I pulled into the parking lot of the school, not sure what to expect.
There weren't that many people in the parking lot when I arrived. School was going to start soon but that didn't really affect me. I was the new kid so being late to class wasn't that much of an issue. I went to the student office and got my schedule. As I came out, I ran into someone and fell to the ground. That is something I should be used to by now. Closing my legs so no one can see up my skirt is pretty much a reflex. I looked up at the person I had crashed into. He was an Asian and had great hair and not so great skin.
"Sorry." I said as I began to pick up my things.
"You're Mary Alice Swan, aren't you?" He asked.
"It's just Alice." I replied. Yes my first name was Mary. I had been named after my grandmother. I always preferred to be called Alice ever since I saw Alice in Wonderland as a child.
"I'm Eric Yorkie, the eyes and ears of the school." He said. "We don't get very many new students. You're big news, Baby. I was thinking of doing an article in the paper about you."
"I don't think I'd be very comfortable with that." I said. "Not that it's not a good idea but I really don't want there to be an article just about me. I also don't wanna tell anything about because I feel that if people want to know me, they'll do it by talking to me."
"Gotcha, no feature." He said. "Well let me walk to your first class."
I smiled as he walked me to class. I had this feeling that he was into me. Lots of people were looking at me. I'm not sure if they did because I was the new kid or because they thought I was attractive. It was then that I had decided that I wouldn't do any dating for at least two weeks. That would give time to get used to me being there.
As for class it was boring. I never really found people talking about math that interesting. I wasn't bad at it or anything but I found that the book could always teach me better than the teachers could.
My next class was gym. That was a class that I absolutely sucked at. I usually like to stay away from any sort of ball. The other girls had talked me into playing volleyball. I was mainly trying to make sure I didn't get hit in the face. In doing so my deflection hit a blonde guy.
"I'm sorry I try telling that them that me plus sports equals bad but they wouldn't listen." I apologized.
"It's fine." He responded as he rubbed the back of his head. "You're Mary, right?"
"Actually it's Alice. Mary Alice." I explained.
"I'm Mike Newton." He said. Suddenly a brunette girl with her hair in a ponytail popped up next to me. She looked kind of jealous.
"I'm Jessica." She said. "So you're from Arizona, right. Aren't people from Arizona supposed to be really tan?"
"Yeah." I replied. I had only a very slight tan. I had been around my share of tan people. "I must have bad genes or something but I guess it's good. I wouldn't want to stick out anymore than I already do."
"You're good." Mike said as he laughed at my lame joke. Jessica tried to laugh with him. I think she likes him. After class was over, I went over to Jessica in the locker room.
"So I'm sorry that your boyfriend was hitting on me." I said to her.
"Mike isn't really my boyfriend." She remarked.
"But you want him to be?" I asked.
"Yeah I guess you could say that." She replied. "Too bad he seems more interested in you than me."
"It'll die down once he gets used to me being here." I explained. "So do you know if there are any great places to shop around here?"
"There are a few places around here." She said. "I could take you some places."
"I would like that." I replied. "And just to make it clear, I don't know like Mike. I've never been one to date guys like him. I always thought it was more noble for cheerleaders like I was to go out with guys who didn't have such an easy time getting a date."
"So you cheerleading, I just thought you seemed a little uncoordinated." She remarked.
"I am totally uncoordinated." I confirmed. "But I had a good base that wouldn't let me fall and I was usually able to just stop thinking about falling and let myself be free while I was cheering."
Jessica noticed the clock on the wall. "We should get to lunch before all of the food is gone." She said.
"Is it any good?" I asked.
"No but it's better than nothing." She said.
So I went to the cafeteria with Jessica and while in line, we were met by Mike. He guided us to a table and pulled a chair out for me with Eric and this girl Angela.
"So Mike I see you met my girl Alice." Eric said.
"Your girl?" Mike asked.
"No she's my girl." This guy Tyler from my math class said as he kissed me on the cheek and pulled Mike's chair out from under him. Mike began to chase after him.
Okay so I was popular at my old school but this is ridiculous.
Suddenly my thoughts were thought by a group of people walking in. There were possibly the most beautiful people, I had ever seen. There were three girls and two guys.
"Who are they?" I asked.
"The Cullens." Eric said.
"They're like all adopted by Dr. Cullen and his wife. They moved here from Alaska at the start of the year. They're all together. Like together together." Jessica explained. "The big guy who looks like a bear is Emmett. The blonde girl who looks like a model is Rosalie and the guy who looks like he's in pain is Jasper. They're twins. Anyway the girl was with light brown hair is Elena. She's with him as well."
"And the other girl?" I asked referring to the dark-haired brunette.
"That's Bella." Jessica said. "She's kind of weird. I don't think she likes to date anyone. Both guys and girls have tried and she turned them all down."
I couldn't help but stare at Bella. She was extremely beautiful and hot. I had never been or even considered being a lesbian but she seemed like the type of girl that could turn any girl gay. But Jessica had said that she didn't date girls, so even if I was interested, it probably wasn't worth my time.
"So how does after school sound?" Jessica asked.
"What?" I asked.
"For shopping." She said.
"Yeah that sounds good." I said, looking back at her. Shopping would definitely help me think straight, straight being the key word. Just because the I had decided I wasn't gonna date any guys for a while doesn't mean that I'm suddenly a lesbian or anything like that.
So after lunch, Mike took me to biology. I was sweet of him to help but I really hope that he isn't just being nice to me because he expects me to go out with him. He took a seat and I walked to the front of the class like I had for every class of the day.
"Class this is Mary Swan." He said.
"Alice." I corrected.
"I'm sorry, I was just going by what was on the forms." He said. "Please take a seat next to Miss Cullen. Miss Cullen, would you raise your hand."
I looked over to see Bella raise her hand, looking like she was annoyed or something and I walked over to her. It was at that moment that I noticed her eyes were jet black. She turned away from me as the teacher began his lecture. I listened intently, writing notes as he did so. I looked over to Bella and noticed that she wasn't taking any notes. I couldn't help but wonder why but I didn't want to be rude and ask. Maybe they had already learned this stuff in Alaska or something like that. I looked back towards the front of the room and continued with my own note taking. It seemed like she was doing her best not to look at me for some reason. I couldn't understand how my presence could turn a person off so much. I had always been well liked and everyone else had seemed so welcoming. I really didn't have much time to put into it. It seemed like as soon as the bell rang, Bella was rushing out of the classroom without even stopping to say anything to me. So okay she's a bit rude. Maybe I could talk to her tomorrow.
As soon as school let over, I met Jessica so we could go shopping. I tried to put the whole Bella thing behind me. I found out that that wasn't going to happen.
"So I heard you got Bella as a lab partner." Jessica said, once we were in the truck.
"Yeah." I responded. "She didn't really seem to like me that much."
"I wouldn't take it personally. She really doesn't seem to like anyone." Jessica replied. "At least she didn't shoot you down."
"What happened between you two?" I asked.
"I dunno. I was just really attracted to her for some reason. I don't like girls like that." Jessica explained. "I asked her if she wanted to go to a movie with me and she turned me down."
"So where are we going?" I asked.
"We're going to Wal-Mart." She said as I frowned a little. "I know it's not very much but there really isn't much around. Port Angeles has some nice shops but that's an hour away from here."
"Okay so Wal-Mart it is." I agreed. "So what's the big fashion around here?"
"Well it gets pretty cold here so sweaters are definitely in." She replied.
"I didn't bring any." I stated.
"Then we should get you a few." She said.
So I finished shopping with a few new sweaters in some bags. The nice thing about Wal-Mart was I was also to get some things for dinner as well. I dropped Jessica off at her house and then began to start dinner. Within a short time, Charlie was back and we began to eat together.
"This is good." He stated. "So how was school?"
"School was good. I made a few new friends." I replied. I felt he didn't really want to hear everything I could say so I didn't say it.
That night I talked to mom a little who seemed to be calling on a payphone.
The next day I hoped to talk to Bella, at find out why didn't she like me. I pulled into school, waiting to see if I could see her arrive in the parking lot.
So the surprise is that I turned Edward into a girl. I see her as Emma Roberts. So here is where we first meet several new characters. I always felt that Jessica and Alice would get along pretty well due to similar interests. I also decided to keep Alice's name the same because it presents a similar situation to when everyone was calling Bella Isabella. I would also like to say Don't worry Bella is not going to be acting all Edward she just had a strong reaction to the scent of Alice's blood. Lastly I would like to thank everyone who reviewed. I would also like to note that I got 40 story alerts and only 10 reviews. It doesn't take much to leave a review and I would appreciate if you did.