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My fingers slipped on the doorframe as I went to get a drink and say hi, and I was stopped in my tracks as he wrapped his arms around her and held her for a long, long while.

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Skipping forward one Month. Just because I can.

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Seth's POV

I actually quite liked Evan, in the end. It took me about a fortnight to get over the whole desire-to-mark-my-territory-by-barking-at-him-whenever-he-got-near-Max thing, but in the end, I was able to cope with them being frosty-but-friendly to each other.

He liked staying in his room for most of the day, coming down and sitting in the garden at all the other points. Leah, even though she had work to do, enjoyed just coming home and joining him, doing nothing but being with him. She had shown him her wolf form on his first day in La Push, preferring telling him the direct way, rather than putting him through the hell of having to guess everything, like I did with Max.

She was loving it here, never spending more than an hour in the house unless she was asleep, and she enjoyed running in the forest to avoid having to talk to Evan in the mornings, which was apparently when he was at his 'most grumpy'.

"I just… don't want to talk to him right now, Seth-"

"You'll have to eventually," I murmured as I put my arms around her, held her there tight as she shifted to find the TV remote, "Because I know he's not totally happy about everything here…" I paused and flushed, "Especially us…" Another pause, "and you."

She shook in my arms and I was desperate to stop her from crying, so I gently pressed my lips to hers and forced her to think of other things.

"I know," She sighed when I pulled away and looked into her eyes, forcing her to feel everything I could, trying to be Jasper when I knew I was nowhere near as cool as he was. She sniffed and buried herself against me. "But I'm kind of scared to fight it out, you-"

"It won't come to that, Evan's reasonable, Mac." Leah appeared in the doorway, "But I'd do it soon." She shot me a look that said 'we need to talk' and left the room, tossing her lengthening hair over her shoulder and smirking at Max. something about the gesture made me furious, something else about it made me scared, and something about that tiny little smirk made me overjoyed, because, okay, my sister could be a bitch about things, but that smirk wasn't angry, it wasn't hate filled.

It was a smirk that said I am going to be the one. A smirk that said this is how I'm going to be. That she was going to be happy with him, because of whatever she wanted to say to me now.

"What was that about?" I shrugged and kissed Max on the forehead, put her onto the sofa beside me and watched her close her eyes as she lay back and pulled the blanket we had been sharing over her, making her comfortable.

"I won't be long. Just want to have a word with her. Check and see what she was on about." I rose, hugged her, pulling her tight towards me, and kissed her forehead. I moved quickly into the kitchen, before she could say another word; ask another question about what was going on.

I was a little bit scared about knowing, to be honest with you, and as I sat down at the table and Leah put a glass of red wine in front of me.

"I won't drink this," I murmured, looking up at her with wide, confused eyes.

"I know. But it's there because you might need to."

"Excuse me?" I still didn't get it.

"Seth… Evan's not happy here." She paused and sat down opposite me. "He wants to leave, and to be honest with you, I don't know if it's my place to stop him." I knew exactly what this was about. She was going to leave me. Leah was going to go… with him.

"B-but can't you stay on the reservation, Leah-"

"No. I don't think I can." She bowed her head slightly and frowned, "You know I've never been happy here, Seth… not since… you know-" I nodded reluctantly because she had told me that a million times before, word for word, without hesitation.

"Leah… you can't just up and leave-"

"We won't be gone permanently." She assured me, smiling softly, "Seth, you know we'll be alright-"

"We… Leah, please…" I closed my eyes and directed my gaze down at the table. "I don't understand, Leah." She reached forward and slid her hand up my forearm as a sort of comfort, as an attempt to hold onto me.

"Seth, Evan and I are going to take a road trip." She smiled at me, "To try and get to know each other… and I mean… really get to know each other." her fingers laced with mine and she smiled at me. I had to grin back, even though I felt sick at losing my sister.

"You're gonna be so far away, Leah." I tried my best to get her to stay, I really did.

"I'll be on the other end of a phone line, Seth, all you've got to do is text me… to get me to phase."

"We don't even know if that'll work across country-"

"Three Hundred miles, remember?" She smiled again, "You got me to run three hundred frickin' miles, you and Jake did." I rolled my eyes at the memory and smiled again. She nodded, obviously glad that I was feeling better.

"When do you go?" I looked at the wine in front of me, the need for alcohol overcoming my distaste for the stuff. I necked it and shuddered at the taste, before holding my glass out for a refill.

"Not long… we're gonna get out of here as soon as we can…" She blushed and stepped around the table, wrapped her arms tight around me, and held me for the longest time.

I hadn't hugged my sister in about a year and a half. The last time we had been like this was Sam and Emily's wedding, when she had broken down outside the marquee that mom had set up on the beach, and I had gone to find her. I had been forced to go to find her, because she was my sister. I didn't want to go and find her, oh, no, because I knew all she would do was force me away, all she would do was be the bitch that she was to everyone else. It was sad to say it, but back then, I didn't love my sister. She was there as a means of borrowing things, as someone to say hello to, but I didn't know her. I didn't know her after what Sam had done to her, she changed, and I thought it was an irreversible alteration. And I hated her for being that way.

But when Evan had turned up, she had changed immediately. She had been changed overnight, almost literally, and it was all because of him. His pain was non-existent thanks to her, and her pain was diminishing day by day, because he had given her something to love, something to live for.

I followed her up to her room, pushed the door open and lay down next to her as she curled up on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. It was then that I realised what I had missed most about Leah, the real, not-hurt-by-Sam-but-my-sister-now-and-forever Leah; and it was the fact that she would always be there for me, whenever I needed her.

And it was only now that she was leaving, that I realised it.

"When do you go?" I asked again, and it was another voice that answered. Evan was standing in the doorway, smiling softly, his hand resting on the white doorframe, tapping lightly out to the rhythm of his heartbeat.

"Next Tuesday." He murmured. "Sorry about all the… uh, Deception Seth." I nodded and he smiled at me.

"No problem." He nodded as I smiled at him. "I guess…" Another blush. "I'm gonna miss you both, Evan." He smiled at Leah over my shoulder, I turned to look at her and she smiled back at me, blushing pink and turning her gaze to the floor.

"Good." He nodded. "We'll be back, Seth. You know that, right?"

"I guess so." I nodded back at him, smiling, offering him my hand as a congratulation. "You look after her, alright?"

"I won't leave her, Seth. Not for a minute."

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A/N: Please review and let me know how I did... :P

Sorry I haven't updated – i'm just sorry, and Lazy and tired and everything.

And this is going to branch into another story soon, as you can probably tell. I want some road-trippy names for Evan and Leah's little... trip :P

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