Hey everyone! So yeah, it's been awhile. I have been so busy with school and graduating and finding a job! Now, that I have down time with my job i can finally work on this story. As much as I hated it, I had to stay away from this story for awhile. For that I am sorry! Now, I will be updating everyday, if possible. I still find this story dear to my heart. There will be more action to come: like meeting the parents and Jacob finding out about Leah's little secret. I love these two pairings they really are dear to my heart.

Please comment and tell me what you think! i know this has been owed to you all and I appreciate feedback!

I tried to write a very long chapter because it's been so long!

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Edward Cullen was in fact my boyfriend. It felt weird saying that. At least, admitting it wholeheartedly to myself. I was so use to lying to myself or hiding my feelings, stuffing them into the darkest corners of my mine.

It was nice letting my mind flutter to him thinking about my kissing me and me being with him. I began to create the loveliest of images inside my head when I often thought of him. I was glad we spoke each of us pulling off our insecurities like a Band-Aid. He could trust me now and that is all I could ask of him.

The last couple of days have been a blur like I've been sitting on a wall watching my life pass. Edward has gone off with his family for a hunting trip. I remember him leaving like it were yesterday. He grabbed me, holding me close, whispering in my ear

"Watch over my heart, because, I'm leaving it with you."

I liked guarding his heart it made me feel important, worthy even. It's nice knowing that you may not belong fully to the world, but, that someone out there wants you to belong to them.

It was weird not having him around especially because we had been so used to seeing each other often. For the time being I tried reading catching up on my stories, letting my imagination take soar. Nothing inside my books seemed fictional any longer. I mean c'mon, a werewolf falling in love with a vampire… I think I had seen it all.

As I would read, for the numerous time, one of my favorite stories Wuthering Heights, I could not help but find some resemblance of Heathcliff to Edward. The way he poured out his soul, the way he loved with a burning fire. It made me shutter at the thought.

My thoughts are put to a jolt when I hear a sudden knock on my bedroom door. I close the book shut sitting up on my bed.

"Come in,"

"There you are." Jake says as he closes the door behind him. He's wearing a white cotton shirt and some shorts. "I was starting to think you were rotting in here." I smirk at him, holding up the book that was inside my hands.

"I was reading, for your information. Something, apparently you know little of."

"Who needs reading, look outside, that's all you need. Besides, I want you to come take a hike with me." I can see the genuine look on his face as he stares at me. A part of me still feels rather soar about lying to Jake and betraying him. If only he know that just a couple days before I was with his worst enemy. If only he knew that I was sneaking around behind his back dating the one person he loathed. I feel a sickening feeling inside my stomach, like a cat clawing against my insides.

I smile softly at him placing my book, my treasure, on top of my bed. I owed Jake this, I owed him this time with me.

I stand up rubbing my hands against my pink shorts.

"I'm yours for the day." I chuckle as I walk towards him.

"Good, cuz, I gotta admit I miss making fun of you."

I nudge him playfully as I pass him. I'm stronger now, due to my new realization, and he nearly falls backwards. If he were immortal he would have been thrown against the wall.

"I'll never get used to the idea that you are strong."

"Maybe, even strong then you," I tease.

We make it to the outside and the soft breeze hits against my skin. The warm feeling from the sun makes me lift out my hands and it places traces of kisses against my skin. I had been in my room for so long I forgot how nice it felt to be outside.

Sense my new powers everything seemed so much clearer. The sun seemed to dazzle blazing with orange, reds, and golds. I can see the flowers swaying along the lovely blades of grass. I can hear the faintest sounds, like, a deer galloping through the brush miles and miles away.

"That is going a little too far." He muses as he crosses his arms around his chest. I turn around facing him. I raise my eyebrow.

"Is that a challenge?"

"Ha," he chuckles. "It wouldn't even be close to a challenge." I enjoy teasing him, in fact, it's way to much fun.

"Hm," I say walking around him in a circle. This new power that I have, whether it be gift or curse, could bring me some joy for the time being. "How about we play a little game then?" He laughs to himself.

"Remember as kids, I always beat you."

"I think you're sadly delusional." I say crouching down about ready to run.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Jacob asks mimicking my movement. I nod my head,

"Of course, do you? Or are you scarred you'll be beat by a girl again." He shakes his head and before anything else is said he darts towards the direction of the forest.

"Cheater!" I scream.

I run right behind him we both neck and neck. It's a feeling I cannot even begin to describe. The way the wind hits against my hair, the way the cool breeze feels against my face. It's something unimaginable.

I can hear the faint croak of the birds in the trees and as I look up I can see them flying in slow motion. I can see their wings go in and out flapping through the cool breeze.

Jacob and I jump over logs and through streams. I can tell he's showing off pushing his body to the ultimate limit. He still thinks he's better than me, but, he's sadly forgotten how strong I truly am.

I jump over a rather large rock doing a somersault and landing on my two feet. It's pretty impressive and even he has to snuff back a laugh.

"Show off," he screams back to me.

"You're simply jealous," I call back as I jump higher into the sky. I don't go all wolf though because as much as I hate to admit it, I still don't like that part of myself. The wolf side of me is a hard concept to swallow, and, I still see that side as a monster.

We make it farther into the clearing where no one has dared venture. We probably should have been more careful running around like flash the superhero in public, but, a part of me doesn't care. People didn't believe their own two eyes sometimes anyway. If someone would have told me, literally shown me, that vampires and werewolves existed I still wouldn't have believed them.

Jacob stops with a jolt and I right alongside him. He leans up against a tree with a smirk resting on his face.

"Tired yet?" I shake my head flipping my hair behind my back.

"Not even close."

"Good, you know I missed this. Being cool with you again." My heartbeat thumps even louder than when I was running. I have never seen a sympathetic side to Jake, especially, when it came solely to me. Sure, I had seen him become scatterbrained when it came to Bella, but, never to me. As I stare at him, his pools of brown so honest, it reminds me of when we were kids.

We were running around the field, just the two of us, the world as our playground. My uncle had told Jacob not to let me venture very far into the woods because it was dangerous at night. Of course, being inquisitive naughty children we didn't listen. We ventured into the darkened woods with our small flashlights and tried to explore. The woods seemed so different at night taking on an entirely new heartbeat of its own. Everything seemed normal until I feel over a branch landing on a snake. The snake was quite aggressive and scared of the small child with a heap of midnight hair. Therefore, it bit me and my scrams called out into the night. Jacob immediately came to my aid. He grabbed a stick hitting it numerous times screaming at it. I saw how protective he was of me then, how he'd do anything to save me. He stayed by my side the entire two days after I came back from the doctors. He never left.

"I want us to always be cool Jake," I say.

I grab a twig off of the ground and begin to twirl it around in my hands. It's rough and quite dirty, its dark soil collects along my hands.

"I think we should be able to tell each other everything," I lean against the tree as well starring down at the ground. I want to be able to tell him everything, honestly I do, but I just got him back and I don't think I can bare losing him again.

"I'm ugh," he clears his throat and I can tell he's nervous. I look up at him now lifting an eyebrow. "Ugh," he runs his hand through his crisp hair with a sigh. "I'm thinking about asking Bella on a date with me." He says in all one sentence, and I'm sure he didn't breathe in between. I choke out a laugh even though I know I shouldn't tease him about the matter.

"Really, that's what got you all tongue-tied?" He nods.

"Well, I wanted to tell you. I know the last time you saw her it was rather weird."

"You can say that again," I murmur.

I think about the broken vessel of a girl and how oddly frail she looked like a flower ripped of all its petals.

"Well opinions?" He shrugs. I look down at the tree branch and I can feel a slight tinge of anger boil within me. I try and suppress it.

"You can't fix something that's been broken by someone else." I tell Jake not even staring at him.

"I can try; I think she's worth the try. Besides, it's not her fault she got involved with a blood sucker." He says with venom in his voice. I break the stick at the word bloodsucker. They weren't all bad. Edward wasn't as cold and heartless as he thought he was.

"Don't use that word." I whisper.

"Leah," he growls. I look up at him,

"Jacob," I say softly. "I know you care about her. Believe me, I get it, but you have to admit they were both in fault. She knew what she was getting herself into." He's silent for a moment and I take this as my cue to continue before he completely shuts me out altogether. "Besides," I saw throwing the twig on the ground. I rub my shoulders with my hands.

"People do crazy things when they're in love."

Jacob is silent for a second and his eyes stay glued behind me. It's quite frankly really freaking me out and I feel bad for bringing it up. I didn't want to lose his trust I didn't want to lose my best friend. "You know you could say something—"

"Shu,"

I'm cut off by him placing his hand over my mouth. I breathe in rolling my eyes in annoyance. "Someone's here." I let my instincts kick in and I can indeed hear the faint russle of leaves as if someone was moving listening to us. "They know we hear them." I can hear Jacob inside my mind. I freak out. I shake my head is he really here inside my mind? Is this even possible?

"Jacob?" I ask back in my mind.

"Yes,"

"How are you inside my mind?"

"It's something we can do. I'll tell you more about it later."

"What do you think it is?"

"Bloodsucker." His voice is harsh inside my mind.

Through the clearing walks Alice the small little pixie look alike I had met at the party. She's wearing a lovely golden dress that comes right to her knees with petite black heels. Her bangs are swished out of her face and curves lovely against her slender jaw-line. "What are you doing here?" Jacob's voice is harsh and a growl proceeds afterwards. I look from Jake to Alice. She glides closer to us,

"No need for a fit dog, we're merely passing through from our feeding." She lifts out her small fragile hands. "No need for a fight right?" Behind her walks her completely constipated looking boyfriend.

My heart skips a beat as I see Edward too, walk right behind the brush behind his family. I stare at him way too long. His gaze meets mine as well. I'm behind Jake, he's shielding half of me, protecting me from another snake. I'm an adult now, an adult with great power, I didn't need protecting.

"I don't want to see you around anymore. We had an agreement."

"This is open territory." Jasper says.

His voice doesn't sound like anything I could have ever imagined. It's a lot silkier than I expected. "Therefore, we haven't broken any agreements." Jake growls more spitting on the ground. He turns to face me.

"Let's go Leah. I suddenly lost all my appetite for fun." Before I can say anything he grabs my arm. I could have fought back, I could've done whatever I wanted, but I don't. I can't find the courage to do so I can't hurt him again.

As we walk away I turn back to face the Cullens the beautiful creatures amongst the canopy of the forest. They all stand perfectly erect and I swear they look like fallen angels. My gaze darts towards Edward and I hope he understands. He nods his head towards me and for that I am thankful.

Only wait a while for me… I beg him.

Only a couple more hours until we can reunite.