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My Time to Shine!

~2~

'First Time Seeing Them'

I talked to Charlie about myself on the car ride to his house. That I was an 'orphan' but I could take care of myself. That what I wished for most was friendship and love, I left out. I asked if anyone was living with him and he said his daughter was coming to live with him, he was so happy about it. I asked if I would be a bother and he said if I was he wouldn't have agreed to let me stay with him. We left it at that. Charlie's house from what he told me was three bedroom, that was not so in the book. Did it change for me? I wondered if anything else changed.

We made it to Charlie's small two story house, in one piece. The red Chevy truck, the thing, as Bella called it, which is there when she arrives, was not. Charlie led me to a room on the east side facing the small, square yard. Across from me would be Bella's room.

It was used as a storage room, Charlie had told me and he cleaned it out before he came to get me, got a bed and bed stand. I wondered how long I was in the shower; he left as I walked around the room. There was a window seat the best part, Bella doesn't even have a window seat, maybe in the movie but not in this universe. It had a wooden floor, and maroon walls. It didn't have much else. I would just use the internet from my phone to get what I need and have it delivered. I hope my credit card works here, thought if it didn't why was it here?

I went across the room to Bella's bedroom peaking inside. It was on the west side of the house and it faced out over the front yard. It had a wooden floor and light blue walls and a window with yellow laced curtains. It had an old pine dresser, a desk with a second hand computer as well as a rocking chair. It seemed Bella was coming soon.

"Charlie, when is Bella coming?" I asked startling Charlie from his game.

"Three weeks." I grinned at him and he cracked a smile silently forgiving me for scaring him.

"Tomorrow we can go shopping for some curtains; I have to run an errand anyway." Charlie suggested. I plopped next to him on the cream colored couch and looked at the television.

"Yea sure, but I can get a lot of stuff from the internet you know." I looked him in the eye still grinning. "And I can pay for it all myself."

He smiled even wider at me, liking the company while watch the game. I couldn't follow it if my life depended on it. So I got out my cell and started ordering.

I ordered a dark wood desk and dresser, a dark purple comforter, some neon pink pillows as well as black. I ordered a lot of clothes, mostly from hot topic, some from Areopostle. A bunch of converse shoes, a comfy computer desk chair. I ordered a computer and wireless connection. I ordered some black and purple curtains just in case. I got some skelanimal plushies and a couple of Gir. I got a backpack that was purple and black. All of the stuff would be arriving throughout the week; most of the clothes arrived tomorrow, paid extra for it. I would just get the toiletries from the store instead of curtains.

"What kind of phone is that?" Charlie asked curious as he had never seen one like it.

"A prototype." I said nonchalantly not looking up from the screen.

"What are you doing?" He looked over my shoulder. I was currently looking for a stereo and some CD's I could listen to and then I would look for a chair I could put in my room I could sit in to read. That reminded me, next I would by shelves and a bunch of books.

"Looking for stuff to buy." He nodded satisfied and went back to his game, the commercials were over.

I looked on my phone and saw it was Friday. The time was eight-forty two so I went to the kitchen that adjoined to the family room. It had an old square oak table with three un-matching chairs. The kitchen cabinets were bright yellow. I got some leftover pizza that was on the counter and put the other leftovers in the fridge. I went upstairs to my room saying goodnight to Charlie tired from my long and eventful day. I finished the pizza before I went in my room. I discarded my hoodie on the end of the bed; I plopped down on it got under the covers and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

My eyes closed as I waited, hoping that all of what I went through wasn't just a dream. I didn't even get to see the Cullen/Hales or the rest of the pack. Slowly opening one eye I peaked around the room. Bare maroon walls. Grinning, I jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs in the clothes I fell asleep in.

In the kitchen I opened the fridge to make me and Charlie breakfast but there was nothing in the fridge. Guess there's a few errands to run. I didn't want pizza so I would just have to wait.

Charlie came down the stairs while I was looking at the pictures above the small fireplace. "You ready to go?" His brown hair was brushed and he was wearing a button up shirt and old jeans.

"Yea," We walked out the door to the cruiser. "You know you have nothing to eat, right?"

He looked embarrassed. "I know, I don't know how to cook so I usually order in or go to the dinner."

"Well I can cook." He nodded and it was settled, we would go to the store to get groceries before we go back to the Swan residence. "So what errand are we doing?"

Charlie smiled. "Going to go get Bella's car. Jacob, that's my friend Billy Black's son; Its Billy's old truck. Jacob could have driven it to the house but now that you're here you could just drive it and it would be bad to let a kid with no driver's license to bring it." He all of a sudden looked concerned. "You can drive right, and have a driver's license?"

I laughed. "Yes Charlie."

He relaxed. "Then you could teach Bella how to use it. It an old car so there has to be a few tricks to get it to work." I smiled; apparently it was supposed to work fine.

When we got to Billy's house there were two people waiting out front. One was heavyset had a heavily wrinkled face and russet skin, black long hair and black twinkling eyes. He sat in a wheelchair, Billy Black. The other, who was to be Jacob, had long, glossy black hair in a ponytail, and chocolate brown eyes, beautiful russet skin, and was thin and lanky. He was about five foot nine inches tall. And he was going to get six feet seven, gosh dang these wolves.

I hoped that me seeing Jacob wouldn't change anything. "Hi'llo I'm Ravenelle."

He grinned making me grin back; this boy really did have the power of the sun. "Jacob Black." His hand didn't engulf mine, yet. "So you're the girl Charlie's got stuck with."

"Yep and I don't think he can stand me." We laughed and kept talking as we walked to the Chevy red truck.

"How old are you?" He asked after we went in the house as Charlie and Billy sat down to watch a game.

I stuck my chin up. "Seventeen, you," even if I already knew his age it was polite to ask. His brow shot up. "And don't you dare compare my height to my age." He laughed but seemed a bit sad.

"Fifteen." He jumped up on the counter sitting on it and patted the marble beside him. I jumped up next to him and we continued to talk about everything and nothing. He was so outgoing, he was the second friend I made, here. I had one friend back at home and it was a neighborhood dog, but it was still a friend. Ha. I made another furry friend.

All of my clothes got here by Sunday, as well as the dresser and desk, they came at the same time because I ordered them from the same company. The comforters came on Saturday and so did the curtains, the plushies came Monday.

Charlie agreed to let me go to school when Bella did. I didn't want any of what happened to change in the first chapter, did I want anything to change, yes. Like Bella running off to James like a mad woman, but other things, no. Maybe not even when Jasper attacks Bella, I don't think Jacob would allow Bella to Change or even meet Renesmee if it didn't. I wanted to keep things as close to the book as possible.

Everything I ordered arrived by the time Bella came. Right now I was waiting for Charlie to get here with her. I was so excited to meet her. I was very excited to go to school tomorrow as well.

Charlie let me use the truck since I didn't have a car to use. It was freaking slow. I ran grocery runs and other errands in it. I didn't even dare to go to Port Angeles in it. It would have most likely taken me two hours to get there. I was used to cars that went up to at least two hundred. So I did a very shameful thing and took Charlie's car, he gave me permission, but I was very tempted to use the siren. I got books, a few CD's, some more clothes, school supplies and more toiletries.

I loved that I didn't need to wear make-up. I didn't really need to in my universe but I looked better with it on, here I already looked perfect. Well, my perfect. What I didn't like was that I was still really skinny, and I've eaten a lot. I guess I just have a really fast metabolism.

What I liked most about these three weeks was that Charlie adopted me. I couldn't go to school really if I belonged not even to the state, he told me he had been thinking about doing it and that this was some kind of sign.

I wondered if Bella would be ok with this. I always wanted a sibling and now I have Bella. What made it all the better, was I had a dad that spent time with me.

I heard the doors too the cruiser open and close. I nervously played with the sides of my pants as I waited for them to enter through the do. When they did, I smiled.

I don't know why Bella didn't think she was pretty, she was beautiful, more so then Kristen Stewart. I didn't like the way she portrayed Bella, but I liked her in other movies, same with Robert Pattinson.

She had very fair-skin, with long, straight, dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her face is heart-shaped—a wide forehead with a widow's peak, large, wide-spaced eyes, prominent cheekbones, a thin nose and a narrow jaw with a pointed chin. Her lips are a little out of proportion, a bit too full for her jaw line. Her eyebrows are darker than her hair and straighter than they are arched. She's slender but not at all muscular. She was five foot four inches. She has stubby fingernails because she has a nervous habit of biting them. She is very accident prone might I add, like me.

I smiled at her walked up and hugged her. She awkwardly hugged back due to my height. When I pulled away I saw she was smiling. I grabbed a suitcase and lead her to her room Charlie following behind. When we got to her room I put the suitcase by the door, smiled at her and went to my room, Charlie leaving as well. In the book she wanted to be alone, a non hover zone. I shut the door slightly.

When I went in my room I went and got my book. There were ten pages filled. Five more than last time I looked. Well not really much happened. It filled me in on what I did the past three weeks and about my meeting with Jacob that was what filled most of the five pages. When I finished I picked up the rug I got from an errand run. It was black with flowers, stems, and leaves; that was light purple tuning to a dark purple in different places. I picked up a floorboard that I had pulled up with a crowbar when Charlie was at work and lightly placed the book in the opening and set it back in it rightful place.

A few minutes later a knock reached my ears, sitting on my bed with the dark purple comforter and neon pink and black pillows nicely placed, as I was reading my new book of The Giver; I liked to brush up on books that I have already read sometimes. I told whoever it was that it was safe to enter and Bella cautiously walked in. I put the bookmark in the book on the page I was on and set the book on the nightstand beside me giving her my full attention. I sat Indian style and pat the place in front of me. She sat down carefully, like she was afraid to mess up the bed.

"So you're Ravenelle." She stated. I nodded letting her continue. "My sister." She said it slowly like she was scared it would no longer be true. I grinned and nodded. She smiled rather big. "I always wanted a sibling."

I hugged her as tight as I could. "So did I." She hugged me back tightly. We started talking about ourselves. She told me she was clumsy which I in turn told her I was as well. She told me about her mom. About how she didn't like it here and hated going back and forth between her parents when she was younger, how much she loved the sun, and why she was here. She told me a bit about her childhood, she didn't have many friends growing up and when she moved to Phoenix, Arizona from California she was even less popular. She told me a little about Phil Dwyer, her stepfather.

Most I already knew, some I didn't. Like when she was four she fell over a blade of grass and broke her arm and got a concussion, when she was eleven she fell into a classmate causing a domino effect. When she was fifteen she was so nervous her first time driving, she almost crashed the car into the abandoned store wall in an empty lot. She told me why she didn't want the window seat room saying she was afraid she would fall out of it.

I told her about a few of my clumsy stories of ridiculousness, that when I was fifteen I almost ran into a grave in a cemetery thinking the gas pedal was the brake. We talked until eight o'clock when I told her we had a big day tomorrow.

"This made me feel a lot better about staying here." She confessed.

I smiled knowingly. "I won't be the only reason that makes you want to stay." I hugged her good night. "Night sis."

She beamed at me saying it back. "Night sis." She walked out of the room shutting the door and then I heard hers shut.

I got in my pajamas consisting of cute black pj pants and a white tank top, I set my alarm clock to six wanting to shower so I didn't smell to anyone when I went to school and got into bed. As I waited to fall asleep I thought about what would happen and how to figure out if Edward could read my mind. I eventually fell asleep, wondering about what might happen tomorrow.

When I got up I got some clothes and hurried to the shower, I used my Herbal Essence Citrus Lift shampoo and conditioner and my dancing waters body wash from Victoria Secret. I quickly shaved and got out drying myself off. I used my Lacoste's touch of pink perfume, it smells of flowers, maybe some jasmine, and somewhat citrusy. I love it. I dried and brushed my hair not needing to do it in any style loving my natural curly and wavy hair.

I wore a white tank top that went down over the top of my skinny dark washed jeans and a purple and black slashed top over my tank. I wore my new black, gray, and neon pink plaid hi top converse shoes wearing them over my one neon green and one neon blue socks and jeans. When I looked at my phone I had brought with me, I saw it was six thirty and shoved it in my pocket.

I went and knocked lightly on Bella's door, hearing no answer I peaked in the door and saw a long lump, in the light green comforter that I bought for her, in her bed. I smirked and ran and jumped on her bed. She was startled awake looking at me trying to remember where she was.

"Sleep well?" I showed her my teeth as she smacked me with her white pillow. She mumbled about not wanting a sister if it meant this. "Its six thirty five, get your pale, skinny butt up."

"You do know your paler and skinnier then me, right?" she told me as she got out of her bed. "When's your birthday?"

"September nineteenth, why?" I tilted my head at her as she looked in her closet for something to wear, she pulled out a long sleeve, plain old, once navy colored shirt and some old jeans and I wrinkled my nose, why does she have to wear that old stuff, the jeans wear faded like they had been worn a lot and the navy color almost a light blue.

"I had to know if I was older then you, I'm not going to be the younger sister of someone so mature." She said it so sarcastically; I didn't know Bella was so fun. I walked out the door waiting for her to get dressed and got my backpack, when I walked out of the room she just walked out of hers. She had showered before going to sleep she told me as we walked down the stairs.

Breakfast was not quite like in the book, I talked, making them talk as well about anything. Bella grabbed her black jacket and put on her black boots, Charlie left before us and we walked out the door, she locked it and we walked to the truck. I got in the driver's side being asked to drive as I knew where the school was.

The school, like most of the other things was just off the highway, Forks high school is very small and consists of only three hundred and fifty-seven—now fifty-nine—students, everyone knows each other. It was a collection of matching houses in maroon bricks with flat roofs. The buildings were camouflaged by so many trees and bushes that it was impossible to know how big the school is.

The first building in the grounds had a sign over the door reading 'Front office' it was adjacent to the parking lot, and can be reached by a little stone path lined with dark hedges. To move from classroom to classroom you would have to withstand the rain till you got to a door that had an overhang covering the door two feet from the wall. On each building on the exterior there were white squares painted on the east corner with bold black numbers

The cafeteria was said to be in the center of the campus, seeing from just the outside from the door of the office I saw a building longer than others with hardly-used picnic benches on the south side outside. There was an overhang larger than the ones covering the classrooms providing more shelter. I would have to wait to see the gym.

Walking into the office what I saw was a fairly small room, with a little waiting area that had padded folding chairs, orange-flecked commercial carpet, notices and awards cluttered the walls, a big clock ticking loudly. Plants grew everywhere in large plastic pots. The room was cut in half by a long counter, cluttered with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored flyers taped to its front. There were three desks behind the counter. There was a door off to the side and the sign above it said 'Nurse'. Behind one of the three desks was a large, red haired woman wearing thick black framed glasses and a purple shirt. I stayed a bit behind Bella, hidden.

Mrs. Cope, as I knew her to be, looked up. "Can I help you?"

"We're Isabella and Ravenelle Swan." Bella informed her, she had a light in her eye spark, well isn't she a gossip girl, never actually watched that. She also appeared to be looking for me as she looked on both sides of Bella. Coming out from behind her I smiled my charming smile that always seemed to get me what I want. She smiled back completely taken with me. Who wouldn't be, I'm adorable.

She gave us three papers each, one a map of the school, one our schedules, the other a sign slip. She highlighted the best routes for both of us to take and let us be on our way. When we got in the truck again, Bella driving this time, we followed the line of cars. I then compared our schedules.

I only had two classes with Bella, Government second period, lunch but everyone had that at the same time and it wasn't a class, though I would have an A if it was. Then it was gym last and seventh period. Her other classes, in order other than the ones I've said was English, trigonometry, Spanish, then lunch, then biology.

My classes were Spanish with Mrs. Goff first period, which I hated, why so early in the day, then Government with Mr. Jefferson, Art with a Mrs. Valentien, and English with Mr. Mason. Then it was off to lunch. Fifth period is Chemistry with Mr. Brosher, and Gym with Coach Clapp.

"We only have two classes together." I notified Bella, Her face fell.

"What classes?" She questioned.

"Government and gym." I started laughing. "Won't we be a pair? We should were a sign around our necks in gym saying 'Caution, Disaster Sisters'."

When we parked we got out of the truck laughing. I grabbed my bag stuffing the papers in it and we went separate ways to get to class, before I left the lot I saw it, the silver Volvo. I sucked my breath, I was excited. When I got to Spanish building ten, I wrinkled my nose at the door and walked in hanging my jacket on one of the hooks lined on the wall.

I walked to the teacher and gave her the slip. She read my name and looked at me, when she saw me she smiled. Let's not pity the adopted girl, and let's celebrate it. She pointed me to the only empty seat to sit in. The classroom was small, bigger than the office but still small. The desks were just like regular school desks as were the chairs. I pulled out my maroon seat and set my bag on the light wood desk. The walls were off colored white and the floors an ugly brown. This was going to be a long period. To make it better I introduced myself to the girl; with straight brunette hair, blue eyes, and pale skin, next to me whose name was Lanea and talked to her.

When the bell rang it was like it had a cold. It was dull and muffed and it droned on for more than it had to. I walked to building six for government, entering the room I saw Bella, sitting next to her I started chatting away asking her about her first class. I knew the people around us were listening. I then introduced myself to them and then class started.

The rest of my classes to lunch were much of the same, introducing, talking, getting to know people, and listening to the teacher some. The lunch room was white, tiles and walls and tables alike. I walked over to where Bella was waving and sat down after getting my lunch, with Angela who I sat next to in my art class. This was it, the big moment, I get to see them. Turning around and sure enough they were there as far away from my table as they could be, near the door. I noticed Bella follow my gaze and she stared as well.

They were all more beautiful than the actors that portrayed them obviously. I loved Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, and Nikki Reed, but they just couldn't compete with them. Bella never went into great detail describing them because she couldn't tell you about how really truly beautiful they were. Neither could I but I'll try.

The first one I saw was Emmett McCarty Cullen. He was a giant, six feet five, with the muscles of a weight lifter that trained every day, in one flick of a finger he could throw me across a room even if he wasn't a vampire; he had dark curly hair that made Rosalie want to change him.

Second was Mary 'Alice' Brandon Cullen. Who sat next to him, was short yet taller than me by an inch, which made me feel wonderful, sarcasm noted. She really was pixielike, thin and small features, hair deep black and choppy short hair pointing every which direction.

Third, sitting on the other side of Emmett was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, Rosalie Lillian Hale. She was tall, five foot nine, and statuesque. Her hair was golden and wavy to the middle of her back. Her body, all of her, was too good for any magazine.

Fourth, sitting next to Alice was Edward Anthony Mason Cullen. He was much smaller then Emmett in both height and bulk. He was six feet two, lanky with skinny long limbs, yet still had some muscle, untidy bronze colored hair pointing in every direction more so then Alice's. He was very boyish compared to the others.

Then last but not least, who made my heart skip a beat, was Jasper Whitlock Hale. He was the most beautiful, to me at least, than all the rest even if he did look awkward sitting there all tense. He was taller than Edward at six foot three, leaner, and more muscular. He had honey blonde hair reaching his chin that framed his face.

All where chalky pale, paler then me, who was, till now, the palest person in Forks. They all had dark gold eyes, their trade mark to me, and dark bruises under their eyes from never sleeping. All of them had straight, perfect, angular features.

I simply stared at Jasper dazzled who, like the others, was staring nowhere, looking away from everything, everyone. I didn't even notice Alice get up and walk out of the building, till Bella asked her question.

"Who are they?" She asked Jessica.

Jessica already knew who Bella was talking about, looked up anyway. Edwards face turned to look at Jessica, to us, and then faced back to his old position. Bella, embarrassed, dropped her eyes, I boldly stared back and started my plan I just came up with to see if he could read my mind. I didn't need to listen to Jessica; I already knew what she was going to say.

So that's Edward. I thought his name more clearly as if I was calling to him, which I was. No movement, possibly knowing I was thinking it I changed tactics, but I had to wait for one thing before I did. He never looked at Bella like he was supposed to; probably knowing I was staring at them.

"Apparently none of the girls are good-looking enough for him." She sniffed; I always smiled when I read that part, hearing it was no exception. I saw Edwards cheek lift slightly, then when back to emotionless.

Thinking about running up and trying to pull Edwards seat out from under him and still no reaction. After a bit he tuned to us and his face grew confused, Bella, once again looked away quickly. When I didn't look away he stared at me, I raised one of my thin eyebrows. He knitted his together and his confusion turned to frustration and he turned around, angry.

Grinning, I knew he couldn't read my mind. Doing a little dance in my head I watched as they got up and gracefully left, just from that I wondered why people didn't know they were different. I came to the conclusion that human brains where wired to believe that everything was normal to protect their sanity. So maybe mental patients were the ones who found out something that was true and the people were just too afraid to accept it, so they locked them away.

~Shreba