What was meant to be a horror movie standoff, turned into a marathon. How does one stay awake and lucid for a 20 hour blood bath variety? With the help of gallons of Mountain Dew and buckets of candy. They didn't emerge from the basement till around 4pm Sunday afternoon, at which point Ma took Jake, Quil, Seth and Embry home, doubtful anyone else could stay awake long enough to do so. By 6pm, Izzy had been out for the night for quite some time.

She'd been so tired and sleepy she'd forgotten to set her alarm, good thing 12 hours of sleep was more than enough. Izzy was up and showering for school by 7am, and while Mark and Andy had breakfast, she tried on outfit after outfit. While her brothers headed to school, making sure to be extra early to check out the girls before class, Izzy finally got dressed and fixed her hair and makeup. Since being late was never good but particularly bad on the first day of school, she quickly scarfed down a bagel and cup of hot chocolate before grabbing her Burberry book bag, helmet and keys and running out the door.

By the time she pulled into Forks High's parking lot most kids were headed to their classrooms, but there were still enough hanging around to make her arrival awkward. Izzy was used to the stares and whispers so she ignored it, turning her ipod up full blast, Joan Jett's 'Bad Reputation' (her anthem)playing, threw her helmet in the trunk of Mark's car and walked without paying anyone any attention.

Unlike back home where the schedules were mailed out prior to the start of school, Forks had a set up with 4 tables, one for each grade, where you had to state your name for the office worker at which point he or she looked for your schedule printout, handed it to you and pointed you in the right direction.

Advisory Mr. Hunter Rm 115

1st – Biology Mr. Molina Rm 103

2nd – English Mrs. King Rm 206

3rd – AP Calculus Mr. Lewis Rm 27

4th – Art Mrs. Bennett Rm Bungalow B

LUNCH

5th –U.S. History Mr. Urlacher Rm 45

6th – Phys. Ed. Mrs. Weekes Gym

Well at least I don't have to walk around school all sweaty

Advisory was another name for homeroom, nothing but 15 minutes that consisted of role call and school news, and then off to first period. Biology class what was to be expected, a couple of rows of high counters with stools, separated in sets of two of course, beakers, mixers, magnifying machine thingies and pictures of all sorts of cells. Mr. Molina seemed like a very enthusiastic teacher, greeting everyone as they walked in the door. Izzy ignored the eyes following her and walked to the back of the class, taking the chair in the corner.

Izzy was glad Mr. Molina wasn't one of those teachers who loved to force students into the whole 'hello, my name is..' crap, nope, he was too busy trying to get his class going. After roll call he announced lab partners would be picked at random, girls got to pick a boy's name out of a hat. Her little piece of paper said CHRISTIANO SALVIATI. The gasps and looks of envy should've tipped her off but Izzy looked up expecting some geeky exchange student of some sort, boy was she wrong. The kid was tall, not LaPush tall, but 6'2 was pretty nice, body proved he was the athletic type, yummy, tanned skin, dark brown curly hair, matching eyes with long curly eyelashes, cute defined nose and sexy lips that turned into a crooked half-smile as he took the seat next to hers.

"Its Chris" he half-smiled, extending his hand which she gladly shook

"Izzy" she said as Mr. Molina continued making rounds with the hat.

"Ah!" he smiled "She has a name" She buried her brows, not caring everyone in the classroom was staring without bothering to pretend they weren't. His smile turned into a chuckle "Heard many things, but no one could give me a name"

"I've been here a grand total of 45 minutes" she cocked her brow "What could you have possibly heard?"

"You know, small town, people talk"

"The carnival" she nodded. of course "Which means you've heard I ride a motorcycle, I hang out with guys from LaPush and I knocked out a guy cold, right?"

"You left out 'has two brothers' and 'is totally hot" he smiled flirtatiously. She narrowed her gaze in disbelief but couldn't hide the smile "Hey" he chuckled "The first is sexy, the second is intriguing, third is totally bad ass, fourth is cool and kinda explains the previous three and the last" he smiled checking her out "Is an understatement"

"Wow" she smiled sarcastically "Smooth"

He laughed and winked at her and she couldn't help but laugh too. Biology's gonna be very interesting. What little time remained of class, they spent talking, laughing and joking around while Mr. Molina went on and on about the year's curriculum. Chris asked where she had moved from but didn't hound her for information something that she thought was really cool. He told her about himself, born and raised in Seattle, Brazilian parents, was an only child and moved to Forks when he was 11. When the bell rang, he volunteered to walk her to second period, since she didn't know her way around the school. Izzy was tempted to accept but opted to be pointed in the right direction.

The moment she walked into English class, she was flagged down by a smiley redhead in a Harry Potter t-shirt that looked like a Hogwarts uniform sweater, tie and all, blue jeans and doc marten MaryJanes. The black of her shirt made her blue eyes pop out and her red hair stand out. She was really pretty, definitely outgoing and by the looks of it, determined to be Izzy's friend.

"Saved you a seat" she stated. Though there were plenty of other empty seats available, Izzy thanked her and took the seat. "I'm Alyson" she smiled "But everyone calls me Ally. By the way, how tall are you?"

"I'm Izzy" she chuckled, amused by Alyson's personality "And I'm five nine"

"Yes!" she jerked her elbow "Finally, a girl taller than me"

"I feel you" Izzy smiled. Being a tall girl could suck. No heels for you.

Ally and Izzy were gonna get along great. She was a lot like her best friend Ariel. First thing Ally did was compliment her on her black boots, gray wool shorts, and black off the shoulder blouse. Then she decided to give her the rundown on the junior class, pointing out the snobs, the preps, the jocks, the nerds, the losers guys to stay away from, the hotties, making clear which were single and which were just eye candy and the cool juniors and seniors to make friends. Of course no rundown would be complete without the good'ol gossip.

Izzy was not surprised to hear Bella Swan was topic of gossip. She was the last new girl to move to Forks, was friends with the hot but mysterious boy from LaPush (Jake) and was dating the senior hottie Edward Cullen.

"I don't see what the fuss is about" Ally whispered "She's ok" she shrugged "Personally I think she's a whiney do nothing who acts like she's seventy and not seventeen" Of course the Cullens were also much gossiped about, no shocker there "Jasper, he's cute but kinda weird. He's with the little one, Alice. All the girls drool over Edward" she rolled her eyes "He's not my type" she scrunged her nose "Too pale and broody for me. But whatever he's with Bella" she said dismissively "To me Emmett is the hottest of the Cullens" she smiled sheepishly "But he's taken, by the blonde one, they graduated already and I already have a boyfriend" Izzy was gonna ask who but she was beaten to it "I've been with Chase Collins for almost 8 months now" she smiled proudly before her eyes widened in an evident stroke of genius "You know what, his best friend Chris would be perfect for you. That's if you don't have a boyfriend. Do you?"

"Salviati?"

"You've met him?" Ally whispered, scooting over as much as possible and acting like she was TMZ and she'd gotten the scoop of the year "When? Where? How?"

"Relax" she smiled "First period. He's my lab partner"

"And?" Ally practically breathed, trying to keep Mrs. King from looking over at them again "Do you like?"

"He's very cute" she answered honestly.

"Hmm" Ally said, eyeing Izzy in a way she couldn't understand.

Mrs. King kept a close eye on the two girls the rest of the period, which kept them from talking any further. Ally rushed to Izzy the moment the bell rang.

"So what's your next period?"

"AP Calculus"

"Ugh, you brain" she complained comically "That class is like all seniors. 4th period?"

"Art with Mrs. Bennett"

"Awesome, we have that class together" she smiled "Then we'll hang for lunch, ok?"

"Ok" Izzy nodded before heading to her next class.

Ally had been right, the class had mostly seniors, including Mark, and luck would have it, the Cullens, Edward, Jasper and Alice. Mark was smiling away with a girl, and even though there was no way he could've know they had the same class, she still gave him the 'why didn't you save me a seat' look. There were only 2 seats available, one in the middle row next to a guy who looked like he was preparing to take his final exams, note paper, pencils, erasers, and calculator all set up already and the class had yet to start, and one to its right, next to Alice Cullen and in front of Edward and Jasper. Great!

Izzy never took notes, she'd learned in junior high that whenever she took notes, it'd be a scribble that made sense at the moment but would later be a nothing more than an enigma. She learned better by listening and watching. Once she heard how something was done and saw how it was done, 9 times outta 10 it would end up imbedded in her brain. To top it off, her brain worked differently than most, the moment she saw a problem, her brain automatically went to work and solved it, which meant she ended with the answer prior to doing the actual work. Left brainers like the kid with the empty seat had a hard time understanding her way of learning and tended to sum it up as cheating, especially when she got a better grade then they did. Izzy was so not gonna spend an entire semester dealing with that. She took the seat next to Alice Cullen.

"Hi" she said with a whimsical voice and a big smile "I'm Alice….Cullen"

"Izzy" Izzy smiled

"Yeah, I know" Alice admitted "Your mom works with my dad" she stated "I was at your house on Saturday evening but you weren't there"

"Yeah, Ma told me" she nodded "I got home like 5 minutes later"

"Just wanted to introduce myself" Alice smiled "I know how hard it is to be a newcomer in a small town like this one and thought you might need a friend. ….well a girl friend cause I know you have plenty of guy friends"

"I have 3 brothers, I'm used to hanging with guys" she smirked "But I appreciate the gesture"

"I'm sure we can hang out some other time"

"Sure" Izzy nodded. Only If that doesn't include Bella Swan

"I know we saw each other at the carnival, but we didn't really get to talk so I wanna introduce my brother"

Izzy had to turn half her body to see who she was trying to avoid. Her brother smiled crookedly with a mild head bow.

"Edward Cullen" he said in a smooth and pleasant voice than reminded Izzy of the relaxation cds Ma listened to during a weird, but thankfully short, 'self help' phase.

"And my boyfriend" she smiled

"Jasper Hale, mam" her boyfriend bowed, making Izzy feel like she had gone back in time about a century or so.

Edward didn't seem as broody as Ally had described, but she could see why he wasn't her type. But she was definitely right about Jasper, he was very cute, a bit weird and apparently preoccupied with something else, but a cutie anyways. There was an awkward moment of silence between them, thankfully Chris walked in, giving the perfect distraction and change of topic.

"I think you're following me" he smiled, taking the empty seat, which put the perfect space between her and the left brainer.

"You know that would make more sense if you'd gotten here first, right?" she smiled

"So what's the rest of your schedule like?"

"Art, U.S. History, then P.E."

"Mr. Urlacher?" She had to check her schedule. Sure enough, 5th period history was with Mr. Urlacher. She smiled and nodded "I knew you were stalking me"

"You wish" she laughed. He wiggled his brows with a cheesy smile.

As all teachers do on the first day of class, Mr. Lewis went on and on about the year's curriculum and pointed out all the help we could possibly get if we had any sort of trouble with any matter. Izzy zoned out about 15 minutes into his speech and began doodling on her notebook. She was in another world completely until a note in perfect penmanship slid in front of her.

Your phone is buzzing

'thank you' she mouthed to Alice before fishing for the cell phone in her bag. It was a message from Jake. A picture of him making the funniest face imaginable. It took everything in her not to laugh out loud.

Bored outta my mind. hows your day so far? – J.B.

Izzy had to shift her body a little in order to hide the use of her phone. That must've allowed Edward and Jasper to see the pic cause it was obvious they were holdng in smiles. Izzy smiled and texted back.

in ap calculculus. enough said. lol *Iz*ee*

Yuck! So? Any new boyfriends yet? – J.B.

So far only 1 with potential ;p *Iz*ee*

-_- ha ha ha

xD garage 4pm? *Iz*ee*

Wouldnt miss it – J.B.

Another note slipped in front of her. Boyfriend? Izzy shook her head. Alice cocked her perfect eyebrow in a silent but obvious 'yeah right'.

cool friends Izzy wrote down.

Cool? More like very close friends

The girl and half the town had seen her locking lips with Jake at the carnival, of course she would think they were dating, or getting close to it. But rather than get into details she herself many times didn't understand, Izzy smiled and simply wrote back Its complicated

Saved by the bell. Alice didn't have a chance to ask any further questions. Not that Izzy would ever tell her the real deal her and Jake. It was kinda hard to explain there was a lot happening but nothing going on. Hell, she didn't get it half the time.

Art went by pretty quick. And since they were too busy doing self portraits, Ally and Izzy didn't talk much. As class ended, Izzy was invited to sit at Ally's table, which of course was better than eating alone or like a loser with only her brothers, she accepted. As they walked out the door a tall dark blonde, blue eyed cutie walked up to Ally and took her hand. Ally immediately introduced her boyfriend Chase Collins, who was about 5'11, slender but athletic and like his girlfriend, all smiles and just as friendly.

Being the playboy Mark was, he didn't wanna be with seen with just one girl, and since he didn't have any real friends yet, he decided to join Izzy and her new friends for lunch. Andy walked into the cafeteria a few minutes later and b-lined it directly to Izzy's side. With Mark on one side and Andy in the other, Izzy felt more comfortable talking and joking around with Ally and Chase, who was just as easy going as she was. Having her brothers also made it easier to ignore the looks and whispers of everyone else .

Ally's table was smack in the middle of the 'Cullen' table, where Edward and Bella whispered away in their own world and Jasper and Alice, who appeared to be eating but really were pushing food around and scanning their surroundings, and the 'senior' table, where Ally pointed out Angela Webber, who looked over shyly and smiled, her boyfriend Ben Cheney, who glanced over curiously, Jessica Stanley, who was sending Izzy visual daggers, probably cause her boyfriend, the blonde next to her, Mike Newton, and his friends Tyler Crowley and Eric Yorkie were giving Izzy what her brother called, 'how you doin' smiles. The last to arrive at their table was Lauren Mallory, who looked just as she was described, a total bitch. The last to arrive to Ally's table, their table, was Chris, who gave Izzy a big smile as he took the seat next to Chase.

5th period zoomed by joking around, and let's face it, playfully flirting with Chris, who of course sat next to her. In a way Izzy was glad they shared the class, she hated history, thought it was the most boring subject in the world and he could keep her from falling asleep.

P.E. went over the basic rules, did a quick run of the curriculum, and after passing out uniforms and assigning lockers, the girls were given free time to get to know one another. Of course to high school girls that meant 'go hang with your clique and talk about the clique next to you'. Izzy got to hear from Ally all the stories buzzing around about her, which Ally was afraid would upset her. She was relieved when Izzy didn't give a damn.

By the time the last bell rang Izzy couldn't be happier the day was over. If she was asked to give her life story again, or heard another group of kids whispering, or caught someone staring, she was gonna punch someone. She walked with Ally but it took her forever to get her locker to work, so by the time they walked to the parking lot, Mark and Andy were long gone. They were nice enough to leave her helmet dangling from the handle bar. Chase was waiting for Ally and surprise, surprise, Chris was with him.

"You busy?" Ally asked as she took Chase's hand

"Did you guys need a ride or something?" she asked, hoping they didn't cause how could she give them a ride, unless she took them one by one.

"Nah" Chase shook his head "I gotta car" he smiled, pointing with his head to an old brown Chevy bronco.

"You don't drive?" Izzy asked Ally

"Not right now" she answered a bit embarrassed "I sorta wrecked my car"

"Sorta?" Chris laughed

"She wrecked 3 in a 6 month period" Chase laughed

"I'm not a very good driver"

Izzy smiled as Ally blushed and Chase and Chris laughed. Note to self, Ally behind wheel means run in opposite direction and alert the villagers

"She not allowed near any kind of wheels" Chris laughed

"It's a wonder how she got through her driving test without crashing" Chase laughed

"Hey, we still haven't ruled out that she bribed the guy" Chris continued laughing.

"So it's only shopping carts for you, ha? Or are you those banned too?" Izzy joked. Chase and Chris began to laugh uncontrollably and Ally just looked away, annoyed. As much as she didn't like upsetting the girl, she just had to know what was behind that reaction. "What?"

"Let's just say there was an incident involving her, a shopping cart and a pyramid of tomato soup cans" Chris laughed

"Did the cans suffer?" Izzy laughed

"No" Chase dropped his head in mock sorrow, placing his hand over his heart "They died on impact"

"Alright, alright" Ally exclaimed to shut their laughter "Changing the subject" she turned to Izzy "Do you wanna go do something with us?"

"Love to but can't" Izzy answered honestly "I have plans already" which reminded her of the time and checked her cell 3:30 "I gotta run" she began to walk away "Gotta be there by 4. Maybe some other time"

"Yours?" Chase and Ally chorused as she pointed to the bike. Izzy nodded "You gotta take me for a ride sometime!"

"As a passenger, any time" Izzy smiled and waved by to the trio.

Izzy placed her ipod earphones on, blasted her anthem, Joan Jett's 'Bad Reputation', placed on her helmet and jetted off to her house. Without bothering to look for her brothers, who she knew weren't home by the missing car, or Ma, who she knew was at work, Izzy ran to her room, changed into jean shorts, pink hello kitty t-shirt and white and pink adidas, and ran back out. She was in LaPush as agreed, 4pm.

Jake was in the garage waiting for her. She couldn't help feel her heart thud loudly the moment she set eyes on him or the warmth that rushed over her when he smiled at her. He threw his arms around her in a big hug and gave her a sweet and quick kiss on the lips. She would've wanted more, but was happy with the greet.

"So, crazy girl" he smiled "Tell me all about your first day"

"Ooh, what should we talk about first" she asked sarcastically "The theories of why I got here after my family, the million and one versions of what happened at the carnival or the hundreds of times I was told to give my life story in sixty seconds or less ?"

"Whichever is more entertaining" Jake laughed, throwing a rag at her head.

It was so nice to be with Jake and not be the focus of stares, gossip and curiosity. As they always did, they worked on the Rabbit, he worked she assisted, they ate dinner, laughed, hung out and by the end of the night, Forks High was all forgotten, thanks to Jake and few kisses.

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