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Twilight and all affiliated characters are the property of Stephanie Meyer. I do not own any of the aforementioned characters except Beth and the plot of this story (that is, should it stray from the original Twilight). This story is for entertainment only and is not part of the official story line. I am not in any way, shape, or form benefiting financially from the publishing of this story on this site and am very grateful for Mrs. Meyer's creation. Besides, if I did own Twilight, I'd have been able to meet Kristen Stewart!

It was safe to say, the day could have started off a lot better. For the both of them. After all, receiving a pillow to the face from your older twin is never a nice thing to wake up to.

"Agh!" Beth startled from under the soft material, "What the heck, Bella?" Blinking tiredly, her finger prodded the corner of her eyes to get out the gunk that had built up in the night.

Bela smirked, "Dude, it's time to get up. I wanna get to school early so we're not walking around like headless chickens without any sense of direction."

Beth squinted up at her sister before glancing at her clock, "We're gonna do that anyways!" She exclaimed, flopping back into her bed sheets, trying to salvage any left over warmth from the night. Forks was freezing, as always and apparently the heating had broken sometime in the last three years since they'd been there, chipping in ever so often- whenever it felt like. Beth loved the cold, honestly, but the whole point of liking the cold was to get warm. To snuggle in blankets and cuddle with a teddy bear on a cozy bed. How their Dad had survived all these years was truly a mystery. And he couldn't even cook! "Give me five more minutes.." She muttered into her pillow, pulling the sheet over her head to block out what little light was streaming in through her window.

Bella sighed, already expecting such a response. She was half-tempted to go and get a glass of water, but knowing Beth as well as the back of her hand, she did not have a death wish. Choosing something a lot less drastic, she threw the covers off of her twin's feet and ignoring her siblings hiss, she grabbed the offending appendages and pulled- HARD. Beth shrieked as she was launched from her bed onto the cold hardwood floors, groaning in pain as her ass made contact with the floor.

 The loud thud that erupted from the sound had Charlie peeking over his newspaper at the ceiling, wondering if he should be intervening. One quick glance at the clock had him doing a double take, and it was decided for him. He didn't have the time to intervene anyways. A mysterious attack down by some counties nearby was confusing a lot of officers, the victim's body drained of all blood- many of them suspected it was an animal like a mountain lion because of the bites; large, fang like marks on the jugular and arms. So, they were referred to him and asked if he could come down and take a look to see if he knew what it was, having experience in hunting cougars and the like.

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Beth stepped down carefully, avoiding the puddle with balanced and cautious steps. She didn't want to slip and fall, already having a not so pleasant start to the day due to a certain someone with a nickname that starts with B and ends with an 'ella'. Opening the truck door, her poor nose was assaulted with the smell of tobacco and old person. Two of which she despised. Despite having been old before and having that distinct smell, she always made every effort to eradicate it with her favorite fragrance- normally something with a Cucumber Melon scent. Sadly, she hadn't found such a perfume in this life just yet.

Their dad came down the steps next, his steps as careful and as cautious as hers had been- if not more so. Bella had to have gotten her clumsy streak from somewhere.

"So," He began, fixing a clip on his uniform, "first day. Are you excited?"

The technical centenarian threw a sceptical glance at her father, her expressive eyes saying much more than she ever could. 'What kind of question was that?' they asked.

Charlie swallowed, "right. Dumb question."

And then in true Bella style, she came tumbling down the icy steps and into the puddle harder than Humpty Dumpty. Charlie didn't hesitate to swoop down and pick his daughter off the ground, helping her get her footing while throwing a glare at his other daughter who had to hold onto the car door to keep from falling too- due to how hard she had begun to wheeze-laugh. She fake wiped at a non-existent tear, "Ah, everytime."

"Shut up." Bella hissed, her cheeks growing red with every passing second. She passed by her twin to get to the drivers side, throwing her bag in. Just as she was about to jump into the truck, Charlie spoke up,

"You guys are gonna have to have dinner without me today," he began, walking over to his car. "Got a call down from Mason County, a security guard at the Grayson Mill got killed by some kind of animal. They want me to come take a look at the body."

"Animal?" Bella asked in stunned confusion. Even Beth was intrigued. When was the last time she had heard about something like that down in Phoenix? Probably never. It was getting painfully obvious that Forks wasn't anything like Phoenix, nor would it hold any comparison. They were dealing with a whole bowl of different fish.

" You aren't in Phoenix anymore, girls. Remember that." Was all Charlie said before hopping into the driver's seat and backing out of the driveway.

Bella made a humming noise, her hand grazing her backside where it made contact with the ground. "Do I have a wet spot?"

Beth bit her lip, looking directly at the very obvious wet spot on her sister's jeans, trying not to laugh as the memory of her twin falling flat on her ass swam in her mind's eye once more, "Nah, you're fine." She chuckled evilly in her mind, deciding this was perfect revenge for this morning. That would surely teach her sister not to wake her up like she had. Besides, it wasn't like her sister was going to meet the potential love of her life, it was only school. It'd probably dry before they got there anyways.

"Good."

And off they went.

"You gotta admit though, you falling was karma for this morning." She snickered.

Bella felt no shame in admitting that she swerved just at the right moment so that Beth's head banged into the window.

"Motherfucker!"

Now it was her turn to laugh.

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If the truck was as loud as the color was obnoxious, Beth would bet good money that the entire school had heard them coming before they actually got anywhere within a mile of it. And already, even from inside the truck, the two could feel the stares digging into their necks like the other students were attempting to read their every thought. It was amazing really, with how hard they were staring that they couldn't already tell what colour bra and panty set Beth was wearing.

She could barely withhold the snarky comment that threatened to burst from her lips when some kid that had his van parked next to the truck had greeted them with a "Nice ride." Neither could tell if he was being sarcastic in his comment, but it was decided when the almost sour faced chic sucking on a twizzler beside him nudged him in the side and said,

"Good one."

Then Beth could barely stop herself from strangling her twin when she had replied with a small and timid, " Thanks." But because of all the other kids sitting in the car park, watching them with wide eyes, she refrained from bringing any more attention towards them. Honestly, did they have nothing better to do than sit around the parking lot and watch people all day long? What about school work? Wasn't it the middle of March? It did not make any sense to Beth.

And it wasn't until after they had gotten lost twice, found the office, spoke with a(n obviously colourblind) woman named Mrs.Cope who used the word "dear" way too much, that someone approached them. His hair was dark and greasy(a trait only found in guys that spent way too much time on their hair and used bottle by bottles of conditioner to make it stay down) in a Justin Bieber- like swoop. He wore a dress shirt and tie, looking more like he was just trying out the look to see if it suited him rather than dressing like he usually would.  All of this was painfully obvious in one glance.

"You're Isabella and Elizabeth Swan, right?" He started, and without waiting on a confirmation - truly pointless, it was so obvious that they were in fact,the new kids - continued on, "Hi, I'm Eric. The eyes and ears of this place." He gestured to the prison-esque brick buildings in front of them.

"Anything you need, tour guide, lunch date- a shoulder to cry on- I'm your guy." Beth grimaced, his over friendly grin was a bit too bright for the dreary weather.

"Uh," Someone bumped into Bella's shoulder, "I'm really the more suffer in silence type. Beth's more the social clique kind of person."

Beth glared harshly at her sister, why ? Why did Bella do that? His eyes flashed to Beth and his grin somehow got even brighter. Beth had a feeling that if it did anymore, he'd be bright enough to glow in the dark. Feeling a pinch at her side, her glare vanished and in place sat a perfectly crafted fake smile that she gave to the boy, Eric. She might as well learn his name, he didn't seem like he was going anywhere without being of use to them first. Might as well get along. Had the stares increased? The twins felt very exposed where they were in the middle of the hallway.

"Really?" He chuckled, "Good headline for the feature!"

"Feature?" Beth asked,

Bella followed up immediately, "what feature?"

"We have a school paper and you're big news, girls, front page!"

"Please no!" "Can I decline?"

They spoke simultaneously, confusing Eric just a bit before he caught on, "Okay, chillax. If you don't want it, no problem. No pressure, no feature!"

"Thank you."

"So, what building are you guys headed to?"

Beth spoke up then, "I'm headed to building 4? I have Government with Mr. Johnson." Eric grinned again, brushing off his disappointment at having no feature to write for the school paper.

"And I have Mr. Varner in building six," Bella read from her timetable. She and Beth only had Gym and Spanish together. For all of their other classes, they were separated. She desperately wished that they hadn't been. Now the day seemed to be that much longer and much more anxiety-inducing.

"Awesome! I have Government with you right now, Elizabeth." Eric started ushering them to a building marked B & D. "And I can point you in the right direction, Isabella. It should be easy for you to find your way then, the buildings are right next door to each other!" That made no sense. Why was building 4 next to building 6? The layout of this school was way too confusing, Beth deduced, and it would take a while for them to get used to it.

"It's just Bella, actually. And she prefers Beth."

"Bella and Beth, huh?" he tested it out, "Alright, let's get going. You guys can sit with me and my friends at lunch, if you want. They will love you guys."

"That sounds great."

"Yeah, thanks for the offer Eric."

The twins didn't see each other again until gym, which was third period, the class before lunch.

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'SMACK' Beth watched from behind the net as the ball Bella yeeted into the air came into contact with a boy. The boy winced, clutching the back of his head as the ball bounced away.

Grimacing at him, she walked over, "Sorry about that, my sister is a real clutz. I told the Coach that she's more likely to hurt someone out here than actually score a point."

His head shot up instantly, eyes appraising her in the ugly gym sweats and baggy t-shirt with the Forks High School logo in print. Beth winced, already regretting coming over here but was saved when Bella finally got the courage to scurry over with apologies already spilling from her mouth. Her twin rolled her eyes, catching the eye of a preppy-looking girl who kept throwing glances at the boy Bella was talking to. It was pretty obvious why she was doing it and it definitely wasn't because they were new.

Mike's eyes flicked from Beth," yeah, it's totally cool," then back to Bella, "And you're Elizabeth, right?"

Beth cleared her throat, stepping forward with a raised hand, "I'm Beth. That's my sister Bella."

"Oh, right! The new girls, right? Twins?"

"Fraternal, but yeah."

"I'm Mike, Newton." He raised his hand for a shake, both girls shaking his offered hand before awkwardly shuffling back as the girl from before, Preppy, began making her move. Her sneakers squeaked on the hardwood as she jogged over, ponytail swishing left and right, "She's got a great spike, huh Mike?"

"Yeah," Mike began rubbing his neck.

"I'm Jessica by the way," she introduced herself, eyes flickering between the two sisters but always flitting back to the boy, like he was a beacon calling her home. An almost nervous smile tugged at her lips, hoping that the boy of her dreams would notice her and only her. Unfortunately, that was not how a teenage boy's mind worked. And just as Beth predicted, Mike's attention, captured by her sister's beauty, was back to shuffling his feet and glancing up at her ever so often.

"Hey," Jessica began," you guys are from Arizona, right?"

"U-huh," Beth affirmed, shifting closer to Bella. She knew of girls like Jessica. She kind of reminded Beth of those girls from school back in Phoenix, the ones that Bella was talking to before they had left for their flight. Digging for information, very gossipy, barbie-like and just very basic. Not one to immediately form a verdict for their personality, Beth gave 'Jessica' the benefit of the doubt, choosing to see where this conversation would lead before jumping and attacking her for no good, solid reason.

"Aren't people from Arizona, supposed to be like- really tan? You know, with all that sun?"

And there it was. This valley girl was leaving a very bad taste in her mouth.

"Yeah," Bella piped up, "Maybe that's why they kicked us out."

Mike reeled back with a laugh, head of blonde hair thrown back in mirth. And Jessica, obviously not too amused, laughed along with a very fake tone, "So funny."

"You're good, Arizona," Mike commended.

Beth could only watch them with an aghast expression. "Oh my god," She couldn't stay in her sister's awkward presence any second more. It was painful. Physically painful to watch that happen in front of her very eyes. Choosing to leave the three teens to their devices, she walked off, still painfully aware of the eyes that watched her go. No doubt she'd be hearing from Bella at lunch how she shouldn't have left her to the wolves. And knowing that her twin would do so, she counted on it so that she could bring up a similar situation with Eric this morning. That would surely get her to keep quiet.

At lunch, Mike had practically bent over at the waist to pull out Bella's and Beth's chairs for them both, before grabbing one for himself. "Miladies," he gestured to the retrieved chairs.

"Why, thank you.." Beth nodded, watching from over another girl's shoulder as Jessica practically speed walked over to the table with another girl wearing glasses. Eric, already sitting down with his lunch, was talking with another girl, pausing his conversation to brag, "Hey, Mike. You met my home girls, Bella and Beth?" It wasn't hard to guess what was being implied here.

"Oh! Your home girls?" Bella felt Mike practically bristle beside her, moving further back in her chair as he leaned closer, almost territorially.

"My girls," Another guy, the same one from this morning that insulted the truck, popped out from seemingly nowhere, leaned over to kiss each of the twins' cheeks before pulling Mike's chair from under him. The fallen boy took chase, sprinting furiously after the other and straight out of the cafeteria. Eric laughed loudly at the spectacle, others from nearby tables joining in.

And then finally, with more than just a disappointed pout on her lips, arrived Jessica with the girl in glasses in tow. Fixing her face into a smile, she slid into the recently vacated seat, "Wow, it's almost like we're in the second grade all over again and you guys are the shiny new toys."

But before either of the two 'shiny new toys' could make a comment, a blinding flash shocked them both. "Smile!" It was the girl with the glasses, holding up a camera. Eric started from beside them,

"The feature's dead, Angie. Don't bring it up again!" And without further adieu, got up in a huff and left.

"That's not even elementary style. More like brutish cavemen," Beth commented, picking a piece of celery from Bella's plate and dipping it in a hearty coating of ranch. The taste of the vegetable by itself was absolutely horrible, there was no lying there. But somehow, food tasted different coming from another person's plate. At this, Bella threw her twin a light-hearted glare, placing a protective hand over her food and pushing it away just a little.

"Right? Right?" Jessica agreed wholeheartedly.

Beside her,  Angela dejectedly placed her camera on the table, "Oh, sorry. I guess we'll run another editorial on teen drinking."

"Or on why consent matters," Beth supplied and nudged Bella in her rib.

"Speedo- padding on the swim team..?" She suggested and much to her delight, both girls in front of them brightened almost instantly.

"Actually, that's a good one!"

"That's what I was thinking!"

"Kirk, right?" Jessica asked in glee, leaning over to the other girl beside Beth, who had been quiet up until this point.

"Jess, there's just no way."

"Why not? We're talking about Olympic size."

"Exactly, that's why it can't be true. Isabel would have said something."

Jessica paused before nodding, "Okay, that's true."

"Isabel?" Bella cut in.

The girl paused and straightened as if just remembering that they were new. Beth watched her cautiously, ready to muster up some stank ass reply at a moment's notice. Anything for old Twizz Sucker.

"Oh, she's one of my best friends," the girl gestured off to her left where a girl and guy were sitting off to the side at another table, sucking face like no tomorrow. Beth's eyebrows rose up, wondering where on Earth the teachers or cafeteria monitors were. Were they blind? And if that was Twizza's best friend, what did that mean for her? "I'm Lauren by the way, of course, Jessica's probably told you all about me already."

"Unfortunately, no," Bella pinched her sister's side once again, "I mean, she hasn't had the chance to. It's nice meeting you." And then hissed, "Keep your damn fingers to yourself!" to Bella, who watched her with an innocent smile.

"Lauren!" The girl, Isabel, called out to her then. And without so much as a goodbye, the girl herself got up and left.

"Eating disorders is another good one," her sister added, in an attempt to get the conversation back on track.

But Beth was no longer paying attention, her eyes catching sight of five, almost god-like, people sitting in the far left of the cafeteria. They had this strange picturesque quality to them, like they'd been painted by a perfectionist. They looked almost, unnervingly, perfect and inhumane. Almost manufactured instead of grown. And then Beth felt it, almost like an itch, she couldn't scratch. She couldn't put her finger on it, but there was something that felt oddly wrong about them.

"..What are you looking at, Beth?" she heard Jessica call to her, but before she could think to turn around and look somewhere else, the preppy-chic girl had already known. "Oh!" she started with an 'of course' tone. She leaned in then, as if sharing a dirty secret, hair almost spilling into her questionable pasta if it weren't for a patient Angela moving it out of the way in time, "Those are the Cullens."

Almost as if one of them heard, Beth could have sworn she saw the youngest looking one, a boy with the oddest hair colour; the same likeness to a penny, tilted his head the slightest bit in their direction and caught her eyes. Without thinking, she turned around to the table fully, now paying attention to what Jessica was saying. There was no possible way that he had heard them talking about him and his family- no way. Even if Jessica did have a loud mouth with a voice that seemed to carry over even the loudest part of the cafeteria, there was still no way he could have heard that.

Brushing it off as hunger, she snatched another piece of celery from Bella when she wasn't looking. The satisfying crunch brought her back to reality.

"-their mom can't have kids, so they had to adopt. It's weird though, because all of them are together- like together, together."

"Jessica, they aren't actually related!" Angela piped up beside her.

"I know, it's still weird though."

"Wow," Bella commented, "It's so nice of Dr. Cullen to adopt so many kids."

"I know, right? Maybe he'll adopt me?" Angela joked, giggling like a schoolgirl.

"Anyways, the blonde girl is Rosalie and her boyfriend, Emmett, is the big guy with dark hair." Beth could see that from the way Rosalie was looking into her reflection with a spoon, that she took pride in her good looks, because truly, she was stunning. She had this old beauty to her, that Beth hadn't seen a very, very long time. But the dark haired male, was so big- she would bet good money that he was definitely a bodybuilder or maybe even a farmer at one point. But with clothes like those, it was easy to tell- he was definitely not a farmer anymore. His biceps looked like they could accidentally kill her if he attempted to give her a noogie.

"The dark- haired girl is Alice and she's super, super weird. She's with Jasper, the blonde dude who looks like he's always in pain." Personally, the blonde male looked more uncomfortable and restrained...? Like he was uncomfortable with being in the presence of so many people at once. But the girl with the pixie cut, Alice, had this excited, almost secretive smile on her face like she knew something that nobody else did. She also seemed very smug and satisfied. Beth would give anything to know why she was so bubbly too.

"And the last one is Edward. He's totally hot, of course, but doesn't have a girlfriend- trust me, don't even think of trying. Apparently nobody here is good enough for his taste."

"Wasn't planning on it," Beth assured and had to wonder when Edward had turned her down and how he had done it so brutally that she'd become so bitter about it. "Have you ever thought that maybe he's queer?"

At this, Jessica sputtered, "what?" And then a booming laugh so loud, it echoed throughout the room, sounded from their table and Beth couldn't help but take a peek back at them.

The dark haired one, Emmett , had his head thrown back,gleaming teeth on show as he laughed. In fact, all of them looked as though they had just heard something so absolutely amusing. Well, all except Penny boy, of course. He looked almost angry and ...was that embarrassment? His hand was clenched into a tight fist as he glared down at the table, as if cursing it for mocking him.

Raising a confused eyebrow, Beth could only turn around and begin to listen to Jessica once more, prattle on about how many people were supposedly gay or a lesbian at the school after both Bella and Angela had become very quiet.

As soon as the bell rang, the twins were off to class together again, to Espanol. And then separated again, for Beth had Biology and Bella had Economics with Angela and Eric for last period. Unfortunately for Beth, Lauren and Mike were in her class, the latter adamant about walking with her while the former simply rolled her eyes and walked off as quickly as possible. Beth didn't mind one bit. Lauren was already not well liked by Bella and Beth saw no reason to be nice to the nasty girl if that was all she was going to be. She ran a strict policy that carried over into this life; 'Treat people how you want to be treated' and that stuck with her. So that's exactly what she planned to do.

Walking into the Biology classroom, Beth had to stifle a gasp. Penny boy, Edward, was there in what seemed to be the only seat available. Wincing and knowing her luck, she knew that her hope for his lab partner to be one of the other students loitering in the class was hopeless.

He watched her through pensive eyes, trying to piece together what exactly made her and her twin sister so special in the eyes of all the humans that surrounded him and his family. Personally, he didn't see anything too special. The new girl, Beth (the name he picked from Mike Newton's overly hormonal brain), was just plain. Average. Sure, she had this unique beauty one didn't see very often, but she was still a plain Jane in every sense of the term. Her brown hair that reminded him of dirt hung in loose waves that framed her face, brown eyes piercing him and- His own butterscotch pools widened in alarm, her mind was silent! For the first time in his immortal life, he could not read a human's mind. It was...unnerving for him, having expected to hear thoughts about how 'he was so good looking' and how she 'should not get emotionally attached because of what Jessica said'. Blah, Blah blah... But there was nothing, not even a peep. He even had to question if she had any thoughts for a second, she certainly didn't look like the type of girl who was overly smart and studious in her approach to school.

And then Beth stepped in front of the fan that blew a giant whiff of her scent towards him. He barely held himself back from launching over the cool black tabletop, his hand slapping over his mouth and nose in a feeble attempt at keeping her scent away from his senses that screamed 'Food!', 'Feast on her!' & 'Kill her!'. The monster inside of him raged as he sat there, silently still and glaring at the girl who's thoughts he couldn't hear. Already, he was forming plans in his mind to lure her out of the classroom very soon and have his wicked way with her...delectable blood that ran through her veins. Even now, he could hear her pathetic heart pumping furiously as it tried to push the blood up to her cheeks. Good lord, he could taste her sweet nectar in his mind right now, just from the small smell he got of her from not a second ago.

'Stop!' Alice screamed in her head as she got more and more visions of her brother killing one of the new girls, each more disturbing than the last.

Immediately, Edward felt shame, the girl was only minding her business with Mr. Molina- unaware that a predator watched her every move and listened in on every beat of her heart. He was disgusted, truly.

Meanwhile, poor Beth was trying to stay calm as Mr. Molina handed her slip back and pointed her to Penny boy's table, completely unaware that she'd be sitting less than three feet away from someone who could kill her within the blink of an eye. What was his issue? Why was he reacting like that? His mouth and nose was covered by long, pale fingers as though he had just smelled the foulest thing of his life. Beth hitched on a step, was it her? Did she smell like the truck? Taking a subtle sniff of her shoulder, she easily deduced that no- she did not stink of tobacco and old people...so why was he reacting so horribly? Sliding into her seat, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed and offended by his move to shift his stool to the far- FAR -side of the table, putting ample distance between the two. And something that didn't happen often, had to happen then- Beth blushed and then the glare in his eyes deepened tenfold. Beth felt a streak of shame, turning her eyes to the front of the class as she tried to ignore the stare she felt boring a hole into her neck.

The boy next to her looked like the angel of death, what with the white wings of an owl that sat just behind him on a shelf. Beth felt her breath hitch, was he the angel of death? Had he recognized his mistake in sending her to live again? Was he going to take her back to that empty peacefulness she had felt before being birthed the second time? And then quickly, she snapped out of her revere- it was only a teenage boy! It was just a coincidence that he looked like an angel with his wings spread.

And then all too soon, the bell rang to signify the end of school and Penny boy had shot up faster than she could say 'flight from death' and practically sprinted out the door, coat swishing behind him.

"Did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or something?" A voice chuckled beside her. Beth blinked and looked at the friendly face of Mike Newton, trying to come back from her thoughts above the clouds. What was that lesson about? Had it really been forty minutes already?

She sighed, "Nope." And left to meet Bella at the office with a quick wave to the ever eager puppy boy.

"It's freezing outside!" Bella had greeted her sister, hands numbing and nose turning pink from the cold.

"I know," Beth started, checking over hers and Bella's slip to ensure they were fully filled out. Her mind kept flickering back to Penny boy and his rude reaction, though. "How about you warm up the car and I'll give these in?" At her sister's nod, Beth turned and made her way through the double doors again before groaning internally. Of course it was him!

Bella half-ran, half-walked to her truck, carefully maneuvering her way around the puddles and shrieked when someone barrelled into her, making her lose her footing and slip all over the place. Had she struck a wall?

"I got you," Beth caught her for the hundredth time and Bella breathed a sigh of relief.

"Asshole," Beth muttered, looking after the jackass that hadn't even bothered to say sorry for bumping into her sister.