Last Summer
Omgoodness this is my first ever Twilight Fanfic. Yes yes, I have other stories to finish as well, but I do in fact have the attention span of a goldfish and so I had the urge to write this. My friend informed me of a plot she knows of, but wasn't sure of the source. But it seemed perfect to write about for Twilight.
The plot is where this popular guy at a school is sent away to the countryside. There he meets a girl and falls in love with her. At the beginning of school, he's surprised to her at his school, but due to specific reasons/rumors/reputations, they aren't allowed to be together.
And that's all I'm revealing to you guys at this moment. The whole fanfic will most likely be in Edward's POV, unless I need to do some POV changes here or there, but we'll see.
So if you guys have any idea of this plot, please notify me because my friend and I are dying to know where it came from.
This is an alternate universe story and everyone is human.
Summary: Edward and his friends are sent to the countryside to spend their summer. All they expected was to be bored there. They didn't expect love to be waiting there. But when the summer's over, will their love last into the school year?
Chapter 1
Wish Upon a Star
Fence
Fence
Fence
Even more fence.
I let out probably my millionth sigh in the last 2 hours. I still couldn't believe that my parents were sending me to the countryside for the summer. A place for me to "get away from the city life," quoted from their own words.
As If! I enjoy the city life, the blaring sirens and sounds at night, the unhealthy smog a part of life, the crowded sidewalks, the unhealthy fast food. God, I'm going to miss Chicago. What the hell am I going to do for two and a half friggin months!? My parents better be careful when I get back...
My name is Edward Masen. I just turned 17 on June 20th. That was also the last day of school, and the last day I would spend in the city for the summer. My parents gave me a surprise trip by sending me over to my godparents, Esme and Carlisle Cullen.
Of course I adore them...it's just that their town is so damn boring! There's hardly anything for me to do there; even as a little kid I was always bored and especially now. And plus all the girls there are pretty plain last time I checked, which was when I was 12. That was the age I stopped going to visit Esme and Carlisle, when I explicitly said, "I'm not a child anymore and that I demand to stay in the city."
So instead, Esme and Carlisle would spend 2 weeks with us during the summer. But why this year? Why this year for me to suddenly go back to the countryside?
I let out another sigh as the long line of fence kept passing us by. I ran a hand through my messy bronze colored hair. My emerald green eyes, hidden behind my expensive sunglasses, seemed to stare out into the distance. I could already feel my pale alabaster skin start to get tan under the sun's rays. I rolled up the sleeves of my blue button up shirt to enjoy the breeze.
Luckily, I had two friends with me so that I didn't have to suffer alone. But they weren't exactly as thrilled as me.
Alice Brandon, my best friend since we were in diapers, was busy shopping online from her cell-phone. Her addiction is shopping, and without it, she's pretty terrifying. She's the same age as me, but still older, which she never fails to remind every second of my life. Her black - perfectly styled - spiky hair was sitting under a stylish hat that shaded her eyes from the sun. She was wearing a pair of dark wash skinny jeans and a pink tank top.
Emmett McCarthy my best guy friend since the sandbox days of first grade. The clicks of the buttons on his PSP could be heard in the dead silence of the car. He and I hang out and do the occasional guy things: play video games, stare at girls and rate them, play pranks on one another, go the movies, and etc. I could see his hazel eyes glued to the small screen and his dark curly hair being hit with the sunlight through the windows. Hard to believe this big gruffy guy would have designer jeans and a polo shirt.
They were just as furious as I was when their parents told them where they would be going this summer, instead of their usual place at home.
Boy, were we going to have fun together... That was major sarcasm, in case you didn't catch it.
I sat on the left side of the backseat while Emmett took the middle and Alice sat on the right. We had been sitting like this for about 3 hours now...
Hey, look, a tree!
First thing I've seen besides a fence for about 66 miles.
"We're almost there, Mr. Cullen," stated our driver. My parents called a driver to take us to Aunt Esme's and Uncle Carlisle's and to pick us up at the end of our trip.
I nodded at him in the rearview mirror so that he could see. Then I went back to staring out my window. I took a glance to the right to see if there was anything interesting on the right side of the road.
Just 3 people and a horse. A blond girl was riding a horse while a brunette girl was, by the looks of it, pulling the horse down the road while a blond guy was walking alongside the horse. All three of them were talking about something and enjoying themselves. Nothing too special.
I did notice Alice take a glance out her window and she momentarily locked eyes with the blonde guy, but she went straight back to her cell phone.
God, was this going to be one of the most pointless decisions my parents ever made?
"Edward!" shouted Esme as she came running out of the house to give me hugs and kisses. I was instantly hit with the smell of vanilla,- Esme still loves to bake.
"Oh, look at you! You're all grown up and a handsome young man," she cooed to me as she pecked my cheek. "Happy Belated Birthday!"
"Thanks Esme," I grinned at her. Even though this place was boring, Esme and Carlisle always brightened my days here. "Where's Carlisle?"
"He's at the ranch examining a few of the horses," she explained to me. "He'll be home for dinner. And are these your friends?" Her eyes instantly wandered to the two behind me.
"Yeah," I replied. "That's Alice Brandon and that's Emmett McCarthy. My two best friends." She instantly walked over and gave them hugs and pecks on the cheeks.
"Forgive her, she loves children of all ages," I chuckled. This caused Alice and Emmett to laugh.
"Well, come in, come in!" urged Esme. "I just finished baking some chocolate chip cookies."
Emmett immediately rushed into the house. That guy loves his sugar.
"Well, I better get baking again if that boy's stomach is as big as his body," Esme chuckled as she helped Alice with her bags.
After several trips to the car and attempts to pull Emmett away from the cookies, we managed to get all of the bags to the second story of Esme and Carlisle's three-story house. We all had separate rooms, mine being the farthest on the left, then Emmett's in the middle, and Alice's in on the right. They were all exactly the same: cream colored walls and carpet, white-covered queen-sized four post beds, an oak desk in the corner, a plasma TV on the wall, a dresser next to the bed, and a window with white shutters facing out towards the fields of the countryside. Esme definitely decorated the house well, as usual.
I let out a sigh as I sat on the soft bed with a plop. My eyes gazed out the window to see the sky slowly turn a beautiful orange
"At least I have this nice view," I mused optimistically.
"They're nice," a soft alto voice spoke from the doorway. I turned around to see a black haired pixie leaning against the doorframe.
"Yeah, they are," I agreed. "Esme and Carlisle are my godparents. They treat any people that come through here like family."
"It's rare to find people like that," Alice smiled as she came and sat with me on the bed. "At least they'll be the only good thing around here."
"Yeah, I know," I sighed. "I'm sorry you two got dragged into this..."
She gave me a small shrug. "I stopped whining about it a long time ago. Whining isn't going to make our parents send us back, at least not this time"
I had to laugh at that. As we were growing up, us being the spoiled kids we were, we always used whining as a way to squeak out of things: boring events, school, teacher-parent meetings, and especially eating with the family dinner. I guess they were able to get a better backbone to put up with us now.
"How's Emmett fairing?" I asked curious.
"He can't live without his one-night stands," she sighed in disappointment. "I thought he was still man enough to last at least for a few more days. How are you doing?"
"Still didn't get that ear-piercing call from Tanya yet," I mused. "So I'm saved for a few more days until she realizes that I'm not going to pick her up."
"You are such a bad boyfriend," she speculated and gave me a light punch in the shoulder.
"Look who's talking with that guy...what's-his-name..." I retorted.
"His name is Tyler and plus I'm thinking of dumping him anyway," she shrugged. "He can't keep up with me and shopping. You should totally get rid of Tanya. She's such a bitch."
"But she's an easy bitch- I'll just play with her head a bit more until I dump her," I planned. "She'll come back crying to me anyway."
"Will us spoiled rich brats ever get any decent love or relationships?" Alice asked, knowing there would be no hope.
"Who needs true love when you have cash?" I replied.
Emmett charged through the door to jump on the bed, causing Alice and me to go up in the air a foot.
"Esme says that Carlisle's home and that it's time for dinner," Emmett said in a chuckle.
"Alright," I said simply. I sat up from my bed and walked towards the door before I ran in a sprint. "Last one there is a rotten egg!"
"Hey!" they both shouted. "You cheated!"
I was already in the dining room. I walked in to see a man with blond hair facing into the kitchen.
"Carlisle!" I called to him. He immediately turned around and he had a wide grin on his face.
"There's Edward! My God, look at how much you've grown," he walked over to ruffle my hair like a child's. Carlisle is the only I let get away with messing up my hair. "Sorry I wasn't here to welcome you and your friends. One of the mares at the ranch needed tending to."
Carlisle is the head doctor at the local clinic here. He used to work in the cities and get better pay, but after a few years he decided to work out here. He told me that it felt good to feel needed. But he is also the veterinarian at a therapeutic ranch just a street or two away from the clinic. To me, it seemed to be far too much, but Carlisle enjoyed every moment of his work.
"You were needed at the ranch," I replied. "I can tell the horses were more important than me."
Carlisle's chuckle rang through the walls of the dining room. Then all of a sudden the vibrations of footsteps could be felt from the ground. Emmett and Alice ran into the dining room and stopped in mid-sprint.
"Are these your friends?" Carlisle noting the two people standing in the dining room embarrassed. "I'm Carlisle, Edward's god-father." He extended a hand out to Emmett.
"Hi, I'm Emmett McCarthy," introduced Emmett. "I've been Edward's best friend since our glorious sand box days."
Carlisle then turned to Alice.
"My name is Alice," giggled Alice. "And I've been Edward's best friend since our diaper days."
I rolled my eyes at both of their comments. They just love to embarrass me.
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet both of you," Carlisle said with a smile. "My wife and I hope to make your stay pleasant here."
"Dinner's ready!" Esme announced as she carried a casserole dish into the dining room. She set the dish right in the center. Judging by the oregano, tomato sauce, and mozzarella, it was lasagna tonight.
There was already breadsticks and salad on the table. My God, this looks like a commercial for Olive Garden, but who cares.
"I thought it would be nice to make something with a homey feel," smiled Esme as she started to divide the steaming hot lasagna into pieces.
"This is perfect for welcoming the kids, love," smiled Carlisle as he took a piece of the lasagna. "Please help yourselves. Eat as much as you would like."
"Don't mind if I do!" boomed Emmett as took one of the largest pieces in the dish.
We spent the night talking, mostly about me, Alice, and Emmett and what our lives are like. Esme and Carlisle were amazingly intrigued by our high school lives: me being the best musician in the school, Alice the most artistic and fashionable girl on campus, and Emmett being the all-star athlete. Then when it was Esme's and Carlisle's turn to talk about themselves; they told us about what goes on in this town: the people that stop by, the ranches, the school, the people.
"You know, there are two teenagers staying here for the summer with their best friend," Carlisle added to the conversation. "You guys can meet them tomorrow at the ranch."
"Ummmmm, I guess?" I responded, not really getting the point.
"You guys should really try volunteering there," smiled Carlisle. "In fact I signed you guys up already...asked by your parents"
"Whoa, wait...," stopped Emmett. "What's going on?"
"There is a reason for all of you being here," said Esme. "Your parents wanted all of you to enjoy a life away from your daily Chicago-ean lives. So out here, no one knows that you came from the city. They don't know who you are on a daily basis. All they know is that you're here and want to spend the summer."
"That's all?!" I almost screamed. "They sent us to God-forsaken nowhere just so that we stop being ourselves?!"
"Edward, the person that you just described to us," began Carlisle. "That isn't you. That's the person simply created by the society in which you live in. I'm sure all of you are different once out here. You'll see."
"This is absolutely absurd!" whined Alice. "We are ourselves!"
"Nothing will change from this," retorted Emmett. "We like who we are."
"We'll see once the summer is over. That's what they said too when they first came here," laughed Esme as she began to bring things into the kitchen.
My best friends and I quirked our eyebrows at the mention of "they".
"Just enjoy yourselves. It's not the end of the world if you show who you really are," replied Carlisle as he left to help Esme.
A while later, they came back with ice cream, to help us cool down.
I finished my shower and brushing my teeth around 7. Even after the nice ice cream, I still wouldn't let my anger alleviate itself. I couldn't believe my parents would do something like this, and my godparents agreed to it. But I did wonder about what Carlisle said.
Was I really that different from when I was twelve years old? I mean, I still had the bronze colored hair and green eyes. My love for piano grew more, if not the same since then. Sure, I've had several flings in the past, but they were never too serious. So I'm not that bad
I was part of the popular group, which included the elites. The theatrics, the cheerleaders, the jocks, the art freaks, the band geeks, the science geeks, the math geeks, the English geeks, the history geeks, and the rejects made up the rest of our school, not that we cared about the rest of them. Alice was part of the art freaks, but she was the most elite, and was therefore able to join the popular group, and Emmett, as the best jock, was able to join us too. Only two elites left us this year, the top cheerleader and the top theatric. But we didn't care; after all we were above everyone, including the teachers.
Maybe I should give this summer a chance. Doubt I'll like it though. And maybe it wouldn't be a good idea if I told the townspeople who I was back home.
I ran my towel through my hair again to give it a final drying. Then I sat in a chair near the window and looked out the window, leaving myself to my thoughts.
My little world was short lived when I heard someone knock on the door.
"Come in," I answered. Esme walked in and shut the door behind her.
"I know what you're thinking," I sighed. "You want me to give this summer a chance and to enjoy it."
"A mind-reader now, Edward?" she chuckled softly. She sat down on my bed and gestured me to sit next to her. "Why are you so against this?"
"Because I like who I am Esme," I replied softly. "There's nothing for me to change..."
"Are you sure?" she asked. "Because I've seen the real you. The more decent you. Not this player. Really just try...for me at least?"
I thought for a moment and nodded.
"Do you remember that old Mother Goose rhyme?" she asked me softly. "The one called Star Light, Star Bright?"
I nodded, not getting the purpose behind the mention of something so childlike.
"Well, try wishing on the star tonight?" she smiled at me. She looked out the window and the sun was setting. The dark sky started to set in, the stars starting to make themselves visible. "Maybe you can wish for a better summer to your liking."
I was still staring out the window by the time she left me alone. I don't know if I was being hopeful or desperate, but I locked my eyes on the very first star of the night.
"Star light, star bright. The first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might. Have the wish I wish tonight," my voice a soft whisper.
"I wish that someone or something can make this summer the best summer of my life."
Emmett barged into my room as asked if I wanted to play with his Wii and I agreed.
I walked out of my room and I didn't realize that the star I wished on twinkled in the night sky.
A Huge Thanks To My Beta Reader hyacinthgirl18!!
She is like soooo amazing. And You guys HAVE to read her story The Thin Line Between Loathing and Loving. It's simply awesome!
Well I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of my first Twilight fanfiction. Now if you guys are extremely kind readers, then you would send me a review with anything that you guys thought about my first chapter. I totally accept flames; I use those to improve my writing and grammar. I hope you guys will be patient enough for me to post up the next chapter soon. It is summer so I can totally write as much as I want, even though I'm in summer school. But I only have to go for one period so it's all good. Till Next Time!
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