And Then Some...
Chapter 1: High School
Author's Note: I don't care how she did it, but Bella is a vampire, ok? Set at a time years after they (Edward and Bella) get married, she has been to college for a while (you'll see) and now they've moved and are starting high school again.
I also don't care where they are living right now – but it's probably a sunless place, for the obvious reasons.
And this is the first – and obviously not last, though I would hope it is – time I will write about Edward and Bella's more intimate side to their relationship. Though I suppose it is… crucial … and I will obviously need to get more used to it in future if I continue writing fan-fiction about this story/series.
To people who read A Second Chance – I'm halfway through that, I'll get it to you soon.
Please persist even if you don't like Chapter 1 – It'll get better, ok?
Disclaimer: What's the point of this? I suppose everyone else has told you Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer, and unless I'm her, that's not about to change.
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(Undoubtedly from Bella's Point of View
"Ugh!"
I tugged at my new uniform unhappily and turned to glare at Edward who was walking up behind me with exaggerated slowness, some sheets of paper clutched in one hand.
"Of all the places, you chose a place where we had to wear a uniform?"
Edward's lips twitched as he tried not to smile.
"It would be a good experience for you." He said evenly, still struggling somewhat with the smile.
I glared at him. As if I didn't know he was doing this on purpose. At least he looked good in it – as always – in the blazer, white shirt, tie and grey pants, and I told him so.
He raised an eyebrow at me, chuckled softly; looking at my navy frocked and white shirted self, and dipped his head down to me so he could run the tip of his nose up my neck to just under my ear. I shivered.
"As if you don't look beautiful yourself," he whispered. His breath tickled my neck – even if it didn't feel cool anymore.
The ringing of the bell shattered the intimate silence and he withdrew as students began to fill the hallways. I found that funny really, the people here seemed to populate the areas outside the buildings, but when the bell rang, the hallways were suddenly jam packed with people.
"Er, so where do we go first?" I asked, as students pushed past us. We, of course, were unmovable as stone.
Edward chuckled softly and handed me one of the pieces of paper which he was holding.
"We go down to the Office and we tell them we're here." He grinned at me. "Come on, the others are waiting, and I had to come and find you because you wandered off."
I rolled my eyes. "Oh the vampire girl needs saving." I muttered under my breath – I knew only he would hear.
"That's right," he replied, still smiling and in a voice just as low.
"So where is this interesting phenomenon called the Office?" I asked casually.
Edward smiled and caught hold of my arm. We ran at human speed down the corridor and around a corner as the hallways sluggishly cleared and other people hurtled up and down corridors and stairs and into classrooms. We stopped outside the 'Office', which was clearly marked by a wooden marker jutting from the wall above the door.
Edward motioned us inside and Jasper headed our group to do the talking.
"Hello, we're new here. We're the Cullens."
The woman behind the desk – whose name wasn't shown anywhere, by the way – glanced up at us and stood up to warmly shake Jasper's cool hand over the desk. She showed no sign of surprise at its temperature, but looked at the rest of us (and our uniforms) approvingly and turned to Jasper once again.
"Welcome to the school. These are your timetables, and you have roll call right now. I'm sure some of the students will be happy to show you to your rooms." She picked up a few sheets of paper off the table. "Or you can use these maps."
Her eyes shifted from us to the door and she raised her eyebrows at a few students who had stopped outside to look curiously at us.
"Shouldn't you be off to roll call? The second bell will ring in a minute. Don't be late."
The students took one last look and rushed off to their classrooms. The woman smiled at us and I – and the rest of us – knew we were dismissed. Edward was by my side as we walked out the door and down the corridor a little. Emmett and Alice waited, a little distance away – Alice grinned at me – while Rosalie and Jasper set off, posing as twins as usual.
"The system here is much easier." Edward said softly to me.
"I'll say. No need to get teachers to sign anything." I glanced at my timetable. "And, hey, there are only 4 periods…"
"I need to go." Edward murmured, serious now. "The 'C's are on the opposite side to the 'S's, and you're still 'Isabella Swan'."
I smiled and waved a hand breezily. "I'll be fine. I've got this map, anyway."
Edward looked down the suddenly deserted hallway, brushed a hand tenderly along the side of my face, and stepped away. Emmett and Alice joined him, and with a wave to me, they disappeared.
I studied the map and dashed off the opposite way, walking more slowly down the corridor until I found the room. The 'second bell' rang as I walked in.
The students' eyes swiveled towards me and then back to the front again as I sat down in one of the vacant chairs. The teacher appeared from the store room, whose door was behind her table, and sat down to check off names.
"Isabella Swan."
I raised my hand slightly – and uncertainly.
"Oh." The teacher turned to me smiling – they seemed to do that a lot here – and checking the roll again, "You must be new. My name's Ms Turner, you should be able to find me on your timetable."
I glanced at my timetable for the first time, and indeed, under "Roll Call" and the room number, there was "Ms Turner". I smiled at her before she returned to marking off the rest of the roll.
"Oh, by the way, would you like us to call you "Bella" or "Isa" or something?"
Wow. How considerate. "Bella, please."
She nodded as she made a note, set down the pen and began to read from a sheet of announcements – what was happening around the school it seemed. The bell rang as she set down the paper.
"If you need to check for anything, like room changes, the sheet is on my desk." She nodded to me. "The Year 10s have no room changes today so you can just go to your room."
She jerked her head to the rest of the students and simultaneously they got up and filed out the door, chattering and rushing, like the students of this school often did ( – rush, that is).
I glanced at my timetable once again and figure that I was next door for my next class, biology. My heart leapt, I'd be able to see Edward!
Edward met me at the door, even though I had only been next door for roll call. He smiled at me as we went inside and chose a table. A girl came down the aisle and stopped nervously next to our table, as she surveyed the other tables, which had filled as we were waiting. I noticed they sat three to a table.
I shifted over, and she glanced at me, and smiled.
"Thank you."
She set down her armful books on the table, set her bag on the floor, and went to grab a spare chair from one of the other desks. I glanced at her books while she was gone and raised my eyebrows at Edward.
"Why do the people here carry so much stuff?" I muttered under my breath, my lips barely moving. I looked away again as the girl came stumbling back with a stool.
Edward laughed softly. "They seem to get a lot of reference books." He grinned at me now. "You know how you usually get a locker when you are at a school? Well here, you need to pay if you need one, otherwise you can use one of their free tiny wooden ones."
The girl looked at us curiously now, playing with her light brown plait.
"Hi, I haven't seen you around before. Are you new?"
I nodded to her. "I'm Bella Swan, and this is Edward Cullen."
The girl looked at Edward appraisingly with her storm grey eyes. "I'm Gwendolin Eve. Nice to meet you."
At that moment, the teacher bustled in the door. I remembered from the timetable that his name was Mr Reed. He pulled out stacks of paper from his folder from a second as he searched for something, then pulled out a sleeve with paper inside it, and shoved the rest of the paper back inside the folder.
Pulling the paper out of the sleeve, he proceeded to mark our attendance once again. I sighed and turned to Edward. He merely raised his eyebrows in reply.
I was almost glad when 'Recess' came. The sheer number of sheets which had been distributed in the lesson was extremely large, even if it didn't weigh anything to me anymore.
This was going to be an exhausting day.
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Author's Note: If you were wondering, yes, it is based on my own school life, though I must admit that I don't always get that many sheets and I don't go to a co-ed school (I go to a girls' school) but it is the same in the essence.
I know there's a lot about the school at this stage, but we'll get into the vampirism very soon. After all, I'm getting tired of the school as well… even if it is basically like my own school.
By the way, I have no idea where this is going, but I promise you it'll be good! Read on if you want to know about Bella's powers! (hahaha)
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