Authors Note - Hi everyone! I am extremely excited to post the first chapter of my new story! I have been working on this story on and off for months now but it is really coming together nicely so I thought I would post the first chapter as motivation. I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed my other stories, you guys give me the love I need to keep writing. Let me know what you think of the first chapter, I know it seems pretty normal right now but give it a few chapters and it gets even better! Oh and btw I obviously do not own Twilight otherwise I would be relaxing in a vacation home on Isle Esme and not writing fanfiction.

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LadyNobody

CHAPTER 1 BPOV

The sound of a watch alarm brought me out of my peaceful sleep. I slowly let myself awaken but refused to open my eyes. Instead I pulled myself even closer into the warm arms that held me. I knew what would come next and I didn't like it.

"It's 4:30. I should go," Edward's low voice repeated the words he said nearly every day at this time. 4:30 am is the worst time of day.

"Don't go yet," I pleaded in a slurred sleep filled voice. I knew it was a lost cause but I still tried.

"Oh yes, Charlie would love to find me here, sleeping in his daughter's bed. And my parents would be thrilled to find me missing," he laughed quietly, the vibrations from his chest made me smile.

I sighed and opened my eyes, only to find him gazing at me. His startling green eyes still took my breath away. The only person I ever met with eyes like his was his mother Esme. He got his eyes from her and his gorgeously messy bronze hair from his father. He truly hit the genetic jackpot. And somehow I had hit the jackpot also, by being loved by him.

I watched as he moved one of his hands and began running it through my hair. "I love you," I whispered, catching his hand in mine and kissing it. He slowly lifted me off of him, placing me carefully onto the pillows. He smiled my favorite crooked smile and kissed my forehead, sending electricity through me at his touch.

"And I love you. I will see you in three hours," he moved towards the window picking up his jacket from my chair on the way. I sat up to watch him go. "Until then I'll miss you," he opened the window and threw out the collapsible emergency ladder that allowed him easy access to my room each night. Charlie had bought it for me when I first moved in with him. He realized how easy it would be for me the klutz to start a fire. I resented it at first, not realizing how useful it would be.

"I'll miss you too," I whispered as I stumbled out of bed and over to the window.

I watched him climb down the ladder into the darkness. When he reached the ground he grinned up at me before heading down the street to where he hid his car.

I let the cool November air wash over me until I was trembling. I pulled up the ladder, stashing it under my bed before closing the window.

I lay back down in bed but the cold had woken me up more than I had meant it to. Sleep was evading me so I closed my eyes and let my thoughts drift to Edward.

When I came to live with Charlie I thought I was dooming myself to a year and a half of rainy isolation. Instead I found Edward. To call him the love of my life would not be correct, because he was so much more than that. He was the half of me I never knew was missing until I met him. Now I wonder how I ever lived without him. Even being away from him for a few hours was hard. From my first day at Forks High when our eyes locked I knew my life was changed.

I saw him walk into the cafeteria with another boy. He was tall and muscular, with messy bronze hair. I couldn't hear what he was saying over the roar of hungry students but his brow was furrowed and his face had a strong intensity to it. It only made him even more handsome. The boy he was with said something back that made him break out into laughter. His smile was unlike any I had seen before. It made my heart race just looking at him. I was getting ridiculous. I was about to look away when he suddenly looked directly at me. It was the first time I had seen his eyes, even from a distance I could tell that they were a beautiful green. It took me a minute to snap back to reality. Oh God. I was staring at him. He wasn't smiling anymore; a quizzical expression had replaced it.

I must look like such a creep! What a great first impression I must be making. I instantly looked away, my face beginning to burn with a blush.

Jessica, the girl I was sitting with, realized my source of humiliation.

"I see you have discovered Edward Mason," she said a little louder than I wished. I only responded with a small smile but it was enough to get her going. "He is absolutely gorgeous, and charming, and seriously brilliant. But for some reason he doesn't date. So don't even waste your time."

"I won't", especially after him catching me drooling over him.

"It's a shame really," Jessica sighed, looking longingly in his direction. "He really is the hottest person in school. Well with the exception of the Cullens of course." The way she raised her eyebrows at the name made it obvious that she was dying to be the first to tell me about whoever the Cullens are.

"Who?" I asked, not really caring about anyone other than Edward, but not wanting to ruin her fun. Jessica looked over my left shoulder and gave a tiny nod for me to follow her gaze.

In the far corner of the cafeteria sat the four most beautiful people I had ever seen.

"Wow," I managed to say.

"I know right?" Jessica said taking in my expression.

They were all unnervingly beautiful but other than their similar skin color they all looked completely different. The most noticeable of them all was a massive boy. His muscles were apparent even underneath the thick grey sweater he wore. He had dark brown hair and was intimidating to even look at. His arm was wrapped around the waist of an even more intimidating girl. While she had nothing on his muscles, her beauty was enough to stop you in your tracks. Her long blonde hair perfectly framed her face that would resemble an angel if she was not glaring at the other girl. Even the glair was beautiful. Her body was needless to say flawless. The perfect combination of curves, she was not a pre-pubescent boy like most models. The girl she was glaring at was the smallest of them all. She was short, even compared to me, and she looked fragile. Her dark hair was spiky and stuck out all around her. She was dainty and light. The boy next to her wore the oddest expression of pain. As if it hurt him to sit. He was not as bulky as the other boy but was still extremely muscular. His hair was fair and just a little bit longer than what most would consider stylish, but it worked for him.

"Well I guess technically they're the Cullens and the Hales," Jessica said. "Emmet and Alice were adopted by Dr. Cullen, but they're not related. That's the big muscular guy and the short girl. And then the other two, Rosalie and Jasper Hale are twins. They're like Mrs. Cullen's foster kids. But the really weird thing is they're all like in love with each other! Rosalie and Emmet and then Jasper and Alice. And they live together! It's just weird," her expression was a mixture of disgust and pure jealousy as she continued to stare at them.

As beautiful and interesting as they were, my thoughts strayed back to Edward. I refused to let myself look at him again in case he saw me. So instead I tried to pay attention to the conversation going on around me. Or at least look like I was paying attention.

When the bell rang for class I walked to biology with a quiet girl who sat at the same table as me at lunch named Angela. She seemed sweet and her shyness was a bit of a relief from Jessica. Jess was nice but she sure could talk. It was a little bit overwhelming at times.

Angela gave me a small smile before heading off to her seat. I glanced around the room, finding that the only open chair was next to none other than Edward Masen. Of course, the one person who made me want to bury my head in the ground was the person who I would have to sit next to for the rest of the year. But a part of me was excited. Excited by his looks and the intensity of his expressions. I moved quickly to the teacher's desk.

"Ah, Miss. Swan," he said as I handed him a slip of paper with my information on it. "Welcome to Forks. Im Mr. Banner. Here is the material we have already covered. Nothing you can't handle," he handed me a stuffed folder of papers. "You can take a seat in the back, next to Mr. Masen."

"Thanks," I replied smiling, relieved he had not made me introduce myself to the class like an earlier teacher had.

Still thoroughly humiliated from earlier, I kept my eyes down as I walked towards the table in the very back of the room. Naturally I tripped. I caught myself on the edge of the table as laughter sprung up around the room. My face instantly turned red and I sunk into my chair, letting my hair fall around my face so that perhaps Edward would not see my blush. I hoped that if I wished hard enough I would turn invisible, no such luck.

"Hello," I turned to see Edward looking at me with amused eyes. He was talking to me? I was too stunned to speak. "I'm Edward Masen, your Bella?"

"How did you know that?" I responded without thinking. Why couldn't I have given a normal response? He glanced up to the front of the room where Mike Newton (a boy who had been a little too eager to help me find my classes and offer to help me catch up on work) was plainly glaring daggers at him. He turned back to me smiling a perfect crooked smile. "Oh, I think someone may have mentioned you to me."

My heart fluttered at his smile and yet another blush crept onto my face, just as the earlier one had started to fade. Luckily Mr. Banner saved me from responding by starting class.

I had already done the lab back in Phoenix, which was good seeing as my brain had decided to shut off when I saw Edward.

"Ladies first," he said, pushing the microscope towards me. It took me only a few moments to plop the slide into place, adjust the eyepiece and identify it.

"Anaphase," I announced, confidant that I was right.

"Mind if I check?" Edward asked pulling the microscope back towards him before I could even respond.

"Go for it," I was glad I was so confident in my answer. It took him the same amount of time as me to identify the slide.

"Anaphase," he agreed as I wrote down the answer. He replaced the slide with the next one. "Prophase."

"Mind if I check?" I asked repeating his earlier words.

"Not at all," I he said with a smile playing at his lips. It took me a few seconds too long to look away from his lips; I looked down at the slide to distract myself. Damn. He was right. "Prophase," I agreed. I didn't even look up as I put in the next slide.

We finished the lab quickly, much faster than the rest of the class. I was ready to stare at the table for the rest of the hour, when Edward spoke again.

"So what in the world could drive you to come to Forks Bella?" I loved the way my name sounded when he said it. When I looked up I saw that he was staring right at me and I tried to control my excited heart.

"Umm, well I came to live with my dad," I was failing to see how this could be even remotely interesting to him. I'm not anything special. I am very average and boring.

"Why the change?" Why do you care?

"Well, my mom remarried."

"So are you rebelling against the guy or something?"

"What? No. Phil is great." His forehead furrowed in what seemed like frustration. Out of all the people who had asked me about the move today, he was the only one who actually seemed interested. Everyone else had simply accepted the fact that I was living with my dad now and didn't question me anymore. Before I knew what I was doing I was telling him everything. I told him about Renee and Phil needing some space, how I could trust Phil to take care of her. How I detested the cold rain of Forks and missed the hot sun of Arizona. I had no idea why I was telling him this; I really had no idea who he was other than his name. It was nice though, to be able to talk to someone. I never let Renee know when I was upset, she had always come first and had her own problems; I didn't need to add to them. And Charlie definitely was not the kind of dad you had heart to heart conversations with.

Edward was different. He listened like I was the only person in the world; he only ever spoke to ask more questions. When the bell rang at the end of the hour I jumped, making Edward chuckle. I had completely forgotten where I was. A blush crept on to my face as I realized how much I had told him.

Mike Newton appeared almost instantly at my side.

"Hey Bella! What's your next class?"

"Um, gym," I said, startled by his sudden appearance. His face lit up and I had the feeling I was going to be escorted to the gym.

"Well Bella," I turned back towards Edward, surprised to see the intensity that I had seen earlier in the cafeteria on his face. But it was different now, less frustrated, more like he was trying to tell me a secret. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Um yeah, tomorrow then." It had taken me a little longer then it should have to respond. He grinned, stood up and left without looking back. I couldn't help but stare after him a little bit dazed.

"Bella?"

"Oh Mike!" I had forgotten he was still there. I noticed his face had fallen, but he quickly smiled again.

"I have gym next also. I can walk you there."

"Great, thanks Mike."