Chapter 2

A/N - I was enjoying writing so much that I decided to write another chapter tonight. Let me know what you think of it!

I woke up after an hour or so and walked groggily down the stairs. It was 5 pm and so I decided I should probably eat something. I walked into the kitchen and swung open the fridge. Nothing. Well not nothing, just not anything I would eat. There was no vegetables or anything remotely healthy in there. I closed the doors, feeling slightly disappointed when Charlie walked in.

"Hey, Bells, nice sleep? Anyway I was thinking we could go out to dinner tonight, for a treat, and I'd like to show you off, my superstar daughter!" Charlie winked at me.

"Dad, you really don't need to do that," I laughed. Sometimes I forget who I am and think I'm a normal teen. Not usually though.

"Of course I do, I'm so proud to be your dad! Now go and dress up a bit and then we will head out, to the nicest restaurant in town!" I giggled and ran up the stairs. I wonder what the nicest restaurant is? How fancy do I need to be? I ran around the room and opening suitcases, trying to find some nice clothes to wear. In the end, I opted for a black halter neck dress that really shows off my curves. I decided on a pair of silver heels and a silver clutch bag to match. A pair of dangly earrings and some sophisticated make-up and I was ready. I let my hair fall down my back in loose curls and gave myself a dashing smile in the mirror. I hope I'm not underdressed was my thought before I went downstairs smiling at Charlie on the way down.

Boy, was I wrong. I was far too overdressed for the town's 'fanciest restaurant'. There was nothing fancy about it. Charlie chewed on his steak, the only comment towards my dress was,

"Looking good, Bells. Next time, you don't need to get this dressed up though."

I blushed at this. Out of all the celebrities, I didn't think I was that high maintenance. I guess I just haven't lived in the normal world for too long. That will change though.

I looked around. There weren't that many people in the restaurant, that was good news. That meant that no-one would come up and take a picture for the local paper saying 'Bella Swan Pigs Out!' with me eating a rather large steak. That has happened before.

We finished the steaks and Charlie paid for the meal after insisting it was his treat and we returned home.

The next morning I was up bright and early to get ready for school. I was quite excited, as I hadn't attended school in a while. I showered and got dressed in skinny jeans and a black turtle neck top. I kept it simple with only some light make-up and all my hair twisted round to lie on my left shoulder. I accessorised with only a turquoise pendant around my neck. I grabbed my book back and shoved on my purple converse before heading down the stairs to make breakfast. Charlie was up and beaming as I walked down the stairs.

*Click!*

"My baby Bella. On to her first day of high school. I'm so proud!" Charlie sighed. If I didn't know him better I would have sworn there was a tear in his eye.

I scoffed. " I have been to school before, remember?" I grinned. "What have we got for breakfast?" I said as I walked into the kitchen.

"Just toast, I'm afraid."

"I will have to go shopping tonight then won't I?" I said. I may have spent the last few years of my life being quite pampered, but I still new how to cook.

I satisfied my hunger with some toast and then remembered that I had no way of getting to school. I said this to Charlie.

"Ah, that's where you are wrong!" He lead me outside and in the driveway was a Cherry red truck. It looked as if it had been used for quite a few years, but in my eyes, it was beautiful. I didn't care about all the fancy limousines or sports cars, I just wanted something that I could treasure, and this truck seemed perfect.

Gob smacked, I turned to Charlie and he nodded towards the truck. I motioned towards myself and he nodded, then laughed.

"Yes, Bells, this is for you!" I ran up and hugged him and repeated thank you over and over again.

"Really, it's not that big of a deal," Charlie said looking sheepish.

"It is to me," I said, kissing him on the cheek. I hopped in and saw myself in the future, always with the truck. I smiled and gave him a wave as I started the truck. With a loud bang, it roared to life and I started off towards my school.

I pulled up into the parking lot and looked around warily. There was only a few people here already not anything to be worried about. I climbed out the car and headed towards the office part of the building.

"Hi, I'm Bella Swan," I told the woman behind the desk. She stared at me for a few minutes, before remembering her job.

"Yes! Of course you are! Oh, my, I put your papers around here somewhere!" She flustered as she searched around her desk.

"Excuse me, I was to hand in these forms…" a voice from behind me said. I turned my head to see a boy with blonde spiky hair nearly drop the pieces of paper in his hand when he looked at me.

"Ah, Mr Newton! I have been waiting on those forms. Here is your time table, Miss Swan, can I call you Bella? Anyway, Mike?" Mike's head snapped up and looked at the woman, "Would you be so kind as to showing Bella around to her classes?"

"Yeah. Yeah! Of course!" He was in a kind of stupor at first but he then seemed to come to life, realising that he had just been given a very important task. "I'm Mike, by the way. What have you got first? English? I'm not in that." He looked severely disappointed.

I smiled at him and said, "Hello Mike. Aw, never mind. Would you show me the way to English then?" I didn't even need to bat my eyelashes and he was putty in my hands. Sometimes I wish that I could have a normal conversation with a boy, without him turning to mush. Maybe one day, I thought, as I followed Mike through the confusing and maze-like corridors.