Chapter 1

Helen Swan looked out the window of the police cruiser. She was in the back because her sister Bella was in the front with their father Charlie who was driving.

Charlie Swan was the chief of police for the small town of Forks Washington. Bella and Helen used to visit every summer until a few years ago when Charlie began to come spend a few weeks every summer to be with them in Phoenix.

The girl's mother Renee had remarried so they decided to come live with their father until they finished high school.

Bella hated the constant rain and cloud cover of Forks. Helen didn't like the small town where there seemed to be nothing to do. Helen and Bella were identical. Bella was older than Helen by 8 minutes. They both were very smart. Bella was very shy, and Helen was more outgoing. They both were a bit clumsy. Helen was a bit more into fashion then Bella was. She liked to dress more feminine and wore makeup more than Bella. Bella was a book worm where Helen was a musician. She played violin and she was rather good at it.

The girls agreed that it was better for Renee their mother that they go live with Charlie, and it would be good for Charlie too and two years really wasn't that long until they could go away to college. Bella wanted to become a teacher like their mother only she would teach college age. Helen wanted to become a professional violinist.

When they got to the house Charlie helped the girls bring their bags up to their shared room it was barely big enough for the two twin beds. Charlie got matching bedding for the twins.

He asked "you two like purple, don't you? The sales lady picked it out."

Bella just looked at him and Helen said "purple is cool dad."

Charlie said "great I will leave you to unpack. We will go to the diner for dinner."

Bella said "great."

Charlie left and the girls unpacked their bags.

Charlie had bought the girls a truck to share it was old but Bella loved it and Helen thought it was alright.

When they went to the diner Helen again rode in the back of the cruiser Bella was self-conscious about riding in the cruiser and Helen didn't mind.

They all had berry cobbler for dessert before going home.

The next morning Helen let Bella drive them to school they went to the office first to get their schedules and their locker assignments then they went to park in the student parking lot.

When they entered the school a boy with black hair approached them said "Isabella and Helen Swan right. I'm Eric I'm the eyes and ears of this place."

Bella said shyly "it is just Bella."

Eric said "we are going to do a cover on the two of you."

Bella begged him "No please don't really you don't have to do that."

Eric could see her panic and said "no problem."

Helen asked "Eric could you point us in the right direction to our first class. We both have English first period."

Helen showed her schedule to Eric and he happily showed the two of them to their first class.

Helen usually took the lead when it came to social interactions. Bella was always grateful to her.

Helen and Bella had the first two classes together, but they had different classes after that.

They met together again at lunch. Eric waved them over to his table with his friends Eric introduced everyone.

When some amazingly attractive students came in to the cafeteria it was Jessica and Angela that told the girls who they were Jessica said "those are the Cullen's."

Angela said "they are Doctor and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids. They moved down here a couple years ago from Alaska. They kind of keep to themselves."

Jessica said "yeah because they are together. Like together, together. I don't even know if that is legal."

Angela said "Jess they aren't actually related."

Jessica said "Yeah but they live together it is weird."

Helen asked "what are their names?"

Jessica said "the blonde girl with the big guy are Rosalie Hale and Emmett Cullen. The little dark haired girl is Alice Cullen and the guy that looks like he is in pain is Jasper Hale."

A tall Bronze haired boy came in the door Bella asked "Who is that?"

Jessica said "that is Edward Cullen. Gorgeous obviously but no one is good enough for him so don't waste your time."

Bella said "I wasn't planning on it."

Helen said "they sure are pretty to look at."

Jessica said "they are weird though."

Helen said "clearly they can't have everything."

Bella asked "how was orchestra."

Helen said "I don't have it until 6th period. But I would imagine that it is small in a school this size."

Angela said "I am in orchestra too I play the flute. What do you play?"

Helen said "I play violin. So what is the orchestra like?"

Angela said "I guess we are about average for a high school orchestra. You missed our Christmas performance our next performance will be in April. We aren't very big but we try hard."

Helen was sitting so she could see the Cullen's and she was surprised to find that Edward kept looking their way he was particularly staring at Bella but he looked at her too. Helen didn't let Bella know it would just make her self conscious but clearly Edward Cullen was curious about the new girls just like everyone else was. He could pretend to be above everyone else but Helen knew otherwise. He was curious.

Helen went through her classes and met Bella at the office they had to turn in their forms.

Bella looked preoccupied Helen asked "are you alright."

Bella said "I'm fine lets get home."

Bella didn't even ask if Helen wanted to drive or not she drove them home.

Helen went right to their room and practiced her violin then did homework and Bella did her homework down stairs and then started dinner. Bella was the better cook then Helen but they normally would take turns with the household chores they planned on doing the same thing now that they were living with Charlie.

Helen came down stairs and set the table and Bella brought her books upstairs. Charlie came home just as dinner was ready. He hadn't expected the girls to be so domestically talented. But he had to admit it was nice to have dinner ready when he got home.

Bella didn't say much over dinner but she wasn't much of a talker Helen let Charlie know about their day how they had made some friends and everyone was very friendly.

Helen cleaned up the dishes after dinner.

The next morning Bella was anxious to get to school though she didn't tell Helen why. She seemed disappointed once they arrived.

As the days passed Helen and Bella got in a schedule of keeping the house clean and who would do the cooking so they would have enough time for homework.