"Don't you dare cry! If you start, we all will!" I chuckled. Not for one minute did I think I`d be leaving this place. All my friends. My dad. My sister. Admittedly, I was glad to be going to Auntie Sue's again, but leaving everyone was truly killing me. "Vick, don't do it!" it was a little late for that though. Vicky and Holly were tearing up in the car; Vicky was past just tearing up now though. Megan had been sobbing since we left the house. Too late to tell her to stop now.

"Becksters! I can't believe you're leaving though," she broke down and lunged at me. "You're such a shit head ya'know. I'm really going to miss you bro." she revealed as she stepped back wiping tears from her cheeks. I had known Vick since I started college and, even though she was a year older than me and 2 years older than the rest of them, she was my best friend and everyone loved her.

"I know Vick, I'm going to miss you too dick head." she smiled weakly and I turned to Holly. She just hugged me really tightly and looked back at the floor. Was never one for long goodbyes, our Hollister. Little trooper.
"Moo?" Megan wouldn't talk to me. She hadn't since I told her I was going away. I think she was mad at me. Megan got nicknamed 'moo' after she complained for hours that we all had nicknames and she didn't. It kind of grew on her.

" I hate you, you know that right?" I chuckled. By hate, she meant love. I think.

"I know Moo. I love you too." She wasn't one for the mushygushy stuff.

"Flight 187 is now boarding..."

That was me. I hurried away and waved goodbye without looking around. If I turned and looked at them, I might not have left.

***
I was stood outside the airport waiting for Seth and Auntie Sue to come and get me when it really hit me. I wasn't in Manchester anymore. I wasn't in England anymore. I was in America. Shockingly, I was excited to be away from the place.

"Excuse me, have you seen my baby niece around here?" a familiar voice asked from behind me.

"AUNTIE SUE!" I practically screamed at her and enveloped her into a longing hug. I loved her more than my other aunts, she was so much cooler.

"I missed you Beamer! You've grown up so much." she commented, holding me at arms length. I had changed a lot since I had last been here. My hair was longer but it was still chocolate colour and parting-less. I had grown a little. I had lost all my baby fat and was a comfortable size 8. Considering I was 12 last time I visited, I wasn't surprised she had noticed the changes in me. Although, the name 'Beamer' was still being used I noticed.

"Where's Seth? I really missed the baby." I laughed. Everyone called Seth 'the baby', he was shortest and the youngest.

"Don't recognize your own flesh and blood Beamer?" a voice chuckled from out of the car beside us. My jaw dropped to the floor. 'The baby' wasn't so anymore. As he got out of the car I saw how much he had changed. He was over a foot taller than me now and he had muscles bursting out of his shirt.

"JEEZ! Did you spend the last 6 years swallowing steroids in a gym or what?" I questioned...loudly.

"I grew up Rebecca, maybe you should try It."

"I see! Watch that mouth Seth, im still older than you" Seth and I were never really serious. All fun and games with us. It was great. He trapped me in a bone crushing embrace before leading me into the car. "So where's Leah?" I asked as soon I was comfortable and we were on our way to LaPush.

"She's ...working. She'll be back soon." Auntie Sue told me. I loved Leah, she was so feisty and she couldn't careless what people thought. She called me at least once a month when I was backing home. I got the impression she was lonely...

"As soon as you're ready, we'll go to Sam Uley's place."

"why?"

"his fiancée has made a welcome dinner for you. She's desperate to meet you, so hurry up!"

When I got to Auntie Sue's, she ordered me upstairs to change into something 'nice'. Something nice, something nice, something nice. After much deliberation and changing around 5 times, I settled on cream jeans, white vest and see through black shirt. 'Alright, I guess'. I wanted to look pretty but not overdressed. 'Nailed it!' I finally decided after pulling back half my hair and letting the rest flow down my back. I used to love my hair but now it was in desperate need of a cut. It was so long, I sat on it if I didn't force it into a bobble.

"Becks?" Seth shouted up after I put on my make up and was deciding on shoes. "You decent?" he asked. I could hear him coming up the stairs.

"Yeah, come in." I replied. As the door opened, I was slipping on my black bowed dolly shoes. "What do you think?" I asked, now unsure of my shoes.

"You scrub up well," he smiled "ready to go? Mums getting antsy." he chuckled.

"Sure, let's go." I smiled and followed him down the stairs.

***
My memory of Sam Uley was a total blur. I couldn't even remember if he was a nice person or not. However, as we drove closer to his house, Seth began to drop more names. 'Embry...Quil...Jacob...Paul...Jared' to say I was lost was the least of my worries. I couldn't remember any of these people! Bit late to panic about it though, we were pulling up outside. 'Got to love having a memory like a goldfish!".

I could hear voices inside the log cabin style house. A few cars and a motorcycle were parked outside. I got the feeling we were the last to arrive. A small head poked around the door as I got out of the car.

"Hi," the woman came outside and made a run for me, holding out her hand. "I'm Emily, Sam's fiancée." she smiled. I tried to keep a straight face as the scars across her cheek revealed themselves. 'No one warned me of this!' I thought. 'I'll kill Seth later.'

"Hey, I'm Rebecca. You can call me Becks though." I smiled at her, focusing in on her eyes and zoning out the rest of her face.

"What a beautiful name," I immediately liked her. "Come on in, I was about to serve the food." I had been too focused on Emily to notice that Seth and sue had already slipped by me.

Inside, I saw 7 huge muscular men gathered around a dinner table and auntie sue was loading food onto plates in the kitchen. Emily abandoned my side and I was at a loss at where to go or what to do.

"Becks, come sit here." Seth called and patted the seat next to him. 'Thank god for Seth Clearwater!' I thought as I sat next to him and smiled at the other men. As it turned out, I didn't have to worry abut not remembering the guys, because none of them remembered me either. Happy days. "Okay, so that's Jared," he smiled. "Paul," he just glanced at me. 'He seems lush' "that's Sam, Emily's fiancée," he smiled and waved from the far end of the table. " And this is Quil, Embry and Jacob." Seth introduced.

"Hey Becks." I assumed was Embry, based on the order of names. Quil nodded and winked, cheesily and Jacob double taked. I wiped my mouth in case I was dribbling or had something around my mouth, he kept staring. I turned for renforcements and nudged Seth.

"Oi," I whispered to Seth. "Does that Jacob guy always stare like that?" I asked. He looked over at Jacob. Then back at me. Then at Jacob again before he sighed and put his head on the table.

'I'm definitely missing something...'

Embry nudged Jacob and he didn't stare as much after that. I caught him a few times as we ate, but he turned away straight after I noticed. The guys scoffed down the equivalent to 3 full meals each but were still begging for left overs. Men!

"Emily, that was a beautiful meal, thank you." I complimented as I pushed away my plate in defeat. "Want some help clearing up?" I offered.

"Absolutely not," she smiled as she took my plate. "Your my guest Rebecca, just go relax with Seth and the boys." I really really liked her. Although her offer to go relax with the boy was less appealing.

" Becks?" someone shouted from the front room.

"Erm...Yeah?" I answered hesitantly.

"Can you do this dance mat thing?" someone else asked. I followed the voices to see what they were talking about.

It was an actual dance mat plugged into a PlayStation1.
What the hell?

"Yeah I can do it... But why do you guys have one?'' I asked, a little puzzled as to the situation.

"Emily said she's going to throw out anything we don't use within the next 2 months because its cluttering the house." Sam said.

"Explain why you want to keep a PlayStation1 and dance mat though..."

"because its fun! Just play it, pleeeeeeease?" Seth practically begged. In the end, I scoffed and gave in. As I walked through the sea of men to the mat, I felt Jacob staring at me. I turned and looked at him, into his eyes. I felt something strange in my chest as I did so.

'Probably heartburn' I thought.