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I loved living in Phoenix. It was always warm, and it only rained a handful of times a year. Forks, Washington, was the complete opposite being one of the rainiest places in all of the continental United States, and with it being in the northern part of the country, it was certainly colder. Yet my family circumstances had required a move from warm, sunny Phoenix to cold, wet Forks.

Yet the hardest thing was leaving my mother and her new husband, Phil. We loved them thoroughly, but with Phil in the minor leagues he was nearly always on the road leaving us women behind. After several months my sister and I decided together that it was best to move in with our father in Forks in order to allow our mother the chance to travel with Phil. My sister had pointed out several times that our father needed our care more than our mother since Mom now had Phil to rely upon whereas Charlie hadn't had anyone since we were only seven months old when our mother departed with us for Phoenix. And as much as I detested Forks and the thought of living with my father, who I saw for only a couple of weeks a year in the summer, I was grateful that Alice, my fraternal twin sister was coming with me.

We were clearly not identical with her smaller, pixie looks and size. Her hair was black, and she cropped it short and spiked it out in all different directions. This was compared to my curly brown hair that often did not obey me, but of course always worked for Alice since she had a special touch.

That was another difference between us. She made anything and everything look beautiful while I settled for what little I got. She even moved with the most amazing grace I had ever set eyes upon, and I always managed to somehow trip over everything and yet nothing at the same time.

She was also more eccentric than I with her hyper behavior that always left people watching her strangely, yet the unwanted attention never seemed to bother her. I preferred to remain hidden.

The most memorable thing about Alice was her fashion obsession. She got a job at a clothing store right after our sixteenth birthday so she could have shopping money and get an employee discount. She debated between going into fashion design after high school or becoming a professional shopper.

As we gathered our luggage from the carousel, Alice dug through our bags and pulled out the brand new coats she bought us. Seeing that we would need a new wardrobe, she pooled all of her money for months to go on a shopping spree to buy herself a whole new wardrobe. She had been gracious by also buying me a coat. Unfortunately I didn't have the same enthusiasm and had saved my money instead in hopes of buying a vehicle once we got there. The last thing I wanted was to be driven to school in the back of Charlie's police cruiser.

Charlie worked for the Forks Police Department. As the oldest of the three officers, he was naturally the chief of police. Of course, there were few threats to the sleepy town of only three thousand residents. And that small number only became more intimidating when I was informed by Charlie that the high school only had three hundred fifty-one students in attendance, which was smaller than our junior class in Phoenix.

After throwing on our coats we prepared for the mushy weather that awaited us. Not surprising, it was raining making the move seem more depressing. Of course, Alice wasn't phased at all by the weather or the move. Part of that was her rather bubbly outlook at everything in life, and she was excited about the snowbunny fashions that she would now have the chance to explore.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that she makes friends easily. Not me, but then again, I preferred to be alone most of the time. Alice took after Mom most of the time, and I took after Charlie despite not having his influence much of my life.

The house had only two bedrooms and one bathroom. I knew early on that I'd have to wake up earlier in the morning in order to get any time in the bathroom before Alice started her morning beauty regiment. We also had to share a bed, a closet, and a dresser. I didn't have much space in the dresser or the closet. Instead, I got my revenge by sleep talking to her all night.

Alice had thrown her suitcases on the bed and was already hanging up her clothes before I even got up to the room. I had been delayed by Charlie's announcement of our new vehicle. Alice had turned her nose up to the old, red Chevy truck, so she hadn't stayed long to look at it. She had her eyes on the faster sports cars that weren't good for driving around in wet and snowy climates. "How old is the truck?" I asked Charlie as I inspected it.

"To me it looks like it was made in the 50's, but don't you worry. I bought it off of Billy Black, and his son, Jacob, rebuilt the engine only recently. They don't make reliable vehicles like these anymore." He pat the truck once as I inspected it. "You do remember Billy, don't you?" he asked me curiously.

I paused halfway getting into the truck to remember. "Uh, yeah. He's the one you go fishing with," I suggested when I recognized the name fully.

"Yeah, him. He's now in a wheelchair, so his driving days are over. Jacob's only a year away from getting his license."

"Sorry to hear," I said as I climbed into the cab. Charlie handed me the keys, so I started up the engine and listened to the deafening roar. It sounded like it was running fine despite the noise. Unfortunately it seemed that old vehicles didn't have quiet engines. I turned off the engine and then asked him, "How much does Billy want for it?"

"Don't worry about it," Charlie said as he walked towards the house. "This is my homecoming gift to you and your sister."

I scoffed for a second not believing what I was hearing. "I told you that I would pay for it."

"I already told you it's a gift," he reminded me. Then he informed me, "By the way, you probably shouldn't drive it over fifty-five miles per hour because it can't handle more than that. And make sure you tell Alice that it's best she not attempt to drive it to Seattle since it's a gas guzzler and can't handle the speed." I nodded my head and then went upstairs with my two suitcases.

Somehow we got all of our stuff into the room and had time to spare. "Let's go for a drive in Tank," Alice suggested. She had decided to name our vehicle Tank since it was so large and noisy. "Maybe I can get an idea of a decent place around here to get a job so I can have money for shopping." Alice already knew about her limited possibilities in the area for shopping, but that still didn't curb her enthusiasm for her hobby.

Since Tank was rather beneath her, she insisted that I drive. I thought it was more of the fact that she was nervous about driving such a large vehicle considering her small size. Unfortunately we covered the whole town in less than thirty minutes, and in no time we were back home. Tomorrow we would start school, and that would keep the both of us busy for the next several months.