This is a new story I'm making. I'm listening to I'm A Survivor by Reba McEntire and it just came to me, this amazing idea for a story. So...here's the summary.

Summary: Bella Swan's husband, Edward Cullen was shot during a robbery in a bank in Seattle. She's stayed in Seattle to keep his memory alive but it's time she moves on and go somewhere besides the buzzing city, like a small town in Texas! Bella, her three kids, and her older brother move along with her into her great-grandfather's old farm. Bella decides to try learning to farm and care for animals, when she goes into town she meet she local cowboy Jasper Whitlock.

That's the summary, but I didn't include everything. Get ready to read the entire story, guys! I'm not going to give up on this story so quickly, read and review.

~O~

Chapter One

First Steps Into A New Life

"Mom? I got my stuff, do I put it in the truck or in the van?" my daughter, Kate asked.

I pondered on that but she would be riding with her uncle, "Van." I told her.

She nodded and ran out the front door, we were moving from our home in Seattle to Texas. My older brother, Emmett told me about this place out there that was once owned by our great-grandfather Vasilii. My dad told me that his father would take him out there sometimes to make sure he didn't get too use to living a life of luxury and so that he would realize that in life you had to work to get what you want.

Obviously, that was a good thing that Grandpa Swan did because that's how my dad met my mom.

Yes, my mom is a country girl and she lives out in Texas with her family right now. Dad and her weren't seeing eye-to-eye so they decided to split up, Mom met a man out there and they're happily married now. No more kids though.

Emmett is moving out there with us, he doesn't want me living on a farm alone. My brother can get a bit paranoid and he is very overprotective of me and the kids, he's their uncle anyways. Emmett's all about the muscle, big and burly, but he had his cute dimples and curly brown hair though there wasn't much working for him in his head.

I have three kids; Kate(15), Tanya(15), and Liam(17). Kate and Tanya are fraternal twins, they act different and look different. The only thing those two have in common would be their birthday day and that's about it, Liam doesn't bother with the girls too much and doesn't talk to anyone besides his girlfriend, Siobhan.

He's sad that he's leaving her here alone, but he promised to her that he'd come back during the summer when he's visiting my dad and visit her. I know that those two will work out the long distance somehow, I can see that they really do love each other. As a present from me to them, I bought them both webcams so they could use Skype to talk to each other every night.

There's only a two hour difference so that shouldn't really be a problem.

That's when I noticed Tanya was nowhere to be seen, that wasn't good.

"Tanya?" I called, walking around the house.

When I can't find her then that means she's probably out doing something to make either Kate or Liam mad, but mostly Siobhan. For some reason, she hates Siobhan. I don't know why because Siobhan is a very nice and polite young girl, she wasn't shy though which was perfect for Liam seeing as he was shy.

Opposites attract.

That's when I saw Tanya getting ready to dump Liam's paint all over Siobhan from the top steps, Liam was talking to Siobhan at the bottom of the steps.

"Tanya!" I shouted, not a good idea.

My shout startled her and she dropped the bucket of paint which landed directly on Siobhan's head, drenching her long red curls in green paint and staining her yellow dress. She gasped and her eyes widened, looking down at herself as Liam let out a furious yell and began chasing Tanya around the house.

At moments like these was when Liam came out to be the Liam none of us really knew making him completely foreign to all of us including myself. I walked over to Siobhan and brought her into the bathroom, she was wiping away a few tears as I began cleaning some of the paint from her face.

I sighed, "I'm sorry about this. I don't know what it is, Tanya's never really gone to such extreme measures before." I apologized.

She sniffled and smiled, "It's fine." she said softly.

Emmett offered to drive her home and Siobhan accepted, leaving before Liam really got a chance to kiss her goodbye. I stood in front of our house until the van disappeared, turning to Tanya and Liam with a frustrated look on my face.

Tanya stiffened, "Uh oh..." she mumbled.

"Uh oh is right! You are grounded for two months, how dare you do that Siobhan! She's been nothing but nice to you and then you go and dump green paint on her? What the hell is wrong with you? Did I do something wrong with raising you that you don't know how to treat a person?" I shouted.

I was so angry that Liam probably thought he was in trouble but he wasn't.

Tanya was crying, I wasn't going to deal with her little tears because Siobhan has cried way more than her.

"Just...go upstairs and grab your book bags, we're leaving the second your uncle gets back." I told them, storming into the house.

I ran upstairs and slammed my room door shut, sitting on my naked bed and rubbing my hand over it gently. Moving from this house was like I was leaving him behind, I looked at the picture that was poking out of one of the boxes and pulled it out.

My Edward.

He was killed three years ago when there were some men robbing the bank for money, Edward tried to be the super hero which only got him killed. I remember how broken the kids were, how broken I was. Kate was hurt the most. Her and Edward had a special bonding time where Edward would play the piano and let Kate sing, she loves singing and listening to Edward play the piano. She sings pretty good.

When she came home from school that day, she was so happy and she wanted to show Edward a song she wrote. Liam had gotten home early and he was sitting beside me on the couch, hiding his face in my shoulder. He never liked letting anyone see him cry, not even his own mother.

I couldn't tell her so Emmett did, Kate didn't cry and she didn't really speak for a good two months. The day she said something, I was in my bedroom putting away some of Edward's things. She came in and saw my hand reaching for his song book, she snatched it and glared at me.

This is Daddy's notebook! Don't touch it, please.

She was twelve.

Around the time of Edward's death, Tanya began acting a bit weird. She was taking out her anger on...Siobhan.

I smacked my forehead and groaned, "So that's what it is..." I said to myself.

Kate opened the door and looked at me, "Uncle Emmett is back." she said.

"Ok, I'll be there in a few minutes. Can you get your sister for me?" I asked.

She nodded and went off to fetch Tanya for me, I placed the picture in the box and shoved it to the side of the bed. I crossed my legs and played with my ring, waiting.

"Yeah?" Tanya asked, standing there with her arms crossed.

"Come in and close the door, I want to talk to you." I told her.

She did as I said and walked over to the bed, getting on and looking at me.

I took her hands and held them, "Are you...taking out your anger on Siobhan because of what happened to your father?" I asked her.

Tanya sat there for a few minutes before answering, "I'm just angry at him so I guess I am taking it out on her." she mumbled.

"Why are you angry at him?" I asked, a bit confused and curious.

For the first time in these long three years, I saw the old Tanya and she looked at me with a look of defeat sketched onto her flawless face.

"Because he tried to be the hero that day and I feel like he forgot that he had a family, if he hadn't done what he did...maybe he'd be here...with us." she said lowly.

I pulled her and held onto her, she was going to start crying because I could feel some of her tears leaking through my shirt.

"Your father loved you, Kate, and Liam with everything he had. He was the type of person who couldn't let a person get hurt without trying to help them, he did save that older woman." I explained to her.

She began to let her crying be known and sobbed into my chest, "But he was stupid! I miss him and I hate him for leaving us, I don't want to leave home with Daddy!" she cried.

I could feel my tears falling as I struggled to soothe her, "He didn't want to leave us. I know that if he could come back he would, he would've loved to see his girls graduate and go into high school. He would've loved to get to go to Liam's graduation and watch his son take his first steps into college, I know he would've." I whispered.

Tanya sniffled, "Really?" she asked.

"Of course, silly! You are his Tanny, right?" I asked.

She nodded furiously, "Yeah! I will always be his Tanny, Mom." she said.

"What I saw today wasn't Tanny, that wasn't the daughter your father and I raised." I told her.

Tanya sighed, "I know...I'm sorry, Mom. I was just angry at him and after Daddy died, Liam got a girlfriend and I feel like he forgot all about Daddy so I decided to try and break them up." she admitted.

"Liam misses him very much, Tanya. He just happened to find the love of his life around the time your dad passed away, he can't control it because it just happened." I said.

Her cheeks turned a light shade of pink, "Next time I see Siobhan...I'll apologize." she sighed.

"Good job, Tanya. Now go get your book bag and take it down to the van, we have to get leaving." I said.

She got up and ran out the door, leaving me in my room. I looked at the box one more time before picking it up, lugging it down the steps. Emmett was running around with Kate on his back, chasing Liam around the front yard.

I smiled and walked over to the truck, putting the box in the back. Tanya came down with her book bag and threw her bag next to Kate's in the back seat of Emmett's van. Liam tripped and Emmett jumped on him with Kate on his back, Tanya jumped onto Kate and I shrugged.

"What the hell." I said, jumping onto Tanya.

We all began laughing and I kissed Tanya's head before getting up, she grinned at me and took Kate's hand.

Emmett stretched, "Looks like we have to hit the road." he yawned.

I nodded and Kate look at me, "Do you have..." she trailed off.

"Yes, Kate. I would never leave them behind, you know that." I said, smiling.

She nodded and the girls ran over to the van, "See you there!" they shouted before hopping in the van.

Emmett chuckled and waved at Liam and I before getting in the driver's seat of the van, starting it. Liam walked over to the truck and slid in, I looked up at the house and sighed.

"I love you but...it's time I move on." I whispered, walking over to the truck.

The second I started the truck was the second I took my first steps into a new life.

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~Thalia