Chapter 1: Gone

A/N: Hi there! This is my first fan fiction on this website (yay!). I'm not exactly sure how I want this story to go but I do hope you enjoy it! Reviews and criticism are always appreciated!

Disclaimer: I totally do not own Twilight or the characters in any way. However, I DO own this work of fiction!

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Bella's POV

"Bella, Dad, I think I'm gonna go live with Mom for a while."

My breath caught in my throat. I couldn't breathe. I just sat on the couch and stared at my brother. I couldn't quite comprehend what he was saying. Maybe I didn't want to comprehend what he was saying.

Our living room was drowned in complete silent for a beat before Charlie, my dad, cleared his throat.

"What do you mean, son?" he asked hesitantly.

It seems like Dad didn't want to comprehend what Emmett was saying either.

"Look, I love you both a lot. It's just I feel like I need to also get to know my mom too, you know? I mean, she feels guilty for not being a good mother. I just want to give her a chance," Emmett explained.

That broke me out of my shell.

"Are you crazy?! The last time we saw her or had any contact with her for that matter was like 13 years ago!" I screeched.

Charlie and Emmett both winced.

"Well actually, she's been phoning our house for a while now...I just happened to answer the first time she phoned which was about three weeks ago and now, well, I could say we're pretty close..." Emmett trailed off awkwardly.

He looked down and shuffled his feet on the cream colored rug.

I snapped my mouth shut again and a look of hurt crossed over my face. My eyes quickly darted to Charlie who was sitting on my left on the couch. I quickly averted my eyes again, however, after seeing the same look of hurt flash across his eyes.

Charlie and I sat there stoically while Emmett continued to shuffle his feet awkwardly. None of us said anything to break the suffocating silence. None of us could say anything.

I always considered myself to be very close to Emmett. We were best friends; nothing could force us apart. Emmett knew all my secrets and I also knew all his secrets as well. At least I thought I did. However, I definitely did not know that he was actually talking to my mother. Hurt flashed through me again as I finally felt the thick wall that had been erected between us. I felt uncomfortable. I needed to get away.

I shot one more quick glance at Emmett and my father before quickly retreating to the safety of my bedroom.

After the door was locked, I leaned against it and my body slowly collapsed to the floor. Sobs wracked through me as I sat on the floor. I don't know how long I sat there. I don't know how long Emmett and my father stayed in the living room.

I frowned as I heard a soft tapping from somewhere. I slowly opened my eyes to see that I was still leaning against the door in my room. I guess I fell asleep after a while. I heard the tapping again and realized that someone was knocking on my door.

I stretched my arms and stood up before frowning at the door. I really didn't want to see Emmett or my dad right now. I stood, frowning at the door, wishing that the person that was tapping on my door would stop and leave after a while. However, the persistent tapping wouldn't stop. I sighed before unlocking the door and opening it.

Emmett gave me a half-hearted smile from the other side of my door.

"Can I come in?"

I stared at him for a moment before nodding mutely and opening the door wider so he could walk in.

Emmett made a beeline for my bed. He leaned back against the wall that my bed was next to and crossed his arms just like he always does. I stayed standing by the doorway.

We stayed like that in silence for a while before Emmett finally sat up and looked over at me.

"Dad finally agreed to let me go live with mom. My plane leaves tonight," he said softly to me.

I nodded mutely again before slightly cocking my head to the side: a sign for him to get out. Emmett frowned slightly before getting up and walking out. Just as I was about to close the door behind him though, he stuck his hand out and stopped the door from closing.

"I never meant to keep a secret from you. I just didn't know how to tell you. I'm sorry," he looked at me with apologetic hazel eyes before removing his hand and letting me close the door.

The fact that Emmett kept a secret from me hurt. The fact that that secret was our mother hurt even more. Our mother abandoned our family at Forks when Emmett and I were only two years old. Apparently Forks was too gloomy for her to handle. She left Dad to take care of the both of us. He tried his best, but of course, he could never be mom. Eventually, Emmett and I grew up and learned to depend on each other. We never got to experience the white picket fence cliché family, and we blamed our mother for that.

Emmett's plane was set to depart at 7:00 pm today. Currently, it is 5:00 pm. I can hear my brother and my dad moving around the house, loading Emmett's things into his Jeep. I, still not accepting the fact that he's leaving, am sulking in my room, waiting for one of them to come and get me.

At 5:20, I hear a knock at my door. I sluggishly move off of my bed and open the door. My dad nods at me and I nod my head before dragging my feet downstairs and walking out the front door.

Emmett's bright, obnoxious looking Jeep is sitting in the drive way all packed and ready to go. Emmett is standing next to his Jeep watching me. I quirk my lips into a smile-which probably looked more like a grimace- before walking over to him.

"I'll miss you. Come back, okay?" I said.

"I'll miss you too. I'll definitely come back. Until then, I'll email you, call you, mail you, anything, okay?"

I nodded before hugging him goodbye. He squeezed me close before letting me go. I stepped back to allow him to hop into his Jeep. His Jeep roars to life and he makes his way out of the driveway. He gives me one last wave out the window, which I return, before peeling out of the street and towards the airport.

I'm going to miss him.

A/N: That's it for the first chapter! I'm not sure how long this chapter actually looks on the website so I apologize if it's a bit short. I'm not sure if I should continue...I guess it depends on how much you guys liked the first chapter! Oh, and sorry if there were any grammatical or spelling errors. I checked them twice, but I'm pretty sure I missed a few. Kindly report the mistakes that you caught in a review and I'll make sure to fix them! Thanks for reading!