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So basically this is just a test run. It is my first ever fanfic, so please let me know what you think! if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to ask me ;- )

Finally. I watched as the mail truck deposited three large envelopes into my mail box. I immediately raced from my bedroom, carefully down the stairs, to my front door and streamed through it, only to crash into a wall, promptly falling on my butt. Wait…a wall? I looked up and spotted none other then my big brother, Emmett, a goofy grin plastered across his face with three thick envelopes in his hands.

Normally I would have gotten up and slammed right back into him ,but the anticipation of the new delivery was too great. I couldn't move from my current position on the pathway.

"Is it them?" I eagerly awaited his response. I mean, what else could those envelopes be?

He gave me a sly grin, and drawled out, "Well ,what ever are you talking about, baby sister?" I immediately sent him a glare and glanced at the mail.

"Well Em, I could only be referring to the three thick letters in your oversized hands, but seeing as your IQ can match that of a hermit crab's, I'll be able to get past the fact that you can't quite comprehend my question."

His grin dropped from his face, just as my other brother Jasper ran through the front door.

"Hey is the mail …Ahh!" Was about all he could get out before stumbling over me, still on the ground, and ramming into Emmett. They tumbled down onto the front lawn. And seeing as how Emmett was already pissed from my earlier comment he wasted no time in taking his anger out on Jasper. It was nothing but flailing limbs and cursing after that.

I sat back on the lawn and laughed as I watched their wrestling match continue. It was hilarious because Emmett clearly had Jasper pinned, but the latter was still struggling. I squinted into the last rays of sunset, turning the sky a beautiful hue of pink and orange, well a pink and orange that had scattered cumulonimbus

clouds all around. Then I saw it.

The mail slipped from Emmett's hand and I lunged, successfully grabbing it and making an attempt to scramble away from the on going battle. Just as I began to sneak away I felt something latch itself onto my leg. I glanced down. Jasper's hand was plastered to my ankle and he firmly pulled me down next to him on the grass, immediately breathing in that movie dramatic way, "Tell dad I love him… oof." Emmett was still placing punches into Jaspers stomach , I rolled my eyes. Idiots.

I got up from the ground and managed to sit on both of them. They immediately calmed down, not wanting to hurt me.

"Okay guys now would you stop! Do you want to see what's in these or not ?" I asked, vigorously waving the mail around. Both let out a sigh, tired from the wrestling match.

"Alright Bells, tear those suckers open!" Emmett exclaimed. It's amazing how quickly he can transfer from being pissed to jolly.

"Yeah sounds great", Jasper muttered ,"but first would you two kindly get OFF me!" I looked down and realized I was half way positioned atop Emmett's lap and Jasper's stomach. While Emmett was fully sitting on Jaspers pelvis. "Oops, sorry" I muttered, hiding my snicker, while climbing off of him. As did Emmett. We all rose to our feet.

"This is it guys," I handed out each envelope addressed to them, then took the one labeled "Isabella Marie Swan" for myself. Each taking a breath, we all carefully tore through the thick envelopes. I pulled out the small stack of papers and read the first sheet:

Dear Miss Swan,

I am delighted to inform you that you have been accepted to Picacho Peak Academy, receiving a full scholarship. This was determined by your high academic grades and school involvement. I am pleased to have you as a new member of this school.

Picacho Peak is a top rated boarding school and appropriate behavior, hard work, and determination are expected. It has a high reputation to uphold and I know you will be able to contribute to that.

Other information is enclosed in this envelope regarding appropriate dress, school necessities, and school dates . Congratulations.

Sincerely,

Anthony A. Meyer

Dean of admissions

My heart was pounding as I quickly re-read the small letter. I began excitedly jumping and squealing like a little girl.

"Guys, what do yours say?!" I immediately asked turning to my brothers and putting a halt to what I would imagine was very obnoxious jumping.

"I got a full scholarship!" Jasper said, a gleeful smile upon his face. I ran over and threw my arms around him and he gave me a huge squeeze. Releasing each other we both turned to Emmett looking very expectant.

He turned to us looking solemn and then stared down at his feet muttering, "Well guys I'm proud of you, but I've got some bad news." He looked up pain etched across his face. Jasper and I exchanged terrified glances and then looked to Emmett, awaiting the bad news.

"This school had better be prepared for a hole lotta trouble because its got three Swans coming its way. I got a full scholarship, baby!!"

Relief and anger washed over me, I was assuming Jasper felt the same way because we both tackled Emmett to the ground.

"You jerk, I can't believe you did that! I thought you weren't going to be able to come to school with us!" I yelled while punching his massive bicep. He just shook with laughter.

"Sorry Bells, but I had to get you back for that IQ crack, forgive me?" An easy smile spread across my face as I blew a strand of hair out of my eyes. "Whatever Emmett."

"Hey I didn't even do anything to you!" Jasper burst out, annoyance evident in his voice. "Aww Jas, you deserved it after tripping over our poor baby sister and then crashing into me."

Jasper huffed, looked up at the sky, and grumbled, "Why is my brother such a moron?"

Attending Picacho Peak has always been a dream of my brothers and I. Even though Emmett may be a bit of a goofball he still has a brain. As for Jasper, grades were no problem, and the same went for me. We all wanted to expand our knowledge, but that isn't really a possibility at our current high school, Forks high. It doesn't offer any advanced classes.

Another major reason to attend this academy is the sports they offer. Emmett is the star quarterback of the Forks high football team and he absolutely adores it. Picacho Peak has one of the top high school football teams in the country and as soon as he heard, Emmett was bought.

I, however, love soccer and am talented enough to play on the boys team at Forks because there isn't enough funding for a girls team. Picacho Peak offers girls soccer and their team actually seems good, too. Considering they have won at least four tournaments in the past seven years against other private and boarding schools.

Also, they have a great English program and I love to read and write. As soon as I read about it on the website I was won over. Jasper was awed by the art programs and like me he has a position on the Forks boys soccer team.

I had recently discovered the school's website and after discussing all of the benefits of attending it with my father, Charlie, he finally agreed. The only problem was that he couldn't afford to send three children to an expensive school so each of us would have had to get a full scholarship. So we contacted the school and filled them in on our eagerness to learn and our interest in attending. Scholarships were also mentioned and it was confirmed that they could be handed out based upon how well the student's academic history and application was filled out.

That's why I was so antsy when it came to the mail, and Emmett's little stunt practically caused me to have a heart attack. It would have been horrible to go to a school with out my big teddy bear brother.

My two brothers are fraternal twins but that still doesn't stop Emmett from declaring himself the older sibling, even if it's only by three minutes. They're both seventeen years old and it may seem strange that they are starting a new school their senior year, but that doesn't bother them in the slightest. They both have no problem transferring, only regretting not having attended Picacho Peak in early years, but that's not going to stop them from going now.

Emmett is like a big teddy bear. When I say big I mean big he stands at over six feet and is nothing but skin, and major muscle. He has hazel eyes and a head full of curly, dark brown locks. What I love about Emmett is his caring attitude and that his passion about sports , school, or whatever, is always infinite. He also is usually hilarious and regularly proves that he is truly a kid at heart. As Quarterback on the football team he has a hard exterior but is nothing more than a big softie on the inside.

As for Jasper, he and Emmett are a bit different. Jas is on a sports team too and likes to rough around a little bit, but that's about where most of the similarities between him and Emmett lie. Jasper is an amazing artist and is greatly interested in it. He has a kind heart and is extremely smart. Also, he is very perceptible to other people's emotions, and Emmett and I always joke that it's his "sixth" sense. He has a great sense of humor, but who wouldn't living with Emmett and all?

As far as appearance goes Jasper is a couple inches shorter than Emmett and he has a slimmer build. He has beautiful honey blonde hair, that's a bit past his ears, and a pair of light brown eyes. I don't know where he gets it from. Emmett always hints that's he probably really adopted, just to mess with him, but there is no mistaking that they are brothers.

As for me, I'm the baby of the family. I'm sixteen years old and will be starting as a junior at Picacho peak. I'm tiny compared to my gargantuan brothers, standing at a measly five feet, four inches. I have a thin build and some muscle, thanks to the boys. I'm a tad bit plain having straight brown hair that falls to about my waist and chocolate brown eyes. I'm kind of a tomboy, too, but not to the extreme. It's mostly just the playing soccer and having grown up with three guys. Other than that I love to read and invest most of my time devouring the classics.

I live in a small town located in Washington called, Forks. It truly is tiny, the entire high school, has only about 350 students. The sky is usually

overcast or producing rain. It's as if all of the rain clouds in the state of Washington are drawn to this minuscule place. Rarely ever being greeted by sunshine, my skin is annoyingly pale and the same goes for Emmett and Jasper. We love this town, but now that Picacho Peak has accepted us we'll be moving to Arizona. The Academy's location lies about an hour south of Phoenix.

"Hey, earth to Bella", I was startled out of my thoughts by Jasper, standing in front of me, swiping his hand in front of my eyes. Emmett got up, brushed off his knees, and sauntered into the house.

"Huh?" I breathed. Jasper repeated, "Emmett is going to order pizza because dad called earlier and said he's working late tonight. What kind do you want?"

I tapped my chin in thought for a moment and then answered, "Hawaiian!!!" He just chuckled , "I don't know how you stand that gross stuff Bells, but alright."

I gave him a cheesy grin and extended a hand so he could assist me off the ground from where we just tackled Emmett. My left hand still had a firm grip on the Picacho Peak envelope.

We walked up the small pathway that led into our little two story house. On the inside, to the right, a small hall led into the living room full of pictures and entertainment, and also in that direction was my brother's bedroom. The house only has three bedrooms so Emmett and Jasper have to share. It's the biggest of the three bedrooms, so that's why they live on the first floor. I don't mind having a smaller room than them though, I love being able to occupy a room on the second floor of our old house. Even though the stairs are a bit of a challenge at times.

Further down was the kitchen, on the left, abundant with food, containing a small table with mismatching chairs, and sporting light yellow cabinets.

Emmett was sitting in one of the chairs, taking up a good amount of room, the telephone held at his ear. Jasper took a spot at one side of the table saying, "Hawaiian," to Emmett. He nodded and continued placing the order. I sank down in another chair next to Emmett.

I set down my papers on the table beside Emmett's and Jasper set down his as well. "Alright guys the food will be here in half an hour," Emmett commented hanging up the phone.

"So have you guys read anything else that was in these," I waved my hand at the papers. "Nope, that's an excellent suggestion, sis." Emmett said giving me a wink.

We each grabbed our own and began Shuffling through them. I was halfway through reading one paper describing our uniforms when Emmett huffed.

"We have to start school two weeks earlier than normal and it's the day before Jasper's and my birthday." What a whiner. I placed my hand upon his and playfully wiped at my eyes, giving a fake sniffle, "I-I'm sure we'll be able to get through it, Em." He poked his tongue out at me, earning a chuckle from Jasper. "Very mature, brother."

"So, August 3rd? That's not too bad. Hey, Emmett did you read the dress code form yet?" I casually asked, shuffling my papers. I risked a glance at him out of the corner of my eye. His face was now scanning what I thought was our dress code. Emmett's face slowly paled. I nudged Jaspers foot under the table, and he looked up from whatever sheet he was reading. I nodded my head towards Emmett mouthing "dress code" Jasper's lips twitched at the corners as he tried to hide his smile. I knew he wouldn't care that we had to wear uniforms.

"Uniforms, we have to wear uniforms?" Emmett squeaked, eyes latched onto the paper and face still sheet white. Suddenly he turned to me, eyes pleading.

"Bella, Please tell me this is a joke, please." He was begging , seriously? "They're just uniforms, Em." Jasper spoke up. "I mean, it won't be that horrible and just think Bella has to wear a skirt."

With that Emmett burst out laughing, "This ought a be good, Bella hasn't worn a skirt since she was like three!" Now it was my turn to stick out my tongue. "I'm glad the idea of me in a skirt amuses you. And just think Em, now you'll have to wash your clothes everyday." he narrowed his eyes into hazel slits.

Clearing his throat he positioned the dress paper right in front of his eyes:

"Girls Dress attire: all girls are required to wear a choice of a navy blue pleated skirts, kaki skirts, and kaki pants and/or shorts (knee length). Belts must be worn with all pants and shorts. There are a selection of varying blues and white buttoned shirts and polos. Knee socks …" Emmett burst out laughing by that point.

I took my chance and began loudly reading: "Boys dress attire consists of Navy blue or kaki dress pants, and belts that must be fastened at the waist, at all times…" By now, Emmett had gained his composure and was loudly reciting the rest of the girls dress code, while I the boys. We were both on our feet when I heard a shrill whistle sound through the air, silence fell upon us. I looked over at Jasper, the source of the piercing noise. "Children, children calm down", he muttered while shaking his head.

There was a knock at the door and Emmett swiftly grabbed some money off of the counter and exited the room. Pizza already? Hmm, it had only been like 15 minutes.

Then I heard a familiar booming voice. "Paying me to visit now, Emmett? How sweet." I could just imagine Emmett's eye roll. I heard stomping and then a towering figure made its way into the kitchen. He pounded fists with Jasper, now on his feet, and then proceeded to throw his arms around me.

"Hey Jake… can't ..breathe." He let out a chuckle ,"Aww don't be like that Bells, you know I give the best hugs." He proceeded to release me and then pinched my cheek. I lifted my fist and lightly punched him in the left arm. "You know I hate it when you do that, and as for your hugs… bone crushing is more like it."

Jacob Black is one of our oldest and best friends. His father, Billy, and Charlie have been best friends forever, so we are constantly thrown together ,even though we don't even live in the same town. Jake lives out in La Push, a small reservation, about twenty minutes away from Forks.

He is an awesome guy and gets along great with Jasper, Emmett, and I. With his easy going attitude who wouldn't he get along with?

When we hang out with Jake here, in Forks, video games are played and movies are watched but at the reservation…now that's another story. It's awesome to hang with him on his home turf because we usually get all the action done, playing soccer and football is a frequent occurrence. But my favorite is cliff diving. I've only done it a couple times, but the rush is amazing, and if Charlie found out Jasper, Emmett, and I would be dead.

Jake also has a thing for mechanics and cars and Emmett can't get enough of it. Those two spend hours in Jake's little garage/workshop working on an old Volkswagen Rabbit. Jasper and I usually spend time walking on one of the beaches when those two are in a 'mechanical' mood.

Jake has always had a little crush on me and we tried being an 'item' when I was fifteen, but it was too weird because in my eyes he's only a brother. He has accepted that and now has a steady girlfriend, Nessie. She's sweet and I'm so glad Jake found a great girl. I didn't want him to be hung up on me forever, he's too good of a guy.

Jake's appearance is a bit frightening though, when you first meet him. He's huge, as in like well over six feet and is big compared to Emmett. Now that's just something that doesn't happen at all. He is well muscled, again slightly scary at first, and has russet colored skin. Lucky brat, with that tanned skin he makes us Swans look like a bunch of vampires. He has very dark brown, almost black, eyes and long black hair usually worn in a pony tale at the nape of his neck. Jacob is a year younger than me but about eight times bigger. Like Emmett, though, he's nothing but a softie.

"So why are all you guys huddled in here anyway?" Jake asked. Oh great, he knew that we were interested in Picacho Peak, but he didn't know that we actually applied. Emmett, Jasper, and I didn't want to tell him about it because we knew we might not all get full scholarships. We didn't need him to feel a sense of forboding every time we hung out with him, knowing we might be leaving for Arizona. So we kept the information to ourselves.

I looked at my brothers like a deer caught in the head lights, both of them in similar states. "Umm…well you know, uh, Picacho Peak Academy?" I stuttered out. Jake shrugged and then rose his eyebrows, "That one preppy boarding school?"

I cleared my throat, "Yeah that one, umm, well…" I left my sentence hanging while biting my bottom lip. Before I thought, it might be easy to tell Jake after we found out the news, but now I feel like I betrayed him. Future lesson: Do NOT keep the truth from the people you love.

Jake was staring at me like I was crazy by now. Not being able to stand the now akward silence a minute longer Emmett rushed out, "Wellwegotacceptedtherewithfullschoarships." We all looked over to Jake, Please let him have heard that, so it doesn't have to be repeated. Nope he didn't, "Em man, what did you just say?" he chuckled. Aww don't be nice Jake we're a bunch of jerks…

Jasper walked over to Jacob placing a hand on his shoulder, "Jake, we got full scholarships to Picacho Peak, and are going to go there this coming school year." Realization flooded Jacob's eyes.

He looked down to the floor. "Why didn't you tell me about this before?" he asked. He looked up and focused his gaze on each one of us finally settling it on me. Shock was visible in his eyes. I'd be shocked too if he kept something this big from me.

"Jake we didn't even know if we were going to get in," I looked down, shame flooding through me. "I'm really sorry," waving a hand at my brothers, "We're real sorry ." I risked a glance up. Jake's face wasn't mad like I thought it would be. His eyes shone with something similar to disappointment, but not anger.

"Umm, Jacob Black what the hell is wrong with you? You're not mad at us?" Jasper said, stunned, as was I. Suddenly a grin broke out onto Jacob's face with the perfect contrast of white teeth and tanned skin. All traces of sadness or disappointment were gone from his eyes.

"No… I'm actually really happy for you guys. If this is something you want to do then I'm all for it. And even though you guys are moving, I'll still have Quil and Embry." I smiled at the thought of Jacob's other good friends. That took a whole load of guilt off of my shoulders.

With that said we all threw our arms around each other. Then the guys realizing that they were hugging all stepped away muttering things like "yeah… I'm starving …is there a game on?" I just laughed, jeez best friends can't even hug each other anymore. Guys and their testosterone.

Jake suddenly frowned and said, "But if you guys ever keep anything from me again there will be consequences." While jokingly wagging a finger at us. I just shook my head. What a dork, he can't stay mad for more than a second.

Part of me was actually hoping Jake would yell or something because frankly I deserved it. I know I didn't actually perform the act of lying but it still was what it was: keeping the truth from our best friend. I am glad that he's not mad though, because now we'll be able to spend the whole summer hanging out, not fighting, before Jasper, Emmett, and I move away. Yeah, tomorrow is our last day of school. My last day at Forks high, wow.

"So, Jake why did you come visit us at," I glanced at the clock "6:30 on the eve of the last day of school?" I didn't expect the reaction I got. His face beamed like a child's face on Christmas morning. He said three simple words that caused Emmett to go ballistic. "I finished it."

Emmett started firing questions, "Seriously?…When?…How?…Without me?…" and finally, eyes shining with excitement, "Where?"

Jake simply lifted his arm in the direction of the front door and Emmett shot out of the kitchen like a bat out of hell.

Jasper, Jake, and I followed. My mind was in a major lock. I couldn't think of what the heck Jake was talking about. And then it dawned on me, like a big lit up bulb was positioned over my head. As I walked through my front door I saw it.

Jacob's pride and joy, and somewhat Emmett's, was sitting proudly in the drive way next to our old Chevy truck. Or however proud you can get when you're a somewhat beat up looking Volkswagen Rabbit. I was so happy Jake finally finished it.

"Jake, this is great, does it run okay?" I questioned. But before Jacob could answer Emmett spoke, "Of course it runs good, I helped build it!"

I rolled my eyes, "Duh, that's why I asked Emmett, because it's you," and then I remembered something.

"Jacob Black you drove all the way here and don't even have your drivers lisence?!" He chuckled at my reaction.

"Calm down, mom. You know I turn sixteen in two months, it's not that big of a deal." I crossed my arms over my chest and rose an eyebrow at him. "Charlie's a cop."

Jacob just burst out laughing, barley struggling out, "As if your dad would ever arrest me?" I huffed, he had a point there. My dad adores Jacob and always refers to him as another son.

Jasper and I stood in the doorway watching as Emmett and Jacob stood by the vehicle stroking its faded red paint job. Emmett was asking questions about the car that Jacob was more than willing to answer.

"Alright guys, I guess I had better head back home. Dad'll be expecting me for dinner," Jacob muttered. Jasper and I walked over to him, I gave him a hug and he and Jasper high fived.

"It really is great, Jake." I commented nodding at the car. Jake beamed. I looked up to where Emmett was, only to observe he wasn't there. "Where's…?" then I saw him sitting proudly in the driver's seat of the Rabbit, slightly bouncing up and down. Jasper walked up to the car and flung open the driver's door.

"Emmett… what are you doing? "Jasper questioned. "I want to take a ride, of course," he responded.

Jasper grabbed onto Emmetts ear and began to successfully pull him out of the car. "Jake has to get home and plus the food's gonna be here any minute and we need to read the rest of those papers." Emmett huffed.

"Fine, but tomorrow I'm getting to ride in this," he said first pointing at the car, then Jacob. Jacob smiled and then turned to me, "Hey, Bells? Don't worry about the whole academy thing we have the whole summer ahead of us." I nodded and smiled, grateful for such an understanding best friend. He hopped in the car with a wave and then pulled out of the driveway.

As we were walking back into the house Jasper asked Emmett, "Why are you so proud of that piece of crap, anyway?"

Emmett shrugged, "I guess it's because I helped get it to be able to run, you know? Contributing to and building a car that now actually works, I think that's something to be proud of." I nodded my head. That is completely true, I'm proud of Emmett as well as Jacob. They both deserve credit for that car.

We were back in the kitchen and about to sit at the table when the door bell rang and at once we all said, "Finally, I'm starving." Laughing, Emmett grabbed the money, again, and ran to fetch the food.

The whole dinner and rest of the night was spent reading the rest of the Picacho papers and discussing them. We discovered more about the classes, like they are all advanced placement. We read that all students were to move to the school a week before classes began, to get settled and such. Our uniforms were to be ordered and would be shipped to us this summer and a list of school supplies was there as well. We had dorms already assigned to us and roommates, but we had to check in once getting to the school before we knew where the dorms were.

At 10:00 I said goodnight to my brothers. Charlie still wasn't home yet ,but I'd see him tomorrow morning anyway. I headed out of the kitchen and upstairs.

My small bedroom looked out to the front lawn, rain was now softly striking the window. My bed was pushed up against the wall opposite my window and I had a small desk and computer near my bed. Books littered my wooden floor and my navy blue colored bedspread and sheets were rumpled and unmade. I sighed looking at the mess of papers, clothes, and Cds. I really need to clean this up.

I quickly changed into an old pair of Emmett's baggy sweat pants and a comfy shirt of Jasper's. My brothers sure do provide good PJ's. Checking that my alarm was set for 6:15 a.m. I climbed into bed and drifted to sleep in a matter of minutes listening to the soft sound of rain.