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Blinking her eyes open, Y/N’s gaze fixed upon the white ceiling. She picked her eye bogger off while sitting up on her bed, feeling the cotton sheets beneath her crumple. The room felt untouched by her, unfamiliar .
‘Where….?’ She frowned, ‘Where the hell am I?’ Y/N ran a through her hair , tugging it by the unfamiliarity around her and swung her legs off the bed, feeling the carpeted floor beneath her toes , 'Uncomfortable..' Glancing at the suitcase beneath her feet, she gambled that it was full of her personal belongings. This would mean she had most likely just arrived somewhere seeing as the suitcase was haphazardly unzipped, her clothes strewn about.
The soft sounds of rain slapping against her glass window was comforting, grounding her from unknown. Gazing out the window and finding out that it was cold and wet, the entire sky was tinted in a greyish blue. She couldn’t tell if it was early morning or evening, but based on the birds chirping, it seemed to be dawn. How pleasant. Her waking up in whole entirely differenet world wasn't something new to her . However, the knowledge of where she was always came slowly to her . It was quite irritating, to say the least.
Stumbling her way into the bathroom connected to the room, she turned on the faucet and splashed the cool water on her face, the crisp water on her face got her thoughts in place, just a bit.
Relief washed over her when she realized that she still looked herself. Huh, she looked to be herself when she was in high school? Y/N shook her head and stepped back into her room, looking around somewhat frantically. Which world did she wake up in??
A ringing in her ears began, soft at first, crescendoing into a roar. She always hated this part, the memories, emotions and information, all rushing to cram itself into her mind. The thumping was too much to bear so she layyed down on her bed while the memories unlocked themselves.
Ah, she was Y/N L/N in this world too. A side character. Just moved in from Solvenia as a transfer student. Her parents had been friends with Charlie Swan before they moved. She called him ‘beard man’ Charlie when she was young. All her memories from the real world were merging into place.
Hearing a quite knock then… ‘Hey, kid! School starts… in … almost an hour!’ A gruff voice called, pulling her away from her thoughts.
Getting here a few days earlier than his daughter , Bella. She was moving in from phoenix apparently and would be arriving not long after Y/N.
Wait… Ain't no way….
Charlie Swan? Daughter named Bella?
‘oh my mother fucking god’ She grunted, ‘Really? Twilight? How am I meant to survive here!?’
‘Hey, everything alright?’ The voice was closer now, outside of her door. It was probably Charlie.
‘Yeah, m’fine just drowsy from the flight coming here!’ She called through the door, slumping further down, head in her hands.
The doors handled screeched open then the door slowly whined open, revealing a handsome middle aged man.
‘Y/N, do you… is there anything….’ Charlie began, his eyebrows were drawn in concern, also drawn into a frown.
‘I’ll be ok, i promise. When did you say Bella was coming back again?’ She sighed out, dropping her hands , trying to make him less worried for her and looking up at the man with a smile.
‘Tomorrow! Did you wanna just start school with her on Monday?’ He asked with a small smile, returning it.
‘NO , no…. it’s okay, I’ll go today so I can at least show her around. After all today is Friday, i'll have the weekend to prepare for her arrival . It’s the least I could do.’ Y/N said now standing and moving to her suitcase. Charlie was empathetic. Kind. Y/N felt bad for him in this story. Bella had some of his traits but wasnt exactly a good daughter. She thought, slapping on an appropriate outfit for school. Y/N narrowed her eyes looking out the window at the drizzly sky before deciding to grab a sweater just in case.
Augh, highschool.
Charlie had driven her there and offered to take her to the office but Y/N only shook her head. She didn't want to inconvenience him and she wanted some type of independence for her first day.
‘I’ll be fine Charlie, thank you for the ride though, I’ll see you for dinner?’ She smiled at him. Charlie had offered for her to borrow the car that he had bought for Bella but seeing that Y/N did not want know where the school was, and maps was confusing , she declined.
‘Alright kiddo, give ‘em hell!’ He waved, before shifting gears out of parking and preparing to make his way to work. Y/N waved as he rolled away, allowing her smile to slip when he was well out of sight.
‘Okay, just keep your chin up.’ She sighed, giving herself encouragement. Trudging past the horde of teenagers and into the school building. There were a couple of stares here and there that Y/N fully ignored. She made her way through the pruned shrubbery and a walkway, following the sign that indicated she was going in the right direction.
The office was small, disgustingly warm, smelled like cinnamon and teenagers , stuffy is one word for The pastel yellow reminded her of hospital walls. Felt comfy nonetheless.
Y/N cleared her throat. Trying to catch the attention from behind the desk of the woman, click-clacking away at a computer and chewing her gum rather loudly.
The ginger-haired woman looked up, pushing a finger under her glasses. "Can I help you?"
"I'm Y/N L/N," Y/N informed her, watching the light behind the woman's eyes slowly blink on with a tight smile. Oh okay , seems like tell gets around fast here, Y/N grumbled in her mind. Forks was a small town and she had no doubt that everyone knew that she was an outsider. The girl who left her parents to come study in America! Hopefully she wouldn't be ask any stupid questions.
"Of course," the lady from behind the desk said. She dug through a precariously stacked pile of documents on her desk till she found the ones she was looking for.
"I have your schedule right here, and a map of the school." She brought several sheets to the counter.
‘Thanks very much ma’am. Have a great day.’ Y/N smiled at her hoping it was polite before pushing out of the office doors ,into the unpleased outside.
Pushing through the of students, she glanced at her schedule and up at the classroom numbers, filtering through the rooms before finding her own.
Slipping into a classroom marked on her schedule, she walked, silently to the back and sat down.
Trying to occupy herself and ignoring all the students around her until the teacher would inevitably call out her name and all the attention would be on her.
Great.
She slumped into her table and pulled her hoodie up to cover her head. Y/N was praying and hoping that none of the Cullen's were in her class. ANY of her classes , matter of the fact. She didn’t need the mind reading and gawking eyes in her brain or the still flighty, ex-soldier who was struggling with his cravings. Alice would be the best option , honestly, she seemed to be the nicest sibling in the family ,Emmett being the funniest.
‘Y/N L/N?’ The teacher called, raising an eyebrow at the unfamiliar name. She could hear the roughness of his voice. Y/N could hear the whispers , along with the gazes.
Even more great.
‘YES… uh, that's me.’ Y/N said, in a whisper. Shrinking back into her seat as she felt eyes burning into the board behind the teacher. Now, she felt almost bad for Bella. She would have it worse, being the chief's daughter and all.
Someone was staring, boring their eyes into her form.
Y/N looked to the side, shifting her gaze from the board to her left slightly.
Black eyes glinting. Nay, burning a hole into her own. High cheekbones, reddish brown hair and pale perfect skin.
Bro…
The boy jerked his head back so hard, looking as if he had been hit. He gave a quiet gasp, shaking his head and gripping his desk. Y/N was in the same homeroom as Edward Cullen .{oohhh shittings}
The bell rang, a nasally drone. Y/N stood quickly, grabbing her backpack and rushing to her first class. With the hallways filling up quickly, she has to find her way fast before she….
She was lost.
‘Maps was so confusing, how the fuck did people use this tool.’ She snarled quietly, as the hallways began to slowly filter out people, leaving her standing at a locker that she didn't own.
‘Are you lost?’ A soft, melodious voice, from behind Y/N snapped the poor girl to attention.
‘What in the flying-’ Y/N whipped around, brandishing her schedule like a weapon.
‘Are you lost?’ The question came again, gentler .
Y/N’s eyes widened, realizing the owner of the voice.
Edward Cullen.
Bro.
‘I uh, yes but I’ll find my way thanks, don’t let me keep you from class!’ She sputtered out, hastily , backing away from the boy who gazed curiously at her. Y/N didn’t give a chance for the boy to respond, power walking away to a direction of which she only hoped was semi-sure correct. Seeing as Edward Cullen was meant to be a mind reader, Y/N wasn't too sure about being within a five foot radius of him. What if he killed her because she knew he was a vampire or for the other stupid thoughts she thought about him or his family.
Finding her way to her classroom ended up proving difficult as she had walked in the wrong direction. She had managed to end up in English without being too late. Luckily for her, she had already finished reading all the books they would be studying. She knew the content and remembered the gist of all her essays. English would be a breeze.
American History on the other hand, was a bum , seeing that she only knew alittle. However, she was confident that she would pick it up. After all, it wasn’t like she had to study for the other subjects. She had graduated highschool before.
Lunch came around and Y/N had followed the rest of her gym class to the cafeteria. Edward was in the same gym class as her but she split off as soon as the coach blew his whistle. She ended up trying to think of anything that wouldn't draw his attention.
‘So, you found your way to class alright.’ Edwards' voice came from behind Y/N.
‘I did, thank you.’ Y/N stiffened, grabbing onto an apple hard, trying to not break the flesh of the apple. She wanted to just leave with what's left on her lunch plate. Would that be weird? Seeing that there was just an apple.
‘Hi! You must be Y/N! I see you've met Edward!!’ A girl from behind Edward hummed. She was shorter, hair in a manic pixie cut and a knowing smile. ahh Alice. Behind her was another boy, blonde and just as chiselled as Edward and there was Jasper.
‘Come sit with us!’ The Alice grinned, as she gestured towards an empty table. The Jasper seemed to be in pain.
‘She won’t be sitting with us.’ Edward snapped, voice strained.
Y/N frowned and sneered at him.
‘Don’t worry, I wasn’t even thinking of it.'
The girl spun around and walked off to return her tray. Y/N had lost her appetite and her temper. She sent Edward one last scathing look before grabbing her apple from the tray and storming off. Y/N didn’t need to be friends with the Cullen's to survive, all she needed was be done with highschool.
The rest of the day was calm , nothing eventful happened, thank goodness. Y/N flew through the rest of the day, avoiding the Cullen's at ALL costs. She had briefly made friends with Angela, Y/N remembered she was kind in the books. One of the only only friends Bella had. Jessica also proved to be just as fun as she was in the books .
Later Y/N was tired and Charlie was still at work. She would have to walk home. Not that walking was an issue, it was more like she didn't actually quite remember where home was…
Crossing the car park, she slipped on her earphones and walked towards the road. Bella would be arriving tomorrow and the timeline would begin , it felt alighting being able to see the movie in real time. Y/N couldnt shy from the fact that she felt excitement fro-
Everything came in so fast - the screeching of tires on gravel, burnt rubber. Y/N only heard a loud cry came from in front of her before seeing a vehicle heading straight towards her.
The movies definitely lied. Edward was standing at least six meters away from her, gawking in complete terror. Y/N wasn’t quite sure why his mask of horror stood out from the rest of the crowd or why her eyes were drawn to him.
The dark blue van was now skidding towards her, brakes squealing.
It was the rain, it had turned the light snow to sleet causing the roads to become so slick. Y/N was standing between a parked car and the skidding van. There was nothing she could do. It was going to hit her no matter what she did and Y/N didn’t even have time to blink.
Panic rushing all through her, she closed her eyes, impacting for the terror that she is yet to come.
But, there was no crunch, something had only knocked Y/N over. Her head smashed against the wet gravel. Something hard? was pinning her to the ground and she had no idea where it came from. Slowly opening her eyes she only see the van was still speeding towards her , still speeding towards Y/N.
A recognisable voice let out a grunt, followed by long white hands that reached out defensively in front of Y/N, bringing the van to a shuddering halt, a ruler’s length away from her face. Y/N let out a gasp, watching the cold mist puff out, grazing the surface of the van.
‘Y/N? Are you hurt? Y/N?’ Edward’s low voice was panic-stricken. His eyes were wide, pupils trembling.
‘I'm ….I’m fine.’ Her voice came almost as whisper , still startled from what enveloped in front her. Blinking, she tried to sit up, but Edward was clutching her in a vice-like grip against his body.
Edwards hands had dented the van. Seeing it in real life was unbelievable.
‘Stay still, I'll carry you. You need to go to the hospital. You could have a concussion.’ His teeth were gritted, he looked, scared? What's going on? It wasn't as if she was Bella. Its not as if her death would have changed the storyline. Why had he saved her/ And why did he look so upset?
‘Are you okay Edward?’ Y/N was still whispering, slightly breathless.
‘Huh?’ The boy blinked in surprise, gazing down at the (most likely not) concussed girl. ‘You almost got crushed by a van and you’re asking me if I’m okay?’ His tone was incredulous, his jaw slack.
“I mean, you look so terrified and you… You were the one who stopped the van.. so’ She gave him a shrug, before wincing, clutching her shoulder with opposite hand.
‘Ah, your shoulder, is it hurt?’ He cringed, picking up his pace toward his car, the famed Volvo S60. Edward was conveniently avoiding her comments.
‘I mean its iffy. But-’ Y/N grasped onto Edwards shirt after he shifted her onto his one arm to reach for his keys.
‘Ow.’ She mumbled, fingers gripped onto his sleeve. She let her head rest on his chest for a second, eyes wrung tight. He was cool, like a popsicle yet dry? How no one else in the school notice they weren't normal beside the fact that they were devastatingly good looking.
‘Oh, sorry.’ Y/N released his shirt, flustered by her sudden vulnerability. ‘I didn’t mean to hold on to you like that. I only-’ The red cheeked girl rambled, waving her hands around.
‘We’re going to the hospital. Come on.’ He tucked the girl's body into the passenger seat and grabbed her seatbelt.
‘Mm, you’re so cold.’ Y/N blinked sleepily, head resting on Edward’s lingering hand on her seatbelt. His car had been running earlier, possibly ready for him to leave as soon as possible. Disappointedly the heater was not on, if i wasn't gonna die from the 'concussion', Edward thought i had , i would defiantly die from how cold his car was.
‘Y/N?’ Edward frantically fastened her seatbelt, his was surprisingly soft, and melodic. ‘Y/N don’t fall asleep.’ The boy was insistent, his cold marble like hands brushing over her face.
‘Just gonna close my eyes, don't worry.’ Y/N mumbled, eyes closing, feeling the cold smooth skin brushing over her forehead. His touch was gentle, almost as if touching a polished, prized relic
‘Y/N stay awake for me, come on.’ So gentle again, confusing, her eye-brows furrowed.
‘If I stay awake, will you drive me home?’ Y/N mumbled, blinking up blearily at the concerned boy.
‘No, Y/N we’re going to the hospital.’ Edward reluctantly drew back his hand and closed her door before rushing into the driver's seat. ‘I think you have a concussion.’
Thinking back on the grip Cullen had with one hand, seemed to be a hair away from crushing the steering wheel. His jaw was set and his eyes kept flickering to Y/N’s face. The other hand was firmly covering his mouth and chin with his palm. He looked anxious, his eyebrows were drawn together into a high pinch.
‘Hey, Why do you hate me? It’s my first day, I haven’t done anything yet.’ Y/N whispered, her eyes closing again, laying her head on the car window. She opened one eye, wanting to look at Edward. His eyes flickered to hers, face contorting into a small frown.
‘You.. you elude me. I can’t figure you out.’ He grimaced, well that makes two of us, eyes now back on the road. ‘It’s like you make everything quieter. I can't hear anything when I'm around you.’
‘Hear anything?’ Y/N’s eyebrows twitched. ‘What do you mean? I barely talked to you. Not to mention you basically told me to fuck right off at lunch.’
She glared into the side of Edwards face, hoping he felt her points, figuratively and literally. So what am i just like Bella with the no hearing of thoughts
‘oh, that. Forgive me, change is not something I’m used to. You had me quite confused.’ The boy tried for a smile that fell flat. He seemed to be trying to convince himself more than anything else.
He pulled into the parking lot, rushing to the passenger side after parking. With an insistent arm around Y/N’s waist, he led her to the emergency room and sped off to talk to a nurse.
‘Ah, Miss Y/N L/N!’ A smooth voice called her name. With the way he walked and his blonde hair and golden eyes, this had to be Carlisle Cullen. Quite handsome if you ask me.
‘Y/N/N!’ Charlie was charging towards her, barreling past Carlisle, who was going in the same direction. ‘Who the hell was it? Their licence is being revoked today.’ He was fuming, hands on his hips in a fatherly way. It made Y/N smile a little. It felt good to have a person care about her safety so much.
‘Uh, I don't know. I didn't see the-’
‘It was Tyler Crowely. His ridiculous van went swerving in the parking lot. I think she could have a concussion, please Carlisle.’ Edward reappeared, putting a hand on Y/N’s shoulder. The hand on her shoulder did not go unnoticed by Charlie and Y/N.
What was this boy on about? Confusing me.
‘I didn't mean to-’ Tyler's voice came from the doorway. He was being rolled in on a gurney, someone had called an ambulance for him most likely. He looked to be in worse shape than Y/N in all honesty. His forehead was bleeding and his arm was in a makeshift sling.
‘It’s o-’
‘It’s not okay.’ Edward snarled, drawing the thin privacy curtain between Tyler and Y/N. Charlie nodded in approval, coming to stand beside Carlisle. Seeing how passionate both of them were Y/n decided to not say anything else.
‘So, I'm Dr Carlisle Cullen. I'm Edwards' father. I heard you were almost hit by a van? Do you have a headache? On a scale of one to five, how much pain are you in?’
‘It feels like a dull ache. I'd say two?’ Y/N smiled tiredly. ‘I just really wanted to take a nap but Edward wouldn't let me in the car.’ She nodded at said boy, who was glared down at her in concern. Seeing how Charlie and Carlisle was not surprised by what Y/N was saying , i assume that Edward has filled them in the situation.
‘Well he was right. It’d be harder for me to assess you if you were asleep!’ Carlisle chuckled, taking a pen light from his pocket, ‘Okay, I’m going to do a few tests, it'll take a minute. Bare with me alright?’ He gave Y/N a dashing smile to which she nodded.
Edward had disappeared mid way through the tests and Y/N had a pretty good idea that he was being yelled at by Rosalie, just like in the movies. As Y/N’s primary caregiver, Charlie had gone to fill out a few forms. Thanks to Edward, Charlie didn’t have to pay any ambulance fees.
Seeing as she was discharged, Y/N decided to test her theory, walking down a corridor next to the Emergency Department she found Edward and Rosalie talking animatedly.
Trying to snoop in to the argument like conversation but swiftly getting caught..
‘Uh, hey. You must be Rosalie.’ Y/N smiled nervously, breaking up the conversation that didn't seem to be going in favour of Edward. The blonde haired girl gave her a cold look. That stare is sterner in real-life. This would probably be the make or break whether or not Rosalie Hale would like Y/N. Hopefully Y/N would be on her good side.
‘I won't tell. I won't even ask.’ Y/N’s face became serious, coming to stand in front of the two.
‘I’m not stupid, I know you know that we aren't human. I process fast, I'll save you from mopey, emo Edward.’ She glanced at him, giving him a playful smirk. Rosalie’s eyebrows were raised, with a surprised smile.
Oh? so no killing me for knowing the family secret?
‘Excuse me, mopey and emo?’ Edward looked offended, arms crossing.
‘Yeah, we talked about this in the car, remember?’ She grinned, nudging him. ‘He said that I eluded him and that he wasn't used to change.’ Y/N rolled her eyes, joining in.
‘Huh, eluded?’ Rosalie tilted her head, suddenly interested.
‘Yep, honestly I have an idea of what that means but I’m not fully sure just yet.’ Y/N hummed, tilting her head to match the blonde girl.
‘Y/N right? How'd you figure it out?’ Rosalie looked impressed and cautious at the same time. This was different, she hadn't seemed so reasonable in the books.
‘Well, a huge giveaway was when Edward went from being in front of his car to being next to me in under a second. That wasn’t very human, and don't tell me that was because I was concussed.’ Y/N pointed a finger at Edward before he could interrupt. ‘Don’t make me go ask for the security camera footage Cullen.’
Edward, with wide eyes, raised his hands in defeat.
‘She's a smart one.’ Rosalie hummed in appreciation.
‘Although I'd love to continue this conversation here, it’d be safer to continue this at home.’ Dr Cullen appeared behind Y/N, making her jump slightly.
‘Holy crap. That's not normal either.’ She huffed, putting a hand over her heart. Rosalie chuckled and put a hand on Y/N’s back, trying to sooth her.
‘Edward will make a date, you can meet the rest of us.’
‘Sounds like a plan!’ Y/N grinned, happy that Rosalie seemed so accepting. It was probably due to the fact that Edward wasn't attracted to Y/N, seeing as in the books, Rosalie was at first cruel at Bella and jealous of Bella’s humanity. Honestly it was a reasonable reason to be jealous. Bella was able to do all the things Rosalie couldn't, grow old and have children.
After agreeing to discuss the details at a later time, Y/N followed Edward back to the parking lot. Charlie had just finished the paper work, waiting by his police cruiser. He was stuck between giving Edward the stink eye and being grateful that he saved Y/N from the van debacle.
‘Everything alright?’ He gave Y/N a hearty hug.
‘I should be fine, i’ll let you know if I'm feeling unwell Charlie.’ She nodded, flashing him a reassuring grin.
‘Thank you Edward, truly.’ Charlie nodded at the boy, turning into the chief now, sticking out his hand for Edward to shake.
‘No problems Chief. Would have done it again.’ Edward gave a warm grin. The one that probably caused all girls within a five foot radius to swoon, but it just confused but she just pushed it aside.
‘I’ll see you soon Y/N.’ He said, as Y/N slid into the passenger seat, waving at him.