Chapter 1: The Accident

It was May 4th and my parents and I were just getting ready to leave for the biggest party of the year. It was at my boyfriend Jacob Black's house so we knew how to get there perfectly. Jake was probably the richest boy in all of Phoenix, his house was HUGE so every year him and his father Billy Black held the big party. There was always a DJ, lots of dancing, and tons of food. Everyone who was anyone was going to be there. Since the house was so big, the teenagers, like myself got one whole floor to ourselves while the adults got another whole floor. Everyone always has a blast and I was very excited to go.

It was 7:00 and the party would be starting at 9:00, so we would be leaving at around 8:30 which did not give me much time to get ready. I had just got out of the shower and put on a cute denim mini-skirt with an adorable pink Hollister top. I curled my long brunette hair, and was about to put on my make-up. I had to look good; practically the whole school was going to be at this party.

"Hurry up Bella we are going to be late!" I heard my mother Renee call up to me. After that I just heard mumbles of her and my father Charlie speaking. I looked at the time not realizing I had taken so long, it was already 8:30! I quickly dabbed on some mascara and lip-gloss and was on my way downstairs.

"Hey sorry I totally lost track of time! How do I look?" I twirled around to show off my whole outfit. I was always very close with my family, and always wanted to hear their opinions.

"You look beautiful sweetie!" cried my mother, "Jacob is going to love you in that outfit!" my mother gushed while I blushed; I have always had the tendency to blush. She and my dad loved that I was going out with Jacob; they were friends with his dad since before I was born! The good thing was that I was head over heels in love with him! And I honestly thought he was the one, maybe even the one I'd end up growing old with.

"Yes, you look very nice in that Bella" Charlie said, I could tell he meant it, but I could also tell that he thought my skirt was way too short. I guess he hasn't realized that I'm 17 now, not 7. "Well, we better get' a going, if we want to be there on time." Charlie never liked to be late to anything.

We got in the car and turned the radio to the loudest it could go. On the weather station that morning it called for light showers at around 10:00 and they were only supposed to last until 11:00, but how wrong they were. By the time we were about 10 minutes from Jake's house we heard a huge crack of thunder and saw a lightning bolt that looked as if it were right next to us. It started to pour, and in a matter of seconds, our surroundings outside were soaked. The wind was so rough, that trees were swaying everywhere and some of the cars looked as if they were getting out of control.

"Oh my gosh!" Renee cried. "Maybe we should turn around; I mean I'm sure Jacob will have other parties! This just doesn't seem safe!"

"Honey, honey we're fine," Charlie tried to re-assure her, "This car is perfect for weather like this; the tires don't slide at all. Besides, Jake's house is closer to get to than if we turn around and head home."

"O-o-ok" chocked out a petrified Renee. I just sat there frozen in the back seat. I mean, I trusted my dad with saying that we were safe, and I knew we had a good car, but for some strange reason I kept feeling like something bad was going to happen. Just like an instinct of some sort.

All too soon that instinct came to be reality. The tree in front of us fell and Charlie tried to put the brakes on as fast as possible. The car skidded into the tree. I heard screams from all around me, maybe even my own. Then all of a sudden everything turned black.

A/N: Sooo how'd you like it? I hope everyone thot it was good, please tell me if you think I need to improve some things or if you are unsure, I will take good comments or criticism of any kind. Just a heads up for anyone reading this, since this is my first fanfic, I may submit things by accident so im really sorry about that!