Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight and the characters; I just play around with them to make them do what I want :)
Bella's POV:
I walked into the cafeteria as usual with Angela, Ben and Mike. They were the only ones who had accepted me back after my zombie months.
It had been six months since that time, and another five since he had left. Thinking about him still caused the raw wound in my chest to throb. I wrapped my arms around my torso to keep myself together.
I heard Mike and Ben whispering and followed their gazes to a table in the far corner. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest when I saw the bone white, inhumanly beautiful figures, but after a closer look I realized they weren't the Cullens.
I tried to ignore the depression rolling over me while I studied the newcomers.
They were obviously vampires and 'vegetarians'. I winced a little at the casual use of the Cullen's term for their lifestyle. There were three of them, two males and a female. The girl looked about sixteen and the boys around eighteen.
Ben and Mike had noticed their resemblance to the Cullens and were sending me worried glances. I gave them a reassuring smile and headed towards the new vampires.
I had no idea why I was doing this, but something drew me to them. Maybe it was the feeling of being closer to him.
When I reached the table I smiled hesitantly and said, "Hi, I'm Bella, do you mind if I join you?"
One of them, a blonde one who was fairly muscled, shrugged his shoulders and gestured for me to sit in an empty seat. I realised they weren't breathing, so they must be new to the animal diet.
"Actually, it's quite nice out, why don't we go for a walk?" I offered, trying to make it easier for them. Of course, I was lying; it was raining as it always does in Forks. They got up quickly, obviously relieved to have a way out of spending an hour in a room packed full of humans.
Once outside in the fresh air they all relaxed and breathed easier.
"Hey, I'm Elsie and this is my boyfriend Michael", the girl said in a voice like bells.
"I prefer Mic though", the guy with light brown hair, who was the tallest of the three, said with a grin.
"And I'm Chase", the blonde guy said. Like Elsie, he was slightly taller than me.
I decided I wanted to be outright with them; maybe it would be easier having someone sort of familiar around.
"You don't have to pretend for me, I know you're vampires", I said.
They all looked at me with shocked expressions and Mic said, "How did you know?"
"I've met some like you before, who didn't drink human blood either", I explained.
"Oh, cool. It will be nice having someone around here who understands. Thanks for helping us out earlier, we're sort of new to this whole thing", Elsie said awkwardly.
"It's all right, I gathered seeing as you weren't breathing", I said with a smile.
"Were we that obvious?" Chase asked, sounding genuinely worried.
"Nah, I just know what to look for", I assured them.
"That's good", he said, relieved.
"So, is it just you three?" I asked.
"No, we have, well you could call them our parents in a way, Clive and Kayla", Elsie answered.
"I'm sure they'd love to meet you, they would be interested to know a human knew our secret", Chase said.
"How about you come over this afternoon?" Mic offered. It was nice to watch the way they all got along so well together, like a family.
"That would be great", I said enthusiastically.
"Okay, we'll meet you here after school", Elsie said happily.
For the rest of the day I waited excitedly for school to finish. Unfortunately, I didn't have any classes with Elsie, Mic or Chase, who'd told me they went by the last name Reynald.
Okay, that's the first chapter. What did you think? I'd love to know what you thought, especially about Chase, Elsie and Mic; because this is the first time I've ever made up my own characters. Thanks for reading :)