For an instant, I felt a thrill of genuine fear, raising the hair on my arms. The look only lasted a second, but it chilled me more than the freezing wind.

Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 1, p.27


Author's Note: Hello again, I hope you enjoy because I'm putting a lot of effort into this!

A few things first to avoid some questions- The Cullen's aren't in Forks. They've stayed in Alaska while Tanya decided she needed a change of pace and moved to Forks. Tanya wanted something to occupy her time so she took up teaching. Bella doesn't know of the supernatural world. Don't worry, the Cullen's will come in at a later time!

So without further delay, Here you go!


Chapter 1: Made an impression.

Bella's POV:

Waking up was harder than it normally was but I finally managed to get out of bed after a few minutes of groaning and tossing around. Once on my feet I clumsily stumbled into the bathroom, flicking on the light I moaned at my appearance. My hair was a matted mess and my eyes had turned red from all my crying. I rubbed at my eyes as I started the shower and got undressed.

After my shower I toweled my body down and began picking out my outfit for the dreaded first day of school.

Picking out a plain outfit that would help draw away some of the attention; A plain black hooded sweatshirt , tight old jeans, and some boots.

After I was dressed I stumbled my way downstairs and after grabbing a pop tart I headed out the front door with a goodbye grunt to Charlie. I managed to only slip once on the way to my beat-up old truck that Charlie had bought from Billy.

Once I was safely inside the cabin of the truck I let loose, resting my head on the steering wheel I let more tears fall. I missed Phoenix desperately, and I certainly missed my overly-affectionate mother.

Straightening up I started the truck and pulled out of the driveway, on my way to school I ate half of my pop tart and took some time to check out my surroundings which consisted only of a dense population of trees and shrubs; there was not much to see in Forks.

After ten minutes of driving I turned onto South Spartan Avenue and pulled into the Forks High School parking lot. Finding a parking space was fairly easy seeing as only half of them were taken.

Slowly getting out of my truck I ignored the stares directed at me and headed inside to find my first class of the day. Charlie had called ahead and gotten my schedule and locker combination faxed to the Police station so I didn't have to deal with finding the office.

Looking down I studied my schedule closely;

Period 1 English; Building 3- Room 231 Marshal Mason

Period 2 Government; Building 6- Room 410 Samuel Jefferson

Period 3 Trigonometry; Building 5- Room 310 Logan Varner

Period 4 Precalculus; Building 1- Room 110 Tanya Denali

Period 5; Lunch

Period 6 Biology II; Building 2- Room 209

Period 7 Study Hall; Building 1- Room 110 Tanya Denali

Sighing and shaking my head I set course for English, this was going to be a long day.

I had barely managed not to stab my eyeballs out during English and had fallen asleep during Government and Trigonometry.

Precalculus was next and I could only imagine how much worse my day was about to get seeing as I was terrible at anything even closely related to math and had always just barely passed with D's thanks to Renee.

As I walked into room 110, The first thing I noticed was that I was really early. I stood alone in the classroom. Sighing I ran a hand through my hair, and stood there for a long minute biting my bottom lip. What now?

I nearly had a heart attack when someone cleared their throat from behind me, turning I laid eyes on what must've been the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She looked to be in her late twenties, she stood taller than me by a couple inches, she had long, curly, strawberry blond hair that flowed down her back, and the most beautiful golden eyes I had ever seen.

"Hello, I'm Tanya Denali. I'll be teaching you calculus." Her voice sounded almost like a purr, her eyes were very obviously roaming my body.

I stood there staring at her like an idiot for what felt like an eternity when students began swarming in and I rudely turned away from her and took a seat at the back of the room, slouching down in my chair.

As she began to speak I put a hand to my face hoping to cover up my very prominent blush and looked down at my desk.

"Hello class, I'm Tanya Denali. This is Precalculus, and yes you do need this class to pass. Every one in here should be able to pass as long as you put some effort into it and take notes. I'll be here after school from 3 PM to 5 PM everyday if anyone needs extra help or has any questions. I won't tolerate a student being disrespectful to me and I can very easily fail you. Any questions?"

When no one raised their hands she nodded and got straight to it, she began passing out a quiz to see how far along we were. When she got to me she slowly handed me the packet and I'm pretty sure she made sure our fingers brushed, the small touch was electric.

She stepped back from me and shook her head slightly almost as if she were trying to shake away her thoughts. She strode back up to the front of the room and leaned on her desk lightly. "Begin, you have twenty minutes to finish."

Everyone's head snapped down except for mine, I raised my eyes and to my surprise my gaze met hers. Her head was tilted to the side as if she were confused and she was openly staring at me. I blushed and lowered my head. This woman was going to drive me crazy. I could feel her gaze on me through the whole class period and it distracted me. When she began collecting papers I realized I hadn't answered a single question. I hurriedly circled random answers and by the time she had gotten to my row I had every question answered.

She frowned slightly at me and leaned in, Her lips brushing my hear and her sweet scent surrounding me; "See me at the end of the day, I will not allow you to fail an opening test." with that she walked away and as the bell rang I sat there stunned.

My only thought; Study Hall was going to suck.