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Ch. 1 Sparks Fly
I just drove my sleek black Audi coupe into the school's parking lot - Chris and Jenna in the passengers' seats- when a gust of wind blew into the car once my door opened, sending some of my hair and the scent of vampires into my face. I looked over at Chris and Jenna, who seemed to have caught the scent too and just nodded to me.
"OK. Let's get this over with," I said, meaning the start of our schooling here and the possibility of meeting these vampires. I didn't know if they were friends or foe, but I just wanted to meet them and get on with my life. My family always wants me to meet vampires like us, hoping that I'd fall in love with one, but I didn't want to. Just the thought of that makes me think of my old fiancé - who is probably dead now- which leads to my parents. I keep thinking that they'd hate the idea that I'd marry someone else.
But strangely, we didn't meet them at all in the morning. In fact, I had become so occupied by everything else that I hadn't even remembered about the other vampires until it came to lunchtime.
I met up with Chris and Jenna outside the canteen before we stepped in. We walked over to the line to but our food props and once we did, we walked over to a small table over in the far corner of the room. As we began to talk about how our day had gone so far, the doors the canteen opened and the smell of vampires filled my nose, but I ignored it.
"Excuse me," I heard a small voice speak from behind me. I whipped around to see who was speaking to me and that is when I first laid my eyes on them.
There were 5 of them; 3 boys and 2 girls, and none looked alike. One of the guys looked like he could almost be Chris' twin brother, but he had dark brown hair that was curly. Another was a little bit less bulky compared to Chris' "reflection" as I called him and had honey blond hair. The last looked very boyish compared to his siblings and his disheveled hair had the bronzy-copper color of a penny.
The girls were total opposites of each other. While one was tall with the features of a girl from the cover of a Swimsuit Illustrated magazine and long blond hair, the other was about the height of Jenna with pixie features and had short black hair that was made into a halo of spikes around her face.
They all had the same pale skin and gold eyes as my family and I knew that these were the vampires from before. I have to say though, I couldn't figure which of them is the nicest looking one, but I was torn by 2 of then for that category – the blond girl or the boyish looking boy.
"Hi! I'm Alice Cullen. Do you mind if we sit with you?" the pixie said. I looked at Chris and Jenna, who nodded and then smiled to Alice. Her smile seemed to have become larger as she bounced up and down before sitting down. The blond girl took the seat next to her, Chris' look-alike sat beside her and Chris, and the blond boy sat beside Alice. The only seat that was left for the bronze haired boy was next to me.
As he sat down, his arm bumped into mine, and I felt sparks shoot up and down my arm. I had never been gladder in my life that I was a vampire, because if I wasn't, I probably would be blushing and my heart would be beating so hard, it would be like it was trying to escape from my chest.
"I'm Emmett Cullen," the one who resembled Chris so much said. "This is my- well, for school purposes- girlfriend, Rosalie Hale," he said as he pulled the blond girl closer to him and kissed her on the cheek.
"I'm Jasper Hale, supposed twin brother of Rosalie, and of course you know Alice already. She's my girlfriend," the blond beside Alice said. "And that there sitting beside you is Edward Cullen," he noted.
Edward. It sounded perfect for him. It sounded as though the name was made for an angel and that is who is named that. Stop it Bella! Have you forgotten? You were once engaged! I mentally scorned myself.
"Hi. My name's Isabella Swan, but I prefer Bella. This is my 'brother', Chris, and this is his girlfriend, Jenna Stewart," I introduced my family to the Cullens.
For the rest of the lunch period, we got to learn more about each other. Emmett really was like Chris' twin. They kept making everyone crack up. Alice, Rosalie, and Jenna had already planned a big shopping spree, and once again, Jenna got me to agree to go with them.
"Hey, do any of you guys have powers?" Alice asked from Jasper's side.
"Only Bella has powers," Jenna answered before I could utter one syllable.
"Really? What's that?" a musical voice that came from Edward's mouth asked.
I looked over to him, and I saw the strangest thing in his eyes. It was a mix of frustration and possibly- love? No, I must have made that up.
"It's nothing that special-" I began but was soon cut off by Jenna.
"'Nothing special?' Are you kidding me? Having the power over the five elements of the earth is 'nothing' to you?!" she fumed. It was a very scary site. Rule number 1 in my family: NEVER get Jenna angry unless you have no choice.
"Wow, the power over the five elements? You mean fire, earth, wood, air, and water?" Jasper asked. All I could do was nod because I had lost my voice when Jenna almost screamed at me.
"That is so awesome!" Alice proclaimed. "I'm able to see the future of someone once they make a decision. Jasper here," she looked at him and gave him a peck on the cheek before continuing, "has the ability to control and feel the emotions of others. Edward can read minds too."
Oh no! He can read minds? Does that mean he heard my thoughts about him? I recomposed myself before saying, "Really? Read minds? Wow! That' so cool!"
"I can't read yours though," he told me. I silently sighed with relief after hearing that.
The bell then rang and we had to go our own ways. My next class was biology, something I consider I'm very good at. As I began to make my way to the building for my next class, I heard someone shout "Hey!" I turned around to see a baby faced boy with pale blond hair in spikes running up behind me.
"Hi. I'm Mike Newton. You're new here, right?" he asked. I had to force myself not to roll my eyes. If he didn't know me, then of course I'm new here.
"Yeah, I'm Bella Swan. Nice to meet you Mike."
"Where you heading?
"Biology," I told him, hoping that he'd get the hint and leave me alone. No such luck!
"That's my next class too!" He seemed thrilled by this, but I was annoyed to hell by it. I walked the rest of the way to the building, Mike on my tail and talking non-stop.
Once we walked in, I saw that the rest of the class was already in the room, and the teacher was at his desk. The two things that really got my attention though were that there were only two seats left and they were at different ends of the room, and that beside one of the empty seats was… Edward. The best thing was Mike when off to the table opposite of Edward.
I walked up to the teacher- Mr. Banner- got my slip signed and walked over to the empty seat beside Edward. That's when he decided to surprise me even more. As I got closer to the desk, he stood up and pulled my seat out for me. I thanked him as he tucked my seat in and then he sat down again.
At the end of class, as I began to get my things ready to leave for Gym, a note landed on my book and Edward ran out of the room as soon as the bell rang. I placed my bag on the desk and opened the note.
Bella,
Would you like to come over with your family tonight to meet my parents? I'm sure they'd love to get to know you and your family! Carlisle will be so happy to meet another family like ours and I'm sure Esme will want to get to know you. She's a real motherly figure. I'll meet you after school in the parking lot for your answer.
EdwardI really don't remember what happened in Gym. I had been so wrapped up by the note from Edward that I couldn't think of anything else.
I met up with Chris and Jenna after class and told them about the note.
"Sure! I'd love to meet them!" Jenna said. So I went over to where Edward was standing – beside a beautiful silver Volvo- and when he heard I answer, his eyes lit up.
"OK. How about at around 6 o'clock tonight?" he asked. I nodded. He then wrapped his arms around me for a simple hug, but as soon as he even touched me, I felt the sparks from before, but this time, they were about a thousand times stronger.
He pulled away a little too soon for my liking and after giving me directions to his house, hopped into his car and then sped off. I could tell right then and there what was happening. I was falling in love with Edward Cullen.