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Chapter 3:

Weekend Away

The week had passed by fast after the Bonfire. School was boring except for lunch, when I got to talk to Embry and his friends. On Thursday we made plans to hang out all weekend and I would just stay the night at Embry's. I was very surprised that my Dad was okay with this. I didn't think of Embry as a boyfriend, yet. He was just a very good friend. I had never had a boyfriend so I didn't know how it felt but I was pretty sure Embry didn't feel that way about me. Actually, I doubt I would ever think of him as a boyfriend but more like a brother.

It happened to be a long weekend because of Labor Day so we had plenty of time to do whatever. I expected to go to the movies or just hang out so I packed a couple pairs of jeans and a few t-shirts.

School went by slow today, maybe it was just because I was excited about hanging out with "the pack" as they called themselves. Today the plan was I was going to meet up with some of them at Embry's house after school. And I would drop off my stuff and then we would see what happens. Embry told me that we had no real plans. We'd just see what happened. I was kind of glad. I was tired of having everything planned out with school and homework. And my Dad was happy that I was getting to know people that lived around here.

As for Shelby, I was sure our friendship was over. She hadn't talked to me after the bonfire. She just walked past me. She didn't sit with me anymore. At first, I was upset but Embry calmed me down, I remember that he said, "It's her loss. You are a great friend and it's her fault. You're too good for a friend like that," he had told me at lunch one day. After that, I started feeling a lot better about who and who were not my friends.

In a way I missed having Shelby around, she knew what to say and when to say it but so did Embry. Shelby reminded me of Stacy, a lot, so every time I saw her it made me feel like Stacy was no longer my friend either.

Paul made me laugh a lot. I couldn't help but smile now when I saw him. He was like the older brother I never had. On Wednesday he stood up for me when a kid tripped me in the cafeteria, not to mention he almost got all the Quiluetes involved, except for the girl who was always mad, and she happened to be named Leah. Leah just laughed at me when i tripped, but she got what she deserved when Embry embarrassed her in front of the whole school by pulling her pants down when we had gym. I just had to laugh at that. She stomped away to the locker room.

It started to seem, to me, that all of the Quiluete boys seemed like my brothers. They always made me laugh when I felt bad, which, for me, was a lot. They made me smile and think. And someone was always there for me. They became my best friends at school.

I looked up at the clock during Math. Embry noticed.

"Excited, are we?" He joked. I nodded and laughed.

Math was already over and I was on my way to Science when Paul caught up with me, "Hey Kristi! So are you excited about this weekend?" he asked. I turned when I noticed what he had called me.

I sighed, "My name is Kristina, not Kristi."

Paul chuckled, "Well, Kristi is shorter and it's easier to write," he winked. Lately, Paul and I would pass notes in Science trying to waste time and guess what random topic Jacob and his friend Quil would come up with.

They started this "Would you rather" game and turned it into either an uncomfortable time or a gross time. Paul would just laugh and shake his head, but he'd answer the question. Quil would burst out laughing. And Jacob would laugh too. Me? I started to get a little worried about the teenage boys I was hanging out with. I had to admit, it was funny. Like when they wrote this…

Jake: Would you rather drink pee or eat dog crap? Quil wrote and passed it to Jacob. He put his hand over his mouth to stop from laughing. I watched as he wrote his answer and a question for me.

Oh drink pee for sure. Kristi: Would you rather date handsome, smart and strong me or Paul? Jake wrote and passed it to me. Paul read it and he leaned back in his chair, pulled his hand out and smacked the back of Jacob's head. He flinched after and rubbed the back of his head. I giggled.

"Answer it," Jake whispered.

I'm not answering that. Forget it. I wrote. I would have said it but I didn't want to get in trouble.

Normally we had teachers walking around the cafeteria to make sure we weren't talking about anything inappropriate, so we always had to bring paper and pencil to lunch. People normally stared at us as we would randomly burst out laughing from a question Quil would ask or we would start gagging from something gross Paul wrote. Lunch time was pretty fun.

Science class continued as Paul and I passed notes debating on what topic Quil would come up and whether it would be gross or uncomfortable.

I looked over toward the clock, we still had 10 minutes of class.

I still think Quil is going to make us play would you rather today, just like always, I smirked as Paul started scratching his head with his pencil. He saw me slide the paper over and quickly made a gagging gesture as he probably thought about our last game of Would You Rather. By the time Paul slid the paper back over to me class was over and there was no point in arguing over it anymore; either way we would find out in less than five minutes.

I chucked my books into my locker when Shelby opened hers, ignoring my presence once again. I followed Quil down the hall way, noticing his binder and ten pencils. I smirked as I thought about Paul's face when he finds out that I won the bet, again.

Embry and Jacob greeted me as I walked into the cafeteria. Most kids had gotten used to the fact of me hanging out with all the Quiluetes, but as for the others they just starred at me when I entered the cafeteria.

I followed Jacob to a table outside and there was only one seat left and it was by Leah Clearwater. I couldn't believe I had to sit by her. Leah's brother, Seth, thought it was funny how we always argued, but I didn't. Seth was in the same grade as Jacob,Embry,Paul,Quil, and I. As for the rest of the Quiluetes they had either already graduated or they were Seniors. Leah was a senior, and of course she hated me for no reason. One day she told me I didn't belong with their "kind". Leah always made me angry and I could never understand why.

Today Jacob wanted to sit outside and eat lunch since it was sunny. I quickly sat down beside Leah having a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, "Jacob. I have a bad feeling about today, like something bad is going to happen," I held my breath waiting for him to answer.

As he went to reply the over head speaker came on with the principals squeaky voice, "All students report to the gym immediately."

I turned to Embry and he sighed along with Jacob, "Kristi. I think your right so I want you to go to the gym with Embry and as soon as the assembly is over go home with him, and that's an order," said Jacob. I crossed my arms about to protest when Embry put his hand up to stop me.

Hastily, Embry grabbed my hand and towed me to the gym to be followed by all of the other students. Everyone had a look of panic and confusion. I saw the principal standing on the other end of the gym holding the microphone, "I am sorry to interrupt your lunches everyone but we have an emergency. Shortly after third period we had a phone call from our police department stating that the Forks and La Push area has one of the biggest storms in our history rising. It is predicted to cause major flooding and many damages. We ask all students to please go get your belongings and report to your home rooms within the next ten minutes."

I looked up at the window to see the sun hidden behind many gray clouds. I couldn't help but stare as Embry stiffened, practically in shock, not knowing what to do. I knew my dad worked with my Aunt at the fire department but what worried me the most was whether he would be alright. Embry stood there for a minute before grabbing my arm once again and throwing me on his back. I looked behind me to see the school no where in sight. I could see the sky turning black as he ran off into the distance at an over whelming pace.

Within two minutes of the assembly I could see a little black house with a short narrow driveway. Embry turned and followed the path up to the door, "Welcome to your home for the next couple days."

I started to cry, I was so confused and I had no idea what was happening. I looked down at my phone to see, "1 MISSED CALL" across the screen. I opened the phone up to see my dads phone number across the screen. He left one message. I walked up the porch stairs and sat down listening to my message, "Sweetheart, I am sorry but our side of town is being evacuated at this moment so I will need you to stay with Embry and his family for the next few days, maybe a week or two. I know you probably worried about me but everything is okay and I know you are in safe hands. Just trust me, I hope to see you soon. I love you. Bye."

I snapped my phone shut and threw it at the ground. Why did this have to happen to me? Why? I slumped down onto the nearest chair immediately throwing my hands up to cover my face. I could hear whispering as I lifted my head to find all of my friends sitting around me; I could feel Paul starring into my back.

"I'm sorry Kristi. I know it must be tough to have your dad risking his life but you always have your mom,"said Paul. I could feel a sudden burning on my shoulder as he gently laid his hand on my shoulder. For a second I thought his hand was on fire, since it was so hot. After, a couple minutes his words sunk in, I could no longer breath. Panic rushed through me.

"My m-mom is..." I couldn't continue, I felt as though my heart my explode from all the pain and pressure inside of me. I looked around and saw Embry sitting on the opposite chair with his hands in fist.

There was no point in hiding my past no longer, "My mom has been missing s-since I was t-t-twelve," I looked up and immediately fell to the grown clutching my chest. I couldn't bear the pain washing through me. It was like my mom had just been here and in seconds she was ripped from my arms to never come back.

I looked around still clutching my chest, the sky was almost pitch black from the storm. I could hear the rain hitting the concrete, like everything was in slow motion. Then, I could no longer hold my eyes open; I slowly let myself drift into the darkness I longed to avoid.

I woke up to the sweet scent of Cherry Blossoms and Peaches. I couldn't remember what had happened earlier this morning, all i could remember was Paul's face. Then everything slowly turned black...

I sat up looking for any explanation of where I was. I saw pictures of Embry all over the house, along with his father. I could see no trace of his mother anywhere though. I looked around the room I was in.

It looked like a spare bedroom. Mainly because it didn't have any personal items of anyone's and the walls were painted a neutral color. It was nice. I got off of the bed and walked to the door. I stopped and listened. I heard Embry talking softly downstairs, along with Paul, Quil, Jake and two girl's voices.

Slowly, i walked out of the room to find two identical twin sisters standing in my pathway. Both of them had light blonde hair that fell in beautiful loose curls down to their hips. They had startling light blue eyes along with a light skinned complexion. They were tall and thin and looked to be the same age as myself.

Both girls smiled, "Hey, you must be Kristi. I am Jessica-Storm, and this is my twin sister Rosalinda," she said.

I gulped, i could feel my stomach flipping around, "My names Kristina actually, but everyone just calls me Kristi."They both smiled at me. I wondered if they were Embry's friends too. The only girl I have seen hang out with them is Leah. But they seemed nice.

"It was raining pretty hard, so we decided to walk over here to see how you guys were doing. It's nasty out there. Starting to flood the streets," Rosalinda said. I nodded. Now that I thought about it, I could hear the rain on the roof. It was pouring down.

When I was younger I used to be afraid of storms. The lightning would scare me. It would light up the entire room and then go black again. And the thunder was loud. I remember one time when I was in the car with my Mom and Dad and it started to storm…

I couldn't help but cry then; I was only eleven at the time. My mom would always comfort me by singing the lullaby she came up with. It relaxed me when ever a storm would hit.

When i opened my eyes once again, still thinking about the past, I could see Jessica-Storm and Rosalinda talking to each other in hushed tones.

"Rosalinda where is everyone else?" I asked.

"Oh sorry, they are all in the kitchen," - for a moment she paused to look behind her - "You know Embry really cares about you, so I wouldn't worry about the storm right now." she winked at me and quickly her sister and herself walked down the hallway.

I stood for a moment and decided to go see Embry and his friends. I walked into the kitchen and saw them all sitting at the table. Embry looked up before anyone else did.

"Hey," he said and smiled. I smiled back and pulled up a chair to the table, there wasn't a lot of room left because they were so big, but I squeezed the chair in between Jake and Embry.

"Almost half of Forks is flooded," Quil said. I guess they were talking about the weather. This made sense considering all of the curtains, in the whole house were closed except the one right by the table. The boys were staring out of it at the wet neighborhood.

I looked at the road through the window and couldn't believe my eyes; you wouldn't be able to drive down the street without getting water in your cars. Thankfully, there was a storm drain right in front of Embry's house, so if the street flooded we would have a little bit more time to get out.

I stared blankly at the table, slowly breathing. I was praying that my dad would be safe, for my sake and his. If he got injured, he would never be the same. I tried to take deep breaths to calm down. I felt my hands begin to shake. Bad thoughts ran through my mind. I tried hard to stop them but it was no use.

What if he drowns? Or gets hurt? What if he gets in a car accident? I tried hard to stop thinking about it but I couldn't. What if I never see him again? Like mom…. What if he disappears like mom? My heart started pounding in my chest. I closed my eyes to stop tears.

Stop thinking about it, nothings going to happen he'll be okay. I kept repeating the words through my head. I wanted to believe them. I wanted to believe them so badly. But I had lost one parent and I didn't want to loose another.

I saw Embry turn his head towards me in my peripheral vision, he was staring at me. It made me feel a little self-conscience. I turned towards him also and weakly smiled. I could see the pain in his eyes, it hurt me to look at him right now but I couldn't get myself to turn away.

"Kristi, would you mind coming to the living room with me? I would like to talk to you in private." he stood up and slid my chair back for me. He quickly showed me to his room and sat on his bed patting a spot on his bed right beside him, indicating for me to come sit down.

"Okay, Kristi. All of the guys know about this and since you have became a part of the family so quickly I think you have a right to know about it also." he looked at the ground making sure not to make eye contact.

I took a deep breath, "It's ok Embry. You can tell me anything." I gently started rubbing his shoulder, trying to comfort him.

"Well, earlier you had mentioned your mom had gone missing when you were twelve and I wanted you to know... Your not the only one. My mom went missing when I was twelve also. I never really knew my mom because she left my dad when I was born but one day I received a phone call from some cops in Chicago, and they said my mother had went missing and they had yet find her. Finally they just closed the case," He looked up at me for the first time since we entered the room.

That was interesting; it was almost the same exact thing that happened with my mom. But I didn't think I should say it. He looked upset. I put my hand on his knee, like he did to me at the beach. He stared down at it for a few minutes then sniffed.

"I just thought you should know," he said, quietly. I felt a weird pain. I'd always felt pain for any of my friend's if something bad happened to them. Like when Stacey's cat had died. She was upset and I was with her. But this was different. It was almost like I wanted to just cry with him and fix it anyway I could. I hated seeing him like this.

After a moment the silence was interrupted by the knocking of Embry's father, Christopher Call. As he entered the room you could see strictly two emotions: Shock and happiness.

Quickly he cleared his throat, "Embry may I speak to you for a moment. I think this information might startle you." He said. His father had a deep voice compared to my father. He looked a lot like Embry too.

Embry, quickly, wiped away his tears and followed his dad out into the hallway. I could hear their whispers as they talked.

I tip toed up to the bedroom door and pressed my ear up to it to clearly hear Embry and his father, "Embry, I know you will not believe me but she is your sister." Said Christopher.

"No, it can't be. You said I didn't have any siblings!" Hissed Embry.

"Son, I know it is hard for you to except but she is your twin sister. Just look at the resemblance between the two of you. Ask her your birthday, or hers, I can bet it is September 13th, just like yours."

I heard no response after that and guessed the conversation was over, but I wondered who they were talking about. My birthday was September 13, but that could just be a coincidence. I mean, many people have the same birthdays. And I doubt Christopher knew me enough to be talking about me. So I let it go and sat back down on the bed. I could still hear the rain outside. But I couldn't stray my mind from my Dad. I didn't want him to get hurt. About 5 minutes later Embry walked back in and sighed.

He shook his head from left to right, " My dad is going nuts. No, nuts would be an improvement it's more like loony."

"Well why do you say that?" I asked.

"Okay, just remember my dad thinks this, not me... My dad thinks you are my twin sister."

I gulped. Could it be possible? Could it? My dad is at work though, and if I was Embry's twin sister wouldn't that make Embry's dad my real father?

"Embry have you ever thought your dad might be right?" I asked.

He looked at me with wide eyes, "You think we might be related?"

"Well it's possible. My moms name was Eli-Elizabeth. What was your moms name?" I spoke quietly.

"My moms name was Elizabeth too." I could hear his breathing grow fast, just like mine did.

"Birthday?" He asked.

"September 13."

"What city are you from?"

"Chicago." I stated. "Wait… your eyes….your eyes!"

"What about them?" He asked.

"I know your eyes….. They were moms. You have mom's eyes"

"How is it possible?" He asked, worried.

"I don't know." I answered truthfully. If it was then I needed to speak with my dad, or "dad". What if Christopher was my Biological father? Then what would that make my dad?

Nothing made sense anymore. Maybe it was time for me to go talk to Christopher.

"Embry do you mind if I go talk to your dad?" I asked. I wasn't sure what I would say to him but I would just improvise for now.

"No, of course not." I left on that note and headed for the kitchen. What would happen if Embry was my brother? Would I start living with them? Would I still live with my "dad"?

I entered the kitchen to have all eyes on me. It was awkward to have everyone staring at me but I had no time to be self conscience. I just wanted to know the truth.

I walked straight up to Christopher, "May I speak with you for a moment?" I asked some what politely.

"Of course Kristi."

He walked with me to living room and patiently waited for me to begin, "I was curious as to whether what you told Embry... was true?"

He smiled at me, " What do you think? You and Embry have a special bond that developed between siblings. You may not believe me but you will soon find out the truth from your father. Yes, you and Embry are in fact twins. When your mother and I were young though, we lived happily here but one day your mother was gone and so were you. I happened to guess she met someone else because we were not married at the time, but we were engaged. Part of it was her mother did not like me and would have done anything to have her daughter marry anyone else. Elizabeth was a lovely woman. We spoke the day before she went missing and arranged to meet again, once you both began High School. Apparently, your dad agreed and hoped for you and your brother to meet or else you would still be living in Chicago right now." He laughed and hopped up to go talk to Embry again, but before I left, Christopher gave me a hug and said he's always loved me. I hugged him back, in awe. I didn't believe half of this. So say Embry is my brother….. Well that would be okay. I've loved him like a brother since I met him. I walked back to Embry's room.

"What'd he say?" He asked. He looked up as I walked in. I sat next to him and told him everything Christopher had said to me. About halfway through, I noticed his hands were shaking a little bit. I wondered why but I didn't bring it up. When I finished, we sat in silence for what felt like hours. I wanted him to say something. I wanted him to laugh or smile. But I knew that wasn't going to just happen, it's just to soon.

I sighed, "I'm sorry about this, if you don't want me around just tell me." I looked to the ground feeling awful.

"No! It's not that. I love you and that will never change, I'm disappointed in my dad though. He lied to me all these years." he looked into my eyes and said, "Welcome to the family. I love you sis." He almost suddenly hugged me. It helped knowing I had more of a family than I thought.

"Embry I think we need to tell everyone else," I said. They all had a right to know since we are all best friends. And I had to talk to my dad about this too.

"You're probably right," he stood up and put out his hand for me. I took it and got up. We walked downstairs and everyone turned to look at us. I was suddenly very nervous. What were we supposed to say? You can't just walk up to your best friends and say that one of them is your brother, can you? I hesitated and looked up to Embry for help. He smiled and nodded.

"Guys we found out something important and think you have a right to know. We're…." he hesitated too. "Brother and sister." He said it fast, it sounded like one word. I was expecting some kind of surprise in their faces, but there was none.

Instead they all laughed but Paul was the loudest of them all, "You just figured it out?!"

How did everyone else already know? Yes, I might as well ask that, "How did you already know?"

They all started laughing again, "Go look in a mirror! The resemblance is undeniable and Kristi's dad told us."

My dad knows already. Of course he does, my mom probably told him years and years ago. Was it really that obvious though?

Embry and I went ahead and sat down at the table with everyone else. I had no idea what they were talking about before Embry and I had entered the room.

I cleared my throat, "So what were you guys talking about before we walked into the room?" I asked. I started to feel sick but I ignored it and continued with the conversation.

"Well, we were trying to guess what your dad was telling the both of you." answered Sam. I never really talked to Sam often; we have only spoke once before now, and it was not a very long conversation. Sam's girlfriend Emily was great though; she was sweet and down to earth, but when ever I talked to her I felt as though she was hiding something from me, just like everyone else.

I looked over towards Emily; she seemed content, "Emily, can I talk to you in private?" I asked. Of course, Embry asked what I wanted to talk to her about, I just told him it was nothing major.

She stood up from her spot and smiled. I took that as a yes on my part. Emily followed my every step until we were upstairs in Embry's room again.

"Sweetheart, what do you need to ask me about?" Emily asked.

I took a deep breath in, "I have a feeling...A feeling that you are hiding something from me." I looked straight into her eyes waiting for an answer. She sighed and laughed.

"Honey, we all have secrets and you will know about them soon enough. Don't fret over it just yet Kristi." she smiled and stood up to leave the room.

Finally, I had enough surprises for a life time and headed off to bed.

I woke up the next morning to find two boys in Embry's room starring at me. At first they scarred me but after I got up I was a little curious as to why they were watching me sleep.

They had yet to notice I was up so they continued their conversation, "This has to be Embry's sister, which means she should transform soon or the gene skipped her and went directly to Embry. Right?" said the boy.

Both boys looked different. One had blonde hair and baby blue eyes. He looked around the same age as myself. He wore baggy worn out jeans and no shirt. The other boy looked also the same age as myself. He had light brown hair that was spiked up and hazel eyes. He wore no shirt and baggy jeans also.

During my evaluation I noticed I missed another part of the conversation, "...I'm not a doctor! Why are you asking me?!" I sat up ready to jump up, and stop a fight if it came to that, but I had forgot they thought I was asleep.

Both boys stared at me and I stared back.

"Who are you and why are you in here?" I asked. I made sure to have some authority in my voice.

The blonde headed boy answered first, "I'm Connor..."

"And I'm Cameron." Answered the other boy.

I looked at the clock to see what time it was. It was already 11:30am.

"What are you doing in my room?" I asked once again.

Connor looked skeptical at first, "We wanted to see if it was true. Are you really Embry's sister?" he asked.

"Yes, I am." I answered. Before I could speak again both boys were out of the room and gone. I stood up and walked into the kitchen to find Embry sprawled out on the table asleep and everyone else in the living room asleep, other than Emily who was in the kitchen making breakfast.

The rest of our weekend seemed plain and rainy.