Chapter 1

I loved San Diego; it was my kind of place, sunny and beachy. I am a beach girl and there all the time no matter when. My name is Bella Swan. At night my boyfriend, Alex, and I

would take long walks on the beach and talk about everything. Alex was perfect, and there were times when I used to think, there was some weird reason he picked me

because really he could have anyone that he wanted to have. Well I guess I am just the lucky one. My family was well, I had a mom, dad, and 2 older brothers that always had

my back. My brothers were twins and they were 17 while I was 16. Sweet 16 year for me has been very good except for me I am 16

It was the last day of school and I was excited for my San Diego summer! I came home from work; I worked at the Beach Tourist store, which was about 5 minute walking from

my house. It was always cheery and it had a bunch of shells and beach use equipment in it. I walked home and I started to have that feeling again, where I knew something

was wrong, but I really did not know what. I really do hate that feeling. I didn't really want to go home because it was just 4 so, I called Liz one of my best friends, and she met

me at the beach, we went tanning, and played with her little brother Tommy. He was 5 and very hyper. He ran in and out of the water after a while I caught on to his mood

and ran in and out with him. The sun was starting to set, so we decided to head home. Every time I thought about home today I got these weird feeling that something was

wrong. Anyways, I walked home and opened the door, and let me self in. Everything seemed fine and the boys were watching TV, and mom and dad were cooking dinner.

Everything seemed ok so maybe it was just some weird feeling. I ignored it, and sat on the couch watching the soccer game. Soccer was my favorite sport. I was on the varsity

team at school and I was the number one VIP player. I was hoping to get a collage scholarship to Princeton, I had always wanted to go there. The soccer program at our school

was the best in the state, so I was lucky to go there. Mom called us to dinner, and we all sat down. Dinner was quiet for some unusual reason. Mom started to say something,

but Dad stopped her saying it could till after dinner. I didn't think much of it, and continued to eat the rest of the soup and chicken pot pie, which was very good. Everyone

finished eating and we all cleared the table and sat in the living room. Dad started first and said that his job was on the line at the moment which got all of us kind of scared. He

said that if he didn't move to North Carolina he would loose his job. My mom said that we weren't going to give up his job and we all had to move to North Carolina in a month.

I was shocked and didn't know what to say. I thought about my friends my life, my soccer team everything would go away. Next year was my crucial year for soccer if I was

going to get my scholarship this year. I couldn't move and leave Tommy and Alex, and Liz. I just couldn't! I ran out of my house and ran to the beach. It was slightly drizzling, I

loved the beach when it rained it was so pretty and quiet. I ran to my corner and sat on the rocks, I couldn't move away from the beach, it was like my second home. I was

always here if not at school or my house. I had slept here so many times, that my parents didn't worry anymore about me coming home, assuming I was sleeping at the beach.

Finally, I decided to go back home, it was late and I was soaked and cold. I ran home and entered the house ran to my room took a shower came out grabbed my ipod, locked

the room, and put it on high and drowned the world out. After about an hour, I heard knocking on the door, or more like banging, guess my music was too loud. I opened the

door and let my brothers in. They understood what I felt like, it was their senior year and they had so many plans I felt bad for them too. They talked to me a little while and

told me too cheer up, and somehow I was excited to move, to see new things and all. I said bye to Liz and Tommy and Alex and everyone. I was actually glad I was moving

away from Alex, I knew we would have broken up sooner or later. The days past and soon my room was starting to get empty. It was odd; I lived in the same house since I

was born, and it was weird seeing everything empty. Tomorrow we would leave on our flight to NC. I was interested and hoped there would be a beach close by. School would

start in about 2 months so I had time to explore and make new friends before school started.

Heyy everyone! enjoy!!

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