Bella's POV

Another foster family, what else is new?

I walked up the front steps of the little white townhouse and let myself in.

"Hello?" I called.

A women walked out from the kitchen and said,

"Hello. I'm Renee Newton your new foster mother. I'm so excited that you're here!"

She gave me a hug but I didn't return the favor.

"Uh…hi," I said.

"So I'll show you your room," she said.

She gestured for me to follow her up a flight of stairs. When we got to the top of the stairs she pointed to a room in the corner and said,

"That's my son Mike's room."

We walked to the end of the hallway and she opened up a door to a little room with white walls and a twin bed with white covers on it. There was a white dresser and a white desk with a white chair. It looked like a prison.

"This is your room. I hope you like it. I didn't want to paint it or anything until you got here."

"Thanks," I said.

"Well…I'll let you get unpacked. Dinner is in an hour," she smiled and then walked away.

I closed the door and sat my duffel bag on the floor. I wasn't even going to bother unpacking. This didn't feel like home. I walked over to the window and saw there was a huge tree that could defiantly be used to climb down. Sweet. It was like my own personal ladder.

After about ten minutes I heard my door open. I turned around to see a blonde boy with blue eyes checking me out. Yes, my foster brother was checking me out.

"You must be Bella," he said.

"You're good," I said sarcastically but harshly.

"I'm Mike," he said as he took a few steps closer to me.

He wasn't buff but he was defiantly stronger than me. He was taller too.

"Way to state the obvious," I said harshly.

"Well aren't you nice," he said as he got right up in my face.

I backed away. This was a little too close for comfort. He saw that I was uncomfortable but got up in my face again. Before I could tell what he was doing, he backhanded me across the face causing me to stumble and fall on the floor. He kneeled down above me and said,

"Let's get something straight Bella. You're living in my house now so that little attitude of yours better not be used with me. If you ever disrespect me again, I will hurt you in every way possible that I can think of without killing you," he said with a deathly voice.

I was so scared that I barely got the word out, "o-okay," I stuttered.

"Good," he said standing up, "Oh, and if you tell my mom about this little conversation, consider yourself dead."

With that he walked out of my room and shut the door.

What the hell just happened? My new step brother was the step brother from hell.

I all of a sudden wasn't hungry anymore so I got in my pajamas and got in my bed.

This was going to be hell.

Edward's POV

"I GOT IT!" my brother Emmett shouted at me from the passenger seat next to me in my Volvo on the way to school.

"What?" I asked completely confused.

"I'll say that mom was in the hospital last night so I had no time to study! Now I won't have to take the trig test! I AM SUCH A GENIOUS!"

"Emmett. Why don't you want to take this trig test?"

"Because I...uh…forgot to study."

"By saying 'forget', do you mean 'too busy with Rose'?" I asked.

He smiled. "You are exactly right my brother."

"Ew Emmett! She's my best friend! I really don't need to hear about that!" My sister, Alice, yelled from the backseat.

"Oh, come on Alice. Aren't you used to all this by now? I'm sure Rosalie's told you everything we've done anyway so I don't get why you still get so grossed out."

"BECAUSE YOU'RE MY BROTHER AND SHES MY BESTFRIEND!"

"Alice, you're dating her brother, Jasper. She probably gets grossed out too," I said.

"That's not the point!" Alice said.

We pulled up to the school at the same time Rosalie and Jasper pulled up in Rose's M3 convertible. The second I stopped the car Emmet and Alice were out of the car and in their lover's arms. I'm such a fifth wheel.

I sighed and got out of my car. I started walking into the school when I was distracted. Some girl I had never seen before walked right in front of me.

She had long brown curly hair and muddy brown eyes. She had all the right curves in all the right places and was defiantly the most gorgeous person I had ever seen. Who was she? This was Forks High for crying out loud, everyone knew everyone else. There hasn't been a new student since my family arrived freshman year.

The new girl walked into the main office and I found myself waiting outside the door. What was wrong with me? She's going to think I'm a stalker.

When she walked out I said,

"Hello, I'm Edward Cullen."

I must have startled her because she flinched and that caused her to drop her books. She sighed and went to pick her books up but I beat her to it. I picked them up and gave them to her.

"Sorry about that. I didn't mean to scare you."

"Uhm…it's okay," she said. She finally looked at me but when she did, her eyes looked amazed. She just stared at me.

I chuckled. "And your name is…?" I asked.

"b-bella swan," she stuttered.

"Well hello Bella," I said smiling. "You need any help finding your first class?"

"Uh…no. I think I got it," she said as she basically ran away. She stumbled a little and had to catch herself. I laughed to myself. She must be the clumsy type.

I really wanted to get to know Bella. This was going to be an interesting day.