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Thorillina
Chapter 1: Mighty Fine Car.
EPOV (Edward.)
Monday.
School was boring. I could see what Emmett was going on about. The same old thing over and over and over….the only thing that changed was the students. Forks high was getting a new student today, her name was Isabella Swan, I think.
"Edward! Hurry up! You need to put the black jeans on, not the blue ones, k? 'Cause you wore blue jeans yesterday and people will think you're wearing the same thing." Alice screamed from downstairs. Rosalie was in the garage and Emmett was with her. Jasper was moping around in some corner of the living room and Alice was at the foot of the stairs. I slipped into the black jeans and ran downstairs- vampire speed. "'Bout time." Alice mumbled. She perked up and started talking to me about the new girl. ''I'll bet were gonna be best friends! I wonder if she has good fashion sense. I hope she'll go shopping with me. Jazz! Come here…..blah blah blah" I stopped listening when she called Jasper.
I got into my Volvo and started the engine. I glanced at the clock on the dash 8:49. I rolled my eyes and honked the horn. Alice and Jasper sighed and slid into the back of the car. Emmett and Rose were WALKING (human speed) towards the car.
Hey, Eddie-boy can you be MORE impatient?-Emmett
"My name is Edward. Not Eddie, okay?" I growled at Emmett as he hopped into the car. "Sure thing lil bro." he smiled and turned on the radio. I sped off and we were nearing the gates of the school when Emmett started thinking New girl New girl Neeeeeewwww girl New girl New girl Neeeeeewwww girl. Lollipop lollipop oh lolly lolly lolly LOLLIPOP da bum bum bum.
"Emmett SHUT UP!"I yelled. Emmett grinned sheepishly. Alice screamed and giggled started bouncing up and down.
Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping sorry I gotta keep you out my head Edward.-Alice.
I sighed and pulled into our usual spot. Rose let out a low whistle and looked at the car opposite us. It was a cherry red McLaren and I loved it. "Nice set a' wheels, you gotta say." Rose sighed. Mike, Tyler and every male in the parking lot were throwing looks at the car altering from lust to jealousy.
Damn, that's a mighty fine car.-Mike.
God I want that car-Tyler.
Everyone's thoughts were along those lines so I stopped listening. The office down opened and everyone's heads turned towards the sound. Out stepped a tall girl with waist length golden hair and electric blue eyes. She was slightly tanned and was wearing red Converse, black leggings that went to mid-calf, a red Abercrombie tank top and a huge white Hollister jumper that was clearly a boys, several sizes too big and went to mid-thigh. She was crazy beautiful. I tried to read her thoughts but there was nothing, just comfortable silence. She smelt like freesia and...something else...
She walked towards her car-well; she looked like she was dancing. She got to her car but before she opened the door she glanced up at us. She first looked at Alice, then Rosalie and then my car before looking away. She looked surprised. Her breathing quickened. She swore and grabbed her bag from out of the front seat. She turned and ran to the main building-quite quickly for a human- and disappeared inside. Alice turned to face us "Does she know?" her face was paler than usual and her eyes wide. Emmet laughed "We can take her-I mean she's a girl AND she's blonde. Like who's blonde anymore?" Jasper looked annoyed and Rose smacked the back of Emmets head. None of us knew the answer to Alice's question. Does she know our secret? "Um, did anyone else notice that she didn't have a heartbeat?"
BPOV. (Bella.)
Friday.
"Bella," my 'dad', Thor, the god of thunder, sat down in front of me and sighed. "I know you don't want to but you'll have to accept the fact that you're not leaving here. Ever. I'm truly sorry but I can't let you get away with trying to break into the Underworld." His voice was rising, he was angry. He shook his white blonde head and continued "I can't believe you did that! I...I... ugh... just, go to your room. You're grounded, Debbie." I froze. Thor's eyes widened and he started apologizing. "It doesn't matter, Thor. I cannot live up to Debbie's standards. Goodnight, please don't bother me again."
This was the last straw. Thor's flesh and blood daughter died many years ago, so he 'created' me-a stand-in Debbie. I couldn't live with it anymore. I needed to go to my room so I could sneak out again. I slouched my shoulders and dragged my feet until I exited the room. Then I ran the rest of the way-faster than a vampire, lightning fast. I flung my door open and looked around my room. The walls were coffee coloured and the skirting white. The floor was carpeted in white furry carpet and against one wall there was a platform that held the bed. The bed was coffee wood with white covers and sheets. Beside the bed there was a huge dog bed for my dog Album Ignis Umbra, or Shadow for short. The wardrobe was also coffee wood as was the desk, wall-shelves and bookshelf.
I grabbed a bag from out of the wardrobe and started packing clothes. I opened one of the secret compartments at the bottom of the wardrobe and began grabbing all the money that was there. I stopped for a second; where was I going?
Earth, America, to be precise. I leapt out of my skin and turned around to see Shadow sitting behind me. Shadow and I have a special bond allowing him to hear my thoughts and me to hear his. He's huge, his back brushes my elbow and I'm 5 foot 7'' but he's the same shape as an actual wolf despite the fact that he is pure white and has the same colour eyes as me; electric blue. He's my guardian and protector and I can't go anywhere without him. He, like me, is immortal.
I felt a wicked grin creep on my face and I thought Earth it is, my dear boy. I've, no scratch that, we've always wanted to go to Earth. It is illegal for immortals to go to Earth without a valid reason but since when do I listen to the law? I waved my hand and all the money changed into dollars. I continued packing and Shadow started grabbing things off my shelves. My journal, my jewellery box, my set of magic daggers, my goblin-made sword, my scrapbooks, my ring that showed that I was the 'daughter' of Thor, my sunglasses, my hairbrush (that has mythical powers that caused the users hair to shine, feel weightless and be knot free in one stroke.), a bottle of sugar-water, (I don't eat, I just need to drink a litre of sugar-water a day for some unknown reason.), my moon belt (I don't need to sleep either, I just have to wear this belt during a full moon and all my powers are strengthened.) and a map of America.
"Right, let us go and explore the world, my dear fellow." I whispered to Shadow. I opened the window and turned to face my room for the last time (for a while, at least). Shadow yelped and grabbed my pillows off my bed. Don't ask me why but he had a weird bond with them. He dragged them over to me and I stuffed them into the bag, sighed and jumped out of the window. Being immortal AND the 'daughter' of Thor means I'm stronger than most and jumping from a three story house is child's play. I looked up and saw Shadow's head out the window. In his mouth he held the bag. Drop it. I thought to him. We had to be silent as my dad was on the bottom floor. He let it drop and I caught it, slinging it onto my back. Shadow jumped and landed silently next to me. Let's rock and roll.
We ran stealthily from the house towards the Forest of Fire. Once we reached the cover of the trees we ran ever so slightly faster. We had to get to the very centre of the forest so no-one would see us. It took two hours at running full speed to get there. It was just an arch in a clearing beside a stone table. I laid the map of America down and took the thinnest dagger out of its leather case. I turned around so the map was behind me and flung the dagger over my shoulder. I checked where it landed. Forks, Washington. Our new home. Shadow yelped happily at that and wagged his tail madly. I pulled my ring on and placed my right hand on the arch. It started vibrating under my touch. "Forks, Washington, America, Earth." I whispered. The arch filled with a substance not unlike spider webs. It shimmered and ripped down the centre, creating a path to our future.
APOV (Alice)
*Vision*
A large white dog yelped happily and wagged his tail madly. A blonde girl pulled a ring on and placed her right hand on a stone arch. It started vibrating under her touch. ''Forks, Washington, America, Earth.'' She whispered. The arch filled with a substance like spider webs. It shimmered and ripped down the centre, creating a path to their future.
*End Vision*
Edward glanced up from his piano to look at me and raised an eyebrow. Hmmm, I've no clue what that means but it seems we'll be getting a visitor soon enough.
He nodded and returned to playing and I continued my search for future lotto numbers.
BPOV
We slipped through the tear in the arch web and found ourselves in a forest. I could tell that we were on Earth, by the smells. We looked at each other for a second before jumping up and down yelling (or in Shadows case, howling). It took a while to calm down enough to really appreciate the new sights. We need to find a house. I'm not living in a forest. I raised an eyebrow at my faithful companion and smiled. And you call yourself a wolf. I was only teasing and he started chuckling-well, his equivalent to chuckling.
We started walking toward the sound (and smell) of cars, zooming down a road. One we found the road, I realised that it was roughly 9 in the morning, drizzling and we were only 5 minutes away from Forks. We walked along the side of the road and I swear at least three cars stopped asking if I wanted a lift. I politely declined as Shadow was growling in his mind and it was driving me crazy.
I stopped when we entered the town and I asked the first person I saw if they had the number for a taxi company. It took him five minutes to stop stuttering and staring and force an answer out. I knew I was beautiful because of my goddess blood and I knew I had natural charm but really, earth men were all the same. I thanked him and went into the local grocery (Shadow waited outside). I went up to the manager on duty and asked him if I could use his phone. He was reluctant at first so I pouted and made my eyes sparkle and said in a very soft voice "Please?" he stared for a second, open-mouthed, before coming to his senses and handing me his mobile.
I dial the taxi's number and seconds later a gruff voice replaced the dial tone "Hello, Bert's Taxi service." "Hi, I need a taxi to bring me to Port Angeles from Forks. I also need one big enough for my dog and I need it within the next ten minutes. Can you do that?" "From Forks to Port Angeles with a dog….it's gonna be hard-" "Can you do that?" the line was silent for a half second. "I think Micky is free…it's gonna cost ya though." "Look, I don't care about the price, I'll be waiting outside the grocery in Forks. See you soon." I hung up, gave the manager his phone back and gracefully exited the shop.
Shadow huffed in relief when he saw me; he hated when he couldn't be with me. A pale blonde baby-faced boy came up to me and smiled. He swiftly turned and hurried away when Shadow growled.
The taxi came then; Micky certainly didn't keep us waiting. It wasn't a car; more of a minibus or van. He jumped out of the taxi and held the door open for me. I thanked him and leapt agilely through the open door. Shadow sniffed the driver and cautiously climbed in beside me. Nothing bad, he just needs to control his thoughts. Shadow and I had the ability to read someone's thoughts at any given time, as well as being able to block them from other gods (who also had that ability)
I had my mind-reading powers off so I didn't hear what Micky said and, honestly, I didn't want to know.
The drive was uneventful. Micky tried to ask me out about 4 times but after I said no the fourth time he turned the radio on to some rap. Shadow didn't even think much, he was too occupied with the scenery. ''Where to?'' Micky grumbled. I thought about it. I really couldn't get taxi's everywhere, so a car was defiantly at the top of the list. ''Car dealership, please.'' He sniffed ''Sure, what make? There's Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Land Rover, Mercedes and a sports car dealership.'' ''Hmm, Land Rover please.'' He nodded and drove to a corner, turned right and stopped outside the gates of the Land Rover dealership. He turned in his seat, facing me. ''That's $75.43, please.'' I nodded and handed him a two hundred dollar bill. ''No change.'' I raised an eyebrow at his shocked expression.
Shadow and I walked up to the doors. I turned to Shadow and thought Stay here, no growling and don't draw attention to yourself, kay? He nodded and flopped down beside the doors. He looked at me with his big blue eyes and said Okay, but you don't go getting into trouble and please don't buy anything over the top. I just shook my head and swept through the doors into the polished hallway.
The lady at the reception desk was clearly bored out of her mind. She immediately plastered a grimace-y smile on her face and asked me in an obviously fake cheerful voice ''Hey there, how may I help you?'' ''Hi, I was wondering if you have any stock that's hard to get, like rare or something.'' she pondered this for a second and began typing on the computer in front of her. ''Well, we are getting a G4 Challenge next week…but it's right hand drive.'' I waved the last comment away, placed both hands on the desk and said ''How much?''
I walked out 15 minutes later, pleased with myself. Shadow stood up, shook his fur out and asked So, how bad is it? I grinned ''G4 Challenge, baby! I have to pick it up next week. I got a discount because it was right hand drive.'' Um, you do realise that we still don't have a car…or a home? I scowled at him and whispered ''Of course I do-we're going to the sports car dealership now.
An hour later (stupid paperwork and stupid salesman looking at my chest) I was the proud owner of a 2012 McLaren-in red! I zoomed out of there with Shadow lounging in the passenger seat, head stuck out the window and tongue hanging out the side of his mouth, pleased with the speed.
We went to an estate agency, obviously looking for a house. I went in, buying the largest house on offer in Forks. It was in a secluded part of a forest, three or four miles from the nearest neighbour.
I went furniture shopping next, buying $1, 87400 worth of stuff. Hey, who could resist the colour changing Jacuzzi or the 100" flat screen TV or the totally awesome massaging chair? Not me, that's who! Obviously I bought things that I wanted but not needed-like the bed-just to keep up the pretence. I had it all to be delivered to the house the next day. I also bought things that I could take home immediately; my phone, the laptop and the bed sheets. It was still early, only like 2 and I wanted to fit in with every other teenager in this town. I was driving around, looking for a clothes shop when I spotted a tattoo parlour. Oh, dear lord. Don't do this Bella. Shadow started whining, pleading with me, and using his soulful eyes. I bit my lip-maybe this was a bad idea…I shook my head and glared at Shadow. I was going to do this.
I slid back into the car, knowing that the 9 tattoos I got would heal in 5 minutes (another perk to having goddess blood-fast healing) and then I could take off the bandages. Shadow refused to think to me until I promised him that we'd go straight home after I bought some clothes. I pulled into the car park of the mall and hopped out. Across from me was a silver Volvo and it was quite nice. The smell coming off it was strange though-very nice, like lilacs and honey mixed with sunshine. I shrugged it off and continued inside.
I was finished in Super-Dry, Abercrombie, Schuh, Berska, House of Frasier, American Eagle and I was just going it to Hollister when I smelt it again. The strange honey, sun and lilac combo. I searched for the source of the scent. My eyes locked onto 3 pale figures in the corner of Hollister and I swore. Vampires. Bloody bloodsucking vampires. How could my day get any worse?
It got worse. When I was at the checkout they joined the queue. They were arguing about something. There was a short pixie-like girl with cropped black hair, a muscular yet lanky bronze haired boy and a breathtakingly beautiful blonde girl. I listened in on the argument. "Alice, I just don't see why you couldn't take Roses car. I mean, why did I have to come?" the bronze haired guy asked the pixie one in a muted velvety voice. "Oh, Edward! You came because you needed new clothes and we didn't take Roses car because I didn't feel like it, so…yeah, 'kay?" the short one Alice told Edward. He sighed and shoved his hands into his pockets. "Um…miss? That's $497.94 whenever you're ready." I jumped and handed the money to the cashier. She thanked me and I hurried out of the shop.
Vampires. I can't believe I picked a town at least 3 vampires. That wasn't why I was reacting like this though; on my 200th birthday I went to see a physic to see who my soul mate was as that was tradition. He had seen that the bronze haired veggie vampire was my mate but he hadn't been created just yet. Thor forbid me from going to Earth so I figured I would be alone for life. The vampire and I hadn't made eye contact yet and until we did we would stay alone.
I ran out of the mall, ignoring the stares I got. I skidded to a halt in front of my car and leapt in. What's wrong? Shadow's eyes and thoughts showed nothing but worry for me. I replayed the scene in Hollister for him as I sped out of the car park.
I pulled into the side of the road and grabbed the brochure that I got with the keys to the house. I followed the directions on the brochure to find my way to my new home.
The driveway started with 2 grey stone pillars. I pulled into my driveway, speeding down the mile-and-a-half, my excitement mounting. I slowed dramatically at the first glance of the house. It was three stories and an attic. There were 7 en-suite bedrooms and 2 entertainment centres along with the kitchen, library, music room, 2 studies and a dining room. The outside of the house was red brick and the flower beds were full of flowering bushes. In total there were over 100 acres, 87 acres being forest. The garage was off to the side of the house, large enough for 12 cars. A smile lit up on my face when I put the key in the lock and turned.
The hallway was long and split off into different rooms. I set off in search for the largest bedroom. I found the library, one of the entertainment centres, the kitchen, the sitting room and three bedrooms before I climbed into the attic. It was cosy and warm and the entire ceiling was glass. You do realise that we could stay up here during the full moon? I love this house! Shadow started jumping up and down, his tail wagging madly. I laughed and nodded, running down the stairs. I had until tomorrow until the furniture came so Shadow and I thought about my vampire.
Do you want to meet him? I shrugged-of course I wanted to meet him, I just didn't know where to find him. You could go to school, ya know. I'll be fine. A smile slowly lit up on my face. School sounded amazing. At home, we only trained for battle, never bothering with math and stuff like that. It didn't stop me from sneaking into the library to learn it all. I found a love for Ireland, and could speak fluent Irish. So I learned Irish while everyone else learned how to kill with your bare hands. When I finished learning Irish, I learnt French, Latin, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, Swahili, Morse code and Braille. I also studied the entire maths, English, art, history, geography, business, science, music and PE courses.
"I'm going to school!" I squealed, jumping up and down, clapping. School, I reckoned, was the place where I would find Mr Bronze-hair Gorgeous Pants. I took my new iPhone out of my pocket, looked up the schools number in the yellow-pages and rang them. I had left on Friday and I thought it still was but I couldn't be sure. "Hello, this is Mrs Cope of Forks High, how may I help you?" "Hello, my name is Isabella…Swan. I recently moved to Forks form Ireland and I want to enrol in the school. Is this possible?" "Yes dear, I just need your age, date of birth, address and your parent or guardian to sign the papers in the school." "I'm an orphan and being 18 I'm legally allowed to be here by myself." "Oh, I'm sorry about your parents dear. So just your date of birth and your address." I gave a fake date of birth and my real address to her and she wished me luck in my new home. I had school at 9.00 on Monday.
Shadow and I spent the rest of the day exploring the forest. We found a clearing that was roughly 3 acres and had a GIGANTIC oak tree smack bam in the centre. We spent the remainder of the day under the tree, soaking in some rare evening sun. I loved my skin in the sun. While vamps sparkled, I glowed. In the sun I went golden and I was strengthened.
We ran back to the house at 11.30, when we finally decided it was time to go home. I pulled a bottle of sugar water out of my bag and sipped it. I was lucky to have a reasonably normal food source; one of my friend only ate popcorn covered in mayonnaise and sprinkled with grated cheese. Quite weird.
Saturday.
The delivery trucks arrived at 9.30am. I spent the morning directing the delivery guys. All of them looked me up and down, their gaze resting on my chest. It was around 3.30 when the last delivery guy left and it was only because Shadow was growling rather loudly.
So the furniture was completely swallowed by the house and we were watching TV when Shadow had an amazing idea. Um, you know, we could get loads of pillows and mattresses and set up one of the bedroom full of them. Like the entire floor would be covered in mattresses and all the pillows on top. Just a passing thought… I leapt up and ran to the study where I had the laptop set up. I ordered 12 memory foam mattresses and 290 feather pillows that were supposed to be delivered tomorrow at 10.
We didn't need to empty any of the rooms as I hadn't bought enough furniture so two of the bedrooms were empty.
Sunday.
We kinda just sat around until the order came. We spent 2 hours setting it up and 4 hours chilling in there. I had to go to town to get all my new school books and such. It was sunny and after I got my stuff, Shadow and I went to La Push, to the first beach. I could turn off my glowing skin so I don't look out of place with the humans.
We walked along the sand, me in my bare feet. I sat on a huge sun-bleached tree with Shadow laying contently with his head on his paws. After a few minutes, he started chuckling. What? I wanted to know. Turn on your mind reading powers. Was his answer.
I turned them on and listened.
(Bold: Jacob, italic: Embry, underlined: Sam.)
Jacob, I don't think she's a vampire.
Why not-she smells like one.
Jake, she's not sparkling.
Call Quil-he's with Claire-and Seth and go see who she is.
Okay.(A/N,its Jake and Embry talking together.)
Seconds later a howl pierced the still air. Shadow raised his head and pricked his ears towards the sound. I nudged his with my foot, telling him to calm down. He nodded and placed his head back on his snow-white paws. We sat for five minutes until we heard 5 people walking towards us about half a mile away. Stay calm. I silently urged Shadow. I'll try. I stood up and started walking towards them, Shadow trotting in front of me.
There were 5 people-4 overgrown shape-shifting boys and one 3 or 4 year old girl.
"Hi, I'm Jacob. This is Quil, Embry, Seth and Quil's…sister, Claire." "Bella and this is my dog Shadow." They all looked at Shadow, surprised. "Well, he sure is big." Jacob went to pat his head and Shadow pulled back, ears flat on his head and teeth bared, growling. So much for keeping calm. "Sorry, he's wary of strangers." I placed my hand on his head and he instantly relaxed.
The little girl, Claire, squealed and ran over to Shadow. He looked surprised put didn't growl or anything. She threw her arms around him and buried her face in his fur. The 4 guys looked on open-mouthed. "He likes kids, especially girls." I explained. The real reason was that he knew that she was Quil's imprint and growling could of got him hurt.
Shadow let Claire rub him before nudging her towards Quil. He kept poking her in the back with his nose, until she latched onto Quil's leg. Shadow sniffed Quil up and down and walked over to Seth. He sniffed him as well and timidly licked his hand. Seth looked pleased while Jacob was very annoyed.
" Are you new here?" Seth asked, patting Shadow. "Yes, I moved from Ireland last week." They all nodded. "Wait, to the rez or Forks?" "Forks." All of them sighed, too quiet for human ears but I was able to hear them. I patted my leg and Shadow was at my side in an instant. "Well, I have to go." "See you 'round." Jacob held out his hand. I didn't take it-I had decide while waiting for the furniture to come that I was going to pretend I was Aphephobic- a fear of touching other people. I looked at his hand and he dropped it limply to his side. "Sorry, I'm Aphephobic." All of them blinked dumbly before Jacob said "Is that like a fear of germs?" I shook my head "If I was afraid of germs why would I have a dog?" I walked off, not bothering to wait for an answer. God, sometimes guys could be such idiots.
I got home at 6 and I spent 2 hours picking out my outfit for school tomorrow. I decided on red high-top Converse, black American Eagle leggings that went to mid-calf, a red Abercrombie tank top and a huge white Hollister jumper that was in the boys section-if it's pretty and comfy why couldn't I get it?
Monday.
Shadow and I watched TV till dawn. Then we packed all my stuff into my new school bag, including 2 500ml bottles of sugar water. I changed into my clothes and pulled my magic brush through my hair. It was now 8.35-time to get going.
I raced to school, getting there at 8.39. I parked in an available spot near the office and jumped out of the car and made my way into the office. Behind the desk was an elderly lady. I walked up to her and cleared my throat. "Hello, I'm Isabella Swan, I called on Friday." The lady nodded and smiled "Yes dear, here is a map of the school and your schedule." She handed me a piece of paper and said "You'll need all your teachers to sign this and bring it back to me at the end of the day. Alright?" I nodded thanked her and exited the office.
Waiting outside of the office was a short girl with crazy brown curls. She held out her hand and said "Hi I'm Jessica and you're Isabella Swan." "Bella and sorry I'm aphephobic." Her eyes widened and she gasped "OMG, my cousin was aphephobic and she, like, went crazy….." she continued speaking about her cousin. her thoughts were telling a different story though Aphephobic? What does that mean? OH, it probably means she won't talk to people prettier than her. Yeah that's it, I'll have to tell Lauren at lunch. "…and then she got married to ANOTHER guy. Well see you later, bye!" she walked off, her curls bouncing madly.
I shook my head and headed back outside to get my bag out of the car. I was hyperaware that everybody was looking at me as I crossed the car park when it hit me again. His smell. I looked up, expecting to see him and the two girls so I was surprised when I saw two other males among them. I looked down again. I hadn't thought about what I was going to say to him. I swore and grabbed my bad from the front seat. I turned and ran-a bit too fast- back into the main building.
I was once again ambushed by Jessica, who started telling me about something-I wasn't listening. "Hello, Bella? I said let me see your schedule." I handed it to her and she sighed dramatically "Oh, you lucky thing, you have a Cullen in every single class." The bell went and she waved. I headed to my first class, art. When I entered the room it immediately went quiet. Then the whispered started again. I rolled my eyes and went to the only free seat-next to the blonde vampire I saw in Hollister. She glared at me and if I was human I would have cowered in my seat. But, being awesome, I just smiled at her. She chuckled under her breath and whispered vampire speed "I like her, she's got guts." She looked me up and down before asking me "How do you get your hair so shiny?" I smiled "It's the brush I use, I think. I'm Bella Swan." She held out her hand "Rosalie Hale, call me Rose." I smiled again and said "Sorry I'm aphephobic." She nodded and put her hand down. "Is the McLaren yours?" she asked me half why through the class. I nodded "It needs to be tuned up though, it's not fast enough and the headlights aren't very good. "I'll do it for you, if you want. " I smiled and nodded "I can give you a lift home if you want to see how she runs." She nodded and looked away.
The next class was history. I sat next to one of the males I hadn't seen before. His name was Jasper Hale and had fought in the Civil war. (I had rummaged through his mind.) He was very calming and sort of scary looking. He had scars all over his face, neck and hands. He had also fought in the newborn vampire wars. I pitied him. Then I immediately regretted it when I realised he could feel my emotions.
I had French with Alice Cullen next. She was the pixie one from Hollister. She was a physic (more mind rummaging). I offered her a lift as well which she accepted.
I had break and then 1 free class then English with Rose, then Biology. I spent the free time in the library, where I read my biology book. I was done in 10 minutes.
I entered biology an hour later. After the teacher had signed my slip he sent me to the only free seat-next to Edward Cullen.
EPOV
I looked at the blonde beauty sitting beside me. We were supposed to be separating the slides of onion root tip cells into phases of mitosis and label them correctly. We were finished within 5 minutes, leaving us 45 minutes to talk. She identified three of the five, writing them down with a steady hand and fluid, neat script. "I've meet your sisters and brothers. They're very nice. Rose is going to help me tune up my car." I stared at her, shocked. Rose, being helpful? What had the world come to? "Alice is very energetic. She's very good at French too. I had history with Jasper. He hates the union. It's sort of funny." She was sketching on her copy. It was a picture of a wolf. It looked like one of the La Push wolves, except slightly different. "You're very good at drawing." I couldn't help but compliment her. She smiled and said "It's my dog, Shadow. I've had him since I was younger. He's pretty big." I was slightly annoyed with the fact that she hadn't looked me in the eye yet. She continued sketching, her jumper pulled back a tiny bit, showing writing. "You have a tattoo?" I was surprised, I hadn't expected tattoos. She smiled at her drawing and pulled off her jumper.
On her left wrist she had 'My genius scares me.' On her right wrist though she had 'My idiocy scares others.' Under her left collarbone were the words 'I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.' Between her right wrist and elbow was 'Well-behaved women rarely make history' on her left forearm was 'Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you chocolate and that's a start' She told me she had one on her lower back, her right ribs, under her bellybutton and her right shoulder blade.
We talked about the weather and her car. She still hadn't looked at me and I still couldn't read her mind. She looked straight ahead and I noticed 3 pale scars running diagonally across her cheek, from under her eye to her jaw-bone. "Bella? Where did you get those scars?" She scowled on slapped her hand to her face, hiding them. "I'm sorry if I offended you. You don't have to tell me." Her hand slipped from her cheek and she smiled "Thank you Edward." She turned to look at me for the first time.
The second I looked into her eyes the rest of the world didn't matter anymore. I found myself floating in her beautiful blue eyes. I felt a sudden urge to protect her from the rest of the world. I heard Newton thinking inappropriate thought about my Bella. Wait, where did that come from? My Bella? Seriously? Sure she was amazingly beautiful-beauty that rivalled Rosalie's- and she was sweet and caring and funny… Bella was biting her lip, hiding a smile. I wondered why.
Agh this is so annoying. Why can't I just read you mind already? 'Cause I'm special. I stiffened and looked at Bella. She was staring at the book in front of her but she was smiling widely. "Bella?" she turned to smile at me and my breathing hitched. My non-beating heart swelled when I looked at her. "Yes Edward?" she said sweetly. I groaned internally, what was I supposed to say? I took a deep unneeded breath and asked her "Do you want to sit with my family and I at lunch today?" she nodded as Mr Banner called the class to order.
APOV.
I waited outside Edwards Biology class impatiently. My geography class had gotten out early and I really needed to talk to Edward about a certain new girl. I had a vision of her at our house, laughing at Emmett. That was it. I huffed and crossed my arms. I was mildly surprised when I hear Edwards voice and even more so when I heard a girl talking with him. I listened in to Edwards conversation. "Bella?" that was Edward, talking to the new girl. "Yes Edward?" her voice was musical and sweet. I heard Edward take a deep breath and I had to muffle a giggle when I heard him say to her "Do you want to sit with my family and I at lunch today?" Right then the teacher called the class. 3…2…1… BRIIING. The bell rang and chairs scraping was the only sound to be heard. I was shocked when Edward came out. His eyes were only for Bella, who looked mildly amused. "Hey Alice." She smiled at me. I raised an eyebrow and glanced at my brother, who was still staring at Bella. Bella giggled and bit her lip.
I guess Bella's 'eating' with us today.
JPOV (Jasper.)
I was already in the cafeteria, with Emmett and Rose, waiting for Alice and Edward when I felt Edward emotions. There were confusion, surprise, amazement, happiness, annoyance, jealousy, anger and weirdly, lust. Why was Edward feeling lust? I stopped caring when I heard Alice enter the cafeteria. Everyone in the cafeteria felt shock and surprise and exactly the same time, overwhelming me. Sometimes being a 'feeler' as Emmett liked to put it, was very annoying.
I looked up to see Alice, Edward and the kind blonde girl, Bella, that sat with me in history. Alice was grinning ear to ear, Happiness radiating from her so I sent her some more, Edward's eyes never left Bella and she was staring at the floor. "Bella!" everyone was surprised when Rosalie-of all people-jumped up and ran over to Bella, embracing her. Bella squirmed uncomfortably and Rosalie immediately dropped her arms saying sorry and that she had forgotten.
I watched as Alice and Edward got their food. I was surprised that Bella didn't get anything. I was even more surprised when they led Bella over to our table. She sat down, Edward on her right and Alice on her left. Rosalie sat opposite her while I face Alice and Emmett faced Edward. "Hey Jasper." She smiled at me. I smiled back. "Excuse me but who the hell are you?" Emmett was always blunt and I was afraid he was going to scare Bella away. But she smile and looked at him "I'm Bella and you, no offence, are huge." Emmett's laughter rang through the cafeteria. He stuck his hand out and said proudly "No offence taken and I'm Emmett." Bella bit her lip and said "Sorry, I'm aphephobic." Emmett just looked at her dumbly and she rolled her eyes and explained "I don't like being touched." A mischievous grin was now on Emmett's face and he waggled his eyebrows "So you still a virgin then?" I waited for her embarrassment but she was amused. "Yep." "So is Edward. A 90 year old vampire and still waiting." He said to low and fast for humans to hear but Bella's amusement grew and she stifled a giggle.
"Aren't you hungry?" that was the first I heard Edward speak the entire conversation. He was worried. For what I don't know. She shook her head and grinned "I'm not hungry. Neither are you guys. But you're thirsty. For something red…and warm…and not wine." We all looked at her in shock. "I know what you guys are. But I also know you're vegetarians. You're vampires."
Alice broke the silence that followed Bella's statement. "How do you know?" Bella admitted "Well, I don't know if you've noticed or not but I'm not human either so…yeah." Edward gasped "Bella…what are you then?" Bella frowned and sighed "We can leave now, go to my house then go to your place and I explain it or we can wait for school to finish."
We all stood at the same time. Bella smile "I'll get the car started then."
EMPOV (Emmett.)
I liked Bella. She was straight forward and funny. We ran out to the car park, Bella jumping into her McLaren. Rose and Alice got in with her. Edward groaned, and slid into his Volvo. We had to go to Bella's house first to get something. Bella went first and I gotta say, she drives like a Cullen. Edward chuckled and it brought me back to him. So Eddie, what was with you today? It was weird. Edward growled at his nickname and shrugged. I like Bella. She's very pretty. Edward looked at me. It was strange for me to think something like that but still, Bella was pretty. Prettier that Rose even. Edward laughed "I'm going to use that as blackmail Em." I groaned and sank back in the seat. Jasper laughed at me. "Where are we going?" we had passed the opening for our house and continued for roughly four and a half miles before turning in to a stone pillar marked drive.
Bella pulled in front of a huge red brick house. I heard her tell the girls to stay in the car that she'd be back in a second. She was literally, but not alone. Behind her was a huge dog, snow white with the same eye colour as Bella. I wanted to play with it. Edward rolled his eyes as did the dog. I heard Bella pleading with Rose but she didn't want the dog in with her. I leapt out of Ed's Volvo and was instantly at Bella's side. "Oh, Bella please?" she nodded as Alice and Rose got out of Bella's McLaren.
I slid into the passenger seat as the dog jumped in the back. Bella smiled at me as she stared the car. "Emmett this is Shadow, my…dog." Shadow snorted and Bella chuckled. "Your car is too small. You need a Jeep." I informed Bella. She laughed "I have a G4 Challenge coming on Saturday, is that okay?" I whooped. G4 Challenges are the coolest. We talked about cars then. She told me she was going to get an Audi R8 V10, Range Rover sport, Ferrari Enzo,, Ferrari 458 Italia and a Lamborghini Murcielago. I told her to get a big car too, not just sports cars. She laughed "You'll have to come with me to get a big car then." I smile as we pulled in to our driveway.
Esme was hovering outside as we pulled up and her eyes widened when Bella got out of her car, and even more so when Shadow jumped out. "Esme, this is Bella. Call Carlisle please." Edward was at Bella's side the second she was out of the car. He looked warily at Shadow but tugged Bella's hand towards Esme none the less. I can't wait to see how this turns out like!
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