Author note: so sorry I haven't updated in sooooooooo long. First the computer got a virus then it wouldn't open word and then I went back to school. Not to mention a whole lot of other stuff! :( So busy!
Disclaimer: ok you know the drill; I don't own twilight or any of Celine Dion's songs.
Jake POV
I felt nervous as I let myself be pulled over towards the seven huge guys waiting by the park. They were not as big as me of course (with me being the alpha and everything), however they were generally the same height as Paul or Quill. Mai looked exited and the guys looked at me with surprise.
I gulped and held out my hand to the nearest wolf. He stared at me, before his face broke into a grin and he grabbed my hand in a strong handshake.
"Hi..." I stuttered uncertainly.
"Hey, I'm Alex and you are...?" he was about 6ft, a little shorter than me. He had bright blue eyes and dirty blond hair. He had an upbeat attitude that I usually only saw in Seth.
"Oh... I'm Jacob or Jake," I was still a bit wary of the other 4 people but Alex seamed like a nice person I suppose. One of the others stepped forward. He looked like Alex except that his eyes were brown. He looked a bit more controlled than Alex.
He held his had out, "I'm Dylan, Alex is my little brother." I shook his hand. He then continued "I've just got to say tat whatever you've done to Mai to make her so happy. Keep it up." He laughed, as did all the others. All except Mai. She frowned.
She continued with the introductions until I had met all of the people standing there and Mai came up to me and took hold of my hand again.
"Come on. We're going back to the den." I let her lead me to her van. "Ok well there isn't a lot of room, but you can have shotgun." I climbed into the seat of the van and shut the door. Her back seat was full of art sketchbooks and paints. It had that homey feeling that made you want to just fall asleep. I leaned back and closed my eyes, but not for long as Mai turned to a song I didn't recognise. It was sad, that was clear from the first few bars of music. It sounded like it should be on the classical music channel. If there was one, however I just let the music wash over me and I heard the meaning behind the words.
Back when I was a child
Before life removed all the innocence,
Mai started to sing along to the song that was now blaring out the speakers of the car.
My father would lift me high,
And dance with my mama and me and then,
I was just watching her, before turning my head to stare at the surrounding scenery.
Spin me around till I fell asleep,
Then up the stairs he would carry me,
As I looked over at her I noticed Mai become quiet.
And I knew for sure I was love...
I wondered what was going through her head...
Mai POV
That song brought back so many memories; good and bad. It reminded me of how I never spent any time with my dad after he started working more. It also reminded me of how we would play football in the garden and he would always let me win. I took the good with the bad. Both made me sad.
These were the things that reminded me of home. They reminded me of what was once my family, which has now become a group of people who have fallen apart and are only tied to each other through obligation not the emotional ties we used to have.
You see my dad died 2 years ago. He had a heart attack and I never saw him again. He didn't even make it to hospital; he died before the paramedics could get there.
What made people astounded was that I accepted it straight away. I saw no reason to sugar coat it and make it seem like it didn't happen. It happened. That's that.
For the next year I went into a state of shock and couldn't feel anything at all. I pushed everyone away and became a total loner.
A year came and went. I got better and eventually and started to talk about it. I was totally fine except for a few times when I would break down and start yelling and hitting people. This made me a stronger person, but it didn't last.
I became depressed and often snapped at people for no reason. My friend pretended to care but I was so paranoid that I couldn't see the truth from the lies. I had been lied to so much I stopped believing anything without proof.
Even now I'm still diagnosed with depression and, after loosing all my friends, I never told a single living soul about my dad.
I shook myself free of the memories as the song ended and I tried to hold back the tears that I had held for 2 long years. Eventually I had to pull over to avoid crashing. this should be interesting to explain I thought miserably to myself.
Ok this chapter took a long time to publish, but I will tell you why.
All the things Mai went through in her life before her transformation have happened to me. My dad died and took part of my heart with him. It made it very hard for me to write this chapter as it holds a lot of my personal feelings. However, Mai has a step dad where I do not and my friends have not all left me, though I am very paranoid, like Mai. I also suffer from random depression and some days I get so bad I just think why bother (which is why my stories are so lame and slow).
This chapter was just a look into Mai's background.