Bella's Point of View

Drip. Drip. Drip.

I watched the water slowly roll down the window seal, and fall to the floor. The room was quiet, so quiet that I could hear every drop of rain landed heavily against the house.

I glowered silently towards the rain.

There was no doubt that I detested Forks, and the weather her was one of the main reasons why. It was nothing like Arizona, it wasn't warm and sunny, it wasn't bright, and welcoming. Forks was gloomy, dull, rainy, depressing, and it was here that my sister and I would be forced to live.

Well not forced… we choose to come here… this was our choice, and I knew we were doing the right thing for Rene and Phil. My mother wanted to spend time with Phil, she wanted to travel with him; she couldn't do that with two girls at home to care for.

That was why we were here.

Charlie had been great about us coming here; in fact, he seemed overjoyed that we were coming to live with him. He managed to get us two separate rooms; thank goodness, but there was only one bathroom.

I had gotten the West side bedroom and my sister got the East side. I was thankful for this as well; it was closer to the bathroom, while my sister's room just had a slightly bigger closet. I didn't need a big closet; it wasn't like I have many clothes.

Sitting up in my bed, I kicked my shoes off, sliding myself more into the bed, trying to get comfortable on the cold, stiff mattress.

"Bella," A happy voice called out to me, towards my door.

"Come in Vanna," I said, recognizing her voice easily.

She came in, smiling sadly at me, and flopped down on the bed. "I'm done packing, are you up for some exploring?" She shrugged her shoulders with a pause. "Maybe it will get our minds off of the move,"

I stopped for a moment, analyzing Vanna just for a moment.

She looked, so much like Rene; her features were so innocent, she had childish blue eyes and a round face with just a small hint of laugh lines. She was a lot like Rene, not only in looks, but in personality, she always wants to go out, and experience life, and go on adventures, and I was the mature one, I kept her out of trouble.

"I don't know, it's raining," I pointed out, nodding over to the window. "And as interesting as this new place is, I'd rather not walk around and get rained on,"

She nodded slightly. "I guess I didn't think of that…" She seemed to think this over. "Well let's at least do something; it's so boring in this place."

"What do you have in mind?"

"I don't know, Charlie is down there, ordering pizza, I think he invited some people over for us to meet," She said, playing with a long piece of her hair. "We should get down there, and at least pretend to feel comfortable, and right at home here,"

I sighed, and nodded, standing up. "Alright, let's go,"

She followed me with a smile.

We made our way down to where Charlie was sitting in front of the TV, sipping out of a can of beer. As we approached him he looked up at us, "Hey, you two get settled in?

I nodded slightly, "Yeah, everything is great dad, thanks,"

Vanna grinned, "Just some redecorating and my room will be perfect,"

"Well I'm glad," A few knocks at the door had gotten all our attention now. "You two sit, I'll get that," Charlie said, and with a slight push, he got up and went to the door.

Vanna didn't hesitate; she walked over to the couch, and plopped down. She glanced at the TV for a second, and made a face at the baseball game going on.

I took a seat on the recliner, and waited patiently for Charlie to return.

When he came back, he set a large box down on the coffee table, instantly making the room fill with a delicious smell. "I got peperoni, I hope that's alright with you two," Charlie said and before he could seat, again there were knocks on the door. "That must be Billy, and Jacob,"

I looked over to Vanna, at the same time she looked at me. A twinkle came in her eyes at the sound of those names, and quickly her eyes went to the door. She was curious, and nothing excited her more than a mystery.

A man in a while chair came in, a boy behind him. "Come on in guys, the pizza just came; you're right in time," Charlie said with a bright smile. "Bella, Vanna, you remember Billy don't you?"

I didn't respond, so luckily Vanna did, saving this moment from being anymore awkward.

"Of course, we spent time with your daughter, Rachel, and Rebecca, how are they by the way?" Vanna smiled, not waiting to grab a piece of pizza, her eyes darting between Billy and Jacob.

"They are well, I don't hear from them to much anymore, but recently it seems that they are doing quite well with their lives," Billy responded with a kind smile, his eyes now went up to Jacob. "Only got the boy left in the house now,"

Jacob nodded to the both of us with a smile, and came over sitting down on the couch beside Vanna, he grabbed some of the pizza as well, taking huge bites of it.

That's right, I was now beginning to recall; Jacob was a bit younger than my sister and I. He seemed nice regardless, and just a little silly, but I'm sure we could possibly be friends.

Vanna was a bit better at making friends than I was, mainly for the fact that she is much less shy than I am, and much more eager to learn about others, and get along with others.

I on the other hand would rather just be left alone to my own thoughts.

Charlie and Billy now seemed to be having their own private conversation as they watched the game. In the meantime Jacob turned to Vanna and I.

"So are you guys liking Forks yet?" He wondered looking between the two of us with a kind smile.

I made a face. "I'm not really sure if liking is the right word,"

Vanna laughed quietly, grinning at me, "It's really different from Arizona, I think it's just gonna take a long time to get used to… clouds," Vanna said shrugging slightly.

"You know, it's much warmer down in La Push, you guys should come down some time, I'll show you the brighter side of this place," He said grinning.

Vanna's eyes instantly brightened, and I could see that her attention was now glued to him. I could practically hear the curiosity screaming in her head. It was obvious that she was interested.

"That sounds awesome," Vanna said, looking excited.

I nodded as well.

There isn't much I wouldn't do just to get the slightest bit of warmth.

The rest of the evening wasn't completely horrible, it was fun hearing about Jacob's life, and just a bit about La Push, but the only thing that really was on my mind was tomorrow. Vanna and I would heading to Forks high school, for our first day of school. I was so nervous about everything, I hated to get any form of attention, and I knew tomorrow we would be the main focus of the school.

Vanna wasn't as nervous, I'm sure she wasn't, and I knew I shouldn't be this anxious, but I guess I had to just get my mind off of everything.

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~Az