Disclosure: I do not own twilight or the characters in the twilight saga. I'm just borrowing them for this story.

Maria's Secret

Maria's P.O.V.

New kids in school today?? MAN! I'd have to be more careful today. Hate these days. If it were the only way to help my mom then I would do anything. Pulled into the schools parking lot and saw that there was a shiny silver Volvo. Oh no! please, no no no no!! Mom is going to freak! If I'm right the Cullen's are here and that means, I have to protect my mind the whole year! Grrr! I frowned.

"Hey Maria! What's wrong?" I looked at Karrie. She's been my only friend since I moved here. My frown deepened. "The new kids" was my reply. I growled a little, yes I growl, a human growl. Karrie took a step back. She knew not to mess with me when I got mad enough to growl.

"Wow, you haven't even meet the new kids and their already on your bad side. Hope they don't end up in the hospital like Sissy." I flinched and Karrie started laughing. Last year Sissy got me extremely mad and I ended up breaking her leg, a cracked arm, a concussion, and she was lucky she did not get a broken neck. I was suspended for two months and my mom, don't think of her name or face, was not very happy. I was locked in the white room for two weeks! I shuddered.

"What? She thought I was stealing her boyfriend and wouldn't leave me alone!" Karrie laughed harder. I growled again and she stopped.

"Sorry but you have to admit. It was an awesome sight to see the schools queen beaten up. I'm glad her family moved after that."

"Most people are Karrie. C'mon. Time for class." Karrie and I had most of our classed together. Second and sixth are the only ones we have separate. Spanish and gym. Ug! The only subjects I like and my best friend isn't with me! So annoying. We went to first period, trigonometry, and sat in our usuall seats. A few seconds before the bell rang a small pixie girl walked in the room. She had short, black, hair that spiked in every direction. Alice, she had to be one of the Cullen's. I glared at her.

"Maria what is with you today? Why are you glaring at her?" I shook my head.

"Can't tell you, it's a very dangerous secret." I heard Karrie gasp. Alice looked at me then her face went blank. Wonder what vision she was having. When she came out of it, she looked shocked. I glared harder and she looked away so she could introduce herself to the teacher. Mrs. Jackson sent her to the empty seat next to me.

"Hello." Alice said as she sat down.

"Leave me alone." I tolder her in a voice that said I did not want to be messed with.

"Maria! What is wrong with you? She's new. Cut her some slack!" Karrie almost begged for Alice. I snorted then sneered, "Why should I?" then I whispered to Alice "Not after what you did last time" Alice looked confuzed but left me alone for the rest of class.

When class ended Karrie and I left the room, Karrie turned to me and asked well, yelled really," Maria, what was that about? Why are you so mean to the new kids? What is wrong with you?"

I stared in to her eyes then said,"Karie I do not exspect you to understand because I can't fully exsplain it, but my mom used to know them and they hurt her bad. That's all I'm going to say on the matter." I turned and left to go to my next class. Karrie staired at my back I could tell she was not going to let me get away with being mean to them. I concentrated more and it felt like was going to talk to them or make me talk to them at lunch. Urg! She is going to make this harder than it has to be. What ever. I do have a tenency to get the gist of what people are thinking if I concitrate on that one person or if they where thinking about me. Weird I know.

I walked into my Spanish class and sat in my seat. When the bell was about to ring another Cullen walked in. Bronze hair. Edward, the worst of the worst. Edward looked at me confused. Good. Mr. Clark sent Edward to sit next to me. Crap! Not me again! I growled a little before Edward got to his seat. He looked at me even more confused. 'Confused Edward? Good! You deserve any pain you have ever had. I hope to make a horrible year for you and your family. But don't worry. Your little vampire secret is safe with me. My mom would kill me if I told anyone. Belive me I do not want to go into the white room again.' I shuddered and Edward sat next to me. He was extremely confused; I could see a glimps of a plan coming from his mind…something to do with Alice…them questioning me in the…hallway? I was concentrating extremely hard with my eyes closed. When I opened them, Edward was looking at me with shock on his face. I smirked then turned to the teacher.

After class let out, I was out in the hall when Edward came up to me and stopped me." how do you know?" he asked

"Know what?"I asked in a sweet inocent voice. He looked shaken for a moment then composed himself. He thought he had the wrong person, just for half a sec.

"You know what I'm talking about Maria. How do you know?" he growled

"That's for me to know and you to NEVER find out, if I can help it." I growled back at him with an agry look on my face. He looked shaken for a second. He was surprised I had growled. Not that it was anything like his at all." I growl when im very, very, very angry. Not that you would know. Now it would be so much easier for your family and mine if you guys just left." Edward looked at me stunned again. I walked away.

Alice was in my next class also. Biology. Alice was pared with me since I was pared with no one. Karrie was paired with a nerdy boy behind Alice and me. When Alice came in, she had a deadly glare pointed at me. When Alice joined me, she said, "How much do you know. How, and what do you want from us?"

In the same angry voice I said" I know…well that's my secret. I've been told my whole live. And I want your whole family to move. It's not good for either of our familys if you stay. But don't worry I wont tell anyone what you guys are. I would be killed by someone else before you could get to me." Alice stared at me shocked then the teacher started talking and we had to pay attention. Two times during the class, Alice had a vision. Each time I tried to pay attention but her singing some annoying song blocked both, I couldn't tell what song. Poor Edward. He must want to know too and since he can hear more than I can it must be extremely annoying to listen to her.

After the bell rang, Alice was the first one out. Wonder why? Who cares. I glared at the door when she left.

"Come on! What is with you today Maria? I don't get what is so bad about these Cullen's?" Karrie asked as she came up to me. I shook my head and we headed to our next class, government.we sat in our seats and Lo and Behold, Edward and Alice came into the classroom. They both glared at me. I could tell they were thinking of me. I concentrated harder…they had to get more information…from me? Ya that's it. Edwards's confused glare gave it away. I gave a hard evil laugh and Karrie looked at me.

"There is definatly something wrong with you today Maria."

"I know. Blame the Cullens" both Alice and Edward looked away at the same time. They went to talk to the teacher and were sent to sit in the two empty seats behind us. Come on! Do they have to be in all of my classes let alone sit next to me in them to? Mom's gonna freak! Crap! Clear mind………………………… think of only the class subject.

Neither of the Cullen's talked to me that class. Thankfully. But I should have expected to have to deal with them during luch. Karrie and I were walking to luch when I could feel that some one was thinking of me. Concintrate…ahh they want to talk to me. Just before we got to the door, Alice and Edward came up. Alice next to me and Edward next to Karrie.

"Hey Karrie." Edward said. "Would you mind if we took Maria for a minuet?" I started to growl but said.

"Go ahead Karrie I'll be there in a minuet." Karrie looked at me skeptically.

"I dunno Maria. I think I need to stay to stop you incase you flip out." I rolled my eyes.

"It's fine Karrie. I won't do anything. They'll hurt me more than I would be able to hurt them." Karrie looked scared at that but nodded her head. She really did not want to be here if it became a fight. She went into the lunchroom. I turned around and followed Alice and Edward. We turned a corner to a hallway that wasn't used often. There, waiting, was the last three 'teen' Cullens waiting to talk to me. Edward and Alice turned around. I wanted to have some fun so, guess what I said.

"Hello Alice, Edward, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmet. You needed something?" all their jaws dropped for two seconds then they were able to close their mouths.

"How, how do you know all of our names?" Edward asked in a shocked voice. I sighed.

"That is confidential and there's no way your getting it out of my head Edward, though I bet Alice has seen some future that I probably wish she hadn't. That's the only power of yours that I hate. Because of it, we cannot keep a certain secret. "Every one's face was struck with shock and annoyence by now.I smirked and then Jasper spoke up.

"What do you mean by we?" I glared

"Confidential. I would be dead if I told you." I flinched then whispered, "I'm not going back into the white room." then shuddered. Everyones faces were confused again. I laughed. "This must be hard on you Jasper, all these different emotions. I am surprised that you haven't tried to calm us all yet." a wave of calm "Guess I spoke to soon" I smirked again "Get on with what you wanted to say. I would like some lunch today." Emmet was behind me in a second grabbing my shoulders, holding me in place.

"We want to know how you know about us." Emmet snarled in my ear. I shook my head.

"I can't tell you that nor do I want to."

"Then would you like to be killed or changed?" Rosalie asked running up until she was in my face.

"Neither think about it. New kids come, and another disappears? That wouldn't be to good would it?" I looked at every one then concentrated on their minds. They where…thinking about it…good they'll leave me alone, thanks to Alice's visions. They don't want to be caught.

"How do you do that?" Edward asked with curiosity.

"Do what?"

"Know a gist of what we're thinking?"

I don't know. It's like your power, but it's stronger in my human form and I can only hear one person at a time and I know when someone is thinking of me or anyone else that is really important to me. Every one but Edward looked at us with confusion, but Edward had shock strewn across his face. "Surprising isn't it? A lot like yours but different. And stronger while I'm human. Sometimes when I concentrate hard enough I can barely tell some ones thoughts in a different state. Now can I please go? I would like to go eat with my friend." We stood there for a minuet. Then Edward nodded his head then Emmet let go of me and I walked of.

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"What was that about?" I was in the cafeteria with Karrie. The Cullen's hadn't entered the lunchroom yet. Probably talking about me. Not good.

"Not much really. They just had a few questions for me." I growled "Idiots."

"Maria why are you being so cold to them?" I shook my head. She wouldn't understand, and I couldn't think of the reasons here.

"Drop it Karrie. I'm going to be cold to them for the rest of the year. I do not like their family. No, I've never meet them but they've done horrible things that can't be talked about" with other humans, or thought about. "Just forget about them. They are not the type of people you don't want to be friends with." She dropped it for now. She had totally forgotten about her plans from earlier today, which I was thankful for. We ate in silence the rest of lunch. The Cullen's never entered the lunchroom. Wonder why.

After lunch, I walked with Karrie to English. Alice was already in the class right in front of my seat. Come ON!! What is with Alice being in almost all of my classes? I sat down and glared at the back of her head the whole class period.

In gym, Edward was talking to the coach. He wasn't playing today. Why did he half to be in my favorite classes? That is one thing I want to know. This class is the one where I have the most fun. I love to play sports! Yet Edward has to be in this class and ruin my happy days, along with all the rest of his family. We played basketball and I was able to forget most things and enjoy the class. Finally, school was let out and I could go home. I could get away from the Cullen's. I'm just afraid of what's waiting for me at home.