A/N: This is my first Twilight story being published to FanFiction so I hope you all enjoy it. I'm going to post up the first few chapters all at once and see how the reception is, I would love some feedback, but no pressure. It may be slow goings in the beginning, but it gets better. (And it won't be so angsty for very long) :) Enjoy!
Chapter One/Intro: New Beginnings
She was 17 years young, ready to start her senior year in high school. She had her entire life planned out; she was going to the University of California Los Angeles to study Psychology with one year of studying abroad in Ireland. But as always, nothing in life ever goes according to plan. Because life doesn't care about your plan.
Mia's plans change at 9:04 pm on August 9th. It was her parent's twentieth wedding anniversary. Shortly after nine o'clock while she was watching a movie whose name she can no longer remember, a State Trooper knocked on the front door to inform her that her parents had been in a head on collision on their way home. Mia's dad was pronounced dead on the scene while her mother died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
The perfect world Mia had been accustomed too was about to change, her walls crumbled in and she was forced to start life a new, whether she wanted to or not. The funeral was held four days later and the majority of her family showed up despite the fact that most of them lived on the East coast, primarily to discuss custody.
Mia's Aunt Jenna who lived in Northern Washington volunteered to take her in since she had yet to be married and had no kids of her own. She was Mia's father's younger sister at 28 years of age; Jenna just graduated from medical school and worked at the hospital in Forks. A day after the funeral, Jenna helped her to finish packing her things and load them into a small sized moving van that would take it to her house. Mia slipped into her bright red, two door car and buckled her seatbelt in silence while listening to her IPod.
"Is there any place or anyone you want to see before we leave?" Jenna inquired in a soft voice as her car purred to life.
Mia could barely hear her over the sound of her music playing in her ears, so she merely shook her head in reply and adverted her eyes outside the window. Mia hadn't spoken one word to any of her friends before getting into Jenna's car that afternoon, since the day of the accident.
They would all be saying the same thing along the lines of, I'm sorry for your loss and too bad you have to go live up North with your aunt. Mia had already heard too much of that, and felt as though she didn't need to hear any more of it. Not only that, but the longer it took to get out of California, the more hesitant she would be to leave.
The pair only stopped once along the way to their destination, other than to fill up on gas, and that was in Port Angeles in Washington. It was just after seven and it was clear that they had missed the rush hour eating time, because there weren't too many people in the restaurant. "You're going to love Forks, Mia. It's no Sacramento, though." Jenna said as she took a menu from the older woman who had her light brown hair pulled up into a high ponytail while she waited to take their drink orders. "Sweet tea for me, please."
"I'll just have water, thanks." Mia told the waitress without looking at her, her eyes were transfixed on the menu in front of her. Though Mia wasn't hungry in the slightest, Jenna was forcing her to eat since she hadn't touched the snacks they brought along for the trip all day.
"It's absolutely beautiful in the winter time with all the snow." She gushed lovingly. Winter time was always her favorite season because of the snow.
Mia lifted her head to lock her emerald green eyes with Jenna's clear blue eyes before stating bluntly, "I hate the snow. It's cold and wet."
Jenna sighed and shook her head ever so slightly before deciding to change the subject quickly. "School starts Monday. I already registered you and everything so that's taken care of. We can take a tour of the school the day before it starts so you won't get lost, it's small but you'll like it."
"When will I be able to convert my license to a Washington state one from California?" Mia asked, resting the menu down onto the table.
"As soon as you want I suppose." Jenna was caught off guard and startled by the sudden question. "We can go to the license bureau which is attached to the court house and police station when you get settled in to your new home."
The waitress quickly returned with their drinks, which ended the conversation built primarily on small talk. Mia ordered a small house salad with ranch dressing on the side while Jenna ordered a double cheeseburger with a side of fries. They said no more to each other during the meal or after they returned to the car, so time seemed to stand still in the silence between then.
It was after ten pm by the time Mia and her aunt entered Forks, Washington and pulled up into her two car driveway. The moving van, which was also pulling her Jeep, was parked out front on the side of the road with two movers waiting inside. "Take a look around, I'm going to talk to the guys." Jenna spoke as she handed over her keychain.
Mia slowly moved up the four steps and sifted through each key, trying to get it through the lock until one fit. Mia turned on a light and dropped her set of keys on a glass side table that was to the right of the door. The living room branched off directly to the right upon entering the house and the dining room was straight ahead. The kitchen was to the left and to the right were a large bedroom and a flight of stairs.
The young woman dragged her feet up the stairs where she encountered three closed doors. Behind two of them there were two bedrooms, the other had a medium sized full bathroom. "Your bedroom is the first door on the right upstairs." Jenna called from downstairs. "I'm having them bring your stuff up."
"Okay." Mia breathed as she descended the stairs in order to be out of the way. Mia began to further analyze the different rooms that made up her home.
The living room was filled with a three part sectional sofa that was comprised of leather, with a single standing chair, a flat panel television pressed against the far wall opposite of the couch, and two white bookshelves on either side. The dining room had two glass china cabinets filled with collectible dolls and dinning wear, the centerpiece was a dark oak table that seated four with cushioned seats. The walls to the kitchen were painted a deep red and matched many of her appliances, nothing stood out much about the kitchen, other than the electric stove- it was pretty average.
"What's the verdict?" Jenna asked, draping her arm over her niece's shoulder.
"It'll do." Mia attempted to joke and nodded, she forced a small smile while wondering how Jenna could live alone, wondering if she ever got lonely. This immediately made her think about how she was now left alone in the world without parents. Hot tears filled Mia's eyes and slowly over flowed and streamed down her face.
Jenna quickly noticed this and pulled her into a tight hug. "Shhh. It's okay. Everything will get better; it can't rain forever, dear. The storm will pass." She soothed while stroking Mia's long blond Thanks for reading :) Feel free to leave a review and let me know what you think, thanks!hair. And for a moment in her arms, the large gaping hole in her chest cavity was filled an inch. Forks was exactly what Mia would need.
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