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A/N: For this story Eclipse and Breaking dawn never happened. Bella never jumped of the cliff, so the Cullen's never came back. The pack caught Victoria. I also made Jake, Quil, and Embry the same age as Bella (18). Paul, Leah, Jared (19). Sam (20) Seth, Brady, Colin (16). Also this in not beta'd so all the mistakes are mine.

Prologue

The shrill sound of her cell phone ringing bounced around the cab of the truck. Bella squeezed her hands tighter on the steering wheel, her knuckles turning white. As soon as the cab fell silent, she released her hands and took a deep breathe. Her eyes flickered to the black duffle laying in the seat next to her. She was making the right choice, she had to leave. She couldn't stay in Forks anymore. It held to many memories, memories that she just couldn't deal with. She noticed a white corner that appeared to a piece of paper sticking out of the side pocket.

She leaned across the cab, as soon as her fingers grabbed the edge she knew it was a picture. Flipping it over she froze, her breathe caught in her throat, her eyes grew blurry. It was them, the whole pack, hanging out on first beach. It was one of the few times she could remember them all being together, all happy, before everything got so screwed up. Before she screwed it all up again. Her eyes scanned across all the smiling faces before landing on his.

She stared at his black hair, tan skin, black eyes. Her eyes closed as her head fell back on to the seat. She could feel his warm hands on her side, taste him on her lips, and smell him all around her. For a moment her resolve broke, she wanted to go back. She wanted to turn around and have faith that it would all work out. She wanted to go back, wrap her arms around him and never let him go.

The sound of her phone flooded the cab of her truck again. She opened her eyes to glance down at the screen, as soon as she saw his name the tears fell from her eyes. She knew that if she answered he would talk her into coming back. He would tell her that everything was going to be ok. He would forgive her. He would fight for her. She looked back at the picture in her hands, running her thumb over him. They were all so happy now, carefree. They looked like the group of kids that they were, not the protectors of the tribe with the weight of the world on their shoulders.

She couldn't answer. She couldn't go back. She couldn't take that away from them, they deserved to be happy, and they deserved to be carefree. He deserved more, he deserved his family, his pack. She couldn't take that from him. She took a deep breathe, she was making the right choice. Sure it would be hard on all of them but in the end it was better than her staying there. It was better than her tearing them apart again. She couldn't do that, she wouldn't do that, not again. She clipped the picture to her visor to remind her why she was leaving. To remind her she was doing the right thing.

She wiped the tears from her cheek before starting her truck. She took another deep breathe before inching the truck to the edge of the gas station parking lot. She flicked her blinker, to make a left a turn when her phone started screaming again. Without looking at who it was she reached over pushed the button the, watching the screen go black before dropping it back to the seat Charlie knew where she was going and that was all the matters. Pulling out of the parking lot she headed towards the I- 90E, towards her new life.