A/N: Okay so i'm going to get the thank you messages out of the way now and for those of you who have left questions in your reviews please read the authors note at the bottom of the page for them. Once again i'd like to thank pixie freak, SerenityMoonlight and Edward'sGirlForEternity for reviewing the last chapter. Also thanks to SerenityMoonlight for adding my story to their story alert and favorite stories.

Next up i'd like to thank isabelle896, Tanya, Carey, breakingdawn2d2 and MainEkHasina for reviewing the last chapter. Finally i'd like to thank malfano and isabelle896 for adding this story to their favorite stories and story alert.

Chapter 3:

Claire groaned as she rolled over and swung her arm out to turn off her alarm. Unfortunately she misjudged how close she was to the edge of the bed and a sudden thud could be heard within the Bennett household. Great start to the day Claire she thought grumbling as she pushed herself into a sitting position and checked herself for injuries. She watched as an angry red mark faded across her arm from where she had whacked it on her cabinet and sighed before standing up and walking towards her closet to choose an outfit for the day. After staring at her clothes for what seemed like forever she finally decided on a pair of tight fitting jeans that flared slightly at the bottom, a brown thin strapped vest top, a cream jacket and a pair of trainers and headed out of her bedroom to get in the shower.

The short walk to the bathroom gave Claire the opportunity to consider how her first day at Forks high school would turn out and how she would try to be civil to her father. Well at least in front of Lyle and mum anyway! she thought smugly as she turned on the shower and shedded her clothes before stepping under the shower.

As the water cascaded down her she began thinking about what had happened in the past few months and wondered what had happened to her hero Peter Petrelli after the incident at her old school. He like her had a power and he had rescued her from a bad guy called Sylar who was after her healing ability. Peter was able to absorb other peoples powers which included her healing ability. She was suddenly brought away from her train of thoughts by a constant banging on the bathroom door. "What!" she snapped, turning of the shower and wrapping a towel around her as she swung the bathroom door open and glared at the culprit.

Lyle jumped back from the bathroom door as he took in his sister's dis-gruntled expression and frowned. "Your not the only one who starts school today Claire and I need a shower." he said in an annoyed tone before pushing past her and slamming the bathroom door in her face.

Claire stood frozen outside of the door for a moment or two before snapping. "Lyle! Next time use your manners." she said before walking back into her bedroom and drying herself off. After she had put her jeans on she flung an old t-shirt over her had and pulled out her hair dryer from her drawer before sitting down in front of her dressing table to dry her hair.

Wonder how i'll get to school she mused as she pulled her brown thin strapped vest top over her head before putting on her cream jacket and zipping it up halfway as she left her bedroom, picking up her school bag on the way out. As she walked into the kitchen she noticed that neither of her parents were around and wondered where they could be as they were always up before her and Lyle. As she opened the fridge door and grabbed some orange juice she spotted a piece of paper stuck on the door with her name on it.

Claire bear,

I've had to go into work earlier than expected and so I cannot take you and Lyle to school. Your mother is still in bed...she's had a tiring few days because of the move so leave her be. I've managed to pull a few strings at your new school so that Lyle can join you there in the year below you-

At this Claire groaned and she went to put the letter down but the last sentence caught her eye.

so i've left the keys to your new vehicle on the small table next to the front door. I expect you to take your brother to school and I will pick him up at the end of the day.

Love dad xx.

She dropped the letter on the counter and ran to grab her keys off the table before opening the front door to see a brand new car sitting in the drive way and she sighed before heading back inside to grab her bag and wait for Lyle. When her brother came down into the kitchen Claire jumped towards him and grabbed his arm pulling him towards the front door. "Hey...I haven't had my breakfast yet." he said pouting as she pulled him out of the front door and jumping back as she whipped her head around to look at him.

"Yeah well guess what. Neither have I, so I guess were even. Now get in the car." she snapped in a no nonsense tone as she let go of his arm and jumped into the drivers side of the car. Lyle sighed and jumped in the passengers side deciding that for once he wouldn't tease his sister, well not when she's in this mood anyway! he thought smirking as he looked towards his sister as she pulled out of the drive way.

The drive to school was a relatively quiet affair as Lyle looked out of his window to watch the scenery go by and Claire put all of her focus into getting to school on time without getting lost. "Dad's picking you up today." Claire said glancing towards her brother out of the corner of her eye.

"Why?" Lyle asked as he turned to look at her with annoyance on his face.

Claire smirked as spotted the high school car park and pulled into an empty space, turning off the ignition and turning to face her brother. "I don't know. It was on the note he left me this morning...sorry!" she added sympathetically as she watched her brother groan in frustration.

"Great. Thanks to dad i'll be a social outcast in school before the day is out. I mean what kid my age has their dad come and pick them up...it's embarrassing." he snapped as he got out of the car and walked around the front of the car to meet his sister who looked like she was fighting back a smile.

"Come on kiddo, we need to go and get our timetables and whatever other crap we need." she said reaching out to ruffle his hair affectionately.

Lyle jumped back and looked wildly around the car park hoping that no one noticed as he flushed a light pink. "Claire!" he said as he gritted his teeth together after realizing that nobody noticed his sisters display of affection. Claire giggled softly swinging her school bag onto her shoulder as they went through the main entrance and walked towards a lady who was sat behind a desk watching the two siblings with interest.

"Hey we're new here and we were told to collect our timetables from the main reception. My name's-" but before Claire could finish her sentence the lady cut in.

"Claire Bennett, right. And you must be Lyle Bennett. Welcome to Forks high school. Here's your timetables, along with a map of the school. Also you need to get this note signed by all your teachers and fetch it back here at the end of the day." the woman said with with a bright smile as she handed out two brown envelopes and a white slip that required the teachers signature.

"Not to sound rude or anything but how did you know who we are?" Claire asked once the shock had worn off and confusion set in. A quick glance towards her brother showed that he to was confused.

The woman chuckled softly as she leaned forwards on her desk slightly to get a better look at the two teens. "Well honey it's rare that we have new comers here but when we do we make it our business to know everything about them." she said casually before leaning back in her seat and smiling at the siblings once more. "Have a great day now." she said in a chipper tone.

Both of the Bennett children stepped away from the desk and looked towards each other warily as the dread settled in their stomachs. "I guess i'll see you at home then." Lyle said clearing his throat and looking around the school nervously.

"Sure thing kiddo." she said trying to smile at him to offer some sort of reassurance but it came across as more of a grimace. Lyle nodded and walked away whilst Claire sighed and opened up her envelope, pulling out her map so that she could find out where the lockers were.

Placing her bag into her locker she became aware of the fact that she was being watched. As she slammed her locker door shut she watched a boy who had been leaning casually on the wall across from her flinch slightly before approaching her with a smug expression on his face. "You must be Claire Bennett. I'm Mike...Mike Newton." he said putting his hand out for her to shake.

Claire grimaced as she looked between him and his out stretched arm. The lady wasn't kidding when she commented on how rare new comers were to Forks she thought as she shook his hand and offered him a small smile. "Yep that's me." she said hoping that she sounded more confident than what she felt.

Mike beamed at her although a small frown appeared on his face as he caught sight of her map. He tugged it out of her hand and scrunched it up looking at her excitedly whilst she stared back confused. "You won't be needing this. I already checked out your schedule and you have all your classes with me." he said when he noticed that she was confused.

Okay now that sounds stalkerish she thought inwardly frowning as she smiled tightly at him. "You didn't have to do that you know." she said hoping that he wouldn't notice the annoyance in her tone.

Apparently he didn't as his grin became wider and he pulled her along side him so that they were both walking down the corridor together. "It's okay. I wanted to." he said as he pulled her towards an open door. "This is where we have English." he said releasing his grip before stepping inside the classroom and sitting down at his desk.

Claire took a deep breath and stepped inside the classroom, walking towards her teacher to hand him her slip. "Well don't just stand there Bennett take a seat already." the teacher grunted as he glared at her and Claire moved towards the back of the classroom to sit down.

The rest of the morning was pretty much the same for Claire as Mike walked her to classes and took his seat whilst she walked up to the teachers and handed them her slip. Unlike in English however the teachers were much kinder to her and asked her to tell everybody about herself but she declined.

At lunch Mike had taken her to the canteen where she had grabbed a sandwich and drink before sitting down at a table with two girls. "So Claire this is Jessica Stanley and Angela Weber. Girls this is Claire Bennett." Mike said proudly oblivious to the glare that was being sent towards Claire from Jessica.

Claire however noticed and frowned at her. "It's nice to meet you guys." she said politely as she smiled warmly at them both.

"You to Claire. What part of Texas are you from?" Angela asked genuinely curious whilst her friend continued to glare at the newcomer.

"Odessa." Claire replied vaguely hoping that the girl would not know about what happened there.

"Really...so does that mean that you knew that girl that was murdered at the high school a few months ago?" Jessica spoke up for the first time as her friends gasped at her bluntness.

"Jessica!" Mike snapped but before he could say any more Claire spoke up.

"It's fine Mike. Yes I did Jessica...we had spoken on a few different occasions." And I saw her die she added bitterly in her head as she looked towards the girl with a knowing smile as her eyes flicked over to Mike briefly before shooting back to hers and seeing the girl's face flush in embarrassment.

Suddenly Mike groaned and everyone on the table turned to look at him concerned. "What is it?" Angela asked softly and Mike lifted his head from the table to glance at another table where five teenagers sat looking in different directions and Angela bit back a grin as she shared a glance with Jessica who was patting Mike's shoulder sympathetically.

Claire looked between them all in confused as to what they were thinking about. After looking between them all for another minute she finally snapped. "Would somebody please tell me what the heck your going on about?" she asked frustration evident in her voice and her three companions suddenly whipped their heads around to look at her as if suddenly remembering that she was there.

"Sorry." Jessica started as she looked towards the former cheerleader in a new light now that she knew that Claire didn't like Mike. "The Cullen's." she said as if that explained everything.

Now Claire was even more confused. "See this face?" she asked as she pointed at towards her face and gained confirmation from everybody. "Well it's confused. You see i'm new here and though i'm usually not into gossip I would like to know what you are talking about. So start talking." she said irritation working it's way into her words.

Her friends looked at her flabbergasted for a moment before Jessica spoke up. "Well that group of teens over there-" she started gesturing towards the group of teens that Mike, Angela and herself were looking at earlier. This time Claire looked towards them as well and gasped at what she saw. Jessica took that as a sign to continue and she rattled on about the Cullen's as Claire used the opportunity to give them a once over. They were inhumanly beautiful and appeared to have similar features though they didn't seem related. On the far left of the table was a short pixie looking girl with spiky hair. She had a happy go lucky expression on her face and seemed to be without a care in world as she leaned back in to a blonde roguish looking boy who appeared to be in some kind of pain, judging from the expression on his face. Next up was the most beautiful looking girl that Claire had ever seen. There was no denying that the pixie looking girl was beautiful but her beauty was different when compared to the blonde sitting in the middle of the group. Before looking away the blonde looked at Claire and glared at her. Sheesh, what's her problem? Claire thought as she looked towards the guy who was sat next to the blonde. He looked to be the strongest in the group but he also gave off the impression that he was a bit of a comedian. Finally she allowed her gaze to fall upon the last member of the group and again she gasped. Out of all the males Claire had to admit that he was definitely the best looking one. He had bronze coloured hair and seemed to look right at her. Whoa! Backup a minute...he's staring at me she thought blushing slightly as she realized that she had been caught and the boy smirked at her.

Arrogant git! she thought as she snapped her gaze around from him and looked at Jessica who was still ranting about the Cullen's. "Hey, who's the arrogant git on the far right?" she asked not really caring that she had interrupted her new friend.

All three occupants on the table stared at her in shock before Angela spoke up softly. "Edward Cullen."

"Yea and he's not an arrogant git. He's the single one out of them all...though none of us are worthy of their time." Jessica added looking slightly peeved at Claire for calling him a name.

Claire just smirked. "Whatever. Shall we get going to class or what?" she asked as she felt a pair of eyes staring at the back of her head coming from the direction of the Cullen's table.

"Sure." Mike said jumping up, eager to get away from the conversation about the Cullen's. The girls just laughed at his eagerness as they moved away from the table and headed towards their next class...Biology II. As they left the canteen Claire looked around and saw that the Cullen table was now empty and she sighed as she walked at a quicker pace to catch up with her friends who were just heading inside a classroom. Claire walked up to her teacher and handed him her slip before turning to look around for a seat.

Oh great she thought as she saw that the only seat available was next to the arrogant git himself, Edward Cullen.

A/N: Here we are at the end of another chapter...please read and review to let me know what you think. I just thought i'd let you know that I ain't very good with car brands so that's why there isn't any detail about the car. Also the next chapter will pick up from where this one ended so the more reviews the quicker I update. And for those who left a question in their review, here's the answers:

pixie freak: I'm not to sure at the moment. I suppose it depends on what my muse wants me to do lol.

breakingdawn2d2: Yes that is what I am saying although it won't happen straight away because I want to make it different from other love stories. I agree with you on the whole weirdness thing because I feel the same way but hey that's why they call it fanfiction right-lol!