Beauty and the Beast

by crazy bumblebee

Leah is broken and the battle has finished, when all hope is diminished, does luck shine through? After the close shave with the Volturi, things start to go back to normal when a romance even less likely than Edward and Bella blossoms, but there will be many twists and turns for this unique family. Disclaimer- I do not own twilight :)

3. Chapter 3

I have written a bit of the story out already so here's a giant update. please review and favorite? :3

NPOV

It was my idea to visit the Cullens; I liked them more than anyone here where i lived, plus, my inquisitive side had got the better of me. I wanted to find the smell, it had been driving me almost insane in the past month. I kept thinking that I could smell it on the breeze only to find it was my imagination playing tricks on me. We reached the outside of the Cullen's territory at night and slowed our pace as my Aunt and I approached the house. The smell still lingered, clinging to some bricks on the side of the house where she must have leant.

we were greeted with warm welcomes from the whole family, especially Esme who had cooked up a giant buffet. I ate as much as I could, it seemed sad t me that so much food would go to waste. I recently realized why Edward was staring at me, when we last met, he was listening to my thoughts. I blushed at the memory and almost immediately, Jasper glanced in turn at Edward and I. This was going to be hard work. I was going to have to be careful with my thoughts or emotions right now.

Carlisle was particularly happy to see me, he spent at least a day hooking me up to machines and testing my venom. Sometimes i felt as though he should have been a scientist rather than a doctor. It annoys me greatly that I have to sleep unlike almost everyone else with the exception of Renesmee. I sighed as I lay down in one of the many guest rooms. I had almost fallen asleep when i jumped, Jasper was standing over my bed staring at me intently.
"It's okay," whispered Jasper, immediately, everything was calm.
"why are you here?" I asked, knowing that real vampires didn't need to sleep. Jasper looked at me carefully and replied simply,

"I know you came here for a reason. I know you show no interest in Renesme no matter what Edward told us." he shifted carefully so that he was perched at the bottom of my bed. "you know I can feel all the emotions in a room. Your emotion isn't excited or nervous or even bored. well, it's longing." I gasped. He knew. Well, he knew some of it. I decided that two days was plenty of pretending to be a good guest. Tomorrow I would set out to find the smell. Then, as quickly as he came, Jasper vanished.

LPOV

I got changed quickly, splashing my face with cold water to was the sleep from my expression before I went downstairs. I caught a glimpse of myself in the hall mirror- I hadn't slept much an it showed. After tossing and turning for most of the night, I woke up at 6 to spend hours picking my outfit. In the end, I settled for my jeans and a white cotton t-shirt. I was never self conscious about my appearance but today my bedroom looked like it belonged to a stylish teenager. Or Alice. my outfit was good, it didn't look like I was trying and was easy to remove if I needed to phase.

I was about to transform and run up to the Cullens but decided better, not wanting to ruin my unusually well-kept hair, sighing, I started the long jog to the Cullens. It was so much easier now that the treaty had been renewed so that vampires and spirit wolves could cross boundaries so long as they had a good reason. I figured meeting my brother and Alpha for the first time in a month was a pretty good reason and set off.

As I got closer, my pace slowed. I became more hesitant, what if he wasn't here? Why did i want to see him anyway? What if my reason wasn't good enough? I was about to turn back but I had left it too late. My annoying little brother had spotted me and was running at top speed in my direction. Uh oh.
"LEAH! YOU'RE HERE!" hollered Seth. Duh. Where did he think I was? Space? He had to hug me before I realized how much I had missed him. I hugged him back be fore we were whisked inside and practically force fed piles of homemade food. His smell washed around me, lingering on the food and trailing upstairs. He was here. I had just got used to the other smells in the room when i plucked up the courage to ask where the visitors were. Jasper told me that Nahuel had just woken up and was getting dressed. I knew that Jasper could sense my anxiety, he said nothing but a huge smile burst across his face. I blushed furiously but quickly retained myself. I could hear footsteps. A thumping heart.

NPOV

It took me ages to get changed. Everything was happening in slow motion, I heard Jacob saying someone was coming over today but i didn't pay attention, i had no care for anything but the smell. Then, before i had even left my room, it hit me full on like a wall. The smell. Everything sped up to real time. That smell, stronger and better than ever, wafting through the floorboards into my person (I really wished I had listened to Jacob for a name) coming over was the person. It smelt slightly feminine now that I could examine it and was directly below me. In a greater hurry, i put on my favorite clothes, my jeans, a nice t-shirt and my leather jacket. I liked my leather jacket, I had bought it myself and it had worn to perfectly mold around my body. I breathed in a deep breath and slowly made my way downstairs.