So sorry I haven't updated in a long time but here it is!

and...I know I don't own Twilight so no need to rub it in more!

(BPOV)

"Bella! Bella honey wake up!"

I opened my eyes to see my mother's staring back at me. I had been in Jacksonville for about a week now, and today was my first day of school. OH JOY!

"Morning mom," I replied with a giant yawn.

Hurry up and get dressed. Phil and I have a surprise for you!" Renee exclaimed excitedly.

The past week had gone fairly well. Renee and Phil welcomed me with open arms. We did all sorts of family stuff together, but behind all of their happiness, I could see them waiting for my emotions to be set free and for me to break down, but they didn't. I didn't.

After having a shower and washing my hair with my favorite strawberry shampoo, I got dressed in a purple v-neck and a pair of dark jeans (link on profile). I threw on my sneakers and jacket and went downstairs to see my surprise.

As I ran down out the front door and looked up, my eyes nearly popped out of my head. My mom and Phil were standing next to a brand new Audi R8! It was jet black with midnight purple racing stripes (link on profile).

"Oh. My. God! thank you thank you thank you! You guys are so amazing! I love it!" I exclaimed as I ran up to my mom and Phil, hugging them.

"No problem sweetheart. We know that you'd want some freedom and a way to get around, so it was the least we could do," my mom told me.

"Now hop in and crank that baby up! You don't want to be late for your first day of school," Phil yelled out as I ran to my car and ripped the giant red bow off of the hood and jumped in the front seat.

"Bye guys!" I yelled as I raced off down the street, Situations by Escape the Fate blasting out of my speakers.

The ride to school took only about 15 minutes. As I pulled up into the student parking lot, the first thing I noticed was what people were wearing. Prada this and Gucci that. UGH! I already hated these people. They were reminding me of my backstabbing ex-best friend.

I pulled into a parking space close to the office, and hopped out of my car. Running up, and without tripping might I add, the stairs to the office, I ran into a large crowd of people standing around something. As I got closer to the center, I realized it was two girls fighting. Well, more like one girl beating the shit out of some blond bimbo. Hmm...that also reminds me of some people from my past. Any who, the girl giving the beating was pale skinned, about 5"4', and had baby pink and blond colored hair. She had a nose and lip piercing from what I could see, and she was beautiful...What the? Where did THAT come from? Anyways...

As I looked up from the fight, I noticed that a big group of teachers and security guards were walking towards us.

"Hey! Hey chick with the pink hair!" I yelled over the sound of screeching.

"What!" she screamed at me as she turned her head in my direction, still holding onto the girl's hair.

"Just thought you might like to know that a shitload of teachers and beefy looking guys are on their way over here," I stated simply.

Pinky, as I had decided to call her for the time being, looked over her shoulder, noticed the people gaining on the confrontation, and dropped the other girl's head to the cement.

"Shit! Come on. Come with me real quick," she said to me while dragging me out of the crowd, but not before letting Mrs. Plastic, as well as everyone else in the crowd know, that if they snitched, she'd use her switchblade on them. HOT! … Shit! There I go again.

"Thanks for the warning back there. That would've been my third strike. My name's Raven by the way," she said as she turned my direction and winked at me, making me blush...wait. Did...did I just blush because a GIRL winked at me? That's just wrong...right?

Raven led me through a back hallway to the office so that I could get my schedule.

"Um...hi. I'm new here..." I said with a slight question in my tone.

"Ah yes! Bella. Bella Swan. Here is your schedule and a map of the school. Have a great first day!" she said happily.

"Hmm...Bella. Beautiful. It suits you," Raven said making me blush a deep crimson for the second time in 5 minutes.

"Come on! Lemme show you where I hang out in the mornings!" Raven said excitedly, and as she grabbed my hand to pull me along, I felt my heart flutter. I hadn't had that feeling since before the incident, and I certainly didn't expect to have them about another girl. That's not how it's supposed to be so I tried my best to suppress the feelings I was having.

Raven pulled me outside and down the steps to this pit where there were cigarette butts everywhere!

"Welcome to my smoking hole. My home away from home. Mi casa es su casa," she told me. We sat down on some logs that were surrounding the pit made of bricks.

"So what brings you to Jacksonville?" Raven asked. I didn't think I could lie well enough (nor did I want to for some reason), so I told her the truth.

"I um...caught my boyfriend cheating on me back in Forks, that's in Washington, so I came here to stay with my mom and step-dad," I told her. We sat there in an awkward silence for a few minutes before she finally broke it.

"So...wanna play 20 questions or something?"

"Sure!"

"Okay so what's your favorite color?"

"BLUE!" I blurted out, hoping she didn't realize how intently I was staring into her perfect pools of crystal blue eyes."How 'bout yours?"

"I am definitely a stickler for pink, but as of right now, I am really liking brown," she answered with a wink in my direction, making me blush AGAIN!

"Cool," I replied, keeping my head down.

We went on like this for the next few minutes it seemed, but suddenly the final bell rang, disrupting her story about her older brother who had died in a car crash two years earlier.

"Wow. We talked all day. But it only felt like a few minutes," I said.

"I guess my "magic" worked on you then," Raven said,giggling.

"I guess so," I replied in a daze,just so taken back by the sound of her beautiful laughter.

"Well...since school's over, you wanna go to my house?" I asked her, afraid she would say no.

"I'd love to."

"Awesome."

"We pulled up to the house about 20 minutes after leaving the school because Raven absolutely had to show me this little lake that was about five minutes from the school.

"Mom! Phil! I'm home!" I yelled as we walked through the door. When no on answered, we went to the kitchen to get some food. As I walked over to the fridge, I noticed a small note written in my mother's messy scrawl.

Bella,

Sorry we couldn't be home when you got back from your first day of school, but Phil surprised me with plane tickets to New York and a 2 week long stay at the Plaza Hotel! See you when we get back!

Love,

mom

"Hmm. Looks like I'm on my own for the next 2 weeks."

"Awesome!"

"Yep. Hey, you think you might want to umm,maybe stay here and keep me company for a few nights?" I asked.

"Sure!" she answered with a lot of enthusiasm, and by a lot, I mean a shit ton.

"Cool! Well lemme show you around."

When I finished up the tour, we went and sat on my bed to talk.

"So what do you want to do now?" I asked. Raven had this devious glint to her eyes.

"Do you know where your mom keeps the liquor?"

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