Chapter 1: New Home

So this is my first fanfic! I hope you like it!

I want to thank twilightfan'fanfiction for giving me this story

Bella POV

I woke up to the sound of the plane landing on the runway. I heard the wheels screeching as we hit the hard tarmac. I hated flying, especially taking off and landing, the slant at which they happened made my stomach churn, and that is not good for me.

Today was the day I left my mom forever. Today was the day I went to my new home. Today was the day I try to leave all my bad memories behind, and start a fresh. (As if I could).

I was going to a small town in Washington called forks. And when I say small town, I mean small town.

Forks was my home town, but my mum and dad spilt when I was young and she took me away. I haven't been here in 10 years. Wow has it really been 10 years?

My dad was the chief of police, so you could say everyone knew him here, and that meant that everyone would now know me. I didn't want attention, in fact, I hated attention; I wanted to get out of forks as soon as I could.

'Please unfasten your seatbelts and make your way to the exit at the back of the plane, thank you for choosing Washington airways' I hated air hostesses, they were so patronizing! Gosh I wish I didn't have to listen to them, especially when you're listening to music and trying to sleep and they come tapping your shoulder, grrrrr.

As I unfastened my seatbelt, an old lady gave me a death stare after I trod on her hand bag.

'watch were your going, I know you young ones like to cause trouble for fun, but that's not the way to do it!' like everyone else, they thought I was your average teenage girl, in other words a slutty whore and a bitch, but I wasn't, I was generally a shy person who had good grades, and I had never had a boyfriend, well one, but I wouldn't call him a boyfriend. Jamie was a narcissistic, controlling, abusive bastard and one of the only reasons that im glad to leave. One of the few reasons I didn't want to leave Arizona was because I had a few friends which were normal, like me, but they had boyfriends, and it made me wonder why I couldn't be as happy as them. I was what you would call the middle of the heap. But once I went to my new school, I was sure to be at the bottom.

'Im sorry, I didn't mean to' I snapped at her before collecting my hand luggage and exiting the plane.

It was nice to have fresh air blowing on my face and through my hair, it was refreshing.

My dad was picking me up and taking me to my new home. I hadn't seen my dad in a year, so things were bound to be a bit awkward for a while. It wasn't that I didn't want to see my dad, I loved him more than anything in the world, but it was because of my mother. She had a new husband, and he hated me. Of course my mum always blamed me for her failed marriage and her lack of a social life. But once she found Phil, her new 'hubby' she got that all back. What she didn't know was that once, Phil had sexually abused me. I never told her, she would have blamed me, said I was seducing him or something. It had only happened once, and there was nothing I could do to stop it at the time. She said he was the best thing that had ever happened to her. Now she wanted nothing to do with me. She ignored me and once she even hit me. I decided to come live with my dad when she said she wanted me to move out so she could start her new life, and that she never wanted to see me again, once I had left.

As I thought of her last words to me, they brought tears to my eyes.

I grabbed my suitcase off the conveyer belt. I had a large suitcase, I had a lot of clothes, they just were not what everyone else would call trendy. I didn't follow the trend. I had my own style, and I didn't care what everyone else did.

I saw my dad and he smiled. I walked over to him and he ran over and gave me a hug and kissed my head.

'Ive missed you bells' well I guess things weren't going to be as awkward as I thought then.

'Ive missed you too dad' I smiled as tears came out of my eyes, some fresh tears of joy from seeing my dad again, and some old tears, from the heartbreak my mom had given me, and the scaring Phil had given me.

He picked up my suitcase and walked us over to his police cruiser. It was just as I remembered it. White with the flashing lights on top. I use to love riding in this car when I was a kid, now it could be potentially embarrassing. I would have to get a job so I could but my own car.

As we drove the 5 hour drive home, I and my dad chatted casually about what we had done when we hadn't seen each other. my dad knew about what Phil had done, he was the only one I could tell, I begged him not to arrest phil. after days of persuading him that it would do more harm than good, and after tears down the phone, he promised that he wouldn't get Phil arrested, and that he wanted me to come live with him. He didn't want me living on my own.

One thing I liked about talking to my dad was that he knew I didn't want to talk about what happened, so he didn't mention it, and for that I was grateful for.

After about three hours of talking, it went dark outside, and I was really tired. I hadn't slept properly on the plane; the guy next to me was a snorer.

I felt my self slipping into unconsciousness.

'Bella, wake up hunnie, bells were home' dad was shaking my shoulder lightly, and he chuckled when I stumbled out of the car and he had to catch me. Jet lag didn't do me any favours ad plus I was the world's worse klutz.

'Bells you hungry?' my dad asked me. At the mention of hunger my stomach rumbled, I was hungry the plane food wasn't that nice.

'Yeah' I said blushing as he laughed, my rumbling stomach was loud.

'Is some pop tarts okay, I haven't had time to go shopping yet, and plus I don't cook, I usually just go to the dinner.

'Yeah sure dad, that's fine. And if you want I can cook meals, I used to cook for myself every night when I was with mom' it went silent at the end, as my dad gave me that sympathetic look. He wasn't good with emotional stuff, which was good because he knew I would rather be alone if I was upset.

'Yeah sure, that will be nice bells; we can have meals like a proper family. ill leave a money jar in the cupboard for shopping money. He got am empty jam jar and out money in there, more than enough for a weeks food supply. He obviously didn't know that food wasn't that expensive for just two people, eating at home like once a day.

He popped the pop tarts in the toaster, and I sat down at the table. Nothing had changed in here. It was the same décor. We didn't have a small house it had more than enough room for two people. I guess being the chief of police has its quirks.

He brought over the pop tarts and I hungrily ate them in about two minutes, without saying a word.

'Someone was hungry' my dad joked with me. I smiled sarcastically.

'Im going to bed dad, tired from the plane' I told him as I got up.

'Hang on bells I need to talk to you first' damn I had prayed I could have just gone to bed. I hoped this wasn't about Phil.

'School starts on Monday, to days away. Don't worry everyone's really nice here and im sure you won't get any trouble, but if you do you know where I am. Your room is the one on the right, you have an en-suite, but there's a bathroom down the hall.' he was going to say more but I cut him off.

'Dad I know where everything is in the house, I do remember it, even if it has been ten years.' I smiled at him and he put his hand up.

'I know bells, but just incase you forgot. But I have turned the loft into study room for you, so you can have your own space up there as well as your room. and there's one more thing, come with me.' he smiled and jerked his thumb towards the front door. he turned around and I followed him out.

'This here is the garage' he told me proudly.

'Dad as much as I love garages, why is I here?' he knew I was being sarcastic and he chuckled.

'Well once you see what's inside it, im sure you will want to love the garage' he laughed at my grimace.

He pressed a couple of keys on the wall and the door opened. Inside was a silver bmw. It was new and shiny and I wanted that car.

'That's a nice car dad, why you showing me?' I was a little excited; maybe I could try and persuade him to let me ride it to school.

'Because it's your bells, it's trying to make p for everything that happened in Arizona. And just to let you know ive got your back.' it was silent after he mentioned Arizona. He knew it.

'Bel-'he tried to say

'No dad, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!' I cut him off. Hugging him around the waist. he laughed and hugged me back.

'Your welcome bells' he kissed the top of my head and I yawned, it was a long yawn and it reminded me of how tired I was.

'Right well off to bed now bells, you need to catch up on your sleep for school' he pushed me into the house as he closed the garage and locked it up.

'Night dad' I shouted to him as I went upstairs. I went into my room. The light wasn't on so I couldn't see what it looked like yet. All I wanted was the bathroom.

The first thing I needed I was a shower; I couldn't even go to sleep if I hadn't had a shower. I turned the water on and stripped off. The hot water relaxed my muscles. it was soothing after a long plane ride and drive home.

I got out and dried myself with a towel from the rack. i slipped on some PJ's which seemed to be in a little wardrobe. They were cute; I could just imagine all the shop assistants that my dad asked before he got them.

I brushed my teeth and dried my hair off with the hair dryer. I out the towel in the hamper along with my dirty clothes.

I turned off the light and stepping into my room.

I flicked on the switch so I could see my room. It was amazing!

There was a huge queen sized bed in the middle. The covers were purple with black velvet flower on them. All the furniture was white. I had a dressing table, drawers, and a wardrobe.

The walls were a light purple matching the bed covers. on the walls were pictures of me and my friends when we were younger. Only one I remembered, and that was Jacob. he used to be one of my best friends. I doubt he remembered me know, I hadn't been here for that long.

On my dresser, sat a apple laptop, that was defiantly replacing my old one which I bought second hand from a charity shop.

I smiled as I turned off the light and crept into bed, thinking of how on earth to thank my dad tomorrow.

Ok so not much change to this first chapter, but all in all I hope you enjoyed it and will carry on reading,

Shannon xx