A/N: So this is my first shot at a fanfiction. Bella and Edward are human. Bella isn't like any other girl Edward has met. She dresses odd and acts strange around him. This unique girl attracts his attention and is infactuated with her at first sight. Watch as their awkward friendship becomes a smoldering romance. Lemons will be in future chapters.

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I don't own Twilight and all that jazz.

EPOV:

Huh, so this was Forks High School.

I finally got away from my parents battering about my first day of school here. I love Esme and Carlisle to death, but that doesn't mean they put stuff on a little too hard. Ever since they adopted me years ago they've always went through their way to give me the best of life they could give. I appreciate all that they've done nearly every day of my life.

I was sitting in my car as a couple guys walked past. I could literally see their tongues hanging out of their mouths. I smirked to myself. My Volvo was my favorite obsession.

I pulled my bag from the passenger seat and opened the door to step out. I clicked the lock button on the keys before placing them in my pocket. I slung my bag over my shoulder and walked towards the school doors.

A couple of girls chatting near on the sidewalk immediately stopped as I walked by. I could feel their eyes on the back of my head as I pushed the door open and stepped inside. I sighed and shook my head. I had a feeling this school wasn't going to be better than any other.

"May I help you?" Looks like I've made it into the office without even realizing.

"Uh, yes. I'm new here. My name's Edward Cullen, I wasn't here to get my schedule during the summer and..." I ran my hand through my already messy hair.

"Oh, yes! Of course. I'll get that and some papers for you to fill out here." The woman took another look at me before turning around. I felt myself rolling my eyes. After standing at the desk for who knows how long she finally found the papers.

"You can sit over there if you'd like. Just turn these back in when you're done." She handed me the stack and pointed to a chair off to the corner. I sat down and pulled out the pen and started answering the questions listed. I heard the door open as I finished the second portion, but didn't pay any attention to it. I started to write down Carlisle's phone number when a voice startled me and caused me to glance up.

"Hello, Mrs. Wise." The girl's voice was beautiful music.

"Bella, dear! How was your summer?" Their voices began to fade as I took in the girl's, Bella's, appearance. I've never seen anyone so...different.

From the back I could see that her brown hair was pulled over the side of one of her shoulders. She was wearing a blue and white striped long sleeve shirt underneath a jeweled vest and a red flowing skirt that reached abover her knees. On her tiny legs she had flower patterened leggings and on her feet a pair of worn out converses. I could see on her right ear a golden hooped earing.

"Edward? Are you finished with those papers?" My mouth went dry as the oddly dressed girl turned around to see who the attendant was talking to.

"Almost." I barely managed to say. This strange girl was nothing but gorgeous. Her long curly hair came down past her shoulders, almost reaching her elbows, and framed her heart shaped face. Her lips had the slightest pink tinge to them and were turned up to a half smile. I looked into the girls eyes and almost gasped. They were the deepest shade of brown.

She was still looking at me so I jerked my head down to the papers on my lap. My brow furrowed. Never have I acted this way about a girl before. Hell, I hardly ever noticed girls or the way they looked. What was up with me?

After ten minutes I was done filling out the sheets. I had to mentally yell at myself not to look up at the girl the whole time, but I finished. I stood up and was greatfull to see that Bella had left. I didn't need to embarrass myself anymore than I already have. I grabbed my schedule and headed down the hallway towards World History. I found the class with no problem and sat down in a desk near the back of the class.

The bell rang seconds after I took my seat and students began to file in the classroom. To my annoyance, one of the girls from this morning decided to take the desk right next to mine. The whole class seemed to be staring. Great.

"Hey there, I'm Jessica." She leaned towards me with her hand splayed out on my desk. I nearly gagged on the fumes of her perfume.

"Edward." I nodded. A sound came out of her throat and I raised my eyebrows. Was that supposed to be attractive?

"Edward, I absolutely love your hair. Is it natural?" I quickly darted her hand that was reaching towards my head. I saw her pointed face freeze before she put on a fake smile. She opened her mouth to speak but the teacher came through the door and announced his name. Jessica winked at me from her desk and mouthed 'We'll talk later.' I couldn't wate.

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To my horror Jessica had friends. In all three classes that I've had so far I've been having to dodge hands and hazy looks from girls all over the school.

To my disappointment I never ran into Bella. I couldn't get those large brown eyes out of my head. The affect she had on me was obvious.

It was now time for lunch and I was clueless on who to sit with. Mike, a kid from my second period class waved me over. I shrugged and sat down in the seat next to him. As I sat down he pounded me on the shoulder.

"Dude, heard Jessica wants to go with you to Lauren's party. She's one fine piece of..." And at that moment I didn't care what piece of ass Jessica was. She was here.

At a table zoned off to the side near a window sat Bella. She was sitting with her legs folded underneath her in a chair with a book out in front of her. She had a brown paper sack next to her and a sandwich in her hand. Her hair was now pulled into a low pony tail down her back.

"She's weird, that girl." Mike said with a mouth full of pizza. "She always dresses so strange and seems to wear the same clothes every year. No one really talks to her." I felt myself wanting to hit Mike.

"Why?"

"She's poor, you know, and her dad is-" I rolled my eyes.

"No. Why does no one talk to her?"

"Look at her, dude. Who wants to talk with someone like that?" I narrowed my eyes in anger. How could they act this way towards her? I shot Mike a glare and stood up.

"Dude, where are you going?"

"Dude, I'm going to get some lunch." I wondered over to the sandwhich line and looked back over towards Bella. Now she wasn't sitting alone. There was another girl with shorter brown hair and glasses. I smiled as I watched Bella throw back her head in laughter. The lunch lady cleared her throat and I hurried up and took a tray. I gave her some money and headed back over to Mike. As soon as I sat down Jessica made her appearance.

"So, Edward. I know you're new and I thought it'd be great if you'd join me at Lauren's party this Saturday."

"Sorry, Jessica, but I can't." She pushed her lips together in a fish like expression and angled her face towards mine.

"Why not?"

"I'm going out of town this weekend." She frowned and placed on of her hands on my shoulders. I gently grabbed her hand and pushed it off my shoulder. "Sorry, Jessica, but it just won't work out." She turned on her heel and stomped away.

The bell rang signaling lunch was over.

I stood up and threw away my trash and headed to science without giving a goodbye to Mike. The school's class rooms weren't that hard to figure out. I was in my desk a few minutes before the bell rang. I pulled out a notebook from my bag as people began to come in. To my pleasure none of Jessica's girls were here and no one seemed to pay much attention to me. The teacher, Mr. Boman, began describing the lessons that would be going on this year.

"Now I want you all to find and partner and-" The door swung open and a striped shirt came into view. I began to feel my heart race in my chest. Bella came walking through the door and tripped on the way to the teacher's desk.

"Woops." A couple kids snickered as her face heated up with a blush. "Sorry, I was down at the counceler's office." She handed him a green sheet of paper.

"Alright. Go take a seat next to that young man right there." I watched in shock as he pointed to the empty seat next to mine. Bella looked at me and I watched her eyes grow a bit wider. She looked back at the teacher and back at me. Then she started walking.

I noticed she was looking down as she walked. Students stared at her as she passed their desks and when she finally sat down next to me on her stool. I glanced at her and noticed her bangs coming out of her pony tail. They covered the side of her face and hid her eyes from view. The teacher cleared his throat.

"Like I was saying before...I want you all to pair up with a partner and begin to answer these set of questions about what you know about Chemistry. Tomorrow we'll make a list and begin learning how the atom was founded. We'll start off easy before we get to the complicated stuff. Now find a partner and get to work." I looked around and watched as everyone began to move and sit with someone. I took another look at Bella and cleared my throat.

"Would you like to be partners?" Bella's head shot up and she turned her head towards me. I gave her a small smile. Her brown eyes were still set in the shocked expression as she nodded.

"Great." I felt myself grinning as I looked at her. Her face was flawless. Unlike other girls, she didn't wear makeup, not like she needed any. Her cheeks held a natural blush and her lips stood out against her porcelain skin. I had no idea why no one else noticed this.

"I'm Edward." I looked into her eyes and found myself still smiling. Her cheeks reddened once more and she looked off towards the side.

"Bella." She mumbled. I let out a small chuckle. She was absolutely adorable. A set of papers was set on our desk. I reached out for one at the same time as Bella. My fingers grazed hers and I felt myself freeze. Her skin was so warm and soft. It seemed to send tremors of electricity throughout my body. Bella jerked her hand away and flinched.

"Sorry." I don't know what I was apologizing for. Was it for the fact that our hands touched or for the fact that it made my whole body erupt in small flames? I slid my fingers through my hair and sighed. Bella leaned away and held her arms close to her sides. I cleared my throat awkwardly for the second time.

"I guess we should get to work." And that's what we did. We answered the questions together with the least amount of words possible. I found myself looking at her for most of the class but hardly got a glance back from her. We worked as if we were made to by force and nothing else. I tried to ignore the sense of dissapointment that I felt.

The class was almost over. I looked once more at Bella and was glad to see her return my gaze. I stared into her eyes longer than I probably should have.

"Bella, I-" The bell rang. She shot up from her stool and grabbed her bag. She basically ran out of the class and it caused me to frown. I slowly packed up my notebook and noticed a book left on Bella's side of the table. Wuthering Heights. Ah, she was a fan of classics. I grabbed it and placed it in my backpack along with my stuff. Even though our first encounter wasn't anything like I expected, I found myself growing anxious to talk to her again.

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter. Next you'll get to see how they act with each other in gym class and for the rest of the school day.

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