Authors note: I don't own Edward, Bella, etc (regrettably), but Emily is aaaalll mine... Please read and REVIEW (opinions, thoughts, ideas, criticisims... anything!) and most importantly, enjoy!

Chapter 1: New girl

Bella's POV

The drizzling rain had left Edward's hair sparkling like crushed diamonds, as if the sun was streaming through the clouds onto only his head, instead of the half-light that filled the classroom. I forced myself to slow my breathing and turn my head towards the front of the classroom as he quietly chuckled. Out of the corner of my eye I caught my reflection in the window and sighed at my plainness. In fact it was more like I was sighing at the shadow next to Edward, even his reflection was dazzling.

I allowed my attention to include the teacher's rambling, and found, to my surprise, that a new student was being introduced. Although skinny, the brunette girl was tall and athletic in build. Her hair waved down past her shoulders, and the thickness of her jacket indicated that clearly she was from the south. The round, green eyes of her oval face were distant, and turned down towards the floor. She was sane; who would be happy about moving to Forks? Unless they knew about the Cullen's of course, and, evidently, she did not. She was beautiful, in a subtle, elegant way, and I turned to smirk at Mike, already anticipating his awestruck face. Remembering my reception during my first days in Forks, I hoped for the sake of this girls mind that she enjoyed attention. But, I was dumbstruck to find Mike staring vacantly out of the window into the rain, and, as I glanced around the class, I saw no one was paying the slightest attention to this girl.

"Who is she?" I began to mutter to Edward, but when I turned to look into his eyes, I was struck by his tensed expression. I felt panic rise in my chest, though as I glanced quickly around the room, it was just a normal school day; with one extra participant. The teacher began discussing Rosaline's influence over Romeo. The girl walked over to the side of the classroom and leant against the wall; of course there weren't enough seats; Forks never anticipated a class size over 16. "Edward?" Even as my gaze turned back to him, he had already relaxed.

"It's nothing, Bella," he smiled, "I was just concentrating. Her name is Emily." This hardly reassured me. Since when did Edward have to concentrate on something that didn't matter? I began to voice my objection when Edward gazed straight into my eyes, causing me to lose my train of thought.

"Edward, I…"

"Bella, I assure you she is completely normal."

The bell rang and I walked to the cafeteria and sat between Alice and Edward. Neither she nor any of the other Cullen's, in fact no one in the entire school seemed to think that this girl was anything but 100 completely normal. I felt uneasy. Emily's arrival in Forks was as normal as it would have been in any other school. She was new and unnoticed, an intruder into well-established cliques. Except, from my experience I knew one thing: In Forks, 'normal' didn't happen.

Edward's POV

After lunch, I walked Bella over to the gym for her sport class. I knew she detested the subject, and her clumsiness concerned me greatly, but in the probable future, and I hated how a winning majority of me yearned for that day to come, she would find it hard to find any level of enjoyment from such slow and simple activity.

"Be careful, my love," I murmured, kissing her warm forehead. Seeing her raise herself on her tiptoes for a proper kiss, I chuckled and held onto her waist and obliged. She would have fallen over if I hadn't. I could feel her pulse through her very lips, and her sent engulfed me as it always did, engulfing me. I felt the pull a little stronger, and pulled away. I knew my eyes were dark. I was going to hunt the previous day, but then Alice had her vision. Emily was coming.

"I'll see you at the nurse," Bella half-joked, and turned to Angela who was dutifully waiting with Ben, and disappeared into the gym. I continued to watch, frowning with renewed concentration, as a slouching, unremarkable figure followed the rest of the class into the gym. I turned towards the forest, to meet my family. We had things to discuss.