School and Smirks

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I didn't want to be at school too early, but I also didn't want to be late to my first class and have to face the minute in front of the class introducing myself to the teacher and finding a seat. I donned my blazer and headed down the path to school, feeling like a dork in my new uniform: white blouse, dark blue pleated skirt, light blue jumper, black tights, black shoes and dark blue blazer. At least I didn't have to decide what to wear today. The misty wet swirled around my head and the ground sloshed under my feet, I could not wait to get to school and out of this miserable weather.

I found the little building that said Front Office and went inside where it was surprisingly warm. The office was a small room with a little waiting room scattered with pot plants and a counter cutting the room in half. Behind the counter sat three women, I went up to the first one; a red haired woman wearing a purple t-shirt, how could she not be cold? She looked up at me, "Can I help you?"

"I'm Isabella Swan, I just transferred here from Phoenix", I informed her and she began shuffling through papers in one of the many trays scattered along the counter.

"Here you go Honey, here's your schedule and a map of the school", she smiled at me then went back to work as she wished me a good day. Yeah right this is me, I'll probably end up tripping in mud or being made to stand in front of my classes and introduce myself – my worst nightmare.

My first class was in building 3 so I studied the map trying to locate it then wrapped my blazer tighter around me and started to find my classroom. I had just got past the cafeteria when I ran into a gangly boy with pimples and oily black hair. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry I didn't see you, are you ok?"

"Oh yeah, it's ok I'm fine. Hey you're the new girl Isabella aren't you?"

"Bella, yeah", he pulled out his camera and took a shot of me.

"You're news baby"

"Umm no, no I'm not please", I grimaced, "I'd rather just sneak in without being noticed"

"Ok, no feature then", I thanked him and kept walking as fast as I could without completely stacking it. I made it to room three minutes before the bell and got seated in an empty desk down the back thankfully, although somehow my classmates still managed to gawk at me for the whole lesson. I made it through English mostly uneventfully and found Government in building 6 relatively easily, it seemed my day was looking up. Next up was my least favourite subject, trigonometry, with the only teacher who made me stand in front of the class; it was horrible, I stuttered, blushed bright red and tripped over on my way to my desk. I'd spoken too soon.

After Spanish I walked to lunch trying to find someone I knew, spotting Angela I walked over to sit at her table. Angela was really sweet, I met her last night when she finally got back to boarding and hadn't heard her say a mean thing about anyone yet. Her brown hair framed a kind face and I really think we were going to get on well. I sat next to Jessica who seemed to have befriended me in Spanish and Trig and I could see why Alice told me to stay away, her favourite word was like and she used it as much as possible and I'm pretty sure her favourite past time was gossiping. I recognised Eric, a blonde guy who had introduced himself but I forgot his name straight after and Lauren also on the table, maybe sitting with Angela's not going to be such a good idea; but they all seem nice enough.

Just as I was sitting down Alice looked up and smiled at me then waved for me to come over, I signalled that I'd be there in a minute.

"Did Alice Cullen just ask you to sit with them?" Jessica stared at me looking completely dumbfounded. I looked over to her table and noticed for the first time how beautiful every single one of them was. As well as the fact that they were completely separated from all the other students in the cafeteria, as if they were outcasts which is strange considering how nice Alice is and with their looks you would expect them to be the most popular kids.

"Yeah why? Is there something wrong with them?" I was curious about them.

"That is Alice, Edward and Emmet Cullen, and Rosalie and Jasper Hale; they all live together with Dr. Carlisle Cullen and his wife, Esme, and board here." She started explaining quietly. Alice told me she had two brothers so I figured that the one next to her was probably Jasper, her boyfriend, and the other two were Edward and Emmet. I had to admit Alice had good taste, but then they were all amazingly good looking, especially Rosalie. Wait a minute, what? Why would I think that? I know I'm just appreciating her looks and comparing them to myself as girls are prone to do...

"They're very nice looking" I understated.

"Yes!" Jessica agreed with another giggle. "Don't waste your time with Edward or Emmet though, they don't date. Apparently none of the girls here are good-looking enough for him." She sniffed and I wondered which one had turned her down, maybe both.

"Well I better go see Alice, see you"

"Bella! Finally, I thought you were never going to get here", Alice said jumping up to give me a hug as when I got to their table, taking me by surprise.

"Umm yeah, sorry", I apologised, "I was getting the low down on the occupants of this table."

"Oh yeah, trust Jessica, see what I mean?" Alice laughed, "So what did she tell you?"

"Yeah I do", smirking," Well you guys actually live in Forkes with Esme and her husband Carlisle and that you and Jasper are together, oh and not to try with Emmet or Edward because no-one here's hot enough for them". Emmet and Edward chuckled at that and proceeded to tease each other.

"So pretty much nothing you didn't know except we live here, anyway you have to meet everybody! I told them all about you". I blushed involuntary, Alice really was a handful but she was so full of life, it was catching.

Alice introduced me to Edward first; he nodded at me and smiled. He had bronze hair and green eyes which were quite intensely beautiful and although he wasn't 'buff' you could see that he was all muscle under his shirt. Next was Emmet who looked like a boxer or something, his muscles were well built and you could see he took pride in them. He gave off a friendly vibe though, like a cuddly bear and reminded me of a little kid at times, pouting at Edward for calling him a douche. The way Alice and Jasper looked at each other it was obvious that they were very in love, the sort of couple who could probably finish each other's sentences but gave the other the space they needed, or rather Alice needed.

"Bella meet Jasper, beware of him he's the scary one", she said poking her tongue at him then leant down to give him a quick kiss, "But I love him anyway".

"And last but not least is Rose, but you've already seen her", Rosalie looked up and gave me a small smile making me blush a darker shade of crimson. She somehow seemed to sense that she had caused this godforsaken reaction somehow and smirked, still staring at me intensely making me blush even redder if that was even possible. I tried to look away but something about her made me keep staring back.

"Bella, hellooo anyone hoommee? Earth to Bella!" Alice called, breaking me out of my daze.

"Oh, umm sorry, I guess I zoned out for a second", I admitted embarrassed. She smirked at me again, what is it with her and smirking and why does it have an effect on me?

"Silly Bella, come on, what class do you have now?" Alice laughed at me. I looked at my timetable and informed her that I had human biology then gym and she informed me that I would be with Edward next and made him walk me to class. It was weird how Alice had taken me under her wing when it seemed they didn't normally let outsiders into their little posse, but then Esme did tell her to look after me maybe she was just making sure she did a thorough job for her foster mum.

Walking to class with Edward was actually pleasant, better than the other guys anyway. He didn't really push me to talk to start with but I could see he was curious.

"I guess you'll be sitting with me in Bio, it's the only spare seat"

"Oh cool, Alice will be happy; you get to help her keep Esme happy by looking after me for a period". Mentally reprimanding myself for saying what I was thinking out loud, but Edward just looked at me.

"Do you really think that's the only reason Ali's hanging out with you?"

"Well yeah kind of, why else would she introduce me to your little group which obviously doesn't have much to do with anyone outside your little family? It's ok you know I don't expect to be popular or anything like that and I think it's really sweet that Alice is doing this for Esme"

Edward looked almost angry, "You have a lot to learn, Alice is doing this on her own accord. She doesn't introduce random people to us and we're not the ones doing the excluding." I suddenly felt extremely ashamed of what I had said, what if Edward was right and Alice really did want to be my friend? Had I just blown being friends with her brother and possibly Rosalie?

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that."

Edward seemed to forgive me and we had a fairly good lesson together. His next class was in the opposite direction to mine and he left before I had even finished putting my pen away, saying he'd see me around as he walked out. The blonde guy from lunch came over to me and asked what I had next and it turned out he had gym too. Halfway to class I finally remembered his name Mike, common enough. He was a nice boy but not really my type and if I remember correctly this was the guy Angela had given me the heads up about because Jessica liked him. I finally got rid of him when we got to the change rooms and had to go our separate ways. Great basketball...not.

I walked out of Gym to find Alice waiting for me; apparently she wanted to make sure I had someone to walk home with.

"You know Alice, you don't have to do this", I said shyly, slightly grateful that she was even if it wasn't on her own accord.

"But I want to; look I'm not doing this because of Esme. Edward told me what you said and it hurt that you can think that. Bella I want to be your friend."Alice looked frustrated, what she was saying surprised me. For years now I've been the outcast, no-one wanted to be my friend not truly, "We all do, even Rosalie, especially her." Rosalie wants to be my friend? For some reason this made my heart beat just a little faster and happiness spread throughout me.

"Oh", I smiled warmly at her.

"Now let's get back to boarding before you freeze", she grabbed my hand and practically started skipping along. She asked me fifty million questions about how my day was, whether people had been nice, which teachers had made me stand in front of the class; every little detail. It felt good having someone care and I couldn't help thinking about what she'd said about Rosalie. I just couldn't figure out why I cared so much.

We got back to boarding and went to our rooms and I promised to come see her later, I just had to change and email my mother, undoubtedly there would be an email waiting for me requesting the details about every little thing. Sometimes I had wondered who the adult was in our relationship, she had a tendency to worry unnecessarily yet be more forgetful than anyone I know. I walked into my room to see that Angela had already been back and got changed and gone somewhere, probably to hang out with Jessica and Lauren. I threw on a pair of jeans and a green sweater and plugged my laptop into the internet. As predicted mum had emailed, I quickly replied so I could go see Alice's room, curious as to what it would look like.

I walked along the hallway looking for her room regretting not having asked her earlier, I finally found her name plate and my heart skipped a beat when I saw who her roommate was, Rosalie. It shouldn't have been a shock to me; it was obvious for them to be roommates being close friends and not really having anyone else. I heard playful giggling and thumping; I knocked and heard Alice call for me to come in.

I timidly walked in to find Rosalie on top of Alice with a pillow raised over her head, explaining the thumping I had heard. Rosalie looked up and smiled, I felt the heat creep to my cheeks as I smiled back, noticing she smirked again and then told me to come contain my friend. I grabbed another pillow from Alice's bed and, giggling, threw it at Rosalie and then walked over to help Alice up. I had just stretched out my hand when the next thing I know I'm on the ground with Rosalie straddling me holding a pillow. I caught my breath and ignored the heat travelling to the lower part of my body. Alice dived at Rosalie and we all ended up tangled in a heap laughing.

When we finally calmed down enough to talk I asked why Rosalie was attacking Alice anyway.

"Because I called her a brat and threw my teddy at her", Alice laughed. I just giggled, I could tell I was going to have fun with these guys over the next year or two. She was wearing black stockings and boots again but this time with a tartan mini and a black corset top over a long-sleeved red top. Rosalie looked amazing as usual, I wondered if it was possible for either of them to ever look less than stunning. Her top had a low v and I found myself staring at her chest, feeling more heat travelling down, I realised where I was staring and blushed with embarrassment.

I looked up to see Alice giving me a slightly quizzical look before smiling again and asking me how I liked their room, which I had to say looked pretty cool for such a small room. Their pin-up boards were full of pictures of photos of them and the rest of their families, they had a small bookshelf crammed with books and a large range of CDs. Alice's bed had a dark blue spread with swirling shades of blue and black while Rosalie's was black with hot pink patterns near the bottom. There walls were decorated with different shaped silver stars and they'd put blue material across the window giving the room a faint blue tinge. On the floor we were lying on a dark blue rug, it was obvious they'd had experience the whole room actually had a homey vibe to it.

Alice and I sat around talking about nothing in particular while Rosalie sat on her bed, leaning against the wall, reading. We put on some music in the background and it was actually really peaceful. I couldn't help stealing glances at Rosalie every now and then, she caught me once and we held eye contact for a couple of seconds until it sent a shiver through me, I looked away blushing but I could sense that she was smirking at me once again. This girl was getting to me but why? I mean I like boys...Don't I?