All characters belong to the amazing Stephenie Meyer.
Bella and Emmett are twins as the Swans who live with their father Charlie. Rosalie and Jasper Hale are also twins, and have known the Swans since birth. Last but not least, Alice Cullen lives with her parents Carlisle and Esme. Let me guess; what about our favorite character of all? Edward was adopted by Carlisle and Esme, and lives with them along with Alice. All of them are juniors in high school.
On with the story!
Chapter 1
BPOV
After living with my mother Renee and her new husband Phil for a year, I realized that this lifestyle was not for me. Don't get me wrong; Phil is a great guy, but he plays baseball for a living, and I hate seeing my mom unhappy. So, I'm returning to my home town of Forks, Washington so that she can travel with Phil.
Ah, Forks; such a wonderful place to live. Well, only if you like the rain.
Growing up there, I found the rain to be very comforting, but I loved Renee and I wanted to spend time with her, so I moved to Phoenix.
I left everything behind when I left; my dad Charlie, my twin brother Emmett, and my two best friends Jasper and Rosalie, who also happen to be twins. Ironic right? Even though Rosalie and Emmett denied it, Jasper and I knew they were together. That's twin power for you.
Charlie always thought there was that same connection between Jasper and I, but if anything it was more like a brother-sister thing than anything else. I could always count on him and Rose to be there for me, when I got into bad situations; like the one I'm in now for instance.
"I'm going to miss you so much Bella," Renee said as I was getting ready to board the plane. "Call me if you need me. I love you."
"I love you, too mom," I said. "And I promise to call if I need anything." She smiled at me, and then I waved good-bye to her and Phil as I stepped on the plane to Seattle.
I felt horrible for not telling Renee and Charlie the real reason for my moving back to Forks, but what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them. Only Jasper, Rosalie, Matt, who's my friend that I'm leaving in Phoenix, and myself know why, and I planned on keeping it that way for a while. It's better that way.
Since there weren't any airports in Forks, I was forced to take a flight from Phoenix to Seattle, which was long, and then drive down to Forks. It's not a big deal for me, considering I had done the exact opposite a year ago.
Once the plane was in the air, I pulled out my iPod, when I was allowed, and drifted off to sleep with one ear bud in, and the other out, so I could hear when I had to get up.
When the plane landed, I headed off, grabbing my carry-on with me. I walked out onto the terminal, and looked around, when I spotted a sign that said 'Bella Swan' held by a big muscular guy with curly brown hair, and brown eyes, just like mine. I knew exactly who that was; Emmett. I guessed that he had been working out over the last year by the size of him, and I just giggled to myself as I walked over.
"Hey Bells!" he said as he pulled me into a tight hug. Emmett was such a teddy bear.
"Em...can't...breath," I said between breaths.
"Oops, sorry," he said and laughed.
"Working out for Rose, are we?" I said teasingly.
"NO! I uh… have to bulk up for football," he said. I laughed at his poor attempt to lie. His face got all red from a blush that we both inherited from Charlie. I, unlike the two of them, learned to control it around other people.
"Sure," I said sarcastically. He rolled his eyes and put his arm around me as we walked to the parking lot to his Jeep. It was more of a monster than anything, but he loved that Jeep; it was definitely his car.
"So is Charlie home?" I asked once we were on the road. Charlie traveled all the time, but he always came home periodically to stay with us before he left again. Thanks to him, we were loaded.
"Actually, yeah, but he's leaving today, so he's only going to be in for a couple minutes after we get there," Emmett replied. "He tried to book the latest flight possible."
"That's okay. At least I'll get to see him before he leaves." That's me, always so optimistic; not. "So are Jasper and Rose there?" I asked, emphasizing Rosalie's name.
"Yup," he said popping the 'p.' "Oh and a couple friends of mine; well maybe."
"What do you mean by 'maybe'?" I asked.
"Nothing, both of them might not be there," he answered. I let it drop as we pulled up to our large house. I loved this house; it was so familiar to me.
As predicted, it was raining. It was only a drizzle so we would get inside without being soaked.
When I stepped inside, I was greeted by Charlie, who was frantically placing suitcases at the front door for his driver to put into the car.
"Hiya kiddo!" he said as he noticed me in the doorway. He walked up to me and gave an awkward one-armed hug. Charlie wasn't big on being emotional, but Emmett and I didn't mind.
"Hey Ch-dad," I said. Emmett and I weren't allowed to call our parents by their first names; well not to their faces anyway. Sometimes it slipped out.
"How was your flight?" he asked as his driver was taking his bags.
"Fine," I replied. "So, where are you off to?"
"Spain," he said. "I'm sorry to have to leave when you just got here, but I'm going to miss my flight."
"Don't worry, it's fine," I assured him. He smiled and said good-bye to everyone before he left.
"Bellaaaa!" Rosalie screeched as she came up to hug me.
"Rose!" I yelled back, and we both laughed.
"Hey B," Jasper said as he walked up and gave me a hug.
"Hey J," I said laughing a little since it rhymed. Jasper and I did this all the time; they were our nicknames for each other. "So, are Rose and Emmett 'together' yet?" I asked putting air quotes around 'together.'
"What do you think?" he asked, nodding his head in their direction. Sure enough, they were making out with each other in front of the door.
"Told ya!" I yelled at them, which made them stop and look over at us and blush. Jasper and I just laughed at them; we both knew this was going to happen.
"Hey, are you okay?" Jasper whispered. I knew what he was referring to.
"I'll live," I shrugged.
"Bella," he warned. "You know that's not what I meant."
"Look," I said holding up my phone. "I got a new phone and number. Matt, Renee, Kayla, and Phil are the only people in Phoenix that know this number. There's no way he'll be able to talk to me."
"Alright," he sighed.
All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Emmett answered it, and a short girl with spiky black hair and electric blue eyes stepped through the doorway. There was only one word to describe the way she looked; pixie.
She walked right over to me and gave me a big hug.
"Hi! I'm Alice Cullen. I can tell we're going to be great friends," she said.
"Hi Alice, I'm Bella. But you probably already knew that," I said laughing a little. She laughed with me and then walked over to Jasper who put an arm around her.
"Well, J, I'm shocked you never told me," I said feigning hurt.
"Well B, you never asked," he said.
"Good point." Then we all laughed. Jasper and I had the oddest friendship.
"So, where's Eddie-boy?" Emmett asked. I guessed that he and Alice were the friends he was talking about.
I looked over at Alice, and she didn't seem interested in the topic.
"Well forget him," Rosalie said.
"I'm kinda tired," I said. "Do you mind if I head up?"
"Nah, go ahead. You had a long flight, and it's getting kinda late anyway," Emmett said. "I hope you don't mind, everyone's staying over before your first day at school tomorrow." I groaned internally about the thought of having to go back to school.
"No it's fine. Tradition right?" I said laughing. We always had a pre-first day of school sleepover. In this case, it was just for me, since it was already October.
"Come on Alice," Rosalie said. "You and I are staying in Bella's room." With that, we all went upstairs and got ready for bed.
We sat up and talked for a while, mostly about what I had missed and catching up. Rosalie helped me avoid the topic of boyfriends, due to my current situation. I also got to know Alice a lot better, and knew she was right; we would be really good friends.
I texted Matt and told him that I was fine, and that I'll talk to him soon. He worries a lot.
Around midnight, we all decided that sleep was necessary, and as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out cold.
