Ahem. I do not…. I do not own…. I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT OR NEW MOON OR ECLIPSE. Suing me would earn you a bottle of tears. Or blood. Or both. Yum:)

Isabella Swan was a normal, teenage girl. She lived in the normal town of Forks, had a normal police chief father and a normal scatterbrained mother. She went to a normal high school, and…

That was about where the thread of my normal life was cut short. While I WAS a normal girl, I did not lead a normal life. My life was extraordinary.

Well, that's what comes of living with the supernatural. They say when you play with fire you will get burned.I rolled over in my bed, and latched onto my gorgeous, cold, vampiric boy friend. "But I haven't been burned. More like a little scorched. Right Edward?"

"You know, I couldn't begin to fathom what is going on in your head right now."

"Really wishing you could read my mind, hmm?"

"Yes in fact, I am. You never tell me what you're thinking." Edward Cullen sighed and hugged me closer to his chest. "Why won't you tell me what's going on in your brain?"

I giggled. "Maybe it's because we don't have enough time. It's morning now, and we have to get to school soon. Plus, if Charlie comes upstairs to wake me up and finds you curled up like a cute little, FREEZING, puppy dog next to me, we would be in a bit of trouble."

"Just a bit?" Edward winked.

"Yes, just a bit. And then Charlie would sic the curfew dog on us, just like he did after we got back from Italy." I cocked my eyebrow at him.

"And such a lovely trip it was." Edward teased. I knew he was joking, but I couldn't help but grimace. That little jaunt across the world to save Edward from committing suicide via purposely being slaughtered by a vampire mafia had almost broken both of us.

Edward's grin faded from his face. "Oh, Bella. I'm… I'm sorry. I never meant-"

I shook my head. We had both dealt with it, but it still hurt me to think about it.

Suddenly, Edward sat up in the bed. He grinned at me, and I smiled back. Charlie knocked on the door, and when I looked back, Edward was gone.

Charlie stuck his head in the door and I smiled at him. " Hey Dad, I was just going to get up."

"Oh, okay honey. There was something I was going to tell you… Yes, that's it. There's a new student at your school Bella. A girl. I've forgotten her name. I'm sure you'll find out today." He shrugged his shoulders and left me to get ready.

After a quick breakfast and a goodbye to Charlie, I waited at the front door for Edward. Sure enough, as soon as Charlie's car had pulled away, a silver Volvo came to a stop in the spot the cruiser had been parked in only thirty seconds earlier. It still amazed me how fast Edward could do things.

As we drove to school, Edward and I talked about the new girl. He said he hadn't heard anything about her, and Alice hadn't seen anything either. When I questioned him about it he chuckled.

"Maybe I'm not perfect. Hmm? Ever thought of that?"

"No, it can't be that. It must be something else."

He laughed at that and the slight tenseness that had been following us around since Edward had upset me evaporated. We arrived at the school early, as usual (one thing I can say, is that I STILL don't appreciate vampire driving.). As I got out of the car, the school grounds seemed just a little bit louder than they usually did. I turned to look at Edward.

"It's the new girl. They're all whispering about her. Something about-"

He was cut off as something black zoomed past us as we made our way across the parking lot.

"Something about her being Goth."