Sorry that it had taken me so unbelievably long to post this chapter. My grandmother got very sick then passed away. Because of this my writing was put on hold so that I could come to terms with the loss. Now though I am back and am writing because she loved to read and if I can put a smile on just one persons face like she used to get when reading then its all worth it. With that said I hope you all enjoy the chapter.

First period for Bella was exactly what she expected. The teacher handed out the reading list, typical, and course syllabus, wow no way, right. He then explained the class rules and touched on the school rules. After the bell rang Alice and Jasper said they would see her later and then took off for their next classes.

That was when Mike Newton, the baby faced boy with the silver convertible, made his first appearance of the day. He sauntered up with that snake like slither that only men in love with themselves can manage.

"Well hello there beautiful. I know you're new around here so how about I just show you around."

Bella just shook her head no and stepped away as he tried to put his arm around her.

"Oh come on babe, don't be like that. You know you want a piece of the Mike Man; you know they call me Nice Ass Newton."

At this point Bella didn't know whether she should deck the guy for being an ass, or laugh at him for being a jackass. Luckily she didn't have to choose cause she had arrived at her next class and slipped inside while Mike looked at himself in the reflection of an extra shiny locker.

By the time Bella sat in her second hour seat she was frustrated and just ready to go home. She had thought that once she ditched the slimy Newt kid she would be safe. Wrong.

She hadn't even made it five steps into the room when a kid, who had the whole cute geeky thing going on, came up and introduced himself.

"Hi I'm Eric; you must be the new girl Bella. I had last period with your sister Paige. I was wondering if you wanted to sit with me at lunch?"

Luckily Edward came to her rescue, saying something about her already having a lunch date with her sister and his family.

Her second hour teacher did pretty much the same thing as the first, except in this class they were given their text book instead of a reading list. When the bell rang for the end of second period Edward gave Bella a smile and took off for his next class. This left Bella once again alone to walk the halls. She was alone for less than thirty seconds when Mike cornered her again. He asked her out on a date and when she didn't respond he took that as a yes and started to plan the whole date out for them.

Bella started signing vehemently. And he just continued with his grand plans of seduction. Thankfully Alice showed up right before Bella slugged the guy. Alice translated for Bella and told Mike that she was not interested and to please just leave her alone.

The pair then headed off to the library for their study hall. After walking in and signing both the library and technology user agreements the checked out their literature books for the semester before heading to a table as far from the circulation desk as they could get.

"Have you read any of these before?" asked Alice.

"Yes. I love to read and my library at home has this one beat. "

"You must have a huge collection then, because although this library is by no mean large for a high school it isn't tiny either."

"I am a bit of a collector of books. If I read it I tend to buy it."

"I'm kinda that way with clothes. If I like it I buy it. My parents are getting on me all the time about my spending but I can't help it, I just really love clothes. This one time a few years ago I spent so much money my dad took my credit card away for a whole year. That was the worst year of my life. I mean really I had to beg my brothers and sister to buy things for me." Said Alice as she mentally berated herself for rambling like she just had.

"That had to have been really hard for you. I know if my sisters held that kind of 'buying power' over me I would be miserable."

"They picked on me at first about it but after awhile they learned not to mess with me, but back to the books. Which ones from our required reading have you already read.?"

"'Timeline', 'Ender's Game', and 'The Speed of Dark'; they are all really good books. I have read them all more than once. "

Alice was having a hard time keeping her enthusiasm in check. She was soaking up every word Bella spoke and fighting herself not to ask too many questions right away so as to not scare her new plaything….ummm…I mean playmate…..no that's wrong too, Bella is her new 'FRIEND'. Alice was trying not to scare her new 'FRIEND' away.

"So which one would you say is your favorite?"

"Out of those three or my favorite book in general?"

"Yes?"

"Wow, well out of those three I cannot pick one over the others. They are all very good, they can't be compared. Well at least in my book. Overall favorite is even a harder question to answer. Can I give you a few of my top ten excluding those three?"

As an answer Alice just gave an enthusiastic head nod that would have knock any human unconscious.

"Well for a classic I would have to say 'Much Ado About Nothing', the wit and sarcasm in the play are hysterical. I also really like crime mysteries. My favorite of those would have to be 'Lost Daughters'. And to round out the field probably 'Redwall' and 'Harris and Me'."

"I've read the first one but haven't even heard of the others. What are…..?" Before she could finish her question Bella interrupted her by placing her hand across Alice's mouth.

The sensations that ran through the both of them with the contact was unlike anything they had ever felt before. Bella was able to suppress visibly showing her reaction but inside she was thrilled by the almost electric current that the touch evoked.

Alice would have been just as successful if not for the fact that she inhaled just as Bella's hand moved under her nose. The now direct and intense scent was like nothing Alice had ever encountered before. From this close the smell of Bella was mouthwatering but not in the venom producing way, and the danger that it incurred in the parking lot was lost to the allure of close proximity.

Removing it she signed, "So far you have been the one asking all of the questions and that is beyond unfair. We have twenty-five minutes left, lefts play twenty questions. Ask and then answer your own question. You go first."

Alice was doing all she could not to pee her trendy designer pants, despite the laws of un-nature that would deem it impossible she was so excited by the prospect of knowing more about Bella that she just might make the impossible happen.

"What's your favorite color? Mine's yellow."

"It all depends on the day and my mood. Today… it's purple." Bella tried but was not able to keep her eyes from glancing at the deep purple shirt Alice was wearing.

"What is your favorite season? Mine is the fall, the crispness and the colors of the trees just make it remarkable."

"I love spring. It's the beginning of life for a new year. Plus it's when all the designers release their new lines, next question; favorite subject? I love art."

"Any English class except Literary Criticism.

"Isn't that a college class?"

"Yeah it is, I helped my sister Phoebe when she had it. I have never hated literature and that class made it evil." Wow, that was a fast lie, one of the best I have come up with recently. …

When the bell rang to signal the end of third period neither of them wanted to go and the both wondered where the hour had gone. Alice's class was in another building so she left Bella at the library doors and once again Mike Newton showed up. Bella was so thankful when Jasper and Edward got to her before Mike could get going. It never ceased to amaze her how pathetic boys had gotten over the years.

During 4th period the teacher did the typical first day speech and also gave them an assignment that was due at the end of the month. Each student had to trace their family tree back as far as they could then write a report on the ancient civilization that they either knew or thought their most distant ancestor came from. This was no problem for Bella she had done a project like this before and the family kept false records that documented the last hundred or so years. She just had to go home and write down the information from the book of shadows then fill in the names and such that they have made up. Hell, she even had the report on the ancient civilization paper written; in fact she had two. One based on Ancient Greece and the other on Ancient Celts.

"What's the smile all about Bella, we just got homework on the first day." Question Edward

"I have done this type of assignment before; in fact I still have it at home. The family tree part will be really easy and interesting to present on. I also have the report written, I just have to decide if I want to do the one on Ancient Greece or Ancient Celts." Signed Bella, she felt as if her day was looking up.

"We have most of the information at home. Although we do not have it as easy as you. Esme has traced Carlisle's family tree back quite some way. So that won't be a problem, but we will have to write the Ancient Civilization paper." Said Jasper with a smile on his face.

The trio had made its way to Bella's locker so she could grab her lunch. While Bella was closing her locker Alice came flitting up to them.

"Hi Bella, how has your day been since study hall?"

"Getting better every minute I'm away from Mike Newton. That child is completely clueless and top that with the fact that he is in love with himself and I just might gag."

The Cullens noticed how she referred to Mike as a child and they could tell she was not talking about his behavior. The way she made it sound, to her he really was the age of a child. The shared a quick look but let it pass.

"Well, let's get going. We don't want to keep your sister waiting for too long." With that said Edward looped his arm with Alice and Jasper while Jasper looped his arm with Bella. They made their way down the hall and towards the cafeteria. As they reached the doors, Jasper and Edward stepped forward and opened the double doors like the true gentlemen they are. Bella spotted her sister sitting at a table near the back of the room with Rosalie and Emmett. She noticed Paige making the sign for drink and got the clue.

"I will meet you all at the table, Paige wants a Dr. Pepper and I think I'm going to get a lemonade." The three Cullens nodded though reluctantly and started towards their table. They had not gone more than ten feet when they heard Mike.

"Hey babe," he said while trying to put his arm around Bella, she ducked it though, "you really shouldn't hang around with those fags if your dating me. Come on lets go sit with my friends." It was then that Mike made the biggest mistake of his life, he grabbed Bella's ass.

Jasper and Edward were too busy restraining Alice from killing him to stop Bella, and Paige try as she might, couldn't get the words out of her mouth fast enough.

Bella twisted faster than anyone could believe possible and grabbed Mike's offending hand. The fire flickering in her eyes was more than just metaphorical. She used the leverage she had by torqueing on his fingers to shove his arm behind his back and grabbing his forearm dislocated his shoulder. The loud pop which said she had dislocated it not only completely but in them most painful way possible was followed by his little girl screams. Before she had a chance to grab his head and smash it against her knee Paige had pulled her back and was simultaneously calling her sisters.

"Bella stop. Piper is going to lose it if you get kicked out of school on the first day again. Just calm down and take deep breaths." Seeing her sister's eyes she added, "Come on. Close your eyes and relax." By now Prue had picked up on her end.

"What happened this time?"

"A guy made a derogatory gay comment and then grabbed her ass."

"Fuck! How bad is it?"

"She dislocated his should, probably broke at least one finger and maybe broke his collar bone"

"Where are the teachers?"

"Running up right now, his very feminine scream got their attention. I wasn't the only one who saw and heard what happened this time though, so maybe she won't get kicked out. Just get everyone down here, this looks like it could get ugly really fast."

"Already on it, just keep her calm and away from the mother fucker. If anyone get's to kill him it's me. I've had enough of this shit." At that Prue hung up and Paige followed suit. By now the teachers where surrounding them.

"What's going on here?" Demanded the big burly football coach, who coincidentally taught basic typing.

"She just went crazy and hurt me coach." Choked out a tearful Mike.

"Bullshit," Said Rosalie, "you touched her ass after using a derogatory word for gays. And I know for a fact she told you she was not interested earlier today."

Mike just shook his head no, like they were lying. And the coach, being the ass that he was believed him.

"Newton, go see the nurse. You Miss," he said with venom in his voice pointing to Bella, "go to the principal's office right this minute. We're calling your parents and you're outta here. Violence may have been okay at your old school but here we have a no tolerance policy." When Bella didn't respond it only pissed him off more. "Well don't you have anything to say for yourself?"

Paige was about the bite the guys head off but before she could get started another teacher joined their merry little group in the middle of the cafeteria.

"Mr. Wilson I think your jumping the gun here. I was standing not ten feet away and saw the whole thing happen." Said Ms. Tapping. "They will need to go to the office but so will Mr. Newton. He sexually assaulted Ms. Halliwell, and although the reaction she had may be sever she was only defending herself. Why don't you go check on Mr. Newton, while I escort this group to the office and call their parents."

"Why is this whole group going to the office, it was only this deviant here that caused the problem?"

"They're all witnesses and are needed to corroborate what actually happened. Plus, unless you know sign language we need them to translate for Bella."

"Fine, I'll check Newton."

Yes I know it ended abruptly but there will be more to come. I hope y'all enjoyed. Catch y'all next time. Peace......