Chapter One:
"Come on boys, we need to get going. We're going to be late!" I called down the hall as I was trying to make my way to the door with everything that was needed. Purse - check. Coats - check. Lunch - check. Hats, gloves - check. Book bag - check. What am I missing….
"Boys! I'm walking out the door right now!" It doesn't matter what time I get out of bed, we always end up getting out of here late.
"Here you are. Did you both brush your teeth? Do you have your hat, both gloves? Everything?" The boys shook their heads.
"Alright tell your dad bye and let's get out of here." I turned to find my husband coming down the hall and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
"I'll see you when I get home. Remember I need to stop of the store after work, so I'll be running a little late" He just shrugged his shoulders and gave the boys and me a quick hug. As I got the boys in the car I realized what I forgot - the cell phone! I ran back into the house and grabbed it off the counter. I got back into my car and started down the road.
We live in this small town in the middle of nowhere called Forks. It's in Washington state and all it ever does is rain. I should take that back, it snows as well. Forks wouldn't be my first choice of a place to live, but this is where my husband is from. He wanted his kids raised in the same town he was raised in. So here we are. I was born and raised in the sunny, warm town of Phoenix. So, how'd I end up here you ask? I met my husband through some family friends. They were visiting for the summer and him and I hit it off. I was only 16 at the time. We'd only been dating for a while when surprise number one came along. We were in love and decided to make it right. We waiting until I was 18 and got married and moved here. A year later, surprise number two came. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my boys for anything in this world. We have all the necessities in life. My husband takes care of us very well. But if I was honest, we rushed into this a lot faster than we should have. A lot of mistakes made on both sides early into the relationship is the reason we have problems now. I love my husband. We just don't get along that well. A lot of trust issues.
Well anyways, enough of my problems, were was I? Oh yeah, dropping the boys off. Took the youngest to the babysitters and the oldest to school, then it was off to work for me. Once I arrived at work, I dropped all my stuff at my desk and went to get a cup of coffee.
"Hey Angela! How'd the dinner with the parents go last night?"
"Oh hey Bella, it went better than expected. Ben's mom really seemed to like me." Angela replied with a smile on her face. I liked Angela. She was one of those people who really cared about what happened to you. Her and her boyfriend, Ben, were getting really serious. Last night was the dreaded meeting of the parents. I'm glad it went well. She deserved to be happy.
"That's great." I replied. "When's the dinner with your parents?"
She sighed and looked down at her cup of coffee. "It's this weekend. My parents are coming into town on Friday evening. I really hope my mom can convince my dad not to scare Ben off. I haven't had one single boyfriend that he hasn't done that to yet."
" I feel you Ang, my dad pulled the whole, 'I've got eyes watching everywhere' trick." I sighed at the memory.
"I hope he doesn't try that. At least he's not a cop like your dad."
"So true. I don't know how Mike ever survived." I glanced at the clock and told her bye while heading back to the desk. Time to get to work.
Time went so slow today. When I was finally leaving the office at 5, I was exhausted. I stopped at the store down the street from my work to avoid the traffic at the one closest to our house. I was ready to get out of these heals. I quickly grabbed something for dinner and decided to go look at the music section. I didn't like a lot of the newer music but I thought that Debussy might have just came out with a greatest hits CD. I went over to the classical music section and was searching for the D's when someone walking past caught the corner of my cart and shoved my back into the rack of CD's.
"Ouch, thanks jerk!" I yelled down the isle at the back of some guy. I was trying to pick myself up when I felt cold hands grab a hold of my arm and help me up.
"Oh, thank you so much" I said as I turned and looked into the most gorgeous emerald green eyes I have ever seen.
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Thank you so much for reading the first chapter in my story. This is my first time ever writing a fan fiction. I have a brief outline of this story. Right now it is rated T, but may turn into M. Depends on how comfortable I am with writing that material. Any ideas or suggestions would be of utmost appreciation.