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Okay this is set two years after Edward and Bella are married. Jacob's now out of highschool, and taking a year off of school to think about what he's going to do with his life. RENESMEE WAS NEVER BORN IN THIS STORY. Infact Bella's already been turned, so she can't have children that will still the wonderful Jacob's heart LOL. My character is 18 as well as Jacob so there's no confusion later.

+Chapter 1+

I pulled off the road and onto the drive all the while keeping my eye on my watch. I was a little late, which was something I never did, but I had hit a bad traffic jam back in Seattle. Let's just say I had to really use the bathroom after that wait.

Glancing around the driveway I noticed it was covered in fallen leaves that no doubt I'd have to more than likely come sweep away. It didn't help that the driveway was also shadowed by the trees around it. It had an errie effect to it which I'm sure would make me want to high tail it out of the creepy drive before I would even be down cleaning it off leaves.

However, for seem reason it seemed to calm my nerves though. The way the trees swayed kind of took away the creepiness and replaced the bad nerves with some good nerves; the bad nerves of the first move; the bad nerves of confronting my real father.

As the old Victorian came into view I felt my heart leap in excitement. Mom had been right; it was beautiful, just like the ad said. As I parked, I noticed the landlord making her way over to my car.

"So isn't it perfect," the cherry faced woman yelled over at me as she came closer. Nodding I smiled over at her.

"It's a dream," I told her as she reached my car door. Leaning on the door she turned to look at the house as well before sighing.

"There's a lot of memories in that old house. I got married there, hell I had my baby in there," the woman laughed making me twinge at the thought of this woman actually having a baby in that house.

"Don't worry the place where I had him you won't be seeing ever. We got rid of that bed 28 years ago" she chuckled turning to look at me.

"I hope so," I giggled nervously.

"Well come on. I'll show you around so you can get settle," she said as she opened the door for me. As she did my dog came flooding out of the car and right up to the porch right after a squirrel.

"Sorry about that. I didn't see him," she frowned as she watched Zeus bark up the side of the railing.

"Don't worry, he knows not to run off," I told her as I unbuckled my seat belt and got out.

"So where are you from exactly? You're mother's caller ID said Tennessee," the woman asked as she wrapped her arm around mine and led me over to the house.

"Oliver Springs, Roane County," I replied as I helped the old woman up the steps.

"That's close to Oak Ridge isn't it; the place where they made the atomic bomb? Whooh I remember my mother going on and on about that when I was little. She said she remembered when that thing dropped, brought a lot of controversy it did," the woman frowned.

"Um, what's your name again, my mom forgot to mention it," I asked as she unlocked the door and led me inside.

"Liz Grant, and yours," she asked turning the tables on me.

"Randi Woods," I answered gazing at the architecture of the house.

"Randi, such a beautiful name, I believe it means wolf shield in one language. I know for a fact it means admirable and lovely goddess in English and Norse. I remember glancing at it when my daughter was looking up names for her soon to be baby girl," Liz commented as I ran my hand over the railing of the stairs.

"Well the house needs some work, but I'm sure with a woman's touch it will do it good. Last renter I had was a man who didn't know his right from his left. Hopefully you do," she chuckled.

I felt myself drawn to the kitchen almost immediately. As I made my way into the house I felt that calming feeling return. This was the house. This was the place. There was no doubt in my mind now. This place would do.

Looking over the black marble counters it brought back memories of my old home from when I was four. Memories of a man with striking blonde hair, a narrow face, and with eyes of the prettiest amber I had ever seen. The same color my eyes held. The same color that stood out against my dark dirty blond hair and pale complexion.

"We just had those marble counters installed. We thought they might spruce up the old place just a bit. There's been a couple of new improvements since the old tenant," the woman chimed in breaking me from my thoughts.

"The place is nice altogether," I told her with a smile while taking a seat on the chair at the kitchen table.

"I hope so. It comes fully furnished, low rent, good running water, and electricity, but there's just one thing," the woman frowned.

"Oh, and what would that be," I asked looking over at her.

"This place lies half on Forks, and half on La Push, so there's been some debate over it for a while now on which town it really belongs too. You'll probably have trouble filling out your address for a while until I can get the problem fixed, so I guess in the meantime you'll have to just sign La Push like I've been doing," the woman said and then added, "Oh and there's on more thing, because the place lies pretty far from civilization it gets pretty quiet out here, and not many people like the sound of the night out here in the forest."

"Oh, um that won't be a big problem…as long as there's no wolves," and there's where I saw her frown.

"Yeah, about that I've been meaning to tell your mother about the sightings," the woman said taking a seat opposite me. I felt the fear come quickly and the tightening in my stomach.

"So there are wolves out here," I asked standing up as I looked out the window.

"Not many, and from what I heard they keep to themselves. There were some rumors going around saying they were the cause of a couple of deaths around here, but later we concluded that it was some bears," Liz replied.

"So, there's not really a chance I'll see any, right," I gulped.

"No, no sweetie, I doubt you will. However, if you do just call Sheriff Swan and he'll be down here in a moment's flash," the woman calmed me as she stood up.

"Well I best get going, so that you can settle in. If you need anything you can call me, or better yet call Sheriff Swan. His number's on the fridge. He'll more than likely come over to help you unload or he'll send over some of the La Push boys," Liz told me as she walked back to the front door with me at her heels.

"Nah, I don't think I'll need any help. I've pretty much got it, but hey, I've been meaning ask is there anyone living around here with the last name Cullen," I questioned quickly before she walked out the door.

"Yeah I do believe so. There's Doctor Cullen and his family. Why do you ask," Liz asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, just wanting to know if mom's old friend was around here still. Guess he is," I chuckled nervously.

"Well I'll tell him you're in town and…" Liz began but I quickly cut her off.

"Nah I think I'd rather surprise him, so just keep it quite if that's okay," I told her as she frowned but all the while nodded.

"Okay, I will, well I hope you get settled in well, and enjoy the house," and with those words she walked away all the while waving. I waved back until she drove off. Sighing I called Zeus back inside as I turned to face the house.

"This is going to be a long year," I whispered.

Later I found myself slowly making my way toward my house with way more boxes than I originally thought I could carry.

"Okay I can do this. Just one more step," I told my self as I licked my lips, while the sweat dripped off of my upper. Right as I lifted my leg Zeus must have caught sight the squirrel again, because he took off like a mad animal.

"Zeus, NO, NO, NO," I screamed before I went tumbling with the boxes. The moment my back hit the pavement I already knew I was going to be hurting later.

For a moment I just laid there groaning in pain before the tears slowly came. I couldn't do this on my own. God, how I wished Aunt Carol, or as I called her Mom, was here.

I needed help, and I was just going to have to break down to get some. Groaning I picked myself up and limped back inside and too the kitchen. Picking up the phone I dialed the number that Liz had left on the fridge.

For a few moments in rang before a voice finally picked up on the other end.

"Hello, Sheriff Swan, this Randi Woods. Um…Liz Grant told me to call if I ever needed help, and I think right now would be as good as time as ever since I just had an embarrassing fall trying to carry in a load of boxes," I told him quickly as I hissed in pain, while trying to straighten my back.

"Oh yeah, you're the new tenant renting out the Old Grant house. Well yeah I think I can come up there and help. Is it okay if I bring my son-in-law to help out," Mr. Swan asked as I took a seat on my window sill.

"Yeah, sure, the more the merrier right now," I chuckled all the while trying to hold back the groans I had from the pain in my back.

"Yeah, well I'll be up there in about twenty minutes, but in the mean time Miss…"

"Woods," I answered.

"Well in the meantime Miss. Woods just sit tight and take a break before you have a break," the guy chuckled on the other line.

"I will sir, see you in twenty," I told him before clicking the end button and lying back against the windowsill. Stupid herniated disk! I so was going to be hurting a heck of a lot more later.

When twenty minutes did roll around I heard the sound of a car pulling up my drive. Reluctantly I pulled myself up off the couch and away from the nice heating pad that was soothing my back. I made my way over to the door and peaked out to see the sheriff's car and some Volvo.

Opening the door I stepped outside to greet the men as they stepped out of their cars. The Volvo actually held not one man, but three. One very muscular guy, then a scrawny blonde, and finally the gem of them all. They all seemed like gods, but he was the icing on the cake. Not that I was attracted to him, but for some girls, I'm sure they'd be fawning over him.

"Hi, it's nice to finally meet you Miss. Woods. Liz's been estatic about you being her new tenant. Say's you're probably the best college kid she's ever heard off," the sheriff greeted me as he came up the stairs all the while noticing the boxes from the earlier incident.

"It's nice to meet you too, but I'm sure I'm not that perfect. I just have a good record from my college," I told him as I reached out to shake his hand. He took it quickly as the others boys made their way over to me. All of their eyes trained on mine.

I felt a chill run up my spine as the leader of them all held out his hand to shake next.

"Hi, I'm Edward," he said forcing a smile at me as we shook hands. For some reason he kept staring with a strained expression before I finally spoke up.

"Randi Woods it's a pleasure to meet you," I told him as he reluctantly moved away to let the scrawny blonde shake my hand, whom I soon found was called Jasper. From there the muscular guy named Emmet shook my hand. After all of them were done introducing themselves I told them about the earlier incident which earned a laugh from all of them, and a 'You should see a doctor about your back,' from Jasper who noticed me rubbing my spine.

"I'm sure I'm alright. Just a heating pad, a couple of Ibuprofins and I should be just fine," I told him as I glanced over at Edward who kept looking at me oddly. Not in that strained way he was before, but more so a curious one.

"Well, come on, I'll show you all the boxes, which include those scattered on the ground down there," I chuckled pointing to the boxes near the stairs.

"I'll grab those, just tell me where they go," Emmett said as he went to pick all of them up without any trouble.

"Um those go in the kitchen," I smiled at him as he headed on inside with the boxes.

"The others are in my car, and the moving van got here earlier with the rest. They're on the back porch," I explained to the three boys.

"I'll help you with the ones in the car. You boys go around the porch to the other side and get the rest," Charlie said as he was already heading down to my blue Suberu Legacy. I quickly made my way down to help.

Within no time we had all the boxes in the house, and in their right places. As a thank you I invited them all out to dinner, since of course there was nothing in my fridge to cook.

I rode along with the three boys while Charlie went home to change, since he fell in mud while he had been helping bringing the boxes inside the house.

Pulling up to an old diner I noticed quickly how much I was beginning to miss home. The place reminded me of the Old Grill, a couple yards down from my house. I would go there every day and hang out with friends after school, until Aunt Carol would call me up and ask me to come home to help her with something.

As I got out of the car I noticed Charlie pulling up. I smiled and waited on him with the others, before we all headed on inside.

"Wow, Charlie, when did you inheriated another daughter," a slightly overweight waitress said with a laugh.

"Donna this is Miss…."

"Randi Woods," I finished for him since he seemed to be having some trouble.

"Well it's nice to meet you. So let me guess, new tenant to the Old Grant house," Donna asked leading our group over to a table in the back.

"Yep," I answered taking a seat.

"Randi over here was having some trouble with moving things and she gave me a call. I brought the boys over with me to help her get everything into the house before it rained," Charlie said motioning outside the window where it was currently raining.

"Well that's nice of you, Charlie. I didn't know you were such a softie," Donna chuckled. Charlie rolled his eyes before telling Donna what he would like. After she was done taking his order she turned to the others around the table. They all seemed to chorus the same thing, "I'm not hungry." I don't know if it was out of courtesy of not making me spend money on them or if they really just weren't hungry, but all I knew was that I wasn't going to push them.

"What about you dear," the waitress asked with a smile.

"Um…a hamburger and fries would be nice. Can you just maybe make that hamburger a little rare in the middle," I asked looking up from the menu at curious eyes.

"Um, yeah I think we can. Anything else," the woman asked.

"Chocolate milkshake," I told her with a smile as I closed the menu and handed it back to her.

"Alright, coming right up," she said before heading to the window of the kitchen to hand our orders to the cook.

"So….rare," Emmett laughed looking at me with twinkling eyes.

"Give me a break. I like a little blood every now and then," I said shoving him playfully all the while Edward kept his eyes trained on me suspiciously.

"So, how's Carisle doing, Edward," Charlie asked leaning forward. Edward pulled his eyes off of me to answer him, "He's doing good, a little swamped with work though, but that can be suspected during the cold season."

The moment I had heard Carisle, I felt my body shut down immediately. So this was the right place. He was here. Now it was just a matter of time.

"Did you say Carisle," I asked suddenly looking up at Edward.

"Yes, why," Edward asked turning toward me.

"Is his last name Cullen," asked just as Donna was making her way toward us with mine and Charlie's food.

"I would expect so, since he's my father, and my last name is too," Edward said flashing a smile, "Can I ask how you know him?"

"No…no not really," I said as my gaze darted everywhere else but him. I felt the nerves beginning to bubble in my stomach again. I was sitting here, talking to Carisle's son and I hadn't even known it till now. I felt that bad feeling rise in me again, that this was a bad idea. That coming here was a bad idea.

He had a family and I was coming here to ruin it. How could I do that? Suddenly I felt that determination rise in me quickly as I remembered what he had done to my mother. How he had lied to her. How he hadn't come back until after she had died to see that I was in safe hands before he left once more.

Looking down at the time on my phone I looked back up at the others.

"I forgot the time completely. I have errands to run in the morning, and I need to get some sleep. You wouldn't mind running me back to my house. I know we haven't really been here that long, but I promise to pay the bill," I rambled on as I pulled out my wallet from my purse.

"Don't worry about it. I know how it is. I bet you have a million things to do before you settle in. I'll drive you back to your house," Charlie said as he turned to Donna and asked her to bring out some boxes for our food. With a huff and a puff she headed back to front to grab two boxes.

"I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway Randi," Edward said quickly with a worried face.

"Don't worry, you didn't. I just really have things to do tomorrow," I lied as Donna came back with two boxes. Quickly dumping my stuff into a box I stood up as Charlie too stood.

"Well I'll see you guys around. Edward tell Bella I said hi, and that she should come by to see me, since it's been a long time since the last time," Charlie told Edward as he grabbed his coat and threw it on.

"I will," Edward said looking at me instead of him.

"It was nice meeting you….all of you," I said turning to look at them all before exiting with Charlie. The drive back home was long, but it could have been worse if Charlie had talked. I didn't really feel like talking. I was to busy stuck in my own mind. To busy trying to figure out what I was going to do.

After Charlie dropped me off I headed on into the house. Switching on the lights I took a look around and sighed. I still had a lot of unpacking to do.

Looking over at the clock on the wall I decided I could finish most of it in the morning. For now I should catch some sleep.

I trudged my way upstairs and to my bedroom. Throwing off my clothes I placed them neatly on the dresser as I pulled out a pair of booty shorts and a tanktop.

I walked on into my bedroom's bathroom and finished undressing out of my underwear and bra. I turned on the hot water in the shower and waited a couple of moments before stepping on in.

The water felt nice against my cool skin. It seemed to warm me to the bone and spread through my veins.

I quickly washed my hair and my body before turning off the water and stepping back out. Wrapping a towel around my body and hair I headed back on into my room. Picking up the hairbrush on my nightstand, I began heading out to my balcony to sit.

The rain had long since stopped, and left the night animals to sing their songs. A few crickets here, a couple of owls there, and a little bit of rustling in the trees was all I could hear. It had a calming effect to my soul. It sounded more like home.

Suddenly a chorus of howls broke through the night setting me on edge. Memories of dreams I had when I was a little girl began to surface and make my heart race. I had always had a deep fear of wolves. Wolf shield my butt. My name might mean it, but in my dreams it was a whole other story. Ever since I can remember I had been having occasional dreams of being attacked by a single black wolf. It was almost always the same except for the places I would be. First I would realize I was dreaming, then I would hear the howl. I would know they were coming, and I'd run. However some invisible line would always prevent me from getting away, and then I would turn and there it'd be. The next thing I know, it would launch itself upon me. Then I would wake up with an odd feeling in my stomach, back, or neck as if it had been ripped out or something.

Those dreams had haunted me almost all my life, and from what I had realized four years ago, would foreshadow something bad to come. They had first started when my father had left me in the care of Aunt Carol.

Aunt Carol would often say my dreams were just glimpses into the future. They didn't always tell the full truth, but just enough to warn you. I remember when I was little and not as pretty, or as strong as all the others, that she would tell me, my gift lied within my mind. She told me I was smart, creative, and had a nick for knowing with things were going to happen. She had been right. I grew up to be 5th in my class. I became a good writer, and storyteller, and most of all, I managed to always be ready mentally when things came up. It was like I had dej vu all the time.

I felt my skin crawl as the howls grew closer to the house. Pulling my towel from my hair, I placed it on my lap as I began to brush through my hair. It seemed to calm my nerves slightly. Well that was until I heard the howls again and this time they sound like they were at the edge of the forest at my back yard. This time I jumped in fright when one single howl broke through the night. Closing my eyes I counted to 10 before opening my eyes once again. Looking over the balcony I froze in fear. Down below stood two large creatures. I knew they were wolves by the shape, however by the size they looked more like bears. Slowly back up I noticed one of the creatures look up at the balcony. The black wolf's eyes locked on mine, and I felt a cold chill run through my spine. That wolf….it was just like the one from my dreams. It let out a howl before racing off with the other one into the forest. I stood there frozen before I finally began to back up into the house. Shutting the glass door I raced to my bathroom and shut the door. It was a childish thing to do, as to run and hide in the shower, but you have to remember these dreams had haunted me since a child. These dreams had put me on medication for a while. These dreams had once had me seeing a doctor. These dreams scared me to the core. So as I sat there begging myself to wake up, I knew for a fact I wasn't dreaming and that what I had seen was real. That now after all these years, I finally faced one of my worst nightmares.

Okay, I'm so not going to lie. Twilight does get on my nerves now, but it's still got a good story line, so I decided to try it out. This is not my best work and I'm not going to lie, but I've had this story in my head for a while now, and I've decided to get some of it out. I might not finish this like I do with all my other stories, however I will try to though.

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