Sophie's alarm went off at it's usual time. She got up and walked into her sisters room, only to find her already awake.
"You're already awake?" Sophie asked surprised, Cat didn't look very happy, she pointed to her window. The sun was streaming through it and right onto Cat's face
"I forgot to shut my curtains and the sun woke me up" Cat complained
"Well, I guess that's your own fault" Sophie shrugged, she walked back into her own room to get ready for school.
The girls decided to only take Cat's car today. They parked in the car park and still got heads turning as they got out and walked into the school to their first period. They had english first period so they still got the chance to talk to Bella
"I bet she'll push us away, or give us one word answers" Cat sighed
"To bad, we are going to push for a conversation" Sophie reminded her
"I know" Cat shrugged. The girls walked into their english class and saw Bella sitting at the back corner, the usual empty seat next to her. Cat and Sophie looked at one another and smiled
"We don't want to just come out and ask her we need to gain her trust" Sophie reminded Cat, Cat just rolled her eyes and went and sat in the empty seat on the end next to Bella. Sophie rolled her eyes and went and sat on Bella's left. Bella looked at Cat surprised and confused. Someone was sitting in Edwards seat, she was sitting where he was supposed to sit. Cat dumped her stuff and turned around in her seat to face Bella, Cat smiled at her and held out her hand
"Hey, I'm Cat, you're Bella right?" Cat introduced, Bella looked from Cat's face to her hand, a confused look on her face. Eventually she nodded and took Cat's hand, shaking it. Bella was surprised by Cat's warm temperature, but didn't say anything about it.
"Hi" Bella managed to say
"This is my sister, Sophie" Cat nodded towards Sophie sitting on the other side of Bella. Bella turned to her and shook her hand, she was surprised by the cold temperature of Sophie's skin, but she was also used to it. Bella looked into Sophie's eyes, they were an aqua blue
"She's not one of them then, even contacts can't make that nice a blue, her skin isn't as cold as theirs were, either" Bella thought, these thoughts made her frown, remembering memories of the Cullens was hard because it always reminded her of Edward.
"So, how are you?" Cat asked still smiling
"Fine" Bella said a little coldly "Why are they talking to me?"
"We've noticed you sitting alone a lot, is it alright if we sit with you?" Sophie asked, Bella looked at her softly, the smoothness in her voice made Bella feel a little more calm. She nodded once and watched as the class filled up and the teacher began to teach.
"That wasn't to bad" Sophie thought
"Could have been better, what should we do next?" Cat asked
"Sit with her at lunch, I've noticed that she doesn't each much" Sophie decided
"Sounds easy" Cat shrugged
"Bet it's not" Sophie sighed
"Never really is is it" Cat admitted
"No, nothings easy when it comes to us" Sophie grinned
"But that's what makes our lives fun" Cat smiled. They went through the next three classes before they went out for lunch. Cat and Sophie bought their lunch at the cafeteria and looked around. They saw Bella sitting alone at the usual table, they walked over and sat down with her.
"Hey Bella" Sophie smiled, Bella looked up at them surprised
"Hi" Bella sighed
"What's up?" Cat asked
"Nothing" Bella sighed and she turned her attention back out the window
"Aren't you hungry?" Sophie asked softly, noticing she didn't have any food
"No" Bella answered plainly
"She's being a little rude, one syllable answers" Cat scoffed
"Calm down" Sophie sighed
"I met your dad by the way, I didn't know he was the chief of police" Cat smiled, Bella looked at her, there was a show of interest in her expression for a second, but it didn't last long. Bella just nodded then returned to the window
"He dropped Billy off at Jacob's house when I was there yesterday" Cat continued, Bella's head snapped around to look at Cat
"You know Jake?" she asked, her voice was a little croaky
"I met him on… Sunday, I think it was" Cat nodded "He invited me round to his house yesterday, and I invited him and his dad over this coming weekend" Cat smiled, Sophie sent her a hidden questioning look
"You never said when they were coming" Sophie thought annoyed
"That's cause I just decided then" Cat answered
"Told mum and dad?" Sophie asked
"Yes just not when they're coming" Cat rolled her eyes "There coming over for dinner" Cat said to Bella. Bella didn't show any emotion, she turned her head slowly and looked back out the window.
"Really? The window? Again?" Cat thought irritated
"Chill" Sophie sighed
"Don't tell me to chill" Cat muttered
"How about you come round too? With your dad?" Sophie offered. Bella looked down at her hands and thought it over. Eventually she shook her head
"No, but thanks" she gave them a very small, fake smile
"Maybe another time?" Sophie offered sweetly, Bella's smile grew a tiny bit as she nodded before disappearing. The bell went and the girls got up
"See ya later Bells" Cat grinned, Bella looked a little surprised before she gave a small wave
"That didn't go too bad" Sophie sighed
"Could have gone better" Cat admitted
"Well we did our bit, if we keep going she'll warm up to us" Sophie shrugged
"I hope so" Cat rolled her eyes "In the mean time, I need to tell mum an dad that Jacob and Billy are officially coming over this weekend, I also need to tell Jacob and Billy" Cat grinned
"Might help" Sophie nodded and the two twins bursted out laughing.
"Are you done yet?" Cat called
"Calm down, I'm almost done" Sophie called, she was in the kitchen sorting out drinks, she was using her abilities to speed it up so Cat was keeping their parents out of the kitchen for her.
"Alright, I'm done" Sophie said exiting the kitchen "And you don't need to get all worried"
"Obviously I do" Cat rolled her eyes and walked over to the wide open window that looked down on the drive way.
"I've never seen you so edgy before?" Sophie asked
"Really?" Cat asked
"Yeah, what's up?" Sophie nudged her
"I was bored of covering for you that's what's up" Cat rolled her eyes, Sophie was about to retaliate when both of their attentions were caught by the sound of an old ute pulling into their long driveway.
"They're here" Cat smiled, they walked away from the door and into to the living room, sitting down. About a minute later they heard the car pull up outside the door
"Mum, Dad they're here!" Cat yelled through the house, she walked up to the front door, which was on the second floor, and looked down at the old truck, Jacob getting out and helping Billy into his wheel chair
"Oh shit!" Cat swore
"What?" Sophie asked coming up behind her
"How's Billy going to get up here?" Cat asked looking down at Billy
"Um…" Sophie thought seeing the dilemma
"Hey Cat" Jacob called up to her
"Hey Jacob" Cat waved, smiling "Seems we've just run into a problem"
"What?" Jacob asked
"We only have stairs" Cat bit her lip worried
"Oh, don't worry about that" Jacob grinned, he wheeled Billy to the foot of one of the staircases and pulled Billy, easily and gently up the stairs. When they reached the top Cat let out a sigh of relief
"Next thing that happens to this house is we get an elevator" Cat grinned
"I think a ramp would suffice" Billy grinned back. Cat leaned down and hugged him before she reached up to hug Jacob, she pulled back and looked up at him
"Dude, stop growing already" she scowled, Jacob chuckled
"Would you like to come inside, instead of hanging around out here?" Sophie offered
"Sure" Billy smiled, he wheeled himself through the open doors and into the house. Cat and Jacob followed and Sophie led them into the living room
"Um, Billy, this is my twin sister Sophia" Cat introduced
"Sophie will do" Sophie rolled her eyes, but smiled at Billy as she shook his hand
"It's a pleasure to meet you Sophie" Billy replied truthfully
"And you too" Sophie grinned. Caren and John came walking into the room then and no one could miss the surprised looks that crossed their faces
"Mum, Dad, this is Jacob and his dad Billy Black. This is my mum Caren and my dad John" Cat said, ignoring the looks on her parents faces
"Hey, it's a pleasure to meet you" Jacob shook both Caren's and John's hands, he had a feeling he had missed something from their expressions.
"Well now I know where the girls get their good looks from" Billy complimented Caren with a smile
"Why thank you Billy, I can't help but notice how much your son looks like you either" Caren smiled
"Yeah, to bad he didn't get my brains though" Billy joked, Jacob rolled his eyes
"Would you like some drinks?" Sophie offered
"Sounds nice," Billy nodded "I brought this for your parents though" he handed John a paper bag, it had two bottles of wine in it
"How thoughtful" Caren smiled
"Indeed" John chuckled "Thank you"
"It's the least we could do for you for inviting us to dinner" Billy sighed
"What drinks would you like, do you want to open one of the bottles?" Sophie addressed all the adults
"Sounds like a plan" John smiled "Cat why don't you help me?" he asked
"Sure" Cat hesitated knowing full well what her dad wanted. She glanced back at her sister who started to talk to Billy and Jacob with their mum
"So what's up dad, I know you didn't just want my help" Cat admitted
"You never told us your friend was a guy" John remembered
"I never said it was a girl either" Cat clarified
"You could have given us a little more warning" John explained as he filled three glasses with one of the bottles of wine
"You never asked" Cat shrugged, John sighed, he realised he didn't have an argument and that it was futile against his daughter. Cat grabbed three of the drinks Sophie had made up for her, Sophie and Jacob while her dad grabbed the three glasses of wine and carried them back into the living room
"Here" Cat said softly handing Jacob a glass
"Thanks" he smiled as she handed one to her sister while her dad did the same to Billy and Caren. John and Billy got along very well, they shared a few interests such as fishing and football. Billy told John about Charlie and also suggested he met him. Cat was very happy that John got along with Billy, it made him more accepting of Jacob. They had a roast chicken for tea and Cat surprised both Jacob and Billy with her big appetite. When Cat and Sophie had served dessert it was pretty late, Jacob carried Billy down the stairs and Cat accompanied them. Jacob placed Billy in the passenger seat and put his chair in the back of the old truck.
"Well thanks for coming" Cat grinned
"Thanks for inviting us" Jacob smiled
"Your mother sure is a great cook" Billy yelled from the car, Cat laughed before returning to Jacob
"Anytime" she smiled sweetly, they looked at each other for a while before Cat leaned in and pulled him into a sweet, warm hug. Jacob hugged her back and then pulled away
"As warm as ever I see" he grinned
"Always" Cat joked "I'll see later"
"Yep" Jacob smiled before getting into the drivers seat of the car and driving of down the driveway. Cat smiled and walked back up the stairs and into the house
"Well they were very nice" John smiled
"You glad I invited them now?" Cat smiled
"Absolutely" John nodded
"Billy says he loves your cooking mum so I think he will be over again" Cat hugged her mum around the shoulders from behind
"Well as far as I'm concerned he's always welcome, Jacob too" Caren smiled warmly
"Good to hear" Cat grinned, she and Sophie walked up the stairs and into Sophie's room where they spent the rest of the evening chatting before going to sleep.
A month past and Cat spent a lot of time with Jacob, she was over there almost everyday as well as Jacob coming to her house. Billy had even had Cat tutor Jacob on a few subjects for school. The twins had actually gotten through an entire conversation with Bella in their science class and Bella slowly began to open up to them. She had tried to avoid the 'Edward topic' and the girls didn't push it at first but Bella began to remember memories with him and the Cullens and telling the girls without realising it. Cat and Sophie could tell that when ever she talked about them she was always choosing her words carefully and they knew she was holding something back.
John had become very good friends with Billy, Charlie and Harry, they went fishing most weekends or they came over to John's house to watch the football on his ninety - inch plasma. Caren had made good friends with Sue Clearwater, they too had a lot in common and Caren had even met both Sue's children but, was yet to introduce them to the twins. Bella had yet to be to their house even though Charlie had been many times in one month and Caren has been planning on inviting them both for dinner soon, much to John's and the girls delight.
Today was Saturday and Cat was in Jacob's garage as he worked on his Rabbit, Cat liked sitting back and watching, Jacob had taught her a few things, about both fixing the car and the car itself.
"Do you really do this everyday?" Cat asked again
"Yeah, clears my mind, I enjoy doing it so why not?" Jacob grinned
"What are you going to do when you've finish it then?" Cat asked slyly
"Find something else to do" Jacob shrugged
"Like what?" Cat wondered
"I don't know, hang with my boys, hang with you, go to the beach, just chill" Jacob listed
"Sounds like a repeat of what you do now just without the car" Cat grinned
"Nothing wrong with that" Jacob rolled his eyes
"Wouldn't it get boring though?" Cat questioned
"Narr, I don't think I would notice much" Jacob admitted
"Really?" Cat asked surprised, Jacob nodded. Cat was about to ask something else when there came a voice from outside the garage
"Hey, Jake" they called, Jacob's gaze turned to the door
"In here" Jacob yelled back, returning to his car, Cat looked towards the door to see two boys, much like Jacob, walk into the garage. They both had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes with russet skin. One had long hair like Jacob while the other had short curly hair.
"Hey Jake, what's up?" one asked
"Nothing much" Jacob shrugged, he glanced at Cat, she put her finger up to her mouth, telling him to wait till they notice instead of telling them she was there
"Still fixing this thing?" the other sighed
"He's going to keep at it till it's fixed, you know that Quil" the long haired one shook his head
"Doesn't mean he can't give it a break and socialise" Quil sighed
"Just cause I'm in here doesn't mean I don't socialise" Jacob sighed, glancing up at them
"How can you socialise if your stuck in here, working on that?" asked the first one. Cat had slowly and extremely quietly gotten out of her chair in the corner, she had practically floated out of it. She tiptoed across the garage until she was standing right behind the two boys, they were just as tall as Jacob, and, like him, they were still growing.
"I'm not always in here" Jacob rolled his eyes
"You are when ever we're here" Quil sighed
"But normally he's alone" Cat spoke up, both boys jumped and spun around to see Cat standing there, her hands in her back jean pockets. The two boys glanced at one another then at Jacob, who was grinning his face off. Cat couldn't keep the grin off of her face either
"Hey" she half laughed
"Hi" the long haired guy answered slowly. Jacob stood up and wiped his hands on an already greasy towel
"Embry, Quil, this is Cat. Cat, this is Embry and Quil" Jacob introduced, Cat held up her fist and after a few seconds the two boys pounded it one after the other.
"How long have you been here for?" Embry asked
"Um, two hours" Cat estimated, Embry and Quil looked at one another a little embarrassed "Yes, I was here when you walking in, if that's what you're wondering" Cat grinned, they both nodded. "Jeez guys lighten up, it's not like I over heard something I shouldn't have" Cat shrugged, Embry grinned at her
"So, you're Jake's new friend" he asked
"The one and only" Cat nodded
"I was wondering if you were actually real for a while" Quil grinned
"You thought I was lying?" Jacob asked
"Maybe" Quil shrugged with a grin
"Well that's what friends are for" Cat shrugged
"Exactly" Quil winked at her. Cat spent the rest of the day with the three boys, she liked them a lot and they were very funny to hang around with. At around 5:30pm Cat announced she needed to head back home, this was when Jacob asked her if she had brought her car
"Of course, what else did you expect me to bring?" Cat asked
"I don't know, you might have brought your sister's or one of your parents" Jacob grinned
"Why would I do that when I have my own, better, car" Cat sighed with a grin, Jacob just shrugged
"You have your own car?" Embry asked
"Yes" Cat grinned, she had found out that Embry and Quil like motor bikes and cars, just as much as Jacob so she couldn't wait to see there faces when they set eyes on her baby.
"Want to see it?" Cat offered
"Sure" Embry said, he sounded a little lazy and probably expected it to be a cheap crap car or a chick car, nothing he would be interested in.
"I think you two will like it" Cat admitted
"Really? What kind of car you got?" Quil questioned
"Oh, nothing special" Cat shrugged, she looked at Jacob who grinned at her, she guessed he was expecting the same reaction she was. They rounded the garage and walked to the front of the house where Cat's car waited. The boys set eyes on it and the both stopped dead in their tracks, Cat and Jacob kept walking for a second before stopping to turn back to look at them. Once they saw their facial expressions, they high - fifed one another and grinned
"Something wrong?" Cat asked, they both looked at her surprised
"Who's car is that?" Quil asked pointing at the white Lamborghini
"The white one? Mine" Cat said plainly
"You said it was nothing special" Embry muttered
"Well, I might have not exaggerated enough" Cat grinned, she turned and walked up to her car while Embry and Quil walked extra slowly towards it with Jacob's help, after a few minutes of silence Jacob rolled his eyes
"You think this is nice, you should see her house" he sighed, Embry and Quil gave him a look
"Don't forget Sophie's car" Cat shook her head
"Oh yeah" Jacob smiled
"Sophie?" Quil asked
"Yeah, she's my twin sister" Cat shrugged
"What kind of car has she got?" Embry asked slowly
"A Porsche" Cat's smile widened. Both boys mouths dropped open
"Oh this never get's old" Cat sighed happily "Right well, I need to get home, so maybe next time I see you I'll let you drive it?" Cat offered, the looks the boys gave her were one's you gave to an angel
"Really?" Embry asked, not sure if what he heard was his imagination
"Yeah, you can ask Jake about it, he's already driven it" Cat grinned, the boys heads snapped in Jacob's direction, he just shrugged at them
"See you later Cat" Jacob waved
"See you soon" Cat laughed, she got into her car and drove away back to her house.
"You're home, finally" Sophie complained
"Why?" Cat asked
"Mum wouldn't let us eat till you got here" Sophie sighed
"Oh, I thought you were going to say you missed me" Cat grinned, Sophie rolled her eyes at her sisters sarcasm "I met Jake's friends today" Cat confessed "And I showed them my car" Sophie nodded, saying she understood, she had been getting the same reaction from some of her friends too.
"I wonder how long it'll take for us to stop getting that reaction" Sophie sighed
"Well it's a small town, I give it about another week or two" Cat shrugged as they walked into the dinning room where their mum was placing their bowls of food on the table.
"Hey hunny, how was your day?" Caren asked
"Not bad" Cat smiled
"Good to hear, how's Jacob?" Caren smiled
"Good, he's still trying to fix that old car of his" Cat grinned
"Well, he must really like it" Sophie sighed
"Nothing wrong with that" Caren shrugged
"I know" Sophie nodded
"I met his two best friends, Embry Call and Quil Ateara" Cat smiled
"And what are they like?" Caren asked
"Like Jacob" Cat nodded grinning
"Well I have met Sue's kids and I would like you to meet them soon" Caren smiled
"Who are they?" Sophie asked
"Leah, her daughter and her son Seth. Leah's the older one" Caren explained
"Let me guess, they look like everyone else on the reserve, russet skin, dark brown hair and eyes" Cat grinned
"There's nothing wrong with that" Caren smiled as John walked in and sat down at the table
"No, except for the fact that I stand out for about a mile" Cat reminded them while pointing at her hair
"I'm pretty sure that I stand out more" Sophie rolled her eyes, her hair was lighter then Cat's
"Still" Cat complained
"That doesn't mean you don't like it here though does it?" John asked
"Oh hell no, I like the fact that I stand out but at the same time I hate it, there is so much as too much attention" Cat grinned
"Really? You think you're getting TOO much attention?" Sophie asked surprised
"Shut up" Cat shook her head
"Wow, I never thought I would hear that come from you ever" Sophie joked, Cat just rolled her eyes as she ate her tea. She went up to her room afterwards, she still had a bit of homework to do so she decided to do that. Sophie walked in a few minutes later
"Hey" she started softly
"Hey" Cat didn't lift her head away from her papers
"So I was wondering, have you been able to hear his thoughts yet?" Sophie bit her lip as Cat raised her head to look at her
"I don't know" Cat admitted
"Well you spend a lot of time together, obviously know a lot about one another and you're friends, don't you think you would have heard snippets by now?" Sophie explained "That's usually how it works"
"I guess, I haven't really noticed" Cat thought, her phone started to buzz, she picked it up and saw a text message from Jacob. A smile played, unknowingly, on Cat's face as she looked at Jacob's name. Sophie grinned girlishly when she saw the smile on Cat's face, that was not a normal smile it was a smile one got when hearing or seeing the name of someone they really like.
"Jake's invited us to his house tomorrow, want to come?" Cat offered
"I don't want to get in between you too" Sophie grinned
"Well he invited us both" Cat shrugged
"But you don't want me to come" Sophie grinned slyly
"I do" Cat smiled
"Well then, I don't see why not" Sophie shrugged, she turned around and walked out of the room. Cat smiled back at her phone as she replied to Jacob's message. She got into her pyjama's before climbing into her warm bed and falling asleep.