Chapter 2

Beep beep beep.

I reached over and turned off my alarm. I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom to take a shower. When I had used up all of the hot water attempting to release the knots of tension in my body I turned it off. I got out and got dressed for school. I went downstairs and ate a slice of toast and a glass of orange juice. I returned to my room to gather up my school stuff and checked the clock. I grabbed my keys and after pausing realised I would need my jacket too because I wasn't in Phoenix anymore. I went out to my truck and sat into it. I sighed as I mentally prepared for the day to some.

I arrived at Forks High School a few minutes later. I parked in the car park realising I was one of the first here. I made my way, following the sign, to the main office.

I walked into the office and saw the woman at the desk. She seemed to be in her forties, she had her brown hair in a tight bun and she wore a blouse and skirt. I approached and she smiled at me and gave me a knowing look.

'You must be Isabella,' she said.

'Bella,' I corrected.

'Oh well its nice to meet you Bella, I have you paperwork here. Please fill this out and here is your timetable and map,' she handed me the paper and I filled out the sheets and returned them to her.

'Oh one more thing Bella, please get this slip signed by every teacher and return it at the end of the day'

'Sure thing.'

'Great,' she smiled. 'I hope you like it here and I'll see you later then.'

I left the office and studied the map hoping I wouldn't need it. I was walking down the hall again when I was ambushed.

'Hi I'm Alice and you must be Isabella,' said the girl who had just appeared out of nowhere a moment ago, almost causing me to slip on the floor in surprise.

The girl was very short with short black spiky hair. She was gorgeous. She had a very determined look in her eye as she watched me waiting for a reply.

'Uh hi, it's Bella actually'

'Okay Bella it is,' she replied happily. 'I think that we are going to be great friends. What's your timetable like?' she asked snatching it out of my hand.

'Great we have English and gym together.'

'Uh gym,' I said making a face. I suddenly felt very much at ease around Alice. She gave me a questioning look.

'Gym and a very klutzy Bella do not go well together,' I explained.

'Oh well I'll be there so it will be fun,' she told me.

'Sure,' I said rolling my eyes. The idea of gym being fun was about as likely as it was that a blue pig was about to race across the sky flying.

'Come on lets go to English,' she said as she dragged me to class. Weirdly enough there was an empty seat beside her and I sat there. I spent the class talking to Alice. She invited me to eat lunch with her and her friends and I accepted.

English passed quickly and so did my other classes. Before I knew it, it was lunchtime. I walked into the cafeteria and I spotted Alice sitting at a table with four other people. I walked over and when Alice saw me coming, she beamed and pulled out the chair next to her

'Hi Bella.'

'Hi Alice,' I said shyly as I sat down.

'Okay well this is Jasper, my boyfriend.' She indicated the boy sitting on her other side. He was tall and had blond hair.

'This is Rosalie, she is jasper's twin.' Rosalie was gorgeous. She looked like a model. She was tall, slim, she had long blond hair like Jasper she was looking at me with icy eyes.

'This is Emmet, Rosalie's boyfriend.' Emmet was HUGE. He was really tall and muscled with curly brown hair and a goofy grin on his face.

'And last but not least this is Edward.' I looked at Edward and I stopped breathing for a few seconds. Edward was the most boyish looking of the boys. He was absolutely mouth-wateringly gorgeous. He had gorgeous messy bronze coloured hair that I just wanted to run my hands through and he had emerald green eyes that made it seem like you could see straight into his soul.

'Hello earth to Bella,' Alice said waving her hands in front of my face.

'Oh sorry I was just thinking,' I said blushing tomato red.

'Well you know Bella,' Alice said sweetly. 'Edward is single if you were wondering.'

'Alice shut up,' I exclaimed turning an even deeper shade of red. I heard a deep chuckle that captured my attention. I turned to look at Edward and saw him chuckling and looking straight at me with a crooked smile. Omg! That smile made my heart stop, stutter and start again. I looked away quickly.

'Okay so everyone this is Bella, Chief Swan's daughter.'

There was a chorus of 'hello Bella' from around the table. For the rest of the lunchtime I got to know everyone better. Everyone was really friendly with me except Rosalie, she was really cold towards me. Emmet loved the fact that I was a complete klutz and he loved it even more that I blushed so easily.

When the bell went at the end of lunch, I bid my friends goodbye and made my way to biology. On the way there, a blonde girl shoved my shoulder as she walked past me sneering while saying 'Whoops.' I rolled my eyes, was that the best she could do?

I made it to biology, Mr. Banner signed my slip and directed me to the only empty seat. Next to Edward. My heart picked up speed as I made my way to the seat.

'Hello Bella,' Edward said to me as I sat down. I loved hearing him say my name.

'Hi,' I said not sure if I could manage saying more with out making a fool of myself.

'Okay everyone I want you to work in pairs today, look at the slides in the microscope and fill out the questions on the sheet,' Mr. Banner said.

'Lauren will you pass out the sheets to everyone?'

I saw Lauren stand up and take the sheets from Mr. Banner. It was the girl who had shoved me in the hallway earlier. Lauren was tall with long, obviously dyed, blond hair. She was wearing skinny jeans that looked a bit too tight on her, a pink top that revealed way too much in the cleavage department and which seemed to be stuck to her around the waist. She also had on a pair of black high-heeled ankle boots. All in all Lauren looked like a slut. She really needed to invest in some clothes that actually fit her.

She began passing the sheets out to everyone. When she reached our table, she glared at me before turning to gave at Edward with a look of longing.

'Hey Edward,' she said, obviously trying to sound sexy or something but not achieving that at all. She then gave Edward a cheeky grin and winked at him as she placed the sheet on the table. Before walking away, she managed to give me a "if looks could kill" glare.

I heard Edward sigh beside me and I looked over. I was sitting pinching the bridge of his nose. For some reason I found this extremely funny and started to giggle. He heard me and looked up in confusion, which just made me laugh more.

'Girl troubles?' I guessed.

'Yeah Lauren never leaves me alone and I am so sick of it.'

'Well she seems like a sweet girl,' I said attempting to keep a straight face. Edward gazed at me with a look of disbelief.

'You really think that?' he asked obviously shocked. I couldn't contain my laughter anymore and began to giggle for the second time since the start of class.

'No of course not, did you see the look she gave me? And this morning when she walked past me she shoved me and then placed innocent.'

'I cant believe she did that to you, she doesn't even know you.'

'Awww too bad she hates me, I would really love to be friends with her.'

Edward chuckled and smiled at me with his crooked grin again. I melted.

'Okay so do you want to look at the slide first?' Edward asked politely.

'Umm sure,' I said still a bit dazzled.

We spent the remainder of the class taking turns to look at the slides, answering the questions and talking. Edward asked me questions about myself from my favourite colour to my favourite band, surprisingly we had a lot in common.

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