This story is written before Edward meets Bella.

Chapter1 Childhood Friends

It was my last week of freedom, and my first week in a new country. I didn't speak English well not that I had ever had to speak the langue for any great lengths.

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I rushed around the kitchen looking for lunch- not that I would eat, it was to add to the student look. Great I should get going soon otherwise I'll be late. I left dad a note:

Dad, gone to school

Have a good day at work

Bells

I walked out the front door and over to my car, it was nothing special just a shiny white Volvo with a full black entire. I jumped into the driver's seat and kick started the engine. I loved the hum the engine made as the car started.

***

The school was easy enough to find, it was the same everywhere, and turn left off the main road and then right at the first intersection and then another left turn and there's the school. Most of the cars in the students car park were fairly old cars, for a moment I was begin to think I had the only decant car here, that was until I saw the red convertible, a jeep and another Volvo. I got out of the car and my phone buzzed, good thing I had it on vibrate otherwise that could have been really bad I thought as I read the message from dad:

I got Ur message have fun at school

And Ur a senior now

I walked in to the office and over to the front desk.

"Can I help you?" asked the woman.

"I'm the chief's daughter Arabella LaCurie," I informed her

"Take these are and have your teachers sign them and bring them back," she told me.

I walked out of the office and my phone buzzed again, I pulled it out of my pocket and looked at it. A message from Alice Cullen telling me to look up, I obeyed the message and looked up and if I hadn't of seen it I probably never believed it.

"What are you doing here, Bells?" she asked me.

I hugged her again before answering, "We moved here a week ago and I go to school here and I'm a new senior here."

***

History was so boring. We were learning about the world war one and I hated it. Hello I'm a hundred and ten years old and lived through the war and hated it then what makes you think I will like it now I thought bitterly to myself.

"Arabella, what was the reason for the troops going to Gallipoli to fight the Turks?" asked my teacher.

"To stop them invading France and to save what was left of Paris, Sir," I replied not that I care that much and I knew my answer was only half right.

"That's right, well done Arabella. The Australians and the British landed at the wrong section of the beach..." he was cut off by the bell.

***

I found Alice waiting for me in the cafeteria, and then she lead me out the parking lot, we met up with the rest of the Cullen bunch and they hadn't change not that I expected them to.

"Hey Arabella long time no see," Edward was the first to speak. Something about him seemed he was happy to have me back in his life.

"Hey, short-stuff how's things?" asked Emmett, he was always my big brother and I had never known him as anything else.

"Bell this is the only one of our bunch you probably haven't met yet, this is Jasper," announced Alice.

Rosalie didn't say anything to me as usual- I was her most liked person because I could get something she couldn't. I never did understand her jealousy towards me, not that I cared much about it either. My thinking is she will get over it sooner or later. Or she would hold that grudge for a very long time.

"We thought that you might be up for a little hunting trip with us at Olympia national park, the bears are coming out of their winter sleep and I hear there's an increase in mountain lions too," said Emmett seeing the glint in my eyes.

I loved hunting and it was something I could keep up with the boys in and the other girls who have seen me hunt are all very surprised at how good I am at hunting. I started walking to my car; Edward caught my arm and spun me around to face him.

"And where do you think you are going?" he question already knowing the answer to his own question.

"To my car, we aren't all going to fit in yours," I replied.

"We aren't all going, just you, me and Emmett, and we will be back before school finishes," he assured me.

I smiled I knew this would be fun and I had my heart set on spending time with Edward alone and catching the biggest loin I could before Edward did. I got in the car with Emmett and Edward, I was offered the choice of driving but I kindly refused and got in the passenger's side door.

My phone buzzed again, I pulled it out of my pocket to see who was calling me, "What does he want now."

"Bells its dad," he said.

"I'm ditching school and going hunting at Olympia," I replied.

He was about to yell at me when Edward yanked my phone from me and hung up. I just laughed at him.

"Emmett can we stop by my house first I have to drop this off home first, I want to get out of these girly clothes?" I asked.

"Sure, I need directions," he replied.

I told him how to get to my house, dad was home he would kill me for hanging up on him. I walked in the front door with Edward right behind me. At first he didn't see me – that was until it tripped over my own feet and slammed into the steps.

"Arabella what are you trying to do, break my steps?" he enquired helping me up of the floor.

"Nothing dad I'm fine I just tripped," I replied walking up the stairs.

He left me alone after that, but I knew he wouldn't drop the subject of me ditching school to go hunting. He is going to kill me when I come back now stairs I just know it. I tried to be quick about changing out of my dress and into a pair of sturdy jeans and a tee shirt. I looked like a dag but I didn't care it would be worth it to see his face when I caught the biggest loin.

I rushed down stairs hoping to avoid dad. No chance of that happening I would have to face him and explain.

"Bells was this I hear you ditching school to go hunting?" he asked. He sounded very annoyed with me.

"I needed to hunt and its lunch time and I will be back at school before anyone notices I'm gone and I won't make it a habit, promise," I reasoned with him. I had to hurry up Emmett and Edward where waiting for me in the jeep.

"Fine just don't get hurt," he replied.

I ran out the front door and dived into the jeep. Emmett glanced over at me, I nodded. We on our way to the hunting grounds in Olympia. Today has to be the best day of my life- I get my oldest friends back and I get to show up the two best hunter of the Cullen Clan up.

***

We arrived at the hunting ground Emmett had selected. It was swarming with bears and loins; I smiled ruefully at the thought of me and Edward clashing over a loin. We left the bears alone they were Emmett's and it was always a good show to watch him catch one.

I was first one out. My target was a fairly large female loin and she was putting up a bit of a fight, but it was nothing I couldn't handle. I swiped at her with my left hand, that left her neck fully exposed and I took full advantage of that. I lunged for the jugular vein in her neck. One bite and she was down. Edward and Emmett where impressed, satisfied with my kill, they when about getting a feed themselves.

Edward was next, His loin wasn't as big as mine but it was more viscous than mine was. It bit him four times than sank its teeth into his right arm and didn't even leave a mark. Once the loin bit him Edward didn't see any point in play with his food any longer and clamped his teeth firmly around the neck of the powerful animal.

Emmett had already got himself a very irritated grizzly bear. He got really scratched up by the bear too. And once again I came out on top with the biggest loin but Edward won in terms of the most aggressive prey. We piled back into Emmett's jeep and drove back to school. We didn't make it back till the end of school. I hope Alice and Rose got my form signed coz I have to take it back to the office now. Alice, Rose and Jasper waited for us by Edward's car.

"Who got the biggest kill?" asked Rosalie already thinking she knew the answer.

"Short-Stuff over her did and Edward got bitten several times by his," said Emmett punching me in the arm.

"This is for you all filled out," said Alice handing me the piece paper.

"Thankyou Alice, you're a life saver," I replied.

I took the signed piece of paper from her and walked to the office to hand it in. The path was a bit wet; I pushed the door open and walked up to the desk to hand in the sheet.

"Did you have a good day today sweetie?" she asked.

I smiled gave her the sheet of paper and walked out.

***

The weekend no school and I can do whatever the hell I want and I don't have to go anywhere either I thought to myself. I lie on my useless bed and wonder what to do today, I might go for a drive around town or go out for a hike or go find a library I was running low on books.

"Arabella, you have a visitor!" yelled dad from the kitchen.

I flew down the stairs effortlessly and greeted my guest. I didn't expect it to see Edward here today nor with flowers either.

"What's this for me, you shouldn't have," I teased.

"I wanted to do something nice for my girl since you are back in the country we started from and I thought I would do something nice," He said handing me the flowers and placing the same hand around my shoulder.

He would have kissed me if it weren't for dad, I was kind of glad he was standing there. I wanted my first kiss to be special and dad standing there was defiantly out in that respect. What did Edward have planned with me today and why was he being so romantic? I went through every possible scenario ran through my head but nothing matched up and the most logical one was he was a secretly a human in love with someone else, than again anything is possible.

"My car or your..." I didn't see his car anywhere, he just smiled at me. "My car it is."

"Or I thought we could give the cars a day off and walk it's not that far," he mused, his voice was like velvet I just wanted to melt.

"Even better," I said walking to the kitchen; I found the vase that my birth mother gave me in seventeen- seventy-five, I put water in it and arranged the flowers in the vase.

"Shall we?" he asked holding out a hand.

"We shall," I replied taking his hand and walking out the kitchen.

"Are you coming home?" asked dad hopefully already knowing the answer to his question.

We left using the front door the front door, I had an idea where we were going but I wasn't going to ask I would let him surprise me.

Just the first chapter reveiw plz