All of the Cullens, and Jacob, were leaving Forks. Jacob was there mainly for only one reason. Renesmee. He will still come back and visit his dad. Seth was staying home with his mom and Leah was off trying to be a wolf on her own while he left Quil and Embry to lead their pack from home. All of them were still in Jacob's pack, so they could still communicate when they were in wolf form, but there was really no reason for them to stay together if all of the vampires were leaving their territory and with Sam's pack still living there.
Now honestly, can you imagine the Cullens without their cars? Well, neither can they, so they are taking every one with them; Edward's silver Volvo, Rosalie's red BMW convertible, Carlisle's Mercedes, Emmett's Jeep, Alice's Porsche, and Bella's 'after' car, the red Ferrari. They didn't take Bella's 'before' car because no one never really used it. Edward and Bella were in the Volvo, Rosalie in her convertible, Emmett in his Jeep, Carlisle and Esme in the Mercedes, Alice and Jasper in the Porsche, and Jacob took Bella's Ferrari with Renesmee. They were headed up towards the Denali clan in Alaska. They were planning on staying there for a while, maybe until Renesmee stopped her growing. They would then move to another place for them to live at for another few years.
Bella was silent in the car with the package she got from Charlie on her lap. She was just staring at it trying to think who it could be from. She didn't think her human memories were this bad.
"Open it. See if that will help you figure it out," suggested Edward.
Bella glared at him. She felt like being stubborn and not opening it until she could anticipate what was in it by knowing who it was from. Still, she wanted to know what it was.
Her curiosity got the better of her. She ripped open the packaging with one simple twist of the wrist. She took out what it was hiding inside. It was just a photo album. It felt like it was already filled, maybe with more than just pictures making her think it was more of a scrapbook. The front cover had a decorated title on it. It said, 'Bella B. and Bella S. Together as one, expect nothing less.' This didn't help in her quest of figuring out who it was from.
Edward was looking at it too, "did you have any friends that were named Bella? One that had B as her last initial?" he asked thinking about how much she told him about her life in Phoenix. He couldn't come up with much, he just remembered her saying that she didn't have too much of a social life there.
She didn't answer. She was thinking about the same thing. She muttered "Bella B." to herself silently. Why did it sound so familiar? She was frowning trying to wrap her mind around her old human life, pre-Edward. She opened the cover to a page with a note for her written in the same, neat, cursive handwriting that addressed the package. It read:
'Hey Bella S! There is so much I wish I could tell you in person, but after out last chat, I wasn't sure about how you would react to the mere sight of me, (I'd imagine you would use your klutz-kung-fu on me!) I was planning on crashing your graduation ceremony considering you probably wouldn't want a party no matter how much I would love to crash that, but I know you Bella. Anyhow, this is my graduation present to you, (completely homemade). It's full of the memories we shared together before you moved to Forks. I'm giving this to you so that you can, hopefully, look back and smile. –– Your sister, Bella B.'
That did help her out a bit. She knew that her name was also Bella, they were really good friends, she was obviously able to read Bella like a book considering she knew all of those things about her, (like not liking parties or gifts that cost a lot of money and about how clumsy she used to be), they must have been extremely close to be able to call each other sisters, and their last meeting must not have been one that she would want to remember. Even if Bella knew all of this, she still couldn't pin her to a face.
Edward read it too. He was even more confused than ever and it was driving him mad that he couldn't tell what Bella was thinking under her frown. The whole time, Edward was still fallowing the road, perfectly matching the moves of Alice in front of them.
He reached across and turned the page to the first page of pictures. In it was a title labeling it as 'The Very Beginning' with three pictures of two girls that looked like they were having the time of their lives together. They were about five years old in it because in one of the pictures, they were standing in front of a class with a banner over all of them saying 'Welcome to Kindergarten!' One of the girls was obviously Bella with her brown hair and brown eyes. The other girl that was with her in every picture had long, thick, red hair and strikingly blue eyes.
Bella was studying the blue-eyed girl with tons of concentration. Then, she remembered those eyes like she saw them yesterday. Her eyes widened with shock, "Mirabella Sapphire Brooks," she gasped to herself.
"Who?" asked Edward. He so wished he could hear her thoughts. It was as if she could hear his when she let go of her shield to show him every memory she had of this mysterious Bella. She showed him that she was a girl that she met there in kindergarten and they became close enough to be sisters, before she moved to Forks.
Mirabella Brooks was more than a friend to her, she was her best friend, her partner in crime, her own shield from the real world, the person that she could share absolutely everything with, and the person that could trust her with everything in her life as well. It was like they grew up joined at the hip. They were never known as two different Bella's, they were Bella B and Bella S, together as one, no one expected anything less. When you would call one, the other would be there too. One was Bella B, the other Bella S, in an attempt to call one instead of the other. They knew they were meant to be friends from the day they met to the end of their existence.
That was before Bella left to live in Forks.
When her memories came to a close, she couldn't remember their last meeting. Either that or she didn't want to.
Her shield came back to her as she lost the concentration. She looked back down at the pictures and felt a sudden rush of guilt. She wanted to cry, but she knew that she couldn't. How could she forget about her sister Bella?
She concentrated again on letting go of her shield to tell Edward something. She didn't think she could talk yet. 'I need to go to Phoenix' she thought.
"What? Why?" Edward asked listening to her.
'I need to know what has happened to her,' thought Bella while she ran her hand over the first picture that had her and Bella B wrapped in each others arms like they have been waiting to meet each other their whole lives. She had to see her.
Edward's phone started ringing. He answered it with a "yes Alice?"
"I'll call you when you're done in Phoenix, and I'll let Nessie know so that you don't have to worry about her," answered Alice with her all-knowing voice.
"What are you talking about?"
"You're not going to be taking her with you two to Phoenix because I can see you and Bella perfectly. Go on, Bella needs to know what happened," Alice answered this last part in a grave voice.
Edward sighed and hung up the phone. Bella heard the tone in Alice's last words and suddenly thought the worst. Edward automatically turned the car around and headed South going the opposite direction of Jacob and Renesmee behind them.
Sigh, okay people, lets get this straight. Normally when someone writes a fanfic and asks for a review, they want more than two words. Yes, it's great that you 'loved it' but I would like to know why.
Another thing I would like, is for people to let me know if they know an alternate title for my story.
Thanks for reading! :)
