Rated M for future chapters and language.
So, almost all of the other chapters will be in first person. That's the way I like to write my stories. I hope you like this. I promise the chapters will get better.
.:I don't own Twilight:.
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CHAPTER ONE
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Parents were driving in and out of the school parking lot, dropping off their kids. Esme Cullen was saying goodbye to her son, Edward, in the hallway while he was whining to her not to leave him.
"I'm sorry I'm leaving, honey. But I'll be back before you know it."
He still looked upset, but slowly nodded his head and headed into the kindergarten classroom. Esme sadly watched as her son trudged over to the little cubby holes to put his backpack and lunch box inside one. Edward hadn't really made friends in school yet and he's already been here for a few months. That really hurt his mother. He would only ever talk to his big brother Emmett, in second grade, and his little sister, Alice, that couldn't even talk that well yet. Edward wouldn't even talk to the neighbors' kids, Jasper and Rosalie.
Esme watched as Edward walked quietly over to his own little table and waited for the teacher. His mom reluctantly went back to her car, wishing that something good would happen today.
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Chief Swan's four year old daughter, Isabella, had recently moved in with him and today was her first day of kindergarten in Forks. Of course she was nervous as her dad pulled up to the school. He got out of the car to help her out and to make sure she didn't fall on the pavement.
They walked to the office to make sure she was ready and got one of the ladies in there to walk her to her new classroom. Before they left, Charlie crouched down to his daughter's height to say bye.
"I'll come by later to pick you up, Bella. Be good and try to have a good day, okay?"
She nodded at him as she left the room with the nice secretary, Mrs. Cope, to go to her classroom.
They swept through a couple hallways until they finally stopped in front of a door that read, "Mrs. Calvin's Kindergarten Class". Mrs. Cope knocked on the door and walked in while making sure Bella was following her.
"Mrs. Calvin, this is your new student, Isabella Swan. Chief Swan's daughter." Mrs. Calvin turned to smile at Isabella and took her hand after thanking Mrs. Cope for bringing her in.
All the kids were still talking at there little tables, every once in a while looking up at Bella.
The teacher leaned down to her with a sweet face and started talking about where to put her things. She showed her the cubby holes and helped her put her things in one of the empty ones.
"Now, Isabella. Let's pick out a sticker to write your name on so that we can label your cubby hole. Which one would you like?" She held out different colored strips for Bella to choose from.
Bella looked at them and pointed quietly at the blue one.
"Blue? Okay, I'll write your name on it for you." She said when Bella nodded. After she labeled her box, Mrs. Calvin turned back to Bella. "You can go sit anywhere you like. Then we'll start class." She gave her new student a sweet smile again and Bella slowly looked around the room, wondering where to go. She was very shy and didn't want to talk much.
She spotted a table in the corner where only one little boy was sitting. As she walked over to the table, everyone looked at her. When she sat down, the little boy looked up at her and his eyes widened slightly. He didn't say anything though.
The teacher told everyone to settle down and they all quieted. "Now everybody, we have a new student today. Her name is Isabella. Please be nice to her and make her feel welcomed here. Isabella, tell us something about you."
She blushed and looked into all the faces around her before quietly saying, "I like to be called Bella."
Mrs. Calvin smiled. "Well, Bella, I hope you have fun in my class. I try to make it as fun as possible." After that, she started class. They started coloring different letters in the alphabet with a color that started with that letter. Bella and the boy next to her were sitting quietly until he finally spoke.
"I'm Edward Cullen." She looked over at him and smiled shyly. Edward looked at her for a moment longer and spoke again. "Do you think…maybe…we could be…friends?...I don't really have any friends." He almost whispered the last sentence.
Bella looked at Edward and saw his dark emerald eyes looking at her. "Sure. We can be friends." Those few words had Edward smiling like a fool and they started talking about all kinds of things.
When it was time for a snack, Edward and Bella sat next to each other while munching on cookies. They were arguing about which cookie was better: peanut butter or chocolate chip. Bella liked the chocolate chip better.
After some more coloring and talking it was time to go home and Edward's mom came into the room holding his little sister, Alice.
"Come on, honey. We have to go bring something to your father at his work." She got his stuff while he sat there not wanting to leave Bella. Esme came back when she noticed Edward was not following her. That's when she saw the little girl sitting next to him.
"Mommy, this is my new friend, Bella." He had the brightest smile on his face when he told her that. Esme had a huge smile too because her son had finally gotten a friend.
Charlie stepped into the room and saw Bella sitting next to a boy and looked at the woman standing next to him.
"Hi. I'm Esme. Is this your daughter?" She asked gesturing to Bella. Charlie nodded. "Well, it seams my son, Edward, and your girl, Bella, are new friends. You're the police chief, right?"
"Yep. I'm here to pick up Bella from her first day. She just moved here."
"You're lucky. She made a friend the first day that she came here. Edward on the other hand, hasn't talked to anyone at the school besides the teacher. I'm so glad he finally made a friend."
Charlie smiled at her and went to grab Bella's things. When he came back the kids were still sitting next to each other.
"Come on, Bella. Time to go home."
"I don't want to go home yet, Daddy." She whimpered.
He looked at her sadly and took her hand. "You'll come back tomorrow, honey. I'm sure Edward will be here waiting for you."
Bella looked over at Edward and then his mom. "Will you be here waiting?"
He took her hand in his and said, "Of course I will. You're my best friend, right? Why wouldn't I wait for you?"
Bella nodded at him and slowly turned back to her dad. "Okay, Papa. We can go home."
He took the hand that he was holding on to and pulled her up gently. Esme took Edward's hand and turned to Charlie and Bella.
"Well, I guess we'll be seeing more of each other then, Charlie. Maybe we could have you two come over for dinner sometime? Meet the rest of our family."
"Sure. We could do that. How's Friday? I get out of the station at five."
"Perfect!" Edward yelled excitedly. He and Bella had been listening to the conversation and both had matching smiles on their faces.
Their parents chuckled at him and bid each other goodbye.
"Bye, Eddie!"
"Bye, Bella!"
Little Alice just squealed loudly.
Usually Edward hated being called Eddie, but he was alright with it from Bella. He walked enthusiastically to the car and jumped into the back seat. His mother looked at him as she was buckling Alice in her car seat. She was just as elated as he was that he got a new friend that he absolutely adored.
They pulled up to the hospital where his father worked and he got out of the car faster than he usually does, to open the door for his mother. Surprised, she looked down at him and saw him bouncing in place waiting for her to get out of the car. Esme stepped out and shut the door behind her. She went to the back seat to get Alice and started walking with Edward next to her.
Edward wanted to run to his father's office, but knew that if he did, his mom would scold him again. He had already been through that enough times.
When they turned a corner, he went running for his dad's office and bound into the room without knocking like he usually did, Esme coming in behind him. "Carlisle, your son has something to tell you."
Carlisle turned from his work to see Edward bouncing in front of him. "What did you do?" He asked accusingly.
"Oh honey, give him some credit. Since when has he ever done anything wrong?"
He looked at his wife as if she was crazy. "When has he done anything wrong? How about when he was chasing Emmett across the house and they knocked the china plates off of the shelf? Or when he almost dropped Alice the first time we let him hold her?"
"Okay, okay. I see your point. But, I swear he didn't do anything wrong this time. Just listen to him." He sighed and picked Edward up off the floor and held him in his arms.
"Daddy, I got a new friend today! Her name is Bella."
Carlisle raised his eyebrows. "Her?... Well, what is this Bella like?"
He saw a small glint in his eyes as he started rattling things off about his new best friend. Carlisle started picking up his things with one hand while still holding Edward in the other. When he had everything together, he started to walk out of the door with Esme following him. They got to their cars and were waiting on Edward to finish his story from the day. When they thought that he was done Carlisle started to set him down when Edward suddenly mumbled, "Oh, and she's really pretty." His dad looked at him for another minute and smiled.
He set him down and listened as Esme spoke, "Her father is Chief Swan. She just moved up here to live with him. I invited them both to dinner on Friday. Is that okay with you?"
"Sure. I only work in the morning on Friday so I have the rest of that day off." Esme nodded and headed over to the car after saying goodbye to her husband. She strapped Edward in next to Alice in her car seat. When everyone was safely buckled up, she drove towards the elementary school to pick up Emmett.
He was easy to spot as he already towered over a lot of the students there. Em saw his mom's car and came running through the parking lot towards them. He yanked the door open and jumped in on the other side of Alice in the back. She squealed at him when he was making faces at her.
"Emmm!" That's what Alice calls Emmett. She's only a year old so she can't say much.
He turned to Edward after a minute and asked how his day was. Edward smiled brightly and told him all about his new best friend.
Esme pulled into the driveway and waited for Edward to get out so she could get Alice. The boys walked to the door expecting to go inside, but it was locked so they stood there talking until their mom came over to them. Emmett kept glancing across the street at the Hales' house to try to catch a glimpse of Rosalie. He really liked her and everyone could tell. She was in the second grade with him and always picked on him. Emmett didn't care though. As long as she paid attention to him in some way.
Esme came to unlock the door and the boys ran in. She set Alice down carefully and as soon as her feet touched the floor, she started waddling her way to the living room with all of her toys.
Edward usually goes to the kitchen with his mom to help make dinner, but this time he went to his room to think about Bella. As soon as he'd seen her in the classroom, he had a feeling that he needed to know her. Needed to be friends with her. That and she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. For the first time that year, he couldn't wait to go back to school the next day.
So what do you think? Should I continue? I really want to go on with this story. I have a lot of ideas for it and it should only get better as it goes. And the chapters will get better. This first one was mostly introducing the characters.
Please review and let me know what you think.
-Noella
