Bella's Last Memory
Chapter 1: The Beginning
Authors Note: This is my first story on here. Please R&R if I don't get any comments in the next week then I won't finish it so please tell me what you think. I accept good and bad reviews.
My name is Isabella Marie Swan, I have brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Too soon I was sitting on an airplane waiting for takeoff to go to my dad, Charlie's house from my mom's in Phoenix Arizona. He lives in a very rainy town called Forks in Washington. My mom just died in a car crash and my dad is my only living relative, which makes me have to go live with him. Even thinking about my mom makes me want to cry. I try hard not to cry until I'm alone and I know no one will see me. Which is why I'm trying not to cry now.
"Please put on your seat belts and get ready for takeoff," the annoying announcer announced over the speaker. So this is how my new life in Forks, Washington starts. I am so not looking forward to rain almost every day and a new school. I hate the rain and meeting new people.
I fell asleep for 3 hours on the plane until the annoying announcer came over the loud speaker to tell us to put our seat belts on for landing. While getting off the plane I looked around for Charlie, my dad, and began to worry. I don't know what he looks like, I haven't seen him in 4 years. I wonder if he has a beer belly now, I thought to myself. Hopefully he's wearing his police chief uniform to make it easier to find him.
As I got my luggage I continued to look around for Charlie, I finally found him walking towards me. He still looks the same except he has a little bigger belly, most likely from beer.
"Hey Bells! How are you? Let's get you to the car so we can go home," he said super excited. He had a big grin on his face the whole time. He never used to be this excited or at least he never let the emotions show as much. I guess 4 years change people, I mean look at my mom, 4 years ago we were living happily not having to worry about anything and now she's gone.
"Slow down Dad," I said laughing at him for asking all these questions. He doesn't look depressed like I expected him to, he never got over my mom leaving him.
"I'm sorry, Bells I'm just excited to see you!" he said. "Here let's get your stuff out to the car so we can go home." he finished. He grabbed my stuff and started to walk out to the car.
The ride home was quiet. But that I was my fault. Charlie tried to start a conversation with me but all I did was mumble a reply. I just don't want to talk about anything right now I just want to enjoy the silence. This made me feel bad but I really didn't want to talk at all.
When we finally got home he took my stuff into the house and showed me my room. He had redone it since the last time I had been here. There was a queen sized bed, a desk, a new laptop, and a bookshelf. The bed was up against one wall sticking out into the room with deep purple and black stitching bed set, which matched the curtains over one window. The desk was made out of wood and put in the corner of the room with a new laptop on top it. The book shelf was on the far side next to the window, with just a few books on it.
"I guess I'll leave you to get settled in. There is an empty shelf in the bathroom for you, too." he said as he was leaving. "Oh great, I forgot one bathroom," I mumbled under my breath.I started to unpack and put my stuff away when something fell on the floor out of my bag. I picked it up and looked at it. It was my old copy of my favorite my book, Wuthering Heights. I put it on the bookshelf and finished unpacking.
I must have fallen asleep while putting my stuff away, because the next thing I know Charlie's shaking me awake, while saying, "Come on, Bells you got to get up and get ready for school. Today is your first day at Forks High School." It took a minute to fully understand what he was saying. Once I was finally awake he started talking again. "I have to leave for work, there's some food down stairs in the cupboards if you want some breakfast or an after school snack. I won't be home till after 6 tonight," As he was saying this it dawned on me that I don't have a car to get me anywhere. When I opened my mouth to say this, Charlie looked at me and said, "Oh! I got you a car...Well actually a truck. It's in the drive way. The school is just off the main road you'll see it, it's hard to miss."
"You didn't have to buy me a truck," I said. "I was planning on buying myself a car with the money I've been saving." I hate it when people buy me things, especially birthday presents.
"I know, I just wanted to get you something to make things easier. I'm sure you don't want to arrive at school in a police car," Charlie said. And he was right, of course, who wants to show up to school on their first day in a police car. "Also, if you need anything the stations number is on the fridge. I have to go now, Bye Bells," he finished.
"Okay, got it. Bye dad I'll see you later." I replied as he was leaving. I got up took a shower and put on a green shirt with blue sleeves and a pair of dark skinny jeans with some white running shoes.
The drive to school was very boring, I turned the radio up and sang along to some pop music. When I finally got to school everyone was staring at my truck. I looked around and noticed there was no new cars, which made my truck fit in just right with the others. I pulled into a parking spot next to some old ford truck and little silver car. I got out and everyone was still staring so I walked fast to the office to get my schedule. I walked in and read the secretary's name plate, Mrs. Cope. She looked in her late thirty's, had brown, going gray hair and brown eyes.
"Hello, can I help you?" she said with a fake smile. I could tell she didn't like her job.
"Hi, I'm Isabella Swan. I'm new here," I said trying to smile but it wasn't working. It was too soon after the accident to smile.
"Oh, yes here it is. There's your schedule and a map with the best routes for your classes highlighted." She said with another fake smile. Being the new kid sucks, everyone is staring at me like I'm a shiny new toy.
"Thank you." I said walking out to go to first period. As I was walking I ran into some one. I dropped all my books that I was carrying. When I looked up I seen that it was a girl that looked very nice. She helped me pick up my books, whiling introducing herself.
"Hi, I'm Angela, and…you're Isabella Swan, right?" She said very nicely, with a real smile that reached her eyes.
"Just Bella and it's nice to meet you Angela." I said. Once we finished picking up all of my things, we began to walk together. She showed me the way to my first class, keeping up a friendly conversation.
Once we got to my class she turned to me and asked "Would you like to sit with me and my friends at lunch today?" Wow I haven't even made it to my first class and I already got invited to sit with someone at lunch. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. I hope it is.
"Yeah sounds like fun." I answered. Now I don't have to worry about where to sit at lunch. Hopefully her friends like me also. Maybe we could even become friends. I shouldn't get my hopes up, I've never been good at making friends especially this fast.
"OK see you later Bella." she said. With a huge smile.
"Bye, Angela" I replied and walked to my first period, English. English was one of my worst subjects back in Phoenix. I'll have to try to keep my grades up here.
First, second, and third period went by fast, but very boring. Finally it was time for lunch! I was glad to get a break, so many people have talked to me and the teachers have made me introduce myself all day. When I walked in the lunch room I looked around until I saw Angela. Then walked over to her. She introduce me to all her friends. There was Jessica, Mike, Tyler, Lauren, and Eric. They were all very nice besides Lauren. Mike, Tyler, and Eric were a little too friendly though.
After I had been introduced I sat down in-between Jessica and Angela. I then saw the most beautiful people I had ever seen walk into the room. I whispered to Jessica, "Who are they?" she looked were I was looking, and frowned slightly, then caught herself and smiled again, this time it was forced.
"Those are the Cullen's," she answered. "The blonde girl is Rosalie Hale and her twin is Jasper Hale the blonde boy who looks like he's always in pain, Emmett Cullen is the scary looking one with Rosalie, Alice is the one with spiky black hair, and lastly Edward is the one with the bronze hair. They are all together together, except Edward but no one in this school is good enough for him. They are all Dr. Cullen and Mrs. Cullen's adopted kids." She answered this while looking a little sad. I can guess that she had asked Edward out and been declined at least once before.
Then, at that moment something clicked in my brain and I remembered something but I couldn't picture it, I just remembered something about them. They seemed familiar. At least the one called Edward did.
