Ok this is my first Twilight fic and is a gift to two of my Twilight obsessed friends who appear alongside me in this story.
Disclaimer: I do not and never will own Twilight although I like to think that I own my friends Zoe and Kate ;)
Forks, Washington is the gloomiest place I have ever seen; it is covered constantly by a thick layer of dark clouds and more often than not it is raining. Like it is now. I happen to like it; my sisters on the other hand prefer our old home in slightly sunnier England.
We moved to Forks in the first place because our mother wanted a slight change of scenery and decided to buy a bookshop in a small town half-way around the world. Soon enough the three of us were enrolled in high school and moving into a 'nice cottage' just outside town.
Now here we were, sitting in my faded red jeep, outside of said high school, that doesn't even look like a school, waiting in vain for the sheet-like rain to stop so we can leave its shelter.
Zoe, the youngest of the three of us, is sat in the back, watching the water sliding down the window like a waterfall. Strangely she is the tallest of us and takes after our mother with dark brown hair and soft brown eyes.
Caitlin or Kate as she prefers takes after our father with short black hair that annoyingly enough always seems tidy and green grey eyes.
And me, Sara, also with dark hair that unlike Kate's refuses to stay in place and therefore I will not force it to and dark green eyes.
"Sara, I think we should just go the rain's not going to stop anytime soon." Said the voice of reason from the passenger seat. Kate huddled deeper into her coat and pushed the door open. Me and Zoe followed suit chasing her in a mad dash through the crowds in the direction that a large green sign had pointed as the way to the office.
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Upon reaching shelter again, Zoe and Kate removed their hoods while I shook my head, sending water droplets flying in the direction of my youngest sister and receiving a slap to the arm in response. "Ow." That actually hurt. The redheaded woman behind the desk looked over to us disapprovingly, her attention slipping from the trio in front of us. They turned as well. All three were almost identical except for the fact that one of them was a boy anyway. The boy was taller than the others with messy bronze hair and dark honey eyes, the taller of the girls had long brown hair and almost the exact same shade eyes as the boy's and the smaller girl also had long brown hair but it was a few shades lighter than her friends with chocolate eyes. All three were unrealistically pale, slender and had the same bruise like marks beneath their eyes, like they hadn't slept in weeks, or longer. The smaller girl smiled warmly offering a pale hand towards us.
"Hello, my name's Renesmee Cullen but everyone calls me Nessie." Zoe chuckled, stepping forwards and shaking her hand.
"Loch Ness Monster?" I shook my head refusing to believe that my little sister had just said that. The bronze haired boy smirked softly and the girl beside him grimaced their porcelain features barely changing.
"Yeah that's me." Nessie grinned, waving her hand to the others. "This is my cousin Edward Cullen and his girlfriend Bella Swan." Neither Edward nor Bella offered their hands; I saw Zoe's shoulders slump slightly at the word 'girlfriend' and Kate stepped forwards slightly to take over.
"Zoe, Kate and Sara Soliz." She said, pointing to each of us in turn. Two pairs of golden eyes were still fixed on Zoe and I felt a flash of annoyance towards them, it was clear they were making her nervous.
"Nice to meet you." I knew my tone implied otherwise but I didn't care. The two named Bella and Edward seemed to be holding their breath as they all but ran from the room with an uncanny grace, Nessie right behind them, a schedule tucked under her arm.
"Here." The secretary finally spoke, handing us three separate schedules, each with a map stapled to it. She almost seemed sad that the other three had left.
"Thanks." I muttered before herding, my sisters back outside, into the rain.
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My first lesson was chemistry and by the time I walked through the door I had successfully thought of 10 reasons to hate Edward Cullen and his girlfriend. Based entirely on their silence and the creeping out of younger sibling. My teacher was mainly unconcerned with the fact I was new and didn't insist on introducing me to the class, which was nice of him I must admit, but when he directed me to a seat between a giant of a boy named Emmett Cullen and a tiny girl called Alice Cullen I quickly changed that sentiment.
Ok it was irrational of me to not like them because of their brother but that wasn't going to stop me. "Hey." The girl chirped happily as I sat down and Emmett waved one of his gigantic hands. I smiled weakly in response, busying myself with writing my name on a workbook so I wouldn't have to look at either of them. "What's your name?" I looked at Alice and noted almost black eyes, cropped and ruffled black hair and unreasonably pale skin, just like her brother's.
"Sara Soliz." I murmured too aware that I had turned my back on a large threat should I say something stupid which knowing me was a 99% chance. I leant back in my seat slowly, so I could face both of them and still look like I was paying attention to the teacher who was talking about precipitates and how to make them. Been there, done that, got the precipitate to prove it. There was silence as we scribbled down some notes.
"Alice and Emmett." Emmett hissed dramatically, grinning. Ok maybe I was a little hasty with these two; they seem nice.
The teacher moved a fan to the front of the room when a girl in front of us complained it was too warm. I had to hold back a laugh the rain had barely stopped and the humidity of a storm was just moving in. But it was nowhere near warm yet. The cool air from the fan blew into my face and I had to turn away from it to blink the dryness from my eyes. In time to see Emmett cover his nose with his spare hand, on my left Alice took a deep breath, one hand curling into a tight fist but she didn't seem to breathe out. Then again I have been known to be wrong, occasionally.
Before I could question them the bell rung and with the same strange grace as their brother and Bella they left, out of the door before I was even out of my seat.
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The rest of the first four lessons passed quickly and soon I was completely against anything named Cullen. We were all sat around an empty table in the cafeteria with another table full of seniors that were in one if not all of my classes. One of the boys, a sandy blonde who I remembered to be called Mike. "Hey, uh you're new right?" No Mike we've been here our whole lives and you've only just noticed us. Kate nodded, saving us the troubled of answering.
Zoe threw a grape into the air catching it in her mouth and eating it. The boy seemed entranced by the simplicity of the action. "Well, you see you're sat at a senior lunch table." I rolled my eyes; there was no way he was being serious.
"Your point being?" Zoe muttered, tossing another grape into the air.
"You're not seniors." He continued only to receive three sets of raised eyebrows.
"I am." I informed him but he wasn't looking at us anymore, he was entirely focused on the door behind us.
I turned to see five, extremely pale people all but glide through the door, straight towards our table. I could now see why Mike was trying to get us to move. Edward, Bella, Alice, Emmett and Nessie were walking in perfect formation with another giant boy who was dark skinned with spiked black hair and a warm smile. He was the odd one of their little group but he seemed to fit perfectly.
Mike had gone when we turned back and to be honest I couldn't blame him. It is kind of intimidating to see perfect beings moving towards you with blank faces. "Ok I know Edward, Bella and Nessie. Who are the others?" Zoe murmured as we tried to focus on our food instead of our impending doom.
"The short girl's Alice and the guy with the shorter hair's Emmett. I don't know the other one." I replied biting into the core of my apple.
"Jacob Black." Kate supplied, tapping at the table as the first of the Cullen's arrived. Alice.
"Hi." The small girl smiled, her eyes seemed darker than they were earlier, glinting in the light as she sat down on the opposite side of the table.
"Hey." Kate said watching her. Emmett sat down next to her swiftly followed by the rest of his family plus Bella and Jacob.
The air was thick with tension, none of the Cullens seemed to be breathing and no one wanted to speak. "So. How's your day been so far?" Edward asked throwing a red apple through the air and catching it repeatedly, I placed the remnants of the core of mine back onto my tray.
"Ok." I muttered now at a loss for something to do. Zoe was still flicking grapes around and Kate was staring at the newcomers in turn. They were staring back; Edward and Bella at Zoe, Alice and Emmett at me and Jacob was watching Kate, interest etched onto his features. Nessie was the only one to be eating and also the only one not watching us.
"Could have been better." Zoe said under her breath. I elbowed her in the ribcage in response only to receive an incredulous look in response. Great not even a full day and I have already successfully annoyed my baby sister. "Bite me." It was hard to miss the strange looks that suddenly appeared on the Cullen's faces but I ignored them as Kate laughed. I lifted Zoe's hand from the table and bit into her wrist, not enough to break the skin but enough to leave a mark.
"Better?" I asked refusing to look at the Cullen's who were gaping at the small display. They shifted uncomfortably as Zoe nodded and I returned her hand to the table gently so as not to jar the bite. Kate laughter was hushed but hysterical at the Cullen's faces.
"I'm sorry." Emmet whispered getting to his feet and striding away with a grace that was astounding for one of his size. Alice stood slowly, dancing after her brother a small smile gracing her lips as they moved into the newly restarted rain that was lashing the pavement.
"Why is he sorry?" Zoe said, finally leaving her grapes alone. I would never understand her need to turn her food into a game. Edward's eyes flickered gold for a short second, almost in exact timing with the first crash of thunder and a grin set up on the entire group's faces.
"It's nothing to worry about." Jacob's voice was soft, not quite velvety like Edward's but more like a calm lake. Strange I know but that's how my mind works. Either way there was something in his voice that told us that it was indeed something to worry about.
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