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1. The Move

After a long time in Forks, people were unfortuneatley catching on to the Cullen's lack of ageing. So, with some debate over Jacob and Renesme, they decided to move about 100 miles East, so Jacob could still come see them whenever he wanted. In their cars, the Cullens traveled to their new home. Carlisle had described the house as larger than the one in Forks, and that they would probably like it better. When they came to the long driveway, Jasper caught sight of a high roof rising oh-so-slightly over the trees. The house was gigantic, with balconies and wide windows. The family looked up at it in awe. It still amazed Bella that they had so much money.

They picked out rooms, and then Carlisle began to process of getting them into school. Esme had agreed to take Renesme to school and back, and watch her until Bella and Edward came home. After a week adjusting to the new surroundings, the first day of school began.

"I just wanted to remind you that there is another family of vampires here. They have agreed to peacefully share the area and will not bother you." Carlisle said as they got ready to leave.

Jasper was very unhappy with this. These vampires drank human blood. He had enough of a difficult time as it was. Alice smiled at him as they drove at normal speed toward the large high school. The group parked together towards the back of the parking lot, and walked together to the main office. Bella was notaccustomed to the stares yet, and she tended to hide behind Edward shyly. A tiny woman with brown whispy hair and a soft smile greeted them at the desk.

"The Cullens?" She asked sweetly.

Edward nodded.

"I'm Ms. Renaldo. I have your schedules ready, and there are maps of the school on the backs. Welcome." She said with a cheery smile.

Outside the office, the group quickly compared schedules. They all had lunch together, and everyone had at least one other in the same class during the day. Except for Jasper. He glared at the bottom of the schedule, at the last period of the school day. Gym-alone.

"Aww I love that face." Alice teased. "Don't worry, it's just gym. Go show off." She added.

Jasper sighed, and they rushed off to their classes as the bell rang. Bella and Emmett shared English together, and were conveniantly placed together in the back of the room, away from the windows. Emmett instantly began his notorious reputation of spit balling just about every guy in the room. He smirked at Bella deviously, cocking an eyebrow. She smiled and began taking notes.

Jasper sat with Edward, studying the trigonometry he'd been learning over and over for years.

"I hate it." He thought gloomily, and Edward laughed a little, nodding his head in agreement.

Alice and Rosalie sat in a corner in the large technology room, cruising through the computer programs with ease. The teacher, Mr. Royce, was amazed by their fast-learning habits.

The day seemed to roll by, and the Cullens became re-adjusted to their new school routine. They sat together at lunch, finding a table to themselves, and quietly discussed how everything was going.

After some more classes, Jasper left Chemistry, leaving Rosalie to start Physics. Glowering, he entered the locker room that nearly blew him over. The thick smell of sweat and dirty clothes made his almost nauseous, if he could be, and he decided to not breath. He was quickly assigned his own locker, and he changed quickly. He was surprised by the size of the gym. It was about 2 football fields long, and just about as wide. One corner had many weight lifting machines and treadmills. Another corner contained gymnastics equipment. 2 different classes shared the gym, so he tried to determine which of the two teachers was his. He thought back to the name under the class... suddenly a rough hand grabbed his arm, catching him off guard.

"New guy, right? Let's move, you got 10 laps. Let's go!" A bulking man in a blue tank and black sweats yelled, blowing his whistle.

A group of students instantly started, and Jasper fell easily towards the back. Some lemon-scented cleaner was used on the floors, and it stung his nose slightly. He focused on just running, and avoiding the temptations that now surrounded him-alone.

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