Take Me Home
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE TWILIGHT SERIES. ALL THE RIGHTS BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYER. I ONLY OWN THE PLOT AND OC'S IN THIS STORY.
CHAPTER SIX
Paul's eyes flickered over to the passenger side of the car. Sky was silent, she sat with her knees pulled to her chest and her eyes staring longingly out the window.
"What's wrong?" Paul asked. He hadn't heard her say anything all morning, not one word. Sky shook her head in response. He looked over at her again and could see unshed tears in her eyes and a quiver in her lip. He pulled the car over and turned his body to look at her.
"What's wrong?" He asked again. For a lot of minutes, they sat in silence until it was clear to Sky the car wasn't moving until she gave him an answer.
"How long am I staying with you?" She asked looking over at Paul.
"I don't know," he answered.
"Why did my mum leave me here with you?" She asked the question that had been on her mind since she arrived.
"Look I... She..." Paul took a deep breath. "I'm your dad." Sky's face scrunched up with confusion.
"No, you're not." Paul's face also scrunched up with confusion as well.
"The letter your mum left said I was."
"You're not my dad." Sky seemed confident in her answer.
"What makes you so sure?" Paul asked.
"Mummy said my dad was superman. You're not super man."
"Huh?" Paul could have almost laughed at what the girl said if he hadn't been so surprised by it.
"Mummy said he would come and save us one day. Fly us home to his mansion. I would get powers like him so I could fight the bad people. You're not my dad." Paul was speechless. What could he really say to that? She had clearly built up some emotional attachment to a story her mother had once told to comfort her.
He started the car and continued driving towards First beach. Jared was standing in the parking lot waiting for them when they finally arrived at the beach.
"What took you guys so long? You were right behind us," Jared asked as Paul stepped out of the car.
"We had to stop and have a little chat," Paul said shutting his door.
"Oh yeah?" Jared asked as he and Paul walked around to Sky's side of the car.
"Yeah, I told her I was her dad."
"Really?" Jared was surprised.
"Yep, and she didn't believe me. Apparently, her Mum told her that her dad was super man."
"What?" Jared laughed.
"This is not a joke. She believes it," Paul hissed as he opened Sky's door. He reached to help her out of the truck, but she pushed his hand away and jumped out by herself. The two men watched as Sky's eyes locked on the water and grew wide with awe.
"Have you ever been to the beach before Sky?" Jared asked. She shook her head no and he smiled. "You'll enjoy it. Just don't go in the water it's too cold to swim today."
"What are you talking about? It's cold every day," said Paul shutting the door and following Jared and Sky to the beach.
"Tyler is here, as well as Claire so you will have other kids to play with." Sky didn't like the sound of having to play with other kids. She hadn't spent too much time with other kids so she probably wouldn't know the games they played. What if she got something wrong? Would they laugh at her?
The rest of the pack had already arrived and set up tables and chairs around a pile of sticks that would later turn into a fire. As soon as Tyler saw Sky, he ran up to her, a grin on his face.
"What took you so long? Mum said you would be here hours ago." He grabbed Sky's hand and before she had the chance to pull away from his touch, he started to pull her away from Jared and Paul. "Come on Sky, I want to show you the rock pools."
"Don't get to close to the waves," Emily warned.
"Don't worry I'll go with them," Claire said following as Tayler dragged Sky away from the group and towards the end of the beach.
"How are things going?" Sam asked once the kids were out of ear shot.
"Okay, I guess," Paul shrugged falling back into one of the empty chairs.
"It would be easier if Paul didn't have such big shoes to fill in the father figure side of her life," Jared chuckled sitting down next to Kim.
"Huh?" Kim asked looking at her imprint with confusion.
"I told her I was her dad," Paul admitted.
"That's great," Emily smiled at Paul's progress.
"She told me I wasn't her dad, superman was," Paul frowned. There were a few chuckles around the group.
"You know kids grow out of thing. I'm sure it's just a phase," Emily smiled. "Don't let that be the reason you don't keep her. She'll warm up to you soon Paul."
"Why wouldn't you keep her?" Kim asked, her face falling as she looked over at Paul.
"It may be better for her if I hand her over to child services," Paul said looking at the sand, not able to look anyone in the eye.
"You can't just give away family," said Sarah, Collins imprint, looking very upset at the statement.
"I'm not just giving her away like an unwanted pet," Paul hissed. "She would be going with people who could find her a good home. I still haven't decided anything yet."
"Whatever you choose Paul I'm all for it. You probably have another ten kids out there you don't know about, why settle for the first one to turn up on your doorstep," Quil said. Paul hadn't seen much of Quil over the last few days, and he was caught off guard with how out of character he sounded. Must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed Paul presumed.
"Not funny," Paul said.
"Hey, you got one kid you didn't know about. Who knows how many more you have."
"Shut up," Paul growled. Quil opened his mouth to say more but his phone started to ring. Quil pulled his phone from his pocket and growled as he saw the number. Without thinking he threw his phone down the beach as hard as he could.
"You going to get that?" Paul asked.
"Shut up Paul!" Quil yelled.
"What? A one-night stand won't leave you alone?" Paul grinned.
"No, worse. His sister." The whole group turned at the sound of the female's voice. Due to all the talking, growling and loud ocean noises they hadn't heard her approach. "Quil, we need to talk, now." Paul turned around to see the woman he had met yesterday in the grocery store. She wore a long black skirt and the same red leather jacket she had on yesterday. She didn't look at him or anyone else, her eyes were fixed on Quil.
"So, you're following me now?" Quil asked.
"Well, you quit taking my calls so yeah I'm following you until you stop being a baby and talk to me like an adult," she said, hands on hips, all business. Quil leapt to his feet.
"Just leave already!" Quil yelled, he was slightly shaking. Paul had never seen Quil get so worked up before, he was usually calm. What had this girl done to him?
"Quil, calm down," Sam said getting off his chair, ready to step in if things got out of hand.
"Shut up Sam!" Quil growled.
"Sam?" Addison asked finally taking note of the people around Quil. "Leah? Shit, long time no see," Addison said with a small smile as her eyes landed on her old friends.
"Good to see you Addie," Leah said.
"Addison leave," Quil snarled.
"Come on Quil five minutes, that's all I ask, then I'm gone. Otherwise, I'm going to be here for a while." Quil glared at his sister for a long moment before he gave in.
"You have two minutes, make them count." Quil marched away from the group and Addison quickly followed him, already talking about something Paul didn't understand.
"Since when has Quil had a sister?" Seth asked what most of the group were thinking.
"Addison's a few years older than Quil, no one really knows why her, and her father left. There were a lot of stories going around back then," Sam said. Him and Leah were the only two in the group who were both old enough and lived in La Push when Addison had left town.
"Like what?" Collin asked.
"They just both went away. I don't even remember getting to say goodbye," Leah said as she watched the siblings walk away.
"I wonder where she's been all this time," said Sam.
"Twenty years next year since they left," Leah said.
"And the only person who actually knows what happened is currently leaving," Seth pointed out. Everyone looked back over in the direction the two siblings had gone. Their conversation was now over and as Addison left the beach while Quil returned to the group with a scowl on his face.
"So, how'd it go?" Paul asked.
"Fucking fantastic. The wicked witch is riding her broom stick home first thing tomorrow."
"What did she want?" Sam asked.
"She wants me to go to meet my father. The lazy barrister couldn't even drive himself down here to tell me in person that he wanted to meet me. He sent her instead," Quil rambled.
"Don't you think your being a bit mean to her. Sounds like you should be mad at your dad not her," Emily said.
"Mean?" Quil scoffed. He opened his mouth again but was cut off by a scream for help.
Author Notes:
Fun fact #1: Sky's name was originally Addison and Addison's name was originally Sky. Do you think if their names had been the other way around the story would be any different?
Fun fact #2: Last week I wrote a few notes on how this story will end. I am betting big money I will make everyone cry, not saying if they will be happy tears or sad tears but there will be tears.
Fun fact #3: I saw fun facts on another fanfic I'm reading and loved the idea so though I wanted to give it a go.
And for every three fun facts about the story there will be three true facts about me.
True fact #1: I live in a small mining town in central QLD Australia.
True fact #2: I hated Twilight till I re-watched it in 2015 after finding a really cool fan fiction about it, then I was addicted. I love the pack but hate Bella.
True fact #3: I am a girl and I will be 18 on the 18th of August this year.
Please let me know what you thought of this chapter. Haven't started on the next chapters yet but hopefully there won't be too long of a wait.