Ok. You guys are gonna love what's coming.I'm currently writing Chapter 9.

Chapter 4: Human Error

BPOV

Listen to: Full Moon by The Black Ghosts

I was going to kill Alice. The entire surface of my bed was covered in bags from every store I knew and some I didn't. It looked like my bed had grown a foot in an hour.

Alice was just standing there, grinning at me.

I heard Edward burst out laughing from his room. He was enjoying this as much as Alice. I scowled at the door leading to the hall. He laughed harder.

I growled and through my mental shield over Alice to prevent further laughing on his part. He was such a cheater.

The next three hours was pure hell.

Alice made me try on every single article of clothing she got me, and model it for her. I must have tried on half the clothes in America by the time she allowed me stop. We still had six bags left.

"Sorry, Bella. We have to go to school." I looked at her in surprise. They could go to school? I felt a pang of longing. A few months ago I would have done anything to get out of school. Now I would give anything to go in.

Alice smiled and left to go get ready in her room. Waiting outside the door was Edward, leaning against the door frame, looking like a Greek god. He had traded his previous outfit for jeans and a turtleneck sweater. He smiled at me apologetically and held up a backpack.

I sighed and followed them to the door, waving goodbye as they drove away. I wandered around the living room, wondering what to do. Carlisle came down wearing a heavy coat about fifteen minutes after his children left.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Bella. Feel free to look around. There's an emergency at work, or I would stay show you around the house." He picked up gloves from a table near the end of the stairs.

"What do you do?" I asked, following him to the garage.

"I'm a doctor." He said, getting into one of the shiny cars, smiling and waving as he backed out. I felt a larger pang of longing. If he had enough control to be around blood all the time, maybe I would someday be like him.

I wandered into the house, exploring until about eleven in the morning. Esmé came down and talked to me a little, but I mostly just wandered.

I decided to go outside and look around.

There were trees, rocks, and water….and yet more trees. I was completely bored.

I tried playing with my shield for a bit, playing with different weaves and different strengths, but that didn't really keep me entertained like before.

I left the strong weave up and around me as I went back inside.

I went up to my room and picked up my borrowed book, sitting down in the rocking chair. I tried to read it, but I couldn't concentrate on the page. I looked at the stack of clothes on my bed.

I took the first step into town, every muscle in my body tensed to run away if I got even the urge to hurt anyone. I steeled my mind, then took a deep breath.

I tried to swallow as the burn singed my throat and flooded it with saliva. Every muscle in my body ached to run towards the woman crossing the street and kill her. I remained motionless, forcing my body to stay.

I took a step forward, breathing again. The burn didn't fade, my muscles ached to run towards the woman. I forced myself to walk down the street and breath evenly.

There were people on the sidewalk, walking past me and staring as I go to main street. They would brush against me, leaking their intoxicating heat into my frozen skin. I didn't visually respond to them, forcing myself to walk towards Forks High School.

By the time I got there, I could walk past the humans without instantly wanting to kill them. I was proud of myself. Then I entered the school.

The entire building smelled like a human. It was essentially my personal hell. I wondered how Edward and his siblings could stand it. I refused to stop breathing, hoping I would get used to the burn. And soon.

I extended my mental shield, searching for the Cullens. I found the in the cafeteria, not eating. I headed towards the small, diminutive building and climbed the stairs, opening the door and letting the smell waft over me.

(Ok, the coolest song for this part is Supermassive Black Hole by Muse or Spotlight byMutemath)

I walked in and got in line with the humans, hiding my face in my coat and hat. I paid for the plate of food and took a deep breath.

I forced myself to walk through the cafeteria, stopping beside their table, where they were sitting, alone.

"May I join you?" I asked, allowing my face to show.

Jasper's jaw dropped, Rosalie's joined his a second later. Emmett just guffawed and Alice smiled, beaming at me. Edward just gave me a shocked look. Nobody answered me.

I plastered a smile on my face and shrugged, looking around for a different table.

"Sure," said Edward, pushing out the chair beside him. I smiled at him, grateful for him taking pity on me and not throwing me to the humans.

I sat down and clutched the table, careful not to break it.

"How do you guys do this?" I hissed under my breath, knowing no human was close enough to hear.

"What are you doing here?!" asked Jasper, watching me intently. I realized with a jolt that they wouldn't have known I was coming. I still had my shield on.

I released it to allow him access to my mood. I was suddenly grateful I had hunted yesterday morning before I had met them.

"You made me curious." I said, nonchalantly, shifting my food around and sniffing it a bit. It smelled absolutely unappetizing. It looked like I was just talking with the Cullens and eating. I cringed from the thought of eating something.

"You're a newborn! You can't be here!" said Jasper, managing to control his face, but I got his meaning. He thought I couldn't handle it.

"And yet I am," I said keeping my voice light and smiling at him like there was not over seventy-five humans in the room. I forced myself to take another breath, to drink in the most delightful scent in the world: humans. Lots of them.

"Wow." That was the only thing Edward said.

I turned to grin at him. "Glad you at least think I can handle it."

"Act normal. Everyone is staring." said Alice, whispering so only we could hear her.

I turned back to face the cafeteria full of humans. It was true; almost everyone at the cafeteria was staring at our table, with open curiosity. I turned my face away quickly, embarrassed.

"Why would they be staring?" I asked, looking at Edward again, worried. Were the contacts I found in the bathroom not enough to mask my eyes from notice? I had an extra three pairs in my pocket just in case…

" 'The Cullens do not talk to anyone!' " muttered Edward, grinning slightly. "You joining us for a meal automatically makes you the center of attention."

"Why don't you talk to them? Isn't that the point of going to school for you guys?"

"Humans automatically shy away, plus they are a bit boring after the first sixteen times they say something."

"Oh. Sorry." I said, frowning. This was something I didn't think of.

"It's quite alright, as long as you don't kill one of them." said Edward, giving me a warning look.

"I'm down with that." I said, grinning.

Alice grinned over at me from the other side of Edward. "Nice choice." It took a moment for me to realize she meant my outfit. Figures Alice would be more concerned about my fashion choices.

"Thanks." I muttered.

"I still can't believe you're here," said Emmett, grinning, "You're way weirder than I thought."

"Thanks Emmett. I think. "

A bell mounted on high up on the wall behind us rang (shrieked is more like it) and the Cullens got up.

"If you want to come, you're going to have to get paperwork filled out. Carlisle can take care of it tonight, if you want." said Edward, waiting for me to pick up my tray and carry it to the trash can. "But right now you need to go home."

I nodded and walked across the cafeteria, back towards the door. Everyone was still looking, their eyes following as I walked through the crowd.

I got out of the door, and gasped at the temporarily clean air. I walked calmly down the steps and back off the campus. I headed directly out of town, breaking into a run as soon as I was away from prying eyes.

I relished the clean air of the forest, taking in gaping lungfulls.

EPOV

Listen to: Supermassive Black Hole by Muse

"May I join you?" asked a voice that I recognized immediately as Bella's, but it was so unexpected I had to look up at the girl who had come over.

It was Bella. She was standing there with a tray, hood over her head and blocking her face from the rest of the room. She had redressed for school, wearing a baby blue parka and dark-wash jeans, her boots covering the ends of the jeans. She looked for all the world as if she belonged there. She had found some of Alice's emergency contacts, dulling her blood-red eyes to a muddy brown. It fit her.

Jasper's jaw dropped, Rosalie's joined his a second later. Emmett just guffawed and Alice smiled up at her.

What the?!, No way!, and Cool!, were their respective reactions in their minds.

Nobody answered her; we were too shocked.

She faked a smile and shrugged, taking that as a no, and turned her attention to the cafeteria, seriously thinking we weren't going to let her sit with us.

"Sure," I said quickly, pushing out the chair beside me. She smiled at me, conveying her thanks from saving her from sitting beside an appetizing smelling companion. Not that they would complain.

She sat down and clutched the table, obviously trying not to break anything…or anyone.

"How do you guys do this?" She hissed under her breath, too low for any human nearby to hear.

"What are you doing here?!" asked Jasper, Ignoring her question. She looked surprised for a moment, then her expression cleared.

Jasper suddenly got the full load of her feelings: thirsty, panic, slight happiness, and a undertone of calm. Alice got a vision of us talking until the bell.

Bella won't attack anyone, she thought, happy with her friend's self-control.

"You made me curious." she said, trying to act nonchalantly, playing with her food. To everyone else, it looked like she was just talking with the Cullens and eating.

"You're a newborn! You can't be here!" said Jasper, managing to control his face.

"And yet I am," she said keeping my voice light and smiling at him sweetly and pointedly breathing in and out.

"Wow." I wished I could say more, but that was the only thing that registered.

She turned and grinned at me. "Glad you at least think I can handle it."

"Act normal. Everyone is staring." said Alice, whispering so only we could hear her.

She turned back to face the cafeteria full of humans and turned her face back just as quickly.

"Why would they be staring?" She asked, looking at me, curious. Her eyes bored into mine, looking for the answer.

" 'The Cullens do not talk to anyone!' " I muttered, grinning slightly, repeating the thoughts of one of the teenage girls staring. "You joining us for a meal automatically makes you the center of attention." I explained.

"Why don't you talk to them? Isn't that the point of going to school for you guys?" She asked, a little confused. This was obviously the first time she interacted with humans.

"Humans automatically shy away," I explained, then added, "plus they are a bit boring after the first sixteen times they say something."

"Oh. Sorry." She said, frowning.

"It's quite alright, as long as you don't kill one of them." I said, giving her a warning look. If she lost it here…

"I'm down with that." She said, grinning. She was joking, trying to lighten the mood and lighten the mood.

"Nice choice." Commented Alice, noticing her outfit.

"Thanks." she muttered, smiling slightly.

"I still can't believe you're here," said Emmett, grinning, "You're way weirder than I thought." Way weirder.

"Thanks Emmett... I think. "

The bell mounted on high up on the wall behind us rang and we automatically got up, effectively ending the conversation.

"If you want to come, you're going to have to get paperwork filled out. Carlisle can take care of it tonight, if you want." I said, lagging behind to help. "But right now you need to go home."

She nodded, turning and walking across the cafeteria, back towards the door. Everyone stared as she passed.

Wow, she's hot. Was basically the consensus on the boy's part. For some reason, that bothered me more than I should. I reminded myself she wasn't mine, and I had no claim over her. That still didn't make me feel better.

I left, walking to Biology and watching Bella through the eyes of my classmates until she was off campus.