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Disclaimer: I still don't own Twilight, Ms Meyer does
Chapter songs: The Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine and Everything (Take Me Down) – Dane Rumble
Two days of driving, one over night stay in a not so nice hotel room and many rest stops later I was finally in Seattle according to the welcome sign asking me to enjoy my stay. It was raining, but that didn't surprise me, I had already bid farewell to the heat and frequent sunshine that Phoenix provided.
As I pondered this my cell phone rang, Alice is calling my screen notified me, "Alice, hey!" I answered.
"Bella! Are you far away? You haven't gotten lost have you?" Alice asked laughing.
"No I haven't gotten lost, I'm almost there maybe half an hour" I replied. "See you soon Bells, I'm so excited to see you!"
Half an hour later I pulled into the driveway of the address Alice had given me, the driveway split of into a fork at the end; our house was up the left hand drive and was amazing! Two storey, brick, almost a terracotta colour and big! But I didn't expect anything less; Alice doesn't do things by halves.
I turned off my engine and got out of my car, a dark blue Ford Taurus wagon, and was immediately tackled in a hug by who I presumed was Alice.
"Bella! You're finally here; it's soooo good to see you!" Alice squealed.
"My turn Allie!" Rosalie demanded pushing Alice off me and hugging me "I've missed you heaps Bells, we have so much catching up to do!" exclaimed Rosalie.
"Me too guys, I am so happy to be here" I said stepping back to take a good look at my two besties.
Alice looked much the same as always, she was still tiny, pixie like, with straight black hair reaching just below her shoulders, and blue eyes (A/N my Alice in this story looks like Ashley Greene but with darker hair).
Rosalie is tall and slim with the kind of figure models would envy, with long blonde hair and blue eyes, both were dressed like the fashion lovers they are and looked gorgeous!
I on the other hand consider myself rather plain in comparison, long dark brown hair, brown eyes and pale skin (A/N Bella is just as gorgeous as the other two but doesn't see herself clearly…!).
I then noticed the three guys standing behind them all incredibly good looking in their own right, one was tall, lanky but slightly muscled with honey blonde hair and bright blue eyes, Jasper I presumed.
The second man was huge! Tall, and muscled, like he worked out a lot, he had dark brown hair and hazel eyes, he had to be Emmett.
The third was the hottest guy I had ever seen he was like a Greek Adonis in the flesh, tall and slightly muscled, a little shorter than the blonde, he had brunette hair, but it was the most beautiful shade of bronze and he had emerald green eyes.
I had to mentally pull myself together to stop myself from drooling and looking like a total idiot.
"Bella, this is my Jasper!" Alice exclaimed, excitedly pulling the blonde man to a halt in front of me.
"Hi I'm Jasper Whitlock" he said giving me a quick hug "It's nice to finally meet you Bella, Alice has been talking about you non stop for weeks!"
"You too Jasper" I chuckled.
"This is Emmett" Rose said gesturing to the huge dark haired guy beside her.
"Bellsy!" Emmett shouted pulling me into a tight bear hug "Welcome little one".
"Thanks Emmett, it's great to meet you too, but I kinda can't breathe!" I choked out.
"Emmett Alexander Joshua Cullen put her down!" shouted Rosalie laughing.
"Sorry Rosie, sorry Bella" Emmett laughed.
"Hello I'm Edward Cullen" said a musical voice, I looked up he was even more gorgeous up close.
Pull yourself together Bella I thought trying to remember to breathe.
"It's great to meet you" said Edward pulling me in for a hug.
"You too Edward" I said, I wanted to say more but I was certain if I tried it wouldn't be coherent.
"Come on Bella" said Alice tugging on my hand "I want to show you the house! You are totally going to love your room!"
The house was just as amazing inside as the outside was, with a large open plan kitchen and dining room, a huge living area, laundry, bathroom, guest room and garage downstairs and upstairs our three bedrooms, Alice's with an en suite bathroom and a bathroom for me and Rose to share.
My room was perfect, the walls were a cream colour with a dark purple wall where my bed head was, the furniture and other furnishings all continued the colour scheme, and it was perfect!
"So what do you think? Do you like your room?" asked Alice.
"Its great Alice! I love it!" I exclaimed happily.
After the tour we found that Emmett, Edward and Jasper had unpacked my car for me with all my boxes sitting in the hallway, they said they would let us catch up before coming over later to hang out for the night.
The girls helped me unpack, immediately Alice and Rose started sorting through my clothes.
"Isabella Marie Swan what the hell are these?" demanded Alice holding up a pair of my favourite sweat pants.
I looked at her sheepishly, Alice hated sweatpants, she often ranted about how they were a crime against fashion.
"Sweatpants" I said shrugging turning back to the box of books I was unpacking.
"Well yes" Alice said standing with her hands on her hips, "But why do you need ten pairs!" she demanded gesturing to the pile around her.
"They are comfortable" I said in a defensive tone.
"Do you wear them for running or to the gym or something?" she questioned.
"Ummm no" I muttered, "I wear them round the house, to the store, the supermarket…"
"You wear these in public!" Alice shouted in a disbelieving tone with a shocked look on her face.
I was struggling not to laugh Alice was hilarious when she was like this, I glanced at Rose, which turned out to be a bad idea, she was shaking with silent laughter watching the scene unfold.
"Alice, they aren't that bad" I replied giggling.
"Not that bad? These ones have holes in them!" she exclaimed holding up a particularly old pair, poking her finger through the hole and looking at it in disgust.
Rosalie and I burst out laughing; Alice glared at us before erupting into giggles herself.
"Bella, you have to get rid of those" said Rosalie, Alice nodded in agreement.
"Okay I guess those ones look pretty awful" I agreed.
Instantly I regretted agreeing with them, they looked at each other with a gleam in their eyes then back to me.
"Bella…" Alice said slowly, "We should totally take you shopping!" she squealed, I looked at her in horror, I hated shopping.
"Oh Bella please!" they begged, "It'll be so much fun".
I highly doubted that, but I thought perhaps it would be kind of nice to have a new look to match my fresh start in Seattle, as I was pondering this I looked around at my clothes strewn over the floor, I did have a few grand saved up from my weekend/holiday job back in Phoenix, that should cover a new closet. Suddenly I felt excited by the prospect, I had nothing to lose.
"Fine" I said, "Lets do this", "Eeeeeeeeeeeee" squealed Alice jumping up and down.
"Does this mean we get to make over your whole closet?" asked Rose with a gleam in her eye.
"Yes" I sighed knowing that later I would regret agreeing to this.
"Excellent" Rose exclaimed clapping her hands together.
Alice was still jumping up and down, "We will be just like Trinny and Susannah!" she said excitedly, "But not quite as mean" she promised. "Lets get started now" she demanded.
An hour later my room was a total mess, there were piles of clothes destined for goodwill and only a few hanging in my closet or folded in my drawers. We had decided that our shopping trip would take place tomorrow, Friday.
We still hadn't come to an agreement about my sweatpants collection, Alice wanted to burn them all, whereas I was refusing to let her touch them. In the middle of our debate we heard the boys calling from downstairs.
"Ladies!" shouted Emmett, "We have DVD's, beers and pizza!" I glanced at my watch, wow it was 6:00pm already! We threw the remaining clothes into boxes to drop off to goodwill tomorrow and hurried downstairs after Rose informed me that if we didn't head down now Emmett would devour all the pizza himself.
We all settled in the living room, with the pizza and beers, immediately the questioning began.
I told them about my Mom and Phil living in Phoenix and moving there when I was young, about my Dad, Charlie, being the Chief of Police in Forks and how when he married Sue Clearwater last year I gained a step sister, Leah and a step brother Seth.
I found out that Emmett was a personal fitness trainer at a local gym and that Jasper and Edward were both studying at the University of Washington Seattle like Alice and Rosalie. Jasper was studying history; Edward was doing architecture and the girls fashion and design. I had just enrolled there too, studying for my degree in English. I also learnt that the boys lived next door to us, down the right hand side of our shared driveway, and that Emmett was Edward's older brother by about a year and Jasper was their cousin.
We spent the rest of the night hanging out and getting to know each other. I found we all had a lot in common and was relieved I was fitting in so well. Later that night as I lay in bed I realised that I had made the best decision in my life to move here, I felt happier than I had in a long time. But most importantly I felt at home.