My name is Elizabeth Lahote but everyone calls me Ellie. Let me tell you a bit about myself I am sixteen and am quite small for my age, which I both love, and hate at the same time. I have the usual copper skin, brown eyes and long black hair just down past my shoulder blades. I live in la Push with my dad Liam and older brother Paul. My parents divorced when I was seven and Paul was eight. That was nine years ago. Paul and I decided to stay with our dad because if I am being honest I never felt close to my mum, and wherever I went Paul decided to follow. My brother and I used to be super close but things change. We used to do everything together and told each other everything. Then he disappeared for two weeks and when he came he came back he was not my Paul anymore.
He changed a lot over two weeks. He chopped off his hair, he got a tattoo, and he became so tall and muscular that I swear he went on steroids. However, none of that bothered me. What bothered me was the fact that he ignores me and pretends I do not exist, which I am not going to lie, hurt me so much. The day he came back, I was so happy and at the same time mad because he left without a word. Instead of a happy reunion all I got was a full-blown argument with tears and shouts (those coming from me). He just stood there with a blank face as I shouted abuse at him after him saying he did not want to see anymore. I ran home that day and after telling my dad everything, I cried in his arms for the rest of the night as he whispered into my ear trying to calm me down. If I was paying, enough attention I would have saw the tears silently flowing down his cheeks.
That was two weeks ago. Now I try my best to avoid my brother and his little gang, which consisted of Sam Uley and Jared Cameron. I mean come on he was never friends with them and now suddenly he his following Sam around like a lost puppy or something. The only thing that kept me going the days after the argument were my friends and dad. In fact, my dad and I have become a lot closer over the past two weeks, which never fails to put a smile on my face. My best friends have also been a great help to me. These friends were Jacob Black, Embry Call, Quil Ateara and Lucy Black (Jacobs's twin sister). I have been friends with these four for as long as I can remember. My dad and Billy the twin's father are best friends so we naturally grew up together and became best friends being the same age. Then when Quil and Embry became friends with Jacob they joined are little group and we have been inseparable since. Growing up I developed a crush on Embry but never said anything thinking it might ruin our friendship but we did become a lot closer over the years as friends. The only person who knows of my crush is Paul and Lucy, and I would like it to stay that way for a while. Anyway, back to present, when they all saw how Paul leaving affected me they made me a promise. We would never leave each other for anything. Little did I know that promise would be broken in a few weeks.