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Full Summary: Bella moves to Forks to live with her dad after trying to get away from her past which seemed to be everywhere back in Phoenix. Along the way of trying to heal herself and putting a show for everyone in the town, she does not expect to make friends... much less meet a captivating green-eyed boy that just so happens to be her new friend's best friend. Maybe he can help her. Or maybe her past will catch up to her and make her run like she did in the past. Or maybe, just maybe... she'll fall in love.

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Chapter 2:

It had been at least fifteen minutes before a Jeep sped past me and I waved my hands above my arms frantically until I finally caught the driver's attention. He quickly reversed and parked a little in front of where I was standing. A big buff guy stepped out of the jeep matching Jasper's description of Emmett. He was tall, full of muscles, and had dark brown eyes and curly brown hair with a set of dimples. They would have been more prominent had he been smiling. But this was no smiling matter.

"Hey. I'm Emmett. Are you the one who called?" he asked me, walking towards me. He looked intimidating but I decided to put those feelings aside and put up a front of bravery.

"Yes. I'm Bella. It's nice to meet you, Emmett." I said and shook his outstretched hand. He nodded and thanked me before I gestured for him to follow me to where Jasper was.

"Fucking shit, Jazz! What the hell happened?" Emmett boomed startling me as we came upon Jasper's still bloody and dirty figure.

"It was some of the team. Newton and Crowley led it, I guess." Jasper said with a wince. Emmett growled under his breath before going to Jasper. I quickly stopped him and he looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"I think that you should be careful. He has some pretty bad injuries. Some of his ribs are probably broken and he has a few sprains and fractures but he'll be fine over time. It would be wise to treat him with care and not swing him around like a rag doll." I said and he looked at me, surprised.

"Bella, how do you know that medical crap? Did you call anyone?" Emmett asked me looking panicked.

"Uh, no," I said as I tried to assure him, "I'm clumsy." With that, my cheeks flared with blood making him chuckle.

"Okay. Well, what do you suggest, Doc?" he asked me jokingly.

"Do you have a stretcher or a sort of bed to keep him stable?" I asked seriously and he looked at me incredulously.

"No. I was joking Bella." he said and I smiled slightly.

"Well, do you have a tarp for camping or something?" I asked him. "A poncho? Something big?"

"Yeah."

"Go bring it." I said and he nodded. He brought a huge tarp which I fixed and cushioned with some other supplies that he brought thinking that they might be useful. We carefully loaded Jasper on the make-shift stretcher before taking him to the jeep. Between Emmett and I, we had to shift him several times while being careful of his injuries as we laid him in the backseat of the Jeep. I had the most trouble seeing as I couldn't get up and into the Jeep by myself much less lift an injured teenage boy up and into it.

"I'm going on a hunch and say that you don't have a First Aid Kit, right?" I asked Emmett and he shook his head looking at me sheepishly. "Well, then you'll have to have him checked out. Preferably by a doctor." I said and he nodded before thanking me.

"Do you need a ride somewhere?" he asked me suddenly as I was gathering my dufflebag and fixing my rain coat.

"I'm fine. Thanks Emmett. I think that you should make getting Jasper to a Doctor your first priority." I said seriously and he sighed.

"Look, Bella. You helped a complete stranger that was beaten up on the side of the road. At least let me help you get to where you were going to in the first place." He said, pouting. I sighed heavily before going to passenger side of the Jeep. He helped me inside before driving away.

I had him park three blocks away from the house not wanting to attract attention. He thanked me once again and I thanked him in return before he drove away. When I got to the house, I opened the door with the key from under the eave before pocketing it.

Charlie came home late and was worried. I had dinner made for him by the time. As I set the table up, I told him that I didn't see the cruiser and decided to walk home since I had enough energy to spare. Thankfully, he bought my lie.

He seemed happy and a bit wary around me which seemed to wear off after dinner and by the time that I went to bed. We had talked about school and he told me that I would be attending school the next day. He had my schedule already and told me that my car would be here from Phoenix before I had to go to school. I had a grey and black 2010 Ford Taurus. It had been a birthday present to myself when I turned seventeen years old.


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