Summary: Bella has lived through a lot and as a result she is the quiet one at school and when the new kids bring uproar to the quiet school in Forks will Bella be drawn out of her shell with a new class project or will it undue all the work she has done to over come the rough patches in her life? Cannon pair
AN: warning this story may get taken off if the author of Parenting Skill 101 feels I am writing too close to her story and if is I am sorry but I hope you will enjoy what I write
Meyers owns the characters…
vjgm owns the project idea
That little bit that is left is mine yeah, that itty bitty speck
On with the tale…
Chapter One:
BPOV:
CRUNCH CRUNCH Wow I forgot how hard it is to hear when you're eating a granola bar. I was listening to my iPod slash eating breakfast and putting my bag together for another day at the lovely Forks High. It was a Thursday or Friday eve as I would call it so there was no reason to be sluggish.
Charlie had already left for work so I checked to make sure all the lights and such had been turned off before I tossed my iPod in my bag and grabbed my keys off the hook as I left the house.
I grinned at my truck roaring to life Charlie had gotten it for me for my 16th birthday most kids would have wished for a smaller car but this big hunk of a truck was my baby. I don't think I would or could ever willingly part with it that and I don't think I could ever drive a small car I still had a hard time riding in them after three years.
Walking up to my first class I noticed Jessica and Angela talking in the hall by their lockers Angela smiled and waved nodding no doubt having her ear talked off by Jessica. Who actually waved back at my wave to Angela it was a rare occurrence to be noticed which I was okay with me, I didn't like attention.
Walking into the class room I heard little tid bits of the conversation "new kids" "gorgeous" and "pale" were the only words I think I heard correctly. That's right there are new kids fromAlaska I normally didn't pay attention to others conversations but I remember Charlie going nearly over the moon when he heard about the new doctor coming to town. Heh with all my accidents the doctor and I will most likely become well acquainted with each other especially since Dr. Birdsong had retired a few months back.
Sitting down in my seat I had to feel sorry for the new kids I knew from experience that it was not the funnest thing in the world to be a new student at Forks High. That put with the fact that they were 'gorgeous' meant that Lauren and Jessica would no doubt be aiming to get a date or two with one of the new kids yeah I pity those three because Lauren and Jessica can be a handful.
I broke myself out of my revere and got out the history paper that we would be passing in today it was over our favorite time period in US history and what made it interesting to us, not a difficult concept. However judging by the looks of some of the other kids Maybe not…
Most of my classes pass by in a blur of monotonous boredom, I stood there in the lunch line getting my usual cereal bar and water before heading to the library when I saw them. They were beautiful all pale and graceful … Yeah that was something I would never be, I sighed and payed for my lunch and headed out to the library.
EPOV:
AN: Bold and Italicized are Edward's thoughts.
It was lunch and I had already had enough of this Jessica girl and her mind set. What was really sad was I had yet to even speak to her. So here I was a vampire dreading the approach of a human hearing Jasper's amusement mixed with sympathy didn't really help Wow she is almost as bad as Tanya was before she figured out you weren't interested. I held back a groan as she walked up to where we all were seated fiddling with our food props.
"Hi I'm Jessica I was wondering if you would like any help finding the rest of your classes." She also was wondering if we, Jasper, Emmett and I, were all single but she didn't say that part out loud. Jasper sensing her curiosity and interest pulled Alice into his lap along with the fact that her scent was being blown right in his face. Emmett seeing Jasper and Alice followed suit with Rosalie.
"No thank you Jessica we got it," I would have said more but Alice was squealing in my head that it was going to be 'so much more fun' to wait and tell them we aren't related later so I just settled for a wide grin showing most of my deadly sharp teeth. She shuddered and her smile faltered OK creepy… More like deadly but what ever works. After she had turned and walked away I rolled my eyes and continued smushing the gross 'food' in front of me ignoring Emmett complaining about how boring it was here. The bell finally rang and as always we threw our food away going to our next class.
Alice was radiating pride at Jasper he always had a hard time the first few days so she was constantly looking ahead for him. We had hunted just yesterday so I wasn't too concerned Oh well on to Biology then Spanish and then we could go home. I sighed turning the corner to get to the class room there were three other students already in the room and from their thoughts I hoped I would have to deal with them as little as possible.
"I was supposed to have you sign this, Sir" I handed the blue slip to the teacher who was sitting at his desk at the front of the room.
"Sure thing you will be Bella Swans partner in the back right corner" I nodded and headed to my seat and just about jumped out of my skin. I only heard three voices coming from my peers but there were four students in the room.
There was a bottle blond screaming in her head that it wasn't fair When is life 'fair'… I know I wil be avoiding her just like the Jessica girl. The boy next to her had dark curly hair and was thinking about the assignment that was being turned in today. The thoughts that irked me the most were the mocking ones coming from the blond haired blue eyed boy in the front of the class. Ha looks like Bella finally got a lab partner she is such a weirdo. Hot but weird yeah I'll go introduce myself to the new kid to rub it in her face that she could just fade into the woodwork no one would really care. At this I finally looked and listened to Bella Swan who was reading a well used book she had mahogany brown hair and pale skin that almost rivaled mine and I was the undead.
She looked so fragile and Duh she was to me but she looked more so than the rest of the individuals in the room and her mind was silent. I got to my chair and sat down when the most delicious smell wafted past me and I immediately stopped breathing I know I had a look of disgust on my face but it was disgust for myself that 'Mike' apparently thought was aimed at Bella. Even the new kid can't stand her this will be fun I was having severe trouble not killing someone and it sadly looked like it was going to be both of them if I didn't get it together.
"Hey I'm Mike Newton. How have you liked Forks so far?" Well other than wanting to kill some of its citizens for different reasons I'm just great. He seemed so smug until he noticed Bella hadn't even looked up from her book Weird Bookworm he slapped the table in front of her causing her to jump slightly and drop her book on the table.
"Isabella it is rude to not introduce your self" Mike smirked and pointedly glanced at me. She had been shaking her head with a tiny frown on her face which I oddly wanted to change to a smile. Get a grip! You are about two seconds from killing her and I want to make her smile? My whole thought process was out the window when see turned her chocolate brown eyes at me which widened before she recollected herself and introduced herself.
"Hello I'm Bella," her voice… it was like that of an angel I took a breath through my nose it burned a little bit less that way.
"Edward Cullen" I gave a small smile the chances of us staying where very slim with her here but I still wanted to leave a somewhat pleasant impression before we left and from listening around the room no one really paid attention to what went on with Bella. There was one kind thought from a girl with dark hair and glasses I wish Mike would leave her alone she is too nice a girl for that.
Mr Banner called the class to attention getting Mike to return to his seat Thank the Lord but there was still the proble that I really wanted to drink the girl next to me. Concentrating on holding my breath and staying absolutely still I was able to make it through most of the class ignoring the girl next to me but it was unavoidable when Mr Banner passed out the homework. What Bella said to me proved more that I could not stay and risk her life.
"I hope your first day wasn't too bad," she said with a small smile, She hoped my day wasn't too bad, me the monster who had been thinking of ways to kill her all class period. I managed a small smile before the bell rang and I left the room as fast as would seem reasonable for a human to do so. 'What did you do stab Cullen with a pencil?' Yeah that sounds good I love having gym to mess with her in maybe I could kill Mike before I leave if I can talk Alice into agreeing to it would be our small secret gift to the town of Forks. I smiled at the thought but in my head because if Emmett who was sitting next to me in Spanish would be never shut up until he found out why.
"Okay so why has Alice asked me to ask you why she sees you wanting to leave after killing one of the students" What did they do to tick you off I bet it was funny as hell to see. I sighed and spoke low enough so that only Emmett would hear me.
"I'll tell everyone when we get home you know I don't like repeating myself and no this is not just because someone 'ticked me off' there is no way I could convince the family let alone your wife to move for such a small thing" But someone did set off your temper man I wish I could have seen that I rolled my eyes and started to take notes, not that I needed to in Spanish I was completely fluent but it would be rude not to.
BPOV:
"What did you do stab Cullen with a pencil? That's not very nice Bella." Mike snickered at me as we were playing volleyball. Why can't he just leave me alone! sigh He is the only my partener to mock me oh well being clumsy has its perks if it is hitting Mike on the head.
"Ow!" it didn't hit his head but his back might get a bruise out of the deal.
"Sorry," in all seriousness I mean I had wanted to hit his head but I missed.
"Careful Swan! Alright get changed and you can go home" Coach barked at us before heading to his office. Thank goodness…
Once I got home I put the makings of lasagna in the oven and started on my home work. If it wasn't for being so distracted I could have finished it in ten minutes but my new lab partners face Edward kept popping up instead of the answers to the Biology questions. He had looked kind of well, okay really upset to be honest I hope it wasn't something I did…
That added to the fact that He Was Gorgeous! How in the world and why was a scared plain Jane like me suppose to sit across from a Greek God? Life is on the floor rolling with laughter pointing at me that is why. I wished I had died three years ago and not for the first time.
AN: OK so what do you think? Please review! I am already working on the next chapter so it may be up in a couple of days depends on the reviews and if I have time to finish it
-Ladybug