I've had this idea rolling around in my head for a while and since I'm on break, I thought it would be a perfect time to start it. I have the first two chapters done.

I'm still writing my other story, Another Beginning, but just like with reading, sometimes you have to take a break from one book and read another. This one actually has a plot line too, so I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: If you recognize it, I don't own it.

Prologue

She stepped onto the wood floor of her suburban home she shared with her husband of three years. She dreaded coming out of those covers at that ungodly hour in the morning, but she knew that there were things to be done. Her arms were sore and her head still hurt from last night. The beating from the night before wasn't the worst she had ever had, but it certainly wasn't pleasant.

Isabella and Tyler Crowley were not exactly high school sweethearts. They had went to Forks High School together when they were younger and he pursued her when she first moved to the small, rainy town. Bella wasn't interested though; she wasn't one to have a relationship other than friendship with people of the opposite sex. He was a football player and she was a bookworm. They happened to attend the same college and in their third year, they became a serious couple. He was the man she lost her virginity to, and the one who stole her heart for the first time. Bella was resistant when he first asked her to marry him the year after they left college, but she relented before she lost him. Though she appeared to be an independent girl, she was afraid to be alone in the end. And she loved him.

Tyler never showed any hostility toward her in those years. He was gentle with her, and treated her with respect. It never crossed her mind that she would end up where she was. It wasn't until the second year of the marriage that he started hitting her. He had come home drunk one night from an office party and she made the mistake of pointing out how impaired he was. It was just a slap on the face the first time, but it grew worse. He started knocking her down to the ground and kicking her in the side. It wasn't every night or once a week. A couple times a month usually, only when he came home intoxicated. Then in the third year it became more regular, as if he became inebriated just to beat her down.

Bella let it continue on though; she couldn't report him, her husband. The fact was that she did love him, even with the beatings, and he her. When he wasn't under the influence, he was the gentle man she grew to love when they were in college. He treated her kindly and made her feel special. She couldn't bear to say something about it when he was being affectionate toward her, nor could she face the consequences when he was abominable.

Isabella stood up and started her morning. She took a hot shower to release the tension in her neck in shoulders. When she got out, she looked at herself in the full length mirror on the back of the bathroom door. There were only noticeable bruises on her right arm and just below her neck. Not anything she couldn't hide lest she have to go somewhere. Blow drying and putting up her hair, she left the bathroom and put on a long sleeved blue t-shirt and jeans. She went into the kitchen to start a cup of coffee, but it seemed Tyler had used the last of it for his own. She needed to go to the grocery store anyway, it didn't bother her to leave this early in the morning; she was already somewhat awake and the coffee was worth it. She grabbed her keys and shopping list and left out through the front door, locking it behind her. Little did she know that this shopping trip would change her sad, but placid, lifestyle.

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By the way, the chapters are about double the size of this prologue. I just like to introduce my stories like this.

It the end of every chapter, I'm going to give you guys what I listened to while writing. The music doesn't necessarily go along with the story though, it's more like recommendations by me.

Music: The New Moon Soundtrack, Vampire Weekend.

Next Chapter...A New Friend