Illicit Entanglement
Chapter 1: New Girl = New Friend
"Do I really have to do this? Can't I just sit this one out?" I asked my older sister as she rummaged through my closet.
"Alice!" I whined when she showed me a really flashy top.
"Carly!" Alice said with a smile. I dropped on my bed and groaned.
"Are you trying to kill Carly?" Emmett asked with a huge grin on his face as he entered my room.
"Yes!" I screamed and glared at Alice.
"Carlimé (Carly-mae) Alexandria Cullen!" Mom scolded from the kitchen. Apparently, we were getting too loud.
"Sorry, mom!" I answered and looked at Alice and Emmett.
"This is gonna be a great day! There's a new girl arriving today!" Alice beamed.
"And why should I care?" I asked.
"You're gonna like her." She stated.
"As if Edward would let me have a human best friend. All I have for a best friend is Cam. And you guys. And, you're all vampires!" I said and scowled.
"I heard that!" Edward said aloud.
"You were meant to hear it!" I shouted.
Alright, I'm in a house full of vampires. My family—the Cullens, adopted me when my mom died while giving birth to me. She told Dad—Carlisle, to do everything he can to keep me from being with her mother, or, my grandmother. Dad agreed to that and they even named me. Thus, the name Carlimé. Carlisle and Esme combined together. I think Alice came up with the Alexandria part, but that didn't matter. I love all of them to death. Rosalie is really nice to me. She's like my second mom. Emmett's my goofball of a brother. Edward's the responsible brother. Jasper's the really silent but deadly brother; sometimes. Alice is my hyper sister.
"Alright, kiddies, time to get to school." Rosalie said with a smile on her face. I scowled and pouted as I gripped my wrought iron headboard for dear life.
"No! No more school!" I protested as Emmett pulled my legs gently. If he ripped me in half dad would kill him.
"Come on, Carly!" Jasper said and helped Emmett.
"NOOOO!" I said when they managed to pry me off the bed. I gripped my duvet and dragged it down with me as I was thrown on Emmett's shoulder.
"Mom!" I said and reached a hand out to her. She smiled and waved goodbye to me.
"Get her in the Volvo, Emmett." Edward instructed. I gripped my duvet tighter as Emmett put me in the car.
"I hate you." I grumbled and crossed my arms over my chest as the duvet stayed in my hand.
We got to school in no time. It was drizzling which made me admire the little droplets of rain that pelted against the window of the Volvo. The door opened and Edward appeared with an umbrella. I let go of the duvet and wrapped my jacket tighter around me as Edward carried my bag for me.
Lunch came by and we all sat down at our table. I scrolled through my iPod and blasted She's Got A Boyfriend Now in my ears.
"Now She's got a boyfriend
And I've got a rock band.." I sang and glared at Emmett before he can say his snide comment. He immediately shut his mouth.
"Is that her?" I asked Alice. She nodded. Edward's face contorted into a scowl.
"I guess I'd better introduce myself and make a new friend." I said with a smile and got up before anyone could stop me. I walked towards their table and waved at Jessica Stanley and Angela Webber. They waved back. We are friends, well, acquaintances really.
"Hey guys. Can I sit here? My brothers and sisters are becoming irritated again." I reasoned. They nodded.
"Hey, Mike, Lauren, Eric." I greeted. They nodded at me and smiled.
"Hi. You must be Isabella Swan?" I asked the girl I was sitting next to. She nodded shyly. I wrapped her in a hug and she hugged me back shyly.
"I'm Carlimé Alexandria Cullen. You can call me Carly." I said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, Carly. You can call me Bella." She said shyly. I smiled.
"Bella means beautiful in Italian. Your name suits you." I said confidently.
"Thanks.. only a few people know what that means. Let alone pointed it out. You're Italian?" She asked. Good, I was making her feel comfortable around me.
"Sadly, no… Half British, Half American." I said with a slight smile. My dad was British, my mom was American. How ironic.. having the same adoptive parents. No one knows that I'm really adopted. It's part of the cover story. We tell them that I'm really Carlisle and Esme's biological daughter since I have platinum blonde hair like Carlisle's and it was curly like Esme's and her heart shaped face. I kind of looked like the two of them combined, except for my eyes. Carlisle said that I had my dad's blue eyes. He died in Iraq before I was born.
"Wow… Half British.. I would love to be half British." Jessica cut in.
"It's a good thing my dad has really nice teeth. Or else I'd end up like my grandma.. crooked teeth. Eew." Again, a part of the cover story to make it seem less suspicious.
"Carly speaks a lot of languages. She's a polyglot." Lauren said air-headedly. I groaned on the inside but smiled on the outside.
"Wow! Where'd you learn to be a polyglot?" Bella asked.
"When you have lots of brothers and sisters that always take you to whichever country they please, you'll have to learn to be one. It's like, etched into the Cullen book of law." This was true. I was required to learn as many languages as my brain could let me because when you're in stuck in Iceland with only Emmett with you, you're doomed.
"Can you say it's good to see you in Italian?" Bella asked.
"è bello vederti, Bella." I said fluently. She smiled in amusement.
"Wow!" Lauren said in awe. I sensed Alice walking towards me and I looked at her.
"S'en aller, Alice. Trop de sang." I said with a serious face. (trans: Go away, Alice. Too much blood.)
"Je ne vois, Carly. Il veut que tu reviennes." Alice answered. (trans: I can't, Carly. He wants to talk to you.)
"I'll talk to you guys later. Edward wants to talk to me." I said with a smile.
"Alright. Later, Carls.." Mike said with a smile. I waved and dragged Alice away from the table.
"Five minutes, five minutes is all I ask." I said with a frown as I sat down in between Edward and Jasper.
After school, Edward was all pissy wissy about his Biology thing. He was going to Alaska to clear his mind. Bella's blood sang to him. Mom was sad about it, but dad was kind of proud.
I had an Edward-free day tomorrow. Life couldn't get better than this.
"Go to sleep, Carly." Rosalie said from her and Emmett's room.
"Alright." I answered and instantly fell asleep.
The following morning, I got dressed and hopped in my Bugatti Veyron. I noticed all the stares I got as I pulled in the parking lot of the school. Emmett grinned as Jasper helped me out of the car.
"Jazz, human alert. I'll see you guys in Bio." I said as they walked off reluctantly. Bella's truck pulled up as I leaned against my car. She walked over to me and smiled.
"Hey, morning." I greeted.
"Morning indeed. Nice car." She praised. I shrugged.
"That's a freaking Bugatti Veyron! How much is this car?" Mike asked.
"I dunno.. My dad paid for it. I thik it's only 1.5 million." I answered.
"Only! Charlie doesn't even make that much money in ten years!" Bella exclaimed.
"I heard that you have to pay fees.." Eric trailed off.
"75,000 dollars every year. And, once you get to 5000 miles, you have to change all the tires, I think it's 7000 dollars per tire… Edward usually takes this to the casa." I said and shrugged. They oggled at the car.
"Can I touch it?" I laughed and nodded. They touched the car and I swear Mike almost fainted.
"I'm actually touching the most expensive car in the world." Mike gushed.
"Too bad Edward doesn't really approve of me driving the car." I grumbled.
"Edward really cares for you, doesn't he?" Bella asked as we walked to our first class which was English.
"He's usually not cold or mean like he was in Biology. He was sick because of mom's cooking." I lied.
The last time I freaked out
I just kept looking down
I just stuttered
When you asked me
What I'm thinking about
Felt like I couldn't breathe
You asked what's wrong with me
My best friend laughed and said
She just being Carly
And next time we hang out
I will redeem myself
My heart can rest 'til then, whoah
But I can't wait
To see you again
I scribbled in my notebook as the teacher explained the concept of Romeo and Juliet. Alice taught me all about Romeo and Juliet, down to the last detail.
"Miss Cullen, how did Romeo meet Juliet?" She asked me. I stood up and looked at her. Bella looked at me and slid the book closer to me. I ignored ot and kept looking at the teacher.
"Rosalind basically dumped Romeo. So, he was depressed, then, Mercutio and Tybalt took him in town and they ran into a messenger who didn't know that they were the Capulets' sworn enemies. Mercutio tricked the messenger into giving them the details about the party. So, that night, they went to the masquerade ball. Romeo met Juliet but she didn't know that it was Romeo Montague whome she had fallen head over heels in love with. Romeo came back to Juliet and the balcony scene unfolded." I explained.
"Very well said Miss Cullen." He said and I sat down.
Lunch came by and I sat with Bella and her friends. We all talked about nonsense until we had to go to our classes.
Three days went on like a routine. Nothing was exciting without Edward bossing me around. On the third day, he finally came home. I was so happy to see him that once he went in the house I tackled him in a hug.
