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Bella

When I arrived in the parking lot at Forks High, I noticed that I parked in the same place as yesterday but the silver Volvo wasn't there beside me.

I scanned the parking lot and found Alice Cullen and the three other students leaning against the Volvo. The big one and blonde girl were in a heated lip lock while Alice and the blonde male were casually in conversation. They both had solemn looks on their faces.

As if Alice could feel my gaze, she looked up and a big smile graced her face. All earlier signs of being upset slipped from her features while she danced on over to me with the blond boy.

"Hey Bella. This is Jasper." She pointed over her shoulder to him. "You should sit with is at lunch. I can tell we're going to be great friends." She had a lot of energy for this time in the morning.

Jasper arrived over to us just as Alice finished talking. I'm guessing he heard what she said considering her chipper voice because he stuck out his hand.

"Hi Bella." He gave me nodded with a smile while I took his hand. His grip was strong and firm but not enough to be too tight. I gave him a smile in return and removed my hand from his grasp as the bell rang.

"So Bella. What do you say to sitting with us at lunch?" Alice asked while bouncing on the soles of her feet. I just shook my head and laughed at her exuberance.

"Sure Alice. I'll see you at lunch Jasper." I waved goodbye to him before walking off. I knew Alice was probably giving him a goodbye kiss and I didn't want to stand there while they shared a private moment.

I knew that they finished saying goodbye because I could hear Alice yelling after me and I could feel her bouncing up beside me to go to English class together.

I thought back to yesterday when I bumped into Alice at the hospital. I still didn't figure out what she was doing there.

"Hey Alice. Can I ask what you were doing at the hospital last night?" I whispered to her because I dint want people in the halls to over hear.

"Yeah but I'll tell you at lunch." She said. By now we were already in English class and the teacher walked in the room. She asked us to hand in our assignment from last night. Alice got up and picked mine up too.

"Alice you don't-" She cut me off before I could even finish my sentence. I wanted her to know that she didn't need to do that for me.

"It's alright. I want to. Besides what are friends for?" And then she left to hand the papers in.

"Thanks." I mumbled to her when she came back and sat down. She nodded her head to tell me that she heard.

Class went on and on and before I knew it, I was standing outside the door to the Computer Technology room. This class was my favorite, along with Biology, because I was really good at working on computers.

When class was over, I was taking a deep breath, preparing myself to sit with Alice, Jasper and the other two. Hopefully I could find out their names so I don't have to refer to them as the other two in my head. I could then put a name to their faces.

As I entered the cafeteria, I spotted Alice immediately. She was standing up on one of the chairs and waving her hands back and forth to get my attention.

Let's just say she didn't just get my attention.

I noticed that Jasper was trying to get her small frame off the chair and he had a small tinge of pink covering his cheeks. Half the people in the cafeteria were staring at Alice and looking at her like she was crazy. Alice didn't seem to care; she just continued her ministrations with her hands and a lot of excitement shining in her eyes.

I found that some people were starting to look in my direction and felt myself blushing as well. My stomach kept grumbling so I grabbed a bag of chips and lemonade and walked over to Alice's table.

I kept my gaze on the floor because I didn't want people to see the red on my cheeks. Also, I was very klutzy and didn't want to end up on my face in front of half the school.

When I got to the table, I plopped myself into a seat beside Jasper and noticed that Alice finally got the idea and sat down in her chair. I looked around the table to see that the huge guy and the blonde girl were trying to hold in a snicker, unsuccessfully. I noticed Alice shoot them a glare before she turned her attention to me.

"Hey Bella. This is Emmett, my brother." She pointed over to the huge, burly guy that was now smiling a big smile with dimples while waving at me. As he was waving, I could see all the muscles flexing in his arms and I was kind of scared of how huge they were. Noticing my expression, Alice quickly moved on.

"This is Rosalie Hale, Jasper's sister." She then pointed to the tall, blonde girl. She smiled politely at me. She kind of intimidated me with how gorgeous she was.

"And as you know, this is Jasper Hale." I nodded and gave him a smile. They were all unbelievingly good looking. I found myself wondering if any of them were related to Edward. I didn't bother asking because it was none of my business.

"So do you guys all live separately?" I asked.

"No. We all live together." Jasper answered. They seemed reluctant to give me any more information on that topic, so I moved on.

"Where are you guys from, if you don't mind me asking?" I didn't want to force any answers out of any of them.

"Oh no that's fine. It's just…. That's a really difficult subject for us to talk about. Both sets of our parents died in car accidents. We were all friends before it happened, so we all moved in together to get comfort from each other." Alice replied. I kind of felt bad for asking now.

"Yeah I know what you mean." I mumbled to myself.

"What?" Rosalie asked. It didn't come out rude or anything, just curious. I guess Jasper heard me because he gave me a questioning stare. I just shook my head and thankfully he dropped it.

"Nothing." I murmured. There was kind of an awkward, silent tension in the air. Thankfully Emmett broke it.

"Chicago." He boomed. I was a little startled from his outburst that I jumped in my seat a little bit. All of a sudden, there was a boisterous laugh surrounding our table.

"What?" I asked, startled.

"What he means is, we just moved here from Chicago….for personal reasons." Jasper answered with a quirked eyebrow. I wasn't about to ask him what he meant by personal reasons.

"So…. You guys have any older or younger siblings or is it just you guys?" I asked.

Again the table was filled with awkward silence. They were all looking around at each other. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Jasper give Alice a little nod. Good thing that Emmett knows how to break the awkward silences, even though in not the best ways.

"You're full of questions, aren't you?" He laughed. At this I blushed and looked down at the table. I guess I was asking a lot of questions.

"Yeah just ignore Emmett, I do. Emmett and I have a brother the same age as me but he doesn't live here with us. He should be moving here soon if he ever….decides the right time to come." Alice said. I looked up to see that there was a flash of pain cross her features. Whatever it was, it had something to do with her brother.

"So Bella. Anymore questions?" Emmett teased. I looked at him just in time to see Rosalie give him a smack on the back of his head.

"Ouch! What was that for Rosie?" He asked rubbing the spot where he got hit.

She didn't answer him but continued to look interested in her nails.

I ignored what he said and asked the question I was dying to ask.

"Um Alice. I know I already asked you this morning and you said you would tell me at lunch, but-." She cut me off, already figuring out what I was asking.

"I was at the hospital yesterday because, and I hope you don't get mad at me for this, but we heard a lot of rumors about you living in the hospital and about the condition of your father. I wanted to know if they were true or not. I'm not one to believe the rumors that are spread unless I see for myself. I know I should have asked you before I went around snooping, but I did try and you were already gone. Also I feared that you would get mad at me. I'm sorry. Can you please forgive me? Don't hate me." She said this all in one breathe. If it wasn't a serious answer I would have laughed out loud.

"Okay, I understand I guess. I would also be afraid to ask somebody as well. And I don't forgive you because there is nothing to forgive. And I could never hate you Alice." I smiled at her and she seemed to let out the breath she was holding. She jumped out of her seat and ran over to give me a hug.

"Thank you." She whispered in my ear. I just shook my head at her. There was nothing to apologize for.

"Okay you two. I'm glad to see girl on girl action but unfortunately there are other guys around. If it was just me here I would let you continue, but there isn't and the bell is about to ring." His comment was followed by another smack from Rosalie. You just gotta love Emmett.

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