The Beautiful and the Savvy

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight; I am merely adding my ideas to her lovely saga.

Chapter 2

Bella's eyes fluttered open groggily as she tossed to her side. A pathetic sliver of sunlight found its way through the clouds above and shined on her face. She blinked the sleep from her eyes.

"Another dream about moving to Forks…" She mumbled to no one in particular. She sighed.

It had been a few weeks since Savanna and she had moved in with Charlie to Forks, Washington. A lot had happened in the short time period.

Charlie had picked up the girls on time when they arrived in Seattle, Bella remembered. In the hours it took him to drive them to his house, Charlie had announced embarrassed that he had bought her a truck off of his friend Billy Black.

Bella had been enthusiastic to the kind, yet strange, gesture. It was a very old, rusty Chevrolet. But she sincerely loved the beast.

Savanna did not, however. Personally she thought it was the ugliest thing on the face of the planet. Though for Charlie's sake she had smiled and congratulated Bella. Later on that night, she complained about its hideous stature. Bella had just given her a smile.

With that gift given, so the girls could get around town, they had resorted to unpacking their belongings and organized them in their respective rooms.

The day after, the girls had started at Forks High School. Everyone had known their names since Charlie was the head Police Chief in town.

It had been embarrassing more for Bella than Savanna. Bella hated attention. Savanna did not mind the lime light as much, something she had gotten from Renee. She was the outgoing one.

They had each made a small handful of friends, all actually Bella's age, and had sat with them at lunch.

This had also been the girls first encounter with seeing the other "newcomers"—the Cullen family.

These kids were all adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Cullen. And according to Bella and Savanna: beautiful.

That day had been Bella's first experience first hand with any of the Cullen children. She had Biology with the lanky bronze-haired boy. His name was Edward, she'd found out later. Also, that he apparently hated her.

Coming back to reality, Bella blinked back hot tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes from the thoughts.

Two weeks had gone by since that day. The days seemed to fly by, Edward had practically run out of class and he had not shown up again.

Savanna stood in her doorway, already dressed for the school day. She frowned seeing her older sister shaken up like this.

"Bella!" She reprimanded, "That guy is an asshole. You did not do anything for him to resort to this behavior. Forget about him!"

Bella shot up, realizing the time ignoring as her baby sister scolded her.

"I know, Sav." She placated her, shrugging off the feelings and rushed to throw on whatever outfit she could find. "Are you hungry?"

Savanna shook her head, in annoyance, at her sister's tactics. This was where the two had differences. Bella, more like Charlie; and Savanna, more like Renee. They often had arguments over small insignificant things such as this. But it would blow over, they always did.

"Nope, I have already eaten some cereal. I made you a bowl, too. All you have to do is add the milk." She muttered, going to sit on the couch and she waited.

Fifteen minutes flew by and Bella was now driving the pair to school. Savanna had her iPod blaring in her ears as she sat in the passenger seat. She was drolly watching the scenery go by as they pulled into the student parking lot.

A silver Volvo caught her eye as Savanna got out of the ancient truck. Instinctively she opened her mouth to say something to Bella, but clamped it shut quickly. She decided this was something Bella could find out on her own in Biology.

The bell rang moments later and they were both sitting in class. Lunch passed like normal. Savanna and Bella sat at their usual table with Mike, Jessica, Angela and Eric; some of their friends had joined them as well.

There was no sign of Edward Cullen at the infamous Cullen table where his siblings sat. It was beginning to make Savanna angry. She had seen the stupid soccer mom car in the parking lot, of that she was certain. Where the hell was he?!

Bella always glanced in that direction, to the chair where Edward used to sit. No matter how hard she tried to hide it, Savanna knew that he had hurt her.

She sighed as they threw away their meals, Bella's was barely touched. Bella shot her an inquisitive stare.

Savanna hugged her from the side, breathing out evenly to keep her temper in check. Being a red-head never helped her in this area.

"Nothing," She replied nonchalantly, "I just hope that you come back from bio in a better mood today."

With that said, she ran to class leaving a very dumbfound Bella. What was she talking about? Walking into her classroom she soon understood the hidden meaning behind Savanna's statement.

Edward Cullen was sitting, as beautifully handsome as ever, in the usually empty seat beside hers.

"That little brat."

Throughout the period Edward had introduced himself causally and apologized for this previous behavior. Though to be honest, Bella had learned very little about him. He had actually found out more about her than she had expected.

Currently she knew that he was very mysterious, unattainably handsome—no other guy seemed remotely close to comparing, he was moody at times but today he was pleasant to her, and his eyes… changed color, almost like magic?

Whatever it was that was drawing her to Edward, she was hooked. Oh yes, Bella Swan was head over heels for Edward Cullen.

On the ride home Bella was more confused than ever, but she was no longer angry.

Savanna shrugged mentally. It was a little better. "You win some, you lose some." She thought.


That night Charlie had invited his best friend, Billy Black, over with his son Jacob. Jacob was actually a little older than Savanna.

The girls were in the kitchen making dinner for the five of them when their company arrived.

Charlie let Billy and Jacob in cheerfully. From the sounds of things, Charlie and Billy were teasing each other already. They sounded like a couple goofy teenage boys.

Savanna laughed softly as she made her way over to set the square dining table that sat smack dab in the middle of the small kitchen.

In doing so she locked eyes with a russet skinned boy, a few inches taller than her average height. This was Jacob. She blushed at his gaze. Honestly she couldn't remember visiting Charlie very often, so her memories of Jacob were very vague. He was cute now.

"Hey, Savanna right?" came his voice, holding a sheepish tone.

She nodded, smiling.

"That would be me," She set the last plate down, glancing sideways at him, "Jacob."

He chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

Bella walked over, setting the food on the table. "Hey Jacob."

"Hey Bella." Jacob said, taking a whiff of the meal. His mouth salivated, "Oh my gosh you can cook!"

Savanna smirked, pushing his shoulder playfully, "Leave it to a bunch of bachelors to be amazed."

They served the food, which was quickly devoured by the three hungry males, and after cleaning up the kitchen Jacob told the girls some old legends of the Quiluete tribe. They reminisced about when the girls came up to visit Charlie in the summers past.

All in all the night went very smoothly. It ran down slowly, the clock striking ten finally and both Billy and Charlie decided it was best to get the kids to bed.

Bella was perched on the couch, her knees tucked to her chest comfortably as she silently thought about Edward Cullen. Her eyes were drooping as she rested her head against the back of the couch.

Savanna was nestled to Jacob's side, fast asleep after her long day. Billy rolled his wheelchair over with Charlie at his side to walk them out.

Charlie cleared his throat loudly, though he was secretly alright with the sight in front of him. Jacob looked up at them, yawning he realized the time.

Savanna opened her eyes, suppressing a yawn of her own from being awoken so abruptly.

"What Char—Dad?" She corrected herself, rubbing her eyes a little.

"Jacob and Billy are leaving." Charlie said, looking at Bella who had moved from her position and helped Savanna up.

Noticing how Jacob had not moved, she guessed that he hadn't minded their arrangement, until Savanna was securely out of his way. He stretched, tiredly.

"Cute." Bella thought as Jake bid them good bye. Savanna waved with a soft smile.

Charlie gazed back at his daughters after shutting the door behind the Black's. He caught a brief shade of red, a blush he assumed, as they were jogging up the stairs to the bedrooms.

"Good night Dad!" They yelled in unison.

Both girls dreamed of their respective crushes that night in a quiet slumber, neither with any idea what was to come in the next few months. Though they would never admit to it, Forks was something they were beginning to enjoy.


A/N: Alright here is chapter two. Everything in italics was simply Bella's thinking or Savanna thinking. I wanted to bring in the elements of Twilight without it being redundant.

Here I brought in Bella's intriguing Edward Cullen, the staring of the relationship. As well as Jacob and Savanna's budding crush. More to come very soon.

Thank you to those who are reading. A special thanks to teambellaedward, o1fcuk, and PrincessSere0717.

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Ebony-Rosez