a/n: I messed up the schedule! I know. Sorry. Don't hurt me!! T-T
Chapter Two
That night I went to bed early. Early enough that Charlie wasn't even home. That night I had my first real nightmare. I was in the forest. The same one as earlier today, on the same path.
I was running through the trees. Darting through branches and brush trying to escape from something, but what? I could here just how clearly my heart was pounding through all my panting and running. The forest was dark— Erie. Not at all like it was this morning. It was much, much darker to. A bit to dark for my comfort. My eyes suddenly flashed to my right. Something was running through the shadows, next to him. I ran faster. It kept up. I suddenly tripped over a root, falling flat on my face. Something cold and dead suddenly wrapped its arms around me, pulling me up and crushing me against its stone cold body. The last thing I saw were those same deadly black eyes before it lowered its head to my neck and sunk its fangs slowly into my flesh.
I woke up, screaming. Loudly. Charlie was in there before I had a chance to react, shaking me. "Bells, Bells? Are you alright?! Snap out of it." He yelled over my screaming. I gasped as shut my mouth tight. I was drenched in a cold sweat, shaking uncontrollably. Charlie tried to hold me by the shoulders but it didn't help much. "Bells, are you alright?" I blinked and gasped again, my hand reaching towards my neck immediately. No bite mark…
"I-I'm fine… Just a bad dream. Sorry Cha- Dad." I said slowly, shuddering again. He nodded slowly before letting go of my shoulders.
"Alright." He nodded again. "You sounded like someone was murdering you." He said, a slight smirk appearing on his face. I couldn't help but grin.
"Well I'm pretty much alive. Night Dad." I said, forcing a smile now. He nodded once more and left. Sighing I laid back down on my pillow, falling asleep. I didn't have another dream for the rest of the night.
Monday. The official first day at Forks. My first day of the hell known as High School. I wasn't looking forward to this new school. I was going to be the new girl. I'd either be ignored and
overlooked or be treated like some new toy. The first option sounded best. I wasn't much into attention. I was much to shy. I figured I'd start my morning off as any other normal day. I made sure to block yesterday's incidents from my mind. I'd prefer to have a normal day but I'm not sure a day in the life of Bella Swan is considered normal. I shrugged it off as I walked into the small bathroom of my new home. I turned the shower on, the water heating up almost immediately. I quickly undressed, throwing my clothes into the corner. I jumped into the shower, sighing in relief as the hot water soothed my tense body. After about fifteen minutes I was out of the shower and wrapping myself in a towel in a desperate attempted to keep the heat to my body. Failing miserably I sighed and shivered, walking to my room. I grabbed a simple pair of denim jeans and a light, dark blue sweater. I smiled at the day's attire, checking myself in the mirror. I noted that my hair was still damp. I walked quickly back to the bathroom at a speed I thought was safe for me. I grabbed a round brush and the blow drier and set to work on my hair. I was content with the result. My hair flowed down my back, a slight curl to it as it traveled downward. I took one last look in the mirror before I left the bathroom and headed down the stairs. It seemed Charlie had already left. I walked over to the cabinets, glad we at least had cereal and milk in the house. I grabbed a box at random along with a bowl. I poured the cereal, getting the milk from the fridge and adding that as well. After I put back the milk and cereal back appropriate places I took them from. I sat down at the table with a sigh and began to eat my breakfast. I figured I'd go after school to see Sam, the leader of the pack. He'd know what to do. I twirled my spoon lazily as I debated weather to by groceries or to see Sam first. Groceries could wait while my life and who knows how many could not. I shook my head and put my bowl into the sink as I headed outside and towards my truck.
Stupid vampires… Stupid Forks… Stupid everything. On the bright side, it wasn't raining. Yet. But the sky still promised it. That was for sure. I opened the door to my truck and got in, closing it behind me. One bright side to my truck was it didn't take very long for the heat to start up. This was good because it was freezing. As the warm air bursted through the car I pulled out into the street, driving towards my new school.
I got there early. Not many people were there yet so I figured that'd be my time to get my schedule and all of that fun and exciting stuff. Sarcasm meant. I sighed in dismay and parked outside of the main office and got out of my truck. I walked towards the building, opening the doors as I was greeted by a wave of warm air. I walked up to the desk carefully, flashing a shy smile to the secretary. "Err, Hi." I said blankly. "I'm here to pick up my schedule I'm—"Before I could finish the lady cut me off.
"Oh! Isabella Swan! The chief's daughter from phoenix correct?" she didn't wait for an answer. "We've heard all about you. It's nice to see a new face around you." I was concerned when she used the word we. "Oh! Schedule, right…" she opened up a cabinet draw and shuffled through a few papers before grabbing the correct slip with the words, Isabella Marie Swan scrawled lazily on the top. She handed me the schedule and a slip of paper. "Here you are. Also get the slip signed by all the teachers." She then grabbed another piece of paper and handed it to me. "Also that's a map of the school, incase you get lost. Well I believe that's it! Have a nice first day."
I nodded and stuffed the things into my bag. "Thanks." I said politely, flashing a smile. I turned and headed back for the door, leaving the building and heading back towards my truck. Everyone
seemed to just be arriving. I got back into the truck and drove up a little ways to the school parking lot. As I pulled in I was relieved to see most of the cars were old cars. Mine wouldn't stick out to much, except for the loud roar of the engine when it turned on or off. Though there was one particular car that wasn't old. A shinny silver Volvo that sat innocently in the parking lot. I shrugged it off and pulled into a spot, turning off my car with a loud roar as the engine died. I sighed and hopped out, slamming the door behind me. I could hear the warning bell sound as I quickly made my way towards the building. I took a quick peak at my schedule. First period wasn't to far away. I walked down the halls but not to my comfort. I could feel almost every single eye on me. The new girl. I shuddered.
"Excuse me. Isabella?" I twirled around at the sound of my name coming from behind me. A boy stood before me, flashing me a warm smile.
"Bella." I corrected, my eyes flickering to the clock. I was going to be late. I now realized why the secretary used the word we.
"Sorry. I'm Mike Newton by the way, it's a pleasure." He said smoothly, grinning at me. I blinked at him a bit. Not wanting to be rude I quickly spoke.
"I have to get to class. I—"he cut me off.
"We have the same class. I can show you the way?" I only nodded and turned as caught up quickly, following the way with a grin never fading his face. He began to talk about something but I wasn't exactly listening. We made it to class, walking in as soon as the bell rang. I walked up slowly to the teacher's desk, felling as if it was the walk of shame with all the eyes starring at me. I handed the slip to him. He smiled at me lightly, signing it quickly. I took it back, glad he hadn't made me introduce myself. I quickly made it back to a seat, plopping down in the chair next to some strange girl I didn't know. She tried talking to me but I ignored her. After awhile she seemed to get the idea. I sighed in complete boredom. This class seemed to be dragging on forever. I tried to pay attention, honestly, I did. It's just at my old high school in phoenix we already covered what the teacher was dragging on about. I just randomly scribbled in my book, frustrated.
Finally the bell rang. I jumped from my seat and gathered my things. Mike waved to me but I pretended not to notice as I darted from the class.
The next three classes went by easily except I had meat this one girl—Jessica. Ughh, man could she talk. About the stupidest stuff that I didn't care for much to tell you the truth. She had called me Isabella too, which I wasn't too happy about. She was probably the 20th person who had called me that the whole day. I'm normally not one to complain (ok, that's half true) but she was pretty annoying at times but I guess I'm being a bit to judgmental. I'll give her a second chance at lunch to redeem herself for her annoying ways…
5th period I had off to my surprise and great enjoyment. Apparently there was some incident with a rubber band and the teacher had to get to the hospital (I won't go into detail). They couldn't find a sub so they gave his class the period off. I spent most of the time in my truck or walking
the halls, getting to know the school better. Lucky for me, Mike or Jessica weren't in my 5th period class.
Lunch. Oh boy, Oh boy. Maybe it was just me being my paranoid self but I felt like something bad was going to happen… I shrugged it off. Think positive. I kept telling myself that. My mother always told me to do that in times of trouble. I smiled and the thought of Rene.
I was brought back to reality of the sound of Jessica calling my name from a table. I looked into her direction, smiling lightly. I gave a pathetic little wave as I made my way over and sat down next to them. There were a lot of people I didn't recognize. There were about four people I did though—Jessica, Mike, Ben, and Angela. Ben hadn't been too bad when I talked to him and Angela had only introduced herself to me. She seemed like me. The shy type. She seemed to understand people's emotions and moods much better then the others, and she didn't force conversation on you. I smiled lightly at them as I sifted a bit nervously in my seat. Angela gave me an encouraging smile as Jessica started up a conversation. That's when it happened.
A sudden gust of wind hit me from the back as I heard the sound of the door open. I turned my head on reflex to see who had just walked into the cafeteria. I tensed up immediately. Him. What was he doing here anyway?! I suddenly saw four more walk in. My eyes went wide. "Bella?" I quickly turned in my seat and looked to Jessica, who had called my name.
"Hey Jessica, who are they?" I said, sneaking a quick peak behind my shoulder.
"The Cullen's." She said almost dully. "They're all so gorgeous." I could tell a bit on envy was in her voice. "But don't waste your time on them. They're completely unsocial to everyone but each other. They're all dating to, except Edward that is." She said, looking over to the one boy. I followed her gaze to this Edward. Edward, my vampire stalker. I had to grin a bit. I was suddenly caught off guard. Edwards head had turned to our direction. He was starring; his crooked smile painted on his face once he saw me and snickered to himself. He turned away and back to his 'family'.
I shuddered a bit. "I have to go…" I said, trailing off a bit. Mike quickly shot up.
"I'll come to." He said.
"No, I just need to go to the nurse. I'll be fine." I said, throwing my food away in a nearby trashcan. I set out into the hall, planning on getting out of there and going home. I shuddered again. My enemy… enemies in my school! I gave a disgusted look. I crossed my arms with a pout.
Something cold tapped my shoulder. I spun around quickly. Edward stood there, grinning down at me. His eyes were golden.
"Hello Bella." He said, giving me the crooked smile. I felt my heart flutter a bit but I kept a serious face on.
"What do you want?" I hissed, glaring at him. He just blinked at me for a moment before his amused smile returned.
"Skipping class are we?"
"What's it to you?" I shot back, crossing my arms.
"Oh nothing." He shrugged innocently. He ran his fingers through his hair, flashing me another smile. I shuddered. "I wouldn't expect that from you Bella. Your first day to and you're already cutting class." He snickered. I wasn't amused.
Turning on my heel I spun around and began to walk away. In a heartbeat he was in front of me. I sighed and moved to my right. He followed my motion. "Let me get by." I demanded.
"No. I need to talk to you."
"No!" I turned around once more and began to walk away. I felt his cold dead grasp around my waist. "Let go! I'll scream!" I threatened, squirming.
"Bella, come on." He pleaded, frowning at me. I felt a gust of wind from an open window. It past me and went to him. He suddenly tensed his arms still around me. He winced as he quickly let me go. He was gone.
I shuddered and began to walk to next period slowly, a little creped. I'd have put with that lunch! I pouted as I walked to my next class, biology (a/n: sorry if it's wrong.). I'm proud to say I'm pretty good in biology. I opened the door and strolled to the front of the room, handing the teacher the slip. He signed is quickly and handed it back. I turned around. My heart dropped. There was only one seat and it was next to him. He had my biology class, ugh! This would be the longest class in my life. As reluctant as I was I walked slowly towards the seat. This really was the walk of shame wasn't it? At least for me it was. I sat down slowly next to him, wincing as he smiled over towards me but he still looked a bit tense… and like he was holding his breath? I pushed it aside and looked ahead to the front as the teacher began the lesson.
I could still feel his eyes glued to me. I looked up to him. His arms were crossed tightly over his chest, his lips pulled into a straight line. He looked tense, nervous. Like he was suffering from some short of pain. To be honest, it scared the crap out of me. I quickly shot my head to the front, biting my lip. I suddenly heard a rather large crack. My head shot back to Edward. His hands were under the desk, gripping it. I honestly felt bad for that desk.
A piece of paper suddenly was flung at me. It lay in front of my arm on my desk. I blinked in confusion and opened it up. Weren't we a bit too old to be passing notes? I rolled my eyes as I began to read.
Bella,
What's with Cullen? Also do you want to hang out later today?
Mike
I grabbed my pen and wrote back in my messy hand.
I don't know. I can't hang out. I have to go visit someone and buy some stuff. Sorry.
I folded the paper up into a ball and threw it back to him easily while the teacher was turned around. Mike had been on my tail all day about hanging out. I had shot him down every time.
I looked up towards Edward. He looked like he was fighting back a giggle sensation! I glared at him darkly.
The bell rang. Edward was gone in moments. I stood up and gathered my things and left before anyone else even got up, eager to get home.
I dropped off my slip with all the signatures and headed towards my car.
That's when it all happened.
A/N: This is not the end of chapter two! I'm just posting this for now.
