Maggie POV, ten years ago

How could she!?

How could she leave us when we needed her?

How could she leave me?

She's my older sister! I look up to her! I beg her to let me borrow her clothes! I ask her for advice! And now she's leaving me to go to La Push! So far away…Leaving me behind.

I decide to go talk to her. Maybe if I don't lose my head this time, I can get her to see how much I need her here.

I knock on her door, but there is no answer. So I push it open. "Cassie?" I call silently. No answer. She's gone out. I see something on her desk. It's a letter.

After I read the letter, I realize this is why I heard Cassie crying earlier. And Mom said that she didn't have to.

She wasn't going send the letter. She already knew how much we needed her, and she was going to leave anyway.

That selfish brat! Without thinking, I grabbed the letter and ran out the door, heading to the train station.

When I got there, I used all my savings and bought the next ticket headed to Seattle. I waited for a while before I heard the announcement that our train was boarding. Suddenly, I was having second thoughts. I couldn't do it. No, I wouldn't. I would go back home.

There was an announcement that my train was about to leave, and I sighed as I stood up to go home. He made her so happy, I couldn't take that away.

Then I saw her. She looked angry. Not sad, but totally angry. She was mad at me. Seeing her made me remember my rage, and I ran as fast as I could to get to the train. I made it on board just in time. I caught her eye out the window as the train was pulling out of the station. The anger faded, giving way to sadness.

The last thing I ever heard my sister say was "Please."