Chapter1
(New Start)
Silence Forever
Bella, are you sure that you are going to be all right? Renee signed.
This is the question that I have been asked through out my seventeen year old life. Since I was around seven months, my parents found out that I was deaf. Renee was crushed when she first found out about this. But being the good mother that she was, she took matters into her own hands and started learning sign language. Then she started teaching it to me.
Mom, I'm going to be absolutely fine. Plus, dad made sure that my teacher will be able to teach me in sign language. I signed. I immediately saw Renee calm down a little bit.
Suddenly she suddenly froze. At first I couldn't understand why, but then I saw her listening to something.
Bella, your plane is now boarding. You need to start getting on your plane. She signed.
I'm going to miss you so much, mom. Don't worry about me I will be fine. And plus, I want to do this. This was clearly a lie. I really wanted to stay in Phoenix and not have to move to Forks. Bye!
I quickly made it to my plane and sat down on the seat that was assigned to me. As soon as I began to feel the plane ascend into the air, I took my favorite book out of my carry on bag and started to read.
I was a huge fan of classics such as Wuthering Heights, Romeo and Juliet, and more. I was so into Romeo and Juliet that I didn't notice the flight attendant that was right next to me. Of course I didn't hear her, so I really didn't know that she was there.
When I turned to her, I saw her moving her lips. Although some deaf people know how to read lips, I never got to do so. I just never got around to learn it.
I put my hand to my ear, signaling her that I obviously couldn't understand anything that she was saying. At first I saw her face turn into a confused gaze, until it finally dawned on her that I couldn't hear because I was deaf.
When she finally understood I saw that she was slightly embarrassed because she turned slightly pink.
She then motioned to her cart when I finally understood that she was asking me of what I wanted to drink. I quickly pointed to the can of Coke and she handed it to me and began asking the woman next to me.
I knew that there was about two hours left of this plane trip and I just couldn't help but feel nervous.
I really didn't want to move to Forks to live with my father, Charlie. Renee kind of sent me here without really asking me, but I knew that I couldn't really blame her.
Just a couple of months ago, Renee got married to her long time boyfriend, Phil. I really liked Phil, it was just that he was a little younger and not really a father figure but more like a friend.
Phil plays baseball and that requires moving around a lot. Since Renee knew that I had to finish high school she wanted me to be able to go to a normal school and not move around a lot. She knew that she could only do that if I was sent to live with my father back in Forks, Washington.
Although I didn't want to move to Forks, I wouldn't miss much here in Phoenix. In school people considered me to be a freak. I didn't have any friends and I focused a lot on my studies because I was really not outgoing.
I was really scared for tomorrow because I knew that tomorrow would be my first day in my new school.
Forks High was really small and had about three hundred fifty six students. Since I couldn't participate in a regular class, Forks High will be providing me with a teacher that knows sign language. In school, people's first impression of me is that I am really stupid because I am deaf. Actually I take all advanced classes just with different teachers.
All I knew about Forks High, is that there is only one other deaf person in the whole school who I will be learning with. Although that was sort of comforting, I was still scared.
Forks is a really small town where everyone knows each others business. So I could only imagine the amount of attention I will get tomorrow.
Suddenly my train of thought was interrupted by a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and I saw the same flight attendant as before. She showed me that everyone was getting of the plane, so I nodded a 'thank you' to her.
I quickly got my carryon bag and I got out of the plane. When I got into the airport I started to search for Charlie.
When I saw him I immediately waved. Despite of all the things that worried me at the moment, I was very happy to see Charlie after such a long time.
Hi, Dad, I missed you so much. I rapidly signed.
Bells, it's good to see you. You have grown so much over these years. He signed.
Since the Charlie was driving, he couldn't really talk to me since he couldn't sign. But that was fine with me. Charlie and I didn't talk that much anyway, so the 'silence' in the car was kind of comforting.
When Charlie parked on the driveway, I saw a big red truck standing there. At first I was very confused since Charlie usually didn't have guests over. I turned to face him with a very confused expression on my face.
When he noticed my expression, I saw his cheeks slightly turning pink. I kind of got you a car, since I thought that you didn't want me to drive you to school in my cruiser every morning.
I gave him a quick one armed hug and went to check out my new truck. Surprisingly I loved it. It fit me. Since Charlie worked in the police station at Forks, I really hated to be driven around in his cruiser.
I was relieved that I actually had a normal car to ride tomorrow to school. As soon as I stepped into the house, I noticed that nothing had dramatically changed. Everything was pretty much the same.
The one thing that I absolutely loved about Charlie was that he never hovered. I quickly went to my bed room upstairs and just collapsed on my bed. Although I was really happy to see Charlie I was really worried.
Tomorrow would be my first day of school and I knew that it wouldn't go too well. Being deaf doesn't exactly help you in confidence.
Knowing what was ahead of me for tomorrow, I quietly cried my self to sleep.
A/N:
Well this is it. Laurene and I felt that this story line would make a much better fan fiction. The only thing that I am asking you is to please review this story. With our other stories we did get tons of hits, but not that many reviews. I hate doing this, but we really need these reviews if we are going to continue with this story.
Sneak Peak into next chapter:
Bella's first day at school
This is an EdwardxBella story, but Edward will only come in the story in about the third chapter.