B POV
I walked into the cafeteria with Angela and Ben. I glanced out the window and saw that clouds were now covering the sky.
On my tray I put a sandwich, an apple, and a bottle of water. We sat at their usual table with Jessica, Lauren, and Mike. I sat across from Mike, who happened to have a crush on me. While flattering, it was kinda annoying. Hopefully he would get over it. "Hey Bella." he greeted. I looked up from my food, replying, "Hey Mike." Over his shoulder I saw five people enter. "Who are they?" I asked, a little stunned.I was stunned because all of them were beautiful, even the boys.
"Those are the Cullens'." Jessica whispered dramatically. The smallest of the Cullens' looked up at our table. She was beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. Her very short black hair was arranged in perfect spikes around her face, her eyes golden, like honey. She reminded me of a pixie. Then she looked at me. She was staring right into my eyes. I broke my gaze from her and looked down at the table. "They don't seem all that weird to me." I said. "Oh yeah? Well they're all together, like Rosalie and Emmett, and Edward and Jasper. And they all live together." She said like it was the most disgusting thing in the world. I could guess who was who. The blonde one was holding hands with the really buff one, so they must be Rosalie and Emmett. The bronze haired boy and the blonde haired boy, who looked like he was in pain, must have been Edward and Jasper. Then I realized something. "Wait, who's the last one?" I asked. "Oh, that's Alice Cullen." Answered Angela. "Alice." i mumbled too low for anyone else but me to hear. It suited her. "Um, Bella? Alice is staring at you." I glanced up and, sure enough, Alice was staring at me, but then looked away a second later. The bell rang then. I hadn't even touched my lunch.
My next class was biology and, much to my surprise, Edward Cullen was sitting in the seat next to mine that had been empty since I'd been going to school here. When I sat down he stiffened, and angled himself away from me. Did he think I didn't notice? He must have seen the little bit of hurt in my eyes, for he introduced himself. "Hello, I'm Edward. You must be Isabella." "Um, hello Edward, and please just call me Bella." "OK, Bella" Class started then. I didn't pay much attention, I'd already learned this at my other school back in Phoenix, Arizona. Instead my thoughts wandered to the Cullen family. They didn't seem all that weird, but of course I'd only talked to one of them, and that had been very brief. Then I thought of Alice. Why had she been staring at me? 'Cause I was the new girl? Yeah, that's it. She had just been interested in the new girl, like everyone else had been. After biology ended the rest of my classes went by in a blur, much like my classes this morning. I hadn't seen Alice, Edward, or any of the other Cullen's since lunch and my chat with Edward.
I walked through the parking lot to my old truck. I looked out the windows to make sure I wasn't going to hit anybody when I saw the Cullen's' five spaces down. Alice was staring at me again. I blushed and quickly looked away.
I drove home and cooked, not paying all that much attention to the fish I was frying until I put my hand on the stove and burned myself. "Ow!" I yelped in pain. I put my hand under the sink and ran some cold water on it. I examined my hand. It was going to leave a mark for a while, but I didn't think it would be permanent.I finished frying the fish just as Charlie came home. We ate in silence. I was tired, so I told Charlie I was going to go to bed early. He said a brief goodnight, then went to watch the game. I put some burn cream on my hand before I went to bed. I fell asleep quickly. That night I dreamed of the beautiful Alice Cullen.