Chapter 1

It has been ten years since Bella has ever stepped in La Push. She has not spoken to anyone since she was dragged from her home and forced to live in Phoenix, Arizona. She does not show emotion and this, unfortunately, invites the wrong people. Most of her friends have tattoos or piercing and her parents do not like this one bit. Renee, Bella's mother, sent her to her father in Forks to try and fix her and cheer her up.

Renee was not the best mother to Bella. She was more of the child between the two; always needing a shoulder to cry on, while Bella was the one cooking and cleaning around the house. Bella loved her mother no doubt, but she wished she could get to be a child and make mistakes. She could not afford to do this because her and her mother would be in much trouble and Renee would have to take the fall for it.

Bella had just arrived at the Port Angeles Airport in the mid afternoon and was greeted by her father. His face was elated and excited see his daughter standing in front of him. He walked quickly to her and gathered her into his arms. Surprisingly, she returned this hug and hugged with as much excitement. He released her slightly and looked into her eyes. Her face was, as always, emotionless, but her father could see the immense happiness in her brown eyes. She had long, brown hair that fell down her back to her waist, a slender figure, tanned skin, perfect white teeth, and legs that gave her the height of 5'4.

He fully let go of her and grabbed her bags. They walked side by side and to the car. On the way, Bella cuddled to her father's arm and he had a gigantic smile on his face when he realized this. He whispered in her ear, "I missed you, Bells." Bella just nodded in return and slightly blushed at her father. Charlie was dumbfounded at his daughter blushing and knew that her being here would change her for the better.

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On the way to the house, Bella was looking out the window. She recognized this place and was entirely excited to se her old home. She didn't want her father to see so she just kept it to herself. Charlie broke the silence

" We are going to go over by Billy and Jacob's house tonight."

Bella just nodded at her father, while keeping her eyes on the road. She finally saw her house as they pulled into the driveway. Bella almost ran to the house, but held herself still and stayed to help Charlie bring in her bags. She offered to help, but he just waved her off and told her to go tour the house. Bella realized that nothing much had changed around the house or in the town ,either.

Bella walked up the stairs and found her room was still the same as she had left it. The color of the room was purple with a matching bedspread. The room was really bland because Bella was never the imaginative type. The only thing she did to decorate her room was to draw on her wall when she was a child. Charlie had brought up her stuff into the room and said, "We are leaving in ten see Billy and Jake in a few minutes. So if you want to change clothes or get started unpacking, you better do it quick, Bells."

Bella nodded at this and began to unpack her clothes. While dong this, Bella was thinking about how different her parents were. Renee was exciting and childish and did not even think about the consequences. She would party all night, did NOT know how to cook, and was barely ever sober. Charlie was punctual and busy. He did what he had to do and was not a partier at all. She wondered how the two ever got together and fell in love. Of course Bella loved her parents, she just wondered.

By the time she was finished with packing, her father had called her to be on their way to the Black's house. Bella barely looked up at her father and he noticed this about her. He hoped at by the end of this year this would change. They had finally made it to their destination and stepped out of the truck. When they arrived, Charlie knocked on the door. A tall teenage boy answered the door. He was literally a foot taller than her, had russet-colored skin, huge muscles, long black hair, and had on the biggest and infectious smile when he opened the door.

He shouted, "Dad! Bella and Charlie are here!"

Another russet-colored man in wheel chair and long black hair. Bella almost smiled at them both, but kept her face blank. The tall boy opened the door wider and motioned for them to enter the house. Bella and Charlie went and were welcomed by Billy as he and Charlie started a childish banter between them. Jacob looked at Bella as she kept her head down. He finally spoke and said, "Hey, Bells. Its been a long time."

Bella only nodded at this and began to blush once again. He spoke again, " So how have you been, Bells?"

She responded, " Fine. Happy to just be back." Bella did not know what it was but she felt so comfortable with Jacob. This was her old Jacob. The Jacob that made her laugh when the joke was not even funny. The Jacob that held her when she was sad. The Jacob that was her friend when she was lonely. The Jacob that never left her that when she needed him. The Jacob. Her Jake.

He kept talking to her and she was so engrossed in the conversation, that she did not hear her father call her to leave the house. He said, "Bella, it's time to go. It's nearly midnight."

Bella blushed once again because she had not even realized that the time had passed so quickly. Bella waved goodbye to Billy and Jacob. To avoid an awkward conversation with her father, she pretended to be asleep on the way back to the house. If she knew her father, he would definitely tease her about her and Jake and blush himself. That is where she got her blushing from and she absolutely hated it. Everyone told her she was an open book as a child. She did everything that she could as a child to get rid of that.

The two finally made it home and into the house, once again. On the way to her room, Bella heard her father cough slightly. She knew that she was busted and now had to wait and endure her father's childish teasing. As she turned around to face her father, he had a gigantic smirk on his face. She slightly stuck her tongue out at him and ran up the stairs chuckling at their banter. Bella knew that her father was just teasing her, but she felt this little pull in her chest. She knew that this meant something and her mind automatically popped to Jacob. She did not know why, but she started having these feelings when she was next to Jake.

He made all the world and its problems seem to disappear. It seemed like he did not even care about anything except for her. She would never feel weird or have to hide from him. She was just herself when it was just the two together. Bella did her night ritual and laid down on her bed. The whole time she was in that bed, she dreamed and thought of Jacob Black.