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It's another 2am chapter this time but hopefully it's not too horrible.

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Bella POV

I zipped up my final suitcase and looked around my room. It was empty except for a few more boxes that the removalists still had to move. I sat on my bed, silent. Then the reality hit me that I was finally leaving this place. I couldn't resist the squealing and jumping up and down that came with my elating emotions. My phone suddenly beeped so I took it out and saw 1 new message flash on the screen. I flipped it open and saw a text from Rosalie.

Hey I'm outside when you're ready! Rose x

Rosalie had offered to drive me down to my new apartment as it was only next door to her house. I used to use the spare car here that Mrs. Ancaster had bought to save lots of drama. I usually thought of it as mine as nobody else here could drive but I knew I couldn't take it with me when I left so I had to rely on buses and the helping hand of Rosalie.

The rest of the removalists came into my room and picked up my boxes. As they left my room to go back to their truck I took a final look at my empty room, the room where I had laughed till my stomach hurt, cried till my eyes stung and spent my days losing myself in books. I smiled and shut the door behind me. I skipped down the stairs and fought the urge to do a happy dance. I stood still for a few seconds to regain my self integrity and composure.

I reached the door and couldn't control myself any longer. I let out a jiggle of my hips and started waving my hands in the air. But my dance was cut short when I heard a coughing from behind me. My head shot around and I saw Mrs. Ancaster with a questioning look on her face.

"There was a fly?" I bluffed quietly. I scratched my forehead and hoped that my hands would cover the redness of my cheeks.

"Yes, well, I was just going to say goodbye to you Bella" Mrs. Ancaster smiled.

"Oh. Well, goodbye." I smiled before turning back to the door. I really didn't want her to ruin my mood.

"Bella! Wait a moment…"She laughed stiffly. I turned around to face her and she was cleaning the lenses of her glasses. "Bella, I know we never really spoke much, but you should know that I always did have a soft spot for you." She winked.

"A soft spot… For me?!"

"Why yes dear!" She laughed. "I always said that you were one of my greatest achievements."

I couldn't believe it. I really couldn't believe she had just considered me an achievement.

"Excuse me? Do you mean the last eight years where I've been trying to avoid you because I couldn't stand talking to you? Yes you're right; I sure am one heck of an achievement!" I shouted. She looked quite taken aback by what I had said so I took that opportunity to make a dash for Rosalie's car. I could hear Mrs. Ancaster running after me. I waved at Rosalie but probably looked like a loon as I was power walking on the verge of running towards her. I motioned her to start to car so I could jump in and leave but she didn't understand what I was saying and just looked at me confused. Then to make matters worse, her phone started ringing. I jumped in the front seat of her shiny red convertible just in time to hear her answer her phone. I really wanted to grab it from her hands and throw it out of the car but Mrs. Ancaster was at the window of the car at that point. "Isabella Swan, I don't know where you've suddenly got your anger from but I want it to stop right now. You can't be so rude and then run off like that! Have I taught you nothing?" She fumed. She obviously wasn't very athletic as her face was bright red from that little jog she did. Her figure didn't show any athletic signs either for that matter.

"Mrs. Ancaster, I need to be on my way. Thank you for putting me up the last eight years, you've been a bundle of joy to live with" I smiled sarcastically. "HIT IT ROSE!" I yelled, hoping she knew what I meant. Luckily she did and she looked quite scared. She closed her phone and shoved her foot on the pedal and did a small U-turn out of the pebbly entrance of Littleton Adoption Centre. It was the last time I would be seeing it, and for that I was relieved. I felt as if I was a caterpillar that had just shed a layer of its skin. I was a fresh person and felt as if I should forget anything that had pulled me back to those years of my life. Then I thought of him. Once again he had popped into my head. I tried to push him out of my thoughts as I was now a new person and with that I should no longer have to put up with the stupid Edward Masen that plagued my thoughts and pushed me into a shell of fear of being hurt. No longer would I fantasize that I would bump into him on a street corner and he would whisk me into his arms and we would run away from the world and just live in each others warmth and comfort. No, I shall refuse to think of him as anything greater than a childhood crush that ripped out my heart, stomped on it with a heavy pair of shoes, put it in a paper shredder, and then set it alight. Yes, that is the only way I should start to think of Edward bloody Masen. I smiled and then heard what I had just said and realized I sounded like an emotional wreck with dark metaphors. I scrunched up my nose and decided once we got off the road we were on, I would put an ending to all thoughts of Edward.

I tapped my fingers impatiently as we started to get closer to the end of the road. I had never realized how long this road was. I just wanted to be able to forget him and start fresh.

The car came to a stop and I looked up to see we had stopped at a set of traffic lights. "Since when are there traffic lights on this road?!" I screeched, not meaning to scream out loud.

Rosalie turned to me and looked a bit shocked at my sudden outburst. "Chill Bella, we'll get there soon enough!" I nodded and apologized.

I took a deep breath as we were only a few meters away from the fork in the road. We would be there soon enough and I could put Edward out of my thoughts. I smiled at the thought but then realized I didn't want to let go of him yet. I wanted a few more minutes just to think about him before I cut him out of my life entirely. I started to panic as we grew closer to the roads end. I quickly ripped out my phone from my pocket and dialed Rosalie's number.

Rosalie's phone starting to ring and she turned to me and smiled. "Do you mind getting that for me?" She smiled angelically. My eyes widened in shock. This wasn't how the plan was supposed to go! She was supposed to pull over and answer it! Not give it to me as we continue towards the Edwardless roads!

I smiled weakly at her and then turned to the phone. I picked up her phone from the cup holder and flipped it open.

"Hello?" My voice wobbled a bit and I turned to face Rosalie with a smile. "Oh hi… Mrs. Uh..." Crap. What was Rosalie's last name? "Hale!" I shouted. "Yes, Rosalie is here…" I turned to Rosalie and gave her a tight smile. Rosalie pulled into the curb and took the phone from me. I waved my hands around in frenzy as I panicked of what to do. I went to grab my phone from next to my leg but knocked it to the floor.

"Hello? Hello?" I heard Rosalie shouting at the phone. I couldn't see my phone on the floor as I bent down and fumbled around for it. I found my phone and quickly pressed 'end call'.

"Bella why does this say the phone call was from you?"

Shit. I was busted. I went to lift my head up but hit it on the glove compartment. "Ouch…" I frowned. Rosalie was still looking at me with her phone flashing, 'Call with Bella ended'. "Oops! I guess I must have… misread it… and accidentally called you… I think I'm on the verge of dyslexia!" I shrugged and awkwardly laughed. I smiled brightly hoping she would just forget it. She raised an eyebrow and turned back to the steering wheel. She shook her head and pulled out into the road and drove off.

"Bella I hope your not turning into one of those strange metal people… I mean I can't live next to some weird nut job!"

I laughed shakily. "No way! And I promise if I go insane you have full permission to send me into a madhouse…"

"Right well, I think I'll need that on paper." She laughed.

We turned right at the fork in the road and I sighed. My plan had backfired completely and now I wouldn't be allowed to think off… Enchiladas… I cringed as I tried to change the direction of my thoughts. I would make this new life work. I would!

We soon got to the apartment and it was even better than I remembered.

The removalists were already parked outside and followed us upstairs. Rosalie's phone started to ring again and she had to say goodbye. She told me I would have to have a housewarming party and I told her she had to be crazy. I was never one for the party scene and there was no way I would have my own. Once the removalists had left, I started to unpack but loneliness took its toll as the silence grew more poignant. I hoped it would fade once my things were all set out but I was wrong. I had most of the essentials but still needed to buy a few more things. I decided to get to sleep early that night but when I searched for my toothbrush in the last box, a glimmer of light caught my eye. I rummaged through to the bottom of the box where I found a silver necklace with a small heart covered in crystals. I remembered back to the day I had decided that it held no friendship value in it so I stored it in a small box of treasures I kept. That day was last week. I slumped back on my bed and realized I had already broken my promise. I put the necklace back in the box and found my toothbrush and toothpaste. I brushed my teeth with more force than usual. It felt as I was trying to scrub away Edward more than anything. I spat the toothpaste out in disgust and collapsed back onto my bed. I felt hollow and alone. I hugged another pillow trying to comfort myself but ended up throwing it against the wall and lying on my stomach until I fell asleep. Everyone felt this way when they moved into a new apartment by themselves, right? I let my dreams take me away to a better time. Times were I didn't need to worry about feeling alone, a time where I felt loved.

I woke up later than usual as I didn't end up getting much sleep that night. I stumbled into the kitchen and then remembered that I didn't have any food. I was alone and hungry. I groaned and pulled my leg up to my chest as I sat at the breakfast bar. I tapped my fingers on the counter as I fought between getting dressed and going to the shops or just staking it out. My stomach let out a loud grumble and I had a winner. But as I walked into my room I remembered that I would have to go through the boxes to find my clothes. Then I remembered an upside of moving here. I knew people. I found my pair of Ugg boots and walked out of my house merrily. As soon as I got outside to the fresh air, I realized it probably wasn't the smartest option to walk around in a pair of small silk boxers and a tight lace camisole. My face flushed red and I rushed to the house which I remembered Rosalie pointing out as hers.

I knocked on the door and got a honk from a passing car as I waited for Rosalie to answer. To my humiliation it wasn't Rosalie. Standing in the doorway was a tall blonde haired boy who looked like he had just rolled out of bed. Not that I would have looked much better… He looked me up and down and lifted and eyebrow.

"Oh, sorry, I must have got the wrong house… I was looking for Rosalie and-"

"No, she's here, she's just eating breakfast. I'll get her for you. Come in."

"Oh, thanks." I smiled. It was much warmer inside the house than outside so I took the invitation happily. I walked in and saw Rosalie getting up from the kitchen.

"Bella!" She looked me up and down just like her brother had and laughed. "Don't have any food yet?" she smiled.

I smiled and shook my head.

"Come into the kitchen" She giggled.

The blonde haired boy was in the kitchen, sitting down and eating a bowl of cornflakes. He looked so dead that it looked like he was about to fall face first into his bowl.

"Cornflakes, Coco Pops or toast?" Rosalie asked.

"Coco pops please." I beamed. I ate it quickly, remembering how hungry I was. I didn't have dinner last night either.

"Oh, I forgot to say, Bella, this is Jasper, Japer, this is Bella." He smiled and nodded. I waved with my spoon in hand and turned back to my food.

"Oh Rosalie, I just remembered, Alice wants to know if you wanted to go shopping with her today. Actually, scratch that. You're going shopping today with Alice."

Rosalie rolled her eyes and laughed lightly.

"Want to come along Bella?" She asked.

"Oh no, its okay, I need to get some food in the house and finish unpacking." I smiled.

"Well okay, you should come over later tonight though Bella, we're having a poker night." She beamed.

"Maybe" I smiled as I got off of the chair. "Thanks for breakfast though. Nice meeting you Jasper." He nodded and Rosalie escorted me out.

"I'll talk to you later then." She smiled. I nodded and walked out back to my empty apartment. I opened the door and looked at a few of the boxes around the room. It definitely seemed more exciting moving in here a few days ago.

I sighed and plunked myself on the sofa. I knew that I was quite definitely not going to Rosalie's house later on tonight. So I would just rent a few movies while I'm at the grocery store. I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. Today was going to be quite slow.

Jasper POV

Who the hell would walk from who-knows-where in such small pajamas?! Was she crazy? She's probably got Hypothermia after that… I shook my head as I stared into my bowl of cornflakes. Rosalie trotted back into the kitchen with a smug smile on her face and I already knew she was planning something.

"What are you planning Rose?" I said worried.

She looked at me and just smiled. She sat down and took a bite of her toast. Once she had finished her mouthful she started to talk.

"I think I've just found the perfect couple." Her smile was now starting to get freakily large and I felt sorry for whoever she was setting up. She usually picked people who would rather kill each other than spend a night in some fancy restaurant.

"Who are the poor victims?"

"Edward and Bella" She grinned. I thought about it for a moment, they probably wouldn't look too bad with each other and I knew Edward had a thing for Brunettes from experience. And she was actually quite pretty.

"So how are you planning to set them up?" She obviously hadn't thought that far so she sat there for a few seconds thinking. I laughed lightly and continued to eat my cornflakes. Rosalie's eyes lit up quickly and she pushed her chair out and walked over to the fridge. She started to rummage through it and pulled out the salsa jar. She opened the jar and started to pour it in the sink. "Hey what are you doing to the salsa?!" I yelled.

She smirked at me and told me her plan.

"But what if she doesn't have salsa?"

She scrunched up her nose as she thought about it. "Jasper…" She batted her eyelashes. I laughed and shook my head. "For Alice? It is her brother and I'm sure she'll thank you once they start dating…" I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"You could have just hid the salsa…"

"It's more authentic this way. Thank you Jasper!" She grinned. "Just go down to the shops and put it in her basket when she's not looking…" She smiled and walked out of the room. I laughed humorlessly and stared at my cornflakes. Geez I was a pushover. Maybe Emmett was right when he told me to grow a pair… I mused.

Later, just before lunch, Rosalie told me she just saw Bella leave which was my cue to follow. I felt like a stalker as I drove along. She was walking so I got there before her. I was in the magazine isle when she finally walked in. I quickly covered my face with the first magazine I got hold of. I poked my head over the top of the magazine to check if she had gone down one of the isles. She had and so I pulled the magazine from my face. There was an elderly lady looking at me with a shocked face. I looked at where she was looking and it was at the magazine I was holding. I looked at it and noticed I had picked up a real raunchy magazine, the cover full of naked women. I smiled and laughed meekly at the lady before putting down the magazine and walked off quickly to find the jars of salsa.

I picked up a large jar of salsa and went to go find Bella. Embarrassingly enough, I found her choosing pads. I put my head down, too embarrassed to look up and not wanting her to recognize me. She was looking at the packs when I swiftly placed the jar in her already full basket. As I went to walk away with my head down, I accidentally hit a stand of tampons and condoms and all the boxes started to fall down. I saw Bella turn around quickly from the corner of my eye and I noticed that the jar I had balanced in her basket was about to fall to the ground. I turned around to catch it but it smashed on the floor in front of my hands. The same elderly lady that caught me with the magazine came down the isle while I was frantically picking up boxes of tampons and condoms while Bella stared confused at me and the smashed salsa. The old lady gasped and stormed past me. "Disgusting generation…" She hissed.

"Jasper? What are you doing?" Bella asked as she bent down and helped me with the boxes.

"Oh hey Bella… Fancy running into you here!" I laughed shakily. "I just came here to buy some pads for Rosalie I smiled and picked up a pack of pads from in front of me.

"Maternity pads?" Bella asked with a raised eyebrow. I really needed to look before I picked things up…

"Yes… She's like a bloody river! Just whoosh!" I laughed awkwardly making wave movements with my hand. She looked at me as if I were crazy. Her cheeks turned pink and I knew that this was going worse than I thought it would have, and I imagined it going bad…

"Oh okay well…"She put the last box of tampons on the pile I had started making with the boxes. "Tell her I say hi then." She smiled.

"Yeah, will do. Oh and you dropped your salsa…" I said as I looked at the mess on the floor.

"Oh, I didn't get the salsa."

"I think you did…" I winked.

"No… I didn't"

"I think you did!"

"No jasper, I didn't pick up the salsa…"She said slowly.

"Well I think you should because it's one of those traditions… Everyone on our road has Salsa… You should buy it just as a precaution…"

She just looked at me and took a deep breath. "Fine, I'll buy the salsa. Okay?"

"Great!" I smiled. My job was done for the day.

She laughed lightly and waved goodbye to me.

I rubbed the back of my head and decided to pick up some Doritos on my way out as the salsa had put me in the mood for some nacho cheese…

If this plan didn't work I think I'd shoot Rosalie and then myself.

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