Landslide; Chapter Two

Authors note: So I admit that the song 'Loved You First' by One Direction helped my inspiration for this chapter, haha, don't hate me. Enjoy! Jacob's point of view

"Dude!" Embry cried when I walked in through the door. Quil and Seth weren't home I assumed and I shut the door behind me, leaning against it. "What the Hell!" Embry seemed more shocked than I was.

"You can't bring this up to the others. Don't think about it in wolf form, either. She doesn't need to know you know," I said.

"But dude," Embry said, emphatically. "That's Leah! Leah Clearwater just kissed you! She doesn't like anyone, but apparently she likes you, Jake."

"Embry," Jacob said, sighing. "I imprinted on Nessie..."

He frowned. "Yeah, yeah, I know but I still think it's kind of miraculous that Leah has any feelings aside from hostility. We sure got enough of that in Sam's pack. When Quil and I came over to your pack, we expected her to be... Well, the same, but it's like she's not even there and neither of us really got it. We figured she was just happy to be away from Sam; but it was you. She was happy to be with you."

I groaned. "She was pretty hard to deal with at first, but a few nights after she joined, and I told her she couldn't stay we got to talking and... We got each other. She was hurting over Sam and I was still pretty miserable about Bella having thrown her life away. Usually we just bickered, telling the other to get over it, but she really opened up to me and we came to an understanding but I didn't think that this would happen. I mean, I can't hurt her again like Sam did, but I can't just... Forget that I imprinted on Nessie."

Embry started laughing. "Leah wants you man."

"Embry!" I cried, "Seriously come on! I don't know what to do here!"

Then, Seth and Quil entered the house, pushing me away from the door. "What's going on?" Seth asked, probably hearing my outburst from outside.

"Leah kissed Jacob," Embry said, grinning. "Can you believe it?"

"Embry!" I cried.

Seth looked at me, bewildered. "What?"

I sighed, running a hand through my hair, exasperated. "This isn't leaving this room, do you all understand?"

"When?" Seth asked.

I turned to him, Quil going over to sit by Embry, shocked. "Like, ten minutes ago," I said. "She ran off after... I didn't know what to tell her. I mean..."

"Don't hurt her," Seth pleaded. "Please, please don't hurt her."

I never realized how deeply Seth cared about his sister until then; how badly he couldn't stand to see her hurt. "I'll try not to. But man, I've imprinted. I didn't know she felt that way. What am I supposed to do? Nessie's the one I'm supposed to be with."

"You're supposed to be what the other needs. Jacob... Renesmee's not going to die. You're going to age and die eventually. You're in the circumstance Bella was in; be with Edward as a human, or be a vampire. As a human.. She'd be a old woman and he would still look 17. She had to change, but you can't change to be with Renesmee. I think that she's just going to need you as a friend, I really do. Otherwise the imprint... It just doesn't make sense."

I looked to Seth, his words speaking volumes. He sounded so much mature than he really was. "Well, I hadn't really though of that."

"I'm not saying you should be with my sister," Seth said. "I don't even know what she wants, she may just be really confused. It's not Leah to just... Well, kiss you. She must really like you, but I don't know what's going on in her mind. But I just think the imprint you have... It's not logical, Jake. I'm sorry. I don't think you should let it stop you from living a life that you choose is what I'm saying."

Embry spoke up, then. "Sorry for being a dick earlier, but Seth's right. I mean, I don't really want to see images of you and Leah making out or anything while patrolling as much as the next guy," Seth cringed at Embry's words and Quil chuckled in agreement. "But don't let something that's so... uncertain tie you up, man."

"I imprinted," Quil said. "And yes, it's like a huge force of gravity, and I can't imagine being without Claire, but I accepted the imprint. I don't know why we imprint, but maybe it's just because of fertility so we don't die out, but we don't even know if Renesmee can have kids; she half vampire. Her body doesn't change, so that isn't even solid anymore. Maybe it's to always have someone close to you, whatever the cause, I don't know and I don't really care all that much because I'm happy, but maybe imprinting is flawed and doesn't completely work out in your case. None of us know, and we don't know about Leah, either because she's the first female wolf. You're both in a tight position. Maybe you can just learn to be best friends with an imprint, I don't know."

"So you're saying that because Renesmee won't die that my imprint is nothing like yours? I still want to be around her and want to take care of her!" I said, frustrated.

"No, man," Embry said. "We're saying that although you feel the need to protect Nessie, maybe it doesn't need to be romantic. Maybe none of our imprints technically have to be romantic."

Honestly, I just wanted to be normal and the thought of having imprinted in a flawed way angered me. I just wanted someone to grow old with and be able to be happy with. "I'm going to go for a run," I said, shaking my head, clearing my thoughts.

"Leah's in wolf form," Seth reminded me. "Be careful."

"No I'm not," Leah said, entering the room. She looked normal, completely at ease – well as at ease as she ever was – and I wasn't sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing. "But I appreciate you telling them," she looked to me anger in her eyes.

"I didn't," I said quickly, trying to defend myself.

"He never, Lea-" Embry pipped in, too.

But she stormed up the stairs, into her bedroom and slammed the door behind her before he got a chance to explain. I cursed, forgetting what the guys just said and I looked to Seth. "I'll talk to her," I told him, following Leah upstairs. Her bedroom door was shut, and I was thankful we hadn't got locks installed on them yet. I turned the knob but the door didn't open.

Ah, a chair.

"Leah open the door, please."

No answer.

I hated making my friends do things against their wills, but I needed to straighten things out with her. In my Alpha voice, I spoke. "Leah, open the door right now."

She couldn't disobey my orders, and she did as I asked a few seconds later, unhappily.

"If I wanted to be controlled you know I would have stayed with Sam," she muttered when I shut the door behind me.

I frowned, "I hardly ever make you do things for one, and for two, you chose this pack."

She stayed silent. She sat on her bed facing away from me, looking out the window at the swaying trees. Leah wasn't usually quiet and I frowned. "Well it was better than staying in Sam's," she sighed.

"Come on Lee, yell at me or hit me or something."

She turned around, catching my eyes. "I'm exhausted. My own mind exhausts itself in the run of a few hours a day. I don't know what I want to say anymore. I shouldn't have kissed you, I apologize."

Her being so level-headed about her emotions was weird. Usually she expressed them without thinking, but I guess she had time to think while she ran. This wasn't her, though. "No, you shouldn't have," I admitted.

"Because you've imprinted on that fucking half-breed leech child," she added, dropping my gaze, but not turning her body away.

I looked at her, and sighed. I wished she would just call her Renesmee. "Yeah... So why did you kiss me then?" I asked, curiously.

She caught my gaze before frowning. "When I joined your pack... You know, forget it. It's not like it matters. I'm just a genetic-dead end anyways."

"You're not, you know you're not. When you stop phasing you'll be fi-"

"How do you expect me to stop phasing!?" She yelled. "After everything I went through with dad and Sam and now this. I'm so tired of this, all of it! I hate all of the Cullen's for taking Sam away from me, and now yo-" She cut herself off, looking down, playing with her fingers.

"Me?"

"I said forget it, Jacob," she said, miserably.

"No, Leah," I said sternly.

"You always thinks you know best, don't you?! You think you understand what I'm going through but you don't, not entirely. You're so freaking cocky."

"I know-"

"Stop saying that," she said, shaking her head, pinching the bridge of her nose. "You don't know anything."

"Then explain it to me, Leah! For God sake! I'm trying to figure this out, out of the fucking blue you just kiss me and then, nothing! You have to bare with me here!"

"Just forget about it, Jacob! Please. Don't make this awkward and unbearable for either of us, or the rest of the pack."

"I'm not doing anything, Leah. I didn't do anything. I'm just trying to... You know, I don't know what I'm trying to do. If you want to be like this and push everyone who gives a damn away then I can't do anything for you anymor-"

"That's fine," she cut me off. "I can take care of myself, that was a spur of the moment thing, I apologize, and it won't happen again. Settled?"

"No it's not settled," I didn't understand why she wasn't being forthcoming with me considering she had just freaking kissed me.

"Jacob?" Embry called from downstairs. "Sam's here to see you."

I knew Sam was dropping by; the packs were merging tonight over on the reservation for a party on the beach; Emily and Sam's engagement party. Everything had been so hectic, the night Leah and Seth left, he had proposed to Emily, and they never got a chance to be happy about that. Leah hadn't known until after the confrontation with the volturi, but admittedly she took it better than any of us would have expected.

"You okay?" I asked Leah.

She nodded and although I didn't feel right leaving her alone, I left her room and went downstairs seeing Sam in the living room, watching TV. I would talk to Leah about this later, when we were away from any eavesdropping ears.

"Hey Jake," he said casually. There was still slight tension between us from when I had broken into my own pack, but we had learned to put it aside for the betterment of all of the members in both packs, so we could all stay brothers.

I didn't want Sam to know that Leah had kissed me. Honestly, I still didn't know what to do about it, and... Well, Sam was her ex and everyone knew he did still care about Leah. His feelings for Emily obviously overrode his for Leah, but he felt horribly guilty for what he did to her, and Embry and Quil told me he was miserable when he realized she was so miserable in his pack that she had left and chosen my own. Honestly, what could he have expected? He was just so used to having Leah there, I guess. Even after the break-up, her phasing had kept them connected. I decided to keep this situation between my own pack members. It was still a little awkward to think about, anyhow.

"Hey, the beach party still on tonight?" I asked him, sitting on the arm of the chair Seth was in.

"Yep, is Leah going?" He asked, keeping his voice down.

I shrugged, "As far as I know she is. She hasn't said any differently."

Seth looked up to me, giving me a concerned look.

"How's she doing?" Sam asked, giving me a sad smile. "I'm glad, it's just weird not having her around anymore. It's for the better, though. She listens to you?"

"Yep, and they listen to her when she's in charge, don't you guys?"

Embry chortled. "Yeah, not that he does that very often, thank God."

"Hey," Sam said, before refraining. It wasn't his pack anymore – he didn't have authority to discipline them.

"It's cool," I told him. "He's right, be nice. You knew when you joined that she was Beta."

Quil and Embry shrugged, "Whatever. "

Seth looked to Sam. "I'm excited to see everyone again tonight. I'm glad it's on better terms than the last time."

Sam smirked, "Me too, me too. Hey, Embry?"

"Yeah?"

"I was thinking. Now that all the Cullen business is settled for now, I wanted to know if you had any desire to... Well, see if Joshua was your father, too. We could run our DNA against each other, if you're up for it."

It surprised me that Sam brought it up. Although his father had been a flake, he didn't want to think about him cheating on his mother, too. We didn't usually talk about it. The guys, at least. Leah was a mind of her own. A torturous mind before the packs had split.

Embry looked at him for a few seconds before nodding. "I think that would be a good idea."

Sam gave him a nod, "With the wedding coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to figure out where you stand - with me at least. But we all know that it's a lot more probable that Joshua's your father, too as opposed to Billy or Old Quil."

My father definitely hadn't cheated on my mother, I had long since came to that conclusion but I stayed quiet.

"I'm going to head back, Jared and Paul are on the treaty line waiting. They don't like to be around the Cullen's much, but everyone's excited to see you all tonight." Sam said before getting up.

"Same here," Quil called as he left.

I wasn't taking Renesmee because I intended on having a couple beer and just hanging out with the guys. "I better call Edward and Bella to make sure they're okay here without any of us-"

Seth cut me off. "Jake, they're fine. Just let them know we're going to the reservation tonight."

"Right," I said. "I may come back early though. Nessie goes to bed around 8:00 so."

Authors Note: Thanks for all the reviews, guys! I'm already started on the next chapter so I hope to get that out to you within the next few days or so while I work on my other Leah/Jacob story, Wounded, too. Remember, the more reviews, the faster I write!

- Dramaticfield