Well, this is my first Fanfic. I dont know how exactly it's going to go but I hope it goes well XD
This first chapter is more about explaining anything than getting straight into it, as I have to plan a bit ahead of time and thought a bit of background information may come in handy.
I dont own any of the characters in this story, I just use them as my puppets.
All of these Characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.
Thank you XO
Nikki Leigh

BPOV

The life styles of the rich and the famous. Yeah, I wish. Not really because I'm not rich. Or famous for that matter, not even close. Well, we're off to a great start now, aren't we?

I don't really get the choice of being rich or famous. There are no opportunities for such trivial things in a town as small as the one that I have come to live in. Forks. Not exactly the place where superstars descend on every second minute. Not even close. Everyone in forks is of middle class, nobody has too much money but I can't exactly say that I have seen anyone who was dirt poor either. Everyone is fairly balanced, and that seems to be the way that the people here like it. Not me. The same thing and the same people over and over again begin to get boring.

Everybody in this town knows everyone else. Which, by rights means that nobody in such a small town can keep secrets, because of this fact. Well, not entirely true. I know for a fact that if you want something to stay well hidden, then it does. If you put up a front from the time that you get here then there shouldn't be a problem. People don't know you well enough to be able to guess that you are lying anyway.

All anyone in this too small town knows about me is that I am Chief Swan's daughter. That's the main fact that everyone is positive of anyway. The rest? What everyone has been told is that I moved from my mothers in the hot and lovely weather of Phoenix to the cold, raining hole of Forks to get to know my father better as I had not seen him in such a long time. The real story? I had become a hindrance. My mother didn't exactly come out and say so, but with her new husband Phil, they wanted to have their alone time, and do things together. When you have a seventeen year old daughter living at home with you, that makes this a hard thing to do. So? Here I am.

The thing that I refuse to tell anyone, apart from a good friend of mine back in Phoenix is that me and my step father did not see eye to eye. And that was putting it lightly. I did not want to upset my mother, and even though things were bad and I didn't want anything to happen to my mother, Tanya had convinced me that I needed to go. That my mother could very well handle herself. I didn't need to risk my own life in the place where I was meant to feel safe and loved, and she was right.

So, I packed my bags. Filled my car with everything I had that I wanted to take with me, left a note to say that I was leaving and left. As simple as that. Smashed the rear view mirror because from today onwards, there was no way that I was going to look back. It was time for a new me, to live my life the way I wanted to. No restrictions and step parents to tell me where to go and what to do all the time. I was free. And had never been happier.

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Screams. That was what punctuated the air, as I snapped awake from yet another nightmare. How long had it been since I had moved to Forks now? Nearly two months. And still, every night without fail I would have the same nightmare, waking up shaking and crying. It never stopped scaring me..

I was shaking uncontrollably, and even though I knew what was happening, and that this had happened before I couldn't help the panic that was bubbling up, the tears flowing down my face as I whimpered softly, rocking back and forward and willed the images to just stop, and finally let me have a peaceful nights sleep. Surviving on five hours of sleep a night was not going to get me through, not if I wanted to keep my grades up. I was lost..

"Bella. Bella, are you alright?" I heard Charlie call as he walked swiftly into my room, his voice still laced with sleep and his hair all dishevelled, having just woken him up with my screaming. It was only three in the morning.. and I always tried not to wake Charlie with my screams. It seems today that my wish wasn't granted. Not in the slightest. I hated disturbing his sleep, but when I was asleep it was all together too hard to control what I did and didn't want to do, so here we were. Charlies sleep was disturbed, as was mine. Inevitable.

"Yea, I-im okay" I managed to force out, voice still shaky as the tears continued to flow. I was begging my body to stop, and yet I couldn't control the tremors that shook me. The whimpering and noises that I was making had finally come to a stop, and I could talk. Just. "Just go back to sleep, C-Dad. Ill be fine" I said, trying to smile reassuringly. That wasn't the first time that I had slipped, and almost called him Charlie instead of Dad and it wasn't going to be the last time I was sure. "Just another bad dream" I assured, looking at him and waving him away, lying back down on my side.

Once he was gone, I sighed. The shakes were still flowing through my body, and I knew that there was no way that I was going to go back to sleep. I would rather be awake, and upset than be asleep and have to live through those memories for yet another time. I would rather not. Great, no sleep and the first day of school tomorrow. I didn't like my chances of impressing anyone… With that thought, I let go knowing that if I didn't get any sleep, I would be a mess tomorrow. The nightmare was all too common now, I knew that it couldn't hurt me, well that's what I was convincing myself anyway. With that thought, I closed my eyes and let myself fall back into a world I didn't belong.

Great… I thought, waking up at the sound of my alarm. I really was dreading today.. starting at a new school. Nobody liked the clumsy kid, so I was going to try to walk carefully, and not do anything at all to embarrass myself today. Famous last words… It was hard for me to go anywhere or do anything without making a fool of myself, and today it was pouring down with rain, as I could tell by the thumping on the roof so my chances of falling and making a bad impression on my first day went up by about a million. Great. Make sure to take my coat. And maybe a paper bag to put over my head.

I knew I had to get up and get ready for school… I really didn't want to go. Sighing, I stood up and walked to my wardrobe. There wasn't really much to choose from. It was so cold and rainy today, most of the clothes that I had bought with me from Phoenix were clothes designed for sun and hot weather. Forks was none of the above. I picked out a long sleeve dark blue turtle neck, it was one of my favourite tops and it was comfortable and warm. Those were the main things today, I didn't want to be standing out in things that weren't comfortable. Big negative. I picked out a pair of nice worn jeans. They had done me proud, and the bottoms weren't low enough that I would trip over them if I had the chance. Which was great.

I walked downstairs, slowly of course. I had a bad habit of falling down those stairs. Charlie had already left for work quite some time ago so it was just me in the house all alone. Not that I minded, it was quite peaceful. Grabbing a glass of orange juice and a banana, I sat down at the table and looked around, drinking slowly. This house was so different to Renees.. It was small, just big enough for me and Charlie and there wasn't anything inside that wasn't really essential. Most things were old, the only exception was the television. Of course Charlie had to have the best for watching his football. Unlike Renees. Which was clean, tidy and everything was top of the line and new. It felt like a house, where as Charlies felt like a home. I finally belong somewhere and its amazing.

Looking at my watch I sighed, seeing that it was time to leave. Grabbing my jacket, I braced myself. It was raining, and even though there was no way that I was running as I would hit the pavement I had to move fast as not to get drenched. With my head down, I walked carefully to my car and got in, starting it up. It purred to life, nicely as always. Well, in my opinion anyway. My car wasnt state of the art, but it was my baby and there was no way that I was going to live without it, so people would just have to put up with the noise. Atleast they would be warned ahead of time and hear me coming. That might be useful. I sighed, turning around to reverse out of the driveway. Yay, first day here we go…

JPOV

God how I hate going to school. How many times had I been? Not all to the same school, but it was now in numbers too high to count. The days wore on, and I studied the exact same stuff time and time again. I sat in the back quietly, and when I appeared to be sleeping the teachers would ask me questions, thinking that they would catch me out and make an example of me in front of the rest of the class. Little did they know that I knew twice as much as they did about their given subjects. Some of the stuff they had taught, I had been around when they were teaching it.

I couldn't really blame them for this though. Being as old as I was did begin to be a bore, and even as the days wore on it did not make it any easier to bare. The emotions that teenagers felt. The envy, rage and other feelings that were flowing through their heads. Cue eye roll at the lust and longing in some. It was quite funny really, when they had to go without. The emotions were always flying, and it seemed that amongst teenagers the emotions were much more strongly felt, even though they didnt last for nearly as long. Atleast I got some amusement out of my life.

My family was always there with me, but it wasn't always easiest to talk to anyone. Everyone had their couples, and they were the ones that they relied on the heaviest. They tried to be there for me, but sometimes it just wasn't possible. It made me feel lonely, even in amongst a group of people that loved me. How sad was that? I know that my family loves me, and even to an extent feels sorry for me. I hate that they feel that I am left out, and feel the need to have to force the relationship. I wish that things were just easy going, and fun. The emotions are sometimes tense, and the sadness that comes off Esme is quite often unbearable.

I got out of bed, sighing softly. It wasnt like I slept anyway, so it wasnt exactly hard to get up in the morning. I didnt see how humans slept through the night. I would much rather sleep through the day and have classes at night. The things that humans missed when they slept through the best part of the day. Everything was a lot more real and alive when it was dark. In the light, things can hide in your line of sight but when it is dark, your senses are enhanced and everything is so much more real. Alive.

I had already dressed hours ago, so I walked downstairs to wait in the lounge for my siblings.

"Morning Jazz!" Alice yelled, giggling softly as she ran into the lounge, pecking me on the cheek before she bounced back out the way she came again. Alice had to be the one that I had the strongest bond in the house to. Emmett was the athletic one, and we always got along fine. We just didnt have the same perspectives on certain things, so it made it hard to see eye to eye at times. Alice, on the other hand even though she was hyper, was understanding.

I could hear the others sighing, and couldnt stop the chuckle that erupted from my throat. They couldnt understand how Alice could want to go to school, for yet another repetitive day. Personally, neither could I but that was her choice. Have to live with it. She wont change I said to Edward, looking him in the eye. He was the mind reader, and it was good that I could talk to him without others interfering. It was also funny watching Emmett and Rose in the morning. I swear, it took Rose so long to get ready, she might as well start as soon as she finished school every day to be ready for the next day.

As soon as everyone was ready, Alice bouncing as if something exciting was going to happen in this boring town, we all jumped in Emmetts jeep and headed for school. Oh, I dont know why Alice is this hyper and happy all of the time. The excitement and happiness was just flowing off her, and I had to say it was good for my normally depressive mood to have someone so happy to influence my moods. It was clear that she was hiding something, and I knew she would tell soon enough...

Rain rain go away, come again another day.. I thought, sighing as I looked out the window at the water soaked world. It made the world so dull. I like the world vibrant, even though it isnt common for me to be seen in the sun. oh well.. It wasnt at all common for it to be sunny in Forks, and if I wasnt used to that by now then there really was something wrong with me.

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