A/N:- Well here we are again, you know I said I had 3 stories started and wanted to finish them? Well this is none of them, I sat down to reread what I'd written and continue at least 1 of them, but this happened instead x Alexis

Bella never came to Forks for high school cause it was Charlie who remarried not Renee and her stepmother made Cinderella's look good.

Bella really didn't want to do this or be here, don't get me wrong she did love her dad, but with no one else to deal with Charlie and the wicked witch of the west's effects, it fell to her and her alone. She, the aforementioned witch, had no children of her own and sure as hell didn't want Bella around when she and Charlie were alive. That woman was so god damn jealous of what little a relationship she had with her dad, they had married during the second half of Bella's junior year in high school, on October 19th and Charlie had to fight tooth and nail just to have her in the wedding party. Having an eighteen-year-old stepdaughter was not something 'Candy' wanted, it made her feel old she said.

Everyone knew she married Charlie for the money, he'd come into an inheritance and she was on him like a fly on shit, from that moment on, but Bella's great uncle Jonathon was no one's fool, his will stated that if anything happened to Charlie the money, businesses and properties went to Bella, by passing his new wife altogether. Charlie would only be able to live off the interest unless he became head of the publishing house of 'Swans, Flight's of Fantasy', but Charlie was a cop and had no interest in the business, Bella, on the other hand, had been groomed from childhood to be the woman at the top.

So here she was aged twenty-five, future head of a large national company, also the majority stockholder now, but she had had to work her way up through the business, so she could do and understand every job not matter how small. Working in the Phoenix branch every summer full time to learn the ropes, but during school only on Saturdays in the copy room. When she went to college she had worked in the head office in Seattle, even though Charlie didn't live that far away he either came to see Bella, not the other way around or they met in La Push, at the Blacks house. Charlie's closest friend Billy lived there and Candy didn't care for him either, and well Bella in truth didn't care for Candy, so was quite happy about that.

The reason she was now there in 'Forks' was that they had both been killed outright by a drunk driver shooting a red light in Port Angeles, where they had been out to celebrate their wedding anniversary a week ago. The funeral was over and the sale of the house was pending, but some minor technicalities said she had to be a resident of Forks to deal with some of the paperwork, red tape and zone laws were talked about. So Bella took bereavement leave from work and brought some proofreading with her and a couple of new manuscripts as well. It was late October and it was beautiful there in fall, but she was really a city girl at heart now, needing 'Starbucks' close by, wanting more than a choice of two for takeout, it was primitive she thought, but the diner did serve awesomely unhealthy food and Bella loved it.

Deputy Sherriff Lee had asked her to attend his taking over as the Chief, usually the widow would do this, handing on the baton so to speak, so she agreed. That's where she first saw them, not one but seven vampires in Forks, dear god, had Charlie known? Did Billy know? Bella made an excuse to head for the ladies and text Billy Black her father's long time friend from 'La Push' the local reservation, 'Did you know there were 7 vampires in Forks? Bella'she was washing her hands when the reply came back 'Unfortunately yes! They are the Cullens, animal drinkers, they have a long-standingtreaty with the tribe, Quill told you about it! Billy' Okay then, 'I'll phone you, no I'll come visit after Deputy Sherriff Lee's swearing in! Bella', well hells teeth, whatever next. These were not the first vampires she'd met, but the ones from before were red eyed ones, human drinkers.

Flashback

Bella was about eleven and was wandering about Phoenix with Renee, her mother looking for Halloween decorations last minute of course because that was Renee all over when her mother had insisted they take a short cut, big mistake. They were halfway down this alley when out of nowhere a godlike man with red eyes appeared, but as he got close to them, Bella saw nothing but pure evil. He was spouting on about Renee being his singer and if he wanted to savour her then Bella had to go first and he grabbed her arm and started to bite down, So shocked she shouted out 'No' and thrust her other hand forward and time stood still. I kid you not she was standing fully awake and moving but the vampire and Renee were stood stock still. Bella had stopped them in their tracks.

Managing to wrench her arm free and although it nipped a bit it seemed alright, just holes where his teeth had broken the skin and nothing else, she was sure then that she had been lucky, he was going to kill her and obviously drink from that arm. Just then another one skidded round the corner and Bella raised her hand again, so it was just a localised stopping of time, she thought as she was about to stop this one too. "Whoa, there Suga'! I'm after him not you and your mamma!" he yelled and Bella believed him, telling him what the frozen one had said and shown him her arm. "Can I come closer little one? I need to see if he left any venom in there! I promised not to hurt you" this new vampire said, because what else could they logically be.

Bella had nodded and the guy had walked slowly up to the two humans and one vampire, taking her arm gently he checked it over and though the skin was punctured there was no venom in the wound. He got one whiff of her blood and groaned internally, 'Shit, Fuck, Damn' he thought to himself, fate was a fucker and no mistake. This little girl was his destiny and he was gobsmacked. "Well, little ducking it's okay! But that's a scar you'll carry for a long time!" he muttered and she looked at him quizzically, "I'm not an ugly duckling!" she said adamantly, "I'm a beautiful swan!" He laughed and told her one day she most certainly would be. "No! I am already, that's my name stupid! Isabella Swan! My friends call me Bella!"

Well god damn he thought, she's smart and sassy already, perfect for him, he'd just have to wait and time was something he had plenty of. "Alright Miss Bella, how long can you hold them like that?" he asked, "I don't know that's the first time I've ever done that before!" she told him and he cringed, "Turn your back sweetie and cover your ears, I have to take care of this bad guy!" he instructed her and when she complied he ripped the asshole apart and tossed him in a dumpster throwing in a match, purple smoke flared up and died quickly.

Checking he was fully gone, then turned back to Bella asking where their car was and she said that they lived locally and had walked. "My name is Peter, Bella! I'm going to carry your mamma, then when your back at the house, you'll have to unfreeze her and tell her she had a bad dream okay Suga'!" Bella nodded as Peter picked up Renee and carried her as he followed Bella, home. It wasn't far and it wasn't much, but it was clean, tidy and quite methodically laid out. Peter watched Bella as she organised everything around the flat and had him put her mother into her bed. It was obvious to him who ran this little family and it wasn't the grown up.

"I'm not sure how to wake her, Peter!" Bella said in a small voice and he wanted to hug her and tell her everything would be fine. Once he'd found out how she'd stopped time for Renee, he suggested she just hold out her hand again and say 'Wake or Start or even Go'. Before he left Bella, he gave her his cell number and told her anything she ever needed, money, to talk, just anything to call him. He also said every year on this date he would come check on her and make sure everything was going well for her.

So he waited on the fire escape as Bella roused her mother, he nodded to her and left and true to his word every year Peter appeared and spent the day with Bella, each time it got harder for him to leave her, this was his forever and he truly loved her, needed her and as she got older wanted her. Bella, on the other hand, had gone through all the phases first, friend, confidant, crush and around about her twenty-first birthday she admitted to herself she loved him. But thought he would never reciprocate so held her tongue.

End Flashback