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As great as it was seeing mom, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when the plane took off and headed west. I still hadn't heard from Sam this weekend but the test he sent when I told him I first arrived in Jacksonville. Part of me had a really bad feeling that something happened this weekend.

On the flight back, all three of us were sitting in a row so I didn't have to deal with no annoying kids or smelly big women. Bella fell asleep almost immediately after the plane took off and her head slumped against Edward's shoulder.

"Why was it so important for her to come see mom this weekend?" I looked over at Edward, who was flipping through a magazine. I figured he was hiding something from her because she seemed to genuinely not know the sudden urgency.

"The tickets were about to expire and I know if she didn't use them, Esme's feelings would have been hurt." Edward explained.

"And how rich are all of you? You could have easily bought another set of tickets." He leaned back in his seat and acted as if he never heard me. I was about to start a fuss when Bella woke up and cuddled into Edward's side as best as she could.

Thankfully, I slept for most of the plane ride. It was clear that I wasn't going to get any answers from him. By the time the plane landed, I had finally got a reply back from Sam. He explained that he took some extra patrols to keep busy until I got back home.

The ride back to Forks from Seattle was a seemingly long one. Edward didn't want to take an extra plane ride from Seattle to Port Angeles so he decided upon driving from Seattle. He didn't seem to take into note any speed limits, which Bella seemed used to. I chose not to pay attention to the speedometer.

By the time we got back to Forks, it was extremely late. As he pulled into the driveway, I saw the lights in the house coming through the windows. As soon as we landed, Bella called dad to let him know that she was on her way home. I tried calling Sam, but his phone went to voicemail every time.

"I'll see you later." I awkwardly waved from the backseat and got out. My car was sitting in the driveway, where it had been for the past few days. I was glad to be able to drive – seeing as mom and Edward did all of the driving this weekend.

The drive from Forks to La Push seemed longer than usual, but I knew why. Me and Sam rarely ever spent a day without each other and this weekend had been a little trying without him. I really wished that he could have come too, but Edward and Sam on a plane together? Not a good idea.

When I pulled up the house, no lights seemed to be on, but I knew Sam usually took the late patrol on Sunday nights since the rest of the guys had school in the mornings.

As I walked in the house, I instantly felt better. Whoever first said, "there's no place like home", really knew what they were talking about. Even though I was only gone for the weekend, I felt like I was gone for months. I knew the boys were well-fed, Emily opened up her home for the pack this weekend. I wondered how Paul took it – he liked his personal space, his home being the most "sacred" spot.

The first thing I did was hop into the shower. After flying across the country, I felt gross. If I never had to fly again, I would be a happy camper. Right as I stepped out of the shower, I heard the front door open. I quickly wrapped a towel around me and took off towards the living room.

Sam was standing right in front of the door. He was only in his usual cutoffs. It was in that moment that I realized how truly lucky I was to have a man that looked like him. True, it wasn't just his looks that I loved, but damn, he was gorgeous.

Without further thinking, I ran straight into his arms. He instantly wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close. In that moment, I made a decision to never leave him again – even if just to visit my mom.

"I have missed you so much." I mumbled into his chest. He leaned down and kissed the top of my head.

"This is a way to get greeted…" He pulls back a little bit and gives me a once over, which made me blush. Only then did I remember that I was only in a towel. As soon as he saw my blush, he smirked and leaned down to kiss me.

Oh my God, did I miss this man's lips!

Without pulling away, he picked me up and pulled me close to him. As curious as I was to what happened here in La Push while I was gone, I knew that talking could wait. The only thing I could focus on was getting as close as possible to him.

"Did you have fun with your mom?" Sam asked as he ran his fingers up and down my back, making it hard to concentrate.

"Mhmm, she spent most of the trip trying to convince Bella to go to college out in Florida." I told him.

"At least she stopped trying to get you to leave me." He kissed my forehead. From the moment that I told mom that me and Sam were engaged, she kept offering me her spare bedroom so I could leave him. I understood that she didn't want me making the same mistake that she did, but me and Sam were way different than her and dad.

"I think she realized that if she kept doing that, I would have stopped answering her calls." For the next few minutes, it was complete silence. One of the things I loved about me and Sam was that we didn't need to fill the silence with conversation.

"Anything interesting happen here this weekend?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"The redhead showed back up." He answered after a sigh. So, that was why Edward wanted Bella out of town. Alice must have saw her coming and he wanted her out of the way. "The Cullens were chasing her, but then she came onto Quileute land. The big one went after her and Paul thought he came onto our land. The redhead ended up getting away."

"That's why you didn't answer all weekend." When he didn't answer, I knew that I was right. "You took up extra patrols in case she came back."

"Yeah."

"You could have told me." I sat up, looking at him. "I spent the entire weekend, worrying about you. I couldn't get in touch with nobody back home."

"Between that and Jacob worrying that Edward had taken Bella away to change her, it's been a busy weekend. I'm sorry Kates." He sat up as well and pulled me close. "But, it's over now and you're safe."