The godfather interviews

by thegirlintardis

Bella Swan joins the high school newspaper. Her first story in an interview with Edward Cullen. As she learns more about the mysterious boy everyone wonders about, she enters murky waters as she learns about his family. Will Bella be able to publish the ultimate story that will lead to the ultimate betrayal? Story COMPLETE

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Your typical high school extra-curricular

He wasn't like any other student in this school. Not in the way I thought I was different. My identity crisis is, to be honest, the regular teenage-angst-nobody-understands-me-and-I-wanna-run-away-and-join-a-circus. But he was trying to disappear for real, always in the shadows. He was trying not to draw attention to himself. In a school and town this small, however, it was near to impossible. This didn't stop him. Mysterious has a new definition: Edward Cullen.

I knew I wasn't the only student wondering about him. My game plan since starting as "the new girl" a couple of months back, had been to blend in and lay low. My mother would get tired of all the travelling with her new husband any day now and then I can escape the empty cold wet and icy prison I currently live in: Forks. My dad, sheriff and your typical small-town bachelor, was doing the same. He let me be, but I don't know for how much longer. That was my main reason for joining the school newspaper. I needed a distraction from all the nothingness in this town. I enjoy writing and Dad seemed sort of relieved when I told him. I guess most of the junkies he has arrested were not high school newspaper journalists.

The Forks High Gazette was founded in 1994 and started out as mediocre as it is now. That is, until Jessica was chosen as the new editor. It was made clear at the first staff meeting that this will be the year we win the National High School Newspaper Awards, hosted by the New York Times. Basically, we have four months to put together weekly editions. Out of the weekly editions, three need to be chosen to send to New York for judging.

Everything was fine until I was handed my first assignment: an in-depth interview with Edward Cullen, chairperson of the literature club. Jessica, perched on her high horse, high on caffeine and power, had waved the scoring sheet of the competition on my face. "Come on Bella! Don't you see? 10% of the whole score is for the culture section. You don't wanna be the reason we lose, do you?"