This chapter is very boring but reviews are appreciated! It will get more exciting in the next chapter.
{I also want to thank my Beta, Zoe, for pointing out my mistakes in tenses & stuff. She really has a lot of patience with me. THANK YOU ZOE!}
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this chapter nor do I own Twilight. Mrs. Stephenie Meyer owns it all!
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Determined
Chapter two
September 3, 2009 (13 years later)
"Bella," Jacob yelled, running towards me. "I missed you."
He buried his face into my neck and I couldn't help but giggle. His hair was tickling me. Then I caught sight of his brother, Edward, behind and waved at him to come over.
Edward was like my big brother; he protected me from the perverted boys at our school and teased me a lot. We'd never fought before, probably because I always hung out with Jacob rather than him. I still felt a bit guilty, but when I asked him about it, he just shrugged it off and said it was 'fine'.
"Edward!" A blonde-haired girl called out. Edward turned to look in her direction and saw that she was giggling with her friends. Edward winked at them and they started blushing.
When Jacob pulled away, I saw the same glint in his eyes since we were four. Jacob was also like my big brother but I was much closer to him than Edward. I smiled at him and hugged him one more time. By the time I let go, Edward was by my side, arms open wide with a huge grin on his face. He looked really silly so I started laughing, but then I hugged him.
"I missed you," he said.
"Like I don't," I said, jokingly. "I was only gone for two weeks."
During summer vacation, my mom, Renee, called and told me she had booked me a flight to Phoenix to spend more time with her. I got confused with this but decided to go; when I arrived in Phoenix, she told me that Phil was a coach in an elementary school and she was always alone at the house. She felt really lonely and decided to bring her daughter (me!) to Phoenix for some bonding time.
"It felt like a decade!" both Edward and Jacob said, and then they started chuckling at the same time.
It was really obvious that they were brothers but they looked really different. The only thing that was the same was their height. Edward looked a lot more like his Mom than his Dad. He had pale white skin, bronze-like hair, green eyes, high cheekbones, a straight nose and a smile that could make your heart melt.
Jacob on the other hand, was very different from all the Cullen brothers; usually, they have green eyes too but Jacob had black. He had black hair and russet skin. I always wanted to ask Esme why Edward's skin color was different from Jacob's but she kept on avoiding me or changing the topic.
"Bella, are you okay? You've been staring at the ground for a while now," Jacob asked, waving his hand in front of my face, worry evident in his voice.
I blinked in surprise and replied, "I'm okay."
"Okay, that's good! Alice is going to have a party later and she's inviting you," he said, putting an arm over my shoulder casually.
I had totally forgotten about Edward until he cleared his throat. I yelped in surprise and stared wide eyed at him because he was narrowing his eyes at his twin brother. I raised an eyebrow at him when he caught my eye, but he just sighed and walked away. See? The way he reacted whenever I was with Jacob made me feel guilty.
I turned to look back at Jacob and he was looking at me curiously. I just shook my head in response.
"Come on, let's get to first period."
I nodded and followed Jacob to our first period, which was English. Once we got inside the school, people started staring at me and Jacob. That was probably because of his arm around my shoulder. I inwardly rolled my eyes; it was like they hadn't seen someone put an arm over their shoulder before.
When we arrived at the classroom, I saw Lauren Mallory, our typical cheerleader, flirting with Edward. He had an annoyed look on his face that clearly showed, 'piss off Lauren!' but sadly, she still didn't get the hint.
I patted him on the back to show my sympathy for him and he rolled his eyes at me. Jeez, I was showing my sympathy for him this was what I got?
When our English teacher arrived, everybody sat down at their seats. Edward was sitting next to me while Jacob sat two desks behind me. Mr. Redd started talking about a play I couldn't care less about and I started drawing doodles on my notebook for the time being.
"Psst!"
I looked to my left and saw Edward pointing his thumb to the back. I raised an eyebrow and followed the direction of where his thumb is pointing and saw that Jacob was sleeping, with his right arm supporting his head. Drool was coming out of his mouth and this, my friend, was perfect for blackmail material.
I tore a piece of paper out of my notebook and wrote, 'Take a picture of him!!!'. He nodded once he read the paper I gave him and took out his phone. He played with the settings and then held his phone up high (Mr. Redd was writing words on the board) then click.
Edward gave me two thumbs up with a grin when he put his phone back in his pocket. Mission accomplished.
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EPoV – After school, at home.
Once I got out of my Volvo, I ran in to the house (the door was unlocked) and in to the kitchen. Mom was cleaning the dishes when I walked up behind her and tapped her shoulder.
I think I startled her because she jumped in fright and put a hand in her heart when she turned around, "God, Edward, you could have cleared your thr- Edward?"
I sobbed quietly and just hugged her. She didn't need to ask any more questions because she knew the reason behind this. This happened during summer vacation, when I found out I was in love with Bella. I couldn't seem to tell her this because she was always with Jake, and I was never comfortable around him. Why? It was because I was tempted to tell him a secret that could change him, and his relationship with Bella.
