As the rain pored down on her front window and her wipers were doing the best they could to make the window as clear as they could to see the road in front of her. Sarah could not help but smile widely, as she thought about the meeting that was about to happen.

Florida had been great,but it had been a year since she had seen her best friend in the world, and she was excited to see her again. As she turned into the reservation, she remembered why her mother told her to take her 4by4. The heavy rains of October had turned the dirt road into a mud pool.

She drove past the small red house and waved at the Black's. "Hey Jake and Billy." she muttered as a smile crept up her face. They probably did not see her, but it had become some what of a routine when she visited Leah. Sarah felt her heart start to pound in her chest as she saw the little house of the Clearwaters up the hill.

I wonder how Leah will react when she sees me again. She thought as she parked the car, and grabbed her umbrella.
As she opened the cardoor a fountain of water immediately got in the car and she got kind of wet before she could open her umbrella. It was cold and wet and a curse escaped Sarah's lips.
That was my favorite shirt... Taking a small run she ran to the porch where she folded the handy rainscreen and knocked on the door. Her heart pounding as she saw the door open.
It wasn't Leah, but a young man, A muscular, smiling, broad young man. As the giant smile appeared on the boy's face, Sarah knew that this was Seth.
"Hey Seth!"
Sarah lifted her hand and smiled. The young boy she had always been friends with grabbed her and pulled her close in a hug.
"Wow... That is a warm welcome." As he let her go, she looked serious, knowing Seth and Leahs father had died only a few months ago.
"How are you doing?" Seth instinctively knew she was talking about that and nodded.
"We are managing, but I miss him a lot. Would you like to come in?" She walked in the house and noticed almost nothing had changed. A few more pictures of Harry on the wall. Seth put her down on the couch as he started to make some tea in the kitchen.

"Where is Leah?"
"Oh she is out on... a run. She will be back in a few hours." He walked back with two cups of tea.
"Running? In this rain?" Seth shrugged his shoulders.
"She does that now." He sat down and smiled at her.
"So tell me about Florida. We did not get a chance to talk during the funural."
Sarah laughed. "Silly boy, you tell me first when you got to be so big?"
Seth blushed a bit. "Ah well.. that just happened when I started to exercise."

They both laughed and caught up but Sarah had the feeling Seth was holding something back for her. They had been talking for half an hour when the front door opened.

A large half dressed, and wet man walked in. Seth had jumped up and the man had grabbed him to rough a little bit. As he looked up, the man smiled and Sarah suddenly recognized him. "Jacob Black?"
Jacob let go of Seth and dropped down on the couch.
"Hey Sarah." "What happened to you? Did you went training with Seth or something?"
Jacob laughed. "Yeah, or something, So your back?"
Sarah smiled. "Got back yesterday. I thought I would surprise visit Leah, but she is out."
Jacob gave Seth a look, but Sarah just kept on talking. "Apparently she likes to run in the rain."
Seth had brought some more tea. "We can go to Sam and Emily to wait for a while, Leah will be there later anyway."
Sarah stared at Seth. "Leah? She is staying freely at Sam and Emily's place? That is new." Sarah did not like Sam.
First he had ran out on Leah and suddenly started to live with Emily. Leah did not like him, then so did she. "Not so long, but they have food." With the word food the two boys faces lit up. Sarah laughed. "Alright let's go."

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Sarah was staring. She could not help herself, but she was. There was Sam, Paul and Jared. One even bigger then the other. Sam smiled at her, as did Jared. Paul just looked grumpy. "What has happened here?" Sarah yelled out in the door.
"Did a muscle bomb hit this place or something, or something in the water? When did you all get so big?"
She hugged Jared and Sam, her face still in disbelieve. Sam laughed.
"Just eating healthy Sarah." As she was sat down by Emily and given a hot cup of chocolate, the front door opened and Leah and Embry entered the room, instantly greeted by the rest. They were soaking wet and dirty, and glad to be inside.
At that moment Sam and Jared said their goodbye's and took off into the rain. But Sarah was too busy with hugging her best friend. She too was hit by the muscle bomb and was looking very surprised.

"When did you get home?"
"Yesterday evening. But we will catch up, maybe you should get something dry on yourself, you are soaking wet." Leah smiled and took off upstairs, followed by Embry who was also hit by the bomb. Sarah sank back into the couch.
"Man, I stand out here, I feel so fat."
She laughed at her own joke Sarah was not fat, she wasn't super slim, but she was 20 now and it was impossible to look like she was 16 again.
But she did not look bad.
"That's because you are!" Seth pushed her over and laughed. She pushed back and soon enough she was trying to get the 15 year old off of her.
Suddenly he was pulled away by his shirt. "That is not fair Seth." A dark voice made Seth look to the floor.
"Gees Paul, we were just playing. No need to put him down like that."
Sarah had gotten on her feet and stared down at Paul. He did not have the right..
Paul glared at her. What would you know his eyes and face read. Jacob was standing next to Paul.
"Relax man, come have a muffin."

Paul turned around and started to munch down on his muffin, keeping her in the corner of his eyes. Seth had set himself down on the other side of the room, pouting a bit.
Suddenly Sarah felt it. Much more had changed in that year then the muscles.

Somehow they are all connected, or something. Seth was never close with Paul, Embry or Jared. But now he just fits in. It looks like the men of the tribe are all gung ho with each other.
Sarah smiled. It felt good. Her eyes were pulled to Paul again, who raised his eyebrow. A small smiled curled around his mouth.
Hey wait... Is'nt Paul younger then me? She suddenly wondered. He looked about 25 now, but she remembered he was the same age as Jacob.
Realizing Jacob looked about 25 as well Sarah quickly drank her chocolate.
I must be losing my mind... Or maybe... just maybe... I gotten into some kind of horror movie, and they will make me musculair and gung ho too. NOOOOOO

Her thought made her smile a bit. At that moment Leah jumped down the stairs. "Sarah, you want to come to my place?" Sarah got on her feet. "Sure. Bye Seth!" She waved. "Emily, Embry." She smiled as she looked at Paul. "Bye Paul." Paul smiled back at her and stuck up his hand. Then she followed Leah into the rain, together hiding under her umbrella.