A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks again to all who reviewed on last chapter. And thanks to Izzie for giving me a suggestion, but I'm actually already working on 7th chapter and I already established how she'll meet Emmett (which is coming up in one of the chapters). But you, or anyone else for that matter, may want to give me suggestions on her meeting with Rosalie. I have a small idea, but I'm not sure whether they should hit it off and be excited to see each other again, or maybe hit a few obstacles before they finally get along again. Anywho...this chapter sort of jumps time frames, but hopefully you'll understand it. Hope you like this chapter :D

Disclaimer: Don't own Twilight...just the plotline

1st Day of School

"I fly like paper, get high like planes. If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name. If you–"

"Shut up!" Bella growled as she snapped her cell phone shut to stop the annoying ring tone. She knew she had to change that song because it was already old. "It can't be five already, can it?" she mumbled to herself as she threw her covers off.

When her feet touched the carpet, she was already prepared for the wrath of the morning atmosphere. She had on some colorful wool socks that went all the way up to her knees, some cotton pajama pants, her normal wife beater, but with an American Eagle sweater on top.

She quickly made her way to her bathroom and did her normal routine of brushing her teeth and taking a shower. It was her first day at Fork's High, transferring in after a month of school had already started. She thought about her acceptance and whether or not she should hang around with Jasper. She wrapped a towel around her hair, throwing it back up in a bundle on top, and used another one to wrap around her body. She made her way back to her room, where her clothes prepared the night before were laid around the back of her desk's chair. Bella placed her attire on and made her way back to the bathroom. She pulled out her hair dryer and plugged it in when she heard a knock on the door and Renee's head peek through.

"Hi, hon. So you nervous about your first day of school?" she asked as her entire body emerged to join her daughter in the small room.

"I don't know. I guess," she shrugged and grabbed a brush to untangle the knots in her hair.

Renee leaned against the wall and watched Bella prepare herself for school before speaking up a minute later.

"Well I'll be making breakfast downstairs if you need anything."

"Thanks mom," Bella smiled at her, giving her a quick peck on the cheek.

Renee left her alone to prepare herself and Bella stared at her reflection with uncertainty. Her hair was already dried, lying loosely against her shoulders, and she decided to put some life into it. Inside the drawer she quickly took out her curling iron and replaced it with the blow dryer, shoving it back where the curler first lay and ran back into her room to wait for it to heat up.

By the time she entered her room, her cell phone went off and she swiftly ran to the bed to answer it.

"Hello?" she replied, somewhat out of breath and groggy.

"Hey Bells. You ready for school yet?" Jasper asked in a happy mood.

"Alright mister. What happened to the Mr. Grumpy I talked to at ten in the morning yesterday? You're not supposed to be this chirpy, especially when it's still six in the morning."

"Oh come on, a guy like this has to get ready for school to look as good as he usually does."

"Ha," Bella snickered. "I would have thought otherwise."

"Fine then. So I'm guessing you don't want a ride from your cousin to school then?"

"Are you offering me one?"

"No der. It's easier because it's a waste of gas to take two separate cars. Plus, you're on my way."

"Fine then. By the way, if you want to come over, my mom is making breakfast so you can have some."

"Ooo, what's she making?"

"I don't know. But if you keep me on the phone, I might make us late for school because I still need to get ready."

"Alright, fine then. I'll come by around half an hour or so, if that's okay."

"That's perfect. I'll see you then. Thanks for the ride by the way."

"No prob. See ya."

Bella went automatically back to the bathroom, where the curling iron sat hot and ready for her use. She curled the tips of her hair and clipped it back in half. She grabbed her make up and began applying the basics; foundation, lip gloss, mascara, and some eye shadow. There was no need for blush since she could automatically bring color to her face any time. She stepped back to get a good look at herself and smiled.

She wore her new dark blue jeans that had been tucked into a brown pair of uggs. A brown puff jacket was wrapped around her with a tight fitting black long sleeve shirt underneath. She opened up one of the other drawers to find a swirly dangling gold earring and hooked them into the holes of her ear while slipping on the same ring as yesterday. Before she closed the drawer, something glittering in the back caught her attention and she dug her hand inside to retrieve it. When opened her palm to examine it, she realized it was the locket that her parents gave her on her tenth birthday; the last birthday that she was able to spend with her complete family. Bella reminisced in the thought and then decided to unclasp it and place it around her neck. When she was satisfied with her appearance, the door bell rag and Bella involuntarily jumped.

"Bella!" her mom yelled, "Can you please get that?"

Bella checked the time to see that it was a quarter to seven, guessing that the visitor was probably Jasper. She unplugged the curling iron and headed for the door, unexpected to have something thrown on her as a welcome.

"Can't. Breath," Bella gasped.

"Sorry," Alice apologized as she released Bella from her steal grip hug.

"No problem," Bella began to rub her chest from the big impact.

Jasper stood in the entrance with a look of confusion as he closed the door and locked it.

"I'm sorry for my girlfriend," he gave Alice a quick stern look before returning back to Bella. "She's just excited to meet you for the first time."

"Oh silly," Alice giggled and wrapped her arm around Jasper's neck, "I already met her."

"What?" he looked between the two girls.

"Who's at the door?" Renee called out from the kitchen.

"It's Jasper and his girlfriend Alice!" Bella replied over her shoulder. She looked back at he couple and smiled. "We better eat now before the food gets cold."

The two nodded and followed her into the kitchen.

"Mmm…smells good," Jasper complimented Renee's cooking as he pulled Alice's hand to introduce her. "This is my girlfriend, Alice. Alice, this is my aunt, Bella's mom."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Renee smiled. She wiped her hands on her apron before giving Alice a handshake. "It's nice to have Jasper bring someone to meet me."

"The pleasure is all mine…" Alice stumbled, not knowing what to call her.

"Please, Renee," she responded.

"Renee," Alice beamed and pulled her into a hug.

Bella gave Jasper a look and his eyes conveyed that she was always like that. Bella giggled and walked over to the cupboard to grab all the silverware.

"So mom, what did you cook?" Bella asked as Alice helped her set the table and Jasper poured glasses of orange juice.

"Just some bacon, eggs, and French toast," she replied as she pulled the pan from the stove and dumped the food onto a platter. She placed it on the table the exact time the three teenagers sat down. "I won't be joining you for breakfast," she told them as she pulled the apron over her neck and onto the counter, "I'm late for work so I hope you enjoy your breakfast." She smiled and kissed Bella on the head and nodded to Jasper and Alice. "It was nice meeting you, sweetie."

"You too. Thanks for the breakfast, Renee," Alice smiled.

Renee grabbed a thermos on the counter that was readily filled with coffee and walked out of the room. "Don't forget to lock up before you leave!" she yelled before slamming the door shut.

Bella, Jasper, and Alice stood still momentarily looking at each other, but then greedily dug into the food.

"You dern't mind eef we merk a strop on de way ter skoo, right?" Jasper asked with a mouth full of food as he looked up at Bella from his plate.

Bella gulped her food down and shook her head. Though she hadn't seen Jasper in years, she knew him well enough to understand his jibberish while eating.

"It's fine. Where are we going?"

"Retarded Emmett needs a ride," Alice responded as she took a sip from her glass.

"Emmett?" Bella raised her eyebrow in interest. "I wonder if he'll recog–"

Bella was cut off by the sound of someone's cell phone going off and Jasper held up a finger as he rummaged through his pocket to find it.

"Speaking of the devil," he smiled as he answered the phone. "What's up man?"

The girls watched him with curiosity, listening to the conversation though Emmett's words were muffled.

"Do you not like Emmett or something?" Bella whispered to Alice.

"Oh, of course I like him. He's a great guy. It's just that when he calls for Jasper, he's usually drunk from the night before or something," she shrugged her shoulders as if that was a normal routine.

"Hold up man," Jasper called to the phone causing the girls' private conversation to cease. "Let me put you on loud speaker 'cause I'm eating." He placed the cell on the middle of the table and the girls focused on the object while Jasper helped himself to another serving.

"Well, like I was saying," Emmett's deep voice emitted through the phone, "I don't need a ride to school."

"How come?" Jasper asked before he stuffed an entire piece of bacon in his mouth.

"Edward is driving me."

"Him and his stupid ass show off Volvo," Jasper muttered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing," Jasper quickly corrected himself as Alice shot Bella a look. "That's fine by me though, I wanted to introduce you to someone I think you'd really like, but I guess you're too busy then."

Bella began to smile, wondering what he would say in return. His next words made her roll her eyes.

"Is she hot?" Emmett asked rather quickly. "You know, if she's in the car with you, Alice will kick your ass, and probably her's too."

Jasper snorted and Alice scoffed. "Damn right I would," she responded, giving Bella a wink.

"Oh, didn't know you were there Al. Hey!" Emmett called out happily, finding no shame in what he said. "So is she in the car with you guys?"

"Shut it Em. You'll see her in due time, okay?" Alice scolded him.

"Fine then, mother. I'm telling you Jasper, you've got a full one in your hands."

"Tell me about it," he muttered, causing Alice to slap him on the back of his head.

"We'll see you at school, alright?" Alice told Emmett.

"Alright. See you there pals."

The line went dead and the three of them gulfed down the food in a matter of minutes. After the dishes were washed and put away, Bella gathered her things necessary for school.

"I'm ready. Let's get his day over with," she grumbled and walked past Jasper and Alice.

They followed her and got into the car while she locked up the house. The sky was hazy with dark clouds looming overhead as they threatened to release a downcast of water. The wind was picking up an Bella securely wrapped the jacket around her tighter as she made her way to Jasper's car. She sat in the backseat, relieved that they already put on the heater and she gazed out the window as they pulled away.

"So, Bella," Alice twisted her body around from the passenger's seat to look at her, "Are you excited about your first day here?"

"Sort of. I just can't wait to see if I can recognize anyone who I grew up with."

"Such as…?"

"Well there's of course Emmett, Rosalie Hale, and there's this one guy that–"

"Rosalie Hale? The cheerleader?" Alice mouth was agape. She turned to Jasper with a questioning glare. "You never told me you guys were friends with her."

"Why? Jealous?" he smirked.

"Never," she huffed and crossed her arms while turning her body to glare intensely at the window shield. "I was just curious."

"Uh huh," Jasper tried to suppress his laugh as well as Bella.

The rest of the eight minute ride to school was silent. Bella liked it that way so that she could think about what was in store for her. School would begin at eight sharp and Jasper pulled into the parking lot fifteen minutes prior to when the bell would ring. They all shuffled out of the car and Bella took a deep breath as she stared at the building.

Surprisingly, it was a lot bigger than she expected, though it was nothing compared to the high school in L.A. There were groups of people gathered outside of the front entrance talking with their friends.

"Bella, you ready?" Jasper asked. She was too occupied watching the students, that she hadn't noticed that he and Alice were already several paces ahead of her.

"Umm…yea. Actually, you guys can go right on ahead 'cause I got to go to the office anyways and pick up my schedule."

"You sure?" Alice asked her as she tilted her head.

"Positive," Bella reassured her.

"Alright then, we'll see you later Bells," Jasper waved and tugged on Alice's hand to move forward.

Bella took one more deep breath to gather her confidence. I can do this. I can do this. You were one of the most popular girls at your old school, keep up the rep she told herself. She nodded and then began walking. Alice and Jasper were already long gone. She had no clue how fast they could have gone, but she brushed the thought aside and walked up the steps. She tried to ignore the curious stares of the students she passed and walked head high through the front doors.

The warm air welcomed her and she took in her surroundings. The hallways were filled with long lockers like in her last school, but they seemed to be well maintained. She gazed at the signs and tried to find anything that could lead her to the office. Finally she caught sight of the door plastered with the words and headed for that direction. She continued to receive glances and was relieved when she entered the office.

It smelled musky and had a stench of old people and cats. The walls were painted in a depressing forest green color and plaques of all sorts were hung among them. Bella was distracted by the decorations, but was pulled away by the sound of the receptionist clearing her throat to get her attention.

"Sorry," she muttered as she moved forward towards the desk.

The woman was in her mid fifties with brown hair that held streaks of gray tied in a bun. She wore a mismatched grayish secretary suit and Bella couldn't help but think of ways to improve her looks.

"Can I help you?" the woman asked.

"Yes. I'm a transfer student and I was wondering if I could pick up my schedule."

"Name?"

"Bella Swan."

"Ah, Miss Swan," the lady nodded as she began typing feverishly on the key board. "Here it is," she replied as she got up from her seat to grab the papers she just printed from the printer behind her. "There's a map attached if you get lost. I hope you enjoy your first day of school here."

"Thank you," she smiled and walked back out the door.

People were still filing in and out of the building, opening and slamming lockers. She checked her cell phone tucked into her front pocket and realized that she had ten minutes to kill. There was no hope in trying to find Jasper or Alice within the school, so she resigned to finding where her first class was located. She looked down at the map and her schedule in her hand; English with Mr. Relish in room 73. She located her position on the map and tried to guide herself towards the pathway of the classroom, eyes glued to the paper she held. Regaining her clumsiness that she thought she got over in L.A., she ran into something hard and stumbled backwards, saved by someone's arm wrapped around her waist.

"Oh my gosh. I am so sor– " Bella gasped as she raised her head to view the victim of her crash. "Edward…"

~*~*~*~

"I'm on my way."

"You said that like fifteen minutes ago!"

"Stop yelling!" Edward argued through the phone to Emmett.

"Fine then. Where the hell are you now?"

"Go outside," Edward honked the horn of his car and he could hear it through his cell phone from Emmett's phone.

"Fine. See you in a sec." Emmett emerged from his house door and jogged down to Edward's car. He got into the passenger's side and sighed. "Man, this car is amazing," he sat in awe as he began rubbing his hand against the leather seat.

"Stop feeling up my car," Edward quipped as he drove down the street.

"I was just saying," Emmett shrugged as he crossed his arms. "Anyways, Jasper called me."

"And?"

"And he wanted to show me this girl, but I couldn't since I got a ride from you."

"Was she hot?"

"That's what I asked!" Emmett exclaimed. "But Alice nearly bit my head off when I talked about Jasper hooking up with her."

"Oh, so she was on the phone then too?"

"Yea…wait…" Emmett sat in deep thought, "do you think it could have been that girl we saw yesterday with Alice?"

"No way," Edward shook his head. Deep inside though, he had some sort of inclination that it was her. "Why the hell would he tell you and not me?"

"Isn't it obvious," Emmett smirked as he gestured his hand down his body.

"Yea, sure," Edward rolled his eyes before he returned his attention back to the road.

"Do you think she actually goes to our school now?" Emmett disrupted his thoughts.

"Maybe…" he replied. His eyebrows were furrowed with concentration once again about the possibilities of what he might do when, or if, he sees her. He was distracted once again by Emmett's smiling face staring back at him from the corner of his eye. "Keep looking at me like that and I'll kick you out of my damn car," he threatened him without taking his eyes off the road.

"What are you thinking….or let's saying planning? I know it's about that chick and for all you know, she may not even go to school with us."

"But there's a possibility," he quickly defended himself. "I know I can have her."

"Geez, you make it sound as if she's property."

"And you don't do the same?"

"No," he retorted as Edward pulled into the school parking lot. "Hey, park next to Jasper's car," Emmett pointed his hand towards the empty space.

Edward complied and parked to Jasper's right. They exited the car and Edward reached into the back seat for his leather coat jacket and threw it on over his shirt. He wore his sunglasses that were not necessary because of the clouds, but always part of his attire.

"I'm going to find Jasper, you coming?" Emmett asked Edward.

"No. I need to go to my locker."

Emmett nodded and began walking his way towards the entrance. Edward followed in a slower pace and began ascending the steps. He caught sight of Jessica Stanley making her way across the lawn and he tried to pick up his speed before she caught up to him. When he opened the doors into the building and thought he was safe, her high pitch voice rang through his ears causing him to halt in his place.

"Hey, Eddie! Wait up!" she called out for him.

He rolled his eyes and turned on the ball of his heels to face her. "The name is Edward," he growled.

"Edward," she cooed as she tried to seductively rub her hands against his arm. He shrugged it off and tried to keep a passive façade.

"What do you want?"

"Well I was wondering, if you weren't busy after school, maybe we coul–"

"Sorry, but I am busy."

"Well what about this weeken–"

"I'm busy then too," he cut her off once more.

She pouted and tried to look hurt, hoping that it would grab his attention, but he ignored it and rolled his eyes again, glad that she couldn't see it behind his shades. Sure he went out with her on one date and found her to be extremely annoying, but he couldn't figure out why she wouldn't get the hint that he wanted her gone after he constantly ignored her.

"Well when are you free 'cause maybe we could arrange…"

Edward tuned out what she was saying, having been sidetracked by the view of someone exiting the office. No one ever usually went in there because of the pissy smell of the room and he wondered which student had the guts to go in there. Even he wouldn't risk violating school rules in fear of getting trapped in that hell hole, but at times when he broke some rules, he'd make sure that there was no vestige linking him to the incident. He became aware of the girl that stood still holding a map in her hand and he couldn't help but smirk at the helpless transfer student. Although when her head popped up to look around, his eyes widened at the realization of who she was. He couldn't believe how he missed that, the long brown hair, the perfect fit body, the attractiveness of her stance; she was the girl with Alice.

When his mind fully comprehended who she was, she began to move robotically down the hall towards god knows where. He wouldn't lose track of her now and so his feet instinctively began to drag its way towards her. He was stopped by a strong grip on his arm and he turned his head to see Jessica's possessive hold on him.

"Let me go," he snarled, not even bothering to look at her so he wouldn't lose sight of his target.

"Are you even listening to me? I'm trying to tell you something and you keep igno–"

"Whatever," Edward mumbled and yanked his arm away from her.

He quickly made his way down the hall and ignored the curses that Jessica made under her breath. When he thought he lost sight of her, he caught her silky hair swishing at a corner and he made his way fixedly in her direction. She was still gazing down at the map and he decided to cut her off so that he could get her attention. She's mine he thought triumphantly.

When he strolled passed her and purposely stood in her way, thinking that she would stop, she stumbled into him and he swiftly grasped her waist to prevent her from falling.

"Oh my gosh. I am so sor–" he heard her speak for the first time. "Edward…" she trailed off.

He liked how she said his name out of breath as it rolled off her tongue and he found it extremely sexy as the deep crimson color arose in her cheeks. He was amused when she gasped at having seen who he was and surprised that she automatically knew him. Well, of course she knows me he thought boastfully, I'm Edward Cullen, the school's hottest bachelor.

He flashed her the award winning smile that every girl in school died for, but instead of the reaction he was expecting, her face became wiped of any emotion and she pushed against his chest to step away from him. He immediately let go of her, shocked that any girl would reject him in that manner, and watched as she bent down and picked up the papers that she dropped onto the floor.

"I'm Edward Cullen," he attempted to introduce himself as he tried to assist her on the items. She managed to grab every single paper before his fingers could even touch them and she quickly stood up with him following suit. "Do you have a name?" he tried to start up a conversation.

Her head popped up and he gazed deep into her chocolate brown eyes.

"I don't think that's any of your concer–" She was cut off by the bell ringing and she smiled brightly at him. "Pleasure meeting you Edward," she nodded.

"But what's your na–" Edward stopped short when she brushed past him and divulged herself in the sea of students. He attempted to go after her, but the crowd wouldn't allow himself to push past everyone. He sighed angrily and raked his fingers through his hair. "If she wants to play hard to get, so let be."

A/N: As always, Please review! Today has been crappy, but opening my email to find review alerts will get me all excited and ready to get all my hw done so I'll try and give daily updates. Anywho...please review! Oh...and if you all have watched the news about how they found the little girl who was kidnapped, I live in that area and I just hope that all of you will stay safe where you live and take precautions. So take care and don't get into any trouble ^-^