Ready to Fall

Written by CosmicTwilight

Standard Disclaimers: I do not own any of the characters herein that appear in any of the works of Stephenie Meyer. I am merely borrowing them for enjoyment and I gain no profit whatsoever from the user of the characters herein.

Synopsis: Bella is three months pregnant when she is left by her boyfriend in a small town named Forks. Here she is alone, pregnant with no one to turn too when she is taken in by her father Charlie who enrolls her into Forks High School to help her back on her feet. She meets a young man at Forks High School who will turn her world upside down. Alternate to Twilight.


The week before had gone by so fast. I had settled into Forks nicely. I was also looking forward to my first day at school. What I wasn't looking forward too was being scrutinized by everyone for being pregnant, but it was something I had to overcome. No longer was everything about me, it was about the life that was growing inside me. The life that depended on me for everything. I still hadn't managed to find out anything about the whereabouts of Matt, I was beginning to think that he didn't want to be found. Charlie had tried to get in touch with my mother, but he only knew the old address and that was useless to me now.

I had made sure the fridge was fully up, seeing as the other day there wasn't a wide selection of food available. My bump had grown slightly, only enough for me to notice that a pair of jeans I picked up on our shopping trip didn't fit me as well as they did when I first bought them. The day had finally arrived and I was excited; it was my first day at Forks High School. I was looking forward to seeing Alice again. I still wasn't sure how she knew that I was starting at the school soon, but I was glad that I would at least know the name of one person.

I brushed my hair letting it flow down over my shoulders before placing a black headband in my hair; I grabbed the bag on my bed and placed four notebooks in it and my pencil case before running downstairs. Charlie was sitting at the table with two plates of bacon, eggs and toast.

"Smells great" I said gratefully as we both began our breakfast.

"Looking forward to school Bells?" Charlie asked, I nodded. "There are a lot of great kids in this town; you'll make friends in no time"

"I hope so," I confessed, "I just hope they understand this" my hands surrounding my growing belly.

"They will be Bells," Charlie assured me, "Are you finished?" He took my empty plate and placed it in the sink. We both grabbed our things and made our way to his cruiser getting in and taking off down the road.

"Have a great day Bella" He assured me as we pulled into the school. Everyone stopped where they were and looked at us weirdly. Most likely because there in the middle of the school yard was the chief's cruiser, I smiled at my father before getting out of the car and closing the door behind me. I turned my back on him and walked into the school building. It wasn't sunny at all, rather depressing to be honest.

I could feel everyone's eye burning into me as I walked through the hall to the office. Standing at the desk in the office was a middle aged woman who smiled at me. Her name badge read Mrs. Maddis.

"Oh hi there love, what can I do for you today?" Mrs. Maddis spoke softly. I smiled.

"Hi, I'm Isabella Swan, it's my first day" I explained, "But everyone just calls me Bella"

"Ah Charlie's daughter" she repeated as she typed away at her computer. "It's nice to meet you Bella, here is your schedule" She handed me a piece of paper and a school diary as well as a blue slip. "You'll need to get all your teachers to sign this and return it by the end of the week. Your father has informed the school of your situation" I breathed in deeply. I was nervous especially now that she brought this up. "So if you need anything don't hesitate to ask, good luck dear" I bowed my head slightly in thanks as I quickly ducked out of the office back into the hall as the bell rang signaling the start of class. I had English first, looking between my map and the hall itself was very confusing. I ended up arriving five minutes late to class. How embarrassing. Signaling I was new straight away.

I stood in the door way to the class for a moment before the teacher turned to face me. "Hello there, can I help you?" he asked.

"I hope so, "I whispered, "Is this English, with Mr. Clark?" he nodded, "I'm sorry I was late it's my first day," I gave him both my schedule and the blue slip. He promptly signed it and pulled out his roll adding my name to the list no doubt.

"Ok class I'd like you all to welcome Miss Isabella Swan," Mr. Clark said and I shuddered. I really did prefer Bella.

"Just Bella" I answered.

"Take a seat with Angela," Mr. Clark motioned, "Angela can you help Miss Swan around today?" The young girl nodded enthusiastically as I took my seat beside her. She moved her text book for us to share as Mr. Clark turned his attention back to the text.

Angela was a really nice person, she seemed genuine. She didn't fuss to much which I liked. But she helped me around all morning, and led me to sit with her at lunch where I met Jessica, Eric, Tyler and Mike as well.

"Hey guys this is Bella, Bella this is Tyler, Mike, Eric and Jessica." Angela introduced as we all sat down with our trays. Jessica moved herself closer to me. She looked nervous.

"Wow it's like we're in first grade again, you're the shiny new toy," she laughed, "Where did you come from?"

"Phoenix," I answered taking a bite of my celery sticks. She looked at me weird.

"Aren't people from Arizona supposed to be tan?" She asked. I chuckled to myself.

"Maybe that's why they kicked me out," I teased. Mike laughed as well.

"She's good," Mike answered, "Watch out, the freaks are back."

"They aren't freaks" Angela answered pushing her tray forward to hit into Mike's. I turned my head to see who he was referring too as two people walked through the door to the cafeteria. One had long blonde hair; she looked like a movie star. She was beautiful her skin was perfect; she wore skinny jeans with a denim jacket and a scarf. She looked like the other girl that was with Alice last week. Beside her stood a man with extremely short hair, a smirk on his face. He wore a sweat suit; he was muscular to say the least. He had hold of her hand as they walked past us.

"Who are they?" I questioned facing the girls.

"Dr Cullen and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids" Jessica answered, these must be the kids Charlie was talking about." The blonde one that's Rosalie, the guy with her is Emmett they are together, together. That's not right."

"Oh come on, it's not like they are related or anything", Angela spoke up softly as another two came into the cafeteria behind them. One I recognized as Alice, the other a man I hadn't seen before. 'That's Alice and the man with her is Jasper"

"Yeah, he always looks like he's in pain or something," Jessica added as they too walked past. Behind them entered a single man. I watched him as he moved through the cafeteria a smirk appearing on his face as if he could hear us talking about him.

"Who's he?" I asked.

"That's Edward," Jessica looked back at her plate, "Absolutely gorgeous, but it's not like anyone here is good enough for him."

I watched as he smiled again, his bronze hair waving in the air as he moved his eyes away from us. They were beautiful; He looked at me briefly as he passed us. He turned away taking his seat. I turned my head again.

"Don't waste your time," Jessica added.

"I wasn't planning on it," I bit my lower lip as the bell rang. I hung my head low.

"Hey Bella, what do you have next?" Mike asked.

"Biology," I murmured.

"I'll take you," Mike answered, leading me off. I smiled at the others and promised to see them later. We walked up the hall before we came to a classroom. He pushed me inside and then left. Mr. Banner smiled at me as I handed him my schedule and the slip of paper much like the first class. There was a fan on in the room, it blew through my hair, I looked around the classroom I noticed Edward sitting at a bench alone, he quickly reached his hand over his mouth. What was wrong with him?

Mr. Banner handed me a text book and led me to the bench with Edward, I took my seat and opened up my book. I looked over at Edward. His eyes, they were pitch black. Eerily beautiful to say the last. We sat like that for fifteen minutes listening to the lecture and the watching the diagrams in front of us. But, I suddenly needed to go to the bathroom. I don't think lunch was mixing with me too well. That or pregnancy. The two seemed to go hand in hand lately. I raised my hand.

"Yes Bella?" Mr. Banner spoke firmly.

"May I be excused to go to the bathroom please?" I questioned, he nodded motioning me to the front and giving me a slip. I quickly left and made my way to the bathroom, pushing myself into a cubicle I sat on the ground as I felt my lunch resurface. I waited for my hair to fall in my face but it never did.

"Bella?" A friendly voice spoke, I reached over for some paper towel to wipe my face clean when I saw Alice.

"Alice," I spoke softly. "What are you doing here?"

"I saw that you would be in here," Alice whispered, she smiled. "How far along are you?"

"Three months," I answered, "Thank you," She smiled that wicked smile of hers.

"Anytime," she whispered. "I know we're going to be great friends." We stayed in the bathroom for an hour until the end of class just talking. We spoke about many things; Alice went from babies to clothes and shoes. She was talking about all the things she could buy my baby. I could see myself really liking her, I already felt like she was my best friend. She had my back so to speak. After school she also took me home. She was driving a Volvo S60R.

"Nice car," I mentioned a few times. I didn't know a lot about cars but Volvo's were Matt's favorites, I learnt to tell them from others. She explained that it was actually her brother Edwards. He'd been picked up by their father early and he left the car for her to drive. When she pulled up at home, I smiled thankfully at her.

"I'll be by to pick you up in the morning Bella," She promised, "I'll see you then,"

"Okay," I whispered, "Thanks again Alice." I closed the door and stepped back as she pulled out of the driveway. I kept watching, until she disappeared into the darkness. I walked inside to find Charlie sitting in the living room. Today wasn't such a bad day, although I wanted to know more about this Edward. Moreso the reason why he looked ready to throw up the moment I walked into the room.


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