IN THE MORNING I SWEEP ALONE
I sweep the streets I used to own

It was like any other day in la-push, cold, drizzly, overcast and not a chance of sun. On a normal day like this Leah might be found under her boy-friends arms, cooing about how tall he had recently gotten. However he was nowhere to be found and Leah’s head could be found in a car’s engine. Her Jeep has taken a turn for the worst and due to the lack of a job she had no money to take it to the garage. Seth had suggested taking it to one of the local boys, but Leah was far too proud to ask for help, reassuring her brother that she was sure that is was something to do with the oil. When really she had no clue whatever as to what was causing her car to keep stalling.

However as the minutes ticked by the engine all seemed to blend together, and the fumes made her head spin. Simply she could not make head or tail of anything, Leah needed help. Stepping back from the car, she pulled the hood down, and headed back into the house. Running lightly up the stairs, she grabbed her jacket, phone and keys before heading back out to find on of the local boys, or more her extended family. La Push was a small community where every knew each other, some more than others due to extending from the old tribes, but still Leah would not pass anyone who did not know her.

Pushing her hands into her pockets, her mind began to drift, as her dark eyes caught sight of Old Quil. His stories both fascinated her, and bored her to tears. As a kid she could not help but me fascinated with the stories he told, of men transforming into wolves, people falling in love at first sight, it was all magical through her childs-mind. Though as she grew, she became more cynical of the stories. It sounded all so unbelievable, even if she knew that some of the elders where strong in their beliefs banishing the Cullen’s from their lands. Still Leah found it all too hard to believe, taking the argument, where is the proof?

Before she knew it she was standing on the edge of the beach, where she had been sure she would have found on the lads. Sadly however it was deserted, apart from a few immature forks kids, who would not be able to help her out a paper bag. Sighing gently to herself, Leah wondered along the shore line hoping that something would catch her interest. Though the chance would be a fine thing, in La Push, as the most exciting thing that happened here was when Billy fell out of his wheel-chair.

Flipping a loose strand of raven hair, Leah took the path up the hill that lead to the cliffs. It was not far from the town, as was where she came to refresh her mind, when Emily was busy. The cold wind would hit her face as she stood on the edge of the cliff, feeling the adrenaline kicking in toyed with her body about jumping. As a pre-teen she had jumped, inspired by the movie Pocahontas. It had nearly cost Leah her life, but some inner-strength and sent her legs kicking back to the shore.

Walking through the gap in the trees her blue eyes landed on the sandy hair of one of the boys she had been looking for. “Embry” her voiced sound, honest surprise in her tone as she came out into the full light, standing right behind him.

IN THE MORNING I SWEEP ALONE
I sweep the streets I used to own

Leah dug her hands further into the pockets of her denim coat, as she rapped the jacket tighter around her slim figure. It was suddenly getting colder, as the clouds thickened and a storm looked more likely. Her raven hair began to gently swirl around her face, as the wind picked up and the waves crashed against the rocks. It really was going to storm and Leah really wished there was a hood on her coat, as there was no such thing as a light storm in this area. She was going to get wet, very, very wet.

Distracted by the weather, she was shocked to find herself looking up at Embry. All the boys seemed to be suddenly getting taller, and while she was not exactly small herself they where well over six-foot. It was strange especially for Leah to have all these boys taller than her, because she was so used to towering over them, due to her age. Still she smiled, feeling the strange emotion for her at the moment. “I could say the same to you; I never thought you left Jake or Quil’s side” Leah joked, but no real laugh left her lips, the corners only just twitched slightly.

“Wish I had” she replied in a nonchalant way, casting her eyes back up to the sky which had now darkened rapidly. “What girl likes getting caught out in the rain” her voice mused, as the rain dripped one, two, three times on her nose. The storm was no longer threatening, it was here, and about to open upon the two of them. A shiver shot down her spine, as she pulled the collar of her jacket up to protect herself as much as possible, though Leah knew it was not going to do any good, she was going to get soaked.

Her eyes came back to him once more, even if there was no much distance to go from the sky to his face. “Shockingly I was looking for you, I need a mechanic. My car is on the blinks, and Sam has dropped off the face of the earth or I would gotten him to do it” Leah admitted, her tone turning a little sour as the name of her boyfriend rolled of her tongue. The whole town knew they where having problems, it was hard to hide a relationship in such small town, let alone on of with one of the council leaders daughter. Leah was fed up of getting pitting looks; like she was some widower…she had not lost him yet. Though none of the signs where good, he was either wanted to end it, or he was hiding something. Leah really hoped it was the latter.

ooc . whoa this post is shockingly bad, feel free to like grab her in the next post, and run for cover.

IN THE MORNING I SWEEP ALONE
I sweep the streets I used to own

In all honestly, a little rain wouldn't bother her, though she still didn't particularly care to get wet. After all Leah had lived in La Push all her life and was all too used to the rainy atmosphere. It was just something that one had to learn to live around, and that's what everyone around these parts did. She had even heard that raincoats were a fashion sported by everyone up at the high school in Forks. "Really? I never would've guessed rain would get me wet," she said with sarcasm, though the comment was completely meant in good nature and there was nothing rude about it.

The next comment made by Embry hit her like a ton of bricks. Why did he have to mention that she was always with Sam? "Yeah..." she said softly, at a loss for words. The thing was that she really would love to be with Sam, her high school sweetheart so to speak, but lately he had disappeared. She hadn't seen him in weeks, and when she happened to stumble across him on a rare occasion he was always very brief. It was almost as though he was hiding something from her. What it was Sam was hiding, she could only guess. Leah feared the worst though, what if he didn't want to be with her anymore?

Situating her jacket even more, Leah was trying to get the full amount of coverage from it. The rain was here and it was starting out light enough but would soon get heavier and heavier. Funny indeed," she mumbled at him. Her first instinct was to tell him that she could show him funny, but she knew better than to do that especially after the little, well huge, growth spurt Embry had been going through lately. It wouldn't be wise for her to try and take that on. The rain started to pick up it's pace which caused Leah to start to inch back the way she had came from. Maybe if she made a mad dash toward her house, she'd make it in time. Just maybe.

Leah shivered. Just as Embry was agreeing to help her out with her car situation, the rain began to come down full fledged. "Thank you," she said gratefully through a shiver. Though it hurt her pride to be asking one of the village boys to help her, she had to admit that Embry was probably the best to have ran into in her hour of need; Jake probably was a better mechanic in all honesty, but he would probably never stop giving her a hard time. So it was official, once she got her car fixed, she was going to go job hunting to avoid another incident like this one. On second thought, she kept hoping that Sam would come back around, it never ashamed her to ask him for something.

Without much warning, Embry picked her up and ran the two of them into the woods. Once they were in a little ways he put her down. Leah then walked over to a nearby log and sat, resting her face in her hands. "Thanks," she said to him softly. First of all he was probably going to fix her car, so she didn't want to be snappy with him and cause him to change his mind. Second, the whole Sam ordeal really did have her down and depressed. She loved Sam and when he was around, the best in her was always brought out. She didn't want that to end. One thing that she had to look forward to was the arrival of her cousin, Emily, next week. Emily was like a sister and a best friend to her, but little did Leah know that bringing Emily around would be her biggest mistake ever.