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The reception was short and after everyone left I kissed Seth on the forehead..

"Love you, little brother." I told him. "Stay out of trouble."

"I'll try."

"Now where's Embery?" I asked.

"One guess. With Emily." Seth answered.

I strode away to find Embery in deed with Emily.. I pulled him away from her and then hit him in the head with the rolled up newspaper I had gotten from the kitchen. "Hey, Leah! Not my fault here." He managed. "It's fate."

I hit him again, and then dropped the newspaper.. Then I did something he didn't expect. I hugged him. "Welcome to the family." I pulled away and smiled at him.

"Thanks."

I walked away, back to Sam who was waiting for me (standing on the way beside Jake). "Ready?" He asked, smiling.

"Very." I told him. He took my hand and led me outside to the truck (the same truck he had had sense he first moved here)..

"Got a ways to go, love." He said as he opened my door.

"Yeah." I answered.

Sam and I would be going to college together at Washington State, so we got an apartment up there.. I knew once we graduated we would return to our home in La Push.. We might just give the world a couple of little wolf babies.

Sam kissed the top of my head before turning to walk around the truck.. He sat down beside me and pulled me closer to him in the little space. I lay my head on his chest and he had one arm around me (how did he do that with both hands on the wheel?).. He started driving slowly, and I could hear our suitcases (all our stuff, pretty much) rattle around in the bed of the truck.. He didn't look at me, he kept his eyes on the road so I watched him.. I watched his face as he drove down the highways of Olympic Pennsylvania.. The light of the day had vanished and now it was very dark.. I would miss La Push, but we'd be back. I knew Sam wouldn't leave this place forever.. He was a wolf. He was Alpha.

My eyes flittered closed after a while.... I saw pictures, just pictures of nothing really.. They weren't focused. When in fact I began to dream it wasn't a dream at all, it was a memory.....

Sam looked at me, picking at my tray of disgusting food, from beside me. "Not hungry?" He asked.

"Not really. But this sucks anyway." I laughed.

"Sorry." He looked down at his own tray of suckish food. "Mine sucks too." He told me.

"Hey, Sam?" I looked over at him, curiously.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Of chores."

"If you aren't from here, then why do you look like a Quileute?" I asked him.

" my dad was from here." He told me.

"Where is he?" I asked.

"He left us when I was just a baby." Sam told me, frowning.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I responded.

"Don't be." He told me. "It's fine." He kissed my forehead and then smiled at me. "We're going to be late." He told me.

"Crap.. We could just ditch." I suggested.

"No. No ditching." He told me.

"But we could go make out in the janitor's closet." I wined.

"As appealing as that sounds, we have to go to class."

"Fine." I pouted.

"Leah, Leah.. Wake up." He kissed my forehead and I woke slightly.

"Huh?" I asked.

"We're here." He told me.

"What?" I asked, coming fully to.

"We're home." He told me. "Well not home.. But home for the next four years.."

"Oh." I sat up. I had been nestled into his over heated chest.. I looked around. "Wow. It's dark."

"Yeah, it's really dark." He tried to kiss me.. "Aw, crap.. Time to go inside! I can't find your lips."

I laughed. "Fine by me." He pulled me back into his arms and then opened the door.. Cold air filled the truck and I shivered and tried to get closer to him (it wasn't possible).. I heard the door close and saw him grab a bag out of the back.. Then we were walking to across a dark apartment complex, he stopped in front of a door and stuck the key into the lock for a second then pulled it out, before crossing the threshold. He walked quickly through the dark house and then he through my onto something soft... I was cold without his arms around me and I tried to find him in the darkness.

"Sam?" I asked.. "Where'd you go?"

"Here." He said, a little light flickering on so I could see him.. He was standing a few feet away (were had his shirt and jacket gone?) looking at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Are you alright?" He asked me.

"Yes." I told him.

Relief crossed his face and he came over to were I was.. He sat down beside me and touched my face. "I thought I threw you a bit to hard." He told me.

"Ha. Well, if you were throwing me at a brick building maybe, but not a soft bed." I told him.

"Got it. Soft bed, okay. Brick wall, not." He laughed quietly..

I kissed him. "I love you, Sam."

"I love you." He answered, looking me over. "Have I told you that you look beautiful, tonight?"

"Once or twice." I laughed, and then wrapped my arms around his neck. He kissed me and I threw myself into the kiss..

Hey. This. Is. The. End. Of. Chapter. 21.

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