AN: I am not Stephenie Meyer. Damn. Sorry it took me so long for this update! I have been super-busy lately.

I couldn't sleep the next night because of the rain

All week I couldn't help but think of the dream I had. Everyday I saw the family sitting at the table. The four of them. Edward was still gone. Every time I saw them I thought about my dream. Could it be? Could Edward and his family really be vampires? I knew I'd made a joke about there not being any vampires in Forks, but what if I was wrong. What would I do?

Over the weekend, Charlie went fishing with some of his buddies. He was concerned that I would be at home by myself. I told him not to worry. There were things that needed to be done around the house. Living with Charlie was like having my own place. I loved being by myself. It gave me time to think. After Charlie left, I grabbed the key to the Chevy and hopped into the car. I drove to the clearing and tried to relax. I had so much on my mind from the last week that I couldn't focus. I stayed in the clearing all day, in the middle of the rain. As much as I wasn't a fan of the rain, I liked standing there, feeling at total peace with water on my face.

At lunch the next day, out of habit, I glanced up to find five people sitting at the Cullen table. Five! That meant he was back. I decided to look up at him and if he looked angry, I would skip Biology. As I glanced up, his eyes met mine and immediately, his eyes met with mine. He looked brighter today. There was something different about him, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Unfortunately, he didn't look like he was about to kill me, so I had to go to class.

The bell rang and I made my way to Biology.

"Hi. I'm Edward Cullen. I didn't get a chance to introduce myself last week. Your Bella, right?" Of course you didn't get a chance to introduce yourself last week, you were too busy glaring at me to-

Oh, boy. He was very close. And very handsome. He smelled wonderful. But he called me Bella?!

"How do you know my name?" I was shocked, normally, I had to correct people. He looked confused. "Most people call me Isabella when they first meet me," I clarified.

"Oh. Well, would you prefer that I called you Isabella?"

"No! No, Bella is fine. It just surprised me, that's all." Of all the times for me to be a bumbling idiot, why did it have to be now? I glanced over at him. That was it. His eyes.

"Did you get contacts?" I blurted out.

"Um. No." That's funny. Last time I saw him, his eyes were black. I don't think I could ever forget the way his eyes bore holes into me. Today they were softer. A topaz color. That's strange. Could eyes shift color? No, unless he was lying about the contacts or he was a vamp-

"Class, today we will be doing a lab and identifying the phases of mitosis," Mr. Banner spoke.

I took out the slide and put it under the microscope. "Prophase", I muttered. That was twice in the last week since my suspicions had been raised about the Cullen family.

"Do you mind if I look?" I was right. There was no need for him to look. I had done this lab before in Phoenix. He muttered something about me being right. I wouldn't be wrong. I knew what I was doing.

The second I went to pass him the slide, his hand grazed mine. In that split second, so many things happened that it took a while for my brain to register. I felt a shock from his cold, almost icy, touch. At the same moment, the dagger, in the sheath against my leg, burned like fire. Like it knew something. My heart began to beat so fast I thought it would come right out of my chest.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to shock you." It wasn't just a normal shock. His hands were like ice. I was suspicious. It was January in Forks, but no ones hand could be so cold.

As soon as class was over, Edward rushed out of the classroom in a blinding fast move. There was something different about this boy and I couldn't quite put my finger on it!

Ok...Hope everyone liked this chapter. I would like to know if everyone would rather have shorter chapters and more updates or longer chapter and less updates. Please review! Criticisms are always welcome. I have the middle of the story written, but i need to get there! I will try to update asap.

-Schyulerstwin