"Bella, honey, come on. It's time to get up." My mom shook my shoulder, trying to get me out of bed.
"mmmmm, no thanks." I said pulling the covers over my head.
"Oh for Christ's sakes!" She pulled the covers completely off the bed.
"MOM!" I exclaimed trying to yank the covers back over me.
"Don't you Mom me, it's time to get up and go to school." She put the blanket beside the bed and walked into my closet, grabbing who knows what out of it.
"it's ok mom, you don't have to get anything out for me, I've already decided I'm not going." I said pulling my knees to my chest.
"oh yes you are, I'm tired of this Isabella, no one here is going to know who you are, now hurry up and get dressed, your father is downstairs waiting to give you a ride." My mom turned on her heal and left me alone, assuming I was actually going to get ready.
"Yeah, sure they won't'." I mumbled to myself.
Sup everyone, the name is Isabella Swan, Bella if you please though. Today is allegedly my first day at Forks High. I will be attending as a senior, but I have decided not to go. Who needs school anyway right? No need for me to go to college or anything. Apparently my life is already planned out. You see, there's this ancient book my parents found in one of our old houses, (we've moved 10 times). This book had my name in it, pretty much telling my future, and no matter what I did, the damned thing was always right. What was even creepier is that sometimes the content of the book would change. Depending on what I do in certain situations. My parents took it to some book maniac and asked him what it meant. He said he had no idea and asked if he could keep the book for further research. And of course my awesome parents let him. He then took the book and made it known to every reporter that there was a fortune telling book, and everything went downhill from there.
Everywhere I went, someone would find out I was the girl that had this oh so amazing book. I wish I could just burn the damn thing. Trust me, I've tried, but it's indestructible. And no matter how many times I try to 'lose' it, it always finds its way back. I was constantly being bombarded with unwanted attention. Reporters asked me if there was a way to read someone else's future, I told them no. They wanted to know if I knew what was going to happen way into the future, truth is, no. The book doesn't so much tell my whole future I guess, but kinda lets me know what's gunna go down in the next few days. And today, it's telling I'm going to start my first day of school at Forks High. So of course, I'm not going.
"Bella! Let's go!" My mom yelled up the stairs.
Ok, so maybe I am going. But not willingly.
I went into my closet and grabbed my favorite pair of blue jeans, death the kid, t-shirt and black convers. I went into the bathroom, brushed my teeth and put my hair into a pony tail. Once I was dressed and ready to go, I grabbed my messenger back off my chair and went downstairs where my parents were waiting.
"Bella, sweety, are you really wearing that on your first day?" My mom looked at my outfit with disgust.
"Yeah, I'ts comfy." I said opening the fridge and grabbing the orange juice.
"What about all those skirts and blouses I bought you? They would look much nicer on you."
I took a swig of the orange juice from the carton. "These cloths are fine mom, but thanks for letting me know I look bad."
"That's not what I meant, and would you use a glass please?" she said pointing at the orange juice.
"Nah, I'm done anyway." I put the juice back and grabbed my dad's egg sandwich from his hands as he was about to take a bite.
He looked at his empty hands a bit confused, "what just happened?"
"Come on Dad, gotta get me to school remember?" I asked walking backward towards the door.
"Pffft, drive yourself." He said getting up to find more food.
"Well, I would love to, but seeing how I don't have a car, and you have to get to the station in," I looked at the clock above our sink, "10 minutes, we should probably get going."
My dad looked at my mom and they had their own silent conversation. My mom nodded and my dad reached into his pocket. He pulled something out and threw it to me.
I caught it with one hand and looked down to see a lone key resting in my hand.
"What's this?" I asked dangling the key in front of me
"The key to your truck." My dad said.
"My truck," I looked blankly at them, "I don't have a truck."
"Oh really?" my dad looked amused, "Well, I guess that truck out in the driveway is just for looks then?"
I ran out the front door and there it was, my very own, rusty red truck.
"It's really mine?" I asked, but then got a little suspicious, "What's the catch?"
"Is it really so hard to believe that we just wanted to get you a present?" My mom asked a little sad.
"Um, yes." I said.
"The catch is that you try to actually like it here." My dad said.
"Well, I will try, but I'm not making any promises." I said swinging the key on my finger.
"That's all we ask. Now get your butt to school." My dad said shoving me toward my truck.
Hmm, my truck, has a nice ring to it don't ya think?
On my way to the school I made sure I had everything in my bag. Yes, even that annoying book everyone seems to think is so cool.
I pulled into the schools parking lot and found a place to park, it wasn't too difficult, the place was practically deserted.
I pulled out the book and turned to today's date 9/4/2013, let's see what this book has in store for me today.
There is a young man, Edward, avoid him at all costs, and everyone he associates with. Beware of the girl named Jessica, she is more evil then she looks. Avoid contact with a young man named mike, he has less then honorable intentions…JB…
Seriously? That's all? I mean, not that it doesn't do this all the time, but you'd think it would have more important things to tell me other than guys and girls to avoid.
I picked up the book and looked at it "And who are you to tell me who I can and can't hang out with? Stupid book." I tossed it back into my bag and got out of my car.
I shut the trucks door and started to walk toward the office building, when I felt like I was being watched.
I looked around and kept walking. When I entered the building I felt a little better.
Walking into the office, a stout women sat behind the desk reading a book. As I got closer I saw the book title, 50 shades of Gray. I couldn't help but snort a little. The women looked up and quickly shoved the book to the side.
"What can I do for you?" She asked blushing slightly.
"I just came here to get my schedule and what not." I said a little board.
"Name?" she asked going to the filing cabinet.
"Isabella Swan." I waited for some kind of reaction but never got one. Huh.
"Oh, you must be the new chief of police's daughter." She said handing me a file.
"Yup, that's me. Is this all I need?" I asked gesturing toward the folder.
"Yes, that has your schedule and a map should you need it." She said reaching for her porn book.
"Alrighty, thanks, have fun reading." I said and quickly walked out the door.
Opening the folder I pulled out my schedule,
1st period Composition 2 8:00-9:50 rm 12A
2nd period Realistic Art 9:55-11:00 rm 22C
Lunch 11:05-11:45 Cafeteria
3rd period Biology 11:50-1:00 rm 15B
4th period Folk Lore 1:05-2:45 rm 6A
Well, didn't seem too bad. All classes that I liked, especially art and composition. Never taken Folk Lore before, but sounded interesting, and Biology would be a breeze. It's such an easy class.
Not paying attention as I tried to shove the schedule in to my bag, I accidently knocked into someone, sending us both to the ground.
"Uhg, are you ok?" Asked a kind voice.
I looked up to meet a pair of bright blue eyes.
"Y-yeah. Um, sorry about that, should watch where I'm going." I said talking the hand the person offered.
"Nah, it's ok, I wasn't really paying attention either. I'm Mike by the way."
I stood up and looked at him, "Mike you say? I'm Bella."
He wasn't to bad looking. Blonde hair cropped short, toned, tall, you know, the sportsy lookin kind.
"Well, Bella, is there anything more I can do for you? I feel bad for knocking you flat on the ground." He said rubbing the back of his neck.
"Thanks but no, no harm no foul. I have to get to class though." I said starting to walk in the direction he came from.
"See you around Bella." Mike called out.
"You bet!" I shouted back.
Jeez book, I thought you said to avoid him? He seems nice enough.
I walked down the hall and turned around the corner. My class was the only one down this hall, kinda weird. I walked into the classroom and sat in one of the few remaining chairs. I snatched the one by the window, not that the view was all that fantastic, but still.
Just as the bell rang the rest of the students walked in, behind them was the teacher.
"Morning everyone," He said turning to the white board.
"My name is Mr. Langdon, I am not here to baby sit you and I am not here to give you a free pass through your senior year." He said looking at a few of the guys sitting in the back.
"Throughout this course we are going to be reading a few books, selected by yours truly." He took a bow.
"Please take a sheet and pass it behind you," He said giving each row a stack of papers. "This is the list of books and assignments that go along with each book. I will know if you try to cheat using the internet, you can only reword it so many times. I want everyone's work to be as original as you all are."
There were multiple groans through the room.
"It's not that bad, I promise you." Mr. Langdon said.
"Now, I want all of you to come up and grab a copy of our first book, The Great Gatsby, and sit quietly, read the first 5 chapters and write a brief summery when you are finished. If you don't finish in class, consider it your homework." Mr. Langdon walked to his desk and sat down, reading over a few papers before picking up the book and started reading it himself.
I got the reading done and had just finished the summery when the bell rang.
I stood up and put everything in my bag. Walking out the door Mr. Langdon called my name.
"Ms. Swan, may I have a word please?" He asked
"Um, sure?" I hadn't done anything wrong. Did I?
"You finished that assignment rather quickly, have you by chance read the book before?" He asked knowingly.
"Um, yeah. It was a required read in my previous school." I explained
"Then I trust you will give me your best writings then?"
"Yes sir."
"Alright, that's all then." He ended the conversation and went back to his reading.
I had art next. Art was by far my favorite. I loved to draw and doodle when I got the chance.
When I got to class, there was only one seat left. Next to a girl, she had a pixie cut hair style and was bent over drawing something.
I sat down next to her, trying not to interrupt her zone. As I was putting my things under the table, I happened to get a glimpse of what she was drawing. It was a self-portrait, she was drawing herself sitting at the very same table, and another character sitting next to her, which looked a lot like me.
Cautiously I tapped her shoulder.
"Um, excuse me, but have we met before?" I asked
The Pixie girl looked up with wide bright purple eyes. Contacts?
"Oh my gosh!" The girl looked from me to her picture, back to me. "I can't believe it!"
"Uh, yeah. But like I asked before, have we met?" I was just a bit confused.
The girl started giggling. "No, but I know we are going to be best friends," She offered her hand. "I'm Alice."
"B-Bella." I took her hand and shook it.
"So, um, what's with the drawing?" I asked quietly.
"humm, I'm not sure. I just got an itchy feeling in my hand and kinda let it work on its own. Kinda zoned out in the process. Sorry about that, happens a lot actually." Alice explained.
"That's ok. Sorry to interrupt you." I took out my drawing pad and started doodling.
After that, Alice just sat quietly next to me, continuing on her intent drawings. The teacher wasn't in today so all we had to do was behave and pretend to know what we were supposed to do. The sub didn't really know what the lesson was for the day.
After art I got in line to the cafeteria. This was the part I hated most about first days. You don't know anyone and are not quite sure where to sit.
Grabbing bottled water and a slice of pizza, I found a lone table to sit at. I didn't mind being alone. It could be quite liberating at times. I guess today wasn't one of those times though. It sucks being alone on your first day. Makes you realize just how much of an outsider you really are.
"Hey there." I looked up and saw mike sitting across from me.
"Uh, hi?" What was he doing here?
"Mind if I sit here?" He asked.
"I suppose not." I said taking a bite of pizza.
"How's your first day so far?"
"Meh, it isn't the worst I've ever had." I said looking around. There had to be at least 600 students in the cafeteria now.
"It's cause you met me." He said looking smug.
"Oh, of course. My life would be a catastrophe if I hadn't met you." I said sarcastically.
"Ouch, girls gotta bite." Another guy slid into the spot next to me.
"Bella, this is my friend Braydon. Braydon this is Bella." Mike explained pointing to the new guy.
"Hi." I said
"Hi to you too. And just so you know, we are about to have some company." He whispered in my ear pointing toward a group of girls walking out of the lunch line.
The girl leading the line was tall, blonde and had a little too much makeup on. She took a seat next to Mike, giving me a mean look. Jeez, what did I do?
"Hi there," the girl said in a sickly sweet voice. "I'm Jessica, and these are my friends Lauren, Sarah, Brittany and Angela."
They all took turns nodding when there name was called. Angela was the first to speak.
"So you are the new student huh? I just moved here about six months ago. Don't worry, all the unwanted attention will fade eventually." She said giving me a sympathetic look.
"I sure hope so," I whispered, "All the stares are starting to give me the heeby jeebys."
We both giggled.
I sat quietly eating while the rest of the group continued chattering. They were talking about the football game on Friday. Apparently I was right about Mike being all sportsy; he was on the football team.
I was getting a bit bored with their conversation so I started looking around. I saw a few familiar faces from my classes. I was looking toward the cafeteria doors when they walked in. This group stood out from the rest of the students. They had an air of seniority over them. Alice was in this group. She was holding hands with of the guys that she walked in with. They were all very beautiful. Anyone would be put to shame by being in the same room as them. I know that's how I felt.
Alice saw me and gave me a quick smile and wave. This got her some dirty looks from the rest of her group, the guy she was holding hands with just shrugged.
"Hey, Jessica?" I said getting her attention.
"Yeah?"
"Who are they?" I said pointing to the table the gorgeous group sat down at.
"Oh them? They are the Cullen's, and Whitlock's." She said looking bored. "The big guy is Emmett Cullen and his girlfriend Rosalie Hale, The guy sitting next to the pixie, Alice Cullen, is Jasper Whitlock, and the last guy with the sour expression and awesome copper hair is Edward Cullen." She got a defeated look, "but don't bother with any of them, they're either taken or too good for us measly low life's."
The guy with the wild copper hair smirked. Almost as if he heard her say that.
"Oh, I've met Alice. She's in my art class. She seemed nice enough."
Jessica looked shocked. "Alice talked to you?!"
"W-well, just briefly, but yeah?"
"Hmph, well don't get used to it. They only keep to their own little group." She said a little upset.
This girl. Can't say I can blame them from wanting to keep to themselves. I would if I could.
I finished my lunch and took my tray up. I had the feeling that I was being watched again. I took a quick glance around the cafeteria. I didn't seem like anyone was watching me. I looked out the cafeteria doors just as someone turned around the corner.
I walked out meaning to go after them. I got into the hall as the person left the school. I couldn't ditch school on my first day. Lucky for them to, I totally would have kicked their ass. Or at least try to anyway.
The bell rang signaling the end of lunch. I went to my locker to grab my bag. I had Biology next. Hopefully I could just pretend to pay attention in this class. I have already taken AP Biology so this class would be a breeze.
The bell rang just as walked into the classroom. The class was packed already, Mike waved to me from the back, he was sitting with Jessica. There was only one seat left and it was next to one of the Cullen's. Edward I think.
My heart was pounding as I walked toward the table. Please don't let me trip, please don't let me trip, please don't let me trip!
I sat down and let out a sigh, phew, crises diverted.
The teacher started handing out a sheet of paper to everyone, "Alright let's settle down. My name is Mr. Watchmen. I want one of you at your table to write down your name and put it in this basket. After we are done with that you will pick out a slip and that person will be your lab partner for the rest of the year. Once everyone has picked out a slip I want you and your partner to come up so I can write it down, there will be no switching!" He said sternly.
Everyone put their name in the basket, including Edward. So I would be picking a name. He started in our row first. Gradually he made it to me so I picked a slip of paper and held it in my hands, afraid to look.
Mr. Watchmen made it all the way around the classroom then told us to look at our slips.
Edward Cullen
I took a quick glance at him, he was sitting as far from me as he could. This was going to be a long semester.
I turned toward Edward and held up the slip of paper in front of me, "I guess we're partners."
He looked over at me, looking down on me with disgust. "Just don't hold me back, I will get a new partner if you think you are just gunna let me do all the work."
"D-don't worry, I won't."
"We'll see."
We walked up to the desk together, "Ah, Cullen and? I don't believe I have seen you before." He said referring to me.
"I'm Isabella Swan, today is my first day."
"Oh yes, I know your Father, used to be good friends back in the day."
"You knew my dad?" I asked a bit shocked.
"Sure, he used to live here when he was around your age. He moved away to go college."
"Oh, he never told me."
"Well, Cullen and Swan, you two should be good lab partners, as I understand it Bella you have taken an AP Biology course in the past?"
"Yes sir. I was a little to advanced for their regular level of Biology." I wasn't trying to be smug, but sure did sound like it.
"Good. I can expect at least one group to do their work like they're supposed at least." He said leaning back in his chair.
"Now run along, I'm sure you both have a class to get to." He said shooing us away.
Edward rushed out of the classroom. I followed after him, going to my last class of the day. Thank god!
As it turned out, I had Folk Lore with all the Cullen's. Alice waved at me and patted the desk next to her. The rest of the group gave her a dirty look, but she just stuck her tongue out. So I walked to the back of the room instead, sitting as far from them as I could. No need to get on their bad side. Alice looked a bit disappointed and gave her friends a death glare.
A good looking man was sitting at his desk, not saying a word, just waiting for all the students to stop talking. After a few minutes, he got fed up and threw a marker to the back of the room. Nearly hitting me I might add.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the teacher.
"Are we done now? Or am I still interrupting everyone's conversations?"
Silence filled the room.
"Good, now, welcome to Folk Lore 101. What we learn in this classroom is not meant to be taken seriously. If you do, that's fine, means you have a great imagination." He walked to the chalk board. "My name is Mr. Saltzman."
"Our main focus this semester is vampires, witches and werewolves." He looked across the classroom, eyes landing on the Cullen's.
During class he went on and on about how there were many different myths and legends of each creature. But made sure to let us know how dangerous they were. Our homework for the class was to go home do research on Forks Washington to see if we could find any lore about this small town.
When the bell rang, I was relieved. It had been a long day and I just wanted to go home. Shoving all of my things into my bag, I rushed out into the parking lot. Grabbing the keys out of my pocket I started my truck. I spotted Alice talking with Edward; whatever she was saying to him didn't make him happy. He was shaking his head and looked upset. Just then he looked right at me. My heart started pounding in my chest. This guy was gorgeous. What was I doing again? Oh yeah, going home. How do I do that? Trying to get my thoughts together I put my truck in gear and headed home.
At home my mom was on the couch watching tv.
"Is that you Isabella?" She called out.
"Yeah mom." I replied.
I heard her get up and walk into the kitchen.
"How was your first day?" She asked leaning against the counter.
"It was alright. I made a couple friends. My classes should be easy, nothing I can't handle."
"Well I'm glad to hear you day went well. I have chicken in the oven for dinner tonight. Your dad won't be joining us tonight, they need him at the station to help catch up on backed up paper work."
"Alright, I'm going up to my room, I want to get started on my homework. Call me when dinner's ready." I gave my mom a kiss on the cheek and ran upstairs to my room.
Dumping out my bag, that book landed in my lap. Huh, somehow I had managed to forget all about it.
Opening it up, it didn't have anything more to say other than repeatedly telling me how dangerous the Cullen group is. Telling me to pay attention in my Folk lore class and that Mike was bad news.
I just wanted to take a nap. I didn't really have any homework to do other than research on this little town for lore about it.
I kicked off my shoes and lied down on my bed, hugging my body pillow. I grabbed my I-pod from my night stand and put my headphones in. Eventually I started getting drowsy; sleep came over me and took me to a realm of peace.
