Complicated

Alice made all the introductions probably hoping I wouldn't't feel left out. I felt tiny sitting opposite her big burley brother Emmett and plain next to Rosalie. I tried to let that one slide and also tried my utmost, dammest hardest to try and not stare at the elusive yet handsome Edward Cullen.

"So where are you from?" I looked up from my lunch to find Emmett looking at me, well, all of them and I suddenly felt self-conscious. I shook my thoughts feeling stupid, they were nice enough.

"From London." I quietly said not being really good at this 'friend' thing. Alice had seemed to notice and gave me an encouraging smile from the corner of my eye. "My um, Mum was an exchange student here in her last year of high school and met my Dad. They married after graduation and soon after had me." I stopped then, not wanting to ramble on.

"You left then, back to England with your Mom?" Rosalie asked me and I felt surprised she was talking to me, after all, she did seem to have ignored me when Al introduced me to her.

I paused trying to word it properly but found I couldn't't. I caught Edward's dark eyes on me and felt my cheeks burning up from it. Thoughts of my Mother came back to me and I tried not to see the flashes of the paramedics bringing in her limp, lifeless body into the hospital. I felt my eyes tearing up to my intense embarrassment and rubbed them quickly praying that they didn't't see. I suddenly felt a warm, large hand on my arm and jumped back a little to find it was Edward's. I looked up at him and found his intense staring not creepy at all, in fact, it lookedcomforting. I looked away, back to the group knowing I had to explain my quick emotions.

"My Mum died three weeks ago in a car accident, that's why I came back here." I looked back down on my lunch hoping against hope they wouldn't't push anything. Maybe I wasn't doing better after all I thought bitterly to myself. To try and distract them I continued my life story, obviously leaving some out.

"I know she loved my Dad but it wasn't enough for her. She started to miss the busy streets of her hometown and started to hate her small-town life. Technically, being just one, my feet haven't touched American soil." I tried to joke just to get rid of their stares, they were all to comforting and since I had just met them I was afraid of getting close too fast. Thankfully, they all chuckled at my joke and I instantly relaxed as they all went back to their food. I hadn't forget however, Edward's hand still on my arm. It felt as if it was burning me slowly and I was just inching to know why he would be the first to comfort me and not Alice. I peeked up at him and found he was eating his sandwich with his free hand, his other, had not moved from my arm since I had spoken.

I allowed his simple gesture to continue feeling my embarrassment slowly fade away as Alice talked to me about her favourite hobbies and I found out her one, main passionshopping. I didn't mind shopping just the endless queues, trying on endless of clothes my Mum had forced me to try on, feet aching after walking the endless miles of London and burning hands from holding too many bags for too long. I nodded and made appropriate answers as she asked me my favourite hobbies in turn and loved the fact that I had read everything she had. I felt comforted by Alice's calming nature and even forget Edward's hand on me until I felt it gone as he stood up leaving us without a word.

"He goes to smoke behind the math building." I heard Alice tell me as I watched his retreating back walking out of the cafeteria. I frowned for the second time that day, I hated smokers too. The bell went soon after that and I made my way to biology, handing my forms to the teacher. He introduced me to the class making me blush again and as I turned I found my eyes finding Edward Cullen as if he was a magnet or something. He sat on the only empty table left and I hoped he wouldn't't mind me sitting next to him again.

"Can I sit here?" I politely asked as I approached him warily. I could almost still feel the heat I had felt as soon as his hand touched my skin. He looked up at me and smirked as if I was amazing or something.

"It's a free country." he told me as he shrugged. I froze from hearing his voice for the first time. His voice was like velvet and it made me oddly, at peace, as if I could fall asleep just to the sound of it. I sat down quickly as Mr Varner started talking about cellsor something. I found myself totally distracted by Edward. I could smell the smoke on him and a hint of something else but I couldn't't place it, it was musky and I found myself just enjoying breathing in his scent. I felt like laughing to myself. My ex was an avid smoker and I loathed it because of the stench but now, breathing it in from Edward, I couldn't't get enough.

The hour passed quickly, Edward ignoring me as if I was part of the class furniture or something. I felt a little deflated from this, from simply holding my arm for comforting to treating me like nothing the next. As the bell went, he grabbed his books and bag and left me there without so much as a nod of acknowledgement. I slumped into my chair feeling just stupid and made my way to gym, the most hated subject in my existence, clumsy and being the biggest klutz in existence was the best way to describe why I loathed it so much. It didn't help either having Mike tail me all the way there. He was such a talker I thought he was going to walk into the girls changing rooms just to finish his conversation with me.

Alice was waiting outside for me with her famous grin on her face. I felt a little wary not forgetting her weird and from the looks of it, complicated brother. She took my arm as a habit, I noted, and we made our way to the parking lot. She cooed at my Mini and touched it with affection. I betted to myself she must have a thing for cars but had to admit, I couldn't resist my favourite sports cars either. I didn't't speak 'car and driver' but I was a fan of the smooth sleek best two sports cars in the world, well, to me anyway. Before I got in my car, Alice stopped me and shyly hugged me, it took me by complete surprise but found myself hugging her tiny frame back, I guess she was going to be a good friend after all.

"I'm having a sleepover Friday Bella, with Rose. I was wondering if you wanted to come?" She looked up at me with a puppy-eye look and I knew she wasn't going to let me say no. I hadn't been to sleepover for years and that hadn't gone too well, hence, my fears for the damn thing.

"Er sure Al." I gave her a small smile and she squealed which caused me to laugh at her giddiness.

"Thanks Bella." She hugged me again and walked gracefully to Edward's car, she could put ballerinas to shame, I thought watching her walk. I caught Edward intensely staring at me like he had done at lunch and I hurriedly got into my car cursing him, putting my CD player on loud and drove the hell out of there cursing myself now for being so damn nice of saying yes to that little pixie.

It was only until later that night, brushing my teeth that I realised something making me groan. Alice lived with Edward, well duh now I thought. But then I realised sleeping over meantyep I cursed as I climbed into bed, karmas a bitch.

AN

Short chapter yeah but I'm just happy to have it up. Thank you vampire gal for your first review and my coolio mate, Laura who so Alice in real life. I'm just glad I had a great first review *phew*. That's a load of my mind hehe. I'll write the next chapter this week!