Highschool Sweethearts

Bella and Jasper are twins who just moved from England to Beverly Hills and are new to Mason high school. The second that Bella and football Quarterback Edward Cullen meet, it is love at first sight for both of them. They decided there and then that they would be together no matter what. There is only one person who stands in their way. Edward’s girlfriend Tanya. RATED M FOR LANGUAGE AND LEMONS.

Chapter 1

January 4^th 2012

BPOV

“Fuck,” I muttered to myself as I dropped a box full of books on my right foot. I sat down on a chair, moaned and started rubbing my foot. I cannot believe that today is the day that I have been dreading for the past 4 months. Ever since my father Charlie Swan has called a family, meeting that will change my family’s life and mine. The day that my father told us that we would be leaving our home here in cold Edgware, London and moving to sunny Beverly Hills, California.  

Flashback

4 months ago

September 17^th

“Jasper wait up,” I called to my brother as we got off the school bus outside of our home in Apple Dore close, Edgware. He grinned at me.

“Come on then belles” he laughed. I gave him the stink eye as he called me the same name that he called me ever since I could remember.

“I hate it when you call me that. I grew out of it when I was 6 years old,” I growled.

I love Jasper. He is not only my twin brother but he is my best friend but I hate it when he calls me that name.

He laughed as we went into our two story home. I walked in home to find the kitchen full of smoke.

May god give me strength? I cannot believe that my mother is trying to cook again. She is one of those people who would burn water. This is the only reason why she has Mrs Cope come in every evening at 5pm to help her with the dinner. 

“Mum, what do you think that you are doing?” I laughed. I quickly opened up all the windows in the kitchen to get the smoke out as she sat down and sighed in defeat.

“I don’t know Bella. I wanted to put a nice dinner together. Your dad has some great news and I thought it would be nice to have a good dinner so that we could celebrate,” she said.

My father is a lawyer and is currently looking for work since the firm that he recently worked in has laid him off. He is damned good lawyer and I know that he will not be out of work for too long.

I started to help my mother clean and get the smoke out of the kitchen when I heard my father come in the front door. The second I saw him I knew that he had some good news for us because he was wearing this goofy look on his face as if he was saying I know something that you do not know.

“Hello family. I was hoping to request your presence in the living room in 5 minutes for a family meeting,” he grinned and practically skipped out of the kitchen.

My mother and I looked at each other and followed him. I went into the living room to find Jasper already sitting on our brown leather couch. I quietly went over and sat next to him. My mother sat on the love seat while my father was standing in the middle of the floor looking at all three of us grinning.

“Well there is no point in beating around the bush.”

“I GOT A JOB,” he yelled happily.

For a second I thought that I did not hear him properly but when he said it again I jumped up and hugged him tightly while jumping up and down. I was so happy for him. My father is one of those people who needs to work and would not know what to do if he had nowhere to go to in the morning.

He smiled down at me and told me that he was not finished and would I please go and sit down.  I went to sit down next to Jasper and he put his arm around me while my father continued.

“I didn’t get the chance to tell you the best part before I was interrupted,” he grinned at me. I looked down at my hands while my face blushed blood red.

“The firm is called Cullen & Denali. I was offered the position of a Senior Counsel and the pay is excellent. Now I know that it will be a big move but it is for the best for…………”

Jasper stood up and glared at our father.

“What do you mean when you said that that it will be a big move?” he snapped.

My dad looked at Jasper and I sheepishly.

“The firm is in Beverly Hills, California. They will be supplying us with a home, car and paying for our moving expenses. I will be able to send both of you to one of the best schools. So like I said it is a big move but it will be good for the family,” he mumbled.

Jasper got up and started yelling at dad while waving his hands around like a crazy person, while my mother and I simply sat there in stunned silence.

Dad put his hand up to stop Jasper when he was in the middle of shouting fuck you and I am not going.

“Now I know that this is a shock to everyone but it is the best for everyone. The two partners of the firm Carlisle Cullen and Garrett Denali want me in LA in January. They have us set up in a beautiful 5 bedroom home in Beverly Hills and the both of you can start the new semester at Mason High School.”

“Jasper, Bella. You are both only 17 years old and I know that this is a big change for both of you. But you need to realise that this is the best choice for the whole family and I don’t want to hear another word about it,” he said and left the room.

Just like that, it has been decided that we will be leaving our home in Edgware. A place that I lived in all my life and moving to Beverly Hills, California.

End flashback

I was suddenly brought back to the present when Jasper started yelling at me to get a move on. I have to admit that he adjusted to the fact that we are moving to LA quickly and is even excited to get there. I on the other hand am dreading it. I am a simple, quiet 17-year-old girl who loves reading and spending time with the few friends that I have. This place will be as if the world has gone blonde. I can just see it now. A place full of tall, blonde, stuck up, model’s wannabes. There figures will most probably be as plastic as their credit cards. There is no way that I am going to fit in over there. I am a short girl at 5ft 5ins with long boring brown hair and plain brown eyes. Jasper should fit right in with his blonde shaggy hair and blue eyes. He is the classic boy next door. At least he got his looks from mum when I got mine from dad.

“Bella, we would like to leave now and not in the next 5 years,” Jasper continued to call.

I got up off my chair and took a look around at the home that I lived in for the last 17 years. I sighed and walked out to where everyone was waiting for me in the car. As soon as I got in and put my seatbelt on, my father pulled out of the driveway and pulled away. I turned around and watched as my home faded away.

~*~HS~*~

2 Weeks Later

We have been living here in Hamel Drive, Beverly Hills, 90211 for a week and half already and it still does not feel like home. It is a beautiful house and for the first time I have a bathroom of my own but all I could think about was the nice cold weather of London and my friends going back to school full of stories about what they did over the Christmas holidays. Here the hot weather seems so unnatural for January. It has been 2 weeks of unpacking our boxes, dad being settled in to work and mum trying to find her way.

Today is the first day of school and I have to admit that I am scared shitless. Jasper on the other hand is excited to be starting a new school. At least he knows people who are also juniors of Mason High. He met our neighbour Emmett McCarthy the day after we got here when we were unloading the moving van. They have been fast friends ever since. They tried to include me in all of their plans but I kept shying away from Emmett. He was too intimidating with him been so big and was full of muscles. He seems like a genuinely nice person and I am sure that I will warm up to him.

I did not know what these California girls wore to school so I settled on a blue pair of knit colour leggings and a white sleeveless blouse. The second that I was dressed I ran down to our kitchen and grabbed a granola bar from the cupboard and poured myself a tall glass of cold orange juice which I drank down in one go.

It will definitely take me a while to get used to the warm weather here. Now it is 20 degrees here and usually that is a hot day in the middle of June or July in London. I looked around to see if either of my parents is home but the place was deserted. Just when I was, wondering how I was going to get to school a car beeped outside and Jasper came into the kitchen looking for me.

“Come on belles, Emmett is going to take us to school,” he said and went out to see his friend. I shoved the last of the granola bar into my mouth and ran out to join Emmett and Jasper. As soon as I got to the car, I could not help but notice the girl in the front seat. She was beautiful. Tall with long blonde hair, blue eyes and a figure that a model would die for. I got in the back seat with Jasper and the model turned around and gave me a dazzling smile.

“Hi. You must be Bella. I’m Rosalie, Emmett’s girlfriend but my friends call me Rose,” she smiled putting her hand out. I took her hand and shook it while I smiled back.

“Stick with me and you will be alright. I know what it like to be the new kid,” she reassured me.

“Thank you. I am so grateful,” I smiled sincerely. She smiled and turned around to look out the window at the scenery. 10 minutes later, Emmett pulled into the parking lot of the high school. From the look of it, you could fit our old school in London in the courtyard. I got out of the car and my legs felt like Jell-O as I walked in through the doors with Rose, Jasper and Emmett. Rose and Emmett showed Jasper and myself to the admissions office and told us that they would see us later.

15 minutes later Jasper and I went our separate ways.  I was walking along the corridor trying to find my locker when suddenly I hit against something hard and fell on my butt cheeks. My face went red with embarrassment.

 “I hope that nobody saw that,” I thought.

 I went to get up when someone offered me his or her hand to help me up. I gratefully took it and got up off the ground. I looked at my saviour to thank him when the words got stuck in my throat. Looking back at me was the most beautiful guy I have ever seen in my life. He is at least 6ft tall with tousled bronze hair, sexy body and has the most gorgeous emerald eyes. He looked back at me as if he was seen the sun for the first time and for the first time in my life. I feel like I can actually believe in love at first sight.

“Err- Are y-you al-alright?” he mumbled.

My vocal cords would not work so the only thing that I could was nod. We continued to look into each other’s eyes not even caring about the other people around us when suddenly we heard a loud squeaky nasally voice interrupting us.

“Eddie, there you are. Come on we are going to be late for class,” she squeaked while giving me the death glare while tossing her long strawberry blonde hair over her shoulders. She looked just like a girl from Baywatch.

Great I have only been in this school for one hour and it seems like I made and enemy out of this plastic Barbie.

Beautiful green eyes shook his head as if to get out of a dream and left with Baywatch Barbie without saying a word. When they are about 6 feet away, he turned his head and gave me a crooked smile before he continued to go to class. I felt my panties immediately dampen.  

I continued to try to find my locker but now my thoughts are filled with the beautiful green-eyed boy. Who happens to have a Baywatch Barbie for a girlfriend, I thought bitterly.

I finally found my locker. I put my stuff into it and then went to go to my first class that is English. I finally found it and introduced myself to the teacher Mr banner. I looked around the classroom to find myself a seat. The only one available was the one next to a pixie like girl with black spiky hair. I sat next to her and she gave me a huge smile.

“Hi my name is Alice Cullen. I guess that makes you Bella?” she squealed.

I looked at her in shock wondering if she was somehow related to Carlisle Cullen who happens to be one of my dad’s bosses and also wonder how she knew my name.

“Ye-Yes” I answered.

Before I could ask her how she knew my name, she answered the question for me.

“My friends Rose and Emmett told me about you and asked me if I see you in any of my classes then to help you out and show you around. I already know that we are going to best friends so I will be happy to be your tour guide,” she said without taking a breath.

I laughed already liking this energetic girl. I can also see us been friends and I am so happy that she is willing to help me.

“Thank you so much Alice. You have no idea how grateful I am that you are willing to show me around. I already got lost 3 times this morning.”

She was about to answer me when Mr Banner interrupted.

“Miss Swan, Miss Cullen. Would it be too much trouble to ask you both to pay attention in my class? Don’t you think I would prefer to be gossiping with my friends right now instead of teaching English,” he joked.

We both laughed but decided not to say another word for the next 45 minutes. The second that the bell rang, we grabbed hold of our books and practically ran out of the classroom. 

We went to my locker so that I could put away my books while Alice checked to see what classes that we have together.

“It seems like we have only English and gym together. Your next class is math and mine is biology. She showed me to my math class and told me that she would save me a seat at lunch before she went to biology. I walked into the class and again introduced myself to the new teacher who is Miss Wallace.

I looked around to find an empty seat and was relieved to find several. I went over to an empty desk and put my books down on the table. A few minutes later Baywatch Barbie walked in with two more who could be poster girls for plastic surgery. She looked over at me and gave me another one of her death glares while continuing to talk to her two friends. She started pointing over at me and I was about to go over and shove her finger up her ass when another girl sat down next to me.

“Hi, you must be new here. My name is Angela,” she introduced.

I looked at her and smiled.

“Yeah I am. My name is Bella Swan.”

I looked over to the three bimbos and then turned to Angela.

“Who are they?” I asked.

She looked over at whom I was talking about.

“The one with the long strawberry hair is Tanya. She is co caption of the cheerleading squad, queen bee of this school and she is dating the quarterback of the football team. The two with her are Lauren and Jessica her two sidekicks. They usually do all her dirty work.”

I nodded and turned around to face the teacher. My mind was going into over drive. Was the green-eyed boy that captured my heart only this morning her boyfriend and quarterback of the football team? If so then it is best to forget him now. I do not want to make any enemies in this school. Besides he would never be interested in plain old me when he has Baywatch Barbie by his side.

The rest of the morning flew by and lunchtime finally arrived. I walked with Angela to the cafeteria and looked around to see if I could find Alice. I finally found her sitting at the far end with Rose and Emmett.

I asked Angela if she wanted to sit with us but she declined explaining that she usually sits with her boyfriend ben and his friends.

I went up to get my lunch when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to find Jasper grinning goofy at me.

“Hey belles. How was your morning,” he grinned.

I continued to go up the lunch line without answering him. I decided to ignore him every time he uses that nickname on me.

I paid for my food and walked toward the lunch table. Jasper was quick to catch up.

“OK Bella, I won’t call you by that nickname anymore. Just please don’t ignore me sis,” he pouted.

I could not help but laugh at him. He always was a goof ball.

We sat down and Alice started hitting me in the leg while she was looking over at Jasper. She gave me a pleading look asking me to introduce her.

“Jazz, this is Alice Cullen. Alice this is my twin brother Jasper,” I introduced.

They looked at each other with lust and longing in their eyes.

She finally tore her eyes away to start talking to me.

“I can’t believe you’re a twin. So am I. As a matter of a fact here he comes now,” she gushed.

She looked toward a tall shadow standing behind me.

“Bella, I would like you to meet my twin brother Edward. Edward this is my new best friend Bella,” she said.

I turned to look at shadow behind me and for the second time today my vocal cords would not work when I looked into the green emerald eyes that I love and cannot stop thinking about.