Paper Moon
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
Rating: T+ (May go up later)
Juke Box: All to Myself - Marianas Trench
Summary: Bella runs a run-down boarding home with her father who is a failed inventor. Everyday he brings gifts to her which always turns out to be crap. But one day he brings something beyond Bella's expectations. A human robot. ExB, JxA, EmxR. AU/AH.
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Chapter 1 - Just Junk.
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"You're already twenty and wondering around aimlessly without a plan?! Get out! I absolutely hate men, especially slackers. Like. You!" Bella bit out the last few words, causing the male across from her to shake in his seat. Slowly he started to rise, watching to make sure that the female wouldn't attack him verbally anymore before making a run for it.
Bella sighed and glanced down at the profile folder that laid in front of her. When the guy had called to ask to see the place, she thought he would have all his priorities in place. But it only turns out that this is the cheapest place and he didn't know what to do with his life. Letting out an angry sigh, she tore up the profile papers and tossed them into the trash. At that moment, two guys entered the work, their faces dull with knowing that this was a daily routine.
"Did you scare off another applicant?" The blond guy suddenly grinned, stretching his arms.
"At this rate you're never going to fill that empty room." The other blond said and lazily scratched the back of his head. Bella leaned back in her chair, placing her hands behind her head.
"What would you know, Emmet? Jasper? You're broke and can't even pass the college entrance exams. I don't want to add to the useless bunch of slackers already got. Until I get someone decent, that room stays empty."
Jasper felt himself slowly sink to the floor. 'I failed once.. '. Emmett leaned heavily against the wall. 'I only failed twice..'
"Hah, who would want to live in this dump?" Another guy said while leaning against the door frame that leads into the kitchen. Bella felt her eye twitch. She got up and stood face to face with the other teen with a forced smile on her face.
"Oh yeah? And what's your job exactly? A useless club host at the age of eighteen!" He smirked and tapped Bella's nose with his index finger.
"Now, now, Bella. If you don't act more lady-like, you'll never get a boyfriend." She felt her heart throb. Growling, she got a hold of both his cheeks and began pinching.
"If my boyfriend was anything like you guys, I wouldn't mind dropping dead! Especially you, Jacob! You should have gone to college after high school instead of taking a job that will get you nowhere!" Jacob held a pained look on his face, from the boyfriend comment, for a split second before sticking his tongue out through his stretched mouth.
"A sixteen year-old shouldn't say things like that." He teased lightly, making Bella pull harder.
"My, my. You're pretty energetic this early in the morning. That's good." Yet another man entered the room, except he was in his mid thirties.
"Dad.. " Bella spoke softly before turning her voice hard. "You should be managing, you useless inventor." The older man continued smiling ignoring his daughters attack.
"Yeah, but today I've brought you a special present."
"What? Another one of your useless inventions? Take a look at that mountain of scrap." Bella pointed to the corner of the kitchen, where laid a pile a invention scraps of useless trinkets. "I'd love if it if you actually did some real work. This is the reason why mom left you, you know."
The older man froze, his smile, expression, body, everything. Is his world, thunder cackled, destroying everything. 'I'm thirty-two and divorced. It's looks like I'm a total failure!!"
"This is getting old." Emmett commented, already used to this. Bella's dad comes home all cheery, Bella shots a remark, he ignores it, then she shots a harsher one and he crumbles. "What is it anyways?"
Bella, Emmett, Jasper and Jacob, all stood around the package. It was huge, wrapped up in a pink bag, a blue bow tying it to look like a sack and the words "LOVE BELLA" was super-glued to the front. 'The writing is sad.. ' Emmett thought before poking the large sack. Bella sighed before walking forward, sitting down in front of the gift and slid her eyes shut as she began untying the badly done bow.
"Same old, same old. I don't have any expectations, you know.. " The words died off her lips when she felt a pair of soft lips kiss her temple.
"Hello, Bella."
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Bella's P.o.V
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My full name is Isabella Marie Swan but I prefer to be called Bella. I am sixteen years old, soon turning seventeen and I am in my last year of high school. My dads name is Charlie Swan and I help him with the run down boarding home for guys who need a place to stay while going to university. Since the place is crap, the rent is fairly cheap. But I am the one who mainly manages it because my dad is always goofing off, creating useless things.
One of his recent inventions from last week was a egg cracker. So I decided to use it one day, to see if it was useless or not. And instead of crack the egg, the invention squeezed it to death which equaled into me getting splattered with yolk. I never did talk to him for three days straight.
Besides Charlie and myself, three other guys lived here. Emmett McCarty,a blue eyed blond guy who was at least six feet tall. He's 21 and has failed the entrance exams twice at two different colleges. He has a pretty easy going nature and is very trusting. Maybe that's his problem. Another was Jasper Hale, another blue eyed, dirty blond. His hair is what interests me most because it looks like lightening striking out in different directions. Jasper was five foot seven and his personality was a little unfriendly. Like a walking chill pill. But he'll warm up to you after awhile. He is twenty and has only failed one exam.
The last guy is Jacob Black and he has brown eyes and jet black shaggy hair. He could almost rival Emmett's height but he was short a inch or so. He graduated last year and instead of going to college or university, he decided to take up a job as a host club. Sometimes he brings random girls home but they never stay over night, it's a rule in the house. He was another easy going guy but kind of sharp as well and extremely annoying at times.
All three guys are the people I grew up with, my childhood friends. It makes me wonder how Rosalie and Alice can stand Emmett and Jasper. They were so laid back, such slackers, always studying at the last moment. No wonder they failed. And Jacob.. well Jacob never had a steady girlfriend. The most he would have a girlfriend is for three days, which they use that time to convince Jacob to leave his job but in the end they always leave.
Charlies inventions were always a useless piece of junk. Worthless. I never expect anything different. But here, sitting in front of my in that unwrapped package, was a good looking robot. He almost most looked human. Except for the small technical device is on his cheek and connects to his ear. Must be where the power is. Other than that, he had messy bronze hair with tints of gold in it when shining in the light a certain way, and emerald green eyes.
"I've been wanting to meet you." I stumbled back at the sound of his voice. It scared me how well Charlie worked on this project.
"How about it? Amazing, right?" Charlie stood beside us, a wide grin on his face. "I worked over-time to make this so it could change your opinion of men. "The high skilled robot, Edward. Starting today he'll be a new resident at our boarding home."
Slowly I felt the bomb become active. and before I knew it, I screamed.
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"Huh, looks human." Jacob stated, staring at the newcomer while slowly munching on his dinner.
"Is he really a robot?" Emmett asked, also staring at Edward.
"Looks like Charlie actually does some nice work once in awhile." Jasper drawled, not really that interested.
"I try." Charlie grinned. "I had help from some of the professors at the local university on this project. I knew I couldn't do it alone so I called up some close friends. They were eager to help, even more eager when they heard what my reasoning's were. He's programmed to listen to anyone so all of you try getting along."
I huffed while placing my elbow onto the table and my chin onto the palm of my hand. 'What idiots. I'm sure it'll break soon.' Feeling as if someone was staring at me, I turned my head to the side. It was the robot.. mimicking my pose.
"What?! Even if you are a robot, I'm not forgiving what you did earlier." In return he smiled back, fueling my anger. And suddenly, a idea popped into my head. "You have to listen to whatever I say, right?" I stood and pointed to the mess the guys made. A couple beer cans were left lying around as well as some old party decorations.
"Then you can take care of this mess. I'm going to bed. See ya." I began walking out of the kitchen, down the hall and into my room. In seconds I heard yelling, such as "Whoa, he really did it!" and "Cool!". Grumbling, I took off my clothes and picked up my pajama's from the bed.
"So what if he's a robot.. he'll break soon." A sigh escaped passed my lips as soon as my head hit the pillow. Slowly, sleep caught me deeply.
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A/N: -Shakes angry fist- Darn me for making a new story!! I couldn't hold back. -cry- I still have to finish up Blindingly Beautiful and Vanilla Salt.
Anyways, what do you guys think of this plot? Yes, no?
And yes, it is SHORT. I don't need anyone telling me what I already know. If it turns out short, I'm not going to change it. Some chapters will be long but some will also be short. I hate being pressured to make chapters longer, it makes me lose motivation. Just be HAPPY!
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