Author's note: Here we go, this is my first ever attempt at Fan Fiction! I welcome any feedback or helpful advice you can give me as I am still really new to the whole world of Fan Fic, so please review! Also I am on the look out for a Beta so let me know if you are interested or how the process works.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of it's characters. I wish I did, but the very talented Stephanie Myer does =)

Songs for this chapter: The End - Linkin Park and Full Moon - The Black Ghosts.

As I drove across the border from Arizona into California I felt a mixture of sadness, relief and excitement.

If I was completely honest with myself I was relieved to be leaving Phoenix to start a new life in Seattle given the events of the past few months.

Sure, I would miss my Renee and Phil, my best friends Chelsea and Tara and the heat of the desert in the place I've called home for the most part of my life.

But this was a good decision, a new chapter in my life. I hadn't allowed myself to relive the events of the day I found out my boyfriend and best friend had betrayed me, but as I sped down the highway my mind started to drift…..

*Flashback*

"Can you believe it's the last day of lectures before exams! Second year has gone so fast" I exclaimed sitting down at a table in one of the many cafeterias on the University of Phoenix campus, next to two of my best friends, Chelsea and Tara.

"Sure has" Tara agreed, she stole a quick glance at Chelsea.

"What's up?" I asked immediately concerned.

"Ummmm" Chelsea said biting her lip, "We have something to tell you. It's probably just a rumour but we think you should know."

"What is it?" I asked curiously.

"It's about Brad" Chelsea blurted out.

I looked at them both feeling confused and a little worried, Brad was my boyfriend, we had been together for about a year and while I wasn't sure I would call him my soul mate, I did love him, or so I thought.

"Spit it out" I encouraged; they looked at each other then back to me.

"Bells you know we love you so please don't shoot the messenger, we had no idea at all that this was going on" Chelsea pleaded.

"I won't be mad Chels, please tell me" I begged.

"Brad's been cheating on you Bella" she whispered.

I froze, "with who?" I demanded.

"Sophie" Tara sneered.

I stared at them incredulously, "Sophie?" I asked, feeling sick to my stomach.

Sophie was one of my close friends, or so I thought. I'd known her since we were 5 years old when she moved down the street from me.

Chelsea nodded looking tearful, "Bells I'm so sorry, it might not be true, we overheard Cara and Jenny talking about whether or not they would ever tell you and go public and you know how notorious those two are for gossiping and getting the truth wrong".

True I did know that, and if it was a rumour regarding anyone else I would have immediately dismissed it as being a load of crap. However Cara and Jenny were best friends with Sophie and not to mention the fact that they were her room mates! Plus if I really thought about it Brad had been acting a little shady lately.

"Maybe you should talk to Brad first?" suggested Tara breaking my free of my thoughts, "Get the truth straight before you dwell on it too much".

"You're right, I should" I said trying to hold it together.

"We'll come with you" Chelsea said, "That is if you want? We wouldn't let you go alone".

Tara nodded in agreement "how about we meet at your place after our last lecture and we will drive you over to Brad's to get the story straight. Plus we can beat him up for you if you like?" Tara always knew how to make me laugh even in the most horrible of situations.

"Thanks guys" I said wiping away a few tears that had managed to escape.

Later that afternoon

As we pulled up outside the apartment Brad shared with his friends I began to feel sicker than before as I realised I was about to find out if my boyfriend had committed the ultimate betrayal.

"Stay strong babe" Chelsea said wrapping her arm around me, "Do you want us to come in with you or wait in the car?"

"Come in with me please" I begged.

"Sure" said Tara grabbing my hand and guiding me to the front door.

I knocked and a few moments later Brad opened the door. "Hey beautiful" he greeted me.

Chelsea muttered something under her breath that sounded like cheating bastard and Tara practically growled at him.

"Hey Chels, Tara" he offered looking confused when he saw the angry expressions on their faces. "Come on in" he told us holding the door open wider.

"So, what do I owe the pleasure ladies?" he asked.

"Listen Brad, can we talk alone, perhaps in your room?" I asked nervously.

"Sure" he said with a wink.

"Pig" muttered Tara.

"I won't be long" I said over my shoulder to the girls.

"Take your time Bells" said Chelsea, "We'll be right here if you need us".

Brad walked into his room and shut the door after me, "What did you wanna talk about?" he asked.

"I need you to tell me the truth" I said angrily.

"About what?" he asked still confused.

The look on his face just made me even angrier, how could he play dumb when he knew exactly what I was talking about. "A rumour I heard today, I want to know if it's true".

He blanched; "Okay" he said sounding guilty as all hell. Finally he had cottoned on.

"Have you been cheating on me?" I demanded, "and with one of my friends no less?" I questioned standing in front of him with the arms folded across my chest.

"I never meant to hurt you Bella" he said dejectedly looking at his feet.

"So it is true then, you have been sleeping with Sophie?" I asked, I could feel the anger bubbling up inside me, getting stronger. I was a little surprised by that, I was expecting to feel devastated. In fact I had been waiting for the water works to start and the feeling of betrayal and rejection to hit.

"Yes, but I never meant for it to happen."

I looked at him with disbelief; "I'm guessing that means it wasn't just a one off?"

"No" he admitted, "I'm sorry Bella, so sorry!" he said, "I wasn't sure what to do, I love you Bella and I don't want to end things but it's complicated with Sophie…"

I cut him off "You can't have it both ways Brad" I scoffed, "And what do you mean by its complicated?"

"There's something I should probably tell you before you hear it through someone else" he said.

"Well it's a bit late for that!" I exclaimed.

"Bella, Sophie she's pregnant" he blurted out.

Of all the things I imagined him saying this was not one of them, I was in total shock staring at him with my mouth open wide. "What the hell?" I spat, "and you're the father, oh this is just perfect" I muttered more to myself than him.

"Yes" he muttered.

"Well this is just great, you know what Brad, you and Sophie deserve each other. I'm done, we are through!" I told him before storming out of the room.

*End of Flashback*

After that day I threw my self into studying for my exams, determined not to think about what happened. I felt angry more than anything else, at them for betraying me and at myself for not seeing what had been right in front of me.

It was hard to not dwell on it, it seemed more people I considered to be friends knew about Brad and Sophie than I had expected.

I had never been more thankful for weeks packed with late night studying and back to back exams so I didn't have to listen to people whispering about what happened.

Once exams were over Renee, my mom and Phil my step father announced that Phil had been offered a job in Jacksonville, Florida and were considering a move there.

Renee was reluctant to leave me considering what I'd been through, even though I'm 20 years old and more than capable of looking after myself I had to repeatedly tell her.

It was perfect timing really; I had been tossing up for weeks what to do, to stay and pretend that Brad and Sophie don't exist or to leave.

I made my decision a day later when Alice and Rosalie called me; Allie and Rose are my best friends, like sisters really. We became fast friends when we were younger when I would stay with my father Charlie every summer in a small town called Forks, the town from which my mother left with me when I was just four years old.

When I was fifteen and Mom married Phil I moved to Forks for a few years to give them time alone before returning to Phoenix when I graduated high school.

During those years Alice, Rosalie and I became very close, we stayed in touch when I left and visited each other as often as we could. Which lately had been all that often and that made me feel more than a little guilty.

Alice and Rosalie had the perfect solution to my dilemma, a spare room in an amazing house that Alice's parents had bought for the girls to live in while studying.

The choice was easy, so Seattle here I come!