AN: Ok so first off don't own smallville or twilight or their characters i just like playing with them. This is the second story in my Leaving Smallville Series. As you can guess Chloe goes to Forks in this story picking up like a week or two after the last story ended. It's pretty much total AU from smallville and a huge AU from the twilight series. You will see some similar things and some vastly different things from the two base series'. This is NOT a Jacob/Chloe love story, they are like brother and sister and cousins in my world so that would be wrong. So basic recap from the first part in my series (Leaving Smallville, you should read it first you might get confused)

Chloe is an empathic healer, she got abilities from the meteor's and genetically from her mother. Chloe's mother is the twin of Jacob's mother. Jacob and Chloe were born at the exact same day/time/month/year and act like twins with the benefit of a mental connection. Their mothers and themselves were in a car accident when Jacob and Chloe were about 4 and the mothers are in coma's NOT dead or crazy. Chloe gets Clark's abilities and kryptonian knowledge after an incident at the caves that Clark doesn't even know she was there for, (when he used the key in the wall). Lex did marry Helen but he didn't go on the honeymoon with her having been called to the hospital where his father died. Clark and Lana end up together, ugh dopey. oh and Helen drinks drugged champagne and messes up her sabatage device crashing the plane with her on it. That about sums it up really. Now on with the show! or well story.


Tuesday, April 8th, 2003

Chloe stared up at the building with slight hesitation. It looked dark and dreary on the cloudy day. So different from the nearly constant sunshine of Kansas. "You can do this Chloe. It's just High School." Taking a deep breath Chloe climbed the stairs and navigated the hallways to the front office. Luckily the halls were still fairly empty since she had arrived early. Picking up her finalized schedule Chloe studied the school map as she absentmindedly walked to her locker.

'You enjoying the new school? Wouldn't you much rather be here just now getting ready for school on the res?' Jacob's voice popped into Chloe's head.

Chloe shook her head with a small smile. 'Ok first off the school day hasn't even started. Second I ran to school and left the house only about 10 minutes ago. And third even though I love you, my mind-meld twin of a cousin, going to school with you on top of everything else would be WAY too much. Be happy that I moved to La Push to live with you and Uncle Billy.' Chloe reached her locker and quickly opened it stashing away the things she wouldn't need until after lunch. As the halls began to fill up she headed off to her first class of the day. Picking a seat in the back corner she pulled out her mini laptop and sent an email off to her friends back in Smallville while talking idly to Jacob until the teacher came into the classroom. 'Ok Jacob class is starting soon. I'll talk to you at home.'

As Chloe put away her mini laptop the room began to fill with students. Most of the other students would give her a curious stare and gossip with their friends but almost no one even greeted her. So Chloe just pulled out her book, spiral notebook and pens ignoring the stares. It wasn't until someone sat down next to her that she looked up again. Sitting next to her was a smiling girl with a pixie haircut holding the hand of a pale young man with honey blond hair. He was looking at her very curiously, like he was trying to figure out a puzzle. There was something…different about them. They kind of reminded her of Clark with an almost godlike beauty and radiated innocence but she also got a predator vibe from them which set off her weird-ar.

"Hi, I'm Alice Cullen and this is my boyfriend Jasper Hale. You're new right?" When she spoke it was almost infectiously bubbly making Chloe smile.

"Yeah I just moved to La Push to live with my Uncle and cousin. My name's Chloe, Chloe Sullivan." Chloe extended her hand and both Alice and Jasper shook it. When she felt their cold hands it was another spike on her weird-ar.

"You live on the reservation? But you're not Quileute are you?" Jasper asked, causing many heads to turn their way. Chloe wasn't sure if it was Jasper talking, she got the feeling he didn't often, or anticipation of her answer.

"I'm ¼ Quileute actually and before you ask I decided to go to school here at Forks and not on the Reservation. Like I told my cousin, living with him, hanging out with him and going to school with him is just too much." Chloe smiled and laughed quietly. "Sorry I'm a little hyper, had too much coffee this morning. It's nice to meet the both of you."

"It's nice to meet you too Chloe Sullivan." Jasper says giving her a small smile, which caused Alice's smile to get larger and the other students to gasp.

"We should hang out sometime, here's my phone number." Alice slides a piece of paper over to Chloe, who takes it and tucks it away safely.

"That will be nice. Thanks." Chloe says with a huge smile. Anything else they might have said was cut short by the teacher beginning class.

The class was a breeze, but Chloe had spent the day before reading all the text books so she wasn't too surprised. She was also a certified genius so that might have contributed to it. Alice and Jasper weren't in her next class so they parted ways at the classroom door. Her next class was where she met Rosalie Hale and Emmett Cullen. She sat near the back corner again, directly behind her sat Emmett and to his left was Rosalie. Emmett was the one to speak to her first but Rosalie quickly joined the conversation, which shocked the students that overheard. Again Chloe noticed they had the beautiful predator feel and oddly cold skin.

Chloe decided that she liked the Cullen family even though there was something a little off about them, although she promised herself she wouldn't snoop. Emmett was funny and a jokester which immediately reminded her of Pete. Rosalie on first impression was a little bitchy but seemed nice in a standoffish way. Alice was sweet and welcoming reminding Chloe of Lana. And Jasper was shy and strong which reminded her of the early days of knowing Clark, so she was sure he was hiding his true personality behind the shyness façade. Chloe hadn't met the fifth member of the Cullen clan yet but was sure she'd run into the mysterious Edward in one of her classes.

Third period she met Jessica and Angela, two fairly nice but very gossipy girls who told her everything she did and didn't want to know about Forks, the high school and the Cullens. They seemed to have attached themselves to Chloe and wouldn't let go and they were in Chloe's 4th period class. By the looks of things Chloe was pretty sure she would be sitting with the girls at 5th period lunch. There wasn't really anything wrong with the girls and Chloe really did genuinely like them but they were coming on pretty strong. At lunch Chloe met the rest of Jessica and Angela's group and caught a glimpse of the elusive 5th Cullen.

After lunch Chloe had a free period and ended up walking with Eric to the school newspaper. When she first moved she wasn't planning on joining the school newspaper but when she actually saw the newspaper office she was appalled by how unorganized the entire thing was. Immediately she stepped in and began taking over. 10 minutes in and she was acting like the editor assigning stories and reorganizing the layout.

"Whoa chica have you done this before or something." Eric finally asked when he realized how much she had accomplished in the small period of time she had been in there.

"Oh, Sorry I was the Editor of my old school newspaper. It's a hard habit to break after almost 2 years of being in charge." Chloe said with a blush.

"No no it's great. We've never been this organized and usually spend days coming up with story ideas." Eric quickly says while the other reporters nod their heads in agreement. "You would be great as our Editor. I mean we technically don't even have one now. Please say you'll do it."

"Umm well…" Chloe bit her lip as she thought about. 'This is so tempting but I really don't want to be crazy reporter girl like I was back in Smallville.'

'Oh come on Chloe you love writing. And you don't have to be crazy reporter girl here. Stick to being Editor and maybe one story a week or something. As long as you don't go crazy and try to find the hard hitting stories. It's just a High School newspaper.'

'You're right. This will be great. But promise to stop me if I start going overboard.'

'Of course. Now quit talking to me and answer the guy.'

"Ok I'll do it. But I'm going to just be the Editor with maybe a story or two. Now let's get to work." Chloe and the rest of the newspaper crew worked hard the rest of the period and managed to get the paper nearly done. With maybe an hour's worth of work after school it would be ready to print. When Chloe left for her last two classes of the day she was practically glowing with happiness. While she had loved the Torch it had been a lot of work since no one at Smallville High had wanted to be a part of it. But here at Forks there was a crew of nearly 20 students who lived for it.

She finally met Edward Cullen in her Physics class after being partnered with him, and noted that he had cold hands like his adopted siblings and the same beautiful predator quality. Again she had to remind herself not to pry. The last class had all the Cullen's and went by pretty fast since she had Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett to chat with. Chloe was happy to have made friends so quickly, it was the best first day she could have hoped for even with the crazy rumors that had been passed around about her.


It was nearly 5 by the time Chloe got home since she had chatted with the Cullen's some more then been cornered by Jessica's circle and worked on the newspaper, but she was glowing she was so happy.

"First day went that great huh?" Uncle Billy asked.

"Well the classes were a breeze, almost boring but I ended up joining the school newspaper and became the Editor."

"She almost talked herself out of it. But I convinced her to join. She would have been miserable if she had passed up that opportunity."

"Yes and now I can at least have some success at controlling the rumors about me."

"What rumors?"

"Well I've heard that I ran away from Kansas to be with my boyfriend, that would be you Jacob. That I left because I'm an outlaw. That I have a hit out on me from the Luthor family. There's also one that says I should be popping out a kid sometime soon. Ummm well there's a few more but those are the most interesting." Chloe says with a laugh. "You know they have some good imaginations at this school. I was able to set the record semi-straight. They still think I'm joking when I tell them I'm ¼ Quileute, must be the blond hair and pale skin."

"You seem to be settling in pretty well." Uncle Billy says as the all head back outside. "That reminds me your dad called. Apparently when your Uncle Sam heard that Gabe had a spare room he decided to ship Lois out to live with him. Something about Lucy being in a private school in Europe and Lois getting into way too much trouble on the bases with the soldiers. Did you hear about her drinking 5 Marines under the table?"

"It was 10 actually. He must have found out about the tank she 'borrowed' for her ride to the homecoming dance. And if he didn't you didn't hear it from me." Jacob backtracked.

"You're not afraid of a girl are you Jacob?" Chloe teased.

"Usually no but come on this is LOIS! Army trained tom-boy whose favorite toy as a little girl was the grenade launcher."

"There's still a crater in the woods from when you all decided to build your own pond with one." Billy says with a loud laugh.

"Well you have to admit it was the fastest way to make the hole and get the dirt out." Chloe added.

"Yes but you all came back covered from head to toe in dirt."

"Yeah that was fun." Jacob says with a smile. "Oh Leah's invited us to a bonfire Friday night for her cousin Emily. Are you going or are you headed back to visit your Dad this weekend?"

"Dad's gonna be working overtime this weekend. He's been working a lot since Lex turned the plant over to him. Plus he's got to go over the employee reviews. So we are definitely going to the bonfire. How's the whole Sam/Leah situation anyway?"

"Not good. He's locked her out of whatever's going on with him and now Paul has started following him around. They're like a little exclusive club." Jacob grumbled.

"Aww Jacob's all jealous. You got left out of the little club." Chloe teased which earned her a wrestling hug from Jacob.

"Alright you two, stop teasing each other and go finish your homework." Billy said swatting at them.

"Already done." Jacob smirked at Chloe.

"So is mine." Chloe said sticking her tongue out at Jacob.

Billy laughed at their childish behavior before shooing them outside. "Fine then, go out into the forest and work on your abilities with Jacob. The more you practice the better you'll be at controlling them."

"You just want us out of your hair for awhile. Fine, fine, we get the hint we're going." Jacob teased as he followed Chloe out the door.

"Good, make sure you're back by 8:30. I should have dinner ready by then." Billy called after them.


Chloe and Jacob had started working on her abilities the same day she had arrived in La Push by setting up a target range and sort of obstacle course in the woods behind the house. At first it had been just to master or control the abilities she had received from Clark but after a few minor accidents they started working on her empathy and healing as well. Chloe hadn't known that she had a healing ability, she suspected after the parasite incident but had thought it was only healing herself. But after an accident involving Jacob at the beginning and Chloe trying to apply first aid they discovered her healing ability. When the tree had splintered and a large piece of wood had stabbed Jacob through the shoulder Chloe had freaked. She had rushed over to him and yanked the wood out then tried to stop the bleeding with her hands. Then without warning her hands had glowed a little and the wound was stitching itself back up only leaving a minor scar and her a little tired. Now, after only a week and a half's practice, Chloe was pretty sure of herself with the abilities. She was able to block out emotions or thoughts with a little concentration, the wounds she healed no longer left scars behind or her feeling tired. And unless she really lost her temper she had nearly perfect accuracy and control over the other abilities.

Together Chloe and Jacob worked on her strength, floatation/flying, heat vision, speed, empathy and healing for about an hour every afternoon. Then they would usually just hang out or goof off. But every other day they would make the drive into Forks to visit with their mothers.

"I think we should visit the mom's today. I really want to tell them about my first day." Chloe said as she stopped in front of Jacob after running a lap around the woods.

"That sounds like a good idea. I heard they have a new doctor." Jacob handed Chloe a towel and a bottle of water. "Have you ever thought about trying your healing power on them?"

"I have but I just keep getting this feeling that it's not time to yet. But I do think about it all the time."

"I kinda know what you mean. I keep thinking of asking you to try but…ok this is a little weird but when I'm there with my mom and holding her hand it feels like she's talking to me. I fell asleep once there and I had this strange dream. I was in this field of flowers and there was a little cottage. I walked to it and inside was our moms. They were talking and laughing together and when I opened the door it was almost like they were expecting me. We sat and talked about everything and then they told me it was time for me to go. I woke up right after that to a nurse shaking me. Dad had come." Jacob looked at Chloe waiting for her reaction.

"I had a dream like that once when I was there too. A field filled with purple flowers and a cottage that looked a little like your Dad's house." Chloe bit her lip softly as she thought to herself. "Do you think that maybe that was real? I mean I'm pretty sure I got my healing from the meteor shower and mom was there with me. And when we got into that accident I now know that I healed you and me and we got a mind link from it. It could be possible that my mom got something similar, some kind of ability."

"I think…I think that's a very real possibility. Do you want to try an experiment?"

"You mean purposely go to sleep while visiting them to see if the field and cottage are real?" Chloe's face lit up. "Race you to the car!"

"No using powers!" Jacob yelled taking off towards her car. Chloe quickly caught up with him and kept pace easily.

"Poor slow Jacob. You know your dad moves faster than you." Chloe laughed as she teased her cousin. Just then her phone rang so she stopped running to answer it letting Jacob win since he kept going. "Chloe here!"

"Hi Chloe this is Alice from school!"

"Hi Alice! How are you doing?"

"Good. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me and Rosalie this weekend to shop in Port Angeles and then maybe catch a movie after with the guys?"

"Um yeah that sounds like fun! Do you mind if my cousin tags along to the movie? I won't put him through the horror of shopping with girls but I'm sure he'd like to catch a movie." Jacob had already started the car and was getting impatient so he honked the horn. "HOLD YOUR HORSES JACOB! I'M ON THE PHONE! Oh sorry about that, he's impatient to get going."

Alice's laugh tinkled through the phone. "He sounds like my brother Emmett. Where are you going? Not to be nosy just wondering."

"We are going to Forks Hospital to visit our mom's. Don't worry I'd probably ask too. Do you guys want to meet up tomorrow after school? That way you can meet my cousin and he can meet all of you?"

"That sounds like a great plan."

"Ok great he can meet us at the school. I'll see you tomorrow at school."

"Alright see you tomorrow."

Chloe hung up the phone and climbed into the car tossing the phone to Jacob. "Call your Dad and tell him that we're going to Forks to visit the mom's but we should be home in time for dinner. I don't want him to worry when he hears me peel outta here."


They were almost to Forks by the time Jacob got off the phone with his Dad. "I'm sure you heard already, what with your super hearing, but Dad said next time we decide to leave after practice to take the 30 seconds and tell him in person." Jacob sighed. "Who was it that called you?"

"It was from a girl I met at school today. She invited me to go shopping with her and her sister this weekend and then a movie afterwards. I kinda invited you to come too. Don't you won't get stuck with the girls. Their boyfriends and brother will be there so you can hang with the guys. And I said we'd meet up with them after school tomorrow. That is if you want to. You don't have to but I think they are pretty cool. And you could drive your bike in and meet us at the school." Chloe rambled on quickly earning her a laugh from Jacob.

"That sounds fine, Chloe. So you're making friends already? That was quick!"

"I know it's weird, but they're different. They seem older more mature than most people in high school."

"I don't know shopping and movies with friends, sounds pretty normal to me. So who exactly are we hanging out with?"

"Well Alice Cullen is the one who called me her sister is Rosalie Hale. Alice is dating Rosalie's brother Jasper Hale and Rosalie is dating Alice's brother Emmett Cullen. Then there is Edward Cullen. So while I'm shopping with Rosalie and Alice you'll be hanging out with Jasper, Emmett and Edward."

"Hold up I'm confused Alice and Rosalie are sisters and they're dating each other's brothers. Isn't that incest?"

"No, they were all adopted. So biologically Alice, Emmett and Edward are related and Rosalie and Jasper are." Chloe explained as she pulled into the Hospital parking lot.

"Oh ok makes more sense now. Still it's a little weird to be dating your adopted siblings." Jacob commented as they climbed out of the car.

"Yeah, they're a little…off, different from the rest of the students. There's something about them that sets off my weird-ar but my gut tells me they're good people so I'm not going to dig." Chloe and Jacob walked into the hospital and to the bank of elevators, jokingly fighting over who pressed the call button first.

"Wow really. Chloe not digging into something after her weird-ar goes off. That's a big step cuz." Jacob teases as they step onto the elevator. As he pushes the button for floor 16 Chloe gives him a playful push. "No really I'm proud of you. I know how hard it must be for you to just let it drop."

Chloe pulled him into a hug just as the door opened for the 3rd floor revealing Edward Cullen and a tall blonde doctor. She wasn't sure but she thought she saw Edward's face flash with upset then confusion before he gave her a slight smile. Chloe quickly let go of Jacob before raising her hand in a wave. "Oh um hi!"

"Hello." Edward returned as he and the doctor stepped onto the elevator.

After a few seconds of silence Jacob decided to break it by holding out his hand towards Edward. "Hi I'm Jacob Black, Chloe's cousin."

Edward's face flashed with a look almost like relief before his smile brightened. "Edward Cullen, I go to school with Chloe. And this is my father, Dr. Carlisle Cullen."

Chloe extended her hand to Carlisle. "Chloe Sullivan, nice to meet you Dr. Cullen." When their hands touched she felt the same thing about him that she had about the other Cullen's. 'Weird!'

'What's weird?'

"Nice to meet you to Chloe, Jacob." Carlisle extended his hand to Jacob.

'Wow his skins so cold!'

'All the Cullen's seem to have cold skin. I got this weird vibe from them. They seem like predators, and are just too pretty. It's not natural!'

'Yeah I get that too. But they seem nice. They're looking at us a little funny though.'

'Probably cause we haven't spoken out loud in a few minutes.'

'Oh yeah.' Jacob laughed out loud. "Just thought of a funny joke." He tried to explain.

"You two were very quiet, is everything alright?" Carlisle asked. "What brings you to the hospital? You don't seem to be hurt."

"We're coming to visit our mothers." Jacob said.

"Are they ok?" Edward asked just as Carlisle's face lightened in understanding.

"They're Sarah Black and Moira Sullivan right? The Ateara twins! Their case is a very interesting one." Carlisle said.

"How so?" Edward asked before looking bashfully at Chloe and Jacob. "I mean…is it ok that I ask."

"That's fine. I'd like to hear Dr. Cullen's thoughts." Chloe replied.

"It's fine with me as well." Jacob added looking expectantly at Carlisle.

"Well, if you are sure." Carlisle said getting a nod from the two he continued. "The twins have been in a coma for 13 years. From what I'd read they shouldn't have even survived the accident. For that matter neither of you should have survived either. Then there is the fact that it took the doctors over 5 years to figure out which twin was which. Added to that is that if they are separated by more than 10 feet their conditions begin to rapidly deteriorate however if they are touching they show signs of major improvement. I'm convinced that given enough time they will wake from the coma's perfectly healthy. I'm not sure why they haven't yet actually. I guess they just aren't ready yet."

"Is that true about them getting worse when separated and better when together?" Edward asked puzzled. "I wonder why? Is that because they are twins or something more?"

"It's because they are empaths. At least that's what our family thinks." Chloe said absentmindedly.

"What do you mean? How does them being empaths effect their physical wellness? Or each others for that matter?" Edward asked.

"Nearly all the women in our family are empaths but with the twin empaths in our family their connection to each other is stronger." Chloe tried to explain without giving away too much. Jacob grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze.

"It's like with my sister's. They are twins and empaths. When Rachel and Rebecca were 16, Rachel got really sick. Her fever was sky high, she had pain everywhere, could barely sleep, couldn't eat, and couldn't keep anything down. The doctors weren't able to help her but if Rebecca was there holding her hand the pain went away, the fever lowered, she was able to eat light food and take medicine. Although at the same time Rebecca would feel slightly ill. After a few of these incidents we all figured out that Rebecca was helping Rachel get well. So Rebecca didn't let go of Rachel's hand until Rachel completely recovered about 3 days later." Jacob explained while still holding Chloe's hand.

"That explains a lot about their condition. I think I'll have them arranged so that they are touching. I'm sure this will allow them to heal faster and awaken from their comas." Carlisle said as the elevator opened on the floor they all seemed to be getting off at. Once off he shook Chloe and Jacob's hand again smiling. "I'll wait until after you have finished your visit to check on them. It was very nice to meet you both. I hope to see you again but in a more social environment."

"I hope so as well. It was very nice to meet you too." Chloe smiled back.

"Hey aren't we going to be hanging out with his other kids this weekend?" Jacob asked Chloe.

"Yeah, and we're going to hang out with them tomorrow after school. So maybe we will see you tomorrow evening Dr. Cullen."

"Maybe. Well I have patients to see. I'll see you at home Edward." Carlisle waved a general goodbye to them all and then turned and walked away down the hall.

"I'm gonna go to the moms' room see you there Chloe." Jacob said taking off quickly.

'Hey what's the big idea?' Chloe yelled after him in her head.

'Edward obviously stuck around to talk to you not me. Besides what with all the sly glances you two have been exchanging I felt like I was a third wheel. I'm going to try to visit the mom's in dreamland. See you when you get here.'

"Whatever!" Chloe said out-loud and inside her head.

"I'm sorry?" Edward asked confused.

"Oh sorry not you my cousin….oh you don't…well I'll explain once we're really good friends. That is if we ever become really good friends. Is it presumptuous to say we'd ever become really good friends or hopeful thinking? I really hope to be good friends with all of your family. You guys are different but in a very good way. Am I rambling? If I am it's probably because I'm starting to go through a coffee withdrawal. I get a little rambly when I'm craving coffee especially after a good workout." Chloe didn't actually breathe through that whole sentence. Luckily for her that her lung capacity had seriously increased thanks to the transfer thing.

Edward couldn't help himself he let a loud long laugh burst from his chest. "You are a very interesting person Chloe Sullivan. I'm definitely looking forward to hanging out with you more. I like how you put that 'different but in a good way'. Yes my family is…different but then so are you."

"I wasn't saying different was a bad thing. I mean well it is slightly odd that you all have this beautiful predator vibe going on and the icy cold skin and golden eyes are also a little weird but I really liked being around you all. Even though it was only for a few minutes in classes. I'm rambling again aren't I? Well yeah you can definitely say that I'm different too. But like I said I'll explain once we're better friends." Chloe smiled at Edward. "Look I'd better get going. I'm sure Jacob is waiting for me and I don't get to visit as often as I'd like. I mean I wasn't able to before since I was living in Kansas but now that I live in La Push it'll be easier. Wow I really need to get some coffee soon. Anyways, I'll see you at school tomorrow ok. Bye!"

With that Chloe turned and practically ran down the hall waving a hand behind her. Edward's soft laughter followed her through the hall and put a smile on her face. As soon as she entered the hospital room that held her mother and aunt, Jacob saw Chloe's smile and smiled back.

"You like him don't you?"

"What? Edward? Um no…maybe… I don't know I think he's nice." Chloe blushed as she walked over to sit in the chair Jacob had set up for her between their mothers' beds. "You ready to try this?"

"Yeah I figured we could hold each other's hands and hold our moms in the other hand and fall asleep." Jacob hedged.

"Sounds like a plan." Chloe sat down next to Jacob in the chair next to her mother's bed. Reaching up she grabbed her mother's hand with her left hand and Jacob's with her right. "Hi mom, it's me Chloe! Jake and I are here visiting." Jacob held Chloe's right hand in his left while reaching up to grab his mother's hand in his right hand. Exchanging one last look they laid their heads down and quickly fell asleep.

Chloe didn't think anything had happened at first. She could still feel Jacob's hand in hers but when she opened her eyes all she saw was purple flowers and brilliant blue sky. Then next thing she noticed was that she was lying on the warm ground. Slowly sitting up she looked around her and noticed the cabin in the distance with two dark haired women standing on the porch.

"Jacob?"

"Yeah, I'm here. Come on let's go to the cabin." Jacob quickly got up and helped Chloe stand as well.

The walk to the cabin seemed to take forever and at the same time was instantaneous. As soon as they were standing on the porch they were wrapped in the arms of the two women. Their mothers were holding them, sorta, after 13 years.

"Welcome. We've been expecting you." Moira says leading them into the living room. Moira and Sarah sit Chloe and Jacob on a large loveseat together and then seat themselves directly across from them in a similar chair. The two chairs are so close that they can reach out comfortable and touch but are far enough apart they aren't bumping legs.

"You have? How are we even here? Where is here?" Chloe asked softly.

"Yes we have been waiting for you. We knew that once you shared that you had been here before you'd figure it out and try again." Sarah smiled widely. "As for where here is…it's the combined minds of my sister and I. It's where we share our strengths and pains, our will to live and help each other heal."

"What do you mean? Is this a twin thing or an empathic thing or what?" Jacob asked.

"Well I'm not sure. I mean we've helped each other heal before but one of us was usually perfectly healthy at the time. This is…different." Moira says.

"When we crashed all of us were at the point of death and then suddenly we weren't. I mean Moira and I were still really badly injured but we could feel that death wasn't ready for us yet."

"I remember passing out in the car and waking up in a field of flowers with Sarah beside me. I felt safe there, well here actually, but then there were a few times when it felt like she was so far away and it got so dark. It felt like death was coming back for us. And then it was alright again. She was beside me." Moira smiles at the memory. "We talked and tried to figure things out and then Sarah wished there was somewhere where we could sit comfortably and the cabin appeared."

"Once we were inside and comfortable we began to hear the voices. We could hear people talking about us or to us. We didn't actually figure out what had happened to us until Jacob read us a letter from you Chloe. A letter about the people altered by meteor rocks." Sarah smiled at Chloe. "We remembered Sam telling us about the miracle of you both surviving unharmed and wrapped in each other's arms when they found us. That you and Moira had been trapped by some of those meteor rocks for over a day. We knew that something healed us, or at least partially healed us and that this world is…special, different."

"We figured that you, Chloe, had healed yourself and Jacob and that we got hit with a blast of left over healing. And that this place is somehow related to some ability I got from the meteors."

"So if you've been helping each other heal and Chloe stopped you from dying in the crash, why are you still in coma's after 13 years?" Jacob asked. "It only took Rebecca and Rachel 3 days to heal."

"Yes but Rachel and Rebecca were holding hands. Your mother and I are kept in separate beds and we have to share strength through this world."

"Also Rebecca was healthy and could give more strength and healing, while both Moira and I were seriously injured. It's slow healing this way. If we were touching the healing could go faster but it would probably still be another year or two until we woke up."

"Well then I guess it's good that your new doctor is planning on moving you two closer together so that you are touching." Chloe smiled then looked hesitantly at them. "Did you want me to try using my ability on you again?"

"No! This is the way it's supposed to be. What we want you to do is cut back your visits to once a week and live your lives." Moira says holding Chloe's hand. "We will work harder to get better but we love you and don't want you to spend your lives in this hospital with us."

"Once a week inside this dream world will be more than enough time to visit." Sarah smiled before standing up. "Now, give us a hug and go home. I'm sure it's nearly time for dinner."

"Yeah it probably is we'll have to haul ass to get back in time." Chloe laughed as the four hugged.

Chloe woke up and stretched, before looking over at Jacob. He was also awake and stretching. They smiled at each other. 'So that really happened huh? We got to visit with our mom's and they are gonna come back someday.'

'Yeah that really happened! Hey what time is it?' Jacob looked around and was surprised to see the time. 'Hey that's weird. We've only been asleep for about half an hour. Didn't it feel longer?'

'Yeah it did but this is good, we can get earlier and your dad won't be so upset we took off.'

A soft laugh from the door caught their attention. Standing there was Doctor Cullen. "You two seemed to have a good nap. I thought you came to visit though?"

'Should we tell him? He seemed to believe us about my sisters?' Jacob asked.

Chloe nodded her head at Jacob before turning back to Carlisle. "We did visit with them." At Carlisle's confused look she continued. "You see the whole reason we came to visit today is because Jacob and I were talking earlier. We both had had strange dreams while visiting our mothers in the past. At some point we had fallen asleep while holding one of their hands and dreamed of talking to them. We thought maybe it wasn't a coincidence and decided to test it out."

"After we talked to you earlier, we came in here and fell asleep holding their hands, and each others. We kinda woke up in a field with a cabin and waiting on the porch was our mothers."

"This is interesting news." Carlisle said looking contemplative.

"Do you believe us?" Chloe asked hesitantly.

"Oh yes, I do actually. Many things in this world are more interesting than most would believe. Did you ask them about the healing? About why they get better when closer and worse when apart? Would putting them together touching make them heal as quickly as your sister did Jacob?"

"We did ask that actually. They said that since they were both injured so badly that it's been harder to heal each other, to help each other. I kinda got the feeling they would take turns in healing. Also because they aren't touching it's harder and slower." Chloe said.

"But they also said that even with touching it will still take awhile for them to heal, like a few months or years or something. I mean I'm assuming that this has to do with something in their brains because their bodies are pretty much healed right?" Jacob asked.

"There is a lot of brain damage but physically there are other things wrong as well. The amount of injuries was astonishing and a lot of them should leave people crippled but they've been healing at astonishing rates back to normal. Their spines were badly damaged, internal organs appeared damaged beyond repair as well as the bones, muscles and tendons that were nearly destroyed. So technically yes they are pretty much healed but I think that given time they could come back 100% healed." Carlisle explained. "I've actually already ordered for their beds to be rearranged and to have them in near constant contact with each other. Hopefully they will show even greater improvement in the coming weeks and months."

"Thank you for believing us. Not many people would." Jacob said.

"Yeah, the last place I lived had very close minded people even given hard facts they still didn't believe."

"Well I have seen a lot of things in my life that most people wouldn't believe even if they saw it for themselves. Unfortunately the world is full of close minded people." Carlisle told her comfortingly.

"Thank You." Chloe smiled at the Doctor, the first authoritive figure, who wasn't family, to believe her in a long while.

"We'd better get going Chlo. If we get back early enough, Dad might forget our random unannounced departure."

"You're right. See you around Dr. Cullen. It was very nice to meet you. And thank you for taking such good care of our mothers."

"My pleasure, Chloe, Jacob. I'm sure I'll see you again soon." Carlisle smiled at them as they left the room. "Drive safe!"

"We will." Chloe hooked her arm in Jacob's as they walked down the hall. "Should we tell your dad, or mine, or Uncle Sam about the dream/visit thing?"

"Maybe we can tell them about our experience, but they might not be able to experience the same thing."

"So, don't get their hopes up?" Chloe hit the button for the elevator and almost immediately the doors opened.

"Yeah, I mean maybe we can tell my Dad and have him test it out. I think he could handle the disappointment better than your dad or Uncle Sam if it doesn't work."

"Ok sounds like a plan." For the rest of the ride down the elevator and out of the hospital Chloe and Jacob didn't speak, they just stood in a comfortable silence. As they neared the car Chloe started to feel tired from the emotional rollercoaster they had been on. "Do you want to drive home? I'm suddenly drained."

"Yeah, sure, you ok?"

"Yes I'm fine. Just seeing and talking to my mom after so long was…hard but great. Did I ask already if you wanted to hang out with the Cullens tomorrow after school?"

"You didn't ask more like told but yeah that sounds fun. How are we doing the car thing? Are you driving or running to school tomorrow?"

"I'll just run and you can bring my car and meet me at the school."

"Alright sounds like a plan."


Chloe and Jacob didn't talk much on the drive home each being lost in their own thoughts. Surprisingly both were thinking about the Cullen family. Chloe was thinking mostly about Edward, while Jacob was nervously thinking about meeting Chloe's new friends. When they walked in the door they were greeted by Billy who had just finished dinner.

"So how was your visit? Did you meet their new doctor?" Billy asked.

"Well we meet their new Doctor. Dr. Cullen and he was very nice. We actually met him in the elevator and he knew all about their case and history. We brought up off the wall about Rebecca and Rachel's healing and connection and he said he'd move them closer together in hopes that will help them heal faster." Chloe explained.

"Why were you two in such a hurry to visit them anyway? I mean you usually tell me in person what's going on." Billy asked as he handed Chloe the plates to set on the table and the silverware to Jacob.

As he set the table Jacob told him, "Chloe and I were talking about the mom's while training and as we were talking I told her about a dream I had while visiting and touching mom. Chloe had had a similar dream so we decided to test it out and see if was real and could happen again."

"So you two finally visited them in the cabin in the field of flowers?" Billy said very nonchalantly.

Both Chloe and Jacob's jaws dropped. "You know about that? Why didn't you tell us? Who else knows?" They asked in perfect sync.

"Yes I know. So does your Uncle Sam and Gabe and the twins. It began a few years ago, they were strong enough to let us into their healing space. Your Uncle Sam was actually the first to discover it. I think it's because of the empathy ability in his blood. Gabe and I were able to visit them there after a few more weeks of trying." Billy began placing the food on the table as he spoke.

"Ok but why didn't you tell us?" Jacob asked.

"We had a right to know." Chloe's voice was close to the point of yelling.

"There is a time and place for everything. You two weren't ready emotionally to know. Believe me we did want to tell you but your mothers knew it wasn't time." Billy moved to his spot at the table and motioned for Chloe and Jacob to take their seats. "I'm sorry we didn't tell you earlier but I still believe that you found out at the right time in your lives."

There was silence for a few minutes as Chloe and Jacob just looked at each other. Then as a mischievous thought flashed through their minds they smiled at Billy. "So then this means that we aren't in any trouble for splitting out of here so fast to get to the hospital right? I mean it happened the way it was supposed to." Chloe smiled.

"If anything we should be getting a reward since you lectured us for so long when we were only doing what we were supposed to be doing." Jacob smiled.

"And what reward should you be getting?" Billy asked laughing.

"A boost in allowance?" Jacob says at the same time that Chloe says, "A later curfew!"

"You don't even get an allowance and seriously what curfew?" Billy laughed. "Get your butts to the table it's time to eat."

The three of them sat down at the table and ate their dinner talking about small everyday things. Once dinner was over they all cleaned up before heading to bed. Even though it was early it had been a very eventful day.