Creating My Own Destiny

Authors Note: I don't own anything from Twilight. All of the props definitely go to Stephenie Meyer. She is awesome. However I just couldn't let the stories end. When I stumbled on this site was one of my happiest moments since coming into the Twilight World a little over a year and a half ago. I knew I could never compare to a Stephenie's Edward/Bella story, and I also couldn't do Nessie/Jacob because i just didn't have enough personality from Nessie to write on. Then I started thinking who I could possibly do, and one character kept pleading with me to tell her story and help her to be understood. Form the very first time I read about Leah, I knew she deserved to be heard and understood. As I said at the beginning, I don't own the amazing story that is Twilight Saga, but I hope you enjoy my story. Thanks.

Chapter 1

Sitting on the cliff, watching the sunrise, and listening to the waves hit the rocks, I thought of how the sea at this very moment reflected so much of how my life had gone these last few years.

If you were to look out into the ocean it seemed very calm far off, but the closer you got to the shore, you would start to noticed the, craziness of the crashing and breaking of the waves.

This was just like my life. For the most part it had been very calm and inviting, but the last few years changed all that. If you took the time to get close enough to the edge of my heart, you could see all of the crashing and breaking inside. It brought me back to those early days before everything got so messed up.

It started off with just me and my parents. I had a really good relationship with my mom. However it was my dad who I was closest to. When I was younger we did everything together. Even when my brother Seth was born, dad still held me close to him. I can remember hiking in the woods with him. My favorite times however were when on Saturdays he would wake only me and we would go fishing together. There I would share everything with him. There wasn't anything that I couldn't tell or talk to my dad about.

I guess you could say hanging out with my dad that much made me a a bit of a tom boy, but I was totally ok with that. Much to my mom's disapproval, but there nothing she could say would ever change that, and believe me she tried many times.

Every summer, I would spend the first half with my Cousin Emily's family. We were very close, and she had always been more of a sister than a cousin. We were exact opposites but it never made a difference. Somehow we were always able make it work. She being the girly one I think was one reason my mom pushed me to spend so much time with her. I think she had hoped that it would start to rub off on me, but it never did.

The summer I turned fifteen, started out as any other one had. I went spend the first month with Emily. I left the day after school let out. and would come home the day before my birthday.

That summer Emily and her friends discovered boys. I don't think Emily cared for them much but with her friends she talked like she did.

One afternoon while at the mall, they began pestering me to buy a dress. I kept saying no but they wouldn't stop. Emily said, "Come on Leah, you never know when you might need or want one." So finally to get them to stop, I just picked one that Emily had picked out. I didn't even try it on before I bought it, with the intention of just returning it later.

The rest of the visit was pretty much uneventful. The day I was to returned home, I realized that I hadn't returned the dress. So I just packed it and brought it home. I knew it would just sit and rot in my closet, but I didn't care.

On the ride home, I thought about what awaited me. It would be the same routine as usual. Mom would be cooking my birthday dinner, and she would have invited our neighbors the Uleys. They had a son named Sam.

Sam being two years older than me had always been more like an older brother or a cousin. He would constantly tease and pick on me. I had never thought of him as anything but annoying.

When I got home, I went to my room to put everything away. After hanging up my dress in the closet, I walked out and sat on my bed to wait for my mom called me down for supper. I thought maybe I could even get a twenty minute nap in.

Just as I was about to lie down, something out the window caught my eye. I got up and went to looked out.

There comes that moment in every girls life when she makes the decision that she just isn't a little girl anymore, and she is ready to move on to bigger and better things. That was the moment when mine happened.

As I looked out, I saw a guy that was very muscular. He was very tall, and had the most gorgeous copper color to his skin. His long dark black hair was so silky and shiny. I was thought who is this guy?

Before that day, guys had only entered my mine when playing sports, and I'm sure the only time I entered their's was for the same reason. However, at that moment, I wished I knew who he was, and hoped that somehow he would notice me in a different way as well.

At that moment, Seth also entered the yard. He said, "Hey Sam! Leah came home from Emily's today. Are you coming over for supper tonight?"

Sam laughed a deep laugh and said, "Of course Seth! Have I ever missed one of Leah's birthday dinners?"

Their voices faded away as I caught myself daydreaming about Sam. How could that be Sam. I had never noticed him that way before, but I definitly did now. What could I do to get him to notice me in the same way?

I was taken back to reality, by mom saying that I better get ready. Everyone would be here in an hour.

I jumped up and looked in the mirror. I looked exactly like I had just gotten back from a three hour car ride. I walked into my closet, with not a clue as to what I would wear. The very first thing that caught my eye was the dress.

I was so thankful that I bought it and had never returned it. I quickly took a shower, and got dresses. Then I dried my hair. How I wished I had paid attention when Emily tried to get me to fix my hair. So I just brushed it, and decided to just leave it down. Which was different, since I usually kept it short or wore it up in a ponytail.

I took a look in the mirror. I didn't have make-up but thankfully my complexion was really clear. The dress fit me perfectly. It was the color of a robin's egg and went well with my dark copper color. Funny how I had never thought about any of those things, until that moment.

At that moment I heard mom say, "Leah, everyone is here. Time to come down."

I took a deep breath and rechecked my reflection in the mirror. I sigh and said to myself, "Well it's now or never. I hope he notices me."

I smoothed down my dress once more and walked down the stairs.

A/N: Well what do you think for the first chapter of my first story? Please review let me know where or not I should continue or stop lol. Just kidding. I will not stop, because I really like my story, and even if nobody reads it I've pushed outside of my comfort zone and did something that I am very proud of.

Still hope you guys liked it and hope you leave a comment. Lots of Love Janet