So yeah, I made the Cullen's personable in this. Like how they were in Eclipse :)

Chapter 2

May 30th 7:30am

It was early. Early as in 7:30. Too early considering that I didn't fall asleep until around 4. Again I had been woken up by the sudden urge to pee really badly. I groaned and hurried down the hall to the bathroom. I walked back out and came to the conclusion that I wasn't going to be able to fall back asleep. But I was so tired. I walked downstairs and to the front door. I'd sit outside for a little.

I carefully shut the door behind me and sat on the front step. It was cloudy but already at least 80 degrees out. Living down the shore totally had its perks. I hated to be cold. The small town was peaceful. I looked across the street at the huge house for sale, secretly wishing my family had enough money to live in a house like that. Oh well… I really did like this new one. There was now a big red "SOLD" sign across the "For Sale" one. That hadn't been there the last time I looked. I saw movement then. Someone was walking out of the house.

It was a girl. She had really short and spiky black hair, and she moved across the lawn so quickly I almost didn't see her make it from the door to the sidewalk. She took a quick look around the surrounding area and noticed me at that moment. She gave me a small wave and rushed quickly, but not as fast as before, back into the house.

The way she ran was entirely too graceful. Almost like she was dancing. I stared back in an awed silence, my mouth hanging open a little bit. She had moved incredibly fast. Even from a distanced I noticed that her skin was pale, and thought to myself that living down here would do her some good.

She came back out then, but this time followed by a few other people. Three boys and another girl. She moved slower this time, and they began to walk towards my house…and me. I was staggered by how they were dressed in long pants and shirts in this god awful heat. I was frozen to my front step though; I couldn't move to rush back inside. Suddenly they were all there in front of me, the black haired girl leading.

I struggled to regain focused again. They were all devastatingly gorgeous, especially the other girl. A tall, skinny blonde. I looked down at myself, then back at her. She made me more self conscious then I already was and she didn't even speak yet. They were all extremely pale, and had dark purple shadows under their eyes, which all happened to be the same shade of what appeared to be gold.

"Alice Cullen" said the black haired girl. Her voice was slightly high pitched but it was beautiful, just like her. I shook my head and brought myself back to the present. She smiled at me.

"These are my siblings. Emmett," She gestured to the tallest one of the group, which made me lean back slightly. He was huge. Built like a football player, with dark brown, slightly curly hair. I noticed his arm wrapped around the blonde girl's waist. He was very intimidating, someone you deffinatly wanted to stay on the good side of.

"And Edward." Alice said, now pointing to the boy standing a little behind Emmett. He was tall and lanky, with bronze colored hair, and absolutely gorgeous. He kept his eyes away from me, and he looked almost ridged. I could tell he didn't want to be here at all. But what I could see from his eyes were that they were not gold like the rest of them… they were black.

"And these are Jasper and Rosalie Hale. They're twins. Jasper is my boyfriend and Rosalie is with Emmett." Alice said, now pointing to the blonde girl, and a blonde boy standing next to her. I saw Jasper take her hand gently in his.

"Actually, we are all adopted. Dr. Cullen and his wife adopted us when we were younger."

They were all just so beautiful, it was hard to concentrate on her as she spoke. I kept glancing over at the one named Edward, but he still avoided my gaze.

"What's your name?' Alice asked me when I didn't respond or answer to anything she had just told me. I blinked and looked back at her.

"Reagan. Reagan Matthews." I said quietly. Alice reached out her hand to me, and I slowly placed mine in hers. It was freezing.

"Nice to meet you." She said with a smile and shook our hands. I smiled timidly back. Jasper then reached his hand out and did the same.

"Hi" he said also with a smile. Next was Emmett and his hand shake hurt me a little. He was absolutely as strong as he looked. But his smile made me smile even bigger. He was just a big teddy bear; I knew I was going to like him.

Rosalie was a little hesitant, then finally shook my hand, but didn't smile. I reached out to Edward, but he still never looked at me. He then turned his to face the street, his back towards me. I slowly dropped my arm at his rejection and turned back to Alice. She was glaring at Edward now.

"Aren't you guys a little hot in those clothes? It has to be at least 80 or higher." I asked, and then I remembered how cold each one of their hands were, and almost took the question back.

"Nah. The heat doesn't really bother us. We're tough." Said Emmett, sticking out his chest and thumping it lightly with his free hand. I had to smile again. I then heard my mom start yelling at my dad, and cringed. Alice looked at the house and then back to me.

'I'd better go. I was nice to meet all of you. You're all free to stop by whenever you like." I said, standing up and walking to the door.

"Thank you." Alice said, giving me a small smile, as I opened the door, then stepped inside.

"YOU ARE SUCH AN ASS BEN!!" my mother screamed. I closed my eyes and sighed.

"GOD CAROLYN! CAN"T YOU JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR ONCE!?"

I couldn't believe that they were doing this while we had company. I fought back more sudden bursts of emotion. If they saw me crying, it would create more problems, like it always did. They would just yell more about whose fault it was that I was crying. Something gently touched my hand, and my eyes shot open. I realized I wasn't alone and glanced over to my right.

"Alice? Jasper?" I asked a little stunned. How did they get in? I was sure that they hadn't followed me in.

"We thought you could use a little company right now." She said, looking around me into the kitchen at my fighting parents. I just stared in awe at her. I suddenly felt calm; the urge to cry was gone. It was replaced by a sense of ease and happiness… an emotion long since forgotten to my body. I felt a smile slowly spread across my face and saw Alice shoot a quick look at Jasper. He had already walked to the entrance of the kitchen.

"Jasper?" I whispered, but he paid me no attention.

"What are you doing?" I said. The sound of my parents' bitter bickering quieted a little, and soon was down to a small argument. Next thing I knew, it was quiet. Jasper smiled and walked back to me and Alice. My parents came out of the kitchen smiling and laughing. What just happened?

"Oh, Reagan you're up." Said my mom.

"And who's this?" she asked looking at the others.

"Oh, um. Mom, Dad, This is Alice and Jasper. They moved into that house across the street, with the rest of their family. I was outside this morning and they saw me and came over to say hello and stuff."

"Well it's nice to meet you two. How old are you guys?" my mom asked, turning her full attention on Alice.

"Well I'm 18, and Jasper is 19. The rest of my siblings range from 17 to 20" Alice said with a smile. I saw that my dad was a little staggered by her.

"Oh that's good. Kids your own age Reagan. That'll be good for you." My mom said.

"We are gonna go get dressed and go out for the day. Why don't you spend time with them? Show them around the neighborhood and such?" my dad said.

"That sounds great" Alice said before I could respond. My parents smiled and walked up the stairs to their room. I knew I wouldn't have much time. They wouldn't be out all day. Something would start a fight and they would come home. A few minutes later my parents left and Alice turned to me.

"I'm sorry Reagan, but we actually have to leave. Need to finish unpacking and what not."

"Yeah I know that feeling. We've only been here a few weeks, and we are still unpacking. It's ok. No offense or anything but I'd rather be alone right now anyway." I said. More waves of calm rolled over me, and I wondered why that kept happening. Alice gazed at me for a long moment, her mouth slowly turning up into a small smile. She then leaned up and kissed me on the cheek.

"We'll be across the street if you need company." And with that, they both disappeared out the door. I reached up to touch the place on my cheek where her lips had touched it. Cold, just as a thought it would be. The calm was suddenly gone. I was alone, as always. And I preferred it that way.