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"Are you still worried, Bella, love?" The question was very obvious, knowing that it would take more than a mere hunting trip to calm the nerves of my wife. Tomorrow she would "start high school" and be a part of our family's lie. She would pretend to be a freshman with Alice, Jasper, and I. We had taken our time deciding when would be a good time for Bella to start our charade, and everyone had agreed that she had more than enough self control for the bluff.

There was no hint of lying in her eyes, she was trying to be as truthful as possible to me when we were talking about this serious of a subject. "I'm starting to feel less anxious. Jasper probably has something to do with it, so I'll let you know." Of course, I didn't expect anything less of her. Why wouldn't she be nervous about beginning high school tomorrow with unknown students who smelled delicious to our kind?

"You'll do fine, Bella. I can see that." Leave it to Bella to be nervous even when she's indestructible.Alice reassured her, "Edward will be with you every second. There is no need to get worked up over nothing."

Bella smiled briefly at Alice and then turned her attention to our daughter. Renesmee was just around eight months, but had the appearance of a four or five year old. She spoke more frequently, now that there were no worries ahead of us - no vampires trying to attack our family, no suspicious humans - she could be a carefree toddler with her immediate family.

"I'll miss you, Mommy," Renesmee spoke and it was as if bells rang all around us. She put her hand on Bella's forehead. Ignoring the thoughts of my other family members, my concentration went to my beautiful daughter. My head was soon filled with many pictures - the first time Renesmee had seen her mother, being in her mother's hands for the first time, the smile on her parent's faces after facing the Volturi, and dozens more of her loving family

"I'll miss you more," Bella lightly kissed Renesmee's forehead. She then looked around at the rest of us - Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett and I - and took off back to the house.

It had taken Renesmee all of two times to get used to the speed of Bella and I - being in our arms as we ran full speed while hunting. It now appeared merely as a game to her now. Faster! Faster! She chanted in her head.

"Remember the essentials, of course," Esme instructed Bella, "Breathe in and out constantly and fidget, and especially remember to be slow; the last thing we need is to be under suspicion just after the first day of school." I don't know why Jasper is making me go over this. We all know Bella is an angel.

Jasper had insisted on making absolutely sure Bella was ready to be human for the day. Most of the night had been devoted to this topic, and everyone but him seemed to be rather bored with it.

Wouldn't surprise me if she killed one or two, he thought to himself. I tried to ignore Jasper's thoughts on this subject at all cost, knowing he was just hoping he wouldn't be the only one with trouble as a newborn.

"Oh, and be sure to hide the body after you take the blood," Emmett joked. I say she'll have one before lunch. Wouldn't take much to get a guy alone with her.

"Very funny, Emmett. I'll remember that," Bella meant to at least try and laugh at Emmett, but she was too nervous to be in a joking mood now. In just a matter of hours, we would be at our new high school surrounded by humans. I wondered for a brief second what would happen if she did find someone particularly appealing, but diminished the thought, knowing she would never do that.

Should I calm her down? Jasper asked in his head. Lately, his ability to relax and clam us had come in handy.

I nodded slightly, making sure no one but Jasper saw the movement.

Maybe she should've thought about testing herself around other humans before putting us in danger, Rosalie shallowly thought, as always. I tried to ignore her thoughts the best I could, but lately I had just come too accustomed to her "voice".

It went on like this for a few hours more, sitting at the table in the dining room we rarely used. I was so absorbed in the thoughts of my family - with one exception - that I wouldn't have remembered about school unless Alice had stood up to get her props. "School starts in half an hour! We wouldn't want to be late on our first day!" She sang as she danced around the room gathering her books and backpack; otherwise known as props.

At that, the rest of us got up, grabbing our props as well, told our "parents" goodbye, and headed out to the garage.

For most of us, the first day was always the most fun. We usually tried to make the most of it, sure that no one would get suspicious just by seeing our cars. Emmett and Rosalie hopped in Emmett's maroon H3 Hummer - Emmett driving, of course, Alice got in the driver's seat of her yellow Porsche with Jasper beside her, and I got in the driver's seat of Bella's Ferrari, wanting to drive her for once.

As the doors of the garage opened, the three cars raced down the long driveway and kept going until we hit the freeway. The more witnesses, the slower we had to go.

As we hit the first red light of our trip, I could feel eyes staring down my back-as well as my wife's back - and more and more hearts beating.

"Are you okay? Do we need to stop? Go home?"

Bella gave me her stare she had picked up from Jacob. The stare that told me to stop worrying because I was probably being ridiculous.

"What's on your mind?"

She sighed, knowing she was far too easy to read. "I was just thinking… my first day at Forks. I saw you five and it was like nothing I've ever seen, angels sent from heaven. I'm just trying to imagine me in that picture of angels."

For the first time in a while, I wanted to know exactly what she was thinking. Was this really what was bothering her? Would she tell me if there was something more? "You were always an angel. No one will be able to stop looking at you-not like that's a first. I'll probably have some stiff competition today, Miss Sawn."

I knew calling her by her maiden name would push her farther over the edge than she needed to be, but even though we'd gone over everything hundreds of times, I felt the need to remind her that at school she was not a married vampire.

"You know I hate it when you call me that." She sighed, getting back on with the conversation, "How will I know if people don't believe me? Will I be as convincing a vampire as you?"

I smiled. "The last time I pretended to be human, someone found out." She smiled at that, and I was glad to be her little ray of light on a dark day like this for her. "You'll do great, as always. Alice will be watching for your future, I'll be listening… it will be fine."

As I finished my sentence, we were in the parking lot for Barrow High School. In the beginning, Carlisle had thought being in the same state with another vampire coven would cause too much attention, but he decided against the idea, knowing that both covens were strictly "vegetarians".

The students began eagerly entering the parking lot after a few minutes. We waited until we couldn't put off getting out any longer. The amount of humans starring was more than I would have expected, for a small school like this. "You ready?" I asked, taking Bella's hand and kissing it.

"Let's get this over with."

The six of us stepped out together, at the same time. We intentionally shut the doors a little louder than needed, making people look at us. We all found joy in being the center of attention for the first few weeks of school, knowing there would be ridiculous rumors floating around soon enough, anyway.

The three flashy cars were parked side-by-side, flaunting attention. As the six of us got out, we walked toward the school, forming a "v" with our soul mates. At the same time, Bella took my hand, Alice took Jasper's, and Rosalie took Emmett's. Bella looked up at me, and I looked back down to her. Our gazes met for just a short moment, and was interrupted by our kissing. She wasn't hesitant about her strength any longer, knowing how to control it.

By this time, the entire student body had stopped what they were doing to watch the new kids. It was the middle of the semester, so it wasn't like anyone had really been expecting us.

All of the students, including a few teachers, stared at us, not even attempting to be polite about it and look away as we met their gaze.

This will probably be the best year yet, Emmett thought and fantasized what lunch was going to be like.

As we walked less gracefully as we would've at home, the entire crowd of humans made a path just for us. This was to be expected - people always felt the need to stay away from us, except for this beautiful vampire huddled in my chest.

I quickly went around, listening to the thoughts of my soon-to-be classmates. It had become a habit of mine, making sure no one got suspicious.

Check out those sweet rides. Whoa! Is that a Ferrari?

The blonde is gorgeous. She's probably a super model. I grimaced, hating when people thought of Rosalie that way.

That black haired guy is huge! He looks like a pro-wrestler.

The bronze-haired boy is definitely the hottest of them all. I didn't react much to that comment; I'd heard it before.

That one looks like he's in pain. I didn't stop to decipher this comment, knowing who this student was talking about. Jasper took in the emotions around him, which was bound to cause some weird emotion to show on his face.

Who is she? She's smoking! Too bad, she looks like she's with the bronze-haired kid. Maybe they're just friends… I'll ask her out sometime…This thought stopped me as soon as I realized who was the center of this boy's thoughts. If he knew what he was getting himself into - a married vampire with a child who wanted to kill humans just because of their taste - he would've stopped dead in his tracks. I hoped this wasn't a new Mike Newton.

"What are they saying?" Bella whispered in my ear, too low for anyone to hear, except for the four other nearby vampires.

"As I expected, you are the spotlight of the school already!" This shouldn't have shocked me the way it did. I knew from day one that Bella was special - I didn't deserve her - but for some odd reason, she had chosen me above the rest.

She didn't answer. We now approached the office and she was probably nervous about sounding human around actual humans.

"Hello, what can I do for you?" The secretary, Ms. Dangerfield asked as we stepped in the door. Where did they come from? Did I hear the door open? She took a second to actually look at us. Oh my. Where did these kids come from?

"We're new students. Our first day is today," Alice said, her voice cheerful and happy. She was the spokesperson for the Cullens, being the most charming of us all.

"Oh. Er… you'll need to fill out a few of these forms. Once you're done, I'll get your schedules printed out and you'll be on your way." She smiled. They look more like college kids. No super models. I'll need to get the full story on them soon…

She handed a pile of forms to Alice, and Alice distributed them to everyone. As I took the form, it took me all of five seconds to read through it. Just some background questions that were mandatory before heading off to our classes.

In just a few minutes, after we'd slowly filled out the forms, we were handed our schedules. Alice had already seen what classes we were going to have, but we needed to seem interested. Bella and I left the office, hand-in-hand - our family following close behind - and headed off to American History.

Emmett and Rosalie departed from us without a word, heading off to their higher level classes. Keep her safe. See you at lunch, Emmett thought and was then out of sight.

We walked slowly down the hall. I could feel Bella getting more and more anxious after Alice and Jasper left. Soon after they departed from us, we found the American History room. Being sidetracked in the office had taken some time; class had started a few minutes before. I should've thought ahead and gotten to school earlier so Bella would feel more comfortable. I would remember that next time.

As I reached my hand for the door, Bella squeezed my hand tighter and took a necessary breath in case she would need to introduce herself.

The room went quiet as we entered it. Even the teacher stopped in the middle of his conversation to see the cause of the disruption.

Yes! The hot chick is in my class!

Good way to start the day… a girl thought as she saw me enter.

I think she's prettier than me! The girls at this school obviously didn't like competition.

"Yes…" The teacher, Mr. Ramis, said, expecting me to fill him in.

"We're new students. Today is our first day. My name is Edward Cullen."

I nudged Bella slightly, no one would see this movement, so that she would know to introduce herself. "I'm Bella- Swan." She hesitated before saying Swan, not used to using her maiden name.

"Welcome to Barrow. I'm Mr. Ramis. Do you mind telling us a little about yourself?"

I stepped slightly to the right so that I would be closer to the center of the room. Bella did not let go of my hand, she held it closer to her side. "I'm Edward. I was adopted when I was very young, as well as the rest of my siblings." I motioned my hand to her, letting everyone know we were both adopted. "We moved here from Forks, Washington. I like to read and camp outside in my spare time." I smiled at that, knowing there were a couple of other things I liked to do in my spare time, but couldn't mention.

"Thank you, Edward," Mr. Ramis said. He then motioned his hand to Bella, telling her to start.

"I'm Bella Swan. As Edward said, I was adopted a few years ago." Her voice started to crack, so she paused for a second. "I like to read and hang out with my siblings." Her voice got softer and I knew that if she was human, she would've blushed.

Is it legal to be with someone you live with?

There's more of them? This one obviously hadn't seen us all in the parking lot this morning.

"Thank you. You may sit down. There are a few seats open in the back."

We walked quietly toward the back of the classroom, still holding hands. I ignored the staring eyes and whispers, as if I couldn't hear them even if I tried.

There were two seats in the back that were open and side-by-side. I sat in the left one, and Bella sat on the right. The last thing she wanted to do was let go of my hand, but she did so reluctantly.

"Did I do okay?" She asked very quietly.

"Absolutely fine. A couple of them are wondering if we are together or not. Nothing we need to worry about."

She smiled. Probably at the thought of them wondering if we were together.

The class went on in silence. Mr. Ramis was giving a lecture, so there was no reason to have to answer questions or pay too close attention. Just listening to the thoughts of the students in the room entertained me for the entire hour.

Algebra II was the same as American History. The teacher, Ms. Moore, was going over a test from the previous week, so there was no reason to even pay attention there. Her thoughts, as well as the student's, were the same as in the class before. We stood up and said the same things about ourselves and everyone wondered the same things.

School seemed a lot different this year than any of the others; probably because I had my soul mate with me, and everyone seemed to be very aware of her. But it was surprisingly difficult for me to remember that we were at school, with humans, and I needed to talk like a human. "PE shouldn't be too hard for you now. Vampires are exceptional in the athletic department."

"Yeah, because I haven't noticed that before!" Bella joked. I was happy to see that she was finally easing up, and becoming more comfortable around humans.

"Oh no! Dammit!" she started yelling.

"What is it?"

"I can't go! I won't!"

"What are you talking about, love?"

"I'm going to have to change for PE! I can't leave you! I don't trust myself. I don't think they'll be too happy about a boy wanting to go in the girl's locker room…"

The thought was so obvious, it stunned me. I should've thought that far ahead. "Bella, love, it's going to be fine. I believe in you. You won't hurt anyone."

She started hyperventilating, which I thought was a pretty difficult thing for a vampire to do. I would dress out, and she would do the same. She wouldn't kill anyone today.

We stood facing each other. I put my hand on the small of her back and pulled her closer to me. She kissed me anxiously, not wanting to leave me. She was scared, but she would be fine. I believed in her.

Letting go of her was the hardest thing I had done in a long time. But we separated, and went to dress out in a room full of humans with beating hearts.

I got my clothes and changed slowly, concentrating on the thoughts of girls around Bella.

Crap! She does have a really nice body!

I think I'll go talk to her… That was Lizzie McCarthy. She was in our Algebra class and was sitting across from us. There wasn't one second that she wasn't looking at us.

I listened closer to Lizzie's thoughts. She was walking up to Bella-in only her bra and underwear. How I wished I could hold that perfect body close to me right now.

In Lizzie's thoughts, see could see Bella. She wasn't breathing, but it looked like she was; acting perfectly. I knew this was going to be hard for Bella, but she would be fine.

"Hi, I'm Lizzie. You're new here, right?"

"Yeah."

Should I shake her hand or what? Just smile. That's good. Smiling is good. "You said you moved here from Washington?"

"Yeah. Forks." Lizzie could see something wasn't right about the expression on Bella's face.

"That boy you were with. He's… Edward?" He's hot!

"Yep."

"Are you guys like- together?" Please say no. Please say no.

"Um… yeah. We've kind of been dating for a while."

"Oh. Okay." And then Lizzie walked away. I quickly turned my thoughts to others who were around Bella. She seemed to be doing well, and I started to get anxious when I walked out of the locker room.

After a few stressful moments, the girls started appearing into the gym. The thoughts of each one were focused on the same few people, not to my surprise.

I wonder if any more of them are in this hour?

A girl from American History, Sierra Peters, saw me and looked back and forth from me to Bella. They almost look like they're from somewhere else. Like they aren't even human.

I cringed at that thought. I would have to keep an eye on this Sierra, making sure her conclusions came nowhere near the truth.

And then I saw her. Holding her breath, but trying to smile, Bella glided over to me. The worst part was over and I was glad she could relax again.

"Alright, students," Mr. Licameli began. "Today we're running. Head outside to the track and wait for me there." This should be good. More show offs.

We headed to the doors, hand in hand. A smile flashed on her face; she loved to run, even if it would be much, much slower than our maximum speed.

To the other kids, the outdoors were unwelcoming this early. With it being early March, it seemed warm enough. The teachers were probably taking advantage of the nice weather.

There was a small oval track at the end of the field, made by years of teenagers running the same path. This was to be expected, seeing as Barrow High School wasn't exactly overflowing with extra money. Mr. Licameli signaled us to start running, and we were off.

We started running. It didn't take much to get ahead of every kid who had started minutes before us. I slowed the pace to normal human speed. "Was I okay? She was the first human I've talked to face-to-face besides my family." Bella always had something to worry about. Half the time the worries were unnecessary, but that was just typical Bella.

"Amazing. Like always," I smiled her smile, her favorite crooked smile.

She returned the smile. She found happiness in my happiness, so it wasn't hard to keep her satisfied. "What was she thinking when I told her that we were together?"

"Like every other student here, she's wondering why we are so different. She wants you to break up with me so she can ask me out." I smiled. Nothing on this planet would break the bindings of the two of us. "I'm curious. In all my years of pretending, I haven't gotten many brave ones like her on the first day."

At that, she smiled. She knew as well as I that we would be together always and nothing would change that. "Are we running slow enough?" She whispered.

"Silly, silly, Bella. It's fine. You really do worry too much."

She sighed. "What are they thinking now?"

I pointed to a group a few yards ahead of us-two girls, one guy. "They boy, Brian Rueckert, is wondering when we're going to hop the fence and make a run for it." I then pointed to the girl on his right. "Christy McKay is wondering why we aren't even breaking a sweat."

We both laughed. Even if we could sweat, it would take more than a short mile run to wear us out. Knowing that was enough to satisfy her question, I left myself get lost in the thoughts around me.

They make me look like a chicken with one leg! How are they so- graceful?

They don't even look tired!

I wonder what school they went to… maybe some boot camp where they get you in really good shape.

I bet I'm faster than they boy! He's just showing off! Ha! I laughed at Brian's thought as we passed him without effort.

The lunch scene was no different than at any other school. There were the jocks, the cheerleaders, the smart ones. Any group you could think of, all lost in their little worlds.

There were a few empty tables towards the back of the cafeteria. Sitting there entitled walking past the starring eyes of every student. You'd think that by the time the day was halfway over, they would get over the shock of our peculiar family; that was never the case.

Seeing as there were no more than 400 students in the entire school, there was only one lunch period. That meant the entire Cullen family could sit together and discuss their day.

With our props in our hands, we walked to one of the few empty lunch tables. Emmett and Rosalie walked hand-in-hand in front, followed by Alice and Jasper, then Bella and I. There were even more stares than expected, more people taking in the entire mystery family.

Sitting down next to our soul mates, we talked quietly amongst ourselves. To no one's surprise, the conversation was focused on the progress of the newest member of our family.

"No killings, today, little sis?" Emmett chuckled.

"No, Emmett, that's after lunch!" Bella joked along.

"Alright, pay up," he demanded Jasper. No one needed clarification on what he meant. You didn't need to read minds or see the future to know there would be a bet going on between the two.

"Later," Jasper replied, not meeting his gaze.

"See, Bella! I told you, you could do it! I didn't have one vision of you killing someone!" Alice really knew how to joke about something so serious.

"Has anyone gotten suspicious?" Jasper asked seriously.

I slightly shook my head.

"Any rumors yet?" Leave it to Emmett to ask such a silly question.

I nodded, even though the answer was obvious.

"How bad are they? I'm sure they'll be worse just by next hour."

I half-smiled. "The usual. I'm surprised at the amount of brave students we have here. Some are actually considering talking to us."

Bella squeezed my hand tighter. "What is it?" I whispered, only to her.

The others looked away, trying to give us privacy, as if they couldn't hear us even if they tried. "I was just thinking… about Charlie and Renee… and Mike and Angela and Jessica… I wonder what they are doing now."

Alice, being her nosy self, answered before I had the chance to. "Mike, Angela and Jessica are all off in college. They're doing great. Charlie and Renee are occupied with other things at the moment. There's no need to worry about them."

Bella sighed, a signal that she was content enough with that answer- for now. How is she doing? She still looks nervous.

That was Alice. I knew her voice better than any of my other family members. I shook my hand slightly - no one saw the action - letting her know that she was okay.

"What's everyone's opinion of Bella?" Emmett questioned.

I smiled. He should know the answer. "She's the hottest thing they've ever seen! No doubt she'll get asked to prom once or twice in the next few weeks."

Rosalie grimaced. She hated when she wasn't the center of attention almost as much as she hated not being the prettiest girl in the school. I wasn't going to tell her, but she was pretty much tied with Bella according to the students here. Though I didn't agree with that one bit - Bella was much more beautiful than Rose - Rosalie didn't need more of a reason to be depressed.

"They'd better think that! I mean, look at her clothes! No doubt that has some effect on things." Typical Alice, getting all worked up over clothes.

The rest of the lunch period carried on in silence. I wanted to say so much to them, let my family know how amazing Bella had been doing, but thought it best to let them think over things. For some reason, the minds of students here in Alaska wandered more than students in other schools I'd been to.

What a freaky family, a sophomore a few tables down thought.

They're adopted? They look related.

I occupied myself for the rest of lunch, listening. I acted as the lookout, as always, making sure no one got suspicious. The bell rang, but none of us got up. As usual, we waited for the room to clear before leaving.

Chemistry and English went on just as American History and Algebra had. We introduced ourselves, said the same things, and I listened to the same thoughts. I spent most of my time looking at Bella. She was so beautiful, I would never get over the shock of her breathtaking face.

We spent those two long hours mesmerized by each other. It was a huge relief to have the bell ring and be able to go home to our daughter, but I was also reluctant to go because I didn't want to look away from her face.

As we walked out to her Ferrari hand-in-hand, the eyes staring down our backs suddenly had no effect on me. All I cared about was the core of my existence, right next to me, where she always would be.

The revs of the Hummer, Porsche, and Ferrari certainly had no effect on the six of us, but definitely impacted our fellow students. The cars in front of us stopped right where they were, letting our three cars speed ahead of them.

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