Bella, Edward, and Alice are juniors. Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett are seniors. Charlie and Renee think it's a good idea for Bella to go to Pacific Coast Academy and erase the memory of her tragic past. Edward and Alice are siblings and the adoptive children of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. Jasper and Rosalie are fraternal twins and are Hales. Can Edward show Bella true love? Or will her tragic past get in the way? READ, find out, and REVIEW.
Note: I didn't purposely name the school after Zoey 101. I don't really watch that show so I guess it was sort of subconsiously, but I didn't notice until my friend Feiona pointed it out to me. Anyways back to the story. Eventually Bella will learn to trust Edward enough to tell him about her past. For now it's just learning about each other.
First FanFic!
Pacific Coast Academy
Ch. 1 Encounters:
Bella POV
Just as I was starting to believe that my life couldn't get any harder it does. My life took an unexpected turn in the wrong direction. My life was finally starting to get good for me, but then again who am I to speak? Today I was being forced to go to a whole new school and not just any school but a boarding school in California. Meaning I had to live there for the last 2 years of high school I had left until I went to college. My parents thought it would be a good opportunity for me to meet new people. Even though I'm still devastated about it, doesn't mean my parents have to go off and send me to a completely different school where I would be living in thinking they were helping with the situation. The only person that was helping me get through the situation was my best friend, Jacob, and now I can't even count on him. He was the only person who was able to bring some semblance of reason back into my life. So now I'm on a plane listening to Clair de Lune by Debussy on my iPod trying to pass the time waiting to arrive in sunny California.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we ask you now to buckle up for our landing here in California. We hope you had nice flight with American Airlines." announced the pilots from their domain at the front of the plane.
With that said I quickly buckled myself in waiting for the rough landing ahead of me. To my surprise the landing was quick and, besides being slightly lightheaded, humorous. I made my way out of the plane and headed off to obtain my luggage. I only had 2 pieces of luggage with the necessary things because my parents were sending me the rest of my belongings including my Audi coupe.
One hour later I had finally arrived at PCA. To say the school was big would be an understatement. The school was enormous with bright colors and very…advanced. There were students all over campus enjoying the sun and friends. Everyone seemed so happy and joyful, something I hadn't been in months. I instantly knew I wouldn't fit in here.
Once I found the Administration Office I went in to find the most gorgeous guy I have ever laid eyes on with messy bronze hair. He quickly looked up when the door shut behind me. I found myself lost in his penetrating emerald green eyes smoldering into my dull brown ones. He sent me a crooked grin and my breath caught in my throat at how beautiful he was. I found myself looking down at the ground my face probably flushed at his staring. I heard snippets of their conversation:
"…..I'll let your father know you were here, Edward." said the secretary with a name tag that read Mrs. Cope. As she looked up, she noticed me standing there.
"Oh hello, sweetie. Can I help you with something?" asked Mrs. Cope.
"Umm…I'm new here. My name is Isabella Swan." I said shyly still looking away from the angel standing just feet from me.
"Welcome to our school, sweetie. Let me just find your paper work." said Mrs. Cope sympathetically as I just nodded my head still standing in the same spot. I couldn't seem to move my feet, it was as if they were glued to the floor.
The angel by the name of Edward finally turned to face Mrs. Cope at her desk typing away on the computer.
"Uh…err…thanks, Mrs. Cope." Edward said sidetracked, who rapidly made his way out of the office leaving me standing there all alone, besides Mrs. Cope who was busy getting me my paperwork.
"I knew I wasn't going to fit in here. He couldn't stand being in the same room as me." I thought aggravated that my parents actually thought sending me off somewhere would do well to me.
"Honey, here is your schedule, a map of our school, and your dorm assignment." I walked over to her desk and she handed me a cluster of papers. As soon as I was done, I rushed out of the office to find my dorm. I was still thinking about Edward as I looked for Meyer Hall.
As soon as I stepped into the common room, the whole room grew quiet and everyone was either staring or whispering. I completely ignored them and stepped inside the elevator dragging my luggage behind me. If this is what my parents thought was going to help me, then they were completely wrong.
Soon enough the elevator doors opened on the 3rd floor revealing a long hallway of dorm rooms. I quickly stepped out and looked for room 318. Room 315...316...317...and 318. I took a deep breath I knew I needed and opened the door to reveal a small pixie like girl with black spiky hair and was probably less than 5ft tall who I knew was my roommate. As soon as she saw me she gracefully skipped over to me with a huge grin plastered on her beautiful face.
"Hi, you must be Isabella my roommate! I'm Alice Cullen!" she squealed and embraced me as if we've known each other for years. She swiftly stepped back probably thinking that she'd frightened me.
"I'm sorry. I'm just so happy to finally meet you!" she said blissfully.
"It's fine, Alice," I giggled at her exhilaration "And please call me Bella." I said.
"Oh ok, Bella. Here let me help you with those." She effortlessly grabbed both of my bags as if they weighed nothing at all and placed them on top of my bed.
"Thanks, Alice."
"It's no problem at all. I'm just excited that you're finally here. I just know we're going to be the best of friends!" she squealed as she clapped her hands together proving how thrilled she really was.
"Awe thanks, Alice. I really hope your right about us being friends. You're the nicest person I've met all day!" I said honestly as the grin on her face grew wider if that was possible.
"Why don't I help you unpack and then we can meet up with my brother and friends for some dinner." Alice offered already starting to open my bags.
"It's ok, Alice. I wouldn't want to impose…" I said warily looking down at the clothes I was holding in my hands. Truth to be told, I don't remember ever going out with my old friends to dinner after what happened. I only time I spent out, was when I was with Jacob. I knew she was just tryng to be polite to be because I'm her new roommate and all.
"Nonsense, of course you wouldn't be imposing, Bella. Besides they all knew you were arriving today and can't wait to meet you, too." Alice said truthfully while pleading me with her eyes.
"Well thanks, Alice that's really nice of you." I then took the liberty to look around the room which I hadn't done since I came in. The room was pretty big and nicely decorated. Alice had done an incredible job. Seeing the smile on my face Alice also smiled.
"I'm glad you like it." Alice said with a smirk on her face obviously pleased with herself.
"You did a great job Alice the room looks amazing." I said sincerely.
"Thanks."
With that Alice and I continued unpacking and talked about each other. I learned Alice's adopted father, Dr. Carlisle Cullen, works here at the school as the doctor and her adopted mother, Mrs. Esme Cullen, is an interior designer. I was wondering what happened to her real parents, but I wasn't sure she was willingly to tell me after just meeting me less than an hour ago.
We had just finished unpacking when Alice's phone rang. She ran over to her bedside table and picked it up. A smile came upon her face as she read the caller id and quickly flipped it open to answer the person on the other line.
"Hey Jasper!" Alice said with huge smile on her face and love evident in her eyes. I immediately knew Jasper was Alice's boyfriend.
"I'm with Bella and we were just heading out. Bella's great, I can't wait until you meet her!" Alice squealed into the phone while I just shook my head and blushed at her remark.
"Where are we meeting for dinner?" Alice asked skeptically.
"Ok we'll meet you there. Bye, Jazzy. I love you!" Alice said lovingly to Jasper. With that she hung up the phone and turned to face me.
"We're meeting them at Fridays. Are you ready to go, Bella?" Alice asked me with a smile still on her face.
"Yeah, sure. Let me just grab my things." I quickly grabbed my sweater, phone, and some money.
"Ok let's go." Alice said as she locked the door behind us. We rapidly made it down to the parking lot and to my surprise I didn't trip. Alice was headed towards an expensive yellow Porsche. I gasped when Alice stopped in front of it and laughed at my reaction of her car. I gradually turned to her.
"Alice, how can you afford it?" I asked bewildered at how someone could afford such a car.
"My parents got it for me." Alice shrugged her shoulders as she slid into the driver's seat of her Porsche. I promptly followed her and easily slide into the passenger seat of her car as she sped off to Fridays. I instantaneously put on my seat belt at her speedy driving.
"God, Alice! You're driving at 100mph! Slow Down!" I yelled terrified we might get into an accident while Alice snickered at my sudden rash.
"Relax, Bella. I always drive like this. You have nothing to worry about." Alice said with an amused expression on her face trying to hold in her laughter which wasn't working out so great. I glared at her and crossed my arms over my chest. She hastily composed her face and turned to me.
"I'm sorry, Bella. You should have seen your face. You looked like you were about to pee your pants!" Alice finally burst out laughing. When her laughing started to calm down she noticed I still didn't budge and stopped completely.
"I promise I'll slow down a bit." I noticed the speedometer go down to 90 mph. "There. Happy?" Alice asked looking over to see my face.
"Exceptionally." I replied.
"Good because we're here." Alice said as she looked for a parking spot. All of a sudden my stomach started to churn from apprehension about what Alice's friends would think of me.
"Are you okay, Bella?" Alice asked concerned about my well being as she parked the car next to a shiny silver Volvo and turned off the ignition.
"Yea, I'm just nervous." I said wryly. Alice gathered me into a hug and held me at arm's length when she pulled back.
"Don't worry, Bella. They're going to love you." Alice reassured me.
"Do you really think so?" I asked softly I wasn't sure if she heard me.
"Of course, Bella. You're a great person. Now let's go inside so you can meet them." Alice said as she made her way out of the car and I tentatively followed suit.
When we walked in Alice quickly spotted them in a nearby booth facing the windows. We strode over to their booth as everyone looked up at us. I knew there were other people there but the only one I could see was the angel from this afternoon with the silky bronze hair and the emerald green eyes. When I saw him staring back I instantly looked away with a blush on my face.
"Hey Alice!" Boomed a voice from a rather short distance away. My eyes followed the sound of the voice and settled on a big muscular boy with curly brown hair and hazel brown eyes. If it weren't for that big grin on his face and cute dimples, he would have been threatening. Who could be scared of him when he had such a warm and goofy smile?
"You must be Bella! I'm glad you're finally here because this pixie has talked nonstop about you all week!" he said brightly. Alice striked him on the back for his remark to which he flinched back whispering an 'ow'. I chuckled to myself at how they were just being themselves and weren't acting out of they're depth just because I was here. But unfortunately the spotlight was soon back on me.
"Hello…" I waved tentatively.
"Hey guys this is my new roommate, Bella." Alice gestured to me. She then proceeded to introduce them all.
"Bella this Emmett," She pointed to same big muscular boy. "Rosalie," She pointed to a beautiful tall girl with long golden hair cascading down her back in waves and clear blue eyes. She had a beautiful figure, the kind you saw on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. "Jasper, my boyfriend," She next pointed to a good-looking tall honey blond boy with clear blue eyes who looked plenty like Rosalie. Noticing my puzzled expression Rosalie spoke up.
"We're twins." Rosalie explained as I studied them.
"Oh…" I said embarrassed.
"Could you have been any for obvious?" I asked mentally scolding myself.
"And this is my brother, Edward." Alice pointed last to my angel with a crooked grin on his face. "So that's what Mrs. Cope meant about letting his father know he was there…" I thought comprehension dawning on me.
"It's nice to properly meet you, again." Edward said empathizing again, obviously remembering our encounter in the office this afternoon.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Alice asked confused as she sat next to Jasper who gladly gave her a peck on the cheek.
"I ran into her this afternoon in the office, but I never got a chance to introduce myself." Edward said with a smile on his beautiful face while sending me a quick wink.
"Is he flirting with me? Yeah right a guy like Edward can have any girl he wants. Why would he choose boring old me?…" I thought abruptly pushing that possibility out of my head before hopes got up. I felt so stupid literally having an internal argument with myself.
I just nodded to confirm his explanation as I sat in the only other sit next to Edward. Great… I thought sarcastically as a waiter made his way over to us.
"What can I get for all of you?" asked the waiter.
"Finally." Emmett said under his breath while everyone chuckled.
We quickly gave him our orders and waited for him to leave to start up the conversation again. As we waited for our food to arrive everyone asked me about my life. I was happy to have met such great people; they all seemed to like me and I was grateful. Hanging out with Alice's friends seemed so new to me, yet so familiar. I could begin to feel the memories of 'him' rushing back into my head, but I pushed them out before they clouded my head of the trauma. I knew it wouldn't look so good if I started crying in the middle of dinner.
"Here is your food." said the waiter as he placed a plate of food in front of each of us and left. Soon enough everyone talked amongst themselves while I just sat there quietly.
Throughout dinner I ate quietly and pretended not to notice Edward staring at me from the corner of my eye. Every once in a while I would steal a glance at him when he wasn't looking. But sometimes he would catch me looking at him and would smirk at me, with amusment clearly written on his face, while I quickly looked down embarrassed at being caught with a huge blush on my face.
At the end of dinner, Alice was getting ready to paying for dinner, but I immediately stepped in and let her know she didn't have to pay for me. Alice just said that she invited me so she's paying. I noticed the determined look on her face so I surrendered knowing she wouldn't nudge on this.
Once Alice was done paying for dinner and giving the waiter a tip, we all walked out into the parking lot. Everyone soon started heading off in their own direction. I couldn't help but notice Edward and Jasper heading to the silver Volvo Alice had parked next to. I stood at the car waiting for Alice to finish saying goodbye to Jasper while Rosalie and Emmett hopped into a big red Jeep and drove out of the parking lot waving goodbye on their way out.
"You were rather quiet during dinner." The velvet voice whispered in my ear. I literally jumped into his arms at the unexpected noise. He quickly put a hand on my shoulder trying not to frighten me any further. "I didn't mean to scare you. I thought you noticed me coming." Edward said concern obvious in his voice.
"No it's okay. You didn't scare me." I breathed trying to reassure him. He chuckled at my feeble lie.
"I wanted to know if you were okay. You seemed to be captured by your own thoughts during dinner." Edward said sincerely. The hand on my shoulder moved down to capture my hand in his; squeezing it gently. I could feel the Goosebumps rise on my arm were his hand left a trail.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just didn't want to intrude in on your dinner." I said shrugging my shoulders. Edward didn't have any tme to respond because at that moment, Alice came running back and jumped into the driver's seat.
"Guess I'll see you at school, Edward." I said opening the passenger door and waving good-bye.
"Goodnight Bella." Edward said softly.
"Night Edward." I said climbing into the car and shutting the door with me. As soon as I was securely in the car, Alice turned the car on and sped out of the parking lot, waving one last time to Edward and Jasper, who happily returned it. The whole ride to school was rather quiet, which kind of sparked my curiousity. But I really didn't mind because I needed the time to processes my thoughts.
That night, as I was drifting off to sleep I couldn't help but think about a certain bronze haired boy with green eyes.
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