The night of Bella's party arrived quickly and, before she knew it, Sophie was standing in front of her closet not knowing what to wear. She chewed on her bottom lip, letting her fingers tug on different articles of clothing. She hadn't touched most of these clothes in ages. Most of them were from the very start of her eating disorder and she knew they would hang off of her if she tried to wear them now. Sophie could hear Bella calling her name and sighed. They would be leaving soon and she still wasn't ready.
Tired of looking, Sophie just grabbed a random shirt off of a hanger - a black and yellow flannel - and closed the door. The leggings she pulled on barely sagged on her now and Sophie turned to look at herself in the mirror.
Her eyes were sad as she looked at herself, and her heart tugged in her chest. The leggings had fit her properly only a few months ago. The realization of what she was doing hit her like a truck - she was slowly killing herself. Hipbones and bony fingers gave away the struggles that Sophie dealt with just one look and, for the first time in a long time, Sophie wanted to gain weight.
Her thoughts were gone when Bella called for her again.
She tugged on her shoes before she rushed down the stairs to meet her sister. Bella was waiting impatiently at the bottom of the stairs, dressed in a simple green dress. Sophie would have smiled at the sight of her sister dressed up if the girl didn't look so annoyed.
"The party doesn't start until six." Sophie told her. "It's only four-thirty. Why are you in such a rush?"
Bella only shrugged. "I'm not."
Sophie rolled her eyes but followed the younger girl out the door without another word. The car ride was silent, aside from the soft music playing through the truck stereo.
Bella disappeared with Edward when they arrived at the Cullen house, leaving Sophie to stand awkwardly with the rest of the family. Alice greeted her with open arms. "It's good to see you again, Sophie. We're glad you came."
"Thanks." Sophie mumbled, throwing her a small smile.
"Do you mind helping us set up? There's not much else to do." Alice asked, holding out the plate of cake towards her.
Sophie gulped as she looked at the dessert. It was a small, round cake coated in chocolate icing. It didn't even look that great, but Sophie had loved cake at one time. She could feel the saliva building in her mouth as she looked at it, vaguely remembering the taste of the chocolate dessert.
But then she remembered how many calories were in a slice and the cravings disappeared.
Alice slowly drew her arms back, almost as if she realized what she was doing. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't realize."
"It's fine." Sophie grabbed the cake from Alice's hands. "Where do you want me to put it?"
"Just on the back table." Alice's voice was quiet now, but Sophie only brushed past her to the table she had been shown. She placed it down next to a bowl filled with strawberries, watermelon, and oranges. She grabbed a strawberry as she looked at the decor. A multitude of roses decorated the table as well and Sophie couldn't help but smile at how the table looked.
Alice had disappeared by the time Sophie was done. It left only her, the tall man and the blonde, who she remembered to be Emmett and Rosalie. Emmett smiled at her in a friendly way and Sophie couldn't help but mirror it.
"I'm Emmett." He held a hand out to her. She took it lightly, noticing that they were just as cold as Alice's were. "Nice to meet you - officially."
"Right." Sophie breathed. They hadn't spoken the day before - Alice had talked too much for Sophie to get the chance to speak to anyone else. Not that she really minded since Alice was nice enough.
"This is Rosalie." Emmett motioned towards the blonde who only looked towards Sophie briefly. She didn't mind, especially because she was used to people staring. "She's not very open to strangers."
Sophie laughed at the deadly look that Rose shot to the man. Her hard eyes moved to Sophie's small figure and softened slightly as she took in the malnourished girl. "I apologize. You can call me Rose if you'd like."
Sophie's guard dropped and she nodded at Rose. "It's nice to meet all of you, really. I hope I'm not intruding all of a sudden."
"Don't worry." Rose shook her head as she went back to lighting the candles that lined the wall. "You're not intruding."
The two exchanged small smiles again before Sophie began to help her. Before she knew it, the room was completely decorated, and Alice was calling Bella and Edward downstairs. Bella and Edward descended down the stairs, stopping only when Alice grabbed the girl into a hug.
She pulled back and pushed a box into Bella's hand. Bella frowned slightly, raising it to her head to shake it. Emmett snickered. "I've already installed it in your truck. Finally, a decent sound system for that piece of cr-."
"Hey!" Bella stopped him. "Don't hate on the truck."
Even Sophie couldn't help but laugh at her sister. Alice handed her another present, claiming it was from Rosalie. The blonde claimed it was only a necklace and, as Bella thanked her, Sophie noted that they were only being civil with each other. She wondered why the two didn't get along.
"Here." Bella was handed an envelope next. "This is from Carlisle and Esme."
"You've been looking a little pale lightly." Esme smiled as she wrapped her arm around Carlisle's. Bella smiled at the two, though as she pulled open the envelope, her face scrunched up slightly and she let out a sound of pain.
She held up her finger, brushing off a bit of blood. "Just a paper cut."
Sophie felt the atmosphere change quickly. Everyone in the room looked towards Jasper, who looked as if he'd been kicked in the gut. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before they reopened, and he focused her gaze on Bella.
A sharp gasp left Sophie's lips as she watched Edward push Bella back into the table that had been decorated nicely with the cake and roses. She rushed to her sister, crouching down beside her just as Edward lunged at Jasper. Sophie watched the scene in disbelief. The boy moved like a lion pouncing to attack his prey. The men grabbed Jasper's arms, pulling him away from Bella and Sophie. Alice stepped in front of him, holding his face in her hands. "It's okay, Jasper. It's just a bit of... blood."
Everyone turned to the Swan sisters now, focused solely on the blood that was gushing from Bella's arm. Carlisle, who was just as Jasper's side, appeared next to the girl in an instant, causing Sophie to jump back.
The blonde man held up a hand, blood coating his pale fingers. Sophie looked towards the family - each of them looked sick, eyes trained on the wound on her sister's arm. Sophie felt herself becoming ill as well. What the hell had her sister brought her into?
Alice left the room as quickly as her siblings did, apologizing to Bella and Sophie. Edward was still there, his face curled in disgust as he watched Carlisle attend to Bella. Carlisle looked toward his son. "Go check on Jasper. I'm sure he's very upset right now - he won't listen to anyone else."
Edward paused for a moment longer before he left the room, too. Sophie watched him leave before turning to Carlisle and her sister. "Anyone want to tell me what the fuck is going on?"
How her sister ended up in the world of the supernatural, Sophie felt like she would never know. Bella was always the more cautious of the two, and yet she was involved in a completely different world. Her mind was going a mile a minute, still trying to process the events that had unfolded at the party.
The Cullens' were vampires.
Her sister was dating a vampire.
Sophie thought she was the weird one in the family.
It had been three days since the party. According to Bella, her boyfriend hadn't spoke to her since. Sophie could tell her sister was worried, but she continuously reassured her that it had to be a weird situation for everyone - her boyfriend's brother had nearly attacked her after all. Sophie had been in her room for most of the day. She didn't have too much to do since Bella and Charlie weren't home and she really didn't feel like drawing. She figured her and Bella could drive to La Push once she got home to see their friend, Jacob Black, but once the clock hit six and there was no sign of her sister, she began to get worried.
Maybe she had reached out to Edward and she was at the Cullen house - but she usually told Sophie if she was going there after school. Charlie found his oldest in the living room when he returned home from work, instantly growing concerned at the worried expression on her face.
"Soph?" He asked. "What's wrong?"
"I haven't heard from Bella since this morning." She said, twisting her fingers together. "Have you heard from her? Is she at the Cullens'?"
The expression on Charlie's face only worried her more as he shook his head. "The Cullens' left town today."
Charlie arranged a search party for his daughter quickly. Sophie was stuck on her front porch, chewing on her bottom lip nervously. Jacob Black - one of her best friends from La Push - sat next to her quietly. He seemed to be equally as worried as Sophie was, though he didn't say a word. Sophie didn't like to talk when she was nervous or scared. It was dark now and Sophie was worried that the search party would be called off soon. She didn't believe that her sister would just leave town, leave her and her father just like that. Though, she was dragged back to the time Bella left to go to their mother's and shivered. Maybe she would do it to them again.
Maybe the Cullen family had forced her to go with them. They were vampires after all, so maybe they had to take her so their secret wouldn't get out. She shook that thought out of her head - Sophie knew about the Cullen secret, too.
Her thoughts were interrupted by sudden shouting by the edge of the forest. She stood quickly, ignoring how lightheaded she felt as she ran towards her father. Another man from La Push - Sam Uley, if she remembered correctly - had her sister gathered in his arms, stalking out of the forest. Sophie breathed a sigh of relief, nearly crumbling into her father as he took her younger sister into his own arms. Charlie thanked Sam profusely before he turned into the house with her. Sophie stayed back, throwing her arms around the man's neck before she could stop herself.
"Thank you, Sam." She mumbled before releasing him and turning to follow her father.