Chapter 2: The life I live

EPOV

I sat at my desk with the white page of the word document staring back at me. I had been sitting here for two hours trying to come up with something, anything of interest to say about myself about why these colleges should accept me.

The rain was hitting the window; the boredom of the day had me counting the rain drops, anything to not have to hype myself up for admission offices to read. Sadly, I had lost count at twenty raindrops and the white page of the word document had one thing written on it. Edward.

Forks, Washington, the rainiest place in the USA and the most boring. I slammed my laptop shut and pushed the chair to my desk back in frustration.

My senior year was starting. Well it should've been my junior year but I had thrown myself into my school work and into the want to be a doctor that I skipped junior year. I took double the classes and pretty much lived all of my sophomore year doing nothing but school work.

No one understood, and I was fine with that. Well, my parents supported me but I knew that deep down inside, they wanted me to be a teenager and not concentrate so much on school.

Watching my twin sister and brother have lives did make me a little envious, but that envy was nothing compared to seeing my dad be a surgeon and knowing all the lives he's saved by becoming a doctor. To me, that would be my life. I wanted that. I wanted to change the life of a family, I wanted to be a doctor, I wanted to graduate top of my class one year early. I wanted to move to Boston and go to Harvard. I didn't want any distractions from my plans. I set out for this when I was eight years old and nothing was going to stand in my way.

"EDWARD…EDWARD ANTHONY. Get your butt down here now." Alice, my twin sister screamed to me from the stairs.

I sighed and stood up from the chair, pushing it back towards my desk. I grabbed my jacket, knowing that the tone of her voice meant we were going out and I was holding up her plans.

I walked out of my room and down the stairs. She was at the bottom waiting for me, one hand on her hip, and the other tapping on the railing.

"What is it Alice? Seriously do you have to scream like that? I mean, why couldn't you just walk the fifteen steps and two strides to my room to get me?" I asked, making it known I was very annoyed.

"Please, Edward, get over it." She rolled her eyes and grabbed my arm, pulling me towards the kitchen.

"Listen, we're going shopping for school, Jasper is on his way to pick us up with Rose. Emmett is going to meet us there after his work out." Alice explained the plans to me while bouncing around the kitchen cleaning her mess from breakfast.

Alice and I were born five minutes apart, her being younger than me. Jasper was Alice's boyfriend; they had been dating for about nine months.

Alice was a peppy little thing and for someone so small, she was highly annoying. We had a connection, though. A connection that was aggravating and nice all at the same time. It was almost as though she could read my mind or know what decisions in life I was going to make before I made them. My mom called it a twin connection. I called it Alice being nosy and the need to know everything.

Emmett was our older brother; he was twenty one and dating Jasper's sister Rose. Rose. They had been dating for about two years and were currently doing online courses rather than going to your typical college. They were content with living in Forks. Hey to each his own, because I, on other hand couldn't wait to get out.

Em was like a giant teddy bear. 6'5, gym junky, working out almost as much as he eats. He's the protector of our family.

I'm tall, like him, but not nearly as muscular. We used to be gym junkies together my freshman year and through the summer before sophomore

year, but that stopped when my school work took over.

"Edward, I really hate this you know?" Alice whined. I hadn't realized I spaced off, until she was right in front me waving her hand in my face.

"What?" I asked trying to look like I had no clue what she was talking about.

"You…the way you're acting… It has been like this since you made up your mind to stop having a life. It has been like this since. Tan-…"

"Stop," I interrupted her, not letting her finish the sentence.

She looked away and mumbled something under her breath.

"It's just…the older we get, the worse you get. You have fallen into a depression and I can't stand to see you like this. You need to snap out of it.

You need to try and be happy!"

"Alice, it's not a depression, it's called being focused."

"Call it what you want, Edward. But I'm sick of seeing you moping around. Be a teenager. Enjoy your life. You have plenty of time to be a doctor. You're going to look back one day and regret missing out on the teenage years and when you do, I'm going to be there with my tongue stuck out saying I told you so."

She walked out of the kitchen just as my mom was walking in. I could see from the look on my moms face that she heard what Alice said.

Luckily, she didn't say anything about it and just asked what the plans were for today.

"Shopping for school," Alice yelled back, "and be ready in 10 minutes, Edward. No complaining." I ran my hand through my hair, gripping the ends. Alice really had a way of getting under my skin. She didn't understand it, no one did.

"Edward, at least try and pretend to be happy. She just doesn't understand and she cares for you. We all do. We support your decision to do this, but we also want you to enjoy your life." My mom brushed my disheveled bronze hair out of my face.

"I know mom I'm trying, it's just… I really need to work hard this year to try to get into Harvard and I can't afford any distractions."

"I know, and your father and I are so happy that you're following in his footsteps, but you need to live a little. You're a young, handsome talented boy and all I want is for you to live a happy teenage life. You only get it once, and I too don't want you to regret it." My mom kissed my cheek and walked out.

"Your mom's right you know," my dad said, causing me to jump. I turned around to see him leaning against the door jam.

"I didn't know you were there," I said.

"Edward, I'm proud of you, very proud of you. But I also want you to know that if you decide to slow down, I'll still be proud of you."

I knew my parents meant well and they understood what I wanted, but I just felt like sometimes they didn't get how bad I wanted/needed to focus all of my attention on school this year. If I wanted to make it into Harvard, I needed to concentrate and stay focused. Harvard has been a dream of mine ever since I could remember and I was determined to have that dream come true.

Ever since I was little, I remember my dad loving his job. He was a renowned heart surgeon at Seattle Grace hospital. He left Seattle Grace a few years ago and he now owns his own practice here, in Forks. My mom is a first grade teacher at Forks Elementary School.

We have always had things really great, my dad's father was a doctor and his mother was a doctor, my dad was there only son so when my grandparents died, they left my dad, Alice and Emmett, and me an inheritance. I wouldn't say we were spoiled, but we never struggled and pretty much got whatever we wanted.

"Edward, they're here. Let's go," Alice yelled from the foyer.

I headed outside as Rose got in the back, letting Alice sit in front with Jasper.

"Hey, Jasper, Rose." I said as I gott in the car.

"Hello," they both said at the same time.

"Where to?" Jasper looked at Alice knowing that the queen of shopping would choose over any of us.

"Port Angeles, please," She smiled and began messing with the radio until she found a good song.

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The ride to Port Angeles was fast, and as we parked the car, I noticed my brother waiting for us at the first store.

We all made our way towards Emmett and once we were all together, Alice blurted out the instructions of the day. The couples, coupled off, like they usually do, leaving me, the fifth wheel to walk behind.

I was happy for my siblings. They had their loves and I had mine, my school work. I did have a girlfriend. All of freshman year and more than half of sophomore year, but when my school work got in the way of our quality time, she bailed. The promise to stick by me and support me forgotten, she walked away without looking back. I haven't met anyone since and honestly had no intentions of doing so. Why get emotionally involved? I don't have time for the distraction.

After we had gone into a few stores, I wandered away, deciding I needed a break. I walked into the small coffee shop to try and think about my college essay. There were only a few people inside and I made my way to the counter to order. I saw the police chief arguing with some girl who I assumed was his daughter, Isabella. The whole town had been talking about her impending arrival. She gave up the fight and reached for her coffee. They turned around to leave and as she did, our eyes met.

Deep, brown, beautiful eyes. I felt the side of my lip curve into a smile. Crimson color shaded her cheeks, making her translucent skin beautiful. I couldn't look away. The design of her body was perfect and her brown hair was long, a little curly and flowing beautifully down her back. She was beautiful. I watched as she walked out of the shop and only when the waiter was calling 'sir', loudly, had I realized I was still staring like an idiot.

I shook my head trying to get her image out of my mind. No distractions, Edward, no distractions. I reminded myself as looked out side to see if I could catch another glimpse of her.