Chapter 2: Reactions.

Bella covered her mouth in shame. One she was being loud and two, she had just put this guy on the spot.

"oh my gosh sir. I am so sorry. I didn't mean to put you on blast like that and I didn't mean to be a smart mouth. Ill put my strawberries away but that doesn't mean I wont sneak one every now and then. But um...yeah...I'm going to go now."

The guy didn't stop her. All he did was stare after her in shock.

Bella sighed as she took the bus home. she glad it was only one bus. She hadn't driven a car in months. She had been ordering her groceries online and desperately trying to keep a low profile, but the library was her weakness. It was quiet and filled with people who wouldn't bother her. She also worked a night shift as a house watcher. She would watch people houses while they were on vacation or just out of town. She was careful what houses she chose, and she only did it about once or twice. They paid her more then she needed. So, she didn't have to work as much. Barley at all.

And as she closed her eyes that night, the only thing she could think of was the eyes of the that library assistant.

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Bella found herself back in the library a week later. This time oven baked Strawberries safely tucked away in her bag. No mess, no foul.

And todays book?

To kill a mockingbird. She needed to laugh at scout and Jeremy's antics and yet she needed to ponder on the facts of life. It was something Bella did often, chose a book by how she was feeling by what she knew she needed to hear or think about in that moment.

Within an hour of reading Bella heard a familiar voice.

"Still disobeying the rules?"

Bella looked up with a blush and smile.

"well, I figure since their oven baked it wouldn't be much of an issue. Annnd, I brought enough to share."

The guy smiled and took seat across from her. This time…he wore no shades. They were folded in front of his shirt.

"So, um what's your name? I can't necessarily go around calling you awesome eyes, or incredible eyes now can?" she asked boldly. She was never this bold. Not in a million years. It seemed like the fresh Australian air was doing her some good.

"I like that. no ones ever called me that before. But um...my real name…is Embry. Embry call. And you are?"

Bella smiled. Embry call. It was a nice name. it went well with his copper skin tone and his long waist length black hair.

"Isabella. Isabella cull- uh, Isabella Swan." She calmed her nerves. She almost said her married name. well it used to be her married name. She divorced her husband literally two months after their marriage. He was controlling, abusive and manipulative. People tried to warn her, but she didn't listen. She let her poor heart and closed off views of love guide her and add a dash of vampire enthrallment and she was done for.

She had run off with her Vampire love two weeks after graduation and got hitched in Vegas. But then of course his whole family found out and they wound up having another wedding. Her father hadn't been very excited, but he thought she was happy, so he went for it. Her best friend on the other hand had a whole fit.

He ex husband sent her best friend an invitation in the mail which of course had him go ballistic. He then disappeared for a whole three months. Angry and bitter because he had loved her, and she didn't love him back. His brothers had been upset with her too. She was sleeping with their enemy. And yet it was funny because now they were working togather. how strange.

But any who after her husband started drinking from her in her sleep and tried to turn her multiple times, leaving her broken, bruised and bloody, she managed her way to her father's doorstep. She then signed the divorce papers and left the name Cullen behind her. With that done and her ex-husbands abuse towards her, the Cullen family had left for a second time. The first time they left thinking they were helping her, her ex telling her she wasn't worth his time and she was just a distraction. He left her in the woods, in the rain…alone.

That's of course how she met Sam uley and the pack. They shifted into werewolves and fought off vampires. They were her pillar especially Jacob. She had been depressed and suicidal for a while, but they brought her out of it.

But then… Edward had come back and over time he had dazzled her all over again. That of course led to her eloping and then having a second wedding blah blah blah. She divorced him and ran to the arms of her father. Her ex husband's family left and were not supposed to return.

Of course, life had never given Bella a fair hand and during her time of healing, Victoria the fiery red head and her coven mate Laurent showed up.

They were killing people all over Washington. This obviously brought the Cullen's back into her life; however, things had changed. They were now agents of the vampire police. Vampires called the volturi. With Carlisle the head of the Cullen volturi branch. They set up camp back in forks. Their mission was to stop the cause of the newborn vampires and get rid of the source. The wolves were obviously game for it. get rid of the newborns and then the old vampires leave.

So, Bella not wanting to cause any more drama and tension then there already was packed her bags and called the two people she could trust the most. The two people who knew the truth. Sam and Jasper. They never sugar-coated anything for her. Victoria and Laurent were after her.

When she first met Edward, they ran Into Victoria's coven while playing baseball. Of course, they saw her as a snack, and it didn't help that her blood smelled great.

This led to a ridiculous cat and mouse game. Long story short James kidnapped her and the Cullen's chased after him.

Edward killed him and now Victoria wanted to kill her. simple revenge story with a small war in the mix.

So, to keep the target off of those she cared for and to help the supernatural creatures in life not to become distracted with worrying about her. She packed up her things, covered her scent and moved to one of the sunniest countries she could find.

Darwin, Australia.