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Chapter 2

**Could there be more of them?

As soon as the thought crossed my mind, three more blood suckers entered the doorway…two males and a female.

Oh shit.**

One of the males was the size of a huge NFL player…and I'm talking one of the biggest ones. He had short jet black hair and this oddly, innocent look to his face for someone his size. He was holding the hand of the female. She looked like a blonde supermodel. I'm surprised I didn't hear any whispers from guys about her.

The other male was, of course, good-looking. He wasn't very built, but he wasn't too lanky either. His hair was a bronze color and it looked like he had just had sex or something.

I watched as they joined the other couple of bloodsuckers at their table.

Fuck. Five fucking leeches. Things just got complicated in a very surreal way.

"Looks like Bella's noticed the Cullens," Jessica said snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Who?" I tried to play off.

"The Cullens. They're Dr. Cullen and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids, and they moved here about a year ago." And now I'm guessing there's two more. Son of a bitch. "They are all like, dating each other. It's so weird," Jessica explained. No, the weird part is the size of the fucking coven.

"They aren't actually related, Jess," Angela defended.

"Yea, but they live together. It's just weird. Anyway, Emmett Cullen is the big guy, and the blonde is his girlfriend, Rosalie Hale. Jasper, the blonde guy that always looks like he's in pain, is her twin," Yea, because he's trying not to have you for lunch, "and he's with Alice, the little one. And then there's Edward Cullen. He's the only single one, but I wouldn't waste my time."

"Mrs. Cullen's cousins died in an accident, and they took in Emmett, Alice, and Edward," Angela explained. "Later on, they adopted the Hale twins since they couldn't have any kids of their own."

"The Cullens keep to themselves. I hardly ever see them talking to anyone outside of their little group. Seriously, don't waste your time," Jess emphasized once more with a harsh tone.

Five bucks says she tried to get with Edward at one point.

"He's not really my type but thanks," plus our species are natural enemies. Nope, no chance in hell I'd be interested in Edward.

The others continued on with their conversation, and I pretended to listen as I tried eavesdropping on the Cullens.

"So, that's the new girl everyone's been talking about? What does she have to think about us after our unofficial introductions, Edward? She think we're hot?" I heard one of the male ask in a tone too low for the humans to hear.

"I don't know. I can't seem to read her thoughts," I assume Edward replied.

He can read thoughts, huh? Bet he's real frustrated he can't read mine. Vampire gifts don't work on my kind.

"I couldn't sense her emotions in class," Jasper must have said in a very slight southern accent.

"And I can't see her future," a little musical voice chimed in.

Two others have gifts…and nothing. Point proven.

"None of your gifts work? You think she's even human?" a bitchy tone asked.

"She doesn't smell any different," Emmett said.

"Not like those dogs on the rez. I'll give you that. But her scent is weak." She's fucking observant…And what dogs?

"I think she smells really good," the musical voice said.

"I can barely smell her, Alice," Jasper replied.

"I can smell her just fine," Alice chimed back. What?

'Alice' can smell me better than the others? Odd.

Either way, my lack of scent is supposed to help me blend in…not make me suspicious. What the hell makes these vamps different from other ones? Does it have something to do with their eye color?

Before, I could even stop myself, I chanced a look back at the coven. They were all staring in my direction with indistinguishable expressions…except for Alice. She had a warm smile on her face.

I looked away trying to seem rather passive, though a stare down was very tempting. They were already suspicious of me. Don't want to add gasoline to the fire.

Seven vampires to take out.

FUCK.

I'm gonna have to take em out a little at a time. There's no way I can take the whole group of them head on. It's a risk. I'm going to have to get them to trust me somehow and get them alone, one-by-one or in pairs.

All while concealing my true identity. Shit.

I'll start with the least threating one.

Alice.


Turns out, I had my next two classes with Mike as well (goodie) so he showed me the way to our Biology class after lunch.

When we entered the class, my eyes immediately darted straight to the sex-haired, pale-skinned motherfucker sitting across the room and then flashed to the empty chair next to him.

For the love of God, please don't let that be the only empty seat. PLEASE!

"Ah, yes, Isabella. I've been expecting you," Mr. Banner said after I introduced myself to him.

"I prefer Bella, if you don't mind, Mr. Banner," I corrected.

"Yes, of course. Well, it looks like the only empty seat I have for you would be next to Mr. Cullen. So, if you wouldn't mind, please take your seat, and class will begin shortly." Yes I would mind, actually. This is testing my patience just a little bit too far for one day.

I made my way over to my seat as I concentrated on keeping my breathing calm and my facial expression blank. As I sat in my chair, my inner wolf was chomping at my insides. It took everything I had to fight my instincts and not lean over and rip the son-of-a-bitch's head off.

"Hello, I'm Edward Cullen. You're Bella Swan?" the creature said as he flashed me a charming crooked smile. I simply nodded, not trusting myself to speak just yet. "So what brings you here from Phoenix?" You're gonna have to talk to him, Bella, if you're gonna make them trust you.

I groaned internally before I spoke. "What you don't know?"

"I'm sorry?" Edward looked confused.

"I'm just surprised. I told people why at lunch and with how fast the students talk around here, I would have guessed that you would have known by now too," I forced a smile, and then proceeded to tell him my usual story.

Thankfully, he didn't get a chance to ask much more because class had started and the lecture took up the rest of the class period. I pretended to be concentrated in whatever Mr. Banner was saying but truthfully, as in all of the other classes, I had learned it all before, and it gave me a chance to let my mind focus on restraining the wolf...which was definitely something I needed to concentrate on.


I walked into the women's locker room after talking with Coach Clapp and was given a locker and combo. I turned the corner and walked smack into a wall…or at least felt like it.

I stumbled back a couple steps and looked down at a very apologetic vampire.

"Oh my God, I am so sorry! Please forgive me! I-"

"It's alright. Don't worry about it," I interrupted. How did I not smell her coming around the corner?

"I'm Alice, and you're Bella, right?" she smiled. I nodded, taking a moment to analyze her scent that I inexplicably missed.

Mmm…strawberries and mint.

Her scent wasn't overly sweet like the others but rather intoxicating to me. Explains why I didn't sense a vampire right away.

Alice looked down on the floor, picked up a tiny slip of paper, and analyzed it for a split second.

"Is this your locker number?" she asked holding the paper out to me. I took it from her and realized it was the paper Coach Clapp had given me with my assigned locker and combo written on it.

"Yeah, thanks."

"Well, that's the locker right next to mine!" With my luck, of course it would be. "C'mon! I'll show it to you!" she enthusiastically led the way.

I got dressed quickly and followed her out to the center of the gym where they had assigned places to stand in order to take attendance. I stood off to the side, waiting for instruction from the teacher on where to stand, and it was there that I noticed that Alice wasn't the only vampire I had for gym. The big one named Emmett was standing in the spot right next to Alice.

I have all of the bloodsuckers in my classes except for the blonde female. This school is way too damn small.

The coach told us to run a few laps around the gym and it earned a few groans from the students. I didn't have a problem with it…but then again I have a better stamina than humans even in my human form.

In human form, I was way faster and stronger than normal humans. Of course, I still wasn't as fast or as strong as the vamps in this form but I could still fend for myself a bit.

In my fur, it's a different story. I am faster and stronger than average bloodsuckers. Not by a lot, but just enough for me to have the upper hand.

Vampires are ice cold and their skin is harder and smoother than granite. They are dead, lifeless creatures, which mean they don't have a heartbeat, don't bleed, don't sleep, and don't even need to breathe.

I, on the other hand, am alive. I need to breathe, need to sleep, and have a heartbeat. I bleed as well but heal quickly. Cuts heal within hours and broken bones within a couple days. My body temperature is warmer than humans, running at about 104 degrees.

I also eat real food. I don't hunt humans like myths say. I think the damn vampires perpetuated that fucking lie to instill more fear and hatred to our species. But I do need to hunt in wolf form on the full moon. It's an urge I can't ignore. It also helps make the mandatory shift a bit easier to handle if I hunt in between cycles. Otherwise, I become more irritant, weak, and tired till I hunt. And trust me, it's better to keep up your strength during the mandatory shift.

Mike joined up with me and ran with me. To fuck with him, I ran at a faster pace than what would have been considered a comfortable pace for him.

"Wow, you run pretty fast, huh?" Mike said sounding a little winded.

"Would you like me to slow it down for you?" I smirked.

"No. No, I was just noticing that's all," he said trying to play it off.

The whistle blew and the students went to line up at the water fountain. Mike excused himself to get a drink. When he turned his back to me, I saw that his shirt was starting to get covered in sweat.

Boys. So predictable when it comes to their pride and egos. Always refusing to not be shown up by a girl.

Coach Clapp gathered us outside to the football field and dumped a bag of yellow and red flags in the center of it. "Alright ladies and gentlemen, today we're going to be playing flag football. Now, is there anyone here that doesn't know the basic rules to the game? No? Ok good. Here are some of my rules that are going to be added.

There will be no flag guarding. You do not need to touch your flags for any reason while the ball is in play. Each touchdown is a point and there will be no kickoff returns. You will simply bring the ball back to the center field and change possessions.

Oh, and guys, the girls must play. So I better see you passing the ball to the girls every once in a while or I will penalize you for it. Everyone got it?" I looked around at that last part and it seemed as if some of the girls were more disappointed in the last rule more than the guys were. "Alright, good. Newton and big Cullen, you're the team captains. I want you to choose your team girl, boy, girl, boy. Mike, you go first."

"Bella," Mike called me out first. Gee, didn't see that one coming.

"Alice," Emmett called. I grinned internally.

Never thought I'd see the day I would be excited to play against vampires in a game of flag football.

The teams were soon divided up evenly, and the game began. At the start, of course, the guys were hesitant to throw me the ball. Hell, the ball was thrown more at some of the other girls more than I was even thought of.

I noticed on the other team that no one had any problem throwing the ball to either of the Cullens, especially the little pixie. With her size and speed, she was dodging every which way the opposing team was coming at her. Every time I would start to go after her, my own fucking teammates were getting in my way, thinking that I wouldn't catch up to her myself.

About half way through the game, we were losing 5-2, and I was getting pissed. My competitiveness was driving me crazy. Finally, I saw Mike, who was our unofficial quarterback, starting to throw the ball at a guy who was being guarded heavily. Irritated, I ran a few feet in front of the guy and jumped up and caught the ball. I know I shouldn't have done that against my own team, but I was too beyond aggravated to care.

I ran towards the other end of our field, zigzagging through the line of defenders. Coming at me from the side, right as I was reaching the endzone, I saw Alice. I smirked.

Bring it on, midget vamp.

Right as I saw her hand get within inches of pulling my flag, I spun around, leaving it just out of her reach right in time to make a touchdown. My team ran up to me and gave me high-fives, saying stuff like, "Good job!" and "That was fucking awesome". I even heard one dumbass say, "That was hot. I'm in love". Morons, gonna give me the ball now?

I looked back at Alice, and she had an eyebrow raised in amusement with a smile playing at the corner of her lips. I couldn't help but smile a very cocky grin at her. She responded with a small giggle and sticking her tongue out at me. I felt a chill run up my spine at the action but I didn't understand why.

"Guess I should throw you the ball more often?" Mike put his arm around me while making our way back to the center of the field.

"Ya think," I said raising my eyebrow at him.

The last half of the game, as predicted, I was given the ball more. To make my athletic prowess less noticeable though, I let the humans catch me every now and then. On the other hand, I never let the Cullens catch me, forcing them to get a little frustrated with me and use their inhuman-like speeds a bit. Emmett was easier to get that side of him out than his "sister",but she eventually did the same. Sometimes they would catch me, as I would sometimes catch them. It became a game for me and strangely, I was enjoying the innocence of it all.

My team ended up winning 8-7 and I could tell the giant vampire wasn't too pleased by it. I wondered if his team always won these little gym games.

"Beginner's luck, new girl," Emmett said in a mock pout. I only chuckled, amused at his childlike behavior.

On the walk back to the locker rooms, however, I began kicking myself for my ostentatious behavior.

What the fuck was I thinking? Getting myself to be the center of attention like that? Fuck! How old am I to let myself get caught up like that in a stupid game? I know better than to act like that in front of fucking vampires.

In the locker room, I smelled Alice approaching me from the back.

"That was a really good game. You're really quick," she smiled. Shit. Of course, she would notice.

"Yea, I used to play a lot of different sports back in Phoenix," I lied. If I played on an organized sports team, my competitiveness would get the best of me…like it did today.

"Which ones?" which sports require a lot of agility?

"Uh I played a little bit of basketball outside of school with friends, but I played soccer and ran cross-country for the high school," I smirked at the last one.

"Are you gonna join any of the sports here?" she questioned.

"No, I'm not. I was known as the jock at my other high school, and I see moving here as a chance to reinvent myself you know?" I shock myself with how easily bullshit comes out of my mouth.

I took off my shirt to start getting dressed as I was waiting for Alice's reply. A few moments went by, and I still didn't hear a peep from her so I decided to turn around. Her eyes turned black and were glued to my chest and torso area. I knew enough about vampires to know that when their eyes turned black, they were hungry.

I was half expecting my wolf to want to come out but all it did was growl at the way she was looking at me…but not in a threatening manner. I didn't understand.

"Alice?" I said cautiously as I pulled another shirt on.

She seemed to snap out of whatever trance she was in and started to undress. Hesitantly, I turned, giving her the privacy she needed and by the time I turned back around, Alice was already pulling on her backpack.

"I gotta go Bella; see you later," Alice walked off.

The way she was looking at me I thought she was going to attack me. I gotta take out these vampires before I die of paranoia.

Tonight, I go find out where they live.

A/N: Looks like Bella went through hell for the first day of school.

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