Disclaimer: I do not own any of these wonderful characters. If I did, I'd have a lot more money.
A/N: Just to clear some things up now, yes, they are all human, and I added that into my summary-thingy. And it's Bella's point of view, in case you didn't catch that. I might try Edward's point of view eventually for a chapter or two, at the moment, I am undecided. As well, yes, it will be Carlisle and Esme Masen. I liked having Carlisle and Esme be Edward's parents rather than Edward and Elizabeth because we know Carlisle and Esme, and I like it better. Yes, they will get older in the next few chapters (sorry for that minor spoiler). Enjoy!
A week after the slumber party, we were back in school. Alice had been sort of distant because she was always tired or stressed from helping her cousin move in. I hadn't met him yet, but I was bound to see him sometime. From what Alice had said, this was supposed to be his first day.
I walked to lunch, not really paying attention to where I was going. Not such a good plan, since I was extremely clumsy and tripped in the halls constantly. I got to the cafeteria without injury and took my place beside Emmett like I did every day at our round lunch table. He already had enough food on his plate for two normal kids. I sat down my things and went to the lunch line to get an apple. When I returned, Rosalie and Jasper had gotten to the table, and Alice was on her way into the cafeteria with her tray.
I pulled the book I had been working on out of my backpack. Jane Eyre. I had started about a week ago and was only halfway finished, which wasn't like me. Usually, with a book that size, I could be finished in five days, at the latest. I guess it had been because of the break and Alice's shopping habit that I hadn't finished yet. Just when I really started getting into the story, Alice started talking (of course she did).
"Hey, guys, there's my cousin, Edward," she said to us. "He's the one with the reddish brown hair and glasses."
I looked up to see a boy, about our age, walking across to the line. He (like Alice had said) had on glasses, a grey sweater, and dark blue jeans. He was not a prep, a jock, a nerd, or an emo kid, but a combination of them, if that was possible.
His untidy, reddish brown hair kept falling into his eyes, which were covered by black-rimmed glasses. He was muscled just enough, but not overly so like Emmett. His clothes looked very nice. He seemed like he would be a nice kid. Now, he had spotted us and was walking towards us.
"Hey, Alice," he said shyly. "Would you mind if I sat with you today?"
"Oh, no, go ahead," she replied. "You can sit between Bella and me."
He looked over at me and sat down his tray with only a bottle of apple juice on it. He pulled the chair out noisily, and sat down, looking nervous and out of place.
"Okay, well, this right here is Bella, like I said," Alice began, pointing to me, as I waved awkwardly and shyly. She turned to her left. "This is Jasper and Rosalie Hale, and yes, they're twins. And that thing over there is Emmett McCarty." Emmett held out his fist for Edward to pound. Edward held out his awkwardly and bumped Emmett's massive fist awkwardly. I went back to reading my book. I had read for about 2 minutes when Edward spoke to me.
"So, what book are you reading, Bella?" he asked.
"Oh, umm, Jane Eyre. I'm about halfway done. I would have been done, but Alice wanted to go shopping." I threw her a quick glare.
"Yeah, I've seen how Alice can get when it comes to her and the mall. Yep. That book's pretty good for a girl book."
"What? You've actually read it?" I asked, looking surprised.
"Yes. When you've got a mother like mine, you have to read all the classics, even the girly ones. Don't worry, I didn't read it too long ago. I prefer Eragon..." he trailed off. I looked at him skeptically.
"Earagon? You have GOT to be kidding me."
"What?" he inquired innocently.
"Come on, that book is horrible!" I cried. "And the movie sucked too!"
"Hey, now, don't drag the movie in, it's not it's fault," he began. "What don't you like about it?"
"It's boring. I mean, it's some dragon running around all over the place. I do admit, I like the dragon chick thing, but I hate Eragon."
"And I would guess that you like that Harry Potter crap better?"
"Oh, heck yes, I do!"
"Well... I guess I'll have to overlook that if we're going to be friends."
Friends? That sounded nice. Someone who's read the classics and seemed intelligent. Someone who wouldn't be afraid to get in an argument over fictional characters. I guess this would work.
"Then I guess I'll have to overlook you liking that disgusting dragon stuff... ew. Let me guess, you like Tolkien as well?"
"Almost more than my life," he replied.
"Gosh, then I'll have to live with you I guess. Have you read Anne of Green Gables yet?"
"No, not yet."
"I'm bringing it for you tomorrow morning."
"Okay, that'd be nice. All this stuff that they're giving me today is so easy and I've already done most of it, so it shouldn't take me long to read it."
"Good! Honestly, it's one of my favorite books. Anne's just so imaginative and has such great views of things. Plus, she's normal and makes her mistakes, so that's good."
I was interrupted when Alice threw her unused fork at me.
"Come on, nerds, the bell just rang, we gotta get to class."
"What do you have next, Edward?" I asked.
"Uhh..." he said, looking down at his schedule, "science. My favorite!" Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Alice roll her eyes.
"Well, I'm heading to English, but I'll see you later, I guess."
"Yeah. See ya," he said as he walked off in the opposite direction from me. Finally, I had met someone who I could really see myself getting to know and becoming friends with. Someone who was just as smart, if not smarter, than me, unlike my group of friends. Not that I didn't love them. They'd always be there for me, but there was always something missing. And Edward seemed to hold that missing piece.
A/N: So, it's longer than last night! Review and tell me what you think. Yeah, even though I love Twilight, Harry was my first love. I started the first one when I was seven and I was the first in my school to read it, just like I was the first in my school to read Twilight about two years ago. And yes, I am an Eragon and Lord of the Rings hater. My brother loves them though, so I know all about them. I hope to have a new chapter out by tomorrow, but I might not get it in until Friday. I'll try. I have the next two, maybe three chapters mapped out in my head. This took me quite a bit longer to write. I hope writers' block isn't setting in!