A/N: After seeing Twilight for a second time, I got this idea. I love Edward, and my friend Loreena loves Jacob. (I love BellaxEdward, though). So...Bam. Why not? So here's the chapter of my new story (I know, I have like, 3 active stories now..) A Place Higher Than The Sky. So, in advance I'd just like to add that there are some things I took from the book just to get started. Not directly, not quote on quote et cetera, et cetera but like the Biology class and in the office. Also, I'm aware I kinda forgot to add descriptions of the characters. I know, I know... I'll post descriptions at the end of the next update, instead of writing them in. So...I hope you like. Insert shy blush, here.
A cheap, beaten up 1968 green Ford Mustang sped down the road towards the Three Forks High School.
"Thanks for driving me, guys," the youngest in the car, Megan, said.
"No problem. I always hated the bus," the girl in the drivers seat, Jade, told her, gripping the steering wheel and turning into the high school.
"Me too," the girl beside her, Reena, in the passenger seat said.
Jade pulled into a parking space, and the three of them got out of the car. It was the first day of the school year, and there was already drops of water falling from the sky.
"I'm worried. What if the Juniors threaten to beat me up?" Megan asked nervously, as they climbed the steps to the entrance.
"...Megan, we're Juniors. We're not going to beat you up..." Reena reminded her, giving her a strange look as she took a breath to recompose herself.
"I guess you're right."
"Plus you worried about the same thing last year," Jade told her, opening the door for her two best friends. "And now you are a Sophmore. Hope you don't beat the Freshman up."
"Ha ha," sarcasm was dripping from Megan's voice.
Loreena chorused in a laugh, Jade joining her as she began to step inside. That was until she saw the silver Volvo speeding it's way to the curb.
"Who's that?" Megan asked, as her and Reena slowly made their way back to Jade who stood by the door instead of following them inside.
"Um..." Loreena paused, before mustering up a, "...I don't know."
"Alright," Megan breathed, before grabbing Jade's sleeve and tugging on it, "Come on then, Jade. Why are you just standing there? Who is that?"
"I...don't know either," came her quiet reply, as the door flung open. A Jeep came and parked behind the Volvo, a pretty big guy standing up through it, and three others sitting.
"You don't know who that is?" a girl asked, who had been standing within earshot. "That's the Cullens. They moved half way through Freshman year, then moved back last year half way through Sophmore year. I guess they're here to stay, now. I heard they move a lot."
"Oh," Megan blinked, releasing Jade's arm. Her, Jade and Reena all looked at the girl, curiosity in their eyes.
"Oh, sorry. My name's Kelly. Long time resident of Forks," she flashed a bright smile through the dim surroundings.
"Megan."
"Reena."
"...um," Jade watched as legs emerged from the Volvo. A mess of hair started to duck out of the car----
"Hello?" Kelly moved in front of her, waving her hand in front of her face.
"Oh, uh," Jade blinked, before putting on a soft smile. "Jade. My name's Jade."
Kelly only stared at her, before she, Megan and Reena all turned to see what she had been looking at.
"Oh. The Cullens," she laughed. "Yeah, they're all incredibly beautiful." She motioned over to the Jeep. "That big guy; that's Emmett. And the blonde, Rosalie, whom I like to refer to as a goddess, I mean look at her, she's gorgeous... She's with him. And I mean, with him, with him."
"They're all adopted, Kelly," another girl said, stepping beside Kelly with a smirk.
"I know that, Sharon! But still, it's weird!" Kelly reasoned. It looked like they were friends. Sharon offered waves to Reena, Jade and Megan before Kelly motioned back towards the jeep. "The guy in the drivers seat is Jasper, and beside him is Alice. Also an item. Their adoptive dad, doctor Carlisle, is a little bit of a matchmaker if I do say so myself."
"Just remember," Sharon interjected. "Jasper's the one who looks afraid." Everyone watched as Alice and him got out, Alice instantly skipping over to grip his arm.
Jade's eyes moved back to the Volvo, only to find the door shut and no one by it.
"And there's Edward," Kelly said in a lower voice than previous.
Jade shifted her eyes back towards the Jeep, where, Edward, apparently, was making his way over to the others.
"And yeah, he is gorgeous," Sharon said with a quick lick of her lips, before noticing the shine in Jade's eyes. "But...he doesn't really date anyone. I guess none of us are good enough for him."
"Oh. I wasn't really..." Jade fumbled, before shifting her eyes back to Edward only to find him glaring back at her. She took a step back, looking over to Sharon and Kelly again. "Okay."
"Thanks for the intro," Reena laughed a little. "We'll see you guys later, alright? At lunch?"
"Sure," Kelly nodded with a sweet smile, as Sharon nodded too and then turned back to gaze at the Cullens.
*
"When are you going to stop staring at the Cullens?" Kelly asked at lunch, stabbing her salad with a plastic fork.
"I..." Jade turned around in her seat, find Kelly, Sharon, Megan and Reena all had their eyes on her. "I wasn't.."
Reena and Megan giggled to themselves, as Sharon and Kelly exchanged smirks.
"I think my favourite is...Jasper!" a new, male voice cooed as Jade saw a guy sit down next to him. "Hey, I'm Luke." He shook hands with her, then Reena and Megan.
"Shut up, Luke. Jasper's cute," Kelly wagged her fork at him, as he raised his hands in defense.
"I dunno!" another male voice came, as a darker guy sat down by Reena. "I think Emmett's totally hot!"
"Oh, shoo Preston!" Sharon said, flinging a pepperoni at him from her pizza.
"Oh, you guys are forgetting about Edmond!" another male voice laughed, sitting down beside Megan.
"Edward, Ben," Kelly and Sharon shrieked, shocked he could forget his name.
The guys all laughed, Kelly and Sharon throwing insults at them and Megan and Reena stuck in the middle, only left to giggle. Jade turned back around, only to see the table the Cullens were at was empty. She turned back, picking up her tray and heading towards the cafiteria exit.
*
Jade entered Biology with a startle when she saw Edward Cullen sitting by himself, gazing out the misted window, cause from the rain.
"Please take a seat," the teacher, Mr Smith, ushered, pulling her away from the doorway so other students could get into the room. She took a few slow steps towards Edward, whom, apparently was her lab partner. As soon as he looked up though, his narrowed eyes meeting hers she stopped in her tracks.
"Seats, please. Hurry," Mr Smith urged, giving her a soft push towards her seat.
She took a breath, her face heating up drastically as Edward's intimidating black eyes bored into her. She slowly took her seat, trying to sit as far away from him as possible.
Out of the corner of her eye she glanced at him; but when all he did was narrow his eyes even more, she quickly turned front. She heard metal scraping against the linolium floor, and turned to see him scooting his stool away from hers, the intimidation still on his face as he looked at her. He rested his elbow on the windowsill, then rested his chin in his palm, looking out the window again. She cleared her throat, as she tried to keep her mind occupied. But the rules of the Biology classroom weren't that exciting.
Minutes ticked by on the clock, and Jade could still feel the uncomfortable and uninviting aura around her and her partner.
After roughly ten more minutes, she heard frustrated grunts as she turned to Edward who...had his hands clamped over his nose and mouth, tightly. She was about to say something to him, when he quickly lunged for the window, opening it in a fit and sticking his face by it. She furrowed her eyebrows, pulling the sleeves of her shirt further down her shivering arms as she put her nose to her armpit. Yeah, she did put deodorant on that morning. She turned back towards Edward, who was still breathing out the window. She picked up a lock of her hair. Yeah, shampooed that morning, too.
She sighed, turning front to pick up on what Mr Smith was saying. It was then that she raised her hand to ask a question, the hem of her shirt moving up and the fabric shifting. With a screech from the stool to the floor, Edward pushed his seat out, violently grabbing his things and storming out of the classroom. It was seconds later that the bell rang. Jade sighed, slowly lowerinf her arm.
"Question, Jade?" Mr Smith asked, as she tried to smile as she stood up.
"No. I'm alright..."
*
"...I don't know what his problem was. It was horrible. But apparently we have those seats for the semester," Jade rambled on to Reena and Megan as they made their way towards the doors. Jade couldn't wait to get home, she did not want to be here anymore.
"Just a second, I have to get something from the office," Megan said, stopping abruptly by the office and pulling the door open. Her, Reena and Jade all stepped in only to see Edward with his hands curled into tight fists as the secretary spoke to him, "I'm sorry, but we have no other classes open. You're going to have to stay in Biology."
"I can't stay in that class."
Jade's eyebrows furrowed as she listened to his few words. Reena turned to her with a look of slight concern on her face as Megan stood behind a lanky kid with glasses and frizzy hair.
"You're going to have to. I apologize."
"I CAN'T," his voice raised, as he clenched one fist even tighter. "It's...obnoxious."
Jade gripped her bag tight, before throwing the door open, and like he had done previously, stormed out. The door shut with a slam. Reena stood wide eyed before opening the door up, everyone else in the room guiding their attention towards her.
"Hey!" Reena called.
"I'll meet you at the car," came Jade's faint reply, in the form of a grumble.
"...OK.." Reena quietly shut the door, as Edward turned back to the secretary.
"Can you please check again?"
"I'm sorry. I've checked five times."
He released what sounded like a growl to Reena, and turned around, flinging the door open with no effort whatsoever and also storming out.
Megan and Reena exchanged puzzled glances.
*
"How was the first day?" Jade's father asked that night at dinner.
She remained silent for a moment as she took a small piece of steak and dropped it on her plate, letting it collide with the potatoes and corn, "Good. I guess."
"Any boys?" her mother asked playfully, as her dad sent her a grave look.
"No. There's not," she grumbled.
"Really?" her mother sounded surprised.
"You're acting obnoxious," her brother, Manuel, teased---also pleased with the vocabulary in his sentence.
Jade suddenly pushed her chair out, getting up and for the second time that day, storming off. "..I have homework to do." With that, she was gone.
Her parents looked to Manuel, who shrugged, "I was just kidding. She's too sens-i-tive~." He said, extending the 'iv' sound.
Jade sat in her room, staring out the window and watching the rain fall, soft music in the background. She pulled the curtains over in one swift moment, flopping down on her bed and curling up.
She almost couldn't believe she had found herself infatuated with Edward Cullen at first. He was such a jerk. Her plan;
Confrontation.