New Light
Chapter One
Moving to Forks, Washington wasn't the happiest moment of my life; that would come later; this was to make my parents happy to get out of the big city of New York. We've lived in New York my whole life; I was born and raised right in the middle of Manhattan. I didn't know what to expect of a town like Forks, my mom just closed her eyes and pointed to a spot on the map of the United States and her index finger landed on Washington. Of course there was no name on the town she landed so my dad ran it up on the computer and it was called Forks, one of the rainiest and coldest towns in the United States. I had plenty of cold in New York; I was hoping she would land on somewhere in Florida, somewhere with a beach and no snow but I'm stuck in this small car heading to Forks. Of course I didn't know that this move would be the best decision my parents ever made; I would find the person I couldn't live without. He would be everything I want in a man… and more. Let me get to the beginning first like introducing myself. My name is Riley Scott, I'm 17 years old, I'm a girl with a guys name, obviously and until about a day ago I lived every minute of my life in the Big Apple.
I sat my suitcase on the floor in my new room and sighed. I've never lived in a house before, I've always lived in apartment's sense the day I was born but a house didn't seem so bad at least it's bigger. I sat down on my suitcase and looked around wondering what kind of midlife crisis my parents were having to move us out in the middle of know where; I've never seen so many trees in my life.
My mom stuck her head in the doorway and smiled at me, "Hey, Ri how are you doing?" She smiled her sweet smile.
I looked up at her wanting to run up to her and cry on her shoulder like I was a toddler again but after I suppressed that thought and smiled the best I could at a situation like this, "I'm okay just nervous about school tomorrow."
My mom smiled at me again as she walked into my room, sat beside me on my suitcase and put her arm around my shoulder. "Ri you're going to be just fine, it's a small town so everyone's nice."
"It's the middle of the school year mom and all these people have known each other sense they were in diapers. I'm not going to fit in; I'm going to stick out like a sore thumb." I said miserably.
"They don't really stick out." My mom said as she looked at me.
"Huh?" I looked up at her confused.
My mom chuckled. "Sore thumbs, they don't really stick out."
My dad stuck his head into the door way, "Maggie the movers are going to be here tomorrow and you need to tell me where you want everything."
My mom kissed the top of my head and walked out the door behind my dad. Great I'm starting a new school tomorrow and I have no bed to sleep in, this was going to be perfect. Luckily I had packed a few blankets for the car ride. I straightened them out on my new floor and laid down on the sick looking palette. It wasn't very comfortable but I was too tired to notice.
I closed the door to my mom's Taurus and threw my shoulder bag over my shoulder and looked up at my new school. If this didn't kill me I didn't know what would. I walked into the double doors and was lucky the front office was staring me in the face. I walked in and introduced myself to the chubby secretary who smiled at me as she handed me my class schedule and a map.
"Thanks." I mumbled as I looked at my class schedule and headed out of the office.
When the bell rang for lunch I still didn't have anyone to sit with so I stood in line to get something to drink and headed to an empty table in the corner and looked at my class schedule for the rest of the day. I was trying to memorize the best route to my next class when someone cleared their throat above me. I looked up and was met with 5 pale faces looking down at me.
"I'm sorry, is this your table?" I asked as I stood up.
"Yes, it is. We sit here everyday." A pale face boy with longish brown hair told me.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know, I'm new here and I haven't met anyone to really be friends with and I seen this table with no one sitting at it. I'm sorry." I don't know why I apologized so much, I guess it was just the expressions on their face. As I turned to walk away the girl with long brown hair spoke up.
"What's your name?" She asked me in a voice I've never heard from any human before.
I turned to look back at them as they sat down at the table. "Riley. Riley Scott." I said in a rush.
"Hello Riley. I'm Bella Cullen, this is Edward Cullen, Jasper Cullen, Alice Cullen and Emmett Cullen." She said as she pointed to everyone at the table as she said their name.
"You all have the same last name? I mean that's none of my business sorry." I added the last part fast.
"It's okay. Have a seat; I was new here a few years ago so I know how it is." The girl named Bella told me.
I pulled out the vacant chair and sat down across from them. I felt like I was in interrogation, I was just waiting for the spotlight to hit me.
"Where are you from?" The girl with short brown hair asked me, I think her name was Alice.
"New York City." I said and took a sip of my drink.
"Why did you move to Forks?" The biggest of them all asked me.
"My mom and dad wanted to get out of the city so they just pulled out a map of the USA, closed their eyes, pointed and so we landed here." I mumbled, I still wasn't happy with the move. I looked all of them over, they were all nice looking like they could be on the cover of Vogue but when I got Alice she looked a little spaced out.
I looked at her a little confused. "Don't worry about Alice, she does that sometimes." Edward told me. I nodded slightly and went back to my drink.
After a few minutes of silence Alice jumped up and I jumped with her, she scared the crap out of me. "Emmett I need to talk to you." She said as she was pulling his arm. They disappeared out of the side doors followed by Jasper and Edward.
"So how do you like Forks?" Bella asked me acting like nothing happened.
"Umm..." I had to get my thoughts back together, "its okay, if you like small towns but I really don't."
"I understand. I moved here from Phoenix a few years ago and I hated it here too. I wanted to turn around and go right back as soon as I seen this town." Bella told me.
"Why did you stay?" I asked, how could anyone pick this place over anything.
"I met Edward a few months after being here and I never could leave." She smiled.
"I don't think I could stay here just for a guy." I informed her.
Bella smiled, "I never thought I could stay here for anything either but you'd be surprised when you meet the right one."
After she said that the bell rang for the end of lunch. I stood up and threw my bag across my chest and grabbed my papers.
"What class do you have next?" Bella asked me as she walked beside me.
I looked at my schedule, "Chemistry."
"Emmett has that class with you so at least you'll know someone." Bella said trying to cheer me up.
"I don't think any of them like me very much." I sighed.
"I like you and Alice likes everyone. The guys just have to get to know you. Emmett just got out of a long relationship so he's not to talkative right now anyway." Bella told me. "Well, this is where I get off. It was nice meeting you Riley Scott I'll see you around." She walked into her class room as I continued down the hall to my class.
When I walked in everyone was sitting in groups of two in their assigned seat at the tables. I handed my note to Mr. Smith and he pointed me to an available seat. I smiled slightly and headed down the isle to the seat he pointed out; I threw my bag onto the table and sat down on the stool. I looked to see who my partner for the rest of the year would be and was almost shocked when it was Emmett Cullen. I focused my eyes back to the front of the class room until Emmett grabbed my bag and put it beside my chair. I looked at him confused.
"He doesn't like anything to be a distraction so all bags have to be on the floor beside your chair." Emmett whispered to me in a voice so low to anyone else it would seem like he was just breathing.
I nodded and said thanks in the lowest voice I could manage and brought my attention back to Mr. Smith. After he told us our assignment with our partners for the day I grabbed the beaker sitting beside me and sighed. I never was too good at chemistry.
"Riley right? Sorry we didn't get to official meet at lunch, I'm Emmett Cullen." He told me as he brought his chair closer to mine.
"I know Bella introduced us. Is your friend okay?" I wondered.
"My friend? O you mean Alice. Yea, she's fine she just spaces out every once in a while." Emmett told me.
I nodded slowly as I turned on the fire under the beaker and looked in the book to make sure it was right.
"You need a little more Nitrogen in there." Emmett told me.
I looked up at him from my book, "I never was good at chemistry." I told him.
"May I?" Emmett asked as he held out his hand for my book. I handed it to him.
"So you don't blow us up, I'll do this part and you just write down what I tell you too." Emmett offered.
"Sounds good to me. I really don't need my pieces all over this school on the first day. The second maybe but not the first." I told him as I took out a pen.
Emmett chuckled from behind the book as I sat down getting ready to write. The rest of the class we focused on our work as he did the measuring and I did the writing. When the bell rang I threw my stuff into my bag and handed the paper to Mr. Smith. I was walking out the door with Emmett behind me. I headed to my locker to unload some books as he walked beside me in the hall.
"So what class do you have next?" Emmett asked.
I pulled my schedule out of my blue jeans pocket and unfolded it. He took it from me before I could really look at it.
"Let's see…. Biology, Chemistry, Gym, English, Trig and French." Emmett read out loud. "You have gym with Bella next. She used to be clumsy at sports but she's getting better."
"Well, I guess I'm the clumsy one now." I said as I opened my locker.
"How do you mean?" Emmett asked as he leaned against the locker beside mine.
"My mom says I'm a walking disaster, if there's a crack or something laying in the way where I'm walking, my feet are going to find it." I told him as I put some books into my locker. My bag already felt 5 pounds lighter.
"Well, I better go. See you later." Emmett said and was gone before I could say anything else.
After I was changed into my gym shorts and shirt the girls were picking teams for volleyball. I was looking at my feet when my name was called first. I looked up at Bella smiling at me. I walked over to her and stood behind her as the rest of the team was picked.
"I should warn you, I'm very clumsy and I don't want to hurt anyone." I told Bella as we made our way to our side of the net.
"Don't worry; I'll have your back." Bella smiled. I sighed and looked up at the top of the gym where the stairs were. I saw Edward, Jasper, Alice and Emmett leaning against the rail watching us.
"They have a free period so they normally come watch." Bella informed me.
'Great, now I have an audience to watch me fall over my own two feet' I thought to myself.
In an hour of volleyball I manager to hit five people in the head, stumble twice and fall flat on my face three times. I sighed as I headed into the locker room after the game.
"Are you okay?" Bella asked as she sat down beside me on the bench.
"Fine." I grumbled as I stood up to get dressed. Only one more class left of this nightmare and I was home free.
After I pulled my white shirt on, I grabbed my bag and headed to my next class. I passed the rest of the Cullen's on my way out. "Are you…." Alice began before I cut her off.
"Fine." I grumbled again as I kept walking.
My next class was English which I found out I had with all the Cullen's. I wondered how they made it there before me as I sat down in my desk. Mrs. Stewart was the only teacher to make me stand up in front of the class. I hated her from that moment on.
"Riley? Would you like to stand up and introduce yourself to the class?" She asked me sweetly.
If I wasn't embarrassed enough after gym class, this was the icing on the cake. "I think I have a class with everyone in here so I pretty sure they know my name by now." I said trying to get out of it.
"But they don't know anything about you but your name." Mrs. Stewart smiled.
I sighed, stood up and looked at all the faces that were staring back at me. I started feeling nauseated, I was either going to puke or speak and if the first one happened I was on the next plane back to NYC.
"My name is Riley Scott, I'm 16 and I just moved here from New York City." I said in a rush and sat back down quickly.
"What are some of your likes and dislikes?" Mrs. Stewart asked sweetly.
I looked at her like she was out of her mind, none of these kids cared that I liked reading and hated sports. "Well, um..." I started before Mrs. Stewart interrupted me. She lifted both of her hands in the 'stand up' kind of manner. I sighed and stood back up wishing that a meteor would hit Forks High School and drive me right into the ground at this very moment.
"Mrs. Stewart, if you don't mind. I have no doubts that Riley is a very interesting girl but I would really like to get back to the novel we've been reading I'm dying to know what's going to happen next." Bella spoke up.
Mrs. Stewart smiled, "Okay Bella. We'll find out about you another day Riley."
I was hoping she didn't have a very good memory. I looked over at Bella and smiled thanking her over and over again in my mind. I would forever be in her debt for getting me out of this.