DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT OR ITS CHARACTERS. I OWE ALL OF THAT GREATNESS TO THE ONE AND ONLY STEPHENIE MEYER, WHO I MUST REPEATEDLY BOW DOWN TO. BUT SERIOUSLY, IF I DID, WOULD I REALLY BE WRITING THIS STORY? DIDN'T THINK SO.

CHAPTER ONE: REALIZE

"You're WHAT?!" I heard my brother Emmett's booming voice yell from downstairs.

"Em, calm down, okay?" My adoptive sister Alice replied to him in her normal tone.

"Why, Alice? Why the hell should I calm down?"

"Because it's not that big of a deal." She said to him.

"NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL?! God, Alice! Why would you do this? It is SO like you to do something like this!"

"How? I mean, it's not like I've ever dated any of your friends before." I could hear she was starting to get mad. Time for me to step in.

I nearly ran down the stars and into the humongous living room where they were arguing.

"UGH!" Emmett exclaimed when I walked in, as he stomped out of the living room and into the kitchen.

"He's such a baby." Alice said to me.

"I heard that!" I giggled at his loud voice.

"You were supposed to!" Alice scolded in the direction he went.

"So I guess you told him about your date with Jasper?" I asked her, also looking towards the kitchen.

"Not exactly…"

"Explain?" I looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Well, he kind of overheard me on the phone with Jasper going over details for Saturday night. He asked me who it was, and before I even got a chance to tell him, my phone was out of my hand and he was looking at the caller ID." She sounded exhausted and fed up and annoyed all at the same time.

"And that's when he started yelling?"

"Yep. He took one look at the screen, then his eyes got all big and his jaw nearly hit the floor. 'Al, would you mind telling me why you were on the phone with Jasper for two hours?'" She said, imitating his deep voice to near perfection. "And I told him, 'Well, because… we sort of… have a… date… this Saturday?' And that's when all the yelling started."

I laughed out loud at the silly situation going on between my brother and sister.

"Bell, this is NOT funny! He's being such a frikking hypocrite! I mean, he's been dating our best friend for like, forever now, and I never got mad at him. In fact, I'm HAPPY FOR THEM!" She yelled that last part towards the kitchen. But it was true. Emmett had been dating our best friend Rosalie Hale, who happened to be Jasper's younger sister, for over a year now.

"Well, don't worry about him. You know he's just being big brother and he'll get over it eventually" I promised her, placing a hand on her fragile shoulder.

"Yeah you're right, Bell. Well, I guess I better go do my homework now."

"Alice!" I pulled my hand off her shoulder abruptly and looked at her with eyes as wide as Emmett's were when he found out about Alice and Jasper going on a date.

"What?!" She looked at me with a mask of shear terror on her face, not knowing why I just yelled at her like that.

"You still haven't done your homework?! I finished mine hours ago!" I explained to her. She immediately calmed down and sighed.

"Yeah, well, I don't waste my time doing yucky homework when I could be on the phone with an amazingly gorgeous guy making plans to fill my social calendar." She had a day-dreamy look in her eyes as she spoke of Jasper.

"But Alice…"

"Don't even go there with me Bella. You know I have a perfect GPA and how good of a student I am. I'm able to make that balance between school life and social life. Unlike you."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I crossed my arms over my chest and furrowed my brow at her, tilting my head slightly to the side as I awaited an answer.

"Well, when's the last time you've gone out with Jacob?" She asked me. Jacob Black had been my boyfriend for jsut about as long as Emmett had been with Rose. His dad, Billy, and my dad used to be really close friends. They hardly ever spoke until Jake and I started dating. I just stared at Alice for a few seconds before I could come up with something to say. She beat me. "Exactly. Look Bell, I know how much you care about him. But does he? I mean, you guys are never making plans to hang out or do something. Never! And frankly, it's just sad."

"Sad? Wha—" Alice cut me off.

"Bella, it's sad because you never see him. I mean, he's your boyfriend for crying out loud! Honestly, tell me the last time you saw him." I walked over to the mahogany couch by the window and sat myself down on my favorite spot on the end, arms still crossed.

"I don't know…" She opened her mouth to say something but I stopped her by holding up a hand. "Alice, he doesn't live here though. Believe me, I wish I could see him more just as much as you do. But that's just not the way it is. I'm not about to go to his house, look his wheel-chaired father in the eye and say, 'Sir, I demand that you and your son move to Forks so he and I can see each other more often'." She looked like she'd finally accomplished something impossible to accomplish and looked at me with a weary smile before speaking to me again.

"Bella, that's my point exactly." I stared at her with a confused expression on my face. "What I mean is, maybe you should find someone a little closer to home. Jake is a fantastic guy and all, but Bella really, you guys never even talk." I looked into her deep brown eyes as I processed all that she had just said. Then I realized she was right. Jacob was a fantastic guy. I was so lucky to have a guy like him as my first boyfriend. He was sweet, and caring, and funny… but the thing he wasn't was here with me. In Forks. Ever. That was when I decided that Jacob and I, as a couple, had to end.

"You're right. You are absolutely right, Alice."

"Well, aren't I always, though?" She said with a smug expression.

"I have to break up with him. But how? And when? Oh boy, Alice what am I going to do?" I put my face in my hands and leaned against her as she sat down on the couch beside me.

"You, dear sister, are going to go down to La Push right now to talk to him."

"But w-w-what do I s-s-s-say to h-him?" I whimpered into her shirt through sobs.

"Well, I don't know. Say whatever you need to. Tell him how you feel. And Bella?"

I looked up from my tear-soaked hands. "Yes?"

"Don't do…" she held out her arms and looked at herself then back to my eyes. "…this." We both started laughing and I wiped my tears.

"Okay," I sighed. "I'm gonna go."

"All right. When you get back, don't leave any details out okay?" I nodded my head as I grabbed my keys from the key bin next to the garage door.

"If I'm not back in two hours, come get me." I smiled at her before walking out into our big garage and over to my silver Volvo.

"Take as much time as you need Bella," she said to me through my open car window.

"Yeah. I will," I whispered as I backed out of the garage. "Tell Mom and Dad if I'm not home when they get back, okay?" But before I could hear her answer, I was out of the garage and onto the wide, open street that was Forks Highway.

A/N

Yeah, I know it's short. But I promise: the next chapters to come will be much longer.

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