A/N: Hey everyone
So this is my first fanfiction...ever. I got the idea a few years ago and wrote bits and pieces here and there but never really had the chance to finish it. Please review! Tell me what you like, don't like, even things you would like to see happen! I'm open to everything and appreciate what you have to say(:
PS For each chapter I thought it would be a cool idea if I mentioned the song that helped to inspire me and write the chapter. The first chapter's musical inspiration? Girl Next Door by Copperpot. Check it out!
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
Perfect. That's the only anyone ever uses to describe my twin sister, Lauren. Everyone always says how lucky I am to have a perfect sister, I don't see why. To be completely honest, I hate the fact that everyone thinks she's so damn great. It's not that I'm jealous or anything, really, it just gets tiring to have to live up to who everyone expects me to be because of her. First of all, she's absolutely gorgeous. You might be thinking, "But Bella you're twins so you must be gorgeous too!" Beep. Wrong answer. We're fraternal twins, so basically, she lucked out with the wavy blonde hair and ocean blue eyes while I got screwed over with the brown hair and eye combo. It's not that I think I'm ugly, I just know I don't stand out especially when I'm being compared to Lauren.
To make matters worse, I'm terribly clumsy. I trip over literally everything, and I bruise easily…lucky me. My delightful sister on the other hand is the most graceful person I know, she walks with such poise and gracefulness that I often find myself wishing I could be her just so I wouldn't have so many injuries.
Before I get into more details, though, let's backtrack a bit. My name is Isabella Marie Swan, but please just call me Bella...seriously, I'm begging you. I live in Forks, Washington—aka the rainiest place in the continental US, but I really like living here. It's so small, only about 3000 people live here so you know basically everyone which I love.
I'm going to be a senior at Forks High in two days, but I haven't always lived here. Lauren and I moved here a few years back so we could live with our dad, Charlie; our mom thought we should spend some time with him since we never really got a chance to after our parents got divorced. Typical divorced parents? I think not. They actually get along great, more like brother and sister than ex-husband and wife. I think it's fantastic they get along as well as they do—Lauren on the other hand thinks it's strange.
I don't have a lot of friends here, but I do have one. Her name is Mary Alice Brandon, but she goes by Alice. Anyone who so much as thinks about calling her otherwise obviously doesn't value their life very much. She's tiny but fierce, one of the things I love about her.
The second (and more important) reason why I love her is because she's the only person I know on the face of this planet who doesn't like Lauren. It's a part of the reason how we became friends. There's actually a story to it…
It was the first day of 10th grade, so Lauren and I had been in Forks for about a year. Alice and Lauren had been the best of friends, but Lauren had been changing quickly over a very short amount of time and Alice had been noticing.
First, it was the drinking. Alice was not a partier and neither was Lauren….until she met a new group of friends over the summer. She'd leave for a party at 6 and not come back until 6 the next night. She said she stayed over at someone's house the night before—but only Alice and I knew what she'd really been doing.
After this had been going on for a while, Lauren started becoming easily annoyed with Alice. It got to the point where Alice would call and Lauren would tell me to answer and say she wasn't home. It was very difficult for me to understand why that was because Alice was such sweetheart, but I did as I was told.
Once it had been going on for a while, I decided I couldn't take it anymore. On the first day of sophomore year, I went up to Alice and flat out told her because the guilt was eating away at me. Alice was pissed, naturally, and started hanging out with me instead of Lauren.
"Thanks for telling me again, Bella," Alice would say to me all the time, "it's nice to know that just because you're related to a bitch, you're not like them."
Lauren never really understood why Alice stopped talking to her, but she didn't really care either. I still hate that she put my best friend through that. Alice didn't deserve any of Lauren's crap; she's too sweet and caring.
So, back to living in a small town, not much happens around here. The biggest news spreading around right now is that people are moving into the house next door. I haven't heard much, but I do know that it's a family of 5 and all three kids are in high school, which should be interesting. Goodness knows Lauren will have a new boyfriend by the end of the month if these new kids are at all like everyone else around here.
What's really funny about the entire situation is that everyone is talking about the new people (I told you the town was small). They're all guessing what they may be like and if they'll be nice or not. Alice and I aren't doing any of that. Though we are being their tour guides when they start school. Alice is super excited to do it because she thinks all three will want to hang out with us. I'm just doing it because it will look good on a college application. I'm kind of scared though you know why? Whenever Alice gets these feelings, they are normally right.
This will be an interesting year.
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