An Undeniable Love
I woke up on a rainy Monday morning in Forks, Washington. I suppose that I should fill you in on the entire story before we get started with the chronicles of my life.
My mother, Renee Swan, married my father, Charlie Swan, when they were both fresh out of their second year of college. They met in Seattle, Washington and instantly fell in love. After they were married, they moved to Forks, a tiny town on the Olympic Peninsula. That's when I came in the picture.
I was born on September 13, 1991, which would make me currently seventeen years old. My name is Isabella Marie Swan, Bella for short. Now, let's get back to that Monday morning.
Like I said before, it was raining outside when I woke up. It was raining most of the time, actually. It seemed like the clouds and rain never stopped in this gloomy town. I crawled out of bed and took a nice hot shower before heading downstairs to eat breakfast.
My parents were both already at work; my dad was Police Chief Swan to the good town of Forks and my mother worked at a beauty salon in Seattle. So I woke up alone almost every weekday. In fact, I was lucky to be able to see my parents before school.
When I was finished with my Lucky Charms, I walked outside and climbed into my old red Chevy pick-up truck. It had been my sixteenth birthday present; even though it wasn't a Porsche, it made me happy. I drove down the street to the nicest house on the block and honked the horn in the driveway.
I guess I should tell you about the contents of this house as well. I had lived in Forks my whole life, as did the Cullens. My mom and dad had moved in a couple weeks after they had, so they had always been good friends. All of the Cullen children had been adopted, though.
Carlisle and Esme, the parents, had adopted Emmett, Alice, and Edward. Emmett was the oldest, Edward was the middle child, and Alice was the youngest by two months. They were all very close to each other and acted like real siblings would.
Emmett was always cracking jokes about me and my clumsiness, but he was just a giant teddy bear. Alice was my best friend in the whole world; we had hit it off together as soon as we could speak. Edward and I were really good friends, too, until we started ninth grade.
We had always been in the same classes and same schools. We were very close, almost as close as me and Alice. We had had many great times together in our younger years, but we seemed to grow apart once we started high school. We were both juniors now, along with Alice, and Emmett was a senior.
Now, back to the story.
Alice came bounding out of the house with a huge grin on her face, much like every morning. She was always so happy and bouncy. I don't know where she got all her energy. She was like a pixie, with short black hair and a tiny figure.
"Hi Bella!" she said as she jumped into my truck.
"Hey Alice," I replied with a smile on my face. "Are Edward and Emmett coming?"
"No, they're taking Edward's Volvo." Edward had the nicest car; it was a shiny silver Volvo with a very nice interior.
"Okay," I said. I usually took all three of them to school with me so we weren't wasting gas.
As soon as I pulled into the Forks High parking lot, Alice bounded out of the truck and off to her first period class. I did the same, but without the bounding part.