Chapter 1: The Messenger

Song : The Messenger – Linkin Park

When you've suffered enough
And your spirit is breaking
Your growing desperate from the fight

BPOV:

I've been living at Charlie's for a week and four days, not that I'm counting. He's quiet, different, better. He doesn't pester me about vitamin tablets, mineral supplements. He's just there, floating in the background, ready to help when needed. I like it.

The house is warm and homely not sterile and cold. When I arrived I was greeted with my first car a bright purple bug. I don't think I've smiled as much as I did when I saw it. It was perfect.

Currently I'm on my way to the hospital in Port Angeles to get my latest diagnosis.

I sat patiently in the waiting room. It was ten minutes before I saw the door opening and a handsome blonde haired man stepped out. He looked like the guys off of GQ.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting Ms. Swan, I'm Dr. Cullen; follow me to my office please." He said looking at me with his baby blue eyes.

I followed him to a cream room and sat down opposite him at an expensive looking mahogany table.

"Okay, basically you have acute myeloid leukaemia, which you know, I have extremely good news for you, and before your last bout of chemo six months ago your leukemic cells were showing at five percent, from reading you latest results they have dropped to zero. You seem to be in remission but you have a moderate chance of relapsing.

I was speechless forget about getting Betty the bug. This was the happiest day of my life. Remission. I didn't care that I could relapse it was the fact that I could finally be normal for some space of time.

Doctor Cullen said I had a forty-six percent chance of relapsing in the first year. He scheduled check-ups and blood tests for every two months.

My sepulchral, melancholic mood has been lifted replaced by sanguinity.

I drove along the highway in a euphoric haze, when I saw a young girl about my age trying to change the tyre of her canary yellow Porsche 911. I pulled Betty over and got out.

"Hey, do you need help" I shouted over the thundering rain. The girl turned to look at me and ran over.

"Oh my god! Thank you so much for stopping my tyre went flat but I have no idea how to change it, and I have no cell coverage at all." She looked absolutely soaked from head to toe. She had long short, spiky, inky black hair, elfin features and couldn't have been more than five foot.

"Here you can use my cell." I handed my iphone over to her and watched as she quickly dialled a number.

"Hey Em, my tyres flat and I have no idea how to change it, my cell has no coverage at all.

What?

Oh a girl stopped to give me a hand.

Right. Okay." With her conversation swiftly over she handed me back my phone and turned to me.

"Hi, I'm Alice." She stuck out her small hand which I quickly took.

"Bella. Do you need a ride anywhere?" I asked her.

"Yeah, I rang my brother there but he and his girlfriend, her brother and my other brother are currently fifty miles from here camping up in the mountains. They always do this every summer before school starts. They've been doing this since the first grade with my mom and dad way before Emmett and Rosalie got together." Her words came out so fast I was almost unsure of what she had said.

"So how come your not up there with them?" I asked intrigued by the little sprite.

"Oh I was on my way up there right now until this happened." She said looking pointedly at the car with hatred.

"Do you want me to give you a ride up there?"

"I couldn't ask you to do that for me."

"I don't mind and right now I'm so happy I would do anything for anyone." I told her with sincere honesty.

"Really? If you don't mind I would hate to miss it. Rosalie's brother is back from his summer exchange program in Texas and he is so hot." Alice started to dramatically fan herself.

"Really I don't. I just have to text my dad to let him know I'll be late home." I quickly sent Charlie a text to say I took a detour to the movie theatre and wouldn't be back for a couple of hours.

I helped Alice load all her luggage into the back a Betty.

"Thanks so much for doing this Bella."

"No problem."

"So, where are you from?"

"Phoenix but I just moved to Forks."

"No way. I live in Forks. After the camping trip we should definitely hangout." She said with bright eyes.

"Yeah that would be cool."

"So are you starting Forks high in September?"

"Yeah, go Spartans go (!)" I exclaimed with mock enthusiasm

"Wait till you meet Lauren Mallory and her sycophantic bitches."

"Let me guess. Bottle blonde. Zero I.Q. Two floating inflatable life preservers strapped to her chest. A dark varnished glow."

"You got her in one" she laughed.

"I've met plenty of Lauren Mallorys before."

The drive was longish. We reached the campsite in an hour and you could make out four dark figures in the distance walking towards the car parking area.

I saw the blonde Amazonian goddess first. She was five foot ten, voluptuous, and had legs that went on for miles. I felt insanely inferior to her as she stood adorned in her designer camping gear like a supermodel while I stood in black jeans, converse and a Radiohead hoodie*.

We got out of Betty and unloaded Alice's luggage.

Alice made her way to the small group whilst holding my hand.

"Guys this is Bella Swan, my saviour" she gestured towards me

"Bella this is Emmett" she pointed towards the giant, herculean man.

"…the blonde girl is Rosalie, the other blonde is her brother Jasper and this tall brooding guy is my other brother Edward."

Edward turned to look at me with his smouldering emerald orbs. He was absolutely gorgeous and knew it.

The all said their hellos and thanked me for getting Alice to them safe and sound. I gave Alice my number and told her to call and made my journey home to civilisation.

AN: *hoodie in Ireland in a jumper with a hood. Firstly thanks to my reviewers secondly my computer has been broken for the past couple of months and I only got it back two days ago so sorry for the delay. I would love a beta if anyone would want to. Bella's condition is still not cured so don't think it'll be a fairytale kinda story where they all lived happily ever after, I hope to make it angsty.