Blood Is Thicker Than Water // Lahote - [EDITED]

Part 9 - [EDITED]

The next day, after waking up and having some breakfast, Mia drove down to La Push. She wanted to talk to Jake on her own, even if she was pissed at Bella what she said last night had her worried about Jake.

He was her friend too.

On her way she tried to imagine what Jake must look like from the way Bella described him. She honestly couldn't think of him with short hair. Everyone there had long hair.

Luckily, it wasn't raining today. Just cloudy. The usual way. Mia was grateful for that for she hated driving in the rain. It was probably something from her childhood when her mom and Mia got into a minor accident when she was a kid back in Seattle during the rain.

The ground was muddy from all the rain from yesterday. Mia walked up to the house and knocked on the door. "Mia, what a surprise!"

"Hi Billy, is Jake around?"

Billy pressed his lips together. "Why don't you come in for a cup of tea?" 

Mia obliged. As Billy wheeled to the kitchen to prepare the tea he turned to face Mia. "Jake's out. With his friends,"

She sat down on the chair. "Friends? Embry and Quil?"

"Embry's there,"

Mia looked down. She remembered Embry starting to hang out with Sam too. "I talked to Bella yesterday. You know what happened?"

Billy came back with two cups. He handed one to Mia. "Yes,"

Mia took a sip from the tea. "So it's true then?"

Billy upped his eyebrows. "What is?"

"Jake joined the cult too?

Billy chuckled. "Mia, it's no cult. Trust me,"

"It's not?" Mia furrowed her eyebrows.

He smiled. "No. If anything, Sam's helping all those boys,"

Mia had no idea how cutting his hair or getting a tattoo would be helping but she didn't push it. If Billy, his father, thought it was okay, she wasn't going to push it. "Bella says he's been avoiding her," she said. "I haven't seen him in a while too,"

Billy took a sip. He didn't seem surprised by the topic. "I'll try to talk to him. You're a good kid," 

"I didn't just mean me..." Mia replied. "Bella's his friend too,"

"Some things are just the way it is," Billy said. "He's going through something. Sam's helping him, trust me. He's as fine as he can be,"

Mia sighed and then finished the tea. "You sure?" she asked, looking down at her hands and how the joints of her hands became white from holding the cup too tight. 

"Yes. Maybe you should come by more often. Getting to hang around more with the tribe. It's your tribe too," he added. "And bring that mother of yours too,"

It had been two weeks. Mia and Bella avoided each other. Mia only saw her father at Billy's house when she and her parents went there for dinner and to watch the football game that was on. Jake wasn't there either.

Mia was at Olivia's house. Olivia just spent the weekend before at Jean's and she was going to tell them how it went. They were going to have a sleepover. But Mia's phone started ringing. It was her mom. "Get ready, I'm on my way. I'll pick you up,"

"What? Mom, no!"

Liz sighed. "Harry Clearwater just died. I knew him... And he was friends with your Dad,"

Oh crap. "Okay... Okay, how long till you get there?"

"Five, ten tops,"

Mia quickly explained the situation to her friends and got outside. Her Mom arrived in a few minutes like she said. She got inside. "Do we know what happened?"