A/N: Sorry it took me kind of a while to update. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I'm going to continue this story. I have about 5 people who are following it…and yeah. I guess what I'm saying is I don't know if I'm good at writing. No one has really read any of my work besides like, essays and stuff. I need some encouragement, you know? I don't care if you say my writing is bad, just give me some feedback. More reviews=quicker chapters! Oh, and my chapters are going to get longer, and you'll get more info on Bella's parents later on.
Chapter Three: Party, New Beginnings
The doorbell rang as I was changing out of my black skirt into jeans. I groaned, definitely not looking forward to this party.
I headed downstairs and opened the door to Jessica, Angela, Ben, Mike, and all of their parents. They all greeted me as I plastered a fake smile on my face and let them inside. Everyone spread out around the house, some going to look at pictures of the mantle, others to the kitchen to eat. However, Angela stayed behind with me by the door.
"When are you leaving for Virginia?" she asked casually.
"In about three weeks,"
"So soon?"
"The sooner the better, I guess. I'm hoping moving far away from Forks will help me forget…" I didn't finish, Angela knew what I was talking about. She was the only person I ever talked to about my parent's death.
"Hopefully it will. I'm going to miss you Bella." I wondered how many people were going to say that tonight.
"I'll miss you too, Angela. I promise I'll call you though." I said, forcing a weak smile.
The rest of the night went slowly, incredibly slowly. After enduring about three hours of everyone asking me "when I was leaving", and "why I was going to Virginia for college", everyone, thankfully, went home.
After taking a shower and saying goodnight to Liz, I crawled into bed, exhausted.
I thought about my loving foster mother, who stayed with me when no one else did, and my other close friends. Leaving them three thousand miles away was going to kill me inside, but I had to somehow get over my parent's death just a little. In Virginia, the loss would haunt me no longer.
Three weeks passed by quickly, and on the first Friday of July, I was in the airport with Liz and Angela.
"Be sure to call me when you get in." Liz reminded me for about the fiftieth time. I nodded.
"Flight 156 now boarding, flight 156 now boarding," I heard over the intercom.
"Call me too," Angela told me, giving me a hug. I gave Liz a big hug too, when I let go, I could see both of them crying.
"Thank you for taking me in," I told Liz, tears escaping from my eyelids also.
"Of course, sweetie,"
I grabbed my two suitcases and headed toward the terminal, only turning once to wave at Angela and Liz.
Walking into the plane, I checked my ticket oncemore. Great… I thought as I saw where my seat was: right next to a fat Italian man eating a hamburger.
"Excuse me," I said as I tried to squeeze between him and the row in front of me. I sat by the window and put my headphones in, not bothering to hear the flight attendants going over the safety procedures. My stomach dropped as the plane lifted off, and I saw Liz and Angela in the window, watching. I didn't realize I was crying until the plump man next to me poked me in the side. I paused my iPod and looked over at him, seeing what he wanted.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Um…nothing, why?"
"You're crying,"
"Oh, yeah, I'm just going to miss my friends in Forks, I guess." I said quietly, wiping my eyes.
"Are you moving or something?" Why did this man keep talking to me?
"No, I'm going to college over in Roanoke."
"Really? My daughter goes to school over there. Are you going to Roanoke College?" I nodded. "Her name is Lauren, Lauren Mallory. It's a small college, you should meet her somehow."
"Cool," I said blatantly, not wanting to further the conversation. I pressed play and let Debussy fill my ears, drowning out the sound of everything else.
But when loud snoring coming from the left of me started interrupting my music, I became bluntly annoyed. I turned the volume up as loud as it would go and closed my eyes. I didn't know if I could handle this for four more hours.
"Hey, girl, wake up! We're in Virginia." I heard an annoying voice say. I blinked sleepily and looked out the small square window of the plane. The sun was setting; it was about five o'clock.
I took my earphones out and began to gather my things as people filed out. I felt a small pang of jealousy when I saw other passengers hugging the ones waiting for them. I didn't have anyone waiting for me.
I
clutched the small silver cell phone out of my pocket and dialed
Liz's number. After the first ring she answered.
"Hi Bella!
How was your flight?"
"Alright, I guess. I slept pretty much the whole time."
"Okay well, I called my friend's son who lives in Roanoke to come pick you up. His name is Edward."
"How do I know which one he is?" I asked. At that moment, I saw a bronze haired god with green eyes, he was beautiful.
"He'll be holding a sign," Liz exclaimed. I looked farther down from the man's face to see a sign that said 'Isabella Swan'.
"Alright I see him, Liz. I'd better go."
"Okay Bella, call me later tonight. I miss you already."
"Miss you too Liz," I sighed and hung up.
While I was walking over to the stunning god, I could feel my face getting red. I was nervous.
"I'm Bella," I said quietly to him when I got to him.
"Hey, I'm Edward Cullen," he said with a crooked smile. I almost passed out. "May I take one of your bags?"
"Oh, yeah," I said stupidly, handing him one of my suitcases. We walked out of the airport in a comfortable silence until we got to his car. We put my luggage in the trunk and opened the door for me. I slid into the passenger side and watched him as he walked over to the driver's seat. He was perfect. His bright green eyes met mine as I was staring and I looked away quickly, feeling the blood rush up to my cheeks.
"We should get to the college in about thirty minutes," he told me.
"Okay," I said smiling, trying not to look like an idiot.
I forced my eyes away from Edward and looked out the window. The sun was setting, making the sky a gorgeous pink. Around us there were mountains everywhere, like a barrier.
I was definitely not in Forks anymore.
A/N: See? Longer, right? YAY! EDWARD IS HERE! All together now….woo! Again, sorry it took kind of a while to update. I had lacrosse and basketball all week :(. Thank you to everyone who put this story on their favorites, reviewed, or put me on their alerts. It made me smile! Review and I'll update SO much faster!
-Kristin
