Bella stood in front of The Cullen's house. It looked dead and looked nothing like the house Esme cared for, the house that Bella almost called home, the one she used to have a family in, a family that cared for and loved her, until that day when she lost house was left behind, like she was, and they were both lonely.

She did not feel the time pass, she was just sitting there completely numb and emotionless, her mind replaying every happy moment she had in Forks until it started course, it did not bother her, but it did bring her out of her musing, making her stand up and shake herself from the mud.A part of her regretted sitting in front of the house and on the muddy earth, but she couldn't bring herself to truly care.

It took her exactly half an hour to climb in her truck and drive ,Charlie was not there absence of his police cruiser brought relief to her having avoided an unnecessary talk with her father that would have been terribly awkward.

Bella spent her night doing her 'what's-left-of-her homework' and day dreaming, but she would call it just remembering, yes it hurt so much to think about them, especially Alice and Esme, but she will deny the tiny crush she had on the blond beauty of a woman, and she was glad Ed-ouch-ward could not read her mind, preventing a nasty scene.

She almost fell in the realm of sleep when she remembered, "SHIT I FORGOT TO MAKE DINNER FOR CHARLIE!", screamed the poor girl as she raced to the kitchen.

She managed to make some pasta and walked into the house at the exact time she was done and greeted her with a huff and a "Smells good Bells" that had her smile softly and rushed to put their plates on the table.

" So, how did you spend your day?" asked Charlie awkwardly.

He tried to keep the conversation going and he was ashamed to confess that he knew absolutely nothing about his daughter and wanted to get to know her.

Bella, on the other hand, froze at his words and did not know how to reply, she. being an awful liar.

'Well I can't tell him that I stayed moping in front of my ex boyfriend's house all day!' she thought fearfully.

"Nothing Char-Dad.I was in the library and I drove around," she lied, trying to keep cool.

"Drove around? Good, you have a great time?" he questioned his daughter who looked very uncomfortable.

After hearing her reply, he thanked her for the dinner and went, as usual, to watch baseball in his flat and let her have her space.

Bella breathed softly as she watched her father retreated to his 'man cave' and she cleaned as fast as possible then went to was getting mentally ready to face the Monday morning that was to 's been exactly 2 months since The Cullen had left and Bella's nightmares were getting worse and worse. For some reason, she dreamt of drowning, of an old woman with her white hair in a tight bun who watched Bella with such deep blue knowing eyes that she seemed to look straight in her soul and whisper words she could not hear, making her wake up with such a fright in her heart and a feeling of doom deep inside, she would sleep it off and remember nothing when the sun rose.

She woke up earlier than usual and tossed around in was 5:30 when Bella gave up on the idea of going back to took a good warm shower and went down to make the time she was done, Charlie was already up and sitting in a father didn't look surprised that she was up early, she eating and cleaning the kitchen, she climbed swiftly to her room, wore the outfit she randomly chose that would have Alice strangle her at her lack of fashion was just a pair of plain jeans and a plain white shirt with her faded had been sunny lately and Bella hated it.

By the time she reached school, it was 7.30 and the parking lot was empty allowing her the time to calm her nerves and briefly close her that time would not move as fast as she wished, she pulled out her favorite book, a very faded version of Pride and Prejudice, and started to was so absorbed by the story that she did not feel the parking lot being filled by the students until she heard a knocking that startled her out of her book.

"Hey Bella," called Mike as he waved at her.

She shyly ducked as she watched the rest of her friends waiting for her. She got out of the car as she listened to the conversationsaround them. One subject filled Bella's whole being with dread and horror.

" Hey did you-"

"Yeah, you heard about that old woman?"

"They say-hush don't laugh,"

" They think she's a witch"

"She's freaky, I mean-"

" She was in town for a week and the first day she came she told Ma's cousin' Ma old man's going to die in 3 days, and guess what?

"The old man was dead three days later?" boomed a boy from her bio class.

Bella was familiar with The Cullen, and did not doubt that that woman must surely be the real deal.

" Also did you hear the news? She's coming here this afternoon to do, whatever-I don't know" said Jessica, giggling.

Bella could feel the air leave her lungs as the horrible feeling settled in her chest once tried to melt with the crowd and decided to go home at lunch.

After spending a whole morning acting completely at ease and making her friends feel that she was at ease, she fled toward the hallway, when lunchtime arrived, only to find herself face to face with the source of her dread.

"Oh, hello dog," called the old woman, casually, as she walked toward the trembling eyes! Oh those could feel those green orbs burning into her, reading her inside out and she felt naked in front of this mighty woman.

"Come see me at my house tonight," called the woman as she walked into a classroom and Bella rushed out of the school, driving as fast as possible,trying to calm down,