Jessica elbowed me again and pointed to the table across the room. I glanced over and wasn't surprised to see Alice Cullen staring at me. She did it all the time and it was some sort of entertainment for my friends. The Cullens never did things like that. They didn't involve themselves with others. Something changed when I arrived. Suddenly the small dark haired girl was staring at me each day. Sometimes she even smiled at me when I looked back at her. The other Cullens never looked over. They didn't even seem to notice their sister. I turned back to my own table. Mike was telling some story about his trip last summer. I tried to act interested. Not an easy task when you're around Jessica.

"What do you think she wants?"

"I don't know but I wish she would just come talk to me or something."

"They don't talk to anyone."

"I thought they didn't look at anyone either."

"Right, maybe she will come talk to you."

I looked up at the clock.

"We better get going."

She nodded and picked up her tray.

When I got to biology I sank into my usual seat next to Edward Cullen. He was the only other Cullen I was that familiar with. Not familiar as in friends but familiar as in we were forced to be lab partners. He turned away from me like every other day and I ignored him. Things were better this way. The first week I started here Edward and I had fought right in the middle of glass. Both of us were sent to the office were our parents were called. I still consider it his fault. Like I tripped into him on purpose. Now we only talked to each other when we had to. Most of the time he just handed me things and took others. I was fine with that. I didn't need to be friends with a jerk like that.

Edward glanced at the front of the room before pulling out a piece of paper. I doodled on my notebook while I waited for class to start. I could hear his pen scribbling across the paper. I wondered what he was writing but it wasn't that important. Class passed without incident, which was amazing. Usually I dropped something or argued quietly with Edward over an answer. This class was too easy. Edward didn't disagree with any of my answers. When the bell rang I slowly gathered my things. I preferred to let other people get out of the class before I tried to walk around the desks. It was safer that way. I didn't even notice that Edward was behind me until I exited the class and remembered I forgot one of my books. I turned right into him. I was ready for the yelling but it didn't come. He just looked down at with his black eyes and frowned.

"Sorry Edward, I didn't know…"

His stare was enough to make me shut up and walk around him. Once I got my book I ran back to the hall. There were barely any people and I knew the bell was going to ring any minute. But I stopped. Leaning against the building was Edward. He watched me as I stopped and stared at him. Suddenly I felt really cold. I couldn't move. We just watched each other for a few minutes before he spoke.

"I'm sorry for being so rude."

"Its okay, I need to get to class though.""Oh I was hoping I could make it up to you."

He smiled a wide crooked smile and it made my legs tremble. No matter how mean he was, he was always perfect. I had never seen anyone so hansom.

"Maybe after school but…""I think now is better."

He straightened himself and started walking towards me. He stopped about 4ft away.

"Come with me Bella."

My legs moved forward even though I knew I should go.

"Okay."

He turned and started walking towards the parking lot. I was following but I didn't know why. My heart was pounding. He stopped outside the silver Volvo that he always drove and opened the door for me. I quickly jumped inside and waited for him to get in. Once he was in I let out a deep breath that I didn't know I was holding. He smiled and started the car. Before I knew it, we were racing down the road with forest on either side of us. I had no idea where we were or what we were going. My head was starting to clear and I looked over at him. Edward was looking straight ahead but he was smiling. I had to know what was going on.

"What the hell just happened?"

"I asked you to come with me and you did."

"I didn't want to."

"Then why did you agree?"

I didn't know.

"I…ah…"

He smirked.

Suddenly he took a sharp turn left onto a path that I didn't know was there. It was a dirt road that lead into the forest. He drove about a mile or 2 in and stopped the car. I waited but he didn't move. He pressed his head to the steering wheel then opened the door abruptly. I jumped when he was suddenly there opening my door. There was no way he walked around that fast. I couldn't move. I was stunned.

"Get out Bella."

Oh this was definitely a bad thing.

I slowly climbed out and he shut the door.

"Isn't it just lovely out here?"

"What?"

He turned to face me. His black eyes were staring straight into mine.

"The forest is beautiful, don't you think?"

"I guess so."

Then he was there. His body was less than an inch from mine. He pressed me against the car. His arms were on the car on either side of me. Then his face was in my hair. Was he smelling me?

"If only you could understand."

I was lost.

"Understand what? Why you're smelling me?"

"Yes."

Wow.

His body now pressed against mine and I realized that he was ice cold and rock hard. His stone chest was pushing my own and suddenly I couldn't breath. His body was just too much. I lifted my arms to try and push him away but he grabbed my wrists and held them above my head.

"What are you doing?"

"I cant breath!"

He smiled and backed up slightly. I took a deep breath and felt the soreness. How could he do that? Then he let go of me and walked away. He was facing away from me.

"Damn. What am I doing?"

I just stood there.

"I cant…I don't know…"Then he turned back to me. His black eyes ran down my still form. It would have been flattering if I was sure he wasn't going to do something really bad.

"I cant take it. You're making things so hard for me. I cant function when you're around. I cant even think."

"Huh?"

He grabbed the back of my neck and brought my face to his. Our noses were almost touching.

"You smell so good."

Then he pulled me away from the car and shoved me inside. I never even saw him open the door. He got in a second later but didn't start the car. I still had no idea what was going on. Was he some sort of stalker?

I didn't have time to think before he was on top of me. The seat fell back and I couldn't move. He held my arms down with one of his hands and used the other to turn my head. I could feel his cold breath on my neck. I never though I would be raped. It just didn't seem like something that would happen in Forks. The weirder part was that it was perfect Edward Cullen. This wasn't something that guys like him did. When I felt his lips on my neck I screamed.

"GET OFF OF ME!"

He hesitated.

"I AM NOT KIDDING! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

It didn't matter to him. He held my wrists tighter. I was already preparing myself to fight him off if he tried to take my clothes off. That didn't happen. Something all together different happened. He bit me! I felt his teeth sink into my neck and I stopped screaming right then and there. It must have been shock that a 17 year old boy was trying to eat me. Cannibalism was something I really didn't think I would have to worry about. I tried to pull away but I was getting tired so fast. I just didn't have the energy to push any more. He must have realized this because he let go of my hands.

Just when things were starting to go dark I heard the door open and Edward was gone. I could barely turn my head. There in the opening was a tall blond man. He grabbed my waist and pulled me out of the car. He laid me on the ground and touched my neck. I barely registered that it hurt. I could hear yelling somewhere close to us but I could make out what they were saying. Then the man grabbed my head and made me look at him. He was beautiful. He reminded me of Edward even though they didn't look alike.

"Can you hear me?"

I nodded but I winced from the pain.

"I'm Carlisle, your neck in injured, does it burn at all?"

"I…Bella. It just hurts…no burning."

"That's great Bella, no burning is perfect. I'm going to make sure you're okay. This will take the pain away for a while."

Then he stuck me with a needle. I waited a few minutes, then he disappeared. Darkness swallowed me.

I wasn't sure how much time had passed when I woke up. I was in a large bright room. The whole back wall was a window. It was beautiful. It looked like the sun just went down. I looked around the rest of the room. There were lots of book shelves and some computers. If I hadn't been in a hospital style bed, I would have thought I was in a library. I wasn't alone either. There was a light haired woman sewing in the corner. I didn't know her. She looked up. Her eyes were pure gold.

"Oh dear, you're finally awake. Your father will be so happy!"

She jumped up and ran out of the room. Second later the blond man, Carlisle, walked in, closely followed by my father. He looked frantic.

"Bella! Oh my god, I didn't think you were going to wake up any time soon."

My voice was dry and harsh when I spoke.

"How long have I been out?"

Carlisle answered me.

"Its been about 21 hours Bella. I figured you would wake up soon. I need to ask you some questions and take a look at your wound. Charlie could you leave us for a moment?"

Charlie nodded and backed out of the room. His eyes never left me until the door shut.

"Okay Bella what happened?"

I thought back and recalled all the memories of the forest.

"I…I'm not really sure."

"You were with Edward?""Yeah, and I thought he was going to…"

He didn't say anything.

"He bit me."

"I thought so."

"Why did he do that!? That's not normal!"

"No its not. Bella we really need to talk about this. You need to understand something that you are now a part of."

I couldn't think of anything to say.

"Edward has a certain attraction to you. He has been resisting your…allure for some time but what happened to you, its not excusable."

"A certain attraction?"

He sighed.

"Edward did not just bite you. He was attempting to drain you of all your blood."I froze. What the hell did that mean?

"What does he think he is? A vampire?"

Carlisle smiled.

"Actually he is, we all are. I need you to remain calm. We don't feed on humans. Like I said before, Edward is extremely attracted to the way your blood smells, it happens like that from time to tome."

Vampire.

"You are a vampire? What?"

"I know its hard to take in but I cant lie to you after what happened.""If that were true, wouldn't I be a vampire now too?"

It almost made me laugh to say it.

"Well if he hadn't sucked the venom out while he was drinking, yes."

This time I did laugh.

"I think you gave me too many pain killers. I'm not sure we are even having this conversation."

He smiled.

"Its true Bella, just think about Edward, about how he got you into those woods. Your father really would like to see you. I would appreciate it if you didn't say any thing about our conversation to him, at least let me talk to you further about it."

I just nodded.

There was no way I was telling any one about this. I had no desire to be committed to the nearest insane asylum.