AN: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. And once again thank you all for the reviews, favorites, PMs, and alerts. :)

And for the people who were PMing me and reviewing wondering why Sam wasn't more concerned about Leah missing. Well Sam thinks the same thing Emily and the others do. He believes that she's just upset with what Paul said and with him and Emily and decided to just up and leave. No he's not happy about it, but he can't change her already being gone, but he can get back in the council's good graces. Plus he doesn't want any more questions about his feelings for Leah. At least that's where his head it at in this story…

Also I would like to thank KendieV my wonderful beta. Thanks to her this chapter will be a lot easier to read, and she got it back to me SUPER fast so I was able to get it to you guys today. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything from Twilight, because if I did there would be a lot of changes!

Leah's POV

Rose and Ally watched me as I gathered all my things together. I was nervous as hell about going home. I mean, I missed my mother and can't wait to see her, but will I be able to lie to her like I did the others? And then there was the rest of the pack … was I really ready to face them? However it was too late to ask that question; Seth, Jacob, and Paul were going back to La Push to inform every one of my whereabouts. Then Seth was going to bring my mom to the Cullen house so they could take me home together. Looking up I addressed the two vampires in the room.

"I think I got it all… I never thought I would say this, but I'm going to miss you guys." I told them once again getting emotional. I really hope my emotions get in check soon; I'm so sick of being an emotional wreck crying over everything.

"Are you going to be able to handle going back? I mean I can't see you so I don't know how you're going to hold up." Alice asked with a pout on her face. I learned very quickly that Alice likes knowing everything and it really pissed her off that she couldn't see us wolves. I was about to reply, but Rosalie beat me to it.

"She'll be fine Alice. Leah's a strong girl." Rose said smiling at me.

Her saying the words made me feel a lot better. Rose never said things that she didn't believe, which is why a lot of people didn't like her or thought her to be a bitch. She was just honest and some people just couldn't handle that. So for her to say the words gave me the little confidence boost that I really needed.

I always thought myself to be a strong and independent woman. The kind of woman my mom raised me to be, and at first I was, then Sam left me and I realized just how much I catered my life to fit his, to make him happy. I was still strong willed, but my wants and needs always came second to his. It took him leaving me to see that I made Sam my whole life, and when he left I felt like I had nothing, but the support of my family. They reminded me of my strength and I used that strength to show the boys that I was just as strong as them, no matter what happened with Sam and Emily, it couldn't hurt me anymore.

Evidently, that was proved wrong, but I still thought of myself as strong. After I cried out all my tears I had planned to march back and tell Emily where she could shove it, but again I was proven wrong. I have never felt more powerless then when I was being violated. I woke up wanting to crawl in a hole and die, but the Cullens – vampires no less – gave me the will to keep fighting daily. I wasn't the same girl I was before, and I knew I would never be, but I was slowly finding a new me, and I liked her.

"Leah… Hello Leah!" Rose was waving her hand in front of my face. I shook my head trying to clear it.

"Sorry. I guess I spaced out there for I minute." I said sheepishly.

"Clearly." Rose said rolling her eyes with a small grin playing on her lips. I also rolled my eyes at her antics.

"My apologies Madame Rosalie, what I can I do for you?" I asked with a fake French accent.

"Now that's better." Rose said standing up, and looking quite pleased with herself. Rose, Alice, and I all looked at each other and started laughing. I was really going to miss them. I was so nice being around girls that I wanted to be around, not being forced to associate with.

"I really am going to miss you guys." I said again with a small sad smile on my face.

"Don't worry Lee, I'm sure you'll still be popping up when you want to hang or go shopping." Rosalie said with her own sad smile.

"Well…" Alice said looking at the floor, "Our futures are clear again, with no blank spots." Alice finished, managing to look both sad and upset at the same time. Rose then looked at me with the same look; only hers also held a large amount of pissed off thrown into the mix.

"Hey, don't look at me like that," I said with my hands up in my defense. "I have every intention on coming to visit you guys. I don't know why Ally can't see that." I finished looking at Alice with a, "what the hell," expression.

"Don't give me that look I'm just telling you guys what I see," Alice said with another pout, this time crossing her arms over her chest. She really acted like a two year old sometimes. I shook my head laughing at her a little.

"Well then something must keep you away." Rose said getting back to business with a serious look on her face. I could understand why Rosalie would be upset about the possibility of not seeing me and hanging out with her again. It was more than just our shared experience, Rose simply didn't have many friends, and the ones that she did couldn't keep up with her bitchiness – like I could.

It was how I felt about losing Rachel. Sometimes when you meet a person, you just click and fit together as a whole like you've always been together. That's how Rose and I were. Alice was great and we got along like old friends too, but to be honest sometimes she was just too nice and innocent to keep up with us; that's why Swan made a perfect best friend for her. Coming out of my thoughts I brought the conversation back up, as everyone got silent trying to think up possible reasons on why I wouldn't come back.

Thinking out loud I say. "Well, unless I die – which I really hope is not the case, someone must stop me… from… coming." How could we have been so slow? There was only one rat bastard that would have a problem with me visiting vampire manor and he had the power to stop me from coming with one simple command.

"Sam!" We all said at the same time.

Rose growled, "If that mutt tries and stop you from coming I'm going to rip out his throat. The look in her eyes told me she meant every word.

"Well how are we going to stop him then?" asked Alice.

"I have an idea." We all turned to see Carlisle at the door, "And it's actually a real reason. May I come in?" Carlisle asked always the gentleman.

Nodding our heads he entered as Rose asked, "What's the reason Carlisle?"

Carlisle looked torn for a moment, but continued anyways. "As you all know I have been monitoring you very closely Leah, and while I have not found any short term problems with your health," he stop taking an unneeded breath while looking at me and finished, "I do believe that there is a high risk that there could be long term issues down the road." When it looked as if we were going to interrupt he held his hands in a motion clearly stating he wanted us to let him finish.

"What those risks are I cannot say, but I would like to keep a close eye on you at least for the next couple of months just to be on the safe side. Now with that said I could be wrong. I have only ever worked on you and Jacob Black, especially with you being the first and only female wolf I could be worrying for nothing but either way I would feel better being sure."

He looked so heartbroken telling me the news, but I could tell it wasn't a concern that I would die or anything, it was more like he was upset about not knowing, not being able to answer my questions. Giving him my best reassuring smile I told him it was okay, and that I would come once a week so he could take my blood and run all the test he liked. My words seemed to put him at ease as he smiled back at me, but before anymore words could be spoken Emmett was yelling up the stairs that my mother was here. Taking a deep breathe I headed down stairs to face the one woman who I knew loved me more than anything, but also scared the crap out of me.

At the Cullen's house my mother was polite and thanked them for taking such great care of me. She talked to Carlisle about my health and to find out if there was anything I needed. He told her about his concerns and she was quick to let him know that whatever he needed from me, her, the pack, or the council he had. All he needed to do was call her and she'd make it happen. Leaving vampire manor – a name first given out of ignorance and hatred, now was only said with the upmost care, respect, and love for all the vampires that lived there – I was glad that it didn't turned into a big emotional good-bye and that my mother held it together because I could tell she was going to blow up the first chance she got.

Driving back to the Rez and seeing my home again made me realize just how much I loved and missed this place. Walking into the house I was hit with the scent that was distinctly home and once again tears started to form in my eyes as I was flooded with memories of my wonderful family. But this time I was able to suck up the tears and not let any of them fall, which I was pretty damn proud of. I turned at the sound of my mother telling Seth to leave the house and to let the others know we would be along shortly. Seth left, but not before running and hugging me tightly in a bear hug. He told me how glad he was that I was home and good luck with mom because he knew I was going to need it.

Third Person's POV

Now it was well known on the Rez not to mess with Sue Clearwater, but what most people didn't know was that she was the, "Jedi master of bullshit." There was only a couple times that things got pass Sue's BS detector, one being not seeing through Emily Young and Sam Uley and what kind of people they really were. Another being when she trusted the words of another about the Cullens rather than forming her own opinion of them like she should have from the beginning. She would forever be in their debt for what they did to help her daughter, who was currently looking any and everywhere except at Sue. Which brings us to Sue's recent oversight, as soon as Seth began to tell his mother what happen to Leah, the reason she gave for why she had been gone for so long, she knew in her heart that there was more to the story.

Sue got up and sat next to Leah, and grabbed her face to force her to look at her. Looking into her child's eyes Sue saw many things: pain, anger, and even despair, but under all that there was also a new found strength and a small glow that weren't there before. The glow, no matter how small gave Sue hope; it reminded her of the old Leah before Sam came into the picture – when she was just a happy fun loving girl.

While her mother cradled her face in her hands, Leah for the first time in a really long time felt completely safe and secure. It was a different kind of feeling than any of the Cullens could give her, this feeling only came from a mother's unconditional love, and it was that feeling that brought the tears to her eyes. Within seconds Leah's face was no longer being held in her mom's hands, but instead Lead had her head in her mother's lap while Sue run her fingers through Leah's hair like she use to when Leah was young and needed to be comforted. This was all Leah needed. She started to cry and it all came out like word vomit. She couldn't stop if she wanted to.

Leah told her mother every detail and Sue listened to every word with tears in her own eyes. Whenever Leah would stop at parts sobbing and not being able to form words Sue would just wait and continue to run her fingers along her scalp. Sue knew that Leah didn't need her freaking out, although on the inside she was anything but, Leah needed her to give her the strength to get through her tale, so that is what Sue did. She silently gave her the will to keep going and to stay strong. Sue would have her moment of anger and true sadness, where she cried and broke things, but she would do that alone where Leah and Seth couldn't see.

By the end of the dark tale, Leah and Sue both managed small smiles. Leah was now telling her mother all about the Cullens. She told her about each and every one of them, and how they in their own ways helped her. How she could honestly say that they saved her life. Then Sue told Leah about all the things that she had missed while being away from the Rez. She told her about the pack meeting where Sue was finally able to get out a little of her anger and how much it sucked to be an Elder sometimes because she had to led by example. They both got a good laugh from that one – then she told Leah about the search to find her. How the whole pack was worried and looked for her, but that it was only Seth, Jake, and Paul that never gave up. Sue spoke of her immense gratitude towards the boys, how no matter what happened in the past she was grateful to them for finding Leah because deep down she knows that if they hadn't showed up at the Cullen's house that her little girl wouldn't be in her arms.

Taking a deep breath Sue prepared for the hard part of the conversation. "The whole pack and the Elders are at Sam's house waiting to see you. I know you don't want to and I'm not going to make you do anything you don't want to, but you know at some point you're going to have to see them." Sue finished looking into Leah's eyes.

Her tears had long ago dried and Leah was really thinking about what to do, and decided it was better to just get it over with. She really didn't want them all in her house. Plus Sam and Emily were nothing compared to what she went through. If Leah got nothing else from her stay with the Cullens, she got the knowledge that she really was over both Sam and Emily. They no longer mattered to her, and could no longer hurt her. Has she forgiven them, NO; will she ever forget, HELL NO! But she will no longer let it be what defines her; just as she's working towards a place where she doesn't feel like her rape defines her.

Look out La Push, Leah Clearwater is back in town and she's not taking anyone's shit anymore!

AN: Hope you like this chapter. I know it was kind of slow, but that's because it's leading to the next couple of chapters where some big stuff is going to go down. I already know some people are going to hate it, lol. ;D

As always please R&R