Important note: This entire story goes with the song I'm Movin' On by Rascal Flatts, so I highly suggest you go and listen to it before reading this story. It's a beautiful song and it would help you to understand this story.

Also, I would like to thank ShadowCub for suggesting this song to me. She was like "It sums up Leah perfectly." So went and listened to it and I sort of needed to write something about Leah that went with the song. And hence, this story was born! So, enjoy and please let me know what you think. Thanks!! (By the way, there are five parts to this story and I promise to update quiker if people review!)

Disclaimer: Stephanie Mayer owns the characters, and the song I'm Movin' on belongs to Rascal Flatts.

Part One:

I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons
Finally content with a past I regret
I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness
For once I'm at peace with myself
I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long
I'm movin' on

I'm Movin' on, by Rascal Flatts

Leah Clearwater drove down the Pacific Coast Highway. All the windows where rolled down and strands of her dark hair blew into here face and caught on her sunglasses. She glanced at the people walking down the streets with their surfboards and smiled contently as she inhaled the ocean air.

When she saw a familiar road looking out to the ocean she pulled onto it and turned the car off. Getting out of the car, she struggled with the soft top of her jeep until it came all the way down. Then, hopping back in her jeep she leaned back the seat slightly so the sun could warm her face.

She sat there and watched the sun set. She sighed at the colors melding and mixing. Oranges, reds, blues, and pinks; all of them up in the sky and reflecting in the water were they sparkled and danced. I couple of seagulls circled the waters and cried every once in a while. The palm trees swayed soothingly as she thought.

"This is way better than Forks," She muttered, then chuckled lightly. She thought of how good it felt to smile. As soon as she saw the weathered "Welcome to Forks" sign disappear behind her in the rear view mirror it was like a gate had been opened. Leah was free to laugh and smile as she pleased and her heart had broken free of its cage.

Leah closed her eyes. She gently pushed the sun glasses further up her nose and leaned her head back against the head rest. She was the picture of piece as she sat quietly in her jeep. She was so still that just when you might think she had fallen asleep, a tear rolled down her cheek.

A woman pushing a stroller by hesitated near where Leah sat. She thought about asking if the young lady was alright. Then, she second guessed herself, and hurried down the sidewalk.

In truth, Leah was alright. In fact, if you asked Leah, she would have smiled and nodded while saying, "Yeah, I'm great," and those three words would have rung true with deep conviction.

The cause for those two lonely tears was that Leah had remembered her mother. She had gone back to the day she had told Sue she was leaving. That she was getting away for her own sake.

Sue had nodded solemnly at the ground, absorbing every word. After a short pause she looked her daughter straight in the eye and said "Do what you have to. You've always been a fighter Leah. I can't expect you to take all this laying down. I knew you would move on to a better place when you where ready."

When Sue said "all this" Leah knew she meant what Sam had done to her. How he tore her love for him apart and going with someone who was once so close to her. Sue meant the pack too. She knew how miserable Leah was and how she handled it by shoving little pieces of her misery onto the others. She didn't approve of how Leah handled it, but understood it nonetheless.

"I just have one question," Sue said after a short pause. "Why didn't you leave sooner? I mean don't get me wrong, dear. I love you and I want you around when you're in a good or bad mood, but we both know this is the right decision for you to make. I just want to know what made you stay as long as you did."

Leah hesitated, her words caught in her throat. Frankly, she was regretful about not having the courage to leave sooner. She figured telling her mother why she hadn't left sooner couldn't hurt her, and Sue disserved a full explanation as to why her daughter was leaving.

"You said it yourself, mom. I'm a fighter," She said softly, thoughtfully. "I felt like I needed to be here for you and Seth. Especially after dad died." When she said that Sue's eyes dropped to the floor, but Leah pushed on. "I also felt like if I left I would be running away from my problems. It was like I would be giving in. I've just realized that leaving isn't giving in. Now I think of it as sort of accepting things and moving on. I can't continue to hold on to what hurts me."

Sue nodded in quiet thought. "You don't have to worry about me and Seth, Leah. You're not the only fighter here. Seth will complain but that's just because he will miss his big sister. I won't complain because I agree with you, but I will miss you terribly." She smiled kindly, a look of sympathy and peace entering her eyes.

Then Sue hugged Leah and murmured, "I know you won't come back, but I want you to know you always have a place here."

Leah felt slightly comforted that someone in LaPush wanted her to stay. It also felt good to have her mother approve of what she was doing even if she would have gone threw with it even without approval. It reconciled a small piece of her that was questioning her actions.

"Love you," Leah whispered in her mother's ear, the only person who had taken the time to try and understand her.

"I love you to, sweetheart," Sue had whispered back, her eyes watering a little. She had faith in Leah to do the right thing.