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Bella grunted as she sat in her seat, even after three weeks of being at the school and having to see the disgrace they tried to pass off as food she was still perturbed every time she had to settle for an apple and a bottle of water.
"Why don't you bring a lunch?" Angela asked quietly having already noticed her utter hatred for the Forks High food, she'd learned her lesson after she'd gotten sick in 5th grade eating some foul smelling chilli
"I sleep too much for that" Bella yawned, so she said but she hadn't gotten much sleep last night thanks to a certain blonde with the beautiful glare
"You don't look like you got much sleep last night"
"Which only makes it worse"
"W-what kept you up?" Angela questioned as if she was afraid to really know the answer or didn't want to overstep her boundaries, again Bella wasn't really sure about these things. She glanced over at their table anyway, noting with disappointment that her blonde beauty was not glaring at her but rather at someone else...Alice, who was waving at her.
Despite her own disappointment and jealousy that Rosalie's glare was directed at someone else other than her, she waved...Little One was growing on her a lot, plus she fed her in art class and food was always good,
"When did you get all buddy-buddy with the Cullen's?" Jessica demanded, she kind of sounded...miffed maybe, who the fuck knew, Bella sure didn't
"Edward is in my Biology class and I have Art with Alice" Bella shrugged, she was more concerned with the supposed mash potatoes on Ben's tray that seemed to have winked at her on multiple occasions already
"I know that, but they talk to you?"
"Alice does"
"Not good enough for Edward?" Lauren smirked, Bella didn't know much but she knew a bitter bitch when she saw a bitter bitch and the bitch was bitter, although she kept it to herself because Ms. Nan taught her to not be a mean and hurtful bitch unless outrightly provoked
"Don't know, seems like he's in his head a lot" Bella shrugged, okay that time it had blinked, she knew when the fuck to get out of dodge, "I'll catch you guys later" she had been chosen to live because she had not partaken in the consuming of it's kinmen, she was sure it would be small scale and others would soon be warned.
Ms. Nan also never taught her to let anyone she was with get jumped, she flagged down Alice, gestured to the food and mouthed run before leaving herself, she'd done her job and her glaring beauty would be safe to glare at her another day.
She left the vicinity of the cafeteria not wanting to hear the soon coming screams of her fellow classmates being slaughtered by the substances they'd so stupidly eaten. Ms. Nan told her she wasn't supposed to take so much pleasure in someone else's displeasure all the time, she disagreed but she hated getting popped with that damn wooden spoon. Damn thing didn't even hurt, just fucking stung like a bitch and now she was bitter again. She also missed Ms. Nan and the others and the food, she really missed the food.
Also, she wanted to sleep except the bell just rung and she hadn't heard any screams, so maybe the glob was playing her and was only practicing to make sure she wouldn't miss the signal the moment it actually went down and they decided to strike. It was a smart blob and she should've probably taken it's earlier winks far more serious.
Edward eyed the girl his siblings were so eager to interact with, she was nothing special...except she was something special. She was taller than most girls and nearly as tall as him with her 6' height, her beauty was on par with that of vampire and in many cases she had most of them beat.
He'd never met a mind he couldn't read but hers was silent, it wasn't so much a void as it was nonexistent, it didn't even feel like there was a mind there for him to even attempt to read. Outside of physically seeing the girl she was invisible, because for someone as clumsy as she clearly demonstrated herself to be at times, her steps were silent no matter the circumstances, and her recoveries were the most graceful things he'd ever witnessed.
No heartbeat thundered in her chest, yet the pulse point it created was blatant and Alice assured them it was there from her hugs with the mysterious girl as she'd felt Bella's heart beating through her chest. There was no scent to bother him, sometimes other scents clung to her but depending on her length of exposure to them they often dissipated shortly thereafter and she was once again invisible to the nose. She could easily disappear into a crowd, everything about her worked in her favor except the fact that Bella seemed to draw people in like a moth to a flame and she was non-discriminatory about it. According to Jasper, each sporting varying levels of lust, attraction, and intrigue.
Bella was a recurring theme for every mind in school, those that didn't talk to her, wanted to if not to just be graced with her presence for a little bit. Bella had a clear group of friends and she was clearly awkward but he had to admit it was charming in a way, he found himself even in this instance drawn to her an irrevocable need to simply just interact with her.
He decided to bite the bullet, because it was clear she was going to be a part of their life no matter his protest for interacting with a human, no matter her quirks. There was so much that could go wrong but he still couldn't find it in himself to resist her presence anymore,
"Hello, my name is Edward Cullen" it wasn't the best introduction but it was all he could come up with
"We're partners, I know that already"
"Right, I apologize for not being very sociable"
"...yeah, okay"
"...so how exactly are you enjoying Forks so far?"
"It's pretty nice, the weather suits me, not my sneakers though" Edward had noticed she seemed to have an affinity for the more expensive sneaker brands like Jordans, Nikes, Vans and Adidas, most of which looked pristine
"Why?"
"I was raised to respect the J's"
"But they're sneakers, they're supposed to get dirty"
"Within reason"
"What reasons would that be?"
"Very few"
"No wonder you and Alice get along"
"No, she's obsessed with fashion. I just really like sneakers"
"You dress stylishly"
"...If it matches and I'm comfortable, I wear it"
"Are those your only two requirements?"
"Yup"'
"Yeah, not like Alice at all"
"She wants to go shopping"
"Don't do it"
"Yeah, she kind of looked a little rabid when she mentioned it"
"It could in many cases be considered a violation of our constitutional rights"
"Oh damn"
"Indeed"
By the time class ended, he understood what the fuss was about. Bella could hold a rather intelligent conversation, all while adding a sense of light hearted charm to it. He also somehow found her fidgeting endearing as it never seemed to really distract her, he'd felt like he had a 100% of her attention at all times. For someone so clearly awkward and uncomfortable with social interactions she was a natural at it.
"Uh oh" Anna smiled up at him, he could see how happy and genuine he sounded bidding Bella a farewell as they went their separate ways in her mind
"She is surprisingly pleasant to talk to"
"What about her possibly finding out about us?"
"I am against turning anyone but I do not wish her dead, she'd be an amazing addition to the family if it came to that"
"So should I expect you to start calling dibs on her as well?"
"No, not quite yet" he chuckled, he had the sneaking suspicion she'd be part of their lives sooner or later and in a very permanent way. Rosalie glared partially in disbelief but mostly in annoyance at the sight before her,
"You've got to be kidding me" she huffed as she watched Alice lead the idiot human across the parking lot handing her baby carrot after baby carrot
"Hey Jelly" Emmett grinned scooping up the girl for the entirety of the parking lot to see and look on in wonder
"Hi Bear" Bella huffed with a small smile as she hugged him back, "Put me down, Alice has noms"
"I win" Alice grinned handing Bella another carrot triumphantly
"Hi Red" Bella waved at Victoria as she offered Edward a fist bump, he looked awkward as he returned the gesture
"How is my little bird?" Victoria purred softly flicking Bella's nose
"Alice brought noms, do you have noms?" Bella questioned lowering her body until she was staring into Victoria's eyes
"I do" Victoria smiled presenting a double chocolate chip cookie
"Aww yess" Bella mumbled taking the cookie and cradling it to her chest carefully
"Bye Little One" Bella mumbled pressing a kiss to Alice's nose before waving a farewell to them all before she headed for her car.
Rosalie glared as she watched the idiot human retreat before stopping and turning around and heading back to them,
"Sorry, rude" Bella mumbled before she turned to face Anna, "Hello my name is Isabella Swan, please call me Bella"
Anna's eyes widened, she'd been pleased to stay in the background and watch her siblings fawn over the girl all the while 'forgetting' to introduce the others so that they wouldn't 'try to steal Bella' from them,
"Anna, I've heard a lot about you" she smiled shaking the outstretched hand
"Okay, but I don't snore, Little One is lying"
"But you were snoring, I heard you" Alice giggled
"Not proof, just claim" Bella replied indignantly as she turned to face Jasper
"Bella, Little One coos about you all the time, I'm too much of a mush hater to really appreciate it" Bella informed Jasper, who only grinned and squeezed his little mate into his side as he reached out to shake the offered hand,
"Jasper, she's called dibs on you, I love her too much to be upset with her happiness"
"Little One is love, I agree. You're mushy though, makes sense"
"Only for her"
"I agree" Bella nodded as she turned to Rosalie and her glare, it made her heart flutter it was such a beautiful glare and up this close she could see the golden flames as they danced dangerously before her,
"I don't care" Rosalie hissed cutting off Bella before she could begin to speak, climbing into her car and ignoring the taller brunette with a goofy grin on her face
"Little One" Bella noted as she began to backpedal and head for her car
"Yeah?"
"We'll be sister in-laws one day. I've never seen a more beautiful glare"
"Okay" Alice chirped happily as she waved as Bella turned and jogged back to her car and drove off
Emmett peeked into Rosalie's car to see the blonde's startled face and guffawed, he couldn't believe it, the girl called Rosalie's best glare beautiful. This time the blonde vampire in question didn't even bother to bid them a farewell as she drove off leaving all of them to pile into Emmett's Jeep this time,
"Fuck, not again" Anna grouched
"Emmett you're sitting in the back" Alice chirped as she hopped up and into the Jeep
"But it's my car" he whined as Victoria slipped the keys out of his pocket
"Yes, but you were the reason Rosalie left this time" Edward shrugged
"How do you know, it could've been because of Jelly"
"Mind reader" Edward was of course lying, the moment the words had registered for the blonde her mind had went utterly and totally blank, not only had Bella rendered the blonde speechless but she'd also managed to render her thoughtless, he'd never known it possible until today.
By the time they returned home, Rosalie was nowhere the be seen having already parked her car and disappeared into the woods,
"Is there a particular reason why your sister came home grumbling about viciously murdering the 'Swan Idiot' as she put it?" Esme questioned looking up from her magazine
"You've got to listen to what Jelly said in the parking lot" Emmett excitedly declared before delving into the story.
Esme listened her eyes widening, the girl either truly had to be an idiot or somehow in love with Rosalie, because only love could make another person so blind,
"Does it actually have any hope?" she was so ready to see Rosalie find her mate, her daughter had suffered enough
"We don't know, none of our powers work on Bella and today was the first time they directly interacted with one another" Edward shrugged, of course they could infer about Rosalie since they could read her mind, see her future, and sense her emotions but her own power made it hard to pinpoint her most of the time nevermind when she was actively trying to avoid a particular subject.
"I think it'd be perfect, Jelly would annoy Rosalie and she'd probably want to kill her a lot but love and hate dance along the same line all the time" Emmett shrugged
"That sounds like the most unstable relationship I've ever heard of" Esme noted
"Yeah but exciting and Rosalie isn't easy, and if you met Bella, you'd see it too" Alice smiled getting excited, she was thinking of playing matchmaker
"Do you think that's for the best, I rather enjoyed Bella and I's conversation and I'd like to have more which would be impossible if Rosalie murdered her" Edward noted
"It'll be fine" Alice grinned with a wave of her hand before she disappeared up the steps.
Everything was not fine, she had yet to return home since she'd dropped off her car because she needed to not be in the same state as the idiot human she wanted to murder. She hissed uprooting a tree at the pain that accompanied that thought process.
Fucking Isabella Swan.