Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse (which is coming out soon!) because my name is not Stephenie Meyer, and if it were, why would I be here writing fanfics? I would be doing better things with my time, like working on Breaking Dawn or Edward's version of everything.

Chapter 1: The Cullens

It was summer in Forks, meaning there was a slight chance of sun out of the normally rainy days that we normally have throughout the rest of the year. I had just had breakfast and was getting ready to call my best friends: Adelle and Jade to see if they wanted to drive down to the nearest water park because it wasn't raining. I picked up my black Samsung Stripe and dialed Jade's number first.

It rang twice until Jade picked up. "Bueno," Jade said into the phone. She and I enjoyed speaking in Spanglish to each other, a bad habit we had picked up during our sophomore year of high school.

"Hola Jade, hold on, let me get Adelle," I replied as I put Jade on hold and called Adelle and put her onto a conference call.

"Hey, Jade and Bella, what's up?" Adelle asked.

"Hey, Bells and Adie. Not much. I just let out Pepper (her dog, a Yorkshire Terrier) and was getting ready to sit down in front of the TV and watch Henry Cavill in 'I Capture the Castle', man that boy is hot!" Jade replied.

"Well, rethink that. Want to drive to the nearest water park for the day?" I asked.

"Bella, that's a great idea. You should invite the new kids. Doctor Cullen, who will be working at the hospital, and his family just moved in down the street from us (AN, I know they live way in the woods, but pretend they live somewhere closer to Bella that she can get to by walking. It's still a huge house; it's just closer into town.) And he has two kids your age and three kids a year older. I'm sure they'd love to tag-along." My mom said as she came into the room.

"Well, guys, what do you think?" I asked Jade and Adelle.

"Sure, I guess. Go ask them and we'll come meet you at your house around 1:00," Adelle told me.

"Okay, hablaré con ustedes later!" I told them as I hung up the phone (AN, Translation: I'll talk to you guys later).

"It's just down the way, Bella. Go right when you leave the house and follow the road until you see a break in the woods on the right. There will be a dirt path that leads about one hundred feet into the woods and you'll see the house. Tell their parents that they are free to come over anytime." My mom told me as she kissed me on the cheek and walked me to the door.

"Okay, thanks, Mom. Love you!" I told her as I headed towards the Cullen house.

My mom's directions were head-on. I followed the road until I came to a break in the trees and I saw two ancient-looking trees that created an archway towards a long dirt path. I started to walk down the path and about a hundred feet or so, I saw a large white house looming in front of me. As I came closer I saw the intricate details of the house.

It was a beautiful, white, Victorian style house with a large wrap-around porch and a ton of large windows. The front yard looked like a vast meadow and I swore I could hear a creek flowing in the backyard.

I walked up the front steps and half-expected them to creak as my navy blue flip-flops touched the antique-looking wood. I was amazed by the soundlessness of my steps. I took a deep breath as I rung the newly installed doorbell. I heard it ring a tune as the bells echoed through the house and then footsteps and shouting as someone bounded to the door to answer it.

"Hi, my name is Esme, you must be one of the neighbors," A beautiful woman with soft billows of caramel-colored hair and a soft-looking face told me.

"Hi. I'm Bella Swan, the Chief of Police's daughter. We live down the street. I was planning on going to a water park with a couple of my friends and my mom had mentioned that there were a couple of teens our age here, and we were wondering if they wanted to come with us." I told Esme.

"Um, let me see. ALICE, EDWARD!" Esme yelled into the house, to her children my age, I presumed.

"Yes, Mom?" I heard a boy ask, with a voice that sounded like it could only come from angels. I stepped a little to the side in hopes of seeing the boy but before I could get a look, a beautiful girl with pale skin, pixy-like black hair, and vibrant blue eyes ran outside to greet me (AN, in this story, they are all human, and since we don't know what color Alice's eyes are, I'm making them blue…please don't hate me.).

"Hi! I'm Alice! You live down the street? Please tell me you are going to be a junior at Forks High; it would be so nice to know someone! Oh I love your shirt!" The extremely hyper girl told me.

"Hi, Alice. I'm Bella. And yes, I live down the street and I will be a junior at Forks High also. And thank you, my friend Jade forced me into this shirt," I replied.

"Alice, calm down. Give her a chance to breathe," the boy said and as he stepped out of the house, I gasped. He was absolutely beautiful. He had bronze hair and bright green eyes that contrasted with his pale skin amazingly. He was still a bit boyish but looked much older than I did and wasn't too lanky or too bulky.

"It's okay. I like her so far," I replied.

"My name's Edward. It's nice to meet you, Bella," Edward told me, smiling a crooked smile that I automatically fell in love with.

"Hi. I was just wondering if you guys wanted to come with me and my friends to the water park for the day," I told them.

"I'd love to!" Alice exclaimed.

"Yeah, that sounds like fun. Let me see if Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie want to come with us," Edward replied. I couldn't help but notice that when Edward said he'd go, he looked right at me. But I highly doubt that anyone as amazing as Edward Cullen would like me, plain old Isabella Marie Swan.

"Sure. I'm sure Jade and Adelle would love to meet them as well," I added.

"Come on, Bella. Let's go up to my room and I can help you pick out a swimsuit!" Alice told me as she took my hand and led me upstairs.

"But I already have a swimsuit!" I protested.

"Yes, but I have the perfect one for you. Besides, Edward obviously likes you and you'll want to look your best," Alice explained.

"Come on, there's no way Edward likes me. I'm so average!" I replied.

"I saw the way he was looking at you. He obviously likes you," Alice told me.

"Seriously? Are you sure?" I asked, flabbergasted.

"Yes. Now come on! This one looks perfect!" Alice told me, pulling out a plain black bikini set with boy shorts from Victoria's Secret.

"Alice, I can't wear this," I told her, holding up the bikini as if it were radioactive.

"Yes you can, and you will. Just try in on, trust me, you'll look amazing!" Alice replied as she pushed me into her bathroom, which I may add, was HUGE! It was bigger than my own bedroom and our living room combined!

I put on the swimsuit beyond my own accord; by I figured that if I hadn't, Alice would have probably forced me into it. To my intense surprise, I loved how it looked. It made me look almost like a model!

"How does it look?" Alice asked from behind the door.

"Alice, you are brilliant, it looks amazing!" I replied back.

"Good, I'm already changed, so you can come out," Alice told me. She had put on a pink string bikini with a pair of dark wash jean shorts and a white tank top with Hawaii on the front. She handed me a pair of medium wash jean shorts and a periwinkle blue tank top with HCO and a palm tree on the front.

"Wow, Alice, you look great!" I told her.

"Thanks, you look amazing as well. Wait until Edward sees you, he's going to go nuts!" Alice exclaimed as she pulled me downstairs.

"Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper said they'd come too. Bella, where are we meeting your friends?" Edward asked from the kitchen.

"They are going to be over at my house in about a half an hour. We should probably eat before we leave for the water park," I explained.

"Sounds good. Do you guys want me to make you some lunch? I can barbeque some burgers and hotdogs. I know we have fries in the freezer. I hope you like baked fries, Bella, I don't usually keep real French Fries in the house, normally," Esme told me.

"Oh baked is preferred, anyway. Let me call up Jade and Adelle and see if they want to join," I replied.

"Okay. Edward, Rose, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Bella, do you guys want hamburgers, hotdogs, and fries?" Esme asked.

"Yeah! Give me five hamburgers!" Emmett called as he ran into the room in a pair of green swim trunks and a white t-shirt. He had a girl in tow, Rosalie, I presumed, who was in a burgundy string bikini with a white flower on her bikini top. Rosalie was absolutely gorgeous too, like supermodel gorgeous. I couldn't believe it was possible to be that pretty. Suddenly Emmett grabbed Rosalie and kissed her forcefully. Now I was confused. Weren't they like, related?

"Bella, don't worry, they are all adopted. I can't have children, so I've cared for Edward, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper as if they were my own since they were young. Rose and Jasper are twins and they are the Hales, my niece and nephew. Edward, Emmett, and Alice are the Cullens," Esme explained to me.

"And Jasper is my boyfriend," Alice told me.

"Oh, okay. I was slightly grossed out for a minute," I told them.

"Don't worry. We are all mostly normal here," Edward replied. "Minus Emmett, I think he was dropped on his head too many times as a baby."

"I RESENT THAT!" Emmett exclaimed as he punched Edward lightly in the shoulder.

"Ow, my ego!" Edward replied, rubbing his arm.

"Baby," Emmett accused.

"Boys, behave yourselves, we have a guest!" Esme said, calling them to order.

"Sorry, Mom," both boys said in unison.

"Now behave, I'm going to go cook the food," Esme replied.

"Wait, let me call Jade and Adelle!" I said as I pulled out my phone and called them. They both said they'd just meet me at the house at the designated time and they couldn't wait to meet the Cullens.

"Are they coming?" Esme asked.

"No, they are going to meet us at my house. Oh, speaking of which, my mom said she would love to meet you, Esme," I told her.

"Oh, of course. Alright, let me get the food going," Esme replied as she took our orders and took the food outside to be cooked.

"Alright, who wants French fries?" Alice yelled out as she pulled out a bag of baked shoestring fries from the freezer. We all started shouting out replies.

"I think we'll need more than one bag, Alice. Especially with Emmett's appetite." Edward told her.

"I agree, bake me three bags!" Emmett requested.

"Emmett, you want to be strong, not overweight. Ease it up on the food," Rosalie commented

"How about I make two bags?" Alice asked.

"Good idea," I replied. "I'll help you."

"Okay."

About 15 minutes later the food was ready because Alice and I pan-fried the French Fries. They were actually really good. And Esme's barbeque was amazing. We all argued over the food like we'd known each other all of our lives when in reality it was more like 45 minutes. Once we were done we left for my house in Edward's Volvo to go meet Jade and Adelle and then we would split into two cars and leave for the water park.