Chapter 1:
My first day at my new school. I was 16 and just entering into my sophomore year at Forks High. Everybody knew everything about everyone and because my dad, Charlie, is the Chief of Police, I can only imagine the gossip right now. I'm Bella Swan. I moved from Phoenix about three weeks ago and I already miss the sun. But most of all I miss my mom. She is so erratic and unpredictable but will always be my best friend.
Shut up Bella! You can't have puffy red eyes on your first day!
With that, I got up out of my bed nice and early and cold as ever. I ran straight to the bathroom and turned the knob all the way up to warm up quickly. I went to the sink and saw myself in the mirror.
You can do this, I told myself. Just blend into the background and keep all of your emotions under control.
After I was finished getting ready and decided that jeans and a sweatshirt seemed perfectly acceptable I went down stairs to get some breakfast. Charlie was there. He is so worried about me. I didn't like being the cause of the problem but I was always somehow in the middle of it.
"Hey kiddo! How'd ya sleep?" He asked.
"Morning Dad," I replied. Keep emotions under control Bella, I told myself continuously. "I slept as best I could considering how hard it was raining last night."
He laughed lightly. "Alright Bells, have a good day. Call me if you need anything."
"Okay," I peeped trying to breathe, "Bye."
After eating a granola bar and some milk I looked at the time and decided no more stalling was allowed. I went outside to see my beautiful truck, well at least it was beautiful to me, and yanked the door open to start the engine.
When I arrived not a ton of people were there yet. I still had another 10 minutes until the first bell rings so I decided to go to the front office to get my schedule and remember when and where I was supposed to be.
Mrs. Cope was very nice explaining everything to me and said that I would be just fine. Yeah, right. "Thanks again!" I said as I left. The first bell rang and everyone seemed to notice me. This crimson red color flooded my cheeks as this happened. I guess I should have dressed better. Oh, well, too late for that.
"Hey you're Isabella Swan, right?" a heard a cute little voice chirp. When I looked at her she reminded me of a pixie. Huh. Must be seeing things.
"Bella," I corrected shyly.
"Well hi Bella, I'm Alice Cullen," she perked. It was weird how comfortable I felt around her but not around anyone else as I corrected my name…
"Nice to meet you," I said with a small smile appearing on my face. "Umm, but could I ask you something..?" How do people know me so well?
"Sure! Anything you need," she asked excitedly.
"Okay..," I started. I have trust issues and I am not even lying but how could I feel so trusting towards her?
"How does everybody know my name and other embarrassing details like how clumsy I am?" The words came out faster than expected, but she seemed to know exactly what I was talking about.
She laughed. "Oh silly Bella! You are the Chief of Polices daughter! How could we not know about you?" I flushed as I looked down. "Oh," was all I said.
"Bella if you would like an escape I would love for you to sit by us at lunch today," she smiled hopefully at me. "Us?" I asked sounding stupid. How lamer could I get?
"Oh yes I sit by my brothers, Edward and Emmett, my best friend who I secretly have a crush on but you cannot tell, Jasper, and his cousin Rosalie. And myself obviously," she said.
"Uhmm.. Sure?" I said again, lamely.
"Excellent!" she smiled as if that was the best thing she has heard in her whole life. I felt bad for disappointing her that she was happy about me. I really am not that great...
She walked away with that huge grin on her face.
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It was lunch time finally. I am definantly holding a grudge against the teacher that made my face beat red when he made me stand up in the front of the class. I might as well just paint my face red. It couldn't be any more embarrassing than this was.
The familiar pixie girl came up to me just before I walked in. What was her name again…Alice?
"Bella!" she exclaimed as students were staring at me.
Gah. If I am dying of embarrassment than someone should kill me now!
"Hi, Alice," I said hoping I got it right. Apparently I did when she pulled me into a big hug.
"How is your first day going so far?" she asked looking concerned. "Uhmm.. It has been pretty good. I have met some people but I refuse to embarrass myself while talking…all I say to them is a name correction," Can someone really be as lame as me?
"Oh Bella, I can tell we are going to be great friends," Now this shocked me. I had actually managed to make a friend. Huh, I guess I am not that bad..