*This is an edited & partially rewritten, chapter.
Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to a certain Mrs. Meyer while any factual information I put in this story is from the internet (mostly Wikipedia).
So.. before I start the first, official chapter, thank you to for the idea with Bella's automatic knowledge of the weather.
Well, I won't keep you waiting any longer...
Chapter 1: Forks
Forks.
A city in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,120 at the 2000 census. ...
Shut up! I growled at the voice in my head.
It's not necessarily a voice, the information kind of just pops into my head. But on days where it gets really annoying (which is most of the time) it tends to sound like the robotic lady's voice on a GPS system.
You know the one that says "Turn right. Then turn right again. Then..." Blah. Blah. Blah.
It's definitely one of the most annoying things, ever. Not counting my.. problem, of course. It's like my mind is trying to annoy me on purpose. Ok. So, that probably doesn't make any sense at all, but I blame it on my ability. I think it has literally driven me to insanity.
Anyways.. back to my train of thought.
Forks is the rainiest place in the entire country. Only 3 or 4 (or 5, if lucky) days of sunshine. And even then it's in the 60's.
It's also the place I've visited every summer for two weeks to spend time with my dad, Charlie, until I turned 14. That's when I put my foot down and Charlie and I ended up spending 2 weeks in California every summer after.
You see, my parents are divorced. Had me right after high school, got married, and then divorced when my mom, Renee, realized how much she hated Forks.
I've lived with her in Phoenix for about 16 years and last year she met someone.
Phil.
Now the guy's not bad. He's actually pretty cool. But.. he's a baseball player. Who travels. A lot.
And my mom doesn't exactly want to leave me here by myself and I'm sure Phil doesn't want to drag me around with them when they could be doing other things. Ew.
Well, they are newlyweds.
So, have you seen where this is going yet?
Yep. I'm moving to Forks. Joy.
xXx
It's the first day of school and I'm surprisingly not nervous.
It's like I'm expecting everyone to ignore and hate me here even though they don't know I'm a 'freak/genius'. And they never will. Over the years I've figured out how to hide that pretty well.
I guess there's a good possibility that I'll be an outcast again, though. I don't exactly relate to people well. I sometime think I see things in ways other people don't, like we're on different channels. I'm not sure if it's because of my 'power' or if it's just me.
But even with the chance I could be lonely again, I can't deny the longing to have someone understand me. Not that I could ever tell anybody my secret but a girl can hope.
Well. Here goes nothing.
xXx
School so far is.. interesting.
I've met a couple of people.
First there's Jessica; A short, bubbly girl with a head full of curly brown hair who seems nice enough but has a tendency to gossip a lot.
Then there's Angela; she has medium length dark brown hair and is very pretty. And she's tall. Very tall. She's the nicest girl I've met all day, though. Just as quiet and shy as me, which I like. She doesn't ask all the same annoying questions everyone else does. 'You're Isabella Swan right?', 'How do you like Forks?', and on and on and on.. Bleh.
After that there's Lauren; She's got medium length blonde hair and she hates me already. I'm guessing she's jealous. Definitely not because of looks, far from it. I actually think it's because of the attention I'm getting today. But, she can have it. I loathe the attention.
There's also Eric; a kinda cute Asian kid with slick, black hair and a little bit of acne (but who doesn't have acne in high school?). Kind of reminds me of the nerds that use to hate me back in Phoenix. Except this boy is just a little too over helpful..
Lastly there's Mike; baby-faced, blonde-haired boy who reminds me of a puppy dog. Clingy and as over helpful as Eric, etc. I don't need my power to figure out that he's got a little crush on me. Ew.
I don't get it though. Why the hell would they like me? I'm not beautiful (not ugly either, but definitely not beautiful) and I don't wear clothes that make me look easy. I don't understand what they think is so appealing. Maybe I'm just the shiny, new toy they get to play with. Maybe after a few weeks they'll get over it. Hopefully. I really don't need to deal with silly drama like that so soon.
So I've got one nice girl I think I can relate to (if you don't include my power), two girls who kinda bother me already, and two over helpful boys who just might like me. Wonderful.
Other than that there's a couple of other kids at our lunch table that I can't really remember.
It was in the last few minutes of lunch that I first saw them. The 5 most inhumanly beautiful people I have ever seen.
"Who are they?" I asked Jessica. Since she was the talkative one I figured she wouldn't miss the chance to gossip.
"Those are the Cullens," Jessica whispered with a giggle, as if it were a secret. "They moved here about two years ago. They're all adopted by Dr. Cullen and his wife, Mrs. Cullen. I think she can't have kids or something."
The way she said the last statement, made my dislike for her grow. It was clear she was jealous of their beauty, but the way she spoke made it seem like she blamed them for something that insignificant. It was ridiculous and childish. And I wanted to interrupt her and tell her not to be so rude (which surprised me, I wasn't usually so bold), but she spoke so fast I couldn't say anything before she continued.
"Anyways, the two blondes are Jasper and Rosalie. They're twins and apparently they're Mrs. Cullen's nephews or something. The little black-haired girl is Alice and the huge, muscular guy is Emmett. The really weird thing is they're all together. Like dating together. Rosalie is with Emmett and Alice is with Jasper." She continued to whisper.
Her so-quick-to-judge attitude bothered me. They weren't related, so it wasn't incest. Though, I have to admit that would be huge gossip back in Phoenix, too.
I pushed that feeling of being irritated aside. I was still curious. Gosh, I'm probably as bad as she is.
"Who's the other guy? The one with the reddish-brownish hair?" As soon as I had asked the question, his head snapped over here. And for a split second I though he was looking at me, but then he turned around and started picking at a bagel on his tray.
"That's Edward Cullen. He's the only single one. But I wouldn't hold my breath. Apparently the girls here in Forks aren't pretty enough for him."
I almost laughed out loud. Someone obviously got rejected.
I turned to look back at the Cullens and saw that Edward's cheek look slightly lifted as if he had heard what Jessica thought.
He did. I ignored that. My mental internet has never been wrong before but there's no way that he heard that from way over there.
Anyways, besides his slightly lifted cheek, he along with his siblings were all sitting quietly. Not talking or even eating. How weird.
Before I could continue that thought process the bell rang.
As I got up and started walking to Biology with Mike and Angela I thought back to the Cullens.
They were a couple of tables down so I couldn't see certain details (like their eye color), but what I could see took my breath away. They were all so beautiful.
Alice and Rosalie, though both gorgeous, were complete opposites.
Alice had a pixie-like stature. She was short (couldn't be more than 5 feet) and had black spiky, though stylish, hair.
Rosalie was tall, with long blonde hair down to the middle of her back, and a figure that belonged to a model on the cover of Sport's Illustrated.
Emmett was a little taller than Rosalie with short, curly, brown hair and was very brawny. He looked like someone who might do steroids. He was huge, and I could see how that might add to how intimidating the Cullens seemed to be.
Jasper was a little shorter with straight blonde hair that was a little longer than Emmett's and was not us hefty but still muscular. When I looked at his face he seemed to be very uncomfortable, almost like.. he was in pain.
Edward was for lack of a better word.. gorgeous. His hair was a strange shade of red and brown and even a little bit of gold. I guess bronze would be a good name for it. He looked the younger of the three guys and didn't look as muscular from where I sat. At least compared to Emmett and Jasper.
It was hard to decide who was more beautiful, Edward or Rosalie. But besides they're beauty, there were other strange things I noticed about them.
They were all so pale. Paler than me. They all had dark circles under their eyes, as if they haven't slept in weeks. And the last thing I noticed about them was the fact that even though they all had trays with food they didn't eat a single thing from their trays the whole time. Why would someone buy food if they weren't hungry?
By the time I made it to the classroom I was confused, yet curious about them. They didn't seem like the normal high schoolers, here at Forks. Or even like the teenagers back in Pheonix, for that matter. They didn't seem to fit in, which must be of there own doing. For they were beautiful and, going by their clothes, wealthy. Two things that people in high school craved.
As I walked up to my Biology teacher, Mr. Banner, and gave him the slip he had to sign I noticed that the only seat available was next to Edward Cullen.
I looked back at our lab table and became nervous. I knew that the Cullens are not normal from the moment I saw them but..
What are the Cullens?
Before I could ask myself, why I phrased that question that way (as if they weren't human), I gasped out loud.
It was not because the gorgeous Edward Cullen was sitting there glaring at me with hateful black eyes, like you think it might be.
It was because at that one second a single word that would change my life forever flashed across my mind.
Vampires.
So.. how'd you like it? Sorry took so long to get this written =/.
If there is any confusion as to the specifics of Bella's power it's basically facts. Everything that she 'automatically' knows is a fact. Anything written in records, books, on the internet. She could ask what something is or something about it and that is what would flash across her mind. Things she can't 'automatically' know is things to do with emotion. For example, if she wanted to know if Edward loved her or how he felt about her, her mind would NOT say Edward Cullen is in love with you and therefore is very protective of you and would do anything for you if it meant keeping you safe and happy. Get it? If not feel free to ask in a review or in a PM
Umm... I think that's it. Oh. If you find any mistakes with this, please tell me so I can fix or explain it. Then that way there's no confusion with anything in my story.
: I do already know what I'm going to do with the Cullens. So.. even if I do put that in my story, I'm afraid I can't credit you for that. But! I like you're idea with the weather. I could put that into my story and I definitely didn't think of that. So thank you and a you will be credited for that (in the following chapters that I incorporate it into).
Carlie C.: You'll see... *wink* ;-)
And thank you so much to the reviewers! I've never gotten so many reviews so quickly before! 15 overnight and 2 more from the last time I checked! YAY! Love you all! Read & review and you might just dream of Edward Cullen tonight. :D
-Loren