Control [Carlisle Cullen]

Raindrops raced down the windows of Jessica Stanley's car as Eleanor leaned her head against the coolness of the window. Her mind was consumed with thoughts of her day ahead.

Jessica, her twin sister, chattered away in the driver's seat beside her, her voice a constant hum. She was recounting every detail of the new girl coming to Forks High from Arizona, her usual cheerful tone tinged with a barely perceptible jealousy. Jessica loved being the center of attention, and the arrival of someone new, especially someone already the 'talk of the town,' threatened her carefully cultivated popularity.

Eleanor sighed, a quiet huff that went unnoticed by her sister. She was so different from Jessica; while her twin craved the spotlight, Eleanor preferred the shadows, keeping herself closed off from others for a reason no one knew. She’d learned years ago that she could do things no one else could, things that terrified her. Moving objects with her mind, reading thoughts as clearly as her own — it was a secret she guarded with fierce vigilance.

"Are you even listening to me?" Jessica snapped, turning the car into the school parking lot with a practiced ease.

"Yes," Eleanor replied, rolling her eyes. "You were telling me about one of your tests today." A slight lie, but it appeased Jessica. As they grabbed their bags and exited the car, heading towards their usual group of friends, Eleanor braced herself for another day of normalcy, knowing full well that her own normal was anything but.