Author's Note: This fic takes place after Eclipse and Marriage of Bella and Edward, but before Bella is changed. Breaking Dawn does not exist in this universe. This is indeed a JacobXOriginal Character fic, I'm writing this mainly because the idea is hunting me daily and causing me to go a little insane. Plus, I felt that Jacob deserved to get some love too after Eclipse. Characters may seem a little out of it, but that's because I'm not Stephanie Meyer, so of course they may be a bit OOC. Anyway on to the story.

Post-Edit note: I am reviewing, editing and changing a few things in this story, including the name of the original character. If you notice any misses, they will be caught eventually. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do the Twilight series or any potential copyrighted things that are going to be mentioned in this chapter or any others. However, I do own Claire, for she came out of my own mind.

Chapter 1

I made a promise to my parents that I would return to Forks. It had been a long summer, a whole season dedicated to unexpected pain and suffering. I was happy to finally be starting a new chapter in my life. I think that I was finally feeling happiness again. I feel like I've been just so shut down emotionally since the accident. It was rare that anything above a smirk would hit my face, and other than that, there was just a lot of pain.

Forks, Washington was a place of happiness to me; my hometown, the place where all my favourite memories take place. The place where my family resided. I was going to live with my uncle Charlie for my last two years of high school. Junior year would be starting in week and I was happy to say that this was something I was looking forward to. School would definitely help to get things off my mind. Certain things that I don't want to remember and no one should ever have to, ever.

I felt a jerk as I realized the seat belt light flashed on in the plane. Soon after that the predictable landing announcement would ring through the muffled speakers in the cabin, as if anyone ever understood what the pilot was saying. I slowly buckled my seat belt and sank into my wide seat. My parents never let me fly economy if I were travelling alone, something which I became too accustomed to over my few short years flying over both land and sea.

Prior to my departure, Charlie had called to inform me that he wouldn't be able to make it to pick me up from my flight. When the phone rang as I was leaving, I practically jumped out of my skin, remembering Charlie's call before I left, thankfully it wasn't anything nearly as bad as I always think it's going to be. The awkward words exchanged between niece and uncle was a nice change from the constant disturbance of condolence calls that I have been getting lately.

"Don't worry Claire! I'll make sure that someone familiar is at the airport to pick you up." He said into the receiver, "Maybe I'll ask Bella, she probably isn't too busy. Besides she has some news for you, which she has forbid me from telling you. Although, I can't quite understand why..." He started his off-topic mumbling, typical Charlie really.

"What kind of news does Bella have for me Uncle Charlie?" I was a bit terrified to actually find out the news, any new news should be pretty good but still, I was nervous about it anyway.

"I would actually tell you, but Bella said that if I did, she would have to kill me." He chuckled, "You know she really wants to tell you something herself if she's threatening me."

"She's definitely not the threatening type…" I trailed off, "Well, I can't wait to see you later tonight!"

I honest to God, did not want to find out what Bella wanted to tell me. I wished for that reason that I be fortunate enough for the plane to crash during landing. If the news was big enough that she didn't want anyone else to tell me about it, it's huge. God was certainly not on my side today though. I massaged my temples gently as I reflected on the potential bad. It could be good news...I hope, I wish... I dreaded the news that awaited me on the ground.

The reason for my dread is that I have not been very lucky these past few months with news. I mean first there was the accident, then my boyfriend and now I'm impatiently awaiting my impending death as the plane is touching down.

I waited for the rest of the people to exit the plane, trying to delay the transfer of information from Bella's mouth to my ears. I really should have called her beforehand to find out what she wanted to tell me, although she probably wouldn't surrender the information. It seems like something she wants to tell me in person and not over the phone. As I stepped off the plane, I shivered as the surprisingly cold weather hit my body. I knew I should have worn jeans instead of a skirt, Washington weather is nothing like the southern Italian weather that I'd been experiencing over the last month, but it's pretty close to the Maine weather that feels like home. Good thing I took my rugby team jacket. I wrapped my arms around me trying to hold in my quickly escaping body warmth. I'm sure I'll get used to this weather sooner or later, I was born and raised here after all. I thought as I walked my way to the terminal, it was rare that flights for me unloaded on the tarmac, but this airport isn't very big, so it's no surprise.

"Have a good day!" the very attractive male attendant said with the biggest grin on his face before I exited the plane. I flashed a little half smile to him, hoping that I'm not showing my worries to everyone I pass today.

"Claire!" I looked over in the direction that my name came from as soon as I walked out of the secure area. There she was. Standing next to possibly the most attractive guy I've ever seen! There's no way they knew each other. I mean, I have to admit that Bella was very pretty, but what exactly did the other girls in Forks look like for him to be with her? And what did the other guys look like here?

I waved as I walked over to Bella. I couldn't believe that this guy actually had his arm around her. He was pretty much holding her as close as he possibly could without it being super awkward and possessive, they looked cute together I suppose. But I really think that I entered a parallel universe or something, because it was a little weird seeing my awkward older cousin attached to a guy, especially one that looks as good as him.

"Claire!" Bella said as she escaped from the guy's arms to give me a hug, making me drop the carry-on that I had a fairly poor grip on anyway. "I haven't seen you in forever!" she said tightening her grip. I placed my arms around her and returned the sentiment.

"It feels like a whole other lifetime since I've been to Forks Bella." I said trying to sounds as chipper as possible. I knew she probably wouldn't buy it, but it certainly doesn't hurt to try.

"You wouldn't believe how much truth there is to that." Bella said as she pulled away from me and back to her seemingly lover's arms. I don't quite understand what she meant by that, but I'm sure a lot has happened to her as well, Must have something to do with her news. I thought.

"Maybe you would like to introduce us." as if on cue, the guy that held Bella said. Her eyes lit up, as if she had just won a million dollars. I don't think I've ever seen her quite so happy.

"Edward, this is Claire, my cousin." She sounds a lot more giddy than I remember her. I thought. Edward flashed me a polite smile while he offered me his free hand to shake and I started stretching mine out to accept his greeting.

"Sadie, this is Edward, my husband." I froze. My hand reached halfway to Edward's, my eyes widened in shock. I could very well feel the blood rush from my face. Husband?! I attempted to crack a smile through my pale shocked face, but all I could manage was this half grin which probably looked pretty creepy considering that my eyes were stuck in their wide position. I looked from her to him and back again. Edward looked like he was trying not to laugh, almost as if he was getting a kick out of how shocked I was. Bella's facial expression changed from her "honeymoon" glee to disapproval. Seeing her face, I realized that I must still look pretty freaked out. Bella… Really, how am I supposed to take this news?

"I'm sorry you just kind of hit me off guard there." I shook my head as if trying to shake my thoughts out of my head, "But really, congratulations Bella! And Edward welcome to the crazy family!" I smiled and gave the two a hug. I felt so very relieved and genuinely happy for the two. "So this is the thing that you wanted to tell me? Also why wasn't I invited to the wedding!" I proclaimed.

Bella shrugged her shoulders, not really knowing what to tell me or trying to change the subject without giving me much of an answer to either of my questions. Leaving me still a little nervous about everything but I'm pretty sure that should be all of it. That's when the siren for the luggage belt finally sounded. I mouthed the word "bags" before pointing in the direction of the baggage claim. My luggage was really easy enough to find, five bright hot pink matching pieces of luggage.

"I see you still travel lightly." Bella said very sarcastically as she directed Edward to take the two heaviest of my bags. I threw her a smirk before following the two back outside into the cold toward the car.

"I remember Forks was cold, but I mean, this is colder than I remember." I said, pointing out the obvious to myself, but I realized that the weather really wasn't bothering the two lovers. "You guys must feel like Popsicles twenty-four seven." I laughed before looking at the two. "Okay...Maybe not." I had to retract the comment because of the super odd looks I was getting from both of them.

I knew there would probably be some awkward moments between Bella and I, but seriously that was a little over the top.

"So, when did you guys tie the knot anyway?" I asked very casually from the backseat of Edward's silver Volvo.

"August 13." Bella answered dreamily.

"Jeez Bella, if had of invited me, I would have come! I only would have had to change my plane ticket by a week!" I said a little offended. Why didn't she invite me, she's like a sister to me. I thought a little saddened by the thought that she forgot about me. "You know that I would have been one of your bridesmaids."

"You know, it was really small. There were only about twenty people there." Edward interrupted, again as if on cue. It cleared the air up a bit, but I was still feeling a little offended that I hadn't been invited.

"I knew that you were going through things at home, I didn't figure you'd want to have the pressure of being a bridesmaid along with that Claire. I did invite you and your family, but I figured that it didn't make it to you in time." Bella finished kind of sadly. Okay, maybe there has been a lot going on and I haven't been back in the country for very long at all really. Maybe I'm just disappointed because we used to talk about how we were going to be in each other's weddings. Well, maybe I used to talk to her about it and she just listened… Either way the rest of the ride was pretty quiet. I spent most of the last twenty minutes of the ride staring at my feet. The atmosphere was so heavy in there, I couldn't handle it.

"We're here." Bella said as we pulled into the driveway. It had been so long since I had last seen this house that I could hardly remember exactly what it looked like. It was very nostalgic to walk up the front steps of the house. Bella got her key and opened the door for me. I carried my small carry-on and one of the larger pieces of luggage over the threshold behind me. The place hasn't changed a bit since I was last here. Charlie sure hates change, you can tell by the ancient couch and TV in the front room. Along with the smell of old house, this place is just perfect. Since Charlie wasn't home from work yet, Bella brought me up to her old room to show me where I'll be spending the next two years. I walked up the stairs dragging a suitcase up with me following the plain, brown-haired girl. I walked through the opened door to my new room and the memories of my childhood began to flood back to me at an alarming rate.

Author's Note:

So I'm hoping everyone found that very entertaining. I decided to not end it on an extreme cliffhanger, so it's still open, but not really. Anyway, the more you review the faster I'll write.