BELLA POV

Mike Newton and Angela Weber walk with me and show me where the cafeteria is. Once inside they go to what I guess is their usual table. Sitting there are a few other people, they introduce me to. Tyler Crowley, Eric Yorkie and Lauren Mallory and Ben Chaney. All the guys act like they have never seen a girl before, except for Ben. I can tell he's sweet on Angela. Eric pulls out my chair for me.

"If there's anything you need, be sure you come to me." He says.

"Well, thank you, but I am more the suffer in silence type," I tell him with a quirk of an eyebrow. Tyler then pushes Eric out of the way and sneaks a kiss on my cheek before chuckling and running off, with Eric and Mike running after him. See this is why I don't have a boyfriend, I can't deal with these childish boys.

"Well I guess you are the shiny new toy," Jessica says with a smile that doesn't reach her eyes. Is she jealous? I hope the hell not, I don't want any of those boys.

Lauren Mallory hasn't said anything, she just sneers at me for a moment. "What the fuck are you suppose to be, you know Halloween is not until next month." She says, then laughs a little to herself, as though she just said the funniest thing ever.

"Oh really, did you realize that before or after you put on your bitch mask this morning," I asked her.

"OHHHHHH BURRRRRN!" I hear Mike Newton roars in laughter.

Halfway through lunch, the group of gods and goddesses come into the cafeteria.

"Who are they?" escapes my mouth before I even realized it

"Those are the Cullen's and Hales," Angela informs me

"More precisely, they are Rosalie Hale and Emmett Cullen, Jasper Hale and Alice Cullen, Laurent St. Jaques and Victoria Hale and finally James Hale and Edward Cullen. They are Dr. and Mrs. Cullens children and foster children. Laurant is an exchange student from France. They are all together, as in dating together. It's so wrong." I heard Jessica say.

"No it's not, the Hales are foster kids and Laruant is an exchange student," Angela said. "I wish they would adopt me."

"But don't waste your time, they think they are too good for the rest of us." Jessica adds "They never hang out or talk to anyone other than themselves."

"Well too late for that, Edward talked to Bella in Biology and James kissed her hand in History."

"Figures, the freaks would be interested in the new freak." Lauren snarled. "And if the two gay ones showed her any interest, its because she's a fag hag.

"They're not freaks." I defended. "And I don't blame them for not talking to any of you if all you're going to do is talk behind their backs. And if it were the case of freaks being attracted to freaks, then Lauren, you should have been their best friend." I was so upset I wanted to cry, and I knew I was beet red with anger. I felt eyes on me again, and I couldn't help looking up to see who it was. It was James Hale and Edward Cullen. I then got up and rushed out of the cafeteria before the tears started to run down my face.

EDWARD POV

James, Laurent, Victoria and I waited in the courtyard for our animal drinking siblings to return from their quick hunt in the forest surrounding the school. Once they returned we all headed to the cafeteria. We usually just sat in the courtyard, but today James and I wanted to be where Bella was. As we walked towards the cafeteria, I told them what Bella said about my eyes.

"Today should have been the day we all wore contacts. Bella noticed my eyes change color." I told them.

They all looked at me surprised.

"Humans never pay us any attention, Eddie," Emmett said to us.

"Yeah, well she did. She seems to be very observant." I told them.

"Why, what did you hear in her thoughts," Jasper asked me.

"I—I—can't, I can't hear her thoughts," I told them ducking my head.

"WHAT!?" Rosalie exclaimed, "How can that be?"

"I don't know Rose, I meant to ask Carlisle, but I didn't get around to it," I told them.

"What about you Pixie, can you see her future," Laurant asked Alice. Alice shook her head.

"No, not really, I mean I can, but it's blurry. It's like something is shielding it." Jasper just shook his head.

"I don't get a really good read on her emotions either," Jasper added. Just then we enter the cafeteria and we walk by the table she is sitting at with the other students. I hear her speak to no one in particular.

"Who are they?" She says and then looks shocked as if she didn't realize she said it out loud.

Fucking sex on two legs walking…all of them even the girls, and especially the ones with the freaky red contacts. I hear in Jessica Stanley's thoughts.

"They are the Cullens and Hales" Angela Weber said. I like her, she is really sweet. I actually wouldn't mind being friends with her, but most times she just appears frightened of us.

"More precisely, they are Rosalie Hale and Emmett Cullen, Jasper Hale an Alice Cullen, Laurant St. Jaques and Victoria Hale and finally James Hale and Edward Cullen. They are Dr. and Mrs. Cullens children and foster children. Laurant is an exchange student from France. They are all together, as in dating together. It's so wrong" I heard Jessica say.

"No it's not, the Hales are foster kids and Laruant is an exchange student," Angela said. "I wish they would adopt me."

"But don't waste your time, they think they are too good for the rest of us." Jessica adds "They never hang out or talk to anyone other than themselves."

"Well too late for that, Edward talked to Bella in Biology and James kissed her hand in History." Mike Newton adds with a scowl on his face as he looked at me an James.

"Figures, the freaks would be interested in the new freak." Lauren snarled. "And if the two gay ones showed her any interest, its because she's a fag hag.

"They're not freaks." Bella defended us. Wow, that caught me off guard. I then look over at my siblings and Jasper looked pained as if he would fall out of his seat.

"And I don't blame them for not talking to any of you if all you're going to do is talk behind their backs. And if it were the case of freaks being attracted to freaks, then Lauren, you should have been their best friend." Bella was now so red with anger she looked like a tomato. She then looked up and straight at James and me, before running out of the cafeteria. I was about to get up and run after her, but James stopped me.

"Wait, love. Give her some space." I just nodded and looked over at Jasper. "I guess you felt those emotions. I said to him wide-eyed with my head cocked to the side.

"SSSHI…You think?" Jasper said sarcastically. "They came on so strong it nearly knocked me out of my seat." He told us. "They came on out of nowhere and shut off just as suddenly. Honestly, I think she's a shield. I think both physical and mental. If you can't read her mind, that would require a mental shield. But emotions can be both mental and physical. I haven't had the opportunity to try and effect her emotions, I have only tried to get a read on them. I think because she's still human, she doesn't have full control of her shield. I've seen shields before, but all of them are just so different. But I have never met one in human form before. We'd better talk to Carlisle when we get home." Jasper said. Then the bell rang for us to go to our next class. We all got up and filed out of the cafeteria.

BELLA POV

I went to the ladies bathroom again and cried. I don't even know why I am so upset. I've handled better bitches than Lauren before. But I wasn't angry for what she said about me. I was upset over what she was saying about the Cullens and Hales. But Why? Why did I feel such a bond with them, I don't even know them.

I then walked over to the sink, and pulled out makeup wipes from my bag and cleaned my face. I then reapplied my makeup so that it was flawless again. I'm usually not a makeup type girl, and I always start a new school with my Goth makeup until I feel comfortable. It's a way to hide, like a mask to hide the real me. As I am applying my makeup, I glance out of the bathroom window. Snow, really? Just great. It's only September and it's already snowing. I just shake my head.

After I'm done I walk out of the bathroom and almost run into the little pixie girl. She's standing there as if she is waiting for me.

"Hi, I'm Alice Cullen. And we are going to be best friends." She told me with a little giggle. Her laugh sounds like wind chimes. It's almost as magical as she appears to be.

I just laugh, a little taken aback by her statement. "Oh, o—o—okay, I'm Bella Swan, nice to meet you, Alice," I say and stick out my hand to shake it, but instead, she wraps her arms around me for a hug. I just sort of stiffen, as I feel her cold arms wrap around my arms that are now glued straight down to my sides.

"Oh Alice, let the girl breathe, GOD!" I then hear another voice. I look over Alice's shoulder and It's the Ice queen and the Fire bitch.

"So what are you, a dominatrix or something? If you are, I think we could probably have some fun too. I'm Rosalie by the way. That little pixie you've already met is my sister Alice, and this is my sister Vicky."

Vicky just looks at me as if I'm a bug she wants to squash.

"Oh, don't mind her. Vicky always has a resting bitch face" Alice says with her bell-like giggle. Vicky then scrunches up her face, and I could swear I hear her growl.

"Bella, would you like to go shopping with us this weekend. I would love to get you out of this Goth phase you are going through." Alice says.

"UHHH WHOA PIXIE!" I said to her. "I don't always dress like this. This is my 'stay the fuck away if you know whats good for you' outfit. But nobody messes with the black." I told her. That actually brought a smile to Vicky's face.

"Well honey, I hate to tell ya, but the only thing that outfit is screaming is, 'spank me good mistress' all except for the shoes, but after that little display in the parking lot this morning, I see why you wear those," Rose tells me. I think I'm actually gonna like them. Just then the bell rings and we are late for class.

"Don't worry, it's your first day. What class do you have now?" Rose asks. I show her my schedule.

"Oh, you're with me. Come on, I'll show you where we're going. And we take off down the hall leaving Vicky and Alice. I turn to see where they are and they are nowhere in sight.

After my last class, I get the rest of my things from the locker and head for the parking lot

I put my headphones in just as I make it to the parking lot. I see a layer of snow on the ground, and it looks like there may even be ice on the roads. Great, no way I'm getting out of this alive, I thought to myself as I walk across the parking lot.

JAMES POV

Edward and I watched Bella as she made her way to the behemoth of a car. She stopped at the bed of the truck. I then hear the squealing of breaks before I see the van headed straight for Bella. I only have time to share a look with Edward, before running full speed to save her. Edward grabs Bella and pulls her underneath him while I stop the van with my shoulder.

Bella hit her head on the asphalt and was knocked out. Edward looks at me and I nod my head only a fraction before he is off towards the woods, with our mate, and I follow close behind.

As Edward and I made our way through the woods to the house with an unconscious Bella, I couldn't help but think that I was going to kill that van driver. And by Edward's growl, I know he agrees with my thoughts.

Run little human, run but there is nowhere to hide from two very angry vampires.

"We're here!" Edward says

"Let's hope Carlisle is here," I say to him

"He is, is all Edward says before we enter the house.

We rush her up the stairs and into our room. Edward lays her on our bed, and I can't help but purr at the sight. If only the circumstances were different and she was awake. I then hear Carlisle make his way up the stairs. As soon as he enters the room, roars, growls, and snarls erupt from Edward and me. It's instinctual, even though we know he is only here to help

"Calm down, please I do not wish to harm her," Carlisle says very calmly.

MEANWHILE BACK IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT

ALICE POV

I have never been happier that Laraunts gift is to erase memories because otherwise, every human here would have to be killed.

But at the moment, there are three people I really do want to kill, Edward, James and that fucking moron, Tyler Crowley

"Ok, all their minds have been wiped. No one here should remember a thing." Laurent told us.

"Ok, then can we go home now?" Emmett whined like a two-year-old for the up-tenth million time.

"Yes, Emmett we can go!" Make that 4 people.

BACK AT THE CULLEN HOUSE

JAMES POV

"She hit her head a little too hard, but she should be waking up soon," Carlisle told us. Edward and I both give a sigh of relief at knowing she is okay.

"I'm going to call her dad and tell him she's here, do either of you have an excuse as to why she would be here?"

"Ummm Yes," Edward says eagerly. She and I are lab partners in biology and we have a project due next week." Edward says happily. With that Carlisle leaves the room.

I walk over to our mate and sit beside her on the bed. Edward then comes over to the other side of her and sits on the bed as well. I brush a stray lock of hair and tuck it behind her ear.

"I wish we could be with her how we're supposed to be," Edward says looking at her lovingly.

I love him so much. He is so tender. "Me, too love, but she is not ready for that. She doesn't even know us. Babe." I tell him as I place my hand on his face and stroke his cheek with the pad of my thumb.

"Do you think she would get angry if we got in bed with her and just held her?" He asks me. I just shake my head at him sadly.

Suddenly, we hear a moan escape from our mate. I look down at her but she is still asleep.

"Edward, James." She continues to moan, but she is still fast asleep

"She talks in her sleep, that is so cute," Edward says with a bright smile on his face. I go to get off the bed, as to not wake her when I hear..

"Don't leave…" is all she says and then all is silent.

"We'll never leave you, Bella," I say to her before kissing her on the forehead.

"Ever." Is all Edward says before he kisses her on the top of the head.

BELLA POV

When I open my eyes, I didn't know where I was. The room I was in was different than any I had ever been in before. The covers and curtains were made of silk. I raised a hand to my head and rubbed where a dull throb was.

Where am I? ran through my head more times than I wish to count. Just then, the two beautiful men from this morning walked in. the blonde with the pony-tail and the bronze haired one.

"Well hello, there," Edward said.

"I'm sorry, but you must be confused as to why you are here." The blonde said, I still didn't know which one he was.

"I am actually. Do you mind telling me why I'm here, and where I am?" I asked them.

"We saw you were about to be hit by a car, but we managed to get to you in time. You hit your head pretty hard and was unconscious. We decided to bring you to our house since our dad is the best doctor in town, and since today is your first day of school, we didn't want to freak your dad out. Our dad won't tell your dad, so you're fine. Edward said. Edward then slaps the blonde one on the arm.

"Oh I guess I am forgetting my manners, I am James. James Hale, we met in class but were never formally introduced. I know you already met Edward.

"Well you both must already know who I am, but to formally introduce myself, I am Isabella Marie Swan. Most of my friends and family call me Bella. But I'm very pleased to meet you both.

"Yeah we already know who you were but the introduction is always nice," James said, with that sexy smirk I saw from him in class.

'We thought you might want to come meet the rest of the family, so we could become friends since no one else at school makes friends with us." Edward said. I gave him a frown, thinking back on Jessica and Lauren.

I wanted to talk a bit about that, since none of the others were home from school, and their father had to go to work.

"I actually met the girls earlier today. They are all very nice." I told them. They both quirked an eyebrow at that and looked at each other before looking back at me

"Rose and Victoria? Nice?" James said not believing me. "You sure we are talking about my sisters? Rosa-bitch, I mean Rosalie, the blonde Ice queen, and Icky Vicky, the red-head fire crotch bitch." James said. How could he talk like that about his own sisters?

"That's not a very nice thing to say about your sisters." I scolded him. "While they weren't as warm as Alice, They both warmed up to me a little." James looked down at the floor like I had kicked his puppy. I walked over to him and placed my hand under his chin and lifted his head to look at me. "I'm sorry, James. It's just I defended all of you from those nasty girls at school, I didn't expect you to come down on your own sisters that way.

"Don't get us wrong, Bella. We love our sisters very much." Edward told me placing a hand on James' shoulder. We expect as much from Alice, she was so looking forward to meeting you. "But Rose and Vicky." He just shook his head. "They really don't like anyone, they are part of the reason we don't really make friends.

A little while later we heard cars pull up outside, and everyone entered the house.

"Come on let's go meet everyone," James said.

Downstairs everyone was there, plus two new people. One was a woman with hair the color of Edwards, about in her mid-20's and the other a blonde haired man also around mid-20's both had golden eyes, like Alice, Rose, and the bear.

"On account of us bringing Bella home to get checked out by dad, to make sure she was alright, we thought we'd introduce you all to her," Edward said.

"Bella, these are our adopted brothers and sisters; to start, you already met Alice, next to her is Jasper. The big one that looks like a bear, is Emmett, and the ice queen next to him is Rose. The dark-skinned one with the dreads is Laurent and the fiery redhead next to him is Victoria. These two are our mom and dad, Esme and Carlisle Cullen." Edward pointed to them as he said their names.

"It's nice to meet you all," I said with a smile.

Victoria and Rose were glaring at me like they had some issue. Talk about split personality. Emmett's arm seemed to momentarily tighten around Rose's shoulder and Laurent's arm around Victoria's waist. Like they were trying to hold them back from attacking.

"Oh Bella, like I told you, I know we are going to be best friends," the little pixie was now bouncing in place. I look at her like she is insane, but say nothing, Jasper looks like he is trying to hold back a laugh along with most people though I don't know why. As before, I still have a feeling that they were all different in some way or another.

Just then Rose screams. "I TRIED TO GIVE HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, BUT I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS. SHE IS GOING TO RUIN OUR FAMILY AND TELL OUR SECRET. SHE PROBABLY ALREADY KNOWS WE'RE DIFFERENT!

And with that, Rosalie lunges at me along with Victoria, before anyone can stop them. I move my arms up to protect myself, but I know, deep down, it will do no good.