I was running patrol with Jake when the storm started to roll in pretty quickly. The clouds had been coming in exceptionally dark today, but suddenly the sky was completely covered. A slight breeze ran through my fur, the scent of rain filling my nostrils. I don't really understand what we patrol for nowadays, we haven't seen a vampire in ages. The sky rumbled lowly, a pleasant sound. Do you wanna go to the Cullen's with me before the storm starts? I chuckled, why would want I want that? Did you not hear about the storm today? No? There's a storm every day, what's new? It's supposed to be crazy, like super heavy, streets flooded type crazy and we're closer to them than home, so we should just head that way. I sighed, why were we out here running around if there's supposed to be some crazy storm? I thought we'd get done before it started, but it came in faster than I thought. He mentally shrugged. It started to sprinkle, droplets landing on my nose. Fine. Let's go. We veered off, heading towards the Cullen's huge home.

I guess we were closer than I realized, we arrived within a few minutes and went separate ways to phase and put our clothes on. I had a black tank top and jean shorts, Jake wasn't much different, a t-shirt instead of a tank top. It was starting to rain more, my hair was getting damp. We headed silently towards the door. I was pretty sickened by Jake's willingness to just walk into the enemies home like he owned it, throwing open the door without so much as an announcement of his arrival. If I was one of the Cullen's I'd probably rip an arm off. I walked in slowly behind him.

Jake greeted the room, which looked to only be Bella, Nessie, and Esme. I stood quietly near the door. Esme raised her eyes from Bella and Nessie playing on the floor and made contact with my eyes. Her eyebrow raised and she looked surprised, "Leah?" Bella and Nessie jerked their heads towards me, looking at me like I was something they couldn't comprehend.

"Is there something on my face?" My voice dripped with venom and I felt my face contort. They quickly looked away, Esme's face coated in hurt. I felt bad. She really was nice, even if she was a bloodsucker, and that made it difficult for me to be rude.

"Oh, be nice, Lee." Jake scolded me like a child, smiling down at Esme, "Where's everyone else?" He questioned, taking a place next to Bella on the floor. I listened to the rain on the roof, it was coming down much harder now, thunder rumbling in the distance.

"Carlisle is at work, Rosalie and Alice took a shopping trip somewhere out of town, and Emmett and Edward went out hunting." Bella answered, watching Nessie play with some toy, "Though with the rain I'm sure they'll be home soon." She grinned at him.

"Do you need anything?" Esme asked cautiously, looking towards me, "A drink? Food? Maybe a seat?"

"Uh, I'm fine." I pursed my lips, "I guess I'll sit, though." I mumbled, moving towards the gray couch on my left. It was nice, big and comfy. I sat awkwardly in front of Esme for some time while Jake and Bella talked about all things Nessie. I sighed. I really didn't want to be here. Right as I finished that thought thunder loudly boomed and the power crashed right at the same moment, not that it affected the sight of anyone in the room, but the sudden loud noise paired with the plunge into darkness startled Nessie and pulled a loud shriek from her.

Emmett and Edward came loudly through the door. "Was that little Nessie we heard?" Emmett asked, soft chuckles following his question. Bella shot him a glare as Jake nodded, a smile on his face. I turned towards him to see him shaking his head like a dog, water droplets flying through the air.

"I'll go get some candles," Esme said quietly. Edward made his way towards his family, sitting on the chair next to their place on the floor. I rolled my eyes. Now I really, really didn't want to be here. I stood up quietly, making my way out of the dark room. I went into the kitchen where I stared out into the bright green woods through a window. The rain was coming down hard now, pounding loudly against the roof and the windows. The trees swayed in the wind.

I thought of my dad, he always loved to watch the rain. I wonder what he would think of all this. Jake imprinting on a half vampire, Seth being in their house so often and being so close to them, and me, well, I don't even know what I'm doing. I think he'd be confused, imprinting means destiny, which means Nessie is Jake's destiny. Doesn't that mean it was always planned? I don't know. It made my head hurt to think of that too much. I wished I could see him and ask. Even just see him for a second, I missed him so deeply. If he were here now we'd be sitting at the house watching the rain fall on the rez as he told me stories. Stories I never realized were true. I felt wetness on my cheek as a tear fell. I hated to think of him but sometimes I couldn't help it.

"What are you doing in here?" I heard a voice behind me, I closed my eyes tightly and sighed. What's the deal, when you want to be alone you can't be when you don't, nobody cares, that's the story of my life, isn't it?

"I was trying to be alone," I paused to turn, "But apparently that isn't going to happen." I glared at him. It was the blonde one, the male with the southern accent and all the scars. I brought a hand up to wipe my cheek.

His eyebrows drew together, "Are you okay?" I rolled my eyes, I was hoping he wouldn't notice, but I guess I forgot the smell. I wanted to break down and scream no, cry my troubles away on the freakishly clean floor. I wouldn't do that, though.

"Is that really any of your business, leech?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Um.." He trailed off, the corners of his mouth turning down, "I suppose not, but-"

"That's what I thought," I cut him off sharply, walking towards him, "Now if you could just go away, that'd be grand." I crinkled my nose as I got closer to him, the smell overpowering. His golden eyes bore into mine.

"You could just tell me what's wrong." He stated blankly, I shook my head, turning away from him and plopping myself down in one of the unneeded dining room chairs they had. I wasn't about to tell this lanky blonde what my issues in life were and I didn't understand why he cared to even be standing there now. I couldn't hear him, I wasn't sure if he'd left until suddenly he was in front of me, pulling a chair out for himself.

"Nothing is wrong, got it?" My eyes narrowed, "I don't understand why you're even in front of me right now, let alone pushing the issue." I crossed my arms over my chest.

"It seems you've forgotten that I can feel what you're feeling." He gave a half smile, "Emotions don't lie, dear." I groaned inwardly. I had forgotten.

"First of all, don't call me dear, ever" I snapped harshly, "Second of all, it's none of your business and I don't know why you think it is. Get off my back and stay away from me, you freak." My jaw tightened. He pursed his lips tightly before slowly standing up. Suddenly his lips were at my ear.

"People who are fine don't cry." He pulled back, his head tilting slightly, "Have a nice night, Leah." The corner of his mouth twitched and then he was gone. I sighed deeply, leaning forward and placing my head in my hands. Everything was quiet.

I stood up and looked out the window, it wasn't pouring so hard, still raining but not so bad. I pulled my lower lip into my mouth. Screw this.

I headed for the back door.