It was seventy-five degrees in Phoenix, the sky was a perfect shade of blue and the air was warm. My sister Bella carried her cactus pot to the car and climbed in. Bella and I are twins but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at us. I have curly brown medium length hair with blonde highlights and Bella has long straight brown hair. We share the same brown eyes and pale skin.
"Millie, are you ready?" My Mum Renee asked as I put the final suitcase in the car.
"Yeah. I'm ready" I said.
Bella and I are moving to the rainiest town in the Olympic Peninsula, Forks Washington. Bella and I were born there but our mother escaped with both us when we were babies. This town was where I spent two weeks every summer with my sister until she finally put her foot down. Forks was also home to my father Charlie Swan. I didn't mind the rainy days in Forks, it gave me time to sketch. Bella hated them which confused me as she was the one who deiced that we would spend our last two years of high school there.
Soon Bella and I found ourselves outside the airport in Phoenix.
"Girls, you don't have to do this. I can stay at home and look after you" Renee said. Our mother met Phil, a minor league baseball player a few year ago. Phil travels a lot and Mum seems sad when he is not around. That's why Bella and I deiced to move in with our father Charlie. It would be ok.
"Mum, I want to do this," Bella said. I could tell that she was lying.
"Mum, I want to spend some time with dad," I said. I was sad to leave my wonderful and caring mother behind but Bella needed me.
"Millie, look after Bella for me," Renee said.
"I will," I said as I took one last look at Renee. Bella and I went to board our flight.
It was raining when the plane landed in Port Angles. I grabbed my pink parker jacket and my rucksack. Bella looked out the window and I noticed a frown on her face. After we collected our bags, Bella and I found Carlie standing by his police car. Charlie is the chief of police in the small town of Forks.
"Millie, it's good to see you. You've grown" Charlie said as he gave me a hug.
"Hi Dad," I said. "I missed you"
"It's good to see you, Bella. How's Renee?" Charlie asked Bella.
"Renee's good," Bella answered.
Charlie opened the boot and lucky enough both of our bags fitted in. Bella already claimed the front seat of the car, so I was stuck in the back for the hour drive to Forks.
We soon passed the "Welcome to Forks" sign. Everything about Forks is beautiful, green plants and trees outlined the highway. This was one of the things I liked most about Forks. The other was my bedroom.
Charlie pulled up outside the house. It only took one trip for my sister and me to get all our things upstairs. My room was in the attic, so it had a small set of wooden steps by the door. Dad added this room to the house when I was seven, so I could have my own space. I had a bed, a small set of draws for my clothes and a desk with a laptop. The house only had one small bathroom that I had to share with Bella and Charlie.
The one thing that I liked best about Charlie was that he didn't hover. He left me alone to unpack my things.
Tomorrow would be my first day at Forks High School. Forks High school only had three hundred and fifty-seven students. My old school in Phoenix had over five hundred students. Bella and I would be the new students. Maybe school would be ok.
The soothing sound of the rain helped me to sleep through my first night in Forks. The following morning I woke up at 6:30 and had a quick shower. After I had my shower I got dressed and waited for Bella. Bella was driving us to school in her red chevy truck. Charlie brought the truck from Billy Black as a moving in present and since Bella passed her driving test before me she got to drive it. Charlie wished us both good luck before he left.
We left the house at seven on the dot, it was a bit early but Bella and I didn't want to be alone in the house any longer.
Bella and I quickly climbed into the truck. It was drizzling when Bella pulled up outside the school. Forks High school itself consisted of lots of different buildings with maroon-colored bricks. There were lots of trees along the outside of the school. It made me feel welcome.
"Are you ready Bella?" I asked, noting that she was staring out the window.
"Yeah, let's go," Bella said.
The "Front Office" was warm and gave us some shelter from the rain outside. Inside there was three desks and a seating area. A lady with red hair and glasses stood at the front desk.
"Can I help you?" the lady asked.
"I'm Millie Swan and this is my sister Bella," I said. The lady looked at us for a second.
"Of course. Let me go and get your schedules" the lady said.
When the lady came back, she gave us our schedules, a map of the school and a form that our teachers had to sign.
After we got our information, Bella and I compared our schedules. We only had one class together and that was Gym. I had Maths, English, History, Study Time and Gym.
I walked into the Maths classroom. It was small and most of the desks were occupied by students. There was one desk left empty which the teacher told me to sit at. We mainly went through the topics that we would be studying this term. I had already done most of the topics at my old school in Phoenix.
The lesson ended and one of the girls came over to me. She had short brown hair and brown eyes.
"You must be Millie Swan," the girl asked.
"Yeah, that's me," I said.
"I'm Lizzie. What lesson do you have next?" Lizzie asked.
"English with Mrs. Smith," I said.
"That's on the way to my next class, I will show you the way," Lizzie said.
Lizzie showed me the way to my next class and then went to her lesson. She said that I could sit with her friends at lunchtime.
I walked into the canteen with Lizzie and soon found myself at a table with people, I recognized some of them from my classes, including my sister but there were two people that I didn't know.
"Everyone, this is Millie Swan," Lizzie said.
"Bella's sister," a boy said. The boy had black hair and inflamed skin. "I'm Eric by the way"
"Nice to meet you, Eric," I said.
Lizzie introduced the rest of her friends to me. They seemed nice, maybe a bit too welcoming but that was ok.
It was here, sitting in the canteen trying to make conversation with eight curious strangers, that I saw them.