Chapter 1 - Meeting

Bella's perspective

It was painful leaving Phoenix and my mother to stay in a small town, Forks with my father, and to make matters worse; my plan had gone absolutely wrong. I had planned to go to school, isolate myself in a corner and remain there until school ends. This was the plan that I wanted to stick to until I graduate. Only thing is that my plan did not even have a chance to execute as I have made friend with a girl, Jessica, within fifteen minutes from the time I set foot into the school! Urgh!

"Hi, my name is Jessica. I believe you must be Bella; your father had let us know in advance how you wanted to be known as. By the way you are the star of the month! And in case you do not know, I am the hottest girl in this school!" the girl who met me at the entrance of the school gushed at the first chance she got. She was wearing high heels, hot pants and matching cardigans. Definitely not a simple person in this school.

"Hey. As you have said, my name is Bella. I certainly hope I am not the star of the month and I seriously do not care if you are the hottest girl in this school." I replied impatiently, wanting her to get out of my way but at the same time, I do not want to make enemies on the first day of school. Therefore, I kept my tone light and remained polite. However, the moment I said it I regretted immediately as Jessica became extremely quiet and was deep in thoughts. Thinking that I hurt her feelings, I murmured an apology.

"Please don't apologise. You did me no wrong. I was just shocked because you are the first person who told me that you do not bother whether I am hot or not. Most people make friends with me because I am hot so I jumped to conclusion and thought that you will be like them. In fact, I should be the one apologising. Sorry!" Jessica immediately replied. Her face was turning red, and it wasn't hard to guess that she was feeling embarrassed. However, I felt sorry for her; it was not exactly her fault that my plan falls through. Jessica was just trying to make me feel welcome. I sighed.

"People who make friends with you just because you are hot are not true friends. True friends are people who will be with you no matter who you are and they will stick with you through thick and thin." I replied without hesitation. On hearing what I said, Jessica paused and stared at me.

"Then will you please be my true friend? I can tell you will be one." Jessica asked, staring at me with her puffy blue eyes. I was wrong. She is a simple and extremely naive person. Even though I have talked to her for only five minutes, I have started to wonder how this girl can be so thick skin and vulnerable at the same time. Not wanting her to cry, I agreed readily.

"Really?! I am elated! Oh! Here we are! The General Office. You will need to get your time-table and map. I will wait for you here." Jessica practically screamed. I nodded and entered the office. So much for what I had planned.

"Hello, you must be Bella, the new girl in town. I assume that you are here to get your time-table and map. Here you go. I hope that you will make friends and soon enjoy Forks. I see that you have met Jessica, she will show you around. Hope you have a nice day!" the secretary, Ms Cope told me as soon as I entered the office and stopped in front of the counter. I said thanks and left the office.

"That was fast!" Jessica exclaimed the moment I left the office. She reached out and took my time- table without any hesitation. However, at that moment, I was not paying any attention to her. I was staring at the group of pale- looking people heading towards me and Jessica. They look extremely arrogant, definitely the type of people that I would not want to be near with. Hopefully, none of them will be in my class. I stared at them as they strut past us. However, there are many girls swooning over the guys and the guys are practically drooling over the girls. Oh please, can't they get a hold of themselves

"They are the Cullens. They don't mix around with anybody. In fact, with the exceptional of class, they are always together. By the way, our time -table are the same. Let's go to our first class," Jessica said when she noticed me staring at them.

"I seriously don't care who they are. It is none of my business," I muttered and headed towards my first class with Jessica skipping lightly beside me looking shocked; an expression which is quite understandable. Sigh...

Edward's Perspective

Another day of boredom. Apparently, nothing interesting will ever take place in Forks. I have stayed here for many years but nothing seems to grasp my attention. Everybody seems to be a mirror of each other when it comes to dealing with the Cullens.

I drove my siblings to school. When I reached the entrance of the school, I heard an unfamiliar voice and remembered that there will be a new girl in school today. I sighed. I will bet anything that she will have a crush on me when she sees me. With that thought, I strode through the entrance with my siblings.

"Here comes a group of arrogant people. Thinks that they can be high and mighty just because they are so beautiful." I registered this thought. I was shocked. Apparently, this girl is abnormal. She is the first person whom I ever met that did not have a crush on me when she saw me. I chuckled.

"Edward, what are you thinking about? You seem so immersed." Emmett poked me.

"I am merely astounded by the new girl, Bella. She seems to be able to resist our beauty. In fact, she seems irritated with us. She cannot understand why the other girls are so in love with us. However, her blood does smell extremely good to me."I muttered under my breath for fear of being heard by the others seating close to our table.

"Ha! Speaking of blood, it looks like somebody is going to have a hard time restraining his thirst later. Alice has seen that Bella will be in your Biology class later" Emmett laughed out loud. Despite the fact that I had time to be mentally prepared, I was still not ready.

"Don't remind me..." I said. The last thing that I ever need now is to be reminded of how her blood smells like honey and lavender to me. Even though I have not met her up close, I could hear her thoughts and hopefully she will not think of something that will make me want to kill her at all.

I stopped outside my first class, took a deep breath and entered. Bella was standing by the teacher's table and when she saw me....