AN: I've set this in the lake-district as I used to go there on summer holiday every year and it was always cloudy. Thank you to NeverAsItSeems for favouriting (not actually a real word apparently) my other story (smoking spot) as it gave me the motivation to wright this.

Chapter One

My kind, we're different. We can't be seen in direct sunlight otherwise the humans would know we are different form them. Our skin sparkles like diamonds in the sunlight. So when my family and I decided it was time to move, time to reenrol in school, to be seventeen again we thought 'what's the most cloudy place on earth, the place where we can be outside the longest and lead the most normal lives possible.' Naturally the answer was England.

We decided to go to the north to the lake-district, it's hardly ever sunny there even in the summer, there's a small population, which my family has always been better around – less temptation - and plenty of rural wilderness to hunt in. it's perfect, more perfect than I could ever have imagined.

Today is the first day of college – college here actually means high school – my siblings and I have all enrolled in the Keswick school sixth form. I'm going to be studying Biology, Maths, English and Music again this year, hopefully the different syllabus in this country is going to make for a refreshing experience.

My siblings and I are waiting at the Grange bus stop – Grange is the village are new house is situated – Alice and Jasper linked together and Emmet holding Rosalie in his arms. It's slightly drizzling, which is perfect because it means the sky is blanketed in clouds.

The double decker bus pulls up in front of us after a short while – the 77. The buses run up and down from Keswick, the town, and Stonthwaite every half an hour passing through all the little villages in the area. Alice gets on first, still holding jaspers hand, and flashes her month buss pass at the driver, Jasper dose the same followed by Rosalie, Emmet and finally myself.

As I enter the bus all the passengers - mainly school children – thoughts start to fill my head. Most are along the lines of 'he's well fit' and 'I'd give her one' and 'I'm so jealous of her hair I wonder if she's going to our school'. But one horrifying thought stood out among the rest 'I wonder if it would hurt more to kill myself jumping of the mountain edge or drowning myself in the lake' and when I looked upon the cute face of a seventeen year old boy with his short blond hair a mess upon his head and sad blue eyes staring out at the rain I suddenly knew why I was turned into a vampire all those years ago, why I had suffered through misery and depression by myself for all these years, it was so that I could help save this beautiful boy.

I leave my siblings, who are heading up the stairs to the upper deck, go to the back of the bus and sit next to the blond boy placing my over the shoulder bag by my feet.

No one ever sits next to me the boy thinks turning round in surprise holy fuck he's beautiful.

I try to supress my smile as I introduce myself, "Hi, I'm Edward Cullen."

And he has a sexy American accent, why is he sitting next to me "Hi Edward Cullen, I'm Mike newton," I almost swoon as his beautiful English accent takes me by surprise, it's not like the other northern accents that are native of there parts, it's a sexy southern accent almost but not entirely unlike* the queens.

"I like your accent." I say without thinking.

"I like yours too," he replies with a grin.

"So you go to the Keswick school sixth form" I ask

"Yes, I'm retaking the lower sixth."

"Cool I'm just starting lower sixth too."

"You're starting school here? What brings you to sunny England?"

"Oh my family was looking for a change of scenery, my dad's a doctor you see so he can get work almost anywhere. And what about you, your accent doesn't exactly match the area.

"Oh I moved up here with my mum last year." after my dad kicked me out, why did I have to look at that fucking video on the internet.

"Perhaps you can give me a tour of the school then?"

"It's not that big or interesting but sure if you want. When are you free?"

I pull my time table out from my bag "I have Biology period one and then I'm free period two."

"Oh cool," he interrupts me, "I'm free period two as well, I'll meet you in the science corridor period two then and I'll give you that tour." Maybe I can wait till after period two before I kill myself.

*hitchhikers guide to the galaxy anyone?