Chapter One - Awkward First Meetings

I'm your average, ordinary girl; I hang with my friends at the Seattle mall, I love reading and listening to music and I'm the only child to Renee and Charlie Swan. I have lived in forks my entire life and nothing has changed until the day the Cullens came to town.

Now Forks Washington is a tiny town near Seattle its population is 3120 people. Everyone who live here have lived here for generations. Hardly anyone leaves or comes. That is until today.

My friend Angela is on the welcoming committee, she was the first to meet them.

"Hey Ang, how was first period?"

"it was okay"

"What?"

"there are these new kids here"

"What why?"

"Because they moved here because their father is a Dr and Forks Hospital asked him to come"

"Oh.. What are they like?"

"There are five of them. All gorgeous, three are in year 12 and the other two are in year 11."

"Wow fresh blood in Forks. That's gonna get some gossip going"

"What are they like?"

"Their kind weird… that gave me the creeps"

"Are they in the cafeteria now?"

"They're over there" she said nodding her head to the side. They were sitting in the corner of the room. No wonder we couldn't see them straight away... They were sitting still in their seats not eating or talking to each other.

Looking closer at them, they didn't look anything alike except two. The two that looked alike had blond hair and were both about the same height except one was a girl, the other a boy. The male next to the blond girl was huge and muscular; he had puppy eyes and brown, short hair. The girl next to the blond boy was pixie like in every way she had black hair and. The last Cullen was a boy around the same height and the twins but had scruffy, bronze hair that looked like he just got out of bed, and the only thing all the Cullen's had in common was their eye colour which was a rich golden.

Sitting there looking at them I felt like they were on the runway or something they looked like super models. It was then I realised that I couldn't keep staring at them like the rest of the school was as that would probably just hurt their feelings and make them feel uncomfortable. So instead I went back to eating my salad and drinking my banana milk.

"So Ang, are any of them single?" Mike asked.

Thank god today he wasn't asking me out. It was Mike's usual thing to ask me out about 12 times a day. As the Cullen's were way better looking than me I could finally get some peace and quiet.

"No their altogether"

"Like together?"

"Yeah"

"Gross"

"Oh shut up Mike... They're adopted. Mr and Mrs Cullen can't have any children of their own so they adopt."

"Oh well that's okay then"

"What Mike siblings can't be in love with each other now?"

"No they can but if they're related it's just weird. Don't you think Bella?"

I just sat quietly eating away at me salad pretending not to have heard they're gossiping and raving. Instead I just looked out the window at the rain and clouds in which this town is famous for. I loved the rain and the cold and hated the sun and the heat that never came. On sunny, warm days I would stay at home and reading in the bathroom just because the bathroom was the best place to escape the heat and sun.

My mother often worried about me spending all day in there but she would always say 'it's lucky we have two bathrooms.' I wanted school to be over so I could go down to La Push reservation and see my boyfriend Jacob. Sure he was like 2 years younger than me but who cares it's not like we're having sex or anything.

DING

Thank god the bell finally rang for the end of lunch I can go to Biology and English and then go home and see Jake. I walked into biology and I saw the Pixie-like stranger sitting in my seat.

"Excuse me but that's my seat" I said to her after walking beside the table.

"Oh My... I'm sorry, do you mind if I'm your lab partner."

"Not at all"

This Pixie was acting strange it was as if she knew something I didn't about myself, the way she kept staring at me like I had a fish on my head.

"I'm Bella by the way"

"I'm Alice Cullen. Nice to meet you Bella, Can I ask you a Question and tell me if I'm being to straight forward here but would you like to hang out after school?"

"Um... sorry but I have plans already how about tomorrow afternoon?"

"Great"

She was bouncing up and down in her chair like I had just given a child a lolly pop. The hour went by quickly and I was anxious for the day to end. I hadn't seen Jake all weekend as his dad, my dad and Jake went fishing all weekend and I was stuck at home with my stupid assessment tasks.

Just as Alice was about to ask me something else the bell rang and I ran out the door and straight into someone who caught me before I fell face first into the floor.

"Thanks and sorry" I said looking up to find the scruffy bronzed haired Cullen

"No that was my bad I shouldn't have walked so close to the doorway"

"Thanks again. But I have to go!"

I quickly walked away to English. English went by quite quickly; by the time the last bell rang I was ready to go down to La Push. I missed my Jakey. I ran as quickly as I could without falling to my Chevy truck. Only to once again fall over in a pot hole full of water and head straight for the ground. I was bracing myself for full impact but it was stopped yet again by strong, muscular arms.

"Thanks" I said when I was placed back up right

"Don't mention it"

"I'm Bella by the way."

"Edward Cullen"

"I'm sorry to seem rude but I must be going"

"It was nice meeting you" he yelled behind me as I ran off to my truck.

Down at La Push

"Sorry Bella but Jake isn't back yet"

"Could you tell him I dropped by"

"Of course"

"See you Billy"

"Bye"

The drive home was a lonely one. I had been expecting to be going to Port Angeles with Jake but lately he had seemed distant, like us being together wasn't enough anymore. Once I got home I ran upstairs to do my homework when I got a text.

(Bold is Jake)

Bella sorry I missed you today.

Can I come round I have something to tell you.

Jake

Um… sure. I'll see you soon

Love Bella

Jake was here sooner than the 10 minutes it took me to get from La push to my house. He was banging on the door which was very much unlike him.

"BELLA I know you're in there"

Oh shit he was drunk again.

"BELLA answer the door"

I hate it when he did this….