Chapter 1: The Beginning

It all started over the summer. I had just moved from Phoenix. The place of sun and warmth, where I lived with my hair brained mother Renee and her new husband Phil. He was a minor league baseball player, and I knew it pained Renee to be so far away from him. They were going to Florida. I moved in with Charlie, my estranged father. When I was younger I used to spend more time here. But I hadn't been here in a few years. He and I were a lot alike. We were quiet, shy and kept mainly to ourselves. Living here in Forks, Washington was different. The sun almost never shined. It was always rainy and usually cold. I hated the weather. Not that I spent much time outdoors in Phoenix unless it was in the shade. My skin was pale, much to pale for someone who lived in such a sunny area.

I had been spending a lot of time online. Looking into colleges, I'd decided I would stay closer to Charlie. So I was looking at Washington State University, it was located in Seattle and wouldn't be too far from home. Well in the chat room I had met someone. I was never good at speaking to people in person, but it was easy to talk over the computer. No, real pressure… I only knew him by his screen name, Jazzman17. So I called him Jazzman. My screen name fit me perfectly clumsy_girl. Since I was the world's biggest klutz.

We had been corresponding; he was also going to be attending Forks High School as a junior. Which was interesting, neither of us was ready to say who we were. I didn't tell him I would be new to the school. So it's not like he would immediately notice me. I was a shy and meek person; I tried to shy away from the lime light.

I turned on the computer and sighed, Charlie was at work. He was the chief of police, if things weren't embarrassing enough. I noticed I had a new e-mail and I smiled warmly. I was so excited, which completely out of my character. I squealed with joy and opened the new e-mail.

Hello my clumsy friend-
I sure hope you're staying out of trouble. You seem to
always be getting into something. Are you nervous about
school tomorrow? I've been wondering if we've met. I bet
you are beautiful. Someone as sweet as you, it's not hard
to guess. *smiles* I'm glad I've found you. I've been having
a hard time to adjust with my family. We've decided to become
'Vegetarians' its rough for me. I know I can do it… But some-
times it feels like I'm going to break and cave. I'm sure it's hard
for you to understand. Well I'll be online for a while if you want
to chat.
Jazzman

I looked at the time stamp and gasped. It was only sent a few minutes ago. I felt my heart begin to race in excitement as I quickly logged into my messenger.

Clumsy_Girl: Hey! I just got your e-mail!

Jazzman17: *smiles* I'm glad we get some time to chat.

Clumsy_Girl: I'm a vegetarian too. It took a lot of discipline when I decided I would no longer eat meat. But it's okay to slip up a couple of times. But it does get easier.

Jazzman17: I don't want to slip up…

Clumsy_Girl: Sometimes it happens. But you can't be so hard on yourself.

Jazzman17: You're a really sweet girl.

Clumsy_Girl: Stop… You're making me blush

Jazzman17: So nervous about school?

Clumsy_Girl: not really. I try to stay more or less in the shadows.

Jazzman17: Why?

Clumsy_Girl: well… Because I'm shy, I really hate to be in the spotlight.

Jazzman17: Me too. I try not to get too close to humans…

I stopped typing and looked at the screen curiously. I was stunned for a moment, it almost made me wonder. But that was crazy…

Jazzman17: I mean people.

Clumsy_Girl: Yeah… Well Charlie will be home shortly and I still have some chores to do.

Jazzman17: Well have a good day. And try to not to fall too much, lol.

Clumsy_Girl: ha hah ha. I'll try… bye

I closed the browser shaking my head. It was always fun when I got to chat some with him. It was different…

I walked down stairs and pulled out four juicy big steaks, I had the marinating. They were sitting in a few of my favorites. A little teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, black pepper, garlic cloves, onion, seasoned salt, lemon pepper… It smelled good and I put them in the broiler to cook. I had 4 huge baked potatoes in the oven. Then I decided to prepare the salad. I took out the fresh lettuce and chopped it. I placed it in a bowl with all fresh ingredients. Cucumber, Tomato, carrot, green pepper, cheese, and onion, topped with croutons and ranch dressing.

I had a veggie burger made for myself. I made so much so Charlie had a decent meal to take with him to work…

[JPOV]

I knew it was stupid, but this human was very intriguing. I hated that I had slipped up in our convo. She's going to learn sooner or later. I was going to tell her. I felt compelled. Like she was important somehow.

How could I tell her that my brother Emmett was dating my sister Rosalie or that my sister Alice was dating my brother Edward? Things like that were complicated enough. She probably knew already. Unless she was Chief Swan's daughter, the new girl from Phoenix.

I sat in my room, I was sad she abruptly ended our conversation. Granted it was later in the day than when we normally talked. We had so much in common. Both loving Shakespeare, loving some of the same music. Older stuff, more relaxing.

We were alike in so many ways it was different. Part of me hoped she would invite me to the first dance of the year. Yes, I know it's early for a dance, but tell that to my sister Alice. She was a bubbly pixie who loved shopping, dances, anything girly.

She informed me it was to be a masquerade. Where we would dress in costumes and masks hiding our identities… It would be a great way to meet my clumsy friend. She was after all shy. We could meet without giving away who we were. Talk for real instead of through emails and instant messages.

How I longed to hear her voice. She was so understanding and compassionate. She didn't know I was a vampire. That I hunted animals instead of people… But she was so loving and understanding. I hoped when she learned the truth that she wouldn't be scared away.

I looked around the room looking out the window. Twilight… The best time of day for us, I decided then to go hunting.

"I'm going hunting." I announced to no one in particular.

In a blur of white Edward and Emmett were in my room.

"We'll come too." The announced.

Emmett was always eager to wrestle a grizzly and Edward a Mountain Lion. It would be fun to compete.

I jumped out the window and took off.

"Not fair!" Edward whined mockingly.

"NO, head starts" Emmett agreed.

We all laughed as we ran into the woods looking for our prey.