Chapter 1

Emmett and Catching Flies

Bella's P.O.V.

I never pictured my life like this. So, real, so, perfect. I met the man of my dreams, and that's exactly it. The man I could only dream of having. Emmett McCarty Cullen. I could never be happier, but hey, all stories need a beginning right? So let's start from there.

My name is Isabella Marie Swan, Bella. I had to move to the rainy town of Forks, Washington to live with my father Charlie Swan. My mom, Renee, went to Florida for her new husband, Phil. He plays minor league baseball. I didn't want to be a burden.

"I've missed you Bells." Charlie said, breaking the silence in the cruiser as we drove to his house.

"Yeah, I missed you too dad."

Tomorrow was Monday. That meant I'd have to go to school. Yay. I was too clumsy and shy to make any friends. I would be the freaky new girl. Ugh.

We pulled up to Charlie's house. It looked the same as it did when I was a child.

"I'll help you carry your stuff Bella." My dad offered.

"Kay, thanks." I said, grabbing what he didn't.

I walked up the stairs to my room. It looked exactly as I remembered it.

"Thanks dad."

"No problem. Look, Bells. I'm going fishing with the guys tonight. Hope you don't mind."

"Naw. It's fine. I'll just be getting stuff put away, so I'll be a bore."

"Kay."

The best thing about Charlie, is that he isn't a big talker. I put all my stuff away and laid on the bed.

"Bella, I'm leaving now! There's food in the fridge!" Charlie called from downstairs.

"Okay bye!"

Well at least he wouldn't have to see me cry myself to sleep.

I woke up that morning tired. I didn't get much sleep last night.

"Morning dad." I said when I came into the kitchen.

"Morning Bells. I got you a truck you can drive until you want to buy a car."

"Oh! Hey thanks. Where'd ya get it?"

"Billy Black."

Billy Black? That name sounded familiar.

"Oh, thanks."

"Yeah, well, I'll head for work. I'll be home late tonight, gonna watch the game with some of the guys."

"Yeah, okay. No problem. I can cook for myself dad." I teased.

"Yeah, well, bye Bells."

"Bye dad."

I looked at the clock. It was 7:45. I figured, if I left around 7:55, I'd have enough time to get to school. I ate breakfast and got ready for the day.

Once I arrived at school, I found a parking space and walked to the office building.

"Oh hi! You must be Isabella Swan, I'm Ms. Cope. Here are your classes, and bring this slip to me at the end of the day with all of the teachers signatures on it."

"Thanks."

My first class was English with Mr. Mason. I handed him my slip and he pointed to a seat. That's when I saw him.

He was extremely pale and muscular. He could be a professional football player. He had short, dark, curly hair and a beautiful face. He looked up at me and smiled. He had the cutest dimples. He was absolutely beautiful. I tripped and fell into my seat. Great.

"Hi, I'm Emmett Cullen. What's your name?" he asked with a voice like velvet.

"Um…Bella?" I more or less asked.

He chuckled. "Well, Bella. How about I show you to your classes today?"

I was at a loss for words. I wasn't that pretty. I had longish wavy brunette hair, big brown eyes. I was extremely clumsy. I stared at him with my mouth open.

"Bella, if you leave your mouth open, you'll catch flies in there." He warned me.

I closed my mouth. "Uh. Sure." I replied.

"Great." He smiled and turned in his seat, facing the teacher once more.

I couldn't stop looking at him. He was so perfect. When the bell rang, I jumped like ten feet in the air.

"So Bella," Emmett said, "I have Trig with Mr. Varner next. What do you have?"

I looked at my schedule. "Um, same thing."

"Great, come on." I followed him outside. Standing up he was HUGE! Honestly, he scared me a little bit. "So Bella, got any siblings?"

"Nope, you?"

"Yeah, four of them. I'm adopted, I live with my uncle, Carlisle, or Dr. Cullen, and his wife, Esme. Edward and Alice are two of my siblings and then there's Jasper and Rosalie who are twins. Edward and Rose are together, and so are Jasper and Alice."

"Oh." I replied. Brilliant Bella.

He chuckled and held open the door for me. I sighed. I hated math.

"What?" Emmett asked from behind me.

"Nothing. I just don't like this class."

He laughed and sat in his seat. Mr. Varner signed my slip, made me introduce myself, and told me to sit next to Emmett.

Halfway through the class, a piece of paper landed in front of me.

"Bella," it read.

What class do you have next? Emmett.

I smiled and picked up my pencil to write back.

Uh, Spanish. Why?

My writing looked bad compared to his. I passed it back. He threw it back to me.

Ooh! Me too! Wanna know my favorite class?

I chuckled.

Biology?

I wrote quickly and tossed it back.

Ha ha. Silly girl. Lunch!

I had to try to not burst out laughing.

Lunch? Is that even a class?

I smiled and went to hand it back to him, but noticed that Mr. Varner was looking at me.

"Do I have to separate you two?"

"No sir. Sorry, won't happen again." Emmett said seriously.

Fifteen minutes later, the bell rang, and Emmett was at my desk.

"Hey Bella! Wanna do something fun?"

I looked at him suspicisously. "Like what?" I asked slowly.

"Watch." He said, grabbing my arm and throw me onto his back. He then proceded to grab my books and walk out of the room.

"Emmett!" I screamed. "What are you doing?!"

"Ow, Bella. No need to yell. I'm right here." He complained.

I was scared right now because the ground looked really far away. I gulped and hung onto Emmett for dear life.

Once Spanish was over, Emmett flung me onto his back again and walked to lunch.

"You can sit with me and my family today." He said when we walked into the lunch room.

"Um, okay?" I was scared of meeting his family. What if they didn't like me?

Emmett walked to a table that held the most beautiful people I've ever seen. "Okay. Time for introductions. We will start with Alice. Bella, Alice is this pixie like being here." He pointed to a girl who was really short and had spiky hair.

"Hello Bella! We are going to be the most awesome of friends!" she laughed a bell-like laugh.

"The blond oaf next to her is Mr. Jasper. My partner in crime. My fellow prankster." He pointed to a beautiful blonde haired boy.

"Hey Bella. Yeah, me and Em like to play pranks. We get in trouble a lot." Jasper chuckled.

"Next is Rosalie. She hates the pranks I pull and really wants to smack me a lot of the time." Rosalie had beautiful blonde hair and the body of a girl on a Sports Illistratued magazine cover.

"Hi." She said, glaring at me.

"Then there's Edward. I don't know how to explain him, he's just Edward." Edward had messy bronze hair, he was glaring as well.

"Hello."

"Um, hi." I said quietly. "Uh, Emmett? Could you put me down now?" I asked sheepishly.

Alice and Jasper laughed and Rosalie and Edward glared.

My next class was the only one I didn't have with Emmett, but I had with Jasper. History. Yay.

"I'll pick you up after class Bella." Emmett said, heading to his next class.

"Hey Bella. Want to sit next to me this hour?" Jasper asked.

"Uh, sure." I smiled. He was nice.

When class started, Jasper passed me a note.

"Bella," it read.

He loves you, you know. Jasper.

How do you know?

The look on his face every time he touches or looks at you. I've never seen that look on his face before. You are both good for each other and you are all ready like a sister to me. Alice all ready likes you too. You're a good person Bella.

Thanks Jasper. I think I might love him too. Alice is pretty crazy isn't she?

Yeah, but I love that woman. She is my whole world. I can't dream of living without her. Want to come over tonight? I'm sure Emmett would be happy if you did.

Uh, sure. Why not. Will your parents care? Charlie has to work tonight so he won't miss me.

Naw, they won't mind. I'll talk to Emmett about picking you up and bringing you over. We will call you. What's your number?

It's 346-578-3324.

Okay. We will call you after school.

Kay.

The rest of the day was interesting. I had every class besides History with Emmett. Now I had Gym. Great.

"Em ,just to let you know, I suck at gym." I warned him before hand.

"I'll help you Bella." He said.

Yay. We were playing volleyball and Emmett was on my team. I managed ho hit him on the head and myself on the head with the same ball.

"Sorry." I muttered, blushing.

"It's okay Bella, you'll get better." He promised.

I had a feeling my time in Forks would be very interesting.