Cherry Cola - A Twilight Saga AU

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I was always drastically different from everybody else. I knew that I was, I knew I couldn't do anything about it. Everybody always thought of me as the quiet kid, as the kid who read constantly, and didn't do anything but that. I didn't know until a few years ago that I was autistic. I always suspected that there was something wrong with me, but I didn't exactly know what. I always felt sort of out of place. I wish I knew earlier on why I was so different from everybody. Why it felt like acting whenever I made new friends, why it felt like I couldn't be myself. The rare times I could be myself, I ended up being made fun of anyway. It hurt, it really did hurt. But what could I do about it? I couldn't really do anything. I know that I'm weird and different from everybody. I know that I'd rather solitude and being hyper-independant than being at parties constantly and socializing with strangers I didn't give a fuck about. Edward was the first person I told about my diagnosis when I got it. When I was diagnosed, I didn't really understand what it meant, I didn't understand what it meant for Edward and I moving here. He knew he had family here that he's never met, and I was scared they would pull him away from me unintentionally. I was already dealing with a lot of change around me, and I couldn't deal with my rock being pulled away from me as well. I'm extremely independent until it comes to Edward, then my brain completely shuts off and I need him to do everything for me.

The car pulled up to an old looking house, by the looks of it you can tell the floorboards creak when you step on a certain spot. It was a bit hidden behind a lot of trees and a long driveway. If you didn't know there was a house here, you would probably just think it was a hiking trail into a woodsy area. I took my earbud out of one ear and got out of the car, looking around and taking in the view around me. I had my earbuds with me constantly no matter what. I needed them to cope, and deal with my surroundings. It's really funny when you think about it. Sensory issues as a vampire, ha! I looked around at every single tree, leaf, squirrel and rock I saw around me and breathed in the cool autumn air. It smelled like rain, the ground was slightly damp, but it was beautiful nonetheless.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Edward put his arm around my waist and pulled me in to kiss my forehead. I felt content. I thought I would be having a panic attack by this point, but it's very quiet, and I like the quiet. It isn't the kind of quiet that's too quiet to deal with, it's the perfect amount. You can hear nature, but you can't hear busy highways and people screaming at each other over money or drugs. It seemed peaceful, and I was okay with this change. This might even be a good change.

I grabbed a box from the car and slowly walked up to the front deck, making sure I didn't accidentally crush a snail or a worm. I can kill a deer fine, but when it comes to small insects I can't stand watching them hurt or die. I pushed the door open with my foot and heard a loud creaking sound and just smiled. I walked into the house and set the box down beside the door, looking around at the kitchen. Everything felt so rustic and I loved it. The air smelled musty and it definitely needed a thorough cleaning, but it felt more home than any home I have ever known.

Edward, Charlie and I all brought everything into the house. All the boxes and bags on top of each other sprawled throughout every room. It's a good thing vampires don't sleep, or this would take us days to unload. I started in my room, I wanted to make it look perfect. I walked into the bedroom and saw a big bay window, with the most gorgeous sage green seat attached to it. I was so very excited about this house. Edward and I turned on some music and started dancing, cleaning, and unpacking. We turned on my favorite song, 2009 by glaive and blasted it as loud as possible while making everything look as beautiful and home-like as I could. I felt so happy, I felt so euphoric. Nothing bothered me, for once, and I was happy about that. Edward was helping Charlie with the kitchen because I wanted to finish decorating myself, I had to wait for him to finish hanging the curtains for me, besides that everything was done and it felt so nice. Charlie said this home would hopefully be our forever home and we wouldn't have to run anymore. I knew there were other vampires here, I just hope they're nice, maybe even vegetarians like us. Edward is related to them, so I'm hoping that's the case. I knew I had to go back to high school tomorrow, since body wise I'm 17. I didn't know how I felt about it, but it would give me something to do during the day rather than read, write and sulk. I knew nothing about this town, I knew nothing about any of the people here, or how I was supposed to act. So I hope I don't't fuck this up. I hope that everybody likes me and I don't need to pretend to be somebody I'm not for the rest of eternity in this small town.

Edward would be joining me in school, I just didn't know how weird that would be. We're telling people Charlie adopted him because his parents passed, but that he and I are also dating. I really hope this town has seen weirder things than "adopted siblings" dating, even though we weren't really adopted siblings, it was just for the act. I was so nervous about everything, but I knew it would be okay as long as I had Edward.

"Bella! Can you come downstairs please!" Edward called me, and I ran down the stairs as fast as I could.

"Hi! I'm Alice, and this is Jasper!" A small pixie-like girl stood in our kitchen, smiling and introducing her and this boy. I shook her hand and introduced myself.

"I'm one of Edward's relatives, sister I guess you can call it, and this is my boyfriend, which I guess also makes him Edward's relative!" She exclaimed. For such a small girl, she had a lot of energy, she was very upbeat and chipper. I looked at her eyes and could tell that she wasn't a newborn, and that she didn't feed on humans, so I was very happy.

We sat and spoke for hours on end, we found out we would all be going to Forks High School and would possibly have some classes together. I felt a lot better knowing there would be some people I can hang out with besides my boyfriend. Jasper was very quiet, and didn't speak much, but I could tell I would relate to him a lot. We were both very quiet people. After a few hours, he did open up about himself and how he was turned, and other stuff like that.

After they left, Edward and I decided to sort through all of our clothes and decide what we wanted to wear for our first day. It was such a surreal experience, I didn't know what school would be like in this century, I was nervous, I was excited, I was scared. I didn't know what to expect. Of course I researched as much as I was able to, binge watching modern shows about high school. I saw this one show called Euphoria and it terrified me to think a high school would be like that. No learning, no teachers, what the fuck was even going on?! This was a very small town though, so I knew it wouldn't be like that whatsoever.