The Start of Something New

Chapter 1: Coming Home

Looking around all I can see are the storm clouds brewing over-head, the mushy green moss still covers everything, with a cool breeze sending shivers down my spine. I feel like I'm finally home. Even though I only lived here for the first four years of my life, well that was before my parents went through a divorce. For the next four Summers, my mother would send me up here with my father.

Ever since I was a young girl I had never like anything dealing with the cold, anything girly like shopping, wearing dresses, skirts, heels, makeup, and the one thing I most definitely hate is being the center of attention.

Some of that changed last year; when I had moved back up here to Forks, Washington to finish my last two years of high school. About two months ago, he left me. He as in the one and only Brandon Anderson. Once he had left me, I could barely make it through the last weeks of my Junior year. It felt like the entire Anderson family took my life force with them. They left a gaping hole that was so sensitive that a phrase or even hearing their names, would feel like putting salt into a fresh wound. I hated the feeling that. So I did everything I could to prevent that from happening. I would only answer specific questions, was never in the same room if the T.V. was on, I also got rid of everything that would remind me of them.

Flashback:

"This is goodbye Sophia." I looked at him in horror.

"But you said you loved me, what about the family?" I said trying to hold back the tears.

"They're all gone. I never loved you." He said and in a blink of an eye, he was gone.

I started running around looking, getting lost. Falling to my knees, I broke down sobs racked my body in violent rushes. My heart felt like someone had struck me with a bullet. I didn't know what to do I sat there letting everything out.

How could they just all leave like that? Matt and Scarlet they're so loving and helpful. Cassandra just started warming up to me and we were coming to be friends. Parker, he was the big teddy bear of a brother I never had. Rosalinda was a b***h and would force me to wear pink and force me to shop for things I didn't enjoy wearing. Last, of all the one Anderson's I never got to know.

Brandon and Rosalinda would never let me speak to him, let alone to be near him at all. I understand that I might be tempting but I grew out of my clumsy stage I am so much more careful. But they never let me still, it was very aggravating.

As my thoughts ran wild, I hadn't even realized that I stopped crying or even realized how much time had gone by. Until I looked up and saw that it was night, in the distance I could hear someone shouting my name. Slowly and wobbly I stood and walked shivering in the cold of the night. As I was walking I looked up from climbing over a large root, to see piercing black eyes of a redwood colored wolf.

I looked at it and surprisingly felt not one ounce of fear, but familiarity. I walked closer and the bear-sized wolf bowed its head as saying come closer. As I walked to it, the wolf made no sudden movements and let me touch the rough/soft fur. It looked at me and made a sigh and started walking slowly, looking back at me to see if I was following.

I gave a little chuckle and walked with it, I looked curiously at it. "You seem so familiar, do I know you?" I face palmed and realized that I was talking to a wild animal that could kill me in a second if it wanted to. To my utter surprise, it gazed at me and nodded. At that moment I knew that this wolf was here to protect me. I guess I looked a bit in shock and the wolf gave out a wolfy chuckle, it was contagious and started laughing too.

We walked for about twenty minutes and we were at the edge of the woods about less than a quarter mile from my house. I turned back to the wolf. "Thank you for helping me." It nodded and was about to take off when I blurted out. "Wait. Will I see you again?"

He looked back and gave me a quick nod and sprinted into the dark woods disappearing from my eyesight. I quickly took off towards my house clinging to the small thin sweat jacket that barely kept me warm. I made it home and there were my dad and some of the gang from the reservation.

The second my dad saw me he started running to me and quickly put a blanket around me, leading me inside.

"Sophia, what the hell were you thinking? Everyone has been worried sick about you. We have about thirty people out there looking for you. What happened?" He threw at me the second we were inside.

When he said that I got the sudden urge to start crying again. "Dad they all left," I said barely audible to my own ears. "The Anderson's are all gone."

My dad's face turned soft immediately and gave me a hug. "Honey everything will be ok, I promise you. You will get through this." He pulled me away looking at me, running his fingers through my hair. "Go take a hot shower and get warmed up. I am going to tell everyone that you are home safe and sound now."

I nodded and headed upstairs to my room, grabbing a dark forest green lace set, some short black pajama pants, and a dark forest green tank top. Then headed to the bathroom putting on one of my favorite songs "Mama's Broken Apart," as I waited for the water to heat up.

Once I got in the shower I sang to the song washing my hair and body with mint and roses soap. After the song ended the song "Two Black Cadillac's," came on and I laughed and sang along.

One's for his wife, the other is for woman who loved him at night

Two black Cadillac's meeting for the first time.

And the preacher said he was a good man,

And his brother said he was a good man.

But the women in the two black veils didn't bother to cry,

Bye bye, bye bye.

I hopped out of the shower singing and changed into my night clothes and brushed my teeth, picking up my phone walking to my room. I had changed it back to my original theme a few days ago. It just felt more like home with my cowgirl theme back. I turned out the lights turned on the fan climbing into bed.

I laid there for a good fifteen minutes till I was swept away into a dreamless night.

End of Flashback

After the school year was over, my father thought it would be a good idea, to send me back to Navada to be with my mom for a bit. At first, I fought then and threw a tantrum. But a few days had gone by and I went with her willingly.

Who would have thought that it would have ever helped me? It didn't completely get rid of the emotional scar that they had left. But I was a lot worse when I left, now I can feel alive instead of a lifeless zombie.

Another good thing that came from going to spend time with my mom and stepdad, was that I had outgrown my clumsy stage. Without people there to catch me, I had to learn to catch my balance, while trying to not tripping over my own feet.

Tomorrow I will be going back to school to finish my last year.

I take a deep breath of the cool crisp air and grabbed my bags out of the cab before it would start raining. My father came outside and helps me by grabbing my last bag. Once he has a firm grip on my bag he runs ahead of me to grab the door.

"Welcome home Sohia! We all missed you lots." He spoke with a bright smile.

Looking at him with a confused expression. "We?"

He gave me a good old Charlie chuckle, "Yes we." Opening the door.

Brushing it off, and walked inside thinking nothing of it. That was my first mistake

In an instant, the lights flew on and all of my friends; Max plus the pack, Angel, Micheal, and some close family friends all jumped up out of nowhere and screamed. "Welcome home Sophia!"

I jumped back in surprise dropping my bags. When Max and Anthony ran over to me just about tackling me in a hug, I burst out into a fit of giggles.

For some odd reason, both of them were talking in sync. "Sophia, Sophia! Oh, how we missed you so."

My cheeks flushed a shade of pink. "I missed you both too. But both of you are overreacting. I was barely gone a little over a month." I hardly was able to speak because of my giggle fit.

Max spoke. "Yes, you left for a bit more than a month, but we didn't know if you were coming back, or if..." Trailing off leaving me to understand what he meant.

Giving him a bear hug, telling him in a serious tone. "Max this is my home, my family is here. I could never just pick up my things, and leave the people I love."

Max gave me a throaty laugh, while Anthony went to his family. "That's a relief." He said whipping invisible sweat off his forehead, smiling brightly.

As a couple hours passed by, I talked to friends and family. Making plans to hang and catch up. One by one as time passed on people started to leave. In the end, the only people that were left was Lilly, Anthony, Max, and I.

The three of us were talking while sitting on the couch, while Lilly was practically jumping up and down in her seat. I asked laughing, "Lilly? Is everything okay?"

After looking at Max and Anthony for some sort of approval, they nodded their heads, she jumped up very quickly. Grabbing my hand she finally spoke. "Yes. I need to show you something!" She exclaimed, gently pulling me towards the stairs.

It was great seeing her excitement. "Alright, Alright. Boys, can you grab my bags from the front door?" I called as Lilly and I was running up the stairs.

"We already got them," Anthony said as they were following us up a few steps behind us.

Once we got to my door, my eyes went wide, On the trim of my door frame was a beautiful hand painted white rose vines.

"Oh, Sophia. Sophia, Sophia." Max shook his head clicking his tongue. "You haven't seen anything yet."

Lilly opened the door I was speechless with my jaw practically on the floor. My room was most definitely nothing of how I had left it.

Walking in slowly looking around, it is so amazing. There were no words for it. The back wall is a spectacular picture perfect mural of the forest, it's not like the forest you see here in Forks. There was dark brown bark, with sunlight shining through the leaves. I had a new bed, with a dark spruce wood, with white Christmas lights around the edge. There was a dark forest green bedspread, with the same color curtains. The last tree walls were the same dark shade of forest green. On the bed sat a bunch of multi-colored green and brown pillows.

I looked back at the trio. "H-h-how? What?" Trying to ask them, but stuttering over my words made me close my mouth.

They all smiled and Anthony answered my unspoken questions. "The pack helped do all of this, but all the painting thank Lilly, not us. She took about two weeks to perfectly paint everything."

Turning back to the room all I could say was: "Wow!"

All the furniture was the same dark oak spruce wood. In the left corner was a desk with Apple computer laptop on it. On the back of the chair is a semi-full black backpack.

While in the right corner there is a brown bean bag, next to a bookshelf. Walking over to it I recognized all of my old history stories I read growing up, along with all my Shakespeare books that my mother had given to me. All of my photo albums from childhood that Max and myself made every Summer that I came up.

On the other side of the room is a vanity table with a beautiful antique jewelry box, and a double picture frame. On one side is a picture of my father and me, and on the other picture is of my mother, stepfather, and I.

Turning back to them giving each of them a hug thanking them profoundly.

"Wait! Sophia, we're not done yet. There is one more gift for you!" Lilly exclaimed clapping her hands.

"I don't need anymore, this here is more than enough." Putting my hands up in my defense.

But I should have known that they wouldn't listen to me. Lilly once again grabbed my hand, practically dragging me down the stairs towards the front door. She threw open the door and brought me out front. "Max, Anthony, and I thought that you could use a new ride."

My eyes went completely wide, sitting in the driveway was a brand new 2009 Jeep Cherokee sleek black. I have no idea how I had missed it when I came up the driveway. "This is mine?" I questioned baffled.

Max put his arm around me. "Yup it's all yours." He put the keys in my hand.

I turned and looked at them. "Well, I guess there is only one thing left to say," I said with a smile creeping on my face. "Who wants to go shopping?" Hopping into the Jeep we took off to Port Angeles.

After spending three hours shopping I spent around three thousand dollars. I dropped off Lilly, Anthony, and Max finally arriving home.

A/N: I know not everyone wants to know what she bought so you can skip ahead to the next bold part.

I got twenty pairs of lace undergarments two pairs of pre-ripped shorts, ten pairs of pants half of them were pre-ripped. Ten new t-shirts, fifteen long-sleeved shirts, three tank tops, seven flannels, four pairs of shoes and boots, two dresses and skirts. thirteen new sets of pajamas, two pairs of sweats, three extra large sweatshirts, and two new raincoats. Three new perfumes, a bunch of new jewelry, a bit of makeup to top it all off.

A/N: The shopping stuff is done now.

It took a good hour to put everything away while listening to Carrie Underwood. Once I was done I changed into a pair of my dark forest green lace sets, an over sized t-shirt, and a pair of my pajama shorts. Going to the bathroom I washed my face and brushed my teeth.

I walked back to my room, I set my alarm for six "o" clock, climbing into the warm bed I was sucked into a dream.