A/N: Thank for all the response to the last chapter!

Bella

3rd December 2005

Today, I have to go to court. I have to face the man who abused me all those years ago. I have to face my mother, the woman who should be protecting me, but is actually sticking up for her pig of a husband. But, most importantly, I have to relive everything I'd tried to forget.

**********HSH**********

It wasn't too bad, court, I mean. The judge and jury decided almost instantly that Phil was guilty, especially as he actually had been cautioned for child related matters a couple of years ago. A fact he failed to mention to me and my mother.

My mum ran straight over to me after he had been sentenced. She hugged me and told me how sorry she was, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to forgive her now, or ever. At the end of the day, she believed her husband, my step-father, over her daughter. She had told me I was lying.

Me and dad went home quickly, since I didn't really want to 'celebrate'. I didn't see why I would want to, so dad said that we could get a tub of ice cream and have a night in watching films, which I was more than happy with. I quickly texted Ange to let her know how everything was, and how it went at court, and then turned my phone off for the night.

I was pretty exhausted fairly early on, and so went to bed early that night. Thankfully, it was the weekend, so me and Ange had arranged to cycle to the local beach, and just chill out. Hopefully, the weather would be nice, but here in Forks, nothing was certain.

I woke up and quickly got dressed, wearing shorts in case I wanted to go in the sea. I looked out the window and smiled happily in relief when I saw the bright sun shining clearly in the sky.

I grabbed a quick snack for breakfast, and was about to get my bike when there was a knock at the door.

"Hey Angela!" I said, smiling when I saw my best friend on the other side of the door. She engulfed me in a big hug, all of a sudden.

"I'm so happy for you! That monster is now behind bars!" Angela said happily.

"I am too, I'm so happy!" I said to her. We went outside, and I got my bike, and then we set off for La Push, a well-known beach in the area. The sun was still shining as we rode, and I actually got quite hot. Definitely going in the sea then.

Most of the way, we rode in silence, but it was easier as we couldn't really hear each other anyway. Once we got to the beach, it looked pretty busy, but that was to be expected on a rare sunny day in Forks.

"Follow me, I know a really nice place where barely anyone goes." Angela said, so I followed her, having a bit of trouble keeping up with her when we were cycling on the sand. We cycled all the way down to the other side of the beach, which was a lot nicer and quieter than where everyone else was.

We put our bikes down, and sat down on the sand. It was really nice and relaxing, and we just talked about stuff (not including the jerk Edward).

"Can we go in the sea now?" I asked Angela.

"Yeah, sure. Race you!" Angela said while sprinting off towards the sea.

"CHEATER!" I shouted as I ran after her. She, of course, made it to the sea first, but I got her back by splashing her. She splashed me back, and before long, our clothes were drenched.

"We should have brought spare clothes!" I whined to Angela.

"Good thing I brought two sets of spare clothes then!" Angela shouted back, and splashed me some more. We started having a bit of a splashing war, when I managed to accidentally splash another person.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" I told this boy who looked much older than me, judging by his height.

"Don't worry about it…wait, are you Isabella Swan?" The man asked.

"Actually, everyone calls me Bella, but yeah, how do you know my name?" I asked him, a bit worried.

"I'm Jacob Black, Billy Black's, your father's best friend, son. We used to play together when you visited Charlie." Jacob said.

"Oh my god, I totally remember you! I haven't seen you in ages! You should have visited me or something!" I told him. Jacob was probably my only ever friend.

"I didn't know if you would want me to or not…" Jacob said.

"Of course I would want my best friend to come visit me! I mean, I've had to replace you now!" I told him as Angela waded over.

"Hey Ange, this is Jacob Black, my old best friend!" I said happily.

"Hey Jake." Angela said, smiling.

"You know each other?" I asked them both.

"Yeah, we all went to the same school before high school, but they now go to the school on the reservation. I used to hang round with them all the time, and I begged my parents to let me go to the reservation school, since my mum is a Quileute, but my dad wouldn't let me. So that's pretty much the reason why everyone at Forks High hates me." Angela explained to me.

"Awww, that really sucks! But least you got me now!" I told Angela jokingly.

"Yeah, I suppose so!" She said, acting upset.

We spent the next couple of hours re-getting to know each other, and generally having fun. It was a pretty fun day, just chilling with my old and new best friend. I also was introduced to Embry and Quil, who were Jacob's friends. They were all so nice and welcoming, that soon, I was wishing as Angela was that we both lived on the reservation, and went to school there.

"We totally have to meet up again sometime!" Angela said as it was nearing the end of the day.

"Yeah, of course, just give us a call or something." Jacob told us.

"Yeah, ok!" I said excitedly. Forks wasn't so bad, actually.

Me and Angela quickly cycled home, because I especially didn't want my dad to be angry for me being home late. I quickly said goodbye to Angela, and made it inside the house just on time. Thank god.

"Hey Bells, have a good day?" Dad asked as I walked into the living room. As usual, he was watching a baseball game on the sports channel.

"Yeah, it was really great! Me and Angela ran into Jacob Black, and talked to him for a while." I told dad.

"Oh, I remember, you and him used to be thick as thieves together. You would always be playing together outside, getting muddy." Dad said, as if he was reminiscing.

"He said you and his dad, Billy, were best friends?" I sort of asked.

"Yeah, yeah, we are. We used to go fishing all the time, but not so much anymore."

"How come?" I asked him.

"Well, I got you to look after now, Bells." Dad told me.

"Yeah, and he has Jacob, but he still went fishing with you. You should go fishing with him sometime, I can always invite Angela and Jake round." I offered.

"I might just do that some time. And I was thinking, you're 16, yet you don't have a computer." Dad said.

"I never really needed one before…" I said, excited that I may be getting a computer!

"Well, I want you to have one, so I got you this." Dad said, giving me a box that was wrapped up. How sweet! I quickly opened the box up, and saw that it was a pretty expensive looking computer. Wow!

"Thank you sooooo much dad! I love you!" I said, giving him a hug.

"That's alright, Bells." My dad replied.

I can't believe I have a new computer!

A/N: What do you think of Jake? :D

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