Okay, so, this is a repost of a story that I started a while ago. I was broken hearted that I could not finish it. But now I have a second chance and a wonderful beta, MoMo16, to make sure I stay on task. So thanks Momo, love you lots. This chapter is dedicated to you.

One

Angela:

Another mundane day in the life of Angela Weber. You would think that seeing as it's my senior year I would be more exciting or something, but, living in Forks the most excitement I could hope for is if the diner offered a new dessert choice. Just five more months and I can get out of this Podunk little town and finally start living. I am supposed to be starting UW in the fall but I just don't think I can bring myself to do that right now; I have no desire to spend another four years in another class room. I need a break, maybe explore the world?

My parents would never agree of course but what could I expect from a Preacher and his wife? They wanted their little girl safe and sound in some all girls dorm getting a good education and waiting until I am married to discover that there is more to life then studying. It's kind of a contradiction really. If I wait 'til I'm married then how the hell am I suppose to meet the person I am suppose to marry. Oh yeah, they got that avenue covered as well. They have my future husband all picked out, so the day I turn twenty one they can just start planning the wedding. Never mind the fact that he is as boring as drying paint and I'm not even a little bit attracted to him. No, that isn't important. What is important is that he is following in my father's footsteps and will probably lead the church with my father when he is done with Seminary school. That's why this wedding is on hold because he has to finish his own education as well.

Well I had news for my parents. I had no intention of being Mrs. Daniel Stergess and going away to UW in the fall. I have saved up quite a bit of money working at the library in Port Angeles for the last two years behind my parents back. It wasn't hard. My parents loved the fact that I was so studious and had no problem lending me the car so I could drive to the library four days a week and on the weekends, it was just a matter of taking a cab there while my parents were out. I took my twin brothers with me on Saturdays and sat them in the children's section for five hours and I was fine.

My plan was set, the school schedule was all prepared, so when they drop me off with my two suitcases on UW campus I could play it off as enjoying the college scenery until they left, then I planned to march right up to registration Monday morning and dis-enroll myself. I would lose my scholarship and financial benefits; however, I really didn't care at the moment. I would figure out how to pay for school later, besides there is always financial aid. Anyway, that is another problem for another day.

I planned to leave a letter in my room for my parents to find after I am gone. By the time they discover it, I will be on the plane to Italy, my first stop in world travel. I know that after this little stunt I can never return home and I had no plans too, which is why I had to plan this very meticulously. There is enough money to backpack it for one year then after that I will be settling down back in Seattle, I don't want to go too far away to live in hopes my relationship with my parents is salvageable.

The Reverend and his missus, will be crushed and I hate doing that to them. Despite all that is going on I do love my parents but I just can't live by their rules anymore. Honestly, I can say that I will miss my brothers, Jonathan and Jamie. I love those two like they were my own and I wish there was a way I could still be around them through all this but I know it won't be possible so I have accepted that after this I may have to disappear from my family's lives forever. It may sound dramatic but with my parents that is a very big possibility.

I have already taken my first steps to my plan. I broke up with my boyfriend of one year, Ben Cheney, I care about him a lot but I knew it wouldn't be a forever thing with us. He was dead set on going to school, getting a job and raising a family. He wanted the carbon copy life and I didn't. I don't want the tradition; I want something else, something more. So after much consideration we ended things. This part of the plan was good for a few things, one, since we weren't together he didn't need to know my plans for after graduation and two, my parents were happy that I wasn't letting my relationship with him get too serious. Like I said, they had separate plans for my life then I did.

I looked up at the clock and saw that I only had ten minutes left until I clocked out for the day. With a sigh, I wheeled the shelving cart back to the front of the library and left it, I rushed to a computer so I could check my email. Pulling up my free account I checked to see that I had two from Ben, he still wants to be friends, one from Jessica, I deleted that without even checking, and one from Lauren. Now that one was unexpected. I hardly ever talked to her. Reading through it quickly, I saw that she was asking me if I completed the term paper, we were suppose to work on over the weekend. I rolled my eyes. She is asking me about a term paper… seriously?

Again, I deleted it and was just about to close out when I got another email. It was from Bella Swan. That one made me smile. I was relieved to hear from her after so long, she has been totally shattered since the Cullens left.

I hoped this meant that she was finally healing.

Dear Angela,

Big surprise hearing from me, right? I know I haven't been acting much like a friend lately but it's been really hard for me. I want to tell you that I am feeling a little better about things and I was hoping we could get our friendship back on track.

There is just one more thing I have to do that will help give me closure and I was hoping that you would come with me. I know I have no right to ask but I could really use the support for it. Please say you will come.

Give me a call tonight and I will explain everything.

Your friend,

Bella.

My smile widened, I was ecstatic to spend some time with Bella. I have missed her so much in the last few months. She was the one true friend I had found here, I hurried to print out the email and raced off to clock out and grab the boys. The cab was waiting as we walked down the stairs, boys settled in the back and I took the passenger seat.

The ride wasn't very long but long enough for me to become anxious and wonder what it could be that Bella wanted me to do with her. When we pulled up to the house I jumped out, unbuckled the boys and we went in. I sent them straight to their rooms while I cleaned; I had to make sure to do my choirs before the wardens came home. I had just finished folding the last of the laundry when I heard the door open.

"Angela?" my father's voice called.

"Yes dad?" I asked coming into the hall from the kitchen. There was to be no yelling in the house. This is a good rule if you don't have two five year olds running around.

"Your mother and I will be out this evening, visiting the sick. Are you capable of getting supper prepared for you and your brothers tonight?" he asked in a stern and proper voice.

I forced myself not to growl at his condescending tone. "Yes, I am sure I can find something for us."

"Alright. We should be back by ten tonight. You have permission to wait up for us but the boys are to be in bed by 8:30. Understand?"

"Yes I understand." I answered then thought. "Oh dad… Bella Swan asked me to come over tomorrow. Is it okay?"

He stood staring at me for a moment in thought. I waited patiently. Just eight more months and then I can leave this God forsaken place.

"I suppose that is alright. You should spend some time with your friends, but that means you attend both services next Sunday, understand? No exceptions."

"Yes, sir. Thank you, sir." I nodded vigorously. He nodded once curtly before turning and walking back out the door. I practically jumped in circles at the freedom I would be enjoying tomorrow. Maybe I could spend the whole day with her tomorrow.

The rest of the night went slowly; the boys ate grilled cheese and tomato soup and I made myself a sandwich. Then let them watch a half hour of television before putting them to bed, which took an hour in itself. You try getting two five year olds to go to sleep when the sun is still shining through the window.

Now, it's nine o' clock and I am settled onto the couch watching a recap of ANTM with phone in hand. I anxiously dial the number that I haven't used in months and wait. After the third ring it's answered.

"Hello?"

My heart broke, she sounded so hurt and depressed.

"Hi Bella, its Angela. I got your email." I answered excitedly.

"Oh Angela, hi. Thank you for calling. I thought maybe it was too late for us to salvage our friendship."

"Oh no. You can't get rid of me that easily." I giggled and heard a strained laugh on the other end. "So what are we doing tomorrow?"

"Oh, well I know either of us are nature people but I was hoping you wouldn't mind going on a hike with me. I'm looking for this particular place and I could really use the company if it's not too much trouble."

"No, no trouble at all. What are you looking for?"

"It's a place I use to go with E…him before he left. Just this meadow that he found. I wanted to go and say goodbye one last time. I think I need to finally let him go." She sounded so pained as she said it and I noticed that she cut herself off before she could say his name.

"I would love you go with you. Don't feel bad about what you are going through. Breakups are hard and if this is what you need, then I will support you one hundred percent. So, what time are we leaving?"

"Thanks Ange, this means a lot to me. I was thinking we could leave early, maybe ten o' clock and then maybe spend the rest of the day vegg-ing out at my house. Maybe we can pick up a gallon of ice cream and some sappy love stories on the way back."

"Oh and don't forget the pizza. Nothing says comfort like a gooey cheesy mess." I giggled and heard her do the same.

"Of course, so I will swing by and pick you up at ten and we can be on our way."

'Sure thing Bella. See you tomorrow."

"See ya." She sighed hanging up. I felt bad for her but I will help her get through this. Tomorrow will be a new leaf for the both of us.

Emmett:

I struggled not to break the new controller in my hands but it was a hard feat. Right now I was so angry that it was taking all I had not to growl. I know Jasper could feel my emotions and I felt bad for putting this on him but it couldn't be helped right now.

Rosalie was getting to everyone right now; everyone was mourning the loss of our sister, daughter, mate and she was running around without a care in the world. She doesn't seem to care that our brother was going through the ringer right now or that our family was hurt by Bella's death. No, to her Bella was nothing more than a nuisance, just a human. To me, she was my little sister who I couldn't protect and it was killing me that she was gone now.

Esme couldn't stop dry sobbing, Carlisle no longer smiled, Jasper was carrying so much guilt that his eyes were a constant inky black now, no matter how much he hunted and Alice was just a shell now. She stopped shopping, stop being excited, it's almost like we lost her as well. But worse off was Edward. I know he always thought he could always go back to her and now that wasn't an option. Now, he sits in his room in a corner playing the same song over and over again, Bella's Lullaby. Our family was falling apart. It took both me and Jasper to stop Edward from heading to Italy to off himself. But he knew that would only add to our despair. We can't lose you too bro. we love you and we want to help you. Whenever you are ready I will be here, to listen, Edward. I thought to him.

"Thanks Em." He whispered back over the music. Two minutes later I heard a banging on his door. I sighed knowing what was coming next.

"Damn it, Edward can you turn off that fucking music. You have been playing it for two weeks now. Get over it, she's gone." Rose growled. Edward snarled at her through the door. I was split between protecting my wife and letting it be. She was wrong in how she was acting but there was no telling her that. I stayed where I was continuing the game that I was playing. "I don't know what was so special about that pesky human anyway." She grumbled stomping down the stairs.

Crack.

The sound of two things, one being the controller in my hand and the other being the sound of Edward's door being torn off the hinges and he raced down here, growling the whole way. I muttered under my breath before grabbing Rosalie and pushing her behind me.

"Edward, I know you are upset and Rose was wrong for what she said. But you know I am not going to let you get to her so calm down bro. I don't want to hurt you." I told him soothingly. In a flash Alice and Jasper were down stairs to see what was going on. Jasper grabbed a hold of Edward and ran him outside. Alice glared furiously at Rose before turning and heading back upstairs.

"I don't know why you stopped him. It's about time he got over it already, it's been months." Rose grumbled and I snapped.

"For fuck sake Rose, can you just shut the hell up for once? Do you have to be a complete bitch all the time?" I growled. She looked shock for all of ten seconds before she was fuming but I didn't care. I was tired of her attitude.

"Don't you talk to me like that Emmett McCarty."

"No, it's about time someone talked to you like this because for some reason you seem to think that your feelings are the only ones that matter. You may not have like Bella but we loved her and your attitude about her death has been disgusting. You're not the only one in this house Rosalie. Would it kill you to have some consideration for the rest of us and how we are feeling?"

She huffed and turned away; I gave up and ran out to catch up with the guys. There was no reasoning with her any more. I don't know what happened but lately I have just been feeling like that connection we had between us has dissolved. We are barely hanging on by a thread right now. Honestly, I don't know how to fix it, no, that's not true; I don't want to fix it.

After a couple of minutes, I caught up to their scent and the sound of falling trees. Jaspers back was to me and his shoulders were shaking in what looked like laughter.

"Hey Jazz, what's going on?" I asked standing next to him. I saw a blur running from tree to tree creating a new clearing. "Is that Edward?"

"Yeah. I told him it would be better to let his anger out here instead of on Rose, so he's been clearing the forest for the last five minutes. He should be about to crash about….now." Jasper answered and just as he said Edward stopped, let out a loud strangled cry and fell to his knees.

Jazz and I reached him at the same time, both placing a hand on his trembling shoulders.

"I shouldn't have left her, I should have stayed. I did this to her. She killed herself because of me." he sobbed.

"Do not blame yourself for this Edward. You did what you thought was best, none of us could have predicted this reaction, not even the pixie." I joked. "This is not your fault Edward."

"Emmett's right Edward. There is no way you could have known this would happen; you can't beat yourself up for it."

"What do I do now? She was my everything. As long as she was alive and happy I could survive being away from her. But what do I do now that she is gone? She was my reason for existing and she's gone." He sobbed.

We both took a side and hugged him. I could feel the calming vibes and brotherly love Jazz was sending out and it helped to sooth our fallen brother.

"Edward, I'm no good at this you know that, but you know we all loved her. She was our little sister and we miss her like crazy. I can't even begin to understand the pain you are going through right now brother but you have to know that we are all here for you. We all want to help you get through this. Let us help you Edward." I sighed. I hated that I lost my sister but I couldn't lose my brother as well.

"Thanks Em. Sorry about before. I shouldn't have tried to attack Rose, the things she was thinking about my Bella…"

"I know man. I was torn myself between attacking her and protecting her, her behavior is horrible." I shook my head and sat down next to him, Edward snorted.

"You could never attack Rose. We are incapable of hurting our mates, you know that."

"Oh yeah." I showed him the thoughts that went through my head as soon as Rose opened her mouth these days. His head snapped up and looked at me, he opened his mouth to speak when we heard more then saw Alice come flitting towards us at top speed.

"Edward! She's alive. She's alive, Edward. Bella's alive." Alice screamed at us. We all jumped up and Edward sprinted to her grabbing her small shoulders and shaking gently.

"When Alice." He demanded his body tense for action, I felt the adrenaline rush through me waiting for the word go. I just knew that we would be doing something soon, I just didn't know what.

"In the next couple of days, we have to hurry. You, Jazz and Emmett are going and we will be waiting here for you to return with them." Alice told him.

Wait… them?

"You have time to pack a bag for a few days, it will take that long to get her off your trail and then you will bring them back here. I will have Esme set up their rooms. Go now."

Edward took off for the house with all of us following closely behind.

"Alice what's going on? Is Bella ok? And who is they?" Jasper asked all the questions that I wanted to know the answer to.

"Bella will be fine once you all get there. She's alive, Jazz. My sister's alive." Alice giggled practically skipping to the house.

I couldn't stop the smile that spread over my face. My little sister was alive, I raced straight upstairs and into my room. I had tunnel vision right now, my thoughts focused on getting going so that I could see my sister. I wouldn't rest until I could hug her and feel that she was okay. I pulled out a duffel bag and started packing whatever my hands landed on. I could hear Alice giving the details of what was going on as she packed for Jasper.

Victoria. I growled lowly. I forgot about that bitch. I would rip her head off personally before I let her touch my little sister; I started shoving things in faster, trying to hurry. The faster I packed, the sooner we could leave.

"Come on, Emmett get a move on. We need to leave now." Edward bellowed as I heard him noisily stomp down the stairs.

"Alright, I'm coming." I yelled back zipping up my bag and heading out the door. I was stopped by Rose standing in my way.

"Where do you think you are going?" she asked. Her arms folded across her chest, studying her nails.

"To help Bella." I said standing right in front of her.

I didn't want to move her but I would.

"Oh, no you don't. You are staying right here, we need to talk." she said forcefully. I know most people think that I yield to Rose, that she wears the pants in our relationship. To be honest I don't really have a problem with that image. I'm not one to let little things like that get to me. I like to believe I am more laid back then that. However, right now I had no patience or time for her shit.

"I don't have time for this Rosalie. I am going to help my sister, either move or be moved." I growled.

"Emmett." Jasper called.

"You wouldn't dare. You are staying here Emmett McCarty, I'm your wife, your mate and I say you are not going to help the little bitch."

I saw red. That last thread of connection we still had was severed in that moment. I was raised to never hit a woman and I wanted to respect that but at this moment I didn't see a woman, I saw a threat to my family and I wanted to eliminate it.

Before I could move, Rose was snatched out the way and was held up against the wall by my pixie of a sister, her hand on her throat.

"Go Em, I will take care of her." Alice growled. For as little as Alice was and as light hearted you wouldn't really see her as a threat but right now you could see the vampire in her. She was fed up with her so called sister. I shook my head and headed for the stairs.

"Emmett, if you leave this house I won't be here when you get back. I promise you that if you help her, I will leave and I will no longer call myself your wife."

I stopped on the top step and took a deep breath. "Do what you need to do Rosalie. I stopped calling you my mate a long time ago."

With that I raced down the stairs and into the garage, jumping into the back seat of my jeep. We peeled out of the driveway heading back to Forks.

P.S. I am still looking for another Beta for this story. Let me know if you are interested.

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