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Oh, by the way I do own my characters: Russell, Blake, Lily and Sophia :) Cuz I love 'em.
BPOV
"Hey." I said to the girl. "Are you a...you know what?" How stupid of me, what if she wasn't? No, I could tell.
"You mean the V word? Yep." She said cheerily"My family and I just moved into that apartment." She pointed next door to ours.
"You live next door? Great! We can all be friends, my name is Lily, this gorgeous guy is "Off limits"," She joked, we all laughed," no, he's Blake and this is our leader Izzy!"
"I prefer the term sister to leader, and its Bella, don't call me Izzy otherwise I'll have to kill you, Lil." I told Lily."Of course you can though..."
"Sophia." Sophia informed me."I probably will call you that, just to wind you up though."
"You heading off somewhere?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah, I should be going shouldn't I?" She asked rhetorically."My family are waiting for me, were going to a human high school, it's my first time at one since my change."
"How old are you?" I asked.
"Seventeen in human terms, about a year in vamp terms." She explained.
"What!? How are you so calm?" I said, shocked.
"Well, it's not that uncommon, I mean look at my Lily petal." Said Blake proudly.
"Oh my goodness, we are the same age too, we're practically sisters!" Said Lily, the excitement about to overflow. I wish Lily would stop changing the subject.
"I know a certain little friend who will be happy about that." Said Sophia smiling,"Oh guys, can I see your powers?"
"I better not do mine in here." Said a disappointed Lily, she gladly would have, but I had been discouraging her screaming ever since that fateful episode of tickling that lead to a broken window.
"I mean like this." She took Lily's hand."Sonic boom scream! I've never heard of that one."
"Wow, is that your power, telling other's powers?" I asked.
"Well I have others, so far it's telekinesis, mind reading," that struck a nerve, she took my hand," shape shifting...my father says I'll get more, he says it's something to do with my eye colour." We all looked at her eyes, they were an entrancing purple with gold specks."Wow, look at all the stuff you can do to people's minds and the best part is that nobody can penetrate your own." She said impressed. She moved on to Blake,"Aw, nothing for you Blake."
We all looked at her for a second then I said what we were all thinking. "Nobody can get into my mind?"
"Oh, you didn't know? Well, I think you can protect your own mind and others and even project the protection away from you." She told me, then she looked at her watch," Oh, I gotta get going, I don't want another rant from Mr. Holier-than-thou."
"We were gonna take the day off but now I want to go to school, coming guys?" Lily asked us as Sophia beamed.
"I don't think Russ would be very happy if he came back to an empty apartment, I better stay at least, we'll be in later though." I said.
"Well I'm in." Said Blake wrapping his arm around Lily's waist, they all stepped into the elevator, turned to face me and beamed...it was freaky.
"Bye Izzy!" They called as the doors closed.
I growled and put my face up to the now closed doors," Its Bella!"
"Why are you yelling at an elevator?" Said a melodic voice, I turned to see Russell, stepping out from the opposite elevator; he got a real kick out of my randomness.
"The pack of "it's" just called me Izzy!" I cried, my eyes narrowed.
"Have they got a death wish?" He laughed. We went into the apartment. "Wait, the "pack of its"? I thought it was the two "It's"? Have they grown?"
"Yep, we met the next door neighbour, Sophia, she's cool." I said. I saw something in his eyes, a sparkle.
"Nice name." He said. He looked confused. Why? I would've looked into his mind but he was already onto another train of thought.
"So where are the others?"
"They went to school with Sophia and her family." I told him.
"And you didn't go?"
"Well, of course not, I wouldn't leave you all on your own." I said. I don't know what possessed me to do it but I hug him, it wasn't just friendly as usual, this was more.
Maybe it was because I had to constantly watch Blake and Lily together, they had even started to refer to themselves as a single entity, like Bily or Lake, and it made me shudder.
Hm, Rella...Bussell...Arg! WHY!?
Right now, I just wanted to experience something I hadn't felt for what seemed like decades.
He hugged me back; we stayed together for a while, just holding each other.
APOV
Sophia finally came out of the elevator I was about to go up and get her. "There you are, where was the purse in the deepest depths of a jungle?"
To my surprise she was followed by two others, a guy with messy brown hair and a girl with long strawberry blonde hair. They were all laughing.
"That was hysterical! Oh, hi Alice, meet Blake and Lily. They're part of the family that live next door to us; they have a little something in common with us too." She said in a bubbly way.
Lily skipped over and opened her eyes wide, they were golden like ours.
"Oh yay! It's great to see others taking up our lifestyle." I smiled.
"Well that's all thanks to Izzy." Blake said. They all laughed.
"Who's Izzy?" I asked.
"Our sister." Lily explained as we walked out to the cars. I offered the others a lift to school, they accepted, so we drove there in my yellow Porsche 911 turbo. Blake used his good looks to get the female receptionist to put us in the same classes together, being extraordinarily beautiful does have its pros.
We spent most of our time in class swapping stories and telling jokes, I could tell we were all going to be great friends. After class we went outside for lunch, we were lucky, it was very dark outside, I love winter. Soph and I found the others out there, I went over to my Jazzy and kissed him full on the mouth, I turned around to see everyone staring with raised eyebrows, Sophia had her arms folded and she was tapping her foot, but she was smiling.
"Oh, right, yeah we are here." She said sarcastically. I went over to her and bounced up to ruffle her silky hair.
"Oh shut it you! Everyone this is Blake and Lily, our next door neighbours." I said.
"Hi."
"Hey." Everyone replied.
I introduced them individually.
New Born by Muse started playing, it was Lily's ringtone, she answered her phone.
"Hey, Iz." She answered. There was a lot of shouting on the end of the phone, Lily held the phone away from her as she, Blake and Sophia laughed.
"Okay, okay! We're outside, on the field." More shouting, "See you in a bit." She said as she hung up, rolling her eyes.
"She thinks we're being stupid, being on the field. "What if the clouds shift? We could be exposed! Blah blah blah," She worries too much."
"I know, you wouldn't believe what we had to do to get Edward to come out here." Emmett teased.
Blake looked confused for a second; I was the only one to notice aside from Lily, who was looking at him quizzically.
Edward wasn't taking too much notice of what was going on around him; he was staring at the ground. Sophia went over and sat next to him.
"You okay Edward?" She asked him. He didn't even realise she was there until she spoke, they just stared at each other's eyes, I would read more into it if I didn't know they were having one of their silent mind conversations, they were really annoying.
Without warning they both smiled, Sophia hit Edward playfully on the arm, he picked her up and spun her around.
"There they are!" I heard Blake say, he and Lily ran off, I was watching Edward and Sophia it was so funny. They stopped spinning after she yelled "I'm gonna hurl!" he replied
"Impossible."
She retorted with,"Shhh, I'm keeping up appearances." Edward was still holding onto her when she looked over my shoulder and laughed, Edward looked too. He looked odd, more than odd, he was frozen in disbelief.
The rest of us looked around too. What I saw made me happier than I had been in my entire life, vampire or otherwise.
EPOV
I was staring at the ground, it was just one of those days, the one's where I was filled with despair but I had to endeavour to keep up appearances. I hardly took any notice of what Alice was saying, I just joined in when the others said "Hey".
"You okay Edward?" I heard Sophia say, I didn't even notice her sit down.
In truth, no. I just feel horrible.
Why is it that you randomly feel depressed every once in a while?
It's not once in a while, it's all the while. I just hide it well.
What, why?
Don't worry Soph; I won't dump it all on you.
Do the others know?
Yes.
So why can't I? I've been told I'm sorta compassionate, She smiled, so did I, I could help.
Yes but to help you also have to be intelligent.
She hit my arm; I retaliated by picking her up and spinning her around.
"I'm gonna hurl!" She gasped. I set her down.
"Impossible." I replied
"Shhh, I'm keeping up appearances." She said.
I heard something going on behind Alice, Sophia looked at the people and laughed.
Blake and Lily were jumping around someone shouting "Izzy!" A guy with red hair stood by laughing, the person in the middle couldn't get away from Blake and Lily.
"Guys if I've told you once I've told you a thousand times-"Shouted the person in the middle, laughing.
That voice! It was heavenly.
The red haired guy grabbed the person in the middle and swung them out, holding them around the waist.
No! It couldn't be.
"-It's Bella! Not Izzy!" She finished. Then her beautiful amber eyes landed on me, the red haired guy still wrapped around her, still touching my Bella!
I almost fell to my knees.
She was just as beautiful as I remembered if not more, her hair was a shiny mahogany, she had curves in all the right places, and she was as pale as me. She was amazing.
Neither of us moved, I didn't need Jasper's power to tell she was shocked too.
Alice and the others looked around to see what me and Sophia were looking at, she gasped, and it sounded like she took in the global supply of air.
"BELLA!" She screamed, running over to her.
BPOV
Russell and I arrived in school; it was lunch so I called Lily to find out where she and Blake were and most likely Sophia.
"Hey Iz!" She called me.
"What so it's Iz now not even Izzy, don't call me that! Where are you anyway?" I yelled at her as Russell laughed. I could hear laughing at the other end of the phone too.
"Okay, okay! We're outside, on the field." She replied.
"That's so stupid! What if the clouds shift? We could be exposed!" I scolded her.
"See you in a bit." Was all she said before she hung up.
I scoffed, Russell tried to stifle giggles.
"Come on, where are they?" He said putting his arm around me and leading me somewhere.
"The field." I informed him; he promptly turned around leading us in the opposite direction. I giggled, he always cheered me up.
"Hey, Bells, about that hug before..." Russell said.
"Whatever are you talking about?" I said smiling and pretending to be confused.
"Oh, I think you know. Does that mean...you might consider..."
"It's not fair to you, I'm still in love with-"
"Jacob!?"
"No! With...you know who." It shocked me that I didn't fall to pieces at the thought of him, the wonders a supportive family could do.
"I guess I'll just have to settle for being your very, very, very close friend." He said giving me a squeeze as he held me.
We walked to the field taking about nothing in particular; when we got there I was pounced upon.
"Izzy!" Cried the two most annoying people I had ever met, they kept jumping on me. Russ laughed.
Help! I begged him using my mind.
"Guys if I've told you once I've told you a thousand times-"I said trying to escape. Finally Russell grabbed me by the waist and pulled me free; I couldn't help but laugh too.
"-It's Bella! Not Izzy!" I yelled, overcome with giggles. Russ swung me around, my eyes then landed on someone I thought I'd never see again.
Edward, my Edward, with his arms around Sophia, he just stared at me, still as perfect as ever. God like, with bronze hair, a chiselled jaw, a gloriously muscled body and topaz eyes that stared straight back into mine.
I didn't know what to do, but before I had to decide I heard, "BELLA!"
I was thrown to the ground, it was Alice.
"Bella! Bella how are you here? How are you alive!? We thought you were dead! I missed you so much!" Wow we were lucky we were in a secluded part of the field.
"You missed me!? Why would you miss me!?" I said jumping up and away.
Alice jumped up too and looked at me as if I was insane.
"Are you serious? How could you even think we wouldn't miss you?" She pointed to herself and the others who had come over and looked eager to get to me, even Rosalie.
Only Edward stayed where he was, Sophia left him though and came over.
"What's going on?" She asked looking between us.
"Yeah." Said Lily, looking baffled.
"This is the...those are..." I couldn't even get it out, if I said it that would mean they were really here, he was really here.
"We're her family!" Emmett stepped up.
"The Cullen's." Alice chirped.
"You're the Cullen's!?" Growled Russell, he and Blake took a protective stance in front of me.
"Stay away from her!" Russ warned.
I was in too much pain to tell Russ they wouldn't hurt me. As much as I was sure they really loathed me I still loved them, more than I could express.
"Why are you standing in front of her like that? We would never hurt her!"Edward finally spoke, his velvet voice coursed through me, melting me.
"Well, you haven't been with her have you? You don't know what she's been through!" Russ countered.
"What?" Edward said, confused.
Russell practically roared and launched himself at Edward; Sophia stepped in front of him.
She raised her hands and Russell froze in mid air. He had gotten close though, he was about an inch away from Sophia. She gave him a look, a look that simply said "No."
"Jasper can you please calm everyone down." I instantly felt more relaxed. Sophia placed Russell on the ground next to me, his eyes were wide, and he looked dazed.
"I know that I'm not really a part of this, I feel rude even speaking, but what I do know is we'll get a visit from the Volturi if we don't keep calm and discuss whatever this is rationally." Sophia said with authority, surprising me.
"You're right Sophia." Agreed Rosalie, stepping forward and placing a hand on her shoulder. Rosalie liked her? She never liked me. The family all preferred her to me probably, I bet Edward found her as a human and fell in love with her. He must have changed her so that they could be together.
"I have to get out of here." I gasped.
Russell immediately complied, taking my hand and leading me away from the school.
"Bella! Please don't go!" Begged Alice.
"Let us explain! Let me explain!" Edward called to me.
"What is there to explain?" I said turning to him."I wasn't good enough for you, you left me!"
Then I cracked, I began to dry sob, Russell grabbed me before I hit the floor, he carried me out of the school.
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As a little bonus...type...thing...the first draft of Bella and Edward's reunion.
I walked out onto the balcony to think. Sophia seemed really nice; we'll have to meet her family soon. It was so weird when I thought about family, the one family I had loved me to bits and I loved them, my other family...despised me so much that they moved away.
I sighed. Wait, either I just sighed twice or somebody else did. I turned to look at the direction the other sigh came from, on the balcony to the right of mine stood another person. A God like person with bronze hair, a chiselled jaw a gloriously muscled body and topaz eyes that stared straight back into mine.
We both stared at each other, in an irreversible disbelief.
"Bella?" He said in a quivering voice.
I was so shocked to hear his velvet voice that the hand I was using to balance myself slipped and I slid over the balcony, hanging onto the side. I could have pulled myself up in a heartbeat, but before I could move he had lifted me up and was cradling me in his arms. I couldn't move. He leaned into me, but I put my hand in the way, without another word I lowered myself to the ground and entered my apartment, leaving him stood outside looking confused.
