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It was an early Friday morning. The weather in Forks was rainy and the sky was clouded, perfect to hide my shimmering, pale skin. It was my first day of school since I became the incarnation of a soulless monster, and I had hoped I would not mess it up.
"Ready?" Alice asked getting into a shiny, silver Volvo.
"Yeah, I just hope I don't mess it up." I said following her lead. Her graceful dancing made me feel like I was square dancing compared to her waltzing. (How could I still be ungraceful, even as a vampire?)
"I don't see you messing anything up, today at least." She said with a smile.
"Okay, off to Bella's house." Edward said, I didn't even notice him get in. "Oh, and as a safety precaution, wear these." He handed me a pair of gloves.
"Um, thanks?" I replied as I put on the gloves on the ride to her house.
"The car ride wasn't very long, Edward was speeding beyond belief, and it was very awkward sitting in the quiet car.
I tried to remember the days before my transformation. The painful memories hardly flickered to life. They were very dim and hardly understandable. Like scrambled eggs in a poorly lit kitchen, mixed and unable to be interpreted, but still there. I tried to remember how everyone looked, their faces were clear in that one memory, but I didn't want to remember that day.
"Kate? You okay?" Bella asked.
"Huh?" I said breaking my train of thought.
"You've been staring out the window with a blank expression the whole car ride. I was a little worried."
"Oh. I didn't notice. I'm sorry I worried you." I said with an emotion mixed with disappointment, embarrassment, and a little bit of pain.
"Well, if you want, I can wait in the car with you until you feel better. I don't mind being late." Bella's expression was hopeful, she was friendly and I could feel the sincerity radiating off her words (and she probably wanted to miss a few minutes of class).
"Thanks, but I think I'll be fine now. Nevertheless, I do need a favor to ask you, can you help register me? I have no idea where to go."
"Sure, Edward, want to come along? You probably know more about this than both of us."
"Okay, I already had your files transferred overnight. We should be okay with those." Edward's voice filled the small car. "Let's get going." He was tense; he must have been reading my mind. He probably knew what I was feeling, and so far, I didn't like seeing my new friends in pain.
Get out of my head, Edward. I thought. He gave me a look of worry, what was he thinking of me? I didn't know why I cared so much, but I really wanted to know. I didn't want him making assumptions of what he's probably finding in my head. I didn't want him seeing Massie, Sam, Chris, my parents, or anyone else's face if I couldn't. I was suddenly angry with myself, why couldn't I clear up my thoughts enough to revisit my memories?
"Ugh," I let out a frustrated sigh.
"What's wrong?" Bella asked me as we walked into the plain office.
"Nothing, I was just thinking." I answered through my teeth, composing my expression into one that didn't scream I'm-about-to-kill-you-with-the-twitch-of-a-finger-of-how-angry-I-am-with-myself.
"Hello, how may I help you?" The person at the front desk said the mandatory phrase. "Hello, we'd like to register a new student here. Her name is Kate Sharp. Her transcripts were sent over yesterday." Edward answered and you could tell the receptionist was melting from his voice.
"Ah, yes here they are. Your father already called to confirm your new sibling's registration. Please have a seat while I print out your schedule." The nice/melting reception woman said.
"Thank you," Edward said finishing her liquefying process with politeness. I wondered if this happens all the time, someone talks to him. He looked at me and smirked his crooked smile.
"Thanks guys, I don't know what I'd do without you." I said hugging Bella, but only shaking Edward's hand, I didn't want the voices along with Edward's mind reading to come back.
"anytime, I hope we have lunch together." Bella was still happy and smiling (can anyone be as happy as she seems all the time?). Edward probably heard that. I shot him a look and he let out a low laugh and a grin, thank goodness Bella didn't notice.
"Here you go," the receptionist finally came back with the papers," well, you don't want to be late on your first day, bye!"
"Thanks again!" I finally spoke to the receptionist. She was a little bit shocked to hear my sing-song voice, but I quickly walked out before she could say anything.
"Nice classes, you're in a lot of A.P.!" Bella's head popped up behind my shoulder.
"Wow, I'm going to look like a nerd on my first day." I said sarcastically, but I secretly meant it.
The bell rang and we went out separate ways.
A.P. Literature was first. "Yay!" I thought to myself. I walking in through the door and waited for everyone to be seated before me. I took the seat in the third row at the far end of the classroom.
"Hello class, today we have a new student with us, her name is Kate Sharp. Ms. Sharp?" The teacher said.
"Hi," I said as all the eyes in the class turned to look at me.
"Well, my name is Mr. Clements," the tall, dark-haired teacher said, look at me through his modern spectacles. "Now class, turn to pageā¦" He began his lecture."
"Psht!" a whisper came from a seat diagonal from me. "Hi, I'm Andrew."
"Hi, Andrew." I whispered back. His bright blue eyes watching me intently. His hair was the color of dark mahogany, and it contrasted against his pale skin (not as pale as mine though). When I said his name, he smiled showing his beautiful white smile. However, that's not all, he was filled with blood. Sweet smelling, warm, flowing blood. Yum. But no, I can't eat him. I made a promise I wouldn't eat people, no matter how tempting.
"So, um, what lunch do you have? Maybe we can talk later." He said, his eyes hopeful.
"I'm not sure, but I think I have third. And that sounds great, talking, I mean." I flashed him a smile back, I was sure my smile didn't have the same effect as his did on me.
"Cool, I guess I'll you then. By the way, I love your smile." He turned back to face the front of the class.
Oh, so I guess maybe it did. Too bad, he wouldn't like my smile if he knew the truth about these teeth. Well, anyway, I still had two more periods until lunch. Andrew was in both. Maybe this day wasn't going to be as bad as I thought.
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