A./N. Hey readers! Well, I only got 2 reviews…so I'm pretty peed off. Definitely since I saw how many people viewed my story. Well, I decided to update anyways thanks to one reviewer: Storm LizVic. Thank you! Also thank you to Tomboy Amy, for also reviewing.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or Beauty and the Beast!

Bella's POV

…and they lived happily ever after.

I sighed and put my book down. Oh how I love happy endings! It's too bad I have to return the book though.

I looked out my window at the small town and countryside. Someday, I promised myself, I'll get away from this place with my father.

People in this town just don't understand what I want. I want adventure, romance, mystery…so much more than…the expected…

That's what the people were all about…they expected everything that happens to happen. Like how they expect me to marry James. I shudder to think of that happening. Which is why it won't. I refuse to marry that self-centered, cheating, conceited, jerk!

Yes, I've been with him before, but never again. I courted him for all of two days before I learned his true character.

Why did Father want to leave Italy? We had such good lives there.

Deciding to chance being seen by James, I left my cozy home for the village bookstore. Along the way, I could hear whispers -about me no doubt, I don't really fit in- from everyone I saw. In everyone else's eyes, I'm a strange girl from a far away place; not at all welcome to their small town of closely packed relationships. Not to mention I refuse to marry the most popular and powerful man here.

The only people I can really talk to anymore are my father and the bookstore owner.

Well, with that said…or thought really…I entered the library/bookstore and was welcomed by the warm smile of Benjamin, the owner. (A./N. Couldn't resist, I always liked Ben in the books, he was nice and quiet.)

"Ciao! I mean, Bonjuer!" I happily greeted him. I had to remind myself that I was no longer in Italy, but in France.

"Hello, Bella. What can I do for you today?" he asked quietly.

"I'm here to return the book I borrowed," I replied while handing him the book.

"You're already finished? But you just borrowed it yesterday!" he laughed.

"I couldn't stop reading! It was just so interesting!" I scanned through the book titles on the shelf and pulled out one called Wuthering Heights.

"Is this new?" I asked, interested.

"Yes, Angela ordered it last week actually. It just came in this morning." Angela was Ben's wife.

"I'll borrow this one then," I said smiling.

"Keep it for as long as you like," he replied.

I nodded and left the store only to run in, ugh, James.

"Why hello there Bella," he said trying to sound seductive.

"James," I retorted. I tried not to sound too rude, after all, I've rejected the guy countless times.

He grabbed the book I had in my hand and flipped through it with a disgusted look on his face. "How can you read this? There's no pictures." (A./N. I so stole that from the movie.)

"I picture things in my head," I explained.

James looked at me strangely, closed the book, and threw it on the ground. I gasped and grabbed it quickly while glaring at him.

"Why don't you just come to the lodge with me. We can look at all of my trophies and rewards." James was a hunter and tracker. The best in the world. According to him.

"I'm sorry James, but no," I said, rejecting him again.

Hurriedly, I walked back to my home to get away from him. Isn't there a life more exciting than this?

A./N. Short again I know, sorry! The next chapter will be longer. This is practically Bella's intro. And please review! I'm begging! Please! The more reviews I get the faster I update and the longer the chapters!

~Twilight Addict 3