The Meeting

Sarah's life changed completely one cold December night, when that nice evening jog turned into a fight for her life. She made a turn down the path toward the road, and stopped suddenly she thought she heard a noise from behind her. She shrugged it off, what a bad idea that turned out to be. Moments later she heard a low growl, she slowly turned toward the sound, and a giant wolf-like creature leaped at her. She took off however did not make it far before the animal tore at her heels and took a bite out of her lower leg. Before she could scream, it was all over. She was alone; she got up and ran home as fast as her feet would take her. That was night her life was changed forever.

6 months later

Sarah was a not so ordinary 18 year-old girl. Her parents divorced when she was a small child and she ad lived with her father since then, she still felt there was something missing in her life, her mother and her younger brother. She grew up away from them, and now that she was 18 and starting classes at BHCC (Beacon Hills Community College) in the fall she felt that it was the right time in her life to be reunited with her distant family. She pulled up next to a big blue house nestled neatly in the woods and braced herself. She walked up to the front door and rang the bell. She could smell the sweet fruity scent of perfume coming towards the door; she knew it was her mother. The door opened. A moment of silence ensued, and then the woman spoke.

"Sarah" She whispered.

"Hi mom" she replied. There was a short pause, and then they embraced in a long hug.

"I have missed my sweet girl so much." The woman wept.

"I know, I have missed you too mom."

They let each other go, and Sarah stood in the doorway as if there was a barrier from letting her set foot inside her own home from when she was a child.

"Please come in." The woman smiled. "Can I get you anything coffee, tea?"

Sarah entered. "Tea please." She smiled back.

The kettle screeched and the woman handed Sarah a cup of tea and some sugar.

"Thank you" She replied sipping the hot tea.

"What brings you back to Beacon Hills?" She asked.

"College, I enrolled into the nursing program, which starts in a couple weeks." She smiled.

"Wow, that is great, I am so happy for you, you will love it."

The next question caught Sarah off guard.

"How is your father doing?" She asked with slight hesitancy

"He is doing okay, just working all the time, and spending time with his girlfriend." Sarah replied honestly.

The woman forced a smile. "Well by the looks of things he did a good job with raising you."

Sarah looked at the clock. "When will he be home?" She asked.

"Later this afternoon after lacrosse practice." She smiled.

" It will be nice to see my children together for the first time in years. When you were little you two were inseparable, never fighting, always happy and looking out for each other. It broke my heart to separate you two."

"Why did you?" Sarah asked quickly.

Melissa sighed. "It was a huge undertaking, I was still in school and I couldn't afford the two of you Scott was 2 and you were almost 4, so I kept him with me and your father took you. I cried for months, and months, and eventually it got easier. I sent you presents for Christmas and for your birthday, I never stopped thinking about you. I am sorry Sarah." She started to cry.

"Mom, don't cry please, I understand why you did it, you wanted the best for me, and I am old enough now to be a part of your life again. Can we have a fresh start? I want a relationship with my mother that doesn't just include present and birthday cards. " Sarah said softly.

Her mother wiped her tears and smiled.

"I would like that very much." She smiled even wider.

"I do have to go set up my class schedule, but here is my number, call me sometime this week and we can catch up some more." Sarah said handing her a post it with her cell number on it.

"Okay, I will. Thank you." They hugged and Sarah went to leave, just as Scott was coming home.

Scott could sense something was different, a new scent, a new unfamiliar person invading his territory. He got out of the car, leaving his gear in the trunk and headed for the door. Sarah smelled him right away, her little brother wasn't so little anymore. It was so strange to think about seeing him after all this time. How time changes people, however Scott and Sarah were more alike and they were soon going to find out just how much.

Sarah opened the door to leave when there stood in front of her a medium height brown hair, brown-eyed boy. It was pure joy to see him after all this time, however Scott didn't seem to think so.

"Who are you?" He asked curiously.

"I'm Sarah, your sister." She replied.

A million thoughts raced through his mind. His sister? He knew he'd had a sister from as long as he could remember, but now she was real, in his kitchen. She was really pretty, long brown hair, athletic build, apart from Scott's brown eyes, hers were hazel.

"Sarah?" he said aloud. She held out her hand to shake Scott's, and he accepted, and instantly there was a connection. They both looked up at each other. Scott never thought in a million years that something like this would happen.

Sarah knew instantly that Scott was like her, and that scared her. A thousand questions ran through her mind. When? How? Why? Where? However she knew they would all be answered in the coming months. For now she was just happy to be home. She went to leave, Scott followed.

"You have to leave so soon?" He asked.

"Yeah, I have to go to the college and set up my classes." She replied with a smile. "Its so good to see you again Scotty, a nickname she used to call him. We will see each other again soon, I promise."

She turned to leave and that's when Scott noticed it. Sarah was wearing a tank top, which revealed a mark on her back, a mark that only one other person has. Derek Hale.