Bella

I hated the thought of moving from Phoenix. I had been here all my life and had all my friends. I finally had a boyfriend as well. He wasn't too happy about me moving all the way to Forks to live with my dad. But this was Phil's way of getting rid of me so that he and my mother could travel. He was a "baseball player" hoping to make it big. I hate to break it to him, but his skills aren't that great. He barely got into any kind of league the last few years. Truth be told, it was rather embarrassing when I went to school and people were talking about him. Just as I was finishing up packing the few items that I wanted to keep my mother, aka Renee came into the room.

"Awe honey," she said to me as she leaned into the doorway, "you are going to love it there." I sighed and turned around to show her exactly how I really felt. I am sure that the look upon my face was priceless as I opened my mouth to reply. "How the fuck do you think I am going to like it there? Seriously? You expect me to move from here to a place that I am going to be the new girl my fucking senior year? I say that this is bullshit and that you and your fuck buddy can go to hell for all I care!" I made my way past her with my last bag and hastily made my way downstairs as Phil was coming up to apparently talk to me as well. "Hey Be-", he said as I shoved my hand in his face as I almost tripped downstairs.

The look on Phil's face was priceless. He was in utter shock that those words had come from my mouth. Truth be told, so was I. I never spoke out like that; only when I was so upset that I all I wanted to do was cry. This was one of those times. All that I could think about was that I was losing my home, my friends, and that bastard Phil was taking my mother away from me. She wasn't much of a mother, but she was all I had and here this….man was just coming in and taking her away. She had no disregard for how I felt about moving away from everything. Shit, I even tried to tell her that I wanted to just get my own apartment. "Oh no that's not happening, young lady," she told me "you are too young for that." Bullshit, I was almost 18 as it was and has been taking care of myself for as long as I can remember.

As I placed the last bag of my personal items in the car, I took a look back at the house. Sighing I dreaded having to go back inside, but I forgot my keys to my car and my cell phone. As I made my way up the steps, I tried to avoid talking to either one of them. "Bella," Renee said in somewhat of a protest to get me to stop, "try to be nicer to Phil. He's trying to be there for you." I sneered at Renee. "Be there for me eh? So by making me move from my home, my friends, and my school THAT is helping me? Wow Renee, you really think that what he is doing is right? My senior year?" I made my way past her and grabbed my cell phone and keys. Just then Phil decided to stop me. Rolling my eyes, I sighed; "What Phil? What the fuck do you want now?" Leaning against the door he reached in his back pocket. "I wanted to make sure that you had enough gas for the trip. I'm not that much of a hardass." He handed me a credit card; a prepaid one. "It has a little over a thousand dollars. If you need more, let me know and I'll load more on there. Now this I can handle: unlimited funding that I can use whenever. I gave him a half-assed smile and made my way passed him.

Getting in my car, I closed the door and looked in the rear-view mirror with another sigh. I wasn't ready to leave. I don't think that I would ever be ready to leave Phoenix. Starting my car I turned on the radio; starting my summer off with what little happiness that I had left, hoping that this summer was going to be fun. Yeah, just about as fun as sticking my hand on a cactus. Pulling out of the driveway I turned on the radio and tried not to think about the long trip and what awaited me in Forks.

My first stop was not too far out of Phoenix actually. I had forgotten to get gas when leaving due to the amount of anger that I had brewing within my body. Oh well, I sighed to myself as I pulled into a gas station. Next to me was the credit card that Phil had given me. This would be the time that I could actually test it out and see if he was lying. Thankfully, if he did, I had the cash on me from working after school. Putting my D&G glasses on; I pulled next to the gas pumps and parked. Turning off the engine I stepped out of the car and started filling my tank. With the heat being so wild here in Phoenix, most of my wardrobe consisted of short cut-off jeans and tank-tops; more often than not I refused to wear bras. They were uncomfortable. Today was one of those days and unfortunately, I had forgotten how idiotic men were when it came to a woman that was only dressed for comfort.

I saw this open opportunity to get a pack of cigarettes that I was so desperate to have. One of them was a fairly decent looking man, probably in his early twenties. Smirking to him, I motioned for him to come over so that I could talk to him. I chuckled to myself as I saw the "high-fives" being given to him. They must have thought he was going to get a piece of ass tonight or something. Placing the gas cap back on, I was shocked by a slap on my ass. I turned around and there he was. A statuesque man with dark brown if not black hair and the deepest darkest brown eyes that I have ever seen in my life. My god he was tall as well. He had to be at least over six foot tall. "The names Jake babe," he said to me placing one hand on the hood of my car.

I could tell that this was going to be too easy. Batting my long eyelashes I looked down at his belt, wondering what he hid beneath the pants. "I need a favor," I asked him, looking up almost pleadingly. The grin that he gave me almost made my panties wet. His eyes twinkled and the deepness in his voice was electrocuting. "Sure darlin'," he replied, "what brand?" I leaned in, almost kissing his neck, inhaling the scent of his cologne "Marlboro, menthols." If I would have leaned in any closer, I would have fell flat on my face if he would have moved an inch away. His snickering brought me back from my daydream of the things that I wanted to do to this total stranger. Placing his hand at my waist, I jumped a little bit at his touch. His body was unusually warm. His hand slid from my waist as he reached into my back pocket and pulled out some money. "You'll owe me a ride for this," he said with that same southern drawl that seemed to just wet my panties all over again. Pushing from the car he walked off and into the store. It was such a nice site to watch walking away. His muscles seemed to be hugged by his tank top and honestly for once I was glad that I was alone. My friends would have died at the sight of his body.

I shook this feeling off and walked in behind Jake to pay for my gas. The attendant eyed me suspiciously and I couldn't help but to glare at him back. Jake paid for the cigarettes and I paid for the gas. I don't know why he did it but he wrapped his arm around my waist and led me to the car. As I got into the driver's seat he whispered "wait, I'm coming too" and went to grab his bags. I shook my head laughing at this guy. He was going to travel to god knows where with a strange girl. I wasn't afraid, no need to be. Living in Phoenix, I had to learn defense for all the creeps that thought attacking a girl was fun. As he threw his stuff into the backseat and plopped down in the passenger he looked at me and flashed me that same grin that made me melt, "So sweetheart, where are we headed?" I looked to him placing my sunglasses back on the bridge of my nose and started the car replying "Forks, Jake. Forks, Washington." With that said; I put the car into gear and took off from the gas station with Korn – Coming Undone blaring from the radio.

Okay so there's this strange guy that is going with Bella now. Interesting? Poor girl just cant get away from the hotties! Sorry that I had to delete and repost so many times! I am still new to all of this and trying to figure it out. Tell me what you think of this added character and the chemistry. Looks like he's going to hang out with her until she kicks his ass out lol

On a side note sorry that it is taking me so long to post. My muse keeps me busy lol. Tune in next week for Jaspers first chapter… what is the major going to be up to?