I've added a few new characters...you'll meet them within the next few chapters... I do not own twilight...all belongs to stephanie meyer...


Chapter 2

Stop and Stare...Starting Now

(Seth's P.O.V.)

School is out for the summer. Not much has happened since the whole immortal children misunderstanding with Renesmee and the Volturi. It's almost been a year and I'm still apart of Jacob's pack. Leah's taking a few class at Seattle University, and Jacob's been spending most of his time with Renesmee at the Cullens. Renesmee sure is something alright. I wish I imprinted on a vampire hybrid. Leah would flip...then again Leah's still Leah. School starts in a month. I'm really looking forward to my freshman year at La Push High School. I find it coincidental that the school is a wolf. That's what I find funny. The only thing I wish I had right now was the girl. Me, Embry, Leah and Collin are the only wolves that haven't imprinted. Well it's a nice day. Jacob decided to hang out with Renesmee and give the pack the week off. I Haven't really done much except lay a low profile on the beach.

The main buzz that's been going around the neighborhood is that we have some new neighbors. Mom already met them a few weeks ago and now they're starting to move into the house. It's down the road from mine and Jacob's. It's one of the nicest houses in the area. Two stories. Mom says they're from Vancouver. Way down on the border. As an Elder, it's kind of her job to welcome new neighbors and all that stuff. Now that she knows them enough. All mom does is talk about them.

"They're really nice people...And they have kids. Two girls, and one boy. One of the girls is your age. She's really"

"Mom" I said. I swear it's like she wanted to me to imprint as soon as possible or I just might end up like Leah.

"Not now okay? The sound like nice people" I told her. Mom rolled her eyes and continued talking. I love my mom, but the whole trying to get me to look into the eyes of some girl hoping I imprint on her is really getting annoying. I wish I would imprint already, but then when I do imprint i do know mom is just gonna get worst. She gonna want to meet her, and get to know her. I won't mind. While mom kept blabbing, I got a text from Collin...

Colin~~ Hey come to the beach, we're all hangin out~~

Seth~~ Alright, I'm coming~~

I guess I could go. I had nothing else better to do.

"Mom I'm goin to the beach" I told her as I ran out the door.

I walked down towards the dirt lot on First Beach. Once I walked further down towards the south crescent, I found them.

Quil, Embry, Brady, Collin, and Jared.

"Hey Seth" Quil said giving me a fist pump. Everyone else gave me a gesturing nod.

I sat next Brady on the sand. "Soooo what's up?" I asked. Jared shrugged his shoulders. "Not much. Just enjoying summer and this nice weather while we can. I'm gonna be a senior this year. Top dog of the school!" Jared bragged. We all rolled our eyes. He graduates this year.

"Sounds like it's getting to your head. I hope your head doesn't explode!" Embry teased. Well burst out laughing.

"Yea yea. Hey did guys see the new neighbors yet-" Jared began to say. Here we go.

"Dude their daughter's pretty hot. But seeing I have an imprint. I could careless, she seems like a cool kid. But hey she moved into that nice house down the road from Jake and Seth" Brady told us.

"I already met them also. The Gardners'. Married couple, three kids, two of them are going to go to school with us. Ella and Tony-"

"Ella's the hot one right?" Embry asked Quil. "Let me finish! Tony's is our age Embry. Same grade. Ella's the same as Seth" Quil continued. Ugh. I have a feeling that this is gonna be all the guys are gonna talk about. So much for hangin with the guys.

"And they have a little sister, Meg-"

"Quil go back to the other girl, now what is she? Black, White, Asian, Native American?" Collin interrupted.

"African American. Brown hair, brown eyes, skinny." Quil explained. "I've pretty much heard all about this from my mom. So if this is all you g-" I began to say.

"Hey there's Tony. Tony over here!" Quil shouted waving his hand. A tall guy, about the same height as Quil but like 2 inches taller walked over to where were all hanging out. "Hey Brady, Quil" he said. Quil got up and stood next to him.

"Guys this is Tony. Tony, that's Collin, Embry, Seth and you remember Brady" Quil said introducing Tony to all of us.

"Uh Hey." Tony said. "So how you linking La Push so far?" I asked him.

"It's pretty cool. I have a feeling my sister is gonna be down on the beach alot. It's way better than Vancouver. We just finished unpacking everything. Now we're finally getting the chance to get out and walk around. So is the beach like the place to be?" Tony said.

Duh. Well not when it's raining.

"Yea. When it's not raining." Jared said.

"Hey we're throwin' a party here tonight. It's just a small get together with us and some other people. Mainly people in the neighborhood." I said to Tony. I might as well beat mom to the punch. She's probably gonna ask him and his family to come anyway.

"Yea that be would cool. I'll ask my par-"

"Tony!" a female voice shouted cutting Tony off. "And that would be my sister" he muttered. I turned my head away staring out towards the ocean. I didn't even bother to look as she was walking towards us.

"They're you are. Mom said be back by five if you plan on staying out on the beach for long. Sue Clearwater invited us to some party that's happening at the beach tonight." the girl spoke.

"Okay." Tony muttered. "Who are these guys? I recognize two of them. Hey Quil and Brady" she said.

That's when I turned around...She was beautiful. Her dark brown hair, Brown eyes and radiant brown skin. Perfect in every way possible. Something inside me clicked instantly. Nothing else mattered as I stared at the beautiful face of the girl the stood before me. I was no longer being tied down to the earth by gravity. It was her and only her. She was absolutely breathtaking.

Ella.

I immediately got up from where i sat and walked over to introduce myself. I guess that's the best way to start things off.

"I'm Seth Clearwater" I said reaching out to shake her hand.

"Uh-I'm Ella" my imprint replied. Just hearing the sound of her voice made me smile as it sent chills down my spine. I didn't even realize i was still shaking her hand until she managed to remove her hand from mine.

"Your hand" she said. "It's so warm. Like ur burning up." she muttered looking at me like I was crazy.

"Oh it's just a genetic thing. Completely normal." I explained. Well that works for now. I would eventually tell her everything about me being a wolf, but that wouldn't be for a while. Lord knows how long a while is gonna be.

"Interesting" she pondered to herself.

"Yea most of us Quilete boys have—"

"Seth!" great there's Leah. But I payed no attention. I was still looking at Ella. I can't even remember the last time I blinked within the last two minutes. Once Leah managed to get over to where we all were. When she saw me, the next thing that came out of her mouth was

".God"

"Leah I think Seth—"

"Yea not shit. Good job Sherlock" Leah told Embry.

"Ella this my sister Leah." I said. "And her brother Tony—"

"You guys are the new neighbors. I'm guessing you already met our mom." Leah told them.

"Yea" Ella and Tony both replied. I noticed the expression on Ella's face changed. She looked a little uncomfortable.

"Why do keep starring at me like that?" she asked me. Because you're absolutely beautiful is what I wanted to tell her. I didn't want to make things too awkward. Too late.

"Seth snap out of it!" Collin said smacking me in the back of my head.

"Huh?—oh—I'm sorry I kinda—" crap now I was getting tongue tied. Wow this was embarrassing.

"Leah why don't you take your brother home. I think he's getting too much sun." I herd Embry say.

"Yea. Come on Seth" Leah said grabbing my arm and pulling me away. "I'll see you later." I shouted as my sister and I walked away.

"Way to go to Seth. I hope you know what you're in for. Wait till mom finds out" Leah said in a salty tone. I really wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying. "Huh?" was all I could say.

"Ugh. Nevermind. Just wait till we get home." my sister mumbled.

Ella. Ella. Ella. She was all I could think about ever since I got back home. Leah dragged me into the kitchen.

"Mom come in here!" Leah shouted. I managed to get out of my sister's death grip that was wrapped around my arm before mom walked in.

"Okay, what did you two do this time?" my mother asked. Judging by the tone of mom's voice, it sounded as if she thought we did something stupid.

"Your son just imprinted on the Gardner's daughter." Leah spat. The way mom's face lit up like a little kid on Christmas day worried me. Great, now I was scared. Mom walked over and hugged me. She wouldn't let go. I was trapped.

"Mom!" I whinned. " Awww Seth that's great! Good thing I invited Ella and her family to the barbeque tonight. That will give you a chance for you to get to know her—"

"So much for a good first impression. You should've seen the look on her face when Seth was staring at her. Priceless. I brought him home before he could totally ruin the moment " Leah told mom.

"This is great. I can't wait to get to know your girl—"

"Mom! Stop! She's not my girlfriend." I said "Not yet anyway" I heard Leah mumble. Now I was getting a little irritated. I had a feeling this was just the beginning.


(Ella's P.O.V.)

After being here for almost a month, we finally finished unpacking. Tony went down to the beach to look around. I spent sometime inside playing my violin. I play three instruments. Violin, viola, piano, and guitar. Oops I guess that's four. I really liked my room. Mom said it's one of the coolest rooms in the house.

My room is jus about the same side as my old one, but it's a little wider. The backyard was just trees, and lots of them. I kept my room simple, seeing that I had a huge window view of the backyard and a door that led out to a little balcony. It was nice. I put curtains over the window. It was practically a wall. But the best part was that I had a little secret room. Right next to my closet door. The room was about the size of a small little office. I made it my little music room. I put my keyboard, and my other instruments in there. I painted the walls purple, my favorite color. Mom help me spray paint black ans silver music notes all over the walls. My bedroom on the other hand is red and white. I like hearts so I got a little creative :).

.(here's a link see what I want Ella's room to look like.) www . window blind stips .com/wp-content/uploads/teen-window-treatment. jpg

I had little collage of magazine cut-outs and stuff on one of the blank white walls. I would always take words and pictures so I can put them into to fun little quotes long with some of my favorite sayings from glee. One of my favorite tv shows. My mom found some cool old paintings from a garage sale that had roses and hearts on them. So I put them on the other blank wall. My room was little a piece of art by itself...or should I say rooms. Then there was a knock on the door.

"Come in" I said. My little sister Meg opened the door.

"Mom wants us to come outside for a sec. Ms. Sue's here!" Meg said then ran out my room. I went down stairs and out the front door. Mom and dad were talking to Ms. Sue. She and her two kids live right down the rude from us. I haven't met them yet, but Ms. Sue there are lots of kids our age the area. Tony and I met a couple. Brady and Seth were right around our age. Quil's the same age as Tony, and Brady is a year older than me. They're pretty cool.

"Hello girls" Sue said to my sister and I. "Hey" we replied.

"Tonight some of the neighbors are having a barbecue on the beach. Hot dogs and Hamburgers and you guys don't have to worry about bringing anything. It would give you all a chance to meet some of the other people on the reservation. Plus alot of kids will be there to. So you girls and you're brother won't be bored." Sue told us. It sounded like fun. I was up for a party. I hope some cute guys will be there.

"Yea that would be great! What time?" my dad asked.

"Six thirty at the beach." Sue told us. "Great. So we will see you there." mom said.

"Yea. I'll see you all in a little bit" Sue said.

"Bye" we all said as Sue head back down the road.

"Ella May got down to the beach and tell you brother to be back home by five thirty" dad told me. Ella May is my first name, but as I got older I cute it short and decided to just go by Ella. But some of my friends call me Elle or Elly.

"Why don't you just call him on is cell phone and let him know what's up?" I told my dad, rather that than walking to the beach.

"I would but he left his phone on the kitchen table and now I'm giving it to you so you can go down to the beach and give it to him. Tell him to be home by five thirty."

"Dad—"

"Ella May Rose Gardner" mom scolded.

Why did I always have to do everything? Then I was old enough to go out on my own like Tony. Just ast long as I was being "responsible". Talk about being responsible when you have an older brother who is almost seventeen years old and he can't even remember to take his phone with him when he goes out . My parents would always call me by my full name when they were really serious. I took my brother's phone from my dad's hand and started walking.

"Love you Ella" I heard my dad shout from behind me. I rolled my eyes. "Yea yea love you too." I said.

Nice little town. No where busy as Vancouver, but it's a nice little town with a few shops or so. Cute Native American boys :). Beautiful beaches. I would definitley have to come out to the beach more often now that I live a few blocks away from it. The beach is a good place to think. Quiet and peaceful...in parts. The part of the beach where I was going was where I found my brother and a bunch of other boys with their shirts off. I didn't mind that, well it was summer. Of course guys would take of their shirts and walk around the beach.

"Tony!" I shouted walking over to him and the group of guys he was with. I recognized two the of boys apart from my brother. Brady and Quil. I remember meeting them last week when they stopped by and introduced themselves.

All the boys sat up a little as I came and stood next to my brother. Well all except one who was looking out at the water.

"There you are. Mom said be back home no later than five thirty if you're gonna be out late. Ms. Sue invited us to a barbecue that's happening at the beach tonight." I told him.

"I already new about the party Elle, but why didn't mom or dad just text me and let me know when to be back—"

"That would be because you forgot your phone and left it on the kitchen table Mr. Responsible." I told my brother. The guys started to laugh a little and tried their hardest not to let it out. I gave Tony his phone. "So I see you already made some friends" I said taking another good look at the guys. I flashed a smile towards Quil and Brady.

Then the one who still had his head faced in the other direction turned around and looked right at me. Straight in the eye. Regardless how "supernatural" this may sound, I feel as if something inside me had just geared in place. He was hot. I mean he was gorgeous, but the expression on his face was a little weird. He wouldn't stop staring at me. He quickly got up and walked over to me.

"I'm Seth" he said reaching out for me to shake his hand. "Uh—I'm Ella" I said shaking his hand. I don't know if it was the heat or if this boy was running a fever but his hand was so warm. Not to mention he was holding on to my hand still shaking it. I managed to let go of his death grip and jerked my hand away.

"Your hand it's so warm." I said. It was kinda weird. I swear it's like he has a fever.

"Oh. Well it's a genetic thing." Seth told me. If that's normal for him, then something funky must be going on in his DNA.

"Interesting" I pondered to myself aloud. "Yea, but most of u—"

"Seth!" a female voice yelled. She was walking towards us. I'm guessing it was Seth's sister. She kinda looked like him with the same bone structure and facial features. Her black hair was short. Chin-length. She was pretty. Then she just stood there wide eyeing her brother.

".God." she said. Shock was on her face. "Leah I think—" one of the boys began to say.

"Yea no shit. Good job Sherlock" Leah said to the boy sitting next to Quil.

"Ella this is my sister Leah" Seth said still looking right at me. Now I was starting to get a little freaked out. I mean the cute guy hasn't even blinked for like the last minute or so. If only you could see the way Seth was looking at me. I flashed a quick smile to Leah.

"Oh so you're family moved down the road from us. I'm guessing you already our mom." Leah said.

"Yea." my brother and I told her. Seth was still staring. Now I'm starting to think this guy is a little weird. I mean yea he is cute, but the whole staring thing was just odd. Like a blind man seeing for the first time. But he did have a cute little smirk on his face.

"Um—why do you keep looking at me like that?" I asked him. Seriously. He's very attractive and all but the way he's coming on towards me isn't making me so interested. I hope he isn't like this with all of the girls he meets.

"Seth!" one of his friends said smacking him on the back of his head to se would snap out of it.

"Huh—oh i'm sorry—I kind—" aww he was tounge tied. His cheeks began to turn a little red. It was a small contrast to his russet toned skin.

"Leah, maybe you should take your brother home. I think he's getting too much sun" the boy named Embry said using finger quotations on the last few words of his sentence. Now I was confused. I had no idea what the hell was going on and what they were talking about. Whatever "getting too much sun meant" I really didn't want know.

"Come on Seth we're going home" Leah said grabbing Seth by the arm and dragging him back home.

"See you tonight!" Seth shouted and waved back at me. I winced and gave him a tiny wave. "Ugh what's with him?" I said. All the boys bursted out laughing.

"Yea what's so funny" I spat. Now I was starting to get irritated. I didn't get it.

"Wow, I hope Seth doesn't screw this up! He's in for it alright—" Brady began to say till I cute him off. "What are you guys talking about?" I asked.

"Oh nothing. We have feeling that Seth—"

"Jared. Seth's got this. He can handle it." Quil insisted. I had a feeling these guys weren't gonna explain to me what was really going on right now. Boys and they're stupid inside jokes.

"Okay I'm going home, Tony don't be late. I don't feel like hearing mom's mouth" I said to my brother. "Nice meeting you guys. See you tonight" I said to my brother's friends.

"Bye" they all said from behind me as headed home.

"Ella!" I heard my brother shout. "What now." I spat. "Nevermind" He muttered.

"Sure sure" I mumbled.

I was actually really excited for this get together tonight. I got home and changed clothes. It was starting to cool down outside so instead of wearing shorts and a t-shirt, I put on a pair of skinny jeans, a red tank top and gray shortsleeve jacket with a pair of red flip flops. Before we moved here. Mom and dad gave me money to go shopping since I got good grades again. Straight A's. Mom says I get my great tase in clothes from her...but then there's Teen Vouge. One of my favorite magazines. To top of my outfit I wore some plain old diamond studs and my heart necklace studded with cubic zircornias. I was too lazy to do anything special to my hair. I just pulled it back into a mermaid braid.

( Here's what a mermaid braid looks like www .daily makeover. com/blogs/beauty-trends-and-news/BA_)

By the time I was ready, it was almost time to go. We were all gonna walk. "Ella, Tony, Meg. Come down here for a sec" I heard my mom call.

As always I was the first to come downstairs. Meg and Tony followed after me.

"Change of plans...well for your father and I are going to the emergency room because he smashed his thumb with something in the attic and now his finger is about the size of a hot dog. So you three are gonna walk down to the beach in 5 minutes and we'll try and make it there if we can. Tony and Ella keep a good eye on Meg" mom told us.

"I was trying to move some boxes. Heavy Boxes." My dad said walking into the living room with his hand in a bag of ice

"Good job dad" Tony and I teased.
"Bravo!" Meg giggled.

"Yea yea" dad muttered.

"Okay we have our cell phones. See you later. Love you bye!" we shouted as Tony, Meg and I walked out of the house.

We got to the beach and immeadiately figured out where everyone was. There was a bonfire and a bunch oh people all around it.
"Wow they sure know how to throw a party." Tony muttered. "Yea" Meg and I said.


We were quickly surrounded by most of the people we met at the beach earlier. Meg ran off to play with Jared's sister Hanna. I never realized how tall these boys were. Quil introduced me to his cousin Claire. She's only three years old. I swear him and Claire act more like brother and sister. It's so adorable. Then I met Sam and Emily. Nice couple. Quil tod me about Emily being attacked by a bear which explained the scar stretched across the side of her face. But she was really nice. She's the same age as Seth's sister Leah. They're cousins. I noticed that Leah's been glarring over at Emily every once in a while as if she hated her. It's none of my business so I didn't even bother with that one.

There was one person in particular that I noticed wasn't here. It was Seth. He said he was gonna be here. For some reason I really just wanted to see him. Yea the way he came on earlier today was a little odd, but he seems like a really nice guy. I hope doesn't stare at me when I see him again. I've been here for almost thirty minutes, and he's still not here. Why was I getting so anxious to see this guy? I mean I really don't even know him. He just lives right down the road from me.

"Ms. Sue, do you know where Seth is?" I asked.

"He's running a little late. Be he should be here in about five minutes or so. I'll tell him that you're looking for him when he gets here—"

"No no no. You don't have to do that. I just noticed that he wasn't hear and all. He said he was coming tonight" I said. I didn't want to be awkard about it. Sue just smiled and nodded. I could tell there was something odd about the look she gave me and not to mention the big smile she had on her face. It's like there's something that she's not telling me. I feel like everyone I've met here so far has been acting the same way.

I walked a little further down towards the waves. I loved the ocean. It's so calm and relaxing. I have to come out here more often. When it's not raining. I down in the sand, squishing my bare feet into the sand. I was alone. Watching the sunset as waves were crashing in. The whole setting reminded me of one of my favorite songs on my beach playlist by Enya. It's called Watermark. I pulled out my Ipod and scrolled down to my beach playlist. It's a mixture of songs that I find good for a nice day on the beach.

(Ella's Beach Playlist www . playlist .com/playlist/20245306635/standalone)

I had the volume loud enough so I had the perfect balance of the sounds of the ocean waves and the music. I was listening to Watermark. It's a nice piano piece. I figured out how to play it on the piano. Just as I was beginning to enjoy my alone time. Seth Clearwater came up from behind me out of nowhere and nearly scared me to death. He jumped right in front of me. I got up and began to walk away.

"Seth don't scare me like that!" I told him and I continued walking. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you—"

"Yea so first you gaze at me like you're a blind man seeing for the first time and then here you come out nowhere interrupting my alone time—"

"The beach is the best place to come and to think if—" now he was trying to change the subject.

"Bye Seth" I told him.

"Ella wait—" at the very moment...our hands touched. I had this weird feeling. It was alot different compared to when we shool hands earlier. I melted inside a little. I could feel my cheeks getting warm. We just stood there looking at eachother. I turned my head away after a few seconds because I didn't want him to see my cheeks turn red.

"My mom said that you were looking for me" Seth told me. Damn it. I knew I shouldn't have asked his mom where he was. She was gonna tell him that I said that anyway. Is this what I even wanted to happen. I didn't intentionally want Seth to know that I was looking for him, but in a way I kinda did want to know where he was at the least. Now I feel as if i'm not making any sense.

"No not really, I just saw that you were just about the only person who wasn't here... and now you are here sooo yep" I said. Crap that wasn't a good enough answer, that was just a horrible excuse. Who was I kidding?

"Oh well then you should come back to the party...you can't just stay out here the whole time...you must be hungry." he said. I found it convienient when we both heard my stomach growl. We both chuckled.

"Okay I'm a little hungry" I admitted. "A little? Alright come on we're gonna get you a burger...and maybe a couple of hot dogs." He told me.

I laughed. "Ya, i'm sure that subside my empty stomach" I told him. We started walking back to where everyone else was...but a little bit slower. I didn't realize how tall he was till I stood right next him for a second. I'm 5'8, Seth looks like he could be about 6'2. He had to be atleast 16.

"Seth how old are you?" I asked him. "Fourteen, but I turn 15 in a week." he told me. Same age as me. He didn't look like he could be fourteen. It must be because of his height. "Dang. You must have had a huge growthspurt." I sad.

"You have no idea" he mumbled. I shook my head. " So you're gonna be a freshman like me?" I asked.

"Yea. Looks like we're gonna be going to school together." he said. I smiled. "Yep I guess so."

"About what happened earlier today...I'm really sorry about that. I hope I didn't freak you out or anything...You see I was a little out of my head at the moment" he explained.

"Too much sun?" I teased. "Yea that's it" he joked. "Okay...I'll go with it. For now." I told him. There had to be another reason as to why he was acting weird earlier today. There was more to it, regardless what "getting too much sun meant". Seth cheeks were flushed with color. It was soo cute.

"So how you liking La Push so far?" he asked me.

"It's nice. I've always wanted to live out by the ocean so I can go down to the beach whenever I want...well when it's not raining. But then if no one else is on the beach. I'll dance around like no one is watching and spend some time just watching the waves. I know it may sound a little cheezy" I told him. I've been dancing for 10 years. So I was pretty skilled..if I must say so myself. I feel so free when I dance. It's like i'm on top of the world.

"That's cool. I don't think it's cheezy. It just shows that you're careless...in a goodway. Like you could care less as to what others may think about you. But all that matters is that you're happy the way you are." he said. I smiled.

"Yea that's just about right. I have a mind that likes to speak for itself" I said. Now that i'm starting to talk to Seth, he's a nice guy. I feel as if he totally understands me. Sometimes I do let what others say get to me. But he's right. All that matters is that i'm happy with myself.

We went to go sit down and eat with some of his friends. I actually know all of their names now. Collin, Embry, Jared, Quil, Embry, Paul and then there's Seth. Tony was with us too. Boys these days sure do have a BIG appetite. Just as I managed to finish my first hamburger, the boys were just finishing what looked like maybe their fifth hotdog.

"Jeez do you boys eat much" I teased. "Huh?" they all said looking at me with their mouths full of food. Gross. But it was pretty funny that they boys all made identical movements.

"You can't just question our man hood like that." Jared told me. I found it funny that Jared sounded so serious about it.

"Yea" everyone I was with grunted in agreement. I was surrounded by guys. "We eat alot." Embry said patting his chest with his fist.

"Okay Embry you ruined it. That was way too much." Quil teased. This night going pretty well so far. I made some new friends.


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