"Isabella Swan, world famous model at the age of 16 is taking a break from career!"
"God,
way to make it sound dramatic," I huffed and threw the magazine
down.
"Having fun there Bells?" Aro, my manager teased from
my doorway.
"You" I yelled and jumped up from my bed,
stalking towards him. "Have some splaining to do Mister" I
ordered, playing around. He and I were good friends and always joked
around like this.
He held up his hands in mock surrender,
laughing. Not long after I was joining him.
"Okay, enough
playing around and get ready for your plane" he ordered once had
finished laughing. I saluted him, and marched back into my room,
listening to him laugh from behind me.
Packing only took an hour
and I managed to pack most of my stuff that will be sent to Charlie's
house in Forks. I left a note to Helen the house maid if she could
pack the rest for me. I'm sure she would. Lovely old lady.
Checking
a second time in my closet that I had packed everything I made my way
downstairs wheeling my Roxy roller suitcase behind me.
Aro, my
mother Renee, and my step dad Phil, were waiting at the bottom of the
stairway chatting away.
"Ah Bella. There you are" Renee
sighed and walked the rest of the way up the stairs to me. She hugged
me with all her might and I returned it. It would be the first time
Renee and I would be away from eachother for a long amount of time
and I was going to miss her. "I'm going to miss you sweetheart"
she said and broke away from the hug wiping away the tears running
down her face.
"You too mum" I replied before walking the
rest of the way down the stairs and bidding my Phil goodbye.
Aro
and I were quiet in the limo as we drove to the airport. It was going
to be weird walking away from Phil. Not an awkward weird, but a sense
of loss. A loss of a great friend. Renee and I acted more as best
friends then mother and daughter, but there was always a sense of
love in there. But with Phil and I it was different. We bickered with
eachother constantly like siblings would. Actually he was more of an
older brother to me than a manager. Hopefully he would still want to
manage me when I get back. If I get back.
We arrived at the
airport a half hour early and I checked in. We sat and waited in the
terminal for the plane. Finally Aro broke the silence.
"I
brought you a goodbye present" he announced, holding a jewelry box
out in-front of him.
"You didn't have to Aro" I chastised
him, but really I was just holding in my tears.
"Will you just
take it already" he grumbled. He too looked like he was close to
crying. I grabbed it from him and opened the lid of the box.
"Oh
Aro" I whispered, stroking the beautiful 2 hearts with small
diamond in them on a sterling silver necklace.
"It means
forever" Aro stated. I looked back up at him and smiled the biggest
smile in what felt like a long.
I threw my arm around his neck and
whispered over and over my "thankyou" to him.
"Flight 583
is boarding"
"That's me" I said standing up. Aro abruptly
pulled me back down into my seat causing me to yelp in surprise.
"Hold your hair while I do this up" he said and leaned across
the armrest of his chair so that he could reach me.
When he had it
in place I stood up, him following, and walked to the flight gate.
"Bye Phil!" I called out to him over my shoulder.
"Bye
Bella" was his reply before I walked down the path to the plane
doors where a flight attendant showed me to my chair.
The plane
took of and soon we were in the air. Sitting in First class had its
advantages considering the chairs were comfortable enough to sleep in
and the other passengers decided they liked the quiet too.
Looking
out at the crowd I spotted Charlie in his Police uniform.
Charlie's
the Chief of Police in forks and a well respected man around town. I
just hope people will be as welcoming to me when I get there.
"Hey
Bells" Charlie greeted me as I made my way up to him. We embraced
in an awkward pat on the back from each other then let go and went to
grab my bag.
The drive from the airport to Forks was 3 hours long
with a comfortable silence that filled the car and one or two small
questions asked by each other. Nothing important but small titbits of
information that could help us get to know each other better.
I
used to visit Charlie every summer but that suddenly stopped at the
age of 12. I still talked to him on the phone occasionally but
Charlie wasn't really the type that you could spend hours of time
talking to. I liked him for that. And truthfully I was always
yearning for my daddy. To have the comfort and protection that he
brought. Renee was nice to be around, but if anything was ever wrong
I would got straight to Charlie. It just seemed to work that way.
As
we arrived "home" –as I was now calling it that- I was shocked
to realise that Charlie hadn't changed anything since Renee had
walked out on him 10 years ago. It put a warm and sad feeling in my
heart that Charlie felt the need to keep it the same. Maybe it's
not only me that needs a new start.
