Hey, I'm back

thanks to everyone who read the first chapter, I hope you liked it.

Any way, I got a couple of comments from my friends at school who read it saying that Bella didn't react enough and should have run out of the bookstore screaming. Sorry. Bella had to seem normal and couldn't freak out, she had to keep her cool around anyone from her "former life". But here is a little bit freaking out just for you guys.

In this chapter we finally meet Edward!!!! YAY!!!! We also see a more caring side of Charlie, so don't shot me when that happens!

Will Edward recognize Bella? Will Alice?

I also have an APOV in this chapter. Tell me if you like/dislike.

R&R

XOXO Unikenzie

Disclaimer: I don't own twilight or any of its characters. (sob, sob)

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BPOV

As I slowly dragged myself out of bed to get ready for my first day at Fork's high school, I recalled what I did when I got home from from my little meeting with Esme.

FLASHBACK

Calm down Bella! She's gone now.

Breathe. In, out, in, out, in, out.

I literally ran out of the book store, the sales lady starring after me until I had driven off in my truck, at least that's what I thought.

Okay Bella, wait until you get home. Then you can freak out. Hold it in.

Tears threatened to blur my vision the whole way home, but I held them in.

I finally pulled up in the short, gravel driveway. I turned the engine off and gave into the tears.

They burst out the next millisecond.

Why? WHY?????

Why here? Why Forks? Why did they have to chose this tiny little town in Washington?

How am I ever going to face them? Go up to my previous best friend, practically sister, Alice, and lie to her face!?!?!? She will she through me in a second.

What about him? Will he recognize me?

I looked down at my watch.

3:46pm

Wow, had I really been crying for that long. Charlie'll be home in about five minutes. He told me last night that he got off early on Fridays.

Wait, Charlie.....

He got put in the witness protection program along with me and Renee. Why hadn't he said anything about the Cullens. He saw them every time he came to visit me in Phoenix.

Yes he did get more 'work' done than me, so no one would ever recognize him (that was mainly because he was more involved than I was) but still, why didn't he tell me?

And right on cue, Charlie's police cruiser pulled up in the driveway next to me.

"Hey Bells," he called as he stepped out of the car. He noticed my puffy, red, tear stained eyes. "What happened? Why are you crying?"

I let out just another small sob, then took in a big breath and let it out again to calm myself.

"The Cullens happened," I cried out, bursting into tears again.

"Oh, Bella. I'm so sorry. I guess it must have slipped my mind. I've just been so happy that you've been here, I must have forgotten to tell you."

He walked over and helped me out of the truck.

I stumbled my way inside, Charlie helping, but not very much.

We made our path head towards the couch in the living room.

"Bells tell me what happened," Charlie asked, quietly, "Please?"

I sucked in the biggest breath I could, holding back the tears now.

I told him all about going to the bookstore and meeting Esme in the cook book section.

Towards the end somewhere, tears started to roll down my checks AGAIN.

"Okay Bella. The reason they haven't noticed me yet is because off all the work I had done," Charlie said once I had finished my tale.

"I realize that. Why did they come here? Of all the places in the world? And when did they get here?" I know I'm sounding desperate, but can you blame me? I haven't heard or seen them in over three years!

"Carlisle, Esme, Alice and ummm.... Edward," I let out a small cry at his name, "moved here just over a year ago because Carlisle was offered a very good job down at the local hospital." Charlie replied.

Okay. Thanks Dad. I think I'm just going to go up to my room for a little while."

"Kay"

END OF FLASHBACK

By this time I was on the highway heading towards Forks high school and a day full of heartache.

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EPOV

"Come on Alice. How long does it take to get dressed? We are running late as it is." I yelled up the stairs to my annoying little midget of a sister.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Alice replied whilst walking down the stairs with earrings in hand. "That new girl starts today. What's her name...? Bella Swan! And I want to make a good first impression. Don't rush me."

I sighed. This was a lost cause.

"Emmett! You ready to go" I had no idea where he was so I just yelled out to the whole house.

"Yep." And he walked out of the kitchen, of course, sandwich in hand.

"Do you ever stop eating?!" I'm surprised that he has any room left.

"Nop. Now let's get going, I haven't seen Rose for ages"

"Dude, it's been what, barely 10 hours since you saw her last night. Chill" That guy has issues.

"Okay, okay enough chatting." Alice finally came out of the bathroom. "Let's get to school."

We piled into my shiny, silver Volvo.

What would I do without you, my shiny silver Volvo?

Driving to school was uneventful as always. I parked in the same spot I always did.

Just as I was getting out, an old, rusted, red Chevy turned into the parking lot.

The truck stopped in a spot three down from where I was standing, by Volvo.

Out stepped this gorgeous brown haired beauty.

Her hair was tied up in a messy, but some how tidy, ponytail that fell down her back. She wore a pair of faded blue straight jeans and a plain pink long sleeve top with a blue singlet showing at the top. Her shoes were black flats but matched her outfit perfectly.

She turned her head to close the door to her car.

She looked up to find me staring at her.

Her big brown eyes were perfect.

They quickly became wide and looked away from me quickly.

What did I do?

"Edward? Earth to Edward!" Alice was calling from behind me

"What Alice" That little pixie can be extremely annoying at times.

"We need to get to class. The bell just rang."

"Oh, yeah."

I turned around back to the new girl but she was no longer there. So I slowly made my way towards my first class of the day, English, with Mr Marshall.

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APOV

After pulling out his trance, I skipped my way to Maths with Miss Clark.

Making just before the bell rang, I took my seat in the middle of the room, that way I can see everything that is going on around me.

When everyone had sat down, the door opened and someone walked in.

oh............

My............

GOD.........

It can't be?

Can it?

No, it can't!

Miss Clark looked up from her roll book. "You are" She asked.

"Um, I'm Bella Swan"

"Oh, yes. The new girl. Well take a seat and I'll get you a text book soon"

"Thanks" She didn't sound at all enthusiastic.

A spied quickly round the room to find the spare seat was right next to me.

She stumbled down the row to the seat on my left.

"Is that you Isabella?" I whispered toward her.

She looked up. Her expression looked surprised.

"H-How d-do you know who I am?" She stuttered out.

"You're Isabella Finch!" She looked at me astonishment.

"Alice, you can't tell ANYONE. I'll explain when we get out of class." She looked nervous.

It really was her. Isabella Finch. My best friend in the whole wide world. I hadn't heard from her in basically three years. Now she shoes at Forks high school. Some crazy rumors went around at my, I mean our, old school that Izzy, as she was known then, got shipped of to Africa. I knew they were most certainly not true, but I didn't know where she went after that big fiasco she got caught up in.

English passed quickly as it always did. The bell rang and I turned to Bella for an explanation.

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BPOV

The bell rang.

What am I going to tell Alice?

She spun round in her seat to face me.

"Just tell me two things," she started, "first, what did you get me for my 12th Birthday?"

She must be trying to prove it's really me

I replied, "I got you a pink photo album, hand-made by me, with a photo of you and me at the fair the year before on the farris wheel. I also let you play Barbie Izzy without any complaints that night for your party." I remember that because she made me wear this quite short red dress, with lace round the hem, giving it a little decoration (picture of dress on profile).

"Okay, and second. What is my one weakness?"

"Well that is sort of obvious. Shopping!"

"OH MY GOD! IT REALLY IS YOU!!! I can't tell you how happy I am at the moment." She was literally jumping up and down in her chair. "I was so sad when you left Chicago three years ago. What happened? Where did you go? Why did you leave so suddenly?"

"I'm so happy to see you again to." I truly was. It wasn't the same without Alice with me any more. "Well you remember that big shooting that was in Chicago three years ago?" Alice nodded her head slowly. "Well Charlie, Bill as he was known then, was apart of that. And I was with him. We were actually on our way home from the police station where he had just been working. Anyway, Charlie still had his gun and his police uniform on and stuff, so some boy races go past. Charlie turned around went after them, me still in the car. The boy races stop outside an apartment building, by this time a few other police cars are just behind us, and they pull out guns pointing it towards me because I was a child, saying they will shoot at me if they got any closer. The three men run inside the building and more cops are called. By this time there must have been at least 10 police cars outside this apartment building. Five minutes later the three men come back outside and I saw them properly for the first time. One was medium height, greasy blond hair and steel blue eyes, (I don't know if that is real color, but you sort of get where I'm coming from?) another had long dark hair and big brown eyes, he was shorter than the blond one and the last one was the tallest, with stubble on his chin that was the same color as his blond, almost white, hair. He was the scariest. But anyway, they walk back out with big bags which from where I was, looked like they were filled with money and jewelery, stuff like that. All the police officers start to shot at them and Charlie hit the one with the dark hair, I found out later his name was Laurent. Charlie had shot him in the head so he was dead straight away. So one of the other ones, the shorter of the two, James his name was, walked over towards me, still holding his gun and grabbed me by the collar of my top, forcing me up to my feet. He asked me what my name was. His breath smelt of cigarette smoke and cocaine, it was disgusting. Me, not knowing any better replied Isabella Finch. He threatened my dad that if they shot at him they'd kill me. Charlie wasn't going to have that happen to me, so the police people let them get away. But just before the two men got away they the other guy, Mike, yelled out the window to me "We will get you Isabella Finch, your dad will pay for killing Laurent! Hear that, YOU WILL DIE!!!" It scared the living daylights out of me. So Me, Charlie and my mum had to go into the witness protection program. I moved to Phoenix with Renee, as she changed her name to and Charlie moved here."

I sighed, tired from explaining all of that.

I looked up from my desk to peer at Alice. She was thinking, trying to process it all.

"So... You moved away so you wouldn't be killed Mike or James?"

"Correct."

"But you've moved here now?"

Correct again."

"Well, that's all I care about. Your still my best friend though right. No one at this school understands me like you do."

"Of course I'll be your best friend. No one would understand me either."

"Yay!!! Now let's get going we're already late."

I checked my watch. The next class had already started.

"Good point. And Alice, you can't tell any one. I've got to keep it a secret."

"Cross my heart and hope to die" She made a cross across where her heart is.

"What do you have next any way?" I was curious, hopefully it was the same as mine.

"Social Studies. What bout you?"

I glanced at my timetable in front of me.

"Social Studies. We're in the same class."

|"Come on, I'll show you where it is. By the way......... Edward's in my Social Studies class..."

OH NO!

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Okay, what do you guys think?

Please tell me if something didn't make sense or you want to know about.

I know Bella caved early to who she is, but Alice promised not to tell anyone. And this is Alice we are talking about, Bella can't keep a secret from her.

The Finch last name thing is for my friend Lauren, also known as myboyfriendedwardsparkles, she was the one who got me hooked onto FanFiction. 10 Points to who ever figures it out first!!!

HINT: What are both swan and finch?

You know what to do!

Review, Review, REVIEW!!!!!

XOXO Unikenzie