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Fear or Love, baby?

Don't say the answer.

Actions speak louder than words.

~ Louder than Words- Tick…Tick…BOOM!

Chapter 6: Louder Than Words

Leah POV

I sat on the Cullen's white couch pretending to watch some reality show; but really my mind had Jacob and the pack on cinemascope. I honestly can't believe I had given up the one thing that made me feel important; my Beta status. I had to! I can't be around him, I just can't. As I was having an inner conflict with myself, a small shape with bouncy, bronze ringlets positioned itself on the couch next to me. I turned to see Renesmee looking up at me with an odd look. I loved the kid but she needs to leave.

"Are you alright, Aunty Lee?" She asked in her silky, childlike voice.

Sighing, I said, "I'm fine, Ness."

She moved closer to me, "I know what happened between you and Jake. I heard Aunt Rose and Grandpa discussing it."

Suddenly my interest was provoked. "What did they say?"

Renesmee shrugged; her pale lavender dress moving softly on her shoulders. " Aunt Rose was angry and worried for you and she was asking Grandpa to do something but he said he couldn't."

I looked away; staring at my lap. "He's right. He can't." I felt Ness's gaze on me as she said "But you can, Aunty Lee." Surprised, I turned my head, my wet black hair sticking to my face, back to her. She saw my confused face and continued. "Jake loves you. I've seen it. Daddy hears his thoughts about you. It may not be romantically but the love is there. Without you, he won't be able to run the pack."

I sighed. "Renesmee, Embry will make a good beta." She seemed to get frustrated as her pale, tiny hands that still had baby fat turned into small balls. "But you make a great one! You're Jake's best friend! He needs you, just like you need him." By this time, her knees were digging into the couch, making a mold, as she faced me.

"You don't understand, Ness! You're too young to fully know what's happening to us!" I didn't want to yell at her, but damn it she was getting me there. She just stared at me. I decided to play along with her dream fantasy for a second. "Okay, great. I can't exactly tell him that. He's not going to listen to anything I have to say. If you haven't noticed, we're not on great terms right now."

Renesmee sat back down and sank back into the couch with a pout on her face, just like her mother. I realized she was thinking as she turned to me with an innocent smile on her face.

"Then show him…"

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I can't believe I took advice from a half-vampire baby. On my way out of the Cullen's house, I kept calling Jacob. Of course, he didn't pick up. I ran back to La Push in human form; not really in the mood to phase. The closer I got to La Push, the damper the ground got because of the beach. I jumped easily over logs and slid under branches; I really want to time myself one day. Being the fastest of both packs makes me wonder how fast I can actually go. You know, I just can't believe that I took advice from a hybrid. I didn't even know what I was going to do. All I knew was that I had to talk to Jacob. I couldn't hide away from him. No, really. I can't hide away from him. La Push is only like 5 miles big.

I came out of the woods behind my house. There was no need to hide; my mother was at her nursing shift at the hospital and would be till late tonight. I casually walked across the grass barefoot and opened the back door; entering the kitchen. Usually, Seth would be either in here eating us out of house and home or cleaning up from eating us out of house and home but he was nowhere to be found. Not in the living room playing Call of Duty or World of Warcraft; not in his room doing…whatever he does in his room. {Insert shudder.} He left the Cullen's an hour before I did and it's not his day to patrol. There was no note on the fridge; Mom makes us leave notes on the refrigerator if we're going somewhere while no one was home.

I called Seth, he didn't pick up either. As I walked out of my house, I called the rest of the pack. Embry, didn't answer. Quil, has that stupid "HI!…..Sorry, not here to answer, blah blah blah." message thing. Gay shit, who even does that anymore? As I was walking down to Jacob's house which happened to be the farthest away from everyone else's and questioning Quil's sanity, I realized something was wrong. None of Sam's pack was around either. Usually, I see them all around Sam's house which is not that far from mine. Knowing the tensions between our packs, I knew that if both were gone, something was wrong.

I bolted down the sidewalk and took the shortcut to Jacob's house by running behind Mr. Ellman's house; I hope he didn't see me. Or else he'll go tell everyone he saw the "crazy Clearwater girl" running in his backyard and go tell my mother to "send me to college to get an education instead of fooling around with half-naked men in the woods like some hussy." First of all, who even says "hussy" anymore? That just shows you how old he is. But this is the problem with being the only female in a pack. People think I'm a whore or something hanging out with them; especially if they see us in the woods. (and that's happened a couple of times, AWKWARD.) The problem with Mr. Ellman is that he's kind of suspicious of the whole wolf ordeal but of course we can't tell him so he watches us like hawks. He used to be in the Army; he's got connections, man. Crazy old hag.

I ran off the road and into Jacob's yard. Running by, I saw that Billy's truck was there but Jacob wasn't in the garage. As I slowed down, I looked up and saw a flock of birds fly up from the woods across the lawn. Animals always run away when we come near, in human form or not, it's like they know something's different about us. That must be where everyone is.

I still can't believe I took advice from Bella's kid.

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Jacob POV

I didn't want to talk to Sam. I really didn't want to talk to Sam, but we had to. So, Seth, Embry, and Quil followed me into the clearing. Question: Why does everything mildly important happen in a clearing? Hmm. We came in our human form; I didn't feel a need to phase. But of course, Sam is Sam and because he's Sam, they all came in wolf form. Didn't I mention he has trust issues? I watched Sam's appearing form and through the fog, I could see Paul and Jared also. They stopped about ten feet away from us. I crossed my arms and looked at Sam.

"Really, Sam? Is wolf form necessary? What, you don't trust us?" All three of them phased before us and put on their cut-offs.

"Not since the day you betrayed your tribe and definitely not now." Sam's deep voice sounded through the clearing. Whoa, does my voice do that? I rolled my eyes at his accusation.

"Oh come on, Sam! That was a year ago! What do you mean now?" I gave him a confused look.

"You're not doing what the Elders said to do." Oh, so he knows.

"Well, I'm not like you, Sam. I have a mind of my own. I'm not the Elders' bitch." I retorted.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Quil bow his head to Seth and whisper "What are they talking about? What happened at the Elders?" and Seth shushing him. I figured enough was enough, I'm done with this.

"Look, Sam. We'll work it out. With the Elders or not." I reasoned.

"That's why we're here, Jacob. It's time to work it out. One way or the other." Sam said slowly. The tone of his voice made it sound like a threat and my body automatically respond ended to it as that.

"Here's my way. I'm not having a baby with Leah and raising it to be the Messiah of our tribe." I heard Quil and Embry whisper words of shock behind me. "That's just… I don't even know where to begin. I don't want to, she sure as hell doesn't want to. It's not happening." I raised my arms exasperatedly.

Sam was quiet for a few moments with an intense look on his face. Then, he spoke.

"Where is she?"

….Shit. I saw what he was doing. Betas and Alphas have a special bond and they sort of know where the other one is and have an inkling of how they feel at the moment. It's really hard to explain but it's very strong when we're in wolf form but you can still feel a very faint hint of it as humans. When Leah and I fought, I could feel the anger and frustration rolling off of her in waves. But now, I had no idea where Leah was or how she felt because she wasn't my Beta anymore.

It still hurt to come to that conclusion.

"Where is Leah, Jacob?" And when he said this, I saw the small smirk on his face.

"I don't know." I said with a straight face. Sam's face had an inconspicuous look of surprise. Paul looked angry; he always looked angry. And Jared had a confused look on his face. "She's not my Beta anymore. I can't feel anything from her."

"What do you mean she's not Beta?" Seth asked from beside me.

"You demoted her?" Jared asked; the first time he said anything during the conversation.

"She demoted herself." I explained quickly.

I heard Sam's quiet laughter and with a smirk on his face, said. "You're such a great leader, Jacob. Your own second-in-command bailed on you."

"I didn't bail on him." I heard a firm but feminine voice from behind me and when I turned, Leah was walking out of the bushes. She walked straight up to us and as she came closer, Seth moved over to the right and she filled his spot. "The only reason I demoted myself was because I can't handle being around him as much with all this bullshit going on. It had nothing to do with him personally."

"Leah, you know what you're trying to do is wrong." Sam said. At this time, I realized that both sides had moved closer to eachother.

"Wrong? Well, go ahead, Sam. Take us back to the Elders so they can spank us on the ass because we're so sorry for being wrong! We're not children. We don't have to listen to whatever the fuck they say. Jacob and I aren't guinea pigs, we don't mate for science." She raised her hand in a STOP fashion. "Sorry. Go back to your 'perfect' Elders and your 'perfect' imprint and pretending to be the Golden boy of La Push and leave me…us alone. You're not doing anyone any favors!"

Through the silence, Quil whispered to Embry. "I'm so lost. What about mating?" This time, Embry and Seth both shushed him.

I could see the annoyance and anger on Sam's face. Leah always knew how to get a rise out of him and I just knew he was going to say something that was going to cross the line.

"That's the problem with you, Leah! You always have to be so defiant! You can never just do what you're told and what's expected of you! I'm glad you're not in my pack anymore so I don't have to deal with you!"

If I thought it was silent before; this is dead silence. How could Sam…? Is this really the guy that not even three years ago; was completely in love with Leah and wanted to marry her? I knew that either two things were going to happen.

A) Leah was going to get an attitude and stomp away.

B) Leah was going to yell and/or beat the shit out of Sam.

I hoped it was the latter. But to everyone's surprise, she didn't do anything. She just stood there with a mixture of shock, embarrassment, and incredulity on her face. I knew it was just a matter of time before she did attempt plan A or B so I cut in. I put my hand in front of Leah's middle. I didn't know if it was to guard her from Sam or stop her from attacking him. The rest of the packs started to close in around us, also.

"Sam," I started firmly. "You're way out of line." Honestly, Sam looked surprised that he even said that but I didn't care. Then, Sam turned to me and things started to get ugly…or more ugly, I should say.

"And like you're any better? Take a look around, Jacob. We're in this situation because of you and your backward ties to the damn leeches!" He kept getting closer to me with every sentence. "Our ancestors definitely most of made a mistake 'cause you're a sorry excuse for an Alpha."

Alright, I didn't have two choices; I had one. And that was to beat the fuck out of Sam. But I never got the chance…because Leah beat me to it. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her pull her right arm back and swung her small fist. Where did that right hook land? Right in Sam 'Pretty boy's face. And being the pussy he was, he fell backwards and was knocked out cold.

How the fuck did a 195 pound, 6'0 girl K.O. an almost 300 pound, 6'8 guy?

"No one insults my Alpha. Bastard." She threatened at Sam's unconscious body that was lying on the cold, wet ground. Quil, Embry, and Seth shouted "Whoa!" at the same time. Paul was about to come after Leah before Jared stopped him. He glanced at Jared before turning to Leah.

"You're a crazy bitch, I hope you know that." He growled. Leah pushed against my hand. "Yeah whatever, dick!"

"Leah." I reprimanded her.

Paul just sneered at Leah's reaction and looked at me. "Didn't fate just screw you over; having a mate like her?"

"I'm not-!" Leah started again and pushed against me.

"Leah." I said again.

And before I could even comment any further, Paul bent down and picked Sam's lifeless body up, slung him over his shoulder, and started to walk away. Sam's nose was at an awkward angle and his lip was bruised and bleeding. Jared looked at Paul then back at Leah and with a wink said, "Nice one, Lee." before turning and following Paul through the trees.

"That's going to hurt in the morning." Embry commented on Sam's disheveled appearance.

"That's okay. His precious Emily can take care of him." Leah huffed and crossed her long arms across her chest.

"Hey…" I said to catch her attention. She didn't turn to me at first but slowly, she did. "You didn't have to do that."

She smiled a small smile. "That's what Betas are for…right?"

I chuckled out of relief. I finally had her back. Sadly, not everything is still right. We still have this whole 'mating' thing to figure out. But I know with Leah back by my side now, eventually, it'll work out. "Right." And I grabbed her around her waist and pulled her in to me. She laughed and put her left arm around my neck and hugged me back.

"Okay, Jacob. I love you, too." She said jokingly as she patted my back. I didn't realize I was hugging her for that long. As I pulled away from her, she lifted her right wrist and said, "Now, can you take me to Dr. Fang? Sam's face is hard as fuck." and I realized that her hand was broken. I laughed and slung my arm around her shoulders. We both turned to walk to the Cullen's house before her bones set and we had to break it again. Seth, Quil, and Embry all walked beside us all commenting on Leah's 'Muhammad Ali' moment.

Then, of course, Quil had to ruin the moment. "Wait, what about mating?"

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