AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places or events from the book belong to Stephenie Meyer.

"I wish we didn't have to run away." I let out a deep sigh as we drove.

"It's the only way, Elizabeth." He said softly. It pained him to do this as well but if we didn't, we couldn't be together.

"I know, I know." Turning around in my seat, I looked out the back window of his car longingly. We didn't know where we were going. Nobody knew. Not our fathers or our mothers. Not our aunts or our uncles. No one.

We were breaking all of the rules now.

Chapter 1

"Elizabeth, get out of bed! You'll be late for school!" Yeah right, I thought. I sat up in my bed and let out a yawn. Another day of school. Wonderful.

Now, I personally liked school. It interested me to learn new things. But the people at school? Ugh. Why did I have to be cursed with the looks of an angel?

Everyone at home treated me like I was a breakable china doll. It was very ridiculous, but after 16 years I'm used to it.

"Elizabeth Marie Cullen, get out of bed NOW or else these pancakes are going into the trash can!" Pancakes? Pancakes!

Within 2 seconds, I was downstairs. I had been blessed with speed like my father, who passed it onto my mother. Of course, it dropped right onto me.

Oh yeah. Did I mention who my father and mother were? Well, if you guessed Edward Cullen and Bella Cullen, you guessed right. I was born before my mother became a vampire. It displeased her to have to wait so long, but otherwise I would have been a baby my whole life, due to the whole vampire thing.

Now, I am half-vampire. I do grow older and I do eat and sleep. But just like my father and everyone else in the house, I have super speed and pale skin. I also have radiant, enchanting looks. Did I mention the fact that I have the strength of a bear, too? So, I'm pretty much the vampire minus the blood-hungry, sleep-deprived, no-food stuff.

"Elizabeth, if you eat faster, you can take longer to get ready and I can take you in the Porsche!" exclaimed Alice, my overly ecstatic aunt.

I nodded as I continued to eat my pancakes. Whatever. Alice only wanted to dress me up and put makeup on me. I was her little human dress up doll. Stuffing the pancakes in my mouth, like I normally did, the plate was soon empty and I ran upstairs with Alice and stood in front of the mirror in my bathroom.

Eugh. Bed-head. No wonder Uncle Emmett was laughing at me. My crimson locks entangled with each other, making it nearly impossible to brush out. Where did the red hair come from? Who knew. I loved my hair, but Alice loved it even more.

"Okay, sit down in the chair, Elizabeth." If I didn't sit down, Alice couldn't reach me. I was about 5' 6", which was over six-inches taller. I sat in the chair, straight from a barber's shop in Italy or something.

And then Alice went to town. My hair was being untangled, straightened and some strands were being curled.

"Ahh, now don't you look better already?!"

I grinned shyly.

"Now, let's get some lipgloss and eyeli-"

"Alice…I'll do this myself, okay?" She left the room disappointed. Sorry, I thought, but I want to do something myself.

I grabbed the pink lipgloss and began to apply it to my lips. After my lips had gloss on them, I frowned and wiped it off. I didn't need any lipgloss. Instead of applying eyeliner, I took the time to wash my face. Cleansed, I then put a thin layer of eyeliner around my emerald colored eyes.

Better, I thought. When I exited the bathroom, I was quickly rushed to my room by Alice, who already had an outfit picked out; a black long-sleeved shirt, jeans and some black, slip-on's with white polka dots.
"Wow. Simple. I like it, Alice." I thanked her with a kiss on the cheek and began to get dressed. As I got dressed, I could hear Alice outside, giggling.

Uh oh. She knew something was going to happen. She could see the future, after all.

I came out of my room with my black backpack on my back and a white belt added to my ensemble. Alice was proud to see that I had accented the polka dots.

She grabbed me by the hand and pulled me down the stairs.

"Alice, that was hardly necessary. Let me say goodbye to everyone."

I waved goodbye to my Uncle Emmett and Aunt Rosalie, who did the same in return.

"See ya, kiddo." I heard Emmett say as I left to say good-bye to my mother.

"Bye, Mom. Do you know when the others will be back?" I gave her a hug and she nodded. "I think they'll all be back by the time you get home from school, but then Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and I will be gone."
I nodded and sighed. "Alright. See you later, Mom." They went hunting in packs of four now. It was odd, but it worked. My father, Uncle Jasper and my grandparents, Carlisle and Esme, were out hunting now.

Alice pulled me out the door and into her Porsche. "Let's go!" She exclaimed. I didn't even get my seatbelt on before she sped off out of the driveway.

"Aah!" It always took me by surprise when Alice drove this fast. Everyone except my mother drove this fast. Even though she was a vampire now, she still respected the speed limit.

We were at the school within a minute or two. Greatt.

"Thanks for the ride, Alice." I got out of the car and shut the door behind me, ready to face a new day at Forks High.

Of course, there were bystanders as I got out of the car. Every boy at Forks High had their eyes on me. I acknowledged them, just to be nice, but I never really got into a conversation with them. They never picked up the courage to talk to me. When I walked to my locker, I noticed someone I had never seen before.

He was taller than me and well built. His dark black hair went no lower than his neck and his bangs covered what I thought to be brown eyes, painted on his tan skin. I think he looked at me, but then he walked off soon after.

Though he didn't drop his mouth open at me, like the entire male population at this school, I thought he was the most gorgeous male at this school.

I had to find out who he was.