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The thing about Nahti is that she's brilliant and beautiful - but naïve as fuck. She's always thinking of other people and trying to take care of them, even when they so clearly do not deserve her time. I'm not really complaining about this because no one has benefited from this more than me but I hate to see her taken advantage of. And the list of people that are lined up to take advantage of her is way too long - and unfortunately starts with her sister. For as far back as I can remember, nothing has pissed me off as much as seeing someone wrong Nahti. It's like it makes a little piece inside my body click into action. Just ask Michael Ute, whose nose is still a little crooked.
I missed the days when we could spend just about all our waking hours together. Now, Nahti was a non-stop flurry of activity. Family, school, internships, work, and then friends and fun. That was pretty much the order of things in Nahti's life. I felt lucky to have fit into that first category of family. It was hard to explain our relationship to someone that hadn't been there from the start. Whereas I had no family, other than my father, Nahti had a lot. Ignoring her coward of a father, there was Grams, Nayla (technically), Thomas, the Clearwater family, the Young family, and although not by blood, the Black family. After the Black twins had left the reservation, seemingly for good, and with Nayla always gone, Jacob and Nahti had started telling everyone they were brother and sister. It was a joke but one that accurately described their attachment. Nahti was able to be the sibling that Jacob needed and he loved her for that, and so did Billy. But me and Nahti? We didn't name our relationship in those kinds of terms.
I have the card that Nahti gave me for my 16th birthday completely memorized.
Dear Paul,
I suppose I should warn you that this is going to be very sentimental, I know how you hate that but I couldn't help myself. So get ready!
I thank the spirits that I have you in my life. There's the family that you're born into and then there's the family that you choose; we chose each other and every day you make me proud of that fact. With you, I know that I am loved and protected. I hope that one day, I can give to you as much as you have given to me. If for some reason, too painful to even imagine, we are to drift apart, please know that if ever you needed me, I would be there. Nothing can ever change the way that I feel about you because you are my very best friend. My soul mate.
May all your wishes come true!
Love!
Nahti
Soul mate. Those are heavy words but I've found that if the right person is saying them to you, it's like you've suddenly become weightless. Everything feels possible. That's how Nahti makes you feel – like you're special and you can face whatever is coming your way. I can't think of a single person more beautiful than her.