Disclaimer: All credits to SMeyer for the characters. Despite the awful things she did with them, they still belong to her.

An ear-splitting sound pulled me out of my blissful sleep, its echo could be heard throughout the house, I heard it from my mother's room, from the living room, from the hall and from the kitchen as if all phones were right by my head, I placed my pillow on my head to muffle the sound.

I breathed in relief when it stopped. But then a minute or so after, it started again. Arggghh. I lifted my pillow to glance at the clock on my bedside table. 7:24 am. Fuck. Who was calling at this ungodly hour?

As I was about to get up to answer, the ringing stopped again. Thank god. I was determined to ignore it altogether if it started again and sleep, so I turned my body to regain my much needed slumber when I was halted by a knock on my door.

"Leah, wake up, you have a phone call" Seth announced me as he came through the door.

"Uuuughh"- Although I don't know how that sounded from underneath the covers, "Tell them I'm not here" I mumbled. Though I think it came out more as "teeh nutt eere". Forming complete sentences was harder than it looked at seven in the morning; but years of experience seem to have given my little brother the ability to comprehend my mumbling,

"Becca? Leah says to tell you she's not here." – Stupid brother…the years of experience did not, apparently, do a lot about his intelligen-Wait!…did he say Becca? As in Rebecca Black? What the…

Just as I removed the pillow covering my face "LEAH!" – came the high-pitched scream from the auricular. Both Seth and I cringed. Yes, that was definitely Rebecca Black. I grabbed the phone from Seth and he sprinted out of my room.

"Rebecca? – I groggily asked, clearing my throat.

"Do you know any other person that pulls you from your sleep every time you turn older?" – Oh dear, that voice. It was her! Fuck! It was really her! But as happy as I was inside, my tired body was not cooperating, all I managed to say was:

"Huh?" – Great, I cleared my throat, hoping it'd do something to the fogginess of sleep in my mind,

"Haha, I know that voice, did you start celebrating yesterday? Darn! I knew I should've called you at midnight"- Oh goodie….hearing her voice after nearly three years was weird, but I couldn't help the smile that crept up my face, after all, we were good friends until she moved away.

"What are you on about, Black? Celebrating what?" –Please don't tell me she was calling me about the feast of St. Bartholomew or something, like she used to do when we were little…she would occasionally call either me or one of our friends to remind us feasts and weird dates. I remember once she pulled me out of science class to "pay our respects to the lost souls of the Battle of Trafalgar"...no wonder why Jacob was so damaged…having to live with her...not that Rachel was any better.

"WHAT? Celebrating what? Leah Nicole Clearwater you did NOT just asked that!" – Becca shrieked from her end of the phone. I cringed, again. And had to pull the phone away from my ear a little.

"Are you calling all the way from Hawaii to remind me of the anniversary of…oh-oh" OH! Then it downed on me, the day, the call, it was MY anniversary for what she was calling for, like she used to do every year, MY birthday, how could I have forgotten about it? Well, it's not like I was getting any older, or that anyone reminded me of it…hell, I'd be lucky if my mother remembered to call seeing as she was no longer at home very much; but she didn't know that.

"Yeah, OH! I can't believe you forgot your own birthday! Gosh! How does anyone forget their own birthday? If I was there…"-

"I'd be totally wasted by now, but really Becky, it's not that much of a big deal-", using the nickname she hated, but her voice interrupted me abruptly "Not a big deal? Leah, this is your birthday, your 21st birthday at that; and don't you "Becky" me, plus I'm sure your mom or Seth might have something planned for you or mayb… "

"Yeah, right" – I snorted, as if, my mom was probably still angry with me about me declining Emily's request of being bridesmaid for her wedding, "my mom Is probably too busy to be planning a party that she knows I wouldn't enjoy, so there, like I said, it's not a big deal." I said a little bit more sharply than she deserved, but still nicer than I had been in a long time, I heard her silent sigh on the other end,

"aw, you're just bitchy because I woke you up and reminded you you've now spent 21 years doing nothing good with your life" and she laughed, although the nicer person I had been before the whole boyfriend-dumping, father-dying, wolf-turning mess I was into, I was pretty stubborn and only my Dad and Becca had the ability to deal with me fully back then, even Emily stayed out of it when I was "in a mood" as she used to call it. "-don't worry Katie, you'll get over it tomorrow" Katie…oh yeah, she used to cal me "Katie" all the time, as in "Katie Ka-Boom", that girl form the Animaniacs that used to blow up at the tiniest thing…wow, hadn't heard that in a long time, I really had missed her, both thoughts got me laughing despite of myself.

"You know Becks? Eloping at 18 doesn't count as 'doing something good with your life'." I mocked her.

"Oh shut up Clearwater, you're just jealous because my man is actually my age, unlike yours, who's what? 14?" -

My laughter died. How the hell she knew that I had a boyfriend? One who was actually younger than me?...not that he looked like it, but still…

She seemed to have guessed my surprise and laughed once again.

"Don't act so surprised Lee, you're forgetting that my twin sister is Rachel Black, and that my father is about the biggest gossip in town, and that your current boyfriend is a Black too…how long did you think it was gonna take for the news to reach me?"

Damn. Though my surprise was soon forgotten when I heard the slight sad tone in her voice when she spoke again.

"You know? My mom used to joke with your dad about how you two would end up together the way you fought when we were younger"

Oh, what point was there in denying it. "Yeah, Billy told me the same thing" And added his two cents, chuckling about how he was slightly scared for the stubbornness his grandchildren would get from Jake and I when he caught us kissing in his living room. I told her that because for some odd reason i felt like talking to her. Damn, I was getting soft. I blame Jacob.

"I'm surprised he didn't give you "the talk" about forgetting protection and giving him grandchildren already. He gave it to Chad and I when we called last Christmas" - Well, he didn't actually gave us the talk but I had the suspicion Jake had not only received it, but reminded of it every day. Ha!

"Well, anyways. As much fun as it is torturing you through the phone I have to get to work, Chad's waiting for me."

"Careful there Black, you're making it seem like you care about that surfer more than me."

"Oh shut up Katie, you know I love you the most. Happy Birthday, enjoy it ok? And have a shot in my honor."

"Yeah yeah, go. We don't want to keep your little husband waiting"

"Ha-ha as if you care. Bye Lee, have fun; knowing my brother, he probably forgot about the day, not that you remembered, but that doesn't mean you can't celebrate. Happy Birthday Leah! Take care."

"Yeah, bye Becks" I hung up with a smile on my face. Damn the Blacks and their ability to make me smile involuntarily.

When Rebecca hung up she dialed the familiar number and waited for it to pick up.

"Hello" A deep voice answered

"It's done, she doesn't have a clue, she actually forgot it was today."

"Figures" -The owner of the voice chuckled.

"Yeah, well, I gotta run. Good luck with everything."

"Yeah, thanks a lot. Bye"

A/N: aaand that's the 1st chapter...hope you're liking it so far :)