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First time writer so please try to be kind. Would appreciate constructive criticism though.
New Born Reconnection
Chapter 1
BPOV
So here I am moving back to Seattle. Needless to say the circumstances in which I'm moving back aren't exactly good ones. About a month ago, I buried my boyfriend Garrett. I had met Garrett when I moved to Chicago, I figured it was a good place to start out after college and get a good job in publishing. When I met Garrett it was great, he was cute and funny. I had bumped into him at a Starbucks across the street from my work and he asked me out immediately. We were going strong for about 2 ½ and then the unthinkable happened….he died.
Don't get me wrong I know how it happened but at the time I just no clue. I remember that morning almost like it was yesterday. I remember waking up and rolling over to see him and he was lying so still, he looked like he was dreaming so peacefully. I tried waking him up the way I usually did, little kisses on the cheek, but her never stirred; not even once. I tried shaking him but not even that worked.
I was so hysterical when I was phone with the 911 operator. When the paramedics arrived, things felt like they were more so going of control. I rode in the ambulance with him and when we got to the hospital, he was announced D.O.A. They couldn't tell me at the time what had killed him and I had to spend 4 agonizing weeks waiting for his cause of death. When I finally received the call from the coroner's office, they had said it was due to a heart murmur. I couldn't believe it, he was so young and to think that he died of something that he could've had treated was unreal. Needless to say because of that I definitely got mad for awhile.
Garrett had no living family to speak of, so I had to take of the funeral. It was small, only our friends. My dad Charlie and my best friend Alice were unfortunately unable to make it. See my dad is Chief of Police in a small town called Forks in Washington, because of that him being able to get time off to travel halfway across the country for however long wasn't exactly possible. Alice on the other hand…. It was my fault she was unable to make it. I had called her so soon to the funeral that she couldn't leave work. Alice has managed to open up two very successful boutiques in Seattle.
After the funeral, I had tried goin with my life. I went to work, did the every day things. With Garrett not being there, almost seemed like no point in staying in Chicago. Then about 4 weeks later, I got a very out of the blue surprise. I found out I was pregnant. When I told Charlie he wasn't very talkative, he did though give me his sympathies since I was gonna be doing it alone. See I had decided to have the baby cause I just couldn't let myself abort or give away the only thing I had left of Garrett. Charlie had asked me what I was gonna do and at the time I told him I had zero clue. But of course all of that changed when I told Alice. Alice pretty much forced me to move back to Seattle. She told me told me that she had enough room that I could stay with her.
Before I head up to Seattle, I'm heading to Forks to see Charlie. It's almost bizarre when I see the 'Welcome to Forks' sign. It's been such a long time that I've been here it feels like. When I finally get to the house I grew up in and spent my junior and senior years of high school living in, I cant' get over how much its still the same. When I turn off my car, I see Charlie walking down the front steps to meet me.
"How are ya doin, Bells?" Charlie asks me as he gives me a very welcoming hug.
"Not so bad dad. Thankfully the morning sickness didn't rear its ugly head during my drive." I chuckled.
Charlie gave out an awkward chuckle. "Well… good thing for that. Come on Bells, let's you get inside."
I gave a little smirk, grabbed my back and followed Charlie inside. While walking in the house, to say that the place hasn't changed would definitely be an understatement. I followed Charlie into the living room and sat next to him on the couch.
"So, when is Alice expecting you?"
I turn to look at Charlie, "Tomorrow afternoon. She wants there to be enough time for me to settle in and for her to definitely fuss over me, as she always does."
"Well what you do you wanna do for dinner, Bells? I'm not exactly sure what I have in the kitchen that could be used, but we could always head to the diner."
"Yeah going to the diner would be fine. I really don't think I have the strength to put a meal together, I'm kind of exhausted."
After sitting around the house for awhile, we had gone over to the diner for dinner. It was a good dinner, with I suppose a good enough amount of conversation with Charlie. After getting back to the house, I had said a 'good night' to Charlie and headed back up to my old room. Yet again the room, was exactly the way I had left it. I had put my bag on the bed and gotten out a set of pj's and my toiletry bag. After a trip across the hall to the bathroom to brush my teeth and change my clothes, I had made it back to my room and pulling back the covers to go to bed. When I got into bed, I grabbed my phone from my purse and decided to text Alice.
Me: Hey, Im headed 2 bed & I will c u tomorrow afternoon
A few seconds later, my phone beeped.
Alice: Cant wait 2 c u sweetie! Have a safe trip
I smiled to myself at her text. I closed my phone and set it on my bedside table. Lying back to go to bed, I really hoped that yet again tomorrow during my drive there would be no morning sickness to deal with.
When I got up the next morning, I took some time to lay in bed for a bit and then took out some new clothes from my bag and my bag of toiletries. As I paddled my way to the bathroom, the sudden rush of having to pee definitely caught me off guard. Afterwards I definitely felt like I lost 10 pounds just from that. I changed my clothes, brushed my teeth and my way back to the room to get my bag organized. I grabbed my things and made my way downstairs. After reaching the bottom of the bag, I was immediately hit the smell of coffee.
"Aww, this really isn't fair."
Making my way to the kitchen, Charlie turned around to face me.
"What's not fair, Bells?"
Groaning, "I smell your coffee and I'm not allowed to have any."
"Yeah I really guess you can't huh?"
I chuckled a little to myself. I then continued to make myself quite the breakfast. A good helping of scrambled eggs and some toast, definitely went a long way. After remaining in my seat to let myself digest, I got up to wash off my plate and put it away. Charlie had already had breakfast before and so I walked into the living room to find him sitting on the couch watching some tv. I sat down next to him and continued to tell him that I had better be going.
Charlie got up from the couch. "Well Bells, let me help you take your bag back out to your car."
"Oh dad, you don't have to do that, I'm fully capable…"
Charlie interrupts, "Ah, don't give me any of that Bells. Let your old man help you out."
I smiled to myself. "Okay."
Charlie grabbed my bag and continued to walk me out to my car. I pressed the button down on the security for my car and unlocked the car. Charlie put my bag in the passenger seat. He walked around to the driver's side where I was and stopped in front of me.
"Well… don't be a stranger now Bells."
"Aw, dad you know I'll come around. Besides who's gonna tell me how much bigger I'm getting?" I chuckled.
"Well you can always count on me, Bells."
I shifted my weight a bit. "Well, I should probably be going, Alice is expecting me."
"Alright. Tell Alice 'hello' for me."
"I'll be sure to do that." I smiled. I walk forward and hug Charlie. I step away and smile at him. "I'll talk to you soon, dad."
Charlie smiles back and get into the car. I start the car up and head off down the road to head to Seattle.
After 4 hours and 5 restroom stops, I finally made it to Alice's apartment. When I made it to the visitor parking to her building, I turned the car off and grabbed my stuff. After she had buzzed me in, I made it to the elevator to take me to third floor that housed her apartment. Walking off the elevator was very nerve-racking. I wasn't expecting the anxiousness that I was now experiencing. When I reached her door, I put my bags down and knocked on her door.
The door had swung open and Alice's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "BELLA!"
Right when my name left her lips, I suddenly burst into tears. "Alice." I choked out in a sob.
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