Chapter one.

BPOV:

I sighed deeply as I looked out over the grey, foggy baseball field, 'does it ever not rain here?' I wondered idly

I missed the heat and light of sunshine that I had taken for granted in phoenix. 'Stupid mother falling in love yet again, what was this, husband number five or six?

My rather easily led mother, Renee, had fallen in love yet again and had moved to Morocco with Phil, I think his name was Phil anyway; I had stopped paying attention after husband number three, 'cause his business had set up over there are she possibly couldn't live with out him. Groan.

Naturally, meaning that I yet again took second place, which I was used to by now, but being kicked out of my own home to Forks,was a new low, even for Renee. I argued that I was seventeen now, and frankly I was a very mature seventeen year old who was able to look after herself, as I had been since I was ten or so, when her first 'forever' romance came along.

She argued that she didn't know how long she'd be gone and was worried about me looking after myself, especially if I would start sketching get so immerse that I wouldn't bathe or feed myself for days on end until I was done, or starved to death. She is a little over dramatic, and I did something similar, only the once, when there was a big art competition I was desperate to win and spent a week solid locked in my room until everything was perfect, the fact that I had won, always escaped this scenario in her mind.

Never the less I fought hard to stay and prove I could look after myself for a few months, but it fell upon deaf ears, the whole Jake incident only further destroyed my case and made Renee's final decision all the easier, I needed to be watched and looked after under the roof of an adult. Sigh

So here I was on the high school bleachers of a small, baseball obsessed town, which was always raining, dark and miserable, living with my Dad Charlie, Husband number one, who was hardly ever home cause of shift patterns, all on my own.

God damn forks.

My dad Charlie is a fireman for Forks and the surrounding areas, why they need a fire department, when it rains so much here that it would be impossible for any thing to catch fire, let alone big enough for the need of a fire truck, was beyond me.

Charlie worked on a shift pattern; four nights, a two day break before four day shifts. When he wasn't working he would catch up on sleep or go fishing, leaving me on my own for large periods of time, so much for being watched and looked after. I guess that was the silver lining on the grey cloud that is Forks, and one I was sure to keep a secret from Renee.

The house is much smaller than the one in phoenix I was used too, but I have my own en-suite room, so that meant complete privacy, as Charlie isn't a big people person either, communication normally came in grunts and nods, so I could be left to survive on my own.

I missed having a car though, my poor baby, adeptly named baby, was too expensive to bring with me here and wouldn't have survived the road trip even if I had tried. So I was resigned to walk to school, until I could find a suitable replacement here in Forks, on a very strict budget. No more Renee meant any more rich boyfriends throwing money around to impress her and in turn trying to impress me so that they would look good in my mother's eyes. My downgrading was pretty much complete by moving to Forks. Don't get me wrong I'm not spoilt, decked out in designer clothes or any thing, but I had lived comfortably for a few years, as Renee up graded with each new boyfriend. Now living off a Fireman's wage meant, I would have to drain my meagre saving funds and buy a car. Art supplies will be scarce from that point on.

After all this reflection I was feeling in rather a bad mood, I was cold, my rain jacket clearly not big and warm enough for Forks weather despite the promises on the label that it would keep you alive and warm in all weather conditions, I snorted out loud at the thought, and my converse's weren't keeping my toes happy either, I kept having to wiggle them to make sure they were still even attached! My fingers bared slightly better due to the continued movement over the sketch book pages with my favourite 2B pencil, making delicate marks to tarnish the white paper.

I Looked up at my surroundings again, the baseball field was huge, I'm sure other sports were played here to though. I could see the old school building ahead of me with the car park to the side. It was made from red bricks with what looked like lead lined windows, like in churches but with out the stained glasses. Behind that was forest, more specifically trees, lots and lots of sodding green trees that stretched for miles around the tiny town.

I focused on my immediate surroundings, I was alone, quite and peaceful on the bleacher's overlooking the baseball field. They were off white, but well maintained. Rather large considering the size of the town really, I'm sure there would be space left over if everyone from the town came and sat down on them. This had become my little slice of heaven away from everyone and there questions, hidden under the bleacher's roof at the back of the school away from prying eyes.

The very fact that the bleachers had a roof to protect it from said continued rain only further darkened my mood. 'At least it keeps my sketchbook dry' I thought as I looked down at the crisp white paper in front of me where my pencil hung expectantly. I'd been drawing trees, 'what else in this place is there to actually draw?' when I had become distracted by the emergence of the baseball and cheerleading teams coming to practice.

Stupid small town, I already decided that the whole place was practically inbred, when the proof all came running out on the field in front of me. Leading the way was Alice Brandon, head cheerleader and possibly the perkiest person in the world, with her inky dark spiky hair bobbing around her neck. Following her were the two boys she lived with, Emmett and Edward Cullen, they were cousins or some kind of relation like that and Alice was one of their step-sister?

Emmett is very well built, all muscle with dark curly hair, loud and brash. Edward, is more reserved but is still the big man on campus, all broody and leather jacket wearing, I hadn't seen much of him as he had been away on some baseball thing, I had heard about him from reputation around the school and the way all the girls bubbled with excitement when they spoke about him in the toilets or the changing rooms, but as he was coming out with the popular 'inbred' crowd I assumed it was him.

Following them were Rosalie and Jasper Hale, they were incredibly gorgeous twins blonde and tall although Jasper had dirty blonde hair and a dirty smile to match. Rosalie was a brilliant blonde with red lipstick always on, very Gwen Stefani circa 1996 but much longer hair.

Rosalie was holding Emmett's hand ready to do the dutiful girlfriend routine, by actually watching them train, and Jasper was racing to catch up with his best buddy Edward, whilst staring at Alice in her too short cheerleading outfit. See what I mean all in bred, I bet there grandparents are all friends or lovers too. 'Yuck'

Don't get me wrong having all that history probably makes them amazingly close friends, but it was all just a little too close for me. I've grown up in a big city, so you don't have that kind of close history, everyone's so separate and I did not really have any friends back home because I was quite and with drawn, counter balancing Renee's larger than life personality. No Friends, expect Jake, but that had ended horribly and I didn't want to dwell on it either, I had moved on to a new place for a fresh start, although it wasn't going that way so far, despite the new location, which probably explains why a week into my new school, half way through the semester I was still sat alone after school sketching instead of hanging out at the hippest teen joint, or where ever kids my age hung out now days. Truth be told I like to be on my way, I'm way too introverted to put myself out there, so I hang back and sit drawing instead.

I could feel my long wavy brown hair falling over my shoulder out of the loose bun on the back of my head I made earlier in order to not restrict my view of the page in front of me, when I felt eyes watching me. I had been staring out on the training in front of me for like ten minutes while I day dreamed, the most penetrating look came from the most amazing shade of green eyes I had ever seen, even from a distant they sparkled.

I hung my head quickly and went back to shading the trees from beyond the baseball field so as to avoid any more embarrassment. I felt my cheeks get hotter, the tell tale sign I had started blushing again. Only like the hundredth time this past week, every time I had to introduce myself or even worse stand up in front of class and tell every one about my self I blushed, despite saying nothing or any real embarrassment.

Take English for example 'Hi, my name is Isabella Swan, but please call me Bella. (Blush)I'm from Phoenix and have moved here to live with my dad; he's a fireman in the tri country area (more Blushes). Errrm I hope to get to know you all at some point……….errrr thanks.' (Biggest Blush). Not very poetic I know but the

best I could manage presently. This was why I hide away and drew, but yet again I had brought attention onto myself while trying to be distant.

I carried on with my drawing, letting out a frustrated groan or furrowing my eyebrows together when what I was putting on the paper didn't quite match what I saw in front of me, when I felt some one standing nearby looking over my shoulder at the paper in front of me.

'Hi, I'm Alice Brandon; it's nice to meet you. WOW you're a great artist it looks so realistic and pretty, Your Bella right? How are you finding forks? What do you think of the teachers, oh and the students?'....... She kept talking, well asking questions, in a sweet sing song voice, really quickly and never actually pausing to let me answer, or take in any air as far as I could tell.

She was stood, all bobbing and hair floating around her tiny neck, in her too short and not to mention tight cheerleading uniform even on her tiny frame, staring at me intently with her caramel eyes, when I figured she had finally stopped for air and was expecting me to answer her torrent of questions when I felt a sharp and large thud on the side of my head.

Her Caramel eyes suddenly lost there focus and looked out over the baseball field, then quickly back to me, her lips started to move, I guessed to ask more questions, when my eye sight became a bit blurry, and the spot on my head that had felt the thud, got deeper and more persistent. It affected my hearing I couldn't hear what Alice was saying but her lips were still moving, I caught a muffled 'OH MY GOD' and something about a ball, but it made no sense to me wasn't she asking me about school a few seconds ago, what had I done to offend her so much?

I was feeling suddenly very tired and fighting the urge to just put my sketch book down and lie down right there on the bleacher's and have a nap in front of Alice, that would go down well, I had already upset her, I'm sure falling asleep as she asked me bright and friendly questions would go down wonderfully.

I heard, I'm guessing, hurried footsteps, but everything seemed to be going in slow motion and there was a really annoying ringing that must be driving everyone else mad, and god I was so tired all of a sudden, when I jerked out of going into the blurriness and blackness by a pair a sparkling, intense green eyes, etched with concern in front of me. I think I sighed and began mumbling hopefully about being all right and that everyone should just leave me alone to sleep, as I now no longer care who I offended and upset by doing just that, as I stared at them and finally the tiredness took over and I close my eyes, mumbling about the green eyes as I did.

EPOV:

'Shit' I growled from beneath the covers. I had just heard the annoying alarm going off and turned over to press the snooze button, when I realized that I must have already done that, a lot, as I had five minutes to get up and get my sorry arse to school.

I had been away for a week at a baseball training camp in Port Angeles and hadn't quite adjusted to being backed home yet. I pulled the covers back unwillingly and stumbled to the bathroom, stupid with sleep and hit my leg on the dresser. 'Fuck' today was not going to be a good day.

I turned the shower on hoping that the steaming hot water would help to wake me up, 'why did I think it was a good idea to sit up half the night when I had school the next morning?' I wondered annoyed at myself.

Jumping in the shower without paying attention ended up making me swear again 'FUCK!' freezing cold, and not helping my bad day mood brewing. I started muttering to myself as I got out the icy shower and went to look at the damage in the mirror, 'god damn step-ho and stupid mother, shitty cousin, why couldn't they be more god damn considerate? Move into my god damn house and use all my god damn water' I was been irrational, they needed to shower to but ever since the good doctor had taken in my cousin Emmett, when his parents moved, and married Esme, my god damn art teacher, bringing her daughter Alice with her, I struggled to get any hot water!!!

I shouldn't complain really, Emmett had always been like a brother to me any way and spent all his time here that it was naturally for him to move in when my aunt and uncle moved for my uncles new job.

Esme and Alice had been a surprise though, things changed really quick, I was happy for Carlisle, my dad, he deserved to be happy, my mum had died years before, from pneumonia and it had been me and him ever since. The biggest change at our huge house was me having to move room, cause Princess Alice decided she needed my room as it had bigger closet space, it caused many nights of shouting and arguments of which I needed up losing, but giving Alice my nick name for her 'step-ho' which she hated, but tough shit.

It worked out for the best in the end, Carlisle converted the attic for me into a huge room with en-suite and a dark room at the far end, which I spent way too much time in, hence lack of sleep.

After assessing the damage in the mirror, I decided there was not any thing I could do to improve the dark bags staring back at me from beneath my terminally messy bronze hair so I gave up, brushed my teeth, got dressed in whatever I pulled out of the wardrobe first, and grabbed my leather jacket and a oversized beanie hat to cover my hair.

As I ran down the two flights of stairs to the kitchen, I almost ran into Esme who was at the bottom of the stairs. She smiled sweetly, 'I've made breakfast Edward but i'm afraid it may be cold now, your going to be late for your first day back if you don't hurry.' Always the teacher, 'sorry' I mumbled stepping round her as she grabbed her coat and umbrella from the bottom of the stairs, 'Alice tried waking you, but you weren't err….. Overly polite, you should apologise when you get to school.' I snorted as she walked out the door and to her merc in order to drive off to teach the complexities of high school art. Riveting I'm sure.

I shouldn't be mean to her or Alice but it was a big change for me and I was only just handling it really, Alice had been a good friend before the marriage, despite the fact her and Jazz wound each other up constantly, if only she knew how much Jazz liked, no worshipped her. It was different having her living with me, I had no escape. I surveyed the left over breakfast that no doubt Emmett had demolished, grabbed a slice of cold toast and my car keys.

Strolling out to my shiny Volvo I smiled, my life line, I like almost nothing better than to drive fast with my music loud in order to go into my own world once again.

Today I actually had a need to speed, I was late, and Alice must have gone with Emmett in his ridiculously large jeep.

I drove to the old red brick building and was of cause late, everyone was already in classes by the time I strolled through the door of my English class.

'Nice of you to join us Mr Cullen' Miss Jones added sarcastically as I took my seat next to Jazz, we rolled our eyes simultaneously, 'how original' I mused.

Once everyone had settled into their assignments, Jazz turned to me and started,

'Alice is not happy with you and that foul morning mouth of yours.' He grinned 'she was going on it about all the way from the car park, good luck when you see her next.'

'Thanks man' I returned with an uneasy smile, Alice annoyed is not one of my favourite things even more now that I have no escape form her.

'Dude what have I missed?' I asked referring to the previous week's absence.

Jazz stared going on and on about Alice and how they had managed to yet again piss each other off and make up an hour later, I wished he would get his act together and just ask her out already, cause she really was invading my life at every angle now and I needed to escape. Same old with Jazz, they had been friends to long he didn't want to make it weird.

I must have zoned out as Jazz was just staring at me, damn lack of sleep, I was definitely getting a full eight hours tonight. 'What?' I demanded looking at him accusingly.

'New Girl, started last week, quite, hides away and blushes, like a lot, your opinion?' he was paraphrasing his earlier comments I guessed. I hadn't seen the new girl yet and really had no clue what he was going on about so I just shrugged my shoulders and turned back to my notebook in order to actually do the stupid assignment, as I was not keen on failing and being thrown of the team. Jazz huffed next to me clearly annoyed at my lack of interest in what he considered the big debate.

By the time class had ended Jazz had relaxed. The rest of the day went by in a blur really, I caught up on the work I had missed and listened to the normal small town high school chatter, which annoyingly was still focused on our new mysterious arrival who I had yet to see, I was beginning to think everyone had made her up!

At the end of school I was glad for the release of Baseball again. On my way to get changed the Principals rather slutty daughter Jessica was stood outside waiting for me. 'Shit.' There was a mistake I would rather forget, I mean we hooked up once and fooled around a bit at a party but I was drunk and seriously regretted it after, she however thought that made us practically engaged. I spent weeks batting her off, gaining me detentions from Principal Stanley for daring to hurt his precious daughter. Fucked up or what? I groaned out loud.

'Hey Eddie baby, don't be like that I wanted to see how camp went and wondered if you wanted to meet up after practice and talk?' She purred, then pouted her pink lip gunked lips, then went back to chewy on that awful bright pink chewing gum she always had. I still feel sick when I smell that stuff after our make out session. I shuddered and ignored her and walked straight into the male changing rooms to get away from her almost confident she wouldn't follow me.

'Fuck' I muttered as I got changed into my training kit, Jazz and Emmett who were next to me, look questionally, when they heard Jessica laughing out side and started smiling and rolling there eyes at me. 'Great, just what I needed today.'

Before they had time to start teasing me calling me 'Eddie baby' Coach Clapp, god bless him, came in and told us to hurry our lazy arses up or run laps for the next hour.

That was all the motivation I needed to throw my shirt on and head out the door.

Alice pointedly ignored me as she exited the female changing room at the exact same time, and ran out onto the field in order to shout at her cheerleading friends to perfect there arm positions? Like I know what she means, all I know is she is still mad at me. Emmett followed me with Rose, in cohorts,

'Stop being such a dick and apologise already would you Edward' she glared at me, clearly annoyed that I dared to treat her best friend so badly.

I didn't get on with Rose; if she weren't Jazz's twin sister I would have sworn she was an alien. Needless to say we don't get on. I shrugged my shoulders at her and turned away as I knew that would piss her off, when Jazz came running up behind, to avoid the punishment if we dared to be late.

Practice was going smoothly, Rose making sarcastic comments from the edge was normal, but today had more venom. I noticed Jazz punch Emmett on the arm and they were pointing and looking up at the bleachers, I turned around and saw the new girl staring out at us training. She was all big brown eyes from what I could see, with her brown hair tried loosely back and she was just staring, it was creepy really and people stared sniggering, before she appeared to come round and drop her head back down.

'See why I needed you opinion dude, she just plain weird.' Jazz managed to get out sniggering and looking all knowingly.

I couldn't put my finger on it, but something was strange about her, 'how brown were her eyes if I could make them out from here?'

We carried on after that I had been fielding but now it was my teams turn to bat. I watched Alice walking over to the Bleacher's she had finally taken pity on the cheerleaders and was letting them go home, only Jessica and Lauren Mallory remained near by to Rose in order to watch the practice continue.

She was going to talk to the new girl now, heaven forbid she didn't know the details about everyone at this school. I chuckled as I pick up my bat and walked over to the plate, I almost felt sorry for the new girl, she didn't know what was about to hit her.

I swung on the second ball, preferring the curve ball to the wide first, I connected brilliantly, and I felt the vibrations from the ball go through the bat all the way up my arm. It was a big hit and I knew it. I had dropped the bat in order to run I was already at second base, when I saw where I had hit it too, it was going straight towards the new girls head. 'Shit' I saw it connect with her as Alice stood and looked on in horror. She glanced at the field to see who had hit the ball, 'Fuck' I was running towards the Bleacher's to assess the damage done to the new girl, as fast as I could and I got there first. I should have been on the track team really as I was really fast but I hated solo sports.

Her eyes were all glazed over and she was mumbling all in coherently, something about sleep, I knelt down to face her, when I got a full look at her. Those Brown eyes really were big and deep, despite the glazed expression, her lips were full and naturally rosy, not like most of the girls here who insisted on wearing that lip gunk. Her face was heart shaped with wavy brown tendrils of hair falling to cover it, my hand twitched to push them away so that I could see her face better, when I realised she was staring right back at me and mumbling about the colour green, before shutting her big brown eyes off from me and falling forward so that I caught her slender framed body and stopped her falling off the bleacher's.

'Fuck' I shouted out loud, I glared up at Alice who looked as shocked as I felt; the others had all started to appear surrounding the new girl and me holding her.

I must have had an adrenaline rush as I picked her up in my arms in one swift movement that looked like it should have come straight from a film and started to head towards the car park. Jazz must have seen what I was planning do as he ran off inside the changing rooms and appeared moments later with my car keys. At times like this I needed my dad, AKA Dr Carlisle Cullen. I was heading straight to the hospital so he could help brown eyed girl, who I had managed to sweep off her feet…. Literally.

Alice appeared by my sliver Volvo and opened the back door before climbing in herself, I lowered the injured new girl into the back seat of my car, with her head resting on Alice's lap, luckily her head wasn't bleeding, 'There is a god.' I mused.

I jumped in the driver's seat and as I pulled away in reverse Jazz jumped into the passenger's front seat, I jerked the car around so I was facing forward and I speed out of the car park, not saying a word.