So I first posted this story a very long time ago. I few months back, I found it again and as I was reading through what I had written all those years back, I decided that I had a new take on it and some things needed to change. Please and enjoy and feel free to post reviews!

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Ch. 1 My wonderful Life

I take a deep breath as I walk down First Beach. I've always loved living here in La Push. The clean, fresh air and the mystifying forests. Walking barefoot down First Beach has always been a favorite activity of mine when I'm stressed or my head is full of too many thoughts.

As I glance down the beach and watch the small waves crash against the shore, the wind blows my long, straight black hair away from my face. I know that the hems of my jeans are already a little damp with sand stuck to them.

I've been here for nearly an hour, but something just draws me here, like I belong here or something. Today I'm here with my best friend, Jade.

"Oh Kim. What's going through that pretty little head of yours?" Jade suddenly says, pulling me away from my thoughts. I can't help but laugh. Jade and I have been best friends since kindergarten. She probably knows exactly what I'm thinking and is only asking to be polite.

"Sometimes I just can't believe how beautiful this place is. I don't know if I could ever leave. I feel such a strong tie to La Push," I replied softly. I wonder if I'm explaining this right.

"Yeah, I get it. It's an incredibly beautiful place to live," I loved how she totally understood. "But," Jade continued, "haven't you ever wanted to know what's beyond this place? Like college and just a different life?" She had a point. Sometimes La Push is barren and even lifeless. But I had this connection to this place that I just couldn't understand. It's as if, something is telling me that I belong here. Even if there isn't much to belong to.

"Yeah, I get it Jade. Anyways, let's head home before my parents get home." I smiled as Jade and I started the trek back to my house.

As soon as we get to my house, I'm suddenly suspicious; both of my parent's cars are in the driveway. They're not usually home till 7:00 or so.

"Mom? Dad?" I call as soon as I open the front door and let Jade in with me. As soon as I call them, I hear a loud crash from the kitchen; like a plate falling on the floor. Jade and I quickly enter the kitchen to find my mother sitting on the counter with her hair a little disheveled and my father bending down to pick up the broken pieces of the mug that fell.

"Oh! Hi Kimmy. Didn't expect you to come home so soon." My mom says with a nervous laugh as her face flushes and her she pushes her hair back into place.

Oh gross, parents aren't supposed to be romantic. They're supposed to be all boring and not have any romance, right? Right? Who am I kidding, my parents probably have a more exciting romance life than I do (Oh wait, that's a fact).

"Hi Sweetheart. Umm, what are you doing home so soon?" My dad asks as he finishes cleaning up the mug.

"School got out at 2:30, and its 4:00 now. What are you guys doing here so early?" I pointedly ask my parents as they try to fix their clothes and hair. This is just too weird.

My parents look at each other with a worried look like they were trying to find something good to tell me.

I hold up my hands in surrender, "You know what? I don't want to know. Jade and I are going to go do homework in my room. See you guys later."

Mom and dad looked relieved that they didn't have to explain anything to me and smiled. I've never been more thankful for having the birds and the bees conversation at the ripe age of thirteen. I just sighed and turned to go to my room and Jade followed.

"Dinner will be ready in an hour Kimmy! Jade, you're welcome to stay!" my mother called after me. I smiled to myself; my parents might be strange but they were pretty great to me and my two little brothers, Zack and Alex (seven-year-old twins who were always getting into trouble).

"So, what shall we start with first Lady Jade?" Jade snorted and laughed as she dumped the contents of her backpack on the floor.

"Well Lord Kimmothy, I believe that we shall begin our duties with the awful beast known as U.S History!" Jade replied in her best snobby voice.

I couldn't help but laugh. Jade and I both detested American history. We just couldn't remember all the dates and all those important people and presidential elections and things like that. Now tribe history we had down pat.

"Certainly Lady Jade!" We worked diligently for half an hour on U.S. History before Jade closed our books. She had something to say.

"So Kim. I have a date with Aaron this Friday and he thought that it would be cool if he brought his friend Tyler along, and I brought you. So will you come? Pretty Please? It would be so much fun!" And I had to laugh/scowl. This wasn't this first time that Jade tried to get me on a double date with her boyfriend and one of his friends.

"Jade, you know that I'm not into dating." I said with a slight grimace.

"Oh come on Kim. You never want to date. Just one date? Is this because of Jared?" And my face flushed.

La Push being a small town, all the kids on the reservation have sort of been lumped together since elementary school. Jade and I had homeroom Chemistry together where I sat next to Jared. Thanks to our last names, I've sat next to him in homeroom since freshmen year. I've sat next to him since freshmen year, but have been half-way in love with him since the seventh-grade. Now here we are as juniors and he still won't give me the time of day. Jade being my best friend was privy to every embarrassing moment that I've ever had pertaining to Jared. They typically involve me attempting to speak to him and ultimately spitting out word salad.

"Kim, you deserve to be happy. And you don't seem happy waiting around for some lame guy to notice your perfection."

"Of course that's not it Jade. I'm just really not interested in dating. I'm too busy with school and helping mom and dad out with Zack and Alex." I mean, it wasn't a total lie.

"Please Kim, I've seen you staring at Jared almost every morning going on three years now, it's time to move on." I hate that she was right. "Besides, a little birdie told me that your lab partner, Quil has a thing for you."

"Woah Jade. Quil is my Chemistry partner, JUST my chemistry partner and he definitely doesn't like me that way. He always asks me advice about some girl name Karina in his math class," I explained.

"Fine, I'll let it go, but promise that you'll think about going on a date or two?"

"Fine, I promise" I hope that was enough to appease her for now. I mean, Quill? Really? No way, no how.

Just as we sealed the deal with a pinky promise, we heard my mom call, "Kimmy, Jade, Zack and Alex! It's time for dinner!" I sighed in relief, happy that I was able to get out of that sticky situation.