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Disclaimer:

Me: I own Twilight! YES!

Police: Um…no you don't.

Me: Of course I do! My name is Stephanie *whips out Student ID* see?

Police: Uh Stephenie M. owns Twilight not Stephanie N. You are under arrest for trying to claim Twilight as your own.

Me: WHAT?!? B-but I'm poor and homeless. I don't even know what you're doing in my house in the first place.

Police: Wait I thought you were homeless?

Me: Uhhh….I AM! Wait how did I get here? You kidnapped me! Edward!

Police: You're coming with me miss

Me: NOOOOO!!!! EDWARD HELP!!!!!

Police: You do know he's a fictional character right?

Me: Yeah and your point is….?

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Chapter Two

"We are now approaching at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport," announced the female flight attendant coolly, "Please secure all your belongings and make sure that your seatbelts are fastened."

"Bella honey it's time to get up," said my mom's voice lovingly. I felt her shaking me awake. I had fallen asleep what felt like seconds ago but was actually two hours. (A/N: I don't know exactly how long the flight from Forks to Phoenix is and I would check on the internet except that my brother is monopolizing the internet so sorry if it's wrong!)

"What time is it?" I said with a yawn. I felt like I could use about a hundred years of sleep. Mom laughed at my expression. I must look like hell, I thought. "It's just after eleven, hon," she said, "I see you still talk in your sleep."

I blanched. Oh dear Lord, I thought, what had I said?

My mom laughed at my expression. "Don't worry, Bells, you didn't release any of your deepest darkest secrets. You murmured a lot of unintelligible sounds. If I didn't know any better I'd have thought you were two," she laughed again.

"I'm glad I amuse you," I grumbled. She giggled like a girl. She had done that a lot today. We both had done a lot of laughing today. More than I could remember. But then again we were both broken earlier that day. That tends to make people a little loopy, I guess.

"So Mom, where are we going once we collect everything?" I asked curious.

She sighed. "I think it's time I told you the whole story about your grandparents."

"Well as I told you already, I was born and brought up in Phoenix. But you see I didn't have a normal childhood. Your grandfather, my dad, was this big business mogul and my mom the perfect image of a respectful obedient housewife.

Between the two of them, they almost never had time for me. My parents had had an arranged marriage and had never really worked on their marriage from the start. They had me and that was it. That was the end of their marriage. Once they had an heir they didn't need to tolerate each other anymore. Or so they thought. Both my parents had a string of affairs each. I was always there left alone in the house with whatever nanny they had hired that week."

I felt sorry for my mom. I could never imagine growing up like that. I would've gone crazy. "Oh Mom I'm so sorry."

"Oh hon, it's okay. Think of it like a fairy tale still being written. I mean I had you and your dad for a little while. And eventually it did get better. I did have my happy ending so don't worry."

"Anyway, with my parents being MIA most of my life, I tried everything to make them notice me. Drugs, alcohol, you name it I tried it. But no matter what I did they never seemed to care. Finally one day, I felt like no one cared and I decided that I'd commit suicide. It was stupid I know but at that point in time I felt alone and depressed."

I gasped at what my mom had said. That thought of her being suicidal was almost completely unquestionable. My loving vivacious and strong mom could never possibly think of taking her life. I was shocked that she could've once attempted it.

She continued, "Well the suicide thing did what I always wanted. It finally made my parents notice me. We all went to a psychologist together and somehow we were able to work things out. Finally I had parents for once. They were surprisingly good at the parenting thing although they'd never really tried in the beginning. Until I went away to college and met Charlie, I kept close with my parents especially my mom. You'd have loved her. She was so lively and fun. She'd parent you in ways that never made you realize that you were being disciplined. Both of them gave up their extramarital affairs and tried loving each other for once. It actually managed to work out it the end. Anyway I went away to college and met your dad, brought him home to the folks. They didn't exactly love him at first but then at my behest, they gave in and gave us their blessing. Charlie never realized though how rich my family was exactly. You see my mom came from a wealthy family and so did my dad. When you join those to together you get at least fifty million dollars."

My eyes widened and my heartbeat stuttered. F-fifty m-million dollars? Wow that was a lot of money. My mom laughed at my expression. "Yeah I know."

"Anyway after they died, they left me with their house or I should say, mansion, which I grew up in and the rest of their money. When the lawyers called me to find out what I'd do with the money and the house, I told them to just put the money in a bank account and let our old butler, Mason, keep the house running. Mason has been running that house ever since I was a child. When my parents used to neglect me, he was like my second dad and I used to call him "Papa". I still send him some pictures of you once in a while. He considers you his granddaughter you know. Mason is probably about sixty five now but he refuses to retire. I just let him run the house now and I called him just before we left Forks. He's getting our rooms ready as we speak. He's very excited to see you, Bella."

I smiled. I couldn't wait to see him. I had never had a grandfather before. Hmm….I wonder if he'll let me call grandpa? I thought.

"Wow Mom. How come you never told me all of this before?" I asked. "Well I wanted you to grow up normally, a chance I never had. You see because my parents were such big people, we always had to go to some public event or party every night. It was horribly boring," she said giggling again. "Charlie himself doesn't know half of it. I guess I never felt the need to tell him everything. I was also a little afraid that he'd get greedy. He can be a little like Jacob sometimes you know."

I looked at her disbelievingly. "Mom, has Dad ever hit you?" I asked horrified.

"No honey. He's tried it once or twice but I've never let him. What I meant is that he can be a little controlling like Jacob is sometimes. I'm actually kind of glad that everything is over. No more fights, no more arguments. No, now it's just me and my favorite girl."

I giggled and rolled my eyes. "Thanks Mom."

Before we collected our luggage, we stopped by the ladies room to freshen ourselves up. I was right, I did look like hell. My hair was disheveled and my face looked drawn and tired.

"Hey Mom," I called, "I think new beginnings entitle a new look and new personality. What do you think? Wanna re-invent ourselves?"

She looked at me seriously. "I think that's a great idea. As long as we don't lose who we really are though. Promise me you won't forget everything your parents taught you?"

I looked at her solemnly. "I promise. Pinky swear?" I held out my pinky finger in an attempt to lighten the mood.

I succeeded. She laughed and grabbed my pinky. "Pinky swear," she said with a wink.

We laughed together and then collected our luggage and everything and walked outside the terminal.

"Look there's our ride. I see Mason's come to pick us up," said Mom smiling at an elderly man standing next to a black Roller's Royce. I gawked at the car. Wow Mom wasn't kidding, I thought.

We walked over to the car and Renee dropped her luggage and with a girlish squeal leaped at the man. He chuckled and hugged her back. Mason was a tall, jovially rounded man dressed casually in a dress shirt and pants. He gave off a sense of comfort and belonging. His faded blue jean colored eyes watched my mother with love and warmth sparkling. I knew at once that I would absolutely adore him like my mother so obviously did.

"Mason," my mom said, warmth and love in her voice, "You haven't changed a bit, old man."

"Ah of course I haven't!" he said, his voice smooth and filled with adoration, "But you on the other hand have. And to you, it's Papa not Mason. You are like my daughter, Renee, you know that."

Mom laughed. "Okay then Papa; let me introduce me to my daughter, Bella." She pointed at me on that last sentence.

He looked at me and smiled. "Hello Bella, I am Mason. I take it your mother has told you everything about her past. But you my dear can call me grandpa if you like. I think of you and your mother like the children I never had. Although I don't even know you, I love you already my dear," he said, his voice filled with warmth and love.

"Hi grandpa!" I said ecstatically, grinning. I gave him a big hug. He laughed and kissed the top of my head.

"Okay I'm sure you two are rather tired from your journey. I'll take you home now. Hop in Bella," he said to me. I grinned. I was happy to say the least. I was away from Jacob, could now create a whole new me and now had gained a grandfather.

"Oh by the way Bella, when Renee called me today to tell me that you two were coming I took the liberty of enrolling you in high school so that you wouldn't fall behind. You start next week Monday; is that all right?"

"Yes, thanks grandpa," I said. I saw him grin at the last part.

On the way to our new home, instead of falling asleep again, I looked out the window and thought of what I was going to do now. I was in a new city and was soon going to be in a new school. Time for a new Bella, I thought, a strong, independent Bella. Someone who isn't intimidated by guys and was witty, cool and confident. I could be that girl, I thought, I will be that girl. I came up with a plan. I was going to be everything I wasn't back in Forks. I was going to be smart, fashionable, cool, confident and beautiful and when it came to guys, I would date here and there, play hard to get but never go into anything serious. I didn't trust guys anymore. I might do a little dating here and there but I wouldn't be easy nor would I ever give anyone my heart. Besides, my heart was too broken to be given away. Jacob had destroyed the old Bella. The new one was going to be born soon…

"Here we are. Home sweet home," called Mason's voice, pulling me back to the present. I glanced outside and gasped. Whoa, I thought, Mom wasn't exaggerating about the mansion thing.

The house, or rather, the mansion was HUGE. It had to have at least twelve bedrooms each the size of a small house. In the dark, I could see the eerie glow of a pool in the back and a gazebo accompanied by four little huts. The driveway itself was long and winding. I even saw a small little pond on one side. Whoa this place was like a Disney attraction or hotel. It was beautiful almost like a fairytale. I'd feel like a princess in this castle. The old Bella would've felt out of place like she didn't belong but no, this would be perfect for the new Bella. It'd help in the re-invention of me.

"Ah," Mom said, "it's exactly as I remember it." I could see tears forming in her eyes.

We managed to take out all the luggages in one go with the help of Mason who was surprisingly strong for his old age.

We walked into the house and once again I was stunned. The inside was even better than I imagined it. It was like a ball room. The ceiling was high and on either side of the room were couches and lines and lines of books. In the middle was a gigantic staircase leading to the rooms. This place could've really served for a hotel, I thought.

Mason chuckled at my expression. "Yeah it's something isn't it?" he chuckled again.

"Okay well Renee, you know where your room is so I'll just go show Bella where hers is," he said. Renee nodded and smiled at me. "Go on up with Mason. I think I know where he's going to put you," she winked at him, "I'll meet you there later."

I looked between them curiously. How in the world would she know where he was going to put me? But then again, sometimes it seemed as if my mom had the ability to read minds.

Mason led me up the staircase whilst Renee continued to look around becoming re-acquainted with her home. I continued to stare around still in awe. The walls were a kind of pale cream and had elegant carvings of ancient patterns. This house was so beautiful; I felt as if I was looking around a one huge big art sculpture.

My new grandpa led me to a room that looked as if it could house thirty people. It was enormous, almost as big as the house in Forks. It too looked like it was a princess' castle. It had elegant tapestries on either side of the window, a huge desk with a new computer and built in shelves and an enormous walk-in closet that could fit more than all my clothes. In the middle of the room was a gigantic bed that looked like if it was really soft. I smiled. Yeah I was going to love it here.

"Wow, grandpa, I love it," I said smiling at the room as I plopped down on the huge bed. Man it was so soft!

"I'm glad you like it. I'll leave you to get settled in," he said, bowing slightly before stepping outside and closing the door behind him.

"Bye," I said softly, staring around. Wow, new city, new house, new people; this meant I could be new too.

I started unpacking. It didn't take very long since I'd left most of my clothes back in Forks since most of them were winter clothing. Then I went over to the desk. Next to the brand new computer were also a brand new net book and all my books for school. Wow Mason really thought of everything.

"Bells," I heard my mother's voice call. I turned to see my mom standing in the door, looking over the room with a remembering eye and smiling slightly.

"Hey Mom, I love it here. It seems like a fairytale," I gushed, grabbing her and pulling her to sit down on the soft bed. I hugged her, "Thank you so much for doing everything. I love you Mommy."

"Aw… Bella I love you too honey. Now get to sleep. You're probably dead tired not to mention jet lagged. I know I am," she said with a laugh. She kissed me on my forehead, "Good night sweetheart, love you."

"Night Mom," I said as she closed the door behind her. "Oh Mom," I called. She popped her head back inside. "Can we go shopping tomorrow?" I asked. Her eyes widened for a moment before she smiled evilly. "Sure honey," she said before leaving.

Ah…shopping. Ugh. No this was for the better. I am going to be a new Bella.

I repeated my new mantra as I got ready for bed. As my head hit the pillow I was out cold.

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I got up late the next morning. I walked down stairs and followed the waft of bacon, eggs and pancakes to the kitchen. It like the rest of the house was of course huge. Both Mason and Renee were there, laughing about something as they cooked Mason flipping pancakes on one stove whilst Renee turned bacon on the other stove.

"Morning," I called giving them a sleepy smile as I walked over to them. "You guys need any help?"

"Morning sleepy head, nope we're good. Just plop your little butt down on the chair as you taste the wonderful cuisine of moi et mon père. (A/N: Me and my papa/father in French.)

"Hmm…someone's feeling international this morning," I laughed. "Salut, mama! Comment allez-vous, aujourd'hui, ma belle mère?" (A/N: Hi Mom! How are you today, my beautiful mother?)

She looked at me shocked. "Where did you learn French, Bella?" she asked. I had taken Spanish back in Forks. I laughed. "Rachel taught me! Remember when she went on that student exchange in France during her junior year? Well she learnt a little French and she taught me some when she came back." Renee laughed.

"Since everyone is going French this morning, I guess I'll follow suit. Bonjour Bella," Mason chuckled.

"Bonjour, grandpère!" I said back with a smile as I plopped down at the table.

They finished cooking and brought the food over to the table. It was delicious. "So what are you girls going to do today?" asked Mason as he served himself.

"Some shopping down town. I'll take the Mercedes I think, I've missed that thing," said Renee. Wait, did she just say Mercedes?

After breakfast, Renee and me went to our rooms to change. It was about 10:00 AM. I changed into a pair of dark jeans and a dark blue camisole over a white shirt. I slipped on my only pair of flip-flops and applied a tiny bit of eyeliner and mascara and lip gloss. I looked in the mirror. Whoa…for once I actually looked good. Back in forks I never wore any makeup and because of the constant rain I always wore sweatshirts and sweaters. On the rare days that were sunny I would've worn more attractive clothing except that Jacob always accused me of showing off. And then when the bruises started appearing I couldn't even think about a sleeveless top. The bruises from Jacob's hand yesterday were already starting to fade. The rest of the bruises like the ones on my upper arms and legs were slowly yellowing.

I met Renee downstairs. She was dressed in a yellow mini-dress that ended just before her knees. Whoa…my mommy was a hottie. For a forty year old, Mom could probably pass for at least thirty two. Man, Charlie was an idiot. If only he could see what he's lost…

Renee led me to the garage. It seemed like every single room in that house was always gigantic. The garage however was even bigger. It was probably twice the size of the house in Forks. And boy did it have a lot of cars. It had to have had at least six to eight cars. Most of them were covered though.

"Mom, were your parents billionaires or something? I mean this house is huge but the cars? Wow," I said in awe. She laughed. "Yeah I know. It's something all right."

She walked to an uncovered silver Mercedes. "Before we go, you want to see the other cars?"

I nodded eagerly. She walked over to a covered vehicle and pulled off the cover. "This, my dear, is an Ashton Vanquish. It used to be my father's occasion car." The car was silver. It looked durable and elegant. I understood why this would be their special occasion car. I could only imagine pulling up to a restaurant in this. But I pictured a movie star coming out, not my grandparents.

She replaced the cover and walked to another car. She pulled of its cover. "This is a Porsche Turbo." It was beautiful this one, it was yellow and it looked fast. She walked off to another car, me eagerly traipsing behind. "This is a M3," she said, "this used to be the car I used in high school. Caused quite a stir up this one." She looked at it fondly. It was red and again looked really really fast.

She walked over to another car. "This is your car I believe, it would be perfect for you to use for school. This used to my mom's car. She was a lot like you, you know." She removed the cover and I gasped. Yeah…this would be perfect. It just screamed me. It was a midnight blue and silver Ferrari. It was beautiful. "Wow Mom I love it!" I screamed, hugging her. She laughed and ruffled my hair. She glanced at her watch. "Ooh we better go. I'll show you the rest of them later," she said, pulling me away from my beautiful car into the Mercedes.

For the rest of the day we shopped till I literally wanted to drop. Mom took me to designer stores. I got everything you could possibly think of. Victoria Secret underwear, Christian Leboutin boots, Dior skirts, Chanel tops, Paris Hilton skinny jeans…you name it we got it.

Both Mom and me were satisfied with everything we got. When we finally reached home, we carried all our purchases to our rooms. After packing away all my stylish new clothes, I settled in front of my new computer and logged on to my e-mail account. I was bombarded with e-mails from my three musketeers giving me updates in everything that had happened in Forks since I'd left. Apparently Jacob and Leah had come out in the open with the affair and were sucking on each others' faces publicly. That made me feel a little bad. No, Bella, I thought, forget him. Anyway apparently Paul and Rachel had had a falling out. I wasn't surprised. The two of them were always like that. One minute they were fighting the other they were cuddling. It was exhausting to watch sometimes but it served as entertainment. Anyway besides those little developments, nothing much had changed. I wrote them back about Mason and the shopping trip and mentioned the new school that I was going to start in two days. It was Friday night so I had Saturday and Sunday to prepare for my school.

As I was about to sign out from my account, my girls came online. Once they I was online I was immediately attacked with IMs.

QuietGirl7564: BELLA!

HotChick_Becca874: BELLA!

IHateMyBoyfriend6384: BELLA!

SwanBellsForever3937: Hi guys! I can hear you shouting for here!

QuietGirl7564: Why didn't you reply to our e-mails?!?!?

HotChick_Becca874: We've been dying without you!

IHateMyBoyfriend6384: What they said!

SwanBellaForever3937: Guys, I just moved! Give me a break!

QuietGirl7564: Sorry we just miss you!

SwanBellaForever3937: I know. I miss you guys too. How's things down there?

IHateMyBoyfriend6384: Well I hate Paul now. Oops be right back! My phone's ringing.

SwanBellsForever3937: Yeah I can tell by the name. I'm not even going to asked what happened.

HotChick_Becca874: True. You know them Bells. Always something small. I think this time it was because Paul tripped and accidentally spilt water on her new boots. But wait and see. By tomorrow-

QuietGirl7564: -they'll be making out by their lockers.

IHateMyBoyfriend6384: OMG guys! Paul just called me. We worked everything out! It was just an accident! I'm gonna meet him at the diner in 30 minutes so I gotta go. Bye Bells! Ttyl!

SwanbellaForever3937: Bye! Don't forget to change your name!

ILoveMyBoyfriend6384: Already ahead of ya Bells! Bye!

ILoveMyBoyfriend6384 has signed off…

HotChick_Becca874: Wow those lovebirds are going to give me a headache!

QuietGirl7564: Ditto!

SwanBellsForever3937: Aw…poor people

HotChick_Becca874: AHH! BELLA HOW WILL WE SURVIVE WITHOUT YOU?!

SwanBellsForever3937: Aww…don't worry you'll get through it!

QuietGirl7564: And how will you survive in your new high school without us?

SwanBellsForever3937: Don't worry about me guys! You know me! Grin and Bare It!

HotChick_Becca874: Yeah you'll go to your new school, make new friends, get a boyfriend finally worthy of you and forget all about lil ole us!

SwanBellsForever3937: Never…trust me

QuietGirl7564: No Bells you will.

SwanBellsForever3937: Nope! I can never forget you guys! You're my sisters!

HotChick_Becca874: *wipes away tears* Aww! *sniff*

SwanBellsForever3937: *rolls eyes*

QuietGirl7564: Don't take her on Bells; you know her. Over-dramatic.

HotChick_Becca874: Hey! I'm an actor! What do you expect?

SwanBellsForever3937: Okay okay Angela no insulting Rebecca's acting genius okay?

QuietGirl7564: Fine T_T.

HotChick_Becca874: Thank you Bells!

SwanBellsForever3937: So what's this I hear about Jacob and Leah?

HotChick_Becca874: Ugh! You're lucky you don't have to put up with that sight every single day!

QuietGirl7564: Yeah it makes me want to puke.

HotChick_Becca874: They came out with it yesterday. You should've seen how mad Rachel got. She punched Jacob right in his big fat face! It was awesome!

QuietGirl7564: REBECCA! WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING!

HotChick_Becca874: Crap. I forgot!

SwanBellsForever3937: WHAT?! How come no one told me this???

QueitGirl7564: Well we thought you might over-react!

SwanBellsForever3937: Rebecca! How could you let her punch him? He's your brother! You're the eldest! Aren't you supposed to stop them from fighting?

HotChick_Becca874: I told you Bella. The day he hit you was the day my brother died in my eyes. Besides, I'm older than Rach by two minutes. Two minutes does not make me old! T_T

SwanBellsForever3937: But still! You shouldn't have let her punch him!

HotChick_Becca874: Honestly Bells I would've done it myself but Rachel beat me to it.

QuietGirl7564: Same here Bells.

SwanBellsForever3937: Aww…guys! Now I can't be mad at you! But honestly you people need to control your temper. Drama queens! *Sticks out tongue*

QuietGirl7564: *gasp* You did not just call me drama queen! That's Becca not me! :0

HotChick_Becca874: Uh-huh! Y'all better recognize!

SwanBellsForever3937: Ha-ha. 'Kay guys. I gotta go! Bye!

HotChick_Becca874: Bye Bells! Good luck in your new school!

QuietGirl7564: Yeah knock 'em dead! Bye!

SwanBellsForever3937: Bye guys! Love ya!

HotChick_Becca874 has signed off…

QueitGirl7564 has signed off…

Just as I was about to sign off, Jacob signed in. Oh God.

JBlack980 has signed on…

JBlack980: Bella?

I wasn't sure if I should reply. I didn't want to. Just as I was pondering my decision he started writing me again.

JBlack980: Bella I know you're there! Don't ignore me dammit!

I couldn't answer. I would just see what he would say.

JBlack980: Fine you won't talk then just read what I have to say.

JBlack980: Well Bella you know I love you and I hope that despite the fact that you moved without even telling me where you were going that you will always remember that I love you.

Wait, how could he say that he loves me when he is apparently sucking on Leah's face all the time? Liar…

JBlack980: I think you got my text. You did, didn't you?

JBlack980: Well I meant what I said. Don't even think about finding someone new okay?

JBlack980: You are mine Bella. MINE. You hear me?

JBlack980: This new school you're going to…you're going to meet guys there. You may like them; they may like you. But Isabella if they even think of touching you, they will die.

JBlack980: You are no one but mine. Anybody who thinks differently will die by my hand.

JBlack980: Bella, come back to me. Just come back and I promise I won't do anything to you. Save me the trouble of having to find you.

JBlack980: Fine. You won't answer. Then hear this. I will find you. Someday, I will find you. And the day I find you, you wouldn't be able to go hide anywhere.

JBlack980: Goodbye Bella. I will find you.

JBlack980 has signed off.

Whoa…I thought. I knew Jacob was serious. Once he wanted to do something, he succeeded. If he was really looking for me, it was only a matter of time before he found me. But he can't, I thought, no one except the girls know where I am and they would never tell. I was safe from him as long as they kept my location to themselves.

Just before I signed off, I blocked and deleted Jacob from my contact list. I never wanted to read another threat from him.

I turned off the computer and headed to bed. Exhausted I fell asleep again.

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