A/N:

I decided to change how I'm going to end this story. You'll see what I mean because 1. It contradicts one of my author's notes and 2. I kind of make it obvious in this a/n.

rocklesson86: I gave a short description of Davina in chapter one: "The girl, brown skinned with long black kinky hair and bright brown eyes…" You may just get your wish about knowing what the other characters look like ;)

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

"Are you sure about this?"

This was the second time Leah had gotten this question.

The first time it had come from Davina. Before hopping in the car and heading toward Volunteer Park, Leah had explained to Davina what she was doing and she had also asked the girl if she was comfortable with it. Davina was not worried about herself at all, she was worried about Leah. She was worried that Leah would not be okay.

Now the question was coming from Katrina, who had called during Leah and Davina's drive to Volunteer Park.

"Yes Kitty-Kat." Leah stated with a smirk. Even though Katrina could not see her, Leah knew that the other woman would know that she was teasing.

"Ha, ha, ha Princess Leia. But seriously, your mom has been an…"

"Asshole." Leah finished.

"Exactly." Katrina paused for a moment. "Look Leah, you're my sister. I love you dearly and I don't want you to be hurt. Ever. I know being hurt's a part of life but I don't want it for you…not this way at least, not by your own mother."

"I know, but I just need her to know how I feel. I just need her to. Do you understand?"

"The mother situation, no. The need for closure, yes. Everyone needs closure. Just be careful, okay?"

"Okay."

"Love you Princess Leia."

"Love you too Kitty-Kat."

After she hung up with Katrina, Leah glanced over at Davina in the passenger seat.

"I'm not crazy for doing this, right?" Leah asked a bit nervously.

Davina gave Leah a bright smile. "You're always crazy Leah."

Leah smiled back before focusing her attention on the road again. "Whatever kid."

They arrived at Volunteer Park a little after 1 pm. Leah parked the rental car in a parking lot away from the park and the two walked over and entered the park area through a little foot path that had a colorful Volunteer Park sign to the side of it. The two headed straight toward the park conservatory.

Leah had called her mother back a couple of hours after receiving her apology voice mail. She stayed on the line long enough with the groggy, probably still half asleep Sue (it was around 3 a.m. when Leah called) to tell her to meet her at Volunteer park by the plant conservatory by 1:30. She had requested her mother come alone but she figured that she would probably bring Seth along as well.

And she wasn't wrong.

As soon as Leah and Davina were a couple of feet away from the conservatory, she spotted Seth standing by some wooden park benches. Soon after she noticed Sue seated on one of the benches.

As Leah walked toward her mother and brother she felt Davina's hand slip into her own and she heard the girl whisper: "It's going to be okay."

When Leah and Davina finally stood a couple of feet before Sue and Seth they stopped walking.

Leah looked between her mother and brother before she stated, "Mom, Seth."

Sue gave her daughter a bright smile. "Leah! I'm so glad to see you. I thought you might have left without saying goodbye."

"No." Leah stated calmly, calmer than she ever thought she could be. "I promised Davina that we would have an enjoyable trip to the states and for a couple of days we did. David had to remind me of that."

Sue's smile grew. "David. You're getting married! We should tal-"

"Davina why don't you walk around the conservatory with Seth for a little while." Even though Leah was smiling at Davina, her eyes were pleading to the girl to obey and give her this moment alone with her mother.

Davina nodded at Leah and then she ooked towards Seth. "Come on Mr. Clearwater, lets go look at some flowers."

Davina walked past the benches towards the entrance to the conservatory. Seth looked at Leah, who gave him a firm challenging stare. He folded quickly and soon began following after Davina.

"Wait up, kid!"

Leah watched the two until they entered the conservatory building and then she turned her gaze back to Sue.

Sue stood and walked towards Leah. "We have so much to talk about."

Leah folded her arm across her chest. "Yes, we do."

"Leah, I wasn't the best before you left La Push but I really do feel like our relationship was getting better over the years you were living in Jamaica." Sue looked directly into Leah's eyes. "I'm sorry that I hurt you, I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you like I should have been. I'm here now though and I just want things to get back on track. I want things to be like they were in Jamaica. Can we please get that back?"

Leah looked at Sue's pleading, watery eyes and she damn near gave in.

But Leah's tired of adding things to the list of painful decisions she's had to make.

And Leah knows that if she allows her nearly crying mother her way, that she will have made another painful decision. Another thing that she will regret.

"I forgive you." Leah stated slowly.

Sue went from almost crying to damn near beaming. "Leah I-."

"I forgive you for ignoring my pain, by essentially telling me to get over myself when you supported Emily and Sam instead of making sure that I was okay."

"But Leah imprinting meant th-." Sue tried to argue but again she was cut off by Leah.

"I get that imprinting is involuntary. I get it, I really do but it does not change the fact that it hurt me and that I was justified in that hurt. No one allowed me to feel what I felt, they invalidated my feelings. I expected it from a pack of immature young boys but not from my own mother."

"Le-." Sue's eyes were watery again.

"I forgive you for lying to me. For allowing Seth and the pack to trick me into bringing an innocent teenage girl to dinner with a grown man and a pack who's trying to force her to be with him because it hurts him when she's not. Forget what that sweet girl wants, forget that she's a person."

Sue remained silent now as she listened to Leah speak; tears ran down her cheeks.

"And I forgive you for not defending me as the pack pretty much called me a whore and questioned my ability to look after Davina over her own parents' opinion. I expected that from Seth, we were in the same pack and linked mentally and he never defended me. But you…I just expected more. Either way, I am a grown woman and I can sleep with or be with whoever I choose. That does not affect my ability to guide Davina and it sure as heck should not devalue me as a person."

Sue looked down at her feet; she looked small and absolutely defeated. Leah just stared at her mother for a long moment before she continued.

"When Sam and I were engaged I told him that I would stay a Clearwater, that I would always be a Clearwater. I loved being a Clearwater and no matter how big of a fuss he made about it I refused to ever change it but…I'm marrying David George." Sue looked up now. "I'm going to be Leah George. It doesn't have the ring that Clearwater does but it does have something Clearwater doesn't. It has love."

"Leah, I'm so, so sorry." Sue tried, her eyes watering up again. "Please believe me when I say I've always loved you."

"I know mama but I've decided that I don't want to ever see or talk to you again…here." Leah gestured around widely as her mother looked at her shocked. "I would be glad to have you and Charlie, of course, at my home in St. Elizabeth. I also expect that you'll be at the wedding."

"I thought that you hated me Leah."

Leah shook her head. "I said that I forgave you. In Jamaica I learned about not only love but also forgiveness. But most importantly I learned that I need to care about myself and do what makes me happy. Which is why I will never return to La Push again, which is why I am choosing to never see the pack or my brother again. They don't make me happy and they are no good for me. I want a relationship with you but if we are to fix things it can never be here, it really just can never work, and it will be on my terms until I feel like I can trust you again."

"Okay." Sue simply stated. "Okay, I understand."

Inside of the conservatory, Seth and Davina were talking as they walked back toward the entrance/exit. The two had barely talked instead they just mostly looked at the flowers and plants growing around them.

"So how are you a wolf?" Seth asked. "I mean I don't really see any vampires living in Jamaica."

Davina shrugged. "That's because we don't change because of vampires, it a good combination of the supernatural and genetics. We're two spirited, we shift when we feel in us."

Seth's eyebrows scrunched up. "The supernatural and genetics. I get that in terms of La Push but not really you all…Black lake, is it?"

Davina rolled her eyes. "Black River. And my pack descends from the Taino, natives that were indigenous to the Caribbean, and the African maroons were slaves that escaped from Spanish plantations. In Jamaica they often ran into the mountains and joined with the Taino. The Taino believed in something very similar to skin walking and the maroons believed in animal guardians and spirits and the ability to be possessed by them. Obviously the ones I descend from held the wolf, more specifically the Ethiopian wolf, in high esteem."

"So I'm guessing like La Push, some people were the stuff of the supernatural and the legends." Seth smiled then. "I get it now."

Davina offered a small back. "Good, because we're at the exit."

As Davina and Seth left the conservatory they saw Leah and Sue hugging.

Seth walked up toward them, grin on his face. "Everything cleared up now?" He looked at his mother hopefully.

Leah didn't even look his way but she did smile a little when she noticed Sue glare at him.

"We were just saying goodbye." Leah stated, still not looking at Seth.

"Yes." Said Sue. "I'll see you off at the airport tomorrow."

Seth looked between the two slightly confused.

Leah nodded. "Okay. Bye Mama."

Davina smiled at Sue and waved. "Bye Mama Clearwater."

Sue smile back. "Bye Leah, bye Davina."

Leah took Davina's hand and led her toward the path that they had used to enter the park.

As they walked away, Davina glanced at Leah with a smile on her face.

"Everything better?"

"No." Leah stated. She did not sound sad, or angry or hurt. She seemed hopeful. "But it will be in time."

Davina's smile grew. "That's good."

A/N:

I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and please review :)!

Also the history about the Taino and African maroons is only partially correct (at least I hope I'm remembering their history correctly; if not and someone else knows better feel free to correct me). Yes, the Taino are indigenous to the Caribbean and yes the African maroons are slaves who escaped from Spanish plantation and into the Jamaican mountains and yes the two lived in groups together. The beliefs though are made up by me, I don't actually know/remember what these groups actual beliefs were so I tried to make up something plausible. And if it wasn't clear this is what I was going for:

Taino= skin walking/shifiting

Maroons= temporary possession by specific animal spirits/guardians.

People in each group embodied these beliefs and when these people got together and had children they created specific shifters/skin walkers. The Black River pack are a mixture of the Taino and the maroons and they have a connection to the Ethiopian wolf. So they shift can shift because of the Taino and they only change into the Ethiopian wolf because of the Maroons.

I repeat, this is just a belief/origin I made up.