Disclaimer: I Do Not Own The Original Twilight Story Or The Characters. I own copies of the book, I own the idea of this fanfiction and there may or may not be OC's.
A/N: I'm sorry about the pretty much repeatitiveness of this chapter, and how short it is, but please bear with me, the next one will be longer.
Happily after Twilight.
Chapter One: New Arrival.
My mother dropped me off at the airport in Pheonix, Arizona. It was a rather quiet ride, or maybe that was just because I had tuned my mother and her ranting out about ten minutes after leaving her house. My old house. As of Today, I would be a residant in Charlie Swan's house in Forks, Washington in the Olymic Peninsula with my father and brother.
Ahh, Forks. How much I loathed Forks. The rainiest place in the world, and my Father chose to live there. He had lived there all my life, while my mother, Renee, and I resided in Pheonix since I was two. She chose to leave Charlie when I was that age, taking me with her and letting Emmett stay with Charlie. Much like myself, she never made a secret of her distaste for the rainy town. You can only imagine the shock expression on her face when I told her I would be moving in with Daddy dearest. My Father was also shocked, but he was exited that we would finally be able to bond. My brother was estatic when he found out. I spent Summer with Charlie and Emmett in Forks until I was fourteen. Then we would spend three weeks together in California.
But a couple of short years ago, Renee remarried Phil Dwyer. Don't get me wrong, I liked the man, it's just he was a baseball player, and his work had him move a lot. My mother and I stayed together at the house in Arizona, but I could tell the sadness it cause her to be away from Phil. So I chose to move with Charlie and Emmett, and she could be with her husband. I may not have actually wanted to go, but I would just have to grin and bear it now. I made my desicion, and I would have to live with that.
"Bella, honey," my mom said to me -- the last of a thousand times -- "you don't have to do this."
As I stared at her wide, childish eyes, a spasm of panicked washed through me. I was leaving my living, erratic, hare-brained mother to fend for herself. She had Phil, so the bills would get paid, and she would have plenty of food, but I was so used to taking care of her. I cooked, and cleaned, and helped however I could. I would endure my mother's crazy stunts one after another, talking her out of her insane idea's and particapating in the ones she decided to stick to.
"Mom, it's fine. I want to go," I lied. I'd always had problems lying, but this lie in particular had been stated so frequently lately, it sounded almost convincing.
"Tell Charlie and Emmett I said hi."
"I will. I promise."
"I'll see you soon. You can come home whenever you want. I'll come right back as soon as you need me."
But I could see the sacrifice behind her eyes. "Mom, I'm going to be fine. Take care of yourself. I love you, Mom."
And on that note, I got out of the car and went to get set to board the plane.
All in All, the plane ride to Seattle was about four hours, and then another hour in a small flight to Port Angeles, and an hour ride to Forks. I didn't so much mind flying. I was used to it by now. However, the ride back to Forks was awkward.
Since Charlie was the Cheif of Police, we drove the police cruiser back to his house. Charlie was not a man of many words, so we didn't really talk. I didn't mind much, it was a comfortable silence. It was when we did talk that made it uncomfortable.
"So..., Bella. I, uhm, bought you something." Charlie had said about ten minutes away from his house. I wasn't expecting that.
"Oh. Uhm, you didn't have to do that." I stuttered.
"It wasn't really a big deal. I figured you wouldn't want to be driven around in the cruiser, and I have to work a lot, so I kinda bought you a truck. It's a good car for you, and it was cheap. I got it from Billy." Billy Black, Charlie's best friend.
"Oh. Thank you." I put on the best smile I could manage. Neither Charlie nor I ever really felt comfortable expressing feelings, or gratitude.
"It was no trouble. I want you to be happy here Bells." He mumbled, his cheeks tinting with the slightest shade of pink. No point in adding that my being happy here in forks was next to impossible.
We soon arrived at Charlie's house. Charlie helped me get my bag's and dropped them off in my room and then left me to unpacked. That was one thing I liked about my dad, he never lingered. He brought my bags up and then left me alone, something impossible with Renee. So, with Charlie gone, Emmett apparently not home, and my bags just taking up space on my floor, I began to unpack. My room was average size, a bed in the corner, a desk with a computer in the opposite corner, and a window on the side that opens to a roof much like a balcony. As my closet and dresser began to fill with my clothes, or lack-there-of, I let a few silent tears roll down my cheek. I quickly wiped them away and finished my duty.
As I finished organizing my belongings, it had just turned 5:30. I figured that everybody would be hungry so I descended the stairs to the living room, where I found Charlie and Emmett lounged on the couch infront of the T.V watching some baseball game.
"Bella! Welcome home sis!" I heard Emmett exclaim as he jumped off the couch to embrace me in a huge hug.
"Emmett... I ... Can't ... Breathe. " I said in between gasped. His booming laughter filled the room as he set me back on the floor. I giggled in response to his reaction and hugged him back, only without cutting off his airway.
"Dad, can we order pizza or something? I'm starving!" For emphasis, Emmett rubbed his stomach.
"Actually Emmett, I was just going to make dinner, so you guys don't have to order pizza."
"Well Bells, we don't really have anything to eat. I forgot to go grocery shopping." Charlie cut in.
"Oh. Okay." I smiled at is forgetfulness.
So, for the rest of the night we sat around the television asking questions to eachother about our lives, our hobbies and just about everything else. When it got to be around 10:00 we all decided to head in for the night.
It was pouring outside so it took me a while to finally get to sleep. I knew I was going to be tired tomorrow at school. Ugh, school. I can't even begin to explain how much I am dreading that.
A/N: Alright, so that's Chapter one. Uhm, I hope you liked it. The next chapter may be up later on today but I honestly don't know. Please Review for constructive critisism on what you think should happen through the story. I have my story planned out, but plans are made so changes can be made. I really hope you like it.