Book 1: Bella
I was becoming used to all these new features of mine. When I looked in the mirror, I wondered how Edward had ever thought of me as beautiful before this.
I vaguely remembered as a human, looking into the mirror and seeing this plain, brown eyed girl. Now I see a beautiful vampire. My eyes had faded to the gold color.
"Come on Bella! We're going to be late!" Alice called. She could be really impatient.
"I'm coming! Give me a sec!" I yelled from upstairs.
I quickly checked my appearance. My hair was pulled into a perfect ponytail-courtesy of Alice. I pulled my favorite blue shirt down and dashed down the stairs.
I ran into the living room and my book bag wasn't on the couch. I quickly stood up straight and jumped around looking for it.
Alice cleared her throat loudly. I spun around to face her. She was holding my bag in her hand. Just because I was immortal, doesn't mean I was any less forgetful.
"Oh, bless you Alice," I said as I ran up to her and grabbed my bag.
"No problem," she said smiling.
We had moved from Forks, sadly, to northern, more cloudy part of West Virginia. It was more of a country state than anything else. Mostly rained, and mainly sunny only on school vacation.
"Oh man! Ugh, hold on, I'll be right back." I ran back upstairs into mine and Edward's room. I looked for my notebook and unconsciously started thinking about things.
Jasper and I have been a lot closer since I was changed. I am really starting to see him as a brother rather than a vampire struggling not to kill me. We go hunting together all the time. He helps me with my fighting skills, should I ever need them. We do this because some of the Volturi didn't look so satisfied with the outcome of our last confrontation.
Emmett keeps challenging me to rematches in arm wrestling. If he keeps this up I'm just going to throw one so he'll stop. I love Emmett to death but jeez!
Rosalie and I are close. I finally have two sisters rather than just one.
Edward and I are still as close as ever. Nothing new there. We are joined at the hip.
Carlisle and Esme really feel like my biological parents, though I haven't forgotten Renee' and Charlie. In fact, I miss them both.
Because of the whole imprint thing, Jacob came with us. He is just as attached to Renesmee as I am to Edward. Seth came too.
Renesmee is growing physically and mentally as fast as ever. She has become a big part of everyone's life.
"Come on Bella!" Jasper called. He wasn't angry or impatient, just reminding me.
"Coming Jazz!" I yelled back. I got into the flow of everyone calling him that. Well mostly Edward, Alice, Emmett, and Esme call him that.
I found my notebook on my desk laying under some papers. I grabbed it and ran back down. Emmett was standing closest to the stairs, arms crossed smiling. Oh boy. Another arm wrestling match.
"Hey Bella," he began, "I want to challenge you one more time."
"You keep saying that," I said.
"Yeah but I mean it. Last time, I promise."
Jasper chuckled once. "Yeah. I'd pay to see that day."
"Oh come now Jasper. He can stop any time he wants to," Alice said.
"Mm hmm," Jasper said. He smiled at Alice, not quite turning his face completely, looking at her out of the corner of his eyes. His smile only showed a few of his perfect teeth. The way he looked at Alice was mesmerizing. I couldn't comprehend it. There was a certain look in his eyes every time he looked at her. I only saw it in his eyes when he looked at Alice. No one else. Was it...admiration? No. Love? Too bland. Dedication? Almost there. I couldn't explain it in words. It was a firery passion that you wouldn't expect from Jasper at first glance.
"Please?" Emmett looked at me with puppy dog eyes that could only work for him.
I rolled my eyes and sighed. "Sure, sure."
We were outside, everyone watching, and placed our elbows against a rock. We grabbed each others' hands. Emmett counted to three.
He pushed against my hand with great force. But I pushed harder. His arm went down, crashing his knuckles into the rock.
He stood up and started cursing. Not in pain but in frustration.
I walked over to him with a smile on my face. "Oh come on, Emmett. Don't be such a bad sport." I playfully punched his arm. Apparently too hard, because he fell to the ground.
I gasped, cupping my hands around my mouth and closing my eyes tight. I heard him hit the ground and winced. I slowly opened my eyes, one eye at a time.
"Um... I think... Ouch?" He said the last word with a tone that was insulting.
I still had my hands over my mouth. I moved them to my chest in loose fists. "Sorry."
Everyone was quiet.
Then, Edward, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Carlisle, Esme, Jacob, Seth, and Renesmee busted into a laugh.
Alice and Jasper were leaning against each other, bent over laughing. Carlisle and Esme were holding hands laughing lightly. Edward and Rosalie were standing alone-not together, each of them alone-laughing. Jacob held Renesmee- both of them laughing. Seth was on the ground laughing.
Emmett got up and brushed the dirt off of his shirt. He was smiling. At least I knew he was okay.
"Okay," Carlisle said. "Off to school you go."
I bounded over to Edward. He was still chuckling. Alice and Jasper came over to stand by us.
"Alright, let's go," Alice said.
Everyone but Jacob, Renesmee, Seth, Carlisle and Esme went to the garage. I hopped into the driver's seat of my new GT Mustang convertible. It was red with two black stripes down the middle. Edward got in the passenger's seat while Jasper and Alice got in the back seat. Rosalie and Emmett went with Edward's Volvo.
I pulled out of the garage and drove down the overgrown but worn-down path to the road. We got a house that was hidden from the road like our old one.
When we got to school, we headed to the lunch room. They were staring at us again. Alicia and Tiffany were the two humans in the school that weren't afraid of us. That was a bad thing. Alicia was tall with shoulder length, black hair. Her features were very pretty. She would always wear something with sparkles. She had turned down many boys. Her sister, Tiffany, had turned down just as many guys. She had dark brown hair that hung down to her lower back. She was just as pretty as her sister. Their last name was Campbell. They didn't hang around anyone but each other. They would talk to others when spoken to but that was it. They never had different opinions. They spoke together sometimes. They were called the Campbell Twins, though they clearly looked nothing alike.
It bugged Jasper that they weren't afraid of us. He always felt a happy mood from Tiffany and Alicia was always blank or thoughtful. She would get nervous is one of us stared too long. Especially if it was Jasper. Nervous but not afraid. We reassured Jasper that their human instincts would keep them away far enough.
"Yeah you said that about Bella and look what happened," Jasper said.
"Do you not like having me around Jazz?" I asked.
"No, no. That's not what I meant. I'm just proving a point. Besides, something about them bugs me." Jasper-unintentionally-started rubbing the scars on his arm, though they were covered up.
