Bella Swan

I woke up to the loud screeching of my alarm clock. I opened my eyes to see that it was 7 o'clock in the morning. I got up and got dressed for another day at Forks High. I put on my denim skinny jeans and purple button down shirt with my black converse. I threw my hair up in a pony tail and ran down the stairs. Dad was already at work. I put a couple of pop tarts into the toaster and picked up my cell phone. I dialed the number I am most familiar with.

"Hello." The chipper voice answered.

"Hey Alice, mind picking me up?" I asked.

"Not at all. Be there in a few."

And when she said 'in a few', she wasn't kidding. Just as the toaster popped, she was outside honking the horn. I quickly grabbed my breakfast and ran out the door.

As soon as I closed the door to Alice's yellow Porsche, she was speeding off to Forks High.

"Hey Bella! Ready for another uneventful day at the boring place that is called Forks High?" Alice grinned.

"Of course." With that, she turned up the volume on the radio and we continued on the way to school.

When we pulled up to the parking lot, I noticed that Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie were waiting for us beside Rosalie's cherry red BMW. You see, Jasper and Alice have been dating for quite awhile now, and so have Rosalie and Emmett. Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett are one year older than Alice and I.

I never had the luck of finding a boyfriend. Sure I went on dates, but most of the guys that have dated me or asked me out were jerks looking for someone good looking to hang off their arm, or they were either rude or arrogant.

I never really understood why guys ask me out. I know I'm not ugly or anything but I'm not exactly the most beautiful girl in the school. There are plenty other girls that they could ask out.

When the bell rang, Alice and I headed to homeroom, while Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie went to their own homerooms.

"Bye guys! We'll see you at lunch." Rosalie yelled. Me and Alice waved goodbye, and headed off.

In homeroom, Alice and I got the luck of sitting next to each other. There were another 5 minutes or so before the teacher came into the room. I don't know why we have to be in homerooms so early, but the teachers informed us that 'it's easier if everyone is in the room, rather running in at the last moment.'

Just as I was looking around the room, I noticed a boy sitting in the corner at the back of the room, staring out the window. It's weird that I've never noticed him before. He had the most perfect, but odd, hair color that no one I had ever seen have. It was almost reddish brown. His hair was messy and sticking up in every direction. His hair was also covering his eyes so I couldn't see what color they were. I could see that he had black framed square glasses. He had the most chiseled jaw line and a perfectly straight nose. He had full lips that almost looked like he was pouting. Overall he was very good looking.

People would probably call him a geek. He didn't really dress like one, but in this school if you had glasses you were considered a geek.

How this label came up, there are only two words needed to be said. Mike Newton. Mike Newton and his group of followers think that anyone with brains, intelligence and glasses are called nerds or geeks. I personally would rather have a boyfriend that is smart and can hold a conversation rather than one that has no brains and stares at my chest.

Mike and his followers, Jessica, Lauren and Tyler; make crude remarks about anyone and everyone that fits into their 'geek' description. They probably have never had a simple conversation with the 'geeks' just because they think it would ruin their reputation they set with the school.

Just then the bell rang, and we hurried off to our English class. In English we were learning about Shakespeare, and found it very boring because I have already learned about him. My mind kept drifting back to the boy in the back of the room. I knew he was Mike and his follower's new 'geek' to pick on. I felt sorry for him and every other one of Mike's victims.

Before I knew it, English passed quickly and I was on my way to Trigonometry.

In class I noticed the same boy from before, sitting at the back of the class room, resuming his earlier position. He looked sad and lonely. He seemed to be very shy and quiet. I guess I would be like that too if it was my first day in a new school.

The day seemed to be flying by, because next thing I knew, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett were outside the classroom waiting for me to go to our lockers and head to lunch.

"Hey guys! How was your day so far?" I asked.

"Boring as usual. There seemed to be a new kid here. He was in my history class this morning." Jasper said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah. He's in my English class too." Alice responded.

On our way to our lockers, we heard Newton and his crew harassing the daily 'geek'. It wouldn't be a normal day without seeing them bully somebody.

When we turned the corner, we seen Mike, Jessica, Lauren and Tyler standing around someone on the floor. They were yelling very detailed and crude remarks at the person on the floor.

"Get out of my way loser!"

"Get a life!"

"Go back to where you came!"

"You're such a geek."

As soon as I seen the bronze, reddish brown hair, I immediately knew who it was. It looked like Mike took his glasses and the boy on the floor was looking for them. He appeared to be pushed down because his books were all over the floor. Before I could stop what I was doing, I ran down the hall to Mike and his followers and yelled at them.

" Mike why don't you go and pick on someone else. People are so sick of you and your followers going around the school and looking to pick a fight. You pick the weakest of the bunch because you can't handle picking on someone of your own social standards."

Mike gave me a glare and said "Why are you sticking up for this loser. He has geek written all over him. Down to the glasses and all. He deserves to be treated like the shit he is!"

"Mike, you haven't even said one nice thing to him. He didn't do anything to you. So what, he has glasses. Doesn't mean he's a geek." I replied dryly.

Mike didn't really have anything to say to that, but I did receive glares from Lauren and Jessica. They probably had nothing to say, so they probably did something they knew how to do. Without saying anything, he dropped the glasses and walked away and still had the nerve to laugh. Soon his little followers scurried away after him.

I noticed that the boy that was on the floor was still looking for his glasses. I found them beside the lockers. I picked them up and thankfully they weren't broken.

"Here. You must be looking for these." I handed him the glasses and heard him mumble a quiet "thanks". He looked up and took them from my hand. I couldn't help but feel a little jolt of electricity that passed when he touched my hand. When he finally looked up, I noticed his eye color for the first time. He had amazing emerald green eyes that you could tell are not contacts. He had the most beautiful eyes.

"Hi. I'm Bella." I stuck out my hand.

He took it without further notice and said, "I'm Edward. Edward Cullen."

AN: This is the first chapter, the one I said would be better. Hopefully it was. I'm new to this whole writing thing but I would like to know if I should write more or to stop. It may be slightly out of character but I'm working on getting better and putting more of Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper, and Alice in there.

- xL