My eyes watched the trees pass by. How had my life gotten so complicated in less than two years? I knew that moving to Forks would be life changing, but I had never really known how much. I had let myself fall in love with two people and even though I had made my decision it still felt like it wasn’t over. There was still something there with Jake and I couldn’t just ignore it forever.

I looked down at the bracelet on my arm. It was probably one of my most prized possessions now. I ran my finger over the small wooden werewolf and then began to feel nauseous. I held it up and noticed for the first time that the little diamond heart was gone.

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“Will you excuse us, Jake?”

The boy nodded at looked at me once more before leaving. He was probably still trying to figure out how exactly I knew his grandpa. It was still strange how similar he looked to the Jacob that I knew. It made me wonder if Billy had looked like that when he was younger.

I turned my gaze back to the old man in front of me. He was studying me carefully. It seemed like forever before he spoke.

“It’s been a long time,” he said.

“Yeah, it has.”

His eyes met mine and for a moment I could see my Jacob standing there with his dark hair pulled back wearing only his sweat pants and my favorite smile.

“How have you been?” he asked me.

“Fine.” Half a century had not broken me from using the most popular response to that question.

“That’s good to hear.”

“What about you? How have you been?”

“I’ve been alright.” He was still looking at me with a slightly strange expression.

“Well, you look good,” I told him.

“You look the same.”

I smiled at his joke and he cracked a smile of his own. A sudden crash from outside the window caught my attention.

“That’s just my grandson,” he said. “He and his buddies remind me of myself when I was their age. They’re always getting into some kind of trouble. It’s a good thing they never changed into wolves. I would hate to see what that bunch would do with enhanced abilities.”