KPOV

I told Paul over and over again that my invitation wouldn't matter. John and Neala would never leave their home to see some girl who had chosen another tribe over them. There was no need to even tell Sam at all.

But that was the first thing Paul did once we arrived back in La Push. He was gone before I even had the chance to unlock the front door.

"Are you Paul fighting?" I glanced up at Harry from my suitcase. I couldn't find the bracelet Neala gave me…

"Hm?" I sighed, sitting up. Harry was leaning against the kitchen entryway, shoving handfuls of dry cereal in his mouth and watching me.

He gestured towards the front window with his head. "Paul? Are you guys okay?" I nodded absently, zipping up the suitcase.

"Yeah, no, of course. We're fine." I smiled at him, and he frowned.

"Kell. You just said yeah no. That's universal girl talk for no." I laughed, standing up and taking the box from him.

"We're fine. Really." I put the box back in its kitchen cupboard, hoping to give myself long enough to fix my face. Paul and I were fine. Sure, he was a little upset about how the trip went. Especially about how I wouldn't tell him about what I spoke to my father about… But he would get over it. Or I would forget and not be able to tell him anyway. So either way, everything would be great by tomorrow.

"So why did he run off so fast? He left his bag outside." I turned back to Harry, who was now shoving his mouth full of crackers. I frowned and he shrugged.

"He had a meeting or something? I don't know Harry." He stopped eating.

"Kay. But you would tell me, right? If something was wrong. If we had to leave again..?" I shook my head, smiling at my brother.

"We don't have to leave. This is our home now, okay?" He nodded.

"Yeah, okay." He sighed. "I'm going to see if anyone is at the beach. I'll be back." I nodded, resisting the urge to stop him. I wasn't sure if I would be able to be in the house alone.

"Have fun," I murmured a minute too late. I sat down in the middle of the kitchen, suddenly hyper aware of how alone I was and how empty the house was.

I pulled my phone out of my back pocket and tried to figure out who I could call. Harry had just left; Paul was quite obviously upset with me… The only other person I knew was Embry, and I couldn't bother him. He had a happy, functional relationship, and I didn't want to interrupt that.

So I decided to go out for a drive. I couldn't possibly get lost as long as I stayed in La Push, right?

PPOV

"Who? What?" Sam stared at me, confused and distracted. I sighed, but decided to cut him some slack. He'd been pretty busy lately. A couple of the kids in town were hitting puberty and phasing all at the same time, and no one could figure out why.

There had been no new sightings of any new vamps, and the Cullens had been around for way too long to cause a spike in phasing.

"It probably doesn't matter; just thought I should let you know in case they do show up." I shrugged, Sam wasn't listening anymore. "Alright, see you tonight then." Sam shook his head.

"Don't bother, we're training tonight, we'll have more than enough legs running around." I scoffed.

"You're giving me the day off?" Sam scowled.

"Yeah, now leave before I change my mind." That was all I needed. I was out the door and halfway to Kelly's before Emily had the chance to convince me to stay for dinner. I was way too tired to try and make pleasant conversation with anyone.

"Paul?" I groaned. Of course. "Dude, when did you get back? Why didn't you tell me?" Embry had obviously just gotten off a shift. He wasn't wearing shoes.

"Like a couple hours ago? I had to talk to Sam…" I smirked. "Kelly didn't call you?" He shook his head.

"No, she didn't." Now he frowned. "She would have." I wanted to laugh, but Embry had a point. It was unlike Kelly to not have called either of us for so long. Unless she was with Harry, but even then…

You know that feeling you get when you know something is wrong, but you don't know what it is? That feeling only intensified when I got back and realised her car was gone.

"Harry?" He was on the couch with some girl. But I was too focussed Kelly to think about that. Besides, having Kelly deal with it later would be hilarious.

"Hey, yeah. Dude. Ever heard of knocking?" I sighed. Kids.

"Where's your sister?"

"Oh my God." The girl on the couch stood up, her eyes wide. I frowned. What was with her? "You're…" Her voice trailed off and she grabbed Harry's arm. I didn't have time for this.

"Harry. Where's Kelly?" He glanced at the girl before frowning at me.

"I thought she was with you?"

"Shit," Embry muttered from behind me.

"How long has she been gone?" Harry stared at me blankly, clearly not understanding why Embry and I were freaking out. "How long Harry!" Both he and the girl flinched.

"I don't know!" He glanced at the clock behind me. "I got back like ten minutes ago and the car was gone…" His eyes darted between Embry and me. "Is she okay? Paul?" His eyes widened when I didn't answer. "I shouldn't have left. I shouldn't have left." He sank back onto the couch pulling the girl down with him. "I shouldn't have left," he muttered again.

She couldn't have been gone for more than two hours. Okay, that wasn't too long. How far could have possibly gone?

"Paul. We have to tell Sam." I shook my head. Sam was busy enough as it was, he didn't need me to call a search party.

"No. She couldn't have gone far. We can find her." I turned to Embry, determined, but he was staring past me at the two teenagers on the couch. It looked like Harry was about to cry.

"Someone has to stay with them." I nodded.

"Yeah, you stay. I'll go." Embry pursed his lips, but nodded. "I'll call with an update soon."

I thought it would be easy to find and follow a trail after Kelly, but it seemed like she had been gone for too long. Apart from a couple tire marks in the driveway, I couldn't get anything.

"Shit." I turned to go back inside, but Embry was running out the door towards me.

"Quil called, he found her car while he was on patrol."

"And?" Embry shook his head, handing me his phone. "Where is she?"

"Sorry man, she's not here. It's just her car. It's weird. I only knew it was hers cause I found her phone under the seat. But something is off," Quil paused and I tried to get my hand to shake less. "I can't smell anything. It doesn't even smell like you. Something's wrong…" Quil kept talking, but I had already handed the phone back to Embry.

"Where're you going?" He called after me, but I was already mid-phase. I knew why the new kids were phasing.

KPOV

"I need to call my brother," I repeated again, quieter this time. Her melodic reply came from somewhere behind me, nurturing yet terrifying.

"But honey, you don't have a brother." She stroked the back of my head gently before pushing my head down so I was lying in her lap again. "Besides, I'm the only family you need." I shuddered against her cold touch as she wiped another tear from my face.

"I need-" I started again, but she got up quickly, making my face smack down against the cement floor. I could feel the warm sticky blood running down my cheek, but I was too shocked to scream.

"No. No," She was kneeling in front of me now, pulling me up so we were eye level with each other. She smiled, and with a shaking finger wiped a streak of blood off my face. She held it to her nose, then to her mouth. I swear I saw he tongue flick out to lick it.

She smiled again, stroking my hair again and pushing it out of my face.

"I'm the only family you need now." She pulled me in for a hug, but it felt like hugging a rock. It unnerved me how I couldn't hear her heart beating.

"Just mommy and daughter, reunited at last. My little Neala."


So, I have been gone for a very long time, and I am so sorry! Honestly the only thing I can tell you is that university is a lot more time consuming than I thought it would be. But at last, I have sat down and finished this chapter! It's kind of boring and a little short, but it will hopefully lead to big things! Also I'm still getting back into the swing of things, so please bear with me as I try and figure things out! Until then…

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