Author's Note- Sorry if there are any mistakes- I do not have a beta and if you are willing to do it, please say so in your review. I would be glad for such help! Thanks. And sorry I forgot to put EPOV at the top of the last chapter, but I'm hoping that you gathered that anyway. I do usually send review replies, but I have actually been so busy, that I haven't been able to. I will send replies when I get back from my long weekend. But thank you all for your reviews- they really mean a lot to me!

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BPOV

I pulled into the parking lot, and smiled at the feeling of familiarity- it hadn't changed a bit. Without realising, I found myself pulling into my old parking space that I had frequently used before my "disappearance". And then I looked over at another space opposite, not thinking. My eyes widened as I saw that there was a silver car parked in that space. But then I sighed and turned back to face Jake. He was looking at me pitifully, as if he understood, but he couldn't understand the pain. How could I be so stupid? How could I let myself get carried away like that? Of course they wouldn't be there. It wasn't even a Volvo. I saw a silver car in their old parking space and it made me feel hopeful- that was pathetic.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Bells?" Jake asked softly.

"Yeah." I said, "Yeah. I'm fine."

We walked into reception and up to the front desk. I didn't feel as much of a new-comer as I had when I first attended this school.

"Hello, can I help you?" the receptionist asked. I noted from her badge that her name was Mrs Underwood. She had curly ginger-brown hair and green eyes.

"Uh, yeah. We're new. Annabelle and Jake Black?" I checked.

"Oh, yes. Of course." She nodded and handed us various papers, pointing out our timetables, schedules, maps and a load of other things, "Um, your first lesson is Biology with Miss Penne." She told me before telling Jake that he had Chemistry with Mr Greene. I was hardly listening.

"I guess I'll see you at lunch." I mumbled to Jake before heading off to what was ironically my old biology classroom.

"Ah, yes, Miss Black." Miss Penne greeted me as I strode in. My brilliant hearing picked up the boys in the room gasp as they saw me. I was beautiful. But I was a monster. Finally, I felt that I knew how he might have felt. She signed my slip and sent me to an empty desk at the back of the room.

I swept through the classroom to the back, where I dumped my books on my desk. Thank goodness she hadn't put me on my old desk. Or where my old desk would have been. I guessed that they didn't keep desks for more than sixty years. I glanced over to where the desk was and there was a girl sat there staring at me. She caught my eye and smiled, but I didn't smile back. I took a deep breath before sitting down. The burn in my throat barely bothered me anymore and I didn't even feel slightly edgy in this room full of humans.

Biology passed uneventfully, Miss Penne not calling on me once. I didn't listen at all so I didn't even know what the lesson was on, but it didn't bother me. It was nice to be actually doing something for once.

The bell rang and I the rest of the morning passed just as uneventfully as I sat through Spanish and Home Ec. Then it was lunch.

"Er… hi." A voice said shyly. I turned to face them. There stood a girl with ginger hair and freckles, "My name's Joanna Stanley." She blushed as she introduced herself. I remembered that she was also the girl that had smiled at me in Biology.

"Um… hi," I replied, "I'm Bella." I found myself wanting to yell at myself for talking to this girl. Hadn't I learnt anything from the Cullens' –wince- mistakes? If you get too close to a human, they find out way too much. I shook my head at myself and looked back at Joanna, "I've got to go, bye." I said hurriedly, and then I flounced out of the Home Ec. classroom and along the corridor into the canteen.

"Hey Bells." Jake greeted me, "How was your morning?"

"Um… okay, I guess." I replied, "Yours?" I returned the question as we collected trays and filled them with food. Of course, I didn't actually need or want any of it, but Jake ate a lot of food, so he'd no doubt eat whatever I picked up as well. We went and sat at a table and he tucked in, whilst I turned an apple round and round in my hand. Thankfully, the canteen had been changed round so my eyes weren't drawn to their old table. This was worse than an obsession.

"It was okay as well." Jake grinned at me through a mouthful of pizza, "I have English next." He looked at his timetable, "And then a free period. Cool."

"I have English next too!" I smiled at him and took his timetable from him and put it next to mine. He had had Chemistry, then History (I almost laughed. Jake was good at history- after all, he was more than sixty years old!) and third he had been in French. Next we both had the same.

"Who are they?" I heard someone say across the room. I recognised the voice, but couldn't think from where I had heard it, so I turned to look. I found myself staring into a pair of dark chocolaty brown eyes and I remembered where I had seen her before. It was Cassie from my Home Ec. class. I hadn't really paid her much attention- she had been sat right across the room from me- but I remembered seeing and hearing her answer her name in the register.

"Bella and Jake." Her friend replied, also looking at us. I now only watched them from the corner of my eye.

"They're weird though. It's like they're not from here. They speak weirdly and act like they're so above us. Like they're better, you know?" Cassie complained.

"They're not that bad, Cass," said her friend, who I now knew as Joanna- the girl who had spoken to me earlier on.

"Yes they are, Jo. They're different, I know it. Just because you have some weird thing about new kids, they're odd. But I have the oddest feeling, like I know her. The girl." Cassie narrowed her eyes in confusion, but Joanna laughed it off.

"If I didn't have some "weird thing", as you put it, about new kids, you would not know me. You would be friendless. I just thought I'd give Bella the same choice. If she wants to be friends with us, then I'd have no aversion to it." She giggled.

"Huh. You could've asked me." Cassie sounded slightly put out, but then she bought up something else, "Just don't do the same thing to those kids that are starting tomorrow. I've heard that they're incredibly gorgeous. Don't weird them out, okay? I want a chance with these guys."

New kids? Now I thought back over my day, I remembered that there had been talk of tomorrow's new-comers. That was a relief. At least Jake and I could take a little step out of the limelight. These "incredibly gorgeous" new kids could hog it all, for all I cared. They would probably be some shallow kids that wanted the attention anyway. Well, that didn't matter. They could have it.

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EPOV

I couldn't believe that I had let them do this. Well, let Esme do this, to be precise. I glared ahead as I drove along the all-too-familiar road to Forks High School. This would be the first time back at this school without her. Obviously. I was sure that it would bring back unwanted memories and it would hurt me so badly, but I still came. Alice had been trying to assure me by showing me parts of my day today that would be sure to happen (things that weren't influenced by decision), but I was far from reassured. One snap decision and the whole thing changed. Besides, even Alice and her visions couldn't hide the fact that I would be hurting.

I pulled into the lot and made my way, without thinking, to the space where we had always parked. There was no one parked there yet so I pulled into the space and we got out. In fact, there was hardly anyone here yet, so we made our way across the lot without attracting any stares. The receptionist was more than happy to help, handing us our timetables and talking animatedly about the two new people that had joined yesterday and how she was sure we would all get on great at the school. She was talking for so long that the bell rang, before she was finished talking. She looked slightly irritated, but reluctantly told us to go to our lessons.

I glanced down at my timetable. Great. English, Biology and Social Studies before lunch and Spanish afterwards. I flicked through my siblings' minds to be dismayed to realise that I only shared lessons with Rosalie. Rosalie. Damn.

Emmett was irritated; he had double P.E. which he hated because he didn't like not using all of his strength.

Alice was ecstatic because she had all of the same lessons as Jasper and he mirrored these feelings.

Rosalie was… anticipating Social Studies. Strange.

I sat through English, bored, until one girl caught my attention. She had dark brown hair and chocolaty brown eyes, just like… I stopped that thought abruptly and concentrated on what her name was. Cassandra something. Her best friend was Joanna Stanley, who was in Biology now, I learnt from her thoughts. Huh. Jessica Stanley's great-niece or something like that.

But my thoughts were off of the redhead and back on Cassie within seconds as I briefly wondered what she was thinking. I decided to forget her privacy and listened to the space where she was sitting. Silence. What? I concentrated more and there was still nothing. Oh for goodness sake! I thought, fighting to keep the growl inside my chest. Not again. It must be something to do with this place, I thought glumly.

What's up now? Rose thought at me, one eyebrow raised. I gave a small shake of my head, indicating that I'd tell her later. Rose sighed.

"Edward Cullen?" the teacher, whose name I couldn't recall, asked.

Bet he doesn't know that the answer's a simile. He wasn't even listening. He thought smugly.

"A simile." I answered, now fighting to keep the laugh from bubbling up.

"Well done." Mr Wilson, I remembered, smiled politely at me, though his thoughts were far from polite. Here was a man I doubted I would get on with.

Then the bell rang and I trudged to Biology. I was dreading this. I had Miss Penne (A/N: he is not in the same lesson as Bella- this is the lesson after although they have the same teacher) and it was in the same room where I had first met Bella. Just thinking her name sent a spasm of pain through my chest.

"Ah, Mr. Cullen." Miss Penne greeted me and signed my slip before sending me to the back of the classroom. I sat down and dumped my books on the desk, feeling relieved that the desk at which Bella and I used to sit had already been claimed. I was lost in thought when I heard someone approaching the seat next to me. Ah. Of course.

"Hi." It was Cassie.

"Hello." I replied politely, but then ignored her. She didn't like this.

"You're new aren't you?" she asked, determined to have a conversation with me.

"Yes." I continued to give her one word answers.

"There's been a lot of new kids here." She said, "There was those two yesterday. Absolute weirdos. And your family."

"Hmm." I murmured politely.

"How do you like it here?"

"S'alright." I mumbled. I was beginning to wonder whether she and Joanna Stanley had been mixed at birth because Cassie was really starting to remind me of Jessica with all the talking. But Jess' mind had never been as silent as Cassie's. This infuriated me. Another weakness. How could there be another person with a silent mind? Why was it silent?

"You don't talk much, do you?" she sounded disappointed.

"No." I hid my smile carefully.

"Okay, class. Today we are learning about the average plant's anatomy…" Miss Peak started the class before Cassie had the chance to think up her response. Thankfully.

Then the bell rang for lunch. I got out of my seat and went straight to the canteen without saying goodbye. Just like old times. I met the others in the canteen. We sat in the corner without speaking, just like we used to. I picked a bagel to shreds, one of my bad habits, with my long fingers. I felt Alice's gaze on me, her thoughts sympathizing with me.

I'm sorry. She thought, I miss her too, you know, I really do. I wanted to tell her that I felt fine, but I didn't and I didn't feel like speaking right now anyway. For now, I scanned the thoughts of people in the canteen, just for something to do.

But then I heard a "voice" I had thought I'd never hear again and my mouth fell open with surprise.

Where the hell is she? Jacob Black thought nervously, Maybe I should ask that girl. She's in her Home Ec. class, isn't she? I listened closely as Jacob asked Cassie about this girl. Annabelle. Bella for short. Oh, the irony.

"She had to go give in her Biology homework or something like that. She'll be here in a minute." Cassie replied, seeming shocked that he had even spoken to her.

"Okay, thanks." Jacob thanked her and sat down at his own table, waiting for his friend. His friend called Bella. He began to think about her… and then I saw her face in his thoughts and I gasped, looking over towards the door of the canteen as she entered… It was her. It was Bella.

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