Woah, dude. This chapter is 1,071 words without the author note. And I wrote it in less than an hour. Go me.

Iuno. I think this chapter is kinda cute...well, at the end at least.

haha. tell me what you think. ;D

I woke up to an annoying beeping noise.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

I slammed my fingers down on the off button. I got up and got ready for school. I went into the bathroom and turned on the water. It took a few minutes to warm up. Feeling the hot water run down my back relaxed me. Quickly, I shampooed my hair and rinsed it off. I just stood there, letting the water run down my back. Thoughts of my dad flickered in my mind. It was just another day, I told myself. No need to get worked up. A few tears escaped my eyes. No matter how old I got, I'm always going to miss him. Nothing was going to change that.

The things that I could never do, filled my mind. Like how I could never get walked down the aisle with my dad or how I couldn't have a father daughter dance with him. I could never give him a hug or anything. I stood there crying -- harder now -- in the shower. I probably only had a few minutes before I had to leave for school so I sucked in a deep breath and turned off the water.

When I got out, I could feel the temperature hit me and I was freezing. I wrapped my towel tighter on me and rubbed the fog off the mirror. My skin was pale, and light circles under my eyes from not enough sleep. I almost didn't recognize myself. I quickly brushed through my hair and put a layer of black eye liner on. Slowly, I walked over to my closet.

It only took a few minutes for me to find something to wear. I decided to be simple today. I was going to wear my favorite skinny jeans with my striped blue and white v-neck shirt. When I went back to my room, Edward was gone. There was a note on my bed. He must have left it when I took my shower.

Bella,
I've gone home to get some clothes. I won't be long, I promise.

--Edward.

I sighed and walked down the stairs to get me some breakfast. For once, I didn't trip when I got to the bottom of the staircase. My mom's shoes and jacket wasn't by the door. And her car wasn't outside.

Hmmp. Imagine that. She's still with what's his face, doing God knows what.

She's done it ever since Charlie, my dad, died. It started a few months later when she went out with a guy named Bobby.

I remember walking into the room one day to wake them up and they were doing you--know--what.

There were two reasons why I didn't like Bobby.

One being that he wasn't my dad and never could be. Nobody could ever take his place.

And the second was because he wasn't the nicest guy around. One time, he got mad so he jabbed a sucker stick that was in my hand into my finger. Ahhh, that was painful. I didn't know if he did it on purpose or not, but that hurt.

There has been several other guys after Bobby and I didn't like any of them. My mom was good with getting the bad guys.

She is now with a guy named Ray. She's been with him for a while now. I think it's been two years. He's kicked her in the shin, flicked a cigarette in her eye, and punched her a couple times. But she says that she's in love with him and he just got angry. Whatever.

I haven't seen much of my mother lately. She's always with ray or with her friends. It seems like stopped caring when I entered middle school.

I thought things would change, that she would be around more for her daughter than her boyfriend. Though I'm sure you can't really call him that.

I heard a voice calling my name, pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Bella? Hello. Can you hear me?" I heard his velvet voice say.

"Sorry, I was just thinking." I told him

"About..?" He asked

"How my mom still isn't home."

He gave me a sad smile. "I'm sorry, Bella."

I shrugged. "So what were you saying?"

He smiled at me. "Well, I was asking if you were ready to go."

I nodded, grabbing my bag, a granola bar, and my jacket on the way to his Volvo.

He opened up the door for me and shut it for me. I looked up after I put my seat belt on and he was already in his seat, buckling his seat belt. He caught me looking at him and he gave me that crooked grin that I love so much. I couldn't help but smile back.

"Bella, you know you don't have to worry about you're mom or today. Everything will be fine." He reassured me.

I sighed. "I know, it's just.. it's hard, you know? I really miss him and I kind of miss my mom being there for me."

"I want you to know something, Bella. I'll always be here for you. I'll be with you through whatever you have to deal with. Just know that." He said, parking the car in it's normal spot.

I smiled. "I know that, Edward. And thank you . . . For everything. It means a lot." I leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek. His smile grew wider.

We got out of the car and went over to his sister, Alice.

Alice gave me a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Hey, Bella."

She was always so energetic. "Hello Alice."

"I saw you give my brother a kiss on the cheek, Bella.", she said.

I could feel the blush on my cheeks. Alice's smile grew wider, if that was possible. "It was just a friendly kiss, Alice. Don't get all excited about nothing." I laughed

"Sure, sure.", she said.

We all laughed. And I blushed even more. "Come on, Let's go. We're going to be late." I said

And we all walked to our first hour class together.

Maybe today won't be as bad as I thought it would be.

There you go.

Chapter Three will be up after I get some reviews. :P Or if I finish it early.
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