Rewritten:07/29/08

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Forks. A tiny town in the middle of nowhere full of precipitation and cold weather. It is the place where I am currently stuck in since I decided to be a martyr and move here with my father, Charlie. All for my hare brained mother and Phil, my step-father who I'm sure both love me very much, but would be better off without me for now.

Looking at the seemingly small office in front of me, I inhaled deeply before walking in through the front door. Today is my first day of Forks High. Yes, I know. Highly original name, I bet I'm going to love it there. Not. I got my class schedule, a map of the school and a lively pep talk from the lady at the front desk before I was suddenly pushed out the door and I scurried on to my first class.

As I entered my first class, all eyes were on me. I kept my head down, eyes glued to me books, ignoring the stares I was receiving. I refused to meet anyone's eyes, what can I say? People freak me out. Half-way down the aisle, just as I was almost to the nearest empty seat, I fell over. Right on top of the boy directly to my left. Laughter burst out of my classmates and I could feel the burning of my cheeks. Giving the frazzled boy an embarassed smile, I sat down and stayed down for the rest of the period. When the bell rang for the end of English and I rushed out of the classroom before anyone else could try to approach me.

As lunch finally rolled around, I could already hear the student body's hushed whispers of my accident this morning. I sadly realized that in a school as tiny as Forks High, word travels too fast for anything to be a secret. I was walking to the cafeteria with a girl in my Spanish class, Jessica, when I ran into yet another person. He had pale skin, messy bronze hair, and faint purple circles under his eyes. I'm betting he doesn't get much sleep. I caught a glimpse of his eyes - before looking away so it couldn't be classified as staring - they were a mesmerizing topaz. I don't usually approve of shallow comments but he was the most beautiful person I had laid my eyes on.

"Sorry." I muttered.

He just looked at me and walked away.

"That was Edward Cullen." Jessica announced. "Isn't he gorgeous?"

"Sure." I replied still a little shocked.

His eyes had been topaz a few seconds ago but when he walked away they were black. We walked into the cafeteria and bought our food while Jessica babbled on about him as we sat at our table. I was introduced to everyone at our table, but I still couldn't seem to remember most of their names. I know there was a girl name Angela and ... Laurie? Laura? I'm not sure.

I hadn't bother to pay attention to the conversation taking place. I was too busy thinking about my miserable existance here in Forks when Jessica's sudden laughter snapped me out of my trance. That's when I saw them, all together, for the first time.

There were two blonds. The boy reminded me of someone who would model clothes for stores like American Eagle while the girl looked like someone who belonged on the runway with wavy, shiny hair down to the middle of her back. There was also another boy who seemed like a body builder with curly brown hair. A petite pixie like girl with spiky black hair too. She was thin in the extreme, but without looking anorexic, everything was in proportion. Of course, Edward accompanied them. I should have known they were related with their extreme beauty, but they looked nothing alike in their facial features. Only their paleness and beauty seemed to link them together.

"Bella, hurry up or you'll be late." Someone called out to me.

It was then that I'd noticed the cafeteria was near empty and Edward's family rose up from their seats and left. I looked at my schedule. Biology II it read, just great. I arrived just in time for class and went and sat in my appointed seat, which just happened to be next to Edward Cullen.

As I came closer, I saw him angle his chair away from me. I sat down in my seat and looked up just in time to see him glaring at me. I immediately looked down and let my hair fall down to cover my face from his view. I could see his hands balled up into fists, he was obviously very tense. That was how it was like throughout the whole class as the teacher rambled on. Him in a tense and ridged position and me, hiding from his view.

Why? I wondered. Was he mad that I had knocked into him in the halls? This class was unbearable. Time seemed to pass ever so slowly but when it did end, he was out of the classroom before the bell stopped ringing.

I pouted slightly. Fine. I wouldn't have liked him anyways.

"Hi, I'm Mike."

I looked up to see a cute baby faced boy with blond hair gelled up in spikes.

"Hi, I'm Bella."

He seemed thrilled that I responded to him.

"Do you need help getting to your next class?" He asked.

"Um, that's ok. I have Home Ec. so I'm sure I can find that."

At least he didn't seem repulsed by me like Edward but I wasn't in the mood for an escort who I would be obliged to talk to.

"Oh, ok." He said disappointed.

I walked out of the classroom and to my next class where I was sent to sit at the table by the window and guess what? Another one was there. Another one of the beautiful people I saw in the cafeteria today. It was the blond boy. I hope he doesn't hate me like his brother but I wouldn't know. I haven't met him before.