Eternal Snow
By: Sara Burke
(disclaimers: I do not own twilight at all! that belongs to stephenie meyer)
Chapter one: First encounter
It was just another boring day in Forks, Washington, nothing new. Got up, got dressed, and got to school, except there was something different about today, something was getting everyone riled up. And I had no idea what it was. Not that I really cared, I prefered to not get in anybody's business, cause really it wasn't my business. "yeah did you see that new girl?" I overheard someone say. Ah, so that's it, there's someone new in our school, like I said, Forks is a very boring place, this was nothing new.
"Nicca, did you hear about that new girl?" Asked this girl, who convienced herself that she was my friend, her name is Jessica Stanley, She loves to talk about other people, that was really none of her business. But she always had something new to say, so I kept her around. "No, not really" I responded, cooly. "Oh well, I don't see why everybody is getting so riled up, she's nothing special, very plain looking" Jessica said. Of course, Jessica didn't like any competition, and I'm guessing that this new girl was already very popular with the foolish males in this school.
"Look there she is now" said Jessica, pointing out the new girl to me, Like Jessica said, nothing really all that special, she had brown hair, brown eyes, and she looked so frail, like if I were to poke her she might break, she was also extremly pale, not as pale as the Cullen family, but pale nonetheless. I looked around, and not to my surprise everyone was looking. She was new, something people could talk about. For a split second I felt sorry for the poor girl, the center of everybody's attention.
How much I would hate it, if I was in her postition. But like I said, it was none of my business. "Poor girl" Jessica said, suddenly. Which to be honest, caught me by surprise, I never thought Jessica to be the kind of girl who cared for other's besides herself. "yeah" was all I could manage to say. "I'm gonna try and be her friend" Jessica then said, Ha friends, interesting, I've never really had a close friend, no friends really, I've always depened on myself for everything.
That's when the bell rang for first hour, "ah well, see you, Nicca" Said Jessica, running off to her first class of the day. Just then it started to drizzle just a little bit more. Ah, the rain actually calmed me. It rain's a lot here in Forks, every now and then there's the occasional sun, but that normally didn't last long. I trailed off to my first class. First English (Author's note: I'm not sure if Bella's first class is english, if not I am terribly sorry) The new girl was in my english class, I believe her name is Isabella Swan, she sat next to me, and on the other side of her was Jessica. Already Jessica was already speaking up a storm, trying to get to know her. Bella didn't look all that interested.
The rest of the day passed fairly fast, Everybody was talking about Bella, like she was a new shiny object to a toddler, I kept feeling worse for her. "Hey! Nicca! come sit next to us!" Said Jessica, at lunch, pulling me over to her table, I sighed, might as well. So I did, So Jessica manage to pull Bella to sit next to her too. "Nicca, this is Isabella Swan" Said Jessica, introducing Bella to me. "Bella" Bella corrected, that made me laugh, it's amazing that I already knew that she prefered the name Bella and I've never talked to her once. "Hi, I'm Nicca" I tried to half-smile, I don't normally smile on a daily basis, but it's just nice to smile while introducing one's self.
"Hi Nicca" Bella attempted to smile back. It looked like Bella was distracted, she kept looking over at the Cullen table. Can't blame her, they are interesting looking. "Who are they?" She asked to Jessica, Jessica then told her the Cullen story, about Dr. Cullen adopting them, Everybody know's this story, nothing new. I looked over to the Cullen table, just out of curiosity. There they all were, the three boys and the two girls. Jasper, Emmett, Edward, Rosalie, and Alice. Just then I noticed Edward Cullen catch my gaze, and then look over to Bella. They were all so quiet, which personally I liked, they didn't get into everybody's elses business.
"Edward is staring at you" Said Jessica to Bella, obviously Jealous. "Does he look angry?" She asked, I looked over, no, he wasn't angry, he looked a bit fusturated. "I don't think so" Said Jessica. "well don't stare" said Bella, looking away, he cheeks turing a different shade of pink. "So Nicca, what was your next class again?" asked Jessica, "Biology" I responed. "Really? that's my next class too" Said Bella. Ah, no surprise there, this school is so small that it's no surprise that we'd have a couple classes together.
I don't mind Biology, kind of boring, but most classes are. I sat next to a boy, who I never payed much attention too, unless we were working on a lab together, I then realized that the only seat in this class that was opened was next to Edward Cullen, and that's where Bella would have to sit. Bella then walked in, and introduced herself to the teacher, the teacher pointed out her seat to her, she then walked over to her seat, out of the corner of my eye I saw Edward tightened, an intense look on his face, which to be honest kind of scared me there for a second, I felt I should warn Bella, I then felt Edward's gaze on my face, as if to warn me not to tell Bella anything, I looked away, and looked down.
The teacher started talking then, I wanted to raise my hand and tell the teacher that Bella should sit somewhere else or switch spots with me, but something told me that I shouldn't, so I kept my mouth shut. That's the first time I felt an impulse like that, I normally didn't care. Biology passed by slowly, slower than normal, was it because the atmsphere was so intense it felt as though someone could suffocate to death in there? Or was it because I already knew the lesson that the teacher was teaching? I then saw Bella get inside her red truck, and drive off.
I then knew that School wouldn't be the same as normal, what a strange first encounter.