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Disclaimer: I do not own Edward , Bella, Alice or any of their fellow companions , but I'd like to thank Stephanie Meyers for introducing them to the world.

Chapter 5: Two of a Kind

BVOP

I took a deep breathe before I walked in to the halls of Forks High School. From what I could tell Forks High School was no different than my old school in Phoenix. The walls, the banners, and even the people look almost exactly the same. There were only one and half reasons for why I was here. Edward… and a place to start over. I picked my schedule up from the registrar's office, and scanned my classes. I could foresee I was going to be very bored here.

As I searched for my first classroom, to my annoyance, a light skinned guy with midnight dark hair stops me, and introduces himself to me.

"Hi, you must be Isabella, I am Eric Yorkie, the ears and eyes of this school," he boasted confidently. "If you need anything or have any questions, I am the man to ask," he continued.

"It's Bella," I responded in a diplomatic manner.

"What class do you have first?"

" English."

" Would you like to show you the way?"

"Sure, why not," I answered with a minimal of amount sarcasm in my voice, disguised as indifference. I might as well make the best of this experience, considering this was still my first go around as Bella the 17 year old. As I followed Eric and his never ending speech to my classroom, a scent caught my attention. It smelled familiar, but yet different and slightly dangerous. I wanted to follow this scent, but class was about to begin. I introduced myself in front of classroom of staring eyes. I answered questions about Phoenix, and cracked few jokes. Toward the end of class, after the teacher had finished her lecture for the day, I was introduced to a swarm of names and faces that I did not care to remember, but would due to my photographic enhanced memory.

The rest of the morning went on pretty much the same. The lunch hour came, and I sat around with the new faces I had met that day. As per usual, I played around with my lunch. Once in a while I would covertly at vampire speed, drop part of my lunch in my backpack into an awaiting bag for them. I tried to stick with sandwiches, fruit, and vegetables for lunch, because they were less messy to hide. At my fourth drop, the same scent from earlier hit me with full force. I looked around to find where it was coming from, and I saw five teenagers, with a similar skin tone to mine walking into the cafeteria. I asked Jessica (I think) who they were, so she began to tell me about the Cullens. She named each out by name, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, and Edward.

"Is the only Edward in Forks?" I asked out loud. " Yes," she answered with a annoying quizzical face. It was then Edward faced us from where he and his siblings were sitting. He must of heard us, I cursed myself silently. When his golden eyes focused on mine, he looked at me with such a confused, but fearful look. Even with my vampire sight, he looked so beautiful and god-like to my eyes. Then the end of lunch bell rang, which broke our focus. I turned to grab my things, and when I turned back around to look for him, he was gone. As I walked to biology, I wondered to myself, what was with that look? Then I smiled as my thoughts changed direction. On the bright note, he isn't just some weird basement dweller stalking me on the internet. That's comforting.

When I stepped into my biology class, I was confronted with the same golden eyes and scent again. I did the only thing I could at that point, and I continued my mission toward the teacher; however, my mind started to scream when the teacher asked me to sit by Edward. How could I sit with someone who seems to hate me so much already? Considering I had no choice in the matter, I quietly obliged and took my seat next to him. I sighed and faced him with a polite smile. This is the man I travel all the way to Fork for. His scent was so strong and intoxicating, but I could not figure out why it was so familiar. He was first to speak "Hello, Isabella, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Edward Cullen," he said in a smooth tone.

"It's Bella," I replied.

"I know what you are. I am letting you know now that we do not tolerate hunting in our territory."

"What am I?" I replied. He opened his mouth to speak, but at that moment Mr. Banner began to lecture.

EPOV

I could tell she was a vampire. I noticed hiding her food. I noticed her smell. Even though she was a vampire, she smelled so sweet. It would of made my heart pound, if it was beating. Is this who Alice claimed would be her new best friend? I had noticed in the cafeteria that I couldn't quite hear her voice. Maybe it was because she was new, and there were all the voices and commotion. Mr. Banner assigned her to sit next to me. I knew I was the first to encounter her, otherwise my sibling would of already told me about new vampire. It took upon myself to warn her, because we could not break treaty, now; so I introduced myself.

"Hello, Isabella, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Edward Cullen," I said in gentlemanly fashion.

"It's Bella," She replied. "I know what you are," I warned her. "I am letting you know now that we do not tolerate hunting in our territory."

"What am I?" she replied. At that moment lecture began. How could she act so coy and innocent? Does she not know she is a monster like me? I slipper a scrap of paper with the words "Meet me by the silver Volvo after school. We'll get things straighten out then," on it. When the bell rang, I dashed out to find Alice. She was waiting.

"Alice, what do you know about the new girl?" I question at a volume only she could hear.

She's harmless.

"What else?"

She'll be there. At this point she was singing the Aramaic alphabet "Why are you being so vague?" I knew whenever hiding things like this; it was for my benefit, but sometimes it could be just so annoying. Instead of answering she just skipped over to Jasper, and smiled at me with a mischievous grin. The rest of the day went by quickly, and as soon at the last bell rang, I was already waiting by my car, along with Jasper and Alice leaning against the side of the trunk, and with Alice in his arms.

She walked up cautiously. "Hello, Edward," she greeted.

"Hello, Bella. This is Jasper and Alice."

" I know. Jessica told me. So back to our early discussion. What am I?" Well's she blunt, thought Alice.

"Vampire."

"I am not," she denied.

"Yes you are. We can smell you. We are warning you again to not hunt in our territory. We have a permanent residence nearby, and we cannot afford to have any deaths near town."

"Then how do you survive?" she questioned accusingly.

"We're vegetarians," I responded nonchalantly.

"So am I." I could see the anger building up in her, as she simply turned and walked away. Even without being able to read her mind, her eyes showed the hatred she had for our kind. Regardless of her thoughts and emotions, I knew I wanted to know her better. She was beautiful, and carried herself with certain strong and independent air. When I got home, I turned on the computer and checked my email. Bella had left me a short message, but a troubling one.

Edward,

I had to deal with so much today. I am not sure if I want to keep doing what I am doing. Sorry I haven't really talked to much the last couple of days, but I once sort this all out, I'll be good. I hope you are doing well.

-Bella

I had forgotten all about this Bella.

A/N: Once again, sorry about the grammar or any mistakes. It was either post this now, or it would be a few days before I got back to it. I usually try to encompass the title into the story somehow, but this time a bit harder. So, kudos to anyone who can figure out what the title has to do with the chapter. Remember Reviews = Love. Happy New Years, everyone!