A/N: I don't own Twilight!
Chapter 1
"Oh, Edward, I thought… I thought we were real," Jessica said when she caught me talking to Angela, "I thought you loved me."
"Yeah, well you thought wrong sweet cheeks," I said with a smile and walked away from her, more focused on my phone call, "Sorry, love, now what were
we discussing?"
"Um… Edward, I'm worried that I'll end up like every other girl you've been with! What am I? I'm, like, the 50th girlfriend you've had since high school
right?" What an exaggeration! I might be a player, but I haven't had 50 girlfriends.
"Sweetie, I have not had that many. Besides, can I help it if I'm such a ladies man?" I asked throwing a lady killer smile to a young blonde walking by.
Maybe I did have a problem… I'm 21 years old, no life goals, no dreams, I was a townie actually. I lived in Forks all of my life, born and raised, I left briefly to try and
give college a shot. Let's just say, that did not work out, after all I ended up back in Forks.
My father was the doctor that everyone wanted, he was THE Carlisle Cullen. Yeah, try living under his shadow… No doubt, he is utterly disappointed in his
lazy no account son. My mom, well, she tried her best to give me a start in life. She pulled strings to get me into college, but was probably disappointed that I had a
GPA of 1.5…
"Edward! Are you listening to me?" Oh, shoot! I forgot about my phone call… What can I say? I wasn't a great listener.
"Yeah, totally. I have to go, later Ashley," I said and hung up while she was throwing a fit that I got her name wrong. Women had to know what they were
getting into when they started dating me, I had a reputation after all.
I arrived home and saw both of my parents at home, that was not a good sign! I walked inside and threw my jacket on the hook. "Oh, Edward! You're
home, please come in here, we need to talk."
"What's up mom?" I asked walking in. Carlisle was standing with his arms crossed in front of him, Esme was sitting on the chair with my little sister Alice
sitting in front of her. Alice was 8 years old, deaf and mute. Things had been hard when Alice was born, things had been great until it was time for her to start talking,
and she didn't. Esme had been so worried, but the doctors informed us that Alice was in fact deaf and mute. Without further ado, the whole family was enrolled in a
class that taught sign language.
"Edward, we feel that you should start working with your father in the hospital. Just helping out, you can…"
"Be an errand boy?" I asked and received a look from Alice, I knew that she was wondering what was going on. I signed to her that it was just the usual, I
was getting a lecture on my life choices. She laughed and went back to her drawings.
"Edward, you need to start thinking about life! You're 21 years old and have no ambition to do anything!" Carlisle said, he was on the verge of yelling at
me. I know that I wasn't the son he wanted, I know that he had always dreamt of having a son that followed in his footsteps; not one that was with a new girl every
week.
"You know what dad, I know that I am an utter disappointment to you both. But, I have no intention of going to work in the hospital. I'll find my own place
and get out of here so you won't have to worry about me anymore." I said and stormed out of the house. I had no idea how I was going to find my own place, but I
knew that I could stay with my other sister and her husband until I figured it out.
Rosalie, Rose, was 4 years older than I was, we had been close growing up and if it hadn't been for our age difference, we would have looked like twins.
We both had piercing green eyes with dirty blonde hair. As I mentioned, we were close growing up… Until Rosalie discovered that she liked dating guys, she found
Emmett and he soon took my place. At first, I resented him, I hated that he took my sister from me. But, as I grew older, I started hanging out with him and became
friends.
I was still close with both of them, which was how I knew that I could stay with them for a little bit; I'd done it before. I stood on the front steps of their
house, debating if this was what I really wanted to do. Finally, I knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer the door.
"Edward, what are you doing here?" Rose asked when she finally opened the door, she was balancing her 3 year old son on her hip. I smiled and gave her
the usual look, she sighed but nodded and handed me little Jason. He looked just like Emmett, he had his dad's curly black hair and black eyes.
"Uncle Eddie!" He said wrapping his tiny arms around my neck. Yep, I was the cool Uncle Edward, but he couldn't say my whole name yet so I had to hear
him call me 'Eddie' for the time being.
"You know, you really need to stop fighting with them and just start doing something with your life," Rose said as we walked into the kitchen. Jason had
been left alone in the living room, he was watching SpongeBob SquarePants or something…
"Come on, Rose! I just heard that spiel from Carlisle and Esme; I don't need to hear it from you too." I took a bite of an apple and waited… Man, I really
was the black sheep of the family.
"All I'm saying is that they're right, you need to do something." Rose continued chopping onions as we talked, "Ya know, Emmett just had a spot open up!
I'm sure you could work with him."
"Oh yeah, could you see me in a stuffy office? That's not for me," Emmett worked as a banker in our small little town, he was really successful… Yep, even
the in-law was more successful than I was.
"How long are you going to stay here?" Rose asked sitting down next to me at the counter.
"Just until I can get my own place," she gave me a look that asked how I was going to do that, "I'll figure it out, sis! No worries!"
"You know you're welcome here, otherwise you wouldn't have come." Rose said, "I do want to see you get your life straightened out. Who knows? Maybe
one of these girls that you're always with can shape you into a man."
"Oh, yeah, I'd love to see that happen." Then it hit me, "Wait! Are you saying I'm not a man?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying. You're simply a boy playing with these ladies hearts… A man wouldn't do what you're doing."
A/N: Yikes! Edward just schooled by his older sister! I know that the beginning starts off a little bit slow... But I loved how this chapter ended! Can't wait for y'all to
read this story!
