''Hi, honey,'' he smiled.

''Hi, dad,'' I smiled back.

He held his arms up and I gave him a hug. It lasted about five seconds and we broke away.

''Come on, you can tell me all about your summer.'' Dad held the door open for me.

I smiled, ''okay.''

During the drive, I told him about my friends, my academic progress and I showed him my report card from the 9th grade.

''In french I go 79%, which I could have done better but hey, it's my second language. In math, I did slightly better, 86%, with the help of Christal. She says hi, by the way. Oh! I passed art with flying colors! A fantastic 91%, thank you very much!'' He smiled at me. ''You're going to be even more proud of me; in English literature I got a perfect 98% for the short story I sent for you and sis to read.'' He nodded, still a smile on his face.

''What about Science?''

I paused, ''well.. That I could have done better…''

He waited.

''I got 48%…'' I mumbled.

He frowned at me.

''But I'm going to do better this year. My science teacher let me make an extra credit report, which made me pass.''

The rest of the trip was piratically silent. I just couldn't wait to meet this Edward guy. I only saw him once; that time when Bella was in the hospital. They didn't even see me. I basically stayed at home and visited her once, and he wasn't there. When we finally made it to the familiar house, there was a very shinny black car, a Volvo I guessed, was sitting next to a old red truck.

Charlie grabbed my bags from the trunk and the front door swung open. There stood my big sister. She looked exactly the same. I couldn't contain my excitement anymore.

''BELLA!!!'' I yelled, running towards her.

She smiled and ran to me too. We collided and fell to the wet floor, giggling like crazy people. I looked up and saw a very good looking guy and a gorgeous girl standing next to each other. I poked Bella in the rib and pointed to them. She smiled.

''Julie, this is my boyfriend Edward Cullen and his sister, Alice Cullen.''