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Chapter 1

"That's it, Bella, I'm sending you back to your mother!" Charlie shouted over breakfast. It took me a while to comprehend what he meant, my face went from shock to anger to confusion. "Why? What have I done wrong?" I protested. "Nothing. But that's the problem. You never do anything. You're lifeless Bella, and I can't cope anymore. I can't help you, you won't talk to me, you won't talk to any of your friends, you're grades at school are slipping, you've stopped eating, you never smile anymore and you spend all your time locked in your room doing absolutely nothing. I can't watch you destroy yourself anymore Bella! It's killing me!" He was right. I looked down at my plate and noticed all I had done was pick at my toast, it had taken me nearly 20 minutes to eat one slice. "Dad, I don't want to go, please don't make me" I mumbled as the tears started rolling down my face. I couldn't leave Forks, my life was here, my friends were here. All my memories of Edward are here, how could I possibly leave that behind, it's all I have left of him. I looked up to see Charlie sigh in frustration. "Bella, I think it'll be best, I don't want you to leave, but you're so miserable, I think you should consider it, you can come back if you don't like it, but I think this will be a good idea." I couldn't believe he actually wanted me to leave, "you don't want me?" I sobbed, another wave of pain washed over me as I remembered the rejection and depression from last time I spoke those words. I couldn't believe Charlie had given up on me aswell. "No Bella, I didn't mean that, I want you to stay here, I just don't know how to help you, and I think you're mother would be more use to you right now" he admitted. "Dad, I don't want to, I want to stay here with you, I don't want mom, I want to stay with you" I pleaded. I looked up to see his expression soften from hearing me say I wanted him more, "I don't know Bells, I think you should think about it, but, if you stay here..." "thankyou so much dad!" I interrupted, "Bella, let me finish, if you stay here, I want you to change. And I mean it, I think you should go out with some of your friends, maybe Jess, you could go for a girly night out, or maybe Angela, she seems like more your type, she can stay over if you like?" Charlie suggested. I knew I needed to change my behaviour, but a night with Jess and all her high school problems seemed like a nightmare, a sleepover with Angela didn't sound too bad though. "Yeah sure, I've missed Angela, I should probably phone her" I told Charlie. He smiled, proud that he'd finally got through to me. "Well Bella, I'm going over to Billy's house after work for dinner, so don't make me anything, you're welcome to come?" Charlie said as he put his boots and jacket on. "Sure, I haven't seen Jacob in a while, it'd be nice to catch up with him" I said sincerly. I really had been neglecting my friends, I never realised how much I'd missed them until Charlie's brutal talk, I think an afternoon with Jake is just what I need. He wouldn't question what happened between me and Edward. This would be a problem free and mythical creature free day.

As soon as I arrived at La Push, I barely had time to climb out of Charlies car before I was swept into a bone crushing hug. I immeditely smiled as I was released, "nice to see you too Jake" I joked. "I can't believe you actually came, I thought Charlie was giving me false hope when he mentioned you were coming on the phone" he said enthusiastically. I breifly wondered why he was hoping to see me, but I let it slide figuring he meant nothing by it and it was just a passing remark. "hey Bella, I haven't seen you for a while" Billy said as he rolled over, "hey Billy, yeah, sorry about that, I should've visited more often" I said guiltily, "it's okay Bella, I understand" he winked and went off to greet Charlie. I groaned when I heard them talking about the game that was on tonight, I knew there was some other reason Charlie was coming here on a Saturday. "Hey Jake, do you want to go for a walk on the beach?" I suggested, fresh air was definitely a better option. "Er, yeah sure, let me just go grab a coat" he ran off inside. I remembered the last time we went to the beach, he told me about the ledgends of his tribe and "the cold ones." I felt my heart break at the memory. "Bella? Bella, what's wrong?" Jake wrapped his arms around me, "nothing, I'm fine, c'mon lets go" I knew he didn't believe me but he let it drop anyway. We talked the whole way to the beach about how he was doing at school and his friends and what he's been up to lately, carefully avoiding any subjects that would remind me too much of... Him.
When we reached the beach, we sat on a log facing the ocean, we were the only people out here and it was nice to be alone with Jake. I was forgetting all my worries when the inevitable question fell out of Jacob's mouth "so, what happened with you and Edward?" My heart stopped. I never had a problem lying to everyone else about what happened, but lying to Jake didn't seem right, I had to stick to my cover story though "his dad got offered a job in L.A, so they had to move, Edward included" I said in a monotoned voice. "Bella. Do you really think you can lie to me? I know that's not the truth, I'm not stupid, if he left you because he had to move, he wouldn't have left you stranded in the woods on your own, now, tell me what really happened" he demanded, I tried to open my mouth to tell him but all I could manage was an agonised scream as the memories came flooding back. Jake put his arm around my shoulder and waited patiently. After I regained some control, I told him everything, except anything about him being a vampire, I told him they had to move, and he didn't want me to come with him, and how he said I'll forget about him soon enough, and how it'll be like he never exsited. Jake's mouth fell in shock, "wow, what a jerk." he declared. I didn't defend Edward like I had with everyone else, I knew Jake was right, he was a jerk, I just didn't want to admit it. "Seriously Bella, if I ever see him again, I'll rip his head off" Jake said seriously. I couldn't help but laugh a little, if only Jake new he wouldn't even stand a chance.

We stopped talking about my problems after a while and talked about Jake's. He told me how Embry, one of his best friends, has started hanging out with Sam Uley, and completely ignoring Jake. I couldn't help but hate Sam, I know he was the one who found me in the woods and took me home, but after hearing about him taking Embry away from Jake, I just couldn't help myself. I let my mind wonder momenterily about how suspicious it seemed that Sam and his 'crew' acted alot differently than the rest of the boys on the reservation, it struck me as odd that all these boys had suddenly changed and become more grown up, over what seemed like a few days. I quickly snapped out of it though before I got to the inevitable thought of Edward would know, he always knows these things.

After a few hours, we decided we should probably head back to Jake's house for dinner. Everyone had already eaten by the time we got back so Jake made us a pizza to share. We sat and talked to Billy for a while until Charlie finally got tired and decided it was time to go. "Okay well, we best be heading off" Charlie said as he started putting his jacket on. "Promise you'll come back Bella?" Jake pleaded, I could tell he was thinking I'd never return again, and just ditch him after today, but I'd realised I needed him more than anyone, so I agreed to return and braced myself for another bone crushing hug.
Once me and Charlie got home, I decided to phone Jake straight away to see if he wanted to hang out tomorrow. "Miss me already?" he asked as soon as he answered the phone, I could almost hear him grinning down the phone, "of course!" I laughed, I asked if he wanted to hang out and he agreed, he said he had something to show me in the garage. I said goodbye and hung up and got ready for bed. And for the first night in months, I didn't fall asleep crying.

A.N/ So, what did you think? Reviews would be very much appreciated! I realise a lot happened in this chapter, and I could've made it into two chapters and gone into more detail, or have more things happen, but I really didn't want to, and I felt like this would be sufficient for what would theoretically be the 4th chapter of a book .

I'll hopefully upload the next chapter soon. So please rate and review! :D