March 2nd 2015. 7:30 AM. The parking lot of Forks High School, Forks Washington.
I pulled my old blue two thousand and five Toyota corolla into a parking spot, took a deep breath while clutching on to the steering wheel. You can do this I thought to myself. Could I? I had just driven eight hundred and six miles over the course of two days. I got in around six o'clock last night. Let me tell you, driving from Carson, Nevada to Forks, Washington by yourself is not amusing. Yeah, my dad offered to come get me, but I liked the open road. I spent most of the time thinking. Thinking about life, about how my life was going to change in a matter of days. When my mom and dad divorced about 12 years ago, my father stayed in Forks like he has his entire life while my mother took me and moved us to Nevada where some college friends of hers lived. Now, my mother is traveling the west coast with her band and thought that it would be a better fit for me to live with my father and my older half-brother for the time being.
I took one last look in my rear view mirror, my brunette bangs swept over my glasses wildly. I gave them a quick toss and got out of my car. I held my school schedule in my hand and walked into school. First period was chemistry, I walked in to room 173 and greeted the teacher who was still sitting at his desk.
"Hello, I think I'm in the correct class, are you Mr. Frederick?" I asked shyly.
"I am indeed" he replied "you must be Ms. Jane Hart?"
"Yes, sir." He handed me a lab book and a textbook and told me to sit in the third row back. I sat down next to a girl with light brown hair.
"Hi, I'm Jessica." She said with a grin.
"I'm Jane, nice to meet you." I replied trying to be as kind as I could.
"So you're like new here right?" She asked. "You'll blend right in. Don't worry."
"Thanks." I felt a wave of relief after she said that. The bell rang and Mr. Frederick started teaching. After about 10 minutes another girl walks in.
"I'm sorry, I had to change my schedule. I'm Isabella Swan, a new student."
"Ah two new students in one day. Ms. Swan you may sit in the third row back, next to Mr. Cullen." He handed her the same lab book and textbook and she took her seat. While Mr. Frederick droned on and on about cell division I took notes and occasionally spaced out. What got my attention was the bell and the screeching of a chair as soon as the bell rang. Gee, I guess someone really wanted to get out of this class more than me.
I walked up to the new girl, I thought since we were both new I could find a friend in her.
"Hi, Isabella?" I asked hoping I got her name correct.
"Just Bella." She replied with a smirk.
"I'm Jane. I'm new here too. I was wondering if you wanted to walk with me."
"Sure, I could use someone to talk to." As we were walking she was kind of quiet. Until she bluntly asks me "Do I smell?" I paused.
"What?" I asked.
"Do I smell? The kid that was sitting next to me in Frederick's class was covering his mouth when I sat down… I just wanted to make sure I don't need to reapply deodorant or something." I leaned in and took a whiff.
"No, you smell like strawberries." I said.
"That's weird… Anyway, what's your next class?" She asked.
"History, Mrs. White." I stated.
"Damn, I have gym. Well I'll see you at lunch." She said. I stopped in front of room 203 as she walked away.
When I walked in I saw Mrs. White grading papers. I walked up to her desk.
"Hello, my name is Jane Hart, I'm a new student." I said and smiled. She looked up from her desk and grinned.
"Ms. Hart, very nice to meet you. You may sit in the last row in the back." I took my books and went to my seat. I sat down next to a very attractive guy. His hair was golden like the sun, with deep mysterious black eyes, and his skin was pale but went well with his blue sweater.
"Ms. Hart, we're having a pop quiz today, you do not have to take it but you will have to make it up tomorrow." Mrs. White states.
"Oh no that's fine, I'll take it today." I said. History was one of my better subjects. Not as good as English but I could hold my own.
A few minutes after the bell rang Mrs. White passed out the pop quiz. Groans arose from the classroom but were quickly dismissed. I looked down at my quiz and breezed through most of it. Until question seven: "What attack began the Civil War?" I knew the answer, I just knew it, but I couldn't think of what it was. My anxiety grew more and more. I felt a calming nudge in my forearm. The guy next to me got my attention and pointed to his answer. It all came back to me. I wrote down my answer and glided through the following questions. Mrs. White came around and collected our tests. I looked over at the ruggedly handsome classmate sitting next to me and gave him a small grin.
After Mrs. White's class it was lunch time. Finally I'm starving. I was walking down the hall when an all too familiar arm hooks me around my neck.
"Hey little sister." He says.
"Come on, Bran not here." I said releasing myself from the headlock. Brandon is my older brother who is a senior and like two times my size. "Are you going to lunch?" I ask.
"Hell no! Seniors don't eat lunch with Sophomores." He said flicking me in the arm.
"Good, I don't need you cramping my style." I said letting out a chuckle.
"Your style? Yeah right. I'll see you at home Jane." He said as we parted ways.
When I arrived in the cafeteria I picked up a tray and walked the line to get food. I picked up an apple, a bag of chips, and a diet coke. After paying for my meal I sat down next to Bella and Jessica.
"Very interesting lunch you have there." A boy named Mike says.
"Yeah, well I wasn't going to eat that slop." I said pointing to his tray of mystery meat. Everyone at the table laughed. Just then I noticed Bella staring at some people at a lunch table across the cafeteria, the mystery man from my history class was there along with the guy who thought Bella smelled bad in our chemistry class. I nudged her with my elbow. "That's the guy from our chemistry class." I said.
"Oh you mean Edward." Jessica states. "Yeah he's totally weird… but totally hot too."
"What do you know about them?" Bella asks.
"Uhm, well they're all Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's adopted kids, but they're also all together. Like together together. Which is weird." She says.
"They're not actually related, Jess." A girl named Angela says.
"But they live together, it's weird. So the big one, that's Emmet, he's with the blonde girl Rosalie. The little dark haired girl that's Alice, she's really weird, she's with Jasper, the blonde one who looks like he's in pain. Then there is Edward." She announces. I couldn't take my eyes off of him… Jasper.
"Enough about them let's talk about us. When are we all going dress shopping?" Angela asks.
"Oh boy can't wait." Mike says in a sarcastic high pitched girl voice.
"Shut up" Angela says while throwing a carrot at Mike "I mean us girls. Maybe Wednesday after that field trip?"
"It's good for me. What about you two?" Asks Jessica. Bella and I look at each other.
"Yeah sure." I say breaking my gaze from the other table.
"Sounds good to me." Bella adds.