Love Story
DISCLAIMER: IT ALL BELONGS TO STEPHENIE MEYER. I'M JUST BORROWING HER FANTASTIC MADE UP WORLD FOR THERAPY. Please don't sue me I have no money.
FIRST FANFIC EVER (BE KIND) Let me know of any spelling, grammar, or just plain goof's you guy's see and I'll work on fixing them.
A/N: Story starts off with Bella age 15 going to live with her Dad in Forks. The Cullens & Hales will have been living in Forks for several months when she moves in. Also note I wrote and reviewed this story under the duress of painkillers so let me know of any mistake you guys see.
COUPLE: BELLA (Human to begin with) & EDWARD (Vampire)
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BELLA'S POV
Chapter 1
I'm being sent to hell all because I'm a walking magnet for danger. Like Charlie can keep me any safer than Renee. Okay he's a cop but come on Forks was like Mayberry except with more rain and wild life. I know I'm being over melodramatic but how can she do this to me?
"Bella we need to get going!" Renee screams at me from the back door as I sit on the desert floor and look up at the beautiful sun.
I better grain this view into my memory as I don't know when I'll see the sun again.
"Bella we need to leave now."
"Okay mom I'm coming. Did Phil get my carry on by the couch?" I asked as I walked by my mom who was standing in the kitchen by the back door.
"Yeah. It's sitting in the backseat. Did you remember to pack your gloves and scarf in your purse so their easy to get to? Charlie called this morning and said it wouldn't be out of the thirties today." My mom asked me as we walked out to the car.
"Yeah their in my purse and my parka is packed in my carry on." I said as I got in the car. I looked back at my home and sighed "Mom do I really have to go?"
"Bella your dad can take better care of you. He can keep you safe."
"You really think Charlie can? It was an accident it could have happened to any other kid. Please give me another chance I'll be more careful."
"Bella the school won't let you back and you've been blacklisted. Forks is a small town the High School doesn't even have sixty students. Forks will allow you the chance to finish school and to allow you a chance of cleaning up your records so you can get into University. I know the fire was an accident...hell the authorities and school know it was an accident but the damage has been done."
"I know mom. I'm just going to miss you and Phil." I said trying to calm my mom down. If she broke down so would I. I hated this my mom and I hardly ever really fought before the stupid accident. Why did this have to happen to me?
"We'll miss you too sweetheart." Phil told me as he looked at me in the rearview mirror from the driver's seat as he adjusted his blue baseball cap.
I had to swallow the lump in my throat I refused to let myself cry. This was all my clumsy self's fault. I accidentally tripped in a lab class I was doing for Biology. It wouldn't be such a big deal if I hadn't smashed a beaker full of flammable chemicals into an open flame that someone had left unattended. The fire quickly spread and two other students suffered second degree burns to their hands. I suffered third degree burns to my hands and legs. My lungs were also messed up due to all the smoke I had inhaled when trying to put the fire out. The fire burned down three labs and two classrooms. The fire happened last year in my second semester of eighth grade before my mom meet Phil. I was in the hospital for over two months and had to finish eighth grade thru a summer school program. My mom had to enroll me in a home school program for the ninth grade because I had been expelled from my Private School.
Phil was a semi pro baseball player and my mom had meet him over the summer when she went thru a phase of "getting fit." The phase didn't last long but it seemed her and Phil would. He was younger than her but they worked together. She was happier than she had been in a long time. She deserved to be happy so I would do this for her. I would be okay. I would visit her and Phil in a few months during summer break. This wasn't goodbye it was see you soon.
I was being sent to Forks not because my mom was afraid I'd burn down our house but because someone else might. Since the accident things had gotten tense in our community. Phoenix is a big town but since the accident I had felt like I was living in a fish bowel. For the first few months I had news reporters fishing around trying to make the accident into a bigger deal than it was. They were trying to spin the story that I was a kid with a grudge on my shoulder and I had really caused the accident on purpose. Lawyers and lawsuits had been hovering over my head and no one cared how sorry I was for the accident.
The last few months I'd been getting threatening phone calls and letters. It seems fellow students and parent's were unhappy with the increase in tuition the school had approved to help pay for the school's deductible that needed to be paid covering the damages from my accident. Our house had been broken into and my room had been destroyed. A threatening message had been left behind that Phil had found when we came home from his game. Renee and him wouldn't let me read it. The threats had to be horrific because my mom had called Charlie that night to arrange for me to move back to Forks.
Forks, WA was a small town that barely had over 3,000 inhabitants. It's constantly covered in a gray backwash that is usually companied by non stop rain fall. My mother left my father Charlie when I was only a few months old but every summer until my accident I had to endure three months of weather induced depression while visiting my dad. This summer my dad came to California were I was undergoing therapy after recovering from skin grafts and plastic surgery to cover up my burn marks. The doctor's did great work I looked as if I'd never been burned. My mom said it was also due to my freaky healing abilities. You see I've suffered two broken arms, a broken leg, four broken ribs, two hairline fractures, two concussions, and too many stitches to count in my short 15 years but my skin had been left completely unmarked after my injuries had healed. Also I had a tendency to heal up to three times as fast as my doctor's expected me to. Phil told my mom that my healing ability was a gift from God because otherwise I wouldn't still be alive. You see the fire wasn't the first life endangering accident I have had and it most likely wouldn't be my last.
"Were here Bella." my mom said as we pulled up to the airport.
I slowly made my way out of the car pulling out my carryon as Phil lifted out my suitcase for the trunk. The butterflies in my stomach were going nuts as I grabbed my bag from Phil and looked at my mom who was trying to hold back her tears. I decided to swallow my indignation at being sent away and spear my mom's feelings. It was time to grow up.
" I love you mom and I understand why I have to go live with Charlie. I'll see you and Phil this summer."
"Oh baby I'm so glad your not mad anymore. You make sure to call me and e-mail me everyday. Phil and I are looking at some rental properties for this summer. Were thinking about maybe going to Florida. Don't you think that would be a blast?" My mom asked me. I think I surprised her by not throwing a fit as I had briefly thought about doing so before realizing I wasn't a two year old.
" Anywhere with sun works for me." I said as I thought of the next five months I would have to endure with little to no sun exposure. I loved the sun but you would never know it by looking at me for I had lily white skin due to only burning when I tried to tan. I looked over to Phil who looked a little uncomfortable with the emotional charge atmosphere. " Phil you look after my mom for me." It was an order not a question. I knew he would as he was planning to ask my mom to marry him. He had asked for my permission to marry her and become my stepfather last month. How could I refuse him when he had never judged me and made my mom so happy? He was a great guy and I was glad my mom had found him. He was going to ask her on Valentine's Day. I planned to carry my cell phone on me as my mom would want to start planning the wedding right away. I had already started getting quotes together from local bakeries, caterers, and bands. It would be hard planning her wedding with her from a distance but I would do anything for her she was my mom.
"Okay give your old mom a hug. Your going to have to go check in now or you won't be able to board the plane." Renee said as she choked back the sob she had almost let go.
" I love you mom. Phil take care." I said as I hugged them both and looked back only once as I briskly walked into the airport. I would not break down. I would be strong.
AN: Please review and let me know what you think. The next chapter should introduce Edward.