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Chapter 6

The truck which Charlie bought me was surprisingly, very reliable. It was sturdy, just what was right for me. I turned the key in the ignition, and was startled when it roared to life. Smiling to myself, I pulled out of the driveway and drove to the main highway, looking for the turning to Forks High. When I saw the exit, I sharply inhaled. Well, this was it.

Forks High School was nothing at all like I'd imagined. I had thought that since it was the main high school around here, it would look like one. But it was like little houses scattered in the area allotted to the school. I frowned. It didn't look like a high school to me. But I decided to let it go for now, so I parked the truck and headed over to the office.

It was a small, cozy room, with bright lighting. And, as if there weren't already enough plants outside, there were more than a dozen potted plants inside, too. I walked to the main desk. Mrs. Cope, it read. "Umm, excuse me?" I tried to attract her attention. She looked up at me, clearly bored.

"Yes, dear? What can I do for you?" I could hear the forced interest in her voice. I don't need her sympathy, I thought dryly.

"My name is Isabella Swan. I'm new here and today's my first day. I was just wondering if I could get a schedule." Her eyes lit up at the sound of my name. Apparently, she had been expecting me. At least she had one piece of information to talk about today, I thought, stifling a laugh. She took out a brown folder and gave me a white sheet with a list of the teachers, classes and building numbers.

"Please get this signed by each one of your teachers and bring it back at the end of the day," she informed me. I thanked her stiffly and proceeded towards my first class. English. It happened to be my favorite subject, so I walked briskly to the first building. It was a slight relief to get inside, and out of the rain. I didn't mind the rain, but being soaking wet didn't exactly help my train of thought. And after you dried, there was a wet smell which stuck on you. I didn't need people to think I smelled bad.

Mr. Mason (that was my English teacher's name) handed out a reading list. I skimmed through it. I had already read most of the books on the list and a few of them were even my favorites. This would be easy enough. I tuned out most of what Mr. Mason said. Not intentionally, but my mind started to wander to thoughts of Alice and Rose. I wondered if I would recognize them. I was interrupted by the bell, an irritating buzzing sound.

"Hi. You must be Isabella Swan. I'm Eric." A greasy-haired boy with acne held out his hand. I forced a smile.

"It's Bella." I corrected. No need to add that I didn't want to touch him. I stuffed my books into my bag and slung it over my shoulder.

"Do you need help to find your next class?" Eric hopefully asked me. Over helpful, geeky, chess club boy, I thought, resentfully. Why couldn't he just leave me alone?

"I'm fine. I have a map." I waved my map of the school in his face. "Besides, I wouldn't want to cause you any trouble. Thank you, anyway." I turned abruptly on my heel, leaving a very disappointed-looking Eric. My next class was Government with a teacher named Mr. Jefferson. I was just outside the door of building six, when I noticed an extremely beautiful bronze-haired boy, sitting inside. He had piercing green eyes, and was holding hands and talking to a blonde girl. I couldn't take my eyes off him. He was just so perfect and flawless. I felt like I was walking in slow motion, staring at him. All of a sudden I walked into long glass window right next to the door. Ouch. I held my hand on my head, trying to reduce the throbbing pain which was starting. "Ow." I groaned. What a dramatic entrance.

"Do we have a problem here?" I looked up to see a tall teacher towering over me, to realize that I was still sitting on the ground. I stood up quickly, and brushed off any dirt which might have been there.

"No." I half-squeaked, causing almost half the class to turn and stare at me. I flushed a deep red. The bronze-haired boy met my gaze, which caused me to become more embarrassed. There was something vaguely familiar about him. I felt like I had seen him before, somewhere. He held my gaze for just a fraction more than a second, before looking away. I got my slip signed by Mr. Jefferson and shrank into an empty seat, hoping to disappear. I tried to pay attention, but the bronze-haired boy was sitting directly in front of me, which was very distracting. He kept half-heartedly smiling at the blonde girl. That, for some odd reason, made me angry. I reasoned that it was because it was disturbing the class. So I tried with utmost determination to pay attention to what the teacher was saying. I was pleased when the bell rang, because it meant that I didn't have to stare into the back of his head any longer.

The rest of the morning passed by in a blur. There was a very short girl with extremely curly, brown hair who had both Trigonometry and Spanish with me. I walked with her to the lunch room. I could instantly tell that she was the biggest gossip, because of all the information she was giving me. As soon as we entered the lunch room, a pale, short girl with short, black hair ran up to me and hugged me. I stood there stunned and watched as a tall, beautiful blonde girl joined us.

"OH MY GOD! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S YOU, BELLA!" The pixie-like girl finally released me and I looked into her face. It didn't take me very long to recognize her.

"A-Alice?" I stuttered. She squealed. I looked over at the smiling blonde girl. "Rose?"

I was surprised at how much they had both changed. So all I could do was just stand there and stare at them. Alice rolled her eyes at Rose. She smiled a little.

"I swear, Bella, you're never going to change." Rose took my hand and started to pull me towards what I could only assume was their table. A cough from behind us made her stop. We both turned. The girl with curly, brown hair crossed her arms.

"I thought you were going to sit with us, Bella." She motioned towards a table full of people, all looking curiously at us. Alice narrowed her eyes.

"Sorry, Jessica," she sneered, "but Bella will be sitting with us today. And every single day after today. If you want to." She added. And with that she dragged me to the table. For such a tiny person, she had immense strength.

"What was that, Alice?" I exclaimed.

"Sorry, Bella, but we aren't on very good terms with Jessica and her friends," she sniffed. I gave her a huge hug. It was such a huge relief to get away from all that gossip. She looked surprised, but pleased. "So," she started. "Tell us everything. I couldn't believe that it was you when people told us about the 'new girl'. It's been seven years! What's going on in your life now?" I was amused by her little rant, but couldn't say that I was disappointed. I was glad that she had missed me. I started telling Alice and Rose what had happened after I left Alice's house that morning, about the divorce, and Phoenix. Rose and Alice both sympathized with me.

"Hey!" A loud voice boomed out. "Who are you and why are you sitting at our table?" I turned around and saw a large boy standing right behind me. He was looking at me suspiciously. He was flanked by a tall, lanky blonde haired boy. My face broke out into a smile. Of course, I could only guess who it was. They both looked at me as if I were an idiot, grinning madly at them. Rose laughed happily.

"Guess who?" I asked them. They both just stared at me. I saw recognition flicker in Jasper's eyes after a moment and he smiled warmly at me. Emmett was a little slow on the uptake. Jasper nudged him and whispered something in his ear. Emmett flushed a little but he beamed at me.

"Bella!" he pulled me into a tight hug.

"If you ever do that again, I'll… I'll…" I pulled away and poked his forehead twice, lightly. He chuckled. "Good boy." I patted his head.

"Good times, good times." Jasper said. (A/N: LOL snevans75) We sat at the table, eating, laughing and just talking about stuff. I didn't notice when someone came up behind me and cleared their throat loudly. Alice and Rose froze and Emmett laughed uncomfortably. Jasper looked a little irritated.
"Excuse me," a velvety voice just behind me made me turn around. I found myself staring at the bronze-haired boy from Government class. I was lost in his piercing green eyes. He narrowed his eyes at me which brought me back to reality. My eyes widened as I realized who he was. The blonde girl who kept flirting with him in Government clung to his arm, glaring at me.

"Hi Edward. Hello Tanya." Alice added frostily. I got the impression that none of them really liked Tanya.

"E-Edward?" I stuttered. He turned his gaze to me. He looked at me, confused slightly.

"Sorry, do I know you?" He asked politely. Tanya rolled her eyes.

"Well, you should. At least, I hope you do." I said. He scrutinized my face for a minute. He gasped.

"Bella? Isabella Swan?" he breathed. Tanya narrowed her eyes and frowned. Apparently, she didn't like the fact that Edward knew me. "You look so different. I mean… Why did you move back to Forks? I thought you were gone forever." My smile faded. This hurt. It sounded like he didn't want me here. Sure, he didn't like me when we were kids. But, I thought that he would've gotten over it. Tanya smirked. Clearly, she was enjoying herself.

"Edward," I started, emphasizing his name. "Haven't you learned to share yet? Forks isn't only yours. Anyone can like it here." He glowered at me, the polite expression leaving his face.

"You know what? I wish that you didn't come back. Just stay away from me." With one last glare in my direction and an apologetic look at Alice, Emmett, Jasper and Rose, he and Tanya left the cafeteria. I felt my eyes water. It was so unfair.

"Why does he do this to me?" My voice was thick with tears that threatened to spill over. Jasper put one comforting arm over my shoulder.

"It's not your fault. Though I don't know what's wrong with him. He's never done this before." Oh great. So he hasn't gotten over hating me. The bell rang.

"So Bella," Emmett asked casually. "What's your next class?" I pulled my timetable out of me pocket and read it out.

"Umm, I have… Biology." Rose's face turned to stone. "What?" I looked around at everyone. Their faces were impassive.

"Bella. That's Edward's next class, too." Alice said. I groaned. We all got up. "Come on, I'll drop you off at your classroom. Mine is next-door to yours." I trudged along beside Alice, dreading the next hour. We reached the classroom just as the teacher came. "Um, excuse me? Mr. Banner? This is Bella Swan. She's new here. She has Biology now."

Mr. Banner signed my slip and I followed him inside.

"Everyone, I'd like your attention for a moment." I blushed. "This is our new student, Bella Swan. I'd like you all to make her comfortable. Now, Ms. Swan, if you could go and sit over there, I'd like to start class." My eyes followed his finger to the desk. I froze. The seat which he had directed me to was right next to… Edward. I sighed and started towards the desk. It seemed like an eternity by the time I got there. Maybe it was because time passed extremely slowly when Edward was there. I finally reached the desk and hesitantly sat down.

"Now, today we are going to examine the different stages of mitosis with an onion root tip. I'd like you to partner up with the person sitting next to you." Mr. Banner looked pleased with himself. I felt like punching him. I turned to face Edward who was sitting very still, staring ahead of him. I knew what I was going to do. It couldn't stay mad at anyone for long. Especially if it was over something as petty as this.

"Um, Edward?" I saw him turn fractionally to face me. I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry." He looked at me, shocked.

I found myself staring into his eyes again and didn't realize that I wasn't breathing until he chuckled softly and said, "Breathe, Bella." I blushed and looked down. "I'm sorry, too." He admitted. "So… friends?" I smiled.

"Friends." I agreed and nodded my head. Edward smiled brilliantly at me, taking me off guard. He was so beautiful. Wait. Did I just call him beautiful? We were just friends, right? I peeked at him through the corner of my eye and saw him looking at Tanya who was smiling and waving at him. I felt a pang of something in my heart. Even if I had tried to identify the feeling, I probably wouldn't have realized that it was jealousy. Nor would I have realized that I was starting to like Edward.

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