C h a p t e r T w o

School

Every week day was the same. Once the residents of our town began to get up and start their day, my siblings and I had to get dressed and make out way to the high school in which we attended. We had to attend high school as to maintain the story that was were a family that recently moved to Forks from away, and that Alice, Emmett and I were siblings who were adopted by Carlsile and Esme. The story continues that they later adopted brother and sister Jasper and Rosalie Hale. Who fell in love with their adopted siblings Alice and Emmett, respectively.

The way I saw it was that was that if people thought that story was weird, they would probably never believe the truth about us. That there was no blood that connected any of us, but a group of immortals who had united together to form their own kind of family.

As the story went on, my father, Dr. Carlisle Cullen was transferred from another hospital to one here in Forks, where he quickly became the head of surgery. My mother, Esme was a stay at home mother who kept out house nearly spotless and yet always had time to be so compassionate and caring towards her children. Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie were supposed seniors at Fork High School while Alice and I played the role of juniors. Quite intellectual juniors at that.

I kissed Esme on the cheek as I did every morning and departed with my siblings into my silver Volvo. As I drove into town, I tried to not think about what my passengers were thinking about. Alice was mumbling in her mind about what she may pretend to eat today at te cafeteria, and sickly lighted up at the thought of sloppy joes. Rosalie in the back was going on about how beautiful she looked today and laughed to herself in her head as she thought about how she looked good everyday. Jasper was relatively calm, and it was if he wasn't thinking at all today. Emmett on the other hand was better off not thinking, because he sat there in his mind laughing at a comic he had read five days ago. Sad thing was, it wasn't even that funny.

I could read their minds really well. I could read everybodies mind really well, and it pained me as I knew in a short few minutes, I would have to listen to the mindless inner chatter of over one hundred teenagers. It was hard to zone it all out, but when I had something to think about of my own it was much easier and today I did.

Yesterday after Alice collected me from that field, while we walked the streets of town we had smelled and sense another. Another vampire that did not belong to us, but no matter how much search or followed the scent, it was lost whenever it started to get strong. Another vampire was in our territory and it would pain Carlisle for us to have to rid of it. While the rest of my family knew of this after we told them, none seemed to concerned. Now entering Forks, the smell seemed to be gone for now.

I drove up to the school's parking lot and got out of the car slowly, my siblings already out and walking into the school. I never knew how they could be so enthusiastic. We never talked to anyone, we knew everything already and there certainly wasn't anything exciting going on. People tended to avoid us, and even as I watched the four of them make their way into the school, I saw people gravitate away from them as if by instinct. They never knew what we were, but I always had a feel their instincts told them to stay away.

Entering the school, even with things to think about I heard the boring thoughts immediately. Well not entirely boring, apparently tonight a new girl would be arriving to this town which was a big deal to people around here. Forks was a small town where everybody seemed to know everybody. And this new girl was supposedly the daughter of the chief of police, Charlie Swan. Why she was coming to Forks, nobody seemed to know or even care but I always asked myself these questions. Why did she need to come to such a small, dreary town to live with the Dad she apparently rarely seen.

The day continued on as normal, and after school I drove my family home. When I arrived in the house, Alice froze and her eyes went hazy. This meant that she was having a vision, and everyone else had already started doing their own thing that they hadn't seem to notice it.

I looked into her mind, and saw what she saw and I immediately ran from the house and began to run as fast as I could. My running to most people just looked like a blur, but quickly there was Alice next to me and I figured she must not have told anyone else.

Quickly, we both made it back into Forks after quite a bit of running and there was the scene that I was hoping Alice was wrong about. Two police cruisers, an ambulance, Police officers stood around a rope off part of the street blocking our view but we knew what was there. Approaching, we saw our father. Dr. Carlisle Cullen kneeled down on the ground, working quickly over a classmate of our, Mike Newton. His arm had been bitten, and badly. Unconscious, but still breathing and he wasn't screaming out in pain like he should be. Carlisle was stitching up the arm, and once he was done paramedics quickly got Newton onto a stretcher, while Chief Swan was trying to hold off the oncoming crowd.

Once it was all over, Alice and I both wondered why we had even bothered to come. There was no smell, or even a trace of what we thought. Carlisle walked over to us, and looked quite grim. The three of us walked out of ear range from others, and I then asked the question plaguing my mind. "How did you manage to suck the venom from out of that victim if you were surrounded by all those people?" I knew it had to be a vampire attacked. The vampire we smelled from last night to be exact, but why hadn't they finished Mike off.

"It wasn't a vampire, Edward. At least there were no signs of venom or anything of that sort. Mike Newton was just unconscious when I arrived" my blond father added in.

I thought about it and then looked at Alice to see if she would speak up.

"But I saw when you arrived here somebody in a cloak was running from the scene, they must have bitten him" Alice inserted.

"So one would think, but the gash in his arm didn't appear to be one with even any teeth marks, and that individual after a second to use all my senses was certainly not a vampire. But I'm almost sure at the way they drifted away that it wasn't a mortal either." he responded and before I could ask my next question, Carlisle answered. "It wasn't anything I've ever seen before, or smelled. In fact they almost had no smell."

"But... it just doesn't make any" I started and Carlisle shook his head, and just smiled.

"I have to get back to the hospital and make sure everything is alright. Hopefully there won't be any more off these attacks. When I get home tonight, we'll talk about it. I just hope Chief Swan is able to get off in time now to meet his daughter at the airport."

I nodded and Carlisle added. "I know you're not very social with the others at your school but from I hear from Charlie, Isabella is a bit of a recluse. Why don't you try and befriend her, you two may just get along." And with that, he winked. As if I could make friends with someone unlike me.

As Alice and I turned to run home, Carlisle called out to us before he jogged back to the hospital. "Remember to tell your teachers tomorrow that you won't be in on Friday because of our hiking trip."

I rolled my eyes. But it was better than nothing. If people thought we were weird for how much we went hiking all year round, they'd think we were weirder if they found out what we were really up to.