New guy..
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I don't own twilight..! *Shakes her head and sighes*
CH1
BPOV
"Bella, get up!" my father's voice told me from the doorframe.
"No! Five more minutes, please god i'm begging you!" i mumbled half asleep throwing my pillow over my head
"Not a chance. You'll be late" he said while he tickled my feet. I giggled before getting off the bed
"Ok. I'm up, i'm up." I told him. He chuckled
"I've got to go. Have a good day, Bells." He told me before leaving the room.
I picked up some clothes and my bag of toiletries while I yawned widely. Then I looked at the clock at my sidetable. Great, I was running late, again. I went quickly to the bathroom and took one of the shortest showers I've ever had. After I putted on my outfit (a long, acqua colored T-shirt with a huge heart on front, a white hoodie, jeans and black converse) I combed my hair (wich was pretty decent today, with soft curls at the ends) and tied a black ribbon as a bandana. I also quicky ate my breakfast (cheerios) before grabbing my school bag and running towards my truck after locking the front door, just stumbling once (SUCCESS!).
Yep, that's me, plain, klutz 'ole Bella. I am 17 years old and falls even more than five people together. I love music and reading more than anything else on the whole world. I play the guitar and also a bit of cello. I blush. A lot. My apparience is pretty plain. Petite, slender frame (5'3") very pale skin, brown eyes and somewhat curly brown hair. Booring...! I was born in one of the most sunless places in the whole world: Forks. My parents: Charlie and Renée divorced when I was two. I stayed with my dad there until I was about twelve, when my mom told me I had to go to live in a whole different city: Phoenix with her. Sad and unfortunatedly, my mom died in an accident almost two years ago, so I had to come back to Forks, with my father. We both missed her a lot, and I still shed a tear in her memory once in a while. Thinking about her made me a little sad, so I tried to focus on the parking lot.
When I got out of 'The thing' (my old 1952 Chevy Truck), I was greeted by my two besties: Rosalie and Jasper Hale. Rose and Jazz (the nicknames of both since forever) had been my friends since we were all in diapers, were twins. Both, like me were seventeen years old. They looked very alike, yet very different. Both were very good looking and had the same dark blond hair and bright blue eyes. Rosalie was tall and had a swimsuit model figure, with long tanned legs and her long hair fell in waves at her waist. She loved all about cars since always; oddly, when she was little preferred hotweels cars to cabbage patch kids dolls. She was a very good person and was there whenever you needed her to, but also was the worst person in the world if you got in her bad side or treated bad someone she loved. Jasper, on his side, was very tall, too. His hair was very smooth and he loved sports, being in the soccer and wrestling team. He was very quiet and perceptive, always was very accurate knowing how you felt or to calm or advice you when needed.
"Did you know? Some new students are coming to the school today." Said Rose, taking me from my train of thought while we walked to our home rooms. Yes, home rooms. Jazz and Rose were in separated classrooms, Jazz and I in one, and Rose in other, yet we were in English, Spanish and Art together.
"No, I didn't" Jazz answered, while I nodded in approval
"Cool. I just hope that they're not like the gossipers or something like that" I said. Both nodded agreeing
"That would be so good. God knows we need it" Rosalie said. We all laughed while the bell rang.
"Well, sis, seems like we've got to go. Good luck" Jasper said
"The same to you both. See ya in lunch!" Rosalie said before we parted towards our classroom.
I was talking with Jasper about the improvements Rose had just made to the BMW they shared while he sat at our assigned seats at the middle of the classroom, he was behind me. The classroom, as always was with a lot of noise, almost everybody talking about the weekend. We were still talking, being me turned towards him when suddenly all the conversations in the room stopped together. I turned, confused to find the director, Mrs. Meyer and two kids with about our age, a boy and a girl. The girl was abot my size, very beautiful, pixie-like with big, bright green eyes and spiky, yet soft looking, short deep black hair. She also had very pale skin and was literally bouncing with excitement, a huge smile in her lovely face. I moved my eyes towards who was probably her brother and found the most beautiful boy I've ever seen. He was very tall, a bit muscular and also had a very pale skin. All of his features were perfect, flawless. His hair was somewhat long, bronze coloured and was in a disarray that fitted him perfectly. He had big, expressive and sparkling green eyes that looked at the classroom with curiosity. Then he caught me staring at him and looked only at me, with a small smile playing at his lips. As soon as our eyes connected, I felt the borders of me go warm. Oh, sa-woon..! I smiled a bit back feeling that my face was about to redden when the director started to speak.
"Good morning, kids. We are having two new students at this classroom today, Alice and Edward Cullen. I hope that you'll treat them nicely and make them feel comfortable" she said. At the same time I heard all the girls in my classroom whispering things like 'oh my gosh, he's so hot!' and I was suddenly sure that they would be hitting on him in no time.
"Miss Swan, Mr. Jasper, the Cullen brothers will be sitting next to you both and you'll be in charge of showing them the school, is that alright?" Mrs. Meyer asked us.
"Of course, mrs. Meyer" we both said at the same time.
"Well, it's all settled then. Go sit and I hope you'll have a nice day" Mrs. Meyer told them before leaving the room. The boy came and sat right next to me, our desks putted together. Oh godness..! The girl came and sat next to Jasper, their desks arranged just like mine. I turned around to see them talking animatedly and Jasper looking at her intently, with a small smile in his lips, and in hers, too. Aww! I smiled to myself at the same time a soft, velvety and musical voice told me
"Hello." I turned around to see the new boy smiling at me.
"Hi." I answered smiling, too, at once not feeling embarrassed at meeting someone new.
"My name is Edward Cullen." He said extending his hand
"Nice to meet you, Edward. I'm Bella." I told him shaking his hand.
"Nice to meet you too, Bella." He told me smiling
"From where are you from?" I asked him, curious
"I was born in Chicago, but I've spent most of my life in Alaska." He told me.
"Wow. Alaska. Have you ever met any bears?" I asked him smiling at my silly question. He chuckled, a soft, musical sound.
"In fact, I did. I was about seven years old and my brother Emmett dared me to look for something at the forest. I packed some sandwiches, my favorite toy at the time and a flashlight. I had walked in the forest about a mile when I found the thing I was looking for. I packed it in my backpack and decided to eat my sandwich. Then I saw it, about 75 metres away from me, and it was HUGE, but still, I threw my sandwich away as far as I could and ran at full speed towards my house, wich was about five miles away. When I reached it, I made Emmett eat the smelly flower before running to my room. How in the world I succeded at making Emmett eat something? I'm still wondering." He told me laughing, it was very contagious and soon I was laughing too.
"I'm sorry. It's just that I was imagining it.." I told him when I was capable of stop laughing, looking at him apologetically, with my cheeks a little bit pink.
"It's okay, it is funny. But yet, you look lovely when you blush" he assured me amused, tracing a finger through my cheek softly, wich made me blush harder. I looked away, embarrased and noticed that Jazz and the new girl were still deep in conversation. Then I looked at the boy sitting next to me and asked him:
"The girl that came to the room is your sister, right?"
"Yes, we're twins. Her name is Alice" He told me looking at her and smiling.
"She seems like a very nice person. And not like the gossipers at all.." I mused to myself
"She is. But about the gossipers.. Huh?" Edward said, startling me.
"Oh, i said it out loud... anyways, I understand myself." I told him misteriously, just in case he ended being the boyfriend of one of them. But yet, I knew he was someone trustworthy; and the thought of him being the boyfriend of Jessica, Thanya or ugh, Lauren made me sad. Gasps. I couldn't be falling for him so soon..! Could I? I shook those thoughts from my head when he talked again, a hint of worry in his emerald eyes.
"And the boy sitting next to Ali, is he something of yours?" I noticed he avoided the word boyfriend. I looked at them, smiling.
"Jasper? He also has a twin sister, Rosalie. Both are my best friends because no parent would handle us as siblings. They have been friends od mine since we were all in diapers." I told him smiling.
"Oh, that's nice." He answered, a bit of relief in his eyes.
I took notes of the class laughing and talking with him. I haven't had so much fun or gotten along and opened so quickly with someone in my whole life (apart from the Hales, of course). When the class ended and the teacher leaved, I felt a light tap on my shoulder.
"Hi!" the bubbly, high soprano voice of the pixie-like girl, Alice, said. I turned around to find her smiling.
"Hey!" I told her, being her happiness so contagious.
"I haven't had a chance to present myself. I'm Alice." She told me, sticking out her hand.
"Hi Alice, i'm Bella. It's nice to meet you." I told her, smiling and shaking her hand.
"You, too. Oh, I can tell that we'll be great friends!" she told me beaming. I chuckled a bit.
"Oh, I can, too." I said. We talked (Jasper and Edward did, too) about everything, until the history teacher came to the classroom and asked to the class to order. I sat back in my desk, pouting sightly, thinking how I would prefer being talking with Alice, Jasper or Edward and not taking this BORING class I had to endure. Edward chuckled under his breath looking at me, so I smacked his arm playfully before looking at the chalkboard, where the teacher was sketching something. Then I caught all the girls in the room giving me glares that were from dirty to deathly. Uh-oh...
"What's wrong?" Edward whispered to me, seing my bewildered expression.
"All the girls but Ali are looking at me like they're just about to kill me. And I think it's kind of your fault." I whispered back quietly. He looked at them, then at me, chuckling. Then he did something that made my heart stutter, he brang his desk and himself closer to me.
"Naw, they won't" he told me smiling, his sweet breath fanning at my face, making me forget all the stares.
"If you say so..." I said, sightly dazzled. We talked about Alaska and Phoenix for the rest of the class, wich surprisingly was very short.
"Can I see your time-table?" I asked him just when the history teacher was leaving. He nodded and looked in his bag until he pulled out a sheet of paper and gave it to me.
"Thanks." I said. Then i looked at the paper. Calculus, history, lab, lunch... "Seems like we have all the same classes" I told him smiling sightly.
"That's great!" He told me grinning.
"Yes. It is." I told him chuckling, while I extended him the paper. He hesitated for a bit.
"We have lab now. Do you mind if I walk with you there?" he asked me.
"No, not at all. But I need to stop by my locker first. Is that ok?" I asked.
"Absolutely." He answered, giving me a crooked smile.
Sa-woon. I looked back and found that Jasper and Alice had already left the room. We chatted lightly while we walked through the crowded halls. I got stares from the whole female population; but since I had Edward by my side, I didn't care at all. When we reached the locker, he chuckled when he saw all the pictures that were at the door; especially at one: We (Rose, Jazz and i) were about three years old and hugging tightly a huge St. Bernard that was their parents': Hannah. She swore that, just like the dog of the Peter Pan books, she was our Nanny, and loyally took care and looked afer us. He laughed harder (yet velvety and musical) when I told him that I loved to ride on her back just like she was a horse, and was quite skilled at it, too.
"I would have loved to see that." He told me after I closed the locker and had a few books in my arms. He took them from me and started to walk.
"Hey! Give me that!" I told him while I catched up with him.
"Nope, no." He told me chuckling.
"Oh, c'mon!" I protested, pouting and standing in front of him, blocking his way. He sighed, chuckling while he shook his head.
"Oh, well. Take the half. Happy?" he told me extending towards me my copy of Romeo and Juliet (that I knew by heart)
"Almost." I told him, knowing this was the best offer I could get.
"I bet you looked adorable when you rode Hannah" he told me grinning and changing the subject.
"Nah. But I have videos to prove that I'm perfectly capable of riding a horse, well, St. Bernard." I told him, chuckling when we arrived the lab. We separated when he had to present himself at the teacher and get his slip signed, and I went to my empty desk. I was now the onlyone without partner, because Alice was sitting with Jasper, deep in conversation. I started to doddle random stuff in my notebook when a nasal and noisy voice greeted me
"Isabella" I looked up to see the queen gossiper herself.
"Oh, hi, Lauren" I greeted her with false sweetness, before adding "It's Bella. For you, Miss Swan"
"Ha, ha. Whatever." She said sarcastically.
"So, what is it? I don't want to overload your precious tiny brain... well.. braincell." I told her smirking.
"I noticed you're spending time with the new boy." She said, her woice full of venom.
"Duh. And?" I said
"I'm going to warn you, he belongs with me." She said passing a hand trough her hair.
"Uh-huh. Anything else?" I asked coldly, while I looked at my fingernails.
"I'm warning you again. He ends up with me or else..." she started threathing me.
"Bella, seems like we're lab partners, too." Said the velvety voice of Edward when he came by my side, interrupting Lauren.
"That's awesome!" I said sincerely. The evil face dissapeared from Lauren's. She stood up, sticking out her torso and smiled sweetly at him.
"Hi! I'm Lauren! You must be the new guy!" she said.
"Um, yes?" he answered, then he stuck out his hand. "i'm Edward, nice to meet you."
"Me too! Oh, my god!" she squealed. God... I was about to gag, I swear! "I can give you a tour aroung school and the town, and we can watch a movie and eat with my friends at lunch..." She said quickly. He smiled a bit, dazzling her. Oh my, is he going to accept?!
"Thanks, but my friend Bella promised me to give me that tour. And I have already invited her to have lunch with me. Other time?" he told her politely. I almost squealed, but then noticed what he said. Had he truly invited me to lunch and for me to give him a tour around the town?
"Okay." She said, without smiling. Just then the teacher stood up.
"Well Lauren, it was a pleasure talking with you, but, if you'll excuse us, we've got a lab class to take." I told her smiling sweetly. She glared at me and departed without any other word.
I left out the breath I was holding before looking Edward, who was looking down.
"God, she's scary." He said, chuckling. I laughed out loud at his statement.
"You think so?" I asked him chuckling, too. Then he looked at me and suddenly stopped laughing.
"I'm sorry she made me sat it that way, but still, do you want to have lunch with me?" He asked me
"I'd love to." I answered smiling. Then I said something that surprised myself. "And, do you still want that tour through the lovely town of Forks?" he gave me a crooked smile.
"Of course."
Then the teacher called us to order and gave us some slides to look at in the microscope and identify in wich of the mitosis phases they were. Edward proved me again that he was very smart, identifying three of them correctly. We finished soon later, and everybody was working still, some of them frustrated; wich left us to talk again. He told me stories of Alaska, how beautiful it was and asked me about Phoenix. I described the whole panorama, both of us concentrated on the image, when Alice came and pushed him. We both jumped, startled and Alice shooed him, telling him to go to play with Jasper or something. He muttered something under his breath while he walked towards Jazz's table. Alice and I giggled at that. We started to talk about everything: music, fashion, movies, faves, hobbies... I wasn't surprised at all when she told me that she was a ballerina, she was so graceful!
"Since when are you dancing?" I asked her, curious.
"My mom says that i'm dancing even before I knew how to walk." She told me grinning.
"Aww... you must be very adorable..!" I told her smiling. She giggled a bit before asking me:
"And you, Bella. Do you dance?" I blushed a bit and looked down before answering her, biting my lip.
"Well.. it's a secret, no one knows but my dad and the Hales. Yes, I do dance ballet, since I was four years old." I admitted, whispering. She beamed, almost bouncing in her seat.
"Oh, Bella, we have a lot in common! Your secret will be safe with me. Can I ask something?" She told me when she stopped bouncing.
"Of course, Ali." I assured her smiling. She leaned closer and asked quietly:
"Why you don't want anybody to know you dance?" I thought about it for a second, before answering her.
"Well it's just that almost everybody, especially the gossipers make fun of how clumsy I am. Dancing is surprisingly the only thing where I'm not clumsy and I'm not that good, though..." I confessed. She looked at me, frowning.
"That's not true! I bet you're ten thousand times better than what you give yourself the credit for!" she told me smiling, her frown gone. Then I had an idea.
"Thanks, Ali. You should come to the academy where I take classes!! Mrs. Celine would love meeting you!" I told her. She squealed, bouncing a bit and clapping her hands.
"Yay! I'd love to! When are we going?" She asked me, excited.
"Well, I have classes today, at 5. Sounds good?" I asker her eagerly, her hyperness was contagious.
"Wonderful!" she told me beaming.
"I can pick you up at 4, so we can have icecream first. What do you think?" I asked her. She nodded enthusiastically before grabbing an empty sheet and draw the map of how getting to her house.
As soon as she finished and gave it to me, we interchanged phone numbers, while we talked about in which ballets we've danced and wich of all were our favorites. What she had told me at first was very true, I had the feeling that we would be great friends, too. About five minutes later the teacher came to check our work and dismissed us to lunch. Edward came when we were gathering our things, talking about a shopping trip Alice was planning with me and shooed her. She pouted a bit, but went to talk with Jasper.
"I invited you to lunch, remember?" He told me with a crooked smile.
"Yes, I do" I told him grinning. I stood up and took my stuff before he had the chance to. I smirked, when he looked at me in mock anger, pouting a bit. Then, he chuckled, before telling me:
"Shall we?"
"Yes, we shall." I told him. We walked in the aisle, almost out of the classroom slowly and quite close, almost touching. When I was almost passing in front of Lauren's desk, I caught an evil grin from her and then lost my balance. I closed my eyes, expecting to meet the floor. Instead, I felt two gentle, yet strong arms around my waist. I opened my eyes and looked up: bright, emerald green eyes stared back. He had a small smile on his lips, but his eyes were a bit worried.
"You ok?" he asked me softly.
"Yes, I tend to fall a lot." I confessed him softly. He chuckled softly while he set me carefully in the floor, on my feet, but his arms were still on my waist.
"Next time you'll need to be more aware of foots sticking on the way." He told me, giving Lauren a glare.
She was fuming, while she glared at me, obviously not happy of how her plan had worked. Edward chuckled while he moved his hands from my waist to be linking arms with me. We walked out the room without another word, sparks flowing from the arm he was touching to the tips of my toes. When we were out of the classroom, I giggled a bit, remembering her face, and Edward looked down, at me, curious.
"Sorry, her face was so funny... but thanks a lot Edward, for catching me. I mean it." I told him smiling warmly at him. He smiled softly at me too, before saying:
"Anytime." We walked in a comfortable silence towards my locker where I dumped my books. I caught him staring at the pictures again and asked him:
"What?" He looked at me, chuckling, before he looked back at the pictures, while he traced his fingertips across the picture of Hannah, me and the Hales and another one of myself, wich was taken about two months ago, the day of my 17th birthday. I was sitting in a low branch of a tree, wearing a plain white t-shirt with a hippie, multicolored necklace, khaki loose bermudas and under, long, multicolored socks with black converse, a little part of my hair in a tiny, somewhat childish, but cute ponytail and my feet dangling. I was laughing at a joke Rosalie had made, and was unaware of that the picture was being taken. I loved that picture, was so natural and remembered me of one of the best birthdays I've had. His words took me out of my thoughts.
"It's just that I like the pictures very much and might steal one of them while you're not looking" He told me chuckling, his eyes playful.
"Nope, sir! I like those pictures, too. If I give you a copy one of this days, would you not mess with my pictures?" I asked him, laughing.
"Maybe." He told me chuckling. I sighed, while I rolled my eyes, smiling playfully. I closed my locker before turning towards him.
"To the cafeteria?" I asked him.
"To the cafeteria" He told me. I pointed him the way it was and we walked slowly towards it, while he asked me about the sports they taught here and he told me he was wishing to join the football (soccer!!) team here. I asked him if he was on the team at his old school and he told me stories about the team, until we reached the cafeteria door.
"Ready?" I asked him, knowing all the ogling that was about to take place.
"Ready." He assured me, while he grabbed the door handle.