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Twilight-Time Can Tell

Chapter 1-The Stranger

Today was my first day at Forks High School. As I drove into the school's car park, I was greeted by a few other students that not only welcomed me but also took me to my first class. It felt so nice to have already made friends; I was dreading this day earlier on. Jessica, one of the students that I'd made friends with, only ever talked to me about boys, fashion and all the gossip she'd gathered. Angela was probably the nicest, who was a typical hard working student here at Forks, along with Mike who seemed quite friendly but talkative at times, Eric who always insisted on taking me to my classes and Tyler who was just a friendly guy to be with.

Over the few weeks that I had spent at Forks High School, I started to notice someone watching me, a tall and pale-skinned student. Every now and then, he would smile and look away as soon as I caught him looking over. During the few lessons we had together, I tried to make conversations with him to see what his problem was, and why he kept staring over at me. Was he a stalker or something?

As I made my way home that same day, I started thinking about him. Edward was his name, as I had found out today. Although I didn't like him secretly watching me, I stupidly felt happy about it. I didn't really know why I had this feeling, but it was just there. I soon found myself at the bottom of my pathway that led to the house.

'How was your day?' asked Charlie. Any dad would ask this, but mine was a little more protective as he believed Forks was completely different to Phoenix, in 'dangerous' ways.

'Not bad, you?' Charlie worked for the police, so really I should be more concerned about his day than mine. I didn't want him to be worrying about me; he had more important things to deal with.

'Well they've found another murder down in Seattle', he answered. 'I don't want you going anywhere near there, just be careful'.

It was kind of unusual to hear that two murders had already taken place in two weeks, and both in the same area.

After we ate, an early night was what I needed. I was so tired from all the studying I had done. When I got into the room, I noticed a breeze. The window was open, and it seemed as though my clothes were moved from the middle of my bed onto the edge. Had someone been in here, or was Charlie trying to make the effort?

That night I couldn't sleep. I was supposed to have an early night but that didn't go to plan. My mind swirled around what I had seen when I first entered my room. It couldn't have been a thief, because nothing was taken and Charlie was at work all day. So who was it then?

I didn't bother telling Charlie about my room at breakfast time, it wasn't really that important.

As I went to my first class, English, I walked into Jessica.

'Hey, have you come up with a speech yet?' she asked. I was already prepared for the speech that we had to come up with for English, but something told me Jessica wasn't.

'Yeah, took me a while though'. As I got into the classroom I was met by his stare. Edward's eyes were deeply locked into mine. Then after a few seconds, he flicked them away and stared out the window. I couldn't endure this anymore. It felt uncomfortable having someone staring at you, especially when I didn't know him. Well, not that well. So I started walking towards him.

'Err...Hey'. I couldn't even speak properly. What was wrong with me?

It felt so weird speaking to him, but in a good way. I was trying to see what he wanted or even why he kept staring over at me every time, but for some reason I just couldn't get the words out. This was harder than I expected.

'Hi, I'm Edward'. He introduced himself so nicely, like a gentleman. 'And you are?'

It was truly beautiful. Something about his voice drew me in.

'I...I'm Bella. I just want to know what your problem is'. What was I doing? He seemed so nice and I was talking to him so badly. 'Actually...it doesn't matter'.

He looked into my eyes again, but it seemed as though with sorrow and pain. I felt absolutely guilty at that very moment. Before causing anymore distress, I quickly moved towards the others.

'Bella' I heard him call. I turned around to find him pulling out a chair for me to sit on. 'Please'.

Why was he being so nice to me, I just hurt his feelings...didn't I? I sat on the stool carefully with caution. 'Sorry for being rude, I don't know what came over me'.

He looked at me and smiled. 'What do you mean?' He obviously wasn't hurt by what I had said.

'Oh, never mind'.

We spoke throughout the whole lesson. His stories were so interesting and he was such a good listener. My lessons actually became more exciting.

The school bell rang, which meant I could hopefully go home and take a rest. I was so exhausted. But just as I got to the car, there were police cars filling up the car park. Something had happened, something bad.

'What's going on?' I asked Mike. People were being questioned, some areas of the school yard were banned from access and a few other people were being taken away in ambulances.

'I don't know. Some monster...' Something serious must have happened. Mike didn't seem to be able to explain, but all I could gather from him was that some monster was involved in all of this.

As I went further towards the police cars, someone grabbed my hand and pulled me away.

'Edward. What's happened?' My nerves were not on Edward this time I spoke.

'Bella, you need to go home' he demanded. His voice sounded angry, harsh and not as nice as it had earlier on in our English class.

'I don't get it, though. Why, what's happened?' I tried to get all my questions in one sentence. I didn't understand. What had happened that was making him so angry and desperate?

'Please, Bella, just go.' I listened to him. Although I didn't even know what was going on, I just didn't want to hear the anger in his voice hit me. Without another word, I got into my car and drove slowly out of the car park towards my house. Along the way, I thought for a while. This was probably another murder, I thought to myself. But this time, the 'monster' or whatever it was, was getting closer and closer. Maybe Charlie was right. Maybe Forks was dangerous. As I got home, I ran inside to find the house empty. Charlie must have been in the school car park, in search of this 'monster'.

I decided to go to bed, as there was no sign of Charlie or news on what had happened. My eyes were slowly drifting away when I felt a smooth breeze stroke my cheeks. It felt nice, so I kept my eyes shut a little longer. Then, just as I enjoyed the breeze, the air that swept my cheeks seemed to have been replaced with something harder, like skin. Smooth, delicate and cold hands stroked my cheeks. I must have been dreaming, because the atmosphere felt unreal. As I started to open my eyes, the stroking stopped. Everything stopped. I looked around to find the window open...again. I got to the window in time to see a silver car drive away. That looks familiar, I thought to myself. I ran straight out the door, pass the front garden and onto the road. It was too late, whoever it was had managed to escape in time. I felt hopeless.

'Hey, Bells, what are you doing out here?' asked Charlie, he sounded normal, a little edgy though.

'Nothing, I just thought I'd get some fresh air'.

'Don't worry, Kid' he assured me. 'We've sorted it out. It was a bear!'

He sounded surprised, but relieved at the same time. So did this mean there was nothing else to worry about? Was all this danger over?

'Oh... so no more late night shifts?' I asked, 'I'm kind of getting a little lonely here'.

He laughed and stroked my hair. 'No more late night shifts'.

I didn't sleep well that night. Whoever it was that drove that silver car was definitely attempting to get into my room. I was just desperate to find out who it was, and what they wanted. My mind swirled around with these thoughts, and slowly I drifted off.