Summary: Bella grew up on the reservation, she is daughter to Billy and sister to Jacob. She moved away for college but now she's back until she can figure out what to do with her life. Everything has changed since she left.
A/N: Hey guys! This is my first ever Fanfiction, so please be courteous. I've always wanted to write something but never had the guts to actually post anything. So, I'm seeing how this goes. This is mostly a Bella/Leah fic but there is some Paul/Bella in it at the beginning. I have a tentative plan on where this story is going, and I will probably update every week, if not every two weeks. Well onward to the story, and thanks for reading :)
Chapter 1: Welcome Home
It's cloudy as I drive through the small town of Forks Washington. I'm almost home, I think to myself. It's been four years since I've been home, to La Push. I still kept in contact with my friends, Paul and Sam, and certainly my brother Jacob. It will be nice to see them all again. When I left it was a heart-breaking time, but I needed to do it for me.
Flashback…
"Izzy, please don't leave" Paul begs me. Paul, Sam, Jacob, and I are all standing in my drive way in front of my packed car.
"You guys know I have to leave. I'll be back as soon as I graduate. I won't be gone forever" I say as I look at them all. My goal was to go to UCLA for a nursing degree. I wanted to be able to come back to the reservation and help my people.
"Iz, we know you won't be gone forever but we're still going to miss you like crazy. Especially Paul" Sam says as he playfully punches Paul in the shoulder.
I blush, Paul and I have had a fling since sophomore year. But we decided that no matter what we're friends. Maybe when I come back, we could try for something more…
"I know, I'm going to miss you guys too. Just think, I'll be back before you know it" I say with a smile on my face.
In the four years that I was gone I had completed my degree, partied like crazy, and missed home like crazy. I am now a registered nurse, and I was offered a job at Forks hospital as a temp worker.
I start to notice my surroundings, and everything looks the same. I turn onto the familiar road, and then into the familiar drive way of my childhood home. The small red house looks the same as when I left. The wheel chair ramp was replaced by stairs, and the shutters were repainted. It looks more homey and nicer. I step out of my car and walk up the steps to the door. I hear laughter and loud voices. I pause before I knock on the door. Here goes nothing…
Everything goes silent inside of the house. I'm nervous and suddenly the door opens to reveal a huge man. I look up into the familiar deep brown eyes of my brother Jacob. "Jakey?"
"Iz? Is that really you?" Jake says before he lifts me up in a bear hug. "Izzy's finally back!"
I laugh and swat him on the back, "Let me go Jacob. I can't breathe!"
"Oh yeah, sorry sis. I forget you're tiny." He's not wrong. He grew up since I've last saw him. He's now easily 6'2" whereas I'm 5'4". He is solid muscle but not too muscular. He looks good for a 19-year-old guy.
"I'm not tiny. You're just a giant." I say as he starts laughing. "No really, you are a giant. What are they putting in your food? Growth hormones?"
"Jeez, Iz. Maybe I just have really good genes," Jake says with a cheeky smile.
"Yeah, yeah. Good genes my ass. Where are my good genes at?" As soon as I say that I realize we're not alone. I forgot about all the other people I had heard earlier. I blush as a bunch of guys start laughing at what I said.
Jake is still laughing as he says, "Come on in Izzy, I want you to meet the pack." We walk in and I'm met with the stares of a room full of people. I immediately recognize Sam, who has a beautiful woman sitting on his lap.
"Sammy? Is that you?" I say. Sam lifts the woman from his lap and takes a step towards me.
"Izzy! We've been waiting for you," He says and runs to hug me. He lifts me up and twirls me in a circle. I'm laughing as he sets me down. "Damn girl, looks like I'm going to have to beat some boys if they even look at you. You're beautiful Iz."
I blush at his words, Damn why can't I stop blushing.. "Well thank you Sam. But I don't think that will be a problem. I'm nothing special." Another thing I realized during my party days, was that I preferred female company more than male company. Not that I didn't enjoy men at all, just that women were my main preference.
"We'll discuss this later, Iz. I want you to meet everyone else," Jake says. Sam sits back down, and the woman sits on his lap. "Well you already know Sam on his lap is Emily, his girlfriend." To this I raise my eyebrows, Sammy with a girl? This will be interesting… The girl is beautiful with shoulder length, straight black hair. She has three scars running from her hairline down her face ending at her jaw. Her scar just makes her even more beautiful. Emily smiles kindly at me and I wave at her. "Next to them is Brady and Colin." Brady and Colin look like twins. They're tall, not as tall as Jake, maybe 5'11" and they have short dark brown hair. They both have the same playful smiles on their boyish faces. They look like they're 17 years-old. "Then we have Embry, Quil, and Seth." I vaguely remember Embry and Quil, they were Jake's best friends growing up. Embry seems to be the quiet type, with light brown hair that is almost to his ears and light brown eyes. His skin is a tad bit lighter than the russet skin tones that the rest of the guys seem to have. Quil on the other hand I can tell that he's a jokester. He has a glint in his brown eyes that screams prankster with a smirk to match it. Seth also has the same type of style as Quil. "Then Leah and Jared are out at the moment, but they hang out with us usually."
"What about Paul? I haven't talked to him in ages." I ask. The boys go back to talking, but as soon as I ask my question Jacob and Sam tense up.
"Paul is out right now Iz. We didn't know you were coming back." Sam says.
"I'm sure he'll be ecstatic that you're back," Jake says. I can tell that there's more they want to say but from the vibe I'm getting from them I don't want to push it.
I sigh, "Okay. I know I just popped back in, but I was just ready to be home. You know?"
Sam and Jake look at me with sympathy. "We know Iz, just when you see him be gentle," Jake says with a sad smile.
"I will. I'm actually tired and I just want to lay down. Jake could you help me unpack my car?" I say with my puppy dog eyes.
I hear a chorus of "I can help's" from the group assembled. I was surprised. I just met these people and they were eager to help me move stuff? Weird…
"Any help would be grateful, thank you guys." I say. I lead the group out to my car and they start to unload it. I drive a 2013 GMC Envoy, so it's packed full. And I also have a trailer hitched on the back with more furniture that I have to put in storage until I can get my own place on the res. We get my car unloaded into my old bedroom in no time. I'm soon stuck with a room full of boxes that I'm too tired to take care of.
"Hey Iz, you don't have to get all of this done today. You can just do it all tomorrow." Jake says.
"I know Jakey, I'm just gonna head to bed. Could you tell everyone thank you for helping me out?"
"Sure, sure. I'll let them know. Goodnight sis." He says as he kisses me on the forehead and leaves the room. I shut the door behind him and fall back onto the bed. I soon fall into a fitful sleep.
