Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot and the work.

Hello again, I am back with a new story. It has been rattling around in my brain for a while now and I hope you enjoy it. I am posting this as Drama, but it will have a little bit of everything in it.

When we go into the past it will say Bella and then the age that she is living during the story.

Chapter 1: Forks

I was just putting the rest of the clothes away that I had been folding as I heard the doorbell ring. I shut the closet door and made my way downstairs to the front door.

I opened the front door with a smile and was suddenly engulfed in hugs by tiny arms.

"Grandma!" Garrett and Chelsea, my youngest grandchildren, yelled as they wrapped their arms around my waist. I leaned down and hugged them back.

"Give grandma some room." Nessie laughed. "Hi, mom." She said giving me a one armed hug as she came in the door.

"Hi, sweetie." I smiled.

Nessie set the bags down next to the door that she had been carrying. "Are you sure about this?" She asked for the hundredth time.

"I am more than certain." I answered.

Nessie and her husband Seth decided on going to France for a second honeymoon. As soon as I heard the news I offered, willingly, to take the kids while they are away.

"You say that now, but they can be a handful and you are here all alone." She said.

"That's what makes it the perfect time to have my grandbabies over." I said. "It's only a week, plus I love having them here."

Alec came in the door and started to walk by me.

"What, no hug and kiss for your grandmother?" I asked.

Alec huffed and looked out the door, probably to make sure no one could see him, then leaned in for a hug and kissed me on the cheek.

"Alec is too good to give a hug now a days." Nessie sighed. She hated the fact that her kids where growing up. I knew that feeling.

"Well, he is a young man now." I said.

"I'm sixteen, I'm practically an adult." He huffed.

"You could be sixty and I would still want a hug. You are never too old." I said. "Where is Jane?" I asked.

Nessie rolled her eyes and said, "She's on the porch. She's in a mood, boy trouble."

"I remember those days." I laughed as I elbowed Nessie playfully.

"Seth claims he's going gray because of her and boys."

"If your father was here, he would tell you, you caused him the same problem." I laughed.

"I wasn't as bad." She defended. "I have to get going if we are going to make our flight. Thank you for this, mom. You kids be good for grandma."

There was a chorus of 'we will's' as they ran towards there mother to give her a hug and kiss goodbye.

"What are we going to do, grandma?" Chelsea asked.

"Well, I have a lot of fun things planned, but I thought maybe we could start by making some cookies." I answered.

"Yay!" Garrett and Chelsea yelled as they ran towards the kitchen.

"Going to help us?" I asked Alec.

"Do I get to eat any if I don't help?" He asked skeptically.

"Nope." I smiled.

"Then I guess I will help." He said as he made his way into the kitchen.

I poked my head out of the front door and found Jane sitting on the porch swing. "We are going to make cookies; do you want to join us?"

"I will be in in a few minutes." She said looking up from her phone.

I walked into the kitchen to find all the kids sitting around the island in the center of the room. I pulled bowls, spoons, and the ingredients we would need out and placed them on the island.

Jane came in and joined us while we were preparing to cook and talking. Garrett and Chelsea were making fun of Alec for having a girlfriend, which they said was gross, but Alec denied having. By the way his cheeks were getting rather red, he definitely had a girlfriend.

"Tell us a story, Grandma." Chelsea said, smiling up at me.

"What kind of story do you want to hear?" I asked.

"Tell us how you met grandpa." Jane said.

"Well, to tell you that story, I should probably start at the beginning and tell you I came to live in Forks." I said while filling a measuring cup with flour.

"You didn't always live in Forks?" Alec asked.

"Oh, no." I said shaking my head. "I used to live in Florida.

"Really?" Garrett asked. "I like Florida, but I love Forks. I don't ever want to move away."

"When I was younger, I didn't ever want to come to Forks." I explained.

"Tell us the story." Jane said, sitting down on one of the bar stools, looking excited about hearing where I came from.

"Alright, well it was a long, long time ago…."

Bella-17

I sat in a chair getting my hair done while my mother was in the chair next to me getting the same treatment.

Today is her wedding day. She met Phil only three months ago and is getting married already. I thought it was way too soon, but according to my mother Renee, when you fall in love with the right person, there is no reason to take your time.

She's crazy; I think they are rushing it.

"I am so excited." Renee squealed. "Aren't you excited, Bella?"

"Not really." I answered honestly. "It's not me getting married."

"Well, of course not silly, but you are going to be in a wedding, and you are going to have a new step-dad." She said.

I smiled at her just to appease her, but I still had a bad feeling about this.

After our hair was done and make-up applied, we went to the small house that they were getting married at. We got into our dresses and waited for the ceremony to start.

"Oh, did I mention that your father is here?" Renee asked, as if she was discussing the weather.

"Umm, excuse me? No, you didn't mention dad was here." I said. "Why would you invite your old husband to watch you marry a new husband?"

I was extremely shocked and a little miffed that she would invite Charlie to her wedding. They only talk when it's necessary and has something to do with me. Charlie and I don't have the greatest relationship either. When they divorced when I was little, I went to live with Renee and refused to visit Charlie. We only saw each other when he came to see me, which wasn't often.

Renee waved it off like it was no big deal. "We can talk about it later." She said dismissing the conversation.

After a couple minutes the ceremony started. I walked out the backdoor of the house and onto the private beach that was housing the wedding and reception. I tried to give a genuine smile as I walked down the isle, but I still felt like something was wrong or something was going to go wrong.

I saw Charlie sitting in the back row. He looked uncomfortable and out of place, kind of like me. When he looked up and saw me looking at him he gave me a smile which I honestly returned.

Renee looked beautiful as she walked down the isle and met Phil at the end of it. They smiled at each other as they held hands. They kept there eyes locked on each other the entire ceremony, like they were the only two people there.

The wedding was actually really nice, and I was honestly happy for my mother. I still believed it was too soon, but I was happy for her.

While the reception was winding down Charlie made his way over to me.

"Hey, Bells." He said as he sat down next to me.

"Hey, Dad." I said.

Charlie was fidgeting with his glass. "It was a nice ceremony." He commented.

"Yeah, it actually was." I agreed.

We both sat there awkwardly, me looking around, him still fidgeting with his drink. Finally he broke the awkward silence and said, "Are you ready to go yet?"

"Ready to go where?" I asked.

"To get your stuff so we can leave." He explained.

"I don't know what you are talking about." I said.

Suddenly Renee appeared and said, "Crap, I was hoping to talk to Bella before you did."

"She doesn't know?" Charlie asked agitated. "Are you shitting me right now, Renee? Of all the low things you have done, this takes the cake."

"I was going to tell her, Charlie." Renee said defensively.

"How about somebody tell me what's going on?" I yelled.

Renee sighed and sat down next to me. "Charlie is here because you are going to go stay with him for awhile."

"What? Why?" I asked panicked.

"Phil and I are leaving for our honeymoon tonight." She explained.

"Yeah? You are going to be gone for a week." I said rolling my eyes. "I'm seventeen; I think I can manage for a week."

Renee looked nervous as she said, "Actually we are going to be gone for a year."

"A year?" I screeched, gaining a lot of attention by those still at the reception.

"I already have all of your things together and waiting for you." Renee said. "This is a good chance for you to spend some time with your dad before you head of to college."

"So, you're just throwing me away?" I asked.

"That's not it."

"That's exactly it." I yelled as I stood from the table. "I'm ready to go."

I walked away before the tears started falling and everyone saw them. I got into Charlie's car, which wasn't hard to find since it was the only Forks PD police cruiser, and waited for him to get done talking to Renee.

I couldn't believe this was happening. My mother was exiling me to dreary Forks, Washington, while she traveled the world. And to top it off this is going to be my senior year of high school. Starting a new school always sucks, but to do in your senior year was the worst.

Once Charlie was in the car we drove to the house where my mother was correct, my stuff was packed and ready for me. We loaded everything into the car and left Florida behind.

The car ride from Florida to Forks was long and quiet. Charlie tried apologizing for everything, but I told him it was fine. It wasn't fine, but I knew it wasn't his fault.

Once we made it to Forks I became even more depressed. It was raining like crazy. There were puddles of water that probably could be confused with small lakes. Everything was so green and over grown with trees and moss. I missed the sun already and I hadn't even gotten out of the car yet.

"This is your room." Charlie said as he opened the last door on the tour of the house.

I walked in and set my stuff on the bed and looked around the room. It was small, with a twin bed, a small desk, a window that was facing a huge tree, great view.

"I will let you get settled in and then we can go down to the diner and get some dinner." Charlie said.

"Yeah, alright." I agreed.

After putting my clothes away and storing my books and pictures on the shelves I looked around and sighed. I hated this.

I walked down the stairs and found Charlie sitting in his recliner watching TV.

"Got everything put away already?" He asked me.

"Yeah, I didn't have that much stuff actually." I answered.

Charlie stood from the chair and stretched before we headed out the door and back into the cruiser. Being driven around in a cop car was not going to be fun. Like I needed more of a flashing light saying 'New Girl'.

I looked out the window as we drove through town. There wasn't much to look at. There was a small supermarket, a sporting goods store, a bar, oddly enough a bowling ally, and of course the diner.

We walked into the diner and everyone said hi to Charlie as we sat down. The waitress, Cora, flirted with Charlie as we gave our order. Awkward.

"I know this isn't exactly what you had in mind for your senior year, and this isn't at all where you want to be, but I am really glad you are here, Bella."

"Thanks, dad." I smiled.

No, this isn't where I wanted to be, and this town is not my idea of nice, but I also know this wasn't Charlie's idea and I didn't want to take it out on him. For his sake and my sanity, I would suck it up and try to deal. After all it was only for one year…

Present

"Wow, your mom was so mean to you." Jane said flabbergasted. "I mean, she just shipped you off."

I chuckled as I put the rest of the dishes away. We made our cookies and cleaned up. The kids are eating there creation while listening to my story.

"I was upset with for awhile, but I eventually forgave her." I explained. "Actually, I ended up thanking her."

"Why?" Garrett asked. "If you hated Forks so much why would you thank her? I still don't know how you hated it."

I laughed again and said, "I love Forks now, but at first I hated it. And I thanked her because if she hadn't sent me to live with my father I never would have met your grandfather, we never would have had your mother, and she never would have had any of you. So, yes, I thanked her, because she did the best thing in the world for me."

"Now do we meet grandpa?" Chelsea asked excitedly.

"Yes, now we meet your grandpa." I smiled. "Lets get the table set and we will continue the story over dinner."

"Was it love at first sight?" Jane asked dreamily.

"Hardly." I snorted and made my way towards the dining room.

A/N: What did you think? Let me know your thoughts and if you want to read more. If so, I will see you again Wednesday.