hello again lovely readers. this is my new project and its nothing like Signature of the Divine. I am still writing the epilogue for that so please be patient. As for now, enjoy this lovely story. I'm actually really excited for this one soooo review away. love n

Chapter 1- Because Forever Isn't Always Forever

Bella POV

"Eddie pass it here!" I shouted, skating as hard as I could towards the goal. Edward Cullen, my best friend, sent me a pass and I shot the puck into the goal. I skated over to him and he gave me a hug.

"That's why you're my bestest friend, Bella." He said. We were giggling now and skating over to where the coach was standing with his whistle.

"Good practice today, mites. (AN- youngest league of hockey available) I'll see you guys next week." He said before we all skated over to the door.

"There's my girl!" I heard my daddy before I actually saw him.

"Daddy!" I called. I loved when he came to my practices, I really loved my daddy. He picked me up and placed me down on the bench, helping me take off my pads and skates. "Daddy, can Eddie sleep over?" I asked looking at my dad with my big brown eyes I knew he couldn't say no to.

"Sure, sure. You have to ask Carlisle though. I've got to go to work but mommy will be home." Dad said. I grinned from ear to ear and looked over at Edward who was waiting for my answer. I gave him the thumbs up and watched as he smiled too.

Edward's smile was funny. My mom said it was crooked and cute, I don't know about cute but it sure was crooked. I always make fun of him for it, that and his smile is too big for his face. He's a funny looking kid. I walked over to his dad and tugged on his pant leg.

"Carlisle? Can Edward sleep over my house tonight?" I asked, giving him the same eyes I gave Daddy.

"Sure, Bella. You're quite the hockey player, I see." Carlisle said. I was blushing. That was the thing about me, I may be nine but I know how to blush like a teenager. Every time someone compliments me or says something funny my cheeks turn bright pink. Edward makes fun of me for it, but I really think he's just getting back at me for making fun of his smile.

"Eddie! You're staying with me tonight!" I called, running towards him.

"I know! Lets try to stay up all night. We were so close last time." Edward said, tugging my arm towards the door.

"Girls can't play hockey. Hockey's for boys only, no girls allowed." This kid name Kevin called after me. I was about to turn around and say something when Edward beat me to it.

"Bella's better than you will ever be. If I hear you talking about her again you're gonna be begging Bella to save you." Edward said. I turned and laughed at him, he was so bad with threats.

"Let's go, Eddie." I said, pulling him harder towards Daddy's car. We laughed the entire way home. Edward was always defending me like that. Daddy just shook his head when we complained about Kevin being mean, he said it was something I'd have to learn to deal with in life, whatever that meant.

When we got home Mom was sitting at the computer desk looking at houses. She didn't notice us come in, because she didn't turn around.

"Whatcha doing, Mom?" I asked her, moving so I could see what she was looking at on the computer.

"Just some houses." She said softly.

"Why? I like this one. It's near Edward."

"I know, Bella. But there's something I need to talk to you about. I know you don't understand everything right now, but Daddy and I don't love each other anymore. We still love you though, which is why we want what's best for you and your brother." Mom said. I turned to look at Daddy who was telling Edward to go wait for me upstairs. Emmett, my brother was no where to be seen.

"I know this is hard, but Daddy and I won't be living together anymore. I'm going to go to New York with my job and Daddy's going to stay here with Emmett so he can stay in school. You have to come with me, Bell, in New York. You can come and visit Daddy but you have to come with me." I could feel the tears in my eyes as she said that. I wasn't leaving,

"I won't go! You can't make me! I'll live with Edward! I bet Carlisle wouldn't make me go to stupid New York!" The tears escaped down my cheek now. Mom went to go and wipe them away but I backed out of her reach.

"This isn't up for discussion, Bella. You're going to New York, no questions." My mom was now actually yelling at me. This made no sense to me, Emmett was only a year older than me, why did he get to stay here? I didn't even care at the time, I was too mad.

"I HATE YOU!" I screamed as I ran up the stairs to meet Edward who was waiting for me.

"I hate her. I hater her. I hate her." I said, falling backwards onto my bed.

"What's wrong Bells?" Edward asked, almost whispering.

"She's making me move to New York! I hate her! I don't want to go! I won't go!" I said, still screaming. I looked up at my best friend who had tears in his eyes.

I had never seen Edward actually cry and needless to say it was pretty sad. He was always this macho little kid and now he was crying. I felt my own tears prick at my eyes and finally roll down my cheeks.

"I don't want you to go, Bells. The worlds an awfully lonely place to not have a best friend in." Edward said, flopping down next to me on the bed. He grabbed my hand and we just laid there for a while.

"I don't want to leave you." I said softly, not even sure if he could hear me.

"I don't want you to go either, Bells." Edward whispered. "I want you to stay here forever with me."

That was the last thing I hard that night, I let the darkness consume me. I found comfort in my dreams, a place where the horrors of New York couldn't find me. Where I could be happy, where I could be with Edward.

"Bells, time to get up! We're going to spend the whole day together!" I heard a familiar voice call through my dreams. I groggily opened my eyes to find Edward's green eyes right above me.

"Eddie, it's too early to be up." I said, pulling covers over my head and rolling back over.

"Nope! Get up! We're gonna go do something fun at my house!" And with he forcefully removed me from the bed. A pair of shorts and a sweatshirt were thrown at me and I recognized the sweatshirt as Emmett's old hockey sweatshirt I loved.

We made it downstairs and were about to go out the back door when Emmett came out of the kitchen in boxers.

"Where ya going, Bella? Running away?" Emmett teased, leaning again the doorframe.

"Shut up Emmett! I hate you! You get to stay and I have to leave! It's not fair!" I said, letting the tears fall down again. I didn't want to leave my older brother, he was my rock. I loved him.

"I don't want you to go either Bellbo, but dad told me I'm staying here while you go to New York. They said it was for the best." Emmett said coming over to engulf me in a big bear hug. When he finally put me back on the ground he asked again where I was going.

"We're going over to Edward's house." I said. Emmett nodded and walked back into the kitchen. Edward and I had mapped out a plan through the back woods so we could easily get to each others houses. We spray painted the trees along the trail so we wouldn't get lost.

"Go in the garage and grab our street hockey stuff, Bells." Edward told me when we got to his house. He ran off to the shed behind their pool to grab something. I did as I was told and came back with two pairs of rollerblades and two beaten up hockey sticks.

"Okay, here. Help me dig a really big hole next to that tree." Edward said, handing me a shovel.

"Why?" I asked, looking at him like he was crazy.

"You'll see."
So we started digging. We must have been digging for an hour before the whole was suitable to Edward's liking.

"Hand me that stuff." Edward called up to me from inside the hole. I grabbed the stuff and lowered it down to him.

"This is crazy, Eddie." I said after lowering the last stick down. Once everything was in the hole, Edward jumped out.

"Now a part of you and me will always be here, under this big tree. It'll be our tree." Edward said, wrapping an arm around my shoulder. Esme came out with the camera at that point.

"Let me get a picture of you two!" She cooed, snapping about 1000 pictures.

"Oh Bella, life isn't going to be the same without you, dear." Esme said, now hugging me tightly.

"I'm gonna miss you, Esme." I said, trying to choke back a few of my tears. Once Esme went back inside it was just me and Edward in the yard again.

"Promise you won't get a new best friend." I said, leaning so my head rested on Edward's shoulder.

"Promise to come home soon." Edward replied.

"I promise." I whispered, hiding my face in his shoulder, trying to hide my tears.

"Me too, Bells. I don't want anybody else but you."

I don't know how long we sat under our tree, or how long I had left with Edward. All I knew was that I left tomorrow on a flight to New York. Mom had left today and was trusting me to fly by myself to meet her. She even bought me a new ipod, trying to sucker me into liking New York. I told her that was never going to happen, she told me to give it a try.

I opened my eyes and looked at Edward. His eyes were closed and he was resting his head on mine. Suddenly I heard the screen door open and I knew what was coming.

"Bella, honey, your dad just called, he says its time to go home to say goodbye." Carlisle called from the door. Edward's eyes flew open and he grabbed my hand.

"Don't go, Bells." He whispered, the tears already brimming his eyes.

"I wish I could stay here with you." I said, looking up into his green eyes with tears filling mine as well. I let the tears fall, knowing I couldn't hold them back.

"I love you, Bella." He said, letting his head hang down to meet my shoulder.

"I love you too, Eddie." I said, sobbing now.

"Best friends, forever." Edward said, slipping something hard into my hand. I pulled my hand away and looked down. There was a silver bracelet in my hand, with a few charms on it. There was a B, an E, and a few other things. "It was Esme's idea, but I helped pick it out."

"Thanks Eddie! Can you help me put it on?" I asked holding out my wrist. He took my wrist in his shaking hands and clasped the cold, hard metal to my body.

"Best friends, forever." I repeated, hugging him again. I said my quick goodbye to Carlisle, promising to come back and visit soon before I took off running.

I made it back to my house before I had a chance to realize that was the last time I would see Eddie for a while. I got inside and slammed the door, still crying. I ran over to Emmett and wrapped myself in his arms.

"Bellbo, don't cry. It's gonna be okay. I head New York is pretty in the winter. Don't cry baby sis, you'll be back soon enough to visit. And I'll come see you all the time. It's not gonna be the same without you." He said, stroking my hair.

"I'm gonna miss you, Emmy." I said, pressing my cheek against his chest. Even with our year age difference he was still much bigger than I was.

I cried myself to sleep that night, watching as Emmett and daddy carried all my stuff outside to the spare Jeep we kept in the back. I woken up early the next morning by Daddy.

"Bella, it's time to go to the airport, sweetie." Daddy said, gently. I saw Emmett holding something behind Daddy.

"Bellbo, I want you to have this. Bring a piece of me to New York with you." Emmett said, handing me his hockey sweatshirt I wore all the time. The tears came back to my eyes, this time just brimming them, not actually falling.

"Thanks Emmy." I said jumping out of bed to hug him. I pulled on a pair of shorts and the sweatshirt and made sure my new bracelet was still around my wrist.

I said my tearful goodbyes to every part of the old house, then said goodbye to Emmett, who wasn't coming with us to the airport. It was really hard to say goodbye to him, but he promised to come and visit as soon as he could. He told me he'd watch out for Edward and that if anyone gave me a hard time in New York to call him.

Daddy and I drove to the airport in silence. I was still angry with him and mom. When we got to the airport he looked over at me and I noticed he was crying.

"Don't cry, Daddy." I said softly, trying to convince myself not to cry.

"I'm so sorry, Bella. I never meant for this to happen. I wish you and mom could stay here in Forks. I don't want to say goodbye to my girl yet." He said, pulling me into a hug. I hugged him for a long time, not wanting to let go.

Finally a pretty lady came over and told me that she would hang out with me until the flight got here, then she would be our flight attendant and make sure I found mommy on the other side.

"Bye Daddy." I said, letting a few tears fall.

"Bye Bella. Come and visit okay?" He said, hugging me one last time.

"I love you."

"I love you too, sweetie."

I pulled away from my daddy and held the hand of the nice lady. Her name was Emma. She said it was her job to make sure that kids like me made it to our destination safely. She bought me a McFlurry and read a book while I listened to my ipod at the gate.

Good night my angel time to close your eyes

And save these questions for another day

I think I know what you've been asking me

I think you know what I've been trying to say

This used to be one of my favorite songs. Lullaby by Billy Joel; I knew every word to this song. Now it seemed too sad.

I promised I would never leave you

And you should always know

Where ever you may go

No matter where you are

I never will be far away

I loved this song specifically because Edward used to play it for me on the piano. He just started to play the piano but he spent hours trying to perfect this song for me.

Good night my angel now its time to sleep

And still so many things I want to say

Remember all the songs you sang for me

When we went sailing on an emerald bay

And like a boat out on the ocean

I'm rocking you to sleep

The waters dark and deep

Inside this ancient heart

Youll always be a part of me

I got teary eyed at that part, remembering the look on Edwards face when he used to play it. I wished I could be listening to him play it now.

Goodnight my angel now its time to dream

And dream how wonderful your life will be

Someday your child will cry and if you sing this lullaby

Then in your heart there will always be a part of me

Someday we'll all be gone

But lullabies go on and on

They never die, that's how you and I will be

I wiped away a stray tear, trying to hide it from Emma. But of course she saw me and wrapped an arm around my shoulder.

"Flights here, hunny. It's gonna be okay." She said kindly. She stood up holding out her hand for me, which I grabbed and stood as well. I walked down the terminal, saying goodbye to Forks in my head.

My flight was long, I was sitting next to this teenage boy named, Tommy. Tommy lived in New York and was visiting his girlfriend in Seattle before this.

"Do you know where you're going to be going to live, Bella?" Tommy asked me.

"I think my mom said something about the upper east side." I said, Tommy's jaw dropped.

"That's insane, I live there. I wonder if you're going to Marymount Academy. It's right across from central park. Anyways I'm sure you'll love New York." He said, ruffling my hair. He reminded me a lot of Emmett with his amount of enthusiasm.

"I don't know, I don't have a best friend anymore. Edward's staying in Forks. I don't want to go to New York." I said, sighing heavily.

"Everything's going to be just fine, Bella. Here if you need anything while there, give me a call okay?" He said, writing his number down on a napkin and handing it to me. I didn't even realize that the plan was landing just then.

"See ya round, Bella Swan." Tommy said before leaving.

"See ya, Tommy." I said. Emma came back over to get me.

"Ready to go to your new home, hun?" She said grabbing my hand.

"This place will never be my home."

okay so the deal with this story is gonna be Bella moves away as obviously just found out and in 9 years she'll move back to Forks because of something terrible that happened in NYC. Next chapter she's going to be in NYC and you're going to see a clip of her new life but then she'll find out shes moving back with Charlie. Whats gonna happen when her and Edward see each other again? Or whats gonna happen when the past comes back to get Bella? Lots of twist and turns with this one. so hold on, buckle up and get ready for one hell of a ride. reviews are lovely. im thinking like 15 at least for this chapter?