Chapter 2,

Bella's POV,

Telling Charlie, I was leaving was hard, but it needed to be done, from the moment I moved to Fork's I haven't been happy. I thought being with Edward was my possible happiness, but it wasn't meant to be, I was just fooling myself. Looking at it now me and Edward are just too different people, we would never of worked. He wanted a Victorian woman who would ask his permission to simply just breath and that just wasn't me, I'm an independent woman I have always been that way he wanted me to look to him for my decisions that's just not me.

I was stood in front of Charlie waiting for him to say something, I could see the wheels in his head turning, probably trying to think of ways for me not to go, or reasons to stay. But it wouldn't work, this is my chance to really be happy, and I wanted to meet my father. After all it wasn't Clay's fault that he didn't bring me up it was my birth mothers, then it was Renee and Charlie's for keeping me away from Clay.

Charlie should have let Clay come and get me from Renee all those years ago, because I can imagine I would have been a lot happier with Clay then I ever was with Renee. Maybe I would have had a real parent and it wouldn't of been left to me to bring up Renee. After what felt like hours Charlie finally opened his mouth, and I knew he was gonna launch into some tirade which was gonna get him nowhere because I had already made my decision and I wasn't going to change it for anyone I had the right to know my real father.

"Bella are you sure about this? You don't know Clay Morrow from Adam; do you really want to move to a town you don't know with people you don't know? Are you really gonna leave me and Jacob?"

Did he really think that would work? Me and Jacob weren't even really friends anymore, we hadn't been in a long time and if he thinks there was anything else between us he was seriously delusional.

"Charlie, I love you, you're my dad you've always been there for me, and I appreciate that, but you have to let me live my life the way I want to live it. I had to make my own mistakes, me and Jacob are nothing more then friends and lately we haven't even been that. You have to understand I want this chance to get to know my biological father, I have to know where I came from."

He had to let me make my own decisions in my life, this is what I wanted to do, I would do it with or without his support. I'd rather has his support, but I didn't need it and I wouldn't beg for it. No one asked me if I actually wanted to come and live here in Fork's, to be honest I don't even really remember how it all came about I just know one day I got home from school and was told by Renee I'm moving in with Charlie the next day my stuff was packed, and I was getting the plane and I haven't had contact with Renee since. He took a deep breath, looked at me then nodded his head,

"You're right, your old enough to make your own decisions and I can't stop you. Better still I won't stop you, I just want you too think about this first ok?"

"Charlie I have thought about this, I haven't been happy in Forks since moving here, that's nothing to do with you though it's all on me. I need to live for me now and that's what I'm doing if it doesn't work out it doesn't work but I have too at least try and Clay deserves to know me as much as I deserve to know him, it wasn't his fault that he wasn't in my life."

I left it at that, there wasn't much else either of us could say. I wouldn't change my mind and Charlie wouldn't stop trying to get me to stay and at this point I wasn't sure why he wanted me to stay so much it's not like we spent any time together he was always at work or out fishing with Billy so why bother trying to get me to stay I don't know. I had to do this for me, so with that in my I decided to go and talk to Jacob, things have been different between us, but I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye first because he at least deserved that much didn't he? I walked to the stairs grabbed my jacket off the banister, looked at Charlie who had his eyebrow raised in question.

"I'm going to see Jacob and say goodbye to him and Billy, I won't be long."

I walked out of the house and jumped into the truck, I stuck the key in and started the engine pulling out of the drive straight away heading in the direction of La Push, this journey takes 10 minutes in the cruiser but to get to the little red house in my rust bucket of crap it takes almost double that if not longer. Now don't get me wrong I appreciated Charlie for getting me the truck because I knew he didn't have a lot of money, but did he really have to get me such a rust bucket that didn't go past 50! I couldn't even listen to music because I ripped out the radio when the Cullen's left, no way in hell did I want anything from those assholes! I pulled up outside the little red house, jumped out of the truck and walked to the door, I knocked once I got there and waited for someone to answer. I didn't have to wait long before Billy was opening the door, he looked at me smiled and ushered me into his home.

"Hey Bella, Jacob's sleeping but you can go wake him up."

I looked at the man who was almost my second father, whenever I came to Fork's to see Charlie, Billy was never far behind him.

"Thanks Billy, I need to speak to you first though if that's ok?"

He looked surprised for a moment before he smiled and nodded,

"Of course, come into the sitting room."

I followed him into the sitting room where I sat on the couch, he pulled his chair, so he was in front of me waiting for me to speak.

"Did you know Charlie isn't my biological father?"

I looked at his face and knew instantly that he knew, he wasn't shocked or surprised, he nodded his head.

"I did, Charlie told me when your biological father started calling him."

"Then this will be slightly easier, I'm going to live with my father in Charming and I wanted to say goodbye to you and Jacob. Thank you for being there for me, goodbye Billy."

He reached for my hands and grabbed them, smiling at me.

"Goodbye Bella, I hope you find your happiness if you ever need anything don't hesitate to contact me."

He leant forward and kissed my forehead, I nodded in thanks and stood up going straight to Jacobs room, I opened his door and walked in closing it behind me. I walked over to his bed and poked him in the ribs, he didn't move so I poked him again harder this time startling him making him jump in fright which had me smirking slightly.

"What the hell?"

"Hey Jake."

He looked at me in shock,

"Bella? What are you doing here?"

"I thought you should hear it from me, I'm leaving Fork's. Charlie and Renee aren't actually my parents, turns out they adopted me. My real dad lives in Charming California, I spoke to him today and well his buying me a ticket, I leave tonight."

He looked shocked, which didn't surprise me I did just blurt it all out kinda throwing it all at him at once, but I didn't see the point in beating around the bush. I could see the minute it sunk in case he had anger written all over his face, what he was angry at I didn't know, not like we had spoken in weeks.

"You're leaving? Just like that? Charlie may not be your biological dad, but he has been there for you all your life, where's your so-called real dad been?"

That made me angry how dare he speak about shit he knows nothing about!

"You know what Jacob? I'm only here to say goodbye nothing more, I thought you at least deserved a goodbye. What I do is nothing to do with you, yes Charlie's been my dad, but I have a right to know my biological dad too, and as for where my real dad has been, he didn't even know about me until a year ago! As I said I'm only here to say goodbye Jacob, why can't you be happy for me like Billy was? At least he wished me happiness!"

With that I left, there wasn't anything more to say, I said goodbye and he couldn't accept that but then he could never accept that we were never anything more than friends. I made it to the front door when I was grabbed on my arm, I looked over my shoulder and him and raised an eyebrow.

"Bella I'm sorry but you just dropped a bomb on me what did you expect? Last time we spoke you were all heartbroken over Cullen! Now your telling me your leaving to some town I've never heard of to meet someone who claims to be your dad. What did you expect?"

I knew somewhere in my brain he had a point but at the same time, I was still pissed as hell at him! Who is he to question whether or not Clay was telling the damn truth? Especially when it wasn't even Clay who told me it was Charlie! I ripped my arm from his hand and turned to face him, I glared at him and spoke with anger in my voice.

"Know what Jake? I didn't expect anything from you, nothing more than a simple goodbye but then I should of guessed you would react like this because you always do when it comes to me not being around you. I came to say goodbye and I've said it there's nothing else to say."

I turned and started making my way to my truck when I got there I noticed he was still standing at his door, so I stuck my middle finger up to him and smirked getting into my truck and driving away, I got back to Charlie's, I walked in went to my room and grabbed my suitcases and dropped them at the bottom of the stairs. I walked into the sitting room where Charlie was sat and looked at him,

"Can you give me a lift to the airport? I need to leave now."

He nodded his head, got up grabbed his keys and my suitcase me grabbing the other one we put them both in the trunk of the cruiser. I got in the passenger seat while he got in the drivers side. Then we were on our way, not much was said between us, we were never ones for talking well Charlie wasn't so I just kind of adapted to him and it seems even with me leaving that wasn't about to change on his part. It was silent on the road, so it didn't take us long to get there, he pulled up to the drop off point and got out. I followed and grabbed my a trolley, where he loaded my cases onto it for me. We stood awkwardly for a moment before I leaned in and hugged him placing a kiss on his cheek.

"I'll phone you when I get off the plane, I love you, you know that right?"

"Yeah Bells I do, I love you too, I know you have to do this for you."

With that I left, I pushed the trolley to the ticket booth,

"Hi, I'm here to collect a ticket for Bella Swan, ticket number AB67589."

"Ok hun let's see."

She typed the number into the computer, then smiled and looked up.

"Do you have your passport?"

I took out my passport and handed it over, she checked it gave it back then printed off my ticket, she handed it over smiling at me.

"Have a nice flight hun."

"Thank you."

I then made my way over to sign in my suitcases, I gave over all the information, she did all that she needed to do and handed back my ticket and passport.

"Ok, your flight leaves in twenty minutes from gate 5."

"Thank you."

I nodded then walked off, making my way over to gate 5, I gave the man at the gate my ticket and passport once again and he thanked me and waved me onto the plane. Once I was sat in my seat after putting my passport in my bag and putting that into the overhead compartment I sat down and got comfortable I pulled out my cell, pulled up the messages to Clay,

To Clay: On plane now see you soon. X

To Bella: Ok princess, I'll be waiting this end to collect you. X

The inflight emergency information started so I turned off my cell and settled in, Charming here I come.