Ch. 1- Story of My life

My name is Isabella Swan but everyone calls me Bella. I live in the rainy town of Forks, Washington.

My family, is very different from others of our kind.

I'm adopted, and so are all of my brothers and sisters.

My adoptive mother and father; Carlisle and Esme, have taken all of us in when we had no where else to go.

I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters. They were all adopted before me, and they are all older than me, which makes me the baby of the family.

There is Alice, Rosalie, Jasper, Emmett, and Edward.

I don't pick favorites within my family, but Alice I, are definitely closest. She is my best friend.

She is the meaning of the whole 'Big things in small packages.'

Standing at 4'8 you wouldn't think she was very strong, but I've seen her body flip Emmett.

She also has a really good sense of when something is about to happen. But I don't believe in premonitions or anything like that.

Emmett is one of the best big brothers you could ask for. He's as big as a building on the outside and as soft as a teddy bear on the inside.

Because of him, I don't think anyone will ever mess with me is school. And he is really funny. Always making a joke, whether its inappropriate or not.

Rosalie and Emmett are siblings; adopted from the same family, so they are really close. Rosalie can sometimes come off as a bitch, but she really is caring on the inside.

She's had a hard life, so I cant really blame her for anything. And its hard to hate her, especially when you see how she acts around kids.

She loves those little ankle-biters.

Jasper is my oldest brother. He is one of those 'calm, cool, and collective' kinds of people.

Something about his attitude always calms everyone. Its impossible to be mad when he is around.

Edward is the youngest of my brothers, but he is still six months older than me. Edward and I are both Juniors, and we have lunch and Biology together.

He is really protective of me, which can get annoying sometimes.

OK, I lied.

Its annoying all of the time. But I know he only does it because he cares about me.

And its probably for the best, being that I'm the kind of person that trips on a flat surface. Yup, major klutz.

I tend to hurt myself a lot, and get into all sorts of trouble. Like falling down the stairs, falling off the bus, falling UP the stairs, and falling over my own two feet.

Yeah, I fall a lot.

To which, Edward can only chuckle and run his hand through his messy bronze hair in frustration.

So, I guess my family seems kind of normal in some ways.

And I've got a pretty good life; decent grades, little group of friends, and of course, my loving family.

Yeah, life is OK.

But not even Alice could have seen that everything was about to change...