Abigail Swan felt perfectly fine as she walked into the Swan residence after a very monotone, monochromatic day at Forks High School. To be honest, Abbie wasn't thrilled that Renee and Charlie had forced her to keep an eye on her Older Sister, Bella. In fact, why did she need to look after the girl who apparently had suicidal tendencies when it came to boyfriends dumping her only to reappear months later. So, there she was, moved in within two weeks of winter break and just fast enough to find herself enrolled in school and a seat on the student council, much to her surprise.
Bella found it amusing that her sister had come to town, from what Abbie knew, thinking she was fine and didn't need to be monitored. She would laugh and tell her that they would hang out until they never did, leaving Abbie to find her own way around the small town. It was now April, Bella was out, and Abbie found herself in the passenger seat of Charlie's patrol car on her way to the Black residence.
She hadn't seen any of the people from the rez for a while, only seeing Billy when he came over and re-meeting Jacob briefly before, as Bella had informed her, cut all his hair off and got a tattoo. She straightened out the hood of her varsity jacket, running her fingers over the gold stitching that spelled out "Abigail" in swirly cursive font. The sensory of it calmed her down, gliding her eyes over the red walls of the Black residence. Though, she was here dispatched on a mission for her sister, to confront Jacob Black for not speaking to Bella.
It seemed to Abbie that she fought a lot of her sister's battles for her when she moved here, but even then, Abbie fought them their entire childhood. As she walked through the door, she spotted the group of boys and made her way towards them with the same anxious whim she felt earlier in her life.
"Hey, Jacob, I need to talk to you abou-" He cut her off.
"I keep telling her I have nothing to sa-…" Jacob's words tapered off as the other boys stared at him, his eyes magnetically locked onto Abbie, making her snap her fingers in front of his face.
"Well, give me a better excuse because Bella's pissing me off with her whining." The boys next to him started to laugh, one of them holding out a hand.
"I'm Embry," He turned to the other boys as they seemed to bring Jacob back to earth. "That's Quil and Jared, but Jake's new name is 'Majorly Screwed', I believe." This made Abbie laugh, making Jake look back at her with a goofy grin spread across his tan skin.
"Tell-tell Bella I've been really busy and haven't gotten around to calling her." He spewed out. "Tell her I'm being an idiot or something, I don't know." Abbie shrugged, but looked around at all three of them.
"You guys look like you're on drugs and I feel like I need to warn you about how bad that is for you as a person." They started to laugh, especially Jake with a big bellow. "And I'm pretty sure Jacob is high, but I have no idea how you guys get weed in the back country of Washington." This let out another round of laughs from the tan skinned boys.
"You'd be surprised how easy it is, but no…we aren't really affected by that stuff." Jared replied, shaking her shoulder playfully, she finally introduced herself to the other boys in the house.
"I'm Abbie Swan…Sorry I accused you of being on steroids." Embry quickly jotted off to briefly whisper something in Billy's ear, making his eyes slightly widen. Abbie took note of that as the group of boys headed towards the door, Jacob trying to linger behind.
"Tell Bella I'm going to come see you both, okay?" Abbie smiled, shaking her hand in a dismissive fashion.
"You don't have to humor me, I know you just want to hang out with Bells." Jacob grabbed her forearm gently as her reassured her.
"No, I want to see both of you…trust me." He brought himself to the back door of the small house, looking back. "See you later, Abbie."
Later that night, Abbie sat across the living room from Bella and Edward, telling them what she had learned and the encounter she had with Jacob Black. Bella looked a bit worried when she heard how Jacob had acted, but Abbie found herself brushing it off as her being upset with the boy. Edward had brought by a few packages of Abbie's kale chips in attempt to suck up to her, which were gladly accepted as they watched the latest episode of some sitcom that was mind numbing. Bella finally broke the silence.
"So…how's graduation planning going?" She asked in a weak attempt to talk to her younger sister, which was met with a sigh and a throw pillow meeting Bella's arm.
"You need to find innovative ways to talk to me, Bells." Abbie leaned back in Charlie's easy chair, popping another kale chip into her mouth. "At least Edward brings me snacks." This caused a laugh to come out of Edward's pale mouth.
"I'm glad my gifts are appreciated by you, Abigail."
"Also, side-note, What happened when Jacob showed up in front of school the other day." Edward looked pained, but looked almost amazed as information pumped out of his mouth, almost like he couldn't control it. This had been happening more and more as they hung out together, getting bits and pieces of things that were off.
"Emmett and one of Jacob's friends got into a fight near the town border." Bella looked at him in disbelief that he was sharing this information, then it seemed like he regained his composure. "You know, meathead teenage boy problems." It didn't settle right with Abbie, pursing her lips. Then, slowly, her mind lingered back to Jacob Black. He had been on her mind from the moment he left the conversation they had earlier and it troubled her a bit. It also troubled her that it seemed like, ever since she moved to Forks, Bella and her friends had been keeping some sort of secret that was slipping from her.
This is when Abbie excused herself to her room, which was Charlies old office and makeshift conference room. With a good amount of effort, she shaped it up with photos, plants, and a queen-sized bed taking up a good portion of the room. She pulled out her laptop, and, for what seemed like the 20th time that week, added another bulletin to her word document of strange happenings, hoping to connect the dots to whatever secrets Forks held.