The rest of the morning was uneventful, the teachers didn't make a fuss, there was always someone there to help me to my next class, and by the time it was lunch I was starving. I was quite worried about walking into a cafeteria filled with people I didn't know, all staring at me because I was the new girl, the blind new girl.

"Bella!" I heard from behind me and I twisted my head a fraction towards the voice so they could tell I heard. There was no point in turning all the way round, I couldn't see them could I?

"Mike?" I guessed.

"Yeah it's me, you find your classes okay?" Still worried about me, I could tell.

"Yeah, a guy called Tyler helped me find my Modern Studies and my Music classes."

"Oh, that must be Tyler Crowley, that was nice of him to help you out." But something in Mike's voice made me think that he wished that Tyler hadn't helped me after all, or that Tyler wasn't such a nice guy. Maybe Mike was jealous that he hadn't been there to help me, but I doubted it, it was probably a feud that went back to before I moved here. He helped me find the counters and something to eat. I then followed Endesha to an empty table, she wasn't so great with strangers and I didn't feel like talking much.

"Hey, how come you are sitting here by yourself?" Mike asked as he dumped his tray beside mine.

"Endesha's not that good with strangers, I thought it would be more sensible to sit by myself for a day or two until she gets used to it here." Or until I get used to it here, which would probably take while I thought.

"Okay, well I need go talk to Eric about valedictorian stuff," Mike faked a yawn and then laughed as he walked away. I was quite happy with the quiet, I had room to think. I then heard a tray being carefully put down beside mine.

"Hi, I'm Angela Weber, is it okay if I sit here?" She had a quiet voice, she must be shy.

"Yeah sure take a seat, don't mind Endesha." She was growling softly. (A/N: Endesha growled, not Angela :P)

"Thank you. Your dog is so cute. You must be Isabella Swan."

"It's just Bella," I smiled in her general direction.

"Right, Bella." I could hear the smile in her voice.

I realised that I liked this Angela, she was peaceful, she didn't feel the need to fill any silence, it was comfortable.

"If you don't mind me asking, how did it happen? I mean, when did it happened? I mean..."

Poor girl, she was trying to find a polite way of phrasing her question. I knew what she meant though and I gave her the same answer as I had given Mike earlier today.

"It was two months ago, traffic collision. A drunk driver hit my car head on."

"I'm sorry..."

"Don't worry about it, they're only questions, its fine, I expected there to be a few."

I heard the scraping of the chair next to me as Mike arrived back.

"Sorry about that, I had to try and sort out the mess that Eric had made of the valedictorian papers and stuff. That's one way to spend fifteen of the most boring minutes of your life I guess."

Angela giggled as Mike chuntered on about Eric and other such nonsense. I lost interest in the conversation, absentmindedly stroking the fur on the back of Endesha's neck. I came back to reality just in time as Angela asked me a question.

"So what class do you have next Bella?"

"Biology, what about you?"

"Same, me and Mike must both be in your class, what a coincidence." I could hear the smile in her voice, and I wondered how she was looking at Mike right about now.

"The bell is about to ring, we should probably get going." Mike said.

"If you two lead the way then Endesha and I can follow you." I said, rising from my seat. Mike's hands were holding my elbow, in case I lost my balance no doubt. I heard him continuing his conversation with Angela, though her soft voice made it hard for me to distinguish what she was saying, but it sounded like they were getting along at least. I walked calmly behind Endesha and thought about what might lay ahead of me in Biology, I thought of a thousand possibilities but none could even slightly prepare me for what was actually going to happen.

As soon as I walked into the classroom it was deathly quiet, I could hear breathing, I could feel the stares. I hung my head slightly so hopefully my hair would hide most of my bright red face. I could feel the blush getting stronger with every step, Oh please don't let me fall now I begged internally. Endesha stopped at what I assumed was the front of the class and I managed to stammer out the teacher's name. He took the slip from my hands, signed it, carefully handed me a textbook and sent me, well Endesha really, to a seat at the back of the class. There was someone in the seat next to me, I turned slightly towards them, trying to be polite.

"Hi, I'm Bella Swan."

"Edward Cullen." He sounded as though he was in some sort of pain.

"Are you okay?" I was appalled at his ragged breath, was there something wrong?

"No, yes, I'm fine, thank you" He said in a rush.

Mr Banner started the lesson just then and I scrambled into my bag to find my tape recorder. It was, as usual, right at the bottom of the bag. I set it on the desk and then tried to listen to his lecture. It was too difficult, I could feel the Edward boy beside me glaring at me, I could almost feel the waves of hostility rolling off of him. I couldn't understand, I hadn't done anything wrong, had I? I began to get paranoid again, my cheeks felt hot and I tilted my head towards the desk, I didn't want to have all these people staring at me, it was horrible. Couldn't they see that I had suffered enough? Couldn't they just leave me alone? The Edward boy was still glaring at me, I could feel his stare boring into my back, I couldn't take it much longer. I was on the verge of tears because of this boy's selfish, careless nature. My head whipped round in his direction.

"Look, just leave me alone, stop staring at me, what have I ever done to you?" I felt the tears spill over as I was looking in his direction.

I also realised that this Edward boy had stopped breathing, the rhythmic flow of air through his lungs had stopped, I noticed it immediately and I didn't care. I hoped he stayed like that, people like him shouldn't be allowed around people, not if this was the result. Reducing me to tears, who the hell did he think he was?