New Life, New Family, Old Friends

CHAPTER 3: Oakridge

DISCLAIMER: Again I don't own Twilight Or any of Stephanie's Characters. I only own my Characters and the Plot.

BELLA'S POV

We were in the car for hours on end. But once we arrived in the area of Oregon, we had to decide where in Oregon we were going to live for awhile. We did a pit stop to get some gas for the car and a map of the towns in Oregon. We didn't need to get any food, since well we don't eat it anymore, so we headed off on the road again in a random direction. I took a look at the map and saw a smallish town somewhere close by and thought we should check it out.

We arrived at the small town called Oakridge and pulled up a bit into the forest. We got out of the car and shut the doors. "Well, looks like where here." Adrian turned to me with a smile and quickly ran to me and grabbed my hand. I allowed him to take my hand and we took off, continuing up the path into the forest.

We walked for about 5 minutes before arriving at a large hidden, two story house at the end of the path. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Both Adrian and I looked at each other at the same time and we knew that this would be our new home.

We walked up to the house to have a quick look around. We looked into the large glass window and saw plain white walls and floor. There was no furniture and it looked so plain on the inside. We decided to see if the front door was unlocked and walked back to the door. We tried opening it but it was locked. I didn't think it would have been right if we just broke down the door, so I asked Adrian "Do you think we should head into town to see if there selling this place out?" He sighed but agreed "Yeah we should."

Then a thought occurred to me. "Wait, how will we pay for it?" Adrian smirked and replied "Have you no faith in me?" This time I was the one to scoff as he was obviously being sarcastic. "Hardy har har. Mr funny pants. Are you going to answer my question or not?" Adrian laughed and laughed until finally he caught a grip and answered "I have a bank account with over millions of dollars. I'm sure that would suffice." I looked like a gaping fish with my jaw all the way down to the ground. Adrian just laughed even more at my reaction. I got angry and huffed while I crossed my arms over my chest, letting go of his hand in the meantime.

I stormed off back in the direction of the town and heard Adrian's footsteps follow behind catching up with mine. "Sorry. I couldn't help it. Your face is just so cute when you're angry." He ran in front of me and stopped, causing me to run into him. He caught me before I could fall. Not that I needed any help, it was just a nice gesture.

He stood me back upright again and held onto my shoulders. "So, am I forgiven?" He smiled a weird, freaky, smile down at me and I just couldn't stand it anymore. "Yes! God, just stop smiling like that." He let go and clapped. "Yay! Now let's head back into town." He lead the way back towards the truck and opened my door for me. When it was shut he rushed over to his side and got in. He insisted in driving again, so I just let him. I couldn't be bothered to argue.

We drove back into town and pulled up outside a small real-estate office. We got out of the truck and headed inside. There was a small old Lady sitting in a chair behind a computer, in the middle of the room. The office was small and decorated with Halloween decorations, for the upcoming month. There were pictures of houses up along the left wall and more Halloween decorations on the right. The Lady's desk was in the middle of the small expanse of the room. As the bell rang when we entered she slowly turned in her chair and had a large smile on her face.

"What could I do for you youngsters?" I smiled politely back at her and Adrian asked "We would like to know if that white, three story house, on the outskirts of town, is available to be brought?" Her smile lessened and a small frown appeared in its place. "Yes it is. But I don't think you would be able to afford it. It is quite expensive." Adrian laughed and this time I actually smiled at the thought that I believed the same thing only moments ago.

"Trust me, I can afford it. Just give me a price." The Lady looked hesitant to answer but after a few seconds she sighed and turned to the computer. She typed on the keyboard for a few minutes and her face lit up in delight at her discovery of the file. She turned back to them and said "It really is expensive. It's round about $1,000,000. So One Million Dollars." She paused "Can you really afford this?" Adrian turned around back to me.

"So do you really want this house Honey?" Honey? Oh I see. He's playing it out that we're married or something. I guess I should go along with it. "Yes, I'm sure Darling. I love that house. It's perfect for us." He smiled and kissed me on the cheek. He turned back around to the Lady and if I could blush, I would be as red as a tomato by now. He reached in his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. He opened it up and went to the note slot. He pulled out a wad of cash and began to count it.

By now, both old Lady and I's eyes were bulging out in shock. I reassembled myself and watched as he continued to count the bundle of money until finally he stopped and pulled out what he had counted. Leaving the rest in the bundle and placing his wallet back into his back pocket. He walked up to the Lady and placed the money on the counter in front of her and said "This is exactly the amount needed. Please check over it, if you don't believe me."

There was silence as the Lady finally reached for the money and looked in silence at the large amount of money that Adrian just gave her. "So, where do I sign?" Adrian reached for the pen on the counter-top and smiled sweetly at the Lady. She composed herself and again turned back towards the computer.

After about ten minutes of printing off forms and such. She turned back to Adrian and I as she stapled some papers together. She slid them across the counter and pointed to where he had to sign on each did so with a huge grin and slid them back across to the Lady. She took the papers and got out of the chair and placed them in a small compartment in the right corner. She turned to another compartment to the left of it and pulled out some keys and another piece of paper.

"These are the keys and the official deed to the house. Please sign here. I'll photocopy it and give the official one back to you." Adrian did so and as she went to photocopy the deed, I turned to him in shock. "Seriously, you really have to tell me where you got all the money." Adrian smirked and replied "Didn't I already tell you that you're a Princess?" I sighed in Annoyance "Yes, but what's that got to do with all the money you have?" He just continued to smirk and it finally clicked. "My parents gave you that money, didn't they?" It was more of an statement then a question but I still expected a reply.

"Yes, they did. They gave me this as a… you could call it a small welfare safe for you." "Oh…" He continued to smile as he walked over to me, placing his arm around my waist. "So… Darling huh?" I looked away from his eyes and said "Shut up. I was just going along with you." "Sure sure." The Lady came back out and paused for a second when she saw Adrian's arm wrapped around my waist. I was thinking of pushing him off, but I didn't want to raise any suspicions so I left it there.

She handed us the Deed and slid us the keys, explaining which one was for what entrance (eg. windows, the front door, the back door, etc). Adrian handed me the keys and the Deed. "Thank you. I suppose we'll see you around town." I smiled and waved goodbye as Adrian led me out of the store. We got back into the truck and he put the keys in and started it up. He turned around and drove in the opposite direction of the house.

"Where are we going?" He chuckled, turned to look at me and replied "We do need to get some furniture, don't we?"

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