Authors Note: I do not own Twilight it belongs to Stephanie Meyer. I just like to write what isn't there.

Chapter Four: Memories

"WHOOOOOOHOOOOOO!"

I woke with a start! I open my eyes and looked over at my cell phone.

Damn ringer. Note to self never let your friends play with your phone.

"Hello." I answered in a half asleep half awake voice.

"HELLO? HELLO? Is that all you have to say to your best friend in the entire world? It's been a week since I last heard from you and all you have to say is Hello? What's going on? How's the House? What's Forks like? Miss me yet? Any cute guys?" She laughed.

"Well I am officially awake now" I smiled to myself. This was typical Sasha over the top and to the point. Man did I miss her.

"Well I'm glad you're awake but why haven't you called? We've been so worried about you. Joey has been worried sick and you know how she gets." She said in an exasperated tone.

Joey was famous for over reacting. You forget to call her one night and she thinks your dead. If you were late for anything, you've been kidnapped. She's a really great friend but really needs to take a chill pill. She has defiantly watched way too many crime shows.

"Well to answer you're questions the house is amazing. I love every bit of it. Fork's is okay I guess. Small very small but nice, I like the quite. It's a big change from Halifax that's for sure. Do I miss you yet? Hhmmmm..?" I pretended to think about that one for a minute.

"Yes of course I miss you! and Joey and Chase. Are there any cute guys? Well there might be but none that I have seen so far. I met this one guy, Mike. He's okay but not my type at all and he's in high school still, so no way." I laughed.

"Well you gotta find someone out there, sorry chick but you need a guy."

"And what use do I have for a boyfriend?" I said. "All that would be is trouble. Guys are nothing but trouble in my books. You let yourself fall for them and they walk all over you. There's nothing there Sash. After what I saw my father do what he did to my mother and after what I went through with Ted, no interest. No thanks."

She sighed. I knew she thought it would be a good distraction for me to maybe meet a guy have some fun but really I didn't want to be hurt again. That was one of my goals when moving here, to not be hurt again and I planned to keep that promise. If that meant swearing off guys for awhile then fine by me.

"He was asking about you again." She said in a small voice.

"And what did you tell him Sasha?" I asked in a controlled voice.

"I just told him you moved away. He seemed pretty upset. What happened between you guys anyway? You seemed so happy together then over night it was over. You can trust me, just tell me what happened?"

I didn't know what to do. Truth be told I didn't want to think about what happened. I hadn't thought about that night in almost a month.

-FLASH BACK-

Music was blaring in the background. People were everywhere. Dancing, talking, laughing, drinking. People were in the kitchen playing cards at the table. It was the last big party all of us would be at together before going off in different directions. Some were going away to university in other provinces and others were just getting the hell out of Nova Scotia.

My hand was holding on to a big red plastic beer cup. I was standing there talking to Kyle, a guy I had gone to school with since elementary.

"And he was like man back up the snakes gonna bite your ass!" He laughed.

I laughed at his story. We hadn't been close or anything but we had known each other for so long it didn't matter, we were friends. He was going out West to work in about a week so this would be the last time I saw him for awhile.

I glanced up at him and he was staring at me. Not in creepy kind of way, just a had a few too many beer kinda way.

"You know I wish I had of had the courage to ask you out before Ted did." He said softly.

"Come on Kyle that's the beer talking. You and me have known each other forever. We're better of just being friends anyway. I wish we had of talked more." I smiled.

He started to lean in towards me but ended up on the floor. He was laughing his ass off and I wasn't mush better. People on the couch were looking at us kind of strange so I adjusted myself and helped him from the floor.

"Come on Kyle let's go get you a big glass of water." I let him lean on my arm while I helped him to the kitchen. I propped him up against the counter and went in search of a glass. As I found the cupboard and started to reach up to grab a glass, a hand reached out and grabbed my arm with a rough tug,

"What the…" I started but my words lost in my throat when my eyes met with my boyfriend, Ted.

"We need to go for a walk." He said tightening his hold on my arm.

"I came with Chase and the girls just let me go tell them I'll be back." I said trying to tear my arm out of his grasp.

"No you and me are going outside so you can explain to me what I just saw." I could tell by the look on his face that he wasn't happy and I wasn't sure why.

Ted was never one to get jealous. He never had a reason to. I loved him and I would never do anything to hurt him. We had been dating since grade 11 and had been friends first. He asked me out in the hall outside of our history class. I had been shocked but excited because I had secretly liked him for a few months already.

He pulled my out the back door on to the back deck. It was dark out already making me wonder what time it was.

I looked over at Ted and I had never seen this side of him before. It scared me because he had this crazy look in his eyes. It was like it wasn't even him.

"I saw you with Kyle. How long have you been cheating on me for?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." I laughed hoping he would laugh too but knowing he wouldn't.

"I saw the two of you in the living room flirting. You were hanging right off of him. Everyone saw, why would you do that to me?" he yelled this last part.

"Ted you know I love you and I wouldn't hurt you. I don't know what you think you saw but nothing happened." I didn't know what to think right now, I just knew I had to make him calm down.

"Don't lie to me. I saw you with my own two eyes."

"Have you been drinking Ted?" I said in a smaller then small voice.

"What does that have to do with anything that we're talking about." He slurred slightly.

"Ted this isn't you talking lets get you home and we'll talk in the morning. Come on babe let's go get our stuff." I grabbed his arm and smiled up at him.

When my eye's got to his face, I had just met his eyes when "SMACK".

I was speechless. What had just happened? The pain started to shoot through my left cheek as the realization hit me. Ted had just hit me. He slapped me across the face. What did I do to deserve this. What the hell was going on?

"I didn't mean to it was an accident!" he stuttered. He tried to grab my hand but I pulled away. He had just laid his hands on me. He hit me. Would it ever happen again? HELL NO. I was done. That was the breaking point. Right then and there I decided for both myself and my mother that we weren't going to let men treat us like this.

"I'm so, so sorry baby, I didn't mean it. It was a mistake."

"No it wasn't, you were mad because you thought something was going on between me and Kyle. The only mistake that was made was Me with someone like You." And I walked away.

I walked up the back deck and back in to the kitchen. Kyle was still slumped against the counter but he now had a pretty blonde slumped next to him drunkly trying to hold a conversation with him.

Everything seemed muted. I was alone in a house full of people. I walked right through the make shift dance floor and out the front door. The Dennis' house where the party was being held was only a few streets away for my house.

I walked into my house and was met with the sight of my mother trying to pick up glass from, by the looks of it, a few pictures that had been on the wall. I could tell my father was gone because there was silence, like the calm after the storm.

"Mom we can't do this anymore. We gotta get out of here. You and Me, we can do it."

-END FLASH BACK-

After quickly changing the subject with Sasha, I told her to send my love to Joey and Chase and told her I would call her soon. I just laid there on the bed thinking again about that night. It had been horriable but everything happens for a reason. There was a reason Ted had gotten angry and there was reason why everything happened the way it did. I was a stronger person now and wouldn't let myself be put in that situation again.

Deciding it was finally time to pry myself out of bed. I went straight to the bathroom to shower and wake up. I wound up in the kitchen 40 minutes later. Hair still wet while I looked through the fridge for anything that look even slightly eatable.

An apple would just have to do.

I grab the keys to the van off the dining room table and wrote a short note for mom for when she woke up.

Mom,

I took the van into town. I think I may find my way to the beach if there really is such a thing like that around here. I won't be late. I have my phone on me if you need anything.

Love Ellie xoxo

It didn't take me long to find the highway and soon I was in front of a small sign welcoming me to the tiny reserve of LaPush. It wasn't very big. Houses were scattered around in an odd fashion. There was a main road that had a garage, a small bar and grill and a one stop shop. You could see the coast from here and the ocean was beautiful. I grew up next to the ocean but this was something else. It was the most wonderful sight I had seen since I moved here. I knew I had to find my way down near the water.

About 15 minutes later I found myself standing on First Beach. The view was amazing and the ocean didn't disappoint. I sat down in the sand and watched the waves. It was an amazing sight. The beach was awesome, nice white sand and the woods created a boarder. There were fallen down trees along the tree line, which made benches for people sit a talk. It was times like this I wish I had a friend with me. Someone to talk to.

I decided to lean against one of the logs lying on the beach and read a book I had been carrying in my purse since we left Seattle. Just as I was starting to get absorbed in the book I heard a sound to my right. I turned my head and saw a girl with dark almost black brown hair about my age walking closer to me. She had the kind of look to her that said don't mess with me. I am not afraid to admit she did make me a bit nervous.

"Who are you?" she said quite bluntly.

"Who are you?" I replied in the same tone.

"I asked you first. And besides that this is my beach, I don't know who you are. You could be trouble for all I know." She said with a raised eyebrow." I don' think your are though, you look like a wimp." She smirked.

"Well if really want to get down to it you look like a bitch but I'm just saying…and as for you thinking this is your beach then you must be a bit dim too…."

She looked at me for a minute then a smile came to her face. "You got spunk. I kinda like that. Names Leah. And again, you are…?"

I thought for a moment and wondered if I really should tell her my name. Who was this girl? What did she want? I wasn't lying when I told her she looked like a bitch. She looked so angry, but hurt. There was something be hide that wall she had up.

"Ellie Cross." I stated simply. And that's were my friendship with one Leah Clearwater began. Looking back now I never realized then that that's the moment where everything started.

*Well I don't know if anyone wants me to continue this story or not but I am enjoying writing it and I think I might keep it up, reviews would be nice just to see what everyone thinks though Thanks :)