This will take place after new moon but it will not follow Eclipse.
i own nothing except my characters and plot.
Summary: what if there was another human before Bella, what if like Edward that Cullen left her too but he never came back for her. What if that human shows up but she's no longer human and now she has a family of her own. How will the Cullen family react? How will he react?
Chapter one:
Forks just had to be the perfect place for us didn't it? I sighed to myself as my brothers unpacked our boxes, thought there wasn't really much our mother insisted we unpack it wasn't like we would be here that long anyway. I took a seat at the desk that I had put in my room and looked out the window into the forest beyond.
"Amberlin, come get your fucking box, I will not move it for you." I laughed at my brother, Jay's voice as he yelled up the stairs. He was the loudest of us and I loved it, we got along the best maybe because he reminded me of someone I once knew. Laughing I walked out of my room and down the stairs taking my time, when I reached the bottom my brother was glaring mock daggers at me.
"Oh don't get your boxers in a twist baby, I'm getting it." Did I mention that he wasn't my real brother? Yea so the whole baby comment wasn't wrong at all. You see Jay and the rest of us were all adopted by a nice couple so none of us are truly related.
"I will get my boxers in a twist if I wish darling. Now just taking the fucking box Amberlin." His voice was as hard as stone, maybe he wasn't joking. Which was odd because Jay was the biggest joker in the house, something must be wrong with him. Sighing I grabbed the box of my belongings and walked back up the stairs to my almost empty room. I opened the box and placed the books inside onto the empty shelf next to the bed I would probably never lay in. After I unpacked all my books I finished putting away all the clothes I had brought up earlier which wasn't much because I wasn't really a shopper.
"Amberliiinnn" I nearly growled as my other brother Trey came barging into my room whining of course. I rolled my eyes and took a seat in my chair once more as he jumped onto my bed.
"What is it now Trey?" it was hard to believe I was the youngest in this family but yet among us siblings I acted the oldest at times.
"Did you know we can't hunt in the woods here, it's like forbidden?" He frowned, his big grey eyes locking with mine. I smirked leaning back in my chair, of course I knew that. I actually read a book once in a while and by reading the Native American legends from the area I was able to figure out that they were werewolves and I didn't want them on my tail.
"Yes I knew, read once and a while idiot." I said throwing the book at him off the shelf without lifting a finger. He growled grabbing the book before it hit his head.
"Damn it I hate it when you use your powers you little cheater." With that he stormed out of my room like a child. I smiled at myself satisfied with what I had done. I turned around my chair and stared out my window once more watching the woods but this time I thought I saw a flash of white but I had to be wrong. Nothing good move fast enough for me to see it as a blur. Shaking my head I closed my eyes for a second before standing up and walking out of my room and down the hall toward Jay's room. Softly I knocked on the door knowing he would hear me.
"What do you want Amberlin?" I didn't even answer I just opened the door and walked in closing it behind me. Jay was lying on his bed staring up at the dark blue ceiling; I frowned and went a laid beside him.
"Jay what's wrong you know you can tell me." I leaned over and stroked the side of his pale face causing him to move away from my hand. He sat up and stared at me shaking his head.
"I can't." He looked down at the ground; this wasn't like him at all.
"Of course you can." I leaned toward him ready to envelope him in a hug but he jumped off the bed before I could even get close.
"Don't, we can't do this anymore Amber." I was confused, we never really did anything I mean we made out a lot but we had been doing it for years why was he stopping now.
"Jay, why? We are not doing anything wrong; we aren't even brother and sister, what's wrong." He sighed and sat in his desk chair spinning to stare at me.
"Because I want you so bad but I can't anymore. You don't belong to me, one day you're going to find love and I don't want to hinder that." I stared at him, who was to say that I wouldn't fall in love with him. He had saved my life he had made me what I am.
"And who's to say I won't fall in love you, huh?" He shook his head now joining me back on the bed. He grabbed my small hands in his larger ones.
"Amber I won't let you fall for me please doesn't. That boy you think about sometimes, the one like us. He's the one your meant to be with, he was your first love and if we ever see him I want you.." he didn't get to finish because I pulled away from him, he was wrong. I would never see that boy again and if I did I sure as hell wouldn't fall in love with him again.
"Don't even go there, I would never fall for him again. He hurt me more than anyone in my entire life. Forget him Jay we don't have to be in love why can't you just let me be with you." I reached out and hugged this time he allowed me to and he also wrapped his strong arms around me.
"I just don't want to lose you." I smiled resting my head on his shoulder taking in his scent.
"I know Jay and I don't want to lose you but we both know that were going to fall in love someone else someday. I'll have to accept when you do as for you when I do. But we don't have anyone now, we have each other." He pulled out of the hug but held me by my upper arms, his eyes alit with passion. A smile graced his lips before he captured mine in a passionate kiss. As you can see we never really acted like brother and sister.
"Hey Jay mom wants… oh." We both pulled away and stared at Rick our youngest well in human age, brother. He was fourteen when he was turned but that was over 90 years ago.
"What Rick?" I asked as I turned away from Jay, it wasn't unusual for our family to see us this way but it still was weird for me.
"Mom wants you both downstairs; she is holding a family meeting." He winked at Jay they must have been having a silent conversation. Sighing I got up off the bed only to be caught back up in Jays arms.
"When we go to school tomorrow you're not going to be my sister, you'll be my girlfriend." I smiled and nodded. It wasn't odd we had done it before. I loved being his girlfriend it made it okay for us to kiss in public without being weird. We both walked down the stairs dreading the family meeting, they were never really fun for us. When we reached the living room the rest of my family was sitting on the couches in the living room. Rick and Trey were sitting on a loveseat arguing with each other as usual, it was quiet funny. Hayden who was just about the same age as Jay was sitting silently staring at the window, he was the silent one but he was also fiercely overprotective of me. Our father and mother were sitting on the couch in each other's arms; they were the cutest couple I had ever seen. Smiling I sat down next to my mother when jay picked me up and sat down with me in his lap.
"Why can't that be me?" They looked at me with puppy dog eyes and a smile on his face. I rolled my eyes and laughed at him. He loved joking with me and Jay.
"Because little brother you're just not as hot as me." I elbowed jay in the stomach knowing it would feel like nothing but a pinch.
"Leave him alone, and Trey you'll find someone someday." I glared Jay who laughed behind me just wrapping his arms around me tighter.
"Anyway, I was thinking of going into to town and going to the grocery store, would any of you like to come." We all looked at our mother as if she had grown three heads.
"Mom, we don't need food from a store." Trey said it and we all nodded, our mother must have been losing it.
"I want to at least make it seem like we are normal, I would like to stay here a little while." We all nodded, I just couldn't understand why she would want to stay here it's a boring little town.
"I'll go with you mommy." Okay maybe I did act like the youngest sometimes, but again I'm only the youngest in vampire years, for real I'm only seventeen.
"Me too." Hayden stood up from his chair while I freed myself from Jay's arms and followed my mother out of the house, Hayden in tow. Hayden seemed to go where ever me and my mother went. He was our silent protector and I loved it, Hayden and I didn't talk much but he was still my brother. The drive into the little town was pretty much silent minus the hum of the car as Hayden drove us.
"Okay just grab whatever you guys who like, I mean I know you don't eat it, just buy something." I nodded to my mother I walked off in search of the candy isle even if I don't eat it, I want chocolate. I walked down the aisle not really paying attention to where I was going when I bumped into someone. Looking I saw I had knocked into a young brunette.
"I'm sorry." I smiled at the girl as she nodded picking up the bag of candy she had dropped.
"It's cool. Hey are you sick your skin is like ice?" her voice was hopeful as if she wanted me to be sick, I winced did I really come off as a bitch.
"Yea, it sucks, I have this naturally cold skin too I hate it." I laughed as the girl smiled and seemed to sigh out of relief.
"Well my name is Bella and maybe I'll see you at school tomorrow." With that the brunette walked away leaving me alone in the candy isle. I grabbed two bars of chocolate before I went in search of my mother; I was surprised to find her in the vegetable area. Of all things she was getting vegetables.
"Mom you ready?" I asked eyeing her cart full of food that would only go bad in our house. She smiled and nodded flipping her blonde hair as she began to push the cart. I smiled back and we both walked to the register meeting up with Hayden along the way.
"Here" He threw a steak into the cart causing me to laugh; he smiled over at me as we both walked to the end of the register as our mother paid.
"This town may be the death of me." I whispered to Hayden who actually laughed; trust me that's hard to do. We stood smiling as our mother handed us each a bag, I sighed walking out of the store, it was finally nighttime, my favorite time of day. I got into the car and we made our way back to our home. It didn't take long and as soon as we got home I used my power to levitate the bags into the house, glad we lived in the middle of nowhere.
I walked up the stairs and into my room only to find a shirtless Jay sitting on my bed watching TV.
"What are you doing?" I asked as I slipped into the bed beside him.
"Well I was waiting for my girlfriend to get home so I could do this." He leaned over and captured my lips with his. I smiled into the kiss and kissed him back.
"I could get used to be your girlfriend." I pulled away and just laid in his arms, I loved to just cuddle with Jay.
"Yea well I love when you're my girlfriend, I can kiss you in public and I don't have to worry about guys trying to get with you." I rolled my eyes and stared up at him, he was one of the best guys in the world, the other three best guys in the world just happened to be my other family. They were the best and I couldn't live without them. For the rest of the night e just sat there in each other's arms enjoying the company of one another. The one thing about being vampires is we don't sleep, it gets quiet boring if you're alone but if you share your time with others it gets better.
By morning Jay and I had pretty much spilt our fears from the earlier conversation we had. We came to the conclusion that we would have an open relationship but to the school I was his girlfriend. He and Hayden had decided that I would be his girlfriend because in our last town a boy got a little to close and almost found out our secret so they figured if I had a boyfriend boys would stay away.
"Love birds come on school time." I rolled out of my bed while kicking jay out so I could change. Once he was gone I grabbed a denim skirt and a black tight shirt. I put both on before brushing my fiery red locks, I hated my red hair but I couldn't choose my color. After I was finished getting ready I walked out my room and down the stairs to meet up with the family.
"Okay be good, and don't get in trouble. That means you two." She said staring at Trey and Rick. I laughed.
"Mom, were not kids okay we pretty damn old, I think we can handle it." Jay laughed, I rolled my eyes kissing my mother's cheek before we walked out the door, our father was getting a job at the local hospital so he wouldn't be around much.
"I am driving!" I called running over to my Impala, all the boys sighed they hated when I drove. I laughed as they all fought over the passenger seat but of course Jay won. The ride to forks high was filled with the sounds of good music and laughs. When we got there I was the first out of the car, it was raining, my favorite weather. I stood outside of my car just loving the feeling of the rain on my skin but that was ruined when just spoke.
"Amberlin, come on we have to get our schedules." I looked over at Jay with big puppy dog eyes.
"How about you go and I stay out in the rain?" Jay nodded giving me a kiss before walking into the school with Trey and Rick leaving me in the rain with Hayden. I leaned on the hood my car loving the rain until it happened, I caught a scent. Well it was more than one scent but one stood out, I knew they were vampires by the way they smelt. I looked over at Hayden and I knew he smelt it too, we both looked over as four people, well vampires walked toward the school. I saw a certain vampire who made me flinch and feel like a knife was shoved in my stomach.
"Hayden lets go." They weren't even close to being near us but I wanted to leave, so I quickly grabbed Hayden's wrist and directed him into the school as I fan away from my problems. Just like that boy had done so long ago.