Hello Everyone! I wrote this story a long time ago, under a different user name which I honestly do not remember the name of. Maybe, just maybe someone reading this remembers this story? If not, I hope you enjoy it. Since it has already been all written out, I hope to have a chapter out each week.
Bella's POV
I threw my sweater into my bag carelessly. Why were they doing this to me? What had I done? I sighed as I looked at the pamphlet that laid on my bed. The Lamb County Orchard.
Woohoo.
My parents decided that instead of spending my summer at home, in Forks, like I did every summer, just hanging with my friends, that I'd go and do something "fun". Apparently their idea of fun is very different from mine. My idea of fun is hanging out with friends, reading, and going with the flow. But my parents idea of having fun is spending a summer picking all sorts of fruits and vegetables.
"What? Why?" I asked, stamping my foot.
"Bella sweet heart, The Lamb County Orchard is a fantastic place. You'll be doing much more exciting things than just being with friends. In fact you'll make new ones!" My mother encouraged.
"Come on mom! You can't do this!"
"Bella, it's already been settled." My father said.
"Couldn't you have picked a place closer to home? So I could come visit you guys?" I asked. I mean really, why did they have to send me all the way to Texas?
"Bella, there is something very special about The Lamb County Orchard. It's the place where your father and I met. We want you to see the very place where we fell in love. And maybe you'll meet your special someone there too." My mother said.
"Yeah, right." I muttered.
"That's enough Bella, your leaving in a few days. I suggest you start packing." Charlie said. I sighed deeply and ran to my room.
So this was it. I was really going. In twenty four hours, I would be in Lamb County, Texas. I placed my last bag in my suitcase and zipped it up. Suddenly, my phone began to ring.
"Hello?" I said into the phone.
"Bella! I can't believe you are leaving me!" Angela said. I laughed at her over dramatic greeting.
"I know. I can't believe it either." I sighed.
"So you're really going to be there all summer?" She asked.
"Sadly." I muttered. There was a silence.
"I'll miss you." She said finally.
"Me too."
"Best friends forever." She said.
"Best friends forever." I repeated.
"Good. Anyway, I have to go. My mom decided it would be cool to have a family night. Woo.. Have fun okay?"
"Okay. Bye Angela." I said.
"Bye Bella! Miss you!" She said before hanging up. I hung up and tossed my phone onto my bed. My bed. My bed that I would miss oh so very much.
"Bye room." I said.
Rosalie's Pov
" No way! Did she really think that you wouldn't catch her making out with him? I mean puh-lease, they were so obvious about it." I said to my best friend, Tia.
"I know, she's such a slut. Oh well, they can both kiss my ass." She said.
"Anyway, this summer, I thought we could do something new." I told her. It was about time we did. Every summer we did the same thing. Go to California, hook up with some guys, and get piss drunk.
"Like what?" She asked.
"I don't know.. I was thinking about hitch-hike through Europe."
"Seriously? I mean, that would be a lot of.. walking."
"Who cares? I mean we'd be able to hook up with European guys. And you know how hot they are. And we'd be able to go somewhere knew. It would be totally awesome." I said.
"I don't know Rose.. What if we got lost?"
"You're not lost unless you're searching for a certain place, Tia. And in this case, we wouldn't be."
"Jeez Rose, way to go all philosophical on me." Tia laughed. I joined her.
"Come on, what do you say?" I asked. This had been my dream to travel Europe. And as a bonus: doing it with my friend? That was amazing.
"I'll think about it Rosie." Tia sighed.
"Good." I said, smirking. Suddenly a loud knock came from my door. " I gotta go." I said before hanging up. My dad barged in through the door, followed by his newest wife, Maria. I sat up straight.
"Rosalie, we have fantastic news." My father said, sitting at the edge of my bed.
"You're going to love it!" Screeched Maria, sitting on my fathers lap. I flash of disgust spread across my face, but I recovered it quickly, replacing it with a sweet intrigued expression.
"What is it?" I asked. Though, I honestly didn't really care. Nothing mattered now. I was going to Europe. I could die happily after.
"Well, I decided that this summer, I would take Maria here on a cruse." My father said.
"Fantastic daddy." I said, smiling. "I hope you have the best time."
"That's not all. While we're going to be gone, we are sending you to The Lamb County Orchard in Texas!" He announced. The smile on my face instantly dropped. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"What?" I asked.
"Well you see, Maria here has a son down in Texas, and ever so kindly got him to find a place for you to work at down at the Orchard." He explained.
"You'll love him! He's a total cutie." Maria piped in.
"But, but I'm going to Europe with Tia." I told them.
"Not anymore you aren't."
"But daddy!" I whined.
"No buts Rosalie. This will be a learning experience. You'll love it there."
"But dad! You don't understand. I already made plans!" I told him again.
"You can break them. Now if I were you, I'd start packing. You're leaving tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?"
"I would of told you sooner, but Maria and I have been busy packing for our cruse. Anyway, we'll leave you alone so you can pack." He said. Father tapped Maria lightly on the thigh, causing her to giggle as she got up. Both left my room. I couldn't believe this. Was this real? Were they really sending me to some stupid Orchard while they went off in a cruse
"Fuck this family. Fuck Maria. Fuck Daddy. Fuck fuck fuck!" I said. I got up from my bed and stomped around my room. Fuck fuck fuck! Why was this happening to me? Why was it that when things were finally going right, that something had to come and ruin everything? What had I done? God hated me.
Fucking hated me.
Alice's Pov
I walked through the doors of my house, my bags in hand, a wide smile spread across my face. I had just had another successful shopping trip. My pocket began to vibrate. I dropped my bags and took my cell phone out of my pocket.
U still coming 2night?
Xox
Duh! C u at 10
Of course I was coming tonight! Every first Friday of summer vacation, my friends and I had a tradition. We would always go out in the woods and have a campfire, have a couple of beers, and just party hard.
"Alice, is that you?" My mother shouted.
"Yes mom!"
"Could you come here a moment, please." She shouted. I sighed and headed towards the kitchen, where her voice had came from. There sat my entire family. My mother, my father, and my sister Cynthia.
"Oh, hi everyone." I said awkwardly. I hadn't expected all of them to be there.
"Come join us dear." My mother said, smiling. That was a good sign. If it was bad, she wouldn't be smiling, would she? I did as I was told and sat down at the table with my family.
"How are you?" My father asked.
"Good.." I trailed off. This was freaking me out. I felt as if I was in that show Exiled. You know, that show where they take all those spoiled my super sweet sixteen kids and send them off somewhere to live and see how good their life is at home? It felt exactly like that.
My mother glanced at the bags in my hand, which caused me to instantly clench them tighter in my hand.
"We see you've been on another shopping trip." My mother sighed.
"Yeah.." I said.
"Alice, this is getting out of control." My father said. "You've already spend $500 this month. This needs to stop."
"I'm sorry daddy. I'll try not to buy as much stuff next time." I told him.
"That's what you said last time." Cynthia said, rolling her eyes. I stuck my tongue out at her.
"Your sister's right Alice. We can't take anymore of this. Your mother and I have been doing researched, and we found the perfect place for you to work. You're going to The Lamb County Orchard for the summer."
My heart stopped. Work? The Lamb County Orchard? Now this defiantly felt like Exiled. I started to open my mouth, but immediately got cut off.
"Now before you say anything, there is no way you're getting out of this. Now go pack."
"Just one question." I said, trying to keep calm. "Why?"
"You will learn responsibility, you will finally know how it feels to earn money, and the worth of it." My dad replied. I sat still at my chair. I didn't know what to say. What to do. I looked at my family. My sister had a smirk on her face, she was enjoying this. My mother smiled at me encouragingly, as did my father. I nodded my head, and got up. I walked up the stairs and to my room. This was really it. I dialed Jane's number, it went to voice mail.
"Hey Jane, it's Alice. I just wanted to tell you I can't come tonight. In fact, I wont be able to see you all summer. My parents decided to send me to some stupid Orchard to learn about responsibility. I mean seriously, what the hell is wrong with them? I could of just gotten a job here! Ugh! Anyway.. I guess I'll talk to you later. Love you." I hung up my phone and sighed.
Cut to commercial... Oh, right. This is real.
Edward's POV
" Can you believe it's summer already?" My best friend Jasper Whitlock asked. Jasper was a tall guy, stood at 6'2, slim but built. He had blue eyes and shaggy blond hair. He was a cool guy. We'd been best friends ever since I'd first moved to Lamb County Texas. He had been given the job of showing me around the school, and ever since then, we'd hang out.
" 'Bout fucking time." Emmett McCarty boomed. I smirked. Potty mouth McCarty. That was one of the nicknames we'd given Emmett. Emmett had moved here from Detroit a year after I did. Emmett was a huge guy. He was very well built, a little scary at times. But his curly dark hair and dimples would make a girl melt and forget how big he was.
I was nothing compared to my best friends. Not that I ever compared myself to them. I stood at 6'0 and had bronze hair. My eyes were freshly cut green, which made girls melt. Though my friends and I weren't the most popular guys at our school, we still got a lot of attention.
"Hey Jasper, didn't you say your dad got hired a bunch of new workers this summer?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah that's right. Why?"
"Any of 'em hot?"
" I don't know." Jasper shrugged. " I didn't look."
"Even if they are hot, they'll be to busy working to pay any attention to you Emmett." I joked.
"Psht. In your dreams Edward. Once these girls see me, they'll be forming a line to get with this." He said, gesturing to himself.
"Boys, if you're done, we need help settin' the table inside." Jessica said. Emmett leaped from his seat.
"Coming Jess." He said. Emmett walked to Jessica and tapped her butt lightly, which made Jessica giggle. Emmett looked back at us and winked, before following Jessica inside.
"Man, that guy's going to be the next Hugh M. Hefner." Jasper laughed.
"That's for sure." I muttered, getting up.
Once dinner was finish, we each headed off to our cabins with our roommates. Since Jasper's dad owned the place, Jasper got to choose his own roommates, which were obviously Emmett and I.
"Well, I'm going to bed. It's going to be a long day tomorrow." Jasper said. I nodded in agreement. Showing the newbies all the work took a lot of patience.
"Awh you guys are boring. It's poker night! Let's go get us some money!" Emmett said.
"You can go Emmett." I said. Emmett cussed under his breath and left.
"He's going to regret that tomorrow." Jasper said, getting in his bed.
"That's for sure. Night Jasper."
"Night Edward."
I closed my eyes and imagined the pain tomorrow was going to be.
The morning sun shone through the curtains, the morning bell rang, and the sound of the arrival buses all woke me up. I looked over at my clock. 7:00 AM. I sighed. I sat up and swung my feet over the bed.
"Time to wake up guys." I said, my voice scratchy. They both groaned.
"Ten more minutes." Emmett pleaded, putting the pillow over his head.
"Nope. Time to get up." I said again. I got up from my bed and grabbed my clothes. I walked over to the bathroom and changed my clothes. As I was brushing my teeth, the sound of voices became louder and louder. I walked out of the before, only to find both Jasper and Emmett ready.
"Jeez, you're almost as slow as a girl." Emmett said. I rolled my eyes and followed the guys out the door. In front of our cabin were parked the buses. Or should I say the lack of buses. There was only one bus.
"Dad's not going to be happy about this." Jasper sighed. Suddenly, a model like blond came out of the bus. She had legs mile long, and a slim body. Her long blond hair was curled perfectly. Her almond colored eyes could burn holes through you. She wore a white tank top, a pair of ass-tight jeans, and red heals. She looked like she'd just stepped out of a car magazine.
Definitely gotta get on that.
The girl looked around the place. She shivered, despite the warm weather. City girl. She began to walk towards us, once she was near, she stopped.
"Do you know where I can find," She began to ask, but stopped and looked at a piece of paper. "Jasper Whitlock?" She continued.
"I-I'm Jasper Whitlock." Jasper spoke up. Emmett nudged Jasper. "Can I help you?"
"I'm Rosalie, your new step sister, and I need a place to put my bags. Where am I sleeping?" She asked.
"Uh, cabin 13." Jasper replied.
"Cabin? Uh no. I said, step sister, remember? So where am I sleeping?" She asked once again.
"It's not a mistake. You're sleeping in cabin 13." Jasper said, a little more certain this time. Rosalie narrowed her eyes at him.
"You're shitting me right?" She asked.
"No.." Jasper said.
"Christ! Fuckity fuck bitch fuck fuck!" She hissed before stomping off.
"She seems... Lovely." I laughed.
"She's just not used to it yet." Jasper reasoned.
"I'll help her get used to it." Emmett offered. Jasper punched Emmett's arm. We all paid attention back to the bus, when an average height brunette came out of the bus. She yawned and stretched her arms over her head, exposing her stomach a little. She looked up at the sky, shielding her eyes with her hand. Her eyes were a beautiful shade of brown. She wore a pair of sweat pants and a half-sleeve black shirt. She picked up her bags and made her way towards us. We all got ready to be asked the same question Jasper's step sister had asked us, but we were surprised when she just walked past us.
"What do you mean my stuff fell out of the bus?" A high pitched voice asked suddenly. We all turned back towards the bus, only to find a short , pixie like girl looking up at the bus driver.
"Sorry Ma'am, but we hit a bump and your stuff fell out." The bus driver explained.
"Well what am I suppose to do?" She shrieked.
"Stay in those clothes while we go back and find your bags, alright?"
"If you don't find them, I'm suing!" The girl huffed. The bus driver sighed and got back in the bus, and drove off.
The girl was short, probably 4'9. She had long back hair that was tied up in a sloppy pony tail. She wore a pink sweater and white sweat short shorts. She looked around her and sighed.
"Watch this." Emmett said, wiggling his eyebrows. Emmett walked over to the young lady.
"Excuse me miss, I couldn't help but to hear about your terrible news. But lucky for you, I happen to have a younger sister just about your height, and I'm sure she wouldn't mind lending a pretty lady like you some clothes." He said.
"Really? That would be amazing! I'm Alice." The girl said.
"Emmett McCarty. I can we're going to be great friend Alice." He said. He put his arm out, which let Alice hook her arm with his. She giggled as they walked away.
"Think he's going to get her?" Jasper asked.
"Not a chance."