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Hello Folks,

This is the next chapter. Also thank you for the review and advice. It really helped. I re-read the chapter and found quite mistakes in that. So I corrected them and re loaded the chapters.

Still I would like if someone would point out my mistakes to me. I would be happy…

Also Sue's engagement ring picture link is updated on my profile.

Again about disclaimer I do not own twilight, it belongs to Stephanie Meyer and I am just borrowing the characters.

So this is it, hope you enjoy and review please…

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Chapter 2

But when it came to me; Sue's behaviour changed a bit. Well she is not like Cinderella's step mother, which would be cruel to the extreme. But Sue was a bit indifferent to me.

She always thinks that I am more beautiful than Leah, which will cause problems in getting a suitor for Leah. Hello, we live in 21st century not in Renaissance era, so that there will be suitor for me and Leah. Well if you consider me and Leah, sure I got a pale skin which gets bruised easily; in contrast to Leah's beautiful dark olive skin. Where I have muddy brown eyes, Leah got big and deep black eyes courtesy of Henry which she inherited from.

If you observe, yes, Leah is a bit childish and naïve and looks onto the world with rose tinted glasses, but that is to be expected being the sheltered child. Between me and Charlie she never had to deal with the outside world that much.

But I guess, this was the reason due to which Sue resented me a bit, or maybe because I was from Charlie's previous marriage. I never knew the exact reason; but I suspected that she thought Charlie would be more attentive and supportive to me than Leah. But she did not know Charlie; he would never differentiate between me and Leah. He would love and support us both equally.

But Leah, she is a darling child. When Charlie started dating Sue, she brought Leah once and I was gone. I was totally in love with the child. With black bouncy curls, big black eyes and pink pouty lips she just jumped into my arms and my heart. After that I and Leah were pretty inseparable.

If you observe me and Leah were totally opposite, she is a giggling happy girl and me with my serious demeanour. Where she is outgoing I am an introvert. She prefers playing with dolls and having playmates whereas I am satisfied with my books. But despite of these differences we both were like real sisters, there was not an ounce of resentment being step sisters. I loved her like my own sister and she loved me like her own.

Sue sometimes tried to keep me and Leah separate, but Leah always escaped Sue and came to me. Also in front of Charlie she would not say anything to Leah; about me not associating with Leah. She once tried to leave Leah with her babysitter while going on a date with Charlie. I begged Charlie that I can babysit Leah as I had experience in babysitting my neighbours in Arizona. After that Charlie relented and made Sue agree that I can babysit Leah. So after that every time Charlie and Leah went on dates, I used to babysit Leah and while spending time together, our sisterly bond grew stronger.

Well everything was going well and fine, after I turned 13 Charlie and Sue decided to get married. Since both Charlie and Sue both were married previously, they decided that they did not want so much fanfare, just wanted to get their marriage certificate.

Still Charlie bought a beautiful engagement ring with my and Leah's birthstone in it. It was Sapphire and Ruby as my birthday was in September and Leah's was in July. It was quite a gorgeous ring which had two five petal flowers meeting in between. The petals of the flowers - one ruby and one sapphire ; and the band itself was covered in diamonds and was of white gold. Also Charlie bought two simple and plain wedding bands of white gold which had the wedding date engraved in it.

While purchasing the rings; Charlie took Leah and me, so we could provide him with some input. We were so exited. So went down to the famous jewellery shop in Seattle that is Volturi Gems. We came across the shop owner, Aro Volturi, and he was quite the character. He and his wife Sulpicia were the owners of the Volturi Gems and treated their jewellery as their babies.

Aro was quite energetic and had a flair for theatrics whereas Sulpicia was the calm for his nature. We were quite taken by them and at the end of the day, Charlie and Aro became good friends; and both Aro and Sulpicia had taken a liking to us. Aro and Sulpicia both invited us to lunch, so we had lunch with them and then departed with an invitation to visit their place anytime. Charlie also invited them to our place and also invited them as their wedding witness, Aro and Sulpicia both promised to come to Charlie's wedding.