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The Swan Estate

BPOV

I awoke with a start and quickly realised that I was not in my room or bed, I looked around the room and realised that I was in Billy's spare room. It was unusual for me to sleep so well in a different bed and room but I slept so deeply I didn't even dream.

I got out of bed and realised that I was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday; I stood at the end of the bed and tried to remember how I got into bed. I remembered leaving the bonfire and Paul driving my truck, I know I leant against him when I started to feel cold and then blackness.

I grabbed my bag and walked into the bathroom, I hoped that Billy wouldn't mind but I quickly jumped in the shower. I washed quickly leaving my hair unwashed; I got out making sure there was still plenty of hot water if Billy or Jacob wanted a shower.

I got dressed in clean clothes, glad that I decided to pack a clean set before leaving the bathroom and making my way towards the lounge and kitchen. I found Billy sat alone drinking coffee at the table in the kitchen.

"Morning Bella, I hope you slept well?"

"Morning, yes I did thank you. Would you like me to make breakfast? I'm sure that Charlie will be here soon." I offered, not sure what else to do until he got here.

"Please don't feel that you have to Bella, you are a guest here. But breakfast cooked by somebody else would be a nice change." Billy replied smiling widely.

"That's fine Billy, I'm used to cooking."

"You might want to make extra, Paul is asleep in Jacob's bedroom. You fell asleep on the way back from the bonfire and he carried you into the bedroom."

"I guessed as much, is there anything you would like me to cook?" I asked while making my way towards the fridge.

"There is not much food that I don't like, and the things I don't like are not even in the house."

"What about Paul, do you know if there is anything he doesn't like?" I asked while looking inside the Black's fridge.

"He is a wolf Bella; you will find that all the wolves will eat anything that is edible." Billy explained with a grin on his face.

I looked up and smiled at him while pulling some eggs, sausages and milk out of the fridge. I then looked through the cupboards and found all the dry ingredients for pancakes alone with syrup to go on top of them. I went back to the fridge and put the remaining eggs on the side deciding to make scrambled eggs and sausages on toast along with pancakes.

I went into my own world cooking the food and was surprised to find Paul sat next to Billy watching me cook, I didn't hear him walk into the kitchen so was not expecting to see him just sat there.

"Morning, Bella." Paul spoke with a smile on his face.

"Morning Paul, thank you for getting me to bed last night."

"That was ok; you were tired and needed to sleep." Paul replied before turning to look at the front door as it swung open.

"Morning" Charlie grunted taking a seat next to Billy at the table and pouring himself a coffee.

Once the food was cooked I took it all to the table and sat down between Paul and Billy, I was shocked when Paul picked up my empty plate and started to fill it with food.

"Paul I won't eat all that." I whispered to him, as Charlie and Billy had started a conversation about fishing while they were loading their plates with food.

"Please try, and what you don't eat I will. We don't want your dad to suspect something is wrong with me if I eat everything on the table." Paul whispered back, as he started to load his plate.

I ate in silence, listening to the conversation around me as Paul soon joined Charlie and Billy talking about fishing and then the latest game that was on TV. I was not really paying much attention to what I was eating but before I knew it my plate was empty.

"I knew you would eat all of that food, you obviously needed it." Paul whispered when I put my cutlery down on the empty plate and then watched as Paul loaded his plate up again with everything that was left on the table.

"What about making my dad suspicious?" I asked when he started to eat the food.

"He has already had a second helping, plus he is too busy making plans with Billy for the next game that is on."

I stood up and took my plate to the sink, and started to fill it up when Billy wheeled in beside me.

"Leave the dishes Bella, Paul and I can do them in a bit."

"Bells are you ready to go, I'm not sure what the weather is going to be like today and we won't get to see everything I want to show you if it gets too wet." Charlie said as he started to get up from his chair.

"Yes I'm ready." I replied picking up my bag that was on the floor by the table.

I followed Charlie out the door, with Billy and Paul following me. I walked over to my truck and put the bag on the passenger seat before shutting the door again.

"Bella, I thought we could just take the cruiser today, it will be easier than following me and we are coming back here for dinner so you can pick your truck up then." Charlie called out, rubbing the back of his neck while slightly blushing in what I could only presume was nerves.

"That is fine dad." I replied walking towards the cruiser.

I got in the passenger seat, watching as Charlie got into the driver's side, we both waved bye to Billy and Paul before we were driving back towards Forks.

"Where are we going?" I asked after a few minutes in the car.

"You will see. We are almost there."

Before I could respond, Charlie took a turning and started to drive up a hidden path. I watched out the windscreen as we seemed to drive deeper and deeper into the forest. Charlie slowed down just as a log cabin came into view.

"Bella, this is my old home. I was born in that cabin and grew up there, come on I want to show you around." Charlie spoke suddenly, not realising that the car had stopped.

I got out and met Charlie at the front of the car, before he started to walk away and towards the door of the cabin. I quickly followed behind him, keeping on the path that had been cleared from the drive way.

Once the door was opened and Charlie walked in, I could see that the place was dusty and out dated. It was obvious that the cabin had not been lived in for a long time.

"I really wanted to show you this place a long time ago, but as part of my agreement with your mother, I was not allowed to bring you here or let you live here when you would visit." Charlie suddenly spoke causing me to jump.

"Why are you showing me this now?" I asked.

"You are eighteen now Bells and an adult, your mom has no say now."

"So you bought the house in Forks for when I would come and visit?"

"No, I bought that house when I married your mom. She hated being out here in the cabin, she found it too isolated and quiet."

"Wow, but it is so peaceful out here, no cars or people passing." I commented.

"I wish you knew my mom when she was alive, you are so much like her. Reading, cooking and taking care of others, are my favourite memories of her. You seem to have been given all the same qualities."

"I wish I could remember meeting her."

"Come on follow me, you can meet them again now." Charlie said as he walked through the cabin and unlocked a door in the kitchen.

I became confused, I was sure that my grandparents died when I was still young. I followed Charlie out of the house and into the forest; there was also a path here that led into the forest. I stopped suddenly when I could see the two head stones just ahead of us.

I watched as Charlie walked closer to the head stones before getting down on one knee. I stood in silence as he touched each stone and then quickly wiped his eyes.

"Bella, my parents are buried here. It was their final wish to be buried in the forest, together near their cabin." Charlie spoke as he stood up and turned to look at me.

"I'm sorry I don't remember them." I said, not to sure what else to say.

"They thought the world of you, I remember my dad calling you his little star when you were born."

"How come they lived out here in the forest?" I asked, realising how cut off this cabin was to Forks.

I walked closer to the graves, and sat down on my knees, near my grandmother, I jumped slightly when I felt Charlie put his hand on my shoulder before sitting down next to me.

"The Swans were one of the first families to live here in Forks, every towns person took a job that would bring in the income that they would need and also benefit the town. The Swan's became the town's tree loggers, for generations the men would be the source of keeping the houses in Forks warm during the winter. I have a picnic in the bag along with some drinks stay here and I will get them, and then I will finish telling you about my parents."

I nodded in silence as Charlie stood up and walked back towards the cabin. I was surprised that at eighteen, I was only learning about my family tree. I looked back at the headstones and traced my finger through my grandmother's name, for the first time I knew that Forks was where I really belonged. Even out here in the middle of the forest I felt at peace with myself.

"Are you ok there Bella?" Charlie asked causing me to jump.

"Yes sure, dad."

"You looked like you were a million miles away then." Charlie chuckled before sitting back down and passing me a bottle of water.

"How come they ended up living out her in the forest?" I asked as I pointed to the graves.

"My mother loved the forest, every day she would follow my father as he went about chopping down trees, it didn't matter what the weather was like she would be there. One day they found this clearing; my mother told my father that it would be so peaceful if they could live out here in their own little world."

"So he built this cabin?" I asked.

"It was not that easy, we are still on Quileute land. By then the US government had already given the land to the Quileute's so my father could not just build on it. He went to the Chief of La Push who was Billy's father and asked for his permission."

"The Chief gave him permission then?"

"Bells please let me finish telling you about the cabin, and then you can ask all the questions you want." Charlie answered, with a grin on his face.

"At first all the Chief saw was a white man, trying to take more of his tribes land. So my father explained about his wife's love for the forest and wanting to be away from all the towns' people in Forks. They went fishing together and my father gave all his catch to the Chief, and that was the start of a beautiful friendship, that got stronger when their wives met and then even stronger when Billy and I were born a few years later."

"Is that why every time I would visit for the summer you would always encourage me to play with Jake?" I asked.

"Something like that" Charlie chuckled.

"What happened to your parents?" I asked as we both stood up and started to walk towards the cabin.

"I will tell you another time ok, come on I want to show you the inside."

I followed behind Charlie as he walked back into the cabin stopping once we had walked past the kitchen and down a small hall to a closed door.

"This was your grandparent's room." Charlie said before opening the door, and step aside so I could walk in first. "I was born in this room; it was Judith Black who helped my mother, while Billy was asleep in my crib on the other side of the room.

I took a look around the empty room, I could see that the wooden floor was dusty and cob webs were hanging in every corner of the room. I walked back out the room, smiling slightly at Charlie as I passed him and walked towards the other closed door.

"This was my room; the next door down is the bathroom."

I nodded and then opened the door, I was surprised this time to see a dusty unit and a wooden bed also covered in dust. This room also had cob webs in the corners of the room.

"I never did find the time to clear this room out." Charlie mumbled almost to himself.

We spent the next hour or so looking around the inside and outside of the cabin, Charlie was telling me some of his childhood memories of growing up in the forest with Billy, Harry and the then Quil jr. I could see the hurt on his face when he told me that he wished I had grown up around his friends and their children.

I had a final walk around the cabin alone while Charlie loaded up the cruiser; I felt a connection to this place, somewhat at peace with myself here. I was wondering if now that I was eighteen Charlie was thinking about moving us to the cabin.

"Bells, I need to give you something before we leave." Charlie called out from the front door of the cabin, causing me to jump in surprise. I walked out of the kitchen and towards the front door where Charlie was rubbing the back of his neck and looking nervous.

"What is it dad?" I asked concerned, once I was stood in front of him.

"I want you to have these Bella." He began handing me over a set of four keys.

"If you want it, this cabin is yours. My work keeps me in Forks; I need to be near town just in case of an emergency. "

I stood there shocked, I was aware that my mouth was open in shock and closed it with a snap. I was not expecting this, I turned around and looked into the cabin and began to imagine what it would look like as my home. I knew that this was going to my home, my cabin in the forest.

"Bells, you don't have to have it. I just thought that you might want it before I offer it somebody on the Reservation."

I turned around suddenly, and smiled at him before walking towards him and wrapping my arms around his body.

"I will take it dad, are you sure you don't want it for when you retire?" I asked.

"No, I made a promise to Billy when Sarah died that when we both retire from being Chiefs and Jacob as his own family, that we would get our own retirement pad on the Reservation."

"Thank you dad, thank you so much."

"There are some conditions though Bella, and these are from what Billy's father set out. Any repairs or work that needs doing on the cabin must be done by a Quileute, you can extend the building but it must stay within the limits of the clearing. You are not to make the clearing any bigger and respect the forest creatures unless they attack you first."

I nodded at each condition, not really caring what the conditions were but knowing that I would respect them no matter what.

"I was hoping that you would say yes, I have arranged for some young men from the Reservation all skilled in house repairs to update the cabin. Put in a new kitchen and bathroom, I know that both rooms are small but I don't have the funds to pay for any extensions."

"Dad you don't have to pay for them, I will save up and do each room when I can."

"No Bells, the money I have has been set aside for you when you decide to buy your first house. But I do have some conditions of my own before you up and leave me today." Dad said with a grin on his face, I suddenly realised that for the first time in years I didn't think to call my dad by his name. Looking at this man, I realised I could never really had left him and chose immortality. Especially after being there for me, when I was abandoned by that family.

"The conditions are that you have to live in Forks until you have finished school, I don't want you moving in here until all the updating and repairs have been made. The last condition is more of a promise." Dad spoke once he realised that he had my full attention again.

"Bell's I want you to promise me that when my time comes to an end, you bury me with my parents."

"Sure, dad I promise that when you are really old. You can come back here."

"And the other conditions Bella?"

"Yes I will wait, but I have a condition of my own." I replied unable to hide my grin.

"Ok"

"I want to have a say in the repairs and help with them."

"I will speak to Billy and find out who will be carrying out the repairs, and have a word with them. We really need to go now Bell's; it would be rude to turn up at the Blacks late for dinner." Dad said before he wrapped his arm around my shoulders and ushered me back to the cruiser.