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Chapter 2:
Beep, Beep, Beep.
I rolled over to turn off my alarm. Ugh. Today was Monday. Great, today was the day that I started at my new school. My day wasn't off to a good start, seeing as I didn't get much sleep last night because all I could think about were these stupid Cullen people... I don't know why I am so intrigued by them. It had been a few days since Jacob had warned me about them and for the whole weekend they occupied my thoughts. Stupid, I don't even know them.
With a loud sigh, I got up out of bed, grabbed some clothes and made my way to the bathroom to have a shower. I was in the shower for a good 10 minutes before the hot water actually started to calm my nerves. After I finished washing my hair, I stepped out and dried myself off. When my hair was dry and sitting plainly on my shoulders, I got dressed and made my way downstairs to have some breakfast.
"Morning, Dad." I said when I saw Charlie sitting at the table with his coffee.
"Morning Bells, sleep well?" He asked, not looking up from his paper.
"Yes, thank you." I sat down with my cereal and ate one cheerio at a time, not wanting to be too early for my first day.
"Well I'm off; I'll see you when I get home tonight. Good luck today, Bells." He said as he kissed me on the head.
"Thanks Dad." I said.
By the time I got to school, there were already a few people pulling into the parking lot. I pulled into the first spot I saw and jumped out, locking the doors and made my way to the front office.
I opened the door and was greeted by an older lady who seemed to know who I was.
"Ah, Isabella. We have been expecting you for a while now." She said with a smile. I smiled back.
"Here is your timetable and the slips you will need to get signed by each of your teachers and then return them to me at the end of the day. Enjoy Forks High!" She was quite friendly.
"Thank You." I replied.
As I was collecting up my papers, I heard the door swing open; signalling someone else had entered the office. I turned around a little too quickly and smashed into the chest of that someone else and of course, my papers went flying.
"Great." I muttered.
"Oh, I'm sorry, let me help you." The stranger said.
When I had recollected all of my papers, I stood up, only to be face to face with a very attractive boy, who could pass as one of the Greek gods. He had such mesmerising eyes that I could easily get lost in. The shrill of the bell made us both jump, so I quickly said my thank you's and made my way to my first class.
Wow, what a way to start off my first day. I didn't even introduce myself. We could have been friends. I could've had someone to sit next to at lunch. Damn.
I walked through the door of my first class to see that it had almost started. As soon as I stepped through the door, any sort of conversation that was being made between the students had been stopped to watch the new student walk through the classroom.
"Welcome, Isabella. May I have your slip?" I turned my attention to the teacher and handed my slip.
"It's just Bella." I said with a smile.
"No worries, you can take a seat next to Mr. Newton. Back row. Second from the right." He said, returning my slip.
"Thank you."
As I sat down and tried to get focused in on the lesson, I felt as though someone was watching me. I looked to my right and saw this Newton kid staring at me. He snapped out of his daze when he realised I was looking at him.
"Hey, I'm Mike Newton! How are you settling in so far?" He asked excitedly.
"I'm Bella. This is my first class, so it's been alright so far." I replied.
"Oh I know who you are. The whole school has been waiting for your arrival." He said with a smile,
Great.
I just smiled at him.
"You could have lunch with me and my friends today, just until you make some friends of your own." He seemed nice, almost too nice.
"That would be great, thank you." I turned my attention back to the teacher and watched the clock counting down the minutes so I could get away from Mike.
I had finally made it to lunch. I survived. Mike was in pretty much all of my classes and of course the only spare seat in the class was next to him.
I wonder why!
Each class had the same routine, walk in, talk to the teacher, sit down next to Mike - I could feel a daily routine being formed.
I had made a few other friends in some of my other classes like Angela Webber. She was a nice, quiet but friendly girl who also invited me to sit with her at lunch which happened to be the same table as Mike's.
I was lining up to buy some lunch , when the guy in front of me somehow tripped on his own feet and fell backwards onto me which caused me to fall backwards. As I waited for the impact with the floor, I felt two strong arms slide under my own, helping me to stay off the floor. When I was placed back on to my own feet I turned around to see who my hero was.
It was the guy from the office. This time I actually took in his features; pale skin, bronze-coloured hair that was a mess, beautiful green eyes. He was gorgeous.
"Thank you...again." I said.
"Not a problem." He simply said.
I turned back in the line, grabbed my lunch and made my way over to the table where Angela was sitting. Everyone was silent and was looking at me like I had 3 heads. Angela cleared her throat and everyone went back to their conversations. Were they acting like this because I was talking to that guy in the line?
Weird, he seemed nice to me.
Lunch and fifth period went by quickly and I was lucky enough to blend a little bit more into the background. Biology was my next class and I was excited because this was my favourite subject and also it was the last period before the day ended. I walked in with Mike, (as he insisted he walk with me to each class) with a smile on my face. I handed the teacher my slip.
"You can take the seat at the bench in the back row on the far left next to Edward." He stated.
"Thank You."
As I made my way to the bench I realised "Edward" was the Greek god from the office and the lunch line.
And he has a name.
I sat down at the bench and got ready for the lesson. He was the first to speak.
"You know, we should really stop running into each other like this." He said with a laugh. I joined him.
"I'm Bella Swan." I said.
"I'm Edward. Edward Cullen." He said. I stared at him, frozen in place as he had just said the name Cullen.
Oh Shit. Cullen. Bad News. Stay Away.
As the blood rose to my cheeks the teacher called the class to attention which I couldn't have been more grateful for. During the lesson, we had to work in our pairs on something I had already done back in Phoenix.
"I've already done this lab." Edward sighed.
"Oh, yeah, me too." I tried to keep my cool. I didn't want him to know I was "afraid" of him like Jake said.
"So, what brings you too Forks?" He asked while getting started on the worksheet.
"Ummm.... just decided to come and live with my Dad for a while." I said,
"Oh yes, the famous Chief Swan. My dad is quite good friends with him." He stated.
"Oh really? I might know him, what's your dad's name?" I asked, wanting to know more about him before I could judge him.
" Cullen, he works at the local hospital." He continued to work on the lab, but I just kept staring at him. I was kind of confused.
Why does Jake think that he is bad news? Charlie likes his dad? Maybe it's Billy who doesn't like his family.
"So, how long have you been living in Forks?" I decided to start on my lab, but keep asking the questions.
"Not long, really. We only moved here at the beginning of last year. So probably about 15 months?" He answered, while looking me straight in the eye.
"You said we. How many siblings do you have?" I wanted answers so I could confront Jake about his dislike towards them.
"Five, including me. Carlisle and Esme adopted all of us." He looked up at me with a crooked smile on his face that completely took my breath away.
"Enough questions about me. What about you? Do you have any siblings?" Edward asked.
"Nope. I'm an only child." I said, feeling a little bit sad.
"Oh, I'm sorry." He apologized.
"Don't be sorry, it's not your fault." I kept my eyes on my work, trying not to let the traitor tears fall because I didn't want him to know that I got quite lonely when I was little.
"I'm sure if you were to become friends with my brothers and sisters, they would be like the siblings you never had. One day you should meet them." He reached out and touched my hand. I looked up at him and suddenly felt calm and like I had made a good friend.
We finished the lab work quickly and talked quietly for the rest of the lesson. When the final bell rang, I quickly packed up my stuff, said goodbye to Edward and then made my way to the office. Once I had sorted out my paperwork, I walked out into the parking lot to see Edward huddled close together with his family. They were talking quietly in the corner of the lot, but I still saw them. All of a sudden, they looked up at me. As I looked at each of their faces they were all smiling towards me. I smiled back and as Edward waved, I waved back.
Driving home, I still wasn't sure what Jacob didn't like about the Cullen's. They seemed like nice people. I know I had only talked to Edward but he wasn't too bad. I would ask around and see what other people thought of the Cullen's and then I would make the decision for myself whether or not I would become friends with them.
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