Okay, I'm sorry this came up like I posted a 2nd chapter, but I messed up. I finally got a beta and realized my first chapter wasn't so hot, so this is the beta'd first chapter. I also am now on twilighted(dot)com, so check the story out there! This means I'll be updating more frequently! Thanks to saram05 for being the best beta a girl could ask for :)

July 27, 2002

I shivered as I pulled my red terrycloth towel up around my shoulders. The once drizzling rain had turned into a torrential downfall and the beach, as well as my belongings were on their way to becoming completely soaked. I hurried to grab my bag and chair, while trying not to completely kill myself.

"Ashley, do you have all of your stuff?" I questioned. My best friend Ashley and I had decided to take an impromptu trip to Charleston, South Carolina to celebrate the summer before our senior year of high school.

"Yeah, I have it all. Well, at least, I hope so, because I don't want to stay in this rain any longer", Ashley shouted over the pouring rain. She gave me one last look, and then she took off running over the sandy dunes toward the tiny beach house we were renting for the rest of the week, dragging her striped beach chair along behind her.

Following her lead, I tried my best not to sink into the now completely soaked sand below me. I'm not really clumsy, I mean, I have my moments, but rainy weather and I have never gotten along well.

Some trip this was turning out to be.

Thick, dark clouds have covered the sky since we arrived three days ago. It has rained at least once a day, and to top it all off, we haven't even met any cute guys yet.

I looked up from my reverie, expecting to see Ashley in front of me, but she was moving so quickly she had almost completely disappeared from my line of sight.

"Wait up!" I screamed at her, hoping she was still close enough to hear me.

"Come on Charlotte! Move a little faster, there are trees up here!" She shouted back.

With the enticing vision of the protective trees up ahead motivating me, I bounced up the stairs in a hurry, not bothering to watch where I was going. Suddenly, I ran head first into something cool and hard. As I fell over, my belongings flew everywhere, and I immediately went to grab them, but before I could move, I felt two strong hands lift me up so I was standing once again. I looked up to see who I had plowed into and found myself face to face with the most beautiful boy I had ever seen.

He was pale, and the moisture from the rainy weather made his unusual shade of copper hair glisten. His liquid gold eyes captivated my attention, and as I met his stare I became weak at the knees. I sensed there was something strangely familiar about him, but I couldn't place where I might have seen him before.

"Are you all right?" The striking boy asked, and his velvety voice melted not only my ears, but also my heart.

At that moment a light bulb went off in my head, and suddenly I knew how I somewhat recognized him. I was looking at what could be an exact replica of Edward Cullen, one of the main characters from a book I had just read, Twilight, who had recently become the star of many of my dreams. Only he was about twelve times more gorgeous in person.

I realized I was staring at him, so I quickly averted my gaze to the right only to find myself even more stupefied that before.

Standing next to him was Emmett Cullen, or at least someone who matched Emmett's book description perfectly.

The logical side of my brain was telling me I must be seeing things, that this had to be a joke, but I couldn't help but be amazed at how much these two resembled the physical descriptions I had read about in Twilight.

It was like my favorite book characters had come to life in front of my eyes.

"I'm so sorry," I finally replied. Although I was thoroughly embarrassed, I was immensely thankful I don't blush easily. "I'm fine, and I swear I'm normally a little more graceful. It's the rain, it messes with my balance", and apparently my head, I thought to myself, but I laughed it off and pointed towards the sky where the rain was pouring from the clouds above.

"Charlotte, what are you doing?" Ashley asked as she jogged over to my side. She noticed the two boys and immediately smiled, turning on the charm as she was known to do whenever she spotted something, or someone, she liked.

For a moment I wondered if she had noticed the same uncanny similarities that I did, but that thought was immediately squashed when I remembered that she hadn't read Twilight.

"Sorry Ash, I sort of took a spill. Lucky for me these guys were here to help me out, and I was just about to thank them", I replied, giving a tentative smile to the handsome Edward look-a-like.

"So, thank you. I'm Charlotte Monroe, and this is my friend Ashley", I told him as I stuck out my hand. He took my offered hand and shook it, and I was shocked at how cold it was, despite the 97-degree weather. I watched as he opened his beautiful mouth to speak, and I half expected him to introduce himself as Edward Cullen. I immediately shooed the thought from my head and mentally kicked myself for thinking it to begin with.

"It's not a problem, and it is a pleasure to meet you both. My name is Edward Cullen, and this is my brother Emmett."

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