullen family in Massachusetts for a portion of the summer.

At first Leah had not understood why mother was informing her of this. Then her mother begged her to come spend the two weeks that Charlie would be gone with her in Washington. After much prodding Leah had reluctantly agreed to her mother's request.

And of course after Leah had agreed to go on the trip her mother had decided to remind her about the Summer Solstice party that would be held on First Beach in La Push.

And of course Leah's mother had wanted her to attend that as well.

And of course no was not an acceptable response.

So not only was Leah convinced to come back to Washington but she was also dragged right back to La Push to party on the beach with a good chunk of the people she despised the most as well.

The second was the drive Leah and Davina had taken from Black River, St Elizabeth Parish to Montego Bay, St James Parish. Of course Leah had enjoyed the drive, she loved driving through Jamaica and seeing all of its beauty, but the closer she got to Montego Bay the sicker she felt.

The third was the flight from Sanger International Airport to William Fairchild International Airport. Davina had spent the entirety of the flight sleeping with her head propped up against Leah's shoulder and her dark kinky curls splayed across the older woman's chest. Unlike Davina, Leah never slept, she spent the entire flight wide eyed and jittery. It was the longest 6 hours and 58 minutes of her life.

The fourth and the most painful of them all was the one she was going through right now: the short drive from her mother and stepfathers' home to her younger brother's house (previously the Clearwater family home) in La Push.

This is the part of the trip that Leah dreads the most. She could handle a visit with her mother (she loved her mother even though at times she could nag and pry with the best of them.), she could also handle sleeping in Bella's old bedroom, heck she could even handle running into the few people in Forks she knew and their faux kindness and familiarity. But this, going back to La Push to see her estranged brother and former pack mates, felt like her worst nightmare. These were the people who could transform her from a confident woman in her mid-thirties to a defensive teenaged girl who felt like she was constantly on trial. She felt like she was being thrown to the wolves, literally.

And as Leah drove to her brother's she really, really tried not to think about it. Really she di-

"Leah!" Davina and Sue both screamed.

"Crap!" Leah muttered as she quickly straightened up the rental car before it could completely veer off the road. "Sorry guys."

Sue, who was seated in the passenger seat of the car, looked concerned at Leah. "Are you okay honey?" She asked softly.

Before Leah could answer (more like evade) Davina broke in.

"Yeah, are you trying to kill us or something?" Davina arched her right eyebrow and did her best to look suspicious.

Leah looked at the girl through the rear view mirror. She flashed her a grin and a wink. "Hmmm…maybe."

Davina shook her head. "You're a wicked one, you hear!"

Leah chuckled. "Well then you're a rude girl."

"I'm not a thug!" Davina shouted.

Sue nodded. "Davina's an angel."

A huge smile spread across Davina's face. "Thanks Mama Clearwater!"

Leah rolled her eyes. "You obviously haven't seen her when she's just woke up in the morning. Girl's like a zombie monster combo."

Sue laughed and Davina scowled.

"Now hush, I need to concentrate on my driving."

Davina snorted. "I agree since you almost drove us off the road."

The rest of the drive was mostly spent with small talk between Sue and Davina and silence on Leah's end.

When the three finally arrived at the Old Clearwater home, they got out of the car and headed straight for the porch.

Before knocking on the door Leah looked around the outside of the house. It had been a very long time since she'd been at the house she had grown up in and even though the changes made to the house were few the place seemed so unfamiliar to her now. Leah let out a long sigh before giving the door three hard knocks.

As they stood on the porch of the house waiting for Seth to answer the door, Leah felt a familiar tug on the back of her brown blouse.

"It's okay Dav." Leah whispered soothingly. "You have no reason to be afraid."

Leah had reassured the girl many a times. When Davina was a young pup traveling with her pack she was taught to beware of strange wolves. The only strange wolf she had ever encountered without any wariness or fear was Leah on the day they met.

When the door opened Seth Clearwater, now 6'5 and very muscled, immediately brought his mother into a hug.

"Hey mom, feels like it's been forever." He stated as the two stepped out of the hug.

Sue rolled her eyes. "I just brought you groceries three days ago!"

Seth nodded while looking at his mother thoughtfully. "I miss those groceries too." Sue shook her head and gave him a slap on his upper arm. "Oww!"

Leah chuckled. "Oh you know that doesn't hurt."

"Leah?!" Seth's eyes looked as though they were about to fall out of their sockets.

He suddenly grabbed Leah, causing Davina to flee to Sue's side, and wrapped her into a tight bear hug lifting her off of the ground as he did so. "It's been so long sis."

Leah hugged back even though she felt slightly uncomfortable with the closeness. In Jamaica she had watched brothers interact, hell sibling in general, and knew that the relationship with her brother that she had in the best was not the greatest especially on his end. So she was very wary of him.

When Seth finally put his sister down and turned back to his mother and his sight was immediately set on Davina.

"And who's this?" Seth asked as he eyed Davina up and down. "Are you a wolf from the pack that Leah joined?"

Davina stood up tall and beamed. "Yes! My mother and father are the alpha pair actually."

Seth smiled widely. "Cool!" Then he paused and thought for a moment before excitedly and quickly asking, "Does that mean that you get to inherit the pack or something?"

Davina turned to Leah smiling knowingly. "Not quite."

Both Seth and Sue turned to Leah looking at bit confused.

"What does that mean sis?"

"It means none of your business bro."

"Aww come on Leah!" Then Seth smiled over at Davina. "Buzz kill, ain't she kid?"

Davina's eyebrows scrunched up and she shook her head. "No she's the best."

Davina didn't really like this stranger talking bad of Leah, even if it was in a joking kind of way. She felt that she (and her family and Mama Clearwater and Mr. Charlie of course) could only joke with Leah in that way.

Seth shrugged uncomfortably. "Uh…you guys just want to head straight over to First Beach?" He looking between his mother and sister.

Leah tensed but then quickly relaxed when she felt a small hand slip into her own. She offered Davina a warm smile before looking back to Seth. "Okay." Then she turned to her mother grinning. "You sure you're up to it mom?"

The older Clearwater woman put her hand on her chest and widened her eyes. "Watch your mouth young lady! I could make that walk any day!"

Davina laughed. "Of course you can Mama Clearwater!" and then she turned to Leah with a bright smile on her face. "Can we race Leah? Can we? Can we?"

Leah rolled her eyes, sometimes Davina seemed more like the 4 year old Leah met 11 years ago than the 15 year old she actually was. Leah smiled at her though, she loved Davina in all forms (even the grumpy zombie-monster the girl was in the early morning) and nodded. "Yes but you'll have to race with Seth." Then Leah nodded toward her mother. "Someone needs to walk with this old lady." Leah flashed the older woman a cheeky grin when she felt her side get elbowed.

Seth gave Davina his warmest smile. "Sound good to you kid?"

Davina studied him carefully before nodding slowly. "Okay." And then she took off in a run down the sidewalk. Yelling back to Seth, "Last one there is a rudie!"

Seth looked at Leah confused. "Rudie?"

Leah thought for a second. "Sort of like a juvenile delinquent."

Seth just shrugged and took off after the girl.

Leah turned to Sue smiling. "They're two of the biggest kids I know."

When they finally arrived at the beach it was around seven in the evening and the Summer Solstice party had already begun. All around them people were milling about, there was food cooking on multiple fire pits spread out along the beach and there was pop music coming from large black speakers hooked up to a surround sound system.

They weren't at the party for two minutes before a familiar voice called out to them.

"Clearwater!"

Leah looked up and saw Quil Ateara approaching the small group as they walked up the beach.

First he hi-fived Seth. "Hey!"

Then he offered Sue a broad smile. "Hi Sue! Haven't seen you come by with the groceries lately." And of course that was met with a slap on the arm. "Oww!"

And lastly, he eyed Leah (and Davina too since she was clinging to the older woman again) up and down.

"Well look what we have here. Miss Leah Clearwater decided to show her face in La Push for the first time in what… 10 no 11 years. So what brings you back home stranger?"

Leah had realized several weeks ago that she'd get the "Why'd you come back?" question. At first she had rehearsed responses but then she decided in true Leah fashion that she didn't need to explain herself that she'd just go with the truth.

"My mom."

Quil put a hand to his chest in mock hurt. "Just your mom? Nobody else? Well I'm hurt."

Leah rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

"And who are you?" Quil said eying Davina, who was still clinging to Leah.

Leah shrugged Davina off of her but immediately took the girl's hand in hers when she moved to stand beside her. Leah then used both of their hands to gesture towards Quil.

"Davina this is Quil Ateara, a member of the pack that I was a part of when I lived here in La Push." Then Leah looked at Quil. "Quil this is Davina George, a member of the pack that I currently run with in Jamaica."

Quil smiled at Davina and Davina regarded him with the same wariness and suspicious expression that she had given Seth earlier.

"She's a wolf?" Quil asked Leah.

"Yes."

Quil grinned at Leah. "Well look at that you're not the only girl anymore."

Davina looked at Quil confused. "My mama's a wolf and many other wolves in my pack are female as well. Come to think of it my papa said that a pack with no females seemed very unnatural and strange too."

Leah and Sue laughed at the shocked expression that crossed not only Quil's but Seth's face as well.

"Uh, I'm going to go find the Youngs', I'll catch up with you guys later." Quil stated when he got over his shock.

They said their goodbyes and Quil ran off in the opposite direction.

The rest of the first half of the party seemed to go that way. Leah and her little group would run into familiar people, say hellos, make introductions and then depart.

After a little while they all split up.

Sue went to chat with Billy and Old Quil while Seth ran off to hang out with his fellow pack mates. Leah and Davina choose to take a seat by themselves on a log in front of a fire pit further down the beach and have some food.

For the first two hours they sat alone, chatting, laughing, joking, and eating.

Leah wished they had been left alone but of course they weren't.

"Hey!"

When Leah looked toward the person who spoke she was not surprised; she was sure she could recognize that voice anywhere. And if she were to be completely honest, she wished that she didn't have to hear or see the person that it came from.

"Emily."

Beside Emily stood Sam and Embry Call. All three were holding plates. Leah could only guess that they were going to try to eat and chat.

"Yup that's me." Emily said smiling. Then she nudged Sam.

"Hi Leah." Sam stated.

Leah nodded. "Sam, Embry."

Embry gave her a small smile. "Leah."

The three, without any invitation, sat down on the other logs surrounding the fire pit Leah and Davina were seated at.

"So who's your friend?" Emily asked after the five had sat in awkward silence for a couple of minutes.

Leah groaned internally, she felt like she had made the same introduction a hundred times in the span of two hours.

"Emily, Sam and Embry, this is Davina George. She's a wolf from the pack I'm a part of in Jamaica." Then she tapped Davina, who's face was buried in her fifth serving of hot dogs and fries, to force the girl to look up. "And Davina this is Emily, Sam and Embry." Leah gestured around to them individually as she spoke their names.

As Leah had said the names and gestured, Davina had looked at each of them and offered them small waves. Like every other stranger she'd met that day she regarded them warily.

After the introduction was made, they chatted a bit. The standard questions about Davina being a wolf and Leah's decision to return home being asked before things lapsed back into an awkward uncomfortable silence again.

Leah hoped that after a while the three would take the hint and leave but of course things could not be so simple.

"Leah." Davina whispered as she tugged Leah's blouse sleeve.

"Hmmm kid."

"He's staring."

Leah looked down toward Davina, her eyebrows scrunched up in confusion. "What kid? Who?"

Davina thought for a moment before simply stating, "Embry."

Leah froze momentarily before looking at Embry and realizing that yes his gaze was directed at Davina and of course he looked like a lovesick fool while he was doing it.

Leah stood immediately, alerting Sam and Emily.

"Hell no!" She growled out. She could feel her blood hot in her veins, the need to shift and maul Embry strong.

A bewildered Davina stood as well, clinging to Leah's side instantly.

"What?" Sam and Emily both asked at once as they looked at Leah alarmed.

The answer came from Embry. "I imprinted."

Then three sets of eyes were upon the frightened Davina.

Leah glared fiercely back at the three of them.

"There's nothing to talk about." Leah stated firmly her gaze locked with Embry's, who seemed to be cowering under the intense glare she was giving him.

Leah was currently seated on a black leather sofa in the Uley house surrounded by members of Sam's back and a few of the imprints. She had been corralled here by her mother and brother at the urging of Sam and Emily. If it had been up to Leah she would have been well on her way with Davina back to the airport and on the next flight to Montego Bay. But Leah had decided to indulge her mother, who had pleaded with her to hear the pack out, on the condition that Davina would remain in the car with Sue and not step a single foot in the Uley house. Quite frankly, Leah didn't give a damn about anything that any of them had to say and she planned on letting them know just that.

"Do you always have to be such a bitch Leah?" Of course that was Paul. Imprinting on Rachel had mellowed him out quite a bit but obviously it didn't extend to everyone.

Leah crossed her legs and grinned at him maliciously. "Why yes, yes I do."

"Look Lea-." Emily tried.

"No!" Leah snapped back. "She's a child! A child."

"It's not like that!" Embry shouted.

Leah burst into humorless laughter, everyone present in the Uley's living room looked around at her as if she were crazy. "What kinds of drugs do you take to make yourself actually believe that statement?" Leah studied Emily carefully. "Because really, we all know where almost everyone in this room wants this to head."

"Listen Leah-." Sam began.

"No I want you to listen. In the country where she comes from her parents would have no trouble getting away with killing him for being a 27 year old man preying on their 15 year old daughter." And then Leah's face broke into another malicious grin. "Hell, not only would the police turn a blind eye they would probably even welcome it."

This is when Jared stepped in attempting to be the voice of reason. "Throwing out threats won't help a damn thing Leah."

Leah gave the same humorless again and shook her head. "As her father would say, it's not a threat it's a promise."

"Leah she's his imprint. They belong with one another. He loves her." Emily spoke softly.

Leah stared at Emily hard, causes the other woman to shrink back. "He loves her?" She looked as though she were tossing the statement around in her head. "You want to know what love is. Love is when the two of you rock in a wooden rocking chair together on the porch of your home while she snuggles into your chest and murmurs your name as she falls asleep. Love is when that same girl's mother and you scramble around her room with thermometers and soup and tons of blankets. When the two of you crawl into bed and surround her with your warmth because you pray that it will take away her sickness quicker. Because you can't stand to see her ill and tired. Love is when she looks up at you smiling and says that she loves you and you can hear it in her voice and see it in her eyes." She pauses for a moment. "Real love is built over time, it doesn't just fall out of nowhere."

When Leah was done talking, she stood and headed toward the front door. But before she left she stopped at Embry.

She felt that she needed to make one last thing very clear.

She stepped to the taller male until her mouth was inches from his and then she gave him the angriest glare she could muster before growling out. "She. Is. Mine." And then she exited the house.

"We're going home either now or tomorrow morning." Leah did not even glance toward the passenger seat where her mother was seated, she just stared straight ahead out at the dark road.

"Leah…please." Sue begged.

Leah could feel it, that feeling of another painful choice being added to the list of painful things she had done. But this time the feeling didn't last; it died as quickly as it began.

"I'm calling her parents." Was Leah's only response.

For a moment the only sound inside the car was Davina's light snoring coming from the backseat.

"The Georges' will not be happy."

"Lea-." Sue began to plead.

"I love you mom but you will not argue with me about this. I'm calling them and that's final."

"Okay."

The rest of the drive went on in silence. When they arrived at the Swan-Clearwater residence, Leah wasted no time in retrieving Davina from the backseat of the car and carrying her upstairs to bed. She stripped the girl, dressed her in her purple pajamas and then deposited her in the center of the bed. After that she headed straight into the bathroom and pulled out her phone.

It rung twice before someone answered.

"Leah?"

"Hi Wes…"A description of the recent events just came tumbling out of Leah's mouth. When she finished explaining the entire crazy situation, she took a deep breath and waited for a response.

"Well that was unexpected."

Leah almost laughed. She had known Wesley George for a long time and that was far from the response she had been expecting.

"You know I kind of thought you'd be doing a whole lot of other things."

When she heard Wesley's warm laughter come through the phone speaker, Leah smiled.

"Trust me Leah if it weren't for the fact that it's late and that Sharon's sleeping I would be cursing to the heavens and breaking things right this moment. Preferably the neck of the fool who thinks he has any claim over my daughter. "

Leah chuckled. "You and me both."

"I know that you're there though and that you love my daughter dearly." Then Wesley chuckled. "And I also know that unlike the church you don't suffer fools gladly."

Leah smiled. "Never!"

"And you'll keep Davina safe?" He know he didn't have to ask.

Leah's face was the perfect picture of resolution. "With my life."

"Then finish your visit with your mother. I know Sharon misses Davina terribly right now-."

"I can imagine." Leah interjected. She thought of Davina's loving and devoted mother with a smile.

"And I too can imagine how your mother, who only sees you once a year, must feel about an already short visit being cut even shorter." Wesley thought for a moment. "I like your mother, so again I say stay. Just watch my daughter like a hawk and make sure that boy understands his place and what I'd do if he didn't, ya hear?"

"Yes I hear."

"Alright then. Goodnight Leah. Love you."

"Goodnight Wes and love you too."

After hanging up the phone, Leah headed into of the house and went straight to the guest room. She didn't bother with washing up in the bathroom or pajamas, she just stripped and dropped down into the bed beside Davina falling asleep almost instantly.

A/N: Again I hope everyone enjoyed reading and please review :)!

-Also I might rewrite this chapter, I don't really feel that happy with. Some parts feel a bit rushed and also feel like I should edit it some more. If I do end up doing a rewrite I'll be sure to leave an author's note mentioning it.