EDITED

OPEN BOOK

After that fateful first day of school, my life went on without Twilight.

I made the cheer team, so did Jessica, and my life seemed revolved around that. I was the main flyer and tumbler. Lauren valued my opinion when it came to routines and cheers. She was one of my best friends. I was basically co-captain without the title. Of course, I made a lot of friends through cheer, and also through Trevor.

Ah, Trevor.

Trevor was my boyfriend after a short period of time when I waited for the Twilight events to keep happening. When none of them happened, I obliged to a date and the rest was history. But when I was kissing him, going out to dinner with him, or even just riding to school with him, Edward was always on the back of my mind. I couldn't shake the thought that maybe, just maybe, I was with the wrong person. Which is ridiculous, because I wasn't Bella.

Sure, my dad's name went from Michael to Charlie and he turned from one of the best cooks ever into practically the worst. My dad already was a huge sports fan, so his personality didn't make any drastic changes.

After the first day, it came clear that no one had any idea to what the Twilight Saga was and I shut my mouth after that. I stuffed all my Twilight stuff under my bed just in case someone who I had over saw it and started asking questions.

I was a little upset that I had somehow tricked myself into thinking I was going to be the new Bella. Maybe its a good thing I'm not, I shouldn't have been as disappointed as I was. After all Bella was in constant danger, to the point where it kinda got annoying. But still, the pressing thought of Edward that always possessed my mind, would make me feel dissatisfied.

Actually, I haven't even talked to any of the Cullens since I've arrived and it bothered me. But, it would seem super sketchy if I just started to talking to Emmett one day because they tried so hard to isolate themselves from the humans, that the humans just leave them be.

Willy, I mean Billy, suddenly was in a wheelchair and had three kids. Twin girls and one boy. The boy's name was Jacob and he was just like book Jacob that Bella described him in Twilight. He was really nice every conversation we had but those seem to dwindle down the more the year went on by. I was spending more time with Trevor and Billy started showing up alone more.

My content life got rattled a little bit when Trevor told me in December that he was moving to Seattle to get more scholarships for college. He suggested we try long distance and I agreed, not seeing a reason why we shouldn't. I was secretly hoping that the longer I stay with Trevor, the less I think about Edward. So far, this hasn't been true, but I would have to get over it eventually, right?

Of course, once Trevor's left, Mike did not hesitate to take the "King of the School" position. Mike was relieved to not be in Trevor's shadow anymore and even had the audacity to ask me out the day after Trevor moved.

On January twelfth, I woke up with a feeling that something big was happening. I looked at my phone and replied to a few texts, like I normally do in the mornings, then I hopped in the shower.

I got dressed in black leggings and a light blue denim button up shirt. I put on a plain gray scarf around my neck and pulled on my black riding boots. Curling my hair and doing my make up was next on the to do list. I had to use a little but more foundation on then I usually do to hide the dark circles around my eyes. Last night, I got little to none sleep from all the excitement from what, I have no idea. I couldn't shake that 'something big is happening today' feeling

I grabbed my school stuff and went downstairs. "Hey Daddy." I chirped.

"You're happy for a Monday," He eyed me suspiciously.

I shrugged, grabbing an orange. "I will be home around four."

"Bye Aubrie." Dad said.

"Bye."

I drove to the school and parked in my usual spot. It was always toward the back, but I had a perfect angle to watch Edward's car from to say, my obsession with Edward Cullen never faded. I still have that life sized cut out and twenty million posters. One day I'm going to wear my Team Edward shirt to see people's reactions.

"Aubrie! Aubrie! Aubrie!" Lauren shouted as she ran over towards me, twenty people following her. The group I was a part of was large that meetups and parties were always epic.

"How was your weekend?" Jessica asked.

"I hung out with Trevor on Saturday and then I went over to Angela's." I explained sharing a smile with said close friend.

"I made up our stunt part of the cheer routine last night, and lemme tell you, you are going to have a hard time!" Lauren exclaimed.

We made some more small talk, walking into school. My first hour I shared with Molly, Natalie, Mike, and Eric. School went on and I was still on edge, waiting for something exciting to happen. When it was lunchtime all I got was a few oranges and some orange juice.

"Is that all you're going to eat?" Eric asked.

"I like oranges." Was my only reply.

Angela and I walked to Biology together, like we always do. Mike has gotten more confident and decided to walk with us now, when Trevor was around that never happened.

"Good afternoon Mr. Banner." I greeted with a smile.

"Hello Aubrie. Listen, I know Trevor has been gone from school for a few weeks now, but we're doing a lab today and instead of you working by yourself and Edward working by himself, it makes more sense if you just move to his table. " Mr. Banner explained, pushing the glasses up from his nose.

"Oh, alright. Thanks Mr. Banner." I walked towards Edward's table with a little skip in my step. The fangirl in me was hyperventilating. I focused on putting one foot after the other. When I finally looked up, mind you this is the first time I have directly looked at Edward since I first got here, I saw an angelic face, perfect bone structure, and that messy bronze hair. He was tall and muscular, but not too muscular like Emmett or Trevor. Holy crap. He's so hot.

I could tell my relationship was in trouble by my rapid heartbeat. Think of Trevor, I chanted inside my head over and over. Each time I tried to distract myself with Trevor, I would think of all the romantic stuff Edward says in the books and I melted.

I sat down and took out my binder before addressing him. "Hi," I said shyly.

Edward opened his mouth to say something and then he froze up in a rigid position. His eyes were pitch black and widened as I instinctively moved toward him to ask what was wrong.

Well, shit, I'm his singer.

Just like in Twilight.

Oh no, no, no, no. I just accepted the fact that I was not Bella and this happens?!

Come to think of it, Bella arrived to Forks sometime in January. Actually I'm pretty sure it's January twelfth. So that's how this works…

A rigid Edward snapped me out of my thoughts and I had no clue what I was supposed to do. Do I act like Bella and pretend he's just weird? Do I lean over and say "bite me"? Do I tell him 'I understand that he wants to eat me right now, but can it wait after class'?

Most of my ideas are probably going to end up with me on the floor with every drop of blood drained from my body. I decided to go with my safest option and leave the classroom before he hurts someone.

So I got up abruptly and went to Mr. Banner. "Hey, I'm not feeling very well. Can I go to the nurse?" I tried to look queasy.

"The flu is going around and you do look pale...Edward, can you escort her with her bag?" Mr. Banner asked.

"I don't think that would be necessary." I cut in before Edward could say anything. I quickly walked back to where I was sitting, smiled apologetically at Edward, and packed my stuff in record time. "There, now you won't have another student miss your lesson. Goodbye." I said to Mr. Banner and left the class before he could say anything.

The warm air of the office brushed across my face as I opened the door. Time for another "white" lie. "Hi Mrs. Cope, I threw up in the girl's restroom and I'm pretty sure I have the flu." I lied, looking sick. "I'm going to leave school."

"Oh sure thing honey. Are you sure you don't want me to call your dad and ask him to pick you up?" Mrs. Cope asked, her face etched with concern.

"That won't be necessary," I said for the second time that day. "I only live a few minutes away. Bye."

When I got home, it was only one o' clock and I decided to watch some TV to keep my mind from wandering too much. But even mindless reality TV shows couldn't distract me from the situation I was in.

Are Edward and I going to fall in love?

I don't want to rush it or force it by any means, even if it's 'supposed to happen', but the thought still possessed my whole brain. I knew that after today, there was no way I could continue to date Trevor, it wouldn't be fair for anyone, especially Trevor.

I decided to make an elaborate steak dinner to keep me distracted. Before Forks, I was a crap cook. But since my dad decided he couldn't cook anything decent except for eggs and bacon, I had to step up my game. I wasn't 'Bella good' but I had gotten a lot better. Plus, Dad and I both agreed that my cooking is better than the alternative.

I cooked dinner with mild success and Dad got home around the same time I set the table.

"Hi sweetie," Dad said, shrugging off his coat.

"How was work?" I asked, setting the plates down.

"Good, same old same old. How was school?" Dad asked, sitting down.

I sat down and started to serve myself. "Alright," I shrugged. "I went home early because I was having female issues."

My dad scrunched up his face. "Say no more."

888

The next day was torturous. I knew Edward wasn't going to be at school for a few days, which made me think it was going to be pretty uneventful few days.

But, at lunch something did happen. "Guys, guess what?" Mike said to our table.

"Please enlighten us, Mike." I smiled politely.

"I'm planning a La Push beach trip in two weeks. It's going to be fun. Surfing, walking, bon fire." Mike said.

"And is our whole group invited?" Jessica asked.

"Of course! Our group and only our group. I'm going to see if Trevor can come, Aubrie." Mike answered.

"Cool. Let's do it." I said.

I always liked beaches. And I know this is the trip where Jacob Black tells me the legends after my shameless flirting.

The weekend was pretty boring. The rain was quiet and soft. I like it when it's like that sometimes. And other times I like it when it's loud and attention demanding. I guess it depends on my mood. But the rain and the cold weather prevented me from spending any time outdoors. Although I hung out with Natalie and Brittany at the movies in Port Angeles.I couldn't get into it. My mind was somewhere else, distracted by the anticipation of Monday, the day Edward comes back.

Monday was a good day. Monday is when Edward returns. I decided to wear my best pair of Miss Me Jeans, my favorite gray Ugg boots, since it's going to snow today, and a blue top that brings out my ocean blue eyes.I straightened my dark brown hair. I noticed how long it was getting. It was well past my chest and now closer to my belly button. I liked it long and couldn't imagine it short.

Today in English, we had a pop quiz on Wuthering Heights. I was prepared, because of Twilight, but even if I didn't know about the pop quiz, I would've been fine since I've already read Wuthering Heights a handful times.

I was walking to Government, my next class, with Mike and Eric when it began to snow. I shivered as I pulled my cardigan closer to my body, refusing to wear my coat.

"Wow," Mike said. "It's snowing."

"Eh…" I knew snow was coming, but that didn't mean I have to like it.

Eric and Mike looked surprised. "You don't like snow?" Mike questioned.

"It's beautiful and all, but like only on the first day. After that, it's slushy and gross. It also makes my nose red and ruins my hair." I ranted.

"But don't you like rain? Snow is basically cold rain." Eric said.

Ugh. I hated this question.

I shrugged. "It's hard to explain. Obviously I know snow and rain come from the same properties, but I think rain, personally, is prettier." I answered.

"Do you get any snow in Missouri?" Mike asked, trying to catch some of the falling flakes.

My look must have given him his answer.

"Dude, are you an idiot? She lived in the Midwest. The Midwest always has the most brutal winters." Eric said for me.

Mike laughed. "Oh."

Eric grabbed some snow from the ground and smashed it in Mike's face. Mike grabbed some snow to throw back and I walked away quickly.

"I'll see you guys at lunch." Then I decided to steal Bella's line, "Once people start throwing wet stuff, I go inside."

They both waved goodbye before going out in a full fledged snowball fight. I rolled my eyes, boys are so immature.

Through the whole school day, all people wanted to talk about was the snow. It was almost like they've never seen it before. I guess the first snowfall is exciting, but I get bored of it quickly. Coming from a place where snow was expected at least once a week in the winter, the light dusting was annoying. I always said if you couldn't get out of school from it, then the snow was pretty useless.

Also because of the first snowfall, people seemed to have forgotten we were all high schoolers and pretended to be kindergartners. Everywhere you looked people were throwing the stuff, causing to me to be paranoid and dodgy.

I, Aubrianna Burke/Swan, refused to mess up my hair by some atrocity called snow. While walking to lunch with Jessica, I kept my binder for a shield. If necessary, I hid behind Jessica. She thought I was being funny, but I was completely serious.

I got in the lunch line and automatically did a beeline for the orange juice. I also grabbed some orange cuties and a carton of chicken nuggets. I passed up on the french fries, the batch looked sketchier than normal. Walking over carefully to the lunch table, I sat down next to Jessica and Natalie, which was across from Mike and Lauren. Ever have that feeling where you know someone is staring at you? That was exactly what I felt. When I glanced up, I was surprised to see Edward Cullen staring straight back at me.

"Aubrie? Aubrie? What's up?" Mike tried to grab my attention. I've realized ever since Trevor's gone, the boys have been talking to me and messing around with me more. I missed having Trevor being a guard for that type of stuff, I hated the attention for the most part.

"Nothing, I just spaced out for a moment. What were you saying?" I asked, trying to engulf myself in the conversation.

"My beach trip. Are you in or out?" Mike asked.

"I told you I'm game. But don't you think surfing in February is a tad bit strange?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Don't worry; if you're cold I'll warm you up." Tyler said waggling his eyebrows.

"That was gross." Jessica scrunched up her face as Lauren hit him. They are always on and off; judging from that comment they must be off at the moment.

We went on with our normal conversations, when Jessica said loudly. "Aubrie, Edward Cullen is staring at you."

I furrowed my eyebrows. Still? I thought. "Does he look angry?" I asked.

"No…should he be?" Jessica asked.

"We're new lab partners," I explained vaguely. "I got the vibe he doesn't like me very much."

"The Cullens don't like anybody. Well, they don't notice anyone enough to like them." Jessica said.

"Hey," I said, defensive. "Maybe they're tired of being talk about and judged constantly."

Everyone at our table was silent at my words.

"What?" I asked, bothered by the silence. "Put yourself in their shoes. If you show up to a new town and all these accusations and rumors started flying around, I would stick with my family too."

"I guess you're right." Jessica said slowly.

"You guess?" Shae asked. "I have never thought about it like that!"

"I feel horrible now." Lauren muttered.

"Don't feel horrible," I said. "Just try to keep the gossip to a minimum. I'm sure they're tired of hearing it."

"He's still staring at you," Jessica said lowly, giggling.

Mike interrupted us by talking about his plans for an epic snowball fight at the end of the day.

"Sounds like fun!" Jessica chirped.

"But you can't go. We have cheer practice." Lauren said, crushing everyone's enthusiasm.

"C'mon Lauren." "Please…" "We'll go overtime." Filled our table since most of the cheer squad who had this lunch shift sat with us.

"Your thoughts, Aubrie?" Lauren asked.

"I don't like snow..." there were some groans from our table, "But it would be fun to watch." I offered.

"Fine. But if we do this, we are working on our routine and nothing else. I need you guys to stay dedicated. Competitions are coming up…" Lauren got in her pep talk mode and I zoned her out.

I snuck a peek at Edward's table and was surprised to see the whole Cullen family staring at me. Alice looked like she was bouncing in her seat and the rest looked like they were trying to figure me out. I was the first one who probably ever defended their name in this school, which is unusual.

Mike decided to walk with Angela and me today to Biology. I wasn't too pleased since he seems to be a popular target for the snowballs. Lucky he was also easy to hide behind, generally keeping my hair safe.

I walked in the classroom, knowing that it was a little early for most people to start showing up. I sat down at my empty table, knowing Edward will arrive sooner or later. Deciding that since I was early, I'd help Mr. Banner pass out microscopes and slides to the class. Any opportunity to kiss up was gladly taken.

Once I was done, Edward was sitting at our lab station. He was so gorgeous it took me awhile to remember to breathe. His bronze hair was disheveled and wet. Like Bella said in the book, "…he looked like he just got done shooting a commercial for hair gel." His eyes were a golden honey and he looked calm and collected.

I scraped my chair back and began to doodle on my notebook, not even acknowledging he was there. He has to initiate this conversation.

"Hello," the velvety voice I have dreamed about for years said to me.

I looked up to see him smiling. He looked friendly and open.

"My name is Edward Cullen," he continued. "I didn't have a chance to introduce myself last week. You must be Aubrie Swan."

I paused for a moment trying to decide how to respond. I figured I would start out with book dialogue and slowly let the conversation flow where it needs to go.

"How do you know my name?" I raised an eyebrow with a smile on my face.

He laughed. "Oh I think everyone here knows your name. The popular cheerleader and the chief's daughter that arrived earlier this school year is one of the most well known people in the town."

I visibly cringed. I wasn't expecting that response. He didn't seem bitter by it, actually pretty amiable in the conversation so far. "I didn't mean that. I mean why didn't you call me Aubrianna?"

He seemed perplexed. "Do you prefer Aubrianna?"

I smiled easily."Nah, it's too much of a mouthful. I like Aubrie. It's just that usually when someone meets me for the first time, the call me by my long name."

"Oh," he said, looking down at the slides at the table. I think he felt like he slipped up, listening to what others had to say to me through the mind and got used to my nickname.

As if it was right on cue, Mr. Banner started class. He explained the lab we would be doing. Using the microscope and the set of slides, we'd be identifying the phases of mitosis with the onion root and labeling them correctly. We weren't allowed to use our books. Like I needed to. Biology was one of my better subjects and I've read this scene so many times, Edward and I will most likely be the first done.

"Ladies first, partner?" Edward asked.

"Alrighty then." I said. I slid the slide in and adjusted it to 150X objective quickly. I glanced at it for literally a split second before stating confidently, "Prophase."

"Do you mind if I look?" he asked, obviously not trusting the amount of time I spent on my analyzing.

While pretending to be nonchalant, I was actually pretty offended. I slid over the microscope to him. Our fingers came in contact and I was surprised that the temperature of his body wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. Obviously, it was cooler than mine, but it wasn't ice cold like Bella goes on about in the books.

He eyed me warily, noting that I didn't have much of a reaction to our touch.

"Are you okay?" I asked, writing down my answer on the paper.

"Um, yeah." He checked the slide and agreed with me. "I guess I should never doubt the partner, huh?" He said with a smile.

I blushed. "I enjoy biology."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Edward asked, eyeing the new slide quickly. "Anaphase." He stated, then wrote down the answer.

"I've thought a lot about being a doctor, but I think that's the Grey's Anatomy fan in me," I confessed.

Edward chuckled. "The TV show?"

I nodded vigorously. "I watch it every Thursday religiously. But I've also thought about being a musician or traveling to other countries doing nonprofit mission work. I'm kinda all over the place."

"Maybe you could be a singing doctor who practices for free at third world countries?" He suggest with a smile.

I threw back my head and laughed. "Maybe." I took the third slide and slid it in. I stared at it a little longer so I didn't look like some super genius. "It's Interphase."

"You're really good at these, aren't you?" Edward asked, double checking my answer again.

I shrugged. "Better than most, I suppose. What about you? What do you want to be when you grow up?"

Edward considered my question. "I haven't thought much about it. I've thought about falling in my father's footsteps, becoming a doctor and all that. Other than that, I haven't considered much other options."

I nodded understandingly. "My mom, she owned her own local restaurant. I used to want to be a chef and eventually take over the business." I explained, playing with my hair mindlessly, "That's completely out of the question now."

Edward rose an eyebrow questioningly. "Why?"

"Well, I'm sort of a lousy cook. I don't have the attention span for it. I've gotten better since I've moved here, but nothing like my mom. She's kind of out of the picture now." I said, gritting my teeth in anger and sadness.

Edward sensed my uneasiness and changed the subject. "The next answer is Telophase."

I nodded and started to write that down.

"Don't you want to check to make sure I'm right?" Edward asked, curious.

"Nah, I trust you."

His eyes hardened. "You shouldn't."

Okaaaaay, I thought. Someone needs to learn some social skills.

"Do you want me to check your answers?" I asked, confused.

"Well, I could be completely messing up your grade right now. You don't seem to care," Edward said, handing me the fifth slide.

"I'm not careless," I said glowering at him. "Especially with my grades. My only shot to get in a good college is through scholarship alone. So I'd think next time you throw around accusations. I also know that you're not purposefully trying to mess up my grade because you have taken the time to double check my answers."

Edward opened his mouth to say something and then shut it again.

I gave the microscope the most fleeting look I could muster. "Oh, and the answer is Metaphase."

We both finished our lab work up quietly and Mr. Banner came over to our lab table. He looked at our worksheets for a short moment and grimaced. "Maybe it was unfair that I seated the star pupils in this class next to each other. I probably should've spread the wealth a little bit." Mr. Banner gestured to everyone else, who was still working at the lab and struggling.

"Do you want me to go around and help anyone?" I asked innocently.

"That is so kind of you Aubrie! I think Mike and his partner are having a hard time especially. You don't mind?" Mr. Banner asked.

"Of course I don't," I said easily getting up from the lab station. Actually, I would take any opportunity to get out of the hostile lab station. I walked over to Mike's station and greeted him.

"Thank God!" Mike said, relieved. "Megan and I are having a hard time." He gestured to his lab partner who had braces and wire rimmed glasses.

"Well, I'm here to help." I said enthusiastically. "What are you guys having a hard time with?"

"They all look the same." Megan complained. "And it's totally unfair that we can't use the book."

"How about you write down all the different phases and their descriptions on a sheet of paper. That way it's kinda like using a book but you pulled it out of your brain. I'll help if you can't remember." I suggested.

"Aubrie," Mike said lowly. "What did you do to Edward Cullen? Did you stab him with a pencil?"

I grimaced, knowing he can hear every word we're saying. "We just had a disagreement, that's all."

"Do you want me to ask Mr. Banner if you can join our table?" Mike asked hopefully.

"Nah, Edward's cool. Don't worry about it." I shrugged off his suggestion.

"Are you sure?"

I was getting annoyed. "I'm positive. We were just arguing about politics." I lied easily, and I saw through my peripheral vision that Edward was shaking with laughter. Yep. Definitely the Democrats and the Republicans that had pissed off that vampire.

"Oh."

When the bell rang, signalling the end of class, I finally walked over to my own table and packed my things up.

"Aubrie, I wanted to apologize for my comments before. They were uncalled for." Edward said.

"Oh it's fine. I get it." I said, without thinking.

Edward narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Get what?"

"Well, we all say things we don't mean."

"No, I meant them. You shouldn't trust me. I just shouldn't have been so abrasive about it." Edward said, looking at me like he was trying to gauge my reactions.

"You're kind of confusing," I blurted out loud.

Edward shrugged. "Your boyfriend's waiting for you." He gestured towards Mike, who was indeed waiting by the door.

"He's not my boy-." I stopped myself because I knew Edward was just trying to rile me up. "Goodbye." I said curtly.

I heard Edward chuckle as I walked over to Mike. We walked together to gym, Mike was still buzzing about the grand snowball fight that was to take place after school.

I put on my gym clothes quickly, excited about playing volleyball. Mike, Lauren, Jessica, Angela, me and Conner vs. Natalie, Shae, Tara, Aiden, Eric, and Logan. It got competitive really quickly. Down to the last point. Luckily, Mike served a good ball and Tara tried to spike it, but Lauren managed to block it. Jessica set it for me and I spiked it over the net. My team celebrated and teased the losing team.

The girls changed back into our school clothes talking about the snowball fight excitedly. Lauren rarely cancelled practice, even though we have it everyday for two hours. We all walked out with each other and gathered in the parking lot to take part, or in my case, watch this epic battle take place.

Mike explained the rules and made it clear that no one was allowed to hit me. Soon, snowballs were flying everywhere and I was amused on how it became a boys vs. girls type of deal.

As I was watching Tyler chuck a snowball at Lauren, I noticed a spiky haired pixie prance up to me. "You're Aubrie, right?" Alice said.

I smiled warmly. "Yeah. You're Alice?"

Alice threw her head back and laughed. "You can cut the act around me, I know you know everything."

My eyes bugged out my head. "What do you know?"

"I know everything," Alice started. "The movie, the Twilight merchandise, the Edward cut out, the four books, the events that take place in them, and how you were coincidentally placed smack dab in the middle of it."

I sighed in relief. Someone knows. "It's kind of overwhelming, isn't it?"

"No kidding. Listen, I think you did well with your first conversation. Edward's already starting to fall for you."

"I'm not trying to get him to do anything." I protested.

Alice patted my shoulder comfortingly. "I know that, but that doesn't mean it's not going to happen. Here's some advice for the situation you're in. Just go with it. Don't worry too much about defying against the books and whatnot, that'll just make things worse."

"I don't know," I began. "Isn't it weird that it's all mapped out like that? I don't like the idea that I'm supposed to do things, you know?"

Alice laughed again. "Funny, Edward doesn't like it either."

"He knows, too?!" Geez, that'll make our lab conversations even more awkward.

"No, no, no. But he will. You'll tell him." Alice said confidently. "Like I said, just go with it. And if you need any guidance, I'm always here to help."

"Are you saying to follow the book directly or what?" I asked, confused. She took my phone and put her number in it.

Alice shook her head. "You're not getting it. Just. Go. With. It."

"What does this mean?!" I cried.

Alice giggled. "I like you already. I gotta leave, Jasper's getting anxious, but remember. Call anytime."

I hugged her tightly. "Thank you. You have no idea how confused I am right now."

"Oh hun, I only have a slight grasp of what's going on, too. The future's always changing." Alice hugged back.

"I'll see you tomorrow?" I asked, suddenly feeling dependent on her.

"Very briefly. I'm surprised you didn't know already, Aubrie." She said before walking off.

That has got to be the most cryptic conversation I've had to date.

Author's Note:

I know the spacing is different from the last chapter, it'll probably be like that for now on. I hope everyone liked it. I know it's kind of a big jump in time, but all the in between stuff isn't really important. I know this book seems awfully like the real Twilight, but it's going to grow into its own, I promise.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: 2/5/14

This was super hard to flesh out just because like the first half is keeping you up to date with what happened in the six month time jump.

So yeaaaaahhh

Props to my beta Fernlight! Love herr

All outfits are on my polyvore account: throwsomeglittermakeitrainx so check it out if you want to see the outfits I tried to describe.

Alright, cool.