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Chapter 1

I laughed at what Todd had said. He placed a kiss on my cheek. "Sorry I really need to run, will you call me later?"

I rolled my eyes at him. "Duh, when does she ever go without calling?" Violet said.

"Yeah, I know, but I might have to remind her from time to time." Todd said as he got in his car and drove away.

Violet got up and said "Well we should really be going too, or Doug is going to throw a hissy fit."

I rolled my eyes. Yes he would throw a fit, but maybe not a hissy fit and laughed at the image that appeared in my mind.

"Nevaeh, come on! You know how mom gets when Doug gets mad at us!"

I sighed and followed my twin sister to our little escort. It was blue and had a little dent in the drivers side of the door from a careless guy who ran into it with a bicycle two years ago.

"So what do you think Doug made for dinner tonight?" Violet asked me as I fiddled with the car radio to find a good station. They still didn't have a good CD player and flat out refused to listen to a tape.

"I don't know, he said something about barbeque, so maybe brisket." I said as I found a good station playing Single Ladies by Beyonce.

When the twins walked into the house, they knew it was to late to not get yelled at.

"Where the hell have you girls been? I told you that I wanted you home at 5 on the dot! Do you have any idea what time it is?" Doug yelled at them as they hung up their coats. Both of them had gotten used to Doug's ranting and raving to really pay much attention to his anger.

I looked at my watch and it was in fact a quarter after five. "Chill out Doug, were only fifteen minutes late, we got stuck in traffic."

"Bull shit! We live in small town, there is no such thing as traffic here."

"Sorry Doug" I said trying to calm him down before he had a stroke "We won't be late next time."

"Your damn straight, because you are both grounded, starting now. Get your asses in the kitchen and start cleanin' up"

Violet let out a moan. "Wouldn't it be better to clean up after dinner?"

Doug lifted his hand and pushed her into the kitchen. I turned to him to protest, but he pushed me in after her.

I heard the door slam. "Man he is in a bad mood tonight, I bet him and mom have gotten into another fight."

"Yeah where is mom anyways?" Violet asked looked around into the front room.

I shrugged as I started cleaning up the dishes. Dinner was not a happy affair. Doug was yelling at everything that came to his mind, and Kandra, her mother, was silent and looked as if she had been crying.

As soon as it was over Doug made them do the dishes once again and as soon as the last dish was washed and dried I escaped to my bedroom and heard Violet close the room to her door right next door.

This has been a wonderful night I thought to myself as I grabbed my cell phone to call Todd.

"Hey Nev I thought you would never call."

"Yeah well I had to escape the warden, I'm grounded again."

"Again!" Todd said exasperated. "What did you do this time?"

"We got home to late." I said sheepishly.

"Yeah well…"

"I know, I know." I sighed.

"At least I'll see you at school tomorrow. How long are you grounded for this time?"

"You know I'm not sure, he never said." I said skeptically.

"Well what did your mom say?"

I rolled my eyes and gave a small laugh without humor. "You know how she is, she came home crying so she won't do a thing about it."

I looked at the clock on the wall. "Todd I'm really sorry, but I really should go. If Doug hears me on the phone he will get really ticked."

"Yeah okay. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you."

"Love you too."

I smiled to myself as I put on my pajamas and fell back into my bed. I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep in minutes.

When I woke up I realized my alarm hadn't gone off, probably because I forgot to set it.

"Thanks for waking me Vi!" I said as I slipped into the car. "You're your own woman, can't you wake up for yourself? Your 17 years old for Pete's sake, wake up yourself!" Violet said angrily.

"Whoa your testy this morning." I said coolly.

"Sorry Nev, I just didn't sleep well last night."

The rest of the car ride to school was in silence. "Well I'll see you at lunch." I said as I rushed out of the car to find Todd.

I found him sitting on a bench under the safety of a concrete roof. The falling rain was cold as I ran through it splashing through the puddles. I gave him a kiss on the lips.

"Morning."

"If you say so" I grumbled.

The first bell sounded and Todd walked halfway to class. "I'll see you later okay."

I nodded as I finished walking to class. I sat in my usual seat and waited for the rest of the class to file in. I put my head on my desk and closed my eyes. School was a great escape from my warden of a step-father and the coward that my mother was.

I heard the chair beside me get pulled out as the bell sounded. I didn't really have friends in this class and I looked up to see who it could be and felt my breath get sucked out of my chest as I looked up into the eyes of a god.

They were this golden color that I had never seen before.

"Hello." He said politely.

"Umm, hi." I blurted out. I felt as if my mind had been turned to putty.

"I'm Edward Cullen." He said prompting me. "And you are?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm Nevaeh Sparks." I said as I extended my hand. He looked at it for a second before grasping it quickly. His hand was very cold and I smiled as a silly saying came into my mind.

He smirked back at me, as if knowing what I was thinking. "Cold hands warm heart." I said suddenly. His jaw seemed to tighten at my words.

"So, I'm assuming you are new here, I have never seen you before."

"Yes, my father had to relocate." Edward said simply.

I waited for him to say more, but he didn't say anything else. "So do you have any brothers or sisters?"

"Yes I have two sisters and two brothers."

"Wow that's a big family. I only have a twin sister."

"My brother and sister are twins as well."

I smiled, "We don't have a lot of twins here, I think we are the only ones here in school, but I guess not anymore."

"Miss Sparks, I'm sorry if my lecture is boring you, but you need to pay attention."

I jumped as my teacher scowled me. "Sorry Mrs. Ayala" I muttered and I saw from the corner of my eye Edwards smirk.

When the bell sounded I started packing my bag up I saw Edward get up. "So what is your next class?" I blurted out before he left.

"English."

I felt a small plunge in my stomach. I was suddenly wishing I had English next. Wait! I had a boyfriend that I loved and love me too, what was I thinking!!!

"Well I'll see you tomorrow if we don't have another class together." I said loudly and several people turned and looked at me. I just shrugged at them.

As I watched Edward walk away I felt my breath leave me again. He was so painfully sexy it almost hurt me as I watched him walk away.

"Miss Sparks, don't you need to be getting to your second class?" Mrs. Ayala. I jumped and looked at the clock, I only had a minute to get to my next class. I didn't even have my book!

I ran down the halls towards my math class. Hopefully Todd would think to bring his, and we could just share it.

I just made it to my seat when the bell sounded and I let out a sigh of relief. "Where have you been?" Todd asked as I tried to catch my breath.

I blushed slightly. "I just wasn't paying attention to the time."

I was reprimanded for not having my book and got an extra assignment for punishment. I grumbled out of the class and Todd took my hand.

"Relax Nev. Your so stressed out."

I nodded. "Well I need to get going. I'll see you at lunch." I gave him a quick peck and rushed off to my art class.

I sat at my table and was surrounded by my best friend Callie.

"So were you late?" Callie asked as I sat down. She was at the park yesterday.

"Yeah I'm grounded again."

"Wow he is really strict on you!"

"Tell me about it." I grumbled.

"So we meet again." A new voice said and I snapped my head around to see who spoke it, but I knew before I saw him.

"Oh, hello Edward." I said and smiled at him. He gave me a crooked smile and it seemed to make my heart speed up to five times it's normal speed.

So this is my first Twilight story, and I hope you like it. If any of you happen to like Phantom of the Opera, I have several stories about it. Please review and let me know what you think of the story so far!

Desiree'