I don't own Twilight/ New Moon/ Eclipse/ any of the forethcoming books or any of the characters from them. I also don't own Phoenix AZ (no kidding right?) but I felt that I should mention it even though technically it's a real instead of a made up city. Hope you like it! Leave reviews always, I (there's supposed to be a heart here but the comp is spazzing, so just imagive it or just say the word love as you read this) them :)

"Mom, I have to go!" I yelled across the house to my currently invisible mother.

"I know, I know just give me a second," she shouted back from somewhere in the direction of the master bathroom. Of course "master" really meant nothing because we lived in a house about the size of a box of Altoids so her bathroom was only about a square inch bigger than my own. Even then it was tiny, fitting two people in there was practically impossible.

"I'm going to be late," I said as I walked towards the bathroom. In truth I was only going to be late to meet someone, not actually for class like I had implied.

"Since when do you care about punctuality?" she questioned, hopping out of the bathroom on one foot while trying to tie her shoe on the other. I just glared at her and didn't give a response; if she knew what I was doing she would probably have a heart attack. "Fine fine let's go, I'll finish my makeup in the car at the office." She was, at the moment, a secretary for some big company, Manage Corp. They managed a whole bunch of baseball, basketball, swim, and any other type of teams there are. We both walked out the door to her Jeep and got in after a momentary argument over who would drive. She won. The drive to school was relatively short, only ten minutes, but walking the whole way in the blazing heat of the end of a Summer in Phoenix would make anyone come close to passing out. As soon as the car was out of the driveway she had to ask,

"So why are you so determined to get to school on time today? I know you are generally punctual, but we are going to be early."

"I just want to see my friends, that's all," I lied quickly. "Why do you care so much about how you look suddenly? I mean I know you always make sure you look presentable, but today it seems like you are going for more than that," I questioned; matching her politely interested tone.

"I did nothing different today, you can look in my makeup bag, it's all the same stuff."

"I know it's the same stuff but usually you don't spend..."I looked at my watch, "... forty-five minutes to get ready in the morning, not even including your shower time."

"I'm just slow today Bells. Hey look it's the school, I'll see you later, call me if you need to pick you up later for any reason." she ushered me out of the car quickly.

"Bye mom."

"Bye Bells."

I walked into the school with butterflies in my stomach. I almost walked into three lockers, two walls, five people, and finally did walk into an open locker door. I'm even clumsier when I'm nervous apparently.

Finally I wound myself through the halls of the school towards my locker, and there he was. He was leaning against my locker like he had done that same thing every day for the whole year. All the girls looked at him as he passed and I had to wonder why he chose me. One of the most awkward girls in the school, he was too perfect. As I walked up to my locker he said in his deep voice,

"Good morning"

"Hey," I replied, almost whispering.

"Ready to go?" he asked, matching my quiet tone.

"Yeah let's go, I could use some coffee about now." We both had a free this period, and he was a year older than me, a 16 year old junior with off-campus privileges. Our plan had been to drive to Starbucks and hang out there until the next class started. We started back towards the door, through the people walking to their first class of the day. As we walked he grabbed my hand gently and held it as we walked on through the door with people staring at us as we left.