Chapter 10:

New Friends

I laughed as I headed up to my room. I always felt giddy after a good race.

"Hey Ness, you okay?" Sophie said as she headed up with me.

"Uh . . . yeah, last time I checked" I said as I turned to her, confused.

"No, it's just . . . you seemed . . . weird when you came into the clearing" She said and I froze in mid-step.

"No, it was nothing" I said as I began walking again though slightly stiff. "Just tense after seeing the wolves that tried to kill me" I said offhandedly. "It's really nothing" I said as I opened the door to my room.

"If you're sure . . ." she trailed off as I walked din.

I sighed as I collapsed on my bed. What in the world am I getting into?

Okay, I admit that going to sleep at 2am the night before school wasn't the smartest idea but it wasn't my fault! I swear! First, I stayed up for hours waiting for mom to get back so she would tell me how it went.

When she finally did, she made me go to bed before telling me anything. Then, I couldn't fall asleep because I was thinking about what they could've talked about and couldn't get a certain beautiful face out of my mind. So, it's only natural when my mom shook me this morning that I wouldn't get up.

"Nessie, you don't want to be late for your first day of school" she said as she shook me impatiently.

"I already know everything they're gonna teach, but I don't know what it's like to get more sleep so I'm going to do an experiment which involves me falling asleep" I said as I rolled over.

"I got this" I heard Emmett say.

Suddenly, I was lifted out of my bed and thrown out my window into the freezing pool below.

"Em-m-m-m-m-m-e-e-e-t-t-t-t-t-t!" I screeched as climbed out of the pool, shaking violently. "I-i-i-i-I s-s-s-s-w-w-w-e-e-e-a-a-r-r-r t-t-t-t-o-o-o g-g-g-g-o-o-o-d-d-d y-y-y-o-o-u-u-u'-r-r-r-r-r-e-e-e s-o-o-o-o d-d-d-d-e-e-e-a-a-a-a-d-d-d!" I stuttered as I began shaking violently.

"Here you go dear" Esme said as she handed me a towel.

"T-t-t-t-t-h-h-h-a-a-a-a-n-n-n-k-k-k-k-s-s-s-s" I stuttered as I ran upstairs.

At least Emmett had been smart enough not to stay there waiting for me. I quickly jumped into the shower, turning the water as hot as it could go. I shuddered violently in my shower for a couple minutes before my body began to relax and get warm.

Once I was done and toasty warm, I hopped out, holding my towel tightly around my body to keep in the heat. I ran to my closet quickly. I decided on a pair of black leggings with a white long sleeved shirt and a purple dress/jacket over it.

I added a scarf and a pair of boots. I had already felt how cold it was outside and though I didn't really get cold, like with outside temperature, I still had to fit in. I ran to the bathroom and quickly blow dried my hair. I slipped on some silver ballet flat and slipped a black and purple headband in my hair.

"I have to say, I look pretty good" I said as I looked at myself in the mirror.

"Nessie! Come on! We're going to be late!" my mom called.

"I'm coming!" I yelled as grabbed my bag and ran down stairs.

I quickly chomped down a pop-tart with milk and brushed my teeth.

"Okay, I'm ready!" I said as I ran to the living room where everyone was. "Let's go" I said as I skipped to the garage.

After my surprise dip in the pool, my body had completely forgotten it had only got 4 hours of sleep.

"Emmett, you better not do that to me ever again" I said threateningly as I headed for my car.

"Or what?" he challenged.

"Or this but worse" I said as I went up to his Jeep, dug my fingers in and then pulled them across the body, leaving 4 deep scratches.

His mouth dropped and I just smirked as I got in my Lexus. Sophie, Alex, Mel and Will slid in and I quickly took off before Emmet got too angry.

"He's going to kill you" Alex said and I laughed.

"No he won't . . . he's too afraid I'll hit his jeep again" I said as turned into Forks High school.

Mom and Edward followed behind in his Volvo and Rosalie, Alice, Jasper and Emmett rode in Rosalie's BMW. I parked quickly as I tried to ignore all the stares we were receiving. Three amazing cars with 11 abnormally beautiful new students starting almost a month after normal school started, I could understand the curiosity.

I got out and headed towards the front office, my family following behind me. When we walked in, everyone in the office froze, turning to us. My mom walked over to the attendant and smiled warmly.

"Good morning. We're the Cullens and the Swans, we're new" she said.

The lady's eyes widened and she gasped.

"Yes . . . of course" the lady said as she shuffled through the hundreds of papers on her desk. "Here we are. Each packet contains your schedule, a map with the best routes, parent forms and a brochure of all our after school clubs and sports" she said, handing mom 11 packets.

"Would you like me to go through them with you?" she asked but we all declined politely. "Okay, then I hope you enjoy your first day at Forks High School" she said and we thanked her as we walked out.

"Aren't there still records of you guys here?" I asked.

"Nope, there was a fir about 30 years ago, destroyed all the records. Besides, none of the old staff is still here so we should be safe" Edward explained and I nodded.

We were about to walk off to our classes when a girl stopped us. She was about 5'5 with layered wavy light brown hair and bright hazel eyes. She clutched her binder nervously as she looked at us.

"Hi" she squeaked. "I'm Andrea, I'm here to give you all a tour of the school" she said nervously.

Everyone declined and I saw the slight relief but disappointment in her eyes; and of course there was fear.

"Umm . . . sure, I'd like a tour" I said and she smiled.

"Okay then, come on" she said, linking her arm in mine and pulling me along. "Lucky you, you get to skip first period" she said.

I looked back but my family was already gone. She caught my glance and frowned slightly.

"Your family is so big . . . and intimidating" she said and I laughed.

"Really, that not my whole family. We're cousins; and they're fun once you get to know them. It's just when you first see them . . . they're . . ."

"Intimidating" she ended and we both laughed.

I could feel a friendship forming.

"Okay, so these are the buildings, the cafeteria which by the way has an amazing Caesar salad, the art room, the soccer field . . . " she kept going on, pointing out all the buildings and adding little side comments on the way.

"This is the band room" she said and I saw her wave at a couple people inside. "You play anything?" she asked.

"Piano, guitar—"

"I play guitar too, and clarinet" she said.

I decided not to elaborate; I didn't really want to brag.

"Okay, which one is your locker?" she asked.

"109" I said.

"Yes! You go the locker in between us" she said as she circled back toward the band room.

"Us?"

"My friends and I. Here we are, 109" she said as she unlocked it. "This thing is a gift from above. Teachers here have a tendency to give you like a million textbooks so this will pretty much save your life" she said with a laugh.

Suddenly the bell rang and students began to file out.

"'Drea!" a tall boy with dark black hair and glasses called as he walked over to her.

He came over to her and gave her a passionate kiss on the lips. When he pulled away, she turned to me and blushed when she realized I had seen.

"Uhh . . ." she trailed off unsure.

"Nessie" I said.

"Okay. Nessie, this is my boyfriend, Josh. Josh, this is Nessie my new friend" she introduced us and we shook hands.

Soon 5 more people had joined us.

"Hey 'Drea, who's this" a girl with tanned skin, black eyes and sleek black hair asked.

She looked familiar for some reason.

"Lucia, this is Nessie. Nessie, Lucia" she said. "Okay, then that's Abby, Sara, Ian and Zach" she explained.

Abby was a short girl with blonde wavy hair and forest blue eyes. She was with Zach, a tall boy with slightly curly brown hair and startling blue eyes. Sara was about my height with straight brown hair and brown eyes but a darker shade of mine. She was with Ian who was just a couple inches taller. He had fuzzy black hair and blue green eyes. This were Andrea's group of friends . . . and my new friends

A/N

Hey Guys! So, wat did you think? This chapter is sort of transitional. Not much happens in it but it helps continue the story smoothly. Her school day next, I can't wait to customize that. Eclipse comes out on DVD and Blue-ray in December so if I were you, I would start pre-ordering before all the stores run out. Big shout out to Nessie96, my best friend 3 Red her stories, they're awesome!

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