BPOV
Beep…beep…beep…beep!
The most annoying sound to hear while sleeping rang in my dreaming head.
I grabbed the pillow from under my head and bashed it onto my head.
Why wouldn't the dang thing turn off, I thought to myself.
"Bella!" I heard Charlie holler from downstairs. "I can hear your alarm still going. Wake up!"
I groaned but pulled the covers off of me and stood up, doing my regular stretch and yawn. I walked over to my closet, and grabbed a pair of jeans and a t-shirt with me into the bathroom. I brushed my teeth, and then took a shower. The warm water cascaded onto me, waking me up completely. When I got out, I put on my clothes and combed my hair. I slowly pulled the brush through my soaping wet hair. I stared at myself through the mirror. I was the plainest Jane of the Plain Jane's.
I had straight brown hair. No wave or curl whatsoever. It had no style. The only thing that I would do with it is leaving it hanging or pull it up into a ponytail. And then I got to my eyes. They were horrible. Big and brown. They looked like bug eyes and I hated them. I always wished that I was born with a more interesting color eyes. I sighed. I could do nothing about it, unless I wore contacts. And I would never wear contacts because of the concept of poking your own eyeball. That was just gross.
I went back into my room and put on a pair of socks and slipped on my comfortable sneakers. Grabbing my cell phone and backpack, I went downstairs to where Charlie was eating his cereal.
"Morning Dad," I chirped, trying to put on a happy face.
Charlie glanced at me before standing up. "Sorry Bells, but I have to go to work. I'll see you at dinner."
Charlie put his finished bowl in the sink and headed out of the front door. I grabbed my Cocoa Puffs, and sat down at the table with my bowl, spoon, and milk in hand. I ate slowly, my mind wandering to places that I didn't want it to go.
FLASHBACK:
"James!" I yelled. "Are you here?"
I had brought him some of my special homemade chicken soup for his fever that he told me about on the phone. I walked upstairs to James' room. I was about to knock on the door when I heard a girl's giggle. I frowned. His mom was at work and he didn't have a sister. I was about to knock on the door again when I heard the girl's giggle again. Comprehension crossed my face. My stomach knotted up. This couldn't be happening to me, this just couldn't. I had told James that I loved him just two weeks ago. He told me he loved me, he couldn't be lying. That had to be someone else in there with her.
Just right after I thought of that, I heard the girl cry, "Oh James!"
I paled almost as white as a ghost. That is not James I told myself, trying not to hyperventilate. I kept thinking that to myself, but I knew that it was James in there with another girl cheating on me. I could feel my heart breaking. The pain was unbearable. My eyes started watering, but I just couldn't let it out. I dropped the soup that I was holding and ran down the stairs and out of his house. I got into my car and started to head home. Stupid tears, they were clouding my vision. After a while on the road, I couldn't hold it back anymore. I pulled over on the street and let all of my hurt out.
Tears were pouring down onto my cheeks like rain. It hurt so much. I knew I shouldn't have gotten close to him. I was warned but I wouldn't listen. I cried and cried, my eyes getting red and swollen.
Ding dong!
I jumped, my cereal almost spilling all over me. I got up, but tripped from one of the chair legs and fell sprawled out onto my best friend, the floor. I couldn't get the door, so I just sat up and yelled, "Come in!"
I heard the door open and close, and then I looked up and saw Emmett, my bestest friend in the whole wide world grinning at me. "I so won the bet."
"What bet?"
Emmett's eyes widened, realizing what he just said.
"Did I say bet? I meant um, I won the, uh, bell. I uh, mean, I won you," Emmett stuttered trying to play dumb.
"Emmett, what bet," I said standing up. I still had to tilt my head up to look at him, but not as much as I had sitting down.
Emmett was still taller than me by about a foot or so. He had brown curly hair, and pretty hazel eyes. His eyes danced when he laughed, and Emmett laughed a lot. He was also humungous and that scared a lot of people, but to me, he was my huggable teddy bear.
"Well," Emmett said hesitating. "Me and Rosalie made a bet that you would trip when answering the door."
I scowled. Since I was accident prone, I wasn't surprised that people made bets about my accidents, but to think that my two best friends did too, well it hurt.
I tried to change the subject so I said, "Where's Rosalie?"
"She's in the car waiting for us, grab your bag and let's go." While Emmett went out of the front door, I put my cereal bowl in the sink and headed out to my driveway. I hurried over to Rosalie's BMW, and slid into the backseat.
"Hey Rose," I said buckling up my seatbelt.
"Hey Bella."
I watched as she pulled out of the driveway. Rosalie was gorgeous. She had wavy blond hair and sparkling blue eyes. Like many other cheerleading captains (Rose) and football quarterback (Emmett), they were dating. I thought they were perfect for each other, and maybe, just maybe, they would last together forever. That probably sounds like bull, but I just have this weird feeling about them somehow becoming… I don't know… vampires.
"Where is Jasper?" I asked, trying to fill in the silence.
"I dropped him off at school first."
Jasper was Rosalie's twin brother. He usually hung out with us, so I guess he was considered a best friend. The three of them were like my brothers and sister that are not blood related.
"So, I heard there are going to be two new kids at our school," Rosalie said.
I groaned. I hated making first impressions. I somehow always embarrassed myself badly in front of the new kids. It was a total nightmare.
"Why are they coming so late in the school year?" I asked.
Rosalie shrugged. "It's only January."
I sighed.
We finally arrived at school. Rose parked her car at her usual parking space, which was the one farthest from the school. I got out and grabbed my backpack before heading towards the school with Emmett and Rosalie. I looked around and spotted a pigeon. I bursted out laughing.
"What?" Emmett asked.
I pointed to the pigeon, doubled up in laughter. I heard Emmett chuckle. "What's so funny?" Rose demanded. But by the time she had asked, we were already at our classes.
"I'll tell you at lunch," I said before going into my Trigonometry class. Since Rosalie never forgot anything, I might as well tell her. I walked into my class, and was greeted by Tyler.
"Hey Bella, have a nice weekend?" asked Tyler.
I shrugged. "It was okay."
"That's good."
I quickly dodged him and hurried to the back of the room. I flopped down on the chair sighed a breath of relief. Usually Tyler never let me go that easily, but thank goodness he did.
"Good morning class," said our teacher Mr. Smith. "There is a new student in here and I would like all of you to welcome her with open arms. Please be nice. Alice, will you come on in here?"
I watched as the door opened and a small petite girl walked in. Her black hair was short and the ends of each strand of hair were pointed everywhere. She had striking blue eyes and was short, making her look a lot like a little pixie.
Alice raised her hand and gave the class a small wave. "Hi everyone."
The class gave a quick but lazy reply. "Hi Alice."
"Alice, can you introduce yourself and tell us a little something about you?" Smith asked.
I saw Alice shrug. "Well, my name is Alice Cullen. I live with Carlisle and Esme Cullen. My brother and I are both adopted, and what I like to do and do the most is shop till I drop!"
"Thank you Miss Cullen. Now why don't you go sit in the back with Miss Swan. Bella, please raise your hand so that Miss Cullen here, can see you."
I put my hand up and Alice gracefully walked to the back and into the seat next to me.
"Hi, I'm Isabella Swan, but you can call me Bella," I said introducing myself.
"I'm Alice."
I grinned at her. "I know."
The rest of the class was us talking and getting to know each other. We didn't really pay much attention to what Mr. Smith was saying.
Finally when the bell rang, Alice and I both got our stuff packed and we headed out of the door.
"So would you like to sit with me and my friends at lunch?" I asked her.
Alice nodded her head vigorously. "Sure! That would be great!"
She grinned at me. Alice was way too hyper and happy. "Well, I gotta go to my lit. class, I'll meet up with you at lunch. Watch for me when you get to the caf okay?"
She nodded. I gave her a sly smile and a small wave. "Wait, do you mind if my brother joins us?"
I shook my head. "Sure no problem, see you at lunch."
I walked away and into one of my most boring classes ever. After the talk about Shakespeare, I was greeted out in the hallway by Emmett.
I grinned. He waved to me and I strolled over. "Hello Emmy Bear."
Emmett scrunched up his nose when I said the name. "That's a weird name."
I shrugged and laughed. "It rhymes with teddy bear, so who cares?"
We walked into the cafeteria and waited in lines to buy our lunch. When we got to the front, Emmett snatched one of each of the four types of sandwiches and two water bottles. I only grabbed a tuna sandwich and a bottle of lemonade. We paid for our food and joined Jasper and Rose at our usual table in the far corner.
"Hey Rose," I said sitting down across from her. I nudged Jasper. "Where were you this morning?" I asked.
Jasper shrugged. "I had to get a book in the library and write a short essay for my American history class."
I nodded taking a bite into my sandwich. "Is it okay if I invited the new kids to sit with us?"
Rosalie shook her head. "Nope, I met the new girl Alice, she was nice."
I chuckled. "Yeah, but very hyper. I think Jasper and her would make a good pair. Don't you?"
Jasper turned red while Rose just nodded. "The quiet with the loud."
I laughed.
"So Bella, you were going to tell me something today?" Rose said.
"Yeah, it was during winter break when you and Jazz went on the cruise. So, me and Emmett here, was…"
I lost what I was saying when I saw Alice and a boy standing in front of the caf's doorway and looking around. I stood up and waved my arms.
Alice caught sight of me and headed for our table, bringing the stunning boy with her.
