Chapter 1

Jacob Black, my fiance. Not the one that I would've picked for myself. But, because of the love for my father, Charlie. I didn't know than, but he was in some bad debt with Billy Black. And, the only way that he wouldn't get hurt is if he gave me to Jacob Black. I was 15 whenever Charlie had practically sold me to Jacob, to pay off his debt. And, they told us that if for any reason I tried to get out of the debt, than Charlie would be dead within 20 minutes.

So, here I sat, now 18 years old and in my last year of high school. Jacob said that it wouldn't look good if I didn't at least finish school. But, he had forbid me to even think about college. He said that a woman's place was at home. The only good part about school is, I can get away from Jacob, which goes to school on the reservation. Thankfully...

I was limited to the friends that I was allowed to have. Jacob forbid me to even look at other guys. So, my only friends were Alice Brandon and Rosalie Hale. They had their boyfriends, Jasper Whitlock and Emmett McCarthy. I talked with them but I could never bring myself to make eye contact. And, whenever me and my two girls would hang out, Jacob said that it had to be at my house under the supervision of himself.

Alice and Rosalie knew that something wasn't right about mine and Jacob's relationship. But, they could never bring themselves to ask a question. And, now here I sat at the lunch table with my two best friends and their boyfriends. I was in my own little world. Lately I had been trying to figure out how I could tell Alice and Rosalie about my problems. But, was too afraid that they would try to take action. And, I just couldn't let that happen. But, school was ending in just 4 short months. So, it was figure out my options or have to marry Jacob.

Somehow, they had already secured Jacob and myself a house down on the reservation. Billy had contacts everywhere, and I don't see how. They never leave this little tiny town of Forks, WA. I didn't know how they got there money or what kind of work that they did. I just knew that they were bad people, and they could get anything done to someone they wanted to take "care" of. And, the cops would never find out about it.

Take Charlie for example he was the police chief, but Billy Black practically owned the whole force.

"BELLA?? Hello, earth to Bella," Alice snapped me out of my own mind and back to the reality of the school lunchroom.

"Yeah," I asked.

"I was telling you that there's suppose to be a new kid," Alice said.

"Oh that's nice," I replied.

"What's wrong girl, you've been acting extra weird here lately," Rosalie asked.

"Oh you know, just thinking about the wedding," I said. Rosalie and Alice shared a look.

"Well, we were thinking and me and Rose are coming over today," Alice said.

"Oh ok, just let me tell Jacob," I told them.

They shared another look and Rose spoke up, "NO, Bella this is a private matter and we don't need your fiance in the way."

I was suprised to say the least, but shook my head ok. Jacob didn't have to always be in my business. It wasn't like I was hanging out with guys.

The rest of the school day was a blur. I met the new guy Edward Cullen, in Biology. Where he was my lab partner for the rest of the year. And, during his introduction I found out that his father was the new surgeon at Forks General Hospital.

Edward and myself talked very little. And, I found him staring at me most of the time in Biology. But, brushed it off. What would anyone see in me? Like Jacob said, I would never be anybody that could get a man. Unless I was practically sold to them.

What I didn't know was that this guy, was going to change my life.