All Grown Up by Saewod

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All Grown Up by Saewod
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Name: All Grown Up
Author: Saewod
Chapter 1 to 30
Bella is a geeky, awkward young teen when the Cullen’s move in next door. Alice becomes
her best friend; however Alice’s much older brother does little much than think of her as a
younger sister. Through the years Bella grows into herself and catches more attention than
she wanted, but she also catches attention that she never imagined that she would get.
Don’t expect meet and fall in love in the next day with my stories. It’s not how I roll. I like
a little more reality in there for my stories; though I do try to build that pull and that
bonded attraction that they feel with each other
Unfortunately for me I do not own Twilight or the characters; however, I am the puppet
master that makes them bend to my every command (insert evil laugh here).
Chapter 1 – High School the Beginning
I remember the day the Cullen‟s moved in to the house next door. I was fourteen years old when
a tiny pixie girl showed up on our doorstep. I would have thought she was twelve for how small
she was.
“Hello.” I answered the door.
“Hi, I‟m Alice. I just moved in next door.” She beamed brightly in front of me. She was very
small and thin with straight black hair past her shoulders. She had fair skin, dressed like a Barbie
doll, and had gray eyes. She was adorable with her fine features.
“Alice, you could‟ve waited for me” spoke a petite fair skin woman with caramel colored curly
hair. She was curvy and reminded me of a 1950‟s screen actress. Her attention turned toward me
“Hello dear, I‟m Esme Cullen. We are your new neighbors. Are you parent‟s home?”
“Umm…hold on a second.” I turned back into the house “MOM!!! There are people at the
door!”
My mom came from the kitchen quickly; wiping her hands on a dish towel. “Yes?”
They introduced themselves again. “It‟s nice to meet the both of you. I‟m Sue Swan and this is
my daughter Bella.”
“Step-daughter” I mumbled. I still hadn‟t completely forgiven my dad for marrying Sue and
moving her two children in with us. I mean, I knew she made him happy and Sue treated me like
one of her own, but I was just used to it being me and Charlie since my mom left us.
Sue cleared her throat; I had clearly made her uncomfortable. “Please come in.” Alice bounced
in and Esme seemed to gracefully glide in like she was walking on air. She was truly stunning.
Sue and Esme headed to the kitchen. Sue turned around to me “Why don‟t you show Alice your
room dear?”
I turned to Alice apprehensively. “You want to see my room?”
“Definitely!” she followed me up the stairs.
After we entered she walked around and then walked out onto my small balcony. “Oh my
goodness!” She made me jump when she yelled. “Bella your room is straight across from mine!
If that tree wasn‟t in the way then we could basically see directly into each other‟s rooms!”
“Really?” I knew I wasn‟t being too friendly, but I also wasn‟t exactly a very forward, outgoing
person like Alice seemed to be. I knew once school started that most likely she would end up
with the popular crowd and I would remain with my small click of friends which was labeled as
the quiet geeky type.
“So what‟s all this?” she turned to my desk where all of my computer hardware and software
was.
“Umm…I like computers. A lot.” I bit my lip.
“I guess so.” She smiled at me. “Bella?”
“Yes Alice”
“I really like you. I think that we are going to be great friends.” She plopped down in front of my
stereo and started going through my CDs . “Oh my god I love this song” she screamed as she put
my „Prince Greatest Hits‟ CD in and turned on „Kiss‟; singing along.
From that moment forward we were best friends.
The weekend after meeting Alice and Esme all of our families became acquainted with each
other. The Cullen‟s had a barbeque to meet all of the neighbors. Charlie, Sue, Leah (my
step-sister), Seth (my step-brother), and me arrived before everyone else so that we could help
out with anything. Plus they lived right next door.
The Cullen‟s house was one of the biggest on the block. It was definitely bigger than our four
bedroom house. They had at least six bedrooms. Our house was beige with green trim theirs was
white with blue trim. The Cullens had a four car garage, we had a two car garage, and they had
the pool. Not that you could use a pool too much in Forks; however, the Cullen‟s had a heater
installed so that it was able to be used more.
Upon arrival we were greeted by Alice who almost tackled me in the entryway of the house, then
Esme introduced us to her husband Dr. Carlisle Cullen. Sue introduced all of us before heading
to help Esme in the kitchen; Leah followed. Dad and Carlisle headed to the barbeque to talk
sports. Alice and I headed out to the back yard.
“Come on. You can meet my brother.” She grabbed my hand and took me to the back yard at a
faster pace. “He‟s older, seventeen actually, but he is pretty cool sometimes; when he‟s not going
all over protective on me.”
We stopped in front of the most gorgeous boy I had ever seen. He was tall and lean, but still
muscular. His face was perfect as if angels had created it by hand and his hair. Oh god his hair
was beyond hot; it was a unique reddish-brown almost bronze. It was wavy and seemed to be
either perfectly unruly or styled to the best bed head hair I had ever seen; and those eyes, those
emerald green eyes. I couldn‟t breathe; infatuation began immediately.
“Bella this is Edward, Edward this is Bella.” She motioned between us.
All I could do was smile. “Hey Bella, nice to meet you” he smiled back.
Swoon!
“Head‟s up!” I heard Seth‟s voice. I looked up to see a Frisbee heading for my head. I ducked
quickly waiting for impact, but Edward had caught it.
“Thanks” I said as I felt color creep up into my cheeks.
Alice and I spent a lot of time talking under the tree that was between our houses; which would
become known as our tree. It was also where, by the end of that summer, build a tree house that
we could both access from our balconies; Esme and Sue had gotten quite tired of yelling at us for
climbing that tree over to each other‟s rooms. When it started to get dark we went to her room to
hang out. Leah joined us. Leah was alright. She could be a little stuck up and mean, but she was
okay; she just thought that since she was a year older that she knew it all.
Alice and Leah were going through Alice‟s closet discussing fashion and what they were
planning to buy for school this year. At least they had that in common, I wasn‟t a big fashion
type of girl; I like my jeans and T-shirts thanks; this was the night that Alice would find out
about my fashion sense and take her vow to teach me the ways of the shopper.
I’d rather be a
Jedi.
Let me take a moment to discuss my appearance. I was average; nothing special. I had fair skin,
wavy mahogany colored hair that came to my waist, plain dark brown eyes, black rim glasses,
and I was awkward and lanky. „All knees and elbows‟ is what Charlie would say about me all the
time. Compared to Leah, who was dark skinned, almost black hair, almond shaped hazel eyes,
and curve after curve I was definitely the ugly step-sister. Now compared to Alice as well, I was
definitely taking a hit to my self confidence.
It was hard to believe how quickly the summer flew by. Alice, Leah, and I had spent the majority
of the summer shopping –
ugh,
swimming, hanging out, and talking about boys. Well, Alice and
Leah talked more about boys than I did; though they both could tell that I had a crush on Edward.
I did have a crush. I knew that nothing would ever come of it; after all I was going to be a
freshman and Edward was going to be a senior. Not only that, but I was plain awkward Bella,
best friend to Alice. It was just a crush. By the end of that summer he saw me as a little sister.
Right before freshman year began, Alice decided to have a party. Charlie and Sue were going out
to dinner in Seattle with the Cullen‟s and Alice took their overnight trip to every advantage she
could. I think that she invited every person under the age of nineteen. Then came her attempt to
dress me for the party.
“Calm down Bella you look hot” I looked in her mirror and shrugged. Maybe if I had some curve
to my body, but I had none; I was a stick figure in tight jeans and a halter top. Ugh!
Alice drug me around her house to „mingle‟ with people. When we got to the game room that the
Cullen‟s set up in the basement, Edward was sitting with a group of guys drinking and playing
video games.
The semi circle around the large television consisted of Seth, Edward, James, Emmett, and Sam.
There were all calling each other names and taking bets on who would kick whose ass. I was
watching them all closely when I noticed Edward had turned to look at Alice and me. I smiled,
blushed and turned my head.
“Did you want to play Bella?” Edward asked.
I was shaking my head no when I heard Emmett – the loud guy who lived down the street –
speak up. “What? Yeah go ahead Cullen…a girl would play better than you?” He laughed
boisterously and everyone but Seth joined. Seth knew better and he smirked.
Seth spoke quickly before I could leave the room. “You know what? I need to run to the
bathroom. Bells, why don‟t you sit in for me until I get back?” He winked at me.
“You‟re going to let her take over your game dude? Are you crazy? We can wait for you.” Seth
shook his head. “Nah, it‟s alright.” He answered Emmett.
I walked over and took the controller from Seth. “Your loss dude.” Emmett finished.
Seth leaned and whispered to me “kick their asses Bella.” He smiled large as he headed off. They
were playing a game that we had at our house, but what these guys didn‟t know was that it was
my game and that I was a video game fanatic along with my computers.
Yeah, I was a geek all
the way around. Didn’t matter how you looked at me.
The cars were lined up and the race began. I sat cross legged is Seth‟s spot. I stayed back for the
first lap paying attention to how they all played. Second lap started and I floored it! In the
process I floored them all. On the final lap I had sent Emmett to wreckage, Edward was too
damaged to keep up, James had given up, and Sam was two places behind me. I finished first,
Sam third, and well the other didn‟t even matter.
I heard Seth laughing hard from behind the group. Everyone turned to him.
“You fucking knew that she would crush us?!” Emmett was astounded.
“Fuck yeah I did!” Seth pumped his fist in the air at me. I felt a boost of confidence that I hadn‟t
felt all night; then Seth took it away unintentionally. “Don‟t underestimate my video geek
sister!” He laughed at all of them. They all laughed.
I got up, sighing, handed Seth the controller back and went to find Alice.
“Hey Bella” I turned to that sweet velvety voice that I knew was Edward.
“Hmm?”
“Nice game.” He smiled and turned back to his friends. My heart fluttered and I internally smiled
the rest of the night.
My freshmen year went about the same except that Alice was still at my side. To say that I was
shocked that she stayed around was an understatement. She was envied by most of the school
because of her money, her fashion sense, her quick wit, and of course because they all
worshipped Edward Cullen.
By association I had become less invisible to everyone. Alice had decided to take over the school
newspaper and news station, which she pulled me in to. Typically a senior was the chief editor in
charge of the paper, but Alice was determined. She was slightly disappointed when she was not
able to get chief editor her freshmen year, but she was determined to have it by the end of
sophomore year. I of course handled the technical and computer stuff.
Alice tried to pull me into cheerleading, but after one session of her trying to „teach‟ me how to
do a cheer for tryouts and she finally agreed to leave me alone about it. I instead joined a
computer group after school, so while she had cheer practice I had meetings with my computer
group.
Our freshmen year had gone by typically smooth for a freshmen year. Summer had come up
quickly, and it was a lot of graduation parties; including Edwards. I remember that the night of
his graduation party, after our mom‟s had shooed us away from the partying that Edward and his
friends were beginning, Alice and I had crept out to our tree house to sleep. Okay well to spy on
the party; we were young.
We saw Leah, she got to stay since she was sixteen though by the looks of things she wasn‟t
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