A/N: I'm so sorry this chapter wasn't up sooner, i had trouble uploading the file onto ff :/ anywho it's here now that's all that matters. Thankye to all who have reviewed, favourited and put this story on alert - it all makes me very giddy "blushes*
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Chapter 4
*~Bella~*
"Oh thank god," I moaned in relief as it was announced that the plane was landing. "Shut up Alice." I added after hearing her snicker at my obvious discomfort.
I was at my wits end; the amount of self restraint it took to stop myself from turning around and giving the revolting couple behind us a piece of my mind…
To distract myself I took a good look at the occupants in the plane with whom I'd been ignoring the majority of the flight; mostly the middle aged and the elderly. There were a few younger couples and even fewer families, 'probably visiting their families for the Christmas holidays' I thought.
Suddenly an action directly opposite where Alice and I were situated caught my eye; As the plane was descending a young boy, no older than 8 was being lightly shaken from his slumber by what could only be his mother. He mumbled something unintelligible and attempted to burrow deeper into his pillow, her shoulder. She chuckled, smoothed his hair and gave him an affectionate kiss on his lightly tanned forehead.
My breath caught in my throat and my jaw clenched.
I tore my gaze away from the pair and glared at my lap, silently fuming to myself.
They made it seem so natural and unconscious, if only…
'Don't go there Bella.'
I sighed and looked outside the plane window again.
30 minutes later the plane had landed, Alice and I were leaving the plane and heading off to locate our luggage.
Surrounded by bustling crowds of people constantly touching one another - be it intentional or by accident, I was becoming claustrophobic, overwhelmed and finding it difficult to breathe evenly. I briefly closed my eyes, took a deep breath and soldiered onwards; Alice gave my glove clad forearm a small reassuring squeeze.
We found our luggage and headed outside to find Charlie stood in front of his car, the police cruiser waiting for us. Alice wasted no time in bounding over to him, dropping her suitcases and giving him a full blown hug around his midsection (it was the highest she could reach).
"Hi Dad," Alice squealed happily.
"Hey girls, flight alright?" Charlie asked giving me an awkward one armed hug after Alice released him.
"Hey, yeah it was fine. How long have you been waiting out here?" I answered walking towards the trunk.
"Not long, here let me help you with those." He muttered, relieving Alice of her luggage and depositing it next to mine in the trunk.
We were about to get into the car when my eyes were assaulted with the image of the same disgusting couple from the plane getting into a taxi in front of Charlie's cruiser, after they gave each other a passionate kiss.
'This has got to be some kind of cruel cosmic joke.'
*~Alice~*
After the extremely passionate public display of affection Bella was unfortunate enough to witness, each of us got into the car, with Charlie sending both sympathetic and helpless looks towards her which she certainly would not appreciate. Bella hates being pitied. I felt a little guilty for not giving Bella a head's up, it was my job in a way but it was a snap decision I didn't see in time.
The drive to Forks was mostly spent in comfortable silence. The feeble attempt Charlie made at conversation went something along the line of this:
"So, the weather seems to be behaving itself so far"
"What's it usually like?"
"Well, wet." It was raining right now.
"Oh…"
The poor guy gave up after that. Charlie most certainly not a man of many words but Bella and I didn't mind, at least it wasn't particularly awkward.
Bella and I sat at the back of the cruiser behind the safety bars, she found this fairly amusing, and we each stared out the window watching the scenery flash by.
"It's so green." Bella muttered quietly to herself and I smiled.
She did have a point. It was green, extremely green. To people such as ourselves who are used to the browns and yellows of the desert, Forks was an alien planet.
I sighed quietly to myself. 'Where's the sun?' I thought glumly as I looked towards the grey overcast sky.
As we began driving down the road leading to Charlie's, no, our house I murmured to Bella, "Charlie's got us a truck to drive around in and he thinks it'll be a surprise." She nodded in understanding.
Everything was as I remembered it to be (except for the beast parked in the driveway). As we got out and retrieved our suitcases Bella looked from the faded red truck to Charlie questionably.
"Who's is that Dad?" she asked motioning to the Chevy.
"Yours and Alice's. Consider it a homecoming present." He answered with a small smile.
"It's for us?" Bella and I asked in synchronisation with very surprised looks on our faces.
He nodded looking slightly pleased with himself, then was tackled into a hug by me and received a warm, thankful pat on the back from Bella.
Never a hug from Bella.
Charlie blushed, cleared his throat awkwardly and began to look uncomfortable so I let him go and settled for sending him a huge happy grin instead.
Carrying our stuff inside we each went to our separate bedrooms we used on our past summer visits. 'Now it's more permanent.'
Bella's bedroom overlooked the front garden and my bedroom the back, each side had a cluster of very green trees making the view seem more eerie and magical.
The evening was a quiet affair, spent mostly unpacking and getting acquainted with our surroundings. Bella made dinner after managing to convince a dubious Charlie that she was not her mothers' daughter in area's concerning the kitchen. Renee liked to experiment and wasn't always successful, it seemed as though Charlie had been on the receiving end of a few cooking experiments gone awry.
After dinner Charlie started edging towards the sitting room where the TV was so Bella and I excused ourselves and headed upstairs. Before we made it to the top of the stairs however, Charlie called up to us with his head poking out the doorframe,
"Oh, by the way I've registered you both for Forks high school – you start tomorrow, it's fairly easy to find."
"'Kay, thanks Dad!" I called at the same time that Bella muttered,
"Super!" Sarcastically under her breath.
"Come on Bells, it wont be that bad" I tried to reassure her.
Her response was a dark look and a mumbled "'Night' over her shoulder as she retreated to her room.
I sighed, then after brushing my teeth I too went to bed feeling reasonably content.
My dreams that night were filled with pale skin, golden eyes and eager, hormonal teenagers.
Tomorrow should be interesting…
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The next chapter may not be up for a couple of days - school starts tomorrow...But fear not! it is coming :D
