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I do not own the characters of this story. The characters belong to the wonderful author of the Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer. The only thing I own is the plot of the story and any characters that might be introduced in the story at a later time that do not appear in the books or movies.

Chapter 2

Morning came way too early. Renee jumped on Bella's bed and started shaking her to get up. "Bella honey it's time to wake up," Renee sang. Bella just groaned and tried to roll over to go back to sleep. "Oh no you don't missy. We have a lot to do and not much time to do it in before we have to leave for the airport. You get your butt out of bed and get downstairs. I'll send Phil up to get your bags in a little while," Renee says in annoyance. With that Bella's mom got off the bed and walked out the room.

Bella groans while she stretches. While, sitting up Bella rubs the sleep out of her eyes. She is so tired because she didn't get a good night's sleep. Even though she took a shower last night she decides to take another one to hopefully wake up.

Bella gets up out of bed and grabs her toiletries and clothes for the day and heads to the bathroom to take a shower. Once clean, she goes back to her room and places her dirty clothes in a plastic bag and puts the bag in one of the suit cases, and makes her bed. Bella looks around her room one last time before heading downstairs.

Bella walks into the kitchen and her mom looks up from the coffee she is drinking. With a wide smile on her face and a happy tone to her voice, Renee says, "Oh good you're here. Please sit down. Phil and I have something to talk to you about."

Bella looks from her mom to Phil who nods his head. Bella pulls out one of the chairs and sits down cautiously. Phil looks at Bella and sighs sadly. "I'm really going to miss you kiddo. We haven't been a family that long but I've come to think of you as my daughter. I hope you realize that if you change your mind about leaving today, you can. We would be happy if you came with us to Jacksonville. Even if you don't want to come with us now you can always come later on, you are always welcome. There's a bedroom in the house I bought with your name on it."

Bella looks at Phil with tears in her eyes and softly says, "Thanks Phil and mom but living with dad is something I think we all need. You two need to have your time without me around so you guys can enjoy your new marriage. Maybe if things don't work out after my freshman year, I'll move to Jacksonville if you both still want you."

Reaching for her hand Renee looks at Bell smiling sadly. "Of course we will always want you sweetie." Letting go of Bella's hand, Renee slaps her hands on the table, in an excited voice she exclaims, "Ok enough with this sadness. Phil and I have some presents for you since the three of us won't be together on your 15th birthday."

Shocked Bella exclaims, "Oh mom and Phil you guys didn't have to get me anything. I would have understood."

"Oh nonsense! You only turned 15 once," Renee said excitedly.

Phil reaches under the kitchen table and pulls out a huge box. Before sliding it over to Bella, Phil looks to Bella and says, "I know this box is huge but there is more than one gift in there. We decided to put everything in one box to make it easier."

Phil puts the box on the table and slides it over to Bella.

Bella cautiously pulls the wrapping paper from the box and opens it. She reaches in and pulls out a small box that has a picture of a cell phone on it. She looks up to Phil and Renee for an explanation.

"Honey Phil and I thought it would be a good idea for you to have your own cell phone in case you want to call. We will be able get a hold of you any time especially when we are out on the road," Renee states.

Bella nods her head and reaches in the box to grab something else. This time Bella pulls out a box with a brand new IPod Touch in it. Her eyes bug out and she rubs her hand over the box.

Phil clears his throat, "Bella your mom and I got you that because we know how much you love listening to music. Your other IPod is old and not that big so we thought you could use a brand new one that holds a lot more songs."

With tears in her eyes, Bella lowers the box on the floor and reaches in with both hands and pulls out another large box. When she pulls it out, she looks at it in disbelief. Tears start running down her face and she looks up at her mom.

"Sweetie, Phil and I were talking and we decided to get you a laptop. We thought it would be something you'd get a lot of use out of using. You can use it for homework and to keep in touch with your friends. I called your father and made sure it was ok with him if we got you one, and he was fine with it. He's having the house set up with DSL so you have high speed Internet connection. Originally he had what he called an ancient computer that someone gave him and a modem set up on your desk for you. He got rid of both so you can use your new laptop and the high speed access. Now we have one more thing for you," Renee says lovingly.

Phil got up and walked over to the kitchen counter by the fridge. He opened the top drawer. He pulls out a bulging envelope, walks over to me, and hands it to me. I looked at the envelope, then to my mom, and then to Phil. Phil nods for me to take it. I take the envelope and carefully open it. I look inside and my breath catches in my throat. Inside the envelope is money, lots of money. I look up at my mom and then to Phil in shock.

"Uhhhhh, mom and Phil, I…I can't accept this. This is too much. First you both get me a phone, then a laptop, and an IPod. I shouldn't even accept those but I will because I know you both have good intentions. The phone and the laptop will be very beneficial to me. I'll be able to keep in contact with both of you and my friends here. I'll have an easier time with homework by using the laptop and Internet to look up information. While the IPod is nice, I could continue to use my old one. The money though, I just can't accept it. It's too much. I love you both so please keep the money. You both need it," Bella says awkwardly and in shock.

Smiling softly Renee grabbed Bella's hands. "Sweetie, Phil and I have been saving the money for a while now. We started saving it when we knew things were getting serious between us. We wanted you to have something to help you out when you go to college. This money has been sitting in the bank and we've kept adding to it. We were going to wait until you applied for colleges to give it to you, but when you decided to move to live with your father instead of moving with us, we decided that we should give it to you now. There are things you need when you get to Forks. You are going to have to go shopping for new clothes. You need money to buy your school supplies. You need money just for spending on fun things like going to the movies and going out to eat with the friends you will make. It's only five hundred dollars. We sent the rest of the money to your father. He is to give you another $1,500 after you're settled. The rest of the money we gave to your father is to be used to help pay for college and to help support you. It is my job as a parent to help make sure your everyday needs are met along with the future needs to may have. This is something that Phil and I want to do so please don't over react about the money. Phil and I love you very much," Renee says lovingly.

Standing up with tears running down her face, Bella threw herself into her mother's arms. Mother and daughter stayed that way for a few minutes.

Renee pulled away from Bella with tears running down her face. "Oh sweetie I'm going to miss you so much. I know I was a mess for so many years, and you've had to take on a majority of the responsibility starting at such a young age. It's time that someone takes care of you for a change and I know Charlie will do a great job. It's time for you to be a kid and to act like the teenager you are, Renee says emotionally. Renee jokingly states, "Of course you'll still have to cook if you don't want to eat at the diner or risk getting food poisoning. Just like me, Charlie was never really a good cook."

Giggling, Bella stood up and went over to Phil and gave him a big hug. Bella pulled away and looked from Phil to Renee. "Thank you both so much. You have no idea how much I appreciate everything your both are giving me. I'm going to miss you both so much. I promise to make you both proud of me," Bella states with determination.

Phil wraps an arm around Renee and says, "Honey we are already are proud of you. I really wish you were going with us but I understand why you would rather go live with Charlie. Your mother and I are both going to miss you kiddo. Phil grabs Bella and brings her into a group hug."

Pulling apart, Phil clears his throat and claps his hands. Ok so we need to get these gifts packed because we have to be leaving shortly for the airport. We are stopping at your favorite restaurant for breakfast before going to the airport.

Once the cell phone was in her purse, the money in her wallet, and the laptop in the laptop bag, it was time for Bella to leave. Getting into the car, Bella turned to look at the house she spent a majority of her life growing up in and let a few tears fall down her cheeks. She was really going to miss her mom, Phil, the house, her friends, and Arizona.