DISCLAIMER: I Do Not Own Twilight, Stephanie Meyer Has That Pleasure.
Bella POV
It's been 6 months since the Cullen's left. I can say their name now without the pain entwined with it, which is all good, I have come to realise they are not worth the breath. Correction, Edward Cullen is not worth my breath. When he left I was zombie like for 2 weeks. I wished for my own death, wished for anything, pain happiness, anything to drag me from my numb state. I felt nothing. I stayed in my room for 2 whole weeks, only escaping to go to the store, where I bought groceries and a lotto ticket for Charlie. Back then I didn't understand the big deal; I mean there is hardly any chance of someone seriously winning. A few weeks after he left, my zombie faze was slowly going away, I had started to drink alcohol without Charlie knowing of course, and took up smoking. I still was mute. I didn't talk to anymore, nothing interested me. I just wanted a new life, a new start. One day on a trip to the store I thought what the hell it is only a dollar, and bought a lotto ticket for myself. I scratched the foil away, and I dropped the shopping.
That was the day I was no longer Bella Swan, but Izzy Swan. It was the day I had won $100,000 on a single lottery ticket. That's how I became who I am today. Fashionable, confident and more importantly happy. I bought an apartment in forks town, half way to school from the original place I called home. Charlie was happy for me, for my independence. I went through a total transformation you could say, I'm now sun kissed, always in fashion, and blonde. I didn't think it could get any better until I was in Seattle transferring payments for the deposit of my apartment when a gentleman approached me. He wondered over my looks, and offered me a trial photo shoot. It all escalated from there, and now I'm a model, an up and coming one at that.
I think I have caught you all up to date, oh apart from Demetri. My friend with benefits as you may call him. He is tall, pale skinned, dark haired, muscular, strong...very strong...and he has striking crimson eyes. Yeah, I'm seeing a vampire, so shoot me? I never sought him out; he was actually at the photo shoot where I started my career, things just, clicked. We have spoke about how I know about the vampire thing, since he was part of the volturi guard he was initially worried about what would happen to me, but Aro and Marcus agreed that I was not a liability, as they saw how my knowledge of vampires affected me to the point I wished to never speak of the Cullen's again, nor would my friendship with Demetri mean i would betray them. They even wanted to change me, but Marcus insisted that for me to truly be happy I would find my soul mate first. He could read relationships, and notified me that my previous "mate" Edward Cullen, was in fact not my mate, nor was I his. They actually trusted me, which was why they allowed Demetri to spend time with me. He is staying with me in my apartment, and so far he has only devoured 2 of the people in forks, as he usually hunted in Seattle... I didn't mind, it was Jessica Stanley and Mike Newton, Arrghh how annoying they were. I am the most popular girl in school; everyone wants me or wants to be me. I am no longer the quiet plain boring Bella I was 6 months ago. Welcome to the new me. Meet Izzy. Right, now I have finally caught you all up to date.
"Izzy sweetie, time to wake up, we don't want forks high school to miss out on the most popular girl in forks starting senior year now do we?" Demetri's dreamy voice woke me from my deep sleep.
"mmm, what time is it babe?" I mumbled.
"Time for breakfast" he snarled, my eyes shot open, ready to play the sweet innocent victim. My lips pressed against his, my tongue begging for entrance, my hands twisted through his short shaggy brown hair. He broke away and smiled, lusting into my eyes with his beautiful stare.
"Not that kind of breakfast baby, human needs her food" he joking rubbed my stomach, which on cue rumbled. He swept me into his strong cold arms and ran me into the kitchen. I ate the breakfast he prepared for me on the kitchen bench, jam spread on toast, a cup of coffee and an apple, and a rose in a vase. "Aww you are really an old romantic" I joked, whilst he slipped into the chair next to me. "You know that baby" He smiled, as he went to grab our things to take to school. Yeah, Dem Kind of wants to be in senior year with me, the past 3 months we were pretty inseparable, which I had no problem with.
This was the way things had been going lately with me and Demetri, and to be truthful I was afraid to get too attached, we all know what happened the last time I fell in love with a vampire, disaster. Me and Demetri, we were more of roommates, with sex thrown in as an extra. Yeah we ventured out, and we did act a couple when out and around, but we never had the talk about love. I loved Demetri, but I made a point to not let myself fall IN love with him.
I walked to the bedroom and through to my oversized closet. I straightened my hair, applied light yet striking Smokey eye makeup on my eyes, and stood in my underwear in front of the floor length mirror, debating what to wear to school. It HAD to be a good outfit, no not good, the best.
I opted for a pair of fitted designer jeans with a small flare, a baby pink low cut vest top and a black belt around my hips. I matched a black Gucci shopper bag and a pair of black 4inch jimmy choo courts with pink bows on them. I swirled in front of the mirror and smiled. On with the show I thought.
I let Dem drive to school in my new ride, a brand new red Audi tt convertible. Our music blaring with bad romance by Lady Gaga as we coasted along forks main road. I Love this song, the old Bella would never had listened to this.
We pulled up in our usual spot right by the stairs to the main entrance. I went to get out of the car when Dem's arm shot across me and slammed the partially open door. "What the hell Dem, you could have crippled the door, I do have money, but not to waste on repairs!" I was pretty pissed, but he looked even worse so. "Izz, code red." He glared out the window, searching the car park, which was now full with my fellow students ogling me and Dem and my new car. Code red was mine and Demetri's code word for vampire nearby, Even though I was sat right next to a bloodsucker, and a human eater at that, my heart rate still escalated. Shit. "Izz calm it please you have me, but I don't want to have you in danger, no way. We are heading home. Hell we are going to Italy, anywhere part from here." He continued to search the car lot, then his eyes fixated on a group of people parked 3 cars down, I could not see that far, what with other cars in the way. He froze and growled, shit that was never a good sign.
"Dem, trust, its fine, as if they will do anything, clearly they are civilised if they are here and no one has been hurt yet." Yet the key word, you can never trust a vampire, even Demetri. I sighed and got out of the car. Dem walked at a fast human pace to my side, and held my hand. I could feel the burning of all the jealous stares in the lot. Fuck um, if only they knew how much pain I had gone through to get to where I am, then they wouldn't scrutinise me as much. I followed Demetri's constant glare, to a group of 6 beautiful pale people. People were not the right word. Vampires. Correction...Cullen's. My mouth began to form a neat o shape, then I snapped it shut and turned to Dem. "Sweetie, can we get going inside, I don't want my hair to get ruined, looks like rain is coming" I smiled playfully at him and winked. He knew the procedure for whenever I wanted to leave, or was bored. He put his strong arm around my waist and we proceeded to walk to the main entrance, when I heard the words Edward call after me.
"Bella..." I didn't turn around, I didn't answer his plea for attention, as far as I was concerned this "Bella" he called after was gone, dead and gone.