Hey Everyone! Ok so I've been sitting on this story for a while and decided to write it down! The main plot of this story is that Bella and Edward have been friends since kindergarten and have grown up together. They've never been accepted by anyone other than each other. Edward has a disability that alienates him from everyone else and Bella isn't the prettiest girl around. The Cullen's are still vampires. I'm sorry if this summary sounds a little weak but I promise the story will be good! Also possible lemons ;) if you want them.
Disclaimer: Sadly Edward is not mine :'( but the plot is. But I can't make out with the plot.
My alarm went off at the same time it always did on a week day. Thank goodness it's Friday. I angrily hit the button that would make that horrible noise stop. I would have to ask Edward if he knew how to get so I would wake up to the radio instead. I walked down the hall way to the bathroom; the house was quiet and empty. My dad had to leave early for work. I took a quick shower and did what every other teen age girl does in the morning; get dressed and put on makeup. Though I did put a lot on like the other girls whose eyes were outlined in hard black and shadowed with extremely bright or extremely dark colours. I checked the clock and grab a granola bar and was out the door at my usual time. Over the past little while it had become like clockwork.
Leaning against my old truck like every day since I had gotten my licence was my best friend, Edward, we had been friends since we were born. Heck almost before that since my mom and his were pregnant at the same time and spent a lot of time together. Before she left my dad and me. People who don't know us always wonder why we don't use one of Edward's family's cars, they were so much nicer then my beat up old truck but they don't know about Edward's... disability. Well I don't know if you could call it that, he's perfectly normal. He listens to music and acts like every other 17 year old guy. Just sweeter and not as sexually minded, though he has some of the best dirty jokes sometimes. Great! There I go again, going on and on about Edward, it's been like this for awhile.
"Hey." Edward smiled as he looked in my direction, I loved his smile. Today he was wearing a grey sweater and dark jeans with his usual black sun glasses.
"Hey Edward, jeez did you get any sleep last night?" I asked as he let out a great yawn, walking over to the driver's side as he opened his door and slid in.
"I slept fine, I was thinking about... some stuff and it kind of kept me up." He said raising his voice slightly so I could hear it over the noise of the engine.
I nodded; I didn't press the subject anymore. I understood that if he wanted to tell me, he would, and he was great the other way around as well. He always waited for me to come to him if I had a problem, he never pressed. He only reminded me once maybe twice that I could tell him anything. That was another great thing about him, on a list of hundreds.
There was no conversation during the ride, just comfortable silence.
I pulled into the parking lot and parked in our usual spot. It was easier for Edward to find it after school.
The school building was... well crappy, in comparison to most. But there were only 400 kids here so it didn't really need to be like the glamorous schools you see in movies.
We both got out of the truck and headed to our first class, Biology. We had a lot of classes together, all but one. I think the secretaries who made the schedules made it like that. Not that I minded being with Edward all day, I just didn't like them pitying us because no one every talks to us or goes near us. Apparently they can't wrap their heads around the fact that Edward's different. And I hated them for that. If they could get their heads out of their asses they would see what I see, a kind and caring and a beautiful person inside and out. Funny how people can be so blind, this was absolutely ironic, considering the circumstance. It was also cruel how someone so beautiful couldn't see it physically and mentally. Yes, Edward is blind, but I don't care, he's the most amazing and... And there I am gushing again. I mean I couldn't like... be in love with him right? Yeah I loved him as a friend but maybe more? I'm so confused.
This topic consumed my thought though my first two classes and before I knew I was in line for lunch, while Edward was telling me about a book he had read in brail and I had read.
"I knew he was the killer right from the off. It was so obvious! I mean he was all quiet and 'let's pray to God' but it's always the quiet ones." He stated.
"It's always the one you least expect in these books, that just makes it more fun! To see how messed up someone who seems so nice can really be. That's been used in so many movies and books yet it always surprises us." I smiled as I said it, you couldn't help but smile when you were with Edward, at least I couldn't.
I ordered our food from the grumpy cafeteria lady who always gave you less than the others and we both headed to our normal table. But it was full, with new kids.
Great, another group of kids to torment us. I was about to walk away when one of the girls, short black hair with a small build and very pretty, looked up at me and said, "You can sit here you know, sorry if this is normally your sit, there weren't any other empty tables." She had a sweet voice and seemed kind. But they all seem kind at first. You think with the little amount of students we have they would learn to be accepting. I don't let them bother me though, it's their problem.
"We don't want to bother you or anything..." I started thinking of a way to get us out of it, Edward stayed quiet beside me, one hand brushing my hip to see if I was still in the same spot.
"No, come one sit!" The same girl replied, all the others looked at us with small smiles but one was too busy looking at her nails. I sighed in defeat after looking around and realising there weren't actually any open tables. I gently tugged Edward's shirt hem and he sat down in the seat next to me. There was an awkward silence that I decided to fill by taking a bite of my pizza as Edward took a sip of his drink. The others had trays of food but no bites were taken.
"I'm Alice by the way, Alice Cullen," the girl who greeted us said. "And this is Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie." Alice pointed to each in turn. Jasper was lean but muscular, Emmett was a giant and Rosalie was well basically the prettiest girl on Earth. But come to think of it they all looked like they had stepped out of a high fashion magazine. They all had pale skin and shades of gold for eye colour, which to me was odd.
"I'm Bella Swan and this is Edward Masson. So are you guys siblings or something?" I asked, Edward was being quiet and everyone thought that when he was quiet he was acting stuck up but I knew how hard meeting new people were to him. I slipped my hand under the table slowly and tapped his knee reassuringly. We had come up with our own set of signals, though we never discussed them. We just knew what the other one meant.
"No actually we are foster kids we just moved here from Alaska. Our foster parents moved here to fill the doctor opening." Alice said still in her happy voice.
"What about you guys? Are you friends or like dating..." She trailed off.
"No, we've been friends since pre-school. And my dad is a lawyer, my mum works at the bank and Bella's dad is the police chef." Edward said breaking his silence, he said the 'no' rather hastily as if embarrassed.
"Hey he speaks!" Emmett chuckled hitting Edward on the shoulder playfully not knowing this was coming Edward jumped when it happened and Emmett looked nervous that he had hurt him or something.
"I'm sorry man, I didn't mean to hurt you," Emmett said and I noticed Rosalie looking at what was happening as was Jasper but he had been in the conversation before, only not speaking.
"It's ok I just didn't see it coming." Edward smiled I knew he was hoping not to have to tell them about being blind.
"So, what classes do you have this afternoon?" I asked trying to break the silence and get the conversation back on track. It wasn't like I wanted these people to be my friend or even like me but I didn't see the point in ignoring perfectly friendly people.
"Trig room 212 and gym in well the gym," Alice said,
"Jasper, Emmett and Rose are in grade 12." She continued. I nodded lamely.
"We have Trig together actual we have both classes together. Edward's in Trig too." Crap. Well she's going to find out sooner or later and I'm guessing she's going to notice Edward's brail text book and note pad. He always seemed to amaze me; even though he couldn't see letters or words he takes classes 3 times a week so he can write. His parents had also had custom note books where the lines where raise so he could tell where to write. The only class he didn't have to take was gym, I mean he's amazing and I don't want to belittle him in any way but it wouldn't really be safe for a blind kid to be playing dodge ball would it? He takes music instead.
Alice smiled and nodded as the bell range. We all threw the content of our trays in the garbage and started walking to our class.
Edward stopped and tapped my hand, "Bella I've got to pick some things up from my locker, meet you in class."
I was going to follow him but he took off too quickly, I turned to see Alice waiting for me. We normally stopped off at the locker we shared before class but I guess we had been too busy.
I sat down in my normal seat putting my books on the seat to my right where Edward always sat and Alice sat to my left.
"Edward seems like a good guy." Alice said rather randomly.
I smiled as I always did thinking about Edward, "Yeah he is, we've been best friends since like J.K, and we are also neighbours."
It was silent as the class waited for the teacher to come in. What was taking Edward so long?
"Bella, I know." Alice said to me in a serious voice.
"Know what?" I was honestly confused.
"Bella I know Edward's blind." Alice said looking me square in the eyes. I stared back at her unable to come up with a reply, was it that obvious?
"Bella it's ok, I won't even bring it up ok?" I just nodded, just knowing it would get weird and then they would join the rest of the school. But there was a small part of me that wanted it to be otherwise.
Edward walked in right before the teacher and sat down in his normal seat. But something was wrong. When he had walked in his had been looking away from me and when he sat down he sat sideways on his chair, his back to me. The teacher Mrs Breton started her lesson before I could get a word in with Edward. And my luck took another hit when she declared a surprise test, making it almost impossible for me to get a word in with Edward. The test was easy and my mind was elsewhere, my stomach was twisting. When the bell finally rang Edward was on his way to music class before I could even gather my books.
Alice sensed something was wrong and said nothing as she followed me to gym, nothing better than playing dodge ball when your mind is elsewhere. I got hit in the head at least five times in the course of that gym class and multiple hits on other parts of the body for that matter. I changed quickly and said "good-bye" to Alice who waved cheerfully back at me, wishing me to have a good weekend. Edward was waiting at my truck like always, leaning against the passenger side door. I hit the unlock button and we both got in the truck.
I put my keys in the ignition and started the engine. Good, now I had him trapped.
"Ok what the hell happened when you went to your locker today?" I asked angrily.
"I'll give you a brief synopsis now but I'll explain tonight ok?" Edward was still facing the front as he said this.
"Alright." I replied nervously.
He turned towards me and slightly lifted his glasses not showing his eyes. What was under there made me want to punch a wall or better yet the person who did it. Under his glasses the skin was purple and yellowing around the edges. It was a good thing I wasn't driving or I would've driven right into a ditch.
"Who did this to you!?" I asked franticly, taking his face in my hands to get a better look, running my fingers over the coloured skin.
"Mike and Tyler," Edward said flatly. "I'll tell you everything tonight after movie night ok? It's no big deal."
"Ok, and yes it is a big deal!" I had a tear of anger escape my eye as I pulled out of the school lot. I was fuming.
"I've decided what theme tonight's movies are going to be." Edward tried to lighten the mood. We had movie night every Friday at my house, it didn't matter that Edward's family had bigger T.V's so we just put a DVD into my laptop and watched in my room. On the last Friday of the month we would pick a theme and buy lots of junk food.
"And what would that be?" I asked trying to push my anger to the side it was hard to be angry with Edward around.
"Musicals," Edward replied smiling slightly. I knew how he loved musicals. It was easier for him to follow the plot what with the actors singing about how they felt and their situation.
I smiled and put my hand on his knee for a second. I knew he understood that I agreed. It was odd how it could be so tense one minute and calm the next. I tried hard to push away my anger. We arrived at my house a few minutes later, I unlocked the door and we both went to the living room. We always did our homework together, though most of the time Edward was done a lot quicker then I in school and had little else to do. He would read a book or listen to music, helping me if I need it. His books (which had been translated to brail and need to be specially ordered) always were weird to me, I voice my opinion one time and he tried to teach me how to read the little bumps on the page, but I couldn't get the hang of it. I kept mixing the little groups of bumps to gather. By the end of that session I was frustrated at myself and Edward was trying to hold back his laughter while telling me it wasn't an easy thing to learn.
We both had some Biology to look over for a test on Monday but decided to tackle that on Sunday. It was about 3:30pm and Charlie wouldn't get home till 5pm. I got up off the floor where Edward was gathering his books, my legs and arms were stiff and I tried getting the blood flowing in them again.
"Hey Edward? D'you want to go out for dinner tonight? We could go to a pizza place in town or to Port Angeles; we don't start the movies until like 8 anyways." I asked sitting on the couch while he stood up stretching as well.
"Yeah sure, we'll order a pizza in Port A and shop around a bit till its ready then we'll come back, it'll kill some time I guess." Edward smiled as he said as if the thought of wasting time was entertaining. Maybe he just wanted to spend some time out of Forks. We hadn't gone anywhere in a while.
Alright! The story is in a set up stage right now! The main plot is going to be set into action in the next chapter! This hopefully will be up either late Thursday or Friday! I'm open to suggestions, what you want to happen. Also in your review ( and you will review!) say if you want Edward and Bella to get together soon (chapter 2-4)/later (chapter 5-10)/ never (never :P).
And Fallen Daughter you better review because I know where you live! :P
