The Changing Moon

Chapter 1: A Change in Scenery

It was the day I was leaving my beloved home in Phoenix. My erratic and loving mother Renee wants to go on the road with her new husband Phil. So I am going off to Forks Washington to live with my dad for a while. The car was filled with a warm breeze that I have grown a custom to. Who knew I was about to enter a state with hardly any sunshine.

"Bella" my mom said to me "You know you don't have to live with your Dad. You can come on the road with me and Phil if you want." My mother looked at me with a concerned smile.

"Mom I want to go, this will be a good thing. And besides I cant just skip out on school to go on a road trip" I tried to make my little white lie believable. But then again, I was never a good liar.

"Ok well be sure to call us the moment you land."

"I will" I said in a hesitant tone.

"Oh, and tell Charlie I said hello"

"Will do Mom. I love you." I pushed away from my Mom. My chest started to rumble and I didn't know why. Oh yes, I was crying.

I hadn't seen Charlie in over two years. He was sure to be the same Chief Swan I always knew. As I got off the plane my father was there to greet me. Charlie embraced me in a full fledged bear hug. "My god its good to see you Bells." He said.

"Yeah its great to see you to. You haven't changed at all Dad." I looked up at him, his face was so familiar to me, like a memory burned deep into my thoughts. "Mom said hello."

We walked to the car, the cruiser of course. I hadn't forgotten that my father was the chief of police in Forks, but I had assumed he would get a different car to drive around town.

"Hey Dad do you have your cell on you? I need to call Mom."

"Yeah sure Bells." He handed me the cell phone and i lowly dialed my moms number.

"Hey mom its Bella.

"Hi did you get to Forks? Has Charlie picked you up yet.

"Yeah I made it."

"Ok well I am glad you called. Honey you know you can come home anytime right?"

"Yes mom I know. Let me at least try it here before you assume I will want to come home. Ill call you tomorrow after school ok? I love you bye." I quickly hung up the phone before my mom could suck me in to another one of her embarrassing conversations.

As we arrived at the house I pulled what little luggage I had out of the trunk and dragged it up stairs. My Arizona clothes were way to reveling for Forks. So I left the at home.

After I got my self unpacked I went down stairs to find some food. Charlie had ordered pizza from the local place. So I sat not wanting greece for dinner. But I couldn't complain, I was starving. As I ate Charlie told me about how he already enrolled me in school here, and how I was able to go tomorrow. "Your going to like the high school her Bells. They have really good classes and all the teachers are nice. You might even meet a cute boy." I frowned

"Dad you know I am not looking to get involved with anything Forks related. What if I decide to go back home with Renee?" He stopped smiling and gave me a look of pain.

"Well Bells that's your choice but I am going to try my best to make you stay." I sighed and finished my last bite of pizza.

"Dad I am going to bed. If I am going to go to school tomorrow I need some rest."

"Ok Bells sleep well."

"Good night dad." I headed of the stairs. As I got to the top I heard my Dad call after me.

"Oh Bella wait I forgot to tell you something." I let out a big sigh, and turned around to face him.

"What is it Dad?" He came out of the kitchen and stopped before the first step of the stairs.

"Well I got you a homecoming present. Its a truck. I bought it off of Billy Black. You remember him and his son Jacob right?" I was shocked. He bought Me a present? No way!

"Really? Thank you so much Dad!"

"Your welcome Bells. But be sure to thank Billy and Jacob. Jacob rebuilt the whole motor for you."

"I will call him tomorrow after school. you have his number right?"

"Yes, I will leave it by the phone."

I couldn't believe it. I had my own car. But the most shocking thing to me was that Jacob was still in town. We were best friends back when we were little.

School the next day was horrific. I didn't make any real friends, besides all the guys that just wanted to make me there girlfriend. The only girl that actually seemed to like me was Angela Webber. I had two classes with her, Biology and English. And there was Mike, he hung around me all day like a magnet on a fridge. I had P.E. and Spanish with him. I could tell he was interested. But Jessica, on of his friends seemed to get jealous every time he spoke to me. I tried to give him a hint that I wasn't interested, but I guess he didn't get it. "Mike you know I might not be in Forks for long right?" He was still smiling

"Yeah I know. What's your point?"

"Well I am not really looking to get involved with anyone."

"I know I wasn't planning on asking you out." He smirked and I knew what he was thinking.

I drove my new but old truck back to the house. Charles cruiser was gone when I got home. He would probably be at the station for another couple of hours. So I parked in the driveway and went inside to call Jacob. Charlie had left Jacob's number by the phone for me. So I dialed his number and and someone answered. "Hello?" It was Billy Black

"Hi this is Isabella Swan. Chief Swans daughter."

"Hey Bella its good to hear you made it up all right. Jacob has been asking nonstop if you were in town."

"Well actually that's why I called, is Jake there?"

"Yeah ill go get him." I could hear wheels squeaking on the floor. "JAKE! You got a phone call!"

"Hello?"

"Hey Jake its Bella."

"Bella? Oh my gosh how are you? Did you make it to Forks ok?"

"Yeah Jake I made it all right. Hey I wanted to thank you for rebuilding the motor in my truck."

"Oh that? That was no problem." He sounded sincere

"Cool. Hey I was wondering if you wanted to hang out some time?"

"Sure I would love to. When did you want to hangout?" That was the part I didn't know.

"Well how about now? You could come up for dinner, I am making a Lasagna."

"Sure ill be right up. Ill see you in a few minuets."

"Ok ill see you soon."

I headed straight to the fridge to get the tomato sauce out. I was so excited that Jake was coming up for dinner. I hadn't seen him in a long time. We used to be such good friends before I stopped visiting. Just as I was staring to boil the noodles I heard the door bell ring.

Could that be Jake? It has only been about five minuets. I set the noodles into the pot and headed for the door. As I opened the door I saw a tall man standing in front of me. He had short cropped black hair, huge muscles and, Oh my gosh! It was Jake.

"Hey Jake! Wow you look so different."

"Yeah I had a growth sprit. You look good your self." Something must have been off, Jake was only 16. He shouldn't have been that big!

"So are you gonna invite me in? Or do I have to stay out here in the rain?"

"Oh sorry. Yeah come on in."

As well walk towards the kitchen I could hear Jake behind me.

"Umm there is T.V in the living room if you want to sit down. Dinner isn't quite ready yet. I still have to cook it."

"That's fine."

So I prepared the Lasagna and put it into the oven to bake for 20 minuets. I walked into the living room and Jake was sprawled out on the couch. So I sat in my Dads chair.

"So Jake how have you been? I mean how is school and life down at La Push."

" Everything is good. Things have really changed in the last couple of months for me. And school....Well lets just say I am going to have to do it through summer."

"Jake! That's not a good thing. If you fail they will hold you back."

"I know I know. Its not like I meant to let myself get behind. But just like I told you things have been pretty crazy for me the last couple of months."

"Well I can tutor you if you want. I mean I don't know how much you will learn, but hanging out will be fun."

"Sure sure that sounds good. You've got your work cut out for you though. I am not a very good student."

"I am sure I will do just fine." Jake and I sat there until dinner was ready. We talked some more about when and where I could tutor him. I was hoping that I could save him from a long summer of school. The timer went off on the stove.

"Jake its time to eat."

"Ill be right there Bella." I made our plates and put them on the table.

"Jake do you want water or milk?"

"Umm.. ill have water." So I filled two glasses full of water and grabbed some silverware out of the drawer. We ate in silence. Except for the occasional question. Once we were both done I rinsed off the plates and washed them.

"Well I should probably get going. Its getting late."

"Yeah. I need to finish some homework as well."

"Ok well, ill talk to you later." As Jake headed for the door I had an idea.

"Hey Jake wait!" I called from the kitchen.

"Did you want to do something some time? I was thinking this Saturday we could go for a hike. My mom bought me some hiking boots before I came up here and I wanted to try them out."

"Umm sure sure, what did you have in mind?"

"Well I was thinking we could hike away from Forks, and go a couple miles into the forest."

"Sure sure, that sounds like fun."

"Ok well ill see you on Saturday then. Does 10 am sound good.

"Sure sure. Ill talk to you later Bella."

"Bye Jake." I headed straight to my room to get n my home work so I could go to bed. I was whipped out from all the fun today. My pre-calculus was easy enough. Back in Phoenix our class was already done with the book. Same story for my old Biology class.

I had lost track of time when I realized that it was midnight. So I put away my copy of the book we were reading in English and headed for the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and hair and got back in bed. I drifted into a deep sleep in no time.