2 years later

Bella's Current age: 17

Bella's Point of View

The last of my things were finally unpacked and in place in my new room. It was much bigger than my old room at Forks. I guess that was the only bright side to this situation. A bigger house, more room and better weather. Unfortunately the cons out weighed the pros.

It's been about two months since Rene and my father divorced officially, but their deteriorating relationship had gone on for years to long.

I had foreseen this coming for a long time, but I never wanted to come to terms with this. I knew that my dad would never admit it, but his marriage to Rene had for the most part had been his way of providing me with mother and the chance at having a better life. Times had been hard when I was growing up, a single parent taking care of a child was tough, but with an extra source of income, and a delightful woman willing to spend time with you, it sounded perfect for my dad.

I just wish that it would have lasted between them. Rene truly was a nice woman, she had such a innocent and unique look on the world, she was my first mother. It was hard letting go of the fact that I now wouldn't be seeing her quite as much. Rene and my father had agreed to terms that I would be able to visit her; whenever I wanted, although for my little sister Cindy, they would have shared custody of her.

Cindy would usually stay with us for a week or two, then she would stay with Rene for a week or two. She was the one that seemed to take the divorce the hardest, when she was here with me and our father I often times heard her crying at night. She was always asking for my dad to love her mother again.

From what my father had told me, it was Rene that decided on ending the relationship. She had fallen for a professional rock climber by the name of Ryan Henderson; that filled her heart with excitement and romance. She decided she would like to trade her small town life for adventure and romance. But as it seems, after settling the divorce she wasn't left with much money, not enough for her to travel the world with her rock climbing boyfriend. So she was trapped in our old home in Forks, working hard to save up enough money to follow after Ryan.

My father hadn't wanted to be anywhere near her, so with the little amount of money he had inherited from his mother's death, we picked up and moved to La Push. It wasn't a big change, the only thing that I would be missing was the friends that I had made at Forks. Here in La Push I still had Rachel and Rebecca Black.

I was nervous for my first day, but with the fact I at least knew someone that comforted me just slightly. With a peak over towards Cindy, who was sitting comfortably in the backseat, watching out the window, I pulled into La Push elementary school.

As a part of their settlement, Rene and my father agreed that the educational system offered on the reservation was much better than what Forks could offer and with the fact that I would always be able to be there to take her to school and pick her up, they let her go to school here in La Push. With Rene still working as a certified nursing assistant at the hospital and my father working as the chief of the police force, that made it extremely hard for them to be able to take or pick up Cindy from school.

As we pulled in front of the school, I turned to smile at her. "Have a good first day, I'll be here to pick you up later."

Cindy bit her lip, looking up at me with a pout. "I don't want to go."

"Why not?"

"What if they don't like me?"

"Of course they will like you." I chuckled, turning in my seat to watch her closely. "You're going to have fun, make new friends and in no time I'll be back to pick you up."

She sniffed, nodding quietly. "Ok,"

With that I watched as she unbuckled herself, grabbed her little lunch box and slowly made her way out of the car. She turned back to look at me a few times, her cheeks red all the way until she made it inside the school.

She was so much like me, it was a little frightening.

Now to get myself to school.

My little Mazda3 peeled out of the parking lot, to my surprise and horror I slowed down. I still wasn't quite used to the power of this vehicle. Rene had purchased this car for my seventieth birthday, it wasn't exactly what I had wanted… I'd rather have my family back together. But that part of our lives where over with, I should just get over it and move on.

La Push high school wasn't to far away from the elementary school, I rehearsed in my mind how this day would go. If I was lucky I would at least have a few classes with Rachel or Rebecca.

I parked my car next to a rough looking motorcycle, taking note of the rust and the obvious wear and tear on it.

On the walk into the building I passed several locals, noticing their ogling as I went by. For a moment I realized that my sister and I would really stick out here on the reservation. All the residents of La Push had the gorgeous sun kissed skin, while Cindy and I had our pale complexity. Hopefully this wouldn't completely hinder her abilities of making a friend here. I truly didn't mind if I had friends here or not.

The office appeared to be bustling with teachers and counselors, I struggled to make my way through the crowd of them. This was so different than the small town of Forks, there was much more people.

Suddenly I felt myself walk into someone hard and extremely tall.

"I'm so sorry." I stuttered, slightly turning my sights up to the stranger that I had just ran into.

"It's alright, my fault." His deep voice brought chills down my spine.

His dark eyes now turned to mine, and for a moment heat rushed through my veins, it felt like the entire world shifted from under my feet. The feeling that overwhelmed my body was indescribably, it was blissful but intense, passionate yet controlled. My heart was racing in my chest, blush creeped across my face.

He was magnificent.

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AC