Don`t own twilight and all that..
She was running. This was amazing. Times like this she couldn`t remember why was it that she would want to leave this behind.
She could hear water running now. She head to that direction. She felt so good right now.
She got to the stream, yeah, now she remember this place, at first she was to unfocused to see where she was.
She drank a bit of water and sat, her head on her paws and started reminiscing her talk to her family.
She was in the kitchen helping her mom with a salad, they were waiting for Seth to come to dinner, it was his turn to patrol this afternoon but he said he would make it in time.
She was just finishing whit the salad when she heard her brother opening the door.
"Mom! I`m hungry! Hey sis!" he came in wearing only the cutoff jeans all happy and bubbly as always, this kid was absolutly crazy.
He made a move as if to hug her mother and stop at the glare she threw at him.
"First off, is that the way you come inside a house, go wash yourself, you`re all cover in sweat and you better don`t come yelling anymore "
"Okay" he said quicky and run upstairs to shower. He could hear Leah`s snickering but she would probably do the same in his case, Sue Clearwater was terrifying when mad.
He came downstairs ten minutes later, shaking his head much like a wet dog, Sue just shook her head at him. They were already waiting at the table for him.
"How was patrol?" his mother ask him. She sounded like she was onto something.
"Meh, okay.. Quil said to go to his house later for pizzas and games, Embry is going too, Jake has to patrol so he can`t"
"And you have to start sleeping early too so you can`t idder"
"What! Mom, is the summer, I can sleep late, besides.." he decided against saying something at the end.
Sue was always patient and believe in letting her chidren speak their mind so she waited.
Leah wasn`t that patient, so she spoke for the first time in a while.
"Besides what" she ask a little more harshly than she intended, her mother send her a dissaproving glare for that.
"Nothing, it`s just, well.. we do more important things than school out there, don`t we?" he ask them with his big eyes full of innocense still after seeing what they had seem.
It broke Leah`s heart.
"What are you talking about Seth, Who the hell made you think like that?"
"Leah, language" her mother said but let her continue, she knew her daughter was more than mature enough to speak to her son about this and she also had to live trough the same thing.
"Well, I`m just saying, don`t you always say mom? We have a responsability to our people and all that?"
"To HELL with them!" that just piss Leah off, their people? Their people were a bunch of ungrateful bastards, she sacrifice everything and she would be dead before she allowed her brother to do the same.
"Leah! Don`t talk like that. Seth, what your sister is trying to tell you is, that yes, you do have a responsability to your people but you also have a responsability to yourself" she said more calmly.
"But.." he said but her mother raise a finger to let him now that she wasn`t over.
" I know that by being a wolf you`re doing this honey, but before all this, your father and myself were always expecting that your contribution to the tribe will be given by the intelligence that I know you two have and education is the means to an end"
Leah became quiet at that, she didn`t expect her mother to become so passionate about it and now was starting to feel nervous about telling them that her trip wasn´t exactly for academical purposes.
"Now, Seth, you have to realize that at one point you will be coming back from that life and we are so proud with you two for all you have done but what we are saying to you is that you have to remember that there is more than that, do you undestand?"
"Yes, I get it now mom, i won`t put my studies for last.." she nod her head at him in approval.
"But I can still go to Quil`s house right?" he ask her with his puppy dog eyes.
Leah just sigh, it was actually funny now, her mom was toast against those puppy dog eyes.
"Fine, but you do understand that this would change once summer is over? And you will talk to Jacob regarding your patrols in those times."
"Of course mom!" he started beaming again.
Okay, now or never Leah though.
"Talking about future mom.." she said hesitantly. Now she had their full attention.
Again her mother wait for her to continue.
"Well, things are going calmer now.. and I actually don`t intent on starting college just yet" she saw her mother hopeful gaze when she said college and cringe a little. Seth was frowning at her.
"I don`t understand honey, I though you said you wanted that"
"Yes well, I don`t think i quite decided What exactly is I want to do later on.. so, I decided to take a little trip first"
Her mother`s eyes appeared to be more understanding now.
"Well Leah, I undertand perfectly the need to be sure of what you want in life and you`re very young.. But are you sure you think a trip is neccesary to this? You could just take some time off and then decide.."
Leah cut her off.
"No, mom, if I stayed here I would still be surrounded by all supernatural and I`ll be in the same place I always am, I need to get away for a while"
"Honey, I`m not going to deny that I`m worry and tell you to just run off to the sunset but if you`re really adamant about this, you will prepare yourself young lady, I expect you to get a job wherever you decide to go, a place to stay and .."
Seth interrupted her now for the first time.
"What? I don`t get it! Where do you want to go? Mom, why are you letting her? I thought education was important and all that crap" he started to get up.
"Seth! Sit down" he sat immediatly, remembering who he was talking to.
"Honey, all that we said still stands. You have to realice that your sister`s situation and yours are very different. You are still in Highschool Seth and you will finish it I`ll be damn"
The two of them gaped at their mother for her cursing.
"Not only does your sister has finish it but also she has sacrifice going to college earlier for your duties, you know this well. So, now, she`s telling me that she is unsure of what to do next and I`ll be the last person to force her to do something if is going to make her unhappy"
"But why does she need to go somewhere, she can do that here" Seth said glaring at his sister now, she glared right back but she was worry about her brother.
"You already heard her reasons and now that I think about it, she has a point. This will help your sister, honey. It would show her the real life and what adults have to do"
Here both of them roller their eyes at her but Seth nodded his head too.
"Leah, we will give the time you need but as I was saying before your brother decided to imterrupt me" here she glare at him "this will not be an excuse for you to party God knows where! Do you understand?"
"Yes mom" she said, a little scared too now.
"Good, now we`ll continue with dinner, we`ll discuse details later"she said
"So, honey, remember that we need to go get your dress for the wedding.."
Here she stop thinking about it, they went to get her dress this morning, thank god that she told Emily that she couldn`t be maid of honor, their dresses were horrible.
She felt kind of bad for Kim and Rachel but whatever, she was safe.
She really was so happy to have a mother like hers.
She remember that she felt about to cry when her mother talk about her dad.
She really hoped that he was indeed proud of her, she miss him so much.
And Seth too, he really was the best brother, not that she will tell him.
No way in hell!
He was mad at her at first and when her mother went to Charlie`s the next morning he made that known to her.
They talk and he did understand and hugg her and tell her that she better come back soon.
Se hugg him too and them hit his head and told him she wasn`t leaving yet.
She sigh in her wolfie form. It`s was a pretty funny sight to see.
She decided that it was time to go back home.
Patrol time was almost over now anyway.
All in all, it went pretty well.
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AN: Next chapter is the wedding! finally right? well, don`t expect it to be early, I haven`t written anything about it!
Hope you like it, No jasper/leah here, but I`ll make it up to you later ; )
