A Reason To Smile

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Twilight characters or anything Twilight related.

We're starting off with Krystal's regular day.

Chapter 2 – Here We Go

Krystal's POV

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Ugh. Stupid alarm. I don't know why I set my alarm at six in the morning. Who invented these things in the first place?

The alarm continues to make that annoying sound as I moved my hand lazily to turn off that so called wake up call. Once I did that, I rolled over to my back waking up to the ceiling remembering what day it is; first day of school. Whoopee. Yes, I was being sarcastic. Don't get me wrong I love school but why do they have to start at eight in the morning? Oh well.

I sat up as I slowly stretch and yawn. I went to the bathroom and turned on the light to see my reflection with my crystal blue eyes. I see myself wearing pink pajama shorts and a light blue t-shirt and on top of that, my long jet black hair is a complete mess. I checked my breath. Ugh. Yep, morning breath right there.

I did my usual morning routine; taking a shower, brushed my teeth and straightening my hair letting it lose all the way down to my shoulders. I put on a navy color basic round neck long sleeve with skinny jeans. I didn't put much make up on; just some mascara and lip gloss. Okay maybe it is a bit much. Once I was all dressed and ready, I went downstairs where I saw my dad in the kitchen.

"Morning daddy." I greeted.

"Morning kiddo." Dad said as he searched through the fridge.

"Do you want me to make you anything?" I asked as I placed a bagel in the toaster.

"No that's okay. I'm just gonna settle for the leftovers you made last night." Dad said kindly as he pulled out two containers of last night's dinner and put them in his lunch bag. He's already dressed in his lab coat. "Are you excited for another school year?"

"I guess." I shrugged as the bagel popped out when the toaster dinged.

"Well you should be okay now that you're no longer the new kid." Dad said as he made coffee as I nodded in agreement.

My dad and I moved to Forks from Olympia a year ago after my mom died. He got a new position at the hospital since he's the best doctor in town as I got transferred to Port Angeles High beginning of my sophomore year. Nothing wrong with that school but I do miss my friends back in Olympia.

I love my dad; he's kind, loving and funny. I can always go to him when I have problems such as boys not that I ever dated. Even before my mom died, he's always there for me. You could say that I'm his number one patient. I'm always first before anything else in his life. He does his best to pick up where mom left off to take care of me by himself which makes me proud of him.

"So, when do you find out if you made the team?" Dad asked facing me as he took a sip of his coffee. I know he is talking about my school volleyball team.

"Tryouts ended last week so we should find out today." I said trying to be calm about it. I know I was the best player on the team from what they told me like mom was since I've played last year but even I'm nervous to know if I made the team or not.

Dad saw right through me and said, "I'm sure you did great. You were voted MVP by the team last year. There's no doubt you will make it."

"I know but still we may never know. I'm not a psychic okay." I said as I finished the last piece of my bagel while my dad chuckled at my last statement. Okay that brightened up my morning.

"Well I better get going." Dad said when he looked at his watched as it said seven o'clock. "I got a lot of patients to take care of and lives to be saved."

"You go save those people's lives." I said with a smile as he grabbed his lunch bag and suitcase and headed out the door.

"It's what I'm meant to do." Dad smiled as he put on his shoes. "You have a good day kiddo."

"I will daddy." I said and dad was out the door leaving me all by myself. Once I've finished my breakfast of a bagel and some fruit, I went back upstairs to the bathroom to brush my teeth again.

As soon as I was done, I went to my room and gather everything I need for school filling my backpack with text books, notebooks and pencils. After that, I went back downstairs headed to the fireplace where all the family photos are shown.

I looked at the one photo of me and my mom together taken a few months before she passed away.

My mom was one of the greatest people I know. She is my hero; so strong, confident, beautiful and has such a kind heart. How come life chose her to suffer with cancer? She didn't do anything wrong and yet she had to leave me and my dad where we had to fend for ourselves. Life can be so unfair to good people like her. I picked up the photo of us.

"I wish you were here." I said. "You don't know how hard this past two years has been for dad and me. I know that you're watching over me so I hope you'll help me make it through on my first day of school. I love you." I kissed the photo where mom is and placed it back. "Wish me luck."

I picked up my bag and walked outside when I put on my shoes. I locked the door behind me and got inside my Lexus car I got for my sixteenth birthday. I started the engine and pulled out of the driveway and drove my way to school. Here we go.

I hope you like the story. Please review. :)