A/N: This isn't really a chapter. I just skip four months in the story because nothing really happens. So I just wanted to do an overview of how things were going through those four months. I will have the real update for you when I get off work tonight. Sorry it took a couple days.

BELLA

It had been for months since Charlie died. I still wasn't completely over it but I wasn't breaking down in the midddle of my kitchen anymore. My families were helping me to deal with eveything. I was so blessed to have all of them. I was surprised at how well they were still getting along. It was funny how one unprecedented event could change the attitudes of mortal enemies. The treaty was still in place, of course, but the truce was as well. I would even come close to saying the pack would trust the Cullens with their lives. I knew Jacob trusted Edward with mine.

I was even more shocked at how close Alice and Emily had become after planning the funeral together. We spent many afternoons sitting in my bedroom having girl talk. I found that Emily didn't play dress, not because she didn't like it, but because she was surrounded by boys and others who didn't like it. I cringed when she got together with Alice because they didn't give me a choice but to be their ginuea pig. Still, I loved them both and was happy they were friends. Even if it meant almost daily torture for me. The both of them couldn't wait for Jacob to propose. They had already started planning the wedding. Alice even told me she already found my perfect dress.

In the beginning, Alice would bring Edward over to hang out with us too. She foresaw how difficult our transition from lovers to friends was goiong to be and did everything in her pwoer to make it easier. I was grateful for that. He spent two months worth of afternoons listening to girls talk about makeup and their boyfriends before he came over to talk about things Emily and Alice would have no interest in. That was the day things started feeling comfortable between us again. We got pretty close after that. Alice and Rosalie were right. He was a good big brother.

Rosalie and I talked about our past relationship. She told me her story and the things Edward said that made her realize she was wong. She explained to me the reason why she didn't like me. We had become like sisters since that talk. She warmed up to me after finding out that I no longer wanted that existence. I was perfectly happy with my life as it was right now. I wasn't looking to change anything and that made Rosalie happier with me.

Renee and Phil had stayed for two weeks after the funeral. They wanted to be with me at the reading of Charlie's will and help me get settled after. Charlie left me everything he had. The house, his money, etc. but, like Carlisle had said, it wasn't enough for me to live off of. The Cullens and I made the agreement that they'd pay off any debt Charlie had and pay all of my bills for every month. They told me to use the money Charlie left for food and gas. Carlisle also made me accept a weekly allowance of ten dollars for "fun" money as Edward calls it. The pack and their families gave me as much as they could every month.

Renee and Phil insisted on sending me a five hundred dollar check every month. I told them that it wasn't necessary. I was being taken care of but they wouldn't take no for an answer. We went back and forth the first couple months. I mean that literally, they sent it to me and I sent it back. We went back and forth until I finally gave up and accepted the one thousand dollars for the two months.

I also took the Cullens' offer to pay for my college. I was going to a small university in Port Angeles. I decided to study literature and become a teacher. Edward enrolled at the same university. He made his schedule as close to mine as possible so we could car pool and I wouldn't waste more gas the necessary. (A/N: I know I'm making her financial problems sound worse than what that are. I'm just trying to show how much the Cullens are willing to do for her.)