What we didn't know

Chapter one

I looked at all the people in the room around me until I finally found my dad smiling at me from across the room. I smiled meekly back at him and made my way over to him. I was in the airport where I had jus arrived from Phoenix.

When I was only 2 months old my mother had left my dad and moved to Phoenix. I had grown up there with mom except for the 2 weeks in the summer that I had spent with my dad in California. I hadn't been back to Forks since I was 2 months old. My mom had remarried a guy called Phil only a few months ago. Phil was a minor league baseball player and he travelled a lot. My mom stayed at home with me but I knew that she would prefer to be with him. I had been offering to move to Forks with dad since Renee and Phil got married but mom always said no. I didn't understand why she didn't want me to ever go to Forks. Over time, she hated being left at home without Phil more and more until she told me to go. Everything had been arranged quickly and by the end of the week, I was on the plane to Seattle.

'Hey Bells its great to see you,' Charlie told me with a wrinkled grin.

'You too dad,' I told him.

'Here let me get those,' he said indicating my bags.

'Thanks dad,' I smiled.

Charlie carried most of my bags out to the cruiser for me. Charlie was the head of the police in Forks. I would have to get my own car I realised, seeing as I wanted to avoid being driven around in a car with flashing lights on top.

The drive back to Charlie's house, my house now too, was a quiet one but it wasn't uncomfortable. Charlie asked me a few things about myself like school and if I was okay with moving here. We had nearly arrived when he spoke next.

'Oh Bells I forgot to tell you, I figured you'd be needing your own car so I king of bought you one but if you don't like it you can pick out another one,' he said turning a slight shade of red.

'You didn't have to do that dad, I was gonna but my own car, but thanks,' I smiled.

We pulled into the driveway and I noticed a rusty red truck parked outside the house.

'I know it's not much but it will get you from A to B,' Charlie told me.

'No I love it dad,' I told him excitedly.

I opened the door of the cruiser and went over to the truck.

'Here Bells,' Charlie said. I turned and saw him toss me the keys. Uh oh not a good idea. I reached to catch the keys but managed to miss and land on my ass. Great. I felt myself blush, something that I suspected I got from Charlie.

'Sorry kiddo I forgot how clumsy you are,' he said chuckling.

'Its okay,' I told him. 'Its not like it's the first time' I muttered to myself.

I opened the truck and sat inside. I decided to go get better acquainted with my new town. I told Charlie what I was doing and spent the next hour aimlessly driving around Forks. I had sussed out where the high school, the grocery store and the library was. The library however was very poorly stocked. I returned home and gave myself a tour of the house before returning to the kitchen for a stock take. I discovered that I needed to go shopping. Badly. Charlie told me that we could order a take away tonight and give ourselves the night off but in my head I was questioning were there any nights that he didn't give himself the night off. I chucked as I wondered how he had survived all these years without me.

For the remainder of the evening I ate dinner with Charlie and went to bed early. I spend the next day unpacking all of my stuff. My bedroom wasn't that big but it had a double bed, a good sized closet and a desk in it. It had a window, which overlooked the front yard. There was only one bathroom in the house though which was annoying but I would just have to get over that. I went to bed that night with butterflies in my stomach as I thought about school tomorrow.

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