Hey everyone, thanks for reading! This is my first fanfiction and so I'm not too sure how it will turn out. Let me know what you think of it!

Lexi x

You only live once

Chapter 1

Allie Greyson knew what she wanted to do with her life, although that didn't seem to matter to her mother, who had everything already planned out. Allie was to go to Edinburgh University and study medicine before coming back to Liverpool and having a successful career. This was the thing that Allie and her mother argued the most about. Allie wasn't sure if medicine was the best career option for her. She had always enjoyed dancing and had wished from a young age that she would one day open a dance school for kids. This wasn't good enough for her mother who wanted nothing but the best paid job for her daughter. It had been the same with her sister Liz, who had been pressured into studying Law at Cambridge University by their mother when Allie knew it was her wish to become an author. Allie could remember four years ago when her mother had threw a story Liz had been working on for a while in the bin. Allie had read it and thought it was actually quite good but their mother had thought differently. Liz was devastated by what their mother had to say and in the end just gave in and applied for law.

Allie didn't want to be like Liz, always wishing she had done something different. She wanted to follow her dream of being a dance instructor. However, this wasn't the only thing Allie wanted. She also wanted to travel the world and see places other than her city of Liverpool in England. It wasn't that she didn't like England, she did, but she didn't want to be stuck there forever. She and her mother had argued when Allie had voiced plans to travel the globe and after many tears, it had been decided Allie would be allowed to take a year out before university and go to America, where her mother's sister lived. The only condition her mother gave was that she had to find an apartment in Forks, near her auntie who lived in La Push. That way, rather than just travelling, Allie would live in Forks and take trips to different places. It made her mother feel better knowing she would have somewhere to always go back to if she ever got low on money or just wanted to take a break. This was fine with Allie who loved her auntie more than anything and had always wanted to go and visit her. She had even thought of just living in Forks for the whole year if she liked it well enough and if she made friends.

Allie had never really fit in in school. It wasn't because of her looks; she was actually quite pretty with her long wavy brown her and her delicate features. It was more to do with the fact that she didn't really get along with girls her age. She didn't care about clothes or makeup, she was happy to wear comfy clothes and no makeup to school. She didn't really have much to talk about with other girls since she wasn't really interested in celebrities and she didn't read magazines. Allie would rather curl up on the sofa with a good book rather than go to parties.

Also, another thing that annoyed Allie about girls her age was how much they love to talk about boys and sex. Allie was still a virgin and didn't plan on that changing anytime soon. At 18, she was sure she was the only virgin in her year at school but this didn't bother her. She didn't want to be pressured into anything she didn't want. She didn't have a boyfriend and didn't want her first time to be a one night stand, it just would feel right for her. No, she would wait until she met the right person, no matter how much she was teased by others for still being a virgin and in some cases for being a 'tease'.

Whilst Allie had been lost in thought her older sister Liz, who was 22, had come and sat on the bed and was looking at her sadly.

"Are you sure about this Al? I mean, you've never even been to America, how can you be sure you won't hate it and want to come back as soon as you get there?" This was something that had always annoyed Allie about Liz, she never did anything that was out of her comfort zone, even if she really wanted to.

"I'll be fine Liz, you know Auntie Kath is only fifteen minutes away in La Push, don't worry so much," Allie answered. In truth, Allie was also a bit nervous about her upcoming move to America but she didn't want it to show.

"Ok, just remember call me anytime, even if it's the middle of the night I don't care. I might even come visit you in a few weeks when you get settled in."

After a few more minutes of hugging, the sisters broke apart and Allie carried on packing her things, she was leaving in the morning and she didn't want to forget anything.