All my life I've grown up not trusting people. I didn't tell anyone anything. I've never had a real best friend, and I'm pretty much the loner at school. No one ever really talks to me and if they do there just being polite. I guess that's cool though, I'd rather them talk to me for pity then lie to me and say there my friend. When I was really young about four years old I went to live with my grandmother while my mom went to rehab. She had a major drug problem. Well no one knew that my grandma was pure evil. At least that's how I feel about her. She would put cigarettes out on me and hurt me. When I would see my mom I would cry and beg her not to make me go back. But every time she said to me
"Bella sweetie, Mommy's not better yet. I will be soon though and I'll come get you I pinky promise", and while it was partly true it would be a very long time not soon. The abuse only got worse. I would get into trouble for spilling something when it was only an accident and I had to run my own bath. Now reminder I was only four. FOUR! WHO DOES THAT TO A FOUR YEAR OLD! Ugh so needless to say it was hard. I have a huge burn on my leg from running my bath water too hot and I was already in the tub. On my fifth birthday my mom got released. I was so excited, this was going to be the best birthday ever. My mom came and got me and she saw what had been done. She pressed charges. My grandmother didn't get into hardly any trouble. So now can you see why I don't trust people? I would have gone to live with my dad but my mom hated him. I never got to see him. I grew up going from place to place and moving around a lot. I didn't really know why. When I was 10 I finally figured it out. My mom had been doing drugs a lot. This time it was serious and she didn't want help. I spent about three years trying to convince her to get help and she finally agreed. I was sent by the courts to live with my dad in Forks, Washington. It was nothing new. Just moving again. I was kinda excited I was finally going to meet him. The judge sent me by plane from Ohio to Washington, it wasn't too bad of a flight. And I had never been on a plane before. When I got there Charlie met me at the airport. Charlie is my dad. He told me right away that he was the chief of police. So when we got my bags and headed outside I wasn't surprised to see we were taking the police car to his house. I was nervous and curious. I mean I just met my dad for the first time and I wanted to know all about him. He asked about me first and he learned the basics. I didn't go into much detail though he didn't really know why all of a sudden I had been sent to live with him he was happy though that I could tell. I felt bad not telling him everything but trusting was hard I didn't know if he would just leave and walk out of my life or hurt me like everyone else. He told me I would start school Monday at Forks Middle School for the rest of the last semester. The year is almost over but they just need me to take the exams I guess. Then it'll be summer and I'll have to get registered for High School and well I hope I make friends here.
For most of the ride I just stared out the window. Then we pulled up to a two story white paneled house. It was pretty nice. I figured this was where I was gonna live. He turned off the car then looked at me and said
"Well this is home. It's a bit of a mess, I've been working a lot. I'll get it cleaned up soon. I'll show you to your room though and let you get settled in.", then he got out and grabbed most of my bags. He walked up the steps and opened the door. I grabbed the rest of my bags and followed him in. We walked up the stairs and into a pretty big room with a dresser, desk, bed, and a really nice TV in it. He set my stuff on the floor and said
"This is your room. My room is downstairs by my study. The bathroom is just down the hall. Up here is pretty much yours. I hope the blue is okay and we'll go pick up stuff to decorate from town tomorrow. It's getting sorta late to do it today.", he was being so sweet.
"Yea the color is great. And that sounds like fun but I'm gonna unpack and get some sleep. Thanks Dad and goodnight", I said to him.
"Night Bells" was his only response then he turned and went downstairs. I unpacked and at about ten I went to bed.
The next day me and Charlie went to town like he said and I got a full length rotating mirror to put by my bed. Some butterfly wall stickers and a new bed set. We headed back to the house and Charlie put the mirror where I wanted it but then he had to go to work. Before he left he said
"On my way home tonight I will stop and pick you up a new computer. Do want a laptop or desktop?", I didn't think he could afford either but I asked for a laptop. Then he said
"Okay I'll see what I can find for you. I'll see you later sweetie.", I responded with just a bye and watched him leave. I decided to pick an outfit for the first day of school. I wasn't sure what I was going to wear but I would figure it out.
I opened my closet door and walked in. Looking at all the clothes I decide to go with casual, so I could fit in. Not stand out. Looking around I decided on a pair of dark faded jeans, a black flitted tee, a grey hoodie and a pair of white shoes. I'll probably change my mind before I actually started school. It's Saturday and I'm really nervous. That night I went to bed early.
I woke up with the sun shining on my face. I looked at the clock and realized it was 11:30. So I got up and decided to go outside for awhile. Sunny days here were limited I had already realized. I threw on a pair of shorts a brown tank top and a pair of shoes and headed downstairs. To my surprise Charlie was home.
"Hey Bells were you heading to?" he asked.
"Just outside for a little", I responded.
"Okay well I got you some school supplies and I ordered you computer. It will be in sometime this week."
"Okay thanks dad, for everything."
Then I headed outside. Not being really familiar with the area I wasn't going to go far just down the road. When I got home Charlie wasn't there. He left a note on the table that said "Got called into work, but I'll be back in a little while. Love you. Charlie"
Well now I definitely had nothing to do. So I walked upstairs and turned on my radio. Not much was on so I went and opened up my window then made my bed. I decided I would write to my mom. It had been awhile sense I had talked to her. I was staying with a friend back at home until the courts could find my dad. I wrote her a short letter then sealed it in an envelope. I told her I would write again once I started school and got settled in a little more. At this point there wasn't much to tell. Charlie returned home after about three hours had gone by. He made dinner and we ate. Then I went upstairs and picked out something else to wear to school tomorrow. I decided on a grey ribbed tank, dark faded jeans and a pair of white shoes and a white hoodie. Then I decided to go to bed. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.
Well I woke up to my alarm, but I laid in bed for a few minutes. Then I got up and got into the shower. I decided to let my hair dry naturally and go downstairs for breakfast after I got dressed. Charlie was eating too. We didn't say much. I think he knew that I was nervous. Once I finished eating I headed back upstairs, threw on some eyeliner and mascara. I grabbed my stuff and headed back downstairs. Once I was in the living room Charlie asked me
"Do you want a ride to school or do you want to take the bus today?"
"Can I have a ride I don't want to be on the bus yet"
"Yeah just give me a minute to grab some stuff for the station. Then we can go"
"okay" I said and sat down on the couch.
Charlie dropped me off at the main office of the school so I could get my schedule then left for work. I walked in and went to talk to the receptionist. I told her I was a new transfer student and she said
"oh you must be Isabella Swan"
"yes" I replied. I figured everyone would know about me. Charlie was the chief of police so everyone around here would know about me.
"Well sweetie here is your schedule. If you need anything come and see me I'll be here."
"Okay, thank you" I said to her then I headed to figure out were my first class was.
My first class was math. In there I met Jessica and Eric. We had to do group work and the teacher put me with them. They seemed really nice from what I got to know about them in class. They told me there schedules so we could figure out whether we had any classes together. We found out that we did and they were in most of my classes. At least one of them were in almost all of my classes. Also we had lunch together which I was glad for. First hour went by and the bell rang. Me and Jessica headed off to our next class, English.
In this class I met one of Jessica's friends Tyler. He seemed really nice, although we didn't talk much. The teacher was lecturing us, I don't think many people were listening. All that kept going through my head was my mom. I know she's not the best person with what she does, but she's still my mom and I love her. I just hope she's doing okay. I was so spaced out that the teacher called on me twice before I realized she was calling on me.
"Umm.. Could you repeat the question?" I asked.
"Are you feeling alright?" she repeated.
"Yes I'm fine"
"Then pay attention" she stated a little annoyed with me.
So for the rest of the class I listened to her ramble on about things I had already learned. I was used to this by now. I don't know what happened I can usually space and no one notice. Oh well nothing I can do about it now.
Class was over soon and I went to photography. This was one of the few classes I didn't have with Eric or Jessica. I walked in and handed the transfer pass to my teacher. He welcomed me to Forks then sent me to a seat in the back corner. In front of me sat a girl with long brain hair, she also wore glasses.
"Good morning class. Today we are going to start a new project. This one will be worth 75 points. You need to take pictures of things that represent you and your life, no people, and I want you to put it together like a collage that will also represent something about you. If anyone needs any help with Ideas your free to ask your neighbors, friends, me, or anyone else. No copying others ideas down to a match, I want creativity, I want you to come alive in your pictures. You can now get to work brainstorming." Mr. Klempo said.
The girl in front of me turned around and said
"You must be Isabella Swan, I'm Angela."
"Its Bella. Hi it's nice to meet you.", I said politely.
"It's nice to meet you too. What are you going to do your project on?", she asked like she'd known me forever.
"I'm not sure yet. I don't know what part of my life to portray. I'm thinking my life as a whole rather than pieces though. What about you?"
"I think I'm going to do it on my love of arts, I'm photographer for the school paper."
"That sounds cool. Do you know if we have to present these?", I asked.
"Yea we do, we present everything. One way or another, he's all about showing off what we can do and to get us not to be ashamed of our art.", Angela replied.
"That sounds pretty cool compared to teachers I've had in the past." I said.
Then the teacher called our attention.
"These projects will be due in two weeks. You may not work with a partner, and you may do whatever you like to help portray what you need. That is what computer editing is all about. And I have decided you may use pictures just not of close friends or family members. Get out there and open up to others. Have a great day", he told us.
This opened up my train of thought.
I found my way to history, nothing interesting happened in the class. I walked in handed the teacher the transfer pass. She sent me to a seat in the middle of the class. We went over the Civil War and got a few questions for homework. I finished in class just as the bell rang. It was time for lunch.
I bought my lunch then headed in the direction of Jessica and Eric. The first thing I noticed was that they were the center of attention. The second thing I noticed was that Tyler and Angela were both there.
I walked up and set down my tray just as a blond haired boy came up.
"Who's the chick?", he asked Eric.
"Oh that's my home girl Bella."
"Hey hottie" the blonde said to me.
Oh boy, if Charlie found out about him it will not be pretty I thought.
"Ignore him Bella, He's just an air headed jock" Eric said to me.
"Oh sorry I forgot to warn you about him, that's Mike by the way." Jessica said.
"It's okay" I said.
"I would watch it if I were you Mike, Chief Swan is her dad." Angela said.
"Oh.. Umm… sorry I was just kidding around." Mike said to me.
He didn't sound sorry but I let it go. Everyone sat down and ate and talked. I realized that all of them were very different. Eric is tall, oil black hair, brown eyes, overly-helpful, geeky, the chess club type of guy. Tyler is tall, but shorter than Eric, tan, brown hair, brown eyes, he's headstrong, funny, and cocky. Angela is tall for her age, light brown hair with streaks of honey, always gentle brown eyes, kind, shy, and somewhat insightful. Jessica has very curly dark brown hair, blue eyes, short, and she's a major chatterbox. None of them were alike and it seemed to me like they would be friends with anyone but each other. But they actually seemed close to each other.
Lunch ended and I went to science, nothing happened there just getting to know your microscope. Then I went to gym, I wasn't surprised when I saw Mike. He had seemed athletic at lunch. I went up to the teacher and he signed my transfer slip then gave me clothes to go change into. We ran laps then played soccer inside due to the rain. Then I showered off and went back to the office when the bell rang. I handed my transfer slip to the secretary and headed out to meet Charlie.
After that day I rode the bus and I would always sit with Angela, Jessica, Eric, Tyler, and Mike. We were really close and it felt good to have real friends for once. Although I never talked about my family or where I was before Forks. For all I knew they were just going to hurt me and leave like everyone else.
I had finished my photography project. I had pictures of dead trees, little kids alone on the playground, an empty room, boxes, a silhouette of my mom and much more. These were all shaped into a broken heart with my mom's silhouette in the middle split into two. Then that is with an arrow shape with pictures of arrows pointing right toward another heart. This one full with a silhouette of my dad in the middle surrounded by things like blooming flowers a group of kids my age that are good friends, the beach on a rare sunny day and just happy things because I think I'm slowly heading toward happiness.
About two weeks after starting school I got my laptop. Charlie got me a silver Mac book. That weekend my dad had company coming over for the big game so I helped him clean up the house. Finally it was the weekend and I was going to meet some of Charlie's friends. He headed out in the morning to pick up some snacks and beers for the guys. While he was gone I went online and IMed Angela
Bella: hey Angela what's up?
Angela: getting ready to head to La Push, I was also just about to call you
Bella: oh what for?
Angela: to see if you wanted to go
Bella: well yea I just have to meet Charlie's friends then I'll see if I can come down
Angela: okay well if you need a ride just call and I'll see if my mom and I can come get you
Bella: okay I think Charlie's home so I'm going to go see if he needs anything
Angela: Okay see you in a few I hope
ANGELA HAS LOGGED OFF
I walked down the stairs to see Charlie turning on the TV. I wasn't sure who was coming over just that they were good friends of his. I was sitting in a chair when the doorbell rang. Charlie answered it and then Charlie and his friend walked into the room. Charlie looked at me then said
"Bells this is Harry Clearwater, Harry this is my daughter Bella."
"Nice to meet you Bella" Harry said.
"Nice to meet you too." I replied.
We shook hands and he sat down on the couch next to Charlie. I sat back down on the chair. It was almost time for the game to start when I heard someone pull up. Charlie and Henry both got up and headed towards the door. I sat there for a minute then Charlie, Harry, and two other people came into the house. I got up because I knew Charlie was going to introduce us. There was an older man with long black hair, he was in a wheelchair. The other was a boy who looked about my age with long black hair, he was kinda muscular too. Charlie looked at me then looked back to the two men. Then he said
" Billy, Jacob, this is Bella.", moving his hand to refer to me.
"Bella this is Billy, and Jacob", he said pointing towards the older man then the boy.
"Hello it's nice to meet you" I said.
"Likewise" Billy said. Jacob didn't respond, he just continued to look at me. After this Charlie led all three of them into the living room. I followed but not because I had to, but I did have to ask Charlie if I could go down to la push with everyone.
Charlie walked into the kitchen and I followed him in. I could feel eyes on me the whole way. Charlie went into the fridge to get out some beers and when he turned around he seemed startled that I was there.
"Charlie, is it okay if I head down to La Push with my friends from school?" I asked hoping he wouldn't get mad due to the company.
"Um that's fine as long as you have a ride and your home by 10, we'll probably be too concerned with the game anyways." he responded. whew he's not mad… that's a good thing I thought.
"Thanks Ch-dad, for everything." after I said this I headed upstairs to change. Before I did so I called Angela. Right on time to she was about to leave. I wasn't sure what I was going to wear. It wasn't sunny today, but it wasn't rainy either. I decided on something that would keep me warm. I brushed my hair then headed downstairs. I said goodbye to my dad and his friends then headed out the door. I walked out right as Angela's mom pulled up. I got into the back and we headed towards La Push.
Once I got into the car Angela looked at me and said
"Tyler, Eric, Jessica, and Mike are all going surfing. There's supposed to be some good waves."
"Well what about you?" I asked.
"Oh I never learned how to surf, I usually go to tan or on days like today there's always wale watching." she replied.
"That's cool, now I can join you. I never learned to surf either. Its hard to learn to surf when you move around so much." Oh I think I just said to much. I wasn't meaning to tell her about that yet. But its out now and there's nothing I can do to take it back. Well I guess this will tell me if she's really my friend or not.
The next thing I know we were pulling up to La Push. Her mom dropped us off at the entrance then said
" Just call when you girls are ready to head home."
"okay, see you later" Angela replied. Then her mom pulled away and left us to head to the beach to meet everyone else. I knew they were already there because we could here Mike and Tyler. As we were walking I looked at Angela and said
"Hey about the moving around thing, could you not tell them? I don't want them to think I'm just gonna up and leave them. I don't usually make friends this easily and if I do they usually just feel bad. So can we keep that between you and me?"
"No problem. It's your business, you'll tell them when your ready" she responded.
Wow Angela was really nice. I hope she's serious.
"Thanks" I say as we walk up to everyone.
"Hey Bella, nice to see you could come." Eric said.
"Yea Bella, its nice to have another pretty face around." Mike said. I think he's talking about himself but I wont say that out loud.
"Yea but I almost couldn't" I respond to them.
"Well why not" Jessica asks. Well I know she's a little nosey. Or is that just her being a friend?
"My dad had people over to watch the game. I was going to stay to be polite but I decided to ask. He only said yes because they would be preoccupied with the game. I think it was because he wants me to have fun though." I respond.
"That's kinda cool, that your dad's understanding" Jessica says.
"Yea I think so too." I respond. Then we all head toward the water.
Angela hadn't been kidding the waves were pretty big down here. I want to learn how to surf but not on big waves like that. When everyone gets into the water me and Angela head down the beach some more.
"So how do you like the school?" Angela asks.
"It's cool. It's a lot better than my last one. Although my old school is ahead in the main classes a little but that's okay. It's sorta like review." I respond.
"Well I'm glad you like it. Our school is a little weird though, like who would have thought that me, Mike, Jessica, Eric, and Tyler would be friends. Well and now you. We're all so different." she says.
"Yea. But I guess the saying opposites attract is in play here." I say with a chuckle.
"That's true, but I like it. Having friends different from me is refreshing. I'd rather not feel like a clone. We all walk different, talk different, dress different. We're all just different."
"Yea I think it's cool. It's the official new shade of black" I say, then me and Angela just laugh. Then all of a sudden it starts to pour. The rain came from nowhere. Me and Angela turned around and ran toward the others. By the time we got there we were completely soaked. On the way Angela had called her mom. Once we were all together we decided to head towards the woods. We would stay drier that way.
Finally we reached the cover of the trees. Looking out at the rain was so different. It looked so.. pretty. If only I had a camera I would have taken a picture. We all sat down out of breath from running. No one said anything for a minute then Jessica said
"Ugh my hair! It's gunna be all messed up."
"wow Jess way to make a statement" Tyler said jokingly. She gave him 'the look', the one that says 'shut up before I smack you'. That only made him laugh harder. Jessica just rolled her eyes and looked into the woods.
"I wonder how big the forest is" she said not really asking a question. But I had to agree it didn't end for miles. Almost all of forks was surrounded by trees. I wasn't used to the rain, I didn't really like any cold wet thing but I guess ill get used to it sooner or later.
"Rain sucks right now. It's ruining all our fun." Mike stated.
"Um way to point out the obvious" Eric says. Mike just rolls his eyes and looks away. No one said much after that. Then Tyler's dad pulled up
"see you all later" he said as he ran for the car. Everyone laughed at that.
"He's such a dork" Jessica says.
"Yea but were friends with him so that makes us all dorks." Angela says with a pouty face. Soon everyone else's parents showed up. It's like they planned to get here at the same time. We all went to the cars. By now the rain was dying down.
Angela's mom dropped me off at my house. I went in and everyone was still there. My dad asked me if I wanted anything to eat. I said no but went into the kitchen to get something to drink. I herd someone get up but I didn't bother to look at who it was.
I opened up the fridge and realized that whoever got up had followed me in. I turned around and seen that it was Jacob. I looked at him for a few, when he didn't say anything I decided I would.
"Hey" I said.
"Hi" he replied almost shyly. He looked like he was pondering a question. Maybe he didn't know how to ask, or If he should ask. He was quiet for a minute then looked at me and said
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure" I replied feeling a little uneasy.
"Why did you move here?, I mean all of a sudden, you haven't been here before so I'm just wondering."
"Well, um… it's… It's complicated. And a long story." I stuttered. I had a feeling it was gunna go this way sooner or later.
"Well I have time" he replied smoothly looking truly curious.
"Okay, well my mom, she's… she's sick. And um the courts ruled her unfit to provide for me. So they found Charlie and sent me here." I replied slowly. Well its not saying much I hope he takes it I thought.
"Oh, okay well that wasn't very long" he replied looking a little sad.
"Well there's more to it, but I figured that would answer the question." I said hoping he didn't push it any further.
"Well what's wrong with your mom? If you don't mind me asking"
Ugh I was so trying to avoid this
"Um well she's kinda um she's a…" I didn't get to finish because at that moment Charlie walked in. whew he just so saved me.
"Hey guys… Whatcha talking about?" Charlie asked looking from me to Jacob.
"Um nothing much dad." I replied.
"Oh okay, well Jake your dad needs some help. He left all his money in the car." Charlie said nonchalantly.
"Ah you guys betting again?" Jacob asked like it was usual.
"Yep, that old man of yours is never gunna learn that he never wins." Charlie said shaking his head a little. At this Jacob left the kitchen and headed outside. I was so relieved but I don't think Charlie noticed.
"Well I'll be in my room If you need me." I said as I walked out into the living room. I hurried up to my room so I was there before Jacob got back in. I shut the door and laid back on my bed starring up at the ceiling.
I love my friends here, but should I tell them? They'll probably just leave like everyone else. I don't know If I can deal with that again. Angela probably thinks I'm a freak already. I said to much. To her and Jacob. Ugh what if they tell everyone. What if they hate me. I got so lost in my thoughts that I didn't realize that a few hours had passed. Only when I heard a nock at my door did I snap back to reality. I looked over and it was Charlie.
"Hey Bells were gunna go out for dinner. Do you wanna come with us?" Charlie asked.
"Yea sure just give me five minutes." I replied kindly.
"Okay just come downstairs when your ready." he said then walked away. I brushed my hair and fixed my eyeliner. Then I headed downstairs. We walked outside and Jacob helped his dad into there truck. Then he put the wheelchair in the back and climbed in. His long hair blowing slightly in the breeze. I never realized how tan he was. I'm guessing it's the fact that he's Indian because this state gets no sun. I had been paying so much attention to Jacob that I didn't hear my dad call my name the first time.
"Bella" Charlie said. "Bella?…. Bella, are you okay?" he asked
"Oh yea, I'm fine. Sorry about that." I replied blushing slightly.
"It's okay Bells. Come on were gunna go to the diner." he replied kindly.
"Okay" I said as I got into the car. We drove down to the diner and got a table for five. Me and Jacob were the last to sit down. Therefore we ended up having to sit across from each other.
We ordered our food and Charlie, Billy, and Harry all talked while me and Jacob just sat there. I felt his eyes on me a lot, but I wouldn't look. I refused to look. There was some tension, not much but enough for me to feel. Our food finally came. It felt like it had been forever, although I'm guessing it was only like 15 minutes. I ate my food without talking. Finally everyone was finished so we headed home. I went up to my room and went to bed.
I woke up the next morning at 9:37, to a thunderstorm. We still had power so that was a good thing. I decided to take a shower before we loose power. After that I went downstairs to make breakfast for me and Charlie. I made blueberry pancakes and sausage. Then I started the coffee for Charlie. He drank coffee everyday, at least two cups. As that was brewing I put some water in the kettle so I could have some green tea. As I was putting everything on the table Charlie came into the kitchen.
"Wow Bells, this is amazing." he said truly sincere.
"Yea I woke up a little early, so I decided to make us some breakfast." I replied.
He sat down at the table as I got his coffee. Then I poured myself some tea and sat down to eat with him.
Once we were finished and I had put the dishes in the dish washer I was heading upstairs to see if anyone was online. I was half way up when the power went out. I stopped dead in my tracks and I heard Charlie call for me.
"I'm on the stairs." I yelled back.
"Okay I'll be there in a minute I'm going to get a flashlight." he said. Then I heard him open the coat closet downstairs. Then Charlie came upstairs and walked with me into my room. He lit a match so I could light a few candles. Then he went back downstairs. I changed out of my sweats and into jeans and a hoodie and threw on some sneakers. Then I blew out the one of the candles and took the other one and went back downstairs. I sat down in the living room on the couch and listened to the rain hit the windows, the wind blow through the trees, and the thunder. Then Charlie came in.
"Hey bells were going over to the reservation. They have some good generators and someone's bound to have a fireplace. If the power doesn't come back on tonight we'll probably stay over there." he told me sounding almost distant.
"Okay. Will we come back for clothes if we need them?" I asked.
"Yea for now we'll just head over." he replied grabbing his keys before heading to the door. I stopped at the coat closet and grabbed my rain coat before running to the car.
We pulled into the reservation and drove up to what I was assuming to be the Black's house. Charlie shut off the car and we sat there for a minute to see if the rain would die down at all. When it didn't we decided to just make a run for it. So Charlie honked the horn hopping that someone inside understood then opened his door and ran. I followed soon after. We ran straight into the house because Jacob had opened the door. I hung up my coat on the coat rack and followed Charlie into the living room. He was right, they did have a generator. I sat there while the three guys talked, I'm not sure what about or how long because I got lost in my thoughts.
`Outside the rehab center`
"Sweetie, sweetie don't cry. Mommy's gunna be okay, I promise. I'll get better so I can take care of you." an older woman said while walking away from her daughter.
"Mommy I don't want you to go away again. She hurts me mommy. I don't like her Please don't go mommy please." a little girl with brown hair and eyes cried to her mother as she ran up to her with a look of true pain and sadness on her face. The woman kneeled down to look her daughter in the eyes, seeing all the emotions she almost cried.
"Sweetie, I have to go. I love you though, don't you ever forget that. Do you understand?" the woman said.
"Yes mommy, I love you too. But can't I go stay with my daddy?" the little girl said with tears streaming down her face so rapidly she could barley see.
"Don't you ever talk about him. Not ever, you got that little lady?", the mother said sounding a little meaner than she had intended.
"Yes mommy, I'm sorry. But I don't wanna go with grandma again."
"I know, but you have to. She's the only one we have." the mother said with anger in her heart toward her own mother. She knew what she did, but there was nothing she could do to stop it. Not yet at least.
"Okay mommy, I love you"
"I love you too Bella" the mother said to her little girl as she got up and walked into the rehab center.
"Isabella Marie Swan, get over here now. Were leaving, you'll be lucky if I ever let you see your mother again. Don't you ever speak to her like that." an elderly lady said to the little girl.
"Don't hurt me please. I didn't do anything wrong. I'm sorry just please don't hurt me." the little girl cried as a new wave of tears fell from her eyes. Then the elderly lady grabbed her wrist so hard and pulled. The little girl fell to her knees and was pulled off the ground by her hair.
"Lets go, you grounded! No dinner for two weeks. You'll be lucky if you get any food out of me." the elderly woman said as she threw the girl in the car. She got in and drove away from the rehab center. The young girl just looked at the doors her mom had walked through only moments before and wept silently.
"Bella? Are you okay?" Charlie asked snapping me back to reality.
"Oh um yea I'm fine, just thinking." I replied glad that the memory had been washed away.
"Okay well are you hungry?" he said.
"Yea" I replied as I got up to follow him into the kitchen. I sat at the table and Charlie got me some food. I ate as usual in silence while the guys talked. But I kept my mind on school and the storm so I didn't have to think about that awful memory again. No one seemed to notice how quiet I was being, I guess that's a good thing though. When we had all finished eating it was around 2:00pm. There wasn't much to do. Billy suggested we play Monopoly. We all agreed and sat at the table. Jacob chose the dog, Charlie chose the car, Billy chose the coffee cup, and I chose the laptop. From what it seemed for awhile Jacob had the lead. But soon I ended up catching up to him. Then I took the lead. Before anyone could win we decided we didn't want to play anymore and all quit. Me and Jacob would have tied for the win. By the time we had finished it was already 3 o'clock. We sat around and talked until 3:30.
"We should do something" Jacob said.
"Yea just talking is fine, but sooner or later we'll run out of things to talk about", I replied.
"Well what can we all do and have fun?" Charlie asked.
"What about charades?" Billy asked.
"Dad that's so boring unless you have like a ton of people." Jacob replied
"What about cards? We can all play that. And It would be fun to play." I said truly wanting to play now.
"Yea that works. Hmm how about Cheat?" Jacob said looking at everyone.
"Yea" we all reply at the same time. Me and Jacob just started to laugh.
"So who's getting the cards? It can't be me I don't know where anything is." I state.
"Nose goes!" Jacob yelled as he touched his nose. Billy was second knowing Jacob's game. Charlie got up and got the cards from a drawer in the kitchen. Then we played. No one was paying attention to time. We just had fun, during a thunderstorm. We made up rules and took some out. When we finally looked at the time it was almost five o'clock.
Charlie and Billy went to the kitchen to figure out dinner. Me and Jacob stayed back to clean up the cards. Our dads were still unsure of what to have for dinner and we could here them debating.
"So do you like it here?" Jacob asked me.
"Um I'm not a fan of the weather but other than that yea." I replied.
"That's good. How long do you plan on staying?" He asked. This was a question I didn't want to hear. I don't really know how long I'll be here. I don't know if I'm ever going to leave.
"Well I'm not sure. It depends on some things with my mom." I replied trying to be vague.
"What school do you go to? I don't see you at Forks Middle." I stated.
"Yea I go to school here on the reservation. Most of us do. It's easier they let any old riffraff in there." He replied with a grin. At this I laughed. I didn't think he was the trouble kinda kid.
"Well whatever works." I Laughed.
"Yea, I like it though. We learn about our heritage and where our tribe comes from."
"That's actually really cool. I don't know much about my heritage. I know I'm white." I stated. At this he laughed. Then our dads came back in.
"The Electric company said the power will be out for the night. So were gunna go get some things of ours. We'll be back in about a half hour." Charlie said. At this I got up, grabbed my coat and we headed out the door. I could feel Jacobs eyes on me the whole way.
We got back to our house and ran inside because it was still raining pretty hard. I grabbed some things that I would need, but only the essentials. I threw them into a bag and headed back downstairs. Charlie was waiting for me of course. Then we ran back to the car and headed to the black's house. Once we got back it was 5:45. Billy had started to make some dinner. He then told us the sleeping arrangements.
"I will be in my room, due to the wheelchair, Charlie you got the couch, Bella you can take Jake's bed, he'll sleep on the floor somewhere." I didn't really have a reply. At this Jacob showed me to his room so I could put my things in there.
"Well this is my -- where'd the power go?" Jacob asked. I knew this was a rhetorical question, so I didn't answer.
"Well knowing me if I try to get anywhere but here I'll fall." I stated.
"Standing cannot be comfortable. Here take my hand." Jake said as he held out his hand. I wasn't too late so I could still see a little. I grabbed the hand he offered and took a few steps across his room. Just when I let my guard down I tripped and fell right into him.