Prologue
'Calm down Sydney, you need to get a grip. You're just going home, it's not like you're unwelcome at your own home. Just because you decided to go away for high school and college doesn't mean your family doesn't want you. Paul misses you, and so does Jake,' I kept telling myself this over and over in my head as I drove my jeep home.
You're prolly wondering who I am right? Well I don't even know myself, sometimes. But for the purpose of my story I'll give you the basics. My name is Sydney Ann Black, daughter Robert Black. My father died when I was young and my mother ran off after I was born, so I was raised by my amazing uncle, Billy Black. I lived with him and my big cousin Jacob, he was more like a big brother though.
I ran away from home when I was 15, but it's not like it sounds rather than running away from something I was running towards something. That something was the most prestigious photography school in the country. They wanted me to be a student, and on a full ride no less! The hardest part about going to this school was that it was in Florida. It's far away from home, which is in La Push, Washington, on a small Indian reservation.
I think that's enough about me now, how about I tell you now about why I'm having this crazy internal monologue with myself (ek! I'm even doing it now!).
I've finally graduated from college, I've been away from home since I was fifteen, now I'm twenty-one and grown up. I'm no longer the quiet little girl who left. But I'm also coming home with a secret, a big furry one, one that I can't tell any of my family about. They'll think I'm crazy and try to commit me.
"What you thinking about, babydoll?" asked Luka, my best friend, and half vampire.
"Don't call me that Luke, and I'm worried about finally coming home. It's been a while since I've been back, and no one knows I'm coming let alone bringing you, except the Cullens though. I let them know cause Jas can't wait to see you again. I can't believe that out of all the places for them to settle down in is just outside my hometown, seems weird doesn't it?" I replied.
Luka shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe a little, but all you talked about was how great and open it was, so it's not really that surprising, plus didn't you say they told you they used to live their long ago too?"
"True, I forgot about that. I guess sometimes I just forget their vampires, ya know?" I told him, I had met the Cullen's while I was doing an internship in New York, I was doing a photo shoot for Vera Wang when Alice, Rosalie, and Esme came gliding into the store. They instantly outshined the models anyone who tried on the wedding dresses. After a while Alice saw some of my shots on the screen and loved them. She asked me if I could take pictures for her sister's upcoming wedding. That was two years ago, and after that I found out about them being vampires and that it wasn't really Rosalie and Emmett's wedding, but their vow renewal. Talk about crazy!
They were the reason I was back though, it was finally Edward's turn to get married and Alice wanted me to take the photos. Her begging and pleading is the only reason I have come home to La Push.
Don't get me wrong I love my home, I miss it so much and I would give anything to just stay, forever. But I can't, I'm scared. Scared of what I have become and what I could do if hurt one of my family members. I could never forgive myself, never. So that's why I've stayed away, to protect them from myself.
That is also why I have brought Luka with me, being a half vampire he's pretty strong himself, strong enough to stop me if something were to happen. Plus he's also wickedly creative with Photoshop and I wanted these photos to be perfect for Edward and Becca or Izzy or something like that, because you only get to experience your first wedding once, because as a vampire the next ones are never the same. Yeah they may be more beautiful or more expensive, but they never have all the same people. The first time you get married as a vampire (or human), you have everyone who's seen you grow up surrounding you. You hopefully have your parents, and your siblings and all your best friends. You don't get that the second or third or thirteenth time around. So I wanted their photos to always be able to remind them of their very first wedding and the wonder of it.