Embers and Betrayal || Emmett Cullen

01

Samara watched as they drove away from the airport they had just come from. She glanced around, taking in the scenery before curiously asking her mother, "So how far away is Forks?"

"We should be there in about an hour and a half." Was her mother's response, the woman focusing on the road in front of her but sneaking a quick glance towards her daughter.

With a silent, jet lagged nod, Sam starts searching for her earbuds, reaching into her back pocket she sighs with relief when she pulls out the white and green colored earbuds. Plugging them into her phone she scrolls through her playlist, after a few moments of not being able to pick out a song she wanted to listen to Sam let out an irritated sigh. Deciding to just press shuffle on the playlist Sam placed the ear buds in her ears and leaned her head against the window. After a few moments the girl's green eyes slowly closed. Weighed down by the tiredness that swallowed her as she was lulled to sleep to the music resonating within her ears.

Annabelle looks over at her sleeping daughter. Smiling fondly she reaches over and rubs Sam's arm. "I know it's hard for you, just up and moving away from everything you've ever known, But I promise Samara, you're going to love it here...I'm going to make sure the time you have left is the best I can make it.."

XX

"What do you mean the U-haul truck still isn't in Washington! The whole point was the truck would be here before we arrived so the essentials would already be at the house! How the fuck do you not know?! Figure it out damn it! The truck left a whole day before us!"

It was understandable as to why her mother was so upset right now, but Sam knew that to any of the neighbors that may be watching her mother must look like a complete bitch. Annabelle could be quite fearsome when she was angry. Her mother had reason to be angry though, how could she not be upset. Without that truck they wouldn't have anywhere to sleep tonight seeing as Sam's mother had accidentally left the keys to the house in the U-haul.

The town of forks wasn't big enough to need a hotel, and the closest motel was over in the next town over. Even If there had been a hotel, neither of them had enough money on them to stay at one anyway. Why? Because Sam's mother had also accidentally left her credit card in her purse which was... in the U-haul truck.

With a small huff Sam leaned against her mother's sedan, listening to her mother try to get more information out of the poor employee on the other side of the phone. Sam pitied the worker for having to endure the wrath of her mother.

Sam's eyes trailed up towards the two story house, she saw a window on the side of the second floor. She cocked her head slightly. "It looks like it's cracked open." She muttered quietly to herself and pushed her body off of the sedan.

With a smirk Sam walked towards the house. She glanced around, her eyes spotting the gutter on the side of the house. Climbing it would lead directly onto the roof of the garage. Walking up to it, Sam decided it looked sturdy enough to climb, wanting to check she Tugged on the gutter. When it hardly moved she grinned.

"Bingo!" She cheered quietly as to not attract the attention of her still distracted mother..

Sam glanced back up to the roof and back down at the gutter railing in her hand. If she's careful she would be able to use it to climb to the second floor. She just had to hope she wouldn't fall. Looking back at her mother, she saw Annabelle was not looking her way, instead still chewing out the person on the other side of the phone.

Placing her foot on the wall, she grabbed onto the gutter and started pulling herself up towards the roof. Having made it to the second floor after a few more minutes, she can hear her mother cursing after hanging up with the U-haul company. Steadying herself so she didn't fall, Sam slowly stood onto the roof. She then began to slowly make her way over towards the window.

"Samara Elizabeth Tyler! Get down from there! You're going to fall and break your damn neck!"
Annabella shouts in horror, having looked up to see her daughter on the roof of their new house. This would have startled Sam if she hadn't already been prepared to hear her mother start shouting at her.