Bella's pov
I woke up extremely early the next morning. I could hear the sizzling of food coming from downstairs. I rolled my eyes, Nali was up. She always wakes up before everyone and decides to make breakfast, well it's more like a feast. I yawned and stretched, I heard my back slightly crack.
I rolled out of bed and headed for the bathroom. I was usually the second one up, and it has great advantages. One: I get unlimited shower time. Two: I can get breakfast before Brent gets the chance to eat it all. And third: I can read in peace. I loved to read. From what I've seen and what my family has gone through, fantasy is a lot better than reality.
You may think the world is evil because everyday bad things happen, and that's true. I think that, but my brothers and sisters don't see the world as evil. They think the world is beautiful. They lost their family, but they still smile. Everyone treats them like dirt, but they still find reasons to laugh. Nobody cares about them, but they go out of their way to help others. I don't know why such bad things had to happen to them, and even after everything the world still tries to beat them down.
I usually thought about these things when I was alone. It felt like tears were falling down my face while I was taking my shower. The tears that I wanted to shed for my brothers and sisters, tears for how I never knew suffering until I met them, tears for the way that they are treated, tears for the way their dreams are taking from them, and tears because I cannot change anything.
I stepped out of the shower and got dressed, I walk down the stairs slowly, it felt like time was trying to stand still. When I was close to the bottom, I heard movement in the kitchen, and sizzling from something frying. I peeked around the corner and saw Nali making breakfast. She had her hair in a ponytail. She had eggs, bacon, pancakes, an entire breakfast.
She has insomnia, she never sleeps. I can see sometimes when she ready to pass out from the lack of it. But she calls it her 'secret weapon'. whenever anyone tried to sneak out they got caught. She would make sure we did our homework, she even made us stay up all night. She made all of our meals, she was our mother. Sure, Renee was the adult, but she was more of a kid than anyone else. She never took care of us, hell she was one of us.
But Nali was different, she kept us out of trouble. She would kick our butts if our grades slipped, or we fought in fights, or if we caused trouble. And I mean literally, she would beat us pretty good. She never did any serious damage, but we wouldn't be able to walk straight for a week.
" You gonna come in?" she asked. I jumped from surprise. " Or are you just gonna stand there looking at me all day?"
She gave looked at me with one eyebrow raised, I saw the humor in her eyes. Nali and Sergio both have really strong Spanish accents. And sometimes they would mix Spanish and English together, so the family knew some Spanish. We learned most of it when Nali yelled at us.
I rolled my eyes. She chuckled, " Go round everyone up for me."
I nodded and skipped up the stairs. Another wonderful part of growing up, no clumsiness. I was at the top of the stairs banging on everyone's doors. I ran back down the stairs into the kitchen before I yelled that breakfast was ready. That was when the stampede came running in. Everyone was dressed already, when Nali cooks you get ready real quick.
Everyone was fighting over the plates, and pushing each other around to get to the food. I shaking with silent laughter when Brent was stacking tons of pancakes on his plate.
Nali saw it too, she went behind him and hit him on the top of the head with a wooden spoon. " Brent," she scolded, " share with your brothers and sisters. You know I never run out of food."
He said sorry around a mouth full of food, we were laughing at how he managed to look sheepish. Kira leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. Mila and Kai started making gagging noises making us laugh. I saw Lyssa look over my shoulder and smile her usual bright smile. I turned around and their was Sergio leaning against the door frame. He seemed like he was really shy, that's understandable when you're in a house full of outgoing idiots.
" I was wondering when you were going to join us," she said still smiling brightly. He smiled shyly. I went up to him and grabbed his arm. I dragged him to the seat next to me. " You're part of the family now," she told him. She reached across the table and patted his hand gently.
" Be prepared," Kira warned, " once you're in that whole shy business has got to go."
" Because in this family, there is no such thing as shyness," Danju added.
" We know everything about each other," Danni said, her face hidden behind her book.
" Yeah," Tristan agreed, " even things we really never wanted to know." He gave a pointed look to Brent, who winked back at him. We all laughed again, this time Sergio joined in. Nali put o plate food in front of him, he looked at her and smiled. It was one of those smiles where only the two people knew what it meant. She smiled back the same way, she had never looked at anyone like that before.
" So," Sergio said after about 10 minutes of silence, " why does everyone seem to hate this Forks so much?"
The clanking of the silverware around the table suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at me. I sighed exasperated. " Really," I said, " you act like it's against the law to talk about it." They shrugged, but they were still looking at me like I was going to freak out. I rolled my eyes but turned my eyes to Sergio. " I grew up in Forks," I told him, " it was good, until I spent a summer with my mom here in Phoenix. When I went back home, everything had changed. My friends treated me like shit, they made fun of me, pushed me around. I don't know what happened, I turned into the town joke. When I was 8 they made me so mad that I punched the guy that used to be my best friend. The next day I came here and met these crazy fools," I nodded my head at everyone.
" So why is everyone so excited to go back?" he asked.
" Because it's our turn for revenge," Brent answered.
" Yeah," Mila agreed, " we've got 9 years worth of anger to get out."
" So, there's going to be a war?" he asked with raised eyebrows. I could see the little smile at the corner of his mouth. Everyone nodded their heads with evil smirks. Sergio couldn't hold the smile anymore, I think his evil look even beat Mila. Great, it looks like we've got three demons to deal with now.
" Speaking of which," Nali interrupted from the stove, her back still to us, " I talked to Renee last night. She said if it was ok with Chief Swan then we could go. So I called him up, he said his more than happy to have us stay with him." We started cheering and clapping excitedly. " But," she said over our cheers, " there are still rules."
" Ugh," we groaned.
" Suck it up," she teased. " Since he's the police chief we need to watch our behavior. We don't want to be causing trouble. And his house is much smaller than this one, so we'll be bunking up together."
" Yeah," Brent yelled, " sleepovers every night." The guys were bumping fists with each other while the girls sat there with there arms crossed.
" She meant girls in one room and boys in another," Kira explained. The guys' faces fell, and I started shaking with laughter.
" But why?" Kai whined.
" My dad is a police chief," I told them, " he's not going to let boys and girls sleep in the same room. I'm sure he wouldn't hesitate to bring out the shot gun."
" Shot gun?!" they exclaimed.
They looked like they were about to pee themselves. Of course the girls started laughing at their so called 'manly men'. But stopped when the boys started pouting.
" When are we leaving?" Danju asked.
" As soon as everyone's packed," Nali replied.
There was a pause, and a second later everyone ran out of the room. Chairs were knocked over, plates were abandoned, silverware fell to the floor. I heard everyone's footsteps upstairs running around. I rolled my eyes. They weren't going to be this excited when they actually see Forks. How it rains all the time, all the green, no brown, no sun, no heat. They're going to hate it there.
" You need help cleaning up?" I asked Nali.
" It's ok Izzy," Sergio said, " I'll help her."
I turned around and headed upstairs. I opened the door to my room and just looked around. I was really going to miss this place. I used to hate being away from Forks, but now I don't want to go back. I don't want to face them. I know I have my new family to back me up, but still. What will it be like to see them again? Will they remember me? Will they look any different? Have they changed?
I shook my head. No, they had not changed. Emmett told me himself, no one had changed since I had left. I know I should hate them, but I don't. I think deep down, the friends I used to know are still there. I miss my old friends. I missed Alice's hyperness, Jasper's calming presence, I even missed Rosalie's twisted sense of humor. But most of all I missed Edward. When I was younger I had a huge crush on him. But when he became a jerk and treated me like shit I realized how strong my feelings for him were. I loved him, I still do. Pretty messed up, I only realized I loved him when he hurt me the most.
I shook my head, I was disgusted with myself. Bella loved Edward, Izzy hated him. But Bella and Izzy are two parts of one person. So which part do I listen to? Bella, the one who never defended herself? Or Izzy, then one that swore never to fall in love? Do I follow my heart or my mind? Which half was my heart and which half was my mind? I don't know who I'm supposed to be.
" Load up guys," Nali called from downstairs. I sighed and took one last look at my room. I grabbed my backpack off my bed, and turned the light off before I closed my door. Forks here we come.
Forks
Bella's pov
" Ugh," I groaned. I sat up in my bed and stretched. We had driven all the way from Phoenix and it messed up my back. Lucky for us, Charlie was gone for a week. Some conference in Seattle. Unfortunately, Nali is still making us go to school today. It was January so they're in the middle of their semester. I bet they're excited. 11 new kids in one day, we're sure to cause some town gossip.
I got dressed and went downstairs to see everyone stuffing themselves with breakfast. Huh, bunch of fatties. They saw me walk in but looked down quickly. Bunch of good that did, I could practically see the waves of excitement rolling off of them. I have to admit I was excited to. I had a dream last night that included all the memories of how wonderful the lovely town of Forks treated me. All the uncertainty I had felt had evaporated completely. I am Izzy now, and I'm ready to kick some ass.
When everyone was finished with breakfast Nali made us clean up. When we were done we ran to the living room waiting for Nali to say we could leave. She looked amused by the fact that we were practically jumping from toe to toe trying to conceal our excitement.
She laughed. " Let's go," she yelled. She hopped up and got to her bike first. Looks like she was the most excited out of everyone.
She made Sergio ride with Brent and Kira. She said she loved him, but no one was allowed to drive her baby. I ran to my baby and slid my helmet on. I sighed softly as I felt it come to life underneath me. Nali led the way, me behind her, Brent, Danju, and then Tristan. Of course all the girls drove with their men. Since Forks is the size of a pea, it didn't take long to get to the school. Either we left later than we thought, or everyone loved getting to school early.
I parked and looked around and realized that the entire student body was staring at us. Bella would have been red as a tomato, but I was just annoyed. I looked at my family, they seemed like they were trying to hold in laughter. I pulled out my phone from my back pocket and saw that it was only 7:30 and school started at 8. What the hell were we supposed to do for 30 minutes? I got off my bike and set my helmet down. I walked over to Brent's car where everyone was gathered.
" What are we going to do for 30 minutes?" Tristan asked.
We shrugged. I glanced around and froze when I caught sight of a huge guy. He was tall with huge muscles and curly brown hair. Emmett. I smiled really big, from the corner of my eye I saw my family look. They smiled, and we started walking towards him.
" Emmett," I called. He looked around trying to find the person who called his name. I called him again, and he looked straight me. He was confused but then smiled when he recognized me. I laughed before I ran and threw myself in his arms. He caught me easily and started swirling me around. We were both laughing freely. He set me back down smiling brightly.
" What are you doing here?" he asked.
" Surprise," I laughed.
Out of no where someone grabbed the back of my shirt and I was thrown backwards. A tall blonde girl with icy blue eyes was standing there glaring at me. A bunch of kids came to join her, but I felt my family come up to stand behind me. " Stay away from my boyfriend slut," the blonde sneered.
I opened my mouth to reply but closed it when I realized who was standing in front of me. I looked at Emmett with my eyebrows raised. " Rosalie Hale?" I questioned. He looked down embarrassed. I heard my family murmuring behind me. I looked at the group of kids behind her and suddenly I recognized everyone. " Looks like you've got everyone here," I commented.
I stepped back until I was blended in with my family. I felt everyone place a hand on me. " Jessica Stanley, Mike Newton, Meagan Davis, Josh Daniels, Lauren Mallory, Rosalie and Jasper Hale, and last and definitely least," I took a deep breath, " Alice and Edward Cullen." I felt my family stiffen at the last two names. Their grips on me tightened, they hated them more than I did. I hated them the most because their betrayal hurt the most.
" How do you know our names?" Alice asked.
I pretended to be hurt. " I'm shocked you would forget me," I replied.
" Who cares," Lauren's obnoxious voice said, " why should we worry about these losers."
Well, she hadn't changed a bit. " Still a bitch I see," I smirked at her.
She was shocked that I talked back. I bet no one's talked back to her since we were eight. " Excuse me?" she said.
" I didn't stutter," I replied. There were 'oh's' from my family. She wanted to be a bitch I can be one too. Her mouth was hanging open, she was appalled.
Rosalie pushed Lauren aside, and then she was in my face. " Back off," she snarled. I have to admit I was a little intimidated. Luckily, I felt Nali pulling back.
I watched as she shoved Rosalie away. " Why don't you back off Barbie," she growled. Rosalie's eyes widened with a mixture of shock and fear. She was backing away slowly, back to her group of friends.
" Come on Rose," Alice told her, " leave these nobodies here."
" Shut the fuck up Tinkerbell," someone yelled. We all stood frozen when we realized it was Lyssa. We looked at each other before we fell to the ground laughing. We were gasping and we had to clutch our sides because they started to ache.
" Damn Lyssa," Brent gasped.
" I didn't know you knew how to say the word fuck," Mila said giggling.
She shrugged with a small smile. " Nobody messes with my family," she said looking back to the group of kids in front of us.
They looked really confused at why we were laughing, they must think we're all bipolar. Two minutes ago we were ready to fight and now we're on the ground laughing. Rosalie opened her mouth to say something but the bell interrupted her. Alice grabbed her hand and started dragging her to the entrance of the school.
" Bye Ali!" I yelled after her. She froze and looked back at me with shock evident on her face. I smiled and blew her a kiss. She glared but I saw that it wasn't as strong as before. I had just given her a clue to who I was. I was the only one who ever called her Ali when we were little. I would only call her that when I had a really cool secret to tell her.
My family and I walked to the office to get our schedules. I had first period with Tristan and Kai, second period with Mila and Kira, third period with Danni and Danju, fourth period lunch with everyone, fifth period with Brent and Lyssa, sixth period by myself, seventh period with Nali and Sergio, and eighth period gym with everyone. All in all, I wouldn't ever really be alone.
Thankfully I didn't have any classes with my tormentors the first three periods of school. However, I'll have to deal with them all at lunch. But I had my family who was more than willing to back me up.
We all met at the doors outside the cafeteria so we could go inside together. Once we walked inside everyone went silent. I could only imagine what we looked like to their eyes. Everyone was dressed in preppy bright clothes, and we were dressed in baggy dark ones. They had designer shirts and jeans, we had band t-shirts and ripped jeans. Basically I was an outcast in my hometown, and I loved it. We just stood there everyone was glaring at us. I rolled my eyes and blew a bubble with the gum in my mouth. I flicked them off before I walked to get me some lunch. My family followed behind me laughing, probably at the faces of the kids when I flicked them off. I was going to give these town people a serious reality check.
We were on our way out the door when I felt someone slap my ass. I stopped and it caught the attention of my family that was leading the way outside. I turned around and was greeted my the most gorgeous guy I had ever seen. His hair was copper colored that looked like he was constantly running his hands through it. And he had beautiful shining green eyes. I paused, those eyes looked familiar.
" Hey," he said in a silky velvet voice. " I'm Edward Cullen."
My body froze and I think my heart stopped beating. No, no, no! I wasn't ready to face him yet. He looked at my shocked expression and smirked. I wanted to smack that smirk right off his face, so I did. I punched him in the nose and heard a slight crack. He held his nose with one hand and propped himself up on the other. He looked up at me with a face twisted with anger and astonishment.
I bent down to his level and smiled widely. " Well," I said, " doesn't this look familiar?" He was obviously confused and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. " Think back nine years," I told him, " the last time I saw you, we were in this very position. You on the ground with a broken nose and me smiling down at you."
He just stared at me for a minute, then his eyes widened and he gasped. " Bella?" he asked in disbelief.
I smiled but shook my head. " Not Bella," I corrected him, " my name is Izzy now."
" Why did you come back?" he asked frowning.
I gave him the most evil smile I had ever given, I saw a flash of fear go through his eyes. " I have unfinished business," I answered, " and it starts with you. You and your friends made my life hell," I spat at him, " and now, it's my turn. And believe me," I growled, " I'm going to show you what hell is really like."
I stood up and started walking away with my family. Before we left I turned back to him. He was surrounded by his family and friends. They were glaring at me and my family. I smiled sweetly. " And Cullen," I called, I waited until he turned to face me, " If you ever touch me again I'll break your fingers."