Prologue
Edward Cullen
The whole school had been buzzing about ever since a new girls' arrival in January was announced right before Christmas break. She was the daughter of Chief Swan and had until now lived in London with her mother, only visiting during a short week in July and then mostly keeping out of sight – except for the last couple of years where she hadn't visited at all.
Of course, this was the most popular subject of discussion and I really tried to stay out of it all. But, since I am what I am, I could not escape the gossiping of the students – neither could my siblings. But unlike them I also had to listen to their thoughts, every single second of every single day, and it was enough to drive someone crazy. But I endured. Not that I had much of a choice.
"I've heard that her mom left her dad because she was … wait for it … gay!" Lauren Mallory was leaning forwards over her table, excitedly gossiping with her friends, who – at the last word – all gasped and one girl put her hand over her mouth.
"Yeah", Jessica Stanley quickly agreed. "I've heard that she has a wife nowadays"
A girl from the table next to theirs turned around from her gang.
"Sweetheart" she said, with her usual bad try on a British accent. "Is it a large problem for you that some are different?"
Jessica looked at her for a second before turning back to her table. The other girl rolled her eyes and snorted and her friends started laughing.
"Anyway" Jessica said, drawing out the word. "That's totally not normal."
The whole table hummed in agreement. I went back to trying to ignore them, but a few pieces of their conversation still reached me.
"… so not cool …"
"… she's probably going to be quite the freak…"
I was irritated and considered sighing, but I didn't want my siblings to know that I was listening.
"Hey, are any of you hearing what they're saying about the new girl?" Emmett said in a low voice, not wanting the humans to hear.
"Do we have much of a choice?" Rosalie snorted while still looking out the window.
"Come on Rose" Alice sighed. "Although you have a point. Not that their talking matters, though".
I nodded along.
"Well, I'm going" Rosalie muttered and rose with her tray in one hand.
Alice sighed and went after her out of the cafeteria. When the rest of us followed, I felt the stares of many hundreds of students at my back. But I didn't care.
This was everyday life.
A/N - Welcome to my first Fanfiction ever, everyone! I hope that you like it, but you never know. Since this is the first "chapter" of this story, I will make an announcement - in the reviews of every story, I only want constructive cristism. Pretty please, to spare me some heartbreak? Constructive critiscm = no unmotivated hate - like "OMG your so bad!1!". Instead, if you feel like it's bad, I want to hear why you think that way and perhaps a suggestion to make it better. I always look for ways to improve my writing, especially because my first language isn't English. English is weird and different and I apologise for any mistakes regarding grammar and/or spelling (I use a program with spell-check, but it isn't really up to date).
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