Authors Note
Hi guys, this is my first ever fanfic so please be nice and consider that when reviewing
I am from rainy old England so if I get anything wrong school/college, culture wise please let me know and I will aim to change it. Hope you guys like the story.
Disclaimer –Everything and anything related to the Twilight saga belongs to Stephanie Meyer. This is just me playing in her world.
Chapter 1
BPOV
I can't believe its summer, well as close to a summer as you can get in Forks, the rainiest place in the continental US. At least school's over for another year, when we go back there will just be one year left, and until then I get to spend my summer over at the Cullen's, it's going to be amazing. Obviously I wish there was a better reason for me having to go to the Cullen's, it's not any girls wish to have her only parent get shot but I was always taught to look on the bright side of things and as I'm still legally a minor I can't stay alone and Charlie won't be out of the hospital or rehab centre for another two months. I get to stay at Alice's and spend the summer with my best friend.
If I'm honest I still can't believe Charlie got shot, I know he's the police chief but this is Forks, nothing ever normally happens here, but last week Charlie go information about a drugs bust in Port Angeles and decided to go help out as they were short on men, it was all going well until the guy pulled a gun, I guess Charlie was lucky he only got shot in the leg.
Dr Cullen says he will make a full recovery but it will take months for him to be back to 100 & and he needs to stay in the hospital's recovery centre for at least 8 weeks before he can even come home, so here I am packing up my stuff to go live at Alice's.
"Bella, Bella hurry up, I want to get home in time to set you up in the spare room next to mine before dinner."
Alice must be here.
Alice was my best friend and had been since my first day in Forks three and a half years ago. She looked after me that first day at school and she has been doing it ever since and god I love her for it but she can be so bossy at times, I had to pack for a whole 8 weeks clean out the fridge and check over the house so I could lock it up knowing it would be nice when we brought Charlie home, he deserved to come home to a nice house, and I didn't want to have to clear out a moldy refrigerator when I got home.
APOV
Where is that girl, honestly I'd understand her talking 2 hours to pack if she actually owned anything but her closet contained nothing but sweats, jeans and ratty T-shirts, I don't even thing the girl owned a skirt never mind any decent shoe, and that was something I planned on rectifying this summer along with Bella's lack in all things fashion related, I have 8 whole weeks to show her the error of her ways and to finally get her to live up to her potential. I had already done a small shop for her and put some clothes in her new room but we would need to go get a lot more to fill out her closet and make sure she had everything she needed. When we go back for our final year Bella is going to wow everyone even if it kills me, or more likely kills her.
BPOV
All my stuff for the next 8 weeks was in the trunk of Alice's car and we were all ready to get going and no more than 5minutes later and we are pulling up to the Cullen's.
It doesn't matter how many times I come here I can still never get over how amazing this place is, the huge off white house with sash windows and a first floor balcony that forms a porch over the doors. The pillars that hold that balcony up covered in deep green creeping ivy making it look like the balcony way floating. Esme, Alice's mother had restored the house beautifully and there wasn't anything I ever seen that was more beautiful than that house, well apart from the family that lived in it. The Cullen's had one hell of a gene pool.
Once we got inside Alice helped me haul my stuff upstairs and put it in the room she had got ready for me, she had already told me she had picked the one that was right next to hers because that would mean we had a connecting door, a great view over the yard and pool and best of all the bathroom had a huge skylight about the bath and shower was painted in the most glorious shade of sky blue, my favorite, it was almost like showering outdoors.
A few hours later and I was all unpacked, honestly I don't know why I even bothered to bring any clothes Alice has stocked a full wardrobe for me in my new room, and was insistent that I started to wear the stuff in there as in her words ' I could only carry on dressing like a teenage boy for so long' Honestly some time that girl just didn't know when to just drop it, we had been having this argument for around 3 years ever since she realised I didn't share her love of shopping and refused to spend anything more that 10 minutes on getting ready to go anywhere. However I had a feeling this summer I may finally loss that battle, and maybe it was time I started paying more attention to how I looked. It was our final year and I was getting fed up with being the only girl in the whole school who had never been kissed, who had never had a boyfriend. Hell, I've never even been on a date.
An hour later, I was sat in Alice's room telling her my thoughts, and god was she excited.
APOV
-Flashback -
I could just about make out what Bella was shouting from the other room,
"Alice, what's with all the clothes in my wardrobe? You can't honestly tell me you don't have any room in yours, your closet is bigger than my bedroom at home"
"There not mine Bella, there for you. If you're going to be living as a Cullen then you might as well finally start dressing like one too"
I knew what was coming so I wasn't surprised when I heard Bella scream "WHAT! You mean you bought all this for me, Alice it must have cost a fortune, Your already doing enough letting me stay here, I can't take all this too."
However I was surprised that she only complained about the money, Bella normally also told me that she wasn't my Barbie or that she was happy with what she had… hmmm and if I'm not mistaken there is thanks in her tone, and it was then I realised she may finally be caving in, I may finally get to show Bella how beautiful she truly was.
After about an hour of chatting Bella had eventually told me how she was fed up of being the only girl none of the guys at school ever noticed, how she wanted to have a date to the dance's this year and would like to go to the pictures with someone other than her dad or me.
"Oh My God! Oh My God! Bella!. Does this mean you will finally let me do it, will you let me make you over. You have so much potential Bella. Please!"
BPOV
Alice seemed so excited, and I have to admit I was too. I was ready to leave a little of the tom-boy behind, I knew I would never be girly girl, but I now I was thinking about it I started to realise I wouldn't mind if people started to actually noticed that I was in fact a girl.
"Yes Alice, but only if you agree to stick to a few rules."
"Rules? What rules?" she questioned.
I could tell from her face she didn't like that, but I was sticking firm, I would only do this if we did it my way.
"Rule 1 – It still has to be me Alice, so no high heels to school or mini-skirts to the diner, I just want to be me but prettier."
"Rule 2 – No spending silly amounts of money," I could already see the scowl forming on her face so I went for damage control with that one "I know you don't care about money and neither does your parents, but it makes me feel uncomfortable, I know we will have to spend some I'm not stupid, but just be reasonable ok? No $1000 shoes or handbags?"
"Rule 3 – I want to be able to get ready in no more than 30 minutes most mornings, none of your getting up 3 hours before we go somewhere to start preening"
After I put down my demands, I waited and it seemed as though Alice was thinking about it.
APOV
I thought about her demands and actually I understood most of them.
"Ok, I get rule 1, I don't want to make you into someone you're not Bella but when you say no heels or skirts, you do mean day-to-day don't you? Would you wear them for special occasions like parties and stuff?"
She nodded at me, saying "special occasions maybe, if I thought it was appropriate and the I could walk in the heels"
Rule 2, I could work with that one, me and Bella had slightly different opinions on what a reasonable amount of money was but I knew Charlie didn't earn a lot and I knew Bella hated feeling like a charity case so I could keep my spends to a reasonable level.
"Rule 2 I'm ok with, I will have to spend some money but, I reign myself in and we can all this your birthday present if it makes you feel any better"
" Great idea Alice" Bella replied.
"And rule 3, Well 30 minutes is not very long at all, 30 minutes is after you shower I presume?"
Bella nodded again
"Well I can work with 30 minutes if you agree, like in rule one, this can be flexible if we are going somewhere special or it for something other than just day to day stuff?"
BPOV
Wow, Alice was actually agreeing with my rules. I couldn't believe it, I was sure she would at least fight me on the money one. Alice had always thought her money was my money, she just didn't get that it made me feel like a charity case when she always had to buy me things.
I happily agreed to the little changes she wanted to make to my rules, and we decided Project Bella would start tomorrow.
Authors Note
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