Chapter 1-Leaving

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters, Stephanie Meyers own them. I also, do not own some of the lines in this story.

A/N: First off, the first chapter is going to be a lot like Twilight at the beginning but there are a few different but not too much. So, I don't really want to get any reviews about how very similar it is to Twilight. I had a hard time starting this story and this was the only way I could start this. Next chapter will turn into my story.

Leaving Phoenix was one of the things that I didn't want to do, but it would make my mom happy. Not saying she hated me, it's just that she always felt sad because Phil, my step-dad, always had to travel because he's a minor league baseball player. Phil was always traveling while my mother and I had to stay behind in Phoenix. I didn't mind staying behind, but it was my mother who always wanted to go with him. So, I decided to go live with my father, Charlie, in a small town with a lot of rain but, that hardly gets any sun. That small town was Forks. Charlie was excited I was coming to live with him in Forks, even if it was just for the two years until I left for college. My mother, Renee, drove me to the airport, trying to get me to stay with her even though I knew she wanted to go with Phil. But it would be good for me to go to Forks and get some quality time with my dad.

My mother stopped the car at the airport. "Bella," she said while turning towards me "You don't have to go to do this. I don't mind staying in Phoenix with you."

"No mom, I want to go to Forks" I lied. Usually I was bad at lying but this lie was easier to believe since I had said it so many times to my mom. I said my last goodbye to her before I headed on flight 424 to Port Angeles, where Charlie was going to pick me up. When I found my row that was divided by the walkway between it, I noticed that the seat next to me was empty and I hoped that it would stay that way. I didn't want to sit by anyone who was loud and annoying. When it was time to depart the stewardess came by to check and make sure all of the overhead compartments were closed. Luckily, no one took the seat next to me, so I was able to have a whole row to myself. I ended up sleeping the whole way there and I was woken up by the flight attendant telling me we were about to land.

When we landed in Port Angeles, it was raining. After I got my luggage, I looked around to find Charlie next to his old police cruiser. I waved as I was walking towards him. He saw me waving and walked towards me giving me a one-armed hug. He wasn't very used to expressing his emotions too much, which I didn't mind. Charlie is the Chief of police in Forks, kind of felt nice, like I had my own personal body-guard, not that he looked like he could do much. What I did mind was having to be driven around town in his police cruiser. I had some money saved up and was planning on buying a car once we got to Forks. I didn't have a lot of bags since I didn't have a whole lot of clothes that I could bring with me to, because I had never needed many winter clothes. Until now.

On the way back to Forks, I figured out that Charlie had bought me a welcome home present; a 1984 Red Chevy Pick-up truck, bought off his friend Billy Black, who lives down in La Push. It was a good car for me. Now I could cross out finding a car for myself off of my list to do. The rest of the time we just talked about my life in Phoenix, and the friends I had there, though I didn't have a whole lot of friends. We eventually arrived at the house where, when Charlie and my mom were still married, we all lived. Charlie took my bags to my room, which faced the front yard. My bedroom was still the same as it had been when I was little. The only change was instead of a crib there was a bed and a desk had been added with a laptop. There was a rocking chair in the corner of the room by the door.

"Bells, don't go to bed too late," Charlie said in from the doorway. "Ok, Dad," I responded, starting to unpack. Charlie left the room to give me space. That's one of the things I liked about him, he didn't hover. By the time I was done packing it was already eleven. I plugged in the laptop Charlie have given me and picked out some clothes to wear tomorrow. After changing, I brushed my teeth and when I was finally done it was ten forty-five. I had a hard time sleeping, what with the rain pouring down. By two in the morning the rain stopped and I drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, I woke up to the sun shining into my bedroom. I looked outside, curious. The sun shone clearly in the cloudless blue sky. I took a shower, washing my hair with my favorite strawberry-scented shampoo. When I got out I noticed it was ten. I headed downstairs to find that Charlie had already left. I saw a note on the table addressed to me,

Bella,

I'll be home late from the station so, don't worry about cooking for me. I hope you have a good day.

Dad

After I read that note, the doorbell rang. I saw a cute, baby-faced boy with pale blond hair that was spiked up with some sort of gel. "Hi, you're Isabella Swan right?" he asked me.

"Bella," I corrected him. I didn't like when people called me Isabella because that was what my mom called me when she was mad at me.

"Hi, my name is Mike Newton. I live a few houses down and I wanted to welcome you to Forks." He said with a huge smile on his face.

"Um, hi," I said not knowing what to really say. Were people here really that outgoing? I was more introverted, not used to the extrovert.

"How do you like Forks so far?" he asked me, it was quite evident he was trying to start a conversation. I used it to my advantage.

"It's ok," I lied to him. The truth was that I hated Forks, I hated the rain.

"Hey, one of my friends is having a party and I was wondering if you want to go," he asked. I thought about it for minute, Mike seemed nice and I was sure his friends would be nice too.

"Sure, but let me ask my dad first. When is it?" I asked. "It's tonight around seven." He said waiting at the door. "Do you want to come in for a minute while I call my dad?" I ask him not wanting to be rude by letting him stand in the doorway.

"Sure," he said, with a big smile on his face.

I went into the kitchen to pick up the phone so I could call Charlie. It rang twice before he answered, "Hello, this is Chief Swan." he said.

"Hi dad, I was wondering if I could go to a party tonight?" I asked him, a little nervous. "Hi Bells. Whose party is it?" he asked. "Well it's a friend of Mike's party and he invited me to go and I wanted to know if it was ok with you." I said to him.

"Mike Newton?" he asked.

"Yeah, so is it ok?" I asked, hoping he would say yes.

"Sure, just be back at eleven," he said. I sensed a little shock in his voice that I'd made a friend so quickly.

"Thanks dad," I said to him, and then I hung up the phone. I walked towards the living room to where Mike was sitting.

"My dad said it was fine, I just have to be back at eleven," I announced with a smile. "Awesome," he said mimicking the smile I had on my face. "I have to go now but I'll be picking you up at six-thirty. Is that okay with you?" he said while getting ready to leave.

"That's fine, see you tonight," I said, walking him to the door.

"Bye, see you", he said walking out the door.

"Bye," I said.

Glancing at the clock, I saw it was only twelve so, I decided to check and to see if I had gotten any e-mails. I went into my room turned on my laptop and waited a few minutes for my computer to turn on. Once I got to my inbox, I saw I had a message from my mom. It was sent yesterday and, knowing her, she was going to send me another one in an hour and then call Charlie if I didn't reply. I quickly typed in a response.

After I finished answering to my mom's e-mail, I decided to go grocery shopping since I had noticed this morning while getting breakfast that we had virtually almost no food. I went into the kitchen and found a jar for grocery money and took some to shop, hoping to get at least a week full of food. I went into my new (well to me it's new) truck. When I started my truck up, the roaring of the engine made me jump.

"I don't know if I'll get used to that," I murmured to myself as I headed off to the supermarket.

A/N: That's the first chapter. Next chapter will be the party so, don't forget to Review. Also, I won't update as much as I did with my other stories because school is starting pretty soon and I'm a getting busy this week, getting ready for my classes. So, I don't know exactly when I'll update next, probably in a week or two.