I woke up to dead silence. The sun was shining outside of the window. On the table next to me I found a note.

Dear Serena,

Help yourself to the food in the fridge, the phone, T.V. and anything else that you may want to use. My work number is by the phone in case you need me. I'll be home by six or seven and then maybe we can go get something to eat.

Love Grandpa Charlie.

I put the note down and sighed. Grabbing my backpack I walked upstairs and flopped down on the bed in my mom's old room. It smelled like her, which I found weird but it was comforting. The computer looked old but it would work. I walked over to it and grabbed my iPod out of the back pocket in my pants.

While my iPod charged I decided to take a quick shower. The warm water felt good on my skin, I hadn't had one of these in forever, and to me this seemed like a rare luxury. There were very few times I could take a shower lately.

When I got out my black hair was dripping wet. But it felt good to feel clean again. I walked to my mom's old room (which I guess now is mine…weird.) and dug through my backpack for something to wear. I finally pulled out a pair of black skinny jeans and a Paramore cut off tee that would have to do for now. Walking downstairs I went to the kitchen and grabbed a box of cereal. It wasn't very good but I was hungry for real food instead of the crap that had been kept in my backpack along with all the other things crammed in there.

By the time I'd finished I noticed that it was already one o'clock, and if I wanted to be able to walk to La Push before Charlie got back I'd have to leave now. Grabbing my high tops and my sweatshirt I ran up stairs to check on my iPod. It was fully charged thank god, so I grabbed it and bolted out the door.

I wasn't sure which way I should go, so when I got into town I asked around. The people were nice enough to tell me that I should keep going south and when I hit the forest line you'll know I'm there. So heading that way, I plugged in my iPod and listened to Don't Let Me Get Me by P!NK .

When I got to La Push I noticed that the houses were kinda small. But the one I was looking for was the one that caught my eye first hand. I felt my stomach just drop and my heart started beating so hard it seemed like I'd just run a mile.

There he was, my dad. Sitting on the front porch with who I assumed was his dad. I could tell it was them because as far as I know Billy is the only one in La Push that's a part of the elders and has a wheelchair.

When I started to walk up the drive, both of their heads snapped up.

"Um…are you Jacob Black?" I asked.

"Yeah that's me, and you are?" he asked kindly.

"Um….I'm…uh… here!" I said thrusting the birth certificate I'd shown Charlie last night at him. And just as Charlie had, he read the name out loud. He wasn't able to really comprehend the words until about the third time he'd said them and then he looked at me. I saw he was visibly shaking. I knew that that wasn't good.

"My…my name is Serena…" I said. He stood up and nodded motioning for me to follow him.

"Why did you come here?" he asked me in a hushed tone.

"I came because I had nowhere else to go." I stated matter-of-factly.

"Why don't you go back to Bella kid, I'm sure she's worried about you." He said, his voice hard as stone and cold as ice when he said my mom's name. That pissed me off to no end, and I guess I kind of snapped.

"I guess she would be if she weren't dead, so if you could be a little bit nicer I'm not exactly happy about this arrangement either. Mom used to tell me you were so nice and kind and warm hearted, but I guess she was wrong. Your just a bastard." And with that I bolted it out of there, running like my life depended on it.

Tears were silently flowing down my cheeks, I didn't know if I should turn back and apologize. But in the end I didn't. I just kept on running. My years as a track-and-field runner were starting to really pull off now. But I could hear the heavy footsteps following behind me.

"Hey! Wait up, what do you mean she's dead? Hey kid slow down!" I heard him calling at me. But I only ran faster. I stopped when I ran into a tall, hard body.

"Jacob! What the fuck are you doing?" the body said. It was a girl.

"Leah, what are you doing?" he asked. I looked up at the girl, she was tall and muscular. But that seemed to enhance her beauty somehow. Her big arms were wrapped around me, as if trying to protect me from him.

"Jacob, go to the woods and run for a bit. You're shaking like mad; you're in no condition to be chasing this little girl."

"I'm not a little girl!" I said, stepping away from her arms. "For your information I'm thirteen years old. And Ms. Leah, if that's your name, I would appreciate it if you let me pass so I can go back home." And with that I took off back toward Charlie's house. While I ran, I managed to pull my iPod out from my back pocket and blasted it to Brick By Boring Brick by Paramore. And all though I still knew he was following me, I couldn't bring myself to stop or turn around. My feet were moving of their own accord and I couldn't stop them.

After a good fifteen minutes of running my legs became like jelly and I had to stop. My mind was racing and I wasn't so sure if I could walk all the way back to Grandpa Charlie's after all that. But I knew that with the way Jacob had acted back there, and even if he was still behind me, I wouldn't let him take me to Charlie's. That wasn't an option so the only other one was to just walk.

When I caught my breath and Jacob hadn't come around in any direction I started to make my way to Charlie's. A brown SUV drove down the road. I recognized the people driving in the car from an old picture mom had had hanging in her room since I was little. Sam and Emily, I knew it was them. In the back of my mind, I wanted to pull out my thumb and ask them for a ride. And somehow my body reacted to my mind, it was a weird thing to happen but it did.

Emily saw my thumb up in the air, and she must have convinced Sam to turn around because a few minutes later their car pulled up right next to me and she got out.

"Do you need a ride?" she asked. I knew moms' stories about her were true by her kind voice.

"That would be great but I don't want to bother you ma'am." I said trying to be polite but in all honesty the longer I was standing out there the colder it seemed to get. She took one good long look at me and that seemed to make up her mind for her.

"Come on, you must be freezing. It's not a bother at all; by the way I'm Emily. Emily Uley and you are?"

"I'm Serena," I told her.

"Emily!" Someone shouted behind me. Emily looked up, but I already knew who it was.

"Jacob, it's good to see you. I was just about to head home to cook dinner, Sam and the others should be there now if you wanna go over." She acted like she was his mother or something. It was funny.

I didn't have to turn around to know that he was looking at me. "Serena I need to talk to you, come on let's just go I'll take you back to where ever it is your staying." He seemed like he was trying to act nicer, but I could tell by his voice that he was still upset.

"Jacob you know her?" Emily asked. Finally when she looked from me to him something seemed to click in her brain and she let out a gasp.

"Oh Jacob, do you think it's true? And what about Bella, dear is your mother in town as well?" Emily said looking at me then back at Jacob.

I couldn't stand to look at either of them, and finding that my shoes were more interesting than either of their faces I said, "She died in a car crash six months ago."

Letting out a small breath of air I looked up at their faces. Emily looked so sad, but she was trying to hide it, I could tell. And Jacob…well he seemed like his heart was just broken all over again. And all though I wish he would have made some effort to hide his pain, he didn't.

"Are you staying with Charlie?" Jacob asked.

"Yes, I am." He nodded and I could tell that he was thinking very hard about something.

"Emily, will you drive her to Charlie's, I'm sure she'd like to get home. I'll pick her up in the morning so she can meet the rest of her family." Emily nodded her head and ushered me over to the brown SUV.

"How old are you Serena?" she asked me.

"I'm thirteen, but I'll be fourteen on October 16th," she nodded her head, thinking ever hard about something.

"Do you know?" she asked me.

"About the wolves, yeah I know. Mom would tell me the legends at night when I was a kid, she said it was the only thing that would put me to sleep and help me sleep through the night when I was a kid."

She nodded her head. And soon we were arriving at Charlie's house. Pulling into the drive I noticed that the lights were on, and Charlie's cruiser was in the drive way.

"Shit…" I mumbled to myself.

"What?" Emily asked.

"Oh nothing, it's just I was supposed to be home a while ago. It's noting I can't work out myself. Thanks for the ride." And with that I got out of the car and made my way inside the house.

When I got inside, Charlie looked a little freaked out.

"Where have you been?" he asked me as I walked through the door.

"I went to La Push. I wanted to meet my father, is that so wrong?" I said, looking up at him. I could feel the tears pushing their way from my eyes, but I refused to let them fall.

"You…you went to go see Jacob? When? How did you get there? How did he take it, you know, finding out he's a dad and all." he seemed even more flustered than before.

"Well, I walked for starters, I went today, this morning or this afternoon I don't know which you consider one as but whatever. He seemed shocked, but I don't know, I guess he's gonna make some sort of effort, which is more than I expected. He went as far as to invite me to eat breakfast with him tomorrow," I said, not realizing how excited I was until after the words came out of my mouth.

"Well…that's good, and I'm glad you're safe, you had me scared when I came home and you weren't here. So, uh, are you hungry?" he asked, sounding a little awkward now that the subject had changed.

"I'm starved, whatcha have in mind for food Gramps?" He laughed at that, I mean full out laughed his ass off.

"How about we just go hit the Diner, that okay with you kid?" I nodded and with that we left to go eat.