A/N: Hi this is my first ever story so please bare with me.
I don't own anything except the plot.
I will say now that the plot is loosely based on a true story and I have the appropriate permissions to share. If you have been affected by domestic abuse and suffer triggers please stay safe whilst reading. I will try not to go into graphic details and allude to things as much as possible. If you can't work out what I'm trying to say with the details given please feel free ask and I will pm with more details.
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Chapter one
Bella pov
February 2006
Fear. Pure unadulterated fear.
That is what I felt as I held the little white stick in my hands.
'POSITIVE' it blinked at me almost mockingly.
"SHIT!" I exclaimed. I was pregnant again, I can't go through this again.
"Bella! What are you doing? I have to go hunting" came his voice through the bathroom door.
"Go away Edward, I'm busy", I knew I'd pay for that comment later but right now Emmett and Rosalie were home so there was nothing he could do.
"Alright love, I'm going to go. I'll see you later" he half growled.
I waited for 10mins before exiting my ensuite and climbing back into bed, wondering how I ended up here and if anyone could ever save me.
Flashback January 2002
I awoke to the kitchen cupboards banging shut and groaned. Rolling over and seeing my alarm clock, I'm quietly raging as it blares 4:39am at me.
Why can't he be quiet this early in the morning? It's the same every morning. As I trudge out of bed I immediately regret it as the frigid air hits me. God why can't we having central heating like normal people, I silently fumed.
I was officially pissed off and I wasn't even properly awake yet.
Opening my door I check to see if the coast is clear and make a dash for the bathroom. Whilst going about my business I look around the tiny room.
What a shit pit I think to myself. The carpet is a disgusting dark green colour but even that isn't enough to hide the urine stains around the toilet. The walls are a bright lime and the porcelain is a cringe worthy avocado.
It's as clean as I can get it but it still makes my skin crawl.
I begin to think about the rest of this dingy flat I am forced to call home, as I make my way to the kitchen for some water.
It's a tiny 2 bed flat with a kitchen, living room and bathroom that is blatantly stuck in the 70s.
God I hate this place.
"Bella, what are you doing up? Came the voice of the man I was hoping to avoid this morning. The voice of my dad.
"Answer me girl!"
"s...so...sorry dad, I was just getting a drink, something woke me up" there was no way I was going to tell him he was the something.
"when did I say you could get up before I leave for work?"
Shit here we go. I'm not in the mood for this. " sorry dad. I'll go back to bed now."
I high tailed it back to my room and thankfully he didn't follow.
20 mins later I'm just drifting off when I hear him open my door. I don't speak, I don't move. I just lie there pretending to be asleep.
He shuts my door and I hear his footsteps retreating to the front door.
SLAM.
Well charming, as far as he knows I've gone back to sleep and he slams the front door.
A few hours later...
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP
Urg I hate my alarm. I look at the clock and groan. 8:30am. I'm late again. I must have hit the snooze too many times. I've now got 20mins to get to the bus stop to make it to college on time.
I wash and eat and finally run out the door just in time to see the bus fly past 5 minutes early. Great I now have to wait 30 minutes for the next bus meaning I'll miss my connection in town.
I hate Forks. I wanna live in the country, like when I lived with my mom. Whoa so not the time to go there right now.
As I sat and waited, I started to feel uneasy, like someone was watching me.
I try to look around without making it obvious and am startled to hear a car horn just feet from where I'm sat.
"Do you need a lift Swan?" The boy behind the wheel of a silver Volvo shouted.
"Sorry do i know you?" Of course I knew him, everyone at school did, he went to my college and he was drop dead gorgeous with bronze hair and the strangest coloured eyes I have ever seen. A dirty gold perhaps, but it didn't detract from his looks. He was 100% pretty boy and I had the biggest crush.
"oh, my names Edward Cullen, we go to college together"
"yeah, yeah, I know who you are cullen, just pulling your leg. What are you doing in these parts, you don't even live in Forks?" what! I may have a crush but did you forget my foul mood.
"Get in Swan or you gonna be late. AGAIN." He growled.
"Fine." I sighed as I got in the car. He was right, I was one late attendance from probation and I didn't need that.
As he drove we were completely silent. I dint like it, left too much time for my mind to wonder to things I'd rather not think about right now, like the fact that he's driving way too fast and we were half way to college already.
"So Cullen, what were you doing in Forks?" I asked. It really was a surprise. I mean Edwards parents were apparently stinking rich, they lived in Prescott House for fuck sake.
"I was dropping my sister, Alice, off at a volunteer place. It's her punishment for over spending" He chuckled.
Alice Cullen was weird plan and simple. She obviously spent alot of money on her appearance but it just wouldn't change the fact that she looked like a little boy.
The whole family was a little weird to be honest with you.
1st there was the 'parents' Dr and Esme Cullen. I'd only met them once but still both of them looked not a day over 25, yet the father was supposed to be a brilliant surgeon and his wife was a lady who looked young but acted much, much older. They had adopted 4 teenagers. Rosalie Hale the eldest at 18. She was pretty, really pretty with her blond hair and strong yet feminine body. Trouble was she was a raging bitch.
Next was her boyfriend, Emmett McCartney, so say was 17 but he looked more like 21 and was huge. Not in a 'I ate all the pies' way but more a 'I train with Dwayne 'the rock' Johnson' way. Honestly he scared the crap out of me.
Then there was Edward at 16 and finally Alice who was 15 the same as me.
I know what your thinking – 'how the hell are they in college at 15?' well I don't know about Alice but I got myself expelled and my parents couldn't get another school to take me.
Something else that's strange – none of the Cullen's were supposed to be related, yet all their eyes were the same colour and they are all extremely attractive (except Alice).
As we pulled into the college car park, I went to jump out quickly but Edward stopped me grabbing my arm with an extremely cold hand.
"Swan wait. I'd like to get to know you better. Will you wait for me after college?"
"uh, sure Cullen. My lessons end at 4."
A/N: so there's the first chapter. I'm not sure if it's any good so please let me know if you would like to read more.
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