I know I should be working on various other stories, but I want to write an all-human fanfic for Twilight, so here it is. Read it and cower before its glory!!!
Sorry, was I having a schizophrenic moment…? Yes? Oh well, just read the story.
I don't own Twilight. I do, however, like to play around with the characters and pretend that they're mine.
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THUMP!
I groan, grabbing the broom. With as much force as I can muster, I bang on the ceiling with it.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
A bit of the ceiling crumbles. I'm really starting to hate the assholes who are staying above me.
I try to remember why I'm here again. Ah, yes, I'm here because my so-called "best friend" got me arrested. And being such a small town, it appears that people just can't forgive and forget stuff like that in Forks. So I left the little (stress the little) apartment we shared, and came here.
What's on the agenda for today? Oh yes, job hunting. Again. And apartment hunting apparently, because this little hotel is definitely the crappiest place I can imagine living.
THUMP!
And that's my signal to leave for the day. I grab my keys and purse and head out the door.
First I walk down to the gas station to buy a paper. I know it's wishful thinking that the job listings will be much different from yesterday, but I try.
"Hello, Miss Swan," the man behind the counter greets me.
"Hey Jenks," I reply. Wow, that's depressing. Looking for a job long enough for the man I buy papers from recognizes me.
After that I walk to Starbucks. While it's not exactly the best way to save money, if I buy a large coffee I have enough caffeine for the day and a quiet place to sit while I look through the paper.
I sit down and have just begun looking through the paper when I hear, "Rejected!?"
I turn around to see a short woman with spiky black hair freaking out at the counter. "No, no, no, sir, I don't think you understand. My card cannot be rejected!"
She looked like she was going to cry, so I decided I had to do something.
Ii walk up behind the woman and put a ten dollar bill on the counter. "Everything all right?" I ask her.
"Y-you don't have to do that," she replies, sniffing.
"It's no problem," I lie. At this point, even ten dollars is a problem, but she seemed so upset.
"Thank you," she says, getting her coffee. "I'm Alice. Alice Brandon."
"Bella Swan," I reply, shaking her outstretched hand.
I sit back down and she sits next to me. "I really appreciate that," she said. "It's not so much the coffee, but I freaked out at the idea of not being able to use my card." She peered over my shoulder to look at the paper.
"You looking for an apartment?" she asked. I nodded. She grinned. "That's great!"
I must have looked confused, because she explained. "I need a roommate! I have a two bedroom apartment. It had two bathrooms, a nice kitchen. My previous roommate moved out when she broke up with my brother, and I can't afford rent. You could be my roommate!"
I gaped at her. "I-I don't know what to say…"
"Say yes," she pleaded. "I really need a roommate. You've just seen how broke I am. I'm still trying to find a job, and I-"
"Sure," I said.
"Yay!" she cried happily. "You're my new roommate!" And with that she grabbed my hand and led me out of the restaurant.
"The apartment's right over here," she said, leading me to a large apartment complex just down the street.
I could already tell I was going to like her. She was nice and appeared to be very opinionated, but I didn't think she was bossy or rude.
"Ta-da!" she yelled, opening to door to an apartment. I loved it. The living room had light orange walls with a painting of a large multicolored flower on one wall and a red couch sitting opposite a medium sized TV.
"I love it!" I cried. "This is so great! Now I just have to-" but I was cut off by a man coming in through the front door. My first thought was that he should be a movie star. My second was that he was a stranger in our apartment.
"Jazzy!" Alice cried happily, throwing herself at him. "Perfect timing. This is Bella, my new roommate!"
"Pleasure to meet you," he said, smiling. From that one sentence I could tell he probably didn't talk much. I wondered briefly if that was why he and Alice went so well together. She could talk enough for two people.
"Nice to meet you too," I replied.
"Oh yeah," Alice giggled. "Bella, this is my boyfriend, Jasper." She gasped. "Oh, will it bother you that he has a key?"
"Not at all," I said. "I trust you."
Alice grinned. "Yay! Oh, this is all so-Oh crap, I'm supposed to be job hunting, aren't I?"
Jasper nodded and I laughed. "So am I," I admitted.
"Great!" she squealed. "We can do it together!"
She threw an arm over my shoulder. Jasper laughed as Alice led me out of the apartment, completely forgetting about him.
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