Author Note:
The beginning of this story was originally uploaded as 'Troublemaker', I'm going to edit and post here, with the ending.
Chapter One
"Renée, you don't have to do this!" I pleaded with my mom as I clung to the arm of her beefcake boyfriend.
"Renée! Mom, please!" I pulled the suitcase Phil had just packed in the car out and threw it on the garden. Phil looked up at my mom; she nodded at him. He walked back into the house without sparing me a glance.
"Mom, Mommy? Please, I'll be good! I promise! Don't send me away!" My panicked voice raised in pitch until I hardly recognised it as my own.
My mother turned to me and crossed her arms over her chest, "Don't pull that shit with me young lady."
"Wha..."
"I have given you plenty of second and third chances but you always throw them back at me. This was the last straw!" Renée sighed deeply and shook her head. "I just can't handle it anymore, Bella. I'm sorry." My mother stepped to the side to let Phil past. He placed another two bags into my car. I ignored him and narrowed my eyes at my traitor mother.
"No you're fucking not!" I spat at her, Phil sucked in a surprised gasp but my mother's mask of disappointment didn't change. "If you were sorry you wouldn't be sending me away. You'd be helping me and loving me like any other half decent mother!" This time my mother did let out a startled sob; I let it spur me on. "Instead you are shipping me off to my deadbeat dad!" I crossed my arms over my chest; my hands gripped my upper arms and squeezed instead of forming their usual fists. "What is it, out of sight out of mind huh, mom? If you send me away and don't have to see me, it will be like your disappointment of a daughter doesn't exist?! That what you thought?"
"Bella." My mom chocked out the word as tears fell from her eyes. "I don't want to send you away; I just don't know what else to do." The tiredness and regret in her voice nearly broke down my hard exterior before I remembered that she was sending me away. "Being with your father might be good for you, Honey. Getting away from your friends will be good for you."
"Especially that punk ass loser of a boyfriend and his crazy sister." Phil slammed the car door shut and moved to stand behind my mother.
"And what the hell is it to you, Phil?" I turned my steely gaze on him. "Your dick still all bent out of joint 'cuz Rose wouldn't sit on it?" I laughed.
"Isabella, do not talk to him like that!"
"Why not? He's said a lot worse to me and my friends." I raised an eyebrow at my mother, challenging her to argue this again, Phil laughed sardonically.
"Not this again, Bella," My mother sighed.
I threw my hands up in the air. "Fucking hell, mother! What would it take for you to believe your only daughter over the man you've been boinking for the past year!"
"I trust Phil..."
"Oh, and you don't trust me?" I laughed out bitterly. "Fantastic."
"Have you given me a reason to trust you lately?" I didn't answer and my mother continued. "What with you staying out all night doing god knows what, coming home drunk or high or both, skipping classes, and visits from the police at all hours. I don't see how I am supposed to trust you Bella." I rolled my eyes.
Renée walked over to me, leaving Phil to watch from behind and put her hands on my shoulder. "Bella, sweetie, I'm sorry. I have to do this, for your own good." Another eye roll. To hell with my own good! I wanted to stay here with my girls and my boy. "Go and stay with your father for a while, let everything calm down and then we'll see about you coming back after the school year."
"Don't do me any favours." I shrugged my shoulders from under my mother's grasp and stalked towards my car. I ran my fingers over my baby; she was my pride and joy. A 1959 Buick Electra 225. She was black, with red leather seats and a totally banging sound system.
I pulled her door openly carefully, but with enough strength to show my annoyance at my stupid mother and her asshole boyfriend and slipped onto cool red seat. "Why would I wanna come and stay with the lady who threw me away in the first place?" I twisted the key in the ignition and smiled as my baby rumbled to life and began to purr at me.
"Goodbye mother," I nodded to Renée, "Cockface," I nodded at Phil. My mother frowned and a few tears fell from her eyes, but the corner of Phil's mouth pulled up in a smile. I winked back at him and let my baby slowly roll down the gravel driveway. I pulled my Raybans from the dash and put them on. The sun was beating down today, I looked up at it and sighed; this was possibly going to be the last time I would see it in a long time.
"Hey, Bella wait!" Phil shouted as I turned the corner onto the road. I pulled the car to a stop and looked back over my shoulder. Phil came running up to my baby with the suitcase I had thrown from the car earlier. He tucked it in behind the passenger seat, rested his arms on the passenger door and leant forward towards me.
"Thanks." I shot him a weak smile and put the car back into gear and let it roll forward a few feet before Phil spoke up. I already knew what he wanted.
"Do you have anything?" he spoke in a quiet voice even though I knew my mother couldn't hear us.
"I have lots of somethings." I gestured to the many bags cluttering my car. "What were you looking for? Hairbrush, shampoo, lip-gloss, panties?" I couldn't stop the smirk from pulling my lips up.
"Don't be coy, you know what I mean. Have you got anything? Coke, Weed, E, Ket? Please Bella." I could hear the edge of desperation in his voice but I found it hard to care.
"You know Phil, I'm not gunna be around anymore to stock up the sweetie drawer. How are you gunna get your fix?" I looked up at him with fake puppy eyes. "I think it's best if you stop now, go cold turkey, you know?" I lifted my sunglasses.
"Bella, sweetie." Phil sweetened his voice. "Just give me something, anything. I'm dying here."
"Sorry dude," I shrugged my shoulders at him, "we all gotta make sacrifices. I gotta leave my friends and the sun behind and get banished to hell. You, my friend, lose your drug stop. Sucks to be you." I shrugged my shoulders again, pulled my Raybans back onto my face and hit the gas pedal. I threw my head back and laughed as Phil stumbled to keep his footing.
"Bitch!"
"Prick!" I yelled back and drove away from my old home with a smile on my face. My mother would not have a good time with a cold turkey Phil; in fact she'd probably wish I was back to take her mind off of him. I suppose I could take some responsibility for Phil's little drug addiction; I did give him his first hit. He walked in on me, Jazz, Rose, Tyler and an assortment of narcotics one night when Renée was away for the weekend. He said if we gave him some he wouldn't tell Renée; I didn't think twice about it. From then on he used me as his own personal candy store, giving me his orders and always letting me keep the change. The saddest part about all this is I had a better relationship with Phil than I did with my mother.
I turned onto the road that would lead me to the highway, and from there the dreary Podunk, constantly covered in horrible clouds, one Starbucks, town of Forks, Washington.
I jumped in my seat when I heard the continuous sounding of a loud car horn. I screwed my face up at the annoying noise and looked in the rear-view mirror; if I found the fucker making all that noise I'd run him off the stupid road! Asshole!
But then I saw it. The blood red '67 Mustang Shelby that made my breath catch and my heart race to catch up with itself. I slammed on my brakes and sent my baby skidding to the side of the road; as soon as she was stopped I jumped up on my seat to get a better look at the car speeding down the highway towards me. I could just about make out the two people in the car. Jasper and Rose; my best friends. I squealed and jumped up and down on the seat waving at them, as they sped up.
I could now clearly see Jasper sat behind the wheel and my heart hurt just thinking about how much I would miss him. I studied him, burning his image onto my retinas; I didn't want to forget one thing about him. His chin length dirty blonde hair was covered with a black fedora. He was wearing a black band top that I had accidently ripped down the front a month before, he was going to throw it away before I decided it looked better this way, you could see a bit of his muscular chest. And that was never bad. Around his neck he wore the same necklace he wore everyday; a black leather cord with a tiny platinum B and J, it hung on the middle of his collar bone. Unconsciously, I ran my fingers over the identical one I was wearing. He also wore another familiar necklace; this time a longer silver chain with a dog tag that dipped just inside his torn shirt. It was his dad's tag.
I turned my eyes to Rose; I would miss her just as much as her brother. Her hair was a lighter shade of blonde than his and today it was piled up on top of her head, along with her sunglasses. She was wearing a tight white tank top, with just a hint of black bra showing through the material. There was a black choker necklace on her neck with a black heart pendant that rested in the hollow of her neck. She was equally as breathtakingly gorgeous as her brother.
Jasper skidded the car to the side of the road and I leapt from my seat without opening the door. Jasper was out of his door before the engine had died and running towards me with Rose close on his heels. I took those few seconds to complete my metal picture; Jasper was wearing dark grey skinny legged jeans that were tucked into his undone black and battered converse. He was sex on legs. And he was mine.
I leapt into Jasper's arms as soon he was close enough and wrapped my arms and legs tightly around him. He took a few steps back to regain his balance after my unexpected embrace, before he wrapped his arms tightly around my chest and buried his face in my neck. I knocked the hat from his head and wound my fingers in his soft hair before pushing my face into his neck. I breathed in his smell; he smelt of sun, cigarettes, gum, a hint of cologne, and something that was entirely his own. He smelt like my happiness. I pressed my lips to the side of his neck and held them there, memorizing the feel of his skin on my lips; God knows when I'm going to feel this again!
Rose moved around behind us and hugged me from behind while I was still cradled in her brother's strong arms. Her arms reached around me to her brother, holding us all together and she rested her cheek against my back. I moved one arm around behind me and placed it awkwardly on Rose's other cheek.
Jasper pressed his lips against my collarbone and placed small kisses along my neck until he reached my ear. "Hey, Baby," He whispered in my ear and I chuckled against him, but felt the hot sting of tears burn my eyes.
I loosened my legs around Jasper's waist and slid along his warm body until my feet were on the floor. I wrapped one arm around his waist and the other around Rose's shoulder, pulling her closer to me. She rested her head on my shoulder and I brought my hand up and rested it on her head, stroking her hair and holding her to me. Jasper wrapped his arm around my shoulder and kissed the side of my head; he held his other hand out in front of us and snapped a picture of us on his cell. I rolled my eyes at him.
"What are you guys doing here?" I was the first to break the silence. Rose smiled at me and I could see a hint of something hiding in her deep brown eyes.
"I couldn't let you go, Baby." Jasper spoke in a soft voice.
I turned my eyes from Rose and looked at her brother. His brown eyes were dark and sad and my heart ached for him. I caught his lips with my own and kissed him slowly, showing him that I loved him.
"Er, excuse me?" Rose cleared her throat loudly next to us and I smiled against Jazz's lips. I pulled my lips from his but didn't turn away from him.
"Don't cry, Baby." Jasper moved his free hand to my face and wiped his thumb over my cheek. I hadn't realised I was crying until then, but now I couldn't stop.
A loud sob shook my chest and scratched my throat as it tore its way out. I could feel my body tremble as I cried for everything I was about to lose. Rose pulled me around and into her arms. I cried onto her shoulder as she whispered soothing words to me. Jasper came up besides us and pulled us both into his arms; he had his hat back on. I latched onto him but kept my head on Rose's shoulder.
"Just tell her you dick!" Rose whispered angrily over my head, but I heard her. I snapped my head up and stared between the two of them.
"Tell me what?"
"I can't let you go, B..."
"We can't let you go," Rose interrupted her brother and I gave her a small smile before Jasper started to talk again.
"We can't let you go, Baby. I can't even begin to imagine my life without you in it. I need you to survive." Jasper paused and I nodded at him to continue. Next to me Rose squealed. "We're coming with you." Jasper spoke quickly and it took me a while to understand what he had said.
"You... you're coming with me? To Forks?!"
"Yes!" Rose screamed excitedly and began to jump up and down. I looked to Jasper for confirmation; he nodded his head at me while the goofiest grin spread across his face.
As it finally set in I screamed and launched myself at him again. "I love you!" I screamed at him and planted a huge kiss on his lips. He grabbed my waist and spun me around while I laughed and screamed my happiness.
Rose leapt at me as soon as I was back on my feet and we jumped together; screaming, laughing and crying with happiness. None of us spared a look at the cars flying passed us. We were in our own happy little bubble.
When we had finally calmed down Jazz pulled three beers from the cooler in the back of his Mustang and we sat on the grass bank on the side of the road. I sat between Jasper's legs with my back resting on his chest and my legs straight out in front of me. Rose was sprawled on her back with her head resting on my legs.
"When are you coming?" I asked neither of them in particular, "How are you coming?"
"You get the first, I'll get the second," Rose laughed up at Jasper, "But I'll go first." He shrugged at her and pulled a spliff from his back pocket, lit it and blew the smoke away from me and Rose. He offered it to me, but I regrettably declined, I had a long way to drive today. I should have flown to Forks really, but I couldn't bear to leave my baby behind, so I was leaving Arizona two days before I was due to start at Forks High School. I was going to drive 14 hours today and the final 10 tomorrow. I shouldn't smoke a spliff with all that driving laid out in front of me, however much I wanted it.
Rose sat up and swivelled around so she was facing me and her brother. "We are coming because I am a genius." She spread her arms wide, Jasper rolled his eyes and I let my head fall back onto his shoulder with my laughter. "Jazzy here was all pouty and it was annoying me, then I thought about you being banished, on your own, to some quiet little corner of hell where no one even knows what end of a spliff to put in their mouth and thinks the Black Eyed Peas are something to eat! And I couldn't let you do that, if your bitch mother is gunna send you away then me and J are gunna come with you. We're not gunna leave you to walk through hell on your own!" I laughed at Rose's rant and Jasper held onto me tighter. God I loved that girl. "So I spoke to daddy, said that there were too many bad people here in Arizona and I couldn't concentrate on school with all their bad influences," Rose paused in her tale to bump me with her foot, I hit it away and shook my head at her – like I was any kind of influence over her crazy ass!
"I said that it would be good for me to go to school somewhere else, J as well, because I really wanted to knuckle down and get into a good college," Rose folded her hands in her lap demurely and spoke in an educated accent while she rolled her eyes. I smirked at her; Rose's ambitions were simply to be rich, not bad if you ask me. "You know daddy can't say no to me," she fluttered her eyelids at us and Jasper scoffed behind me; I rubbed my hand up his thigh. "So he started looking for places to send us straight away. When I told him you were moving to Craphole Washington he agreed that it was a good idea to send us, so we wouldn't have to start school on our own – although you still will," she threw me a sympathetic smile but carried on, "And you know daddy loves you as much as he does Jazz, so of course he said we should go with you." I couldn't help the smile from building on my face. "So he's brought this cute little house for us and we're coming with you." She finished and smiled up at me.
I launched myself from Jasper's embrace and onto my best friend. I barrelled into her and she fell over onto her back, I stayed on top of her, hugging her to me and squeezing her tightly. We rolled over in the grass; I could her Jasper laughing behind us. "Rosalie Hale. You are truly amazing, you know that!"
"I know," she poked her tongue out at me, "it's not like I could let you take all the heat for this B," she nudged me with her shoulder and winked at me, I rolled my eyes and Jasper scoffed. "It was technically at least partly my fault," Rose's cheeks flushed and I pulled us up until we were sitting, I was on her lap and I cradled her head to my chest. "And you're the only one who got in trouble. I can't let you leave on your own! You're my best friend." I felt her delicate shoulders shake at the same time that her warm tears hit my skin.
I stroked her hair and cradled her head on my chest, "I don't blame you, we were both there." I shrugged around her head, "I was going down anyway, might as well've made it memorable, hey?" Rose sniffed; Jasper moved closer to us and put his hand on my back rubbing circles. "It was my idea to keep you out of the firing line, so do not blame yourself." I pulled her head up and looked at her seriously until she nodded.
Ever since I had taken the full blame for our little 'accident' Rose had been suffering from some severe guilt, which I thought was totally unfounded. It was both of our faults, and I was already in trouble at school and home. If I was going down, why not go down in a blaze of glory? Rose had been threatening to go and hand herself in, until me and Jasper convinced her that that would be really silly. She'd get in trouble for no reason, no one suspected her at the moment. She was free. And it wasn't like anyone was pressing any charges, everything was fine – especially now they were coming with me.
"But don't think that you're getting out of this free! You've already promised that you're coming with me! You can't change your mind now!" I joked at her.
"We're not gonna change our mind. We need you B," Rose kissed my cheek.
"Yeah, you sure make life interesting babe."
"Hey! You love me!" I hit my hand against Jasper's muscled stomach.
"That I do." I smiled at him and his eyes shone back at me. I turned around and moved so I was straddling him, he wrapped his arms around me. I dipped my head and licked his collarbone, then kissed my way up his throat. I kissed along his chin, making sure I missed his lips, and made my way to his ear. I nibbled and whispered my love to him before I moved back to his face and finally crushed my lips to his. Both Jasper and I pushed everything we had into that kiss knowing that it would be our last for a while. I wound one arm around his neck holding him close to me while the other ran up and down his back, inside his shirt. Jasper's hands were all over me; under my shirt and on my bum, pulling me closer to him. I could feel his erection pressed into my core and chuckled against his lips. I pulled away and placed my forehead on his before we got carried away in front of his sister and the entire highway. It wouldn't have been the most crowded place we did 'it' or the most visible, but it would be very obvious to everyone else what we were doing... Maybe we'd try it another time, when we were alone.
"So, I believe it's my turn to answer a question now?" I smiled and nodded at Jasper. I rested my head on his chest as began to talk and let the vibrations of his voice drift through me. "Unfortunately, we can't move into the house for another two weeks," I felt my lips involuntarily pull down, "so you'll be on your own the first two weeks and your first weekend." I pouted. "But we'll be there for the third week of school, then we'll be together again." My frown turned into a smile. "And I'm not letting you go empty handed, here." He reached around and pulled a bag out of his back pocket. He held it out to me and I took it from him with eager hands and happy eyes. "I don't want you to be too bored there without me, Baby, so have fun." He kissed my cheek and I beamed up at him before I riffled through the bag. He had put a bit of everything in there; Spliffs, E, Valium, Ket, Coke ... anything I might need to survive the two weeks of boredom I had coming. I tucked it into my back pocket and kissed Jasper. My baby looked after me.
Pulling my cell from my pocket I groaned at the time, Jasper pulled me tighter to him and Rose crawled over and put an arm around each of us.
"I don't want to leave you." My voice was only small and I'm surprised either of them heard me as I spoke into Jasper's shoulder.
"We'll be there soon B, and you can phone whenever you want." Rose spoke and Jasper rubbed his hand on my back and kissed the top of my head.
"What if you have so much fun without me and forget all about me over in the corner of Podunk?"
"Never happen darlin'," Jasper chuckled at me. I smiled as his southern accent resurfaced, I didn't get to hear it often anymore, and I really did love it. "We'll be just as bored without you here as you are over there." I didn't believe that, but I let it drop and stood up.
Jasper and Rose stood as well and we all looked at each other. Rose had tears all over her face and was sniffling quietly, I bit my lip the inside of my cheek and focused on keeping my tears at bay, Jaspers brow was pulled together and his eyes looked a shade darker. I pulled them both to me at the same time and we clung onto each other for a couple of minutes without saying anything before Rose pulled away.
"I love you B, I'll see you real soon." She kissed my cheek and I gave her a genuine but watery smile.
"I love you too, Rosie, I'll miss you."
I turned back to Jasper and my heart broke; the tears I'd been holding back spilled over and another sob rocked through me. Ever since Jasper and Rose had moved to Phoenix, from Texas two years ago, we had been inseparable; these two weeks would be the longest by far, we had ever been apart. And the thought of it alone was breaking my heart. Jasper held his arms out to me and I melted against his chest.
"It's gonna be okay, honey," he ran his fingers through my hair and held me tightly to him. "Shh, it's gonna be fine. We'll be there soon. You'll be fine." He spoke into my ear and his warm breath tickled over my skin. I held onto him tighter. "I love you." He pressed his lips to the top of my head.
I lifted my head from his chest and crashed my lips to his in a lightning fast move. Jasper opened his mouth to me and pulled me inside. My hands ran up his arms and the sides of neck to his finally rest in his hair. I pulled the hat from his head and placed it on mine with a small smirk; Jasper chuckled against my lips and moved his talented mouth away from mine, trailing kisses along my neck. I gripped onto his shoulders as he nuzzled my necklace aside and his mouth latched onto my skin. I knew what he was doing when his teeth pressed down firmly on my skin and he began to swirl his tongue over the skin. He was marking me, telling any other boys to back the fuck up. I moaned at the action and the feelings he was creating in me.
When he pulled back he winked at me, and I rolled my eyes at him. "You should get driving babe. I don't want you to have to drive all night." I nodded at him. "Phone me?"
"Every second I get." I kissed his lips again and breathed in deeply; savouring his smell.
"Good, I want to know about everything you've done. Show them how we do things." I laughed at him. "Have you got everything you need?"
I hugged him to me, "Everything except you."
"You have me," he nudged his hip into mine and I smiled at him.
"Always?" I already knew the answer, but I couldn't stop myself from asking.
"Always," I ran my fingers over our initials on his necklace, before I pressed my lips to them.
Jasper took my hand in his and walked me over to my car; he opened her door and I stepped inside. Closing the door, bent down and folded his arms on the frame, resting his chin on his arms. He looked at me for a minute just smiling. I looked back at him, drinking in every single part of him.
"Your hat," I went to take it off and give it back to him, but he stilled my hands and placed it firmly on my head.
"It looks better on you darlin'." I laughed at Jasper's lie, but adjusted the hat on my head.
I started the engine and readjusted my mirrors; fiddling with anything I could to prolong my departure. Jasper leant forward and kissed my cheek and whispered a few words of encouragement in my ear.
"Go on, baby, you'll be fine. Go fuck that town up real nice for me." He showed me his goofy smile and I laughed with him.
"I love you Jazz."
"You too, baby. These two weeks are gonna kill me." I nodded my agreement and let my baby drift forward slowly. Jasper patted the door twice then stood back with his arms crossed. When I looked out to the road I could still feel his eyes trained on me.
I pressed my horn twice as I saw a gap in the line of cars speeding towards me and took it. I raised one hand above my head and screamed my love for Jasper and Rose, I smiled when their voices drifted over to me.
I flicked a switch on the dash and LowLife started to blare through the speakers, bringing the car to life. I hit the gas again and began to sing at the top of my voice as I sped towards Forks, happy in the knowledge that my two favourite people in the whole world would be there to share my torture in a matter of days.
Then we would show the little town of Forks just what we could do.