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Edward

I didn't even do a quarter of the work I should have in class; I was too busy watching Bella and Edward. Like Edward, I too was constantly on edge. Though I trusted him not to attack her, he didn't last time, but there was still a part of me that was cautious watching him. Bella, at the time had no reason to fear him, only to question his odd behaviour. Watching him tense over from behind, he looked in an extensive amount of pain, either that or he would throw up. In a way, it made me smile, after all – this was where my parents first met. The teacher went on talking, but it was just white noise to me.

As the end of class bell rang, Edward's chair nearly flew at the speed he grabbed his stuff and left the room. Bella watched him, her breathing, heavy. She slowly put her books in her bag – the ones she had hardly used except from to doodle a little. I packed my things and joined her side.

"Are you okay?" I asked when I saw her white face. Bella had always been unusually pale, even as a human and that was thanks to her being half albino but now she looked a sickly pale. I guess her first encounter with a vampire was a pretty intense one.

It took her a few moments to realise I'd spoken and she looked at me for a second a nodded. "I'm fine."

She got out of her seat and we walked out the classroom. That Mike Newton guy followed us down the hall for a while, painfully flirting with Bella and occasionally aiming his flirtatious words at me but I ignored him. Over the years, I had become immune to other guys, unless they were my friends. But I'd become immune to stranger's winks, wolf whistles and pick up lines. Of course, the number of guys who tried to make a move would decrease a lot when Jacob was with me.

At the end of the day, Bella and I made our way to the front office to hand in our signed slips. It felt like only yesterday that Abi and Eli joined me in the office to hand in my first day slip. Now here I was again, with my soon-to-be mother doing the exact same thing. As Bella opened the door I almost walked straight into her. She froze at the sight of a stern Edward Cullen standing at the desk having a low but assertive argument with the woman on the other side of the desk. A small wind rushed over our heads and blew softly through Bella's hair. Her scent made him freeze over again and he glared sourly over his shoulder as us – mainly her. Then he turned to face the woman again and took a deep breath.

"Never mind, then," he said, his voice was cold and it wasn't a voice that I was used to. "I can see that it's impossible. Thank you so much for your help." He turned sharply and made no acknowledgement for us as he swiftly left the room.

The journey home was undoubtedly a very uncomfortable experience. I would sometimes glance over to Bella to find her too many miles away to notice me looking at her. I could tell that the only person on her mind was Edward and I didn't blame her. With an encounter like that, it would be hard not to think of anything else.

"Bella?" I said, quietly.

"Mhm?"

"Are you sure you're okay?" – I knew damn well it was a stupid question to ask, but I couldn't give her a suggestion that I knew what she was thinking, especially when mindreading wasn't exactly my speciality.

"I'm fine, Abi." She said, bluntly. Her eyes still never leaving the road. A few more moments of silence passed when I decided to push things.

"Are you thinking about Edward?" I asked.

"No." She replied, quicker than she'd obviously planned. "I'm just thinking about our biology assignment."

So the legend was true – she was an appalling liar. But I could tell that she felt uncomfortable and I didn't want to make her feel worse, so I stopped the subject.

Bella went to bed early that night and I was left, awake, with no one to talk to and absolutely nothing to do. When I could tell she was asleep, I traced my fingers over her desk and took some paper from her notebook along with a pen that rested on her laptop. I sat at the desk and began to write – who I was writing to was very clear, why I was writing it was because I had never felt so alone, how they would get to read it – I would never know.

Jacob,

I'm so sorry I've disappeared in our life. I just need you to know that it wasn't deliberate. Life chose the worst time possible for there to be a dilemma like this – the night before our wedding. But I must tell you what the hell has happened to me.

If you ever read this... You might not believe me – Today's date is January 20th 2005. I appear to find myself lost in time I guess. Yesterday morning, grandpa Charlie nearly hit me with his police cruiser and Bella was in the car – no she wasn't being arrested. But she had just arrived in Forks from Arizona. She's just started to live here. Today, we met Edward Cullen, and the rest of his family. He was acting very strange in class, but that was only because he wanted to kill Bella, of course. Okay, I understand this may not be what you want to hear. I'm alive.

I'm not hurt and I'm healthy... I'm just very lonely and scared of what's going to happen. The Jacob here won't imprint on me, will he?

Even if he does, it won't be the same... Because he's not you. He may look like you, talk like you but he isn't you. Bella is asleep right now, that's why I'm writing this, but..., I should go to bed too. We have school tomorrow. Bella took me in like a lost puppy - I have a theory that she might have some kind of connection to me, a mother/daughter one that she doesn't understand?

Ask Carlisle what he thinks... I could be right – for once.

I have to go now. Be safe.

I love you.

Renesmee

I read the letter again and again until I read it with Jacob's eyes and managed to reassure myself that I was alright and that everything was fine. I kept that reassured thought in my head and folded up the paper, putting it under my pillow, keeping it safe.

Bella was edgy the next day. She deliberately seemed to be taking her time to get ready to leave for school. I knew that a certain Cullen had something to do with it. But at lunch, only Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper sat at their table. In some ways, I knew that this shouldn't surprise me. I remember being told a story at some point in my life about how rocky it was with my parents when they first met. Biology admittedly seemed less tense without Edward there and it was something I was thankful for. I feel like Bella's backup bodyguard right now. For the first time in my life – I was physically stronger than her. At the end of the day, back in the parking lot, I felt depressed just watching the Cullens. Bella and I that was where we belonged, along with Edward – that was our family. But I felt like I'd been exiled from the Cullen family. They looked upon us with curiosity, particularly with Bella. I was sure by now that Alice had had sufficient visions about Bella. And whilst Bella looked upon them with suspicion, I looked upon them with envy and a longing to be apart of them.

Later that night, Bella had found a number of emails from her mom, Renee. Each email had become more and more urgent the more Bella didn't reply to them.

"Is someone's mother being a little protective?" I asked, grinning as I sat on her bed, reading a book.

She gave a short laugh. "She just worries." She turned in her chair. "If it were you, would your mom send you loads of emails?"

After a moment I grinned. "No, she would just come after me. I don't think my mother really believes in the power of the internet anymore."

"Well, what about if you were all the way in Australia?"

I shrugged. "She would still come after me, you can count on that."

She was silent for a few seconds. "Will she come here?"

I looked at her. "Er... No, probably not." Though, I wished she would.

Bella had become the official house cook when it became evident that Charlie's cooking knowledge didn't stretch far beyond bacon and eggs. I stood peacefully against the door frame as Charlie came in.

"Smells good, Bell." He said, sitting down at the table.

"Thanks."

When Bella put down only two plates, one for her and one for Charlie, Charlie was shocked.

"Bells, I think you forgot someone." He indicated to me. I stood straight.

"Oh, no it's perfectly fine." I insisted. "I asked her not to make me anything."

"Why?" he asked. "Did she season it with poison?" he laughed.

I smiled. "No, I don't really eat much, a snack from now and again suits me fine." Though that did bring up the question in my mind – how do I feed here?

I could take times away from the house to hunt, but then I always ran the risk of running into the Cullens or them picking up my scent. I couldn't let them know what I was or everything would be ruined. Funny how I hadn't even considered one of the most vital parts of my survival. Maybe I could get a job, buy my own refrigerator, put it in the attic and steal donated blood bags from the hospital?

But no doubt someone who is as good with blood as Carlisle would notice a shortage of blood bags like that. I couldn't just live off nothing and I didn't want to convert to human food.

I put the matter aside whilst dinner ran its course. Charlie spoke to Bella and I (mainly Bella) about our first day of school.

"So, how did you girls find the school? Have you made any friends?"he asked, not even taking time away from his food to discuss the matter with us. I didn't have much to say on the schooling matter so I let Bella answer it for me.

"Well, Abi and I are in a few classes together. And I have a few classes with a girl named Jessica. We sit with her at lunch and then there's this boy, Mike who's very friendly. Everyone seems pretty nice." Excluding Edward Cullen it would seem. Charlie commented on Mike Newton, it seemed like he knew their family pretty well. And why shouldn't the Chief of Police know them?

"Do you know the Cullen family?" She asked. I felt my body tense over and jump with joy at the same time.

"Dr. Cullen's family? Sure. Dr. Cullen's a great man." He said. That he was. Just the memory of seeing my grandfather's handsome smile around the house made me feel slightly depressed. I'd missed what Bella had said next but Charlie suddenly looked a little angry.

"People in this town." He muttered. "Dr. Cullen is a brilliant surgeon who could probably work in any hospital in the world, make ten times the salary he gets here. We're lucky to have him – lucky that his wife wanted to live in a small town. He's an asset to the community, and all of those kids are well behaved and polite." Though, I think today Edward had managed to go against Charlie's word. "I had my doubts, when they first moved in, with all those adopted teenagers. I thought we might have some problems with them. But they're all very mature." A century or so tends to do that to a person. "I haven't had one spec of trouble from any of them. That's more than I can say for the children of some folks who have lived in this town for generations. And they stick together the way a family should – camping trips ever other weekend... Just because they're newcomers, people have to talk." I felt myself smile at the way he spoke about them, so defensive and proud. It was sweet in a way. I wondered if he would be this enthusiastic once his only daughter started dating one.

Every day at school, Bella would freeze over with anxiety - anxiety that Edward would return to school. I found it funny in a way that she dreaded his presence so much. Of course, to me, it would be funny considering how inseparable they were at home. By lunch, she would relax as only the four Cullen siblings waltzed into the cafeteria. But one Monday was different when there were five Cullens at the table instead of four. Edward had finally returned. We'd been in the cafeteria for a while before Bella had noticed them. I felt their presence the second I walked into the room. We sat down and almost automatically, Bella pulled herself out of the conversation to concentrate on Edward. He glanced over at her and her face went a rose red. Embarrassed, she turned back to the conversation, but still made little effort to participate. Eventually, Edward looked away and joined in the laughter of the Cullen table. I still looked upon them with envy, They were a family, they were my family and I couldn't even join in their fun.

"Is he looking at me?" Bella asked.

I shook my head. "Not anymore, no." Then I narrowed my eyes at them. "I think I'm going to go and talk to them."

"What?" She sat up straight in a second. "No, Abi, please don't."

"Bella, it's fine. I'm just gonna go and say a friendly 'hi'." I assured her – or I assured myself. It was a question I was asking myself too – what exactly can I say to them? I can't tell them who I am. They're meant to be very private people, how am I supposed to talk to them when I'm not meant to know anything about them?

Nonetheless, I stood up and made my way over to their table. At first, they still didn't notice me – that gave me time to think of what I was meant to say. It was then I truly realised what I was doing – I was intervening. I shouldn't be doing this. But the second I started to reconsider, Edward looked at me, then Emmett, and then Rosalie and Alice and Jasper followed. Their laughter died within a second and they were suddenly the mysterious, secretive Cullen family everyone knew them as – all staring at me. Although I must have looked like an idiot as I approached them, there was still warmth of familiarity that I felt being near them. They were my family; I shouldn't be feeling this edgy about talking to them. Edward was the one I feared the most, my own father.

"Can we help you?" asked Alice, pulling me out of my moronic daze. I looked at her, her small pixie figure sat straight, with her beautiful face staring up at me. Her golden, topaz eyes glowed warmly. What the hell was I doing here?

"Oh, er, no sorry," I stumbled and fell over each word. "I-I just thought you were someone else. Some people I knew, that's all. Sorry for bothering you, you can just go back to... yeah..." I trailed off my words and with that, I quickly trailed off with my feet and quickly headed back over to Bella and the others, my face flushing a brighter red than hers. The others had been watching me the whole time and I was pretty sure that most of the cafeteria had too.

Now I too had a reason to avoid the Cullens, though Bella's avoidance was mainly focused around Edward. We both dragged our heals to biology. Inside the classroom, Edward was sat back in his regular place. He looked slightly less... tense now that he had last time, but more on edge than when he was in the cafeteria. I decide to let Bella deal with him, he wasn't my problem. Though, it was clear she wished she could just run away. I went and sat down behind Edward and I felt that warm homely feeling again.

After some deliberate fidgeting, Bella finally sat down. I watched them both like a hawk as Mr. Banner distributed the microscopes between each pair. I realised how very little attention I'd given my partner. As we were given our microscope, I heard my father's soft voice at last.

"Hello," he said. "My name is Edward Cullen. I didn't have a chance to introduce myself last week. You must be Bella Swan."

"H-how do you know my name?" she asked after a long pause. He gave a soft laugh, it was one I would often hear him make when I said or did something adorably foolish.

"Oh, I think everyone knows your name. The whole town's been waiting for you to arrive."

I never realised that Bella's arrival to Forks had been so anticipated by such a large audience. But everyone seemed to know her without having met her. It was insane in a way. Though, I guess my first arrival at Forks high school hadn't exactly been anticipated. But once one person knew I was a Cullen, suddenly everyone knew and that in its own way made me just as famous her as Bella – her being the Chief of police's daughter and all.

"No," she said. "I meant, why did you call me Bella?"

I caught a glimpse of the confusion on his face. "Do you prefer Isabella?"

"No, I like Bella." She sighed. "But I think Charlie – my dad – must call me Isabella behind my back – that's what everyone here knows me as." I could tell by the look on her face she was trying to explain herself, but failing.

But he just simply said, "Oh." and didn't push the subject any further.

They spoke for a majority of the class, their topics on and off. I would try and help out my lab partner, Jimmy, I think his name was. I didn't know, I think I will just call him Jimmy, regardless. At one point though, I heard him mention my name.

"Your friend Abi made a bit of an impression." He said with a half smile. For a split second her eyes flashed to me and I felt myself go red. There was no time for me to whisper to her what I wanted her to say. So, I would have to break my rules and use my gift against her and make her say it.

"Yes," she said, automatically, looking at him. "She thought you all looked like someone she knew."

"She mentioned." He grinned. Even though she was only under my gift for a matter of seconds, it was still enough time for Edward to notice the sudden change in her voice that made her sound so artificial. His grin disappeared and as she returned to herself, she found him staring at her with slightly narrowed eyes.

"What?" she asked.

"Nothing." He said, shaking his head and turning back to the microscope. After that, their conversation took a dramatic turn when Bella asked him something.

"Did you get contacts?" she asked.

I caught a glimpse of the confused look on his face at her surprise question.

"No."

I felt myself tense up slightly at her question. It was the first time I had heard her ask anything about him that linked to his being a vampire.

They caught my attention again a bit later when he asked her. "Am I annoying you?" I could hear amusement in his voice and that's what I noticed the most.

"Not exactly. I'm more annoyed at myself. My face is so easy to read – my mother always calls me her open book." That, and she was a terrible liar.

"On the contrary, I find you very difficult to read." I smiled slightly at his words.

"You must be a good reader then." She replied.

"Usually." He smiled and I felt my smile turn from a smile to a grin.

The next day, thick snow had set on the ground and anywhere that wasn't a winter wonderland was an ice rink – perfect for natural klutzes like Bella. Though I had noticed how different Bella's attitude to school was now. After yesterday – her conversation with Edward was a success – so my guess was that she was just eager to see him again, which was very different from their previous encounter.

"Congrats." I grinned as we parked in the school parking lot.

Bella looked at me. "For what?"

"For getting us here in one piece. I guess this truck is at least resilient when it comes to black ice."

"Hey, the trucks great." She said, a little offended and got out.

I laughed. "Sorry for offending your truck." I slowly got out of the passenger seat and took my time putting my bag on, looking around at the view from the lot.

I was pulled away from the view when I heard a loud tire screech. Within seconds the world froze. A van was skidding around and its side collided right into the side of Bella's Chevy, right where Bella was standing.

"Mom!" I screeched. A blur got between the two vehicles but Bella had already fallen to the ground. Suddenly all hell broke loose. People were screaming and calling for Bella. I was still frozen in shock and unable to move round the truck. Then, Edward rose, so did Bella. He jumped onto the bed of the truck to get away and as he jumped down on my side, I caught his eye. He froze for a moment and our eyes locked. Just then, there was a connection. I didn't know if he could suddenly hear my thoughts but I looked at him like my father then. But he didn't stand there long, he turned away and ran. I watched him run before going round to see Bella. I realise then that I had called Bella 'mom', but I didn't think anyone had noticed... Unless Edward had and that was why he looked at me like he did.

I stood with Bella at the hospital as the nurses checked her for concussions and other damage. Her friend Tyler was the one who hit her, purely an accident. He apologised to her repeatedly to the point where it was getting kind of annoying. It seemed like I was the only one how believed her when she assured everyone she was fine. When Charlie finally arrived, it only seemed worse. He would also keep asking me if I was okay, even though the van didn't touch me. Nearly hitting the chief's daughter isn't going to go so well with Tyler's driving licence. The door opened again and another familiar face appeared. Dr, Carlisle Cullen.

"I heard the Chief's daughter was here." He smiled handsomely. As he came over he saw me.

"And this must be the Abi Warner you told me about." He said. "Hello Abi, my name is Carlisle, it's lovely to meet you."

I shook his hand. "It's nice to meet you too." I smiled. As he held my hand, I had to resist all urges of throwing myself into his arms and crying. As if having Bella around all the time wasn't bad enough. After he took his hand away, he turned his attention to Bella and looked through her results. When she mentioned Edward helping her, I saw his attention leave the paper as he listened carefully to what she was saying. I could feel the tension rise as she said how fast she was and it was strange considering he was on the other side of the parking lot with the rest of the Cullens when it happened.

"Well, all the tests are clear." He said, putting them back on the table. "You're going to be just fine." Then he smiled again before looking at me. "Are you sure that you are alright, Abi? You look a little pale."

I looked at him. "I'm sure. I'm just naturally pale. Like yourself." I smiled. He laughed, but it was hesitant and slightly forced.

After that, Carlisle left the room to let Charlie and Bella get ready. A few seconds later, I decided to follow Dr. Cullen out the room. Neither of them had noticed which was good but as he turned a corner down a corridor, I saw him join his family a little further down. Esme was there too, though it did look like they were giving Edward a hard time for risking their secret. It was an amazing moment, to see them all together, yet, I'd spent my whole life with them all together and it was suddenly so rare when I was here. But I knew now that after what Edward had done. By saving Bella, he has now risked his secret. Bella is now suspicious and she will go to great lengths to figure him out. Yay.

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