AN: You guys are seriously amazing! It's only been 4 days since the last update and i already have 18 reviews for that chapter! Cookies to all that reviewed! I'm sorry that this chapter isnt very long, but it's all i have had time to type. Between all of the homework from school (the least amount that i've had is 2 hours and that was the first day) and everything else there hasnt been a ton of time. Anyways, i hope you all enjoy the chapter. And plez review. The more reviews, the more likely i will ignore my homework to type a chapter. :D

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Chapter 8:Poptarts

When I woke up in the morning, I was surprised to find that I wasn't sore at all from sleeping on the hard couch all night. That was probably because I was so young… at least my body was. I threw the covers off and got up off of the couch. After stretching for a minute, I walked out of the living room to the kitchen. Charlie, Renee, and Phil were all sitting around the table eating breakfast.

"Morning," I mumbled drowsily. I was met by a chorus of hellos. I plodded over to the food pantry and opened it up. There was barely anything in it. "Wow Dad, what food do you actually have?" I asked sarcastically as I pulled out a box of poptarts. I quickly checked the expiration date before pulling out a package. The fridge was almost as empty as the pantry. Thankfully Charlie had a gallon of milk. I returned the partially used gallon to the fridge after pouring myself a glass. I sat back down at the table as the adults continued to talk.

"Renee, are you sure this is such a good idea? To put everything on hold so we can go on a wild goose chase?"

"Phil, we have to try at least. If you want you can go back to Jacksonville," she said snippily.

"Don't fight over this," I mumbled through my bite of poptart.

"Sorry Bella," they both mumbled.

"I'm not leaving you Renee. I'll come with you of course, I'm just not sure if it's the right thing to do."

"Of course it is," Renee said, ending that particular discussion. I took another bite of the poptart. Yum… it had been forever since I had good food.

"Yum…" I said, voicing my opinion out loud. "I never knew that poptarts could taste so good." All three stared at me like I was crazy. I swallowed what was in my mouth. "What? They are!" I took a sip of milk before continuing with my breakfast. They all shrugged before turning away from me.

"So where do we go?" Renee asked.

"Augusta," I muttered through my food. "I remember Edward mentioning that they had a house there. It shouldn't be too hard to find. Their houses are always big and isolated… oh. Isolated… oh well. It still shouldn't be too hard."

"How, may I ask are you going to find it?"

"Old phone books. Libraries keep them… don't know why. Nobody ever looks at them," I mumbled before I took another bite.

"Okay, Augusta it is," Renee said decisively. "Well, Bella needs more clothes before we go anywhere." I groaned. "No buts Bella. You need to have new clothes. You can't wear the same clothes everyday."

Okay… so she was right. Big deal. I quickly finished off my food then washed my cup. Since when had the cabinets grown? I thought as I looked up where the cup was supposed to go. Minor difficulty. As I debated how to put the cup away, Charlie came up behind me. "I've got it Shorty. Go shopping with Renee."

I glared but handed the cup over and followed Renee out to the rental car. I slid into the passenger seat since Phil was staying behind with Phil. He didn't like shopping either. I couldn't blame him. Only an hour later, we were back in Charlie's house. Thank god Renee was nothing like Alice when it came to shopping… though my mother had a field day shopping in the girls department again.

Shortly after lunch, my mother announced that she had found a flight leaving for Augusta at 7pm that night. With great reluctance I shoved the still folded clothes in my old duffel bag and then dragged it to the hallway. Phil saw my predicament from the kitchen and climbed the stairs to take my duffel bag from me.

"I would have gotten that downstairs… somehow," I muttered. Why was everyone helping me?! Wow, that sounded really weird. People usually wanted help. Oh well. I walked downstairs behind Phil. Phil shook Charlie's hand with his free hand before walking out to the car. Renee hugged Charlie goodbye and then told me she would be waiting in the car.

A single tear leaked from my eye as I hugged my father goodbye. For all I knew, this could be the last time… it would be if we were unable to find the Cullen's. "Bye dad. I'll see you soon," I said though I was unsure.

"Goodbye Bella. I hope you find the Cullen's," he mumbled. His voice cracked as he said it. He kissed my forehead once before walking me out to the car. I hugged him one final time before I climbed into the idling car. As we pulled away, I turned back and waved. As he waved back, I saw a tear glistening on his cheek. I waved at him until we turned around the corner and out of sight.

I leaned back and stared out the window as we drove towards Seattle. As we drove alongside La Push, I saw a russet colored wolf running just within the woods. I smiled and waved at the question in his wolf eyes. He blinked in shock and skidded to a halt as we continued to drive. I glanced behind and saw him running to Charlie's. Well now Jake would be in on it too. I smiled and stared out the window.

Okay, so has everybody heard what happened with Midnight Sun?? That makes me SOOOOO MAD!! I mean, who would do something like that?! URGH!!