Chapter1. The Move

"Come on Bella!" Charlie yelled from the bottom of the staircase. I had just finished putting the last lot of clothes in my suitcase and carried the last lot of items and placed it in the revivalist's van. I turned around and just stared at the house that had lived in ever since I could remember.

"C'mon Bells hurry up and get in Emmett's car!"Charlie yelled. I could hardly call my brothers vehicle a car, it was a jeep and a massive one at that. I turned around and ran to my father's Mercedes.

"OK dad, make sure you stick to the speed limit, watch the road and please drive safely!" I made sure I spaced out the last bit so he knew that I was, in fact, being serious. Charlie just looked at me and rolled his eyes and gave me a look that said 'uh well, DUH what do you take me for an idiot?' I raised my eyebrow at this and he just shook his head and chuckled.

"C'mon Bells, you take forever to get into this thing" Jasper said hitting the top of the jeeps bonnet softly and continued, "Hurry up or we will definitely miss the plane." He responded and jumped into the passenger seat of the jeep. I made my way over to the monster and eyed the back seat warily, as if any second it would jump out and bite me. With a deep breath and a sigh I grabbed the door handle and the top of the hood and, literally, hauled myself into it and closed the door.

"ALRIGHT!" Emmett pounded a fist in the air, "LETS GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!", and with that Jasper rolled his eyes and turned up the mixed CD, that he had mixed before we left, till it was blasting out of the windows, and we made our way to the airport.

Charlie couldn't fly up with us because he had to meet one of his 'clients' along the way. Charlie worked for an overseas marketer, which allowed him to travel all around the world for long periods of time. It was really hard after the accident and all, I mean it was only a month ago and I still have nightmares. Dad decided it was best for us to move because there would be too many memories of mom if we stayed in forks. So dad packed us up and now we are on our way to a new state, a new school, a NEW everything.

Emmett and Jasper were sad about leaving the house and their friends behind; it was of course where they had grown up all their lives. As for me I was pretty emotionless when Charlie announced that we would be moving. I had been so cut up about mom that it didn't even sink in properly. I still feel sort of numb.

Flashback

I was sitting in the lounge room reading a book when someone knocked at the door. I looked up at the clock, it was 9:00.

"Coming!"I yelled, who would be knocking on the door at this time, I thought. I opened the door and standing before me were two policemen.

"Excuse me miss but is Mr. Swan home?" the taller of the two asked. I looked between the two of them then looked towards the lounge room, nope not there then I heard some yelling outside the backdoor.

"Yeah I'll just go get him." I responded in a shaky voice. I went out the back to find Charlie arguing with someone over the phone "umm... dad there's two policemen at the door for you." I stumbled out he looked at me and hung up the phone. He walked past me and into the living room, towards the front door.

"Yes officers, how may I help you?" Charlie asked calmly. Emmett and Jasper had come to the front room to see what was going on.

"Good evening Mr. Swan, I'm Sergeant McKenzie and this is my partner, Officer Jefferson. What is your relation to Mrs Renee Swan?" the officers stood silently waiting for Charlie to respond. I looked back to see Emmett and Jasper exchanging worried glances. Right then I knew that whatever they had to say to Charlie, my life would never be the same.

"She's my wife" Charlie replied, the worry evident in his voice. I was starting to feel a little lightheaded, I stepped backwards and lost my balance, but Emmett caught me and righted me so I was standing properly, keeping his hand rested on my shoulder.

"You may want to sit down for this." The officer stated, gesturing into our lounge room. They all started walking towards the lounge room but I was frozen in place. Emmett looked back and gently took my hand.

"C'mon Bells." He whispered as he pulled me along.

Once relatively comfortable the officers exchanged another glance then the taller one said, "Mrs. Swan was in an accident on the highway this evening, I'm sorry, there was nothing the paramedics could do."

I looked around the room and saw Charlie with his head in his hands. Emmett and Jasper were sitting next to me and both their eyes were filled with tears, with a few strays falling down their cheeks. Emmett looked back at me and his eyes widened.

"Bella!" Emmett cried, in a shaky voice as I fell towards the floor.

End Flashback

We arrived at the airport eventually, and took our luggage up to the desk to check in. The lady at the desk, who I soon learned her name to be 'Sophie', kept checking out Emmett as I was trying to get her to pay attention to me so I could figure out where we were suppose to go.

After about 10 minutes of trying to get the blond bimbos attention, Emmett stepped in.

"Excuse me ma'am but cou-" Emmett began.

The bimbo interrupted before Emmett could get another word in. "oh, please call me Sophie" she said in this sickly sweet voice.

I looked at Jasper who was standing beside me and stuck my finger in my mouth and made a gagging noise. Jasper looked at me, rolled his eyes and chuckled.

After awhile we finally made it to the boarding lounge. I picked up a magazine and started flipping through the pages, not really paying attention at all to anyone around me. Emmett was talking animatedly to Jasper about what he was planning to do to his jeep once we got to California.

"...and if the mechanics are really good up there I might even see about upgrading the engine I have in it now to a..." I had absolutely no idea what Emmett was talking about. I turned to Jasper, who was on the other side of me and raised an eyebrow, almost to ask 'do you understand a word he's saying?'Jasper just rolled his eyes and continued to stare blankly at Emmett.

I flipped a few more pages in the magazine when it stopped on a page of a woman who had died in a car crash a week ago. I just started at the page until Emmett pulled me out of it.

"Hey Bells, what's wrong?" He asked, the concern evident in his voice. It was then that I noticed that Emmett and Jasper had stopped talking and were both looking warily at me. Emmett flicked his eyes to the magazine and then, he stood up and moved to crouch in front of me.

I closed the magazine and put it back on the little divider between the seats.

"Nothing's wrong" I responded in an emotionless tone. Emmett and Jasper gave each other a worried look. Jasper was about to comment when the announcement came on over the speaker.

"All passengers flying to California, can you please make your way to gate 4, all passengers flying to California please make your way to gate 4" it called over the loudspeakers. Emmett stood up in front of me and moved to the side. I got up and started making my way to the ticket inspectors, when a hand grabbed my wrist with a tight but soft grip.

I turned around and saw Jasper and Emmett looking at me, the sadness etched in their eyes.

"Bella" Jasper said softly, I released my tensed muscles and calmed instantly. I don't know what it was but Jasper always seemed to have an effect on people's emotions. "Bella, are you sure your OK, I mean you haven't cried once since we had been told about mom" Jasper was watching me closely, as if any second I would collapse.

"Jasper, seriously, I'm fine. Can we just drop this and go already?"

"Come on Bella." Emmett said, wrapping his arm around me, "We're here for you, you can talk to us."

I shrugged his arm off me, "Do you honestly think this is the place?" I snapped.

"Bells, you know we are only trying to help."Jasper coaxed.

I groaned as I stalked off to the ticket collectors, I shoved my ticket out at a balding man. He inspected my ticket, looked me up and down then waved me through. I continued walking, not waiting for Emmett or Jasper. They caught up with me quickly, but they were smart enough to keep their mouths shut.

We found our seats; we were sitting in the middle aisle. I somehow ended up between them both. Emmett and Jasper leaned over me and talked for a while, I ignored them the best I could. After a few minutes they both sat back in their chairs and started listening to their iPods. I pulled out my book and started reading, paying no attention to what was going on around me. Soon enough we were up in the air.

I stifled a yawn and placed my book back in my bag. I leaned my head against Emmett's shoulder and he smiled down at me. I reached out and grabbed Jaspers hand.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you guys before" I apologized.

Jasper patted my hand and smiled at me.

"Awe, its OK bumblebee." Emmett said, planting a big sloppy kiss on my cheek.

"EMMETT!" I half-yelled, laughing I wiped my sleeve across my cheek.

Emmett and Jasper chuckled, reaching across to hi-5 each other. I grinned and rested my head against Emmett's shoulder again, "Goodnight guys."

"Goodnight Bella." Emmett said.

"Goodnight bumblebee." Jasper teased, and he and Emmett snickered beside me.

I smiled as I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

"C'mon Bella, we've landed." Jasper said, shaking my shoulder. I groaned and sat up, stretching first. We made our way off the plane and went to collect our luggage. We grabbed our bags and went to hire a rental car. We weren't sure when Emmett's Jeep and Jasper's Aston Martin were getting here, so we had to rent cars until the boys' cars got brought up.

California was really sunny, and hot. It wasn't like the sun never made an appearance in Forks, I mean, OK well maybe you would have 2 sunny days a month if you're lucky, but the heat here was different to a hot day in Forks. Not in a bad way, but not in a good way either.

We had been able to rent a 4 seater convertible from the airport. We had been on the road for at least, half an hour now.

"Emmett" Jasper whined "Can we please pull into the next fast food place. I'm starving" at that exact moment Jasper's stomach growled over the sound of the music. Emmett threw a glance at me in the backseat, and then we both started laughing so hard, we had tears in our eyes. Jasper turned around with a 'humph' and looked the other way. That only made us laugh harder, but as the next turn off for McDonald's came into view, Emmett took the turn. This made Jasper perk up right away.

I giggled and took my seatbelt off, as Jasper came around to my door.

"The food awaits you madam" he declared in an old English accent. This made me and Emmett giggle even more, Jasper just grinned and walked into the fast food place, with me and Emmett trailing behind.

We got into the line, and I ordered, Emmett and Jasper were still deciding, so I went to go get us a table. When the food was ready, I laughed as they juggled five trays to the table.

"Geez , how much food did you guys need to get. You've ordered half the menu!" I laughed.

Emmett and Jasper mucked around the whole time, and I lost count of the number of times I spat my drink out because I was laughing so hard. One time it even got Jasper square in the face. If we weren't sitting outside I think the workers would have kicked us out from the noise we were making. After we finished we got back on the road. We made sure that we were all satisfied for the rest of the trip so we wouldn't have to stop anywhere else.

A/N: This was my first Fan Fiction, I hope you liked it :D. Please review!

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