This is my 1st fanfiction and it sucks even more the more I read it. Try to make it to the end and please review!

Chapter One

"Nessie!" A twinkling voice called to me. It was like the soft notes of a church bell, quiet to the point where you feel there must be more to the sound that your ears cannot hear. That voice was addictive; you had to find out where it was coming from and hear it once more, a thousand times more. If a man who had depended on meth for twenty years of his life were to choose between his precious meth and that voice, he would choose that voice. To the mind, that voice is like a miracle sound sent from God himself, you can never get enough of that voice. That is, if you're a normal person. But if you're like me, and the rest of my family, it is just a voice - the voice of Alice Cullen.

"Here you are Nessie!" Alice came dancing into the room pushing a whole rack of outfits, stuffed neatly into flowered clothes covers, and a makeup suitcase almost as big as she was.

"Alice, it's just my first day of school, not the prom!" I laughed. "Bella is going to kill you."

"Bella should be more open-minded; if she were a good mother she would want you to look amazing for every big event in your life. You've never been to a real school before, you need to look nice. I brought last week's finalists, so you could choose one" Alice motioned to the rack and began laying them down on my daybed. The first outfit was a deep red pencil skirt with a black, vertically stripped, v-neck tee-shirt. "I recommend you don't wear boots with this one. And make sure the shoes are black! This outfit most definitely calls for a clutch and a scarf, no belt; the skirt already has a decorative buckle design."

"Whoa there, Stacy London, don't you know what you're talking about!" More laughter escaped between my lips. "Did you bring every outfit in your studio?" I asked. Ever since Alice had begun selling her designs from her studio in Seattle, she had been trying to get me to wear the same hair, makeup, and clothes top models wear.

"Ha ha ha, that is hilarious. I am much more qualified than Stacy London! I have been around longer and have seen fashion change through the ages; I'd like to hear her say that." Alice unzipped the second outfit, a green, turtle-neck shirt with elbow-length sleeves, paired with a knee-length white skirt dotted with miniscule blue flowers and green leafs. "I will not let you wear this outfit unless you wear it with brown, knee-high boots; leather, of course." I looked expectantly at her.

"What? No accessories?" Alice's smile proved my assumptions correct.

"Well I did picture this outfit with a mustard yellow knit beret and an armful of bangles, and I AM the expert here."

"True enough," I laughed. Before Alice could unzip the next outfit, sharp heels came stomping into my room. Rosalie's indescribably gorgeous face was twisted into immeasurable fury. Alice hardly reacted at all; she only stiffened a little and continued what she was doing.

"This jacket looks good with-"

"How could you, Alice!" Rosalie's voice was controlled, but dangerous. "You promised me-"

"I promised we could paint her nails blue but not that we would go all nine yards and-"

I glanced down at my perfectly smooth, ice blue nails, beginning to understand what this was all about.

"You got to pick her hair and makeup; I say that she wears the blue jacket and white pants like I wanted."

"Rosalie, don't be immature, we had already picked out the finalists for her first day of school outfit when you suggested that totally boring idea, I mean the jacket is cute, but there isn't enough color-" Rosalie growled, " and I'm only doing what Nessie wants after all."

Alice reached out and pulled my thin body behind her, I would have fought her grip, but being only half vampire, I was not nearly as strong as my full-blooded vampire family. Rosalie dove and caught me around my waist.

"LET ME HAVE HER!"

They tugged at me like toddlers fighting over a rag doll.

I felt about as powerful as a rag doll.

"Guys, be careful! Bella would never let you near me if she saw you two right now. Edward would kill you if you two broke me!" my words were powerless.

Alice managed to slip me away from Rosalie's grasp, then Rosalie regained her grip on me and plopped me out of Alice's hands before throwing me over her shoulder and running down the stairs, Alice hot on her heels.

Rosalie ran out the front door, around the house, in through the back door, up the stairs, down the hallway, into her room, and then locked the door. The door looked wooden, but it had a solid, three-inch thick steel sheet inside it: all the doors in our house did. I put my hand on her neck and showed her the picture in my head.

"Oh don't worry, Alice is not that mad!"

"ROSALIE!" Alice growled and scratched at the door.

"Alice, what's wrong?" Bella asked from the outside.

"Rosalie locked herself in her room with Nessie held captive," Edward explained. Reading minds does come in handy at times. Meanwhile, Rosalie was busy pulling my clothes off until I was standing in my matching, pink and orange bra and underwear. Then she began to pull her outfit on me. I knew better than to get in the way of her swift movements, so I just stood still.

"Rose, I thought you two were done using me as a Barbie doll."

"Rose, I'd like my daughter back now" Edward warned.

"Nessie, when will you learn that I can't stop treating you as if you were my own little girl?" Rose explained, ignoring Edward. "I have been with you since before you were born; I'm always thinking about what's best for you. In fact, the only person I love as much as I love you is Emmett."

"Yes! Sorry Nessie, but I think we know who the favorite here is!" Emmett bragged.

"I'm not questioning how much you love me, I'm just sick of seeing you and Alice kill each other over me." I clarified, saving a mental note to trip Emmett later.

"Oh, we won't kill each other over you."

"Rose…"

"There, you're perfect!" I glanced down at my new blue trench coat and tight, white jeans, just as Edward got the door open.

"Nessie!" Alice gasped. "Take that off right now!"Before Alice could get to me, Bella did.

"She looks fine; now please leave my daughter alone!" Bella crouched in front of me. Why did everyone get so worked up over me?

"Bella, please just let me add some bangles or a hat, at least let me fix her hair!" Alice pleaded.

"She's perfect without you all fussing over her!" Bella fought back.

"Well, as perfect as a girl can be, anyways." Emmett added.

"Emmett…." Edward warned again. "Don't give me a reason to tackle you."

"Boys, just because you look seventeen doesn't mean you must act like seventeen-year-olds." Esme said.

"Alice, stay away from my baby!"

"Oh-ho-ho! You're on little brother!"

"Please, Just bangles!"

"Edward, Emmett, that's hardly appropriate!"

"Am I interrupting?" Jasper's calm voice was in such contrast with the yelling and overacting around me, I heard it easily-so did everyone else.

"Of course not!" Bella replied, stunned. She hadn't realized just how out of control things had gotten.

"School starts soon…..I just wanted to remind everyone." I gave Jasper a thankful look. He winked in reply.

"I need to get ready!" Alice zoomed out.

"I have to finish washing the jeep. I can't believe we don't all fit in the Volvo anymore." Emmett leaped out the door.

Everyone was leaving; I saw my chance. Slowly, so nobody noticed, I inched towards the open window, then leaped and landed on my balcony with a louder thump than I had intended.

Crap.

I hope no one heard that.

"Nessie," Jasper whispered from a window ledge just to the left of my balcony, but I could still hear him. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I expected they would get carried away…..It's a big day." Jasper studied me closely.

"You're not as happy as you used to be. You're annoyed, " It was not a question.

"I'm grateful for how much everyone loves me. It can just be a little overwhelming," He nodded and hopped to the ground.

"We're leaving in ten minutes. Oh, and Jacob is on his way. I can hear him through the trees."

Yes! Jacob was a lot less embarrassing to talk to than Jasper was. No offense to Jasper.

I walked into my room and made sure I looked fine before Jacob got here. Lately I had been feeling….I don't know….feelings for him. I didn't like him though, I couldn't like him. He was my Jacob, the family Jacob. Ever since I had grown to look like I was fifteen and act like I was fifteen, though, I had grown more aware of Jacob and his not-exactly-ugly self.

"Nessie." Jacob stood at my door, gazing at me with wanting eyes. I swear he had feelings for me too. I think. "We're all waiting in the car to dive you to Olympia High. You nervous?"

"No. I'm ready."

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