Chapter One: Perfectly Imperfect
The sky was overcast in Forks, it looked like it was about to crash over my head into a million different pieces. I placed my hand on the glass of my new bedroom window and wished I was anywhere but here. I wished I was back in California with my friends getting kicked out of school like I usually do and my older brother Sins, but here I was stuck in Fork's with my cousin and her father and I'd be here for quite a while. All my things were already unpacked and I was constantly cold. Even winter in California didn't match the icy weather here. I imagined myself as a frozen statue.
I had a small room, I mused. About the size of Bella's but not as comfortable and warm. I had a balcony and a queen sized bed and the floors were dark mahogany. It was beautiful, worked on to make me feel at home, but it wasn't home. It was raining now, first softly then harder till it sounded like a hailstorm up on the roof. I didn't mind I welcomed the sound.
"Jenae?" Bella called through my bedroom door. I had her worried I know I did.
"The doors open Bells." I called turning my gaze back out the window. She stepped into the room, a quiet beauty that I envied and I offered her a small smile. "I finished packing."
"I see." She looked around the room then rested her eyes back on me. "I know how you feel Jenae, I remember how miserable I was when I first moved here and it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me." She got the look on her face she only got when she had Edward on her mind. I had met him a couple of time when I came to visit Bella. I've also met the rest of the Cullen's.
"I'm glad you have Edward Bells." I answered thoughtfully.
It seemed wonderful and like a long past dream to fall in a love like that. To love him even though she knew what he was, what he could be. The Cullen's and Bella trusted me with the secret that they were Vampires a couple months ago. I have to admit when they first told me I was in a horrified shock, but I came to adore them the same way that Bella did.
Alice, Emmet, and Jasper were my favorites. Alice's dancer like qualities and childish but mature nature had me drawn to her instantly and Emmet was like a big teddy bear that I always had to wrestle with even though I always lost. Jasper was more like a older brother. He reminded me of my own and he watched over me like an older brother.
He even came to visit me when I lived in California with Alice.
"Do you want to come over to the Cullen's tonight? They all miss you especially Alice." Bella suggested. I gave her a genuine smile this time and nodded. No harm in it right. "Oh and tomorrow I have to introduce you to Jacob and Seth!"
"Bella." I laughed. "Thank you." She grinned and stood up stretching out her arms.
"We'll leave in about an hour."
An hour later I was in the Cullen's living room pinned to the ground by Emmet.
"Don't be too rough on her Emmet." Rosalie warned. Emmet grinned up at her and let me sit up which I took the time that he was distracted to throw myself at him again, but he didn't budge an inch, I only ended up hurting my shoulder. I laid on the floor laughing.
"I think she's being too rough on me." Emmet ruffled my hair and pulled me to my feet.
"We missed you around here Nae Bear." Jasper said using my nickname he gave me when I tried to scare him a couple months ago. You see I had this idea that if I jumped out of the shadows and yelled Rawr at the top of my lungs that I would catch him off guard. Of course that failed miserably.
Esme' pulled me into a tight hug which I gratefully returned. Here there was a sense of calmness and unnatural ease that flooded the household and it was a great escape when you were trying to forget about other things. Bella and Edward were cuddled close together on the couch. They were too cute.
"Hey Bell's I'm going to go for a walk, I'll find my own way back to Charlie's." She stood up and hugged me tightly before pulling back to look at me.
"I'm so glad you're here." Bella said softly.
"Jenae I'm going to send Jasper with you. Some things have been going on in Forks and we don't know what exactly it is so until we can conclude that there isn't a danger we aren't going to take chances with you or Bella." Alice said laying a gentle hand on my shoulder.
"Jasper stop manipulating my emotions, if I want to feel rebellious let me." I smirked at him. It was almost as if he could read my mind since I was already trying to find ways to get out of it. I didn't need a guardian. Jasper grinned.
"As soon as you get home I'll get out of your way I promise." He concluded. After some quick goodbyes Jasper and I were walking through the darkness of the night towards Charlie's place. The moonlight gave Jasper a light sparkle on his marble skin as we walked and I stopped to admire the marble like appearance that all vampires obtained.
They were cold to the touch, beautiful, and white as marble, but they could pull it off and no one pulled it off better than the Cullen's. I started walking again when Jasper stopped waiting for me to stop thinking about whatever it was in my head I was thinking and we walked in silence for a couple more minutes. In these few minutes I decided maybe Forks wouldn't be so bad.
"Alice had a vision." Jasper said out of nowhere when Charlie's house came into view. He stopped walking and faced me when I stopped walking as well. "You and Bella were in it. You both are in danger and Alice and I never realized that you played just as big of a role as Bella, except your role comes more from the opposite side of the spectrum."
"Opposite side of the spectrum?" I asked.
"You'll find out tomorrow. I just want you to be careful and if you see or hear anything strange I want you to call to Alice or any of us. Can you promise me that?"
"Yes Jasper." I sighed.
"Alright. Good night Jenae, Bella will be back soon." I nodded and hugged him before walking back into the house where Charlie was sleeping on the couch waiting for both Bella and I. I covered him with a blanket and headed upstairs to my new room. Here the feeling swept over me again. The feeling where I didn't know what to do with myself. All I know was that I didn't want the memories to surface.
So I changed into a pair of black shorts and a long sleeved dark red shirt that my friend Lilly in California told me only I could pull off and crawled into bed listening to the sound of the rain beginning on my window again. My eyes hurt so I closed my eyes, but I couldn't seem to fall asleep.
I lay there for a couple of minutes passing time before finally I collapsed into a sleep filled with nightmares. Sometime around three am I woke up to Bella closing her bedroom door and I sat up in bed dead thirsty and tired. There was no way I could fall back to sleep like this.
The floor was cold beneath my feet as I wandered down the stairs and into the kitchen. It took me a minute to figure out where the glasses were and when I found one I filled it up with ice and water. I leaned against the counter as I drank staring out the dark window where the rain was still falling ominously silent. A moment later I dropped my glass, glass pieces and water sliding across the floor and all the blood drained from my face.
Outside the window stood the pale face of James the Vampire, pale and beautiful, his smile was dark and menacing as he smiled at me and I wanted to cringe. I felt myself being pulled back by Charlie and he stood in front of me gun held out scanning the room for intruders. Bella stood in the doorway and quickly came to my side, she was just as pale as I was. Had she seen him too?
"Are you alright?" Charlie asked grabbing my face and checking my skin for signs of bruises or cuts then he checked Bella.
"Yeah thanks Charlie, I guess I just got scared, I mean it is my first night in a strange new house I must have just scared myself." I lied easily. The secrets of the Vampires must always be kept.
"That's understandable, are you going to go back up and sleep? Bella?" Charlie asked. Bella nodded but she held a death grip on my arm even as she looked calm and composed to Charlie.
"We'll go up in just a minute." When Charlie was safely outside of the room she turned to me with wild eyes. "He was here. I saw him did you?" When I nodded I was sure she was going to faint. We walked back up to my room and we both crawled into my bed. Both afraid to sleep alone.