Around 1 Year Later
'Moving Day'
Bella was now 3 years old and it was time for the Cullen's to leave Forks. They had already decided there next location would be Union, New York. The city had an average of only 4.6 days a year that aren't cloudy. It was 8 o'clock PM and all the Cullen's were out hunting except for Jasper and, of course, Bella.
Jasper could sense that Bella was upset about leaving Forks but she put on a brave face and kept telling everyone that she was fine. Currently she was stretched out on the couch with her head resting on one of Jasper's legs while they watched TV. He asked for the tenth time,
"Are you okay, Bells?" She sniffled and said,
"Of course I am." He sighed and sat her up in his lap.
"You know I can tell your not okay." She muttered,
"Stupid talent." He chuckled but then became serious and asked,
"Do you wanna talk about it?" She shrugged but he could tell she really wanted to so he added, "It might help. You never know." She sighed and lamented,
"I'm going to miss it here. It's my home." She wrapped her arms around him and he slowly did the same.
"I know but you'll love Union. I promise."
"Yeah. I just wish I could take a little bit of this place with me." Then Jasper had an idea,
"That can be arranged. Stay here," he sat her down and before she could blink twice he had returned holding a glass jar with a wooden lid, a black Sharpie, and one of Bella's handheld kiddy shovels.
"What's that stuff for Jazz?" He smiled and said,
"You'll see. Now, come on." they walked outside were it was quickly getting dark. They walked into the grass and Jasper sat down so Bella did the same. He took the lid off the jar and handed the shovel to Bella.
"Bells, dig up the grass and dirt and put it in the jar till its full." She looked at him like he was crazy and asked,
"Why?"
"You'll see." She sighed and nodded. When she was finished the jar was full of grass, dirt, and pebbles and there was a little hole in the ground where they sat. Just about that time everyone ascended from the forest and gathered around them with curiosity. Alice asked,
"Um...Whatcha doing, hon?" Bella glared at her and said sternly,
"If he won't tell me then he can't tell you." So they watched Jasper as he put the wooden lid back on the jar and wrote with Sharpie on the lid 'FORKS WASHINGTON.' He then put the cap on the Sharpie and spoke with his southern lilt,
"There you go Bella. Now you'll always have a part of Forks with you." She gasped and wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug.
"Thank you so much Jazzy!" He chuckled and said,
"Your welcome Bells." They stood up with Jasper holding the jar and everyone else was smiling. Rosalie took Bella's hand and said,
"Alright, time for someone to take there bath and get ready for bed." Rosalie led Bella up to Bella's bathroom and gave her a bath before putting her in a pair of purple pajamas and tucked Bella into bed.
"Get some sleep Bella. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow." Unfortunately, Bella was wide awake because, thanks to Jasper, Bella was no longer upset and was now excited. She complained,
"But I'm not tired, Mommy." Rosalie smiled and said,
"Well just try and sleep. I'm sure you'll be asleep before you know it." Oh boy, she couldn't have been more wrong.
Bella stayed awake all night. She was too excited about moving to get any sleep. Her made was racing, wondering what her new home would be like. At around 4:30 AM Rosalie stopped trying to get Bella to sleep and let her come downstairs with everyone else. She sat her down on Emmett's lap. Emmett greeted,
"Hey girly. Couldn't sleep?" Bella replied,
"Nope." So they turned on cartoons and Rosalie made Bella a glass of milk and put a packet of vanilla flavoring in it, just the way Bella likes it. They watched cartoons and talked until around 6 when Alice took Bella upstairs and dressed her in a little yellow strapless dress with bright flowers on it and yellow shows.
Due to the fact that they furnished the home in Union, they didn't need to bring anything but clothes and because of there vampire speed, they were ready by seven. All that was left was to feed Bella breakfast. Edward made her a plate of French toast and a glass of chocolate milk. Once that was done they loaded up the cars. Rosalie, Emmett, Edward, and Bella were in the Edwards car and the others were in Carlisle's car.
Because there really strong and fast they knew Bella was perfectly safe in the car so at the moment she was laying in Edward's lap in the backseat while Emmett drove and Rosalie sat in the passenger seat. Normally, the long drive would take around 22 hours but at the speed Emmet was driving they'd be there in 12.
When they reached Union it was raining. Bella watched as they passed many houses and building but didn't stop. They finally drove down around with no house. In fact there was nothing but trees surrounding the road.
The road, to Bella, seemed to go on forever. She thought they may never reach her new home. Finally she saw ahead of her a large house that looked like a cottage and had green vines covering parts of it. The windows were large but not nearly as large as the one's at the house in Forks. Right next to it was a garage and the yard was huge with large oak trees in it. It was, in a word, gorgeous. Emmett cheered,
"Welcome to your new home, Bella!"
