This is named different and some things and events have been edited, but is basically the first book, Twilight. Just give it a chance, 'kay? I hope you like dark Edward, or dark Cullens for that matter. If you like it, review because I worked hard on this. If you don't like it, review to say some advice on the story to make it better. Either way, just review dang it!
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Greenest Place on Earth
I sat at the end of my bed, refusing to cry. No crying, that was my policy. Crying meant that I was weak and I was certainly not weak. Renée walked in and sat down beside me. She put an arm around me and kissed my dark hair.
"Bella, you know that your dad wants us to move back to Forks, and I'm sorry that you have to leave your friends, but there is nothing that I can do." Renée stated, trying to comfort me. I glared at her. That's how much my own mom knows about me. I haven't had "friends" for two years.
"What friends?" I queried. She smiled nervously at me and stood up quickly, then handed me a suitcase.
"Pack the rest of your stuff in there, sweetie. We'll be leaving in ten." Renée explained before disappearing.
After stuffing my clothes and favorite things into my bag, I opened the door and looked back at the empty room.
"Bye room, I will miss you alot." I said and ran smack into Renée.
"Are you okay, Bella?" She asked. The concern and worry in her eyes was unmistakable.
"Fine, mom." I mumbled and walked past her to Charlie.
"Hey, Bells, how are you?" He asked. I shrugged. Broken, depressed, lonely. The usual, dad, I wanted to say.
"Feeling much better today, dad." I lied and got into the car. Renée walked over to Charlie and whispered into his ear. He gave her a slight nod and stepped into the driver's seat, Renée in the passenger's.
"Are you ready to leave?" Renée asked.
"Sure mom." I grumbled. Charlie started Renée's quiet engine and drove to the airport. I looked at the Phoenix sunshine and sighed silently. The warmth I would miss the most out of this whole stinking place. Forks, Washington was depressing as far as I could remember, but it matched my regular mood. Every time I visited Charlie, Forks was the greenest place on Earth to me.
When we finally arrived at the house, I jumped out of the car and looked at the small, but warmly familiar house. Believe it or not, but I was giddy to be back here. Charlie unlocked the door and we all went inside. It was the same old structure and had the same musty old smell. When I walked up to my room, it was the exact same also.
"Wow." I mumbled and plopped down on the bed. Renée and Charlie came up to my room and smiled at me.
"Do you want to go to school tomorrow? You shouldn't miss much if you don't go." Charlie said.
"I'll go the day after tomorrow." I mumbled and rolled over to try to sleep.
The recurring dream I've been having for the past three months came back yet again. I was standing by myself in that same field. The sky was black and the moonlight shone brightly on my pale face. But, there was something different about this particular dream. There was a large house all of a sudden. It popped into existence and the lights were on inside. I started walking towards the house; however, every step I took made the house seem a little bit farther. I tried to get to it and tripped on a log. Blood spread on the ground and I saw a large stake (?) sticking out of my stomach. Something grabbed me from behind, but the dream dissolved as I was being woke up.
Someone was shaking me. "Bella, come on! We got you a truck to drive to school tomorrow." The sound of Renée's voice roused me eventually.
"Yeah," I mumbled. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I pulled on some jeans and a shirt over my pajamas. Then I put on my shoes and sat back down on the bed. Someone knocked on the door. Renée opened it and a guy about my age walked in. He had dark skin, eyes, and hair. He had dark everything. For an odd reason, I recongized who he was immediately. The thoughts of playing at the beach washed through me in lapping, salty waves.
"Jacob Black?" I greeted timidly to make sure it was he.
"Yeah, Bella. I barely recognized you. You're…older now." He said.
I laughed for the first time in weeks. I got up from the bed and gave him a welcoming hug. Jacob untangled himself from my hug after a while and took my hand with a friendly smile.
"Want to see your new truck?" He prompted. I nodded. He led me down the stairs and to the most awesome truck I had ever seen. It was a rusty red and looked older than dirt.
"Awesome!" I shouted and jumped into the driver's seat. Jacob handed me the keys and got into the passenger's.
"There you go. Have fun and no drunk driving!" He joked.
I chuckled. "Hey, dad. I'm going to drive around this place. Don't wanna be lost when I got to school tomorrow." I said, and looked at the man in the wheelchair beside him. His name was Billy, I think. When I turned on the engine, I screamed. It was so freaking loud. After I calmed down, I eyed Charlie and Billy.
"Hey, Billy, can I take Jacob with me? He could lead me around everywhere." I asked.
"Sure Bells." Billy answered with a smile.
"Bye, dad, Billy!" I said their names as Jacob and I drove off.
The town was small as Jacob pointed out all of the good spots and all of the bad spots. We pulled into the school and got out.
"Hey, loitering is not allowed." Jacob joked.
"Come on, Jacob, I have to go register." We walked inside and he looked around as I registered myself.
"Let's go to McDonalds or a Burger King. I'm starving." Jacob implied as we walked back towards the truck.
"How about an actual restaurant? Something not too crowded and unhealthy." I countered. He slid over to the driver's seat.
"I know a good place to go. Hand me the keys." He held out his hand. I set the key in there and climbed into the other side.
"Let's roll, Jake!" I cheered optimistically. He laughed at me and drove across town.
We ordered at a nice little place and talked about everything. "Want to hear a cool story?" Jacob urged.
I looked at him. "Sure, hit me with one." I sat back and stared intently at him.
"Okay, my ancestors believe in vampires and werewolves, just so you know. It goes with the story." He began.
"Okay…." I trailed off.
"The 'cold ones' or vampires as us sane people call them used to hunt on this very land. But they fed on animals instead of humans. I guess that I'm descended from wolves or something, so we attacked the vampires that fed on humans. The ones that fed on humans had bright red eyes, as the animal feeders had eyes the color of topaz. When the wolves, the good guys I guess, cornered them the animal feeders they said that they fed on animals and we made a treaty with them. As long as they didn't kill or turn a human, they could live theirs lives on this land. Quil, Embry, and I make fun of the Cullens, calling them vampires. They go to your high school, so you'll see those dorks tomorrow." Jacob finished and stuffed a piece of steak in his mouth.
I leaned towards him. "You don't believe in vampires and werewolves, do you?" I questioned.
Jacob shook his head. "I'm pretty sure it's bullshit, but you never know." He hissed at me. "I vant to suck your blood!" He joked, pawing me with his hands. I spewed soda all over the table, laughing my ass off.
"That is so funny!" I shouted. He put a hand over my mouth.
"Shh, the cold ones will hear you." Jacob continued to joke, making me laugh even more hysterically.
It was about five in the evening when I got back with Jacob. We had run around everywhere. Jacob had bought a cape and plastic fangs and ran through the stores, asking everyone if he could borrow some blood. Renée and Charlie were waiting for me.
"Hey, how was your first day out?" She asked.
"Jacob can turn anything into a fun event." I said, nudging him. He blushed slightly.
"It's just a talent I got." He excused. Renée smiled at us and resumed eating her dinner.
"Bells, could you drive me over to La Push? I need to get home before dad kills me." Jake requested.
"I'll be back in while!" I said to Charlie and Renée as I pulled my key out of my pants pocket and ran back out to the truck.
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The school was small when I pulled into the parking lot the next day. The cars pretty much matched the old truck of mine, except for the shiny and pretty new Volvo across from me. I stepped out of the truck and walked inside the school to the desk clerk. The nice woman handed me some papers, the teachers having to sign one of the papers.
"Welcome to hell, Bella." I mumbled to myself before starting my journey down the hall to my first class.
"Hello!" A guy with spiked light blond hair said to me as he sat down at the desk next to mine.
"Hi." I mumbled.
"I'm Mike Newton. You're Isabella, right?"
"It's Bella, Mike." I corrected.
He made an oh sound and looked at the teacher. I didn't pay attention to the teacher. Everything went by in a blur 'till lunch. Mike and his friends Eric, Angela, and Jessica all made me sit down beside them. I didn't eat; I never ate lunch at school.
"Where did you move from?" Eric asked.
"Phoenix." I said and looked at the door to the outside. The rain poured, making my stomach wrench with longing to be back in Phoenix.
"Surprising that you're white as a ghost, being from there." Jessica said nervously.
"So? I'm not exactly an outdoor person." I snapped at her. She quickly looked away from me and poked at her food.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Mike surveyed. I moved my tray towards him.
"Nope, you want it?" I questioned. He shook his head. I shrugged and left the tray there.
The door opened and a breeze hit me, chilling me to the bone. A close group of five walked in, a beautiful bronze haired young man being in the front. They were all beautiful.
The two girls looked like super models. The first one had spiky black hair and was pixie-like. She looked upbeat. A blond haired young man was holding her hand, looking kind of stiff as he walked by. The other girl was far prettier. She was blond and an intimidating man was close beside her. The one in front was the most handsome of the five. Like his brother's body types, his was slender but muscular, except for the one beside the blond, whom was as big as a gorilla. He looked me dead in the eyes as he sat down with his group and his whole body went rigid for some reason. His fists clenched up and his stare became hard and seemingly cold. I kept looking at him with curiosity and raised my eyebrows.
Jessica nudged me. "I see that you noticed them." She said stiffly. I looked at her, confused. "They are extremely bad news. Don't even go near them unless you actually want them to tear your heart out. Just ask Mike." She explained. Mike nodded sadly. Angela rubbed his back sympathetically.
"Wait, what, are these guys a bunch of assholes or something?" I surveyed, pointing at them with my thumb. Jessica yanked my thumb out of their view, nearly breaking it.
"Uh oh, one of them is looking at you, Bella." Eric complained. I looked back at the beautiful group.
The same bronze haired man was still looking at me. I thought about glaring, but decided against it. No way was I going to get into a fight on the first day. Especially a fight against five.
"That one is Edward Cullen. He's considered the leader. The blond is Rosalie Hale and the small girl is Alice Cullen. The one who looks like a giant stick is up his ass is Jasper Hale and the large guy is Emmett Cullen. They were all adopted by Dr. Cullen." Jessica explained in a whimper. Jacob talked about them; he had called them vampires. I looked back at them. They didn't look like vampires to me. Aren't vampires supposed to be gross and burning in the sun?
"Has anyone stood up to them?" I interrogated.
"Yeah, a dude named Wayne Mark did. His face was so battered you couldn't see his eyes. Of course, he was too scared to tell anybody. You know what his excuse was? 'I fell.' Like anybody would believe that." Mike laughed.
"Did anybody believe that?" I asked, staring at Edward again. I created a barrier with my hair and tried to keep my gaze away from him.
"Yeah, everybody that wasn't a Forks high student did." Jessica said before the bell rang and I jumped up to dump my tray.
I walked into biology and searched for a seat. Edward was sitting beside the only empty chair in the room. I took this moment to get a good look at the guy who stared at me in lunch. He had high cheekbones and a strong jawline. His nose was almost impossibly straight, and his lips were very full. He looked at me and I could swear that his face darkened with pissed-offishness. His eyes were black and bruises were beneath them. Guess who didn't enough sleep?
With a loud sigh I got my paper signed and sat down beside him. I scooted my chair as far away from him as possible and blocked his stare with my hair. This guy was very weird. I heard his chair scoot and I looked through my hair barrier. He was right next to me, almost touching. His eyes wore a large smirk, though his face said nothing. I swear that I could've heard him inhaling deeply.
"Could you be any closer?" I whispered heatedly. Edward chuckled lightly.
"Would you like me to move, Bella?" He asked. I stared at him.
"How the hell do you know my preferred name, Edward? Everyone had been calling me Isabella."
He shrugged slightly. "Just heard it from your friends." He replied softly.
"So, Edward Cullen, why are you so close to me?" I asked, demanding from myself that I don't glare at him.
"How do you know my name?" He asked, not surprised.
"You hear things."
The bell rang and he was out of the room first. I gathered up my books and walked out right behind the leading crowd. A random student caught up to me.
"What'd you do to Edward? He looked, like, happy or something." He said with a nervous smile. Sheesh, was everybody here afraid of the Cullens? I wasn't too scared of them. That could be because I'm new, but I still wasn't. I walked into the gym and groaned. I was the world's clumsiest high school student. If there was an award for that, I would have it.
I walked with Mike and his friends to the parking lot. My truck was in view and I almost broke out into a run for it. When I got into the truck, I looked at the Volvo. The Cullens walked right through the crowd to their car. The students split into two lines and said nothing as the Cullens got into the car. It sounds corny, I know, but they were really scared of the Cullens. Edward looked at me again and winked before getting into the driver's seat. Mike and his friends followed Edward's gaze to me and looked at me with wide eyes. Embarrassed, I turned on the loud engine and sped out of the parking lot.
Charlie and Renée were waiting for me when I got home.
"Hey guys!" I greeted, happy for the first time in months. I don't know what Edward did to me, but I became so optimistic and uplifted when he walked through that lunchroom door today, I could just burst. Renée was shocked by my happy behavior.
She hugged me tightly; happy that the daughter she lost two years ago was temporarily back.
"How was your first day at Forks high?" Charlie asked. I shrugged.
"It was pretty good. I met Edward Cullen today." I explained. Renée's face lit up.
"Ooh, a boy! Tell me all about him!" Renée expressed, sitting down at the unmatched chairs in the small kitchen.
"Not a boy." Charlie complained and walked into the living room. The disgusting sound of sports came on. I giggled and sat down with Renée to chat like high school girls.
"So, what's he like?" Renée asked. I left out the part about him being one of the school bullies and Jacob calling him a vampire. Renée and Charlie wouldn't appreciate me dating a bully. Of course, what would he see in me anyway? I'm an ordinary girl that is not nearly as pretty as Edward's adopted sisters could be. What would he want with me when he could have any girl that he wanted?
"Mom, he's just a friend." I lied. I didn't even know him, so he was just an acquaintance to me, not a friend.
Renée smiled and kissed my head. "I'm glad you made a friend today. Lord knows how long it's been since you got one." She said before going into the living room with Charlie. The phone rang and I answered it.
"Hello?" I greeted in a happy tone of voice today.
"Hey, it's Jessica." She said on the other line. I sat down.
"How'd you get my number?" I questioned.
"The office, but that doesn't matter. In a couple of weeks, we're going to Port Angeles to get some dresses for the upcoming dance. You up for it?" She asked.
"Um, sure, why not?" I accepted reluctantly.
"Okay, she accepted Angela!" I heard her shout. "Okay, I'm going to get off, Bella. See you tomorrow at school." She said and hung up.
"Who was that?" Renée asked.
"Just a friend." I replied and put the phone back on the cradle.