A/N: So I know Bella started at Forks High as a junior in the books, but in this story she is starting as a senior and I am using some of the junior year classes/teachers from the books. I'm making my own combinations and made up other stuff. Also added a couple OC's for fillers, but they may enter the story later. Thank you to my first reviewers and messagers! Enjoy!

Chapter 4

Weird

AP English was fairly boring on the first day. I was excited about what we would be reading though. Angela seemed like she would be a very good friend to have this year. The weird thing was, that Edward guy kept looking at me. I don't know why, but it was starting to get creepy. I really hoped I didn't have any other classes with him.

The day went on until lunch. I had government, which was the requirement that didn't transfer over from Phoenix, Pre-Calculus, and Spanish. I was taking Spanish 4. Angela wasn't in any of those classes but I met a girl named Jessica, a couple guys named Mike and Tyler, and a few other people. Thankfully Edward wasn't in any of my other classes, so far.

I was beyond relieved to see Angela had the same lunch as me. She saw me in line and pointed out where her table was so I could join her. Even though it would have been peaceful, I am very glad I don't have to sit by myself at lunch.

When I sat down, I recognized a few faces and a few other people introduced themselves. Mike, Tyler, and Jessica were there. I also met Ben, Lacey, and her twin sister Lisa. They were cheerleaders but clearly didn't always hang out with them.

"So Bella, how is your day so far? Is Forks welcoming you nicely?" Mike asked.

"There hasn't been much rain yet so it's been good so far. Thanks again for letting me sit with you and helping me out so much. It made today a lot easier," I said, truly thankful. I would have gotten lost on the way to Pre-Calculus if Jessica hadn't seen me.

"Not a problem. Glad you could join us," Jessica responded happily. She then started gossiping about the latest she had heard about someone around the school. Apparently so much happens over the summer that people miss out on. I can't even imagine how much can be missed in a town this small. Compared to Phoenix, the whole town of Forks is like one elementary school district.

The afternoon also went fairly smoothly. Weird, but smoothly. I had Biology 2 with Mike and Angela. I recognized a few people but I walked in one minute late. The teacher had me sit with the one and only, Edward Cullen. He was apparently the only one without a partner. He looked like this partnership would be more complicated than it had to be.

"Hi," I said as I sat down. Whoever the teacher said his name was, was already lecturing about the rest of the school year. Edward just looked at me like I was crazy. Does he not talk? Now that I think of it I passed a few people with skin as light as his throughout the day and they were all speaking just fine. Weird. So Biology was silent.

The last class was Gym. Mike was in that class and another boy and girl with skin like Edward and Jasper's were in the class. I think I heard their names were Emmett and Alice. Alice seemed nice and perky. Emmett mainly stuck with Alice but when we split up by guys and girls he cracked a few jokes but mainly only spoke if he was spoken to. I really wonder if it was a weird coincidence. I am less than not coordinated, so this would be an interesting year. I felt horrible for whoever was partnered with me. Thankfully we did stretching and some walking/jogging today and that was it. A light cardio exercise, as the teacher called it. As the class was over, we all went back into the locker room to change. Alice walked past me a bit faster than everyone else.

"Hey Bella," she turned around and smiled at me. "Hope you had a good first day, I'll see you around," Alice said happily. She got her clothes and rushed into a stall to change. She must have been in a hurry, but that was nice of her to say something.

After I got home from school I did some reading that a couple of teachers had assigned and started getting ahead. Charlie told me he would be home a bit late but I still wanted to have some dinner ready for him. About halfway through cooking dinner when I was cleaning up the kitchen, the phone rang. I rushed over to answer it, knowing who it would most likely be.

"Hello?" I answered, a bit out of breath.

"Hey Bella! How was your first day?" Jake said, with an obvious smile on his face.

"It was good. I met some people, I only got lost once, and I didn't trip and fall on my face," I said proudly. "How was your first day?"

"Same as every other first day. Classes will be fairly boring this year, I've known the people all my life, and it was good seeing some again. It wasn't so good seeing others again."

"Yeah that sounds about right," I laughed as I kept putting some things away in the kitchen. We talked for about half an hour until Charlie got home right when dinner was ready. I smiled as I hung up the phone.

"Well you look chipper this afternoon, Bella," Charlie said, hesitant to approach the subject.

"Yeah I guess. Today wasn't bad."

"Any of that have to do with talking to Jake?" Charlie asked, avoiding eye contact but making quick glances to see if my facial expression changed.

"Possibly. I mean we saw each other every day last week and we figured we would still keep in touch this week. I mean why not?" I really start wondering if Charlie is going to keep this up.

"You two looked pretty close last night," Charlie said smirking.

"Dad at this point we are in best friend territory. I don't know what is going to happen, but I know it feels like we haven't been apart for half of our lives. Since I've moved so much, that feels really nice," I said honestly.

"Well I'm glad you two have each other then. Just make sure he watches his back if it does turn into something more," Charlie mumbled.

By the time we were finished with dinner we had talked about my classes, who I met today, what homework I already finished, and a couple of new cases he got at the station. He helped me clean up on the commercials, but I was starting to feel the exhaustion of the first day.

I slept so well that night. I had the weirdest dream that a bunch of people who I met at school were all just wandering around the building. It wasn't like an actual school day. Whenever anyone walked past one of the Cullens, they would move further out of their way. Granted I only knew what Edward, Jasper, Alice, and Emmet looked like. I hadn't met Rosalie yet, so I'd been told. They all had evil looking glares on their faces. After people walked past them they resumed walking to wherever they were going like a normal day. Why would people be avoiding them? But more curiously, why would they be glaring at people?

The rest of the week went on with nothing exciting happening. After that dream I kept my eye out for the Cullens and any weird behavior. It wasn't hard to watch them since I had AP English with Jasper and Edward and gym with Alice and Emmett. Aside from their appearance, I noticed nothing different about them. It was a bit weird that they only socialized with each other for the most part, but maybe that's how they were raised or something. I was never one to judge.

Jake and I saw each other a couple times when our dads got together for the game. I cooked, as usual, and Jake and I chilled on the porch or did homework in my room on a rainy night. It was incredibly relaxing to have him here. Aside from Charlie, he was the most consistent thing in my life and that thought truly kept me sane. If anyone told me that it takes a guy, a certain guy at that, to make me happy, I would have laughed in their face. Now, I see what all of these people mean when they are in relationships and want to constantly be with their significant other. Jake and I haven't gone any further than holding hands and hugging pretty much. It was comfortable for us at this point.

In Biology Edward didn't open up any more. I got some more glares and one day he actually acknowledged me and said, "hey". Nothing else, just hey. We were supposed to be doing partner work with a microscope but I wasn't sure if he knew how to work with a partner. He sped through the work like he had done it all before. I didn't know any high schooler who was that advanced in biology. As I kept telling myself, 'maybe he'll talk tomorrow'. Even after a week it felt like he never would. Depending on how much partner work we had, this could be a long school year.

Another day at lunch I finally saw Rosalie. She was the most gorgeous girls I'd ever seen. I knew the Cullens were all good looking and all looked a bit different, but wow. If I could look 1/10th as good as Rosalie then it would be a massive improvement. The Cullens still mostly kept to themselves. Alice asked how everything was going towards the end of the week. In gym she was so graceful even when she made the most awkward movements. Jasper was always really quiet but seemed genuinely interested in AP English. Emmett seemed like a big goofball but an incredibly athletic goofball. I knew absolutely nothing about Rosalie's personality. But again, who knew what I would find out over the course of the this year.

It was the middle of the second week of school and Jake and I were hanging out in his garage. He needed one more part for the Rabbit. Our hang out time would be jeopardized a bit when he needed to work but once he got the car working he could come and visit me instead of me or Charlie picking them up or coming over all of the time. As he put the most recent part in the engine somewhere, I was finishing homework. I never understood how a car worked and how it was put together, so I left that to Jake. He mentioned a bunch of parts I had never heard of and usually I just smiled and nodded. He knew I had no idea, but I think he was happy I humored him for who knows how long.

After a bit of joking around, the door to the garage opened. I thought it was going to be Charlie stopping in to say they were ordering pizza, but two other guys from the Rez walked in. I'm sure I had heard about them but I hadn't met any of Jake's friends yet.

"Hey guys!" Jake said as they walked in. How did he know it was them, he was under the car?

"Hey Jake, how's it lookin'?" one asked as he looked in the engine.

"Eh, could be better but could be way worse," a muffled response came from under the car. He slid out to finally make an appearance.

"Quil, Embry, this is Bella. Bella, Quil and Embry," Jake introduced us, pointing to them accordingly.

"Nice to meet you," we all kind of said simultaneously.

"So what are you guys up to this afternoon?" Embry asked.

"Nothing really, I was gonna finish what I could on this and I don't know about after," Jake responded. Quil looked at me like I was out of my mind.

"Bella how bored are you when he goes car crazy?"

"Eh, it's not bad. He only is sucked in when I'm finishing homework," I said.

"That's good. Slap him out of it if he starts ignoring you," Quil laughed.

"Not a problem, he's good at remembering I'm here."

"Wanna go down to the beach? We're bored. And Bella, let's face it, you'll probably be around a lot so we need to get to know you eventually," Quil said as he put his arm around me. Jake's eyebrows went up as he looked at Quil then he looked at me asking if I wanted to go or not.

"Yeah sure that's fine. Well tell your Dad that we're leaving in case he needs anything but-"

"We already did that…let's go!" Embry said grabbing my car keys sticking out of my purse and tossing them to Jake. Quil and Embry ran out the garage and jumped in the bed of the truck. They've probably done it a million times over the years when it was Billy's. Jake held the door open for me and we walked over to the truck.

By the time we were at the beach I had learned a bit about Quil and Embry. Primarily that Quil's grandfather was one of the tribal elders with Billy, and the four of us hung out a bit when we were kids but we don't really remember much of it since I mostly hung out with Jake.

I also learned that my dad is funny drunk, according to the guys since they've been around him more than I have over the years. I knew my dad drank but I never imagined him drunk; Mr. Police Chief…drunk. I laughed as I had some funny images of drunk Charlie in my head. Jake looked over and I just shook my head.

As we were walking along the beach, we just talked a lot and walked along the water. Jake grabbed my hand at some point and I must have blushed again because I saw him punch Embry in the arm. They kept asking if I knew certain people at school. I kept saying no since I had only been there a week, but clearly they didn't care since they kept asking…and asking…and asking. It made it interesting when they kept stopping mid conversation and threw out another name.

It was getting darker. We had to have been out for a couple hours. I knew Charlie was either wondering where I was, still at work, or already with Billy who knew where both of us were. I didn't even realize I was shivering until Jake put his arm around me and I just sort of melted into him. It felt so natural. Since he initiates most of our physical contact I'm assuming he feels the same way. I must have smiled. He looked down and smiled at me.

"Hey lovebirds, cool off," Quil said.

"Oh chill out, we smiled at each other," Jake responded. I also couldn't help but smile at that, too. I could spend countless nights on the beach with Jake and forget every problem in the world. If life kept going like this, I looked forward to doing just that.