The Visit

5

After an hour or two of being a wolf, Seth turned back into his human form. He was still feeling an overwhelming amount of emotions after hearing Sam's words, but, he was a tad calmer now. He slowly was making his way to the Cullen's residence, lost in his thoughts. Clearly, the pack's true colours did come out. So much for having each others back, he thought bitterly to himself.

"There you are!" A sudden voice boomed, causing Seth to snap out of his thoughts. He looked up to see Felix, dressed completely in black, walking towards him. "I've been looking for you."

Seth forced a smile at his older soul-brother. "I went for a walk. Did Allison make it back?"

Felix shrugged. "Think she went with Rosalie or Marcus." He looked at him. "Why? Something happened?"

Seth bit his lip. He could tell him of the little riff him and Allison had or the part where the pack basically turned their backs on him because he is different now. He had to fight himself for not getting lost back into his thoughts again, if he did, he would become very bitter for the rest of the day. He noticed Felix's red eyes were carefully watching him, determined to know what was going on.

"I seen the pack," Seth informed. "It didn't go good."

"What happened?"

"In short terms, if I'm seen again, they will kill me." Seth walked past Felix, not wanting to continue on this conversation but Felix wasn't going to let this go.

Felix growled. He immediately reached out to stop Seth from walking away. "Did they try anything?" Felix demanded.

Seth shook his head. "No."

Felix shifted on his feet, agitated. Seth knew that his soul-brother has become protective of them, a bit overprotective after him and Allison woken up to join the immortal life.

"Well, Carlisle is almost done with wrapping things up," Felix told him, trying to change the subject. "We might be leaving earlier than expected."

Seth hummed as his thoughts drifted over to his mom. He should try to see her, or at least, leave something for her. "I have something to do." He turned to go back in the direction he came from.

Felix raised an eyebrow. "I thought seeing the pack was it."

"Need to see my mom," Seth told him.  "Grab some things, I guess."

Felix gave a small nod. He walked closer to Seth. "I'll wait outside the pack's territory. You're not going alone after what they said."

Seth gave his big brother a smile. "I appreciate it."

--------------THE VISIT---------

Felix was waiting outside the pack's territory; he had told Seth that he would be listening in, just in case, he had to help him. Seth assured him, that he wouldn't let anything get out of control, that he would run instead of fighting.

Seth had kept himself alert, listening for the pack- they sounded like a good distance away from home, which was good.

He made it to the back door of his house, which was always unlocked. He opened the door, he was greeted with silence. "Mom?" He called out for her as he closed the door. "Mom?" He walked through the house to find that she wasn't home.

In all honesty, Seth was disappointed to find that his mom wasn't home. He would've liked to officially say goodbye to her.

He went to his room to pack some personal belongings; he made the decision to remove himself completely from his family's life, to remove himself from Forks.

"You're packing?" Leah's voice made him straighten his posture, startling him a bit but he wasn't going to admit that he didn't hear her come into the room.

"Just taking what I need," Seth said.  He suddenly mentally slapped himself for forgetting to write his mom a letter, he had been focused on packing and removing himself from the life here in Forks, he totally forgot. He stopped what he was doing, he went over to his desk to grab a piece of paper and a pen and started to write. He wrote down explaining why he had went to Italy, what happened and explaining why he can't come home; of course, he thanked her for being a wonderful mother, and that he will always love and miss her. Once he was done, he folded the paper and handed it to Leah. "Make sure mom gets this, would ya?" He turned back to finish packing, missing Leah give s sad nod.

"Seth... I didn't mean to take off earlier."

Seth didn't say anything, he didn't even turn around to face her.

"It just..." Leah sighed. "I'm sorry that I couldn't help you. That I wasn't there when you needed it."

I just need you to accept me, he wanted to say. Seth turned to face her, he was surprised to see her crying. The last time he had seen her cry was when their dad passed away a year ago. He walked over to her, gave her a hug. Regardless of the pack's reaction to him, Leah was still his big sister, he would do anything to keep her safe, even though he wasn't sure if it could be the same vise versa.

"Take care of yourself and mom," he said. "Take care of each other first before the others." With the Romanians still out there, they could attack the reserve and he wanted to make sure his mom and Leah would do whatever it takes to stay alive. Once he was finished packing, he zipped his bag close and swung it over his shoulders, taking a few steps towards Leah. "Bye Leah." He gave her a quick hug, before leaving her behind in his room.

As he made his way to the back door, he heard his sister say, "Bye Seth."