A/N: This chapter is longer than the others and I would say a lot better! In this chapter Bella meets a new Friend, and let me tell you, he is really hot! Please Review! Please Let us know what you think! Bad or good! But mostly good! Thanks!

Travis

We got to Phil's and my mom's new house in no longer than a half-an-hour. Today like any day in Florida was very sunny and very hot. The house was a lot larger than the house that we had back in Phoenix. It was painted a light buttery yellow and many wild purple flowers bordering the edges of the house. There was a brown picket fence that bordered the large front yard. It was beautiful.

We walked inside and Phil took my suitcase upstairs to my new room. When you first walked into the newly built house you could see right away the living room opening up to a large kitchen. The floor was covered with dark brown hardwood floors and a large flat screen TV sat right next to the fireplace. The house smelt like bacon and eggs probably from earlier this morning.

"WOW mom! It is so big and beautiful! This is your new house?" "Yes, sometimes it feels a little to big with only Phil and I but we both feel in love with it the first time we saw it. Come on I'll show you the rest of the house." I took of my old beat up tennis shoes and walked with her through the kitchen and what looked like another room. It turned out that it was my mom and Phil's; it was large with a bathroom attacked to it. She then led me to a sliding glass door, which led to the backyard. It had many flowerpots with flowers in them but it seemed like they died of lack of water in the hot sun.

"I will be starting dinner soon so if you want you can up to your room and start putting your clothes away before it is ready, it's up the stairs and the second room on the left." I walked up about what seemed like 30 stairs and headed down the long hallway. On the walls there were mostly pictures of my mom and I when I was a baby and a few of her and Phil. I saw that the second bathroom in the house was right across my room. It had two sinks, a glass shower plus a beautiful bathtub that was pearl white.

Once in my room I felt a little more like at home. It was smaller than the rest of the rooms and had a long dresser that stretched across one of the large windows in the corner of the room. My new bed was placed in the center and had a blue thin blanket with small flowers on it. There was white carpet and a light blue paint job that looked like it might have been a baby boy's old room. Across from the bed were two large mirrors that slid open to a walk-in closet. In the opposite corner of the room had a large bookshelf with all of my old books that I had left in Phoenix. Above all, the room was pretty nice and cozy.

I opened my suitcase that Phil had brought upstairs for me and started putting away all of my winter clothes. I would have to ask my mom if we could go to the mall later so I could get some new appropriate clothes for the hot summer.

I flew down the stairs a little to fast but luckily I didn't trip at all. What's for dinner mom?" I set the table and went over to stir what looked like mashed potatoes. "No, you go and sit down and watch some TV with Phil, I am making dinner tonight. We are having BBQ steak, sweat corn and mash potatoes. It will be done in a few minutes so just go sit down and make yourself at home." She took the spoon away from me and I did as she ordered.

Nothing on the television was looked interesting so I looked through some of my old baby photos that were laying on the coffee table. Phil was watching Wheel Of Fortune and was yelling at the unlucky components who were guessing all of the wrong letters. I didn't get through one stack before my mom called Phil and I into the kitchen to have dinner.

It was uncomfortable at first just sitting there next to Phil while my mom was fixing our plates for us but once she sat down, I wished for silence secretly.

"So, how is Charlie?"

"He's fine, but I think I should call him after dinner to let him know that I got here alright. You know what's funny? The house looks exactly the same since the last time I went over there! I think when I get back that I will help him fix the place up. It sounds like a lot of fun."

"Well that's good, do you have a lot of friends in Forks?"

"Yeah, but mostly I just hang out with the Cullens." Then I realized that I shouldn't have brought that subject up because I felt the salty water trying to break free from my eyes. But I held them back.

"The Cullens? Who are they?" I knew that my mom knew who Edward was but I guess I never told her his last name.

"That's Edward and his family." I reminded myself again not to cry.

"Oh, so are still crushing on him?" My mom's face lit up like a little kid's face would in a candy store. We use to always talk about boys when we lived in Phoenix and you could tell how much she missed the topic since she had no one to talk to about things like that.

"Well,¦ We are dating now, I think we are still. A few days before I came we got into a fight and he walked out. I still haven't got to talk to him." Then all of my hard work went to waste as a small tear fell from my eye.

"What, you are dating him? That is so great! That's your first boyfriend! Oh wait, you think he broke up with you? I will kill that kid if he hurts you." My mother stood up as if Edward was standing right behind and she was going to take a swing at him. I quickly looked over at Phil and noticed that he wasn't really paying any attention to our conversation or my crazy mother.

"Mom, stop. I don't know what happened, like I said I didn't get to talk to him. I was now crying harder but not as much as that night that Edward did leave.

"Are you crying sweaty? Don't cry it will be alright, here why don't you call him?" My mom handed me a phone but I pushed it away.

"Mom I can't call him! I wouldn't know what to say, I'll just wait until he cools off a bit and talk to him later on." I wiped my tears with the napkin placed next to me that I put earlier.

"Oh, ok then are you alright? Tell me what happened. I would have told my mom everything if one; I knew what happened and two, if the fight wasn't about Edward changing me into a Vampire.

"I can't, I mean I don't really know what happened and why he walked out, but he did." And all of that was true. I didn't know why Edward left that day, and why he still hadn't called to make back up. I wished that he would call later on tonight but I knew it was unlikely since he probably still hadn't read my letter or know were I was.

After I finished my dinner, which would be very delicious if I had any appetite at all, I told my mom that I needed to catch up on some sleep. But really, I just needed to be alone for the enormous attention I was getting here.

I remembered how I told my mom that I should call Charlie so I did. But thankfully, no one was home. He was probably out fishing with some of his friends.

I grabbed my small bag of toiletries and walked across the hall to my very large new bathroom. I took a fast hot shower; blow dried my hair, and brushed my teeth maybe the fastest I have ever in my whole life.

I lay on my lumpy bed and closed my eyes. I stared into darkness for a very long time before I realized, how much I would die on the inside if I wouldn't be with him forever. I just now realized how much I depended on him, his odd yet beautiful laugh, his strong cool arms carrying me to my comfortable bed, how much I needed to have him love me. I needed Edward more than I needed oxygen to live. I would rather die than be apart from him. But for some reason I couldn't bring myself to call him. I wanted to more than ever but I was afraid. Afraid that his answer would not be what I wanted, that he might still be upset with me. Or that I would have to figure out that we really did break up.

But I didn't want to break up with Edward. And till now I always thought that he felt the same way, he always told me how before I came into his life he never really lived, and that he never would let anything harm me. But what he was doing to me right this moment was harming me. I was just lying there, staring at nothing. Not even tears would come to my eyes and I missed the coolness that they brought to me when my face was this hot.

I finally gave up on thinking about what I should or could do for Edward and I and thought how I should really get some sleep before I turned into a plastic doll. Since that was how I felt. I felt like a plastic doll that couldn't do anything but wait, wait until her owner would save her some the empty self and play with her. I didn't want to be a plastic doll one bit.

I woke up to a soft whisper in ear that made my hair on my arms spike up. "Bella wake up, I made you some breakfast." As I opened my weak eyes and looked out my window I saw how the sun was barely up making the ski still look a purple color. When I was in forks Charlie never once woke me up, and at that very minute I wish I were at Forks so I wouldn't have to get out of my hard bed. My mom was sitting next to me already showered and dressed for the day. I remembered my mom has always been a morning person.

"Um, ok my just let me sleep for a few minutes more." I turned on my side waiting until my mom would leave and let me get some more sleep.

"No Bella, we have a long day today. We are going to have a Mother Daughter day. We can go to the beach or go for a little shopping. And then…"

"Ok Mom I'm up! Just let me brush my teeth and I'll be down in a sec.!"

"Good, I'll see you later." My mom then left me finally. I knew that she would be waiting impatiently downstairs so I decided not to fall back to sleep. I brushed my teeth very slowly and walked down stairs and sat down in the chair next to my mom. She had made pancakes and toast.

"Thanks mom."

"You're welcome, how did you sleep last night?"

"Fine." I lied. I couldn't tell my mom that the only thing that I did last night was think about Edward and how much I wished he would call me to tell me everything would be alright and that he would never break up with me.

"That's good. What should we do today?" She asked changing the subject.

"Well, since I have been living in Forks for awhile all I have now are winter clothes. Maybe we could go to the mall or something." Maybe it would get my mind off of Edward. I needed to have some fun.

"That is an AWESOME Idea! Lets do that. Oh I am so excited! What are you going to get? I think I should get some new clothes too or maybe some stuff at Bath and Body works." I just smiled at my mom as she planed our trip through the mall. I never knew that she missed me that much.

After breakfast I got dressed and my mom took me around town to show me all of her favorite things since the mall wouldn't open for another hour. She showed me were to get the best Ice Cream, were not to go just incase I would want to go underwear shopping while I was here.

It was finally 10:30 and we rushed to the mall. As we got out of the car and quickly walked to the front doors. I don't know why my mom was in such a big hurry, today was only Tuesday and no one goes to the mall on Tuesday.

First we went to JC Penny's and PacSun to get some new cute and summer clothes for me. I had a lot more fun than I thought I would shopping with my mom, and she got me tons of clothes. More than she should have, but I knew that she hadn't had anyone to spoil since I had been gone.

"I am going to go the Bath and Body Works, you can come or if you want, go look somewhere else?"

"I think I will just go find a bookstore and see if there are anything good. I will meet you in a few minutes."

"Ok that sounds good, I will only be awhile, don't go to far." And I started looking for the bookstore. Thankfully the mall wasn't too hard your way in and It wasn't to long of a walk.

I went in and started looking at some books from my favorite authors. I came across a novel that looked very good from the cover. I began reading the back and found out that it was a romantic novel. However this wasn't just Cinderella finding her prince, it was something much sadder. On the back of the book it read:

Jordan and I had been friends ever since our mothers were both pregnant with us. And once we were born Jordan and his mother would always come over to my house and we would have play dates. Then when Jordan and I were in 5th grade my life changed forever. My best friend had kissed me wile I was playing on the monkey bars, and ever since then Jordan and I have been more than just best friends.
On a sunny day after the last day of our junior year, Jordan had decided that he wanted to take out his new Motorcycle for a quick ride. But it was his first time driving it and when a cement truck is turning into your lane, I'm sure that the cement truck would have won against any one. In a flash of an eye I had lost my best friend and the love of my life. Now all I can do is wait, wait for him to come back from the hospital. Everyone saws that he will never come, but some how I know he will.

After reading that I don't know how anyone could not cry. Maybe it was because I hadn't seen my boyfriend in over a week or just that I felt for the character Julia. How her boyfriend of six years just die in a motorcycle accident, and she was now in denial. What would I do if anything happened to Edward? Surely I started to cry.

"Hi, are you ok?" A deep voice from behind me called out. I thought it might have been just the manager of the bookstore so I didn't bother wiping away my streaming tears.

"Yeah I'm fine, it's just a great book.." But it wasn't any manager. Standing behind me was a very tall, tan and cute boy staring at me.

"Oh, are you sure you are all right? My name is Travis." His skin was such beautiful color. I hadn't seen tan skin in almost over a year so it seemed like a rare piece of Jewry standing in front of me. His hair was medium length, and dark brown. At the ends were small little curls that covered his invisible ears. He looked maybe my age, with beautiful hazel eyes.

"Yeah I'm ok. My name is Isabella."

"Wow, that's a beautiful name, so do you live here Isabella?"

"No, not really. I'm just staying for a wile visiting with my mom, I live in Washington." Travis walked over closer to me and helped me up from were I was sitting when I was reading the depressing book. I stood up and realized how tall he really was. He was maybe 6’4” and possible still growing. If I didn't love Edward so much I would wish that I would have a chance with this guy. However, I loved Edward more than ever, maybe I should call him when I get back to my mom's house. I missed him terribly now since I was standing by this gorgeous boy, named Travis.

"Well, that's far from here! Are you still in school?"

"In Washington it's summer break but when I get back I will be a senior."

"Really? That is so cool so will I. Are you hungry?"

"Um yeah, why?" I just meet this guy and he was asking if I was hungry? If you ask me it was a little weird. But I couldn't lie I was really hungry since I had breakfast at the crack of dawn this morning.

"Good, do you want to have so lunch with me in the food court?" I didn't see any trouble with having lunch with him so why not? I mean, it wasn't like it was a date. I just meet him.

"Sure." I put back the book that I was reading since I knew it would only make me more depressed on my trip without my superman.

He walked me to the food court, which was all the way on the other side of the mall. On the way we made some small talk. To me Travis seemed a little too friendly.

"So, what do you think you will get?"

"I don't know. What kind of food is there?"

"Well just about everything, there's McDonalds, pizza places, Taco Bell, Mexican food, Chinese food, and some great places to get shakes."

"Well, what are you getting?" I have hoping he would get something to eat also. So I wouldn't have to sit there with him staring at me wile I was eating. Now that I think about it, it wouldn't be that bad since that is what Edward would always have to do.

"I think I will get some pizza. The pizza here is the best!"

"Ok, I guess I will get that too. How much farther is it?" It felt like we were walking forever. I didn't notice till just now how big the mall really was.

"We're here." Just then we pasted the corner and we walked into the food court. It was much bigger and had many more foods to choose from then the mall in Port Angeles or in any of the malls in Washington.

"Wow you weren't kidding when you said there was a lot to choose from!" He just laughed and we walked over and found a clean small table to sit at. He had me sit there while he went and grabbed some pieces of pizza for the both of us to share. When he got back he had two drinks full of soda, four slices of pizza and some chocolate cake.

"How much do I owe you?"

"Nothing at all, well I guess you can pay me back with something else."

"Something like what?"

"Like a date to dinner this Friday night. Do you have any plans?"

"Um…" How could I go out on a date with Travis when I just meet him 20 minutes ago and I have a boyfriend? "I have a boyfriend."

"Oh, well it's ok. I guess we can just go as friends then."

"Ok I don't think I have anything planed. I will have to ask my mom though to see if she was planning anything for us to do." I then remembered how my mom had told me to not go far. And I was sure going to the food court with a boy I didn't even know was in her vocabulary as FAR.

"So, who's the lucky guy you call your boyfriend?"

"He lives in Washington."
"Well, what's his name?" I wasn't sure if I should tell him Edward's name, but I came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be any harm.

"His name is Edward."

"So, how long have you been dating?"

"Why do you want to know?" My voice sounded very shy and weak, I needed to call my mom before she called the police looking for me.

"I just want to know, a little curious I guess."

"A while now, I have to call my mom she is probably looking for me, do you have a cell phone or know were a pay phone is?"

"Yeah, I have a cell phone. Here you go." I dialed my mom's cell phone number quickly hoping I wouldn't be to late.

"Hello?" Thankfully my mother's voice didn't seem worried.

"Hi mom this is Bella."

"Were are you calling me from?"

"I met this guy in the book store and we are having lunch, I wasn't sure if you would be looking for me or not."

"Oh, you just got here and you already are hanging out with guys. What happened to the old Bella?"

"Trust me mom she is still here, I am just having lunch. Are you still shopping?"

"Yes but I'm about to pay. Do you want me to meet you there."

"No, I'll come to you. I'll be there in a minute.

"Ok, bye." I handed back the cell phone to Travis.

"Are you leaving?" Travis sounded a little upset probably since I was leaving so quickly.

"Yeah I have to, my mom is ready to leave. Sorry."

"It's ok, are you still up to Friday? I'll give you my number if you are."

"Yeah I guess I will go. Where are we going?"

"That will be up to you. Over the next few days look for a nice restaurant that you would like to go to. Once you know give me a call and we can finish our plans." He handed a small piece of paper with a number on it.

"Ok, I guess I'll see you later then."

"Bye Isabella."

"You can call me Bella, bye." I then walked away trying to find my way back to where my mom said she was. When I found her she was covered in at the least ten large shopping bags.

We then walked out to the car and put all of the bags into the trunk. All of the bags barley fit into the small place, which they were being placed in. Thankfully, my mom said nothing about my new admirer so it gave me time to really think about him. Travis was a very cute boy that just came into a bookstore to talk to a funny looking girl. And never the less, why would he ask a girl out onto a date? And why would it be me? It seemed like ever since I left Phoenix, my love life has been very different. Also, I have no idea why he was even in the bookstore to begin with. To start, he didn't even look like a guy that would ever pick up a book and read it.

We arrived back at the house in no time and I went up to my room to put away all of my new clothes. I folded all of the shorts and hung up all of the cute tank tops that I had just got.

Once I was finished I argued with myself for about an hour whether or not I should call Edward. I became so desperate with myself that I even grabbed a piece of paper and made a small list on the pros and cons on calling him. I finally reasoned with myself and decided to call him after my hand started to feel like it would fall off.

It was maybe at the least forty times that I called Edwards home number and maybe a thousand more times his cell phone. After the first few times I became very angry with him since he wouldn't answer any of his phones. I felt as if he was ignoring me or just trying to drive me crazy.

The rest of the day I did just about nothing. I sat around and talked with my mom as we watched boring soap operas. My mom looked as if she was enjoying herself a lot though so I couldn't complain too much.

As the telephone rang I fell as if I were going to jump out of my skin. I prayed to God that it would be Edward on the other line finally returning my calls.

But God must have not have been on my side that day since it was only someone from my mothers work.

"Oh, ok.. Yeah I guess I could come in for a few hours. All right I'll be there in 20 minutes. Bye." My moms voice was very solemn when she got off of the phone. "Bella, I have to run to work for a few hours, one of the girls that works there is sick today and they need me to cover for her, will you be all right all by yourself?"

"Yeah, I'm sure I'll be fine."

"OK then, I have to go, I love you." My mom ran out the door and drove off. She seemed as if she was in a hurry so I didn't say anything after that.

Just then I heard a quiet but very annoying sound. At first I thought that I was just hearing things but after five minutes of the ringing noise I got up and started looking for were it was coming from.

In my mom's room on her nightstand was here small and what looked like new cell phone.

I ran up and answered it hoping that it would be someone not to crazy on the other line.

"Hello?"

"Hi, is there someone by the name Bella there?"

"Yes this is her, who is this? Suddenly I wished that I hadn't answered my mothers shinny cell phone.

"Hey Bella, this is Travis. From the mall, I was hoping I could talk to you."

"Oh, Hi? How did you get my moms cell phone number?"

"You called your mom from my cell phone remember? I just looked at my call list and called your moms cell phone hoping that you would be there. Thankfully you answered."

"So what do you need to talk to me about?" I have kind of happy that he called. I felt very strange just sitting on the couch doing nothing.

"Well every since this morning I can't stop thinking about you Bella. Do you think we can go to the movies or something? It would be a lot of fun!"

"Travis, I'm sorry, I have a boy friend remember? I can't hurt him."

"I know you have a boyfriend. But it doesn't mean I can't hang out with you does it? I really need to see you, please."

"Ok, I guess, what movie do you want to see? I don't know what is playing here. Whatever is fine with me."

"Um, I don't know either. How about we meet at the movie theater at the mall that we just went to and we can find something to watch. Is that all right?"

"Yeah, I guess so. Um, my mom isn't here she is at work or something. I don't know if I could come."

"What time will she get back?"

"She said a few hours."

"Ok, why don't I just pick you up and we could go to the movies and be back before your mom gets home from work?" This was kind of a bad idea. If anything were with Edward for a year almost made me think a little harder about danger. But he wasn't here, and he wasn't helping me think. I said I would go.

I gave Travis the address of my mom's house and he was at the front door not to long after I got off of the phone with him. But before he came I changed into some of the new clothes that I had just gotten. To tell the truth, I looked really good for someone that felt like crap. Then the doorbell rang.

"Hey, this is a really nice place! Are you ready to go?" Travis had also changed, and had maybe some really funny smelling cologne on. It smelled nothing like my beautiful Edward that hadn't even tried to smell good.

"Yeah, just let me get my purse." I had also got a new purse when I went to the mall today. We walked outside and then into Travis's car.

"So, you look nice."

"Thanks, so do you." His constant flirting was making me feel very uncomfortable. We arrived back to the mall and Travis tried to run fast enough to open my door before I could climb out of it. He failed.

"Sorry, I was going to get that for you." As he said this I began to laugh historically. Edward would have never failed with his speed, it seemed very funny to be that he tried to open my door. But I don't think he understood the joke. "What's so funny?" A bit of hurt fell across his face. Travis was a good guy, so I began to feel really bad.

"I'm sorry, that wasn't funny. It's just… never mind, what movie are we seeing again?"

"I don't know. Remember, we were suppose to decide when we got inside."

"Oh, right." As we got inside we walked over to the theater and looked at what was playing. Nothing really exciting if you would ask me. Only action and horror movies like Mission impossible 3, and a new version of Dracula. Hmm… maybe that might be worth seeing sometime with Edward… that is if he ever calls me back.

We decided on a movie and grabbed some popcorn and candy. Thankfully, this time Travis hadn't tried to pay for everything.

Travis and then walked into the movie theater and sat down next to each other in a middle row where no one else could be found.

As the movie started I realized that being in a dark room with Travis in a row with anyone was a bad idea. The commercials covered the screen and as they did so did the flirting.

"Come a little closer baby." Travis wrapped his long arm around my cool freezing shoulder. I quickly grabbed his arm and placed it back into his lap.

"Travis stop, please." I was suddenly a little scared of what Travis would do next to get me to like him. As soon as I placed his arm back onto his lap, Travis moved his hand to my leg and rubbed it as if it were a magic bottle and he wanted his three wishes. "TRAVIS! I said a little louder but still in a quit whisper.

"Yes Baby, what can I get you? Do you need some more popcorn? Or do you want some more Skittles? Here I will go get you some more." Travis stood up quickly and walked out of the theater to get me some more popcorn or candy. But the movie hadn't even started and I didn't even buy any popcorn. But I was happy he was gone.

A few moments later Travis came running back with an extra large popcorn and what looked like six bags of candy.

"Why did you buy all of that?" "Shhh baby, the movie is starting. I got this for you so you want have to get up later on." Just then a felt a warm object back on my cool skin. Travis had wrapped his arm around my shoulder and was holding my body way to close to his than I would I wanted.

"Travis, let go of me." I struggled to get free but his grip just grew stronger.

"Honey, please be quite the movie is starting. And stop moving so much."

"TRAVIS!" This time when I yelled out his name it was not a quiet whisper "Let go of me… NOW!" I struggled more to get his arms off of me but it still hadn't done any good.

"Here this might make you fell better." Just then Travis leaned over and had tried to kiss me, but something stopped him. It looked like a very big tall dark and big man. The man grabbed Travis and literally pushed him to the floor causing his soda to spill all over Travis's shirt. Everything went by so fast that I barely saw it and neither did anyone else.

"Lets go, NOW!" This time it was the big man talking and it was to me.

"Me?" I jumped up from my seat quickly, knocking over the large popcorn that Travis had just bought.

"Yes you! Now come on." The big man grabbed my hand and ran to the exit. It was hard for me to keep up so I fell a few times, but thankfully the big mysterious man helped me in time.

"Where are you taking me?" my voice was loud and strong, not like the weak Bella that was in the movie theater. "Stop for a second, I'm tried." But that didn't get the strong man to stop running; instead he picked me up and cradled me in his arms. He then picked up speed as if we were in a car. But we weren't. I could still feel the cool breeze on my rosy cheeks.

"Bella, close your eyes." I did as ordered and shut my eyes tightly. And could smell his familiar scent. Wait.

"Edward?"

A/N: So that's all for now… I think it's long enough. The next chapter will be up soon! Bye!