This is the first time I wrote so much in one chapter. It took me a whole month and a half to write this and I'm sorry to all those who were waiting patiently. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Starting Over

Bella POV

I had finally made it to Canada. It took three whole days straight without sleep, but with an occasional five-minute rest stop ever few hours to feed or fill up gas. If you thought Forks had a lot of green, you should have seen the drive over. After I crossed the border at Niagara Falls, the only thing around was forest, fields, and more green. There were also a few small towns along the way, but they were even smaller than Forks. The gas stations were old fashioned and there were no malls in sight.

"Thank God," I said to myself.

As I got closer to my new home, I started to see a little less green and more houses in suburbs. It was not as populated as Phoenix where all the houses were small and squished together. Here, many houses had bigger front and back yards.

I pulled in to the driveway of my new home a little before sunset. Would the people that live in this house like me? I guess I would have to find out. I opened the car door, got out and carefully shut it. After inhaling a large amount of air and exhaling slowly, I headed to the front door.

I pushed the doorbell. I heard it ring through the house.

"Who is it?" I heard a soft, but firm voice say through the intercom.

"Umm, this is Isabella Swan," I replied hesitantly.

"Oh, Isabella we were expecting you. Hold on a moment."

I heard the lock on the door turn and the door was pulled open. A young human lady with brown eyes that did not look much older than Esme opened the door.

"Welcome to our home Isabella," she greeted kindly, gesturing me into the house.

"Thank you for allowing me to stay in your home and please call me Bella," I replied just as sweetly.

The house was large, but not as large as the Peter or Cullen mansion. It was warm and welcoming. The lady showed me to the family or sitting room and told me to sit down. A few minutes later, she came back with four others and they took the seats around me.

I cringed as I saw the rest of her family. The oldest, probably the father looked no older than 25 and had dangerously pale skin with golden eyes and black hair. The next male looked around my age, with brown hair and eyes like his mother. Then there were the two younger twins. They were pale, but not as pale as their father. They both had dark brown hair and golden eyes.

"They are mixed vampire/human," I thought to myself. "Was that even possible?" I do not think I should bring the topic up. I barely know them and I don't want to cause a riot.

"Bella, you can call me Camille, and this is my family. This is my husband Joshua, the twins, Andrew and Emma, and my eldest son Aaron," she chirped gesturing to each one.

"It is really nice to meet all of you," I said politely.

"If you have any questions, please feel free to ask." I nodded. "Aaron, why don't you show our guest to her living quarters?"

"Sure thing mom," he mumbled, getting up.

I followed Aaron down the stairs to where I would be staying. The light footsteps of the boy indicated that he was quick and would not want to wait for someone taking their time. He stopped calmly in front of the second door to the right.

"This is your bedroom," he said as he opened the door for me to see.

The room was to my liking. It had light blue walls, bed sheets and pillows, a nightstand, a half full bookshelf, and doors for the closet and bathroom.

"The kitchen is through the first door, and the bathroom is through the third door. If you need anything, don't be hesitant to ask." He spoke as if he was reciting lines for a play.

I nodded, a little disappointed at his enthusiasm.

"Well, I will leave you to get settled," he said, sounding desperate to go do his own things.

I nodded a second time. "Thank you so much." He was out of the room before I knew it.

I carried my suitcases from the car with help from the head of the family. I could have carried all of them in myself, but I needed to keep my appearance up. I wondered how long I could keep my secret to a bunch of vampire's. Sooner or later they would figure it out and I would have to deal with the whole secrecy thing.

At 7:00, Camille called me up for dinner. Apparently, dinner was the only time I was required to spend time with my landlords. I didn't need to eat human food and eating more than half a regular meal would upset my stomach. I guess my condition to food was not as bad as a vampire's would be. How are they going to force down food that tasted like dirt just to keep up an appearance?

I trudged up the stairs towards the kitchen and spotted Camille making a salad, and the twins setting the table.

"Oh hello Bella," Camille greeted.

"Hi, need any help?" I asked, leaning against the threshold.

"No, no it's okay. I am almost done. I just need to toss this salad. You can take a seat at the table, I'll be done in a few minutes."

"Are you sure?" I questioned.

"Sure, sure. Although, if you don't mind, could you go call Aaron for dinner? He is up in his bedroom listening to his Ipod."

"Okay. Be back in a minute."

I wondered if Aaron heard that. Was his Ipod so loud that it prevented him from hearing downstairs? Or did he not have vampire hearing at all? I found the stairwell leading up to the bedrooms. It was around twenty-six steps long and twined in a half circle. I silently, but quickly climbed up the stairs and halted to a stop in the hall. Which room was Aaron's?

One of the doors had light streaming out through the cracks and I could hear horrible blasting music. There's no doubt that the room to the right was Aaron's room. Walking up to it, I rapped the door a few times. No answer. I knocked again. No answer.

I turned the doorknob and was surprised to see it not locked. Usually teenage males would lock their doors for some privacy. Especially when younger siblings were in the house.

Pushing the door open gently, I peeped into his room. It was fairly plain for a teenager. The room consisted of red walls; windows right as you enter, black curtains; a guitar that leaned up against the far right corner; and a bed against the left wall with pure black sheets.

I stood in the threshold looking at him. "Aaron?" I said quite loudly due to the music affecting my ability to hear myself.

He jumped and fell off the bed, bringing his Ipod with him. After swearing under his breath, he demanded hastily, "Can't you knock? I closed my door for a reason."

I was taken by his rudeness. "I did knock. I was standing outside your room door for quite a bit. Camille asked you to come down to dinner."

After hearing what I said, he immediately apologized. "Sorry, I didn't hear you," he apologized.

He seemed innocent enough. "It's alright." I smiled, "Your reaction was pretty funny when I called your name though." I said forcing down a chuckle. He looked at me bewildered. I couldn't help myself and started laughing out loud. Soon, he was laughing with me.

I pranced silently down the stairs, with Aaron right behind me. We took a seat at the table, Aaron across from me and said a quick prayer.

I found out that Joshua was an architect and that he worked evenings and morning shifts, so he wasn't at dinner. I tried to listen in to the conversation between the twins while eating small bites of food. Emma and Andrew were talking about their day at school. I couldn't help but notice that the twins were not eating, but Aaron was. They would throw food in the garbage bin every couple minutes. It was too fast for a human to see, but I could since I was a Soul Eater. It made me curious about what abilities these half vampire's have?

Aaron interrupted me from my thoughts. "Bella, you should eat more. You eat too little," he said staring at the small portion of food on my plate.

I shrugged. "I'm not that hungry. Thank you for your concern though."

The rest of the evening went pretty quickly. After dinner, all I did was stare up to the ceiling while lying on my new bed. I couldn't sleep due to the fact that I was starting a new school tomorrow.

The next morning was the new start at a new school. Aaron walked with me to school since I was prone to getting lost. As we walked into the busy parking lot, I saw the school building. It was extremely large, or at least a few times bigger than Forks High put together. There were many students lingering around before the bell rang.

Aaron went off with his friends, and I was left to find the office. The wind blew across my face, messing up my hair as I walked through the parking lot. Students turned toward me briefly to see who had walked pass. I ignored them and continued to move forward. Once through the main doors, I immediately saw the sign that read "office". Walking slowly up to it, I saw people bustling around getting ready for the beginning of school.

I pushed the door open and stepped inside. A kind lady sitting in front of a computer greeted me. Her nametag read "Ms. Sanders".

"Good morning, dear. How may I help you?" she asked in a chipper voice.

"I'm Isabella Swan, the new student," I replied back loud enough for only her to hear.

"Oh, Isabella, we were expecting you."

Ms. Sanders handed me a small slip of paper and my schedule. "Make sure you show your teachers that small slip. There's no need to bring it back afterwards. If you have any problems with your schedule, you can go to the guidance office just around the corner. Have a good day Ms. Swan."

"You too," I mumbled, pushing the door open to escape the room full of adults.

I took a look at my schedule. I had advanced Biology first. It didn't take me long to find the classroom. The classroom was just up the stairs and to the right. The rooms and halls were all labeled. That helped a lot.

The bell rang. A female opened the door, wanting to get into the classroom. However, I was standing right in front of it.

"Excuse me," she said in a small voice. "Are you a new student or are you waiting for someone?"

"I'm new. My name is Isabella Swan, but you can call me Bella."

"It's nice to meet you," she replied a little more casually. "I'm Grace Foster."

"It's nice to meet you too," I said stepping out of the way.

I followed her into the classroom, where I spotted a young, female teacher. I handed her the slip of paper and my schedule.

"You must be the new student," she said while reading the slip. "Welcome to Biology."

"Thank you," I replied back.

"Grace, would you be so kind and help Isabella get to her other classes. She seems to have almost the same schedule as you: advanced Biology, advanced English, Math and Accounting," she listed off in order.

"Of course I'll help. Bella, we have all classes except third period together."

"Excellent. Bella, I'll put you beside Grace. That's the only open seat left."

I nodded and went to take my seat. Everyone started to pile in. Many walked through the door chatting to friends. Others, who were taken away from their friends in different classes walked in alone. Every couple minutes a person would glance towards me and nod their head. I nodded back for courtesy. Once the second bell rang, the teacher took attendance, and started her lesson. Most of what she was explaining, I had already learned previously in Forks. It was pretty simple. She was explaining about the human body and its systems.

After a couple more classes, there was lunch. The cafeteria was large. I entered with Grace, who had asked me to eat lunch with her and her friends. I sat down at the table towards the back of the cafeteria. Grace introduced me to her friends. I believe their names were Alexandra, Anna, Sharon, and Spencer. They seemed friendly enough.

The rest of the day passed quickly. After my last class, Accounting, I was exhausted. As I approached the front doors, I spotted Aaron, leaning against the wall. He had waited for me, even though he claimed that he was waiting for someone else and he/she just called him to cancel the plans that he had made. I don't actually believe him though.

A week later…

I sprawled out on my bed after another long day of school. I thought about all the new things that happened in the passed week. Even now, I could not, or would not forget my old family. I could not and would not contact them either. My heart needs to be healed and staying in contact would not do any good.

My new family stayed in the dark about my uniqueness and they still do not know that I know their secret. I planned to keep it that way as long as possible. I do not know what I would do if they found out about my secret. I hope Jordan wouldn't mind. But then again, he refused telling the wolves.

As for school, I learned that Aaron was one of the more popular males. Even Grace thought he was 'hot.' They said that he was the passive type of person, and only spoke to the few males he hung out with. Everyone knew that he had only dated once as a freshman, but that ended abruptly because of his parents disapproval. After that, he turned down every female that proposed her feelings to him.

As for the females, the most popular girl in the school was Jamie. I had only met her once, accidentally running into her in the halls. She ranted about how I was just a lowly new student. The two girls, Violet and Samantha that always stood beside her did nothing to correct her behavior. Before I could lose my temper, I had pushed passed the three and vented my anger in the girl's room. Before, I could have cared less about these types of people, but that was when I was with my family.

I had also become close friends to Grace, Sharon, Alexandra and Spencer. Sharon reminded me too much of Alice. She was short and pixie-like, and loved to shop. Spencer was dating Alexandra. Those two were inseparable. Spencer, with his light and bubbly sense of humour, told jokes during lunch. Lastly, Grace was at the top of her classes, without even trying. She loves to hang out with the gang, and while with us, she chats non-stop.

And there my new life begins; new family, new friends, new relationships, new experiences and more, now, and into the future. Who knows what the future beholds for a messed-up, heart broken girl like me.


So what do you think? Not too broodish I would say. Next chapter will be Edward's POV, so look forward to it. Please review! review!