I stared around the small wood paneled room. Even though it was half the size of my room back home, I was still elated to be standing in the door way. It was perfect. The dark wood reached up to the dingy ceiling in a way made my heart ache for my old home in Forks. Though I was entirely across the country from the little city I had left behind. I had always dreamed of moving to a big city to fulfill my dreams of college. I chuckled quietly to myself. How had I moved from one small city to another?

After much consideration of my future, I moved to a small fishing village off the east coast where my widowed aunt resided. It wasn't necessarily the upbeat atmosphere I had hopped for, but it was better than being unwanted. At least no one cared either way here. The realization hit me at that moment and I couldn't help the crazy smile spread across my face. Finally, I was away from Forks. A nervous chuckle slipped through my red lips. Finally.

Unfortunately I was unable to enroll into college as I had planned. My transformation into a giant she-wolf had interrupted my senior year causing me to never receive my diploma. I would be attending the small high school here for a year before choosing which college would be blessed enough to have my sunny out look I thought darkly.

I crossed the room and flopped down on the cot like bed. It was a thin mattress that resided on a wide ledge sticking out from the wall with cubby holes underneath. All comprised of the same dark wood. The one window in the room out stuck out over looking the gray bay. The window ceil under neath provided a wooden sitting area to stare out at. Again, despite the incredibly small size of the room, it was perfect.

I got up off the thin mattress and grabbed my bag I had dropped at the door. Part of me was exceptionally depressed all my items could fit into one bag while the other half was extremely proud of my lack of care for material items. Just as I was unpacking my cell phone rang. Shoot, I mumbled trying to find the vibrating item in a messy bag with a hundred other various objects. I grabbed it just in time to see the caller id. Seth.

I sighed deeply and threw it on the bed. I hadn't talked to Seth since I had left. In truth I hadn't really talked to him before I left even. He didn't understand why I was leaving. He thought there wasn't an issue with me going back to the high school on the reservation. But there was. For one, Seth was a senior this year. There was no way I was going to go back and graduate with my baby brother. Not to mention how every one there would stare at me, and the lack of friends. Not that the last fact bothered me so much. Since, well I couldn't think the name to myself, not now that I was here moving past him. Let's just say I hadn't had friends in a long time.

The house phone rang and I could have told you who it was even before I heard my aunt answer it. I stood at the top of the stairs listening to the voice on the other line. Half of my wished I was human instead of werewolf so I wouldn't have been able to hear the conversation. But I was glad to hear his voice even if it was depressed. It seemed like this was a trend in my life, half of me being grateful for my life and the other half despising it.

"Is Leah there yet?" I heard Seth's voice ring out from the receiver. I was sure even if I was human I could have heard him, he was so loud.

"Yes, her cab just arrived from the air port Hunny. She's unpacking as we speak." Aunt Lou's voice responded.

"Can I talk to her please?" Seth said impatiently as if it was obvious the phone should already be in my hand.

"I don't think that is such a good idea right now Darling." She replied softly in an attempt to not hurt Seth's feelings.

"Why not?" He responded and I could already imagine his lower lip jutting out.

"Because sweetie, she needs her space right now. When she wants to talk to you, I am more than positive she will call. Just give her some time." Aunt Lou said sweetly. I instantly sank back into the wall by the stairs. It was like a weight was lifted from my shoulders. In that instant. I couldn't have been more thrilled I had chosen Aunt Lou's to stay at. Unlike the others, she could understand the loss of a loved one.

I heard Seth mumble his goodbyes and the phone hang up on the wall. I quietly crept back up to my room. It was late once I had finally finished unpacking. Aunt Lou had already said goodnight and had went to bed with no probing questions asked. I turned off the lights and checked my phone again. Four missed calls. Three were from Seth and the last from my mom. I could almost have bet the lottery he had begged her to call. I rolled over on the thin mattress and pulled the quilts tight around me.

No matter how late I stayed up, I knew this part was going to come. I had been dreading it ever since I stepped foot on the plane in Seattle. Thoughts of him crept into my mind. Did Sam even miss me? It was doubtful. He was most likely tangled up holding Emily close to him. The thought felt like a knife in my heart. But I was ready for it. I knew what to expect by now. I may have been across an entire continent from him but his ghost was in my room right now haunting me. Just like every other night in Forks, I fell asleep wrapped in tears in a new town.