EPOV ( I thought I'd give this a chance)

I'm going to have to thank Alice when I get home today. I don't know why, but I think that Bella Swan is one of the most interesting people that I have ever met. She's funny, sarcastic, talented, smart, beautiful, down to earth….WAIT. Did I just say beautiful? I guess I can't deny that, even though I just met her. She IS beautiful.

I thought that she was beautiful since the first time I laid eyes on her. There she was, up in her room, all alone, without knowing anyone here besides her family. I was going to go introduce myself at her door, but then I saw her on her shed, so I thought that that would have been a better way to do it. Forget formal, it was worth a few laughs. And I don't regret it one bit.

She was walking next to me, keeping a slow pace, watching her feet. I smirked. "What are you thinking about?" I asked her, she looked deep in thought.

"Oh, nothing of too much importance. Im just trying not to trip and fall on my face." I had to laugh at that. Silly Bella.

We kept walking, passing stores that didn't hold anything of too much interest. Then she stopped, and grabbed my arm, preventing me from continuing. I looked up at the store that we were in front of, and saw that it was a Borders. I remember that she told me she liked to read, so I lead her inside. We started to look around, and she picked up a few books that she wanted to get.

"What do you have there?" I asked, grabbing a book out of her hands, looking at her, then the cover. "Wuthering Heights" I stated simply, tossing the book back into her hands. "What?" she said, questioning. "Oh, nothing. I just didn't know you were into the classics". She looked at me, with one eyebrow raised. One beautiful eyebrow.

"Yeah, I like the classics. I prefer the classics, actually. Some modern stuff is good, but I find the classics more interesting." I couldn't believe it. She's so down to earth, I kept saying to myself. I felt like I NEED to learn more about her. I felt like I need to know EVERYTHING about her, and I wasn't going to feel right until I did. I grabbed the book out of her hands, and began to walk towards the counter. "Hey, what are you-" she said, but I stopped her. I smiled at her, and said "Im getting you your book". She looked at me wide eyed. "Edward, you don't have to-", but I quickly chimed in with "Bella, don't worry about it. I WANT to." She just stared at me, and averted her gaze. She looked down at her feet, and said "Oh." I looked at her, but was interrupted from my observing when the cashier announced that he would take the next person. I took Bella's arm, and led her to where the cashier was waiting. I paid for it, and together we left the store. I handed her the bag outside, and asked her if there was anything that she wanted to get or see.

Right when she was about to respond, I heard a high pitched, annoying voice screech out my name. Oh god. I know that voice, its- "EDWARD! Hey, Eddie. How are you?" the nasally voice of Lauren Mallory sounded from behind me. "Oh…who's your friend?" This time she sounded pissed. Shit. Just more jealousy from her. Poor Bella, hopefully Lauren won't torment her. "Oh, hey Lauren," I replied, trying to sound as nice as I could possibly be. "This is my new neighbor, Bella." Bella turned around, and held out her hand to shake, but Lauren just threw her a death glare, and composed her face to look at me again. I think I just died inside.

"Oh, Bella, how…nice…it is to meet you!" She gave Bella a fake smile, and turned back to me. "So…Eddy-kins, did you do the biology homework? There are some things that I don't quite understand on it. Maybe you could help me….?" she said, winking at me. Okay, yeah. I was dead. I was deceased, buried 6 feet under. "Um, no-not yet. If you have questions you should ask Mr. Banner. I mean, it is his job." I said that, and Lauren looked a little disappointed. She looked at Bella, and then glanced at me again. "Yeah, whatever. Ill see you guys tomorrow, I guess." With that, she walked off, returning to her friends who were waiting about 10 feet away.

"What did she mean, tomorrow?" Bella asked, looking confused. Then a wave of realization hit her, and she groaned. "School's tomorrow, isn't it." I tried to hold back a laugh, putting my hand to my mouth, and nodded. Bella closed her chocolaty eyes, and groaned again. "Bella, school isn't that bad, you know." She opened her eyes, and looked into mine. "I know, its just that its all extra unneeded attention." She started to sigh and walk off, and It didn't take me much of an effort to keep pace with her. We walked into another store, and saw Alice and Jasper in one of the Aisles. "Bella! Are you having fun!?" Alice shrieked, running over to us when she saw us, dragging Jasper behind her. "Yeah, Alice. I am," she said, smiling at me.

We got home a few hours, and a few stores later. Alice was super exited when we got back home. She bought so much stuff…it was a miracle that it all fit in my Volvo. We all agreed that we were going to ride together to school the next day, because I wanted to go with Bella to get her schedule.

When I went with Bella and Emmett to walk them home, Bella shrieked and ran up to a gorgeous sky blue Karman Ghia parked in front of her house (A/N: Picture of car on profile).There was a big red jeep next to it, which I took to be Emmett's car, because he looked ecstatic. I walked up to Bella's car, and whistled. "Those are some fine wheels, you got there, Bella", I told her, and she hugged me. "Thanks, Edward. This car is my baby. My dad's hobby was restoring old cars, and he gave her to me before he died." Bella looked at the car with loving eyes. She must have loved her father a lot, because it was hard to get her to go into the house. Bella, it's late, and the car will be there tomorrow, Bella's mom yelled from the door. Bella said goodnight to me, and walked up to the walk.

Emmett came up to me, and we began to talk a little. "So Em, what happened to your dad?", I asked out of curiosity. A really sullen look appeared on his face, and I immediately regretted asking. Emmett took a deep breath, and leaned against the tree in his front yard.

"Charlie, our dad, was the police chief in Evanston. He was the coolest dad around. He loved us more than anything. Like Bella said, he restored old cars for a hobby. That sounds pretty cool to me, if I do say so myself. Anyways, one day, while Bella and I were at school, there was a code yellow. We went to a HUGE high school, really busy, kind of around a bad neighborhood, so we were used to the occasional code red now and then, but those were always only pranks or drills. This one felt different. Anyways, we were under lockdown. We heard a bunch of cop cars around the block, head to the street corner on our side of the school. Then we heard some gunshots. My class just sat in our desks, petrified. Then, about 2 minutes after that, there was announcement over the loud speaker that Bella and I needed to go down to the main office. On my way down, I passed security guards with sympathetic looks on their faces. I put two and two together. I mean, really, we hear COP cars, Charlie was a cop. We hear gunshots. Bella and I get called down. Something happened to Charlie.

"As it ended up, Charlie got a call about a domestic disturbance at a small house across the street from the school. He arrived at the scene with some other cops, and the man that caused the disturbance must have gotten really angry, because the next thing they knew, he was shooting at them. The man shot Charlie in the stomach twice, and then ended up getting shot dead by another cop.

"My mother alone could not afford us living there anymore, so she got a new job, and we moved here. Bella took it really hard. It happened about 5 months ago, so she's just now able to get over it, but I think that she still needs some time. I know I do."

I just stared. I couldn't think of anything to say to that.

"Oh, god, Emmett. I am so sorry. I had no Idea."

Edward, don't worry about it. You were bound to find out sooner or later, but now you know. Do me a favor, please, and don't talk to Bella about it. She's just now starting to get happy again, and I don't want to see her sad anymore." I just nodded, and he thanked me and went inside.

Bella was officially the most interesting thing in my life. How she could deal with her fathers death, a new house, having to make new friends from scratch, and start at a new school so easily was mind boggling. I would be huddled in a corner never to come out if I were in her shoes.

I have come to a decision. We are going to be the best friends that Emmett and Bella have EVER known. They deserve it.

A/N:

I know that the ending was a bit sad, but I couldn't think of anything else that would explain why Charlie wasn't in the story, other than a bitter divorce, but I though that this would make the story more interesting.

This actually happened at my school a few weeks ago, but no one died. It happened exactly how it sounded, but with some minor exceptions:

1. There was a code yellow, but they didn't tell us, because the school didn't want to scare us.

2.The cop and the man that shot the cop, and ended up getting shot himself didn't die, but they were both in critical condition.

It was scary.

But any who, there was the fourth chapter! I've been updating a lot faster than I originally thought that I would be able to, but once I start a chapter, I feel like I HAVE to finish it. It probably won't be as fast next time, but don't worry, the next chapter will be up within the next few days.

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