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Here it is! The squeal to my first fanfiction, "On the Outside Looking In", I know you guys have been really excited about me posting it and I hope it lives up to your expectations! Anyways I'm not going to make this long, so let me just say a quick thank you everyone who has supported me and this story so far! I honestly never thought I would make it this far or even post a story to begin with, but with all of your support and love I have actually done it! Yay!
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Full Summary: Bella's birthday went from bad to worse in a blink of an eye, now my brother is forcing us to leave! I can't just abandon Bella! She's basically my sister now! So in order to stay I have to say goodbye to Winnie Cullen... And hello to Emery Greenleaf. So now as Emery I have to hide the fact that I'm a vampire, on top of figuring out how to balance finding my singer (Which is really a pain in the ass!), and dealing with the boys from La Push turning into wolves and one of them will not leave me alone! So yeah to some it all up... I'm totally screwed!
Bella was going to kill me. There was no doubt about it, when she woke up this morning and saw what I did to her room and truck she was definitely going to go on a kill Winnie rampage!
Today was her 18th birthday and any normal person would be extremely excited about his/her birthday but this is Bella we are talking about. So where most people would see this as a chance to celebrate and have fun, she sees it as some sort of depressing and cursed day. So I had decided to take matters into my own hands and covered her room in balloons, streamers, confetti, etc. And then I got window markers and wrote, 'Birthday Girl' on the passenger side of the front window, and then arrows pointing to the driver's seat. Then I wrote 'Honk it's my birthday!' on the back window.
Of course I got Charlie's permission to do all of this! I may be crazy enough to do all this to Bella, but I was not crazy enough to do all this and then have to face the wrath of Chief Swan! Come on I don't have a death wish!
Anyways so after I had finished Bella's birthday masterpiece I quickly rushed home and got ready for school, I left my light red hair down and put a little curl in it, then put on a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a large white collar button up shirt, and paired it with tan colored flats and some gold bangle bracelets. I then quickly looked myself over in the mirror and then grabbed my bag and rushed to my sister's room.
"Alice!" I exclaimed as I threw her door open, "How is my Twisted Sister this morning?" I asked with a smile as I strolled over to her and gave her a hug, which she immediately returned.
"I'm doing fabulously as always, do you even have to ask?" She answered with a giggle and pulled away, "And how is my Twisted Sister this morning? You look very beautiful this morning by the way!"
It was my turn to giggle, "Screw beautiful! I'm brilliant!" I said as I did a little mock bow.
"So is your little surprise for Bella all set up?" She then asked me with a smirk.
I smirked right back at her and nodded, "Oh you know it! Everything is perfect right down to the very last detail!" I said proudly.
"So by that you mean Bella is going to have a heart attack and kill you?" Alice added as she finished getting ready.
I laughed and nodded again, "Oh yeah! I don't need your future seeing abilities to know that once she wakes up she is going to want my head on a plate instead of a birthday cake!"
At that we both laughed, yeah they didn't call us the Twisted Sisters for nothing!
We stayed in her room for a few more minutes until I got a text from Angela saying that she was on her way to school which was my que to head that way as well, so I then told Alice I'd see her at school and then head to the garage and hopped into my truck and sped down the road towards Forks High School.
I had gotten extremely close to the humans over the summer (Especially Angela), so much so that we actually had a couple of sleep overs if you can believe it! Imagine it, me at a slumber party! Crazy I know but it was actually a lot of fun!
When I arrived at school I was Angela parked in her usual spot and I parked in my usual spot next to her and then hopped out of the car and went over and gave her a hug which she returned.
"So on a scale of 1 to 10, how freaked out is Bella going to be this morning?" Angela asked with a giggle as she pulled away.
I laughed, "Uhhh probably a 20… But hey it's technically her fault! She shouldn't have told me that she didn't want to celebrate her birthday!"
Angela started to laugh with me and then started to talk about our most recent assignment for English, Romeo and Juliet. Ugh. I mean it's a good story and the writing style of the great William Shakespeare but the whole falling in love that fast in that short of time and at that young of age is a little bit of a stretch. But hey like I've said a million times I tend to be the glass is half empty type of gal.
Anyways right in the middle of our conversation we heard someone honk at us, we turned and saw Mike pulling into the parking lot with Jess in the passenger's seat smiling and waving at us. Once Mike put the car into park Jess quickly hopped out and dashed over to us, "Sorry for being late! MIKE decided that today was the best day to sleep in! Have we missed anything yet!?" Jess asked with a huge smile on her face. Yes everyone was in on my little birthday surprise for Bella today!
I chuckled and shook my head, "I haven't even gotten a text message from her this morning so I don't know if she just hasn't woken up yet or she is that mad at me!" At that we all started to laugh.
"So who exactly did you pull off getting into her room and decorating it without waking her up?" Mike asked as he put his arm around Jess' shoulder.
I smiled proudly at that question and then jumped onto the hood of Angela's car, "I'm glad you asked Mike! I had to enlist the help of Police Chief Swan to get into the house early this morning and as for decorating it wasn't that hard, she sleeps like a rock! So it wasn't that hard."
Mike chuckled and shook his head, "How did you get Bella's dad to go along with this!? Doesn't he like hate you and your family after the whole breaking Bella thing? No offense!"
I rolled my eyes at him, "Okay one WE didn't break Bella! She technically broke herself! And two he only has a grudge against Edward, he absolutely adores me!" I stated with an innocent smile at that last part.
The conversation continued from there and soon enough Tyler, Eric, and Lauren had joined us and we were all hanging around Tyler's van and then my phone started to go off and it was a text from Alice warning me that Bella was about to pull into the parking lot!
I started to jump up and down in excitement, "Okay everyone places! The birthday girl is about to arrive!" And with that everyone raced to their vehicles and waited for the old beat up pickup to pull into the parking lot.
It took a few long anticipation filled moments until we all saw Bella pull into the parking lot and I gave the signal to Tyler to go, and at that he started to honk his horn as Bella passed by his van and then it was like a domino effect as Mike, Angela, me, and Eric started to honk our horns as she pass by.
We stopped once Bella parked her truck and then we all got out of our car and rushed back over to Tyler's van and pretended as if nothing had ever happened, and soon enough I heard the one thing I had been expecting all morning.
"WINIFRED JANE MASEN CULLEN!" Bella exclaimed as she stormed over to us.
It took all I had to not just burst into laughter at that moment but I held it in and kept the most casual face I could as I turned around to face to furious birthday girl.
"Morning Bella! How are you today?" I asked with a smile
"Oh don't you good morning me! You know exactly what you did! I told you all that I didn't want to make a big deal out of my birthday!" She said as she crossed her arms glaring at me.
"Oh my god! It's your birthday!? That is like brand new information!" I exclaimed in mock surprise and then turned to the others and gave them the signal and we all started to sing the Happy Birthday song to her as loud as we could.
Once we had finished Bella was still glaring at us and I rolled my eyes at her, "Come on Bella you're practically my sister and you expect me to not celebrate your birthday!? Now show me a smile so we can take a selfie together!" At that Bella finally cracked a small smile, though I could tell she was still pretty mad, but hey at least she's not trying to kill me! I quickly pull out my phone and snap a quick picture of us and then move back over to the others.
"Oh that reminds me, my mom got me a camera so I can make a scrapbook full of memories," Bella stated as she pull a small camera out of her backpack, "I need a picture of you guys." She added with a small smile.
With that we all pulled together so Bella could take a picture while we all made jokes about getting our good sides and photo shop, then we all went back to our previous positions after we heard the camera click.
"Oh look Cullen is here." Mike stated with fake enthusiasm.
I rolled my eyes and turned to him, "Oi! Tread carefully Newton! Twin sister right here!" I said gesturing to myself, and Mike instantly apologized. I knew that he still didn't like my brother and I could understand that, but what I would not stand for was him making comments like that with me around.
I watched as Bella walked over to my brother and I gave him a smile and thumbs up before I went back to my conversation with Angela and Jess. But it didn't last very long because a few minutes later I heard a familiar voice call out to Bella.
It was Jacob Black. Awesome. I hadn't seen or talked to him since the incident at prom when I told him I was a Cullen, and I wasn't going to take a chance and try to! I wasn't the type of girl to chase after someone for forgiveness, unless it was one of my family members or someone else close to me, but that's beside the point! Point is that I'm not one to stir the pot or try and dig a hole I was stuck in even deeper.
I looked over at Bella and Jacob talking and I got an uneasy feeling in my stomach. And I knew exactly why, Jacob was growing at an unnatural pace. He had to have grown at least two feet since the last time I saw him! He was getting close to shifting, I could tell it wasn't the first time we had seen boys from the La Push Reservation shift. I turned to Edward knowing that he read my thoughts and saw him watching them obviously on high alert.
I then turned my attention back to Bella and the Jacob and saw them exchange good byes, I sighed in relief when I saw Bella turn away from him and go back to Edward, and so I turned back to my group about to rejoin the conversation when I heard someone call my name.
I turned and saw Jacob still standing there motioning me to come over, I looked over at my brother wanting to know if it was safe and saw him looking over at me and nodding. So I took that as my que and told everyone I would be right back then made my way over to the young wolf boy.
"Hello Mr. Black, how are you today?" I asked not really knowing what else to say.
"Hey Cullen." He said with a small smirk rubbing the back of his neck.
I rolled my eyes, "So it's just Cullen now? I've said sorry already Jacob. I'm not going to beg for forgiveness or anything so if that's what you're…"
Jacob rolled his eyes cutting me off by putting his hand over my mouth, "Shut up for five seconds Cullen!"
I glared at him as he removed his hand and then motioned for him to start talking.
"I need to say I'm sorry. The way I reacted when you told me you were a Cullen wasn't right…" Jacob then sighed in frustration rubbing the back of his neck more, "You were completely honest with me and I didn't have right to be mad. I mean I barely know you and…"
I laughed cutting him off, "Jacob calm down! It's okay, I totally expected that kind of reaction from you. I mean with the way the stories go and the tension between our family and your tribe it's only to be expected right?"
Jacob gave me a small smile obviously relieved that I understood where he was coming from and was about to say something but then I continued, "Just remember Jacob that not all Cullens are as bad as your tribes stories say. Always remember that." I said with a small smile and then I heard the bell ring, I said a quick goodbye to Jacob and then raced after Angela and Jess.
The rest of the day went back pretty normally nothing special really happened except Bella continual complaining and resentment over everything that involved us wanting to celebrate her birthday. Luckily she didn't protest too much when Alice gave Bella a dress and told her to wear it tonight for her surprise party.
That night I was in my room getting ready for the party while listening to the audio book for Jane Austen's, 'Sense and Sensibilities'. I had decided to wear a short white strapless dress that reached a little bit above my knees, it was fitted at the top and then puffed out below the waist and it had a rose floral design all over it. With it I put on my mother's pearl necklace and bracelet, and on my feet were a pair of red fabric high heels. I left my hair the way it was and then I made my lips look like I was wearing red lipstick.
I walked over to my full length mirror and did a little twirl making sure everything was in place when I heard one of my favorite lines start playing on my audio book, ""Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave the room this moment."" I said in sync with the narrator with a smile. I don't know why I loved those words so much. I just always have.
Anyways once I was pleased with my appearance I turned off the audio book and then went over to my bed where my present for Bella sat nicely wrapped. Inside was the first piece of jewelry I ever had, it wasn't anything too special, it was a simple silver chain with a small round locket attached, and inside of one side was a picture of Edward and I during a trip to the lake, on the other side was a picture of Edward, Bella, and I during our trip to Seattle this summer. It wasn't anything too fancy but I saw her as my sister now and as my sister she deserved a piece that had some kind of family meaning right?
I picked up the small package and left my room to go find Edward and Bella, and I found them in Carlisle's study looking at a picture of the Volturi, just looking at it made a shiver run down my back. I absolutely hated them they were so sneaking and conniving and not to mention cruel to a point where I couldn't stand them.
I gently knocked on the open door and smiled at the couple as they turned to me, "Hey can I borrow your girlfriend for a couple of second Edward?" I asked motioning to Bella.
Edward gave me a small smile and nodded, he gave Bella a quick kiss on the top of her head and then left the room. I turned to Bella and could tell she was still furious at me and so I was careful when I walked over to her.
"Okay let me begin with I'm sorry. I know that you didn't want to make a big deal out of your birthday but I couldn't help it! It's been so long since we had an actual birthday to celebrate so Alice and I kind of went overboard. Well mostly me though." I said with a shy smile and then continued, "Anyways I wanted to give you my present before you went out there, and I was hoping you could wear it." I said and handed her the small package.
She took the package with a little hesitation and then started to open it, she then pulled out the small silver locket and opened it and her eyes went wide when she saw the pictures. She opened her mouth the speak but I cut her off, "Edward gave that to me on my 13th birthday, it was the first piece of actual jewelry that was actually mine..." I said as I took the necklace from Bella's hand and walked behind her and started to put it on her, "You are a part of the family now Bella, not just the Cullen family though, but the Masen family as well." I finished putting the thin chain around her neck and then stood back as Bella turned to face me, a smile gracing her face.
"Thank you Winnie. You don't know how much this means to me." She said as she pulled me into a hug.
"Enough for you to forgive me for the little surprise I gave you this morning?" I asked as I hugged her back.
"Ohhhh you wish." Bella chuckled as she patted my back and pulled away, just as Alice walked into the room.
"It's time! It's time! It's time!" Alice exclaimed jumping up and down as she grabbed Bella's hand and pulled her towards the staircase.
I chuckled and followed my sister as she pulled Bella away. Once we were downstairs we saw the living room fully decorated and everyone standing around with smiles, well everyone except Rosalie of course.
The rest of the family all started to wish Bella a happy birthday and I made my way over to Edward and Emmett who were standing on the steps of the staircase and I made it over to them just in time to hear Emmett say, "Dating an older woman... Hot."
At that I instantly started to laugh and I quickly hugged Emmett, "I knew there was a reason I kept you around!"
Emmett laughed and hugged me back, "Like you could ever get rid of me Little Bit!" He responded as he ruffled my hair and then pulled away.
At that moment Bella started to open her presents, she got a bracelet from Rosalie which she flat out said she didn't buy. Geez Rosie could at least pretend to not totally hate this girl!?
She then got a new car stereo from Emmett and Jasper and it was already installed in her truck, damn I wish they would help work on my truck with me sometimes!
Then came Esme and Carlisle gift, but before she could even open it she got a paper cut on her finger from trying to open the envelope, at first I didn't think anything of it but not even a second later the smell of her blood hit entered my nose and suddenly it was like everything was moving in fast forward!
Jasper launched at Bella but Edward quickly jumped in front of her and pushed her back but with too much force and Bella went flying across the room and crashed into a small table that was holding a glass vase which obviously broke during the collision. Jasper was also thrown across the room by Edward and he ended up landing in the grand piano!
At first I didn't know who I should move to first but then quickly saw my brother start to panic and knew who I needed to be with, so I quickly ran over to where Bella was and gently helped her up, "Carlisle I'm taking her to your office!" I called and Carlisle nodded in response as he gave everyone instructions on what to do and where they needed to go.
Okay so I know I've said this once but I feel like it needs to be said again...
Well... That escalated quickly.
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