As soon as the school week started, Charlie arranged for me to attend Forks High School. At Bella's request of course. The story was I was Bella's cousin and I had come to stay with her since my parents had died. Automatically, I became juicy news. Since I dressed with an old fashioned flair (courtesy partly of Alice), I was singled out as odd and lumped into a group all my own. To the students of Forks High, even the Cullens' weren't as weird as I was. Of course, this fit my purpose just fine. My name had been difficult. Since I could no longer remember my birth last name, I had had to decide for myself what to go by. The name I settled on made me smile. When Jasper found out, He was going to enjoy the time I stayed as much as I was beginning to.
Monday morning found me walking to school with Jasper. Rosalie and Edward had both offered to give me and Jasper a ride, but we had insisted on walking. "So, Chailyn, what do you think about getting your necklace polished?" He asked. "Polished?" I asked. "Yeah. It looks really worn out. I just thought maybe after school tomorrow we could go to an antique jewelry place in Seattle and have it restored." He suggested. "Restored to original condition right?" I asked. He nodded. "Okay. That'd be great." I said. "What's your schedule like?" He asked. "First period choir, Second period Literature, third period gym, fourth period Calculus, fifth period biology, sixth period painting and seventh period Spanish." I recited. "Let's see. You have painting with Alice, Calculus with Emmett and Literature and Spanish with me." He said. "Hardly seems fair taking Spanish." I said. "You'll be a natural." He said. "I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about how having you in class will affect my behavior." I said. Jasper smiled. "Not my fault." He said. I laughed. "So, what's your story?" He asked. "Bella's 18 year old cousin, moved from Texas." I said. "Name?" He asked. I smiled and said, "You'll have to wait until Spanish to find out." I shot him a texas wink and headed for the office.
"Didn't you mean Literature?" He thought. "No. I meant Spanish." I replied. "Why not in literature?" He asked. "I'm going to be there early. I want to make a good impression." I said. "You could tell me your name and save time." He said. "Chailyn Cheyenne." I said. "Your last name, Darlin'." He said, frustreatedly. "Seventh period, Jasper." I said. My visit to the office was fast. Choir went well. I had always had a good singing voice. I figured it was all the southern upbringing. A lady was expected to be able to sing or play piano. Singing was easy and my teacher, Mr. Samuel was impressed by my level of expertise. When the bell rang, I hurried to class. I had to beat Jasper to Literature. The classroom had emptied when I got there. "Can I help you?" the teacher asked. "I'm in your second period literature class.: I said. "Miss Whitlock?" She asked. "Yes. But, could I have you call me Chai for today?" I asked. "Of course." She answered. I smiled. Jasper would be disappointed by that. "Speak of the devil." I thought as he walked through the door. "Talking about yourself again?" He asked. "Nope. Just you." I said. "Mr. Hale. This is Chai. Do you mind being her partner?" She asked. "Not at all, Mrs. Harpinger. It'd be my pleasure." He said. "Suck-up." I thought. Jasper rolled his eyes. "So, you asked the teacher to use your first name. Cheater." He whispered. "So I did. Just wait. I promise it'll be worth it." I said.
Literature was easy. My classes seemed to fly by. Lunch was spent with a few of Bella's human friends. Angela was a great girl. Very nice and sweet. She was on the paper and liked photography. Jessica seemed like a human Rosalie. She liked attention and got jealous easily. Mike and Eric were both typical males. Annoying and wanting the new girl. "Remind you of someone?" Jasper asked in thought. "Who Mike? He reminds me of Thomas." I replied in thought. "Good thing Thomas died a while ago." He said. "Jealous, Major?" I asked, teasing him. "A lieutenant colonel was hitting on my fiancée. Of course I was jealous." He said. "Well, Thomas did have better prospects. I could have been a belle." I teased. "You weren't southern belle material." Jasper said. "Oh?" I asked. "You were southern rose material." He said. "Alice wouldn't like you flirting like this Jasper." I thought. "Maybe we should just tell everyone." He said. "NO! Jasper, I'm not hurting Alice!" NO, NO, NO!" I exclaimed. "Okay, okay. Calm Down." Jasper said. I glared at him.
"Lynn, you okay?" Bella asked. "Fine, Isa." I said. "You look upset." She said. "Can I borrow your truck? I need a break." I said. "No problem." She said. She handed me her keys. I walked out of the cafeteria.