Disclaimer: I don't own any of the books, or the characters, they all belong to Stephenie Meyer. Rated just in case. Everyone in this is human; there are no vampires or werewolves. Please note, this may seem a little strange at times. Because sometimes it shall be telling Edward's version of the day and then Bella's, but other times, like for instance if they spend a day together, it will only show it from one of their POVs. So enjoy...

Hales

Jasper Hale – 17
Rosalie Hale – 18
Emma Hale – 39 (Doesn't feature much)
James Hale – 40 (Also doesn't feature much)

Cullens

Emmett Cullen – 18
Edward Cullen – 17
Carlisle Cullen – 38

Masters

Alice Masters – 18
Esme Masters – 38

Blacks

Jacob Black – 16
Billy Black – 47

Swans

Bella Swan – 17
(You'll see why Charlie and Renee aren't on this list later.)

Mallory's

Lauren Mallory – 17
Emma Mallory – 42
David Mallory – 45

"Edward I swear if you don't get your lazy butt out of bed I am going to jump on you!" My brother's voice cut through my dreams, causing me to open my eyes and glare at him blearily. "Alice is already here and she is waiting. You're not even out of bed, you're going to be late and it's only the first day back!" I groaned, pulling my pillow over my head to block him out. Of course Alice was already here, she was always early unless it was something to do with shopping, then she could be hours late.

It was the first day of the new semester of Forks high school, after the summer holiday, a long break which we hadn't wanted to end. There was a small group of us now, despite it just starting with me and Alice. Alice and I are best friends and have been since we were about five years old. Nothing can separate us, it's like we're joined at the hip. Two soon became three when Rosalie Hale joined our group and that quickly progressed to four, as Emmett joined, and then last of all Jasper, Rose's brother, the shiest of our group. And also Alice's long term boyfriend, which was awkward, as Emmett and Rosalie were dating as well.

We had spent the whole holiday together and now it was ending, the only one looking forward to it ending was Alice, but that was nothing new really, she liked school. She was jumping on my bed now, excitedly. "Edward get up!" She called in a loud voice as she bounced a little too close to my head. I wretched the pillow off and glared up at her, fully awake now. "We're going to be late, now get up!" She jumped off the bed, landing as light as a feather and running out of the door.

I groaned again and pulled myself out of bed, going over to the bathroom and washing my face and teeth, which was all I could manage to do; my hair would just have to be messy, tough luck anyone who didn't like it. So heading back to my room I pulled on some stylish faded ripped jeans and a black shirt. I grabbed my car keys from the drawer and headed downstairs, where Alice sat waiting for me, her legs crossed on the chair. Emmett was nowhere to be seen and neither was my dad, Carlisle, he had probably gone to work.

My father works at the local hospital, he's a doctor there. The best around in fact and he could earn so much more money in one of the big city hospitals, but all of us like it in Forks. It feels homely and we've all been there as long as we can remember, ever since mum left, which was just after I was born. She just walked out without warning, leaving my dad heartbroken and with two baby boys, one a newborn and the other only just one, not a good mix. He had coped though and pulled himself together as best he could. And so we found ourselves in Forks.

Alice bounced up as soon as she saw me and headed for the door, babbling away like normal. "I have such a good feeling about today; there is just something in the air." I nodded slightly, unlocking my car which was parked in front of the house. Emmett's had gone so he had obviously gone to pick up Jasper and Rosalie. "I just know there will be some new people; I think Lauren Mallory said that her cousin was coming to live with her, after the cousin's parents died last year." I wasn't listening as I pulled out of the drive and set off towards the school.

"How sad is that though? Losing both your parents in an accident, the poor person must be heartbroken. I'm not sure if it's a girl or a boy, from the way she was complaining I guess it's a boy, but we'll see." She'd lost me the moment she started on about Lauren Mallory, it was a testy subject with me as I'd had some, well let's say, problems with that girl following me about. She seemed to have an obsession with me and it really wasn't healthy, for either of us.

I let Alice talk from then on, at least she moved off the topic of Lauren Mallory and her cousin. I could only imagine how much like her that cousin was, and it made me shudder. Once we had pulled into the school car park, Alice finally shut up and climbed out, running over to Jasper and the others. Jasper wrapped an arm around her, his eyes on me for a second, as I climbed out and walked over to join them. We stood there talking casually, as we were way early for school. We already knew our timetable as it had been sent in the post.

I was talking to Emmett about baseball when a giggle behind me made me turn and then wish I hadn't. Lauren Mallory was stood there, holding out something towards me. "You dropped this bit of paper," She told me with another giggle, her friend clinging to her arm. I rolled my eyes, as I heard Emmett chuckle behind me, took it and nodded a thanks. She just giggled in a girly way again and looked at her friend, who was close to hysterics.

But something caught my eye over her shoulder, standing close to Lauren's car. It was a girl of about my age; she was leant nervously against the car. I'd never seen her before and I was guessing this was her cousin. She looked really beautiful, and not at all like her cousin, who instantly put you off her when you looked at her. This girl looked kind, gentle and friendly. Her hair was full and lush, a dark brown, the same as her eyes. Her skin was pale, really pale, but it looked good on her. I liked the look of her a lot; she looked nothing like her cousin.

But just then a tall tanned boy strode across the parking lot, the girl brightened instantly and smiled at him, getting off the car and walking to meet him. He said something to her and she laughed warmly, he slung a casual arm around her shoulders, which she shrugged off, but linked his arm instead. She looked up at him and said something that I couldn't hear, but evidently this girl was off limits. I had no idea who this guy was, but he was close to Lauren's cousin, or who I thought to be Lauren's cousin. I watched as the guy put his arm back around her shoulders and she left it there, leaning against him slightly. Why I felt a surge of sudden jealously, I don't know.

"So who's that?" I heard Alice ask Lauren, so I turned, pretending to me interested in the conversation. Obviously Alice had seen me staring at the new girl and had become excited, just like Alice.
"Oh that?" Lauren said glancing over her shoulder, her eyes narrowing dangerously shaking her head a little. "That's Bella Swan, she's my cousin, and well actually her name is Isabella. She's here to stay, with us I might add." She sniffed a little, looking furious as Bella walked further away, still leant against the boy who had made her smile. So her name was Bella. It was pretty, and it suited her down to the ground. And wait, did she say Swan? Police Chief Charlie Swan's daughter? He had died last year, in an accident with another woman who we were told was his divorced wife. It hadn't clicked that those two were linked until now.

"And the boy?" Rosalie butted in her, her tone interested, though she had Emmett. I think she was just generally curious as her and Emmett were as inseparable as me and Alice.
"Oh, he's Jacob Black," Lauren informed us with a small shrug as she Bella and Jacob disappeared into the crowd. "He knows Bella from when they were kids, so he changed schools to support her. He used to go to a school in La Push. I don't know much about him." She shrugged again, and turned to her friend who was tugging on her arm to leave. "Anyway, we have to go. Bye Edward." She reached up and kissed my cheek, before running off with her friend. I rolled my eyes, shaking my head a little.

"So her name's Bella," Alice whispered in my ear, an eyebrow raised as Emmett started to make fun of Lauren kissing me. I rolled my eyes at her and then shot him a glare, shaking my head a little as I started to walk away. "Oh come on Edward, I saw you staring at her for a full minute, and then your face when that guy walked over to her. And for the record, I don't think they're dating. No girl pushes their boyfriend's arm off of their shoulders and then links it. Just friends." She concluded with a warm smile as I rolled my eyes again.

"I really couldn't care Alice," I told her firmly, turning to her and stopping. "And if you didn't see, he replaced the arm and she didn't mind one little bit." Wait, why did I care?! She merely shrugged and skipped away after Rose, Emmett and Jasper. I glared after her and headed to my first lesson of the day. Biology. I was really not looking forward to this, though I didn't mind Biology at all, I just knew it all already as dad tutored me a lot on the subject. I think he wants me to be a doctor like him, which I wouldn't mind doing to be honest. Bella was still on my mind, though I didn't know why. There was just something that was attracting me that girl and I couldn't shake it off, no matter how hard I tried.

I walked into the classroom, stopping instantly when I saw that the only seat free was second from the back. And guess who was sat at that table? Bella. That was just my luck; it would have to be there wouldn't it. I didn't waver, just walked straight to the seat, sitting down. Bella didn't even look up from what she was writing, her head bowed, and her brown hair creating a wall between us. "Hello," I greeted in a small voice, trying to smile in her direction. "Isabella right? I'm Edward." Use her full name, just in case she doesn't like her other name being used by people she doesn't know.

Bella looked up; an eyebrow rose as her chocolate brown eyes locked onto mine and held the gaze. "It's Bella and hi," She told me, in a firm, cool voice, though there was a hint of a smile there. "Nice to meet you," she turned back to her writing, which seemed to be important to her. I was about to ask her how she was, which seemed a stupid question, but it was the only one I could come up with, when the teacher entered the room. I shut my half opened mouth and turned to the front, at the same time Bella put her pen down and started to focus. The rest of the lesson was silent between us, despite the fact there was opportunities for talking.

When the bell went she packed her things away and left as quickly as possible, what did I smell or something? She was out of the door, that boy Jacob waiting for her just outside, before I could even get up. I shrugged it off, trying not to think about it at all, or her. I guess that was harder said than done. Her face kept coming into my mind.

The rest of the day just went by without me even noticing it, not that I really cared, there wasn't much to do in lessons that I didn't understand anyway. And the thought of Bella so close to me was fresh in my mind. Not that I should have been bothered with it, but it was just her presence that sent shivers down my spine, like there was something special about her, something that I was desperate to find out. I shook myself mentally, glaring at the desk for a moment. I had to stop thinking about her, it just wasn't right. I only knew her name, nothing more. What use was that? She might have been really horrible. And I couldn't help myself feeling disappointed when she wasn't in any of my other classes.

Once the end of the day came, I was almost wishing to just see her again, just for one moment. Wish granted, as soon as I walked into the car park, there she was, standing by that guy's motorbike. They seemed to be talking and I was surprised to see she was holding a helmet. Was she seriously going to get on that death trap? Dad had told us that a lot of people came in with serious injuries from crashing on a motor bike and even more were killed.

I had stopped completely, my eyes boring into the back of her head. She must have felt it, because she turned for just a moment and I could have sworn her gaze locked onto mine. But then she had turned back and was climbing on the bike. I wanted to call out, I wanted to stop her. I wanted her to be safe, though I had no idea why, it was just her in general. But then she was gone, the bike roaring into life and disappearing out of the lot. I swore to myself, almost angrily.

"I knew it," A voice breathed in my ear, making me jump. Alice giggled a little, pushing me, and shaking her head. "You like Bella!" She concluded, smiling smugly, I pushed her a little. "Look at the way you looked at her when she got on that bike." I growled, turned and headed to my car, but I knew she would have to follow, because she was coming with me. She skipped happily after me, though said nothing more on the matter, she knew not to. I had never really liked any girls in our school, they were all....typical. But Bella was just something else, someone completely different.