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Chapter 1

BPV

"Jacob…its over…we're done!" I said. The tall Native American man who was sitting across from me started to cry. Jacob was my soon to be ex boyfriend. Things had grown bad over the past few months in our relationship. I had been planning this for a while but had gathered the courage when he swung at me tonight. I was not going to be one of those women!

" your breaking up with me over that one incident…I swear I'll never touch you again!" Jacob said incredulous. I couldn't believe that he thought this was the only incident.

"one incident? I haven't seen anyone besides your family and Charlie for the past five months. You don't let me see any of my friends…for no reason. You take half of my pay check and spend it on god knows what. Then you cheat on me with the next door neighbor…who's like 45 and has kids our age. And the only reason why I found out is because I work with her son Seth and he at least had the balls to tell me…unlike a certain asshole that I know. You know what…I should of known! All those late night tribal council meetings. Even Billy said they don't meet at night….AND HES THE CHIEF ELDER! Honestly I don't even see why we were together any more. We want different things out of life. Like you want a cougar!" I said.

"Sounds like you and Seth have something to hide. I don't think I like you in cahoots with him Bella. Maybe I'm not the only one who strayed after all!" Jacob huffed.

"did you honestly listen to anything I just said! I tell you I'm breaking up with you and your response is that my life needs more control. Your fucked up Jake. Your fucked in the head. I honestly don't know what your thinking…but you need therapy and now! And for your FYI I didn't stray. It came up because Seth is my god damn photographer. We were on our way to a story. He told me everything after he saw the picture that you forced me to carry of you sitting on the dashboard. You are so despicable Jake…really. You spent my birthday…with her…on a week long trip to Cancun…you told me that you were heading to Mexico on business! You did not tell me that "business" was to hump the older neighbor for the entire week! No I've had enough of this. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. I'm not going to sit home and be your punching bag while your off screwing the neighbor and god knows who else. I'm done. Its done…don't call me, don't text me. If we see each other on the street we don't even acknowledge each other. Do you understand me? Now get out of my house! " I ordered pointing to the door. I was still living with my father. I had decided after graduating high school that my father was unfit to look after himself. All the man could cook was bacon and eggs. so I found a satellite campus for the University of Washington that was in commuting distance and obtained my English degree there. Afterwards I landed a job with the local news paper writing front page, interests, and crime stories. Being that my father was Chief of Police in Forks ( the town we lived in) it was pretty easy to find a story.

"But-"

"I said get the fuck out!" I snarled. Jacob whimpered like a wounded puppy and ran away. The sad part was that I didn't even care any more. There was a point in my life where that scene would of bothered me and I would of folded but not any more. The past year with Jacob hardened me. don't get me wrong, it started off good. But five months ago everything soured. I lost contact with all of my friends and some don't even look at me when we see each other on the street. Probably because of Jacob. I then picked up the phone and dialed the number of the one person I knew who would always talk to me no matter what. They probably did a double take looking at the caller id.

"Bella?" The voice said shocked. They probably thought it was a wrong number.

"Alice?" I asked.

"What's wrong Bells…omg is it Jacob? WHAT DID THAT BASTARD DO!" Alice roared. Alice always seemed to have a sixth sense about things.

"I'll explain later. Can you please come over though?" I asked.

"I was just down the street…on my way home…I'm on the way…I'm pulling in if you still live with Charlie!" Alice hanging up the phone. Next thing I knew I saw the lime green bug that Alice had drove since she was 16 sitting in the drive way. Alice was through my screen door in no time.

"oh my god…what happened?' Alice asked staring at my cheek bone which had a nasty bruise on it now.

"please tell me that's not what I think it is!" Alice said shaken.

" Alice it is…but there's more. I need to get this out." I said.

"Okay." Alice nodded heading over to the couch.

"I broke up with him tonight." I started.

"well I would hope so!" Alice said. I looked at her.

"sorry…continue!" Alice said.

"See I couldn't take it any more. You know how he forced me not to talk to anyone ( I had explained this to Alice in an earlier conversation…she was understanding and it was why I could reconnect with her so fast.) well things got worse after I saw you at the mall a couple months ago. He had me on total lock down to the point where his cousin Sam was urging me to break up with him. And that's Jacob's family. Then about two weeks ago Seth walked in and confessed that he knew Jacob had cheated on me with his mother. He came into my office all broken up about it. As far as Jake knows though he told me in a car after seeing his picture so don't say anything Alice. The worst part was though is that the woman was married. Seth wanted to tell his dad but he came to me first so that I had a heads up about the situation. He even left me at home on my birthday to gallivant on a Mexican beach with his mistress. I celebrated my birthday with my father, Billy, and her husband Harry. So basically I spent my birthday fly fishing while Jacob sent his fish up another stream!" I said finally breaking down and letting a tear slide for the first time in those two weeks.

"Oh my god…well Bells it could be worse. You could of married that jackass. At least you broke it off now. Halleughia! I know just the perfect thing to get out of your funk…shopping. Lucky for you I brought councilor. I always said that the best revenge takes it's sweet time. Whether it be aids, herpes, murdered by Mr. Clearwater…it always comes back at the end. You may have a broken heart right now…but he's going to be the one kicking himself forever. I have half a mind to tell Chief Swan what he did. He's going to figure it out anyways with the bruise on your face and lord I don't want to be Jacob when that happens." Alice said taking out ten pounds of makeup from her purse.

"You know your ex boyfriend isn't really that smart…punching out the daughter of a police chief who knows exactly where he lives, where he works, and what car he drives. He knows your father is the most over protective parent on the planet. Actually if I were him I'd probably be on the run right now. So lets see…your wearing blue…I think this grayish blue would go nicely over the eyes. I don't want to touch your hair right now…it looks really good. A little mascara, eyeliner, and strawberry flavored lip balm and whalah!" Alice said bringing me to the upstairs bathroom and pointing in the mirror.

"See Bella…your beautiful…you'll find someone in no time. Russet skinned freak is going to be kicking himself. I'm so glad you called me. I don't think I'd be able to handle hearing that news from anyone else's mouth. Actually its really an honor. Now what do you think?" Alice asked pointing to the mirror. I didn't even recognize myself. The bruise was invisible to the outsider. Alice was a miracle worker. They were going to make her a saint one day.

"Its amazing…thank you so much Alice!" I said.

"aww glad I could help!" Alice beamed back.

"Now you better make Charlie dinner…we're not going to be back till late and you know that if he's near a stove he'll burn the house down…Hey maybe we should send him to Billy's when Jacob is the only one home. Tell him to make Billy his famous or should I say infamous lasagna. A little food poisoning never hurt anybody…I was fine after 3 days in the hospital!" Alice snickered.

"oh Alice I did warn you!" I said.

"well I thought you were exaggerating…you know like you had an upset stomach or something…not E-coli. Bella, honestly doesn't your dad know when its cold and you just put the meat…its not done. I'm surprised you survived this long!" Alice said.

" yeah lucky for foods class!" I said.

"Foods!" Alice said zoning out. Foods was Alice's favorite class and it wasn't because of the fact you could make delicious food. The light of Alice's life was in that class. He was six feet tall, blonde haired and blue eyed. He still made Alice swoon five years after we graduated. Alice then snapped out of her daze.

"Oh my god! I just realized…our reunion is coming up in a few weeks Bells…I want to go…I really do…we should go…its perfect now that you don't have asshole controlling every move…maybe you could reconnect with a high school sweetheart!" Alice beamed. I didn't have a sweetheart so I suspected Alice was talking more about herself.

"And think about it…we're shopping…we can find the perfect dresses! it's the perfect way to move on!" Alice said. Yeah the perfect way…going back into the past.

" Now I was in Seattle the other day with my friend Rose…and I saw this little black cocktail dress that would look just great on you. Ironically I thought of you the minute I saw it. If that doesn't work I know some stores that we can hit up." Alice said. It felt like we had only spent a day a part…not five months. As I said before I had run into Alice after we "had lost contact" a.k.a Jacob banned me from seeing her. She didn't seem mad when she saw me…but she wondered what she did to make me so mad at her…apparently Jacob called her and told her that I was mad at her. That we didn't appreciate her trying to break us up. Alice knew it was a lie but didn't get why I hadn't spoken to her. She tried to call but Jacob had taken my phone away from me. The reality was that Jacob was threatened by Alice being attractive. He felt that if guys looked at Alice, then they would look at me and I might stray. Funny considering he was the cheating bastard. In his mind Alice was a threat and threats couldn't exist in his perfect world. it's a wonder Billy lasted in his world…with his being divorced and all. Lets just say Jacob's cheating came from somewhere.

"Alice thank you for not abandoning me during this. You don't know how much I wanted to talk to you, I wanted to call you. Charlie was even starting to miss you…and he physically never expresses that he misses anyone. You remember when my mom left…you were there." I said. Alice nodded.

Flashback.

It was the first night that Alice had ever slept over. Charlie had made his world famous lasagna, which no one but Alice ate. I warned her about the dangers of eating Charlie's cooking but she didn't listen. I felt bad. I hoped she didn't get sick or anything. Alice sat up on the extra cot that Charlie had put in there and looked around.

"wouldn't it be pretty if you had purple walls…maybe you could get your parents to paint your room again!" Alice said as we got up and dragged ourselves down the stairs. Charlie was dressed up in fishing attire and grabbing bait from the fridge.

"So guys…mom left, I'm going fishing…are you going to be okay by yourselves?" Charlie said as if mom had just left for the day and not forever.

"Dad we're 11." I said.

"I take that as a yes then…pop tarts are in the cupboard, stakes in the fridge…be back soon!" Charlie said walking out. This was the only area in which Charlie was passive. I was allowed to stay by myself. The way he acted I actually believed that my mother would be home soon. That was until Alice found the note on the back counter.

"Dear, Charlie and Bella.

I cant take living in a small town anymore. I feel like I'm going to go insane. Charlie I'm leaving Bella with you because she's too intertwined in the town to leave now. Besides I just cannot be a mother any longer. I'm going to Jacksonville, Florida to escape the cold and snow. A friend named Phil lives there and he said that he'd house me. don't try calling. I've already set the papers in motion to relinquish parental rights. Tell Bella that mommy loves her and that all my pearls of wisdom are locked away in the draw upstairs. I left the key in her sock draw because I know that you'd loose it Charlie…no offence haha. Its just information mothers pass on to their daughters for special occasions such as their wedding day…don't snoop Charlie you'll be board to tears plus it's a woman thing and you wouldn't understand that. Well good bye forever. good luck in that shit hole! Renee!

"'Good luck in that shit hole?'…and who leaves when their daughter has a sleep over?" Alice asked shocked.

"Well that's mom for you…doesn't care about anyone else. She was probably just mad that she had to pay to go tanning. I mean I'm not a big fan of the cold and neither is Charlie but we're not jumping on planes and moving to Florida." I said.

"Honestly Bella, I think that's an excuse…I think the real reason she left was because of that 'Phil' character. I know that I should of told you this sooner but if Phil is who I think he is then he hasn't been in Florida for long. When I would go out with my parents we would see them at the dinner. They looked like more then "friends" to me. Unless adults greet their friends with a French kiss. Also, remember when my basement flooded…how my family stayed at this motel. Well they were in front of us when we were checking in. Bella, they were hard core making out and booked for the honeymoon suite. I don't think friends book the honeymoon suite of a motel together. I'm so sorry that I didn't say anything before. Its just that I didn't want to hurt you and Charlie!" Alice said apologetically. I automatically understood what she was saying. My mother was having an affair.

"its okay Alice…I understand." I said.

End of Flashback.

" yeah I remember…wow that's shocking!" Alice said utterly surprised as we headed down stairs and I grabbed a salad bowl out. Alice had grabbed a plate from the cupboard and opened the fridge.

"wow Charlie never changes huh…how much fish is in this thing…it looks like a polar bears dream!" Alice exhaled. I threw a stake sandwich together and wrapped it up and placed a note on how to warm it in the microwave. As I then wrote him a note telling him that I would be back later and that there was a sandwich in the fridge.

"Lets go!" Alice beamed charging towards the door. I quickly followed behind. As we pulled into an intersection I happened to glance at the car next to me. From inside the rabbit we could Jacob's pissed off face as he threw our car as a disgusted look. Alice flicked him off and laughed.

"oh man the look on his face was priceless…I wish I had a camera!" Alice laughed as we turned onto the highway.

"So anyways. You should stop by my salon one time. Meet Rosalie. She's really nice. I think you two would get along really well!" Alice said. How Alice was able to obtain the money to co-own her own hair dressing shop in a recession I never knew. Especially since she was a shopaholic.

"really?" I asked. Even though she was one of Alice's classmates from the trade school that Alice went to after high school Rose and I never had the chance to meet. A fact that always bugged Alice.

"Yeah she's kind, very fashionable, our age, and very maternal. When little kids come with their moms to the shop Rose plays with them if she doesn't have a costumer. In school she volunteered at the daycare on her days off. She's also very personable." Alice said.

"well from what you say she seems good to get along with!" I said smiling.

"you two really have to meet sometime…maybe we could get together this weekend or you could stop by the shop tomorrow or something?" Alice asked.

"Yeah, you know I haven't had my hair cut in a while …I could stop by tomorrow!" I said.

"Yay! It will be free I promise…anywhere from twelve to three I'm free!" Alice beamed.

"alright well I'll come around twelve then!" I said. Just then Alice turned the radio on. Kayne West's "runaway" played through the air. The perfect song.

"You know Bella this song is totally about your ex boyfriend. God he's such an asshole!" Alice laughed as the song continued to play. She hummed the tune for the rest of the song.