Once In A

Blue Moon

Part I- Twilight

Chapter Summary: Bella's first day at Forks High School turns out to be a lot different than she expected.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Twilight saga or its affiliated characters. If I did, well, I wouldn't need to alter it would I?

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1. First Sight


When I woke up the next morning, I thought that last night was just a dream. But, when I opened my eyes and saw rain and fog, lush green out of the window, and my bed was covered with a faded quilt, I knew I was in Forks. I was really going to be Bella Swan. I got out of the bed and went to the window, clad in my favorite royal purple satin slip-dress night gown and looked out. I saw Charlie's cruiser next to a '56 Chevy pick up with faded red paint. I smiled. This felt like home. For the first time since leaving New York, I was home.

I heard Charlie shuffling down the stairs and went to my small closet.

I decided on a navy a-line mini skirt and a black turtle neck paired with black tights, Mary-Jane's, and I put a red ribbon in my long, brown hair as a head band. My make up was subtle hues of brown and red lip gloss coated on my lips. I pulled Bella's black jacket and backpack out of the closet and went downstairs.

I tried not to think about the day ahead as Charlie and I ate in silence. The moon must've altered perceptions because he didn't seem to notice any difference in the Bella across from him and the Bella he picked up from the airport yesterday. Charlie left first for the station and I worked on a washing the breakfast dishes to keep my mind off of—well, everything. When time drew closer, I locked the house, started the truck, and drove into town.

Knowing what I knew from the books, I found the school easily. I parked in the proper parking lot, but close to the office since that would be my last stop. There were only a few cars in the lot, so I knew I must've been a bit early. I turned off the engine and walked into the building marked 'Office'.

Inside was the red-haired, large woman in a purple tee-shirt just as I'd expected. "May I help you?" She asked politely.

"I'm Isabella Swan." I told her in an equally polite voice. She gawked for a minute before hurrying to get my schedule, map, and slip. Once given to me, she showed me how to work the map and highlighted the easiest routes to take, then informed me to get the slip signed by all my teachers and return it at the end of the day. I thanked her and studied the map a little before leaving the office, in an attempt to not have it shoved in my face the whole day.

When I stepped outside, I saw that parked next to my truck was a shiny, silver Volvo. I gulped. He parked next to me—and it made my truck look dilapidated by comparison. He was really here. I felt my heart stop and I was grateful that he wasn't in his car at the moment, because he would've seen me about to have a heart attack.

Several deep breaths later and I was heading towards building three for first period English. I thought about Bella. She gave up this world because she didn't want her life to be scripted, she didn't think that she was worthy. She gave up Edward. She thought that it was scary and I felt sad for her. The Volvo parked next to my truck was more than enough reason to stay, despite the scary. I still couldn't understand her passing this opportunity up.

I shook my head clear of the thoughts and handed my slip to Mr. Mason. He introduced me to the class, which was humiliating, and then I shuffled to my seat at the back of the room. As I had thought, everything that we were studying I had already studied in Phoenix. I was well prepared.

Eric introduced himself after class, as predicted, and showed me to Trig. Jessica introduced herself there and walked me to Spanish. I was anxious for lunch to arrive and happy when it did. I sat with everyone that Bella had that first day, even though I remembered at least Jessica and Angela.

I tried not to look for them. I really did. And I failed, miserably. They were seated the furthest away from me and were all looking in different directions. Emmett was easy to notice, he was so massive that he commanded attention and intimidation. But he didn't scare me, not one bit. His expression was bored—I guess compared to hunting bear this was like punishment. Rosalie was so gorgeous that I didn't even have to question it. She was tall, blond, and honestly, any movie star in the world would want to jump off of the Empire State building after looking at her. Jasper was next to her, his expression clearly defining the fact that he didn't have as much control as the others. Being around a bunch of emotional, hormonal teenagers all day probably didn't help. Alice, surprisingly enough, was looking in my direction. When her bronze eyes reached mine, she had a small smile on her face. She knew something, not the truth since that was in the past, but she saw that my path was with Edward and I chose it. She looked away and got up to empty her tray.

She walked over to me, which had sufficiently silenced my table, and held out a hand. I stood awkwardly and grasped her hand in return. "I'm Alice Cullen, you must be Bella." Her sing-song voice rang out.

"Yes. Pleased to meet you." I said smiling at her. I couldn't help it. I knew what lay in store for Alice and me; she was going to be the best friend and ally I could get.

"I'm just heading out to class, but I'd love to hang out sometime. Would that be possible?" She asked. She was struggling to not reveal that she knew me—just like I was. Cool.

"Of course. That would be awesome. I think Charlie's number is listed, so call me anytime you want to. We could go shopping." Magic words in the Alice vocabulary. She smiled big, nodded and then walked out of the cafeteria. I was smiling too. That was different.

When I sat back down, I looked over at the Cullens. They were all looking at me now. Jasper was getting up and he emptied his tray, and then followed Alice. His face was confused. Emmett and Rosalie were looking at each other. I tore my eyes from them to look at Edward. His bronze hair was messy, his expression blank. His bronze eyes were meeting mine. He saw what Alice saw, but he wasn't as easy with it as she was. His eyes were frustrated, like he was struggling to do something. Was it possible, could it be that he can't get into my mind?

I stood up again, ignoring the group of people that I sat with, and went to the same trash can. I dumped my food and turned to leave the cafeteria. I glanced back, for only a second, to see Edward talking to Emmett and Rosalie. His perfect lips barely moved, but his eyes were speaking volumes. I knew that he was talking about me.

I walked out of the cafeteria and went as fast as I could to Mr. Banner's room. I was easily the first one there and I went up to his desk. "Mr. Banner? I'm Bella Swan." I told him, handing him my slip.

"Welcome to Forks, Miss Swan." He grunted politely, signing the slip and handing it back. "This is your book; sign your name in it. You can leave it at home, we have a class set. The only person that doesn't have a partner is Cullen, so you'll sit in the second seat in that middle row." He informed me. I took my book and went to my assigned seat while he made a note. I sat down and signed my name in the book. I looked up at the clock; there were still 10 minutes of lunch left, so I took out Wuthering Heights and began to read it again.

Edward was the first one to arrive, just as I thought he would. He walked into the room and a heard him shift his chair beside me. When he sat down, I glanced at him. His eyes were black, his face showed tension, and his hands were in so tight fists that his knuckles were white. Oh, God. I'm doing that to him. My blood is like Bella's and I'm putting him through pain. I looked away painfully and tried not to pay attention to him. A boy walked up to me as I was putting my novel in my backpack. He had a boyish face and blond hair. His blue eyes were sparkling. "Hi, I'm Mike Newton." He introduced, leaning against another black top table.

"Hi, Mike." I said politely. "Bella." I told him before he could call me Isabella.

"Cool. How's your first day been?" He asked.

"Ok, I guess. Different." I told him honestly, thinking about Alice at lunch.

He smiled. "I hope you like it here. What do you have next?" He asked. I felt Edward's eyes on my neck.

"Gym." I said consulting my schedule.

"Sweet, me too. I'll wait for you after class." He told me, glancing at Edward. "I'm gonna grab my seat." He said hurriedly and walked towards the back of the room. I turned around and looked at Edward. He was wearing a glare that could kill, but his eyes softened when he saw me look at him.

"That was rude." I stated. He looked like he didn't know what to do for a second; laugh or frown. He settled for a small smile that seemed to relieve some of his tension.

"Sorry." He apologized. I got a word from Edward Cullen—on the first day of school. What the hell? "I should mind my manners."

I tried to maintain my disapprove, but couldn't. I smiled and shook my head. "Why did you scare him off? I thought he was being nice." I asked.

"He was, but I thought that he was being too nice." He hinted.

"So, you were protecting my honor or something?" I questioned unconvinced.

Edward just smiled and shook his head. "Attempting to, but your not making it very easy." I smirked and looked up at the board. "I'm Edward, by the way. Edward Cullen."

"Bella." I said simply. I glanced at his hand, which was still in a fist on his leg. The tension hadn't released. "Are you ok?" I asked, looking back at the board.

"Yeah." And the conversation was over. Mr. Banner began class and I took notes diligently. Edward didn't talk to me for the rest of the period, and I didn't talk to him. He sat at the very edge of his seat, as far from me as possible, and he seemed to be struggling all through class. I wished that I could help, wished that I knew how to make it easier for him. The easiest would be to move back to Phoenix, with Renée, but she wasn't there. She was with Phil somewhere and I came here to be with Edward. We would have to work around this somehow. If we were meant to be together at all.

At the end of the period, he stood just as the bell rang and left immediately. The air was clear, but I wanted to run after him. It would only hurt him more if I did. I packed up my things and Mike was waiting for me when I was done. We walked to the gymnasium together, but I was silent. He talked about sports, the weather, where he was from in California, everything like that, but I mainly contributed a grunt and a nod. In the gym, I couldn't play as I had no uniform, so I got to get a head start on my homework. I was finished with everything but Trig by the end of class.

The office wasn't very far from the gym and I walked there as fast as I could to avoid Mike. When I entered, I saw Edward. He was talking to the secretary. "I'm sorry, but there aren't any available classes." She was telling him.

"There has to be something, chemistry, physics, anything." He pleaded.

"I'm sorry, there isn't."

He stood up and thanked her. "I'll just have to endure it." He muttered under his breath as he turned around. Then he saw me. He looked like a deer caught in the headlights. Funny, a vampire with that look. I looked away from him, not bothering to hide the fact that my feelings were hurt. I knew that it would only make him feel worse, but I thought that maybe things would be different. Different because everything was changing. Alice talking to me, Edward talking to me, those things didn't happen in the books. I felt the tears of disappointment leak from my eyes and I looked back at him. His expression was softer, apologetic. He looked as though he wanted to reach out and comfort me. I walked around him, handed her my slip and walked out to the truck. I heard him follow me. "Bella." He said behind me.

I stopped. "Yes?" I asked, not turning around.

"That wasn't about you." He lied. I opened up the door of the truck and through my bag inside. Then I looked at him.

"I'm sure." I said in a flat tone. His eyes were still black as night, but he was pushing past it, to talk to me. He looked like he was about to say something when he noticed something behind me. I turned and followed his eyes. Alice and the rest of the Cullens were about two yards away and moving towards us. Alice walked ahead of them and her lithe steps reached me in seconds. "Hi, Bella." She said her voice held some sadness in it.

"Alice." I greeted, wiping my tears away with my sleeve. She placed a hand gently on my shoulder.

"Let's go, I'll help you cook dinner for Charlie." She suggested. I agreed. We both turned to Edward. "I'll be home later, Edward." She walked over to Jasper, gave him a quick kiss, and then walked around the truck to the passenger side. The rest of the Cullens just watched in confusion as I got into the truck, closed the door, started the engine, and drove out of the lot.

We drove further into town, heading for the Thriftway. "Don't worry about Edward, Bella." Alice said quietly.

"I'm trying not to. I just don't know what to think." I told her, pulling into a parking space. I cut the engine off and we got out of the cab. "He was nice enough in class, but then—oh, I don't know."

She smiled as I grabbed a shopping cart from the caddy outside. "It has nothing to do with you. Nothing that's your fault anyway." She said cryptically.

"I know." I whispered. She smiled knowingly at me. "What's going to happen, Alice?"

She shrugged. "He hasn't decided yet." I almost smiled. I tried not to, trying to maintain like I didn't know, but did Alice know that I know?

We picked up the fixings for lasagna, Alice was sure that Charlie would love it, and then we headed back to the house. Cooking dinner was a quiet affair, mainly just chatter about how neither of us was really that fantastic at cooking and jokes about what the cheese looked like. While it was cooking, Alice and I worked on Trig. She finished all of her homework before I even got through half of my one assignment. She helped me fix my mistakes and told me that the paper would get a guaranteed 'A'. "Do you miss Phoenix?" She asked while I pulled out the lasagna and put in the garlic bread.

"No. I miss Mom, but not Phoenix." I said honestly. Well, partially, I didn't miss Renée since I'd never met her, but I did miss the books—even though I was living in them. I looked at my pixie-like friend. "What made you come over and talk to me, Alice?" I questioned bluntly.

She shrugged, pulling a knife from one of the drawers and cutting the lasagna into even, square pieces. "I just wanted to. There's no point in being shy when you know that a great friend just walked through the door." She smiled.

"You're right. In any event, I'm glad you did. It's nice to have someone to talk to. Angela and Jessica are ok, but kind of too normal—they try to hard."

"Well, that happens when you're normal." We heard the door open and walked into the living room together.

"Hey, Bells—" Charlie said kicking off his shoes without looking up. When he did, he stopped, stunned for a second. "Who's your friend?" He asked, holding out a hand.

"Dad, this is Alice Cullen." I introduced.

"Pleasure to meet you, Chief Swan." Alice said taking his hand politely. She turned to me. "Bella, I'm going to head back home before Esme worries. See you tomorrow."

"Ok." And with that, Alice left. I didn't bother asking how she'd get home and Charlie was too stunned to notice. He hung up his gun belt and gave me an awkward hug. "What's that smell?" He asked taking in a whiff of air.

"Dinner. We made lasagna and garlic bread." I told him.

Dinner went over well, Charlie asked me about my day and about Alice. I think that he was more stunned that I had made a friend in one of the Cullens than friends at all. He seemed happy by it though. He talked about how they were good people, good kids, and he was happy that I was happy. I left Edward out of the conversation.

That night, I didn't cry myself to sleep. I didn't know if Edward would be there tomorrow, but I had the feeling that he was already in Denali—with Tanya. Alice had left a note on my pillow, telling me that she'd meet me in the morning by the gym.

I tried not to dream about Edward.

I tried not to think about him.

I failed.


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