My name is Alexis Swan and Bella Swan is my cousin. Bella and I are not very close, but our father's are. Charlie and Noah Swan are as close as two brothers could be while living in two very separate parts of the United States. They called each other constantly to let each other know what was going on. So when Bella decided to move to Forks my dad and I were the first to know about it. Ever since then the gears in daddy's head started to turn, and a month ago he dropped the bomb that we were moving to Forks. Needless to say I was upset, but to spare my father I covered up disappointment. I knew my father would be happier if he was close to Uncle Charlie, and its not that I wouldn't like Forks. Its just Forks is so different from Florida.
I will miss the sunshine, the beach, and all of my amazing friends,but I didn't say anything to my dad. He seemed genuinely happy for the first time since my mom died. She died when I was six. I don't remember her much but I know she was a petite women with blond hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was gorgeous. I unfortunately didn't inherit whatever movie star gene my mother had. I have my dad's dark brown hair but I have my mothers eyes. My dad said every time he looked into my eyes it was like looking into my mothers. That is the most interesting feature I have. I'm a plain Jane. My mother disappeared two weeks before my sixth birthday and they found her body four weeks after I turned six. They looked for her murderer but the case went cold, and we still to this day don't know what really happened to her.
I've talked to Bella about Forks and she told me it wasn't so bad. I was skeptical until I met Edward Cullen. I was in Arizona visiting Renee, and Bella fell down some stairs and got hurt. She was in the hospital, and we went to go see her. Edward Cullen was a gentlemen and was very nice. I could tell that he loved her and she loved him very much. I had asked Bella if the rest of the Cullen's were like that, and she said yes. So maybe Forks won't be that bad.
Well all of that brings me to today. We had helped the movers yesterday with our furniture and they began the long journey to Forks. Now it was our turn to leave our home in Orlando. I packed most of my clothes into my two giant suitcases, and the rest was going to arrive later with the moving van. Our plane left today at 10:00 and we were going to get there at 9:00 just in case. It was 8:30 now and I just got out of the shower.
I brushed my long brown hair out and blow dried it. Then I picked out some blue jeans and a plain white t-shirt to wear. As an afterthought I grabbed a hoodie. I ended up just carrying it because its Florida and its really hot outside, but I knew it would be miserable in Forks. I looked at my self in the mirror to see if I looked ok. I am slightly tan and my curly brown hair looked alright. I was petite but not that short. I am about 5'5. After my evaluation of myself I stuffed my toiletries and hairbrush into my already over stuffed suitcase. I pulled both my suitcases down the hall and to the door. We lived in a apartment building in the downtown area. I went into the kitchen and waited for my dad.
"How is my favorite seventeen year old" My dad swooped down and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm excited to get to see this house that you say is so amazing." I said with a smile.
"Well lets get going." He said. I grabbed my purse plus our suitcases and we headed out the door. I took one last look around the living room. I sighed and shut the door.
One hour later and we were on the plane. Our seats were in the worst place. There was a screaming baby next to us, and a little kid who kept kicking the back of dads seat. I patted his arm in sympathy. I laid back in my seat and closed my eyes. A few minutes later I was asleep. I felt my dad shake me awake a while later. I opened my eyes, and there was daddy's smiling face. I yawned and stretched. Then I pulled my hoodie on and grabbed my purse.
When we got of the plane, I saw Uncle Charlie and Bella right outside of the gates. I ran and jumped and hugged my Uncle. When we stopped hugging he gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"How was your flight Ally bug?" He said with a smile on his face. I grinned ear from ear after hearing his nick name for me.
"I slept through all of it so pretty darn good! How are you Uncle Charlie?" I asked him. I gave him a once over to see if anything had changed. Nope he was still the same old Charlie Swan. Still with his mustache and police uniform.
"I'm doing just fine thank you" he answered with a big smile. My dad and uncle embraced in a man hug, while I awkwardly hugged Bella. As I said before, she and I are not close.
The drive to Forks was a quiet one, or at least it was in the back seat of Uncle Charile's cop car. While our fathers chatted happily in the front seat, Bella and I shared an uncomfortable silence. She however broke it a few minutes later.
"So how are things going at school?" Bella asked obviously not knowing what to talk about.
"Good. Practically straight A's if I wasn't so terrible at math. What about you?" I replied politely.
"Fine. Defiantly not straight A's but my grades are ok." She said turning to give me an awkward smile.
"How are the Cullens?" I asked curiously.
"They are fine. Alice is excited to meet you." She said looking at me. I smiled at her.
"Well I"m very excited to meet all of them." I said before turning back to the window.
The rest of the trip was silent. When we got to Forks, all I could think about is how tiny it really was. I mean compared to Orlando Forks was a ghost town. Charlie turned onto a street then turned into a driveway. My new driveway. I looked out of my window at the white two-story house. It was a beautiful house. Too bad it wasn't my home not yet anyway.
Bella helped me take my suitcases up the stairs. There was a foyer, kitchen, living room, dinning room on the bottom floor, then there were two bedrooms,two bathrooms,and a guest bedroom upstairs. I would take the master bedroom nearest the stairs. The stairs were nothing special. The bedrooms weren't either.
My bedroom consisted of a queen sized bed in the middle of the room against the wall,a closet, and a connecting bathroom. The rest of my furniture wasn't due to arrive for a few more days. I decided to hang all of my clothes in the closet for now until my chest of drawers helped. We shared a convenient silence.
When we were done we went down stairs, to find our fathers laughing and talking about the good ole days. I smiled, this is why I didn't back talk dad when he told me we were moving. I just wanted to see him happy.
"So how do you like it Ally bear?" My dad asked me.
"I love it." I said putting on the best smile I could.
"I told you would love it." He said beaming at me. I loved seeing my dad so excited.
"So, I'm going to the Cullen's tomorrow and I was wondering if you'd like to meet them." Bella asked suddenly and hesitantly. My head immediately snapped up to look at her. A chance to meet the infamous Cullens? Sign me up! I didn't miss the look that Charlie sent Bella though. I wonder what that's all about?
"Sure. At least I could start the school year off knowing a few people." I said. They sounded very interesting from what I've heard. The rest of the night went like this. Then Bella mentioned how late it was and that side of the Swan family left the house. I told my father goodnight and went upstairs. I changed into my pajama pants and t-shirt, and crawled under my purple comforter.
I was suddenly hit with sadness. I felt a tear roll down my cheek.I wiped it way and whispered into the darkness "No. I can't cry. I'm doing this for Daddy's sake, you can pull through this." With that I closed my eyes and drifted off into dream land.
A.N- Hope you all liked it! I'm going through all of my stories and editing them. I cringe at the mistakes. I know its still not perfect by any means but its not nearly as bad. I'm going to start updating again. So please review and tell me what you think! Keep Reading!