A/N I'm trying to update as fast as I can but I've been working with this YouTube channel parody and just...I'm busy lol
Jacobs's POV
Leah's face was frozen in silent panic as I studied her face. The luxury of studying her face was ripped away from me as my head automatically yanked to the direction in which she was looking to, and I saw her. She was there, standing behind Seth with her big brown eyes looking at me with a fixed perfect smile.
The air changed and everything sharpened, the world was shifting and in an almost dizzying quickness I stared back and got lost in her. The perfect world mirage started to break as I heard Leah sigh. Shit, I forgot all about her...and I just had sex with her. God, I hate being some slave to a weird force, but worrying about my freedom was a luxury I couldn't afford when a nagging imprint tugged at every fiber of my brain.
Seth and Ness came skipping down toward us merrily with big smiles. I smiled back brightly with genuine suprise and delight.
"Yo!" Seth yanked open the car door and lifted his sister in his arms and hugged her tightly as she made a grunting sound. My wolf inspected the lesser wolf hugging my beta and new mate and decided against attacking, I sighed in relief and irriation since the little bastard still wasn't satisfied.
"Hey...what are you two doing here?" I forced a smile as he started to drag a stunned Leah toward the house.
"Well," Seth made himself comfotable as we entered the house in front of a shocked Leah, a distrubingly silent Nessie, and a confused me. "College has been getting to me man, I took some time off for vacay and now I'm here" He smiled at Leah, I grunted. "I hope you guys didn't get into too much trouble while I was gone" He smirked as he slowly side eyed me with I don't know what in his eyes.
Shit did he know? Fuck what if he can smell the sex? Wait...this is Seth we're talking about here...how the hell would he know what sex smelled like? But then again...he IS in college. What's he gonna do? Punch me in my ankles? Ain't nobody scared of no Seth!
"You better not be skipping any school" Leah jabbed her finger to the side of his head. "You're not going to school not to show up dammit."
"Jeez sorry Mom. I'm not skipping I'll be doing work while I'm here." He pushed her back playfully. I shifted uncomfortably.
Nessie sat next to me quietly as we all caught up and laughed, I knew there was something wrong with her. "Ness," I leaned over and whispered into her ear.
"Hmm?" She looked up at me with a pleasant smile. I knew it was fake, she was half leech they try so hard but they ultimately fail to a trained eye. I made a movement toward my room so we could talk privately. We sneaked away successfully (well half successfully, since I saw the side eye Embry and Leah gave me for some reason).
"What's up with you?" I closed the door quietly as she sat on my bed, looking small and stressed.
She sighed and laid down looking straight at the ceiling. "I don't know Jake, I really and honestly don't know what's wrong with me."
"Ness...what happened?" I went in defend mode when I saw the sadness on her face.
"Life. " She threw her hands up in frustration. "I mean what the fuck am I doing with life Jake? Why am I even here? I go to California to do what I wanted to do which is be a lawyer only to be spat in the face, then I become a journalist and what happens? I buckled under pressure!"
"Ness," I reached for her, I needed to comfort her and make her feel better. My heart started to sink in her dejection.
"And you told me that it was pressure. You told me!" True, but besides the fact. "Maybe Mom was right, maybe I should just model like she always wanted me to be."
"What? No, Nessie don't do that, you said you'll never model without the passion for it"
She made a sarcastic laugh. "Why not? That's all I feel good for, just a pretty face. That's all people tell me. ' Oh Nessie, you're so pretty, You're so Perfect, Look at that bone stucture". I mean I'm not complaining about being pretty but damn I went to college, I worked my ass off and all I get is what? Oooh at least you're pretty!" She started pace the room angerily. "That's all mom talked about, how pretty and perfect I am. I don't know what this perfection is! I want to become a person Jake, I don't want to be this little doll that Mom and Dad show off during those stupid, ridiculous parties they have. I mean, am I not interesting?"
"Of course you're interesting Nessie"
"Are you saying that as a person or my imprint?" She folded her arms and glared at me demanding honesty.
"No, I'm serious. I think you're interesting. You're ambitious, you're nice, you're curious, smart, you have more balls than your mom and dad combined, you can be funny when you're not being corny," we chuckled and slung my arm around her like a child after losing a baseball game.
"I just, I dunno, I want people to take me seriously you know? I mean people look at my family and think I had a great upbringing and think just because they sent me to the best schools I never had to work for anything. I worked twice as hard as those other kids because nobody believed I was smart enough to do the things they said I couldn't. I did things that nobody thought I would do, I just wanted to make a name for myself." I gritted my teeth thinking of the Rebel Nessie stage she head went through. "You and Leah were always going on and on about how I needed to focus on what I wanted to be, you were always talking about earning everything I wanted so people respect me and that no one could take away all of what I accomplished away from me. I did that, and people still laugh in my face."
"Ness, listen...just because you're not flying with all your hardwork doesn't mean its all in vain. I mean listen I've been working at the same place for a long time now, and when I began I felt like shit, nobody really respected me or anything but with more persistance I got promoted and customers started to request me because they liked my work ethic and personality. To be honest, I'm still not in the place that I want to be in, does that mean I'm going to be depressed and angry and throw a fit? No, I'm going to get up and go to work and continue showing that I am a hardworking, more than worthy person for a promotion. I will continue working hard and smart until the day I die, because thats who I am. If you want to be a lawyer, journalist, model, or a clown I'll be behind you and support you. But don't get all out of sorts just because some people can't work through the surface, I know you; you'll show them one day."
Ness sat down quietly and stared at the floor for a second. "I mean I guess, " She sighed. "Enough about me and my first world dilemma. What's the 411 with you and Leah?" She grinned.
"Uh...things are progressing..." I smiled sheepishly, she sucked her teeth and hit my leg.
"You sly dog, that's not what I want to hear. Are you two, you know, going to be a thing or like already are a thing?"
"So, how's Nahuel Miss Nosey?" I quickly changed the subject with a smile.
"Nahuel is in his skin being himself, and he knows where I am. Now don't change the subject mister. Did you confess your undying love to her or not," She said loudly.
"Shhhhhhh, " I hushed her and put my hand over her mouth. "Are you fu-, I mean are you crazy? What if she heard you?"
"Then that'll save you the sweat and tears of confessing to her. No offense Jake, but for a guy who went around the world chasing a lady like my mom you sure are getting slow with age when it comes to stuff like this."
My mouth dropped open. "You know what? Go take a nap or something," I towered over her like she was a little girl again. She jumped up with a pout.
"I'm GROWN!"
"You're seven. Now go." I playfully pushed her out.
"Wait, wait wait!"
"What," I sighed.
"As your imprint I DEMAND you to go up to Leah and make her my imprint in law or else?"
"Or else what? You're going to punch my kneecaps? Nice try kiddo but I think I'm old enough to handle this on my own."
"But..."
"Bye Ness," I chuckled and closed the door. In reality I didn't have a plan to handle anything, I was further in the gray area than I was before. Where did I go from here? How do I go from here? I sighed and opened my door to be greeted by the loud voices of my pack reunited once again and went downstairs to hang out with them to at least get my mind off of it.
As we played around drinking and having fun, the door rang. Leah jumped up and answered the door with energy. She opened it.
"Leah," a familar warm voice greeted her.
SLAM
"Leah who was that?" Embry asked
"The ghost of Irrelevant Bitch's Past," She rolled her eyes and cooly strolled back to the group. I gave her a look and she shrugged with a cheeky smile. Rolling my eyes and answered the door my damn self and was greeted by our visitor.
"Hey Jake," Emily smiled warmly at me.
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