A/N: This chapter is a bit longer than the last one. Thank you to all the people that have added me to your author watch. It means the world to me. It made me so exited that I wrote this other chapter tonight. If you like it please review! I would love to know hat you guys think!

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Chapter 2

After a long two-week drive, we finally arrived to Mystic Falls. The town had an old vibe about it. It dated back to the eighteen hundreds, many of the town's buildings had that classic look about them. So far, I liked it.

We pulled into the driveway of the house Charlie had purchased for us. Charlie had come here for his job interview a few weeks ago, and after he had asked me what I thought about moving to Mystic Falls, and having said that I liked the idea, he went ahead and looked for a house.

The house he got was somewhat different to what I would've suspected him to go for. I got out of the car and just stared at it. He stood next to me with his hands on his waist.

"So, what do you think?" He asked looking at me with nervous eyes.

"It's… yellow," I said, looking at it with disbelief. I always took Charlie for a white, blue, or gray kind of guy. Clearly I was wrong.

He looked at me and then looked to the ground before looking at me again with concern.

"I thought maybe you needed some sunshine in your life. We're starting over, l thought, hell, let's put some color in our lives. And… the realtor said the color made it feel homey." He mumbled and shrugged.

I smiled at him and said, "I think it's great dad, really." He smiled and gestured me to go inside.

"I'll be in in a minute. You go ahead, I want to stretch my legs a bit." I told him.

"Okay, I'll wait for you inside." He said as he entered the house.

I had to admit I liked it. It was a bit bigger than our old house in Forks. It was two stories high. It had a nice porch; our house in forks didn't have one. The banisters were white, and it was just very homey-looking. Charlie had done a good job. It made me feel kind of amazed that he thought about that sunshine and color thing, it was… cute. Charlie was never comfortable showing his emotions, but this little detail, showed how much he cared that I was happy.

As I stared at our new house, a car pulled over and parked in the house across the street. A girl, with long brown hair climbed out. She looked at me and waved. I waved back. As I did this, she crossed the street and gave me her hand.

"Hi, I'm Elena," she said shaking my hand.

"Bella," I said trying to form some kind of friendly smile. I'm pretty sure it came out all awkward.

"So you're the new neighbor." She said.

"Yep, that would be me." I said putting my hands in my pockets.

"Where are you from?" She asked smiling.

"Umm… I'm from Phoenix, but we moved here from Forks, Washington" I explained.

She nodded and then smiled while she said, "I really don't know where that is… but I hope you like it here. What ever you need, I'm across the street. If you need directions, the name of the best places to eat, or even if you need a ride to school, just come over."

"Thanks, that's really nice of you," I said.

"Don't worry about it. I have to go and I'll let you settle in. I'll see you around," She said and turned around to walk back to her house. Suddenly she turned again, as if she had forgotten something and said, "Just a word of advice, be careful with who you invite into your house, this is a pretty safe neighborhood but, you can never be too safe."

"Uhh… thanks, I'm pretty sure I got it covered, my dad is actually the new sheriff." I said. Elena smiled and went home.

As I walked inside, I noticed how spacious the place was. Charlie came downstairs and asked me who was I talking to. I told him I had met the neighbor. He told me that we were going to be okay here. He went outside and started unloading the truck. I went upstairs and started looking for my room.

I found it and liked what I saw, it was a little bigger than the one back in Forks. I loved the fact that I had a window seat, and that I could read sitting there with actual light coming in. I had big closet, which I knew I was never going to be able to fill. I turned around looking at the rest of the room I saw another door and wondered what was behind it. As I opened it I couldn't believe my eyes. Charlie was really trying to make me happy.

"You like your bathroom?" Charlie asked leaning in the doorway. I looked at him and nodded putting my hands in the back pockets of my jeans.

"I love it dad, thanks."

"I figured you need your privacy, for all your… girl things." He said uncomfortably.

I smiled and said, "let's get the rest of the stuff out of the truck" I headed over to him and walked out the door.

Two and a half hours later we had unloaded all the boxes and furniture out of the truck and were busy trying to organize the place as the doorbell rang.

I went to open the door and saw Elena standing there with another girl. She was older than Elena, but not old enough to be her mother.

"Hi," I said.

"Hey Bella, this is my Aunt Jenna, we figured you guys have been busy unpacking and stuff so we brought you something to eat." Elena said handing over a basket with snacks.

"Wow, thank you, you really didn't have to," I said to them.

"Don't worry about it, what are neighbors for?" Jenna said.

"Bells, who's at the door?" Charlie asked from the kitchen.

"Oh, I'm sorry, come in, I'll introduce you to my dad." I said opening the door so that they could walk in. "Dad, could you come out here? We've got visitors" I yelled. Elena and Jenna came in as Charlie walked out of the kitchen and walked over to where we were standing.

"Charlie Swan, nice to meet you," he said shaking their hands.

"I'm Jenna, this is Elena my niece, we live across the street. We are missing one member of our family, Jeremy, Elena's brother. He's not home right now, but I'm sure you'll meet him later. We brought you guys some snacks," she said pointing at the basket they had given me.

"That's really nice of you," Charlie said and then added "I'm so sorry we don't have anywhere for you to sit, we're still unpacking. Do you want a beer or a soda?" He asked Jenna.

"Don't worry about it, we're ok" Jenna said and then looked at me, "So Bella, you're starting school on Monday?"

"Yeah," I said, pulling my hair behind my ear.

"What grade are you starting?" Jenna asked.

"I'm a Senior," I answered.

"Oh! That's great I'm a senior too, I'll show you around and I'll introduce you to everyone! You don't have to worry about anything, I've got you covered." Elena said.

Crap. I'm supposed to like this, I think. But I get this Alice vibe from this girl that I can't shake off. I do not want to be the center of attention again. I hate being stared at. I don't like it. It'll be last year all over again. Bella, the shiny new toy.

"Thanks," I answered.

Elena and Jenna stayed over for a little while, Jenna had to go, but Elena offered to stay and help me unpack my stuff. Even though I told her it wasn't necessary she stayed.

I was putting my books on the bookcase when she asked me the question I knew I was going to get asked, and that I really wasn't looking forward to answer.

"So, Bella, do you leave a boyfriend back in Forks?"

No… he actually left me, I answered in my head. I shook the answer off and just answered the only way I knew how.

"Nope," I shook my head and continued putting the books on the shelf.

"Oh, come on, I'm sure you left a few guys hanging head over feet with you, you're really pretty" she said.

My stomach turned, and I felt tears coming to my eyes. I blinked a few times trying to shake them away. Pretty? She thought I was pretty? I was insignificant, boring, awkward, and fragile little human. I was so insignificant that he wans't interested in me. He left, saying that he would find another distraction. A distraction. That's what he said. I was so pathetic that he would be able to forget about me just like that. In an instant I tried to regain composure and just said again.

"Nope."

I tried to change the subject to her and asked her the only question that popped into my head.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

She looked at me and nodded as she continued to take stuff out of the boxes.

"His name is Stefan, he's… a really nice guy, he's been there for me through things I couldn't even start to describe," she said.

"That's great, that you have someone that's there for you. I have a friend who's been there for me, but it's nothing like that, nothing romantic, he's like my little brother" I said.

"I'm sure you'll find someone here," Elena said.

"No… no way… I'm not looking for a boyfriend, not now… and I think probably never again." I said.

"Never again? So there was someone," Elena said looking at me with curious eyes.

"I… I don't want to talk about it. It's too soon. Maybe later, some other time, but not right now."

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I really didn't mean to pry." Elena said apologizing.

"That's okay. I get it." I said

We spent the next few minutes in silence. She helped me unpacking the rest of the boxes and went home. We agreed we would meet tomorrow, and she would help me picking out paint colors for my bedroom.

Elena seemed like a nice girl. I hope we could be friends. I really need someone to call a friend. I need a life. I need to take my mind off of him, and live a little.

A/N: So? What do you think?