Landing in Seattle was nerve-wracking, the thick fog scaring even the most experienced of pilots. Bella however, wasn't bothered. Looking over at Gavin she took in his clenched jaw, and white fingers, wrapped around the armrests.
"Breath Gav." She murmured. "We're almost done."
The boy nodded and took a deep breath, jumping when the wheels finally touched down.
"Thank you."
Bella hummed in acknowledgment, eyes scanning the runway surrounding them.
Getting off the plane and through customs went as smoothly as it can, and soon the family of four were on their way home.
"So the house is a little bit bigger than the last one." Madeline winked at her children, turning around in the rental car.
"A little?" Charlie snorted.
The twins shared an uneasy look as their father pulled into a completely hidden driveway, seemingly going straight into the woods.
The house was set atop a hill, overlooking the small valley set below it. It was three stories tall, the upper level was mostly made of glass, with a porch set into the side facing the valley on the second floor. Pulling up to the house the twins jumped out and Bella shoved Gavin lightly, racing into the house to choose her room.
She headed directly upstairs to the third floor, not even bothering to take in the stunning architecture of the new house. The upstairs was split in half by a hallway, one room overlooking the valley below and the other looking into the deep forest. Bella quickly laid claim to the room with the view of the valley, dropping her carry on in the center of the room.
"Thank God you chose that one, I can't stomach the view," Gavin called from the doorway.
"It's beautiful." Bella murmured softly, stunned by the scene laying in front of her.
"Kids, come get your bags. Tomorrow we'll go shopping for everything you need for the rooms."
Bags were brought into rooms quickly and temporary beds were set up, leaving the house to fall into complete silence.
Alice was sat atop the railing bordering her families patio, a deep frown marring her normally happy face.
"What's wrong darling?" The southern twang of her mate was followed by arms wrapping around her waist. "Still no visions?"
"Not really no. I have visions up until lunch of the first day, then nothing." She pouted hard at the blonde man stood beside her.
"Maybe it's the shifters?"
"Maybe, but I usually know when it's them. It's like watching tv when it isn't tuned to the station fully. But right now it's just completely black."
"Hmm." Jasper frowned slightly, trying to think what would cause his mate's visions to go completely black, as this had never happened before. "I don't know darling, I'm sorry."
"Oh, Jaz it's not your fault." The pixie kissed her mate quickly. "We will just have to wait this one out I guess." She shrugged at the taller man.
Two weeks later.
Bella woke with a start, she'd had the same dream for the past month now, waking every time with a racing pulse and uneasy feeling that she couldn't shake. Stretching out under her navy blue sheets she sighed. Today was the first day of school. She could hear Gavin singing terribly in the shower attached to his room seemingly being awake for hours already.
Heaving herself out of bed she peeled her clothes off and tossed them in her hamper before stepping into the shower. She hummed happily as the warm water soothed her muscles. Making quick work of shampooing and washing she was stepping out of the shower and drying off with a towel in no time at all. She pulled on dark grey with pink accent Calvin Klein boxers, and a sports bra. After tugging on simple blue jeans, she put on deodorant and pulled out the first shirt from her drawer. It was a long sleeve white Levi's shirt, She quickly pulled it on and tossed a green hoodie over it.
Grabbing her backpack and leaving her room, she bumped into her brother.
"Morning."
"Hey Bells."
Together they descended into the main floor of the house and into the kitchen. Sitting at the island Madeline placed a plate of breakfast in front of both of them.
"Your father is already gone off to survey land, you both have lunch money right?"
"Yes, mum." They both nodded at the woman and she smiled, ruffling their hair.
"Awe my babies, first day of the school year, how cute." Pulling a camera from seemingly nowhere the woman grinned at her children. "Smile!" They both gave half-hearted grins, allowing her to take the picture. "Alright, clean up your messes then you best be heading off to school."
They nodded and cleaned the kitchen together, as Madeline retreated into her home office. Slipping into the garage quietly, Bella pulled the cover off her bike, it was a black Ducati Streetfighter. After zipping up the grey bomber jacket she'd grabbed, she put her matte black helmet on and gloves. Syncing the Bluetooth to her phone and watching her brother do the same she finally spoke to him.
"The last one to school owes the other a shopping spree." Revving her engine at her brothers nod, they took off. Laughing heartily at each other.
The drive to school took longer than they thought it would. Leaving them with five minutes until the first bell. Pulling into the parking lot they noticed the only other nice cars were a shiny silver Volvo and a cherry red convertible.
"You ready for this?" Gavin asked Bella after they had parked and started walking side by side towards the school's office main entrance.
"Not in the slightest but I kind of have to be don't I?" She grinned lopsidedly at the boy in front of her and opened the doors. A rush of stifling warm air flowed over them and they grimaced at the smell. Teenagers truly were horrible smelling creatures. On top of that, there was a heavy smell of flowers and floral scents clinging to everything in a very loud looking room.
"Hi, I'm Isabella Swan and this is my brother Gavin Swan. We're here for our schedules?"
The woman behind the counter smiled wildly at the two. "Ah, of course, I was wondering when the two of you would show up! Here's the schedule, a map and make sure all of your teachers sign this form by the end of today."
"Thank you."
The twins left the office and headed down the nearest hallway, glancing at the map briefly to memorize it.
"Hi, I'm Eric! You must be Isabella and Gavin Swan! Smile!" A short Asian boy with a crippling acne problem materialized seemingly out of nowhere and was snapping pictures of them faster than even they could register.
"Uh- Hi?" Gavin stammered out.
"It's just Bella actually, also stop that!" The boy stopped taking photos and froze at the look on both teens faces. "Delete those."
"I was going to do an expose on the two of you, you're front page news. The only thing anyone wants to talk about is the elusive Swan twins that no one has seen all summer."
Bella didn't even want to know how he knew they were twins, or how anyone knew they were there. They hadn't left their house to go into town very often. Or even left as recognizable creatures for that matter.
"You will not do that, and if I see any of those photos anywhere I'll snap that camera, and possibly you, in half. Got it?" Gavin growled out at the boy.
"G-got it!"
"Good now scram." The boy ran off faster than either of them had seen a boy as gangly as him run.
"So we have all the same classes up until lunch, then two separate classes then gym together?" Bella asked her brother.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Alright, let's go."
Finding their first class was easy, sitting through it, not so much. Gavin and Bella found English to be one of the most boring classes to be taught in high school and hated every second of it. Their next class, pre-calculus, wasn't much better. Bella has to be nudged several times by Gavin in order to stay awake. Their third class was the best class they would probably have all day. Music. Music ran through Bella and Gavin's veins, each being able to play upwards of ten instruments each. It was in this class though that someone else gathered up the courage to talk to them.
"Hey, I'm Jessica, and this is Angela." She gestured to a kind looking brunette that Bella smiled at.
"Hi, I'm Bella, that's Gavin."
At this Jessica started talking a mile a minute to Gavin and Bella started small talk with Angela.
"You two have to sit with our friends at lunch!"
Gavin and Bella exchanged a look over Jessica's head before Bella spoke.
"Sure we can."
Jessica squealed happily and led them towards the loud room filled with rowdy teenagers. Quickly collecting an apple, a bottle of water and a cookie, the twins sat and were introduced to the close-knit group of friends surrounding them.
Suddenly the cafeteria got quiet, Bella and Gavin glancing at each other in confusion and alarm, as six drop-dead gorgeous teenagers came through the doors.
"Those are Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids. The blonde guy who looks like he's in pain is Jasper Hale, he's dating the short pixie, that's Alice Cullen. The huge muscle guy is Emmett McCarty, he's dating the redhead, Victoria Manor. Then there's the bronze haired guy, Edward Cullen, and Jasper's twin sister Rosalie.
Bella glanced towards them, meeting Rosalie's eyes and shuddered, her whole world shifting towards the golden-haired goddess sitting across the room from her.