Disclaimer: I do not own Edward. Sadly. If I did, he'd be here next to me right now, along with Jasper and Garrett...

A/N: Nothing to say today, except, you guys are so awesome and love this story already that I couldn't be mean and wait to post this chapter. Thank you for all of your reviews on this, as well as in Thoroughly Modern Bella. And thank you to my Beta reader, because she is amazing and helps me so much!

Here I was: Forks Junior High School. Also known as "Hell in Building-Form." So far, I hadn't had any classes with Alice, my cousin, and the one person I knew here. I was in all advanced classes, so that would explain why Alice wasn't with me, not to be mean. It was just the truth. Alice wasn't as intellectually gifted as I was. Gosh, I sound like a stuck-up jerk. I dashed those thoughts from my mind as I went up to the lunch line even though I wasn't really hungry. I was far too nervous to eat.

I grabbed a faded red tray and took only a bottle of apple juice. I quickly paid for it and started walking slowly to find somewhere to sit. That's when I spotted Alice and her group of friends. There were two guys and three girls, including Alice. I knew these were her friends she had been talking about all week as she helped me move in and get situated. There was a big guy with a lot of muscles. Right next to him was a very pretty blonde girl, and a blonde boy next to her. Then there was Alice of course, and on Alice's right side was the most beautiful creature I had ever laid eyes on.

She wasn't the normal type of beautiful, like the blonde girl at the table. She was completely ordinary, but she fascinated me. She had brown hair that was in waves down her back and she seemed tiny, though not as small as Alice. She had her nose in a book, so that was a pretty good sign that we'd be able to get along. She looked so fragile, yet strong at the same time. I walked over to Alice, nervous to be in this school, but even more nervous to be next to this beautiful girl.

"Hey, Alice." I paused nervously. "Would you mind if I sat with you today?" I really didn't think she would turn me away if I had just sat down next to her, but it was polite to ask, all the same.

"Oh, no, go ahead," she replied. "You can sit between Bella and me." Bella. That was this angel's name. Bella, Bella, Bella, Bella, Bella. I grabbed a chair and pulled it out noisily before sitting down between the girls. Alice then began pointing out who the people were around the table.

"Okay, well, this right here is Bella, like I said," Alice began, pointing to her, and Bella waved shyly at me. Alice turned to her left. "This is Jasper and Rosalie Hale, and yes, they're twins," she said, pointing to the blondes. "And that thing over there is Emmett McCarty." He held out his fist to me, which I guessed it meant I was supposed to... what did they call it? "Pound it?," I guess. I bumped my fist awkwardly to his. I quietly drank my apple juice for a few minutes before curiosity got the best of me.

"So, what book are you reading, Bella?" I asked, a bit nervous to be talking to her. I, of course, would not let this show. Her brow wrinkled a little before she answered me.

"Oh, umm, Jane Eyre. I'm about halfway done. I would have been done, but Alice wanted to go shopping." I smiled as she threw Alice a glare. I had heard about Alice's little hobby.

"Yeah, I've seen how Alice can get when it comes to her and the mall. Yep. That book's pretty good for a girl book," I said. I had read it, of course. And it was all Esme's doing. Bella looked back at me, surprised.

"What? You've actually read it?"

"Yes. When you've got a mother like mine, you have to read all the classics, even the girly ones. Don't worry, I didn't read it too long ago. I prefer Eragon..." I trailed off. Who didn't like dragons, honestly? Bella threw me a sceptical look.

"Eragon? You have GOT to be kidding me."

"What?" I asked innocently.

"Come on, that book is horrible! And the movie sucked too!" Oh, no she did not...

"Hey, now, don't drag the movie in, it's not it's fault," I began defensively. "What don't you like about it?" It took her less than a second to reply.

"It's boring. I mean, it's some dragon running around all over the place. I do admit, I like the dragon chick thing, but I hate Eragon." It pleased me to see that she knew about books, even the ones she hated. That's when I figured out her weakness.

"And I would guess that you like that Harry Potter crap better?" Ugh, Harry Potter, come on.

"Oh, heck yes, I do!" she exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Well... I guess I'll have to overlook that if we're going to be friends." I hoped we could be friends... She pondered what I had said for a second before she answered.

"Then I guess I'll have to overlook you liking that disgusting dragon stuff... ew. Let me guess, you like Tolkien as well?" She knew my type as well.

"Almost more than my life," I said. Nerdy, but true.

"Gosh, then I'll have to live with you I guess. Have you read Anne of Green Gables yet?"

"No, not yet." I had been meaning to read that one, and my mother had been wanting me to.

"I'm bringing it for you tomorrow morning," she offered, smiling at me.

"Okay, that'd be nice. All this stuff that they're giving me today is so easy and I've already done most of it, so it shouldn't take me long to read it," I said, almost a bit too smugly. I didn't want to sound too stuck-up, because then she wouldn't like me.

"Good! Honestly, it's one of my favorite books. Anne's just so imaginative and has such great views of things. Plus, she's normal and makes her mistakes, so that's good." She was interrupted by Alice throwing a fork at her.

"Come on, nerds, the bell just rang, we gotta get to class," Alice said, sounding a tad annoyed. She got like that when she didn't really understand what was going on. Bella turned back to me.

"What do you have next, Edward?" she asked nicely, being very polite.

"Uhhh..." I didn't remember and had to pull out that schedule. "Science. My favorite!" I could see Alice rolling her eyes out of the corner of my eye.

"Well, I'm heading to English, but I'll see you later, I guess."

Well, darn, I thought.

"Yeah. See ya," I said, walking off to the science room. As I walked, all I could think about was Bella. She had taken all of my fears and nervousness away. There was something about her that was special. I didn't know what it was, but I was going to spend the next few years of school figuring it out.

A/N: I know, "AWWWW", right? Still, I have nothing to say. Thank you for reading and please review!