This is my first Twilight Story. Paul shows up a bit later. Please bare with me until then ;) Reviews and comments are always welcome!
Yet another day of rain. I had been expecting no less from Forks. It was the beginning of Spring, I would give it another few weeks before it would stop raining. Whether it was raining or not, I still had to put on the thickest clothes I could find. The weather was the only thing in Forks I couldn't tolerate, even though I had grown up here. Everything has it's flaws. In comparison to the weather in Forks the people were always warm and welcoming. I wouldn't switch my family and friends for the world. I was at a point in life that was all in all wonderful. That thought put a smile on my face.
I heard a honk from outside and was brought back to reality. Picking up my bag and throwing the rest of my apple into the dustbin I called towards my mother: "I'll see you when I'm back."
"Have a nice day." I heard her answer before I left the house.
Waiting in the black truck outside my house was Tyler. We'd been dating for a few weeks and I liked him a lot, though personally I didn't think it would last. As much as I wanted it to, he wasn't the one and I think he knew it as well. It didn't matter at the time. We were happy and that was enough at that moment. "Hey." he greeted me when I passed the drivers side to get into the passenger seat. When I opened the car door I answered with my own "Hey."
I closed the door and leaned over to give him a quick kiss before putting on my seat belt. He started the car and we were on our way to school. "Eric told me, we have a new kid at school." Tyler started the conversation. "Half way into the year? That's pretty silly considering she doesn't know anyone." I said, not paying attention. Our conversations never got more interesting than that, so I looked out of the window and listened to the rain instead.
The woods we were passing looked beautiful with bright green coloured leaves. I promised myself, as soon as the weather got better I would go hiking. I hadn't for a long time, having to learn for school instead. But this year I would take at least one day and enjoy nature.
When we got to school we went our separate ways. My first lesson was Biology, one of my favorite subjects. In this lesson I sat next to Angela, someone I've known her since middle school. When I entered the classroom she was already sitting at her desk, writing something in her exercise book. I walked over to my seat and smiled when she looked up at me.
"Is it true that we have a new kid?" I asked. Angela was on of the publishers of our schools magazine, she always knew what was happening ahead of time. "Yes. Isabella Swan, if I remember right. Have you already seen her?" she had closed her book and was looking at me. "Not yet. I heard it from Tyler who heard it from Eric. The usual procedure." I replied with a small laugh. "Right, how could I forget." she laughed. "We are well connected." she jested. "That we are." I said in return, a smile on my face.
"As well connected as we may be, you better have done your homework. Without help this time, Miss Mathews." she said in the poshest voice she could manage. It amazed me how much she sounded like our Biology teacher.
The joke was based upon the one time I had copied my homework from Angela and the teacher had collected our books. Every time we get a homework assignment he reminds us to do it ourselves instead of copying the work. It was both hilarious and annoying at the same time.
"I can't speak for you, Miss Weber, but I have certainly not copied it this time. Have you?" Angela laughed at my dreadful impression of our teacher and was about to answer, when he walked through the door. The whole class was silent from that moment on throughout the rest of the lesson.
Since my friends had a different timetable, I had to endure the next lessons by myself. I was a very good student in nearly all subjects and even tutored some of the children in elementary and middle school, but the things we learnt weren't interesting. I was looking forward to going to university and finally concentrating on the subjects I enjoyed. I was dead set on studying English literature. It'd been a dream of mine for an unbelievably long time.
Sometimes I got the feeling I hadn't left enough room in my life for spontaneity. I had paved myself a road I wanted to follow and it only went one way. I had never considered any other options. The bell pulled me out of my deep state of concentration. I gathered my notes and pens, put them all back into my bag and left for the cafeteria.
When I had gotten myself an apple I went over to the table already vacated by Eric and Angela who were most likely talking about the schools weekly paper and what to write. I sat down while looking around for Mike and Jessica. I found them, walking over to us, with a girl I didn't recognise. Most likely it was the new girl, Isabella. She had dark brown hair, a lot like my own, and was much paler than I had expected, since Angela had told me earlier during the day that Isabella was from Phoenix.
All together she looked beautiful, no exceptions.
"Hey, Mikey. You met my home girl Bella." Eric stated, seeming a little nit too proud of himself.
"Oh. Your home girl." Mike challenged, though he was slightly unsure.
"Yeah." Eric nodded proudly, knowing he was going to win the debate on whose home girl Bella was. In my opinion she was neither of theirs. She didn't come across as a person to get overly excited about a school dance. That would be Jessica who was definitely jealous of Bella at this point. I wasn't the best at reading people, but Jessica had had a crush on Mike for the longest time and seeing him fall for Bella so easily could only lead in one direction.
All of a sudden Tyler came up behind Bella and loudly said "My home girl."He then kissed her on the cheek and pulled Mikes chair away jokingly. Next thing Mike is chasing Tyler through the whole cafeteria.
I shook my head. He was so immature, this was the type of behaviour that made me think he wasn't right for me. I didn't mind someone whom I could be silly with. I just didn't want it to always be that way. There would come a time in which serious decisions would have to be made and I highly doubted Tyler would ever get to that stage in life.
My eyes wandered around the table and I noticed Eric had gone and the other girls were agreeing on some feature for the school paper. I was listening in on their conversation, wanting to find out what I'd missed, when something outside caught Bellas attention. "Who are they?" she asked shyly, nodding in the direction she was looking. Before I even saw what Bella had meant, Angela replied "They're the Cullens."
I couldn't help but role my eyes. Not because of the Cullens, it was the dreaded gossip that was bound to follow.
If you are friends with Jessica you are not going to go a day without gossip and when it came to guys it was the worst. I didn't mind the occasional whisper about someone, Jessica always took it a step to far though. I listened as they started to explain the weird relationships existing throughout the Cullen family. Bella didn't seem bothered by these odd relations, I wasn't quite sure how to take this newly found information.
When Jessica and Angela contemplated the legality of the concept, I voiced "They aren't related so it can't possibly be illegal. As strange as it is." Angela smiled and made a cheeky comment about wanting to be adopted by Doctor and Mrs Cullen. I could only stare at her "You must be joking." Angela frowned, offended by my statement. "Why would I be?" she asked, now a bit unsure of herself. "I'm not saying it's wrong. Maybe you would fit in. I just know I wouldn't. They seem too tidy." I trailed off. "I see how that could be a problem for you." Angela joked. "Watch it." I warned her.
"Who's he." I heard Bella say beside me, when Edward Cullen entered and walked over to the table they always sat at. "But apparently no one is good enough for him. Like I care. So don't waste your time." I heard the last bits of Jessicas description. Bella kept looking over her shoulder at him "I wasn't going to." she said, taking another glance at him. "This is going to be interesting." I mumbled to myself while watching Bella and Edward.