I pack my stuff into Mom's car while my sister, Bella, gets two little cactuses us for us.
Their for us to remember home.
"Guys, come on! I love you all but we got a plane to catch!"Phil, Mom's new husband, says.
Our Mom wants to go on the road with Phil so Bella and I are gonna spend some time with our Dad, Charlie.
And this will be a good thing.
I hope.
I sit in the police car with Charlie and Bella.
Forks, Washington.
The small town hidden by clouded rains.
Their population?
3,120 people.
Our dad is the chief of police. We haven't seen him since we were little.
Ever since we stopped coming for two weeks every summer.
We pull up to Charlie's house.
Our new home.
We get out of the car, grab our stuff, and go inside. Charlie leads us upstairs and to our room.
"I cleared some shelves off in the bathroom."Charlie says.
"Oh right. Only one bathroom."I say.
We go into our new room to see two beds.
One across from a desk and the other right by the door.
Charlie walks out of the room to let us get settled.
One of the good thing about Charlie? He doesn't hover.
For long, at least.
We hear a car honk.
We go downstairs and outside to see a man in a wheelchair, a boy with long black hair that matches the man in the wheelchair, and their standing with Charlie by an old, orange Chevrolet.
"Girls, you remember Billy Black."Dad says.
"Yeah."Bella and I say.
"You're looking good."I say shaking Billy's hand.
"Well, I'm still dancing. But I'm glad that you two are finally here. Charlie here hasn't shut up about it since you told him you two were coming."Billy says.
"Alright, keep exaggerating. I'll roll you into the mud."Charlie says walking away.
"After I ram you in the ankles!"Billy says wheeling away after Charlie.
They start to play fight while the boy comes over to Bella and I.
"Hi, I'm Jacob! We three used to make mud pies when we were little."The boy says.
"Yeah, we remember."Bella says.
"Do they alway act like this?"I ask pointing to Charlie and Billy.
"It's gettin' worse with old age."Jacob says making us chuckle.
"So what do you think?"Charlie asks putting his hand on the truck.
"Of what?"I ask.
"Yours and Bella's homecoming present."Charlie says.
"This?"Bella asks gesturing to the truck.
"Just bought it off Billy here."Charlie says.
"Yep!"Billy sighs happily.
"I totally rebuilt the engine for you both."Jacob says.
"Oh my gosh! This is perfect! Thanks so much!"I say opening(and almost injuring Jacob)the truck door.
Jacob, Bella, and I pile into the truck.
"Okay. Listen, you gotta double-pump the clutch when you shift but besides that. you should be good."Jacob says.
"That's this one?"Bella asks.
"Yeah. Yeah, right there."Jacob says.
"Alright! You need a ride to school or something?"I ask.
"I go to school on the reservation."Jacob says.
"Right. That's too bad. It would've been nice to know one person."I say.
I get up and change into a Paramore shirt, jeans, and converse. Bella and I go downstairs and get in the truck.
We drive to school and get out to see people laughing at our truck.
"Nice ride."A black kid sarcasticly says.
"Thanks. Nice... nevermind. You don't have anything nice."I say before Bella and I go inside the school.
We get our schedules and are studying them when someone speaks.
"You're Angel and Isabella Swan. Hi! I'm Eric, the eyes and ears of these place. Anything you need? Tour guide, lunch date, shoulder to cry on?"A boy asks.
"We're more the 'suffer-in-silence' types."I say.
"Good headline for your feature. I'm on the paper and you two are news, baby, front page."Eric says.
"No we're not."Bella says.
"Please don't have any sort of..."Eric cuts me off.
"Whoa, whoa! Chillax. No feature."Eric says.
"Thanks."I say.
I follow Bella to a lunch table consisting of Eric, another boy, and a girl.
"Guys. This is my sister, Angel. Angel, this is Mike and Jessica."Bella introduces us.
"Hi."I say sitting down with my lunch.
"Mikey, you met my home girl, Bella?"Eric asks Mike.
"Your home girl?"Mike questions.
"My girl."The black kid who commented on our truck kisses Bella's cheek before pulling Mike's chair out from under him.
Mike gets up and chases him out of the lunch room.
"Oh my God! It's like first grade all over again and your the shiny new toy."Jessica tells Bella.
A girl with glasses comes and takes a picture of Bella and I.
"Sorry, I needed a candidate for the feature."She says.
"Feature's dead, Angela. Don't bring it up again."Eric says before getting up and walking away.
"Guess I'll just write another editorial on teen drinking."Angela says.
"There's other stories out there. Eating disorders. Speedo padding on the swim team."I chuckle to myself.
"Actually that's a good one."Angela says.
"I know right? That's exactly what I was thinking."Jessica says.
Liar.
"Who're they?"I hear Bella ask.
I turn and see a stunning family come in.
"The Cullen's. Their Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids. They moved down here a from Alaska, like, a few years ago."Jessica says.
"They kinda keep to themselves."Angela says.
"Yeah, 'cause their all together. Like, 'together' together."Jessica says.
A blonde female Cullen and a big dark haired Cullen walk by while holding hands.
"The blonde girl, that's Rosalie. And the big dark haired guy, Emmett, they're like a thing. I'm not even sure that's legal."Jessica says.
"Jess, they're not ACTUALLY related."Angela asks.
"Yeah, but they live together. It's weird."Jessica says before a female Cullen with a pixie cut and a male Cullen walk by.
"And, okay, the little dark haired girl's Alice. She's REALLY weird. And she's with Jasper, the blonde one who looks like he's in pain."Jessica says.
"Dr. Cullen is like this foster dad/matchmaker."Jessica says.
"Maybe he'll adopt me."Angela smiles at the unlikely dream.
"Who's he?"Bella nods her head to the last Cullen who walks in.
Unlike the others, he has no one by his side.
"That's Edward Cullen. He's totally gorgeous, obviously. But apparently, nobody around here is good enough for him. Like I care, you know? So, yeah. Seriously, like, don't waste your time."Jessica says.
"I wasn't planning on it."Bella says.
Liar.