I'm loving that everyone is loving the story. Thanks for all the great reviews. Also I want to point out that this story is going to very closely follow the original story so it may be a few chapters in before anything actually happens between Bella and Rose.
Summary: Twilight Romeo & Juliet TwiSlash style. I was a girl, she was a girl. I was a shape-shifter, she was a vampire. The eighty or so year age difference was the least of our worries. We had everything working against us, even her, but I was determined to make things work. The only thing worse than falling in love with a woman that doesn't love you, is falling in love with a woman that doesn't want to love you.
Disclaimer: I own twilight, new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn. I paid a good twenty dollars for each book so I'm pretty sure I own them, though I don't think own any rights to them so that kind of sucks. Any-who enjoy chapter two.
Chapter Two
I looked up to see Alice Cullen sitting next to the only open seat in the classroom. You would think in a school with only 300 students a girl would have more seating options. The little pixie like creature looked up at me with a heart stopping smile and waved her dainty little fingers at me. I walked over and sat in the chair.
"Hi I'm Alice." She told me excitedly. Maybe a little bit too excitedly. "Finally the school's new superstar. Maybe my family can catch a break."
"I doubt it." I said with a small smile which resulted in her giving me a confused look. "You're dating your adopted brother. Your other brother is dating your third brother and…" I said stretching out the word. "you're adopted father must be performing illegal plastic surgeries on you guys because it's just not possible for all of you to be that good looking. Hate to break it to you but the whole new girl thing is gonna die off. At least you'll get a break though." I said with an audible chuckle.
"You're right." She said with a dramatic sigh. "I guess this town is too small to handle this much beauty."
"Is any town able to handle it?"
"Not really." She replied laughing. "So what makes one move from the desert heat of Arizona to the forever rainy Forks Washington?"
"Actually I was born here." I told her. "Moved out to Arizona with my mom when my parents divorced."
Mr. Banner picked up class and instead of paying attention Alice and I sat in the corner of the class talking in hushed whispers. She asked a lot of questions and oddly I didn't feel uncomfortable answering her. By the end of class if I didn't know any better I would have thought she was writing some type of interview. I had to admit the girl was strange. She was amazed and fascinated by the smallest things but she was friendly enough for it to not matter. When the bell finally rang Alice got up having already packed her things and headed towards the door. She spun around in a ballerina like fashion and waved. "See you around Bella."
Unfortunately on my way out the door I was caught by Mike. Sadly to say he felt it his knightly duty to escort me to class seeing as we had the same period gym. When he had to leave me to go to the boys locker room I was more than a little ecstatic. He seemed to have nothing better to do than nervously ramble on at my side. I was already planning a well thought out no for when he finally perks up the courage to ask me out.
Thankfully since I was new I didn't have to participate in gym so I sat in the bleachers watching the other students play basketball grateful that I was able to slip out of it. Me and basketball was an accident just waiting to happen.
When the bell rang for the end of gym Mike looked over at me and ran to the locker room probably hoping to catch me before I got to my car. Not wanting him once again rambling on about nothing at my side I all but ran to my car before he could demand anymore of my precious time. I turned on my car and pulled out the lot as fast as I possibly could without cause an accident.
Pulling in the driveway I noticed Charlie wasn't home so I headed to the kitchen and started on dinner. Staring at the lack of items to work with I decided on spaghetti. Wouldn't have been my first choice but it'd do. While I waited for the noodles to boil I looked through the kitchen making a mental list of all the things I would need if I planned to not die of take-out over dose. I was draining the water out of the noodles when Charlie finally showed up and I had already heated up the sauce.
"Bells?" he called out from the front door as her hung up his gun belt and coat. When I used to visit when I was younger he used to take the bullets out. He stopped doing that the last two times I visited though. I guess he figured I was old enough to not shoot myself on mistake and not depressed enough to shoot myself on purpose.
"Yeah I'm in the kitchen dad." I called out. Then continued when he walked in the kitchen. "Dinner's almost done. You can sit down if you want."
I hadn't actually expected him to sit down so it surprised me when he did.
"So how was you first day?"
"Pretty good." I answered him. "Made a couple friends I guess."
"Well that's great Bells. Friends always make the first day better."
It wasn't until mid way through dinner that I asked Charlie about them. It had been on my mind since I first saw them in the cafeteria. Surely I wasn't the only person that noticed there was something off about the Cullens.
"Hey dad do you know anything about Dr. Cullen and his family?"
"I've met the doctor a couple times." He said nodding. "Great man."
"The kids…"I said wondering how to phrase this. "They uh…they're a little different."
Charlie dropped his for to his plate with an angry expression. "People still going around starting rumors about those folks. Dr. Cullen is the best dang doctor that hospital has ever seen. And his kids are all polite. I mean I admit I was a little worried when they first moved to town having all those adopted teenagers but I haven't gotten a bit of trouble out of not one of them. It's more than I can say about some of the kids been here all their lives. Because their new it gives people something to talk about."
For as long as I'd know Charlie that was the longest speech I'd ever heard him make. It seemed he was real passionate about the rumors going around. It made me want to befriend the family even more.
"I didn't mean different in a bad way." I told him swirling spaghetti on my fork. "I just noticed they keep to themselves. I actually made friends with one of them." I told him perking up. Or at least I thought I may have. "The little one Alice."
That's great Bells. I'm glad you aren't subjected to small town ignorance. I see your mom did something right." He said with a smile that made him look younger.
I laughed and pointed my fork at him. "I'm gonna tell her you said that."
After that the rest of dinner went pretty well. Charlie and I joked around and almost got into a food fight but by that point neither of us actually had much on our plate so we quit while we were ahead. Once we were both done eating Charlie got up and did the dishes and I went upstairs to call Renee before flipped out.
"Well I'm glad to hear things are going good." Renee said trying to sound happy. I thinking she was hoping I'd be running for the hills before lunch was over. "So this Alice girl?"
"It's nothing like that." I told her. "I mean she's adorable but…"
Before I could finish my sentence she laughed which of course made me laugh. "Did you just call that girl adorable?"
"Stop laughing." I said trying to stop laughing myself. "She is I mean she small and cute. It's the best thing I could come up with."
"Ok." Renee said trying to stifle her laughter. "She's adorable but…"
"She's not really my type."
"Yeah I guess I couldn't expect you to go to Forks and fall in love."
"How's Phil?" I asked.
"He's already sleep." She told me. "His first practice with the team was today. If things go well we might move here. I'm still trying to get used to the time difference."
I had almost forgot Florida was three hours ahead of us. I would have to keep that in mind so I wouldn't call too late. Not that Renee would really care.
"Well mom I gotta go."
"Ok sweetie. Call me tomorrow. I love you."
"Love you too mom."
"My heart's been broken for a long time now. If I would have known you'd be the one to fix it I'd have given it to you months ago." She told me as she slowly paced back and forth before my bed. She stopped before me and walked closer until she was standing between my legs. She grabbed my face between her hands and stared into my eyes. My heart started beating erratically and she smiled. "I love you Isabella Swan."
"As I love you Rosalie Hale."
She let her hands slide down my neck until they rested on my shoulders. "It feels like I've been waiting forever to kiss you." I told her as she lightly pushed my shoulders until I lay flat on my back and she hovered above me. I brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"Well wait no longer Miss Swan." She leaned in so slowly that my excitement built as the seconds ticked by. When her cool lips finally touched mine I swear I could see fireworks. I pulled her closer until there was no room left between us. She ran her fingers down my side and across my stomach. She placed her hand over my belly button and pulled back.
"Bella?"
"Yeah?"
"Will you go to prom with me?"
I was saved from having to answer her when my alarm went off. I'd finally seen my dream girl and it was Rosalie Hale. My imagination didn't do her justice but it was definitely Rosalie Hale. What was weird though was the fact that I had been having these dreams before I'd even seen her. I mean sure I could rationalize things and say that it wasn't Rosalie before seeing as I couldn't see her but it was. In every dream it was her. I was sure of it.
I showered and got dressed on auto-pilot still thinking about my dream. It may sound crazy but I had been falling in love with the girl in my dream. I didn't know how to feel knowing she was a real person. A real person that was probably way out of my league. How could I dream about a person I've never met. It's times like these when best friends come in handy.
Grabbing my keys to leave the house I decided I would go see Jacob soon. Definitely over the weekend if not sooner. He'd probably think I was crazy but he'd give me advice all the same.
When I opened the door the wind blew and I looked down and noticed I could see my ankles. More than a bit confused I ran back upstairs and traded in the jeans I was wearing for a pair of sweat pants. I ran back out the house and jumped in my car deciding I'd think about my random growth spurt later.
I pulled into the parking lot behind a silver Volvo. I hadn't really paid much attention to the cars on the lot the day before but as I looked around I noticed like mine most of the cars were older models. Not including the Volvo the newest car on the lot was a '99 Ford Taurus. I watched the Volvo as I parked my car pretty positive I knew who was getting out of it.
As I expected Alice and the other Cullens emerged from the shiny car. Jasper smoothly glided out the back seat of the car and held his hand out. A tiny pale hand took hold of his and he pulled Alice out of the car. Emmett, as he walked around the car to meet Edward was telling some story that seemed to involve a lot of wild hand motions. Rosalie didn't show up.
The first half of the day passed by in a blur for me and I was eager to ask Alice why her sister hadn't shown up. I was actually kind of looking forward to seeing her even though I was sure I wouldn't have talked to her either way.
"Bella are you listening?" Jessica asked me on our way to lunch. Truthfully I hadn't been. I hadn't heard a word she's said at any point during the day but I was sure it was nothing important so I nodded.
"Of course." I said hoping she would ask me to repeat anything she had said. I always have had a wondering mind so over the years I've conditioned myself to always notice the words are you listening or any other related phrase, so in any case I could immediately respond with of course I was. If I timed it perfectly which I almost always did it seemed as if I were actually paying attention.
"So what do you say?"
"Sure I guess." I said successfully masking my confusion. I had no idea what I had just agreed to.
"That's great." Angela said from the other side of Jessica. I hadn't even realized she was there. With my mind so wrapped up in Rosalie I probably could have walked off the side of a mountain and not noticed. Angela continued as if she hadn't noticed my mental absence. Great I wasn't listening again. I tuned back into the conversation with much difficulty.
"…dress shopping with us."
Dress shopping? What the hell did I agree to? I had to work to keep the horrified expression off my face.
I got my answer as we paid for lunch. At the register there was a pastel green flyer for the girls choice spring dance. Lie fast, my brain yelled at me. I stared at the flyer until Angela came up behind me.
"What's wrong Bella?" she asked.
"That's the day of the dance?" I asked making sure my voice show how disappointed I was.
"Yeah." Jessica answered. "The last day before spring break"
"My mom wants me to come visit her in Florida that week." I told them. "I'm leaving that morning."
Angela said something in response but by that point I was no longer listening as I caught sight of the Cullen table. The other four Cullen's sat at the table looking just as unbelievably beautiful as they had the day before but I couldn't stop staring at the empty seat that the blonde goddess should have been sitting in.
"Edward Cullen is staring at you." Jessica's voice broke though my trance as her elbow hit my arm lightly.
I looked a few spaces from where I was already looking and sure enough I met the eyes of Edward Cullen. When he noticed me looking he smiled and turned back to his table. I looked back over to the empty seat and sighed.
"Bella?" Jessica said snapping her fingers in front of my face. "Edward is gay so don't waste your time." She practically yelled probably assuming I was sighing at the fact that he smiled at me. She couldn't have been more wrong.
"I wouldn't think of it." I told her still not looking away from the table, only now I was actually looking at the four that were there.
Edward was rolling his eyes at Emmett but couldn't keep the amusement off his face as his boyfriend made some joke between laughs that had the whole table laughing. Even Jasper, though he didn't look like the smiling type, had a smile on his face. Alice raised their clasped hands from under the table and kissed the back of his hand. He brought the same two hands to his face and kissed the back of hers then their hands disappeared under the table again. At first sight the couple seemed…odd. If you really watched them though anyone with a heart could see they were perfect for each other. Complete opposites keeping each other balanced. I turned back to the table to find the previous conversation still in full swing.
"…wasn't gay I doubt he'd be into Bella." Lauren said with a sneer.
"Because he turned you down?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. "Be honest how many times did you ask him out before you got through your thick little head?"
At that point I was sure were she a cartoon her face would have gone impossibly red as steam shot from her ears. As it was her face went red and she stormed out of the cafeteria just as the bell rung. The rest of the table tried but were unable to keep themselves from laughing.
I walked to Biology with Angela by my side like I had yesterday. "So who are you going to the dance with?" I asked.
"Well I was planning on asking Eric since it's girls choice and all."
"But that's not who you want to go with?" I asked. Her face went red and she deflected the question by asking one of me.
"If you were going who would you ask?"
I raised an eyebrow at her but didn't push my question. "I would ask Rosalie Hale." I told her honestly though I made it seem like a joke. "Then I would spend the night curled up in my bed crying my eyes out because she turned me down.
"Hi Bella." A bell like voice said from beside me. I looked over to see Alice Cullen fall in step beside me. Angela waved to her and headed of to her table. "How was lunch?" she asked with a smile.
It was that moment that I realized that I hadn't actually ate lunch. Sure I got a plate but I hadn't actually eaten from it. Now that I really thought about it I couldn't actually remember what I had even picked up. I was so out of it.
"It was ok." I answered realizing I had yet to do so. She gave me a knowing smile and pulled out her chair before sitting down.
It took all of my will power to not just out and ask Alice about her sister's whereabouts but I had to know. I just didn't want to sound like some creepy stalker chick, so I let her led the conversation while I tried to pay attention to whatever Mr. Banner was talking about in the front of the class.
After explained the assignment we were working on I turned to Alice. "So the blonde guy's your boyfriend? Jasper right?" I asked putting a slide in the microscope. I looked in it paying no attention to Alice as I studied the bacteria on the slide. "Prophase. You guys are cute together. A little strange at first."
"Everyone says that." She told me with a fond smile. "Did you leave anyone back in Arizona?" she asked pulling the microscope towards her putting the second slide in.
"No one I'd like to remember." I told her before she muttered anaphase and wrote it on the paper after writing my previous answer. "So I hear your brother has a way of breaking hearts around here."
"Don't tell me you like Edward." She said shocked.
"I'm about as interested in him as he is in me." I told her with a smile. "I'm curious though, was there not five of you guys yesterday?"
"Yeah Rosalie wasn't…feeling well today."
"I hope it's nothing serious." I said trying not to sound too alarmed while not really sure why I was worried. "Is she ok?" I asked before I could stop myself. I had to know.
"Oh she's fine really." She assured me. "It wasn't even serious enough for her to stay home. But that's Rosalie though. Always the drama queen."
I let out a breath I wasn't aware I was holding and pulled the microscope back to my side of the table. I carefully put the slide under the microscope and looked in. I didn't understand why I was getting so worked up over a girl I didn't even know.
"Metaphase." I said and pushed the microscope back over to Alice. "So you're in grade eleven right?" she nodded as she put the fourth slide under. "What about the others?"
"Telephase." she muttered writing down her answer along with interphase which was clearly the last slide. "Edward is also in grade eleven. Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie are in grade twelve."
"So are your parents cool with you and Jasper and Edward and Emmett for that matter?" I asked sitting back in my chair.
"My parents are very open minded." She replied. "As long as we're happy they don't mind too much."
"I guess it must be hard on Rosalie being the only single one in a house filled with couples." I said off-handedly. She hadn't actually said her sister was single but that was definitely a way to find out.
"Rosalie doesn't date." She said with a shrug.
"Like at all?" I asked confused. How could someone as beautiful as her not date.
"Like I said earlier my sister is overly dramatic. Not that I don't understand her reasons." She answered with another shrug. "Rosalie's a bit of a bitch, maybe even a little cold but you should give it a try. I can tell you like her." She said with a smile. "Someone like you would be good for her.
With that she stood up and pulled her backpack over her shoulder and walked out of the classroom just as the bell rung.
So next chapter the very first conversation between Bella and Rose. I hope you guys stick with this even though it's going to move a bit slow. But don't worry it won't take Bella almost getting smushed by Tyler's van for Rose to get the point.
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