As I said before, please don't kill me. I've been dealing with personal issues, plus my computer crashed and I just found out that I have to get surgery, but it won't interfere with my stories. So, chapter seven of I Fall to Pieces is now up, as well as chapter six of Infamous and Irresistible. So, onward!

EPOV

Yesterday had probably been the best day in 150 years. Mom found a dog on the front porch and the first thing it did was come and put its big paws on my chest. As I stared into its eyes, I could help the feeling of familiarity or the feeling of calm that washed over me. I felt happy for the first time in a long time. But, the dog had run away. I realized that maybe we needed a pet. Most animals flee from vampires, but this dog was jumping all over Alice and I, almost like it knew us.

"Dad!" I could hear Alice now yelling at Carlisle. None of us were too happy to be going to school. We had all done high school so many times and several of us had done college as well. Carlisle wanted us to keep a normal imagine.

"Yes, Alice," he replied calmly.

"I don't want to do high school again," she whined.

"Too bad," he said, a ghost of a smile on his face. "Now, get going, or you'll all be late."

We all rushed out the door and hurried to our cars. Alice and Jasper rode with me in the Volvo. I had a feeling that today something might happen, but maybe it was just a nagging suspicion.

BPOV

"Hurry the fuck up!" Haley hollered up the stairs at me and Alex.

"Jeez, calm the fuck down," I yelled back.

"Children, language," Kate yelled at us both.

"Sorry, Kate," we called back together.

"I get the Mustang," I said and stuck my tongue out at Haley.

"Fine," she said, "but Alex and I get to ride with you."

I rolled my eyes. "Fine. Get in losers."

We made it to the parking lot quickly. That's when I noticed a silver Volvo and five people standing around it, the five people that used to be my family.

"Fuck!" I whispered.

Haley looked around and gasped when she saw what I had seen.

"What," said Alex, looking around.

"The Cullens are here," said Haley and pointed to them.

"Shit, shit, shit. What do I do?" I whisper-yelled. "They cannot see me."

"Just do your cool human thing," said Alex.

"Okay." I closed my eyes momentarily and when I opened them, I was a normal human girl. I kept my hair the same, but I made myself shorter, not as skinny, and I made my lips thinner. I also made my eyebrows skinnier and my face a little rounder and plumper. I didn't look anything like Bella expect my hair. My eyes were brown, but a more hazel-like color. "Okay, let's do this bitch," I said and hopped out of my Mustang. The beautiful red car was my baby.

I'll admit, it felt really weird to walk into school with two beautiful vampires hanging off my arms. I winced at the cold, hardness of their arms. "Okay, so Haley, Alex, it is very important that you two call my Izzy, okay?"

"Eww, I wanna call you Bella," Haley whined.

I glared evilly at her.

"Fine," she grumbled and leaned into my ear. "Hey, Izzy!" she screamed in my ear.

I yelled and kicked at her butt as she ran off. "Bitch!"

Alex laughed as we headed to the office to get out schedules. As we entered the office, I caught the strong whiff of vampires. It wasn't just vampires, but a particular coven and I now knew for certainly that the Cullens would be going to school here as well. They had just been in the office minutes before us. Alex and I walked up to the front desk and the woman sitting there looked up from her computer. I snickered under my breath. Her glasses were huge and made her eyes seem like they were the size of Africa.

"Hello," said Alex pleasantly. "I'm Alex Martin and this is my sister Izzy. We're both juniors and we need our schedules."

The woman began fumbling around her desk, looking for them. She finally found them and handed them to us. Alex turned gracefully on her heel and I walked out of the office decidedly less gracefully.

"Ugh, we have Bio first, then English, Art, History, ooh, look lunch. That's my favorite class. Then, we have Pre-calculus and P. E. last," Alex concluded. We had all decided to be juniors since Haley probably couldn't pass for a senior and we all wanted the same schedule. Haley was already in Bio when Alex and I arrived. She giggled as I tripped over someone's chair.

"I'm warning you Haley, if you don't shut the fuck up, you're gonna be sorry when we get home. Your punishment will involve a large bowl of human food," I threatened.

Haley clapped her hand over her mouth to stop her giggles. To vampires, eating human food is the equivalent of a human drinking blood. It tastes gross to us. But, being human, I would have to eat it. I had not had human food in so long that it would probably taste gross to me anyway. Bio, English, and Art all passed with no sign of any of the Cullens. I was beginning to think that maybe today would be easier than I had thought, but then History came along and, just my luck, both Edward and Alice were in that class. Haley, Alex, and I all sat together. We were chatting and messing around when Alex suddenly stiffened. I looked over her shoulder and gasped. There he stood, looking over the class for an empty seat. He walked up to us and slid into the one right behind Alex. Alice took the one on Edward's left, behind Haley.

"Remember, my name is Izzy," I hissed to them. They both nodded. Edward and Alice exchanged a glance, then Alice leaned forward and spoke in Haley's ear. "I'm sorry, but my brother and I didn't know that other vampires would be attending today. Hi, I'm Alice Cullen and this is my brother, Edward."

Haley turned and grinned. "Hi Alice, I'm Haley and these are my sisters, Alex and Be- I mean, Izzy." I scowled at her.

Edward finally turned to me and I could feel his gaze on my face, but I continued to glare at Haley. I finally forced myself to look at him and gasped. The intensity with which he was staring at me made my knees tremble. His golden eyes bored into my brown ones.

"Hello," I squeaked. Wow, I didn't even have to force my voice to do that, but it seemed like a very passable human reaction.

Edward then turned his gaze onto Alex. "But she's human. Is she really your sister?" He looked like he didn't believe her.

"Hey," I snapped. "I can be friends with vampires even though I'm human. I've done it before," I said, mumbling the last part.

Haley looked at me with wide eyes. "Fuck, did I say that last part out loud?"

Alex nodded solemnly.

"Well, I didn't mean to, but whatever. So, where are you two from?" I asked, deciding to make small talk.

"We moved here a while back from Alaska," said Alive cheerfully. Edward kicked her leg.

"Ouch!" Alice glared at Edward and he glared right back, mouthing something that looked like 'too much info' to her.

"That's cool," said Alex. "We moved from New York a while ago."

"Oh, our dad went on a business trip to New York a really long time ago. He said he met some old friends there. He told us about this really cool vampire. Her name was Marie, I think and she could control fire!" said Alice, bouncing up and down in her chair.

Alex's eyes widened and Haley coughed loudly.

"Fuck," I muttered. I didn't think Carlisle would tell them about that.

"Uh, yeah, Carlisle actually came to visit us," said Alex and it was my turn to kick her leg. She didn't even flinch. If I was a vampire, she would have certainly felt that.

"Oh! Do you guys know Marie?" said Alice excitedly.

"Yes," said Haley confidently.

"Haley, what the fuck are you doing," I said through clenched teeth.

She grinned at me innocently.

Then, the teacher walked in and the class began. It was incredibly boring. It was boring the first time I took History, but the eleventh time going through high school, I'd bet I understood the subject better than the boring old teacher lecturing us on the French Revolution. Hell, I probably understood History better than the people who wrote my damn text book. As soon as the bell rung, Alex and Haley jumped up. It took me longer to get my stuff together. We all walked to the cafeteria together. Alice and Haley seemed to be getting along really well and bounced along ahead of us, talking about clothes and shopping. I swear, if I have to go on another week-long, around-the-world shopping excursion with Alex and Haley, I might just kill myself.

"Wow, I forget how slow humans walk," Alex groaned at me. I glared at her.

"Have patience, loser," I told her.

"Patience my ass, hurry up bitch," she said, skipping ahead, leaving me behind to walk alone with Edward. He seemed to not mind walking with my human pace.

"You don't have to walk with me, you know," I said glancing up at him and wishing that I hadn't. The tortured look on his face nearly brought me down to my knees. Fuck. I hadn't even considered that he was probably thinking about me, Bella, when I was still truly human.

"It's fine," he said in a strangled voice. "It's just, you remind a little bit of someone I used to know."

Ooh, goody, maybe I'll get more out of him about how he feels about me.

"Oh, who was she?"

He looked at me in surprise. "How do you know it was a she?"

Shit. "Uh, lucky guess?"

"Hmm," he murmured.

"So…" I said, urging him on.

"Well, her name was Bella," he said and he stared off into space. "She was the love of my life. I lied to her and I told her that I didn't want her. I will never forgive myself for that. As long as I live, which will be eternity, and I would be satisfied to see her for just one minute." He sighed, then chuckled. "I can't believe I just told my darkest secret to a complete stranger."

Well, this is going swimmingly. At least I bring out his more honest side, I thought bitterly.

"So, what happened to her?" I asked, playing the innocent, curious human card.

"She died, a long time ago," he said very softly and my human ears almost didn't catch it.

"I'm sorry," I said. "If you don't mind me asking, but how exactly do you know she died?" I couldn't resist asking.

"I saw her gravestone and I think that's enough proof for me," he said in a clipped tone.

"Izzy, come here, there's someone you've gotta meet, you'll love him," said Haley, rushing up to me.

I let her pull me away from Edward, who watched me walk away. I felt tears spring to my eyes against my better judgment at the look of ancient sadness in Edward's eyes. I had never seen that look in his eyes when I had been with him. It hurt me so much to see what I was doing to him, what I had done to him.

Haley dragged me into the cafeteria and over to a table of four people. Alex was talking to Alice and a tall, beautiful blond woman. As I got closer to them, I realized with a jolt that I was about to come face to face with the rest of the Cullens.

"Izzy, meet Emmett," said Haley proudly.

I just gaped at Emmett. His eyes were full of sadness too, but he grinned at the introduction. Then his eyes widened. "Haley, you didn't tell me that your sister was a human."

I just rolled my eyes and plopped down next to Alex and looked up. Jasper was watching me curiously.

"Hey, Jasper," I said before thinking. I gasped, as did Jasper, Alice, Alex, and Edward.

"How do you know my name?" he asked, his eyes narrowing.

"Um, E-Edward told me?" I said, my statement coming out as a question.

"No I didn't," said Edward.

"Fuck," I muttered and jumped up. I ran to the bathroom and over to the sink. I gripped the edges. I had almost given myself away and I wasn't ready to let them now I was back and very much alive. Great, just great, you've been at school less than a day and you almost blow your secret, I silently berated myself. I went into the nearest stall and transformed back into a vampire. I reached out with my mind until I found the one I was looking for.

Alex, get in here. I'm in the girls' bathroom. Bring Haley.

I'll try, but she won't leave Emmett alone, came her reply.

I don't care if you have to drag her out of the cafeteria by her teeth, just get the fuck in here!

Within a minute, I heard the bathroom door open.

"Bella?"

I came out of my stall.

"Okay, seriously, what happened back there? You almost gave yourself away," said Alex.

"What?!" Haley yelled.

"Shut up! I know, it just came out before I knew what I was saying. It's really hard to pretend you don't know someone that you have known for 150 years."

"Well, Bella, you have to try. Unless you want to let them know Bella is alive," said Haley hopefully.

"Ugh, I don't know," I groaned.

"Well, I was talking to Emmett and he said that I remind him of his little sister. He said that she died and her name was Bella," said Haley.

"Seriously, they all miss you. Even that girl Rose agreed with Emmett. Emmett is so sad. He said he hasn't played a joke on anyone in years."

"Wow, for Emmett, that's sad," I said. "Okay, girls, I have an idea." I closed my eyes and transformed into Marie.

Alex and Haley just stared at me. "Bella, are you sure about this?" said Alex and she sounded nervous.

"Yes," I said with as much confidence and certainty as I could.

"Okay, let's do this," said Haley and she led the way out of the bathroom.

"Hey, Emmett," she called and motioned him over. His eyes widened when he saw me and I smirked. "Listen, Izzy wasn't feeling too good, so she went home, but look who we found."

"Hi," said Emmett and he stuck his hand out. I shook it, marveling at the soft warmth of his large hand.

"Emmett, this is Marie."

"Come on, let's meet my family," said Emmett and pulled me over to the table.

I sat down as Emmett introduced me.

"Guys, this is Marie. She's that vampire that Carlisle told us about."

"Hi, Rosalie, I believe we've met," I said and stuck out my hand, which she shook.

I turned to Edward and shot him a smile, which he didn't return.

"So, can you really manipulate fire?" asked Alice excitedly.

"Yes, but I'd need a candle," I said.

"Oh, don't worry, sis I got you covered," Alex and she pulled a candle out of her backpack.

I glared at her. She just shrugged and grinned under my scrutiny. "What? I thought you might change your mind."

I just rolled my eyes and snapped my fingers. A small flame immediately began to dance on the wick of the candle. Alice clapped her hands and jumped up and down.

"What are your other powers?" asked Jasper, who had been silent all this time.

I turned and grinned evilly at Alex and Haley, who both snickered. I reached out with my mind and began poking around until I found Jasper's. I was silent as I explored. I didn't want him to sense me and spoil the surprise. "Hello, Jasper," I said quietly in his mind. He gasped and fell out of his chair. Everyone looked around, stunned, but Alex and Haley cracked up. Edward looked at me, wide-eyed.

"What did you do?"

"I talked to him in his mind. I guess he wasn't expecting it," I said grinning. Edward finally cracked a smile and it floored me. I was rendered speechless for several seconds. I forgot how beautiful his smile was. I cleared my throat. "Well, that's the bell, we should get to class."

"Marie," said Edward, jogging to keep up with me. "Would you like to come over after school and see Carlisle and meet Esme? I'm sure Carlisle would like to see you again and know that you've moved to Forks."

I looked over at Haley and Alex. They grinned and gave me a thumbs-up. I turned around, then gasped and stumbled back. Edward was much closer than I expected. Our noses had brushed each other and the intensity was back in his eyes, like he was trying to figure out who I was.

"Uh…I-I…um…I don't think…" I stuttered.

"We would love to," said Haley, bouncing up to me and Edward.

I glared at her. She stuck her tongue out at me.

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