Bella

It's been 3 months since he left. Three months since I've seen my family, since I've been a normal teenager. When he left I was so broken, still partly am, I stopped eating and refused to speak to anyone. I finally got a family then they were ripped from my life and it was so unfair.

I know I have Charlie and Renee, but they haven't been the ideal parents. Charlie's done the best he could but Renee acts more of a child than I do. And I finally had a mother in Esme and she just left. It hurt.

"Bells, I'm going." Charlie said, bringing my out of my thoughts.

"Alright." I replied, he was surprised as I hadn't spoken in a long while. He kissed me on my head and walked out of the door. Once I heard his cruiser leave the driveway, I walked upstairs and grabbed my purse Alice had insisted I use. I pulled out my wallet and pulled out the 4 credit cards that Carlisle had given me just before my birthday. I also had about 1,000 in cash from Alice; might as well spend it.

I started going through my closet, nothing but jeans and sweatshirts. My clothing is actually really boring. Though I wasn't the fancy type, I would at least once to look like a girl unlike the normal jeans and flannel shirts. By the time I was done, my closet was almost empty, I looked around my room and it looked like a kid's room.

I ran to the attic and grabbed two boxes, labeling them Bella's Stuff. I threw the old clothes in one box and the kids' stuff in another. By the time I was done emptying my room, it was bare and clean.

I pulled on my coat and walked outside, placing the box of clothes in the back of my truck, I walked back inside and placed the other box in the attic. I wrote a note for Charlie and grabbed the black purse, getting in the truck I turned on the heat and turned the key.

The 3 hour drive to Seattle was quiet and peaceful. I dropped the clothes at a thrift store then drove to the mall.

Once I got to the large mall, I first went to a phone store. I got a white iPhone, I'd never had a touch phone and it was weird learning to use the thing but the salesman was really cool about it. I wasn't shocked at the price since the phone had just came out a few months ago, I got a cool purple case for it.

Next I stopped at a hair salon.

"Hello, welcome to Great Clips! How can I help you?" The lady behind the counter asked me with a warm welcoming smile.

"I would like to do something different with my hair, but I'm not sure what." I said, she smiled and grabbed a large stack of books and handed them to me.

"Just look through these and let me know if you find anything you like." She said, I nodded and walked over the sitting area. After about 20 minutes, I found a hair style.

"Have you found anything?" The lady asked.

"Yes, this one." I said, pointing to the hairstyle, she smiled and lead me back to a chair.

It took almost 2 hours to get the hairstyle I wanted. It looked so good! The stringy dull brown was now a fuller honey blonde with many different other shades and it was very choppy at the end but it was still at my shoulders.

"It looks so great! Thank you!" I exclaimed, catching the girl by surprise by hugging her but then blushed and quickly pulled back.

"You're welcome, sweetheart. It looks great on you!" She gave me a few tips on how to keep the color longer as well as many different shampoos that will keep it looking fresh all the time, even on the days I don't wash it. I paid (which I was little surprised at the price, it was a lot less than I thought) and left the store.

Next I went to Forever 21, Alice refused to go into the store when we did go to the mall because she thought Forever 21 was for poor people.

"Excuse me, can you help me?" I asked a young looking girl, she looked at me and smiled.

"Of course!" She helped me through the entire store, and it was the first time that I had fun shopping. I was forced into anything, I was actually asked what I liked and what I didn't like. I spent over 400 dollars in just that one store but I got a lot of good clothes, I even got a few dresses!

I worked my way around the mall and by the time I was done, it was almost 5:30, I can't believe I spent the entire day at the mall!

On the way home I passed a car dealership, the whole point of changing meant changing everything, even the truck. I circled around and pulled into the dealership, I looked around for a few minutes when a man walked up to me.

"May I help you, miss?" A man asked, he was bald and a bit chubby.

"I'm looking for a new car, something not to flashy." I said, looking up at the man.

"I think I have just what you're looking for." He said, he led me over to a white mustang.

"This is a 2005 Ford Mustang GT, it only has 79,000 miles on it and the interior is red and black. It only had one owner and it's never been wrecked." He said, opening the car door. The inside was extremely nice and the car wasn't flashy. It was nice and pretty but not flashy. Key to buying a car. Nothing flashy.

"How much?"

"11,500." It was a good price for the miles on the car.

"Deal." I said, we shook hands and I followed him inside.

Sadly, I watched as they towed away the beast, I only got 400 out of it but it was time for it to go. I drove my new car home, whom I named Sally, I know I'm lame.

By the time I got back to Forks, it was pretty late and I realized I had to get groceries. I pulled into the store and tried to ignore the looks and whispers. I got what I needed and got the hell out of there.

Charlie wasn't home yet so I put away all of the food first and then all my clothes and stuff.

After everything was put away, I stared on dinner; spaghetti. Just as diner was done, I heard Charlie unlocking the door.

"Bells?"

"Kitchen!" I called back to him, I could hear him set everything down and walk into the kitchen. I turned to him and saw him frozen.

"You're hair! It's different."

"Yes, dad. I thought I was time for a change. Do you like it?"

"I like it. It looks nice."

"Catch any fish?"

"No, nothing was biting today."

"How are Billy and Harry?"

"Good. Billy said Jacob is missing you." He said, I cringed a bit. I hadn't seen Jake in a while and usually lied whenever he used to call to hang out.

"I'll have to call him." I said, Charlie nodded and we ate in silence. Charlie watched the game after dinner and I stared on homework that I had been slacking on. Soon I called it a night. No nightmares.

May 31, 2006 – Graduation Day

"Bella!" I heard Renee's distant yell. I turned around and she was waving like crazy. I blushed and Angela laughed a few rows back, I turned back around. I can't believe I'm about to graduate from high school and I'll be a college student in the fall! I had gotten accepted into many different colleges and I chose Princeton. It was a little unreal I could going to Princeton since I never really thought about going to an Ivy League school.

A few weeks ago I started go hang out with Jacob but we ended up getting into a fight and of course it was about the Cullen's, I found out he was a shape shifter, who had a huge problem with the Cullen's.

Surprisingly I did go to prom with Mike, it was a little weird at first but I had a really good night. A really good night, if you know what I mean. Edward refused to take part in those kind of activates because he thought it would be better until after marriage, I didn't even want to get married! And God did I have fun.

After Jessica finished her speech they started to call names out and when they called my name, Charlie and Renee both screamed. I wanted to just throw something at them as I quickly walked out off the stage.

"Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome the 2006 class of Forks High!" We all threw out caps up, letting out excited screams. High School was finally over!

A/N: SO?! I'm going to break the first chapter into two different parents so it doesn't drag on and on. I hope you liked it, the car and hair can be found on my profile as usual! I'm happy to be writing this again and actually take me time on it and reread it. Thanks to everyone who read it the first time around and I hope you read this rewrite! (:

-XOXO Ashley K.

(PS: The second part of this chapter will be put up right after this one!)