A/N: If you don't like the characters or plot, then don't read. This is slightly AU as fair as Lana and their ancestry and stuff like that. But the main premise will not change.

DISCLAIMER: I only own my OC, nothing else.

WORD COUNT: 3, 035


Chapter 2:

High-School Shenanigans.


Bella drove her brand new truck to school while Lana followed her in the motorbike, wearing tight black jeans, a leather jacket zipped up all the way, her favorite biker boots along with her leather gloves and her helmet. Parking the bike next to the truck, she dismounted and pulled off the helmet, everyone staring at the two Swan sisters. Bella got out of her truck as Lana took off her helmet and shoved her gloves in it before unzipping her jacket and showing her tight Batman tee as she grinned at her sister who handed out her schoolbag.

"Thanks, Bells." Lana smiled, shouldering the bag. Everyone in their new and shiny cars stared at Bella, giggling among themselves and she could feel that protectiveness coming and she reared up, "hey!" Lana snapped and everyone looked at her, their faces going paler than what they already were. "Got something to say to my sister?" Her jaw clenched as Bella's cheeks reddened in embarrassment, tugging on her little sister's arm.

"Come on, Lana. Just leave it." Bella mumbled, pulling Lana back as her hazel eyes blazed at the douche-bag teens before she turned and walked with her older sister. "Lana, you have to stop doing that." Bella lectured.

"I'll stop when they stop making fun of you." Lana vowed.

"But they weren't even making fun of me."

"They were laughing at you, to me, there is no difference."

"Nice ride," A dark-skinned teen said, leaning against his car, smiling at Bella in sympathy but Lana kept her guard.

"Thanks," Bella mumbled before they walked away toward the school, going to the office, they got their schedules and their maps of the school and Bella was perusing through hers as Lana waited, looking through her class schedule.

Neither of them noticed the Asian boy who walked behind them and startled both girls, looking up in identical expressions of shocked as the boy started to talk, "you're Isabella and Alana Swan, the new girls. Hi, I'm Eric, the eyes and ears of this place. Anything you girls need, tour guide, lunch date, shoulder to cry on. ." Eric babbled on as Bella looked incredibly out of depth so Lana remained silent, smiling.

"I'm really kind of a more 'suffer in silence' type." A guy barely missed her sister and she tripped over her own feet as she tried to step out of the way, but Lana grabbed the back of her tan jacket, righting her as if nothing happened. The two sisters were so in sync that nobody ever did know, so Lana stood by her right side as Eric tagged along on the left.

"Good headline for your feature, I'm on the paper and you're news baby, front page." Eric smiled and Lana grinned mischeivously.

"Then you should know that I like long walks on the beach, dinner by candlelight and I'm dangerous." Lana waggled her eyebrows teasingly as Eric laughed, nodding.

Bella looked scared as she went on, "please don't..." Bella looked at a loss for words, now incredibly socially anxious.

Eric looked quick to appease her, "whoa, chillax! No feature." He looked put out, considering it would have been a hot seller. Inwardly, Lana felt the same as her sister, she didn't want to be front cover news. "Cool?"

"Thanks." Bella smiled and Lana did the same, sighing in relief as she patted Eric's arm.

"You're the best," she grinned, giving him the thumbs up.

(..)

They were in Gym and the usual 'I'm on my period,' story didn't work.

Crap.

Both Bella and Lana were in volleyball and they were just standing there awkwardly, in the same outfit consisting of the gym shirt, which hung loose on Bella and was tight around Lana and she kept pulling the shirt down as well as the track pants which were too snug. Charlie had gotten the smaller size which was probably meant for Bella and her big sister was wearing hers. "Oh God, please don't let the ball get here." Lana silently prayed to the spirits above and as usual, the object she wanted to get away from came toward her. "Oh, poop." She mumbled and threw her fist up, punching the ball and it went spinning behind her.

Toward Bella.

"Oh no," Lana whispered and turned around just in time to see Bella slap the ball and hit a boy, about to take a shot in basketball, in the back of the head.

Lana winced as Bella looked mortified and they both ran up, the boy rubbing her head and turning around. "I'm sorry, we told them not to let us play."

"We did, they didn't listen." Lana backed her sister up.

The blonde boy looked completely besotted with both beautiful girls and he handed the ball to another player without looking, "no it's okay... you're Isabella and Alana, right?"

"Just Bella," Bella corrected.

"And just call me Lana," Lana corrected, smiling warmly.

"Yeah, hey! I'm Mike... Newton." He shook Bella's hand and then Lana's returning her smile. He already found himself liking the younger sister already, with a warm smile like that, made him feel protective of her, just like a big brother would.

"Nice to meet you," both girls said as another girl came up, her brown ponytail swinging, she was a little shorter than both Bella and Lana but her personality made up for that.

"She's got a great spike, huh?" The unknown female asked, looking at Mike with a blush on her cheeks before looking up at both girls, Lana could see that she was completely in love with him and her smile softened, even though she was assessing Bella, Lana knew that Bella was clueless and oblivious to things like that. "I'm Jessica by the way," she said, looking at Mike more than the other two. "Hey, you're from Arizona right?" Jessica asked.

"Uh, yeah." Bella answered for Lana as well, who crossed her arms.

"Aren't people from Arizona supposed to be like, really tan?" Jessica asked, that fake smile on her face as she looked directly at Bella as Lana tried to hide her laughter, considering she was born naturally darker than her sister.

"Yeah, maybe that's why they kicked me out." Bella looked at her pale arms and Lana bumped her hip into hers gently, as to not make her fall.

"I fit the criteria a little too well, they kicked me out for being too beautiful." Lana batted her eyelashes and Bella smirked, nudging her back imperceptibly but Lana's big smile conveyed her happiness at Bella's rare teasing.

Mike started laughing and Jessica joined in as to not be the only one not laughing. "You're good." Mike chuckled, pointing to Lana and Bella.

"That's so funny. ." Jessica added as Lana looked at her, winking gently as Jessica slowly sobered, understanding that the younger Swan had caught on as they walked back and Mike did the same, leaving Jessica where they were all standing.

"Maybe now they'll give us a pass for the year." Lana mused, looking at her sister slyly and Bella bit her lip in an attempt to keep her smirk at bay.

"And hopefully for next year as well." Bella let out and Lana giggled as Bella's smirk became a grin, her teeth showing as both sister's bonded over sport, which was something they never though possible.

(..)

Lana and Bella were walking with Jessica and Mike to a table where Eric was already sitting and Mike pulled out both Bella and Lana's chairs, "it's my pleasure." Bella looked a little awkward but Lana flipped her hair, taking the offered seat regally, flicking him away with her fingers and he laughed, sitting in the chair next to her as she thanked him and at the sight, Eric quickly excused himself from his previous conversation.

"Hey, Mikey, you met my home girls: Bella and Lana!" Eric quickly said, moving closer to Bella.

"Oh, your home girls?" Mike's eyebrows lifted, his deep blue eyes reflecting their sarcasm and shock.

"Yeah," Eric continued before the dark boy from before came out of no where and kissed Bella on the cheek and Lana went to get up as he pulled out Mike's chair from under him, running off as quick as he came.

"Oh, Tyler. ." Eric said, looking awkward as Lana went to go after him but Bella held her hand and sat her back in her seat.

"It's okay." Bella placated her before Lana finally went back to her food.

"Oh my God," Jessica said, moving closer to Lana to see Bella, "it's like first grade all over again. You're the shiny new toy."

"I'm going to take great pleasure in teaching him some manners." Lana growled, glaring daggers in the spot where Tyler had disappeared.

A sweet timid voice brought her back to the present, "smile!" Lana and Bella turned to a bright flash, both of them blinking.

"Sorry, I needed a candid for the feature." The girl with glasses smiled gently and Lana quickly deducted that she hadn't been aware of the change in paper.

"The feature's dead, Angela. Don't bring it up again," Eric was harsh as he reprimanded her and got up as Angela seemed to curl inside herself and Lana looked at her sadly, before hearing Eric say, "I've got your back, baby." And he walked off.

"I guess we'll just turn another editorial on teen drinking," Angela looked at her camera.

"You could always go for eating disorders," Bella helped, "speedo padding on the swim team," Bella nibbled on the piece of celery as Lana's eyes widened, swallowing her portion of custard before nodding.

"Actually, that's a good one!" Angela said, smiling brightly as Jessica nodded and agreed as Lana launched into a heated discussion.

"Two words, ladies: Tom Gerald." Lana said as both girl's mouths dropped open.

"Seriously?" Jessica asked.

"Totally. He's got way too much padding, it's too obvious not to notice."

"We're talking, Olympic size." Angela wiggled her eyebrows, making Lana laugh.

"There's no way, he's that skinny. It doesn't make sense."

"I know!" Angela started laughing as she showed Lana a picture of Tom and she started cackling.

Angela started to giggle and they kept on talking as Lana started to bond with the two girls as Bella remained silent, looking out the window before she caught sight of two gorgeous couples making their way to the cafeteria.

"Who are they?" Bella asked, effectively ending the conversation as all three girls looked where Bella was before they looked back, a knowing smile on the other two girl's faces while the Swan's looked on in confusion.

"The Cullens." Angela revealed and Lana's eyebrows lifted at her tone.

"They're um," Jessica leaned closer as if the people in question could hear her so Bella and Lana as well as Angela leaned forward, "Doctor and Mrs Cullen's foster kids, they moved down here from Alaska a few years ago."

"They kind of keep to themselves." Angela said, as the first pair entered the room.

Lana and Bella blatantly stared.

"Yeah, 'cause they're all together. Like together together." Jessica revealed and Lana looked at Jessica before she turned out their conversation and watched them.

Something put her off about them, sure they looked pale, but who didn't in Forks? They were wearing normal attire, despite it being a bit chilly, it didn't seem to affect them. But she could sense it. Thy weren't as normal as they appeared, almost like they were hiding something they didn't want anyone to find out and doing a damn good job of it if all the girls and guys looked longingly at them instead of hiding their faces.

The pixie short one looked straight at Lana and instead of shying away, she stared back, boldly, not feeling intimidated by her or her boyfriend, who seemed to be in deep concentration and mild discomfort.

Rosalie and Emmett.

Alice and Jasper.

That's all she caught from Jessica's introductions and it wasn't until that a lone boy, looking just as pale as the other's with a smirk on his face entered.

"W-who's he?" Bella's now shy voice penetrated Lana's thoughts and she looked at her sister.

'Seriously? You're drooling over this dude when you could have had Freddy or Carl back in Arizona? Of course, typical.' Lana thought, turning back to the teen model. 'Oh, his name's Edward? Jeez, talk about old fashioned.' His smirk widened. 'Brooding, mysterious, probably listens to Debussy and reads old novels and writes in a man-journal. Yup, sounds like Bella's type.' Edward rubbed his bottom lip, as if he was trying not to laugh out loud. Lana turned back to see her sister completely enamoured with the boy.

Lana rolled her eyes before turning everything else out.

(..)

The bell went, Angela and Jessica walked off to their own classes as Bella and Lana walked together. "So, what exactly did you do all of last year for you to earn enough credits to be bumped to Junior?"

"I just paid attention in class and used all of my super-cool secret powers of academia and power-studying to finish school before I was 18 so I can howl at the moon before I start having responsibilities thrust upon my delicate shoulders." Lana explained dramatically, striking a Superman pose before straightening and catching up with Bella. "And I'm just bored of having to read through the same textbooks for the fifth time. I need something fresh in my mind."

"How did you even have time for all the extra curricular activities? Better yet, how did we not know?" Bella asked as her and Lana kept walking with Mike ahead of them, leading them to the next class.

"Mum just thought all my good grades were because I cheated and I'm guessing you thought the same?" Lana asked, turning her hazel eyes to her sister who looked down in shame. "Yeah, guessing you did too. Truth is, I wanted to know everything about everything. Any kind of knowledge, I'll cram it in my head, no matter if I forget it. Most of the crap I learned, I've forgotten as you do, but give me a test and I'll remember it all again. It's just. . . natural to me." Lana looked ahead, thinking, "I just don't want to flaunt it. It's not anybody else's business what I do. It doesn't concern them, so why should they know? You and Mum didn't have to know so I never said anything."

"But, Lana, this is amazing! You shouldn't have hidden it from us." Bella said, grabbing her sister's hand. But Lana just shrugged and reiterated,

"My business." Giving her big sister a crooked grin, they entered their class.

"Mr. Molina!" Mike said, pointing to the girls.

"Hey, Mike." Mr Molina said, not looking up from the lesson he had planned and Mike tapped Lana on the shoulder.

"I'll save you a seat, Lana." Mike grinned at her and she nodded, giving him the thumbs up.

Mr Molina looked up and started to speak distractedly, "oh, yes, the Swan girls,"

Bella stepped forward as Lana ran a hand through her hair, Bella's hair billowed from the breeze of the desk fan and she noticed something, so did Bella.

The Cullen boy had instantly slid a hand to his mouth, using the crook in between his pointer finger and thumb to plug up his nostrils, his entire body tensing.

Bella didn't smell bad, did she?

Lana raised an eyebrow and walked to her sister, taking her spot in front of the fan and Edward calmed, his body relaxed but he kept his nose plugged.

"Hi, can I have your passes?" Mr Molina asked and they complied, handing their passes to the teacher, "thank you. Welcome to the class. Here," Mr Molina gave them both their textbooks and Lana sighed, she'd already read this one. "Here's your stuff, okay? And Bella, I'm going to sit you next to Mr Cullen and Alana, I believe Mike has arranged your seat. Just follow along 'til you catch up." Bella looked at Lana who shrugged and walked over to Mike, sliding into the seat beside him and they watched the two in the front.

"Is your sister sitting next to Cullen?" Mike asked and Lana nodded.

"Yeah, why?"

Mike looked at the other boy before he turned to Lana, "he's really weird. Him and his brothers and sisters. I'd stay away and keep Bella from them too." Mike warned and Lana turned back to look at the boy who was currently glaring at her sister.

Despite the protectiveness she felt, she rammed it down into the recesses of her mind, observing the pale model. He looked as if he was in pain, his eyes were black. She couldn't even locate the pupil they were so dark. If anything, she knew something was off about him. She couldn't shake a feeling in her gut that there was something different about him.

Lana clenched her jaw and suppressed a kind of force, it was like her mind was screaming at her to use her instincts, to trust them and not listen to reason.

At that moment, Lana knew that she had to keep her sister away from Edward Cullen. He wasn't good.