Welcome To Forever

Summary: Is life as we know it... really life as we know it? For Bella, this small town girl from North Carolina, life is about to change in a drastic way.

A/N: This story is based off of the Twilight series written by Stephanie Myer. I personally OWN NOTHING... but there are a few OC's... BELLA/JASPER

I sincerely hope you enjoy this story!


Welcome to Forever - CH. 1: The New Girl Bella

BELLA'S P.O.V.

Have you ever felt like you did not belong? That is where I am now. My name is Bella Swan. I just moved here to Forks, Washington from Ashville, North Carolina. I didn't want to move here… but none the less, welcome to my life. I'm getting ahead of myself so let me go back to the beginning…

Saturday, February 3rd

"Bella, wake up." Shaneice (my mom) said.

I looked at the clock on my night stand.

"Ugh… mom its only 6:00 AM." I said.

"Yes, I know." I heard mom say from the other side of my bedroom door. "But there is something that Mikel and I need to talk to you about."

Damn it. I thought to myself. The last time that she had this tone she told me she was going to marry my step father, Mikel. He is in some kind of band of some sort. I have never been allowed to go to any of his gigs, but I don't mind. He is in a country band and I hate country music and besides that, he hates me and the feeling is mutual.

"Fine." I said. "Let me get dressed then I will come down stairs."

"O.K." Mom said. "You have five minutes."

I got dressed and walked down stairs. I walked into the living room and sat down opposite of mom and Mikel.

"Sweetie," Mom said. "how are you doing?"

"Mom don't." I replied.

"Don't what?" She asked.

"I don't want you to try to butter me up before telling me something that I don't really want to hear." I said. "You do that all of the time."

Mikel piped up. "Fine you don't want it sugar coated. My band, Mikel and the Peeps, is going on a world tour for over a year before your mom and I settle down in Nashville, Tennessee. So to be frank, I am sick and tired of having you here."

"Where am I supposed to go then?" I asked looking at my mom.

"Hell if I care." Mikel said. "Mikel and the Peeps are finally starting to make it and there is no way in HELL that is 16 year old little girl is going to stop me or my band."

"What Mikel is trying to say sweetie, is that his band has worked hard to get to where they are." Mom said.

"Mikel has made himself abundantly clear." I said as I stood up. "And so have you mom. So have you."

I ran up to my room. Once I was inside, I slammed my door and walked over to my bed and I cried myself to sleep. A few hours later I woke up and sat up. I thought to myself first my dad, Charlie, chose his career over me and my mom. And now… now, mom is choosing Mikel and his career over me. I figured that it would only be a matter of time. A knock came at my door.

"May I come in?" Mom asked.

"I guess so." I said as I walked over to the door and opened it. Mom walked in and sat down on my bed. "I know that what we sprung on you was a shock, but don't worry. I called Charlie and he agreed that you can go and live with him in Forks."

"You… you think everything will be just peachy don't you mom?" I asked angrily.

"Bella, listen." Mom said. "I know what you are going through."

"Really?" I said as anger took over. "You know how it feels when you are eight years old and your dad walks out on you and your mom choosing his career over his family?"

"Bell-" mom started to say.

"I'm not done yet." I yelled. "When you were sixteen years old, did your mom choose her husband and his career over you? Well did she?"

"Bella, you were NOT the only one who lost someone eight years ago." Mom screamed back. "When your dad walked out on you he also walked out on me. I have already had one man walk out on me choosing his career over me. I refuse to allow another man to do the same thing."

"So once again." I said. "I have no parents."

"You do so." Mom said. "You have two parents that love you and would do anything for you. Bella, you should know that by now."

"But yet," I said. "I had one parent leave me when I was eight to go and follow his career. Now at sixteen I have my other parent leaving me to follow her husband's career."

"Bella, it is not like I want to." Mom said.

"Oh so you don't have a choice in the matter?" I said. "When do I move to Forks?"

"On the fifteenth." Mom said. "And yes, I did have a choice, and I chose Mikel."

Mom stood up and walked out of my room.

Thursday, February 14th.

"Rise and shine!" Mom said as she walked to my window to draw back the curtains. "Today is your last day of school in North Carolina."

"Oh… yay." I said sarcastically.

"Come on wake up." Mom said as she walked out of my room.

I finally got up and walked downstairs to the kitchen. I ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast, put my dishes in the sink and went to grab my car keys.

"Oh, you are not driving to school today." Mikel said.

"And why not?" I asked.

"I decided to sell it." He said.

"What?" I demanded.

"I'm going to sell your car." Mikel said.

"What the fuck do you mean?" I said angrily. "I bought that damn care with my own damn money."

"And this is my damn house that I am letting you live in for free." Mikel said. "It is well enough time for you to pay up."

"Let's get one thing straight bucko," I screamed. "This is my mom's house. I don't owe you shit."

"When your mom said 'I do' everything she owned became mine." Mikel said. "I need money for Shaneice and I to survive on and guess what… your car is my ticket."

Mom walked in at that time. "Come on Bella, I'll drive you to school."

I slammed the keys down on the counter. "Fine, but mom before he sells my car, make sure my stuff is out of it."

"O.K. sweetie." Mom said. "Now we better leave or you will be late for your last day."

I followed mom out of the house and to her car. She climbed into the driver seat and started backing out of the driveway.

"What time is my flight?" I asked.

"Five AM." Mom said. "You will get to Forks at seven tomorrow evening."

"Really?" I said. "A fourteen hour flight?"

"It was the cheapest one that Mikel could find." Mom said.

"Any way to save a penny I guess." I said. "After all it's not you and him flying there is it?"

When we got to the school, I climbed out of her car and slammed the door. At the end of the day, I turned in all of my books and cleaned out my locker.

"I'm gonna miss you Bells." Christal said as she drove me home.

"I'm gonna miss you to Christal." I said. "Maybe sometime over the summer, you can come and visit me."

"That would be awesome!" She said as she hugged me. "Will you call and text me?"

"Yes!" I said. "Of course I will."

I climbed out of her car and shut the door. When I got inside of the house, Mikel informed me that he made $8,000.00 out of my car. I went upstairs and went to bed. When three AM rolled around, my mom came into my room.

"Baby girl, time to wake up." She said. "I want to make you some breakfast before your flight to Forks."

By, 3:30 AM I was sitting at the airport all alone waiting for my flight. An hour later I heard a flight attendant call my flight… 'Flight 1533 for Forks, Washington, now boarding at gate 3'. I made my way to gate three and boarded the plane. We took off on time at 5:00 AM. By, 6:30 AM we were landing in Miami, Florida. Three hours later, at 9:30AM we were landing in New York, New York. Four hours later, at 1:30 PM we landed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two hours later, 3:30 PM we landed in Las Vegas, Nevada. One hour later, 4:30 PM landing in Los Angeles, California. One hour later, 5:30 PM landing in San Jose, California. One hour later, 6:30 PM we landed in Olympia, Washington. Finally at 7:00 PM on the dot, we landed at my final destination, Forks, Washington. As soon as I was at the airport, I called my mom, of course, she did not answer her phone so I left a message.

"Hey mom," I said. "it's me. I made it to Forks, finally."

About 10 minutes later, I heard my dad's voice, "Bells!"

"Hey dad!" I said.

"It's so good to see you Bells." He said.

"It's good to see you too." I said.

He walked up to me and gave me a big hug. He asked me how me if I was hungry, I told him I was. He then asked me if I would like to go to a diner for dinner. I agreed and we walked to his car. He was carrying my bags for me. He put them in the trunk of his car and we went to the 24 hour diner that was right up the street from his car. Dad ordered himself a hamburger steak with a small salad, a loaded baked potato and a double order of Texas toast. I on the other hand ordered a veggie burger with French fries.

"How was the flight?" Dad asked.

"Long." I said. "14 hours."

"You must be exhausted." He said as he pulled into the drive way. We both got out of the car. He grabbed my bags and led the way to the porch. "Shall we go in?"

"Yes!" I said.

Dad gave me a tour of the house. Down stairs was the living room, dining room, kitchen, dad's room and a ½ bath. On the middle floor there was my bedroom and a guest room. On the third floor there was an office and library, as well as another ½ bath.

"I guess that you are tired." Dad said. As we walked back down to the middle floor.

"Yeah, I am." I yawned.

"Go to bed." Dad said. "I'll see you in the morning."

"Good night." I said.

"Good night Bella." Dad said. "And Bells…"

"Yeah dad?" I asked.

"I love you and I am glad that you are here." He said.

"I love you to dad and so am I." I said as I went into my bedroom.

As I laid down on my bed, maybe… just maybe, this isn't a bad change. I thought as I drifted away to sleep.


A/N: This is the end of Welcome to Forever – CH. 1: The New Girl Bella. It is my hopes that you will review my work on this chapter. I know that Jasper has not made his debut yet, but I promise that he will in Chapter 3. Please continue reading!

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