Chapter 1: Meeting Bella
"Vanessa were going to be late!" My father screamed. I finished putting the end touches on my bun and went into the hallway.
"Would you calm your horses I'm right here." I sighed. My father pinched the bridge of his nose and tilted his head back. It was something that he always did when he was stressed.
"Where is your sister?" He asked. I shrugged my shoulders. Looking at him closely I noticed that he didn't get much sleep. He had bags under his eyes and his hair was a mess. But yet he still charmed the girls. My father is Edward Cullen, the most known man in Forks. He is a doctor at the only hospital in town and most women adore him. They take one look in his direction and their knees give out as they have that dreamy look on their face. Just then my sister danced into the room. She walked straight into my father arms and smiled.
"Hi daddy." Charlotte said. I scoffed. Of course she would act like a suck up to him. Charlotte is my twin sister. Were both 12, and yet somehow everyone thinks she is older than me. Maybe it's because she has more than a flat chest. I'm never truly sure. But I do know that she thinks she is on top of the world. And don't get me wrong I love my sister and all but sometimes she is just too much.
"Alright guys let's get you to your dance class." Daddy said. We both grabbed our bags and got into our Mercedes.
"Daddy we get to drive in a couple of years." Charlotte said. I looked over at her and noticed that she was right.
"And that will be the death of me." Our father joked. I tapped Charlotte on the arm.
"Do you have any hair clips?" I asked holding a strand of hair that didn't quit make it into the bun. She rummaged through her bag until she found one.
"Here Ness." She said handing it to me.
"Thanks sis." I said biting my tongue as I tried to put the piece back. We pulled up to the dance studio and Charlotte was already out of the car. She did a leap through the parking lot landing right in front of the door. And then she turned to wave us over to her.
"She is too peppy." I sighed.
"Leave her alone Ness." Daddy said pulling me into his arms. "She is just excited." He kissed my head. I ran over to Charlotte just as a young woman opened the door for us.
"Hello, I'm Bella Swan." He gestured us into the building. My mouth dropped opened at the sight of this place. It was huge! There was more than one floor and giant windows that were walls for the studio. I heard my sister introducing herself to Bella.
"I'm Charlotte and that's my sister Vanessa." She said. I turned around and smiled at her.
"It's nice to meet you guys." Bella said giving us each a hug.
"Are you our new dance teacher?" I asked.
"I am." Bella smiled at me. And then my father decided to speak up.
"I'm Edward Cullen." He said. When Bella turned to look at him I expected her to fall to her knees like every other woman but she didn't. Instead she held out her hand for him to shake.
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Cullen." She said.
"Please call me Edward." Daddy smiled at her. She smiled back and tucked a piece of her brown hair behind her ear. I think I'm jealous of Bella because she is gorgeous. She is a small girl with brown hair that is like a waterfall down her back. She has a heart shaped face and pale skin. And she must be an amazing dancer too if she is a dance teacher. And I noticed that my father was looking at her differently. The only other time I had seen that look on his face was when he was looking at our mother.
"Well I better am going." He said pointing behind himself to the car but his eyes never left Bella. And hers were locked on his.
"Bye daddy." I said running into his arms.
"Bye baby." He said kissing my hair. "Bye angel." He said to Charlotte. All three of us hugged together. It was moments like these that I miss my mother. Wishing that she was on the other side of us hugging us too. I watched my father walk over to our car and drive away.
"Okay well all the other girls are upstairs waiting; we should probably go meet them." Bella said. I walked behind Charlotte and Bella as they talked aimlessly.
"Yeah I've been dancing for years now, since I was three." Charlotte said. I scoffed. I started dancing a couple of years ago.
"Wow so you're an experienced one then." Bella said. "What about you?" Bella asked looking back at me.
"Oh uh I just started last year, I'm usually playing soccer." I said. I just did dance as a side activity.
"How long have you been dancing Bella?" Charlotte asked.
"Since I was 5." Bella smiled at her. We walked into an enormous room with windows as walls and mirrors everywhere. There were about five or six other girls in the room.
"Okay ladies this is Charlotte and Vanessa." She said introducing us. Why don't we go around the room and say our names." Bella suggested.
"I'm Skyler." A girl with blonde hair said. She was small.
"I'm Danielle." Another girl with brown hair said.
"Those two are Amie and Andrea." She said pointing to two girls in the corner talking quietly.
"And I'm Livy." A girl with black hair said. She walked over to us.
"Okay class we are going to start off with some easy moves to warm up." Bella said. She put on some songs and we moved to the music. It was easy so far. And I noticed that Charlotte really got into it. She moved her hips more than normal and flew her hairs to the rhythm. Then Bella split us up into groups and helped each one of us come up with a routine to show the other group.
"How about we lift up Ness." Charlotte said.
"Wait what?" I asked.
"Your only 72 pounds." Another girl laughed. I scowled at Charlotte.
"Shut up." I said. The doctors said I had a small growing problem so I would have to eat a little more than the average person. It's also why I haven't gotten my period yet. And Charlotte used that against me whenever she had a chance.
"How's it coming over here?" Bella asked.
"Great I think we've got it down, you want to see?" Livy asked Bella. Bella nodded her head.
"I would love too." She said sitting up against the mirror. I moved my body to the music and let the music flow through me. It felt great. I never let myself really experience dancing like this before. After we were done Bella stood up and clapped her hands.
"That was great girls!" She hugged each one of us. Bella gracefully ran over to the stereo and turned it off.
"Well our time is up for today ladies but I will see you next Wednesday!' She said. The door opened and we all ran out trying to find our parents.
"I don't see dad." Charlotte said.
"He might not be here yet." I said back. We took a seat on the floor by the door waiting for him. A little while later Bella shut off the lights in the studio and walked out locking the door.
"Oh you girls are still here?" She asked staring at my sister and me.
"Yeah our father usually has an emergency operation a lot so it's hard for him to be on time." I said. I flicked a small rock across the room and looked up to Bella.
"Well I don't want to leave you guys alone here…" She trailed off. We both just looked at her.
"How about I take you to the hospital to meet you father?" She asked. We both nodded.
"That would be great." I said. Bella smiled at us and we walked to her beat up, red, truck.
"You drive this?" I asked. Charlotte slapped my arm.
"Don't be rude." She whispered to me. I frowned at her. Bella laughed.
"I know it's no Mercedes. But I do enjoy it." She said. Charlotte called shot gun so I was sitting alone in the back.
"Do you have any pets?" Charlotte asked. Bella nodded.
"I do have a little boy terrier. He's my baby." She smiled as she talked. I was beginning to notice that I really like Bella, she's really nice. "Do you?" She asked. I was about to answer when Charlotte beat me to it. Damn her.
"No we don't, we used to have a gold fish but it died." She said.
"That's because you never fed it." I scoffed.
"Did too!" She shot back at me.
"Guys." Bella warned. We both shushed instantly.
"How old are you?" I asked. Charlotte gave me the evil eye.
"Ness you don't ask someone that." She said to meanly.
"No it's fine." Bella smiled at me through the mirror. "I'm 20." She said.
"You're young." Charlotte said. Bella let her head back and laughed.
"Why thank you." She said. She pulled into the hospital and we were out of the car in an instant and into the hospital.
"Martha I really need those records now." Daddy said at the counter. He was in his long white jacket.
"Daddy!" I screamed and ran towards him. He turned around and opened his arms for me and my sister. We all three hugged.
"How did you get here?" He asked and then he noticed Bella standing awkwardly by the door.
"Oh, I'm so sorry I just had an emergency-" He said quickly.
"Not a problem." Bella smiled.
"Thanks Bella, a ton." Daddy said smiling his crooked smile back at her. He only smiled like that to mommy. I felt my heart break. It hurt to see him do that to someone else. I watched as Bella blushed and then blurted out that she needed to leave. Charlotte ran over to her to give her a hug.
"Bye Bella." She said hugging her around the waist. I stood watching in shock.
"Bye sweetie." Bella hugged her back. "Bye Vanessa." She said to me.
"Bye." I said quickly and leaned into my father. There was no way that I was going over to hug her. I saw the way that my father looked at her. It made me sick, because that is how he was supposed to look at mommy. When she was still here. Charlotte and I occupied ourselves until daddy was done. We got takeout for dinner and ate it on the way home. I fell asleep in the car and felt someone's arms around me. I opened my arms just in time to see my father laying me down in the bed.
"Go to sleep baby girl." He whispered as he kissed my forehead.
"Love you." I mumbled turning over in the bed.
"I love you too." He said. I could practically hear the smile in his voice. I heard my father leave the room and then Charlotte's small voice in the darkness.
"Do you like Bella?" Charlotte asked.
"She's fine." I sighed. "Why?" I asked. I turned to see her on her side looking at me.
"I don't know, I just really like her, you know?" Charlotte said. And personally I didn't know. But I just nodded. And then I lay back down and closed my eyes letting sleep take over.
The next morning I woke to Charlotte on top of me.
"What?" I asked pushing her off. Her bell laugh echoing throughout the room.
"I just wanted to make sure that you were awake." She laughed.
"Gee thanks." I sighed and looked at the clock. 7:33. Wonderful. I watched her in her pink shirt and jeans as she danced out of the room. I followed after her in my pj's rubbing my eyes.
"Morning sleeping beauty." Daddy said once I entered. Charlotte was already at the table eating her cereal.
"Morning." I yawned. Daddy came over to kiss my head and I noticed that he was dressed in everyday clothes.
"Your not in work clothes?" I asked pointing to his casual jeans and sweater.
"Nope, I thought that we would spend the day together out on the town." Daddy said pulling Charlotte onto his lap. She snuggled into his touch.
"Really!" I said excitedly.
"Yes silly girl." Daddy laughed. "Go get dressed and we can go!" She said swatting my butt. I jumped running out of the room. I threw on a hoodie and a pair of my favorite jeans that hugged my tiny body nicely. And then I took a look at myself in the mirror. Unlike my sister's blond locks I have straight bronze hair, like my daddy's. I look more like him too but I have my mother's small body. Charlotte looks more like Rosalie, our mother; she is beautiful and more developed than me. And she has blue eyes and blonde hair. My eyes are a vibrant green. Satisfied with what I saw I ran down the stair to see my father and sister by the door waiting for me.
"Hurry up slow poke." Charlotte laughed. I stuck my tongue out at her and daddy sighed. All three of us jumped into the Mercedes and sped off into town.
"Daddy park there!" I said pointing to an empty parking spot.
"No daddy park there!" And of course dad pick the spot that Charlotte wanted. I sighed.
"Next time Ness." Daddy said when he saw my face. We walked around the town.
"I love this coffee shop!" Charlotte said running to the window.
"You don't drink coffee stupid." I said hoping to get her in trouble.
"I know dummy but I do drink chocolate milk and they have that there." She gave ma duh look. I just rolled my eyes.
"Looks its Bella!" Charlotte said. I turned and looked next to her in the shop. And sure enough there was Bella with another girl around her age. She had brownish hair too but lighter than Bella's. Bella looked over at us and waved. She said something to her friend and then walked out of the store to us.
"Hi girls!" She said. I saw my father's face up and I felt myself growl softly. Bella pulled Charlotte into a hug. She looked at me but I backed away.
"Hi Edward." She said.
"Bella." Daddy said smiling his crooked smile to him.
"Want to walk around with us?" Charlotte asked. And before I could say no daddy interrupted us.
"You can if you want." Daddy said.
"Are you sure?" She asked. I could tell that she wanted too.
"Of course." Daddy said to her.
"Okay cool. Let me just go tell my friend and I'll be right back." She said. And once she was gone I turned to Charlotte.
"Why did you invite her?" I asked.
"Because she's awesome, get a life for once Ness." She scowled at me but a smile formed on her face as soon as Bella came back. We walked around for hours just talking and laughing.
"So Bella where are you from?" Daddy asked. I noticed how close they were walking up next to each other.
"Well I moved here about three weeks ago from Arizona." She said proudly.
"How come you moved Bella?" Charlotte asked.
"Well my mother is going on tour with her boyfriend and I would just get in the way, so I came to stay with my dad." She said. I watched as she ran her hand through Charlotte's blonde hair.
"That was so sincere of you." Daddy said.
"Thanks you Edward." Bella said. "So how did you girls like dancing the other day?" Bella asked.
"We loved it!" Charlotte said.
"Did you like it Ness?" Bella asked.
"Yeah." I said. It became night before we knew it and daddy said that it was time to go home.
"Thanks for letting me hang out with you guys for the day." Bella said hugging Charlotte. And then my father did something that made my heart skip a beat.
"It was my pleasure." My father said as he hugged her. She fit into his embrace perfectly, like her body was supposed to be against his. And for some reason even though I hated it they seemed perfect for each other. She looked up at Edward and I thought that they were going to kiss but daddy pulled away.
"Bye!" Bella said and she walked over to her beat up truck. I shuffled my feet to the car.
"Are you okay baby?" Daddy asked me as we drove towards home.
"Just fine." I lied. And truthfully I wasn't fine, because even though they couldn't see it yet I could. Bella was slowly replacing Rosalie.
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