DISCLAIMER!!! I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT!!!

Charlie picked me up from the airport with a grunt and a smile. He helped me find my luggage and let me sit in the front of his cruiser. He and two other men made up the police force at Forks. From what Renee had told me, Charlie had just been promoted to Chief, after the retirement of the last one. Which meant first dibs on the cruiser.

We had just walked from the terminal to the parking lot without a single word said. The silence was getting to me.

"Long time no see."

"Good to have you home" He smiled.

The silence trudged on. I made another attempt for conversation.

"Are the kids in Forks nice?"

"Oh yea, couldn't find a nicer bunch. Never get any trouble from any of them. So don't go looking around for any."

Well at least it was a subtle reminder to why I was here.

An hour later we finally got to my new home. I was tired from the tense atmosphere in the car and the many plane changes I had in order to arrive in Port Angeles, the closest airport to Forks.

My room was still the one all the way down the hallway, right next to the bathroom that I would have to share with Charlie. I walked right in and hid my tampons, to avoid awkwardness later. Then I lugged my suitcase next door and started to unpack.

"Bella!" Charlie hollered "Can you come downstairs?"

"Yea sure!" He was probably going to lay the rules on me now.

I descended the chairs to the living room, where I suspected he would be. It was strange to be back in this house. To know where everything was and not know at the same time.

"Just wanted to know what kind of pizza you wanted."

Oh really? Was that all he wanted?

"Uuh, pepperoni's good I guess." I paused, confused. "Is that all?"

Charlie turned red. "Well…"

Ok. Here goes.

Responsibility; blah blah blah.

Rules; blah blah blah.

And on, and on, and on.

But he surprised me.

"I don't want you to be unhappy here…"he started. "The cruiser's the only car I have right now so…"

Once again I had no idea what he was talking about. I would be driven everywhere by blue and red lights?

"I bought you a car. It's not new, but the point is this. Of course I know about all of your adventures in Phoenix. I just thinking how this is a new town for you, so it could be a new start. I won't punish you for the past. I thought about it and from this beginning I'm going to let you free."

I felt tears well in my eyes.

"Do you understand Bella? I'm trusting you. Don't let me down. Here, the keys, you should explore this town."

I felt bad. It was trust I didn't deserve, but I wordlessly nodded and started to walk out of the door.

"Be back in two hours so we can eat!"

"'Kay dad."

It was the first time I had called him that.

My new car was hard to miss. It was the only car currently parked in the garage, as the cruiser was in the driveway; it was huge and red and a truck. It was also completely vintage and completely rusty. But there was a homey vibe to it that I loved. I stuck the key in the ignition and it started up at once with a deafening uproar.

I carefully thought back to the driving lessons I had from Jacob and the few times Renee had let me drive her precious Lexus, a gift from my rich, dead, great-aunt Josephina.

I managed to ease around the cruiser and out of the driveway by only hitting the curb. I wove unsteadily around the corner and decided to check out the school where I would go tomorrow morning. It would suck not to find it tomorrow because of the fog that was inevitably sure to come.

I located Forks High with ease and decided to find Main Street. It had been long since I had been here, and I wanted to see which shops were still there and which were gone.

I noticed the sign that said "Help Wanted" at a store named "Newton Outfitters". What a great opportunity! Of course I wouldn't be able to rely on Charlie alone for gas…even though prices were dropping because of our terrible economy…

I walked in and noticed a blonde kid at the counter. He had blonde hair that looked too well arranged to be natural and looked to be my age. I noticed a spark of curiosity appear as soon as he saw me come in. Figures, in a town this small, everyone knew everyone. Being the newcomer, I had already noticed a couple of stares and me and my big, red, truck.

"How can I help you?"

"The sign said 'help wanted'…?" I gestured with my thumb for effect when he couldn't stop looking at my tits.

"Oh! Oh yea, here you just need a form…I'll be right back" He came back and handed me a white form. "Just fill that out and we'll get back to you. My parents own the shop." He said smugly.

"That's cool I guess…Could I have a pen?"

There were a few moments of silence while he watched me complete the form. I handed it to him as soon as I finished.

He glanced briefly at it.

"Isabella Swan? As in Chief Swan's daughter? That's right! I heard you were coming."

"Yep." I said, "But it's Bella. And you are…"

"Mike Newton. You're coming to school tomorrow right? Are you a junior? Because if you are I can show you around school tomorrow…If you aren't I could show you anyways…"

"Oh I am."

"Great!" He smiled, "I'll see you tomorrow then! Maybe we'll even have some classes together!"

"Yea. Maybe." I smiled. I was relieved to be able to avoid the loner first day. "Well I have to get going. I'll see you around."

And I left the store.

Charlie was right. The kids here seemed friendly. It was a drastic change to the social climbing leaches I had known back in Phoenix.

Instead of staying out "exploring" for two hours, I just decided to go one home. There was nothing exciting in Forks. Even just driving by houses I knew there would be no spark.

No parties, no hot guys.

Just small town nothingness.

I arrived home entirely early. Charlie attempted to look surprised but he knew just as well as I did that nothing in this town could keep anyone alone occupied for mare than an hour.

Instead of both of us sitting in the living room awkwardly watching baseball I decided to finish packing. It had to be done eventually anyways. I was just finishing up when Charlie called me down.

Dinner was as silent as anything else we did. I left the kitchen to rest as soon as I had finished. It had been a long trip but I doubted I could sleep. Partying nearly every night had set my biological clock off and I was used to sleeping around 2 or 3 in the morning.

I just laid in bed thinking of my new hometown until I finally fell asleep from the boredom.

So far to me Forks had been a boring shithole.

A/N: Hope you like the first real chapter

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