Disclaimer: As much as I want to own Twilight, Edward, and Jacob, they all belong to Stephanie Meyer. ***Sigh*** Lol.

Chapter 1 Meeting Edward Cullen

BPOV

I was at home finishing up the remaining homework I had due on tomorrow, not really bothering to the anything else. What a way to spend my Sunday afternoon. And as if my stupid calculus homework wasn't bad enough, my best friend Jacob Black, who was sitting down on the couch on the other side of me, kept looking up and staring at me.

"What?" I asked feeling a little self-conscience.

"Nothing" Jacob said. He looked down at his hands and started playing with a couch pillow for a few minutes and then started staring at me again.

I sighed and finished up the remaining questions on my trig homework trying to seem oblivious to the stares I was getting from Jacob. I went to put my homework back in my book bag once I was done. Jacob simultaneously stood up when I did. "Jake, I'm gonna get started on dinner." He didn't move from his stance in the living room."Why don't you just stay here and watch some TV?" Jacob put the idea into consideration, shrugged, and plunked back down on the couch with the remote in hand. As I left the room, I heard the TV click on and hoped Jacob would be fully entertained. It was going to be hard for him the next couple of weeks. He had gotten into a big fight with Billy about school and not keeping up with his grades. Jacob got so fed up, the best possible idea for him at the time, and I quote his words, "was to move in with his best friend for a couple of days." He came to my door and asked if he could crash at my house for the night and explained his situation. I really didn't know what to say and didn't want to give Charlie ideas that he was already having of me and Jacob becoming a couple. I couldn't do that though-Jacob is my best friend. Even when we were little and then now again that I moved back in with my dad four years ago when I was in eighth grade and Jake was in seventh. But it's not like Jacob doesn't think otherwise-he wants him and me to be a couple ever since I came back, even more than Charlie does. He's constantly trying to hold my hand and stroke my hair and giving me looks when he thinks I'm not looking. It actually gets very annoying.

Anyway, back to the Jacob-moving-in issue. I really wasn't sure what to tell him so I called Charlie in. Charlie walked in expecting the worst from the way I called him in, but saw Jacob and smiled. "Hey Jake, moving in with Bella already? Hope you two are taking it slow." If possible, I was even more shocked than before. I looked at Jacob for a way we could explain his situation to Charlie without him getting angry, but instead Jacob had a very smug look on his face. Charlie must have noticed the way I was acting and said,"Calm down, Bells. Billy already called me. He was hoping that Jacob was telling the truth when he said he would come here so he called me and told me to be on the look-out for Jake."

"Yeah Bells, calm down." Jacob told me. He knew I hated it when he sided with my father so he must have done it just to piss me off. But as soon as Jacob's words came out of his mouth, he noticed that Charlie must have not been done talking and he hated being interrupted so he looked at Jacob, the smile off his face, and said," But Jacob, you really shouldn't have stormed out of your house the way you did. You got Billy worried sick." Jacob snorted at the sound of Billy's name and then the word worried coming into the conversation, finally the smug look off his face which was replaced with one of sadness and anger.

"I'm sorry Charlie. But everything has just been so difficult over there so I thought maybe I could just stay here for tonight....or maybe a couple of days. Please Charlie! I'll still go to school everyday and then just come back here after." Jacob begged.

"Fine....but how are you going to get to the school on the reservation?" Charlie said. Jacob looked at me, with pleading eyes.

"Ok! But I don't want to here any complaining about my slow truck or getting up early." Once I said the words, Jacob's smug look came back on his face and I rolled my eyes.

"So where do I put my stuff?" Jacob said and walked in.

Charlie automatically said, "The couch" before anything else could be said. Charlie liked Jacob a lot, but not so much as to trust him to sleep in the same room as me. It was Jacob's turn to roll his eyes, but he obeyed.

So now here we were, on a Sunday afternoon. I decided to make some chili for Jacob and Charlie tonight. I felt bad for Jake the whole time I was cooking. He tried to act like he was such a big person (literally, even only being one year younger than me, he was still way taller than me, but forget that right now) to not miss his home and his regular way of living with Billy. He was being such a macho-man about it all but I can see right through his mask and tell that he is a little scared. As soon as I finished with the chili, I saw Jake at the table, staring at me again. I almost dropped the huge bowl all over my feet. "Oh-my-gosh, Jake! You scared the hell out of me! How long have you been just sitting there?"

He chuckled at me being scared of him. He stood up and took the chili from my hands and placed it on the table. "No damage done." I huffed and looked at the time. Charlie wouldn't be home for anout an hour or so but I was kind of hungry and Jake was always hungry, so I thought we could probably eat now. I went to the cabinents and took out three bowls, leaving one on the counter. Jacob looked confused and said, "What are you not gonna feed me now?"

"Like that is even possible, you'd probably snatch the bowl right from my hand. The bowl on the counter is for Charlie, he won't be here for about another hour or two but I figured he wouldn't mind eating alone." Jacob smiled and I smiled back at him as I gave him his bowl and put some chili in it. "Here, dig in."

Those words were enough for Jacob to start eating and not think twice about it so I figured by the time I finished putting some chili in my bowl, even considering the big serving I gave Jake, he would probably be done. As I finished putting chili in my bowl, I looked at Jake and he didn't surprise me by almost finishing the entire bowl. "Good chili." he said.

I laughed. "Of course it is, silly. Remember you used to call me world's best chef?" We both laughed at the memory and wished times were still simple like that. I looked up at Jake who had taken the time to place his hand over mine on the table. He looked like he wanted to tell me something. I decided to shrug it off and just continued eating my chili.

"So Bells, how's school been?"

"Fine, just learning and stuff."

"No, I mean like stuff besides that. Like your friends....and Mike Newton"

Ugh, I'd been dreading this again. I had told Jake that Mike was making moves on me and kept asking me out. I always said no, and still firmly stand with my decision, but one day I felt really sorry for Mike and told him maybe. He sadly mistaken that for a yes and decided to come over to my house to pick me up for our 'date'. He picked a pretty bad day to come around though. Jake was over and when I didn't come back in right away, he luckily worried and saw Mike trying to push me into his car. Jake grabbed Mike by his shirt and said that if he ever laid another hand on me he would rearrange his face. Mike took the warning. He was still stupid enough to say, "Bye Bella. I'll talk to you tomorrow." That infuriated Jacob and he begged me not to go to school the next day. I told him there would be way to many witnesses for him to ever hurt me but he wasn't persuaded. He told me he was going to tell Charlie. I finally made a deal with him that if I picked him up from school he wouldn't tell. I hated picking him up from school though-all his friends would give him high 5's and say stuff like "Go score!". It made her wonder what he told his friends at school..... But having Charlie know what had happened seem a little worse at that moment so I did my fair share of the deal. Of course when I pulled in to his school parking lot, I heard all the things Jacob's friends told him. I rolled my eyes and waited for him to get in the car.

So now why did he have to bring it up again? Mike didn't make any moves on me anymore and just stared from a distance. It was still creepy, but not as bad as what I usually got from him. I told Jake that too. I really didn't want to talk about it at this moment when Charlie could be walking in soon so I told him, "Not now Jake. That's over and done with. We're not even friends anymore. Just forget bout it.

"Bells, I'm not gonna warn you about him anymore. I agree-over and done with. I was just wondering..... if he's still bothering you. Cause I can always go there and beat the hell outta him."

"Sure you can Jake, whatever makes you happy." I could tell that whatever he just said was not what he had intended to say at first but I decided to shrug it off, just like the hand incident. Lately, with Jake being around more he has been a little more handsy with me, never going over the top though, more like grabbing my hand out of nowhere. I don't want to lead him on and then break his heart so I try to pretend like it doesn't bother me.

Charlie came in five minutes later hanging up his gun and coat as he walked in. He grabbed his bowl and started to serve himself the remainder of the chili and then took it to the living room to watch a sports game on TV. I stood up and decided to do the dishes. Like always, Jake stood up to help me dry the dishes. I was hoping that there wouldn't be any awkward silence between us cause it would end up being even more awkward because he's spending the night. Then tomorrow I would have to drive him to school and then pick him. While thinking this, Jacob splashed me with water, waking me up from my thinking, from the sink and said, "Your always such a serious thinker." I splashed him back and we got into a water fight. Soon my shirt, jeans, and hair was all wet. He was all wet too, but we just laughed together at it. Charlie came in and to see what all the noise was about. He saw us laughing, all wet, and even standing-well Jake standing, I slipping-on the wet floor. He just turned around and didn't want to know what happened anymore. We laughed again and he said he would clean it up while I got took a shower.

I took about a 15 minute shower and changed into my normal pajamas of a tank top and sweats. I then went to my room to try and relax. Attempt failed. Five seconds after lying in my bed, I hear a knock from my door. "Come in" I said, too tired to even stand up and get my door myself. Jake walked in and took the seat from my computer and rolled it over to my bed. "Hey Bells" he said.

"Yeah Jake?" Was he finally going to tell me what's been on his mind all day that he's been hiding from me?

"You don't have to drive me to school tomorrow or pick me up. It's fine, really." I knew this was so not true, but he was probably feeling guilty or angry that I was taking care of him like a 6 year old.

"Awww, come on Jake. You know you want me to. Plus I don't how you gonna get there without me."

"I can walk you know."

"No Jake, I'm taking you to school tomorrow and then I'm picking you up. End of the story. Look, I'm really tired and I'm going to sleep now. Be ready to leave tomorrow at 7:15."

"Sure, sure. Night Bells." he said as he walked out of the room.

"Night." I murmured, half-falling asleep already.

****

The next day I woke up at 6:30, got dressed and ready for school. I went to get some breakfast and was surprised to see Jacob awake.

"Wow, Jake are you really awake or am I still dreaming?"

"Shut up Bells."

"Whatever you say, morning sunshine."

That did it for Jake. He was definitely not a morning person and I knew that. I just wanted to know what he would do about it. He decided to pick me up and give me a big tightening hug. "Jake!Can't...breathe!"

Right at that moment, Charlie arrived. Awkward. He looked over at us and then Jacob put me down. Charlie shrugged it off, said his goodbyes, and left the house. Me and Jacob laughed and I then went to put some Lucky Charms in a cereal bowl. Ten minutes later, I grabbed my book bag as he got his and we headed for my truck. The ride there wasn't so bad, of course not much traffic in rainy Forks, but when I dropped him off at his school, his friends noticed that I was driving him and they greeted him with high-5's and other guy talk. Before entering the building, Jacob turned around to look at me and mouthed the words sorry. I laughed and then nodded and waved for him to get on with his classes.

When I arrived at school, I was happy to realise I was still 10 minutes early and wouldn't have to be rushing or late to my first class. I saw my best friend Angela walking over to the building where she had her first class. She saw me and waved for me to go talk to car. I hopped out of my car and went to see her. "Hey Ang. What's up?"

"Nothing much....but did you see the new kids?"

"No, but finally there is someone besides me to be the new kid!" I said jokingly.

Angela laughed and replied, "Well, I don't think they'll be as clumsy as you, but there has been a lot of gossip spread about them so far."

"How many are there of them?" It was pretty unusual for me and Angela to be gossiping, but I figured something must be up with these new kids that has her so excited that she's actually passing on the gossip she heard.

"I heard there's five of them. The story is that they are all adopted by the new rich doctor and his wife at the hospital. Some other people said that four of them are together, like as two couples."

"Wow, that's...unusual. What about the one available?"

"All I heard was that he's the best looking one out of all of them. If that's true I don't see why he's not taken."

"Oh, so I'm guessing there are a lot of excited girls today. Are you one of them?"

Angela looked down, slightly embarrassed without coming out with her full answer, "Yeah."

I laughed and said, "Well I hope you get a shot with him."

"Thanks Bella."

"No problem Ang." I laughed then replied as then the bell rang. "See you at lunch!"

"Bye!" Angela said.

I walked to my English class and sat at my seat at the back of the class. I always had to be careful of where I sat in some classes because I had to avoid sitting down next to Mike. Today, sadly, since I was gossiping with Angela, I ended up having no choice but sitting next to Mike. Great.

"Hey Bella!" Mike said as I sat down in the seat next to him and put my bag on the floor.

"Don't talk to me. I can easily call Jacob who is still willing to kick your ass."

"Oooo, I'm scared. Your big boyfriend is gonna hurt me. I better run." he said sarcastically.

I wanted to respond telling him that Jake's not my boyfriend, he should run, and to shut the hell up, but I didn't want him to have another excuse to talk to me.

Five minutes later, Mike said, with a sad expression, "It's true then. That big guy that was at your house is your boyfriend."

I remained silent the whole time. Silence is the key, I told myself over and over in my head, he'll leave you alone if you shut up. My plan ended up working and when the bell rang, I stormed out of English class, grabbing my book bag and raincoat, and not looking back. I was now glad that those new kids came, hopefully I would stay out of the gossip for another few days until people got over them as the shiny new toys.

Lunch couldn't come quick enough and when it did, it felt like a gift sent from above. I walked to the cafeteria and stood in line to pay for salad and Snapple. When I finished paying, I made my way over to the table where Angela and I usually sat with another group of friends. As I was walking, I saw most people looking in one direction. Curiosity got the better of me and I glanced over to what everyone was looking at, even though I already had an idea in my head. Sure enough, I ended up looking at the new kids, or the Cullens and the Hales, from what I've heard. Since they were all adopted by two different families, they didn't look all the same, but they did seem to be sharing one visible trait: they were all beautiful, and each in their own way. I saw a big muscular guy and a blonde girl sitting closely together. I saw a short girl resembling a pixie also sitting close with a blonde guy. And then I saw him. If the gossip was correct, his name was Edward and from what I can tell the gossip was correct on one thing that I can tell of: he was gorgeous and even thinking it is an understatement. He had bronze hair and green eyes that made him stand out from the other good-looking people he was sitting with. He seemed pretty muscular, but not as much as the guy sitting with the blonde girl. But in a word to some up everything about him, he seemed....perfect.

Woah, caught myself there. I can not be falling for this guy I don't even know! Sure he seems perfect and he definitely looks the part too, but how can I tell if he's not perfect. What if he's a real jerk? Ugh, this is useless. I really can't see him being a jerk. And even if he wasn't a jerk, who said he would ever want me? I'm just a normal person but compared to him and his family, I probably resemble an old rag. By the way I'm staring at him, I should probably be drooling. Then all of a sudden I noticed something. Oh-my-gosh, he's been looking this way the entire time I have been gawking at him and deciding if he was perfect! I blushed and quickly looked away from the beautiful guy and took my seat next to Angela.

"Hey Bella. So I take the impression you've seen the Cullens?" Angela said.

"Yeah" I said and blushed again. Even she saw the way I was staring at them. I really hoped no one else did though.

"Do you like what you see?"

"Shut up Ang."

"Hey, I'm just asking. It's not my fault you were staring at him like a fool."

"Was it really that obvious. He must think I'm a freak."

"Nah, he's probably used to it.....but I did see him staring back at you. Maybe you should talk to him."

"If your telling me to talk to him, then you must not know me at all."

"I'm just kidding, you can calm down."

"I am calm." I said, but I bet my face was still probably lit up from blushing so much that I might have looked angry.

"Sure, now change of subject. How are things going with Jake?"

"Uh, fine I guess. We're still just friends if that's what you were trying to ask."

"No...but I see the way he looks at you Bella. Maybe you should give him a shot, you never know. You might like him more than you think."

I have been dreading that coming from Angela. Two weeks ago, we had plans to go to the movies and when she came over I totally forgot about it. Jake was over so I felt bad and asked him if he wanted to come with us. His face lit up with excitement and immediately said yes. I was glad we had picked out a comedy-I didn't want to be watching a romance with Jake so close to give him the wrong idea. I also didn't want to be watching a horror film because then I might be scared and probably grab him by accident and hide in his chest. That would be very awkward since I am known for doing that anyway. So instead we all laughed our asses off at the movie, but I could have sworn Jake was staring at me again. But now back to the present, Angela must have noticed those stares.

Coming back to our conversation, I answered, "Well, I highly doubt that. Jake's like a brother to me and even if we dated what if things didn't work out between us. I don't know how we could be friends again. Or if Charlie and Billy could."

"Whatever you say." Angela stated and we got into simpler conversations of small talk before the bell rang signaling that lunch was over. I said goodbye to Angela and went to my next class. Biology.

I sat at my empty lab desk and got my books out. I liked having the lab desk all to myself because it gave me room for all myself and I didn't have to put up with an annoying lab partner. Angela,who obviously didn't have Biology at the same time as , told me stories about her annoying lab partner Eric and how he would always flirt with her and ask her out. I keep telling her to just go on one pity date with him so he would stop bothering her but she's way to appalled at the idea. Of course, it's easier said than done. Who would want to go on a date with Eric anyway.

As I was thinking about that, I noticed someone come in. And not just someone....it was him. I quickly looked away, not wanting to have a repeat of what happened at lunch. I sat on the middle seat in the row closest to the window, but I could here Mr. Varner telling him welcome and where to sit. I silently hoped that he wouldn't sit next to me. Of course, my hopes let me down. I looked up and saw Edward looking down at me. He smiled a friendly smile before taking his seat. I quickly smiled back and made a curtain with my hair to try and not look directly at him. I happened to sneak a glance at him and saw that he was looking at me and smiling. I blushed and thought he probably did think I was a freak.

Five minutes, five very long silent-for Edward and I at least- minutes, later, class officially started and Mr. Varner began to speak about what we were going to do today. He told Tyler to hand out one worksheet to each lab table and that we had the rest of the period to work on it with our partners. Great, of course my partner would be Mr. Beautiful Green Eyed Man next to me. As Tyler handed us our paper, he looked at me and winked. I really hated that guy. He always attempted to get with me after playing at stupid game of spin-the-bottle and I had to kiss him at a stupid eighthgrade party. Stupid Tyler. I rolled my eyes, angrily at him. I heard a light chuckle, but that sound could definitely not have came from Tyler. I turned around to face my partner and when he saw me he tried not to laugh again. I grabbed the worksheet from the middle of our desk and tried to pretend I was concentrating hard on it. He laughed lightly again, but loud enough that I could hear. I turned to look at him, with an annoyed look on my face. He stopped laughing and I thought that maybe he felt bad for laughing.

All of a sudden he surprised me by reaching his hand out to me, opting for me to shake it and said, "Hi, I'm Edward. And you are."

I shook his hand and said, "I'm Bella. Nice to meet you." I was kind of nervous but I tried hard so he wouldn't notice.

"Nice to meet you too. Are you going to share the worksheet with me or will I have to pry it out of your hands." He smiled and I was glad I was sitting down becuase my knees felt weak.

"Umm..yeah sorry." I said and handed to paper over to him, blushing. He took the paper and smiled again. "Do you mind if I write down our names?"

"Sure, knock your self out." He laughed at my sarcasim and surprising me again, wrote our names in an elegant script on the worksheet. After being in awe of his handwriting, we started on the sheet. It was easy enough for me and surprising me once again, Edward is super smart, so we were finished before any other team in our classroom. I think I should stop saying that he surprises me, because everything he does surprises me. Why can't he just be a jerk so I wouldn't have to like him. I sighed at the thought of having a relationship with him when he interrupted my thoughts. "Are you thinking about that guy that winked at you? Is he like your boyfriend or something?" While he was asking me that, I noticed his face looked sad and he cringed at the word boyfriend.

"Who? Tyler?" I almost laughed in his face. "You've got to be kidding me. He gets on my nerves so much, I would never date him!"

His face was full of joy when I finished speaking. I smiled thinking I must have some knid of affect on him. Or maybe no one has been nice to him here. I doubted that though, like me, I saw almost half the girls at school eyeing him today. He can have any pick of girl he wants and I know he won't pick me. But maybe he would.....nah, guys like him don't fall for girls like me. A girl can dream though.

"Oh, that's....good." He seemed to be struggling for words and started to look embarassed. He finally looked human. If I didn't want to fall for this god, I would have to prove that he isn't a god and has a flaw just like every other human.

"How so?" I challenged him and smiled again. I don't know why, but finding out his flaw suddenly made me really brave.

"Ummmm..." he struggled for the right word again. "No reason, just wondering what a girl like you would be doing with a guy like him."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Did he think that Tyler was too good for me?

Edward must have knew what I was thinking and said, "No! Not like that. The opposite actually. From what I know, your way too good for that piece of scum. I saw him eyeing you when you walked in like you were a piece of meat he was ready to eat."

I laughed at his expression and he smiled glad that he didn't hurt my feelings. But I'm not done interrogating him. "And what do you know about me?"

He looked puzzled, but then smiled timidly. "Well, your really beautiful and sweet."

I was shocked. Did he really think I was beautiful? I've heard it before from other guys, Angela, and my parents but never has the meaning seemed any different. It seemed like he wanted to say much more but could only sum it up to one word. "Thanks." I said and smiled.

"Your welcome." he said. About two minutes later, the bell rang. I told Edward goodbye and walked to the door. Being my clumsy self, I tripped on my own feet. I was waiting to hit the floor when I felt a pair of arms hold me up. I turned around to face the person and saw who it was. Of course, it was Edward. "Thanks."

"No problem. Are you always that clumsy?"

I blushed. "Yeah, I'm a natural klutz."

He laughed and then said, "Oh,... well I will always be here to catch you."

Did he just make a promise to me? "Ok" We walked together in silence to my next class. Gym. Ugh, I hated this class. Gym is definietly not meant to be for the uncordinated like myself. "Here's my class. Do you have this gym class too?"

His face fell sad just like it did when he was talking about Tyler. "No, I just wanted to walk you to your class......you know, in case you fall again." He smiled a little at the end and that made me smile too.

"Oh, thanks again. Your my hero. See you later." I said and walked into the gymnasium. What was I thinking???? 'Your my hero'???? Who says that???? Ugh, that sucks. But then again, I think he might like me. I'm not sure but I think if a guy walks you to your next class that he doesn't even have and promises to always catch you, it might be a hint that he like you.

But now, let's face it. I, Bella Swan, am definitely falling for Edward Cullen.

A/N: Hey everyone! I hope you liked it, I'm a little nervous though. If it seems boring, trust me it's going to be getting more interesting soon! There will definitely be some lemons later on, but right now everyone is just getting to know each other. If you have any questions, you can PM or leave it in a review. Oh, and speaking of reviews....please review!!! =) Lolz thanks for reading!!!!

Xoxo Margi