A/N: So I did have something else planned for this chapter but I had an idea that was only supposed to a brief statement and it ended up taking up the entire chapter. Sorry for that but I think this needs to be done before they leave. Let me know what you think. The new chapter will be up soon but I wanted to put this in here. Enjoy. And I didn't make you wait too long, don't get to used to this because I start my job on Tuesday. I did have a little bit of writer's block but this chapter kind of broke that up. Not what I was planning but it's still good. So there you go.

Chapter 13

"So you are definitely coming right," I overheard Alice whisper as I walked by her room. "Good then I will see you tomorrow." I continued walking toward mine and Edward's room.

"Do you know what's going on with her," I asked as I started to help him pack our cds into boxes.

"With who?"

"With Alice. She is being really secretive, she has been all week. Even at Jake's wedding she was acting strange, not dancing or anything."

"I think she is planning something but she's been blocking me out. No matter what it is she is trying to keep it a secret."

"I wonder what it could be."

"Tomorrow she wants me to get Nessie out of the house so I'm assuming it's something that she is hiding from the both of us."

"What are you guys going to do?"

"I'm not sure really," he said as he continued packing cds into various boxes, each with a different label on them. I noticed that they were all labeled by year after a while. My Edward and keeping things organized. "I'm sure that she hasn't hunted in a while so maybe we'll do that."

"That sounds good. You and Nessie don't get too much alone time."

"Once again, really hard in a house like this one. We all, hopefully, will get more privacy in the new house. We put up sound barriers in each of the interior walls so that should be interesting. I have no idea how well they will withstand vampire hearing."

"You know what I just realized."

"What?"

"I sometimes forget that I am a vampire."

"Really," he said kind of shocked. I would have had the same reaction if one of us said that to me.

"Yeah, it's just that we lead such a normal life and interact with people all of the time so it really doesn't feel like we are vampires, except for all of the extraordinary powers that is. We lead a pretty normal life otherwise."

"Oh and having a battle on the horizon is really normal," he joked. It was not like Edward to be so calm about an impending battle especially when Renesmee and I were involved.

"Not that part silly, I was just saying that our lifestyle isn't as different as I thought it would be. I thought of all the things that my life would be like when I was human and I was going to be a vampire. I just thought of something else is all."

"What killing all the time," he asked stopping with the cds and looking at me. His eyes were questioning me.

"No it's just that we do so many family orientated activities and such. And you and I can be around each other all day, every night and not get sick of each other. I just never had that with anybody before. It's just a new feeling is all."

"And you are just realizing this now?"

"No, I've been thinking about it for a while but I just never talked about it."

"But you're happy right," he asked doubting himself a little bit. It pained me to see him doubt us at all. It just didn't feel right to me.

"Of course I'm happy, how could I not be?"

"I don't know, I was just asking." We continued putting the cds into their respective boxes and I had to ask a few times so I wouldn't mess anything up. The last thing that you wanted to do was mess with Edward's cds. They were like his own child. However, through the process of putting all the cds in for the move, I realized that I didn't have too many of my own there. We were almost finished packing up our room at the Cullen house and still needed to pack up the cottage. Then there was the matter of my father's house. I still had things there that I wanted to grab. I also knew that we wouldn't be back in Forks for a long time and I didn't know if it was such a good idea to keep it.

"Esme," I asked before going into her study. "Can I talk to you?"

"Sure about what sweetie?"

I sat in the chair in front of her desk and crossed my hands on my lap. "I don't know what I should do about Charlie's house," I whispered. It pained me to talk about my father and having to leave behind everything that I had left of him.

"We could keep it if you'd like. It's done being paid for and everything so it wouldn't cost to much to keep it up."

"In my heart I would love to be able to keep it but I don't think that it would be reasonable."

"It's up to you Bella."

"I know but is it wrong of me to sell it? I feel like it would seem like I am over my father's death and I know that I'm not."

"Nobody will think that. Most children sell the house right away when their parents pass away but you've been waiting. You may not want to let it go but I think it may be best. Go back and get all of the stuff that you want to jeep. I will have a crew go in and clean it up before it goes on the market."

"And what are we going to do with the money? We don't need it."

"Usually when we sell one of our houses, we give the money to a charity. Once in a while we keep the money if I build it as a project but usually it goes to charity."

"Could I donate it anywhere?"

"Whatever you want Bella, it will be your money. If you want to gamble it away in Vegas then you can go right ahead."

"I wouldn't do that."

"I know that you wouldn't but it is your money, do with it what you please."

"So I'm selling my father's house."

"If that's what you want."

"I think it's what I want. Is there anyway to get a U-Haul over there?"

"I will take you right now to get one."

"Alright."

Esme grabbed her keys and she drove me to the U-Haul rental. She was a very different driver than the rest of our family. Esme was very careful and drove the speed limit, probably due to the fact that she probably hadn't driven in her entire life, or at least the past 80 or so years.

They knew us all too well, being the family that needed 9 U-Hauls for a move, only us. They were more than happy then to give us one early. I got in and started up the U-Haul. The sound of it reminded me of my beat up Chevy truck from back when I was human. It was loud and could probably be heard from a mile away.

"Are you going to be okay," Esme asked me putting her hand on the door.

"Yeah I'll be fine," I replied not quite sure of myself.

"Do you need me to come with you?"

"No I'll be able to manage it. Do you think you could tell Edward where I am and ask him to stay away please. This is something that I need to do on my own. I have a lot of stuff to go through. I haven't been there since the day of his funeral. Nothing has been touched."

"No problem sweetie, take care of yourself. Be sure that you are at the house at 5pm sharp tomorrow."

"Why?"

"Alice is planning something. I couldn't even go back to Utica to fix the house up, she wouldn't allow me to."

"Alright, I will be home at 5 then."

"Good. Take care Isabella."

She kissed the top of my forehead and I closed my eyes. She called me Isabella, my father was the only one who said that. I think that she subconsciously knew that and it made me smile. I sometimes forgot that my name was Isabella because everyone called me Bella.

I put the U-Haul in drive and drove the winding roads back to Forks. Instead of going to the Cullens, I drove the few miles down the road to my father's house. I backed up the U-Haul up to the front door and turned it off. I sat in the car for while, thinking to myself, not wanting to actually go in. It seemed like only a few minutes went by but it started getting dark outside. I had been sitting there for almost 2 hours. I looked over when I heard the door open. I saw my love sitting in the passenger seat and smiled at him. He looked at me and cradled me in his arms. I cried dry sobs for a few minutes. I told him not to come but he did anyways. I knew that there was a reason why I so in love with him.

"Bella, you don't have to do this."

"No I do. There are things that I need and I need to let go of my father."

"Do you want me to go in with you?"

"No, I'll be fine, I promise. I just needed to prepare myself for what was coming."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I'm sure. Go be with Renesmee, she does need to be out of the house. Alice will get mad at all of us if we disobey her."

"Yeah you're probably right." He smiled at me and gave me a quick kiss. "Nessie asked me if she could have something of grandpa's." I looked at him questioningly. "She wants to know, if it's okay with you, that she keeps his badge."

I could almost feel myself falling apart again but I didn't want to. I knew that Nessie loved Charlie and their relationship grew everyday. She still had memories of him, which I was grateful for, and she loved the fact that he was the chief of police. It made her feel safe and if I could give her something that would make her feel safe I would most definitely do it.

"I will get that for her. I will be back at the house tomorrow night."

"That long," he questioned a little bit upset.

"Yeah, I have a feeling that this is going to take a little while and if I can be away from Alice when she is going all psycho crazy then it is a great thing."

He smirked and then smiled at me holding me tightly to his chest. He kissed my forehead before lifting my chin and planting a kiss on my lips.

"Goodbye Edward, I love you."

"I love you too."

He opened out the door and ran into the woods behind my house. There were so many memories that occupioned this house including the woods behind it. I remembered the spot that Edward had left me all of those years ago. It still left a little bit of a stinging pain in my heart. I knew that I had him forever but that memory was still painful, remembering how I felt afterwards. I finally managed to open up the door of the U-Haul and walk slowly to the house. I got the key that was underneath the mat and opened up the door. Everything was the same as I walked into the living room and turned the lights on. I could still see the kitchen from where I was standing, with the bright yellow cabinets that needed severe updating. The living room was still set-up the same with Charlie's chair still reclined just the way that he left it. I remembered somebody trying to sit there the day of the funeral and I nearly ripped their head off. I made my way back up to my old room. All my stuff was still there, my ancient computer, my lack of a wardrobe, which I seemingly missed all of a sudden, and my cd player that was placed by my bedside table. Compared to the cd players that Edward had, mine looked like a dinosaur. I looked around and wondered what I could possibly want.

I went back down to the U-Haul and grabbed a bunch of boxes out of the back. I heard the conversations between my neighbors as they finally saw the lights turned on.

"I guess she finally decided that it was time," the wife said to her husband.

"That poor girl. Her father was such a good man and then that happens. She must be having a hard time with this."

"Maybe I should go talk to her, make sure that she is okay."

"She probably wants to be alone. Notice how that husband of hers isn't even here. If he isn't allowed here then none of us probably are. She will be okay."

"I just hate to see a pretty girl like her all by herself in that house."

I tried to break out all of the conversations with music. I hated my super-hearing. I didn't want to hear what all of my neighbors were talking about. I hated that I was being pitied and that they were all worried about me. I wasn't weak, I could deal with my father's death. Maybe the last time that they saw me I didn't cry one tear and that I finally broke down later on. With my track record of running off right after it happened, that might have something to do with the fact that they were talking about me.

I went through my room first, I figured that it would probably be the easiest room to go through. I knew that I wanted to grab all of my classic movies, what was left of my books and all of my cds. My computer and all of the furniture weren't all that important to me. I didn't have an attatchment to any of them so there really was no need. I then looked through my closet, seeing the style that I used to have. Alice as a sister didn't do much for me being able to keep the style that I loved so much. I pulled out a pair of holey sweats and a ratted t-shirt and smiled. The first time that I knew that Edward was there overnight I was really hoping that I had grabbed my Victoria Secret pajamas from Phoenix. However, it turned out that he thought I was beautiful no matter what I wore. I grabbed them and undressed from the clothes that I was in. I wanted to feel like I was back where I used to be. I wanted to relive who I was so I could get past everything.

Once I was in my old clothes it was easier for me to sort through everything. I put most of my clothes in bags to bring to a homeless shelter and left my room with nothing but a bed, a desk, a computer, a cd player and all of the linens. I smiled to myself as I brought the 5 boxes out of my room. There was a lot of stuff that I missed there. I put them at the front door and continued on my journey. I was leaving the hardest room for last. After I packed away all of the cds and movies in the living room I looked at the kitchen. There was nothing of signifigance in there. My kitchen table brought back a lot of memories of Charlie, of Edward and of me but there was no real reason to hold on to it. I could keep this house furnished except for one thing. I moved my father's chair by the door and stared at it. I had to keep it, there was no way not to.

I then took a deep breathe as I grabbed some trash bags and boxes and headed up to Charlie's room. I hesitated at the door for a slight moment before turning the handle. His bed was perfectly made and everything sat in it's respectful place. I went through his closet first and found his police uniform. I folded it up gently and placed it into a box. I then took out his favorite outfit that he would wear almost every weekend to go fishing and put that in the box also. All of the rest of his clothes I put into bags to bring to a shelter. I went over to his dresser and packed away the pictures that he had. There was one of him and my mom on their wedding day and one with me when I was first born. Then there was one at my graduation from high school and one from my wedding. It hurt me so much to realize that he had never seen me graduate from college. It was something that he always wanted but never got to see. I also grabbed his bottle of cologne. It wasn't the best or most expensive but it was his scent, something that I missed so much. I put it on top of the full box and went over to his bedside table. There was a picture of him and Renesmee and one of Edward, Renesmee, me and him. I smiled lightheartedly and placed the pictures in the box carefully. I then went through his bedside table and grabbed his badge and his gun. I didn't know what I wanted to do with it but it was better not left in the house.

After I was done collecting the rest of the pictures that he had stored through out his room, I made my way down to our basement, where we housed all of our old stuff. I picked up and went through a box that said Bella written in big bold letters on the top. It was my life in a nutshell. All of the summers that we had together, pictures that I had drawn in kindergarden and sent him in the mail, every single report card that I ever had, my diploma, pictures of me trying to ride a bike and falling down seconds later. I never knew that my father kept all of this stuff. He wasn't a man for keeping useless things but I knew that he cared. He cared a lot more about me than anybody knew. I went through the rest of the things and grabbed a few Christmas ornaments and brought my 4 boxes upstairs.

While I was going through the house it seemed like time wasn't passing. It was as if time was standing still and waiting for me to surface. I didn't end up with too much. My entire life with my father and his house was all in 20 boxes and one beat up, old raged chair. I looked up at the clock and realized that it was around 3 the next afternoon. Man it was getting late and Alice would kill me if I didn't get home in time. I opened up the front door to see that the sky was cloudy and there wasn't even a hint that the sun would come up. I then saw a car drive by and stop. It had me worried for a minute. The car then pulled into the driveway and Angela stepped up. She walked up to me and gave me a hug without saying a single word. She then helped me load all of the boxes into the very back of the U-Haul.

The presense of Angela there with me helped me out a lot. Although we didn't speak it was oddly comforting. Angela was such a good soul and it made me upset that I was going to lose her, again. I didn't have enough time with her. She didn't know my secret but she still loved me like she did when I was a human. She was never pressing about why I was upset but she was always there just in case I ever needed it and I needed it now. I was about to say goodbye to the house and to my father. We then brought all of the bags of clothes and put them in the very front of the U-Haul before I closed the door of it. I invited her inside and poured her a glass of water before we sat at the kitchen table.

"Thank you," I said looking up to her with grateful eyes.

"You're welcome."

"You are looking amazing," I said looking down at her stomach. Her little bit of a baby bump that I had seen a little while ago was now becoming more pronounced. "Being a mother is going to do wonders for you."

"Yeah do wonders for me," she said taking a sip of water. "It's stressing me out."

"Why?"

"I don't want to complain to you, this is a hard day for you."

"It's keeping me distracted now talk," I said nodding my head and making her realize that I was okay.

"It's just that right now Ben and I live in an apartment and with this little one on the way I don't think that we will have enough room."

"What do you mean?"

"It's a 2 bedroom apartment but the bedrooms are barely big enough for one person, not even including another person in this equation."

"Why don't you buy a house?"

"We just can't afford it right now. It's just that we are being overly cautious making sure that we aren't defaulting on loans and such. We are still so young. You're lucky that you had the Cullens and your dad helping."

"Actually Edward and I raised our daughter for the first two years while we were at school. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world but it just takes a matter of practice. Everything will turn out okay."

I looked around the house and it reminded me of my childhood here, during the summers at least. I remembered playing out in the back yard and having Charlie be there as happy as ever. I wished that happiness on any person in my life that I truly care about.

"I have an idea," I said after thinking for a minute. Angela looked at me with confused eyes no knowing what I meant. "I mean I am selling my father's house because I am leaving and I don't want to leave it behind. I didn't know what I was going to do with the money but now I know that there doesn't even need to be sale. The house is yours."

Angela's eyes widened in shock. "Don't do that to me Bella, you are going to make me go into labor."

"I'm not lying to you hun, you are an important person in my life and I remember growing up here and it was such a good feeling. I want your kids to be able to run around in the back yard and go camping in the woods. Nothing would make me happier than giving this house to you, I swear. We already have 2 houses and there is no need for me to take the money from this one. You are my best friend, you always were. You have always been there for me and helped me out and now I want to return the favor."

"Are you sure," she asked. I looked at her and I could see the happiness in her eyes. It was something that I was going to miss.

"Absolutely positive," I said grabbed the keys off of the counter. "You are the proud owner of a brand new house. Use the money you saved to put an addition on or something."

Angela jumped out of her seat and pulled me into a huge hug. I wrapped my arms around her and I could feel her tears staining my shirt. I had a huge smile plastered on my face knowing that I just took a huge weight off of my shoulders. And if any couple were going to live in this house, I was glad that it would be Ben and Angela.

"I'm sorry Angela, but I have to say goodbye now. We are leaving for New York tomorrow morning and Alice wants us all at the house for 5."

"You should get going then. Thank you so much Bella, I really appreciate this."

"Not a problem, really. When I come back in a year I expect to see babies in the house and an addition put on, you got it." She nodded her head.

"I'm going to miss you."

"I'm going to miss you but I promise I will come back next summer."

"You promise?"

"I promise."

We both wrapped ourselves into a hug and tears shed from her eyes again. I really was going to miss Angela, almost as much as I was going to miss my house. But her having it just seemed right. We walked to the front of the house and I smiled looking back at the house that I had become so accustomed to.

"Goodbye," I said in such a quiet whisper that nobody could hear me. I closed the door behind Angela and I.

"You can move in whenever you want and I will get some lawyers to draw up the paperwork. I just want you to enjoy this Angela and you deserve the best of what life has to give to you."

"As do you Bella," she said wrapping me into another hug. "I'm going to miss you."

"I'm going to miss you too," I said wishing that I could cry also. "Goodbye Angela, I will see you next summer."

"Bye Bella."

She hugged me once more before hesitantly getting into her car. She backed out and I heard her squel to Ben once she was out of sight. I smiled to myself and shook my head. I climbed back into the driver's seat of the U-Haul before pulling out of the driveway. I looked in the side-view mirrors as my house disappeared out of sight, breathing a long deserved sigh of relief.

A:N/ Thanks for reading. Stick in there, a new chapter probably Monday or Tuesday night.

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