A/N: So thanks to those who reviewed the second chapter! I'm really grateful for your support. I looked back at the first chapter and noticed that there are spelling mistakes and I'm sorry about that. When I told my family, the first thing my dad did was ask if I double checked my work and when I said I had mistakes, he gave me this stern/mean look. Geez...Filipino parents :D lol. Anyways, hopefully you all will like this update. Please tell me what you think. Oh... and being a newbie and all...I sorta forgot to put a disclaimer on the first chapter...so let's pretend i did, shall we? lol Thanks

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Fork's Refuge

Bella awoke to the sound of the ringlets of water splattering hard against the windowpane. Her eyes fluttered open, usually to find the sunlight blinding her, but instead in the darkness of an unfamiliar room.

She quickly sat up and frantically moved her head about, brown hair swaying chaotically in front of her face. After a minute of taking in the bed she was on and a box in the corner waiting to be unpacked, it finally dawned on her that moving to Forks was not a dream.

She collapsed back down onto her pillow and let out a long sigh. Her blanket was bundled at the bottom, tangled within her feet, and the cold air of the morning finally hit her. She groaned and tried to wrap the covers securely around her body.

She was exhausted from all the unpacking that they had done yesterday and was grateful that Jasper was there to help. Today was Sunday and she thought about the new school that she was going to tomorrow. What would it be like? Were the people nice? What would they think of her? She squeezed her eyes shut and hoped that she'd be somewhere else, but nothing changed. She glanced at her bedside table to where her cell phone was and stretched her arm out lazily to grab it.

9:18 a.m.

That was the earliest she had ever woken up by herself. Today she had everything planned out. Charlie was going to go fishing with his buddy Billy down at La Push like he usually did every Sunday. Renee decided to spend time with her family since she thought yesterday wasn't enough. But Bella had other plans. Renee gave her three hundred dollars to buy everything she needed for that day so that she could get settled; clothes, school supplies, other accessories, and more clothes.

She had no idea where to go though. Jasper offered to have Alice accompany her on her shopping expedition, but she declined, wanting to do this on her own. Before, she had relied on Victoria to help her, but now she wanted to do things by herself.

Bella got up from her bed, bare feet touching the soft fibers of the carpet beneath her. She wore a wife beater and some shorts, her usual sleeping attire, but realized that she would never go to bed wearing that again. She shivered as she rustled through her drawers, grabbing a towel and silently opening her door so as to not make it squeak. She tip toed her way down the hallway and locked the door once she entered the bathroom. The towel was thrown onto the counter and she walked over to the shower, where she twisted the handle as far as it would go to make the water hot.

She walked back to the sink and rummaged through her toiletries to find her toothbrush and toothpaste. As she began to brush her teeth, the foam was spreading around her mouth and she began to laugh, taking in her disheveled appearance through the mirror that reflected the rough night she had. The yellow note taped to the mirror was finally noticed and Bella had to lean in to read the tiny writing scrawled quickly onto the piece of paper.

Hey Sweetie. I saw you were asleep and I didn't want to wake you. You're aunt wanted to take me somewhere and she won't tell me where, but give me a call as soon as you can so I might tell you how to get in contact if you need me. Have fun on your shopping trip! Love you - Mom

Bella smiled and spit out the paste rinsing her mouth in the process. She made a mental note to herself to call as she stripped herself from her clothes and made her way into the bath tub. The water was warm and soothing, a contrast to the atmosphere of the house. She relished in the feeling, taking the time to rinse off her body.

After a twenty minute shower, she finally turned off the water and dried herself off, wrapping the towel around her body. She walked quickly out of the bathroom and into her bedroom, closing the door once she entered. She grabbed her cell phone off her bed, pressing one for speed dial on loud speaker so that she could hear her mother as she opened up her closet and gazed at the clothes before her.

"Hello? Bella?" Renee's voice echoed through the empty room.

"Yea, mom, it's me. I just took a shower. Where are you?" Bella replied half mindedly as she pushed some clothes aside to find the perfect outfit for the rainy weather.

"Your aunt took me to this restaurant we used to go to back when you were a little girl," she giggled.

Bella couldn't help but smile. It had been a long time since her mom had been happy, and she was cherishing those moments when she heard her being cheerful.

"That's great mom. I'm actually still trying to get ready, but do you know what time you'll be home?"

"I'm not sure, hon. But I'll call you to let you know ahead of time, if that's alright with you."

"Of course. I'll talk to you later then, okay mom?"

"Sure. Love you Bella."

"Love you too, mom," she replied before walking to her phone and pressing the end button.

She finally had the perfect outfit to wear, well…if perfect meant being as warm as she could get. She put on some jeans and high healed black boots that went an inch or two below her knees. She placed a black Abercrombie sweater on with a long sleeved v-neck shirt underneath and another tank top under that. She took a golden ring her mom gave her last Christmas and slipped it onto her middle right finger as well as some gold hoop earrings onto her ears. She left her hair down naturally in its wavy length, knowing that it would be useless to fix it up since the rain would probably dampen and ruin it.

Bella quickly gave herself the once over on the mirror and nodded with approval. She grabbed her cell phone and money, placing it into her coach purse and walked outside of the room. She made her way to the kitchen with the aroma of coffee filtering into her nose. On the counter was an already prepared batch of coffee that was still steaming and a similar handwritten note next to it with keys on top. Bella made her way quickly to grab a thermos and pour herself some of the intoxicating liquid. As she poured, she glanced down and read the letter, automatically knowing it was from Renee.

Knew you would need some of this when you woke up. By the way, you must be wondering what these keys are. The small one is the house key and the other one is from Charlie. Walk outside and you'll see what it is. Love you lots - Mom

Bella quickly twisted the cap of her thermos to close it and grabbed the set of keys and her purse. She nearly ran out the door, almost tripping on her feet, as she wrenched the door excited about what it was. Usually she hated surprises, but she was up for anything today.

The weather was still freezing, but luckily the rain had stopped. When she finally locked the house door and walked down the front steps, she found a Chevy truck awaiting her with a letter stuck inside on the dashboard visible from the outside. It was a rusty red looking truck, one that could easily be known as a hand me down, but it was a truck nonetheless. Back in L.A., she had gotten her license a year ago when she was sixteen, but she usually walked or took buses to get to places where she wanted. Bella was finally happy and grateful that she finally had a car. Although back in her old home, people would have thought that the most popular girl in school was crazy to own something like that, but she felt like it fit her old personality very well.

Bella beamed as she made her way to the vehicle, fumbling for the key to open the door. It unlocked with a click and she hopped herself up onto the driver's seat. She quickly grabbed the envelope and ripped the top it. This time it was a letter addressed to her in what she knew was Charlie's hand writing.

Hey Bella,

I hope you enjoy your present. It's not brand new and all, but I hope you enjoy it. Renee tells me that you haven't had a car yet and you have your license, so I had to give you something. The tank's already full, there's a spare tire in the back, and it's in top shape though it may be old.

I'm really happy that you moved back here, Bells. I've missed you so much and I hope that I can spend more time with you. I'm sorry that I couldn't give you this personally, but as you already know, I'm with Billy, and since I heard you were going shopping today, you had to have some sort of transportation. Enjoy yourself today. I love you.

- Charlie

P.S. Inside the compartment of the truck, there's 100 dollars. Use it for your shopping.

Bella smiled softly as a tear rolled down her cheek. Charlie was usually reserved like her, but the letter he wrote expressed the love that he had for his daughter. Bella carefully refolded it and placed it back nicely into its envelope. She slipped it into her purse and reached across the seat on the passenger's side to access the compartment in front of the seat. Sure enough, inside was a hundred dollar bill and she took it, slipping it into the wallet where the money Renee gave her was also held.

She placed the car key into the ignition, making the truck roar into life. She was excited about the new car, gripping the steering wheel, putting the car in reverse, and driving away. After a minute of driving absent mindedly, it finally dawned on her that she did not know where she was going. Finally, she pulled off to the side of the road and grabbed her purse on the passenger's seat, looking intently for her cell phone. Once she found it, she quickly scrolled down the address book in search of Jasper's number. She pressed the send button and waited impatiently for him to answer. On the third ring, he finally picked up.

"Hello? Who the hell is this?" he snarled on the phone.

"Well aren't we the morning person," Bella teased.

"Bella?" he replied groggily. She could hear him shifting into a sitting position, obviously from just being awoken from his bed. "What in the world are you doing calling me at ten thirty in the morning? And on a weekend?"

"I just have a quick question for you. Remember how I said I was going shopping today, right?"

"And? You refused Alice's help so why are you calling me?"

"Just wait a sec and let me finish," Bella snapped. "I just don't know where the nearest mall is. Can you tell me where that is?"

"You remember John's market where we used to buy candy when we were kids?"

"Yea, why?"

"If you head towards that direction but drive a minute longer down the same road, you'll eventually get there. You can't miss it."

"Thanks cuzzo!" Bella replied happily.

"Whatever," Jasper mumbled before leaving the line dead.

"Jasper. Not morning person. Check," Bella spoke to herself before throwing her phone to the side. She pulled back onto the road, trying to bring back the memory of the direction she was heading. After ten minutes of driving ten miles an hour and making constant u-terns, she finally arrived.

Jasper had been right about not missing it. Forks was a small town and it was a surprise to see a large building such as the one that stood upright before her, located in a place such as this. The front parking lot was packed and she frowned as she saw the only empty spaces being the farthest away from the mall. Bella thought it was sad that this was the place everyone went to. It must have been a bore that everyone found this place their refuge since Forks provided no better hang out place than this.

When she finally turned off the engine and stepped out of the truck, the cold air once again enveloped her tiny frame. She quickly tried to make her way towards the mall, hopping over any puddles that came across her path. Her high heels made it all the more difficult, but having shoes would mean the water would soak through and get her feet wet. When she finally made it to the doors and pushed it open, the loud noises of conversations, yelling, and laughing consumed her. The part she was most grateful for was the warmth that the building provided.

The open space before her was the food court with tons of tables spread out, three fourths of them occupied by people. The building branched off into two directions, all lined down with stores that she could not recognize. She made her way towards the large platform in front of her that laid out a map of the mall and the stores that it held. She found a couple that she used to shop at and remembered to stop by them during her trip. While she was concentrating on memorizing the pathways, someone cleared their throat behind her, causing her to jump up with surprise as she swung her body around to face the person.

"I'm sorry! I didn't hear you there," she replied, clutching her chest.

A teenager about a foot taller than her stood smiling at her. He had fairly tanned skin with his black hair pulled back into a pony tail. He had on a Fork's letterman jacket, letting Bella know that he was probably a football player from there.

"I'm sorry, didn't mean to scare you there," he replied while extending his hand. "I'm Jacob. You new here?"

"Am I that obvious?" Bella let out a nervous laugh as she shook his hand in return.

"Well not a lot of people around here tend to stare at the mall's map for five minutes," he chuckled. Bella couldn't help but blush with embarrassment.

"Yea…well I just need to do some shopping."

A roar of laughter flew from behind Jacob and Bella shifted to the side to look at what all the commotion was about. A group of about ten other teenagers were bunched up on the table, some standing, sitting on the chairs, or even on the table. All the guys were wearing their lettermen jacket and Bella assumed that the girls were the cheerleaders. Cliché.

They were all staring at her and Jacob, but once Bella caught sight of them, all of them turned their head from their direction and began to engage themselves in another conversation.

"Your friends, I presume?" Bella raised an eyebrow at Jacob.

"I'm ashamed to say so," he looked down at the floor, though she knew he was only kidding. Her mind automatically switched gears to one person and her eyes shot back behind Jacob to look at the group. Although they were pretending to be talking, every second one person would take a glance at their direction, but she didn't care. She was only looking for one person. Rose.

"Find something interesting?" Jacob waved a hand in front of her.

"Sorry. No. She's not there," she turned her attention back to him.

"Who were you looking for?"

"No one in particular," Bella tried to brush him off. "Well, it was nice meeting you Jacob, but I have to go and get some things done."

"Sure, sure," he nodded and smiled back up at her. "Hope to see you again." She turned around to leave but twisted back around when he called out for her. "Hey, wait! You didn't tell me your name," he gazed after her.

"Bella."

"Bella?" he looked wide eyed. "As in Bella Swan? The chief's daughter?"

"Yes, that's me," she replied awkwardly.

"Billy's my dad! Your dad is out with mine going fishing back at La Push, right?"

"Yea," Bella looked at him with surprise. "If you live in La Push, what are you doing going to school at Fork's high?"

"Better academic system, I guess," he shrugged his shoulders. "Well don't let me keep you. It was nice finally meeting you. My dad kept talking about how excited Charlie was that you were moving back," he chuckled. "Welcome to Forks, the crappiest place on earth!" he waved his hands around him.

Bella smiled and nodded her head. "Thanks for the welcoming."

"Anytime. See you around," he waved.

"See ya."

Bella finally turned around and headed for her first store. Somehow she felt like it was going to be a long day.

~*~*~*~

By the time it hit five p.m., Bella had already made three trips to the car to drop of her bags, but now had five more in each hand.

"One more store and I'm done," Bella sighed to herself.

She had had enough of her day so far. About ten guys had already tried to hit on her, some fairly attractive, but easily losing her interest once they opened up their mouths. She had no intention of heading anywhere with any guy, but she found amusement in their attempt to ask her out. She wondered how willing they were to put themselves out there even though she didn't even know them. The worst guy of them all was Mike. She could remember his name because of his incessant chattering. She had him trailing behind her like a puppy dog and it took her three stores to finally dodge him while pretending to head towards the fitting room. If one more guy hit on her, she would probably snap and be taken as a bitch, but she had had enough.

While rummaging through some clothes in a rack at her final store, someone tapped on her right shoulder. When she turned around to yell at the guy, she automatically shut it when a beautiful girl stood before her. She was a few inches shorter than Bella, pale skin like hers, and short hair that spiked up stylishly. She wore a skirt and a cute overcoat with some boots that matched alongside of it. Bella couldn't help but wonder how in the world this tiny girl could survive.

"Hi! I was wondering if you need any help," she beamed at her.

"Um…you work here?" Bella asked her curiously.

"Yup, unfortunately. I wanted to do some shopping earlier, but somehow my plans got cancelled," she sighed. Her bright features had turned down a bit, but she quickly perked up and smiled back at her. "Anyways…enough about me, how may I assist you?"

"Umm…I don't know. I just want anything cute for a new wardrobe that will keep me warm in this weather. You mind helping me pick up some stuff?"

"I would love to!" she began to clap her hands together, jumping up and down. Bella laughed and soon Alice grabbed her hand and dragged her towards another rack. "May I ask what size are you?"

"Three…I think. I'm not entirely sure," Bella answered her truthfully. She honestly had no clue, usually grabbing what she thought was cute and trying it on to see if it fits.

"May I look in those bags of yours to see what you've got?"

"Sure," Bella shrugged, handing them over to her.

As Bella watched her go from her jeans to her shirts, she nodded occasionally and finally grabbed all the bags, placing them behind the cashier's counter.

"Alrighty then, I know you're size, and is it okay if I put them there so you don't have to carry them?"

"Yea, thanks a lot."

"No problem. You have good tastes in clothes by the way," she added.

"Really?" Bella looked questioningly at her.

"Girl, you'd be a great shopping partner to go with. I like your style."

"Wow…thanks. I didn't really know what I was doing."

"Well, you're a natural then!" she laughed. "Enough talking. Let's get you into new clothes already."

She dragged Bella around the tiny store, throwing random clothes at her as she flew by each rack. If Bella tried to resist against something, she soon learned that keeping her mouth shut was a better option. That worker was like a pixie, fluttering around the place excitedly with her new doll, as she seemed to make Bella. After about an hour later, she had about five jeans, ten shirts, two puff jackets, and a new pair of boots set on the counter of the cashier.

"Wow, when you say shop, you mean shop, huh?" Bella laughed exhaustedly. The girl stood behind the cash register as normal as she was when she first met her. She was like an energizer bunny.

"It was so fun doing this with you…oh my! I don't even know your name!" she smacked her palm against her forehead. "How stupid of me," she reached her palm out to shake mine, "I'm Alice. What yours?"

"Oh my gosh! Alice?" Bella smiled. She matched the exact description of how Jasper described her…well the shopping whiz as he had put it. Somehow she felt grateful that she hadn't spent the entire day shopping with her. That would have been crazy.

Alice seemed to be out of the loop, looking at her curiously. "Am I missing something here?"

"Sorry," Bella giggled, "I'm Bella. Jas–"

"Bella!" Alice squealed, quickly making her way around the counter as she embraced Bella in a tight hug. "Of course it's you! How could I have been so stupid?"

Bella laughed and hugged her back with as much enthusiasm as she could muster though it was very little due to her exhaustion.

"What do you mean by stupid? I didn't know you were Alice, Jasper's Alice."

"Well, there were the signs," she finally let go of her and counted off each of her fingers as she listed them. "You're new here, you're going shopping, you slightly have some family traits that remind me of Jasper, and of course Edward is checking you out…"

"What?" Bella uttered with shock. "Where did that come from?"

"Behind you."

A/N: All I gotta say is PLEASE review! It really boosts my confidence because it's my first fic. Tell me quotes you liked or if I have mistakes. Or even Just send a review with a smiley face b/c it makes me know that people out there care. Thanks!