This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction. Many thanks to ButterflyBetty and TheOnlyKyla for helping me realize I could and should start writing.
Thank you to Masenjar for prereading and EvilPumpkin for being an amazing beta.
All mistakes are mine.
I am not Stephanie Myers, I am writing for fun and not being paid. No copyright infringement is intended.
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When I woke up the next morning I was full of jitters. I just couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to happen- I wasn't sure if it would be good or bad, I just knew something was coming. I forced myself out of bed and into the bathroom for my morning routine. It was 6:15 by the time I made it downstairs, meaning I had forty-five minutes to eat breakfast before Jasper and Rose swung by to pick me up. I could already tell that starting school at 7:15 was not going to agree with me, since in North Carolina we didn't start until 8:15. We had hoped to compare our schedules before class but Rose couldn't decide what to wear so we were running late and didn't get the chance. Just walking to my locker I was in culture shock. I had been used to the schools on base where the kids took pride in their clothes, which was so not the case here. I had gotten used to my classmates wearing jeans that actually fit and shirts that were not holey and such. I was wearing a pair of jeans with a layered sweater and sure that I stuck out like a sore thumb. It took me a few minutes to find my first class of the day, but when I did I sat in the back hoping not to draw attention to myself. Apparently in an AP Chemistry class it was hard to go unnoticed since the kids have had all the same classmates since the beginning of their high school lives. I had been sitting and going over the text for about five minutes when I was approached by someone. The person who had come up to me, was tiny, possibly shorter than I am, had short black hair, and was bouncing on her toes.
"Hi, my name is Alice." I was startled by the fact that someone was talking to me and took a few moments to calm down. I looked around for the teacher wondering why she was talking to me. Shouldn't they have been here by now?
"Hello Alice, I'm Bella." I had hoped that once she had my name she would go away but I was not that lucky.
"Oh, you're one of the new kids my mom told me about. You've met her; she's the guidance counselor, Esme Cullen. So how do you like Ed White?" Does this girl ever stop to breathe?
"Well, since I have only been here for about fifteen minutes I will have to get back to you on my opinion of the school. Yes, I've met Ms. Cullen; she's nice." I remembered meeting Ms Cullen a few days prior when I was signing up for my classes. She was very much like I always imagined a true guidance counselor would be, warm, welcoming, and truly wanting to help you do the best you could in your academics. Looking at Alice I couldn't find any resemblance to her mom.
"I should've realized you hadn't been here long before asking that question. My brothers always say I need to think before I speak. What lunch do you have?" At this point Alice was sitting in one of the computer desk chairs that were next to me. I still had trouble keeping up with her mile a minute speech.
"What do you mean what lunch? Doesn't everyone go to lunch at the same time?" I was genuinely confused since I had never heard of different lunch schedules. You'd think that was something a guidance counselor would remember to tell you.
"Well, there are three lunch sessions since the school is so big. 'A' lunch is first lunch and means that you have lunch before your third period, 'B' lunch is second and your third period is split in half, while 'C' lunch is last obviously and at the end of your third period. It should say on your schedule which one you have."
After hearing this explanation all I could think was that the public school system was seriously deranged. How was a girl supposed to keep her lunch schedule straight? I pulled my schedule out of my bag and found that I had C lunch; I hoped that would make my day easier.
"I have 'C' lunch, how do they announce the lunches? Are there bells going off all the time?" I hoped this wasn't the case; I wouldn't be able to concentrate with the constant ringing in my ears.
"Yes, they use the bells. Also your teacher will remind you when you are supposed to have lunch if you don't have 'A' lunch. We have the same lunch; you should sit with me. I'm not sure if my brothers will be joining but at least you won't be sitting alone."
While I thought the invite was sweet I just wasn't sure if I wanted to eat lunch with a stranger just yet.
"Are we allowed to eat in the library? I used to do that all the time in my old school."
"No, my brother keeps trying to get permission from the librarian but keeps getting shot down. It's pretty funny actually."
"Oh, okay then. It would be nice to sit with someone." I wasn't overly happy about this but if I couldn't eat in the library sitting with the devil you know is better than the devil you don't. Seeming to be happy that I would be joining her, Alice went to her seat when the teacher arrived. That was when I noticed that by some miracle I had met someone shorter than I was!
My morning seemed to fly by and drag on at the same time. I think my American History teacher thought I was crazy but my English Lit teacher seemed to know what she was talking about and I was convinced this would be my favorite class right next to chemistry. I was not used to sitting in the same class room for ninety minutes straight, so when the bell for my lunch went off I was all too happy to leave. I hadn't seen Rose or Jasper all day and hoped we had the same lunch. I stopped by my locker and got the books I would need for my fourth period pre-calc class and headed to the cafeteria. I was surprised at the smile that formed when I saw Alice waiting at the doors.
"How has your day been so far?" Alice asked with what seemed to be genuine curiosity.
"Fine, but I think Mr. Banner thinks I am a lunatic. I don't understand why the classes are so long!"
"Welcome to the joys of block scheduling. Why would Mr. Banner that?"
"Well, I asked him if we would have to draw the country as part of our final." While we were talking we had been moving through the lunch line and heading to a table.
"Why would you have to do that? It's a history class, not an art class."
"That would probably be because Wyrmie here had to draw the world in her World History class last year." I had been blushing down at my tray from embarrassment when I heard Jasper talking. I whipped around in my seat to find my best friends standing behind me. Rose had motioned to a pair of chairs at the table so I nodded to let her know that she and Jasper were welcome to join us.
"So, Bella how is your day so far?" Rose asked
"Wait, how do you know what Bella had to do in a class last year? She just transferred here, and why did you call her Wyrmie?" Confused was a cute look on Alice.
"Alice, these are my best friends, Rose and Jasper Whitlock. We have been friends since second grade. Wyrmie is my nickname, as in bookworm," I explained.
"Oh, well it's nice to meet you. I'm Alice Cullen. So where are you guys from?"
"We are from everywhere and nowhere," Jasper answered being the smart ass he is.
"What Spalding means is we are military kids so we move around a lot. Our latest move was from North Carolina," I explained before Alice could get any more confused. However, I hadn't realized I used Jasper's nickname so she was bound to be confused anyway.
Taking pity on her, Rose jumped in this time. "Spalding is what Bella calls Jasper because one day he came home from the basketball courts with Spalding imprinted on his forehead. He still won't tell us exactly what happened but it stuck. They don't have a nickname for me, something that I am thankful for everyday." She finished with a smirk.
While Rose was talking I started to get the same feeling of being watched I had gotten at the mall the other day. I tried to look around but there were so many people. I couldn't find any one person looking at me, so I gave up. I had been so caught up in taking in my surroundings that I missed the two new people at the table.
"Bella, hello. Are you still with us?" Alice was snapping her fingers in my face.
"Yeah, sorry I got distracted."
"That's okay. These are my brothers, Emmett and Edward. Guys, this is Bella, Rose, and Jasper. They just transferred in from North Carolina."
I smiled at Emmett and was about to say something when I realized that Edward was the lurker from the bookstore. How many people could have that color hair? Before anyone could say anything else I grabbed my stuff and ran leaving my friends to stare after me in confusion and worry.
