Okay, I'm back for now. I've been completely swamped with school and other things going on. Forgive me. : /. I'm going to be working on this story and the other one too. For now, I'm adding the beginning for this one and then I'll try to add a chapter to the other one. I'm trying to keep this as one of my top priorities, but of course, school comes first and so on… I hope you guys like this. I know it's been done a trillion times, but I couldn't stop myself.

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And today is the day of my mother's funeral. Tomorrow I'm leaving this place.

Forever.

From this point on, I promise to never get as close to anyone like I did here. I will not force my bad luck on them.

Never.

I quickly picked out my outfit for my first day of school in Forks, not really paying attention to whether or not I matched. Does it honestly matter what people think of me here? I've been in Forks for a month now.

One, long month.

The day seemed to really fly by. Unfortunately, I was now standing awkwardly in the middle of the lunchroom. I didn't have much of an appetite and I felt completely out of place, standing here, not knowing where to sit. I didn't know anyone after all.

Well, I had met a few people, but I didn't want to sit with them. This one guy, Mike wouldn't leave me alone and so hopefully he wouldn't see me in here. Jessica, a girl in my Spanish class, was constantly gossiping and obviously had a crush on Mike. I couldn't take another minute with her. And then there was Angela. She was extremely kind to me, but that's exactly why I have to stay away from her. I'll want to be friends with her. I couldn't trust myself with that. This new loneliness was growing on me and I felt like I was slowly becoming completely numb without any feeling at all for anything.

Someone was suddenly standing directly in front of me, smiling. She reminded me of a bright little pixie, "Hi! I'm Alice. You must be the new student!"

I smiled politely, "Bella."

The black haired girl smiled even bigger, "Would you like to sit with me?"

I didn't even have a chance to answer for she grabbed my arm and pulled me towards a table with the most beautiful people I'd ever seen.

"Guys, this is Bella. She's new," Alice introduced me to them.

I blushed as they all looked up at me, "Hi."

"Bella, this is Emmett and Rosalie," she pointed to a super muscular guy and then to the most model-like girl who had blonde hair. Then she walked over to the blonde and kissed him quickly on the cheek, "And this is Jasper. He's Rosalie's brother and my handsome boyfriend."

"So where are you from?" Jasper asked me as I took a seat next to Alice.

"Phoenix," I told him, looking at my hands.

"Really? Why'd you decide to move to Forks?" Alice chirped in.

I hesitated, "Some things came up and I needed a new scenery."

They all shared glances, obviously wanting to know the details, but none of them asked. I was thankful for that.

I looked around the small cafeteria. My eyes jolted to a stop when I saw another beautiful, bronze hair boy. Only, he was even more beautiful than the people I was sitting with. He was casually sitting at a table… surrounded by a large group of girls.

"Bella!" Alice's voice broke me from my thoughts.

"Oh, sorry," I apologized, tearing my eyes from the god-like boy.

"I was just saying that you should totally come to His Rock Café with us tonight."

I nodded, "Yeah, that would be fun."

I looked back at the boy and her eyes followed my gaze, "Whoa! Bella! Don't even think about him! He's trash, the school's biggest player, and unfortunately my brother."

I sighed, turning towards her, "Don't worry, I'm not into guys like that. Thanks for the warning though."

Alice's brother… why did he have to be one of those jerks? Even if he wasn't though, I'd have no chance with him. Not with someone like him.

My next class was biology. I found a seat in the back, away from everyone else. I started doodling in my notebook, waiting for class to begin; for today to be over.

The chair next to me scraped on the floor and someone took their seat next to me. I glanced up to see who it was and did a double-take.

"Hi," said the velvet voice, "My name is Edward Cullen."

I stared at him for a minute before answering, "Bella."

"That's a beautiful name," he told me, grinning a beautiful, crooked smile.

"Alright," Mr. Banner began, "Welcome to biology. Today, I just need to hand out some-" and that's when I lost my focus and zoned out.

Something nudged my hand and I looked down to see a note. I looked at Edward, who was paying attention to the teacher, knowing I should just crumble it up and throw it away.

I opened it and read the beautiful script on it…

I heard you are from Phoenix. Maybe I could show you around Forks and then maybe take you out to a movie this weekend?

I sighed and scribbled in my sloppy handwriting,

I'm busy, sorry.

I folded it in half and slid it back to him. I watched his face as he read it. His expression went from skeptical, to confused, to frustrated, and then to calm. He looked at me and wrote down,

Next time then.