A/N: This was my first fanfic, It's obviously a re-write. I pretty much went back and fixed grammar, added a few things, took out some... So to my new readers please enjoy, and to old ones returning, I promise I'll be finishing it this time.

In case you were wondering why E/B and the whole gang only have four periods, they have block scheduling. Again, this was a first for me so it might be a little choppy. Constructive criticism is always welcome.

Also, if there are any mistakes in the story, typos, any questions about the story and/or characters, or if you just think this story blows, let me know.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Stephanie Meyer owns us all.

Chapter 1

"What a shame we all became, such fragile broken things

A memory remains...just a tiny spark.

I give it all my oxygen

To let the flames begin."

- Paramore

BPOV

My cousin was swerving and racing past cars as we headed towards school.

"Get out of my way grandpa!" he snarled.

I sighed. That guy had tto have been about 20. I guess I should have let my uncle buy me a car afterall.

My cousin Emmett , He's one of those overly protective types. How do I sum him up for you? He's tall and very muscular, like a bodybuilder or the hulk. I giggled to myself, I could totally picture my cousin ripping off his shirt and turning green.

I'm Bella Swan and I've been living with him and my uncle for two weeks now. I have brown eyes and long, wavy brown hair. I'm permanently attached to my iPod because music is pretty much my way of processing and expressing every thought and emotion that I come across. Now I'm living in their castle of a house in the little town of Forks, Washington. All while my mom Renee and her boyfriend Phil backpack through Europe. I decided that I would stay behind so that I could finish high school. At least, that was my excuse. Luckily, my uncle offered for me to come live with him.

My uncle Carlisle, or "Dr. Cullen", if you're one of his patients at Forest Lane, has a full time job as, you guessed it, a doctor. He's a little shorter than Emmett, which isn't surprising considering everyone is shorter than Emmett, he has blonde, almost platinum, hair and deep blue eyes. He comes home from Port Angeles for three days at a time, every other week. At first I was a little wary of the idea of not having a parental figure around, but when Carlisle was transferred to Forest Lane a year ago, he hadn't expected to stay there for so long. Rather than uprooting Emmett from his life here, he decided to travel back and forth.

So here I am, in my cousin's Jeep, with my coveted iPod, trying to drown out Emmett's road rage with the only thing that makes me truly happy. I'm a lover of music, and I don't discriminate. From Led Zeppelin to Taylor Swift. I put my iPod on shuffle and sang along to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me" while trying to keep my mind from wandering back to my old home, my past. I was torn from my thoughts when Emmett's Jeep screeched to a stop in the school parking lot. The seat-belt dug into my skin as my body was jerked forward and back again, successfully giving me whiplash.

Wonderful. That's just what I needed first thing in the morning.

"God dammit, that asshole Newton stole my spot!" Emmett said loudly, sounding quite irritated. I just giggled at the thought of Mike Newton getting his ass handed to him by my Hulk-y cousin. Mike and Emmett are on the Forks High football team together, which is the only reason Em puts up with his shit. All for the sake of being a team or whatever, I don't get it. Emmett was dressed in his usual jock attire. He was sporting gray sweatpants, a long sleeved Seattle Seahawks shirt, and monstrous Adidas on his monstrous feet, that could seriously give Big Foot a run for his money.

As I got out of the Jeep I noticed Mike standing near by, then grimaced at the sight of him winking at me. When would he realize that I'd rather take on a ravenous grizzly bear than date him? Forget dating him, I could barely hold a conversation of any length with the guy without wanting to bang my head on the nearest dense surface. Unfortunately for me, that was probably Mike.

"Hey, you sack of shit!" Emmett yelled, calling Mike to attention.

"You took my spot and you know how much I like my spot!" he said, sounding angry and whiny at the same time. Mike just shrugged. "Yeah, yeah. I'm sure I'll get mine at practice." Then he turned his creepy gaze to me.

"Hey Isabella baby!" I shivered.

"Oh, you wish. She's disgusted by you." A musical voice answered before I could. I turned around to see Emmett's girlfriend, Rosalie, walking towards us.

Rosalie is Bombshell Barbie:long wavy blonde hair, blue eyes, and the "perfect body" with curves in all the right places. She's only ever nice to me when Emmett is around. As she made her way to us, I saw that she was wearing really short denim shorts, a tight white tee with a printed corset on it, and knee-high Converse sneakers.

Really? That outfit in Forks of all places? Even if it is a sunny day.

After a second, I realized, she had kind of defended me...right?

"Took the words right out of my mouth, Rose." I giggled. She gave me a pointed look that said that wasn't for you.

The bell rang and we separated to our classes. First period went by fast, as did second. I walked out of second period to see Rose leaned up against the wall just outside the door.

"Emmett is meeting up with Jazz and he asked me to walk with you to lunch, but don't get used to it because it's a one time thing. Consider yourself lucky." She insisted. Even though we didn't like each other that much, it was nice walking with her because every girl in school was scared of her. No one dared fuck with Rose, and by association, me.

I put my books in my locker and took out the one thing I'd go insane without: my iPod, of course. We headed towards the cafeteria, got our tray and headed to our table where Alice was waiting.

Alice lives next door to me and Em. She's in my sixth period gym class and she's my closest friend here, other than my cousin. She is tiny in both height and width, and has short spiky black hair with blood red streaks and bright green eyes. She is always happy and she never wears the same outfit twice. Most importantly, to her anyway, she is passionately in love with Rose's brother, Jasper.

"We're playing volleyball in gym today, Bella, but don't worry, I'll protect you." Alice chirped. I knew she would. She has, ever since my second day of school.

"Yeah, because we all know you suck in the athletics department." Rose added, hiding a sneer. I was the only one who picked up on her passive aggressive tone. I chose to ignore it.

We all laughed for a minute and they began to eat while I retreated to my normal quasi-antisocial routine with my iPod buds in my ears, ready for some distraction. Shuffle on, Styx playing. I was humming the melody of "Love At First Sight" when a few seconds later Emmett walked in with Jasper and some guy I'd never seen before.

Jasper is about 5'8 with a slim build. If Emmett is the tough and macho G.I. Joe than Jasper is definitely the slender but sculpted and hopefully anatomically correct Ken. He has shaggy, dirty blonde hair and baby blue eyes, and he always has on these t-shirts with random ass phrases. Today he was wearing a black tee that said "Trust me, I'm a Jedi." I giggled to myself.

It's so lame but it's so entirely Jasper.

The guy walking with them, I'd never seen before. He was tall, about the same height as Jasper, wearing dark jeans, a white t-shirt, and...is that a leather jacket? He had pale skin that seemed to contrast perfectly with his wild, fiery bronze hair, and from what I could see, gorgeous green eyes.

When those eyes met mine for the first time, it was like some bizarre long distance staring contest. Neither of us blinked, I was gnawing on my lip and trying to find the will to look away first, as the lyrics blaring in my ears suddenly taunted me.

"You and I, strangers lost in a moment."

I've never seen someone so...beautiful.

"Eye to eye"

I could feel my cheeks get hot.

"We are caught unaware of the passion inside us"

I looked away.

What on earth was that?

EPOV

Esme picked me up from the group home around eight this morning. On the way to her house, she told me about the girl she adopted two years ago; Alice. Esme is in her late twenties, she has a petite figure, and she has long auburn hair that's always pinned up in a classy bun.

She also told me about Forks High, my new school; my new home away from home.

Did I have a home now?

My story is kind of cliché, I guess. I was put in a group home when my parents died in a car wreck. I ended up being sent to see a therapist because I was "depressed." That's how I met Esme, she was assigned to me, or however it works in the world of helping mentally unstable teens. She wasn't like a normal therapist though because she actually cared. I didn't feel like "just another case" when I was with her.

After listening to what I'd been through and seeing how I was being affected in the home, for three and a half years, she asked if she could adopt me. So here we were, pulling into the driveway of my new home. My eyes couldn't help but lock on the silver Volvo sitting in the driveway. It looked new.

"Wow, nice Volvo." I muttered, admiring the car.

"Oh! You like it?" she asked anxiously.

"I do. Very much." I admitted. She smiled.

"That's good, because it's yours."

I looked at her, wanting to tell her there was no way I could accept it, but I saw the joy beaming from her face. I couldn't ruin her happiness. Not like I ruined hers. When we finally came to a stop, I saw a shaggy haired guy standing on the porch. Before I had the chance to ask who he was, Esme filled me in.

"That's one of Alice's friends, Jasper, I asked him to show you the way to school. I hope that's alright." She added the last part nervously.

"Of course." I lied with a forced smile. She probably knew I was lying, but I had to try.

The shaggy haired kid walked over and stuck his hand out politely, like this was the most normal fucking thing in the world. "What's up? I'm Jasper, but everyone calls me Jazz." he smiled. I shook his hand to please Esme and for that reason alone.

"Edward." was all I said.

We got into my new Volvo and headed for school. I found that Jasper was actually pretty cool once we got to talking, past the awkward first meeting. He filled me in on everyone: Lauren Mallory, Victoria Sinclair, and Jessica Stanley were the "it girls" aka most likely the next three additions to Edward Masen's Little Black Book. Figuratively, of course. I smirked to myself.

"I can introduce you if you'd like." he stated more than asked. I just smiled and he gave me a knowing look. Mike Newton and Tyler Crowley are on the school's football team, along with my new neighbor.

When we pulled up to the school, I noticed a mammoth of a guy standing on the steps waiting for someone. I pulled into the only spot left and Jasper lead the way to the Incredible fucking Hulk.

Would I be a pansy if I said I might be intimidated by this dude?

"Jazz, hurry the fuck up! You've already made me late enough." he complained.

"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." I added in my head. Jasper chuckled and pointed at me.

"Dude, your new neighbor." What?

He had a huge grin on his face, all irritation gone. "I'm Emmett." he said, still smiling goofily. Not at all what I expected. He seemed non-threatening. I mean he was smiling. Then he shook his head and started laughing at Jasper. I was definitely missing something.

"Uh, care to let the new guy in on the inside joke?" I asked confused.

"Jazzy over here has a thing for Alice and now he'll have a reason to see her outside of school." Emmett blurted out . Fortunately for Jasper, no one was around to hear it.

On the way to the cafeteria they told me who all sat at the table we were going to. Emmett talked about his girlfriend, Rosalie, who was also Jasper's sister. He also talked about his cousin, Isabella, who just moved here two weeks ago from Phoenix to live with him. Jasper, of course, only talked about Alice. He was like a love sick puppy! It was pretty fucking nauseating. We walked into the lunch room and I easily spotted "our" table. I was doing a once around when my eyes fixed on a pair of beautiful brown ones. From what I was told, it had to be Emmett's cousin Isabella, and she was staring straight at me while biting her bottom lip.

She was pale, with long brown hair and big brown eyes, from what I could see. When she realized that we were basically just staring at each other for about a minute, across a crowded room, she quickly looked down and her face was a light shade of red. It was adorable. I couldn't help but smile as I watched her blush-tinged cheeks get even darker.

I've never seen someone so...beautiful.

BPOV

I looked away as fast as I possibly could, when I could, and changed the song, putting the volume down low. I wondered why I'd never seen him with the guys before—or at school for that matter. I couldn't help but look up at him again and to my surprise, he was still staring at me, but he was doing so with a grin. Who was he? Why was he smiling at me, of all people? Why did I care? I couldn't even picture myself having a boyfriend, not after what happened with him.

I shivered at the thought, I couldn't even think his name.

I felt my face get even hotter and looked down again, and they finally made it to the table.

"Edward!" Alice squealed, jumping out of her seat. She ran and stood next to him as she introduced everyone.

"I'm Alice, but of course you already knew that." Then she pointed to Rose.

"That's Rosalie," Then to me. "and that's Isabella." she finished. He just stared at me and I at him.

They all sat down and everyone started talking, mostly about the party Rose was throwing on Friday. I groaned as I remembered that I agreed to let Alice and Rose dress me up like a fucking barbie for the damn thing. I only agreed so they would shut up about it.

Out of nowhere, Jazz turned to me and grinned deviously.

"What do you want?" I asked curiously, taking my headphones out, and quirking an eyebrow.

"Edward is in your biology class. Think you can step out of your shy zone and show him the way?"

The bell rang, but no one moved. They were all staring at me, waiting for my answer.

Geez, no pressure or anything!

"Uhhh...yeah sure, but I have to stop by my locker on the way." I sighed.

Everyone got up and departed to their classes. I stood and started walking, expecting Edward to follow, which he did.

We walked side by side silently to class stealing sideways glances at each other. When we arrived, I walked straight to my seat while Edward spoke to the teacher. I was looking around when I realized the only available seat was right next to me.

Fuck. Go figure.

After talking to the teacher for about five minutes, he sat down by me. Throughout the whole hour, I caught him staring at me on and off through his periphery while I haphazardly tried to sneak Reese's Pieces into my mouth without being caught. Once the bell finally rang, Edward was out the door like his ass was on fire, and I headed to my least favorite class of the day: gym.

"Tell me every single detail, Bella!" Alice chirped as I entered the locker room. I rolled my eyes as I replied.

"About what Alice? There are no details about anything."

"I saw the way he looked at you." she giggled.

I couldn't help but blush because she was right. Edward stared at me and I guess I wasn't the only one that took notice.

"We didn't even talk." I paused. "He did stare at me for most of biology though." I stated smugly.

Alice giggled more as we dressed in uniform to play volleyball. She and I were on the same team, as usual. Lauren "I'm hot shit" Mallory and Jessica "Stuck up" Stanley were on the opposite team, as usual. They're the "popular" girls of the school. The malicious kind that step on people just to make themselves higher. Of course, I'm their new favorite target. The WonderTwats decided to steal my clothes from the locker room my second day here, when they felt I was getting too much attention. It was Alice who came to my rescue. She's had my back ever since. Maybe one day I'll be able to repay her.

It was Alice's turn to serve. She looked at me and winked, then the ball went flying.

RIGHT into Stanley's face.

Stanley screamed and hit the floor, Lauren scowled at Alice, and Alice and I just smirked at each other.

EPOV

Her whole face turned red and she looked down again.

Holy Fuck. That was cute.

We sat down at the lunch table. Everyone started talking, but I didn't say much. When Jazz asked Isabella if she would walk me to class, I was more nervous than happy. She'll catch me staring at her like a damn creeper. I rolled my eyes at myself.

We walked to biology in complete silence and I'd randomly glance over and catch her looking away really fast. When we entered the classroom, I watched her walk to her seat, without looking back. As I was wondering where I might sit, my eyes fell upon Isabella's table.

Hm. Empty seat.

I looked around and wasn't surprised when all the other chairs were full. Everyone was already partnered up.

Everyone except Isabella.

I talked to the teacher for a while. He asked if I'd mind sharing with the class. I politely declined. When he finally finished speaking to me, I was dismissed to my seat. Right next to Isabella, of course. Since I already knew what was being taught, I decided to doodle on a piece of paper and sneak glances at my beautiful but mute lab partner as she not-so-stealthily snuck candy in class. Every time she ate one, her eyes would quickly shift around to make sure no one was watching.

Which, by the way, was one of the fucking funniest and most adorable things I've ever seen.

Something drew me to her, I don't know what it is, but I know I want her. She randomly chewed on her bottom lip which was so fucking sexy and innocently cute at the same time. I knew I couldn't talk to her because it would only make me want her more.

When the bell rang, I was the first out of my seat and first out the door.

"One more class and I can go home." I mumbled to myself, sighing as i walked into trig to see Jazz waving me over so I could sit across from him. The teacher gave us a free hour so she could grade some tests.

"Emmett told me to tell you to not even think about his cousin because she is "off limits"'." he said, making quotations and rolling his eyes.

"Unfortunately, I don't listen very well." I said with a smirk. Jazz simply shook his head and laughed.

Jazz spent the rest of the period telling me about Isabella or "Emmett's depressed cousin" as he called her. When the bell rang we headed to the parking lot. As we exited the building we heard three distinct voices. Two girls frantically screaming and a guy laughing.

"Put her down, you pig!" One girl screeched in a high-pitched tone. From what we could hear, the other girl was just screaming while the laughter got louder.

I was so caught off guard by the screams, I just stood there like an idiot until I felt Jasper smack my arm.

"Dude, that sounds like Alice yelling and Bells screaming." He alerted in a serious tone.

We ran the rest of the way to see what was happening, only halting to a complete stop when the scene in front of us was clear.

"Newton." was all Jasper said.

A/N: Well hope you guys dig it. I didn't change much, simply added a word here and there, corrected grammar, and took out a word here and there.

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