A dozen chapters!

this chapter i like a lot more than the last one, partially because i got to add Lucy. she 's a character i made up a couple of years ago and, like a lot of my own characters will soon being doing, she's making an appearance in my fan fictions.

my next fan fiction that will hopefully be uploaded by the end of this month is between GRACELING by KRISTIN CASHORE (if you haven't read it, i highly recommend the book. it's one of my favorites)

and the second option is, Something from either the INFERNAL DEVICES or MORTAL INSTRUMENTS by CASSANDRA CLARE (Once again if you haven't read them, GO READ IT NOW, City of Bones is the first in the Mortal Instruments series and is going to *hopefully* be a really good adaptation from book to movie this summer)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE comment on what you think of Lucy, and what you think i should do for my next fanfiction:)

thank you guys so so much!

xoxo

~Marie


EPOV

Dinner was quiet; Billy and Charlie sat in the living room while Jacob polished off his second plate of spaghetti. I dumped my plate into the sink and cracked open the can of coke Billy had left out for Jacob and me. A light buzzing noise came from behind me and I looked over to see Jake grinning stupidly over his phone screen.

"And who might that be," I smirked and took my seat at the kitchen table.

Jacob scooped another bite of spaghetti into his mouth and grinned, "None of your business."

I snorted, "She can't be that ugly."

"Oh shut up," he narrowed his eyes at me, "she's not ugly."

"So it is a she…I'm glad, I was getting a little worried…"

"Shut up!"

I laughed and Jacob glared at me across the small table, "what?"

"You're such an asshole," he rolled his eyes.

"Jacob, Language!"

"Sorry, Dad…"

Jacob's phone buzzed again and he smirked as he read the text message. Head lights flashed outside the living room windows and Jacob's head snapped up at the sound of car doors slamming shut. I recognized a woman's voice and then a light hearted giggle right before the front door swung open.

"Hey, Billy," the woman's voice carried throughout the whole house, "Charlie! Is Edward here?"

"Yeah he's in the—"

"Edward!" a girl appeared in the doorway before launching herself at me.

I struggled to keep myself up right as she wound her arms around my neck; her laugh shook against my chest as we toppled over onto the linoleum floor.

"Lucy, stop rough housing!"

The girl, Lucy, giggled against my shirt and propped herself up on her elbows on my chest. Her large brown eyes had flecks of crystal blue in them, and were framed in dark lashes that were so long they brushed her cheeks every time she blinked, her black hair was tousled against her back and she gave a million watt smile that seemed to glisten against her tan skin.

"Edward, you got bigger," she bit her lip and pushed herself up onto her knees.

"Lucy…" I murmured, trying to remember the name…it sounded so familiar.

"Yes, Edward?"

She tossed her hair over her shoulder, showing a large, swirling birthmark on her collarbone; and it all clicked. Lucy was the little sister I never had and was always with me and Jacob whenever I would visit. She was about two years younger than me, but wasn't in the awkward teen stage most kids were going through at the shift from fifteen to sixteen. Her face was clear of make-up, from what I could tell, and her white tank top and short denim shorts hugged her petite body.

"Lucy," I grinned and pulled her in for a calmer hug.

She smiled and pressed her cheek to my heart, "I missed you, Eddie."

"I missed you too," I smirked when she pulled away to give me an annoyed look.

"Why the hell did you stop coming back," her full lips puckered to a pout, and she crossed her thin arms over her chest.

"I had a job, and other things going on," I rubbed the back of my neck and noticed she was still wearing the jade necklace I had given her for her eighth birthday.

She poked my ribs and attempted to glare again, "that's no excuse, you have family here and you should've visited."

"I'm sorry," I patted her head and she swatted at my hand.

Our sibling relationship hadn't faded at all, and I grinned as I ruffled her bangs.

"Hello, Edward," a woman appeared at the door way.

She had the same face as Lucy, but with more wrinkles around her eyes and mouth, "hi Mrs. Lana."

I jumped up from the floor to give her a hug, "geez, you've grown three feet since the last time I saw you, how old are you hun?"

"Seventeen," I smiled down at her.

"Wow," her shoulders slumped, "I'm getting old…last time I saw you, you were catching fire flies with Lu Lu and Jacob, now you're a man…"

"Doesn't matter, I can still take him," Lucy teased from the floor as she re-tied her red high tops.

"Oh, whatever," Jacob barked a short laugh, "you don't even come up to his shoulder."

"Um, excuse me," Lucy snapped back, "who just knocked his white butt to the ground?"

"You caught him off guard Lu," Jake pointed his fork at her before shoveling some more food into his mouth.

"How much are you going to eat Jacob," I chuckled and pulled my chair off the ground.

"This is only my third helping," he grumbled.

Lucy hopped up on the counter and swung her legs back and forth, "he always was the bottomless pit."

Jacob's only response was him choking on a piece of food before dousing it with a full can of coke. Lana smiled at the three of us, and I remembered the summers that I would come here, and we would all be a little family on the reservation.

"So," Lucy turned to me with a devious grin when her mother left the room, "anyone got a smoke?"

After fifteen minutes of arguing with Jacob, the three of us piled into my truck and headed for the cliffs. Lucy sat in the middle since she was the only one small enough to fit on the center seat and Jake stared out the window at the trees that slowly thinned as we got closer to the cliff edges. Some indie song was on the radio—the reservation had better stations that Forks, and I admit I was jealous—and Lucy sang along with every song.

The song ended and I huffed, "thank god my ears were starting to bleed."

"Oh, shut up, Eddie," Lucy shuffled around in her seat and slid back the window that led to the bed of the truck.

She shimmied out the window and her shouts of joy quickly whipped back in the wind as I turned the last curve of the gravel road.

Jacob puffed on the glass and drew all over the window while Lucy leaned against the cab of the truck as I it in park. I slid out of cab, gulping in the crisp night air as wind danced up the side of the cliff, bringing with it the faint spray of ocean air. Jacob scooped up a handful of pebbles and began lobbing them off the cliff.

"Do you have a light, Eddie," Lucy pulled a small pack of American Spirits out of her tasseled purse.

"Yeah—"

"No, no, no," Jacob snatched the Zippo out of my hands and shoved it into his pocket, "I agreed to going to the cliffs but you guys are not smoking. You shouldn't even have that pack Lu Lu."

She wrinkled her nose at him and shrugged, "fine, but this is why you have no friends Jake."

"No, this is why I'm going to live longer than you Lucy," he rolled his eyes and walked towards the cliff edge.

Lucy looked over at me with her big doe eyes before skipping over to Jacob's side. She always did have a thing for Jake, and now that they were both older, it seemed like Jacob was finally returning Lucy's affection. She leaned tilted her head back allowing the moon to wash over her face, and Jacob watched as her hair tangled on the wind. I placed a cigarette Lucy gave me into my mouth, sucking in the mint flavor or menthol, before sticking the thin stem of paper and tobacco behind my ear.

My phone buzzed in my pocket and I pulled out my phone to read the text message.

Jessica's face was smiling at me and I scanned her message, Hey ;)

Hi Jess

Two seconds passed before she responded, What are you up to?

Lucy said something about 'pale faces' making Jacob laugh, hanging out with family, hbu?

PARTY! you should come!

I thought about it, realizing that it had been a while since I let loose and had gone to a party, Address?

Yay! 598 Oakwood Rd, hurryyy upppp ;)

"Hey guys," I locked the phone screen and slipped it back into my pocket.

Jake spun around, his cheeks flush, and his eyes glassy, "yeah?"

Lucy giggled by his side and reached over to wrap his hand with her small fingers. Jake's eyes widened slightly and his hand tightened around hers.

I smirked and ran a hand through my hair, "I'm gonna go meet up with some friends…you'll be okay, right?"

"Sure no problem," Lucy smiled at me and stepped closer to Jacob's side, "we'll be fine."

I raised my eye brows slightly and Lucy winked her long lashes at me. I probably should have stayed, but Jake's expression of new found shock and his pleading eyes were enough to let me know he would take care of her and make sure they both got home safe. So I climbed back into the truck—revving the engine—and slowly traced my way back down the tree lined road, leaving Jacob and Lucy in the pale wash of moonlight.