Repeating what I'd said earlier with a little twist, he answered, "Life isn't known to be fair; from what I've heard, it holds grudges."

BPOV

I glared at him, "Okay, stop picking on me, and give me my lemonade. If you're going to pick on someone, pick on someone that'll take it. Go take the drink of one of the girls that will throw herself at you." His arm dropped down and he looked confused. Taking that as a moment of weakness, I grabbed the bottle and walked off in the direction of the doors. I couldn't count to three before I heard footsteps behind me. I'd only really known him for a few hours and I already could predict some of the things he did. I didn't know if that was good or bad, it seemed a little of both.

"What do you mean by girls that'll throw themselves at me?" He asked as I tried to free up my hands to open the door. He opened it for me and I thanked him, walking out and towards the tree where my group sat. It seemed a lot bigger than usual, what with Alice there and it seemed someone had invited Emmett. Rose was back too, I had forgotten to ask where she'd been yesterday.

"Are you serious?" I raised my eyebrows at him and he shrugged in response. "Look around, Edward, most of the girls here are pretty desperate. There isn't much choice here at Forks High. You're not exactly ugly, so I guarantee you girls will start throwing themselves at you soon. There is no shame amongst the female population in Forks High. If it's walking on two legs, it's fair game." Edward looked afraid when I finished my explanation and I was laughing when I sat down next to Jasper. "Hey, bro." I turned to the side and leaned my back against his shoulder.

"Hey, Bells."

"Yola," I said in general, combing the words 'yo' and 'hola.' There was a chorus of greetings from everyone. "This is Edward; he's the brother of Alice and Emmett here." I nudged him with my foot and he waved awkwardly.

"Hey, Edward," came the reply of everyone else. I crossed my legs and started eating, while Edward sat next to me, doing the same. I swallowed my food before speaking, something Mrs. Hale had taught me, "Rose, where were you yesterday?" Mrs. Hale would be so proud of me…

Rose rolled her eyes, "The Queen Bees wanted to speak with me and I was granted audience." I shook my head slowly, laughing.

"When are they going to give up? You can't be brain washed Rosie." She shrugged, sighing. Every year about three to five times, the 'Queen Bees' of the school would ask Rose to join their group and forget our little unpopular one. The Queen Bees, as we called them, were made up Tanya Denali, Jessica Stanley, and Lauren Mallory. They were the head of the popular group. They also thought they were the head of the school. Technically, in a way, they were, but our group was the proud resistance. There were a few rebels like us; they just weren't in our group. Like the quiet reader in my PE class, Angela Weber, as well as her boyfriend Ben Cheney.

"I don't know," Rose groaned, "next time, I'll just slap whoever asks me." I laughed again, I'd like to slap them.

"Probably Jessica, she's like the servant of Tanya and Lauren… Oh, Edward, these girls, the Queen Bees, are the prime example of the girls that will throw themselves at you." Edward's eyes widened a little and I felt Jasper shiver, causing me to chuckle. "Bad memories, Jazz?"

He groaned quietly, "More than a few." Alice on the other side of him looked sympathetic and mad at the same time.

"Something wrong, Pix?" I asked, looking at her, she did look like a pixie.

She saw me looking at her and raised a delicate eyebrow. "What did you call me?"

"Pix, like short for Pixie, you look kind of like how I'd imagine those pixies in books." She snorted in laughter and all the girls joined her.

"Okay, uh, no, nothing is wrong." She leaned around Jasper, "I'm Alice, Edward and Emmett's adoptive sister." She half-hugged me before re-claiming her seat next to Jasper.

"Cool, well, welcome to the group," I said, throwing a glance at Jazz, who was staring at Alice. Love sick much? Dang, he'd only known her for a little over a day. Was there no patience? I rolled my eyes and went back to my lunch. I surveyed the circle, pulling away from the conversation for the moment. Rose and Emmett were talking, as were Jasper and Alice now, while Tabbi and Tristan were chattering away. It seemed all the couples had, well, coupled off. Brandy and Marina were holding a notebook and handing it back and forth, reading, writing, and laughing their fool heads off. Probably doodling, they did the most random things. I loved to just look through their notebooks, the funny thing was, they could draw better than me. My stick people were bad. Edward was being quiet, observing just as I was.

"Hey, new guy," I nudged his foot with mine and he looked at me.

"I have a name," He growled, looking annoyed.

"Sure, Eddie-boy, so where are you from?"

He rolled his eyes, sighing, "My family is from Chicago."

I nodded thoughtfully; Chicago was very different from Forks. "Big city… Why did you move here of all places?"

"My parents wanted to get away from the city for a while, so we moved here and we'll stay until we each graduate from high school and go off to college." I nodded again, sipping at my lemonade and examining the cold sky.

"Wait," I looked back at him, "I thought you were adopted." His brow furrowed a little.

"I am."

"Well, then what do you mean your 'parents' wanted to move here." I tried to understand what he meant, if he was adopted, then what the heck was up with his parents?

"I consider Carlisle and Esme my parents. They have been since before I can remember."

"Oh," that was odd. I didn't really consider the Hales my parents. Just kind people, more like an aunt and uncle. "Oh, okay." I finished eating and Jasper stood, so I moved to lean against the tree. He took everyone's trays, always the gentleman, and took them into the cafeteria. Alice and Edward started talking and it sounded like a conversation that I wouldn't understand, an inside joke or something, so I pulled out my iPod and turned it on. I saw Edward glance at me and his expression seemed curious, but he turned back to Alice. I placed both ear buds in my ear and looked back up at the sky as Cobra Starship's 'Guilty Pleasure' started playing. I tapped my foot, closing my eyes.

A moment later I felt someone sit next to me and I cracked open my eye to find, of course, Edward. Knowing what he would want, I'd be curious as well, I handed him my iPod as well as one of the ear buds. He chuckled once and took them. Different expressions flowed across his face as the band names scrolled down the screens: happiness, a little excitement, disappointment, and he looked overall impressed with what he found. The song ended and he changed it to 'Boston' by Augustana.

"Mm, good song," I murmured, taking my iPod back. The bell rang and I groaned, I hated turning off my iPod in the middle of the song. Edward reluctantly handed me my ear bud and I turned off the iPod, tucking it into my pocket.

He stood and held out a hand, but I was already standing on my own. I brushed off the dirt on my pants and said good bye to everyone. When I started to walk away, Edward followed. "Yes?" I asked, a little impatient.

"I go in this direction," he answered and I paused.

"What do you have next?"

"Study hall." Of course he has study hall.

"I didn't see you yesterday."We started walking to the library again and he shrugged.

"I was in the back, keeping out of the spotlight as best as possible, I kept getting stares all day… So, what kind of music do you listen to overall?" He asked, changing the subject.

"Every kind," I answered. I reached to open the library door but he beat me to it, opening it for me. "Thanks."

"Even country?" He looked like he'd seen something disgusting and I rolled my eyes at him, sitting down and leaning against the wall in a back corner of the library.

He sat next to me, "Yes, even country, Edward. All music is worth at least trying to listen to. Except opera," I shivered and he laughed. "Opera is…a word," I muttered. "A word I can't think of right now, mind you," I pointed at him and he laughed again, "but a word none the less!" I pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them, looking at him.

"So… what's the point of study hall?"

"There is none, not this week at least." I sighed and clicked my tongue a couple times. "Yep, we do pretty much nothing for an hour."

"We could do something," He muttered, looking off into space.

"Oh?"

"We could get to know each other," he said and I scoffed. "Are you still mad at me?"

I smiled, "Not as mad, but you still owe me."

"How am I supposed to make it up to you?"

"Why do you feel the need to?"

His eyebrows raised at me question, "I'm not sure… I guess I don't like people being mad at me." I shook my head, looking away.

"You can't keep everyone happy," I murmured, I knew from experience. "Trying to keep everyone happy is a mistake… sometimes you forget to be happy." I glanced at him and he was watching me with intense eyes, I looked up at the ceiling, resting my head on the wall behind me. "Yes, Edward?" I asked when I saw he wasn't looking away.

"Nothing," He moved into the same position as me, "And what, may I ask, is so interesting with this ceiling?"

I smiled, "Absolutely nothing."

"Then why are you staring at it?"

I raised an eyebrow at him, "Why do you need to know everything?"

He shrugged, "I'm curious."

"About everything?"

He grinned, "Yeah."

"Well, you know, curiosity killed the cat."

"I'm no cat."

"You're right, you're missing the whiskers." I muttered and he laughed.

"And the tail, I don't think I could deal with a tail."I rolled my eyes at him, straightening one of my legs out.

"Yes, a tail does seem quite uncomfortable." We lapsed into silence and that was fine with me. I would rather hang out with someone who could be quiet every once in a while without it being awkward, than someone who felt the need to fill in the gaps with mindless chatter. "So, what do you think of Forks?" I asked him after a few minutes and he half-shrugged.

"I'm not sure. I've always liked rain, so the weather doesn't bother me. I never thought I would like a small town, but we'll see. It'll definitely be a new experience…" I nodded and he sighed softly.

"How about you? Ever lived anywhere else?" I laughed and shook my head. "Always been in this little town? Hm, you should see Chicago, the difference is huge."

"I'm sure." The bell rang and we both stood, grabbing out bags and pulling them on. Edward led me to the doors and held them open. "See you in Bio." I half-waved and walked off in the opposite direction to government.

I barely even noticed government and total fitness as they flashed by in seemingly the blink of an eye. The only thing that even made me pause was that homework was given in government. It wasn't long until I was walking into my last class of the day, biology. The day's almost over, I thought excitedly. Really, my day hadn't gone as bad as I had expected this morning.

"Hello there." I jumped at the sound of a silky voice next to me. I turned to see Edward taking a seat at my side. I just hummed an acknowledgment in response, "Still tired?" He asked and I nodded, resting my elbows on the table and my chin in my hands. "Inspiration can be a hassle," he said so quietly I didn't think it was meant for my ears, so I didn't reply. It was funny that he remembered me saying that this morning, if he hadn't just said it, I would've totally forgotten.

We fell silent as class started and after a moment, Edward pulled out a notebook and started writing furiously, taking notes, I assumed. Maybe he'd finally gotten bored with me and would start following someone else around…

When class ended, all thoughts of him leaving left. He held the door open for me and followed me towards the parking lot. I couldn't help smiling and shaking my head a little, "Let me guess. Since we're going to the same general place, we might as well walk together?" He shrugged and I rolled my eyes.

"I can go a different way, if you want?" I scoffed at this.

"Don't let me choose for you, don't let people walk on you. If you want to walk with me, walk with me." He smiled and his eyes flickered up and down me, like he was re-evaluating something.

"Hey, it's Edward, right?"We both stopped when we were confronted by Jessica Stanley, the servant of Tanya and Lauren. "I'm Jessica." She batted her eyelashes in a way that she seemed to think was attractive. Edward glanced at me uneasily and I started shaking with silent laughter. He was smart at least sometimes; he already understood that this was one of the girls who would flirt with him shamelessly. He may have even made the connection with her and the Jessica we'd spoke of during lunch, realizing it was the same person.

"So, what do you think of Forks?" Nice opening line, Jessica, so original… I wondered if I should save Edward, who was glancing between Jessica and me, repeatedly. Maybe I should save him…I'd wait to watch some of the fun first.

"Uh…it's okay." He said lamely, and I thought I saw him gulp.

"Only okay?" Jessica took a step closer to him, batting her eyelashes again.

"Some of the people are cool," He looked like he was having difficulty not fleeing the scene. I saw Jessica's eyes flicker to me, and back to him, smiling in a sickeningly sweet way.

"I was thinking…" Okay, okay, I'd had my fun, actually, this may be the funniest part yet. I wrapped an arm around Edward's waist, and looked up at him; he looked down, his eyes beyond shocked.

"Hey, baby, are you riding home with me today?" I asked sweetly, throwing a glare at Jessica. I hoped I wasn't turning red from withholding my laughter. Edward partially recovered and put an arm around my shoulders.

"A ride sounds good, Emmett probably ditched me already." Did I sense a hint of truth there? Did he understand I wasn't actually asking him?

Jessica looked at our arms around each other with wide eyes and a gaping mouth. "Hey, Jessica," she looked at me numbly, "You're going to start catching flies soon." With that, I led Edward away, brushing past her.

As soon as we turned a corner, I burst into laughter, dropping my arm. Edward dropped his arm as well, but didn't laugh, just scowled. I laughed until my face was red, but stopped before I started crying from the hilarity of it. When I straightened and looked at Edward, he was still scowling but his green eyes were alight with laughter. "That was great, we should put on that charade every time, and her expression was priceless!" I finally said and he smiled, rolling his eyes.

"Her expression was kind of funny." He relented and I raised my eyebrows.

"Funny? Her expression was hilarious!" I pumped my fist, "I love messing with them."

He rolled his eyes and then gently gripped my elbow, turning me around, towards the parking lot. "So, you…" I trailed off, freezing, when I felt an arm be slung across my shoulders. I turned to glare at Eric, one of the guys who was always asking me out. He wasn't as bad as Mike, but he and Tyler were still a pain in the butt.

"Hi, Isabella." He grinned at me, and started walking, pulling me along with him. I reached back and grabbed Edward's wrist, dragging him along before he snuck off. I heard him snickering behind me, and when Eric turned to look at him, he covered it by coughing.

"Hey, Eric," I greeted him sullenly. It was funnier when you weren't the one being hit on. And come on, twice in a row? Really?! I must be as unlucky as I thought. Edward moved forward to keep pace with us and I released his wrist. "This is Edward." I told Eric and I turned to look at Edward who I was surprised to see was glaring at Eric darkly. I felt Eric flinch, but then he focused on my face.

"I thought you might want to get together and study sometime this week." Eric said hopefully, throwing an anxious glance at Edward.

"Actually," Edward reached out, wrapping an arm around my waist and gently pulling me out of Eric's grasp, "Bella's busy this week."I raised an eyebrow at him, but played along; anything to get away from Eric.

"The whole week?" Eric asked incredulously and reached out to take me back. Instinctively, I flinched into Edward's side and I felt his arm tighten fractionally.

"The whole week." Edward repeated, glaring at Eric again. Wow, if looks could kill, Eric would've keeled over about ten feet back.

"Bye, Bella." Eric said quickly, not even looking at me, then he scurried off in the direction we'd just come from. A little before he was out of sight, I blew a breath of relief, but Edward didn't release me until Eric was gone. We started back on our walk to the lot.

"I guess you don't owe me anything…" I said to Edward and he just shrugged.

"Are you still mad at me?" I paused in front of my car, studying him.

"No," I finally said and he smiled crookedly, "but don't test me again." I waved a finger at him warningly and his smiled grew. I climbed into my car, tossing my messenger bag onto the passenger seat. I waved and he waved back as I turned the key in the ignition and my car roared to life. I peeled out of the lot, looking in my rearview mirror to see Edward looking back over his shoulder at my car.

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update, I've been on vacation. What'd you guys think? I'm hoping to have some funny parts in the next chapter, I can't wait to write it, hope to post soon :] Thanks for favorites, alerts, and reviews. Check out my other stories!!