AN: sry couldnt update sooner. been a bit busy lately but i'm back. now on to chapter 4, :D as always, credit goes to stephanie meyer, please enjoy!


What had I noticed when school was finally over? Plenty... for starters, Julian is one of the most popular single guys in our grade, that he's in two of my classes, and that thanks to me eating with him at lunch, I now have a new enemy besides Leah. And as for Nessie, I saw that she made friends quite quickly like the way that she usually does. Uncle Emmett was bound have some advice to give with human nemesis, so if she started some thing, I could give him a call and... Renesmee raised an eye brow as I remembered how loudly I was projecting my thoughts."Seren, you okay there? 'cause it looks to me like some things up."she said with a knowing grimace. I nodded my head innocently or so I thought it was. "Last time I recall seeing that smile was when you snuck dog biscuits into Leah's breakfast and we all know what happened there."

I smiled triumphantly upon that fond memory and fine victory."You know, I don't think dad'll let you off the hook this time even if you do try anything," my sister said with authority. "Hey, she started it first by taking the last can of my pepsi." nessie interjected,"It's been two whole years since she drank it, and you pulled that stunt off two weeks ago?"she asked any one mention that I can hold huge grudges depending to the extent of their causes? I was pretty sure Leah knew since I was born. And she did get a break, I mean I didn't really do anything for two whole weeks right? So why should it matter? "Hey, that one she couldn't resist telling mom about, you guys don't really know what's been going on even with all these powers in the snaps things into place for her, and before she could start hounding me for anything else, I changed the subject.

"Why don't we talk about you? How was your day?"I say with some unfeigned interest. Renesmee didn't reply, instead a silver Volvo shows up in front of the school tipping us off that dad came to pick us up and not Jake. I head for the front seat calling dibs on "SHotgun" as my sister ambles her way across the sidewalk. Dad smiles at us as we pull out of the parking lot, and then asks how our day went.

"it's definitely not what I expected, yet I some how made a very special friend. Uncle Emmett would absolutely love her." I say smiling, recapping on how I met Miranda for dad's benefit. dad shook his head and some how I could sense him rolling his eyes. i smiled again, trying to smother the tears and giggles from my voice. "Ha-has it changed much s-since you last went here dad?"I stuttered. dad nods, and then the car hauls to a stop. Before getting out dad looks at me again and stares for a long time. I see his brows knitted together, like times when he's concentrating really hard on some thing, and then I start to worry. On the verge of panicking, I go through my memories, making sure they were exactly before lunch.

When our father turns away from us and says "I don't want any problems from this school about you two, okay?" I nod enthusiasticly letting out a long sigh that I didn't know I was holding. i get off the car, happy for the dismissal, running for the hills. If there was one thing about being a half blood it was knowing when to either fight and stand your ground or run screaming for your life and hiding; right now for instance, was a time to hide.

I think about my conversation earlier, the one i had with Julian and wonder how things'll go tomorrow. My feet carry me to both Nessie's and my room, just as I'm about to open the door I hear a soft sigh escape a crack. My fingers were already on the knob moving it open, my mind processing what I walked in on, and despite the nice warm evening, my body responds like a tuning fork as shudders take control. A half snarl half growl flees from Jacob's mouth as he stands in a protective position in front of my sister. "What the hell Seren?Jake" says irritably. His usual attire doesn't faze me, but seeing as to how close he and Renesmee were standing, it caught me off guard and made me think about how dad would feel to see them his close. "I should be asking the same thing Jake." I replied bravely.

Mom called up from the living room, respecting our rights of "not getting involved" unless need be, "Jacob Back, I hope you realize not to do anything that you will regret." cautiously Nessie began to edge herself away from Jake, placing worried fingers on his shoulder. I shook my head, letting my things fall to the floor and walked out of the room, with a sad smile momentarily frozen in place. "Go on ahead, I'll just leave you two to your business." I said, pausing at the foot of the stairs before continuing for the back door.

After that, I knew that there was only one place to go. Once again I had wondered what it was that these branches were witnesses to, how many times they have encountered scenarios like my own or maybe even the most beautifulest of days that a couples could spend beneath their bark. I wandered over to a riverbank where two streams met, took off my heels and set them beside me as I sat at the edge closest to the water. The sun reflected back showing different hues of gold mixed with rich colors of lavender. The branches were low and hugged the start of the Washington mountain range. Birds flew to their nests to protect their hatch-lings, and finally the nocturnal-ones came out of hiding, ready to play.


AN: pleaze comment, i hope you guys are enjoying this, debating on writing more. i'll try to get chappie 5 up soon :)