I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT.

"Leah Susanne Clearwater "

I smirked as I walked across the stage in the huge gym to get my degree.

"Go Leah!"

I almost laughed when I heard the voices of my mother, Sue, and younger brother, Seth, from the crowd and I knew my mom was recording this on her digital camera.

Now I got my bachaelors in Zoology from Seattle University.

Let me tell you a bit about me. The names Leah Clearwater. I am 22 years old, Quileute, fiesty, independent, tomboyish, and determined, and lives in La Push reservation in the rainy town of Forks, Washington.

When I was 15 and a freshman in highschool, I dated a boy named Sam Uley for 3 years, and he was one of the cutest and sweetest boys you'll ever meet and was a grade above me. But then one summer beforemy junior year we were broke up but ended on good terms and stayed good friends because we were always fighting over the daring things I like cliff diving and motorcycling stuf I like to do. But also that summer my second cousin Emily Young and my best friend that also a year older than me was visiting from the Makah Reservation me she had 3 little red scars on the right side of her face from a car accident. One day Sam met Emily and they had got along great and one day he asked me if it was ok if he asked her out. I kinda hurt me, but me wanting them to be happy I let them. They went to college together that fall in Bellingham Washington and got engaged their sophmore year and got married after their senior year and now have a child on the way.

But I did get rid of many momentos of Sam, I even cut my long black hair really, really short because he liked my long hair. But thank God, no matter I know Sam wanted to, I point blank told him I wanted to wait until marriage, well that wouldn't be happening now. So thank god I didn't lose my virginity to him.

So yeah I'm still a VIRGIN. And Loving It. My parents are really happy when I told them that after Sam and I broke up.

And I forced him to stop calling me Lee-Lee, which is the nickname he gave me.

But Emily has always been prettier (even with her scars), curvier, girlier, and sweeter than me. She turns more heads than I never really did.

But I was the sporty one, I did gymnastics, cross-country, track and the only girly thing I did was take ballet (forced to by my mom).

But what really got me after Sam and I broke up was that my dad, Harry, died of a heart attack during my senior year. He was my mentor, my guide, and best friend.

Don't get me wrong I love my mother and she loves me and we are close, it's just I was more close to my dad.

I didn't start dating until I started college, but a bunch of the guys were just like Sam, they couldn't handle my fiesty, tomboyish, and independent attitude except for my guyfriends here but they dating other girls that were also my friends.

Back to the present now...

I get back to my seat my old roommates and friends until the ceremony.

"Hey Leah, did you get a letter a from that international ship the school gave out some months ago?" , my old roommate, Tiffany, asked me. All our other friends looked at me expectedly.

"No, but I hope so soon, I was late signing up so the last the country available for me was Chile", I told her. Her and all her other nodded understandly.

"Well your gonna get accepted, we know it", Tiffany's boyfriend, Chad, playfully punched my arm. Everyone patted my shoulder in encouragement.

"Thanks guys, now let's watch the rest of the ceremony now" I said and we all did.