Author's Note - This story will not be too violent at all, but users will have to deal with Twilight character deaths, and my own original character deaths, which may be too much for some users to handle. Reader discretion is advised. There is no violence in this chapter, it will just focus on building the plot and character relationships.

Disclaimer - Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer, but I myself own the rights to all original characters and the story plot line, with the exception of references to the Twilight book, or similar/ exact scenes and scene layouts.

2. The Cullens (Bella's POV)

I sighed as I entered the cafeteria. Today had been one of the longest days of my life, and it wasn't even halfway over yet. My morning classes weren't too bad - the teachers were nice and I had already learned most of the necessary work. It was the students that were bothering me. It seemed like they all wanted my attention... which wasn't a bad thing, I suppose, since I was completely ignored by the student body all throughout junior high.

I officially had a tag-along for each class. Erik Yorkie walked me from English, my first period class, to Government. Then Mike Newton met up with me - a kindof-cute blonde with a babyish face - and walked me to Trigonometry. I didn't really mind, after all, they were both pretty nice. They were friendly, and they helped me out a lot, too. The problem was... they were a little bit... over-friendly.

I was relieved when I sat down in Trig next to a bouncy, frizzy-haired girl, and neither Mike nor Erik were in my class.

"Hi, I'm Jessica. You must be the new girl, Isabella Swan."

I smiled politely and nodded, a little miffed that she knew me by Isabella. "It's Bella."

She continued chatting, all the way through that class, and the next - Spanish. It turned out I had that with her, too. Then it was lunch, and I sat down at my table, exhausted. I glanced across the room, straight into a pair of familiar shining green eyes, eyes I could never forget. As we locked eyes in that moment, I felt everything around me disappear. My breathing hitched, and my cheeks started to burn.

"Bella?" Jessica interrupted, and I looked away from him, dazed. "What are you staring at?"

"Erm..." I mumbled, unsure. I didn't think she would understand the way his brilliant gaze distracted me from everything else.

He was perfect.

Jessica squeezed into the seat next to me and looked towards his table.

"Oh, that's the Cullens. Jasper, Edward and Rosalie... they're not... well, Jasper's not single. Edward is... I guess," she muttered, and then hissed under her breath, almost too low for me to hear, "Rosalie's single if you want to swing that way."

"Which one's Edward?" I questioned with a hint of hope in my voice, ignoring her rude comment.

"The one in the white shirt."

I smiled. Edward. Edward, the boy in the white shirt with the emerald eyes that reflected all light and beauty in the room. The one who laughed, causing his lips to curl into a beautiful, crooked smile that dazzled me from across the room, and as he swung his head back in laughter, his hair softly swayed along with him, but then returned to it's messy perfection.

"He's sitting next to Rosalie and Jasper?" she continued. "The Cullens... Dr. Cullen's kids. Have you heard of them?"

"Yeah." Charlie had told me and Emmett - my big brother - about the Dr. Cullen last night when I tripped down the stairs. He threatened to take me to the hospital... it took me and Emmett a while to convince him that it was nothing, and I'm so clumsy that stuff like tripping down the stairs happened to me all the time.

"And here comes Alice Brandon. She's going out with Jasper Cullen... her twin sister, Amanda, was going out with Edward, but he dumped her a few days ago. She's heartbroken... she hasn't shown up for school ever since."

Oh. They just broke up. I would have even less of a chance with him. I finally decided not to bother at all; his good looks put him way out of my league, anyways.

"Hey little sis, watcha starin' at?" Emmett teased, walking up to my table.

I rolled my eyes, and was about to deny the fact that I was staring at the Cullens when Jessica batted her eyelashes and decided to pipe up.

"The Cullens. Oh, and Alice Brandon," she mumbled, red in the face. We all watched as Alice shimmied onto Jasper's lap, and all four started laughing. Rosalie and Edward were at opposite ends of the table, and it was obvious that while they both liked Alice, they were both a little jealous of the couple's relationship.

Emmett noticed this, too.

"What's the blonde's name?"

"Rosalie," Jessica squeaked, disappointed.

"She's hot," he said under his breath. I rolled my eyes just as he turned to look at me.

"You think I'm funny, huh? How 'bout now!" he grinned, grabbing my arm and pulling me to my feet.

He already had his arm around my waist to catch me, even before I tripped over my backpack - he knew me too well. He then dragged me all the way across the cafeteria.

"Em, you can't be serious," I hissed, looking up to his mischievous brown eyes. He flashed his ever-present grin, and made me follow him to the Cullen table.

"Hi, I'm Emmett, and this is my sister, Bella. Can we sit here?" he smiled, his eyes only on Rosalie.

"Sure," she smiled back, and he sat by her side. The only spot left was between Edward and Alice, and I slid in carefully.

"Hi, I'm Alice Brandon. This is Jasper, Rosalie, and Edward Cullen." As she said Jasper's name, she slid a protective arm around his neck to let me know he was taken. This caused the whole table to chuckle with laughter.

I smiled, and we chatted for a small bit. Then she turned her attention back to Jasper.

Feeling discluded, I turned my attention back to Edward. He hadn't been paying any attention all lunch, and was looking at the wall like this was the last place he would ever want to be.

"So, Edward, what - " I began, but I was cut off when he abruptly stood up and raced out the cafeteria doors.

So I sat there in wonder, trying to figure out what I did to make Edward Cullen absolutely loathe me.

AN - Aww, poor Bella. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. No more violence for a long while, don't worry!

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