A/N: Decided to just post this up anyway... see how it's taken :) This is post eclipse Bella has said her peace already and Jake is still messed up. Everything you read from here will go as I want it to, with a few ideas that might remain the same from Stephenie Meyer. I'm having mucho fun playing around with all of these characters.

Disclaimer: SM owns anything you may recognize, as for the Quilleute's all respects go to their gods...

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Ch1: Running Away

It had been four days. Leah knew she was wet and dirty as the rain pelted down onto her half clothed body. She was only wearing a small tank top, and shorts that had seen better days. She had lost her shoes and cellphone somewhere between Jacob's small red home and the border of La Push. She was as far from home as she supposed she could get a city called, Kalaloch . She didn't bother going into town, just stayed in the woods, on top of a big boulder, by the beach. Which beach? She had no idea, nor did she want to phase to run home. Phasing meant that she would have to listen to at least two of her wolf pack fretting and worrying over whether Jacob would live or not. Not that Leah didn't care, but she could no longer listen to any of the other boys anymore without a thought slipping that it was all her fault.

Paul had just about dragged her back with his teeth, once he realized she was going to run, like a little puppy disobeying their mother but Sam had let her go. At least she knew Sam was good for something, always letting her get away. It was just that easy for him when he had Emily. Leah's broken heart crumbled into a few more thousand pieces at the thought. At that moment she was rather glad that she wasn't a wolf or they would once again know how she still loved Sam with her whole being, even though his heart and soul belonged with another.

A brush of wind and more rain flew into Leah's face, and she didn't know if it was the cold or her anger that made the chills go down her spine. Probably the anger, since she realized she could no longer get cold anymore. She couldn't phase, she just couldn't, her thoughts weren't as controlled as she liked them to be. She needed to calm down. So she thought of a better time, one where her father was still alive, and she was planning on going to school to be a teacher. Leah realized now, being a teacher was probably a bad idea. Before she had the patience to withstand anything and now… now even a wrong look would set her off.

After a few settling breaths every thought tuned in on Jacob, the boy who was probably half dead because of her. She had been far too embarrassed and angry with him to go see if he was alright. It had been his fault he was in that predicament anyway, if he had just let that vampire kill her, all would be right in the world. The pack of boys could go around naked for all they cared, they wouldn't have to hear her thoughts, and she might finally be free and happy.

Might, being the key word, for all she knew, her spirit would stalk the earth forever wanting and never having. Leah sighed as the wind picked up speed, making all the trees around her sprinkle her with even more rain. At that moment a twig snapped and her head popped up from where it was resting. She turned from her view of the lapping, and rolling water to scan the dark forest. No one should be out right about now, unless it was a leech, and she was sure she would be able to smell it if that was the case. She sniffed and hopped down, already getting the chills she usually felt just when she was about to phase.

Just when she saw something come walking towards her, her fist reflexively flew out and connected with their face. She might have heard something crunch or snap. So it definitely wasn't a leech, and definitely wasn't human or they would have been screaming in pain right now.

"I thought when people ran away they at least ran further than this." the voice belonged to Jared, and instantly she regretted hitting with all her strength, then thought about what he said and wanted to hit him again. He finally came into view and she noticed him holding his nose with both index fingers, another snap as he shifted his nose back in place and wiped off the blood that was already drying on his heated skin.

"How did you find me?" she asked standing in a flight position just in case she needed to run.

Jared tapped the side of his head twice. "Sam can kind of feel you, you know? And you haven't left this spot for the past two days so he took a chance and sent me here."

"Did anyone else come with you?" Leah asked looking around into the forest, thanking Taha Aki that she could see better at night with her curse of being a shape shifter.

"No, no it's just me." Jared said putting his hands in his pockets of his jean cut offs. "… and uh, if I were you, I would get back over there, Jake's okay. But he's been asking for you."

"For me?" Leah was incredulous, Jake would never ask for her. For Bella? Hell yeah in a heartbeat. But for Leah? The only thing she could think of was, he wanted her to apologize then embarrass her and call her out if he knew the real reason why she had went after that last vampire. Nope she wasn't having that.

"Yup and I was sent to come get you by Sam himself… Alpha ordered and everything." Jared admitted. It was in that moment that Leah realized had Sam never even mentioned her, she would have been forgotten. Was she really that bad?

"I'm not coming home." She said crossing her arms around her stomach, as it made a loud grumbling noise. She hadn't eaten in two of the four days, and with her fast wolfy like metabolism she was literally starving.

Jared raised his eyebrow. "You forgot when I said I was Alpha ordered, Sam said by any means necessary and from the looks and sounds of it," he looked pointedly at Leah's stomach and she rolled her eyes as he continued, "you aren't doing that great out here by yourself. So come home."

"Home?" she scoffed. "No thank you, I like my rocky boulder like thing just fine." She leaned against it just as Jared frowned.

"Alright, I guess we will do this the hard way."

"You wouldn't dare." Leah crossed her arms over her chest, ignoring her protesting stomach.

"Watch me." Jared cracked his neck side to side, clapped his hands together twice, stretched out his calves, and came charging before Leah could even get out the next breath.

He was a lot stronger than she was, and even though she was usually faster, starving like she was at that time, really was a bad idea. It slowed her immensely to the point that he was able to grab her before she even finished thinking. Leah started kicking and screaming. It would be just her luck to have someone come into the forest and see what was happening and not help but she had to fight since she could no longer run.

Jared groaned when she knee'd him in the balls. Haha, take that! His grip remained tight with one hand as the other came to the back of her neck and pressed down, not to hard and not to soft. Leah's legs began to feel very heavy as if they were falling asleep, and she immediately stopped screaming. Leah was feeling very happy and the forest was starting to grow black dots around whoever else was now walking out the forest. That fucker lied, Leah thought as the world became complete and utter blackness.