Awakening Of The Heart.
Chapter 1 – Relighting of my world
Bella's POV
I sat and watched the rain drizzle down my bedroom window, thinking about… Him. Not a day went past when I didn't, for how could I not think about him. My Edward. His name still felt like a dagger digging deep into the depths of my heart even after 49 years. I was 67 now though I still looked like an 18 year old on the outside. I still had approximately 6 and half hours until I would have to cheer up and face the high school day. Not much had changed over the years in school terms, the students were still immature and always in the mood to gossip. I found it strangely easy to fit in with all this. I was truly happy when I was at high school with my human friends and my vampire family who had adopted me in, I was happy when I wasn't thinking of… Them. We were just like the Cullens. Veggie vamps, posing as humans, but there were 9 of us. Elizabeth and Darren (the Carlisle and Esme Of our family), Serena and Chris, Rochelle and Ben, Jennalia and Matty, Me and no one.
It was 8:00. I would have to get ready now. I stood up from the seat I had occupied that sleepless night and went to find Serena. Surely enough she was already at work with Jenna and Rochelle, making them look human with blusher and fake blemishes. "Morning Bells" Jenna and Rochelle called in their wind chime voices, "take a seat Izzy"said Serena trying to be sneaky. I rolled my eyes "that nickname is never going to suit me Serena" she scowled she had been trying to get the nickname "Izzy" to rub off on everyone for about two months now but I didn't like it.
When she'd finished we all set off with the boys. Matty, my constant rival, challenged me to a motorbike race to school and predictably I accepted. Rochelle and Chris wanted to join in but they weren't as competitive as us. Jenna, Serena and Ben drove the ford focus moaning that it wasn't as good as the Ferrari. We were nearly there and me and Matty were neck and neck with Rochelle, Chris and the Focus behind us. I revved the engine and shot ahead, my hair flying out behind me taking a 3 second win. I leaned against my bike casually and shook my hair out of my face grinning as Matty glared at me. Everyone else arrived, laughing hysterically at the look on his face.
We walked off in the direction of our first classes all scouring the grounds for the new family of five kids. It was when I was walking to the entrance of the building with Jenna and Ben when I saw them. The Cullens were the new students here? Alice and…gulp… Edward were staring at me as if they recognised me but I worked to keep my face a mask of curiosity and pointed them out to the others. Despite myself I suddenly felt not just happy but the nearest I had been to overjoyed in a long time. It was like I had been awakened from a deep sleep.
Edward's POV
"Come on Edward could you at least try to be happy for our first day at a new school" pleaded Alice I scowled at her though she didn't deserve it. " It would be good for you like a new start" said Esme hopefully It would make me so happy if he cheered up she sighed in her mind. I continued to scowl. They had no idea of the pain I was in, it had never faded since the day I left Bella. She wasn't here so I wasn't going to even try to be happy.
When we arrived at the new school it was exactly the same dull and uninteresting because she wasn't there. I didn't suppress my sigh of despair. We stood near the entrance and received curious glances but no one seemed to be astounded by our beauty.
They must be the new kids.
Hmmm Good looking kids.
So they are the new students Eh?
No one took a second glance at us and this confused me and my family. I then saw why. Seven vampires were driving to the school. Four on bikes the other three in a car. The front two seemed to be having a race. The girl won by 3 seconds and the boy behind her was glairing. The vampire girl turned around and shook her hair out of her face and I had a sudden feeling of recognition though I was sure I'd never met the girl in my life.
The group of vampires split up from what I could hear of their thoughts and conversation there was a short haired blond girl called Rochelle and a long dark haired girl called Serena with her partner Chris and the boy who had lost the race, Matty. They were walking away from us. The other group was Matty's girlfriend Jenna and Rochelle's boyfriend Ben. And the girl who won the race. She must have some shielding power because I couldn't read her thoughts. The smaller group looked at us curiously but the girl had an emotion under the curiosity. What was it. Shock?