Equinox: Chapter One- First Sight, EPOV

"Okay, now go to the Coda… Good! Good!" My piano instructor, Mrs. Crowley, chimed. As my fingers slid across the keys, just finishing an ancient song: "The Waltz", Mrs. Crowley clapped. She always asked her students to call her Sherry, her first name, because apparently 'Mrs. Crowley' made her sound old… I don't get that about women…

I'd recently moved to Forks, Washington from my old home in Chicago, Illinois- everything here is so GREEN! It's not natural, please don't kill me hippies. It's my opinion, I loved Chicago… Here?

Not so much.

About an hour and a half later I checked the clock, '6:45'. Sherry had gone home and my family- my father, Charlie, and me- were having pizza and watching a basketball game with Who-Knows-Who against I-Don't-Really-Care. I guess that Who-Knows-Who was winning and they were in blue… I-Don't-Really-Care was in black and I think they had 24, but that's all I'd gathered from the… 2 quarters (I think?) we'd been watching. Sports were so confusing!

Why was I in such a predicament? My mother- Renee- had left 3 years earlier. (AN: You know the rest so yada yada yada, let's get to the juicy stuff)

My alarm beeped… my alarm beeped again… it beeped a third time, I groggily opened my eyes to look at it, '6:45'. Weird, It beeped a- I slapped my hand onto the clock and it finally stopped. And then I thought- 6:45… why does that sound familiar?

"Wake up Edward!!" Charlie shouted, he didn't mind me calling him Charlie, I was almost 18.

"Ha! Clock got me first!" I stood up and wandered toward the dresser, I picked a random shirt, random pants and socks.

Thirty minutes later, I was at school and munching on a donut I'd bought at Casey's. Suddenly, a bright red, sleek convertible, WITH IT'S TOP DOWN(!!) drove up. I checked my phone, 'Tues. 23, January' and shook my head "Those people are crazy" I mumbled.

And then I saw the people inside the car.

I could feel my mouth dropping. A blonde who looked like she should be on a runway, not a school parking lot, stepped out first, from the driver's seat, score! A huge, buff guy, easily 6 feet maybe 7 came out from shot gun… and then wrapped his arms around her, no score…. Next a blond dude came out- he looked like he was in serious pain, he came out with a pixie-chick- again, no score!

There was one last person who stepped out. Long brown hair, ripped jeans, navy blue shirt, white jacket, converse sneakers, absolutely beautiful, no- not just beautiful but gorgeous, stunning, striking, over-the-top attractive.

Pixie-Chick glanced at me but looked away one second later, I couldn't tell if I imagined it or not, then whispered something to Brown-Hair-Hottie, and then she looked at me. Electricity sparked between us- so strong that it was almost visible. It was like a staring-contest… I won, Pixie-Chick had tapped Brown-Hair-Hottie and she looked away. I had this strange feeling that she would blush, but she couldn't; so I did it for her, thank God that she wasn't looking.

History, Gym, and Chemistry AP dragged on and on, and then finally- at 12:30 Miss Meyer dismissed us for lunch.

Tyler Crowley, Sherry's son, had invited me to lunch to apologize over and over for his mom's, um... extremely weird I-think-I'm-totally-hip-but-actually-I-just-freak-people-out behavior. So I said: "Dude, I'm used to it," And then shuddered.

Find Common Ground with Random Person, check.

A few minutes later, after about half my sub sandwich was gone, THEY walked in- Blondie was first and it went in the same order as early morning. They all made the eww-bad-food face. I looked at my sub, Pepsi, apple, and ice cream then shrugged; it looked like perfectly fine food to me.

"Yo," Miles? Mick? Oh! Mike. I remembered his name. "Saw you staring at the Cullens" He gestured to the 5 supermodel-like people "just moved here from Alaska 2 years ago, their dad's a doctor uptown."

"Names?" I press.

"Blondie is Rosalie; her boyfriend is Emmett- the scary dude. Shorty: her name's Alice; Jasper's with her. The brownie" It didn't surprise me that he had the same longing that I'd probably have in my voice if I talked about her. "Is Bella..."I had to snap in his face to get him to come out of Little La-La Land. "Whoa!"He chuckled nervously "Heh Heh, sorry- but she doesn't date and…" The bell rang. "Tell you later!" we walked to class together- ends up we both have biology together.

I gave my slip thing to the teacher and he signed it, he couldn't find his stupid pen and when he'd finally signed the paper, the rest of the 14 people had sat down and were either staring at us or chatting with the people they were sitting by.

I am happy/nervous to inform you that the only other seat was next to none other than Bella Cullen.

I walked down the aisle to the seat next to her. "Hi, I'm Edward, and you are…" I decided to play stupid- I wanted to hear her voice. She looked at me with death-glare eyes and stiffened up. Shy much? I smiled at her, hoping to probe an answer out of her.

"Bella, Bella Cullen." She said simply then looked away. I'm afraid I can't. I'm frozen on the spot- enchanted by her bell-like voice, I was sifting through my mind and looking for a compliment then putting it on my tongue "Your name suits you", "You have a beautiful voice" and others flashed though my mind, though I couldn't conjure a whisper. So all I could do was close my mouth and get out my textbook so I wouldn't look like a COMPLETE idiot.

"Okay class, go to page 74 and read about the cells in your body!" Mr. Banner drones. Spanish next.

Spanish finishes, now it's my Relaxation/homework time.

Equinox: Chapter One- First Sight, BPOV

I spent all night doing my homework, and then I did my hair, picked out my favorite shirt- a navy blue blouse.

Not that I care. I'm a vampire. I don't sleep.

Time just flew by; soon I was in Rose's red convertible. And sooner afterward, I'm at school staring into beautiful forest green eyes. Alice whispered "Ooh! I see…" her eyes go blank, and then she gasps, "You like him, don't you!" she tapped my shoulder and I was forced to look away, so I turn my head down- it's a force of habit, I used to blush a lot.

"What!" I hissed. There isn't an answer; the bell rang a millisecond after my question.

Government, trig, and history creep by, like a turtle stuck in peanut butter. Mrs. Anderson dismissed us to lunch, after giving a lifetime-long lecture about 'the importance of Cavemen'.

At lunch my crew was a few minutes late, subs for lunch. Yuck.

I overheard a conversation from a desperate boy named Mike, and Edward, the new kid.

"Yo, saw you staring at the Cullens" Mike gestured to us and I looked at the salad on my plate. "Just moved here from Alaska 2 years ago, their dad's a doctor uptown."

"Names?" Edward asks. I was frozen. We'd just sat down. He voice is smooth as silk and heart stopping, although that doesn't affect me.

Mike goes through our names and, like always, his voice has the weird tone that can only be labeled adoration. I rolled my eyes when Edward had to snap in Mike's face to get him out of his… fantasy.

Soon after, I'm in biology, when I step in Edward's talking to the teacher- probably getting his slip signed. I sat in the back of the room, five minutes later he walked to my table, my eyes flick around- what? No other tables?

And then I could smell him.

His scent is so sweet, like a mix of freesia, orange, sunlight… I tried every combination I can think of- but nothing compares.

"Hi, I'm Edward, and you are…" great! I can tell he's playing stupid. I can't help but I stiffen and fix him with a stare. He smiles, and probably thinks I'm demented now….

"Bella, Bella Cullen" I can see him freeze. I'm smiling- almost giddy- inside, it's usually nice when you see someone enchanted by you, especially someone you like. He simply got his books out and got ready for the lesson. Mr. Banner probably said something stupid, but all I can deduce is that its page 74, cells ooh, exciting… heavy, heavy sarcasm.

Gym next- blah! I have to pretend I'm slow-footed and dumb, uncoordinated, and clumsy, as I said before: blah!

Thank God gym went by a speed of under what-seems-like-an-hour to a minute.

Soon I'm at home- 3:15, school let out at 3:00, with my essay on the body-cells, Spanish worksheet, and two trig pages all done, whew- that was hard! I worked for five whole minutes!

Carlisle, Alice, Jasper, and Rosalie are out hunting- me, Esme, and Emmett went hunting on the weekend, we don't need to. Emmett was pumped about a random basketball game last night when the team in blue had won 49 to 36. Or something like that.

I just go to the touch screen computer and plan out tomorrow's outfit. Wow Tuesday night and nothing to do. Big bummer.

I simply lounge around for the next 15 hours.