Edward took a deep breath in, he was looking up at the big grey building with anxiety beginning to bloom in his chest. He had never had to do this before, a new town, a new school and all these new faces staring at him, probably wondering who the hell he was. This was a small town and he was used to being in a much bigger pond, one where he could fly under the radar.
Edward and his parents had just moved to Forks, Washington from New York and boy was this a big change. His father, Carlisle, had accepted a job offer at a local hospital, thinking that this move would be good for his children, especially Edward's little sister Alice. Carlisle believed that the big city was a bad influence on his children, this was all thanks to Alice's social life and sneaking around. Edward had never really been a social butterfly and tended to fly under the radar. His father had been brought up in a small town and believed that kids from around these parts had better morals. Edward on the other hand believed that this would be just as bad, if not worse, after all what is there really to do in the middle of nowhere other than fuck and drink. His father was not particularly impressed when he aired these views, shutting them down as quickly as he could. He knew that Alice needed a change of scenery, the kinds of people she had been hanging with were not good for her. And as much as he knew that, he felt like he was being punished for her mistakes. He loved his sister, but why should he have to suffer?
He had overheard his parents talking a few weeks earlier after Alice had come home in a none too pretty state. They had seriously considered sending her off to boarding school to try and straighten her out but their mother wouldn't allow that. She wouldn't have been able to be away from her for that long, and Edward could understand why though he almost wished she had agreed and they could have stayed in New York, there he could be no one and nobody was particularly interested. In the end his mother had agreed that this move was what was best, that way the family could be kept together.
His father was a surgeon and loved his job, his mother was an author and also loved hers and fortunately this way of life meant that she could move wherever a job came up for his father which just so happened to be Forks, Washington. He didn't really hold a grudge against his sister, after all he probably would have missed her if she had been away, she was really his only friend. And although she had been part of that popular crowd she had never allowed it to affect her relationship with Edward. Although every now and then she did attempt to convince him that he wanted to hang with her and her friends, but she never succeeded in making that happen. Although this move had been what was needed to keep the family together Edward and Alice were still to be going to different schools. Edward was here at the local Forks High, but Alice had been sent to a school a few miles away that was just for girls. If his parents thought that this was going to tame Alice they had made a few mistakes.
Anyway, so that was the story so far, Edward let out the breath he had been holding and made his way up the front steps, inside the building and followed the signs that led him to the office. The inside of the building was just as drab as the outside, all white walls and grey linoleum. All of the kids he had walked past so far had turned to look at him, stopping mid conversation to scrutinise this new comer. He could feel himself getting a little hot under the collar at all of this attention, Alice would have been lapping this up, but he hated it. Centre of attention was definitely not a place that he longed to be. He sped up his walking and slammed through the door with OFFICE stamped across it, quickly barring himself from all of those prying eyes. He ran SMACK in to someone and felt himself begin to fall, although somebody had grabbed his wrist last minute to stop him from falling. He quickly righted himself and looked up in to the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen, they were gorgeous pools framed with golden curls. He was dumbstruck and the apology that had been trying to come out was stuck in his throat.
"You gotta watch where you're going man, you could really hurt someone." The angel in front of him said. The guy looked at him oddly for a minute and when Edward didn't speak he began to walk away.
"Sorry." Edward shouted to the guys retreating back, the guy raised a hand in acknowledgement and kept on walking out of the office and out of his life, damn he had to find out who that guy was.
Oh yeah, one more thing that would make this gossipy town fun for him, Edward was gay.