A/n: Thanks so much for all the love everyone! I seriously appreciate it. This chapter will be in Bella's point of view. I'm not going to do that thing where you do a chapter in one point of view and then the next chapter is the same thing but in someone else's point of view. It's very repetitive and annoying to me. I know
I did it for Bella's first day at the school but it was only to get things set up for the plot and whatnot.
Enough of my blabbing here's Bella.
It's been a few days and now it was Friday. I haven't spoken to the Cullens since my first day. They were all really nice but I doubt we would be friends, maybe just mere acquaintances. I didn't think of it as a big deal but apparently everyone else did. Including Angela at lunch.
"Bella, I don't want to seem like everyone else and snoop into others business but what happened at the Cullen table on Monday." she asked. It was just the three of us at the table. Ben, Angela, and I. Yep I'm so the third wheel.
"Well, first Edward asked me out, then Rosalie wanted to be my best friend, and finally we all planned on having an early morning brunch tomorrow." I said sarcastically while picking out the fries that Ben got for me. Bless his heart.
"Oh be serious Bella. There are so many rumors about you and the Cullens going around." she replied.
"I don't see why it matters. All I did was say hi and introduce myself and they did the same." I shrugged.
"Well Bella the Cullens are really reserved people. I mean outside of their group you are the only other person they have ever spoken to if it wasn't about academics. They only talk to each other and teachers. Everyone was shocked that they even said two words to the new girl." Ben said.
"Lovely. Well it's over now and they'll probably never speak to me again." I replied and then came Mike.
Mike was a very strange boy who constantly asked me out. I asked Angela if I should go out with him but she said no. Apparently he was a perv that tries to bed every girl in Forks.
He was determined, which may be good to put on college applications, and asked me out at least twice a day. And every time I would let him down gently or use Angela as an excuse to make it seem as if I had plans.
"Hello Bella." I felt him next to me and I could tell he was attempting to seduce me. Mission failed my friend.
"Hi Bella!" The chipper voice was obviously Jessica. I thought she was a nice girl until Angela told me to steer clear.
Apparently, Jessica hated me because of the attention I got from Mike. Angela described her with curly brown hair and the devils horns peaking from underneath. She was also a gossiper and I didn't need Angela to tell me that. Everyday at lunch she would talk about someone or something. Her best friend Lauren, or as Angela says her minion, was always with her. Lauren was indifferent when it came to me until Tyler started to become a bit nicer. So now both Jessica and Lauren hate me because their boyfriends or whatever Mike was to Jessica had wandering eyes.
"I heard you guys talking about the Cullens." Jessica said. Of course she did. They girl practically had a gossip radar.
"Not really we were just-" Angela began.
"Don't even try Bella." I was taken back by Jessica's words.
"Try what?"
"To get with a Cullen." she began. "They are all together. Alice with Jasper and Rosalie with Emmett."
"I thought they were all siblings?" I was confused. Unless…incest…ew.
"They are adoptive siblings. Dr. Carlisle Cullen adopted them all. It's like he is some matchmaking service." she sighed. "I wish I was a part of that family, so I could be matched with Edward."
"I'm still confused why you'd think I would want to get with a Cullen." I said to her.
"Sometimes I forget that you're blind." she laughed. "But they are all extremely beautiful. Edward with his amazing sex hair. Emmett and his muscles. Oh and I can't forget Jasper and his sweet southern accent."
"Thank you Jessica for your vivid description. You should right a book!" Angela said sarcastically. I giggled and knew that Jessica was probably glaring at her. "Let's start going to class Bells."
She kissed Ben goodbye and we walked to the hallway.
"You know the only reason Jessica is nice to you is because Mike likes you." she said. "Please don't become friends with her."
"Don't worry I don't plan on it." I laughed. "She hugged me this morning when I was getting out of the car and I think she was attempting to kill me."
"Stupid jealous bitch." Angela murmured.
"I know. She thinks I actually have some sort of feelings for Mike."
"Well that's not exactly what she is jealous of." She replied. I was curious so I told her to continue.
"Well since yesterday Edward Cullen has been looking at you during lunch. He wasn't here on Tuesday and Wednesday. But yesterday and today he was just staring at you. Jessica has wanted Edward since the Cullens moved here. She spread a rumor saying that Edward had feelings for her. So she dated Mike thinking it would make Edward jealous so he would confront her about the 'feelings' she claims he has." Angela explained.
"So was Edward jealous?" I asked.
"Nope. The boy could care less. Didn't even glance at her. So when she noticed him staring at you. She was livid. That's why she kept making it seem as if you didn't have a snowballs chance in hell with him." We made it to our lockers and she walked me to Bio.
"If he is as good looking as Jessica says I doubt I have a chance." I shrugged. "I'm too plain. Not much to look at." Suddenly she stopped and I felt her hands on my shoulders.
"Bella, the last time you saw yourself you hadn't hit puberty yet. You. Are. Hot. You don't see it so you really don't know. If I wasn't with Ben…" I could hear the smile in her voice.
"Uh no. I don't play for that team." I smiled. And pushed her hands off my shoulders.
"Whatever my little insecure virginal delinquent. We are going to talk about getting you a boyfriend later." She giggled and my face heated up. "Toodles!"
I laughed and walked towards the back to find my seat. I got settled and waited for class to begin. We were a few minutes early.
"Hello Bella." It was the soft velvety voice from Monday.
"Um Edward?" I asked hoping it was him.
"Yes it's me. I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to speak after Monday. I wasn't here on Tuesday and Wednesday because of…some personal issues I needed to mend." His sweet scent filled my nostrils and his even sweeter voice entered my ears. It made me feel as if I was in an entirely different world. I almost forgot to answer him.
"Oh it's okay." I smiled reassuringly.
"So have you enjoyed your first week at Forks?" he asked curiously.
"I'm not used to the cold and dampness of Forks but I can adapt."
"Where were you before you came here?" Why is he now so curious about my life?
"Arizona. But I'm a Steelers fan so don't hold anything against me." I joked. He laughed and it sounded beautiful. I felt proud that I could make him laugh.
"I'm not much of a football person myself, but Emmett is. I'll make sure he knows you're a Steelers fan so he won't go into a long lecture about how the Steelers are cooler than the Cardinals." he chuckled and I grinned back. "What made you move here, to this dreary depressing town."
"Well my parents are divorced and my mom is dating a minor league baseball player. He needs to travel a lot and I know my mom wants to go but she had me to look after. So I just moved with my dad so she wouldn't feel so held down." I explained.
"So you moved here for your mother's happiness but not your own?" I knew his face was probably scrunched up with confusion.
"Well I'm not unhappy so I'm doing this for her." I said.
"That's really nice of you."
"Thanks." I could feel the blush coming on.
"I hope you don't mind me asking but would it be okay if I could drive you home after school?" I was astonished that he was so forward but I was even more astonished that he actually wanted to drive me.
"Um I don't…" I stuttered not knowing whether to say yes or no.
"You don't have to say yes. I just wanted to get to know you. Maybe we can talk more." I said.
"Okay then. I'll give a call to my dad before last period."
"Great." He said and then class began.
After Biology in the Office….
"Ms. Cope may I use the phone I need to call my dad." I said.
"Oh my gosh what happened! Is the school going to get a lawsuit!" She cried. She didn't even ask if I was hurt. Lovely.
"No I just need to tell my dad that a friend of mine can drive me home today." I explained. There was an audible sigh and I held back the temptation to roll my eyes.
"Here's the phone. Do you need me to dial the numbers?" She asked as if I was 7. Wait no, some 7 year olds can dial the number by themselves.
"No think I've got it." I heard the clump of her putting the phone base on the counter. I found it and picked up the phone. After finding the Braille on the number 5 (which is on all phones) I dialed Charlie's number. After a few rings he picked up.
"Oh gosh is Bella okay? What happened?!" he asked frantically.
"I am offended. I bet if I wasn't blind then you wouldn't have freaked like that." I replied calmly.
"I'm sorry Bella. What is it that you need?"
"Well a friend of mine said they could drop me off at home today. I wanted to call to tell you that you didn't need to pick me up." I said.
"Bella, I'll let you go because it's Friday and I want you to make some friends other than Angela." Blindness doesn't restrict friendships. "Make sure to call when you get home. I may be a bit late."
"Okay dad. And I'm spending the night at Angela's house tomorrow. Thanks bye!" I quickly hung up not wanting him to worry about my safety.
"Oh Bella you learn so fast. You manipulate your dad like I manipulate mine." I knew it was Angela behind me as she said that with mock pride.
"Whatever let's go." I laughed and we walked out of the office.
"Lucky for you my parents will be out of town for the weekend." she said as we walked down towards the river. Once again skipping gym.
"I'm surprised you didn't want to spend time with Ben since your parents are gone." I said while bumping my shoulder with hers while smiling.
"Oh don't worry. I will be with him for the rest of the night. This weekend shall be girls night." she said.
"You know I've never been to a sleepover." I said. "My mom was afraid I'd get hurt with my poor sight." I found the familiar path to the rock I always sat on.
"Gasp! Then we must make this the best sleepover ever. You can come over at 7 and we will eat junk food. Then 20 years later we'll regret all the carbs that we'll consume tomorrow nigh!" I giggled with her.
"You wouldn't believe what happened in bio today." I smiled.
"You dissected a monkey and it jumped up and attacked the math teacher for giving us so much homework?" she said excitedly.
"Sadly no. But Edward Cullen and I talked." She gasped and urged me to go on. "Well he just asked me where I was from and stuff and then we talked about foot ball."
"Ew gross why football?" I knew she had a disgusted look on her face. Angela didn't really like sports. Hence skipping gym almost everyday.
"Let me continue. So we were talking and he asks if he can drive me home after school." another gasp. "We'll at first I was really shocked and didn't know if he was some killer creep so I didn't answer. Then he says it's totally my choice and he just wanted to get to know me better. So I said yes. That's why I called my dad."
"Aw Bella you sound like a little girl getting her first crush." she squealed. I have never heard her squeal.
"Edward was just being friendly. And he is not my crush!" I said defiantly.
"Aw you're going through the first stage of getting a crush; denial. After denial is acceptance and then you two will be the cutest couple at Forks high. Other than Ben and I of course." I rolled my eyes while she went on and on about how to get Edward and I together.
A While Later…
Angela and I were walking back to the parking lot when she whispered in my ear.
"Edward is looking at you standing next to his car. C'mon I'll walk you." she took my arm and walked me towards the car. "This is so exciting."
"If I didn't know any better than I would have thought you were getting in the car." I raised my eyebrow.
"Shut it and let's go."
"Hello Bella. Angela." Edward said in his soft smooth voice.
"Oh hi Edward. I'll leave you two alone. See ya tomorrow Bells!" she said.
"Alright. I'll be at your house by 7." I smiled and I knew she was walking off.
"So are you ready to go?" he asked.
"Yeah." I ran my hand long the car and I knew I was walking around the back. My fingers went across some letters that spelled "VOLVO".
"Hmm a Volvo. Nice." I smiled. My fingers felt the back seat door handle so I kept moving. I expected more metal but there was nothing.
"I opened the door for you. What kind of guy would I be if I didn't?" I heard the smile in his voice and I couldn't help but smile myself.
"You'd be like every other guy in America." I laughed while getting inside and folding up my cane. I felt and heard the car door close while the driver's door opened.
"So what did you want to talk about?" I asked as the car turned on. It made a very soft relaxing purr.
"I honestly don't know. I just wanted to learn more about you. You seem like such an interesting person." he said. I was taken back.
"You must be kidding. I'm not that interesting." I laughed.
"Oh Bella how wrong you are." he replied. "Tell me your likes and dislikes."
"I really like reading and writing. I really like classical music. My mom got me into it and then I became obsessed with Clair De Lune."
"Really? I love classical music. What do you read?" he seemed really interested.
"Wuthering Heights. I've read it 6 times." I said. I thought about how strange that sounded coming from a person of sightlessness. "Of course I read it in Braille."
"Is it hard for you." he asked quietly. I almost didn't hear him.
"Is what hard?" I asked. I knew what he was talking about. I just felt the need to hear him say it.
"Being blind. How do you get by with not being able to see."
"Well I was born with really bad sight so it's not like I could see perfectly fine then the next day I was completely blind. It just got worse and worse and I learned how to live with it early on. Being blind was inevitable and there's nothing I could do to stop it. Then by the time I turned 13 I was completely blind."
"Retinoschisis."
"Yeah how'd you know?"
"Carlisle got me into medicine and the human body. I spent a year learning all about the eyes and the brain. I wish I could make you see again." he said. For some reason I believed him.
"I don't. Sometimes it's better being blind. Not having to see what people hate seeing. Like if I walk a tight rope someone can't say to me 'Don't look down'. When you're blind you can't judge someone by their looks. You just end up with their personality." I countered.
"You'll never be able to judge a book by its cover." he said.
"Yeah." I smiled. For once someone understood me.
"Well we are here." he said.
"How did you know where I lived."
"I drove around until I found a house with a police car in front." he laughed and I joined him.
"Charlie must've been worried so he came home early." I said shaking my head. "Thanks for the ride Edward."
"Anytime Bella." he said. I heard nothing else so I took that as a sign to get out so I started to unfold my cane. Of course he went around to open the door for me.
"Hey before you go I was wondering if you wanted to have brunch tomorrow with my sister Alice and I." he asked.
"Sure." I smiled.
"Great I'll be hear by 11. Goodbye Bella."
"Bye Edward." I waved and then walked up the familiar porch.
I guess I am having brunch with the Cullens.
A/n: That chapter was fun. I love a squealing Angela. I feel like this chapter was short by I don't know it was 8 ½ pages. Next chapter is Edwards point of view. He is a very confused lad so be prepared for that.
I might have a few errors. So i'm looking for a beta! : )
~Chynna!!