A/N: This is where the girls meet and bond over muffins. I love muffins =D

Chapter 3

Cleo's POV

"BYE CLEO!" The girls shouted and waved as my family and I made our way to the plane. I waved back and mouthed: See you soon. We all gave each other thumbs up.

~~~On the way to the house~~~

Kim and I were talking about what it was going to be like here in Forks. I was secretly worried about getting wet and turning mermaid for everyone to see. Of course I didn't say that to Kim.

My dad had told me that there was a girl living next door to us and that she was my age. I hoped she was nice but I knew she could never replace Emma and Rikki.

We arrived at the house and started unpacking our stuff into the house. Most of our stuff had already been moved and we just had our clothes and some small things.

About an hour after we finished unpacking there was a knock at the door. I got up and went to the door.

"Hello, I'm Bella Swan and I live next door. I wanted to welcome you to Forks so I made you some muffins."

"Hi, I'm Cleo. Please come in." I replied, also taking the muffins from her. They looked good. I voiced my opinions of the muffins.

"Oh, my Aunt Beth taught me before I left Phoenix. Try one." She said.

I took a bite out of one and was pleasantly surprised.

"They're delicious"

"Thanks. Do you want me to show around Forks since your new, or would you rather not?" She asked seeming unsure. I noticed the sky darken slightly as she waited for my answer.

"I'd love to." I answered.

"Kay, we'll leave as soon as you're ready." She was smiling now.

I ran upstairs and grabbed my bag which had everything I needed in and as soon as I got downstairs I wrote a quick note should anyone notice my absence.

"I'm ready." I said and we went out the door. We walked across my yard and she showed me her truck.

"Sorry, it's a bit slow." She said

"I love it already." I replied. We both grinned. Bella seems great.

We climbed in and she started asking questions about Australia. She seemed to want to keep the spotlight off herself but she never pushed it if I didn't want to talk about something. I respected her for it.

Somehow we got to the topic of Emma and Rikki.

"They seem really special to you. I'm sorry you had to leave Lewis." She said.

"It's okay. It's getting better." I replied

"I know how you feel." She said "My boyfriend left me a couple of months ago. He said he didn't like me anymore." She seemed upset. I patted her arm. She gave me a small smile.

"It will get better." I promised. We pulled up at our houses.

"Do you want me to give you and Kim a lift to school tomorrow?" She asked, unsure again.

"Yeah, that'll be great." I smiled. I hoped we were going to be great friends.

~~~Monday~~~

My alarm woke me up and I went and had a bath. I was actually quite quick for a mermaid and I got dressed. Luckily it was a sunny day but I still packed my coat just in case.

I went downstairs and told Kim that Bella offered to give her a lift to school while making my breakfast. Kim told me that she was going with her new friends: Ellen and Ellie.

I grabbed my school bag and went round to Bella's. Just as I was about to knock it opened and out came Bella.

"Hey. Kim said she was getting a ride with her friends." I told her.

"That's cool. I'm glad she made some friends." She answered smiling. I think she was in a good mood. We both climbed into her truck and we chattered on about stuff until we arrived at school.

We went to get my timetable and I had most classes with Bella. The only ones I didn't have together were English and Biology. (I have totally changed their timetables, just so you know)

When we got to lunch I saw that Bella had already sat down and I went to join her.

"Why do you sit on your own, if you don't mind me asking?" I wondered.

"I used to sit over there" she pointed to a table which had a girl in our Spanish class in it "but I went into a kind of zombie state after my boyfriend left because the only person I was relatively close to was his sister, but she left as well." I smiled at her encouragingly and reminded her of my promise.

Then a boy who was in mine and Bella's homeroom came up and sat at our table. I think his name was Mike. Bella's face showed disgust before composing herself.

"Hey Bella, who's your friend?" He asked, smiling at me.

"Hi, I'm Cleo," I told him "and you are?"

"I'm Mike. Are you free for a date at the weekend?"

"No." I told him firmly, hoping he'd get the message. Something told me he wouldn't. Luckily the Bell went and Bella saved me from Mike by dragging me to History.

"I am so sorry. Mike is not going to give up." She told me with sincerity. She burst into giggles. "But, I'm just so glad he's given up on me." I giggled too.

A/N: I gave another clue on Bella's power and if you still aren't sure you'll find out in the next chapter.