Disclaimer: This was not, is not, and will never be MY story. I didn't write this or anything. from this line on, it will not be my writing. Enjoy!
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Chapter 1- Scent
"Bella!" Alice called from downstairs.
"Coming," I called back.
After I had been changed, we had just said that I had died from jumping off the cliff. Charlie had been sad for a long time. I had gone to visit him every night while he was sleeping.
One night when I was there, he saw me. I think that he thought he was dreaming. He said my name and I smile sadly, nodding slightly. And then, he went back to bed. He seemed to be happier after that, and I stopped visiting him every night. I still went every once and a while until he eventually died on the job about fifteen years after I had been changed.
I had gone to his funeral. And, if I could have cried, I would have. No doubt about it. Renee had come too, and I had to fight every urge I had to go and give her a comforting hug.
She had lost everyone that she loved-well, except Phil-and I could tell that it was just too much pain for her to handle. I knew that she was supposed to stay the whole week, but Phil took her back to Jacksonville the next day. She was a wreck.
It had been about five more years since then, and I had not seen Renee or Phil since.
So, I had moved in with the Cullen's because it was still hard for Sam to deal with my scent, and vise-versa. The Cullen's had told everybody that they were going out of Washington and moving somewhere in California. Carlisle had gotten a different job in a different state, and the rest of the Cullen's just stayed in their home.
My powers hadn't fully developed yet, and I only had one "power" so to speak... for now. Carlisle had told me that more would develop, and that that was a fact. So, I would gain more powers as I went on. He said that not everyone had more than one, but he had done a test with the blood still in my body, and somehow got that information out of my blood.
I could withstand the scent of blood and last a lot longer than the rest of them without drinking. The only problem was that animal blood didn't cut it for me.
I had tested that out for awhile, but never found myself fully satisfied until I had accidentally drank from a human. I had only drunk a little, but I found after that I was completely full. I went back to the Cullen house and told Carlisle and we had come up with the conclusion that animal blood was not going to cut it, and I would have to have human blood, but I did not need it too often.
"He's going to be here soon," Alice told me from down stairs.
"I know," I mumbled, knowing that she would hear me. "I know. Just give me a minute. If he comes than just distract him."
"Fine," I heard Alice say.
I sighed, and put on my denim halter dress from Macy's. And then put on some cute blue ankle boots also from Macy's. I had finally got used to the graceful walking, and I, only now, could muster up enough confidence to wear heals. (A/N: Both dress and shoes are in profile.)
I grabbed my purse and was about to walk out of my room (Edward's old one) when I saw my reflection in the mirror. I still had not gotten used to that part of the transformation. It was just so different.
My brown hair was not a dull brown color, but more of a dark chocolate color with caramel highlights. It was very shiny and it always looked like the sun was shining on it. My face was flawless, to say the least. I had no more worries of zits or pimples. My cheekbones were more pronounced now, and my eyes were the same gold color of Alice's with a tint of red from all the human blood that I drank.
