"You're joking, right?" I asked Mom, Elizabeth Clearwater as she informed us that we would be moving back to La Push, Washington from our home of seven years – New Orleans. She shook her head and smiled thinly. "No, I'm dead serious. Harry has been having heart problems and I…I," she took a shaky breath, "and I think it's time that we all return home." Harry Clearwater was my mom's brother and had suffered from heart illness ever since I could remember – which, may I add, was a really long time since I haven't seen Uncle Harry, Aunt Sue or my cousins Seth and Leah since mom dropped everything and ran away from her hometown to New Orleans after the split from my dad, Alexander Harmon.
"Mom, you cannot be serious – I literally just made the swim team too, you know how hard I've been working on that!" complained one of my older brothers Jace. Mom sighed and sat down, putting her head in her hands. She looked at Jace with frustration clear in her eyes and leant towards him. "I know Jace and I'm sorry, but Sue could really use the help and Harry is my brother for God's sake!" I could see Jace about to whine again and my other brother Nate, his twin, elbowed him in the side to stop him. Jace glared at Nate and sat back with a huff, pushing his damp black hair off of his face.
"I know that this isn't ideal and isn't the best timing, but the truth is that we just can't afford to live here anymore. Moving to La Push will give us an opportunity to reunite with our family and spend quality time with them." She explained wearily. "Well it's gonna be great fun reuniting with our family considering we haven't seen them in seven years. I bet we will really connect." Jace spat before he angrily stalked away. We all watched him go before mom turned back to Nate and I. "We are going in two weeks' time - I've discussed selling options with a real estate agent and we have a young couple interested in the house already. They are offering a lot of money for it too, money that we need. I'm sorry if you are unhappy with this but this has been going on for too long. I can't keep running from my past." She said before walking over to her own room and closing the door behind her.
Nate stood up too and said to me; "Stay here until I can get Jace to calm down – then we will talk altogether. He then jogged down the hallway without another word. I didn't know what I thought about moving. One thing I knew for sure was that I didn't want to leave my friends, or the sun behind, but then again it would be nice to see the family again. Dad lived in Port Angeles too – so close to where we were going to be, I could see him agai- No, I told myself sternly, Don't think about him. But how could I not? He was my dad, and I have been cut off from him for seven years, with the exception of a birthday card every October. I'm not entirely sure why he doesn't want anything to do with us, I mean, it's not like I have webbed toes or freaking four arms! I try to not feel that why but it is so hard. Maybe moving back to La Push will be a good, no - a great thing! I haven't seen Seth or Leah in years, and I used to be so close to especially Seth. As I sat there for a while, I decided that I do want to go to La Push. Like Mom said - enough running, it was time to go home.
*16 DAYS LATER*
Jace easily threw another cardboard onto the hirable moving trailer, grumbling all the while. Nate laughed at his expression and punched him playfully in the shoulder. "Come on Jace, it's not the end of the world." Nate was definitely the more responsible and calm twin, Jace can't sit still for two minutes and is compulsive and reckless. Nate Edmund Clearwater was the oldest of us three children, born twenty minutes before his twin Jace Daniel Clearwater. The twins share similar facial features and are the same height and size but that's where the similarities end - Jace has wavy black hair, russet coloured skin and deep brown eyes whereas Nate, on the other hand, has the same sandy blond hair as Dad and light brown eyes. Jace rolled his eyes and tossed another box in. "Don't be an ass Nate; I know you don't really want to go either." Nate shook his head, smiling and jumped in the front seat of mom's jeep.
Jace balances the last box on top of the pile and gets in the car too, and I follow. I wait for Mom to lock up the house and hand the keys over to Joanne, our real estate agent. Joanne shakes mom's hand before getting in her car and driving away. She beeped her horn as she sped past and Jace gave her a very rude hand gesture that made both Nate and I laugh. Mom clambers into the driver's seat and lectures Jace about inappropriate gestures. Jace stifles giggles the entire time and nods solemnly once mom is done. I smile to myself, glad that Jace, although still angry, has accepted Mom's decision. "Goodbye New Orleans." Mom says as she pulls out of the driveway. "Goodbye sun!" shouts Jace out the window. "Goodbye shopping malls!" I add. "Goodbye, um, Mardi Gras World!" Awkwardly adds Nate in an attempt of a joke.
We all laugh and talk as mom continues to drive towards Washington. Our home.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. All the characters besides Elena and her brothers belong to The Twilight Sage creator Stephanie Meyer. I'm writing my Fanfiction based on the story line of the book series, and I may make adjustments. Thanks J