Gr.. Sorry to keep you waiting. :) I'm dieing here!! I can't think of a good twist. It needs one... I'm working, I promise, but this one might be short as a result of well.... My slight (okay, maybe not that slight.. ) writter's block. :)

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"Leah?" Mom called up the stairs..

"I'm gone." Sam whispered, turning and jumping out the window.

"Yeah, mom?" I asked, trying not to sound mad. I didn't like it when he had leave me.

"We're leaving." She told me, and I stood up.

"Where are you going?" I asked, opening the door and heading for the stairs.

"Your dad and I are going to Settle to a day.. Maybe two." She told me, appearing at the foot of the stairs.

"Oh, have fun." I told her, smiling. Parents gone... Sam could stay. No he couldn't. He still had to pretend that he was sleeping in his own bed every night for his mother's sake..

Sam his mom's only child, his dad had left them when Sam was a baby and Mrs. Uley needed Sam. That's one reason we are taking this slow, not rushing into the marriage. My mom, on the other hand, had my dad and Seth. She was okay.. We waited for Sam's mother's sake.

"You keep an eye on Seth." She told me.

"I will." I promised. "Where is he?"

"Still in bed."

"Okay." I turned to go back to my room and get dressed.

"Bye, honey."

"Bye, mom." I called over my shoulder..

It was cold, so I wore black leggings under my white sundress. I sat down on my bed and looked at the interact flowered pattern stitched in black thread...

"Leah?" It was Seth who called my name from the hall, possibly in front of my door. "Can I come in?"

"Yeah, come on in Seth."

He opened the door and walked across the room to sit on the edge of my bed.

"Hey." He said. "You look pretty today."

"Oh, thanks.." I looked at him. He was still in his pajamas.

"So, mom and dad left?" He asked.

"Yeah, I should have known you would hear.. I thought you were asleep."

"More like trying to go back to sleep."

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It was late that night when I got the call.. I had been in the arms of my Sam trying to go to sleep.. I think I was half asleep, and my phone's ringing woke me.

"Gr." I growled, reaching over to grab my phone off my nightstand. "Hello?" I asked, groggy.

"Is this Leah Clearwater?" A man's voice said. I looked over at Sam, frowning.

"Yes." I answered.

"Who is it?" Sam mouthed and I shrugged.

"I have some very bad news Leah." The voice said.

"What's wrong? What's going on?" I asked.

"Leah, my name is James. I work at the hospital in Seattle.." James paused. "And a few hours ago, your father, Harry, had a heart attack. Your mother called the ambulance and they came here to the hospital, but there was nothing we could do... After a while your mother made left to come home and talk to you and your brother... She wasn't even out of town yet, when the car hit her. It was a drunken driver. I am so sorry."

I felt the silent tears run down my cheeks. "Well, thanks for calling." I managed, Sam's arms tightened around me; he had heard.

"We'll call you tomorrow to talk about the arrangements." He promised.

"Thank you." I hung up and began sobbing into Sam's chest.

I heard the door open, and looked up at Seth. "They're gone." I cried.

Sam released me, and let Seth embrace me as we cried together. I could feel Sam's hands rubbing my back, sometimes his lips would touch my hair, but I was sobbing to hard to notice. The night was just like that.. We sobbed together, and I even felt Sam's silent sobs sake the bed once or twice.. My dad was like a dad to him and he was being brave for me; He didn't have to be.

Eureka!!! I got it! Hehe. :) Sad twist... :(

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