A Reason To Smile

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This is it you guys. Now Krystal will meet Lucas and the Cullens.


Chapter 3 – Angel

Krystal's POV

School isn't far from my house; only ten minutes. I parked my car in the student parking lot. There weren't many students out here since there's ten minutes before school starts.

When I got out, I saw four cars that I never seen parked next to each other; a Volvo, a Jeep, a Porsche and a Honda. (A/N: You guess who!) I wonder whose cars are those. Someone must have saved a fortune to get them over the summer. I shrugged and headed to the main building.

When I went inside, there were whispers around the hall. I looked around and they're sure not talking about me since they weren't looking in my direction like last year. I didn't have time to figure out what they're saying because I need to get to class before the bell rings.

I was able to find the room for my first class; history the dullest subject in education. I looked around and found the familiar long red hair girl and blonde curly hair guy sitting near the corner and walked over to them.

"Hi guys." I said.

The two were in a conversation until they heard me and smiled.

"Krystal!" Carly Jensen cried as she and I hugged each other like crazy. "Oh my gosh I missed you over the summer!"

"Missed you too." I said as I sat next to her behind Nathan Dallas who also hugged me.

"Great to see you again Krystal." Nathan said. "How was your summer?"

"Well, while you guys were away, I spent most of my summer tanning, interning at my dad's place and watching sitcoms." I said.

"Sorry you couldn't come with one us." Nathan said. "But my sister wouldn't allow me to invite any of you guys to her wedding in Phoenix." He said when he rolled his eyes about his older sister.

"And we would've had a blast together in Hawaii if you haven't been sick before we left." Carly said.

"I understand guys and I'm sorry." I added.

Carly and Nathan have been my best friends since I first came to this school last year. Carly instantly became my bff since we have so much in common and Nathan is like the brother I always wanted. There was never a dull moment with them whenever we hang out together.

"So are you excited for volleyball practice today?" Carly asked knowing what she's talking about.

"Do I have to answer when you asked me that same question last year? You should know how I feel by now." I groaned.

"Stop complaining." Carly said giving my arm a small push. "You were amazing at tryouts. I could tell that the coaches already considered you on varsity on the first day. Even the freshmen think you're great. Those girls look up to you." I blushed.

"Well, we'll just find out and see." I said.

"Krystal!"

I turned around to see Danielle Olsen throwing her arms around my neck.

"I missed you girlfriend!" She cried happily as her chestnut amber highlight hair flew into my face.

"We hung out over the summer." I said but none of the less, I am happy to see her.

Danielle is another one of my best friends. Always full of cheerfulness but that's what I like about her. One of the reasons why I became her bff is that she admires me of how I gain attention from a lot of boys when I first came here and she always asks me how I do it. To be honest, I have no idea how. I mean the boys here are nice but they can be pretty annoying when they're desperate.

"So what's got you all excited?" Nathan asked as Danielle sat down next to him. "You're more cheery than usual."

"Didn't you hear about the new students?" Danielle asked excitedly. New students? Was that what everyone's whispering about? That would explain the new cars.

"I heard, yes!" Carly said as she and Danielle squealed.

"Aw man not you girls too." Nathan groaned. "It's annoying enough to hear how the girls go gaga over those boys while the guys try to make a move on the girls but you two as well?"

"Um, are these new students a big deal?" I asked in confusion.

Carly and Danielle looked at me like I was mad.

"Uh hello, these guys are like so hot. Of course they're a big deal!" Danielle said.

I was about to say something when suddenly the whole class went silent. My friends and I turned to see thinking it was the teacher getting our attention but Mr. Denning was sitting at his desk engrossed with a book he's reading to noticed the noise. Instead our attention is to someone at the door and I couldn't help but gasp and stare.

At the door was a guy wearing dark jeans with a black buttons v neck long sleeve t-shirt. His spiky brown hair looks amazing even it's messy. His skin is pale but it doesn't bother for the fact that he's beautiful. He looks like he is made to be a teen model the way he dresses and his looks.

Oh my gosh how could someone like him look so perfect even for just standing there? My heart beat furiously as I felt butterflies in my stomach. I had no idea what just happened but it feels like he and I are the only ones here in this room.

"That's one of the new guys I was telling you about." Danielle whispered excitedly.

The guy was looking at everyone in the room and sighed as he walked over to Mr. Denning who just looked up when the guy handed him the slip.

"Ah yes Mr. Stone." Mr. Denning said as he signed the slip and handed it back to him. "Feel free to sit where ever."

The boy nodded and took a seat across from me and my friends, way in the back corner near the window. As he sat down, the whole class started whispering.

"Awe, I think he's shy." Carly said quietly as Danielle giggled. I looked at the boy who is sitting by himself. He doesn't look shy; more like he'd rather be anywhere else but here which I agree.

"If I ask him to join us for lunch, will you two please shut up?" Nathan begged causing me to laugh.

The bell rang and Mr. Denning started the class. Today he just went over the criteria of the course, the syllabus and then telling us all about himself which I find all very boring. As Mr. Denning kept on talking, I turned my head to get a glance at the boy. He's in the same position as he was at the beginning of class. He hasn't moved an inch, not one bit, like a statue. Wow, he must really know how to keep himself occupied.

The teacher handed everyone a worksheet for us to do. I groaned. We're given work already? I hate this class but I don't want to fail. Oh well. I was already halfway done with the worksheet in fifteen minutes but while my hand was doing the work, my mind was on pretty boy. Gee, I wish I knew what his name was although I like calling him pretty boy. I mean it fits him perfectly.

"Hey Krystal, can I see what you got?" Carly asked interrupting my thoughts.

"Sure Carly." I said showing my paper to her as she wrote down what I got.

"Are you ever gonna write your own work?" I teased.

"Hey it's not my fault that I don't have your brains." Carly said.

"It's not about the brains, it's about the work you put into." I said.

"That would explain your skills on the court." Carly smirked as I shoved her playfully.

Mr. Denning let us out five minutes early before the bell rang. Pretty boy got out of the room as soon as the teacher gave the word. I felt sad though. I didn't get the chance to say hi to him or know his name.

Okay this is one weird feeling that I ever felt in my life. What's going on here? I sighed.

"So what class you guys got next?" Nathan asked as we got out of the classroom.

"I got trig." I said.

"You're in trig? I'm stuck in algebra." Danielle whined.

"You're in algebra again?" I asked. "Come on girl that class is not so hard to pass."

"It's not my fault I get distracted!" Danielle said.

"Distracted from seeing a lot of cute boys in the room she says." Carly whispered to me.

"I heard that!" Danielle said as Carly and I laughed.

My friends and I went different ways as I headed my way to trig. When I entered the classroom, my heart started to rejoice when I saw that pretty boy already sitting in this class.

Two in a row! Can you say that I'm the luckiest girl ever? Whoa there Krystal where did all that come from? I was too busy smiling, which I didn't know, to notice that someone bumped past me. I looked around to see pretty boy getting his head wrapped around by a guy's huge muscle.

"There's my favorite brother from another mother." He said ruffling pretty boy's spiky hair. Pretty boy must have said something because the big guy said, "It's what I do." He let go of pretty boy and sat down next to a blonde girl as they started talking to each other.

I took a closer look at the two people as I sat down. The big guy was burly with dark curly hair. The size of his body makes him intimidating yet from the way he interacts with pretty boy, he seems cheerful and childish. The blonde girl was beautiful. I'm not sure that's even possible for someone like her to be beautiful above normal. She's has an elegant figure like a model. The three don't look like they are related and yet they all have pale skin. Now I'm even more curious about these new students.

Mrs. Wilson started the classroom with some reviews and then handed us a worksheet to work on with our group. My group and I were only two problems away from being done. While they were busy going over the work, I took a chance to look at pretty boy's group. I was surprised to see that they were already done. Blondie and muscle man are talking to each other while pretty boy appears to be doodling in his notebook.

Wow, just seeing him in that pose makes my heart flutter. Wait, did I just say that? I shook my head to shake this weird feeling off. I looked back at the group to see blondie giggling. Wonder what's so funny. My question was answered when the three of them turn their heads towards me. I quickly turned away but I'm sure they caught me.

Oh my gosh did blondie noticed me staring at pretty boy? Talk about embarrassing. I can feel myself blushing. That never happens to me before. Even more embarrassing. I slowly turned my head back to those three and saw pretty boy had a confused look on his face at blondie and muscle man who is chuckling silently. Great, that's just what I needed.

The bell rang and everyone headed out of the classroom. I went to my locker during passing period to put some of my books in and grabbed my chemistry book which is the class I have next. I made my way to chemistry when I felt something negative, like a cold a chill down my spine. Oh no, don't tell me. I entered the classroom by only three steps when,

"Well well if it isn't Krystal."

I stopped right in my tracks and sighed. I recognized that diva voice anywhere.

"Hello Miley." I said not looking at her. I should've known that negative feeling was my Miley senses.

Miley Ray is the school's diva and many of the girls here are her victims. She thinks she's a big deal coming from a wealthy family with the way she dresses, what she owns not to mention how pretty she is that boys drool over her. She would think of herself as a star in Hollywood already, the bad kind.

Miley is also the tormentor to almost every girl in this school; always putting them down for what they do, how they dress, humiliates them in public, throwing insults, mostly embarrassing them in front of boys they have a crush on and later have them for herself.

When I first came to Port Angeles High, she immediately starts tormenting me but to her disappointment, she doesn't bother me one bit which is what causes her to loathe me. My mother always told me to never let people get to you because it's their problem and not yours. I don't understand what Miley has against me the most. My friends say it's because of the attention I got last year which probably made her jealous. I never understand how I got so much attention though which irritates Miley even more.

"You wanna know what I did over the summer?" She asked me, not bothering to let me answer when I turned to her and two of her friends as she continued on. "I went to LA where I got to meet Channing Tatum." She gloated loudly for everyone to hear as I rolled my eyes. Diva of the year, not counting the way she dresses that helps her dirty blonde hair make her looks like one, and it's only the first day.

"You sure it's not the wax figure of him you met. I heard it was removed out the museum because someone got really attached to it, and that someone I heard was you." I smirked.

Miley turned a bit red as some of the students who were listening laughed. Even her friends find it funny.

"Whatever, what did you do?" Miley asked when she quickly recovered. "Interning at that sad excuse of a place your father calls work?"

I felt a stab of annoyance but smiled and said, "Well at least I don't spend my summer getting a total makeover to look like a Barbie doll."

"Hey it's a good thing I got this new look because I'm gonna need it if I want the new students to notice." Miley said.

I don't know why but I felt this burning feeling in my chest. She's trying make a move on pretty boy? Why did I ask that? I mean I don't have feelings for him but I don't want him to be heartbroken like all the other boys who've been dumped by Miley a day later.

"Like they ever wanna go out with you." I sneered.

Miley raised her eyebrows at me. "They've rather be with me than be with you since that bitch of a mother of yours died."

That's when everything in front of me shattered. It's like a bullet had shot right through my heart. Yet, I'm still standing. I cannot believe that Miley insulted me and for once, it actually bothers me, a lot.

"Maybe she left because of you." It was all I could say as I walked away from them as they laughed.

I walked to a table that was in front of two people; a guy with bronze hair who is just as handsome as pretty boy only that he's more like a god and sitting next to him is a girl who is extremely beautiful with dark brown hair. Those two have the same pale skin as pretty boy and the other two.

When I came to the table, the girl gave me a smile of an apologetic look. The same thing with the boy after he gave a glare at Miley who is talking to her friends. I gave a small smile to them as I sat down in the table in front of them where my smile disappeared and I try my best not to cry on the first day. The class went by very fast and I didn't pay attention for once what the teacher said. I left the room and went to American Lit where I saw Carly already in a seat.

"Hey Carly." I said as I sat down next to her.

"Are you okay?" Carly asked examining me closely. "What happened?"

"Who do you think happened?" I asked.

"Miley?" I nodded. "Wait a minute, Miley threw something at you and it affected you for real?" I nodded again. "What did she say?"

"Bringing up my mom." I said.

Carly pulled me into a hug. "I can't believe she would go that low on you." I silently agreed with her.

Carly understood what I'm going through when I told her about my mom. Carly's mom passed away when she was five while her dad left them when she was a few months old just like that leaving her to be raised by her grandparents. Carly has also been tormented by Miley longer than I have so she got used to it by now.

"I wish I knew what she really has against you." Carly said when she let go of me.

"I'm sure everyone wants to know what her deal is." I said.

I heard someone sitting down next to me and I turned around. I almost did a double take when I thought it was the bronze hair boy only it's a girl with the same hair color. She looks a lot like him though; same facial, same nose, same lips and pale skin. She could be his sister.

"Hi, I'm Renesmee but you can call me Nessie." She smiled.

"Hi, I'm Krystal." I said.

"I'm Carly." She said.

"Nice to meet you guys." The girl name Nessie said. Her real name is a bit of a mouthful. Nessie turned to me. "I like your name, it's beautiful."

"Thanks," I smiled. "But I think your name sounds more beautiful. It's quite an unusual one."

"It's a name combined by my grandmothers." Nessie explained.

"That's very unique." Carly said as I nodded my head in agreement.

"I was named after my grandmother too you know." I said to Nessie.

She had a huge smile on her face.

"Wow, you girls and I will be great friends." Nessie said.

The rest of the class was very enjoyable. It made me forget completely about Miley and her insults. The bell rang and it was time for lunch.

"Well, I'll see you girls later." Nessie said when we got out of the classroom.

"Yeah, see you around." Carly said.

"Bye." I said as Nessie waved and left for the cafeteria.

Carly and I walked together to the cafeteria where it was quite packed. We went in line to the quick stop where we grab some sandwiches. I don't really go for the main courses here at this school. We looked around to find Danielle and Nathan and found them sitting at a table with four other friends of ours; Taylor, Cody, Martin and Shawn.

"Hey guys."

"Krystal, Carly, great to see you girls again." Cody said as we sat down.

"How are your classes?" Taylor asked as she wrapped her arms around Shawn. Those two have been dating since the end of last year.

"Pretty good." I said minus the Miley insults. "So what's new here?"

"Well the whole school is buzzing about the new students." Shawn said.

"Just who are these new students exactly? Do you know who they are?" I asked. I'm dying to know who these people are.

"Yeah I heard." Martin said. "They're the Cullens. They're Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids."

Hold on, did he say Cullen? Dr. Cullen? Haven't I heard that name somewhere before? I think dad might have mentioned him once but I'm not sure. Maybe I'll ask him tonight.

"Speaking of whom, here they come." Shawn said.

We all turned to see them coming into the cafeteria. Right in front was blondie and muscle man who are holding hand in hand. My heart fluttered to see pretty boy with the bronze hair boy and the girl in my chemistry class who those two are also holding hands. Behind them I saw another couple who I never seen. Like the others, they both have pale skin. The guy has blonde hair and has similar physical traits as blondie. They could be twins. The short girl looked a lot like a pixie. Some of them grabbed a tray and took one piece of food and started taking a table that is across from ours. I noticed that Nessie isn't with them. I quickly looked around and found her sitting with another group. I guess she's more open to others than her siblings.

"Wait, are you saying that they're all adopted?" Carly asked curiously.

"That's what I heard. I had one of them in my class this morning." Taylor said. "Rosalie Hale, the blonde girl over there." She said pointing over blondie.

"The big guy sitting next to her is Emmett." Cody said. "He's in my gym class and I swear he can bench above the max. I mean seriously, have you not seen his muscles?"

"Anyway, the blonde guy is Rosalie's twin brother, Jasper." Martin said. "The pixie head is Alice, Emmett's younger sister."

"That girl is so weird." Danielle said. "She criticized the way I dress earlier. Who the hell is she, the fashion police?" I chuckled at that statement.

"I know the bronze hair boy." Nathan said. "His name is Edward, Emmett's younger brother who is ten months older than his sister Alice and he's in my Calculus class. I think his name's a bit old school but he doesn't like to be called Eddie. I'm sure you two met Renesmee, Edward's youngest sister."

"I believe the brunette girl is Bella Swan." Carly said. "She's a family friend's daughter she told me."

"And him?" I asked pointing at pretty boy who seems to be irritated about something. I feel like I'm on the edge of my seat to know his name.

My friends looked at them and Carly smiled.

"That's Lucas Stone, Bella's cousin." She said. Wow, a beautiful name for a beautiful guy. Okay seriously stop that! "He's in my French class and I'll tell you that he has one amazing accent. God he is so hot."

"I know, just look at all the guys. They're so, ugh, I just want to die in their arms." Danielle said. I had to agree with Danielle. Lucas is extremely beautiful. Okay what is wrong with me today? I never talk like that in my life.

"Am I the only one who noticed that they're all together?" Nathan asked. I looked at Lucas's table and he's right. His siblings are pretty close if you know what I mean.

"That's what I heard earlier but I think the question you should be asking is if it's weird." Taylor said.

"Taylor come on, they're not really related." Shawn said.

"They live together though. I'm not even sure if that's legal." Taylor said.

While everyone was engaged on the topic about the Cullen's "relationship," I glance at their table. Alice was talking to Jasper who has his arm around her. Emmett and Rosalie were also talking to each other. Bella was resting her head on Edward's shoulder as he played with her hair. Lucas is just sitting there looking down playing with an apple on his tray.

Is it me or is Lucas a bit… sad. I noticed that Nessie isn't sitting with them which make me wonder if they're not dating. I somehow would feel sad if they are. I wonder what's wrong with Lucas. Is it because he and Nessie aren't together? I wish I knew.

Maybe I could come over there and talk to him to ask if he's okay. See if I could help him out of his depression. I could sit there and listen to him talk about his problems. I wonder what he sounds like. I wanna hear that beautiful voice come out of his mouth. I wanna stare at those unknown color eyes as he lean towards my face as I wanna taste his lips – whoa, Krystal snap out of it!

I snapped myself back to reality. What just happened back there? I looked back at Lucas's table and I saw Edward chuckling about something. Apparently it sounds funny because everyone at his table looked at him. He said something to them but I couldn't make out what it was. That's when they all turned their heads to my direction causing my eyes to widen.

EEP!

I quickly turned away from them and I could feel myself blushing again. Why does this keep happening? And why do they always catch me staring at Lucas? This is by far the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me.

I slowly looked back and saw Lucas looked annoyed and… embarrassed? Looks like I'm not the only one. I turned back and saw Carly looking at me suspiciously. Damn, I'm still red from that blush.

Lunch has ended as the bell rang and everyone headed off to their next class. I have drawing class with Carly. Oh no, I got a feeling what's gonna happen and my suspicion was correct when we sat down.

"Okay girl, what happened?" She asked.

"N-Nothing."

"Krystal, I know you were looking at Lucas." She said. "You did the same thing when he came into history class."

"S-So what if I am?" I asked sheepishly.

"Krystal, you and I have been friends for a year and I've never see you act like this at all." Carly smiled. "It's like when we hang out, you act all mature and calm but now you're like a whole different person."

"What are you talking about? I'm still the same Krystal you know and love." I said.

"Not when it involves Lucas." Carly smirked. "Do you like him?"

I felt myself going red. "I-I don't know. I mean he's…. cute."

Carly squealed. "But I don't know Carly and I don't understand any of this." Not to mention that I never had a boyfriend before. I went out with a few guys once but it was never a relationship.

"You'll come around and realize it." Carly said.

"Just do me a favor and don't tell the others about this, please." I said.

"Krystal, when have I ever told anyone your secrets?" Carly said as she pretend to zip her lips to show her sworn to secrecy.

I sighed. "Never."

Class has begun and for the rest day, my mind was on nothing but Lucas Stone.


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