Stacy looked out the window as the trees rushed by, and vaguely heard the bob seager playing on the radio. Her father was driving with her mother in the front seat next to him as they sung along. Stacy rolled her eyes, they were driving to La Push to visit some family friends that Stacy had never met, well at least not that she remembered anyways. Apparently she had met them when she was like four but she was seventeen now so she didn't remember. It was summer which was good because Stacy wouldn't miss school, she was in her last year of high school then wasn't sure what she was going to do after that. Pulling down a dirty road she craned her neck a bit to look at the houses that dotted along the street there were kids playing on the side of the road and Stacy smiled a bit since it seemed like a close community, mothers standing on the porch of one house watching their kids play. Her father pulled into a parking spot along side a blue house and turned the car off.

"Alright we're here, I hope you getting along with Emily, Mark's daughter. She's married and doesn't live with him anymore but he said she would be around for you to hang out with." Stacy's dad said and she shrugged a bit. Getting out of the car she grabbed her bag and glanced around, there was a group of young people standing near the forest entrance, maybe fifteen of them, mostly guys but a few girls. They stood there talking then the guys went into the forest and the girls headed towards a house up the street from Stacy.

"Come on sweetheart." Her mom said and Stacy walked up the front steps of the house with them. Her dad knocked on the door as a pretty girl came up behind them, she was in her early twenties and Stacy tried not to look at the scars on her face.

"Hey I'm Emily; you must be the Bergen's." She said and Stacy's mother smiled at her.

"We are, I think we arrived a little early, is your father around?" Stacy's mom asked and Emily shook her head.

"He went into town to pick up a few things but come on in." She said opening the door and leading them inside. The inside of the house was nice, very cozy and inviting, over stuffed chairs, books and a huge TV in the living room.

"My friends and I are heading down to the beach if you want to come? It's so hot out so we thought we'd go swimming. It's like a ten minute walk." Emily said to Stacy and she nodded.

"After being in the car all day that sounds really good actually. Where should I change?" Stacy asked, Emily lead her upstairs to a pretty yellow room.

"This used to be my room before I moved; I'll wait for you downstairs." Emily said. Stacy waited until she left before opening her suitcase and digging for her swimsuit. She really liked the room, it was super cheerful and welcoming, finding her red two pieces she undressed and put it on. After making sure she looked okay in it she pulled on a black short cotton skirt and a tank top to cover up with then headed downstairs. She heard her parents, Emily and someone else talking and figured Mark must have gotten home.

"There she is, Stacy meet Mark." Stacy's father said and Stacy smiled coming over and shook his hand. Mark looked a lot like Emily, an older man very jolly looking but Stacy could see that he and his daughter had the same eyes and smile.

"Nice to meet you." Stacy said and Mark slipped his arm over Emily's shoulders.

"I hear you two are headed to the beach for a bit." Mark said and Stacy smiled.

"Yeah, I need a towel though, do you have one?" Stacy asked and Emily held up two of them.

"Already covered, you ready?" She asked and Stacy nodded the followed her outside. They walked to the house that Stacy had seen the group of girls go to earlier, from the front steps she could hear a group of girls talking and laughing. Following Emily through the house, Stacy glanced around, there was tons of guy stuff in the living room, footballs, shirts beer bottles and the kitchen was stacked with dishes.

"We all kind of hang out here. Sorry about the mess." Emily said and Stacy shrugged a bit.

"Hey guys, this is Stacy she's going to come to the beach with us." Emily said and started introducing the four other girls. Jenny, who was married to Jet, Sarah, Janet and Sue who was married to James. Apparently Stacy would meet the guys later; soon they were out the door and walking down the dirt path to the beach. The ocean looked amazingly calm and Stacy answered the girl's questions, how old she was, where she was from (Seattle) did she have a boyfriend all that stuff girls want to know. They spread their towels on the hot sand and stripped down to their swimsuits. Stacy walked to the water with Emily.

"So how long have you been married?" Stacy asked and Emily smiled a little.

"Just over a year but we've been together for like seven." She said and Stacy smiled, Emily seemed really happy with her life.

"That's so cool; most of my friends have boyfriends they've been with for a while." Stacy said as they walked into the water, it was cold on her toes and she shivered a little, watching well some of the girls dove right in. Stacy took a deep breath then joined them. After swimming around for a bit Stacy noticed the group of guys she saw earlier had gathered on the beach around the girl's towels. Four of them watching the water intently, and Stacy glanced to Emily who waved towards the beach. Smiling Stacy dove under the water once more then started swimming back with the girls. Three of the guys had picked up towels and were waiting at the waters edge. Emily walked to one of them, so did Jenny and Sue, the guys quickly wrapped them up in the towels and gave them a kiss. Stacy walked up the sand and picked up her towel, ignoring one guy who was watching her. All the guys we're huge, tall and built, most of them were pretty damn good looking too. Emily came up with a guy that Stacy assumed was her husband and smiled at Stacy.

"This is Sam, my husband." Emily said and Stacy and he shook hands.

"Nice too meet you, how long are you here for?" Sam asked and Stacy shrugged a little.

"Two weeks, maybe more depends on dad's work I guess." She replied and Sam nodded a little glancing around the group a bit.

"Don't mind the guys you'll meet them all soon enough. We're thinking of doing a bonfire and BBQ on the beach tonight. You should come down." Sam said and put an arm around Emily as she shivered a little.

"Yeah I mean I should check with my parents but that should be okay." Stacy said wrapped the towel around her. Picking up her clothes she glanced to a guy watching her. He was amazing looking, dark blonde hair, piercing brown eyes and he had the hottest body she had ever seen. He was just in cut off shorts and flip flops so she could see his ripped abs and amazing arms. Looking away Stacy picked up her stuff and headed back towards the path, half way up the trail she glanced back and noticed him standing at the start of the trail watching her, which only made her move faster.