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Alice POV

I woke up by myself the next morning without needing an alarm clock. This was very odd, especially for me. I looked at what time it was a leaped out of bed once I saw my clock read six thirty. I'd only have ten minutes to get ready. I scrambled around putting on jeans and a long sleeved blouse. I was shoving some gym clothes into a bag when I got a glimpse of myself in the mirror on my vanity. My eyes widened and I got closer to the mirror, examining the left side of my face. "holy shit" I murmured under my breath. Almost the entire left side was a dark purple. I panicked and threw on some heavy foundation. It was the brand my mom taught me to buy, because it covered up bruises the best. I looked at my clock, and finished up as quickly as possible then ran downstairs. My dad was already gone, at his new logging job. I slipped on my shoes, grabbed my gym bag and ran. There's no way I'll make it, school starts in five minutes and I have two miles to run. I noticed as I was running how horribly sore I was. I had to stop; my throat and thighs were killing me. As I walked down the road and accepted defeat, I thought of how my dad… "Sir" would react when he found out I was tardy. I almost started to cry when a shiny new Volvo rushed by me way over the speed limit. I was about to cuss it out when it slammed on the breaks and threw itself into reverse. It backed up to me, and Edward poked his head out the driver's window. "get in or we'll be late!" he smiled.

I smiled and opened the back door and sat next down. Edward and Bella were in the front seat, and in the back Rose Jasper and I. I guess I have a little luck, happening to sit next to Jasper. I chuckled and smiled to myself. Jasper took notice and smiled at me. His smile took my breath away. It was subtle, a sort of half smile, but still happy. I'd give anything to hear him laugh. I didn't have time to say anything when we pulled into school. They drifted perfectly into their parking spot in a way that made me tighten every muscle in my body. A fear of mine is getting into car crashes. It has always been a fear for me, but apparently Edward knows how to drive. "where's Emmett guys?" I asked as I was getting out of the car.

Everyone was rushing to get to class on time. "Doctors appointment! Tell you more at lunch!" Rose yelled behind her. The bell rang just as I stepped into English. Thank god.

My morning was a blur of winces and whines, hitting my wrist on books and my thighs on desks. My face was throbbing; teachers kept asking why I didn't have my supplies. Phycology was my saving grace. Not only am I so interested in it, but I would get to see jasper, which for some reason was important to me, despite only knowing him a day.

I sat down at my desk and the three boys sat down with me when they entered the room. Emmett had a hello kitty band aide on his arm which made me giggle. "it was the only one they had left okay?" he said slightly ashamed.

"Don't let his manly attitude fool you, I wouldn't doubt that he chose that band aide and also cried when he found out they were giving him a shot" Jasper said with a southern but smile. I couldn't really say much but I smiled and nodded like an idiot.

Jasper stopped smiling and looked a little closer at me, which made me nervous. Before he could look too long the bell rang and Mr. Baslis started class. Jasper looked slowly away from me and to Baslis who was going to start a lecture today, and informed us tomorrow we would have an open discussion in class.

When the bell rang I started for the door, but Mr. Baslis called me back to his desk. "Alice, are you going to be able to get your necessary materials for this class relatively soon?" he asked with a smile. He was the one teacher I wasn't afraid of. "I hope so." I replied honestly. He looked at me for a second and said "alright. If you need any help with that, expenses wise, I can probably help figure something out for you" he said. I just nodded and walked out the door where the boys were waiting for me, and we walked together to lunch.

I sat down instead of getting a lunch like I did yesterday. "no lunch?" jasper asked as he sat next to me.

"No, I forgot to grab three dollars before I left this morning." I said, unable to think of an excuse.

"want my lunch?" Jasper asked.

"No."

"want me to by you one?"

"No."

"want my side salad?" he was very stubborn. But a polite sort of stubborn that I found rare and funny in a way.

I couldn't help but smile. "sure." I said.

He smiled to himself, a small success on his part, and handed me his side salad and motioned to smother a ton of ranch dressing on it before I stopped him. "whoa there, no no," I said pushing it away.

He looked at me oddly. "no dressing?" he asked.

"that just has a crap ton of sodium and calories that's probably not really worth it and healthier to eat the salad without it." I started to say.

He looked me up and down, and said "you're fine." Then continued to smother my salad in ranch. To be honest, the whole thing made me smile.

When everyone else sat down they all started to question me like a shiny new toy. Yesterday I think they were all a little too shy, but apparently we all crossed some sort of barrier this morning in the car and now I am fair game.

"why did you move to forks?" Bella asked me.

Now was my time to decide how much I wanted these people to know. Should I lie completely, or only tell half truths? I really like these people. But I don't know how comfortable I am spilling my life story to them. I decided on half-truth answers.

"My parent's divorce." I said quietly. Truth number one.

"oh, I'm sorry. Are you here with your mom or dad?" Bella continued.

"dad." I said eating my salad. Truth number two.

Rose chimed in "so do you like it better that way?"

"Rose don't you think that's a little rude to ask?" Edward said.

"it's okay Edward." I turned to Rose "and yeah, I do". Lie number one.

"so he's a cool dude?" Emmett asked.

"he's okay" lie number two.

"so did you do a lot of social stuff and partying at your old town?" Emmett asked.

"oh God no" I laughed.

"what do you do for fun?" Rose questioned. They all seemed to want to know this one.

"well, I make my own clothes sometimes." I said.

"you don't shop?" Rose and Bella looked horrified. I shook my head.

"I don't have a job for money. I don't have a car to drive, or a license to drive one" I answered. Truth number three.

Everyone at the table started laughing, including Jasper. I felt good about myself after making him laugh. I tried again. "I've never been in a sport or club or school activity, the most athletic I get in a day is getting up to go to the fridge". They laughed harder. I chuckled to myself and said a little quieter "The amazing life or a worthless mistake."

Jasper immediately stopped laughing. He didn't hear me, did he? He looked slightly angry. Everyone else was still laughing when he got up to empty his tray. I thought it was odd but decided to ignore it.

When lunch ended I felt so much more acquainted with the people I'm now calling my friends. Chemistry went by with Rose and Bella, who both assured me we would go shopping together. I told them I don't have money, but they insisted I didn't have to worry about that.

When gym came along I was happy to get to be around jasper again. I went to the girls locker room and looked at what I shoved in my bag this morning in a panicked rush. I was horrified with what I found. A T-shirt and shorts. I went into a bathroom stall and changed, and when not many girls were around I looked at myself in the fully body mirror. When I was standing still the shorts didn't show any bruises. But when I lifted my leg even two inches hints of purple showed themselves. The gym teachers called last call in the locker rooms and anxiety hit me like a brick wall. Shit.