So I made it to fourth period class in one piece. Fourth period was my elective: Art.

I was sharing a table with a girl named Angela. She had introduced herself to me, and I found myself not minding her company. I had had some conversations today that had made me want to stab myself in the heart with a exacto knife just for a change of pace… But Angela seemed genuine enough. She was quiet, perceptive, and friendly.

She had a boyfriend, Ben, whom I met in my first period class. He was friendly too, except he had an unhealthy love for martial arts movies, and he seemed wear his honesty on his face.

Personally, I think they are a good match.

As this was our first day of school, Mrs. Paquin had pulled out a bunch of art supplies and asked us to choose what we liked and create something. I chose a sketch pad and a charcoal pencil.

The discussion at the desk behind me, distracted me.

Two girls whom I had met earlier, Jessica and Lauren, were whispering behind me.

"Look at that sweatshirt, what the fuck is that green thing on it?" Jessica was saying, and I knew without a doubt that I was the topic of discussion.

"Its called Zim," Lauren informed her. "My cousin has a poster of it on his wall. Its from a cartoon or something. But is it fugly enough for you?"

Jessica snickered.

Lauren's nasally voice; that was fugly. Jessica's perm; that was fugly.

Invader Zim. So not fugly. That alien was so crazy it was adorable. I still don't know why they canceled the show.

"I heard she was talking with Emmett Cullen this morning." Jessica whispered.

Lauren snorted in disbelief. "Like he'd give someone like her the time of day."

Jessica giggled. "I'm just telling you what I heard."

I'm making a new list. We'll call it the "Status" list.

Status

- Mike Newton: Golden Retriever

- Tyler Crowley: Horndog

- Rosalie: Bitch

- Emmett Cullen: Greek God

- Lauren Mallory: Enemy

- Jessica Stanely: Enemy

- Angela Webber: Ally

- Ben Cheney: Ally

- Eric Yorkie: Nerd

Yeah. That covers it…. For now.

I put my pencil to paper and began to sketch. I paused every now and then, to rub in the appropriate shading with my fingers, and my drawing was finished ahead of everyone else. I grinned. Definitely an A paper.

"Angela? Angela, what do you think?" I asked, glancing over to see she had been attempting to build something with modeling clay.

She looked over and laughed then quickly covered her mouth to stifle the sound.

I had drawn a pretty good likeness of the girls sitting behind me with some…minor alterations. Jessica held a broom in one hand and a cauldron in the other. On her head was a tall hat and her curls frizzed out wildly, stretching wider than the brim. Beside her was Lauren, wearing a corset with a high collared cape flowing behind her, with long fangs hanging over her lips. In one of her hands she fisted a terrified looking bat, in her other she held a mug labeled "B pos." Both figures faces were heavily warted.

"Lovely, Bella, really," she told me with an indulgent shake of her head.


Angela invited me to sit with her and Ben at lunch and I accepted against my better judgment.

As I stood in the lunch line my eyes were drawn to a table in the corner.

Holy. Hell.

There were five of them.

Emmett Cullen, Rosalie, and three other beauties. A smaller girl -- no less beautiful than Rosalie -- with dark spiky hair, a tall blonde boy with the lean muscles of a track star, and a younger looking boy with bronze sex hair.

"You coming?" Angela asked.

I tore my eyes away from the supermodel section and followed Angela back to her table where her boyfriend Ben was already waiting.

"Hey, Ang? Who are they?" I asked, my curiosity getting the best of me.

"Hmm?" She looked up and flashed a knowing smile. "Oh. Those are Dr. Cullen's kids. He and his wife adopted them."

Ben snorted.

I looked at him realizing there was more to the story than that.

I caught his eye and he explained, "They're dating."

"So?" I asked. I mean, they are teenagers in high school.

"Each other." He clarified.

Huh?

Angela, seeing my confusion, elaborated. "See the blonde boy? That's Jasper Hale, he's dating the small girl, Alice Cullen. Rosalie, Jasper's twin sister, she's dating Emmett, he's the big guy with the curls. The bronze haired boy is Edward. He actually is single, but he doesn't date. I think just about every girl here has tried to get with him but he has no interest…"

"Hmm…" I eyed the one named Edward, speculatively.

He turned his head then and looked straight at me. He cocked his head curiously for a second, then his expression became frustrated as he stared. He exhaled and looked away.

"Seriously Bella, it'll be more effort than its worth…" Angela told me as she followed the focus of my gaze.

I chuckled at her assumption. "No worries, Ang. I'm not that into redheads."