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REPOSTING.

Chapter Ten: Interrupted Date.

Climbing out of her car, Leona could not help but smile at the sight of Sam waiting for her on her door step; things had been going well since their first date and she was surprised that they had managed to make things work. Work was keeping her busy and Leona was happy about how things were working out; the more time that she spent in Forks, the better things seemed to get for her. Leona had been so unsure when she had taken the move and she had worried that things would not work out or she would find small town life was not going to agree with her; however, that was most certainly not the case.

"I didn't think you'd be coming," Leona greeted, she knew that they had plans but things had been a little busy on the reservation in the last few days. Sam had not said much about it, but Leona was sure that things would settle down soon; they had managed lunch, a few days earlier but that had been all with them both working all the time.

"You mentioned dinner and my evening freed up... I hoped that's okay," Sam checked, he was glad to have some time with Leona and things hadn't been easy with the Cullens sudden decision to disappear. Only Edward seemed to remain and that had made Sam uneasy, the fear remained that Bella would be turned, and they would do it soon meaning that the pack would have to go to war against the Cullens had dwelled on his mind.

A smile appeared on Leona's face, she moved quickly up the steps of the porch as Sam moved aside so that she could unlock the front door and they could move inside. The house was chilly, and Leona moved quickly to shut the door behind Sam, she did not want to let the cold in; she could not believe how cold it was getting since it was only mid-September. She shrugged off her coat and moved to put the heating on, she smiled to herself at the clunking sounding that came from the boiler before it came to life.

Sam frowned at the sound, it did not sound good and he made a mental note to fix that before Leona was left without heating in the middle of winter; he doubted that she would handle that well.

"I don't have much planned," Leona confessed not sure what to make for dinner, she wished that she had been able to make a trip to the grocery store before he had come; she was hoping that she would be able to put together a decent meal.

Sam nodded his head, he did not really mind, and he was sure whatever she prepared would be fine; he was here to spend time with her and that is what mattered to him. He had really enjoyed their first date and had not been able to stop thinking about it, something was starting to really annoy Paul and Jared; they were happy for him but did not want to see replays all the time.

They were curious about when Sam might share the news that he was a wolf with Leona; they could not imagine that he would wait too long to do it and how she would handle that. The tribal elders had already talking about inviting Leona to hear the legends and welcome her into the tribe; they did not seem to understand why Sam would want to wait to tell her.

Opening the fridge, Leona stared at the contents and frowned; she wracked her mind trying to figure out what to make for dinner when her house phone started to ring and she groaned aloud. Turning away from the fridge, Leona trudged back across the room to where her house phone was; a part of her hoped that this was her mother calling to check in on her or a telemarketer instead of work.

"Hello?" Leona asked answering the call, she was not even surprised to find that it was Joanne calling from the police station; she wanted to bang her head against the wall since she had just got home. But the news that Joanna had to impart made her stomach drop and she turned to stare at Sam, who had moved closer seeing the look that had formed on her face before she put the phone down.

"Dinner will have to wait. That was Joanna and Charlie has called us all in, Bella has gone missing," Leona told him, her mind already drifting to what she knew about the Chief's daughter and she prayed that she was alright. The very idea that her boyfriend might have had something to do with the girl's disappearance was worrying especially the note that said she had gone for a walk in the woods alone.

Sam stared at Leona, he had never thought that it would happen like this.

Pulling up outside of the Chief's house, Leona stared at the gathering and sighed before moving to get out of her car; she was grateful that Sam had been so understanding about the situation and agreeing to postpone their date. He had been kind enough to come and help as well as calling some others from La Push to come help out with the search; he had said that they knew the forest around here better than anyone.

Leona was not going to argue with him, they would need all the help that they could get if they were going to find Bella Swan; her father had come home to find her missing with a note stating that she had gone for a walk in the woods after school. That had been hours ago, and Charlie had been worried especially as it was now getting dark and there was no sign of Bella returning; it was worrying, and the girl did not have the best co-ordination.

Sam slowly followed Leona as she approached the chief, he feared the worst and he knew that if the Cullens had broken the treaty the poor Charlie would suffer. He knew that Billy had tried to warn Bella away from her relationship with Cullen, they had all hoped that she would see sense and now they would have to deal with the consequences of that.

Leona had mentioned to him once before how odd and unhealthy Bella's relationship with Cullen seemed and Sam had to agree with her even ignoring the fact that he was a vampire. Now Bella was missing and from what Paul and Jared had texted him, there were no signs of the Cullens at their house; making them think the vampires had fled with Bella and maybe even turned her. It was the worst-case scenario in Sam's mind and he truly hoped that it had not happened, he was not sure that Charlie would ever recover from losing his daughter; her death would be faked, or she would just go missing.

"Chief," Sam greeted approaching Charlie, there were many that had come to help him search for Bella even with the night quickly descending upon them; it would not be long before human eyes would not be able to search the woods around the house. There was no sign of Bella so far and Sam very much doubted that she was close to the place that she had called home along with her father.

Charlie did not look up as he stared down at the map before him, he had tried calling the Cullens, but no one was home; he had even gone around hoping that Bella was there. The house was empty, and Charlie was left wondering just where his daughter was, he did not think she would be so foolish to walk in the woods alone this late; it was dangerous and Bella had terrible hand-eye coordination.

Leona had gone to speak with Antonio who was filling her in on what they knew so far, they were all worried and with the Cullens sudden absence; there was no denying that something just did not seem to add up. No one dared say it aloud in fear that it might be true, but Bella had never hiked in her life and there was no reason for her to be out in those woods alone.

Sam nodded to Billy as he moved past him towards the trees, he had to check in with Paul and Jared; he was sure they had been able to find something in wolf form that everyone else had missed. They had the edge and he would use it to find out what had happened to Bella, they had to be quick about and he hated that he had to leave Leona like this but it would be worth it if he found Bella alive.

Looking up from her conversation with Antonio, Leona's eyes swept the clearing that was being used for the gathering and tried to spot Sam, who had completely disappeared. Her eyes continued to flicker over each person that had come to help find Bella, it seemed like most of the town had heard about what had happened; every able-bodied person was here to help.

Little did she know that a black wolf watched her from a distance before it disappeared further into the forest to join his brothers; they would find Bella faster than the search team would if she was still here. They did not have much time and the wolf did not know what he would find if they found Bella, they feared the worse and they needed answers; they could not imagine what would happen if they did not find her.

Bella was the daughter of the Chief of Police, despite the fact that she was eighteen the Cullens were foolish if they thought for a moment that Charlie would not search to the ends of the earth for her.

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