I parked my truck next to an old blue Honda at school, I didn't know whose it was, and I wasn't really concerned with it either. I walked to English, where I doodled on a piece of paper, soaking up the heat form the warm room as students trickled in out of the cold outdoor air. I was staring out the window when Alice Cullen walked by, she seemed to notice my eyes on her and turned slightly to look at me. She smiled and waved at me before continuing on to her first period class, leaving me to stare at the place she'd been moments before.
I furrowed my brows and stared for a moment, until Eric appeared before me, I nearly fell out of my seat.
"Whoa, Bella, you okay there?" He laughed and I smacked his arm lightly.
"Don't sneak up on me like that." I still managed a slight laugh as he watched me, a smile cleat upon my face.
"Hey, what was up yesterday during lunch?" I rolled my eyes, blushing slightly.
"That was me, being annoyed by small minded people. You seem nice enough, so don't make the same mistake." I stared at him with one eyebrow raised. He smiled and held up his hands in mock submission.
"No problem." The bell rang and everybody hurried to their seats. The lesson was a short Romeo and Juliet refresher, not that I needed it after having read the story more than ten times already. I was finished with not only the class work, but the homework as well by the end of the period.
On my way to Second period I collided with a girl who seemed to be lost. We both apologized profusely then burst into laughter. We gathered our books and stood.
"I'm Delta. You're Bella Swan, right?" She said, sticking her hand out to shake mine. I returned the gesture and nodded in response to her question. "I saw you in lunch yesterday. Most people won't even talk to the Cullens, or the Hale twins."
"Why is that?" I felt oddly attracted to this girl's smile, which hadn't left her face since we'd run into each other. We were now walking toward second period, which it turned out we shared.
"Really it's because they're pretty distant. I think Edward's shot down almost every girl in the school, except you now." She laughed. "And me, personally he's just not for me, I'm not really sure why, but to me it's always seemed like he was waiting for someone. He's really interesting to watch actually… he just seems to look right through people, like he knows what they're thinking and it's none too impressive." She'd grown quieter as she finished speaking then stopped outside the classroom door. "Sorry, I don't talk to people much, so when I do I tend to say weird things." She blushed and I smiled at her.
"It's okay; it's not that strange, it's just the way some people look." I shivered slightly, though not enough for Delta to see. We walked in and sat down, she actually sat directly in front of me and we laughed at the coincidence. Though I must admit that I don't really believe in coincidence; everything happened for a reason. We sat through Trig mostly silent; the class wasn't quite caught up to where my class had been in Riverside. I watched Delta's back as I doodled for the rest of the period. I started suddenly, looking down to my paper and staring. It was covered in trees, the foreground focused on the slight shape of a girl, her hair hiding her face. The strangest this was the dark shadow that bloomed from her left arm, spreading to the ground and her clothing. I stared at it harder, trying to figure out who she was, and it dawned on me… at the same moment that I realized that the 'shadow' was blood.
The bell startled me from my revelation, making me jump. I looked up to Delta again and watched her as she packed her things into her backpack. I noticed now how she favored her left arm slightly. I packed my things quickly then, hiding the picture away in my bag. Delta turned and smiled at me as I zipped my bag shut. I smiled back at her and we walked outside together.
"What do you have next?" I asked her, hopeful that she might be in my history or Spanish class as well.
"I have art, then gym, lunch, history, and Spanish." I frowned slightly. "What about you?"
"History, Spanish, lunch, biology, and then gym." I stated the last with a groan. It didn't matter how much I wanted some coordination, my feet just wouldn't cooperate. While my fine motor skills were fine, I was extremely clumsy when it came to walking. Delta laughed slightly.
"I hate gym too, one of these times… I'm going to send someone to the hospital." We both laughed at this, then parted ways, he toward the art studio and me toward my history class. Both history and Spanish passed by fairly fast, and nothing of any interest happened, though Jessica wasn't glaring daggers at me or anything, so apparently she didn't hate me. Jessica and I walked to lunch together again, she was babbling on about some Mike guy who, surprisingly enough, hadn't introduced himself like half the other guys in the school. I told Jessica as much, cutting her off from saying something, and then added that he might like her. She beamed at this as we entered the lunch room. My eyes darted immediately to the table when the Cullens and the Hale twins had been sitting the day before. Rosalie and Emmett were sitting side by side, their hands laced together. Alice was sitting as Jasper's side, looking impatient, and Edward wasn't at the table. I frowned a bit and glanced around the room, nearly falling when I saw him, sitting alone with Delta.
