Thank you so much for your support and reviews they inspired me to get this first chapter out! It took slightly longer then expected but things should start progressing in the story from here. This chapter has also been majorly edited along with the first so please give them both a quick reread before the next chapter which I will be posting immediately after this -Dayin
The shrill scream of the alarm was quickly cut off by Bella's hand pounding furiously at the button. Cursing the book next to her bedside for keeping her up so late into the night she let out a groan and began getting dressed to prepare herself for the school day ahead. She felt as if she had hardly slept and her head was pounding. She went to the bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet quickly getting some pain medicine before getting ready for school.
The house was completely silent as she walked downstairs, just as it was every other morning when she awoke, her parents long since having left to go to work. She quickly grabbed a breakfast bar while scanning over the discarded newspaper that had been left sitting out, the news as usual was more focused on general events that were happening within the town then it was on reporting news events, likely due to the fact that the small town did not have much going on. On this particular day it was advertising the monthly farmers market, the school football game and some upcoming human and vampire coalition elections.
At seeing the human and vampire coalition elections coming up she let out a sigh they were bound to cause tension in her house as more vampires would be in the news then normal, particularly the coalition which aimed at maintaining beneficial relationships between both sides, something that her parents despised. Since she was young they had always lectured her on how disgusting and violent vampires were and how vampire mates were to be pitied and avoided. A belief they stuck by through choosing to live in a small town that helped them avoid vampires and their mates. They had originally grown up in Arizona but as soon as they had both turned 18 Charlie got a job offer at Forks police station and they left to live in Forks.
Forks had a small population composed mostly of regular human beings and only a handful of mates and very few vampires as they tended to stick to larger cities where blood and recreational activities geared towards their superhuman abilities were easily found.
Charlie had worked his way up to being the chief of police although he was rarely needed. The police acted as what she thought to be nothing more than a superficial show of human power, the real law making and peace keeping was enforced by the Alliance.
The Alliance was a task force of vampires who worked for the Volturi government with a focus on keeping the new laws upheld. The soldiers on the force themselves were governed by stringent laws aimed at preventing corruption and uprising from the humans. They handled any vampire based crimes along with any crimes large enough that local law enforcement couldn't deal with it similar to how federal crimes had worked previously.
Charlie was happy with his job and the power it did provide and spent countless hours on call either at the station or cruising around town late into the night and early morning, a fact Bella was often relieved by as her parents tended to fight a lot.
Her mother had no formal job, something that bothered her father to no end; but she was a free spirit and had instead opted to spend her time doing odd activities at various locations. Such as working as a house cleaner one day, and a temporary bartender the next. The only things her jobs had in common was Renee avoided any positions that would bring her in contact with a vampire or their mate. Bella had always found her mothers lack of a permanent job fitting due to her laid back and oftentimes reckless nature.
As she began her long walk to school she nibbled on the cereal bar . Taking care of herself came naturally to her as her parents had never really planned to have her and so they were not really the parental type, this led to many hours spent home alone and to her having developed a plethora of cooking and cleaning skills.
Arriving at school she sighed and headed to her locker to get her books for the day. As she collected her books she had to sidestep some jocks who she recognised to be Mike and Ben who were jovially throwing a football through the halls passing it between themselves and laughing as they dove for it.
She could hear the sounds of the other students carrying on about their lives in school. Everyone was getting ready for the various events they had planned that day. As she walked by the stairs she could see some of them were sitting in a large group listening to music and just relaxing before the day ahead. The music itself was quite pleasant really and she believed she must have heard it before, perhaps on the car radio or in the grocery store when she was buying ingredients for dinner.
She looked around hoping to spy on one of her friends before class. She had a test first thing this morning and was hoping to review her notes. Seeing no one she let out a disappointed sigh and headed off towards Biology, her least favourite class
Just as she arrived outside of the classroom door a familiar spiky haired pixie and tall blonde caught her eye.
"Heya !" she called out to them with a wide grin spreading over her face as she walked up. They both turned to look in the direction her voice came from similar smiles filling their faces.
"Hi Bella, how are you, are you ready for us to hang out after school?" Alice squealed out with practically vibrating where she stood. She had always been a super hyper and cheerful person which could become quite contagious to those around her.
"I'm good, thank you and yeah I wouldn't miss it for the world, my parents are set to be gone until tomorrow night , they are away visiting my Grandma so we are all set" She answered in amusement at her overly exuberant friend.
"Yay I am so excited we can go up to the mall and get some shopping done!" She crowed excitedly at the prospect of the small rebellion.
"Yeah Bella and maybe if we can keep a handle on her this time we even swing around to the bookstore or actually stop to eat." Rose said with a light touch of sarcasm knowing the multiple trips they had been on where they were unsuccessful in dragging Alice away from the clothes shops until the very last moment possible.
"You could even stay at our house and we could drive you up in the morning if you want wouldn't a sleepover be so fun?" Alice said hopefully looking up at her with big puppy dog eyes.
"Oh I know for sure it would but you know that I'd rather not risk it getting back to Charlie" she hated having to say no to hanging out with them they were truly the best friends she had had thus far but her dad would not forgive her so easily if he found out she was hanging out with them.
Alice and Rose were the complete antithesis of Charlie and Renee's beliefs, beliefs that unfortunately Bella had shared until she was shown the other side of things.
When she was younger she had accepted her parents' venomous views of vampires and their mates as true and she had been extremely grateful that she was not a vampire mate. That was until she met Alice at the beginning of the school year. She had been assigned to welcome Alice to the school and show her around after she and her sister had moved to Forks. She was a cute little firework of a girl and Bella had liked her instantly.
The girls had become fast friends and went everywhere with each other that first week of school coming to depend on each other. Bella even came to know her older sister Rose who was a lot colder and less trusting than Alice but Bella found she liked Rose's blunt honesty and kick ass nature and after that first week she knew she wanted both girls to be her friends.
It was their first PE lesson together that changed her views on everything. In class the students had been asked to separate into boys vs girls however the vampire mates were asked to go to their own side of the hall to take part in an alternate activity due to them playing dodgeball. A mate getting injured would cause a major political problem for the school and would bring down the wrath of both the government and their mate on everyone involved. When Alice got up and walked across the hall Bella had let out a surprised shriek startling Alice nearby onlookers who gave her a dirty look.
Alice had looked at her with a deeply furrowed brow and a concentrated look on her face before going to join the other mates in a gymnastics activity. All the while shooting careful looks at Bella throughout the game. Bella would later compare it to when she and Alice played a game of chess and Alice thought very carefully about each new move.
She knew it was not the typical reaction most would have to a vampire mate as they were generally well respected and cared for but she couldn't help but feel terrified for the situation her new friend seemed to be in.
Alice had pulled her aside after the lesson and rushed to explain then that not only was she a vampire's mate but she was completely over the moon happy about that fact. A completely foreign concept to Bella who could only sit in horror as she thought through what Alice had said.
Having believed that vampires' mates were brainwashed submissive girls that couldn't speak for themselves, the kind but assertive Alice turned her view upside down. Her view was even further changed once she got to know Rosalie was also a vampire's mate. Rose took no shit from anyone and Bella found the idea of her being submissive and brainwashed like her parents had said mates were to be absolutely ridiculous and laughable.
Alice told her of the vampire who she was mated to. A loving man who went out of his way to send gifts and love letters to her at every turn. And how Alice had known of him since she was young and for her meeting her mate was a day she was long awaiting in anticipation and excitement not fear.
As far as Bella could hear he had always protected Alice and had nothing but respect for her and she seemed equally happy with the arrangement.
As the girls walked to class Bella thought about how lucky Alice and Rose seemed to be. She sometimes found herself yearning for the assured love and dedication they had as a result of being mates. Knowing you would always be loved, cared for and if what the girls said was true with your ideal match sounded like a pretty good deal.
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