It was the night of my high school graduation. I was sitting in there in the back corner of El Meso with my dad and Edward. Our graduation gowns were on the back of the chairs caps sitting on the table. "I am so proud of you Bells. I can't believe my little girl is all grown up." Charlie said as he smiled. He had been crying earlier, but by this point he was walking on air.

"Dad it's not that big of a deal." I said as I reached over the table to and placed my hand on his shoulder.

"Bella let you dad be this is a huge day." Edward said as he looked at me. I thought he was just being Edward, I never expected what would happen next. I was in shock when he dropped to one in knee right there in the middle of the restaurant. "Isabella Marie Swan, I promise to love you with my whole heart every day of forever, will you do me the honor of marrying me?" He asked as he pulled out a ring box.

I remember how everything seemed too stopped around me. Everyone was waiting for my answer. I looked over at my father who had steam coming out of both ears. "I…No." I whispered as I looked at Edward. "I am eighteen; I haven't got a chance to live yet." I said as I looked at him. "I am just going to go. I am so sorry." I said as I looked at Edward before I walked away.

It seems unreal that was months ago, since then the whole town keeps waiting to see who will capture my heart. However, they are just going to have to wait. I am enjoying just being Bella. I got a job at the local library and I still work at Newton's. However, nothing said independence like getting my own place. I looked up at the building in front of me. It was half away across town from Charlie's, holding four little one bedroom apartments in a brick building. I walked up to my door and smiled. "Hold right there, Bells." Dad said as he flashed a picture of me unlocking my door for the first time.

"Pull it together Charlie." Jake said as he came up the steps with a box. I walked into the little empty apartment and I could feel this was my home. "So this is the amazing place you raved about?" Jake asked as he set the first box down on the floor.

"Yep. See this is the living room and then you come over here." I said as I moved forward under the arch in the ceiling. "And this is the dining room." I said as I smiled. Then I went down the hallway to show them the bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom.

"Bella bee where are you!" I heard Emily say as she walked through the front door. It has been a little awkward these last few months since Jake imprinted on Emily. She broke her engagement with Sam and let's just say it's taking him time to bounce back.

"Emmy!" I said as I ran into the living room. "What do you think?" I asked as I looked at my friend.

"It's so charming." She said as she hugged me.

"Babe please don't encourage her." Jake said as he looked at Emily.

"Jake everyone has to start somewhere." Emily said with a laugh. "I think we need to get you some furniture though Bella bee." She said as she looked at me. "Jakey poo go get the boxes of dishes out of my car."

"Em, I told you I didn't need anything." I said with a laugh.

"I am not doing this for your sake. These are pieces from the old house. Sam and I halved everything and now I have tons of dishes that Jake doesn't want me to have." Emily explained as my dad and Jake headed out the door. It was a nice feeling as I unpacked my belongings. I didn't have nearly enough stuff to fill the apartment, but it was getting there. Dad left and then Jake and Em. It was weird being somewhere all alone. I kind of loved it though. I was unpacking the boxes of dishes Emily gave me when there was a knock at my door. I opened it to see Paul and Jared holding boxes.

"There is our favorite wolf girl." Paul said with a laugh. "Sam wanted us to bring you a home warming gift."

"Let me guess dishes." I said as I looked at them. I knew very well these were the last things that Sam and Emily held on to from their broken relationship. They just smiled. "What am I supposed to do with like thirty sets of dishes?" I asked as I led the boys to the kitchen.

"Feed your favorite wolves." Paul said with a smile.

"Is that Pauly code for what's for dinner?" I asked him.

"You know it." He said as he hugged me.

"I will make a deal with you. You two set up my bed and I will order you pizza." I said with a laugh.

"Deal!" They said together. I just laughed as I opened the bedroom door for them. It seemed like in no time the pizza was ordered and the boys were working. I was on the phone with Kim.

"Yeah I put them to work." I said as she asked if I had seen Jared. "They brought over more dishes."

"I know how you feel. We got all the blankets. It's a sad thought to think that they are just giving away a house full of stuff. Someone told me Sam is going to sell the house." She said on the other line.

"I feel for him, but he loves that house I just don't see the point in giving it up to." I said as I placed more dishes in the cabinets.

"He did build it for her." She said on the other end.

"I know." I said. "It's so sad. I mean I am thrilled for Jake and Em, but he doesn't deserve this heartache."

"I bet Leah is having a field day with this. He left her because he was in love with Emily and now she left him for Jake." She said as the boys walked passed me towards the living room.

"SHIT!" I heard Jared yell before I ran down the hall.

"Kim I got to go." I said as I saw my front door in Jared's hands and not on my door frame.

"Don't worry we will fix it." He said as he looked at me.

"I am going to call Sam." Paul said as he took my cell phone out of my hand.

"You broke my house." I said as I looked at them.

"No dude we ripped the door off the hinges." Paul said into the phone. "The front door." He said as I looked at them in disbelief. "I know Charlie is going to kill me."

"Hello." I heard a sweet voice said as I looked up to see an old lady standing in my doorway. "This is a new one." She said with a laugh. "I am Millie, I live next store."

"I am Bella." I said as I walked towards her. "I am so sorry if we disturbed you." I said as I looked at her.

"Please you didn't. If anything you have been entertaining." She said with a laugh.

"Yeah that seems to be a common trend with my friends." I said as I looked at Jared and Paul.

"Okay, Sam is coming to fix the door." Paul said as he handed me my cell phone.

"Paul this is Millie." I said as I looked at him. "The neighbor."

"Hey." He said as he smiled.

"You need a haircut." Millie said as she looked at him. I couldn't help, but laugh.

"Do you want to come in?" I asked her. "We have pizza on the way." I said as I smiled.

"You're just as friendly as your father." She said as she walked into the small apartment.

"You know my dad?" I asked her.

"Bella everyone in town knows your dad." Jared said with a laugh. "Police chief ranks up there with Mayor."

"I keep forgetting that it is such a big deal." I said as I looked at him.

"Whatever Arizona." He said as he looked at me.

"It took two years to get rid of that nickname and now you start it again." I said as I looked at him.

"We could always go back to calling you LL." Someone said from behind me. I looked back at the door to see Sam there.

"Sammy." I squealed as I ran to hug him. "Please tell me you can fix my door." I said as I pulled away from him.

"Yeah I can, but you might want to idiot proof your apartment." He said as he looked at Jared and Paul.

"I will take that into consideration." I said as I looked at him.

"Good." He said as he looked at me. I sat and talked with Millie as the boys worked on the door and then scarfed down three pizzas. She told me about how her daughter moved to Seattle and she was all alone.

"You look like my Sara when she was young." She said as she looked at me.

"I bet that's a great compliment." I said as I walked her back to her place. "If you need anything you know where to find me." I said before I walked back in my place. "The other two sneak out?" I asked as I looked at Sam who was sitting in one of the lawn chairs I had set up in my living room.

"Jared had to get back to Kim." He answered as he looked at me.

"So, where is it?" I asked him.

"What?" He asked as he looked at me.

"The beer. You reek of it." I said as I looked at him.

"No I don't." He said as he looked at me.

"Right." I said as I looked at him. I opened the door back up. "So, if I go to the truck there wouldn't be any there?" I asked.

"Bella you are a pain in my ass." He said as he watched me go out to his truck and pull the six-pack right from the passenger's seat.

"I really should get a name tag that says that." I said as I looked at him. I sat down in one of the lawn chairs and tossed him a beer. "I don't want you drinking alone." I said as I looked at him.

"It's not like I have Emily anymore." He said as he looked at me.

"Can I be honest with you?" I asked him as I opened one of the beers I stole from him.

"When aren't you?" He asked with a laugh.

"You're better off without her. I know you loved her, but it wasn't right you need to see that." I said as I looked at him.

"What do you know about love?" He asked.

"Samuel Uley you are so lucky I don't want to break a hand or I would punch you." I said as I looked at him.

"Right you had Edward." He said bitterly. "You left him."

"Yeah because it wasn't right." I said as I looked at him.

"What does this do with me?" He asked.

"It wasn't her." I said as I looked at him. "If Emily was the one you would have imprinted on her." I said as I looked at him. About a beer later he actually replied to that.

"I remember when Edward left, that night I found you in the woods you looked like you were trying to physically hold yourself together as you emotionally fell apart." He said before he took a sip. "That's what it feels like." He mumbled.

"It gets better." I said as I looked at him.

"How?" He asked.

"I got an ideal to cheer you up." I said as I looked at him. I went into the kitchen and brought him one of the three glass pitchers him and Em gave me.

"How is that supposed to cheer me up?" He asked.

"Chuck it at the wall." I said as I handed it to him.

"Really?" He asked.

"It's this or we sing Love Hurts at the top of our fucking lungs." I said as I looked at him.

"I don't sing." He said as he took the pitcher. "I don't know about this." He said as he looked at me.

"Do you need me to cheer for you?" I asked him.

"No." He said as he looked at me.

"Every other guy in town would have totally said yes." I said as I looked at him.

"What if I break the wall?" He asked.

"You're a contractor, you can fix it." I said as I looked at him. "I can't believe the great alpha is being such a chicken." I said as I looked at him.

"I am not a chicken." He said as he looked at me before chucking the pitcher at the wall. I could tell he felt some release as the glass shattered.

"WOO!" I yelled as I looked at him. Something changed in that moment as our eyes meet. I felt a pull towards him like nothing I had felt before. "Now tell me that didn't feel good." I said as I looked at him. He didn't answer me he just leaned down and placed his lips on mine. I have heard about the fireworks of a first kiss, but I had never felt them before.

"Best feeling in the whole world." He said as he placed his forehead against mine.

A/N: I don't own Twilight. I really like this pairing, so let me know what you think.

~Willow