My computer messed up, sorry. I will be editing soon so once again, sorry for the inconvinience.
I couldn't believe this was finally happening. No matter how un enthusiastic Bella was about this, I was going to stay with her and Charlie in Forks for a while. She had made the decision almost two and a half years ago to move to Forks to stay with our father,when our mom's new husband, Phil,,said that he had received an offer to travel with a new baseball team. Bella and I had always been close, but mom had already been so upset that Bella was leaving, she begged me to stay and travel with her and Phil. It hadn't been too bad at first, but I soon found myself missing Bella.
She'd stopped replying to my emails almost a year ago. I assume because of her boyfriend, Edwin or something. I'd called Charlie after almost seven months with no contact and he'd explained to me the whole depressing story of her boyfriend's family moving and how suddenly Bella ran away to Italy, giving him a heart attack, only to return three days later with the whole family. That was when I made my decision to move to Forks.
Running away after a boy was not the Bella that I knew and loved -not making an effort to keep contact with me certainly was not.
I explained the situation to mom, who agreed that staying with Charlie in a permanent home would be better than moving around with her and Phil, even though she'd horribly miss me. Yeah, right. I saw the looks her and Phil were constantly giving each other and I was positive that they wouldn't mind the alone time. After calling Charlie, he happily agreed with the whole plan, including the surprising Bella part.
I was overwhelmed with happiness that I would get to be living with my father and sister. I'd been missing them so much;we were all alike:quiet, shy, clumsy, although I'm not afraid to stand up for myself. It wasn't that I didn't love Renée, because I do; it's just that I could tell that I was in ways holding her and Phil back.
So, here I was, sitting at the airport in Seattle, waiting for Charlie to come and pick me up. I had celebrated my sixteenth birthday almost nine months ago and had just received my full license, but I wasn't familiar with the area and actually wanted to spend the quality time of the drive with Charlie. I was excited about surprising Bella. Charlie had said that her and her boyfriend, whatever his name was, were on good terms again so she would be at his house all day helping clean up from the graduation party they had just last night.
"Brooke?" A deep voice asked nervously.
I turned around at the sound of my name to spot my father, Charlie standing only five feet away. I quickly dropped the two bags I had brought with me and ran over to him, jumping into his open arms for a long awaited hug.
"Wow dad, you must have missed me if you're actually letting me hug you in public," I joked.
Being the Chief of Police in Forks, Charlie was never one for public affection; probably scared it would ruin his 'tough guy rep' or something silly like that.
"Always the joker.I've missed you kiddo. I know it's been hard for you and Bells both, being away from each other. I'm glad to have you here," he said.
"And she still has no idea that I'm here?" I asked hopefully. In my hurry to get on the first flight here, I hadn't had time to buy Bella a graduation gift, so my surprising arrival was her gift.
"No idea. You know her, she's running around all worried and scared all of the time. Between you and me, I think she's scared to be graduating and leaving home," he replied.
That was another upside to moving here with Charlie. Bella would soon be leaving home, and I honestly didn't want Charlie to be alone. Maybe if I was here, he wouldn't miss her as much.
"Yeah, that must be why she hasn't contacted me in a while." I silently hoped that Charlie would agree so that the nagging feeling that she had forgotten about me would prove to be incorrect.
"Hmph. No that would be all thanks to her wonderful new boyfriend, Edward, keeping her occupied 24/7. I swear, ever since that kid came back the two have been inseparable. Well except for when she goes to visit Jake," he said, finishing with a smile towards the end. It was obvious that dad was obviously still feeling hatred towards Edward for leaving Bella in the middle of the woods, and was still silently rooting for Jacob.
"How is Jake?" I asked."I haven't seen him and Billy in forever."
"He's doing good, just took a huge growth spurt not that long ago. Heck all of those La Push boys are quite the size. They don't cause many problems though besides bad attendance…" he trailed off; already his brain was occupied with police things.
"Well, I guess I'll see for myself," I said with a small smile before noticing something.
"Hey, where's the cruiser?"
"Oh, well Edward picked Bella up today so I just took her truck instead of putting more miles on the cruiser. That old thing won't make it much longer anyways, might as well get some use out of it before it goes," he replied.
"I see. So where is this so called 'truck' then?" I asked, picking up one of my bags while Charlie picked up the other and began walking.
"No laughing. It was the perfect truck for Bella. I know that your tastes are a little bit different…" he trailed off, running a hand nervously through his hair.
It must be an oldie, I thought to myself. He was right though; Bella and I got along great, we were best friends, but we had completely different tastes. I loved to read. Just like her, reading was one of my favourite past times with all of the travelling I had been doing. Yet, unlike Bella, I loved to go shopping for clothes, dressing up, and when I was with my friends, joking around and being in the spotlight. I was always shy around people I didn't know, but once I got comfortable with someone, I guess I was hard to shut up.
It was then that I had noticed. Charlie had stopped walking and looked at me expectantly.
"What?" I asked.
The truck wasn't that bad;a little rusty and old for my taste, but it would fit Bells perfectly.
"Nothing, I guess. Are you going to give me your other bag?" He took my other bag from my hand and placed it in the back of the truck with the other.
"Hmm, mind if I drive? I just got my full license, and I could use the practice." I put on my best puppy dog face.
Charlie seemed to contemplate everything that could go wrong for a few minutes, before placing the keys in my waiting hand.
"Alright, but this old thing won't go over 60 now." He grinned.
"I knew there would be a catch," I mumbled, climbing into the driver's seat as he hopped into the passenger side. I loved going fast.
It was a silent drive to Forks; I suppose that Charlie didn't want to 'distract' me or something. I could tell he was nervous that I was driving.
He directed me towards the driveway and I pulled into the old house I remembered.
"Nothing's changed." I smiled happily.
"Nope, I haven't done any big renovations or anything since your mom left with you two," he said.
"Hmm. Well, when is Bells getting home? I want to surprise her right now!" I whined. The excitement was getting to me.
"Edward normally brings her home around five so she can make supper. I figure by the time you're done unpacking, Bella should be home."
We climbed out of the car, grabbed my bags, and made our way inside.
"I figured that you could take my room. I don't mind sleeping on the pull-out couch," Charlie said.
"No way dad! I'll bunk with Bella, there's a whole half of the bed uncalled for and I'm sure she won't mind either," I explained.
"Well, I guess you could always do that too, but I really don't mind," he said.
"Nonsense dad, you know me and Bells get along great," I said with a smile and made my way up the stairs.
Almost two hours later I was finally done unpacking when I hear the front door slam downstairs. I decided to eavesdrop a little bit before making my surprise entrance.
"Alice! What a nice surprise," Charlie said.
"Hello to you too, dad," I heard Bella's sarcastic reply.
"Hi Charlie, it's great to see you!" A voice I didn't recognize say.
Must be 'Alice', I thought to myself.
"Are you staying for supper? I ordered a pizza," Charlie asked hopefully.
"No, the family is waiting at home for me. I just stopped by to ask if it would be okay if Bella came to stay with me for the weekend. You see, all the family is going hiking, but I would much rather go shopping and I just don't want to shop by myself…" Alice trailed off.
"Oh! Of course not, just you and Bella right?" Charlie asked.
She must have just nodded or something because it was Charlie again who spoke next.
"Well then I have no problem with it, do you want to go Bells?"
"Yeah dad, I would really like that. You're going to be fishing with Billy right?" Bella asked.
"Well, I wasn't going to, but I guess I will if you girls are going out," he replied.
"Yeah, you should definitely go dad, have some fun at La Push," Bella said.
"Well, I better be going. I'll pick you up tomorrow around lunch time, Bella," Alice said, and I heard the front door shut quietly.
I took this as my cue to make my entrance. I slowly came down the stairs and came face to face with Bella.
"Wha….What? No…no! You-You can't be here! Not now!" Bella stammered. Her face turned ghastly pale and she started to shake with what looked like fear.
"Bella, what's wrong? I thought that-I thought you'd be happy to see me! I'm going to be living with you and Charlie!" I said excitedly, although Bella was still just staring at me, looking scared to death.