The wind was the first thing that I noticed, as I stepped out of the taxi and onto the green phosphorescent lawn. I was never much for the mixture of cold and wind. The cold I could bear, but with the wind in the mix, not in a million years. I'd rather rather die than stand in a mixture of cold snow, rain, ice, and wind.

Now I had nothing against those things individually I was actually rather fond of all of them, other than the snow. What I did have a grudge towards was my mother Renee. Because of her I was forced to leave my humble house in Arizona and move my pale self to Forks Washington. In honestly it wasn't Forks that I hated. It wasn't horrible by any means just the reason behind the move.

You see Renee was abusive but let's not really talk about that side of her she's a wonderful woman just...

not to me

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Slowly I took a deep breath standing befor the door. Should I knock? Should I kick it open? I decided on the former. After all, the ladder was something that my old self would do. She was a riot like that. Always screaming along to songs, jumping around the room like a bean, and telling stupid jokes that make people cringe. I shoved the thought aside and knocked. The door suddenly opened and there stood dad in all his glory. He was wearing a blue, black, and green flannel with a pair of old scuffed boots and bootcut, denim jeans. I met his gaze with a shy smile and he sighed and brought me into a hug.

"Oh Lia, I-" I buried my head in his shirt and tried to convey that it was okay. "If i'da known i'da gotten you out of there sooner. Why didn't you come down with Bells, you coulda."

I sighed and removed myself from him while Dad helped me get the bag that I brought.

"Uhh, yeah dad I could have but Renee decided to not allow it. She wanted at least on of her children, even if it was me, to be by her side and mother hen her." Dad just shook his head and sighed.

"Honestly Lia I don't know how you put up with her for so long ! I was with that woman for a short while and even then she and I said that we were done."

Charlie stepped aside letting me through the doorway and leading me to the attic of the house. Now that may sound horrible but the attic was actually my request. I didn't want to share with my sister, who admittedly was much prettier and smarter than I, mainly because of my small bit of jealousy and massive insecurities in my body. Now I wasn't fat by any means but I was 5"8 1/2 and weighed a good healthy 140lbs I was slim but had some curve, most of it being on my chest the rest on my tummy.

I also had medium, straight Chocolate colored hair and hazel eyes framed by very a very lacking and short ring of eyelashes. Like my sister my top lip was bigger than the bottom one and my nose was nice and straight. Oh, not to mention my skin, I was as pale as babypowder on the face of a ghost! I mean I wasn't ugly but I wasn't beautiful either. I was passable and rather average.

Charlie brought me out of my thoughts with a thunk of the bag to the old wooden floors. I took the time to take a quick scan of the attic. Pale orange slanted walls a single window leading to the outside facing the street, and a small twin bed in the corner with a clothing rack meant for a makeshift closet. It wasn't much but I could already tell how hard dad worked on the room and I was greatful for it all.

"Well now kiddo I'll leave you to unpack an I'm sorry bout the lack of stuff but to make it up I got you a present that's over on the bed it's not much mainly what I could afford right now but-"

Silencing him with a quick hug and a shy thank you dad left to leave me to unpack in blissful peace.

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About an hour later I felt the room shake as someone walked into the house with a rough slam of the door. I assumed it was Bella since Charlie would've attacked any intruder on site. Getting up and sliding down the hatch in the floor of my room I scuttled down the ladder and stares catching my sister making steak and potato's, the thing is I only saw two plates. Coughing instead of saying hi, I caused Bella to jump and turn around.

"Two plates eh, I guess you didn't know that I was coming down?" Bella's eyes widened and she set the plates down rushing to me arms open in an awkward yet warm hug.

"Julia? How, why?" She looked up into my eyes and tears began to well up," I can't believe mom let you come!" I cringed away when she said mom. You see Bella never knew how bad the abuse was, no one did, except dad cause he was a cop and had access to any and all police files regarding Me and Renee.

Taking a step away I sighed and patted her head in a short dismissal. "Look I just got in and I'm real tired Bella, I'll answer any and all of your questions tomorrow after school okay."

She nodded her head then shooed me up to my attic like the mothering teen she is. Yeah things were going to be great here.

For now