Chapter 3

"Hey" Said Embry. He seemed just as nervous as I was.

"So where you headed?"Seth asked. He had this lovely smile that seemed to take up his whole face and his eyes shone with genuine interest.

"No where in particular."

"Well we've got time to kill. You want us to show you around?" Something about his smile and his face when he asked that question made me smile and agree with enthusiasm.

"Sure thanks."

"You coming Embry?"Seth asked his friend.

"Nah I can't sorry. I'm going to Quil's to see if he can tear himself away form Claire and go to a movie" Embry rolled his eyes at Seth at some private joke. Seth laughed.

"OK, good luck with that!" He called at Embry who was walking away. He waved at me but I waved back a little too late.

"So how long you staying here?" Seth asked as we started walking back the way he'd come.

"Well me and my brother sort of moved here" I sighed inwardly at the thought. Maybe it was for the best.

"Really? Cool, so you'll probably start at the school in September?" He said this like it would be great. I smiled.

"Yeah" The smiling made me feel better. "What year are you?"

"I'm 16 so I've just finished my sophomore year."

"Me too!"

"You sound like that's made your day" Seth smiled that lovely smile again.

"Well its nice to know that on my first day in La Push I've met someone whose in my year with school two months away"

Seth laughed. It was a nice cheering sound.

By now we had been through most of the small town. Seth pointed out houses and the shop. We passed his house and there was a man in a wheelchair and a woman outside. "My mom and Billy Black" He said as he guided me towards his house. He looked a lot like his mom. Billy Black looked really well considering he was in a wheelchair but I could tell it was aging him.

"Seth, have you seen Leah? She was meant to be home half an hour ago" Mrs Clearwater looked at Seth and there was something in eyes that made me think there was something unusual about where this Leah person (probably Seth's sister) was.

"I don't no. With Jacob?"

"Jacobs with Nessie at the beach" Said Billy Black. There was sadness in his eyes for some reason when he said this that suggested there was something about those two names together that he didn't like. Mrs Clearwater huffed and was about to go inside when she saw me and smiled.

"Hello there, you must be Elizabeth Blake, you look so like your aunt"

"Ellie"I corrected without thinking and I blushed."Hi" So it was true that the whole reservation knew about me and Jason coming to live here. I bit back a frown that was close to appearing on my face. Billy Black smiled too and then a look of recognition flashed across his face but he quickly pulled it together. Did I look like someone he knew? Maybe I could ask Seth...

"So where are you kids off to?"He asked

"Well I was just showing Ellie round La Push" Seth turned to smile at me and I grinned back.

"Well Ellie you should come over some time for dinner. Seth, don't be gone to long okay?" Mrs Clearwater looked sternly at Seth who said "Sure, sure". I waved goodbye to her and Billy and me and Seth made our way down the road.

"Do you want to see the beach?"Seth asked

"Umm...Yeah OK. Sounds cool. Who did Billy say was down there?"

"Jacob Black, his son and Nessie, Jacobs...umm...friend." Friend? The way Seth said that didn't make it sound like the right word.

"Friend?" I asked innocently

"Its difficult to explain. She's the daughter of a good friend of his"

"Doesn't sound to difficult"

Seth looked like he wanted to say more but why would he tell this secret I could see in his eyes, to a girl he had only just met?

We rounded a corner at the end of the road we where walking down and the beach lay in front of us. It was breathtaking. That was easy to see. The mile long stretch of sand was dotted here and there with stones and the sea was an amazing dark blue, the waves frothy and white. Half way down was a large piece of tree that had turned white with the sea spray and air. From here it looked like a giant piece of drift wood and playing by it was a tall boy (was is a boy? He was larger that Seth and could easily of been about 25) with copper skin and black hair. With him was a little girl that, even from this distance you could see, was probably the most gorgeous and beautiful thing I had ever seen.

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