CHAPTER 1

My name is Isabella Swan, but I just got by Bella. I live in the hot, never raining city of Las Vegas, Nevada. I want to tell you that I am pretty and tan like all the other girls here, but no I am very plain and pale. I have brown hair at elbow length with gold eyes. They are my only good feature. I am very average and kind of have this tough tom boy attitude but deep down I am very shy, quiet, and unique. My parents are divorced, I live with my mom and she is a teacher, my dad lives back east in Boston, Massachusetts as a police officer. I am 17 years old and just about finished with my junior year in high school. I attend Rancho High School and have some of the best friends a girl can ask for. Let's see there is Alice, my crazy ass pixie friend that always tries to make me her Barbie, Rose, the most beautiful chick I have ever met, and Angela, my quiet friend that always notices the finest details. They are the reason I can even get up in the morning to go to school! Anyways… enough about me and my boring life let the moment where my life changed forever begin.

I HATE Mondays! It is the stupidest day of the week, and here I am in Physics, which should not even be a first period, and am listening to Mrs. Atoms talk about velocity. Who the hell cares? I mean why do I care about why a ball is in the air and stuff like that? I might as well do some of my English homework…"Bella, could you at least pretend like you don't think my class is a waste of your time?"

"…What did you say Mrs. Atoms…" suddenly the door opens, and the most beautiful guy I have ever seen has just walked into the room! Who the hell is this guy?!

"Excuse me, I am new here and my name is Edward Cullen, is this Mrs. Atoms Physics H class?"

Mrs. Atoms looks about as stunned by him as does, from what I can tell, ever girl in this freaking classroom! After what seems like forever she composes her self and responds "That is correct…Mr.?"

"Cullen, Edward Cullen" he replies in the most breathtaking voice. Edward seems to be taking in the fact that EVERYONE is gazing at him, when suddenly our eyes meet. What the hell, why do I suddenly have butterflies in my stomach and man those are the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen! Totally embarrassed that I was caught looking at him I drop my eyes and pretend like I am doing homework.

Mrs. Atoms is now back to normal and asks Edward to find a seat somewhere. Ha, like you can find a seat in this stupid, pointless class! Besides, the only empty seat is, shit, right next to me. Oh god, here he comes now. Jesus Christ, are there any flaws in the guy? I mean his build is tall and toned, with dark blue jeans that just emphasize his leg muscles and then he is wearing a perfectly pressed black button up with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and to top it off he has sex hair!

Great Swan, now you are checking him out! This shit needs to stop right now, just act like he is any regular guy and get through the last what 20 days of school? Easy! ...Right?

Edward sits down next me and says "Hello my name is Edward, and you are?"

God he is hot, no focus damn it and just reply. "Oh…umm…hi my name is Isabella, but I just go by Bella."

"Bella, now that's a pretty name. I hope no one else is sitting here but this is the only other open seat in the class."

"Oh no your totally fine, no one sits there, but be prepared because Mrs. Atoms teaches one of the most ridiculous classes and I will be of no help to you if you have questions."

"Ah, well don't worry Bella because I am very good with Physics. In fact if you ever need tutoring I would love to help you." Then he broke out this most beautiful smile I had every seen! God, what was I gonna say? RING

"Oh, got to go head off to English Edward, I guess I will see you tomorrow?" Please let me get away from this beautiful man before I make an idiot of myself.

"English?...wait I have English next period too. Who is your teacher?" Hold on, did he sound hopeful? No that couldn't be it.

"Well I have Mrs. Jenkins right now so…" but he cut me off right away and said "No, ya I have her next period too, wanna walk there with me because I don't really know where that class is."

"Uhh…sure I guess let's go." Weirdest day EVER!

OMFG, I have never been so confused in all my life! I cannot believe that I have 5 of my 6 classes with Edward. What the frak are the odds of that? We even had the same lunch and of course I didn't wanna be mean, so I asked him if he wanted to join me and my friends for lunch. It really wasn't THAT bad, because I had always been kind of the odd one out. I mean, Alice is dating Jasper and they are one of the cutest couples ever, Rose has Emmett, and Angela has Ben. I think the only thing that made it so bad was I came to the lunch table with the most breathtaking guy walking next to me. To say that lunch wasn't one hell of an experience is a bit of an understatement!

Back at Lunch

Alice sees me walking toward our usual table and is practically bouncing to see me through the crowds of students and yells "Jesus, Bella what took you so…" and then she had the look that just read who the is this guy?!

Once we got to the table I introduced him to the 6 of them and vice versa. I was hoping, no praying, that they would just drop it and go back to talking or something but NO you can always count on Emmett to be an idiot! Emmett is like the brother I never had, if someone messes with me he has my back, but he will jump at any case to make a moron of me in a heart beat. "So..", Emmett starts, "your Edward and this is your 1st day here and you met our shy Bella?"

Edward smiles at me and says "Fortunately, yes…" damn it I am blushing, "and she has been very helpful to me. I am so grateful that I met her."

The whole table of course in unison goes "AWWWW!!!" Traitors! Why is it I have this blush?! I blush at everything, but today I am blushing 10x more then usual. So of course Angela notices and just HAS to point it out. "Why Bella, it looks like you are blushing!"

"Shut up, Ang", I quickly snap at her.

"Oh good grief Bella, just take a freaking chill pill! So you brought a hot guy that is new here to the table and you are blushing like crazy, it's not that big of a deal." Angela quickly remarked back. Shit, I know this is karma for how I did the same thing when she started liking Ben and brought him to the lunch table 2 months ago!

Everyone is now laughing, including Edward, and I am so pissed! I storm off and head toward the bathroom, when someone grabs my arm halfway there and pulls me into a hug. Wow, this is the craziest hug I have ever felt. I feel like electricity is being pulsed through my body…wait I know that black shirt! I look up and sure enough it's Edward.

He looks down out me and whispers almost sadly, "Its okay Bella, I think they were just joking anyways. Besides I know you weren't blushing over me." Wait a minute, he think I don't like him?! What the frak… he continues "I'm sorry if I was intruding on you and your friends, its just I feel like I know you somehow and just really like being in your presence." Well shit, this made me speechless!

I whisper back to him…"Wait you like me?"

He quickly replies "A lot more then I am sure you like me." He turns to walk away but now it is I who grab him back, while trying to push aside that electric feeling again, and kiss him right on the lips. Oh god he tastes wonderful…wait what the hell am I doing? I am kissing a guy I know NOTHING about, but I would swear he is kissing my back! He is now sucking on my bottom lip and shit it feels so good. My hands are controlling themselves and are reaching up his muscled body into his hair. Edward now sweeps his tongue across my lips for access which my mind quickly obliges to. Our tongues are now clashing together trying to get dominance, his hands are wondering down the sides of my body and are now rested on my hips, bring me impossibly closer to his body. Ha! At this point my mind is gone, I couldn't tell you my name even if you asked! All too soon though, we are breathless and break apart to breathe.

Our foreheads are leaning together when Edward suddenly mutters one word that make my heart flutter "Wow." I am so out of breath that all I can do is nod. Edward now quickly says "I cannot believe this just happened." I was instantly hurt by his words, thinking he regret it and it must of shown on my face because he quickly said "Oh god, Bella I don't regret kissing you. I just cannot get over the fact that it is my first day here and kissed the most beautiful woman at this school.

I couldn't help it, I laughed and mocked at him "Right Edward, whatever you say, you just kissed a plain average girl who is, at this moment, trying to figure out why a God looking guy like you would say my name and beautiful in the same sentence."

Edward gasped at this reply, "Bella how can you say plain? You are anything but plain, the 1st time I saw you I was breathless. I think you are gorgeous and I really just want to learn more about you, because I know you felt the same electricity I feel every time we touch." Well shit, he feels that too?

I am suddenly on the verge of tears, "Edward, I have never heard a guy talk about me like that before and I don't know what else to say other then I feel the same way about you, but we really need to take this slow because I have no idea what I am feeling right now."

Edward quickly agrees with me, and kisses me on the cheek before he takes my hand and we head back to the table. Suddenly all my friends are very quiet and Alice just raises an eyebrow at me holding Edward's hand, but says nothing. Each couple goes back off into their own little world.

I am so confused right now. I have never felt this way about a guy before. I mean I dated a few guys but I don't even wanna get into my story with them right now. All I know is, is that Edward Cullen thinks I am beautiful and for some crazy reason wants to get to know me better.

So now here I sit in my last class of the day, Psychology, and my only class without Edward thinking about how this day went from being just another day of the week to meeting Edward Cullen. Just saying his name gets me all tingly inside.

After the final bell rings I stop and chat with Alice and Rose a bit before I walk out to my car. God, that car is my baby. It is a VW '02 Beetle with a turbo engine. I named her Beatrice after a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Ah, well what can I say I love the guy. So I am now walking to my car, when I suddenly spot Edward getting into his Volvo, which of course, is parked next to my car. He notices me approaching and decides not to leave yet.

"Hey you long time no talk." He says to me with THAT smile.

I laugh "Ya, I know right it feels like forever since the last time I saw you." He laughs to and quickly gives me a hug and a sneak kiss on the cheek. On cue, I blush and then kiss his cheek.

It felt kind of awkward just standing there so I said "Hey Edward I better be off, I gotta run by Wal-Mart to get some groceries before I go home, but I shall see you tomorrow in Physics?"

He seems to understand my wanting to leave and says "Ya ok. I will definitely see you tomorrow."

So I get in my car and put on some Glee music because that ALWAYS takes my mind off of stuff. I got everything I needed to make tonight's dinner since I cook every night otherwise my mother will burn the house down. As I enter our neighborhood I notice that the house next door that was for sale has been sold and the moving truck is already there unloading. Sweet, new neighbors! I just hope that…wait a minute, what the frak?! Why is Edward's car in the driveway? No freaking way, he is my new neighbor? This is either gonna be great or a living nightmare, but it is too soon to tell.