Author's Note: This story will be in Bella's POV only. There will be no direct dialogue between characters until Chapter 13 because all chapters up to that point are Bella's memories of the past.

I'm sure some of you are wondering where Edward is. I just wanted to let you all know that he will be in the story, but not for a few more chapters.

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyers owns Twilight.

Chapter 6. Almost Normal

When I got back to my house, I noticed that Charlie's police cruiser was in the driveway already. I walked inside to find him sitting in his recliner and drinking beer while watching some kind of sport.

He never said anything to me, or even looked in my direction as I walked by.

I walked up the stairs to go to my room and when I approached my room, could still see that the note that I had left for Charlie was still sitting there completely untouched. I picked it up, ripped it to pieces, and threw them away.

I was completely exhausted, so I took a quick shower and went straight to bed.

The next day, I got up, got dressed, and went to school. It almost felt normal. After school was let out, I went straight to my meadow to work on my homework.

When I reached the meadow, I was pleasantly surprised to see that James was already there. We talked a lot while I finished my homework and got to know each other better. It was a lot of fun.

The next few weeks flew by the same way. School, meet at the meadow, talk, do homework, and talk some more. It seemed like everytime we did it, I felt myself feeling a bit happier.

James and I were becoming closer to one another too. Not in a romantic way though. The romance didn't happen until years later. At this point, we were both just very good friends.

I had even taken to hanging out at his cabin with him, when the weather prevented us from being in the meadow. It was great. We watched movies, played board games, and just hung out and talked. I always hated to leave though.

Whenever I was off school for a holiday or something, I would spend the entire day with James in his cabin or in the meadow.

Before I left to go home, I reminded James that I had an entire week off for some kind of break and that I planned on spending the entire time with him. He looked so happy when I told him that.

Little did I know that my week of fun would turn into a terrible diaster.

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