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Mackayla's Pov
I was looking at grandpa Charlie and… I was feeling nothing, I was just numb, I was just tried... with one last look at them I let the blackness envelope me…
Sue's Pov
I watched as Mackayla watched us with… nothing in her eyes, they were just empty and barren, like there was nothing left when she collapsed back down onto her pillow. I felt sympathy for the young girl, she has had to bear more in her first fourteen years of life than most never had to even dream of and this was just the beginning for her. I gave Charlie a hard look and he grunted something before walking out quickly, turning a bright red. I sighed as I got all my medical instruments out and ready for use and peeled her blanket back to see what was scaring Charlie so much. With a gasp I knew what he felt, her whole body was so thin. You could count each and every one of her bones pretty much and she looked an unhealthy colour, she was a light tan but she looked… sallow and washed out. No wonder I thought the amount of food the last pack used to eat was phernonomal and if she hadn't been eating it wasn't surprising that she was this thin.
I probed and poked, took her temperature and everything else and came to the conclusion that she was seriously dehydrated, underfed along with severe lack of sleep. I covered her up and took one last look at her, she was so grown up looking and with a pang I realised she was reminding me of my Seth. I frowned at the dirt and grime on her face and grabbed a washer out of the closet and wiped her face, I smiled softly at her when she let out a light growl. I looked at the time and sighed, it was almost four am. The shopping centre wouldn't open until eight in Forks and I don't know what more I could do here. I walked into the kitchen and saw Charlie sitting at the table with his head in his hands; I felt my heart throb for him.
"I have done all I can do Charlie… which isn't much, she will be okay you know." I said sitting down opposite to him
"Are you sure?" He asked, still not looking up
"Yeah, she is just really dehydrated and need's some sleep and a lot of food. Charlie, look at me," I sighed and reached out and grabbed his hand and shaking it, earning him to look at me "I am going to head out to Leah's and ask her if she has any clothes that might fit Mackayla so she has something to wear and I am going to drop into the La Push store to pick up some food, Mackayla will eat a lot until she regains her normal weight and even after she will still eat a lot to maintain enough energy to change."
"Thank you Sue." Charlie said gruffly "For everything, thank you."
"I am just happy to help out after all you did for me and the kids after Harry died." I smiled "Do you want to come or…"
"No," Charlie spoke stronger this time "I will stay, if she wakes up I will be here… just in case she needs me. Take Bella's truck, it is still running and the keys are in the glove box."
"Alright, I will lock the door behind myself." I said quietly, getting up and walking out, leaving Charlie to his thoughts
I drove Bella's old truck towards La Push and pulled up in front of Jacob and Leah's house, looking at the time. It was half past four. I clambered out and up the steps, not wanting to say what Jacob had been dreading but Mackayla needed clothes. I knocked on the door and didn't hear any movement so I pulled out my mobile phone and dialled Leah's number, I heard it ringing from upstairs when she answered;
"Hello?"
"Leah, it's me." I said, hoping I didn't wake the kids up
"Oh, hey mum, what's the problem, is everything okay?" Leah said in surprise
"Well everything is okay but…" I trailed off not sure how to tell her, there was a pregnant pause when I just sighed and said "Mackayla phased back last night, she isn't looking so good but she doesn't have any clothes. I was wondering if you might have some that would fit her?"
"Yeah, um okay, do you want me to come out to Forks or…?"
"No, I'm at your front door," I chuckled; she was always a deep sleeper "If you could let me in that would be good."
She hung up and I could hear her coming down the stairs, with a click I was staring at my daughter.
"Hey mum." she said hugging me before retreating back into the house
"How's Jacob?" I asked, he had a heart scare earlier in the week because he had seen Mackayla in wolf form and Leah wouldn't take no for an answer until he went to the hospital without a fuss
"He's good, he said I was over reacting up I still vouch that I was just being careful." Leah shrugged leading me into the kitchen and put the kettle on to boil before she asked quieter "How's Mackayla?"
"Not good" I sighed shaking my head "She is too skinny Leah, I can count almost all her bones. She is too dehydrated but I didn't see the point in hooking up and iv after Jacob's accident all those years ago and it looks like she hasn't slept since she first changed."
"Do you think the ancestors are punishing her for being a half-cast and changing?" Leah asked, peering down into her cup of tea
"No." I shook my head "Embry changed before Jacob and his mother was Mackah, and he even ended up imprinting."
"But Embry was Mackah, he was still part of a reservation. Mackayla was a child born out of wedlock, off this land, her mother was a white woman who later turned into a vampire hours after she was born and kept Mackayla from Jacob pretty much her whole life." she reasoned and I couldn't help but wonder if she was right. Maybe the ancestors were angry.
"I don't know, maybe they are." I sighed "Poor Charlie is beside himself, he is still blaming himself over Bella and now Mackayla… I just hope that Mackayla is going to be alright."
"What is going to happen there?" She asked frowning "I mean… will she live with Charlie on the Res when he retires in a month or… is she supposed to move in with Jacob and me. I know he has mixed feelings about letting a new wolf near me and the kids but… she is his kid, I think it might be a bit cruel to shun her just because she is a wolf."
"Leah." I sighed "What are your feelings on her moving in?"
"I don't know." she sighed "I mean I have never had a problem with her but I understand where Jacob is coming from. Maybe… it would be nice if we could get to know her again before anything drastic like that happens."
I nodded before checking my watch, "I need to get back to Charlie, I think I should stay for a few days just to see what's going to happen with her and cook for her, the gods know she needs it"
"Hang on, let me get the clothes for her" Leah said darting up the stairs
She came back down with a large bundle of clothes that ranged from dresses to jeans to a few pairs of underwear.
"Now," Leah said showing me different things "I have a bit of everything; I never chucked out my phasing clothes when I stopped, for good reason so I have… a few dresses, some jeans that I don't fit into anymore, I gave her a lot of my shirts that I don't wear or don't want. I chucked a few pair's of underwear in for her so she can get used to wearing less clothing at her own rate… yeah I think that's it"
"Thank you Leah" I nodded taking the bundle from her and walking out to the truck, heading for the food store...