Disclaimer: I do not own twilight or any of it's characters.
Ben Howard- Everything
I moved my head to rest on the window. My iPod was playing an acoustic playlist as I took in the passing landscape. It wasn't unfamiliar to me, but I hadn't seen it in a long, long time. The green was beautiful. I had never forgotten it, I had been longing for it and I hadn't even noticed. We passed the line from Forks into La Push- I breathed a sigh of relief, I was home.
"you don't have to look so damn happy for leaving me you know" My brother grumbled from the driver's seat. To say that he wasn't happy about my leaving was an understatement.
"Come on Mason, you can't say that you haven't missed it either!"
"I guess, but I need to turn right back around to Carolina WITHOUT YOU" He cried melodramatically "I WILL BE LEFT TO SUFFER THE WRATH OF MOM ALONE"
"Good luck with that" I said with a smile
"I really hate you sometimes, Lex"
"Love you too darling brother"
We were nearing the house that I had decided two weeks ago to live in for an indefinite amount of time. As Mason pulled up onto the drive way I was already halfway out of the car.
"Daddy!" I leapt into his arms and held on for what seemed like hours. He let me go and went to speak to Mason.
"It's good to see ya son." I could hear him say. "You know, there's space for you as well if you decided you want to come back, it would be good to spend some time with you"
"Mom needs one of us, and Lexi needs you right now more than I do, but I'll come visit with Mom at Christmas or something."
"Well, if you change your mind you know where we are" He pleaded. My dad misses Mason so much it hurts me to see it. When my mom and dad split up I was only 8. Mason was 12 and found it a lot harder than I did. I think on some level he still blames dad, even though he knows it wasn't his entire fault.
"I better get going, I'll see you soon Lex" He said as he pulled me into a rib crushing hug. My brother is truly my best friend and I really didn't want him to leave. I felt my eyes brimming with tears when he pulled away. I watched him get into the car and drive away. My dad didn't say anything, he just put his arm around me and carried my bag into the house. I went up to my old room, everything was pretty much the same as I left it except it had boxes of my stuff from Carolina that had been sent a few days ago. My dad followed me in.
"You can paint it or whatever, I know that you're not into princesses anymore... at least I hope you're not. I was going to paint it but I thought it would be nice for you to choose everything, and we can go to the store and get you new things for it if you like?"
"Dad, you're rambling. But that would be really nice; I'll start soon if that's okay? I might as well do it before I've unpacked everything." I was starting to get excited about decorating and all the things I could do to the room.
"Whatever you want honey, I just want you to be happy here." He said. "which reminds me, your Uncle Sam brought you a homecoming present! Go into the garage" I ran downstairs, hoping it was what I thought it was. I was right, it was a car. My own beautiful car... It wasn't just any car either.
"Holy crap dad! It's a vintage rabbit! Does it run?"
"Perfectly." He replied. I made a kind of squeak and did a happy dance. Cars are my thing, I love them. I'm kind of freakish about them actually. There's not a better feeling than fixing a broken car and making it run. "You know Lexi, you should actually go round to Jake's, remember him? He has his own garage now; he might be able to give you a job." I knew remembered Jacob Black only too well, he terrorised me. But working in a garage did sound fun... and I didn't have anything else to do.
"Okay, I will! Maybe he's grown out of being an asshole" I said and my dad laughed at me, he always thought it was hilarious when Jacob, Quil and Embry were mean to me. "I'm gonna go to bed dad, the drive was really long. I'll see you in the morning!" I jumped up and kissed him on the cheek.
"Night Lexi, love you"
Lying in bed, I thought about how lonely my dad must have been here. Yeah, he has Sam and his friends but he's been in this big, family house alone for all these years. He's never moved and there are bits of my mom everywhere. I don't think he's ever given up on her. They were high school sweethearts; my mom got pregnant with Mason when she was 16, my dad's aunt took them both in and they got married at 17. My mom dropped out, she went to college in the evenings when my dad was home from school. Neither one of them have ever spoken about that time in a bad way though. They were excited to start their life together. By the time they had me I think things were starting to go downhill. My mom started to resent my dad and she was finding it hard to cope with two young children and no one around to help her. We left when I was eight. It broke my dad's heart. I'm sure he still loves her, they actually get on pretty well, but my mom fell out of love with him years ago. I could cry for him. That's part of why I'm here, for him as much as me.
A/N: Soooo... like it? Review please! It makes me a better writer! Any suggestions as to where the story should go are also welcome I've kinda got the first few chapters planned out, the next one will be up later today, so follow! :D
