My name is Isabella Swan and I'm the daughter of Charlie Swan, Chief Swan for the good people. We were living in a small town that was hidden inside the forest between mountains that was called Forks. We were me, my dad and my grandmother. My mother had left me when I was twelve years old and I had never seen her since then.
The true was that she had tried to communicate with me but I didn't want to talk to her. Since she left I discovered that leaving she had left my father broken and me sick. I had a very rare disease. The disease was shared to stages. The first stage was shaking, shivers, headaches, vomits and fevers the second stage was to faint and then death. Fortunately the doctors had given me a medicine and I carried it with me all the time.
I had many friends. I was always with someone talking but I had only one best friend. Jacob Black my Jake. I was raised with Jake. His parents were best friends with my parents so I remembered him since I could remember myself. We shared everything together and we did everything together. He even had a room in my house and I had my own room in his house. He was older than me, a year or two and he was my protector. Unfortunately for me, that I was lonely, and fortunately for him, he was accepted in the most famous law school in New York and he was there two years now.
That exactly was my plan. To go to New York. However my passion was psychology. However he told me that we could still be at the same building though I would had to share a room with someone else. Ans that brought me here to Forks high school trying to focus back to the most boring class.
Finally the bell rung and I walked out of the class relieved and nervous. I had already send an application for the NY university and I waited anxiously their reply.
"Hey Bella" Mike Newton yelled and walked fast to me
Mike was my first crush. We flirted, we teased each other but nothing more had happened, something that I regretted. He was cute, a boy not a man but he had all the things that a boy should have and I was enjoying his company. He made me laugh.
"So tomorrow is the last time we will be here" he said and I smiled softly
"Yeah. It's kind of sad isn't it? We spend so many years and we won't see each other again" I said sighing
"We still have the prom Bells" he said blushing "I was wondering if you would like to be my date" he said too quickly
I smiled widely and nod "It would be my pleasure Mike really"
"Then it's a date" he smiled widely
I waved to him and walked out of the school feeling my anxiety to raise again. Tomorrow morning I would have to make the speech for the senior year and it was just not my thing... I hated to draw attention to me and I was being the shy girl that was blushing and losing my words when I was the center off the attention.
I arrived home and I opened out mail box and I found two letters.
I was alone I knew this. Every Monday my dad was going for fishing with Billy, Jake's dad and my grandmother was visiting her friends to play cards.
I turned on the tv and opened the letters. The one was from my mother but I didn't open it. Instead I threw it to the fireplace and turn my attention to the other letter and... I screamed in happiness and I started to clap my hands and dancing around the room. They accepted me!
I waited my dad and my grandmother to return home at night and when I told them the news they both hugged me and we decided to go out and celebrate with the Blacks.
The next morning I woke up and arrived early at school and met up with Harry. He was the school's caretaker. He was eighty years old but the principal kept him around because everyone loved him. Harry loved everybody and he never let us down.
"So my little swan is ready to leave?'' he asked smiling and a little disappointed
"I got my acceptance letter" I told him happily
"My sweet girl. Maybe the next time you will be here maybe I won't be" he told me
I felt sad with that thought and wrapped my arms around him and kissed his cheek "Don't talk like that Harry. I'll visit soon and I'll tell you everything about New York" I said trying not to cry
I was prepared to say goodbyes' but that one was the hardest.
The time passed quickly and we were all seated to our places. I got on the stage and smiled nervous. I had written a great speech but I pushed it away and I started telling everything I had in my heart.
"Hey. I remembered entering this building years ago nervous, scared, little. My dad was holding my hand and I could hear the doors making an awful noise, a creepy noise. Thing back to that day I can't but remember that I didn't want to come here and now I don't want to leave. Leaving this building we won't be children anymore but adults who will have to deal with real life.
Some of us will become doctors, lawyers, scientists, police officers, models, stars or maybe they won't become anything at all. Because that's the time that we will do crazy things, that we will fall in love, that we will meet people who will change our lives. It's the time to make dreams, to travel around the world, to stay up, partying all night. It's the time where we will try new things, the time we will live our lives. SENIOR CLASS OF FORKS HIGH SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS" I yelled and threw my hat to the air.
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"So you are leaving" my grandmother said as I zipped my second suitcase and put it next to my room's door
It was my last day at Forks. The prom...
Since the day I found out that I was actually going to New York I had changed. I took long walks through the forest, passing small shops saying goodbye to everything I knew. I always wanted to live but now I was not ready to leave.
That was my town. Here I had memories. My first ride with my new shinny bike, my first meeting with a new friend, my first flirt. my first kiss,my first boyfriend... I closed my eyes and a tear rolled down my cheek and my grandmother's arms were around me immediately comforting me.
"Hello ladies" Charlie got into my room and hugged me tightly
I curled into his hug and felt better immediately.
...
That night the prom was nice, Mike was amazing and I had a great time. However when it was time to leave I started shaking and Mike wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Don't cry Bells..." he begged
"I'll miss this, I'll miss everyone, I'll miss you" I told him wrapping my arms around his neck
He kissed my lips softly, tender and smiled "Something good to remember" he whispered "everything will be ok Bella" he said smiling, kissed my lips one more time and left me.
I walked towards my father's car leaving Forks High behind me and ready to begin my new life at New York.
