Rating
M for language, violence, and sexual content.
*Disclaimer: I do not own the original characters from the Twilight Saga! They belong to the great Stephenie Meyer!*
Here is the first chapter of Alexa! Enjoy!
Chapter One: Normal Day (AlexaPOV)
"Edward! Come on! We're going to be late!" I yelled up the stairs to my- annoying- twin brother. At least, that's what our parents told us. I didn't believe them.
"I'm coming, Lexie! Stop yelling." he chastised, bounding down the stairs with his backpack over his shoulder.
I stuck my tongue out at him, and he laughed. "Let's go to school." he muttered.
"Okay. Mother, Father! We are leaving!" I yelled, not knowing where they were.
Our mother, Elizabeth, came from the kitchen and into the foyer, wiping her hands clean on the apron she wore around her waist. Her bronze hair was pulled away from her face, allowing you to see her brilliant emerald eyes and amazing smile. Edward and I looked exactly like her- the only differences being that my hair was naturally curly, and you couldn't do anything with Edward's. Oh, that, and Edward was a man.
Mother embraced me gently and kissed my forehead before going over and repeating the sequence with Edward. "Be careful, okay? Lexie, are you coming straight home tonight or staying for study hall?"
Every Friday I'd stay at our high school to tutor younger children. It had always been something I loved- helping children, and I'd hoped to be a second grade teacher after I finished my schooling.
"I will be coming home. Marie is sick- her Mother told me yesterday."
"With what?" Mother asked, concerned.
"Her mother says that the doctor thinks it's the Spanish Influenza. But they are not sure yet." I answered.
The Spanish Influenza had been going around our hometown of Chicago as of late, and for right now, there was no cure.
Mother looked alarmed. "Do you feel well?" She put her cold hand to my cheek.
I laughed and took her palm off my face. "Mother, I'm fine."
"Okay… Come straight home, then, okay?" She turned to head back into the kitchen.
"Okay, Mother," Edward and I spoke at the same time. We looked over at each other and laughed.
Mother laughed along with us. "Okay, children. Go, go! You're going to be late if you don't start walking."
Edward and I walked out of our house and headed down the block to our school- West Chicago High School.
"What are your plans for today?" I asked him. No matter the fact that we were brother and sister, we were best friends, trusting no one else as much as we trusted the other. I told everything to Edward- well, most everything. There were just some things that a girl had to keep private. We had other friends, our own groups if you will, but we always sat at lunch together, on days that I didn't tutor we walked home at the same time. We were two peas in a pod- where you saw one, you'd most likely find the other.
Both of us were in all higher level classes than the rest of our close friends, so we had most of our classes together. That came in handy in case one of us forgot about a homework assignment.
Though I was a daddy's girl, my older brother was a close second. My mother and I were like best friends as well, but not as close as Edward and I were. And all of our family understood that. My brother came first, and I came first to him. End of story.
Edward shrugged in answer to my question. "Nothing, really." he answered. "We just have to study tonight for that biology test tomorrow… But that's it."
I nodded. "I studied some last night, but not as much as I probably should have."
He laughed. "Lexa, you could not study at all and still pass the test with flying colors!"
I shrugged and smiled. "That's true."
He knocked his shoulder into me. "Don't go getting a big head there, now, Sister." he laughed. "Well. An even bigger head, I should say." he laughed.
"Hey! Just because I know I can do certain things better than most people, doesn't mean that I have a big head!"
"Oh, yeah? What does it mean then?" He cocked his eyebrow at me.
"That I know what I'm talking about." I grinned.
He shook his head, rolled his eyes, and laughed, but didn't reply, for we had entered school property and were now being bombarded by our friends.
Catherine Woods was the first to approach me. She was blonde, had blue eyes, and her father was rich, so she always wore good quality dresses. But you'd never be able to tell that she was from money unless you'd been to her house. She doesn't act like she's the one everyone should be like. The exact opposite, actually. We had been friends since we were five, after she moved here from Atlanta.
Michelle Jones was next. She had light brown hair with dark brown eyes. She was middle class and actually grew up right down the street from where we lived, so we grew up together. Also considering she had a twin brother like I did, and was close to him- just not as much as Edward and I- the four of us always got together since there was no "odd-man-out," as you could say.
Edward's friends consisted of Michael Jones- Michelle's twin brother- and Clayton Williams. Both were middle class, and were really nice. Michael look like the boy version of Michelle, while Clayton looked more like Catherine, though, as far as they knew, they weren't related.
"Lexie, did you hear about-" Catherine started.
This is how it went every morning: Catherine would give me the days' events, who to look out for, what happened the night before, etcetera. How she figured out what had happened after school the day before was beyond me, but at least I knew who to go to whenever I needed to know if something was true or not.
The events she told me about were nothing but unusual. Nathaniel Benton was a very well-known man. He came from a known family; he was one of the wealthy families considering his father worked as a lawyer in a firm downtown. Nathaniel was well liked and girls always fawned over him. He had brown hair, and blue eyes; very handsome. For as long as I could remember, he'd only dated one girl in his life, and that was Marie Brooks. From what I'd heard, they grew up together, and even before they started courting, people considered them together. Marie looked a lot like Catherine, with blonde hair and blue eyes, and an overall pretty face. Her father worked for Nathaniel's in the same firm, so it was no wonder they were so close. Even though it appeared that they were close to the idea of marriage, they had called off the courtship.
Well, Nathaniel had.
"As far as I know, they're the only ones who know why it was called off. Their parents didn't like it, but apparently, Nathaniel has been asking for them to just be friends for a spell, now." Catherine summarized. "Marie's probably heartbroken."
Edward, who was still standing beside me, commented. "Don't you think that it's easier he tell her now, instead of waiting until they're married? At least he's being honest about thinking that he can't marry somebody who is more of a friend than anything else."
"I agree." I nodded. "It saves a lot of heartache for later. I'm sorry for her, though. They seemed like a great couple." I'd never really spoken to Marie or Nathaniel, but I did know that they had everything I wanted in a relationship: humor, love, and being able to spend time together without touching or making lovey-dovey eyes at the other.
The bell rang to alert us to start heading to class. Michelle came up on the other side of me and placed my arm in the crook of her elbow. "You know what this means, don't you, Lexie?" she asked cheerfully. When I made it clear that I had no idea what she was talking about, she clarified. "How long have Catherine and I told you that you two would be an amazing couple?"
I shook my head with a laugh. "At least ten thousand. But, it's not going to happen."
"Why not?" they both whined.
"Why does it matter so much to you?"
"Because you'd be perfect together!" they both whisper-shout.
"Ten thousand and one," I muttered.
"Can we please stop talking about who my sister would be, 'perfect' with?" Edward said, coming up behind me. "It's kind of freaking me out."
Us girls laughed.
"Nobody's asking you to listen, Edward." I told him.
He rolled his eyes but had a smile on his lips.
The rest of the day continued slowly. Classes dragged on, studying for tests and finishing up on classwork. A normal day.
Little did I know that it would be the last "normal day" for a while.
A/N: I know, short, but this is just the start. The chapters will get longer, possibly longer than The Foster. Number of chapters will definitely be longer than The Foster, because, let's face it, going from 1918 to years after Nessie remembers everything is gonna take a while, lol. There will be time skips though, so we're not going to go through all 97 years there are to fill.
That's all for me, so, thank you for reading! See you next chapter!
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