A/N I'm currently in the process of writing my Paul / Rachel Story 'Destined by Fate' and this idea sprang to mind. Just a very short story of Rachel and that fateful day her mom died with a side dish of my favourite Wolf. Hope you enjoy it and please leave a comment; I'd love to know what you think.

Shooting Star

"Okay kids I'm just running to the store, your Dad should be home soon, Jake … Listen to your sisters, they in charge ... Girls, leave your brother alone." Sarah shouted from the front door, grabbing her keys off the coffee table while Jake, Embry and Quil were goofing off in the lounge.

"Buuuut Moooom" Jake whined, "Becca always tries to boss us around". Rebecca rolled her eyes, waving a hand dismissively at Sarah.

"Don't worry Mom, we'll be fine. Jake doesn't know what he is talking about" She gave Sarah her famous grin, and in turn, Sarah just laughed and shook her head at her kids.

"I won't be long … I love you kids" she smiled, before jogging out of the house and towards her car, Rachel looked up as the front door closed, something nudging her from the inside, screaming at her to tell Sarah she loved her too, but it was too late, the sound of the car already pulling out of their gravelled drive way; as the rain started to pour down, Rebecca looked over at her twin in concern.

"What's wrong Rach?" Rachel quickly shook the feeling away, not wanting to upset the rest of her siblings, but before she could answer Becca, Jake and Embry came racing passed the twins at full speed, bumping into Becca who had a soda in her hand, the drink spilling all over Rachel's newly finished assignment that was due in tomorrow.

"JAKE! LOOK WHAT YOU DID" Becca screamed at her brother, who stopped dead in his tracks, puffing out his little cheeks as he looked between his twin sisters, on the verge of crying as he mumbled a "I'm sorry" to them.

Despite the usual 'Sibling' arguments, the family remained a close knit one, Rebecca being the wilder and louder one of the two twins, more often then not came across as Jake's bodyguard. She hated it when the kids at school upset him, but living in the tiny house, always on top of each other, the arguments could get annoying at times.

Rebecca grabbed some paper towels from the Kitchen as she started to clean up the mess. "Sorry Rach, we'll help you fix it ... right Jake?" Becca glared at their little brother, who was looking a little concerned.

"Are you going to tell Mom?" He asked, knowing how much Sarah hated the kids running around, and especially when they had already been warned about it previously that afternoon. Rachel stood there silently watching the argument among her siblings, and though she would normally have been the one to get angry since she had spent the last two weeks working on the assignment, the expression on Jake's face softened her.

"Don't worry … Jakey! We'll think of something … but the three of you need to go play in your room." Jake nodded, the grin quickly spreading on his okay. "Okay" he shouted before him, Embry and Quil all ran towards the room. Rebecca looked up at Rachel in surprise.

"That's it? You're not even going to scream at him?" She asked her twin, as Rachel just shrugged her shoulders. "It's just an assignment … Mrs. Walker will probably just end up giving us an extension anyway."

Once making sure everything was cleaned up, Rachel moved the assignment to her room, she looked up slightly noticing it was already starting to get dark, the same gut wrenching feeling washed over her that she had when Sarah had left … something was wrong... very wrong. She could just feel it.

While Rebecca was cleaning up the last of the dishes, she heard a knock on the door, in no time she crossed the lounge, pulling open the door in surprise to see Sue and Harry Clearwater, they had been family friends since Rebecca could remember, Harry and her Dad were best friends as well as her Mom and Sue, which was one of the reason's why the twins and Leah were so close, stepping aside from the door she let them in.

"My Mom has just gone to the shops, she'll be back soon" Rebecca replied with a smile but something in the expression on Sue and Harry held a different story. "Actually, You're Dad wants us to take you three, Quil and Embry back to our place" Sue informed them, just as Rachel stepped into the lounge, her face turning pale as a ghost.

"What's wrong?" She barely mumbled out, Sue quickly rushed to her side, trying her hardest to keep the tears at bay, she didn't know how to tell the girls what had happened, Sue lead Rachel to an empty chair, talking in a hushed voice so they wouldn't upset Jake.

"There was an accident; your mom is in the hospital." Sue said carefully pulling Rachel into her arms. Becca just froze as a million questions raced through her head... an accident... What accident, what did they even mean? just managing to mumble something out.

"But she's okay right? I mean, she'll be in there for one night then she'll be home again … right?" The panic quickly setting in, as Sue looked up at Becca, she didn't need to say anything, just the expression on Sue's face told the twins everything they needed to know … Sarah was never coming home!