Sorry for the week wait, but I've been away from internet and any type of computer. Chpater five will be out sometime later. (Probably by Monday!)

On Sunday we stayed in the house. I spent most of the time in my room, getting everything perfect. Mom spent most of the time down stairs getting it perfect. She cooked dinner for me, she wasn't hungry. After that we stayed up till midnight and both went to our rooms.

When I woke up on Monday, mom wasn't there. She left a note telling me to go to the school's office and they would give me what I needed. Nothing about where she was.

I walked outside expecting to walk to school, since it wasn't far, but to my surprise the car was there. That only meant mom walked where ever she was.

I hopped in the car and drove to the school. It wasn't far and it had been one of the few things that I found the night before. I pulled up and saw that my car seemed to fit in. It wasn't brand new but not ancient. I parked as close to the front as possible, hoping I didn't take any body's space.

I had decided this morning to just get through the school year without bothering anybody. Since it was late March and I graduated in May I don't think it would matter much. Plus if mom pulls another stunt like last week then no friends or acquaintances is best.

I made my way to the front office and got my schedule. Students were running around left and right, I felt lost and scared. The bell rang and I soon found myself alone in the hallway.

I was due to Mr. Banner's room for World History. I finally stopped and knocked on a door and a male teacher answered the door.

"Can I help you, Miss?" he asked.

"Um... I'm sorry for interrupting Sir, but can you tell me where Mr.

Banner's room is?" I smiled to seem sweet but I was nervous...bad.

"Well, Miss, does this Mr. Banner teach World History?"

I about crumpled the paper in my hand when I answered, "Yes Sir."

He tap a small sign next to his door that read: Mr. Banner; World

History. Then he said, "Welcome to class."

He moved to the side and allowed me to pass him and into a full classroom. The thing that caught my eye was a boy in the back. He had bronze hair and was as pale as my mom after her attack... Weird.

"You can take a seat up front," he pointed to the only empty seat in the whole room. "I'm going to guess you're Ashley Benton. New kid from Seattle."

"Yes Sir," I said confirming my identity for the class.

"Well we're on the middle of The Cold War. Do you know anything about that?"

Great trivia on my first day! "Yes Sir, I know we didn't really fight it had more to do with just politics."

"Good! You just reviewed us all for the quiz today!" he shouted. At they a lot of the kids leaped up and scrambled for supplies.

"Now everyone, except Miss Benton, get out a piece of paper. Write your name and word quiz across the top. Now the directions are simple," at this he looked around. "Write down exactly what Miss. Benton just said."

The rest of the class period I didn't listen. I had already covered this at my old school. I knew everything about history...it was my speciality. In the middle of class I started a list of new things with my mom.

I came up with really pale skin, blood red eyes, stronger, heighten senses, doesn't eat, or blink. There was probably more...a lot more. As I sat there pondering everything, from moving in a day to actually being a new school, the bell rang. I quickly asked Mr. Banner how to navigate my way around and I walked out. When I pulled my wrinkled schedule out from between my books, out of corner of my eye I saw the pale boy looking at me.

I stayed to myself for the rest of second and third. Lunch time came and I ended up at a table alone. I didn't mind at all to be honest. It just made me nervous once everyone else was staring at me.

The only thing that drew my attention was the pale boy from first sat with a bunch of other pale people. I looked them over and they all looked a like but very different. I could see that they were each handsome or beautiful. There was two girls and three boys. I couldn't make out much though because I was on the other side of the cafeteria.

One of the girls had brown hair and was average looking, but she was very pretty I'd have to admit, stood out. She was not as pale as the other four.

I didn't know to say if the other four were related or not, but I saw that the fairish looking one and the blonde boy were holding hands under the table. When I looked a little harder the brown haired girl and the bronze haired boy from first were sitting and talking awfully close.

But the fifth one, he was big in a strong type of way. He had muscles and was probably a body builder. He had shorter hair than the other boys and it was much darker. He looked upset I could only see half of his frown. I felt sad for him. The only thing that distracted me from him was the bronze boy glaring at me.

When the bell rang I silently thanked God and ran out to, hopefully, find my class. I didn't have much trouble because of Mr. Banner.

I had been trough World History, Chemistry, Spanish II, and now was Calculus. I found the room and got to the teacher before the bell rang and got a seat. After I got settled and sat down I realized that the blonde pale boy was next to me. I didn't plan to strike up conversation so I just sat there.

The bell rang and the teacher, Mrs. Dennis, took role aloud, and I found out that the boy's name was Jasper Hale. After role the teacher said that it was Wednesday the day of make-up work. Since I was new I didn't have anything so it was actually a do-nothing-day.

I pulled out my piece of paper that had my mom's new characteristics on it and just starred at it. I hadn't had time the last two periods to work on it, so this was perfect. I couldn't really think of anything. So I more or less just sat in shallow thought.

I was snapped out of that thought when the desk next to me moved, making a distracting screech across the floor. I looked over to see Jasper looking down at his desk top and slightly tapping his fingers nervously.

Then I heard whispers something about his sister. I looked around to see some students working, while the rest, plus Mrs. Dennis, starring at him with sad eyes. I wondered what happened but didn't ask for fear of making whatever he was feeling worse.

After math came English. It was a simple class period there, parallel structure. After English was sociology. I didn't remember signing up for this but when I found the fairy pale one in there I didn't care. I wanted to know just a little information about them.

I actually got seated behind her, and as I pasted her she looked and smiled. Not only were her teeth white and beautiful, but she had golden eyes. That put me into shock. Her eyes were beautiful but why were they gold? Contacts?

We took down notes the teacher had on the board about interacting with others. After that we were done.

At first I just sat there and thought more about the list, but then I heard a voice that sounded like beautiful bells. I looked up to see the girl starring at me.

"Hi! I'm Alice Cullen," she smiled looking me over.

"Hi, I'm Ashley Benton," I probably sounded as lost as I was. Seeing her up close was like seeing a celebrity. Her hair was spiked and she was dressed like an heiress. She was beautiful. My eyes must be really bad far away because I was awe struck when I actually got a good look.

"I heard that you're from Seattle. What made you move here?" she asked.

"Um... To be honest I'm not too sure. My mother said because of the murders and crime." I was nervous. I sounded stupid but I really wasn't too sure why I had been rushed away in less than twenty-four hours to a town I knew so little about.

"Oh yes! I remember hearing about those it's very tragic." Alice looked away to the window as if thinking. "Did you move here with your parents?"

"My mom. My dad just recently passed away," I sighed. That memory of only about two weeks ago hit a spot on my heart.

"I'm sorry. Do you have any siblings?"

"No I'm an only child. What about you?"

"Actually I have two brothers, Emmett and Edward. We were adopted when we were younger. Then my adopted parents adopted a set of twins, Japser and Rosalie. We're all around the same age so it's perfect."

"You must have a big house," I commented.

"Yes we do. You might want to see it some time." She smiled.

We talked the rest of the class period. It was really just about school and plans for the weekend. I found that Alice was a big shopper and that she planned to be friends.

When the bell rang she left quickly and I was right behind her. I jumped in my car and began my way out. I noticed that Alice was standing at a Volvo and an old beat up truck. She saw me and smiled while Edward noticed and just glared.

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-Ashley P.