AN: Alright everyone, since I was amazed by all of the updates and reviews I got, I decided to go ahead and upload this week's chapters. I plan on regularly updating on weekends cause it gives me more time to write chapters out, upload them, and review them for any errors. I actually plan on going back and fixing all the mistakes in my other stories.
I've got a question for everyone out there who reads my stories. Would you consider reading the crossover story that I mentioned in the AN at the end of the last chapter. It's just an idea and a work in progress as of right now and I dont know if I want to upload it or not.
I'm only going to write a disclaimer in this chapter only instead of repeating it.
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing, and everything belongs to their respective owners, otherwise I would be filthy rich by now.
Chapter Two
New School, New Problems
I woke up to the smell of something delicious coming from the kitchen. I got up and did my morning routine of taking a quick shower, blow drying my hair, brushing my teeth, and getting dressed before heading downstairs. I put on a long sleeved, band t-shirt with a pair of baggy, ripped jeans. I tied the laces on my black, Chuck Taylor's, grabbed my backpack that had all my school supplies in it, and made my way downstairs.
When I got downstairs, I saw Sue filling a couple of plates up with food and setting them down on the table. I walked over to her and gave her a hug. She reciprocated and shot me a smile before motioning for me to go eat. As I made my way over to the table something attached itself to my legs almost causing me to fall. I looked down and saw that little Leah had firmly attached herself to my legs.
"Good morning, Leah." I said and gave her a hug. She smiled and ran over to the table to sit down. I pulled out her chair for her and scooted her in so that she could eat.
"Thank you." she said quietly and started to eat. I followed her actions and dug into the wonderful food that Sue had made. She made a breakfast hash with a fried egg on top, and the second it hit my tongue I couldn't stop the moan that spilled from my mouth.
"Wow, Sue, this tastes amazing!" I exclaimed.
"Thank you, Bella. Charlie wanted me to tell you that there's a present in the garage for you. He said that it should take care of him not being able to take you to school this morning." she told me.
I instantly got excited about what my present might be, so I shoved my food down my throat and made my way into the garage. There sitting in all its glory was a white Suzuki Hayabusa with blue lightning bolts that were detailed in silver. On top of my new bike there was a brand new, black, leather jacket, the keys to the Hayabusa, and a helmet that matched the bike. The helmet being white with the exact same designs on it. I then saw an envelope with my name written on it.
Dear Bella,
I'm sorry that I'm not able to take you to school today, not that you would mind because we would have to take the police cruiser. Anyways, a friend down at the reservation had this bike, but it was all beat up. I had him and his son fix it up for me as well as give it a new paint job. Please don't worry about how much this cost because I got it for pretty cheap believe it or not. Just think of this as your earlier eighteenth birthday present.
Love, Dad
P.S. the directions to the school are on the back of this letter. Have a good first day, Bells.
I have the best Dad in the entire world, bar none.
I took a few moments to study the directions and then hopped on my bike and took off towards my new school. Apparently everyone knew that there was a new student coming so most of the entire student body were waiting outside. I parked my bike right next to a canary, yellow Porsche which was at the very front of the school. Just as I was about to get off of my bike, a group of boys came running up to me.
"Dude, you have an awesome bike. What's your name, man?" a blonde haired, baby faced kid asked me while his other two friends were drooling over my bike. I guess they couldn't tell that I was girl, well mostly a girl, from my helmet and face shield covering my entire face.
I sighed and got off my bike kicking out the kickstand to hold it up. I then pulled off my helmet and shook out my hair so that I could get rid of my helmet hair. The expressions on the guys' faces when I took off my helmet was hilarious. Their mouths were practically on the floor in shock at the fact that I wasn't a guy. Since I had to go get my schedule and figure out where my classes were before they began, I pushed through the crowd of guys and made my way to the front desk. When I got there I saw a frazzled woman going over a lot of paperwork, and I felt bad for having to make her stop her work to help me out.
"Excuse me, ma'am, I'm sorry to take you away from your work for a little bit but I'm Bella Swan and I need to pick up my schedule." I said causing her to look up at me. She began to scroll through some files from her desk and pulled out a regular paper and a pink slip of paper.
"It's not a problem, dear. I just got behind on some filing and it just continued to pile up on me. Now your schedule is on the regular piece of paper, and I need you to get all of your teachers to sign this pink slip and then you need to turn it back into me." she stated handing over the papers to me.
"Will do, ma'am, and I hope your work day gets better for you." I told her and smiled. Her face lit up in a light pink color.
"Thank you, Bella, and I hope you have a good first day." she said and waved to me as I left.
As I made my way down the main halls of the school, people would continually look at me with wide eyes and whisper things to their friends. I shrugged it off and continued to make my way to Biology class. I heard a lot of noise coming from the classroom, but the second that I walked in everyone went dead silent. The teacher walked in right behind me and everyone scrambled to get into their seats.
"Hello everyone, today we have a new student. Her name is Bella Swan. Bella, please tell the class something about yourself." he asked me.
"Well my name is Bella Swan and I just moved here from Florida." I stated. Right after I finished the class erupted into whispers.
"Ms. Swan, you'll be sitting next to Ms. Cullen. Alice, if you could raise your hand please." he said.
I saw a dainty arm raise itself into the air. My eyes followed the arm to its owner. I felt like the wind got knocked out of me when I saw her. She looked like a dark Tinkerbelle with black hair that was spiked in every direction, but still looked feathery soft. I could tell that she was short considering the fact that her feet were barely touching the ground while she sat. I was blown away by her eyes though. They were a deep, emerald green, color that made me get lost in them. It sounds so corny, but it's so true.
"Bella, if you'll give me your pass and go take your seat please." the teacher said. I nodded and handed him my slip. In return he gave me a Biology book and I made my way over to my seat. My heart started beating quicker with every step I made towards Alice.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Bella Swan does not get nervous over some girl! So take a deep breath and get the hell over it, Swan!
I actually made it to my seat without tripping over air or anything on the floor. I plopped down in my chair with a grunt, still trying to overcome the evilest of all evils, jet lag. I don't know how business men do it when they travel to different times zones every other day. I certainly know what I'm not going to major in at college when I go. A giggle that sounded like wind chimes broke me out of my thoughts. I turned to look over at the Aphrodite replica sitting next to me.
"Hi, I'm Bella." I said and held out my hand.
"I know. I'm Alice, and it's nice to meet you." she replied, her voice even sounding like how I depicted Tinkerbelle's would. She shook my hand and I felt little butterflies erupt in the pit of my stomach.
"I know, and it's nice to meet you too." I replied causing the both of us to laugh quietly. We stopped talking when Mr. Banner started to lecture on genes and how they are passed down. Of course this caused some of the guys in the class to make crude comments throughout his lecture. I felt something slide across the desk and hit my hand. I looked down and saw that it was a note from Alice.
Why did you move from Florida to Forks - A
I wanted to move back in with my Dad - B
That's really sweet of you - A
Well I haven't really seen him since I was six, so I took the chance when I had it - B
Hey, there's a party tonight at a friend's house. Want to come over? - A
Sure, I guess I could drop by - B
She emitted a tiny squeal and gave me the address to the house. We made conversation with each other after Mr. Banner got finished with his lecture. It turns out that she has two older brother's and that one of them was her twin. She also didn't care about gay relationships because one of her brothers is gay.
When the bell rang I made my way to my next classes getting my slip signed by all of my teachers. So far they're all nice and seem pretty cool. There's just one problem that I had with this school. Mike Newton had asked me out in every place possible. In the classrooms, hallways, at my locker, and on my way to the cafeteria. If the kid doesn't stop I'll have to sock him one to get my point across.
For lunch I'd decided to go sit outside alone wanting some peace and quiet away from random kids asking me questions about my life. I went to go get the lunch that Sue made for me out of my locker. Yeah, Sue has definitely earned some brownie points in my book. As I made my way outside I heard some jeering and uproars of laughter coming from and empty classroom. I looked inside and saw a young boy around the age of fifteen getting harassed by a group of older guys from my grade.
"Hey, why don't you just leave the kid alone!" I shouted at them as I entered the classroom. With my distraction the boy ran out of the classroom as fast as possible while all of the other guys were looking at me with stunned expressions.
"Dude, it's cool. We were just messing with him. It's not like he's not used to it anyways. He needs to go back to school on that stupid Indian reservation anyways." Tyler said. It was the same Tyler from Mike's group. I looked around at the guys and spotted Mike hiding behind the rest of the group.
"That doesn't mean you have the right to pick on somebody and harass them like that!" I exclaimed. My blood boiled when I heard them start laughing.
"You're new here and you don't understand, Bella. Here in Forks the Indians have their own community that they stay at and don't mingle with anyone outside of it. They're just a bunch of losers that need to stay on their side of Washington." a tall, skinny, blonde guy said. He had curly blonde hair with green eyes that had a glint in them. I couldn't handle what they were saying so I turned around and left. I went outside to go eat and saw the same boy that was getting picked on earlier eating by himself. I sat myself down beside him.
"Hey." I said to him. He looked up at me with wide eyes, and I thought that I recognized him from somewhere else. He looked very familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"I'm Bella, it's nice to meet you…" I said holding out my hand to him with a smile on my face.
"Seth, it's nice to meet you too, Bella. Did someone bet you to talk to me or something?" he questioned. I shook my head and his eyes went wide again. That made me very upset. Just because someone has a different heritage or is a different race doesn't mean that you have to be mean to them.
"No, I wanted to come hang out with you. I like hanging out with people that are different. Being normal is too overrated, don't you think?" I asked him. He laughed and nodded.
"So where do you live?" he asked.
"I'm living with my Dad, Charlie Swan and his girlfriend Sue right now." I said. I watched in amusement as Seth's mouth dropped open and stayed like that.
"Wait a minute! You're the Isabella Swan that Charlie wouldn't stop talking about after he got the phone call from your mom. My Mom's Sue and Leah's my little sister." he replied. It was my turn for my eyes to get wide.
So that's why he looked so familiar! He looks just like his mother.
"I thought you looked familiar. You look just like your mom, Seth." I told him. His cheeks darkened and he ducked his head in embarrassment.
We talked to each other until the bell rang to end lunch and then went off to our respective classes. I almost fell asleep in my next three classes before I got to go home. I walked outside to see Seth standing next to my bike waiting for me. I smiled and gave him a small wave as I made my way over to him. He waved back and I could hear everyone from the school start whispering in each other's ears.
Honestly! Do people here in Forks have nothing better to do than harass innocent people and start rumors about them! Forks is about to get a major lesson on how to treat people around here from me.
"Hey Seth, is something going on?" I asked him. He flushed in embarrassment and looked down at the parking lot floor while scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"My Mom told me that I needed to get a ride home with you. Something happened down at Leah's school that she needs to get taken care of." he stated.
"Sure you can have a ride. Do you want to wear the helmet?" I asked him. He shook his head and pulled out a pair of sunglasses out of his backpack. We both laughed and got on my bike. I put on my helmet and made sure that Seth was okay before taking off towards home.
It took us about ten minutes because of the rain that we ran into while going home. It's definitely not the smartest idea to go fast on wet terrain, unless you want to be torn into little pieces when you crash. The second we walked inside I saw that Sue was trying to comfort Leah while small sobs emitted from her. I felt my heart clench at hearing such a young girl crying in pain. It not only made me mad at whatever had upset her, but my maternal instincts had come out to play as well.
"Sue, what happened?" I asked as I sat down on the couch next to her and Leah with Seth on the other side of them.
"Leah got beat up by some of the kids in her class because she's Native American." Sue said sadly. What is it with the people here hating Native Americans? They're regular people like me and my Dad yet everyone here doesn't understand this.
"I think I'm going to home school you from now on, Leah." Sue said and sighed.
"Mommy, no! I have to keep Angela safe from the bullies!" Leah exclaimed. Sue's eyes looked at Leah in confusion.
"What are you talking about, Leah?" she asked wiping away her daughter's left over tears on her face.
"Angela's new in my class and she told the bullies to stop when they were making fun of me. They pushed her down on the floor so I pushed one of the bullies too. They got really mad and started punching me and Angela, but I rolled on top of her so that they couldn't hurt her." Leah said. Throughout the course of her story I was completely enraged at the kids who hurt Leah and her friend, but I couldn't help but inwardly smile when I heard that Leah protected Angela.
Looks like Leah has the spirit of a protector in her. I wonder if she's got a warrior's spirit or not too.
"Sue, if you don't care that is, I could teach Leah how to protect herself." I offered.
"With all do respect, Bella, I would rather my daughter not get involved in that mindless violence that you do." she stated. I could understand that she didn't want her daughter to get into fights, but it didn't lessen the pain that I felt when she said this.
"How'd you know?" I asked.
"Not only did Charlie get regular phone calls about what fights you'd get into from school and the underground fight league you were in. I've even seen videos of you fighting on the internet, and I question why you would put someone through so much pain without a good reason for it." Sue replied.
Who does Sue think she is judging me the way she is? I understand that she doesn't like it when people fight, but she has absolutely no idea of my past life and why I fight. She's the last person I expected to be judged by considering the fact that she gets judged every day for being a different ethnicity. She has no idea how much pain I've suffered through from the course of my fighting career that I have. I was spitting mad and knew that I had to cool down before I exploded in front of her and her kids. It's not polite to drop major curse word bombs while young children and ladies are in the room.
"How about the fact that I was trying to provide for my family, Sue!" I yelled and ran upstairs to my room leaving her stunned.
I went into my closet and pulled out a small shoe box that I had on the top shelf. I grabbed the old pictures out of the box and tears welled up in my eyes as they ran over the form of part of my past life in Arizona. A sob escaped me as I took in the picture of me holding my daughter in my arms just minutes after she had been born. My girlfriend at the time had a tired smile on her face while I had a face splitting grin adorning mine. I sat on my bed and cried for the next half an hour remembering the time I spent with my girlfriend and our daughter. I then put the photos away in the box and put it back in my closet on the top shelf so I could go get ready for the party tonight.
Rest in piece, Sarah. I promise that I'll get our daughter back and raise her how we wanted to. Mommy's going to find you, Alex, just don't give up on me yet.
AN: Did anyone guess that Bella's secret was going to be this epic, because I didnt when I first started writing this story. This is the secret that Bella's going to be dealing with instead of her going through the same problem that Jake-Tyler had with his dad dying.
Let me know what ya guys think XD!