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Chapter 1- A Twist In My Story

Bella POV

"Hey Bella, Rose, Jasper, are you still coming over to our place later to meet Edward?" Alice asked with a big grin plastered on her face.

"Oh yeah, Edward will be arriving today! So are you guys going to be come over later?" Emmett asked again while smiling goofily at all of us. Both he and Alice seem really excited at having another brother.

I, Bella Swan, am the only child in my family. Jasper and Rosalie Hale, or Rose, are twins. Alice and Emmett Cullen are adopted siblings. Esme, their mom, couldn't have any children and she and Carlisle, their dad, decided to adopt them. However, there would be a new addition to their family. It seems that Carlisle's best friend, Edward Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth Masen, died in a car crash, leaving behind their son, Edward. So, Carlisle and Esme agreed to take him in. Edward would then be arriving today so the Cullens would be picking him up from the Seattly airport back to their house. Alice and Emmett insisted on me, Jasper and Rose coming to their house later on to meet Edward.

"We'll be there," Jasper replied before pecking Alice on the lips. Rose and I nodded. Rose then went over to Emmett and kissed him on the cheek. She and Jasper then headed to Rose's red BMW convertible, while Alice and Emmett climbed into Emmett's Jeep Wrangler. I waved goodbye to everyone before getting into my old red truck and drove out of the school parking lot slowly back home.

I hopped out of the truck and headed to the front door and fished my house keys out my pocket to unlock it. I went up to my room and placed my bag on the floor. I decided to kill some time and pulled out my favorite book, Wuthering Heights, and started to read it for probably the fifteenth time now.

Edward POV

I passed my plane ticket to the air stewardess stationed at the entry of the plane before walking in to find my seat, which was by the window. I turned to the window plane. I could still remember the day of the accident so clearly it seemed as though it was happening right in front of my eyes.

Flashback

"Mom, Dad, where exactly are we going?" I kept on asking my parents throughout the car journey.

"Edward, today's your birthday! And it's supposed to be a surprise so just try to enjoy it!" Mom said, as she kept on smiling.

Just then, a black motorcycle swerved onto our lane and before Dad could turn the car to avoid the crash, it was already too late. I could hear my parents' screams before my whole world faded to black.

I woke up to the brightly lighted ceiling. I could feel the pain at my chest and looked down to find it bandaged up. I tried sitting up but was gently pushed back down onto the hard bed by an elderly looking doctor.

"Be careful there, Edward. You're still in the process of recovering. I'm Doctor Evans," the doctor said. I just nodded, still confused as to my surroundings.

"What happened? Where am I? Everything seems a little unclear here and there," I asked while trying to put the little pieces of what I could remember together but it didn't help much.

"You were in a car crash with your parents. A drunk driver had swerved onto your lane. Someone reported the crash then you and your parents were brought into this hospital," Doctor Evans explained. Everything soon came back to me. I could now remember having seen the drunk looking driver from the other vehicle, the panic-stricken expressions my parents had on. Hold on, my parents. What happened to them?

"Where are my parents? Are they alright?" I asked. Then I saw the sympathetic look Doctor Evans gave me. I knew right then what he was going to say, I have always been able to read other people well.

"They didn't make it. I'm sorry."

I kept on shaking my head, refusing to believe what he said. But over time, I managed to accept the truth and I managed to move on with my life. Time really does heal wounds.

End Flashback

I was shaken out of my reverie when the plane started to take off. I just closed my eyes as I waited for the plane to completely take off. I then took out my iPod and switched it on, while plugging in the earpiece to my ears. I began to scroll down the list of songs and pressed play to the song Clair de Lune, one of my favorites, as I tried to relax myself for this long plane ride from Chicago here to Forks, Washington where Carlisle, Dad's best friend, and his wife, who adopted me, lived. Soon enough, I managed to fall asleep.

Bella POV

I could hear Charlie's, or Dad's, cruiser pull up the driveway. Charlie was the town's sheriff. He and Renee, or Mom, divorced when I was three years old and I've been living with Charlie in Forks, Washington while Renee and her new husband, Phil, lived in Phoenix, Arizona. I placed Wuthering Heights back on the shelf and made my way downstairs just as Charlie opened the door.

"Hey Dad, why are you home early?" I asked, curious as to why he was home earlier than usual.

"I finished the paperwork that was needed to be done and decided to come home early since there would be nothing else for me to do there," Charlie replied while hanging up his belt and heading over to the television and switching it on before settling himself down on the sofa.

"Oh. Dad, I'm heading over to Alice and Emmett's place later on to meet their uh… new adopted brother I told you about last week. Is that alright?" I asked. Charlie nodded before turning his attention back to the television.

I then headed upstairs to change. I changed into a light blue V neck sweater with a pair of dark blue jeans before walking back downstairs to say goodbye to Charlie and walked out of the house to my red truck.

Edward POV

I woke up just as the plane landed at Seattle Airport, where Carlisle and his family would be picking me up and driving us back to Forks. I got off the plane and headed towards the baggage collection conveyer belt. I began to wait for a few moments before my baggage arrived and I pulled it off the conveyer belt. I pulled my baggage along with my backpack and headed towards the exit of the airport.

I tried to remember how Carlisle looked like in the picture of him with Dad at his wedding. I was only able to recall his blonde hair and that was it. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to find Carlisle, just as how he had looked like in the photo, except for a few wrinkles present here and there.

"Are you Edward?" He asked. I nodded and he continued while shaking my hand, "I am Carlisle. This is my wife, Esme, my two adopted children, Emmett and Alice."

Carlisle gestured to the other three figures beside him as he introduced each one of them to me. Esme gave me a warm smile and pulled me into a gentle hug. Emmett, meanwhile, gave me a loud pat on the back while smiling at me. Alice though just jumped at me and gave me a hug seeing as how she was much shorter than me. I was still stunned by the family's sudden warmth in the past few minutes towards me that I was only able to nod again back to them.

All of us then made our way towards a black Mercedes. I sat at the back with Emmett on my left and Alice on my right. Immediately, Alice and Emmett began bombarding me with questions as we made our way towards Forks.

"Do you like shopping? Maybe we could go shopping today or tomorrow for clothes!" Alice began talking so quickly that I had difficulty even understanding her.

"Well, I only like to go shopping for CDs or books. I only buy clothes when necessary but I already have plenty of them now," I replied. Alice though was not satisfied with my answer as she pouted.

I felt guilty, afraid that I could have upset her. However, the pout immediately vanished as Carlisle pulled up the car on the driveway and I was dragged out by Alice into their elegant house. I was given a quick tour of the house by Alice pulling me around and Emmett running after us. Carlisle and Esme though remained seated in the living room. As the tour with Alice and Emmett ended, I was brought back to my room.

"Our friends are going to be coming over in around half an hour to meet up you. So now, you can go ahead and unpack and shower if you want," Emmett said before returning to his room while Alice was already in her room looking through her large closet, searching frantically for an outfit to wear.

I took my suitcase and unzipped it before emptying all its contents. I then placed all the different items at their respective places. I grabbed a pair of dark blue jeans and a green turtleneck sweater before walking into the bathroom for a shower.