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The airport wasn't as busy as I thought it would be. But then again I don't think many people pick Forks as a destination spot. It was just me and my little brothers waiting under the shelter a meager awning. A little drizzle had turned into a downpour and I was turning into a soaked mess. Our aunt Bevy had said she would be here at eleven but it was almost forty minutes after. I knew she wouldn't be late if she could help it so I started to worry a bit. The three of us silently waited in the rain for any signs of her. Penn hadn't spoken a word since we left Portland but Cole was a different story. At eighteen months old he was already a handful and I dreaded dealing with his terrible twos.

Just as thunder sounded in the distance Bevy's car appeared out of the fog and I hurriedly bundled Cole into my arms and shielded as best I could with my jacket. The SUV parked on a curb a few feet away and after putting on my hood and grabbing the bags I went over. I opened the passenger door and I saw my toddler cousins, Beau and Julie, playing in the backseat. As soon as they saw the screamed, "Hey Kitty Kat!" I gave a small smile while I loaded the bags into the car. Penn was already inside chatting with our other cousin Caleb, a fellow game enthusiast. As I put Cole into the car seat Bevy appeared from the other side of the car.

"Kit I am so sorry. I tried leaving early from work but we were overflowing in patients and by the time I left work and picked up the kids from school the roads were near flooded and-"

"Bevy! Jesus woman take a breath!" I was smiling despite her hectic rambling. It's hard to be mad at someone wearing scrubs with rubber ducks on them. This woman was like a second mother to me and one of the kindest people I knew. To her breaking a promise might as well be murder. "Look, life happens. It's okay. Let's just get to your house and you can grovel there."

A reluctant smile broke over her face. By the time we got into the car, my clothes were dripping onto the interior and my hair was sticking to my face. The heater was blasting on high and I began combing the tangles with my fingers. The drive back to La Push would be a long one so I settled myself in. It began raining harder and harder as we drove. After watching the windshield wipers for ten minutes, I stared out the window at the ocean view. Bevy never took her eyes off the road for one second. She'd become skittish whenever driving in this type of weather. Her fears were completely understandable. Just over two years ago, my uncle Kurt had died in a horrible accident. He'd been out during a violent storm and crashed into a tree. To say his wife was traumatized was a bit of an understatement.

The silence between us was becoming awkward, so in an effort to make small talk Bevy said, "So how have you been Kit?"

"Good." I said still looking out the window, my hand under my chin.

"How's Sonny liking college life?"

I immediately brightened hearing my older brother's name. I turned to her, a huge smile on my face. "He loves it. Never shuts up about it."

She chuckled. "I'll bet. Which one is he attending again?"

"University of Wisconsin." Sonny had received a special scholarship after winning a photography award.

"Wow. That's really far."

"Yeah. Mom didn't like the idea of him being so far away. But after some persuasion, she let go."

Bevy let out a undignified snort. "That in and of itself is a feat. Making Julian let go of her babies is a test of courage." As soon as the words left her mouth her smiled dimmed a little. She looked cautiously at the rear view mirror no doubt gauging Penn's reaction. I kept my eyes forward not needing to know. He was taking all of this the hardest and it broke my heart every time I saw his face when mom gets brought up.

After that our journey passed in relative silence as we finally neared Bevy's house. The dirt path leading to it was now mostly mud and water. The car jolted from side to side and I began to feel nauseous. To take my mind off the throbbing in my head I looked up through the sunroof at the tall trees hanging over us. Bevy lived away from the community of houses. She preferred it that way. Privacy and calm. It was a one story, modest looking, old house. It was out of the way shielded by the canopies of trees. As soon as the car stopped the twins ran out into the pouring rain and stood beneath the front porch. Bevy already got the bags and all I had to do was carry Cole. I did my best to shield him from the droplets while Penn and Caleb followed not far behind.

We entered the warm house and immediately I set the baby on the couch nearby. He smiled and cooed at me as I made those weird faces that my mom always did. I walked out into the hallway and the twins then rushed up, grabbed both of my hands, and started dragging me to the middle of the front entrance.

"Sleep in our room Kitty-Kat!" yelled Julie.

"Yeah we have all sorts of toys and we have a tent for you to sleep in!"

"You two," said Bevy," both know that she is going to sleep in the guest room."

"Awww." They both said as they let go of my hands.

I chuckled and patted their heads. "Maybe next time, kay?"

The two of them looked up at me with huge eyes and widening smiles. "Promise?"

"Pinky promise." I said as I stuck out my left pinky and both of them lunged for it and grasped it tight. After giving me one last hug they ran down the hall to their room and slammed the door.

"Well Kit" said Bevy grabbing my attention. "You'll be staying in that room over there." She pointed to the door in the living room, only a few feet away from the TV.

"The boys will be staying in the room down the hall. Penn, I hope you don't mind sharing with Caleb."

"That's alright." He said in a small voice. The two boys rushed down the hall and slammed the door shut. Not soon after, gunfire and shouts of excitement were coming out. It was only me and my aunt standing in the living room, dripping wet. We looked at each other and smiled. I went over and wrapped her in a tight hug.

"Thanks so much for taking us in Bevy."

She squeezed me tight. "It's no problem at all. You three are family."

"But you're barely making end's meet already. Especially since-"

She put up her hand. "Silly girl don't worry about such things."

I bit my lip and scratched my head. "Is there anything I can do?"

"Since I will be working very often all you need to do is look after the little ones. Can you do it?"

"Of course." I replied.

She looked up at the clock on the fireplace mantle. "It's late, you better get to bed. School starts tomorrow after all."

"Yeah. Okay. But I got to tuck Cole in first."

"I can do that don't worry about it. You must be exhausted."

"Are you sure?"

"I am. Now please go and relax. Take a nice hot shower then cozy up into bed. New day and new start tomorrow."

A hot shower sounded heavenly right about now. But before that I needed to put my stuff away. I walked into my new room and was immediately taken aback by the bright orange walls. And I mean bright. The space was small space was damn near fluorescent. After getting over the color shock I took stock of everything. A twin bed sat on one side, a dresser and desk on the other. Everything had a secondhand feel to it and it was oddly charming. I mean yeah it wasn't the Hilton and I could do without the Crayola paint but it was comfortable. For the first time in a long time, it felt like home.

Through the eyes of Billy...

"No sign of him yet Billy, I'm sorry."

I sighed. "Don't burden yourself Sam; Jake will come back when he is ready."

"But it's almost been three weeks." His face twisted into a look of frustration and worry.

"That I am well aware of. But would he come back even if we found him?"

He sighed, conceding to the point. "You have a point."

"You should get back now. Emily must be worried sick."

He was contemplating staying but he finally let up. "Alright then. Take care Billy."

"You too."

After I saw Sam run into the woods and phase back into his wolf form, I wheeled myself back inside. It had been some time since Jacob ran off and although this wasn't exactly the first time, I still worried. But could I really blame him? The girl he loved had chosen another and now he was broken. Forcing him to move on would only cause him more pain. When Sarah passed on, I wasn't sure if I would survive. But I did, for them, my children.

My son where are you...

Damn alarm. I'll beep you.

I didn't want to get up. I just wanted stay in bed and skip the day. Half because, hell, I'm lazy and the other half is that I didn't want to go to school. I mean yeah every kid doesn't want to go to school but I have my reasons. First off, La Push high school is mostly made up of people of the Quileute tribe. I have nothing against them but most kids can be cruel to those who are different. I am not Native American but white as white can be. But I never really gave any thought about that. I mostly worried about my voice when I was little. Kids always picked on me because of my "manly" voice.

When I reached puberty, my voice went from super squeaky to "holy crap" that's deep with a side order of raspy. All the boys were creeped out by me and none of the girls wanted to be near me because the idiots thought it was contagious. A blessing came the year I turned fifteen and my voice softened a lot. Going to a school where I would be the social outcast, again, is something I was not looking forward to. But even from under the covers and my closed door I could smell the pancakes from the kitchen. Food has always been my weakness. So I begrudgingly got up, got dressed, and slinked out for breakfast.

Both of my brothers were already there. Penn was stuffing his face with toast and eggs while Bevy fed some mushed greens to Cole. My three cousins were in the living room watching some cartoon. I took a seat next to my aunt, who looked at me and said, "Morning."

I replied with a yawn.

"Sleep well?"

"I guess so. Kept having the weirdest dreams. Woke up a couple of times during the night."

"That sounds awful. Do you need me to make some chamomile tea before you go to bed?"

I waved her off. "Don't worry about it. I've been dealing with it on and off since I was little." My mom had actually experienced the same thing. Whenever I had one of those dreams I'd just walk into her room looking to cuddle. She was always awake and the covers open for me to climb inside. She would hold me until I fell asleep, humming softly. My throat got tight thinking about how she wasn't here for us anymore. It sucked but we had to move forward. She had told us to.

"Eat something. You can't go to school on an empty stomach." Just like Bevy. The worrying, warrior mother. I cleared my throat and grabbed a neat stack of pancakes. After drowning the thing in syrup I proceeded to take huge bites with my fork. Between each mouthful I had a swig of milk to wash it down.

"Take your time, it's only seven."

"I always eat like this." I said, my mouth stuffed with another pancake. She chuckled and shook her head. Cole was in his hand me down highchair giggling and refusing to eat the squashed peas.

I hate peas. We must get it from our mother.

After we all finished our breakfast, we got into the car and were on our dropped off the little ones at their respective schools abd left Cole with a sitter near the high school so I could walk over and pick him up. Then finally we arrived, Quileute Reservation High School. There were a few kids in the front that made me more nervous. I was hoping that I would be late and no one would be outside gawking at me. Whispering about how I wasn't a Quileute or how I sounded weird. But sadly, we were already here. Let the torment begin...

Through the eyes of Quil...

We were all suppose to meet with Sam before we set off to school. But Paul and Embry were late as usual. Leah and Seth had been here earlier than the rest of us. I'm guessing it was so Leah could have more time with Sam, she made it a point to make sure we all knew that. Jared was real anxious to get going so he could meet up with Kim. I was still half-dead being seven in the morning. Why did summer have to end?

Finally after waiting for twenty minutes, the two morons showed up.

"About damn time!" I said with a grin.

Paul was already clenching fists. "Gees, Paul relax I was just kidding."

"What's this all about Sam?" asked Embry.

"Jacob." he replied in a low voice.

Of course Jacob. I still couldn't believe he'd been gone for this long. I knew he loved Bella but that doesn't mean he should throw his life away. And what about the bloodsuckers? Did he expect us to do all the work? We need the entire pack. We're a family. You can't just turn your back on them.

"What about Jacob?" I asked.

"He's coming back."

My eyes nearly bulged out of my head. "What?", we all said unison.

"How do you know?" wondered Seth.

"His scent is very, very faint. But noticeable." replied Sam.

"How far is he?" asked Paul.

"Probably several miles. I'm not sure. I think he should be back sometime this week though."

"That's great news." proclaimed Embry.

"I just thought all of you should know."

"And Billy?"

"I told him a few minutes ago."

"You all should get going now." said Emily who had just come out of the house. She went over to Sam's side and he held her near. Leah cringed at the sight.

Embry ribbed me with his elbow. "Yeah come on Quil let's go."

"What's with all the hurry?"

"In case you've forgotten, we're seniors now! Think of the power!"

"Em...we're werewolves. You want to feel high and mighty, look at yourself in the mirror when you change."

"But we don't change as much since the bloodsuckers left last year."

"Yeah sucks doesn't it."

"For you maybe. Whatever let's just get going or we'll be late."

Me and Em along with Paul, Jared, and Seth quickly ran over to school. The whole time I only thought how one of my best buds was coming back.