The Phantom Wolf

Chapter 109 (Preparations)

*Diary Entry Of Pearl McCarty*

It's been about a month since my day in court. The day I was granted freedom from my biological mother.

As soon as I got home that day, I was reunited with Bree. I don't think we've ever hugged for that long before. We didn't separate from each other for a long time. It felt so good to have her in my arms again. Like a part of me which I had lost, finally came back to its rightful place.

Our family celebrated for a long time, honestly, it felt like the party lasted for weeks. Not that I'm complaining at all, but, I do think Alice went a little overboard when it came to the celebrations.

Of course I saw Ren again as well. God she's gotten so big now. As of today, she's physically a 9 year old. At least according to dad she is.

Yeah. I've started calling Carlisle and Esme, mum and dad on a much more regular basis. It's been feeling right, more and more since the court date. So I've been acting on it a lot more frequently.

An update on Sue Clearwater. Well, she's been arrested. She was charged with criminal negligence, child abandonment and insurance fraud. As well as threatening a government official and assault on a peace officer. Apparently when she was being detained in court that day, she punched a bailiff in the face. So she got charged for it. And according to Charlie Swan, Sue was still claiming the insurance money whilst I was 'missing'. So under the guise of the law, what she was doing was technically stealing. Anyway, she's now serving 6 years in prison, 4 of those years are without the chance of parole.

Leah has taken custody of Seth because of Sue's absence. And the three of us are talking again. I want to say that we're good, though I don't see them as my siblings anymore. But I can call them my friends. They know that and have accepted it. It's not like their gonna argue against me after they heard about everything I went through during those months after dad's death. I think they still feel pretty guilty about that. A part of me is kinda glad that they still do. But another part of me wants us all to move on and forget about it. Just focus on our future as friends, instead of as siblings.

The title of siblings go to some of the many vampires I live with. Especially Emmet. Yeah, he's my big brother. Technically they are all older than me, but sometimes Alice and Edward act like little siblings who don't receive enough attention, so, I'm unsure about their older or younger sibling placement.

Jacob and I have gotten closer. At this point, I can confidently call him my friend. He did ask me if I wanted to be a part of the pack. He was even willing to step down into a beta position, so that I could take his place as alpha. Ultimately, I still chose to turn him down. I like the way things are, and I don't need anything to change.

Well, maybe one thing...

I've been planning my date with Bree. We haven't had a chance to do it since I first asked, and that's because of everything that has happened. I've felt awful for making her wait this long, so I wanted our first date to be absolutely perfect.

I had dad help me out with securing the tickets, and Emmet and Rosalie assisted me in finding the perfect location to go to afterwards.

So, it's all planned out. Now I've just gotta tell her that we're going to have our date later today! And I'm fairly excited to do so, although it might not be the best idea to spring this on her so suddenly, I just can't wait anymore!

*End Of Entry*3rd Person POV*

Placing her pen down, Pearl closed her new diary and put it back in its designated area. It was around 8 O'clock in the morning at the moment, and Bree had left to go hunting with Alice and Rosalie, so Pearl was alone in their shared room.