Chapter 4
"FUCK!!!!!! FUCK!!!! TRIPLE FUCK!!!!!!!!" I screamed frustrated that I had no idea where else to look for the Cullens' home. Then a brilliant idea hit me. Why not ASK someone where the Cullens live. Someone must know the answer to such a simple question. Looking around, the first person I saw was a girl who seemed to be about my age.
"Ummm excuse me. I just moved into town today and I need help finding a house. Do you think you could help me?" I asked.
"Well I'm pretty new here myself, only moved in with my dad a little while ago, but I can do my best to help," she answered. "What's the address?"
"See, that's kinda the problem. I don't know the address, only the names of the people who I'm looking for." I sheepishly admitted.
"Hey as long as you know first AND last names, Forks is small enough that I should be able to help, or introduce you to someone who can help." This made me giggle a bit.
"I do know first and last names. First names, Alice, Jasper, Emmet, Rosalie, Carlisle, Esme, and Edward, last names Cullen and Hale. They should all live at the same address."
"Oh the Cullens? Ya I can tell you how to get to their house." She gave me detailed instructions as to how to get to the house. "If it's not too rude of me to ask though, why exactly are you looking for the Cullens? They aren't exactly the type of people to greet someone new to this town, or anyone at all really. They like to stay somewhat hidden to society. Well aside from school and Dr. Cullen working in the hospital that is." She questioned me, seeming almost offended, angry or jealous that I would even DARE 'disturb' the oh so secret and important lives of the mysterious and scary Cullens. HA! Now THAT"S fucking hilarious. Afraid of the Cullens??? NO FUCKING WAY.
"Oh the Cullens and I, we go WAYYY back. They used to live by me and they are like family. When they moved away two years ago I was devastated, but now that I moved in with my Nana I get to see them again. Lucky for me they moved here of all places, eh?" I made friendly conversation. "Oh, I'm Jaeyla Miller by the way. I'll be starting as a junior at Forks High on Monday."
"Bella Swan," she replied. "I'm also a junior at Forks High, so I guess I'll be seeing you on Monday." At hearing this, my back stiffened a bit.
So this was the Bella Swan that Edward had saved from being killed? She seemed sweet enough and was very pretty. I think that's what bothered me more than anything. She had a slim build and natural curves. She had deep, chocolate brown eyes and beautiful long brown hair. Her skin was creamy and delicate looking too, like porcelain. On the other hand, I did not think I was very pretty. I was by no means fat, but I was not what one would call tiny either. Of course with that came nice boobs and one hell of an ass, but still. My eyes were a mud brown and nowhere near as pretty as hers and it took me forever to get my brown, almost black locks, to look halfway decent. Not to mention, my skin was like an olive color seeing as I am Lebanese (look it up) and Irish, but tend to look very Lebanese. To put it bluntly, I was jealous. For Edward to save her, and for her to look like that and be so sweet, I was afraid maybe I really WAS a bet. There were better, prettier girls out there for Edward, like Bella Swan. So why would he even CONSIDER stupid, ugly me as a serious option? Again I will say it...FUCK MY LIFE.
"Well, I'm sorry I really must be going if I want to get to see the Cullens before nightfall," I said and after a quick goodbye, I left. I drove to where Bella had said the house would be, and sure enough, I came to a long driveway ending in the most beautiful house I had ever seen. Right away I knew it was the work of Esme, and coming up to the garage I saw that it was my lucky day. Alice and Jasper were standing there waiting for me, and it was as if the past two years had not happened. I ran to them and we hugged and I wept out of joy. "Where are the others?" I asked after my sobs had died down enough to speak.
"Sweetie, they are on a hunting trip. I saw that you were coming and took Jazz here with me on a trip last week so that we could greet you. Edward doesn't know though. I kept my mind off of it, and let me tell you that was SOOOO not easy," Alice laughed.
"Only problem is, we don't know how Edward will react to this. It was harder on him than any of us had expected. I don't think he even realized how hard leaving would be." Jazz (Jasper) added. Upon hearing this, I was even more confused but decided not to press the matter.
"Hey would you mind if I slept over your house tonight, like a sleepover? I want to stay up talking like all night girl but we don't want your smell lingering. We'll surprise him on Monday with you," Alice giggles slyly. I noticed that she had already packed a suitcase and was ready to go right away. She had probably seen me saying yes and was ready already. Of course, anyone could have known I would say yes seeing as the two of us were like soul sisters, and the best of friends.
That night, after Alice and I had caught up and she had heard all about all our old friends in New Jersey, it was time to get down to business.
"What happened after you all left?" I asked timidly, not knowing how I would react to talking about Edward knowing in about a day I would see him again. "Where did you all go? How did everyone else feel? How did HE feel?"
"Well honey, after we left we moved here to rainy little Forks, Washington and we've been living here ever since. None of us were happy to leave you. It was like losing a sister, let me tell you, not fun at all. Everyone's reactions….let's see; Carlisle didn't really say much about it, but Edward told me he's been thinking that Edward was an idiot for persuading us to go. Carlisle would never admit it out loud then, seeing as you were only fourteen, but he has always wished for you and Edward to one day get married because he sees how much you love each other, and he sees you as a daughter already. Esme, of course, has always made it public that you are part of our family, whether Ed puts a stone on your finger or not. She went weird for the first few months. Like, she would just cook your favorite foods even though she knew nobody was going to eat. She also went shopping and bought stuff she knew you would want, and in your size. We actually still have that stuff by the way and you are welcome to all of it. Emmett was loud and obnoxious about how upset he was. He didn't crack many, if any jokes for like a few weeks….maybe a fortnight. Then after that he wouldn't leave Edward alone about how stupid he had been. Thank goodness that had stopped after the first three months. Now, Emmett just tries to tell jokes he knew you'd like and sometimes when nobody laughs says 'Jaeyla would've laughed you guys'. Hmmmm…..Rosalie…well, she's Rosalie, she can be a heartless bitch. She gave Edward a ton of shit for months bout it. Wouldn't even speak to him for about a month, wouldn't even look at him for the first three weeks." (hahahahaha You all thought when I said Rose is a bitch I meant she treats Jaeyla like she does Bella. NOPE! Jaeyla, Alice and Rose are actually the best of friends and Rose is a complete joy to be around with Jaeyla. Next to Alice, Rose is probably Jaeyla's best girl friend. TWIST =p OH! LE GASP). "Now Jasper had it really bad. He didn't want any of us to feel too upset about not having you so for the first few days, he tried to take in all of our emotions and calm us. Sweet of him right? I have never seen him in that much pain though, poor dear, and he couldn't even calm us…only take the edge off. That's how emotional we all were. =( On top of that, he had to try to cope with his emotions, and that was too much even without Ed's feelings. Jazz kinda refused to numb Ed's pain even the tiniest bit because he seemed to feel Ed deserved it for not just leaving, but the way he left you and what he said. I can't say that any one of us disagrees that Edward should suffer, at least a bit, for it…Edward even agrees he should be punished I believe. Now, I myself tried to stay like my usual, more bubbly self for the family's sake. I tried my hardest to make them all laugh and be happy again because I knew you would've wanted it that way. One day Jazz came up to my room and we were talking and I finally lost it…it was so hard keeping my feelings bottled up…but I somehow did for six months. Then they all came out. I'm sorry to say I was a bit catatonic for about a month, but then tried to go back to normal, well as normal as possible. It was hard. We all tried to do the things we normally did, probably more for Edward's sake than our own, but without you life was boring, everyone agreed. It wasn't like we had moved and left someone important to live their own life somewhere else. It was more like someone had died."
I was shocked to take this all in and tried not to cry. Hearing how important I was to them all, and how upset they were when I wasn't around….was not easy. I couldn't help but feel pain and sorrow for my 'family' and want to erase all their pain, even though they had abandoned me. Even though hearing about them all was a bit of a comfort for me, Alice still hadn't told me about the one Cullen's reaction I most cared about hearing of. "And what about HIM Alice???" I asked. DAMN IT WHY THE FUK CAN'T I EVEN SAY HIS NAME AGAIN??!! I HAD FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW I SUDDENLY FUKING CAN'T! WHAT THE FUK IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!?!?!
(YAY 4 LONGER CHAPTER AND CULLENNESSNESS!!!!!!!!!!! We finally get to see Alice and Jasper and hear what the Cullens…(well most of them neway) have been up 2/how they reacted! Isn't it cute how much of an effect our little Jaeyla had on the Cullens?? And my BFF Ashley (aka Alice) and I absolutely love the Jaeyla/Bella rivalry hinted here and hope you do 2. There will be a shit load more of it later on. Oh and the description of Jaeya, is how I see myself. The looks are me…down to her and me being Lebanese and Irish. Anyway, that means most of Jaeyla's insecurities are my own nd shit so if u need 2 talk 2 some1 bout stuff like this…im here 4 ya. Lol nd pleez review…flames are welcomed to but I would like it if we could all share the 3 nd not totally rip my baby 2 shreds so neway, LE GASP!!!!! IT'S A CLIFFHANGER!!!! WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CULLEN BOY WE ALLL KNOW AND LOVE?!?!?!?!?! FIND OUT NEXT TIME! DUN! DUN! DUN!)