Serenity

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters. Except Serenity is my own OC.

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Day 1:

Moving to Forks didn't worry me; I had always liked the rain. Much more than my mother did. I was all then too happy to move in with my father while my mother and her new Boyfriend chased there own dreams. The only thing that I was unhappy about is starting at a new school. I must admit, I did make friends alright, but it didn't mean I liked being chucked into the deep end with a whole heap of kids I did not know.

I drove to school, I had an older style car, but I didn't care. It was a car and I was grateful for what I had. I stopped in the car-park and donned my raincoat. Pulling the hood up over my head I stepped out into the rain and headed towards the administrating building.

"Hello," I said nervously to the woman behind the counter, she smiled kindly

"You must be Serenity Baxter." Said the woman, not as a question, but as a statement.

I nodded as she handed me a map and wished me a pleasant day. I thanked her and left the building, staring down at the map and walking blindly into the schoolyard. Thinking it easier to join the steady stream of students, I complied and walked in sync behind a group of chatty girls. As I walked behind them I heard the names Bella and Edward thrown around quite a lot. They were scathing in what they said which made me think Bella was not a very popular person. Unwilling to be seen as eavesdropping on their conversation, I fell further back but kept them close enough to follow. A bell sounded somewhere and I realised that I still had no idea about where I had to go, desperate now I decided to ask the girls that had been walking in front of me.

"Ah, Hi." I said, running up to them, they stopped and turned. Looking at me with surprise and interest. "My name is Serenity and I need the way to Spanish class." I said quickly.

One of them smiled. "My name's Jessica, and I have that class too, come on."

I let out a sigh of relief and followed her into another building. I hung my raincoat on a hook and sat next to her as she seemed inviting. I swept the room in one glance, my eyes landing on a boy in the back row sitting with a brunette girl, he looked stunning and the girl next to him was not as much. I wouldn't call her plain, but I didn't think of her as attractive. The Boy however, was most definitely attractive, although I didn't feel attracted to him as others so obviously were. I mean, yes he was cute, but I'm not someone that feels instant attraction. I prefer to get to know someone first.

Just then as I was about to look away, the girl looked up and gave me a filthy look. I was stunned, she didn't know me from a bar of soap but she still gave me a look of deepest loathing. I looked away, feeling hurt. One of my biggest weaknesses was my sensitivity. I was overly sensitive and that look the girl had given me had rocked my low self-esteem.

Class seemed to drag on forever and I was careful not to look at the couple at the back again. After we were dismissed for lunch I turned to Jessica and asked with feigned unconcern, "Who were those people down the back?"

"Oh," Jessica seemed suddenly angry and I was taken aback. "That was Bella and her boyfriend Edward." She said with aggressive emphasis on Bella's name. My mind rewound to the conversation I had overheard earlier that day and the way they had spoken about Bella with a strong dislike. I could see why they disliked her if she shot dirty looks at everyone.

Jessica guided me over to her friends that were already seated in the canteen. I sat down on the end and listened to them talking, unwilling to join in as my mind was too strung up with the hatred Bella had conveyed to me with that look.

I heard my name and looked up, realising that no one on the table had spoken to me, I strained my ears to catch the sound of the person who had vocalised it. On a table not to far away, Bella sat in conversation with Edward, she seemed angry and I soon found out why.

"I saw her staring at you." Bella snapped angrily and Edward shrugged.

"I don't know why you're worried; she wasn't interested in stealing me away from you or anything."

"I don't like her." Bella said without explanation before she scowled and flashed a look at me, I quickly turned my head away, not wanting her to know I had over heard her. Was that what she thought, that I wanted her boyfriend. I don't know what she had heard about me but I wasn't someone to steal someone else's boyfriend, and I wasn't all that interested in Edward anyway.

As I thought about it, I felt anger rise in my chest. I wasn't much of a person to confront another but I decided if I talked to her I could explain the misunderstanding and she would be okay. I stood up and walked over to their table, choosing not to sit I introduced myself.

"Hi, I'm Serenity and I'm new and I thought it would be good to get to know you."

"I'm Edward," He smiled politely and I feel a little better, however Bella's reception was not so warm. "What do you want, bitch?" She snapped at me and I took a step back as though she had physically assaulted me.

"Um, I was just trying to get to know you." I stumbled over the words and Bella smirked at me.

"Well I don't want to know you, so piss off."

I stood still, shocked, until my senses returned to me. Then I hurried as fast as I could back towards Jessica's table.

"She's just jealous," Jessica said when I sat down, confirming my suspicions that she had been listening in. "Because you're the new girl and getting all the attention that she wants. She's a bit of an attention whore." She finished with a tone of disgust. However it did nothing to make me feel better, tears welled at my eyes. I got up, but this time I headed to the doors, I wanted to get out of here, to be alone. As I walked passed Edwards table Bella put her finger up at me and laughed. I didn't understand her hatred towards me. I felt a wet tear slide from my eye and down my check as I ran from the canteen and into the car park to my car.

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A/N: Firstly I will admit I do not like Twilight. I have read the books and I just didn't like them. But that's just my personal opinion and if you like Twilight that's up to you. This story came about after reading a lot of self insertion fics that are going around for Twilight at the moment and I wanted to write a character that had real problems. Please R&R. Thanks