Preparations

The rest of the next few days were better, I gradually began moving and then walking to the toilet. I had a lot of visitors but spent most of the time with either Seth, Annawan or Jacob and Renesmee. Seth was excited to be leaving for Alaska and was asking me what I wanted him to pack for me, Jacob just kept things light and Anna was just being a super supportive sister. It turns out after the attack I was unconscious for two days. The Cullen's had changed the moving date to a week and a half later so I'd be able to go too. Emmett, Esme, Edward and Jasper had gone ahead to start setting up two days after I had finally regained consciousness. Once I could walk further than the toilet I went home, however I was under strict orders of no phasing.

When I reached home, all my stuff had been packed and removed and I sat in an empty room with nothing but my rusty old bed and two wardrobes. The attic had even been emptied of dad and mums stuff and everything was ready to go. The day we were scheduled to leave Jacob called a pack meeting in the morning and then a leaving party in the evening.

The whole Black Pack was sat outside in Billy's garden when me and Jacob came to join in.

Anna, Anoki, Quil, Embry, Seth, Collin and Brandon. As they sat joking around and eating as per usual Jacob addressed everyone, "Now I've been talking to Sam about what happens next when we leave-" a series of groans and moans followed as well as Collin calling out, " We're not going back to the Uley no freedom, no fun pack are we?"

"No, we've decided the pack stay as they are." Collin and Brandon high-five each other and Quil stood up and said, "I name myself as alpha". Everyone laughed and Anoki threw some chips at him.

Jacob murmured something to Embry in a voice so low only the could hear, Embry nodded and looked down anxiously.

" Well, recently Alison Uley found a letter from Joshua hidden in the attic revealing all. It turns out unluckily for Embry here, he is Sam's half brother." Everyone laughed and teased Embry for a while until Jake spoke again, "So it is only fitting that Embry become the new Alpha and Quil the Beta."

The news was taken very well and we spent the rest of the afternoon with them until it was time to get ready for the leaving party.

"Before you guys go I wanna say something" I spoke out boldly. I took Seth's hand, looked him in the eyes and smiled at the decision we had made earlier today.

"Since we are leaving, we wanted to leave our house to the Pack. Anna and Anoki need it as their home and with Brandon , Collin and Quil having to move out soon it makes sense to leave it to our pack family. It's what our dad would have wanted." It was silent as I said the last sentence. Anna and Anoki came and gave me a hug and everyone started cheering. I was going to miss this bunch of crazy wolves.

As Anna, Anoki, Seth and I returned home to prepare for the leaving party by the Patio was a large blue. I walked over to it to reveal the label, it read:

To Leah and Seth,

We are really going to miss you,

A leaving present from us to you.

Love family x

Underneath it was signed by Sam and Emily Uley and the rest of the Pack.

That's when it hit me, I had finally begun to accept Sam and Emily together. Usually when I saw their name 'Sam and Emily Uley' it would hurt me deeply, however today it didn't hit me as hard. The pain in my heart was still there, but had dulled down from a roar to a constant lull. Seth savagely ripped apart the package to display two very beautiful outfits. I picked up the first which was a long nylon mahogany brown dress, there were multicoloured cream, yellow, and teal beads along the low collar. It was a strapless piece and attached inside was a unique timeless gold, leather and beaded necklace. The necklace had the packs tribal tattoo design on the pendant and a set of matching earrings to go with it. Before I had time to look at Seth's package he had disappeared into the house.

When I went into house everything been moved and gone except two small hand luggage bags with a small note on top saying Alice. I am guessing Sam had delivered it since Cullen's are still not allowed on land when he dropped off his package.

Me and Anna went to prepare, she did my makeup and hair and even helped me into my new dress. As I stared at myself in the mirror I realized that for the first time in a long time I felt like a woman. Ever since I'd phased I hadn't really had time for makeup and wearing jewellery, dresses or skirts plus painting my nails which I'd loved to do stopped. The dress was the perfect fit, it hugged me in all the right places and even revealed my slightly curvy figure; it matched my eye colour, which made them almost sparkle in the light.

"Beautiful" Seth and Anna said from behind me in Unison. I blushed fiercely, even against my russet skin it would show obviously. I turned to look at the others who were all looking smartly dress. Anna wore a simple short blue dress with her hair up in a messy bun like mine and blue pumps. Anoki outfit was blue chinos a blue waistcoat with a white shirt inside. Seth wore his new outfit as I did not recognise any of the clothes. Black skinny jeans and a black suit jacket and revealed an acid wash blue denim collar; he wore black army boots. After exchanging compliments Anna urged we leave or we'd be late. I told her and Anoki to go ahead without us so me and Seth could say goodbye.

"I'm gonna miss our little house, everything...and dad" Seth said unusually quietly.

"We were born here, all our firsts happened here. All the good memories started with this house. Everyone seems to have grown, sped up but me." Seth quickly interjected, "That's not true we've been to hell and back and look at us standing strong. Me and you, Seth and Leah Clearwater."

It was bewildering to realize how quickly my baby brother had grown from a small weedy teenager to a man in a short few years. "Tell little brother when did you get so grown up?" I asked rhetorically. " Oh You know me, I'm a man now" he boomed in his deepest voice. Which was cute as his voice was not very deep compared to most of the guys, and he didn't look as old as the rest of the pack.

"Don't push it kid, I can still kick your ass" I joked. We said goodbye to our home and walked to La Push cemetery.