A/N: I thought this would be a funny idea for a story. This is my first fanfic, so be nice. Please review!! (BTW, in this story, the Cullen's are HUMAN. I repeat, they are HUMAN. Just thought I'd let you know before hand, to try and dodge confusion :D)
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse, the wonderful Stephanie Meyer does. I only own the plot of my little story here. :D
Bella's Makeover
Chapter 1
Some things don't always happen the way you think they will. Take life, for instance. One moment, you think you know what's going on, the next, BAM!! You are in a state of total confusion.
Welcome to my life.
I've lived in the small town of Forks, Washington almost my whole life. When I was just a baby my parents got a divorce and I went to live with my father, Charlie. I've been here ever since then, in this small, boring, raining little town of Forks. Emphasis on the boring part.
Until I met the Cullen's, that is.
This is the story of the time when I first met the Cullen's, and how it drastically changed my life.
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"Bella!! It's time to get up for school, you don't want to be late!" my father called from downstairs. I looked at the clock on my desk. It read: 7:35 a.m. Oh, crap. My first day of 11th grade started in twenty-five minutes and I hadn't even got out of bed yet. Perfect.
"Coming!" I yelled down the stairs. I rolled out of bed and quickly got dressed. After I was decent, I brushed my teeth, ate breakfast, and quickly drove to the school.
"Hey, Bella!" Angela Weber said as I walked up to the sidewalk along the side of the school. She was my best friend. I didn't really have that many friends. I was kind of in the 'nerd' category in school. I had the frizzy hair always tied in a bun, the glasses, and all I really did was study and read. Yeah, I was pretty much a nerd.
"Hi, Angela! Where's Ben?" I asked. Ben was her boyfriend, you rarely saw one of them without the other.
"He's in the front office, apparently there was something wrong with his schedule. Did you hear about the new kids coming?" she asked excitedly.
"New kids?" I asked. Forks was so small, we rarely got new kids. It was a very rare thing.
"Yeah, people are saying they moved here from Chicago. Do you think they will be nice? We could use all the nice people we can get." She said that last part a little louder, right once Jessica Stanley and Lauren were walking by. They weren't exactly the nicest people on earth. Okay, they are the evilest people on earth. Well, to us anyway.
They glared at us and walked off. I sighed. "Do you know their names?"
Angela shook her head. "No, I may have good sources, but they're not that good. We'll just have to wait till class starts." Right once she said that, the bell rang. "Which would be now." She smiled.
"See you during lunch!" I said, and walked to my first period, English.
Right once I walked in, I noticed two people I had never seen before. One was a girl that was short, a little shorter than me, with pixie-cut jet black hair and pretty dark blue eyes. (A/N: sorry, I didn't know what color of eyes to give Alice, so I gave her blue. Don't hurt me.) She was really pretty, and was really skinny.
The other new person was a guy, who, at first glance, kinda scared me. He was very muscular, and looked like he lifted weights a LOT. He kind of reminded me of a bear. He was also amazingly attractive.
I walked over to the teachers desk with the seating chart to find where I would be sitting the rest of the semester. When I sat down, I looked over to find out that I was sitting next to the new girl. She looked at me and smiled.
"Hi, I'm Alice," she said, holding out her hand. I reached out and shook it.
"Hello, I'm Bella. Nice to meet you." I meant it too. She seemed really nice. "When did your family move to Forks?"
"We've been here since the end of July, trying to get settled. It's a lot different than Chicago," she said, laughing quietly. I nodded.
"Yes, it's different. I think you'll like it here, though. I've lived here basically my whole life. You get used to the rain," I told her, smiling. She smiled back. We were going to be good friends.
The bell rang just then, which meant the start of class. Of course, I had my notebook out, taking all the notes I could. When class was over, I had filled out three pages.
The next three periods went by without troubles. Alice was in every class of mine except Calculus. She talked to me during the short periods of time we had before class, telling me about where she lived before and about her family, which there were three others of. She told me that she had been adopted when she was seven years old. I was really beginning to like Alice. She told me she would save me a seat during lunch, so I could meet the rest of her family.
When lunch finally did come around, I told Angela that I was going to sit with Alice. She said it was fine, because she was going to study with Ben in the library. I said bye to her and made my way to our tiny little cafeteria.
I found Alice instantly. Her black hair was a total giveaway. I made my way over to her after getting a bottle of lemonade, and sat down. The big, burly guy from English class was already there, talking with a stunning girl in front of him. She had blonde hair that went down to the middle of her back, and a face and figure that belonged in a fashion magazine.
"Emmett, Rosalie, this is Bella. Bella, Emmett and Rosalie," Alice introduced us.
"Hello," I said shyly.
"Hey, aren't you in my English class?" the one named Emmett asked. I nodded.
"Cool," he said and smiled. I smiled back, happy that I was making friends.
"Do you like it here?" I asked the girl named Rosalie. She looked at me.
"It's okay. The food could be a little better," she replied, picking at her food. I chuckled.
"I'm sorry to say that it will never get better." I was about to say something else, but another person sat down at the table just then. It was another guy. He had blond hair and was muscular, but not at much as Emmett. He was also kinda tall. He sat in front of Alice.
"Hey, Alice. Who's this? Did you make a new friend already?" he asked. Alice smiled and nudged him in the ribs with her elbow.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. Jasper, this is Bella. Bella, Jasper," Alice said. Jasper smiled and held out his hand.
"Hello, Bella. It's nice to meet you."
I smiled and shook his hand. "Hi, Jasper, nice to meet you, too. How do you like Forks?" I asked, trying to make small talk.
"It's very rainy. It's a good thing I like rain, or I would go nuts," he said, laughing. I laughed too.
"Yes, it takes some time to get used to. So does the school food." Jasper sighed and looked down at his food, as if expecting it to turn into…well, something that looked like food. It didn't. But he ate it anyway, making grotesque faces every time he took a bite. I giggled and got out my Calculus book to look over what notes I had already taken.
But not for long. Three minutes after I took my Calculus book out, another person sat down at the table right in front of me. I figured it was the last of the Cullen family, since no one else was sitting at our table. I looked up to say hi to whoever it was.
And my 'hi' got stuck in my throat. Seriously. The guy that sat in front of me was…amazing looking. He was as tall as the other two guys, and looked even better. He was muscular, but not in a scary way, like Emmett. He was also a little more boyish than the other two. He also had auburn colored hair that was kinda messy. And the most amazing, clear green eyes. Whoa, I needed to get a hold of myself. Stay cool.
"Hello," he said in a soft voice. Alice stopped talking to Jasper and turned to us.
"Oh, there you are, Edward. I was starting to wonder where you went. Bella, this is Edward, Edward, this is Bella."
"Uh…hi" was my intelligent response. He raised an eyebrow and looked down to the book on the table in front of me.
"Are you studying already? It's only the first day of school," he said, confused. I smiled.
"Yes, I'm studying. That's what I do. School is my life. Therefore, studying would be a very big part of it. I'm also kind of the school nerd," I replied, looking down at the last part. He raised both eyebrows at this.
"There's nothing wrong with wanting to study. And I don't think it's right to label people, either," Edward stated, looking slightly angry. I sighed.
"Yeah, well, tell that to them," I said, pointing to Lauren and Jessica, who were standing near our table, gossiping. Edward looked over to them, and narrowed his eyes.
"I'm sorry they treat you that way," he said. I blushed, of course, and looked down. Alice, my savior, turned around just then to talk to me.
"Hey, Bella, would you like to come over to my…well, our," she said gesturing to her brothers and sister at the table, "house after school today? It would be fun!" I thought about this. Going over to the Cullen's house? Better yet, going to Edwards house? I couldn't refuse! Wait, what was I saying? Was I crushing on Edward already? No! I'd only known him 3 minutes, and there was no way in hell he would like a nerd like me. I needed to get a grip. Of course I would go, but just to spend time with my friends. As friends.
"Sure, Alice, I'll go," I replied, smiling broadly. I never got invited to other peoples houses. Like, ever.
"Yay! Oh, this is going to be fun. We might even be able to give you a makeover!" Did she say makeover? Instantly my smile was wiped off my face. Oh my. I hated makeovers. That's why I never wore makeup. But I had to play it cool. I tried to smile again, but it looked more like a grimace.
"Maybe" was all I said. I heard Edward chuckle. I turned to glare at him. He stopped laughing, but continued to smile.
"Here's the directions to the house. I obviously don't know where you live, so I made it look like you are starting from the school and going from there," Alice said, handing me a piece of paper. Just then, the bell rang.
"Thanks, I'll be there," I said, and quickly left to my fifth period class, Biology.
I barely got there in time, due to tripping over a couple of people and having to help them get back up on my way there. It wasn't a pretty sight. It also was bad because when I got there, everyone had already chosen their seats. I scanned the room looking for a free seat. There was only one free seat…and it was right beside Edward Cullen. My stomach flipped. I would have to sit next to Edward for the rest of the year. That both made me happy and as scared as a cow being taken to the slaughterhouse.
"Hi," I said as I sat down next to him. He down at me in surprise and smiled.
"Hi. I thought no one would sit next to me," he said teasingly. I laughed, but then thought about that. Who wouldn't want to sit next to the most gorgeous guy in school? That was a mystery.
Class started then, and of course I took notes of everything my teacher, Mr. Banner, said. When class ended, Edward took an incredulous look at my notes.
"That's a lot of notes, Bella," he noted, still looking at the five pages of notes I had on my desk. I smiled grimly.
"I wasn't exaggerating when I told you I was the school nerd," I laughed. He smiled a crooked smile that made my heart stutter. The bell rang then, thank God, so I didn't have the chance to make a fool of myself. Not that I'm complaining.
The last class of the day. The best, and the worst. The best because, well, it's the last class of the day. That's always good. The worst because it was the class I was worst at, and the only class I couldn't study for.
P.E.
I am a klutz. I'm just going to be blunt about it. I am. I am the so clumsy, it's almost become a physical handicap. You can only imagine what it's like in gym, where I have to run…and sometimes run and think and dribble a ball all at the same time. That doesn't work with me. I always find a way to injure myself…and others.
Today I found it especially bad. But also especially good. Good because it was the first day of school, so Coach Clapp didn't make us dress out. Bad because Edward was in my gym class.
But I had to suck it up and move on. I would just try my best not to look like a complete and total klutz in front of him. You know, just watch where I'm going and try to work on my hand eye coordination.
Easier said than done.
After the bell rang to go home, I quickly got out of the gym so no one would have time to glare at me for being in their gym class, which would raise questions from Edward. That wouldn't end well. So I hurried up and got to my truck to go home.
I got home and called Charlie to tell him that I was going over to the new girl, Alice's, house. I don't think he really cared who it was, as long as I made a new friend. After that was settled, I made a little something for Charlie, got out my directions to the Cullen's house, and left.
But little did I know that that first trip to the Cullen's house was going to change my life.
A/N: how do you like it? Good? Bad? Should I just stop now before I embarrass myself any further? Review and tell me!!
