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CHAPTER 9 – Careful Cullen

The weekend took an impossibly long time to pass and for the first time in years, I wished that I could sleep so the time would have passed more quickly. I was quivering with excitement, how human.

After Ariella told us that we were due to start at Forks High School, she held a short but surprising conference, informing the coven. They sure were surprised but many thought it was a good idea. Apparently she had just gotten so sick of being cooped up in the mansion and forests that it caused her to change the strict rules involving secluding ness.

We already had our story set out and it was quite similar to the Cullen's when they had attended school. The eight of us were to say that we were all adopted but weren't related. Ariella had already chosen a male and female vampire from the coven that looked old enough to play the part of our parents. I wasn't quite as nervous as I was the first time I was new to Forks High, and that was probably due to the reason that I knew I wouldn't be alone. I already knew what to expect from the humans as I had witnessed it before; the clear admiration of our beauty, the lustfulness but also the alien ness as their instincts told them to shy away from our presence.

I was actually quite glad to be going back to school, it would be quite interesting and I couldn't wait to purely stun them all with my beauty and intelligence. I sure was lacking communication with the outside world, even if I wasn't necessarily speaking to humans, at least I was part of the scene and that I would have something to do with the endless eternity stretched in front of me.

The useless alarm clock went off in the lounge room of our own floor. The eight of us were already dressed, needless to say. We all looked stunning of course, nothing too different. The only changes that were made to our appearance was that Ariella's hair had developed a red shine to it when in the light just like mine and Merrindene convinced Ariella to help her blonde spiky hair grow to halfway down her back.

I decided on a pair of extremely tight jeans with a black and white striped tank top with the ultimate V-neck. I smiled as I examined myself in the mirror, I looked damn hot. I flicked my hair and danced into the living room where the boys and Merrindene were waiting.

Merrindene gave me an approving nod and the boys looked extremely fidgety yet pleased at my appearance; Willis especially, I noticed.

Merrindene with her newly grown hair was looking stunning in a black pleated mini with a yellow zip up sweater and knee-high leather boots and Rachel finally emerged into the living room to be sporting a pair of extremely low slung baggy jeans with a black and silver studded belt and a plain black single top with thin spaghetti straps, but she was adorned with countless necklaces, dog tags and bracelets. She looked like such a punk. We burst out laughing but Adrian muttered 'hot' before wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her close. Rachel sighed but pushed him off. She was hard-headed and didn't care much for affection.

The guys wore pretty average things, but of course they pulled them off with such style and beauty. They mostly resided in either jeans or three quarters with monotone shirts or jumpers.

I imagined what the rest of the students would be thinking about our choice of clothing, it looked like we were dressed for a night out clubbing. We waited patiently for Ariella. I wondered what she was going to wear. We rarely ever saw her in anything but a completely breath taking evening gown or a cocktail dress, no matter what the occasion. When she came out, our breath caught in our chests.

Today Ariella bounded out of her room with tight light denim jeans on and a coral colored halter neck that revealed most of her cleavage. None of us had ever seen her in something so casual yet she still looked completely ravishing. Also, her long hair was parted to the side and she had a long sweeping fringe sitting perfectly, making her seem like she had just jumped straight off the cover of a fashion magazine. She could have passed as 16 if she wanted to. But we were all going to school and saying we were 17.

We laughed again and she came over to stand with us. We went to face the long mirror in the lounge room with was the length and size of the wall and took in our reflections, we were all inhumanly beautiful. We looked like models. As we were standing with our arms wrapped around each other and staring at the mirror, Ariella held out her hand and we saw a camera fly backwards towards the mirror but with the lenses still facing us. 'Smile!' she commanded playfully and we all hastened to obey before being almost blinded by the flash. Damn sensitive eyes.

We took a few more stupid pictures before grabbing our shoulder bags and racing downstairs clearly excited about our "first" day at school. When we got to the bottom floor we were pleasantly surprised that the majority of the coven was gathered in the entrance hall giving us all a huge send off. They burst into applause and cheers and even laughter when they saw what type of clothing we adorned.

I noticed the majority of the boys had their eyes fixed on Ariella's cleavage and my butt, and the disturbing thoughts floated around me making me slightly irritated.

It took us a while to get away from all the commotion and noise in the hall before we finally made it out onto the grounds. As soon as we stepped out of the door onto the gravel we noticed the sunny weather. We all looked up at the sky, everyone except Ariella sparkling like diamonds.

'This could be a problem…' She began. 'Adrian?'

Adrian smiled and closed his eyes. At once the sunlight began to fade and the pale blue sky was swallowed up by grey clouds. I laughed thinking about how we would probably by the only ones thankful for the sudden change in weather.

We turned to face the gravel drive way and when our eyes laid on the car we would be taking to school, our jaws dropped, except for Ariella, as always. It was so hard to surprise her. But when she laid eyes on the silver McLaren F1 parked in front of us, even a small smile played across her lips, although now that I think about it, the smile was probably more due to our reactions rather than the car. After all, it was hers.

Me and the other girls climbed in dumbfounded, whereas the boys were positively aquiver with excitement, Elijah being the biggest rev-head, immediately got the front seat, checking out all the controls, lights and all the gages, Merrindene looked slightly annoyed.

We sped off in the direction of the gates at a speed I couldn't believe possible. I instantly had whiplash and the boys started whooping and cheering. They acted with 15 year olds. After we made it onto the main road, despite the sever lack of traffic, Ariella slowed the car down to the legal limit and we all turned to look at her questingly.

'There're a few things that need to be discussed before we head out. Firstly, remember to keep your identity hidden, from human or vampire.' This shocked me.

'There will be other vampires at Forks High?' I asked wide-eyed.

Ariella ignored my question and continued. 'As a precaution, the moment we arrive, I'll surround us in energy containing our thoughts so they don't fall into the minds of anyone who isn't entitled to hear them.' Okay, she was definitely keeping something from me, but I didn't press the subject.

She continued for a while talking about everything from escape routes in case we felt the hunger burn strong to not drawing too much attention to ourselves.

'Yeah of course.' Adrian chimed in. 'I can tell they won't pay much attention to the car.' We all broke into laughter.

'Yes well, I thought we might arrive in style. We could take a different car tomorrow if you really want.' Ariella teased.

Having finally finished voicing her precautions, she sped up, much faster than Edward would have ever been able to drive. Or maybe it was just because of the speed of the car. She pushed her foot further down on the accelerator and was speeding away so fast that the land outside became a blur of green and brown.

We came up behind another silver car that was going relatively fast but no way near as fast as us. Ariella swerved around it with ease at the last minute just avoiding a collision. The other car became another silver blur behind us. We started laughing and the boys whooped with pleasure.

Poor people, I thought. They probably just got the shock of a lifetime. We laughed loudly at our own recklessness and were safely parked in the Forks High student lot in next to no time.

Edwards Point of View

Almost ninety years had passed since the day I saw her still cold white form. I had combed the planet for years after that incident with Alice, determined to catch a whiff of Bella's heavenly scent. Of course it goes without saying that I didn't find anything.

I returned broken hearted to Carlisle and the family in Alaska after finally giving up my fruitless search. We remained in Alaska for the better part of the ninety years, attending schools and what not. It was only at the beginning of the year that we decided to return to Forks.

Forks was an extremely disturbing place for me to live. For a while I never left the house, scared that I would see something that brought back memories of Bella. That's not to say I don't have memories of my own kind of her. I have numerous pictures of her and I together and a piece of her clothing that she once left here. But the thought of seeing something unexpected jump out at me and forcibly remind me of her was more than I could possibly take. I was never able to get over my Bella. I tried suicide a few times without any real progress. After finally discovering what I was trying to do to myself Carlisle put a stop to it. Serve me right for getting involved with her in the first place and ruining her life. ENDING her life Edward. A voice rang through my head.

I sighed and hung my head in shame and made my way downstairs. I had finally agreed to start school again, and of course the only choice available was Forks High School. We weren't going to be going to school today as it was sunny, but suddenly the weather changed and became cloudy and grey. We started going to Forks High about six weeks ago. Those six weeks took my mind of Bella a bit but it was sadly depressing. The halls keep putting pictures of her running down them in my mind and the gym kept forcibly reminding me of the many accidents and injuries she had sustained whilst in there.

I put on a happy face for my family when I entered to downstairs lounge of the old familiar house surrounded by the woods. I always made myself happy for their benefit, my constant brooding had come to annoy and depress everyone around me after 50 years. Still, not one single day went past that I didn't think about Bella.

I called goodbye to Carlisle and kissed Esme on the cheek before walking outside to where a new silver Volvo stood of the grass, Emmet, Jasper, Alice and Rosalie and the two newest member of the Cullen clan, Logan who was extremely short tempered and loud, waiting patiently leaning against it.

'About time Edward.' Emmet spoke. 'Beginning to think you went for another trip around the world.' He smiled gruffly and threw me the keys. Obviously, I was driving.

I grimaced and caught the keys easily in my hand. We were all inside the car within another second and were speeding off down the dirt path before coming onto the smooth black road. The journey was silent for a while; they all knew I got all reminiscent like this of a morning. Jasper tried to lighten my mood.

He punched me playfully on the shoulder but it didn't disrupt my fast and furious driving. 'Alice said she saw some new students coming today, should be fun!' Without a doubt he probably couldn't wait to scare them and then study their reaction. It was a little game Jasper and Rosalie liked to play; they used to see who could get the best reaction. Rosalie nearly always won.

'Great.' I muttered. Alice threw me a sideways glance, she had heard the hint of sarcasm in it but I don't think anyone else did. Don't be like that Edward she called in her head. He's only trying to help make you feel better.

I was about to retort when suddenly a blinding silver blur shot up behind us, we were about to be rammed up the backside before it swiftly and carefully swerved around the side of us missing us by and inch, overtaking us and speeding off into the distance with much more speed than I could believe.

'Holy shit!' cried Logan. 'That idiot nearly rammed us!' He was mad.

'Did you see how fast they were going?' Said Rosalie, her voice barely hiding the admiring in her words.

'I couldn't even really see what type of car it was!' Spoke a shocked Jasper.

'I did kind of, it looked like a silver Mclaren, I think, I'm not sure it was too fast.' Said Alice.

'Well all I saw was a silver blur; they drive even faster than you do Edward.' Said Emmet.

I was too shocked to respond. I couldn't believe the speed and skill the driver had. For the first time in my life, I was scared of a human. A human was faster and better at handling a car than we were. I was shocked and outraged at the same time. I sped up determined to regain some of my honor.

We made it to the school soon enough, my anger fading and I became more relaxed. But what I saw in the student parking lot was enough to bring back my prior feelings of rage. Alice was right. It was a shiny silver Mclaren F1 and some of the students had already began to crowd around it looking at it with a glazed look in their eyes.

No matter what I felt about the driver, the car was definitely impressive. So these were the new students huh? How stupid. The first time we meet, there's nearly a car crash. It looks like Rosalie and Jasper's game had been momentarily reversed, I saw the fear in their eyes alright.

Despite ourselves we walked over to take a look at the gleaming machinery ourselves. As soon as we came close to the car, the other students stiffened and walked away. I couldn't help myself; I let a grin spread over my face. We had only been staring at it more a few minutes before we heard the doors of the front office bang open with much force.

'Oops' An extremely appealing voice giggled. 'Sorry about that.' Her voice sounded as though it could make the toughest monster in the world melt. Her voice was extremely high and echoey. It made the air around us vibrate. I shook my head clear feeling guilty and looked towards my family. They hadn't been able to shake off the feeling. They stood momentarily with their eyes glazed over before coming to my senses and looking at me.

We all turned and watched the girl dance towards the parking lot. She was beautiful. I would love no other more than Bella, she would be the only one for me but I still couldn't deny this girls beauty. She was tall and thin with curves enough to set anyone off. Her hair was similar to Bella's only it was longer and darker. She wore tight jeans and a coral colored halter neck top that didn't hide much. Her skin was pale yet glimmering oddly. Isn't she cold? I thought to myself, frowning slightly.

I sighed and turned my back to face my family again. If I hadn't met Bella I would have been fawning over this creature, but I loved Bella for her mind and personality as well as her beauty. I love Bella and no one else.

When I turned around I got a shock. They were still staring at her. Emmet, Jasper, and Logan obviously couldn't control their feelings. They were staring at her with a greedy expression in their eyes and their mouths half open. Rosalie was looking extremely jealous but clearly admiring, as was Alice minus the jealousy. What was wrong with them? Didn't they understand that no one could ever be as beautiful as Bella? I started to get slightly mad and turned once again to take one last look at what could possibly be so captivating.

I was shocked to see that she was coming this way, over to us. There was no mistaking it, she was looking at me in the eye with a faint smile on her icy pink lips. She moved with such grace it was breath-taking. The only people I knew who had the effect on people like this were vampires. My family seemed to finally snap out of their reverie and turned to speak extremely quietly and too fast for human ears to hear.

'Wow, look at her!' Emmet said, still a bit dazed. Rosalie punched him in the arm.

'Did you feel it when she spoke? My god!' Jasper said.

'Hmm… I wonder if… no, it couldn't be… I would have known…' Alice was humming to herself more than the others.

Logan was still dumbstruck.

Suddenly she was standing right in front of me, extremely close we were almost touching. I smelled her sweet aroma washing all over me, it smelt like fruit but for some strange reason I felt no urge to attack her. She had extremely strange eyes; they were chocolate brown with a golden topaz color swirled in with it.

Her expression became appraising as she looked me over, then as though recognizing who I was, he expression became annoyed that I was so close to her. Why did she hate me so much?

'Excuse me…?' she spoke, a slight edge to her high soprano voice. I noticed that she had her hand on the door handle of the Mclaren and she was looking impatient. I realized with a shock that it was her car. She couldn't be the driver could she? She looked only 17 and much too graceful and innocent to be able to drive with such skill.

I jumped back straight away, much too quickly that I was only a blur, the others behind me gasped with horror. For a split second I thought she had noticed because of the quick glance she took behind her. She seemed to disregard my movement before she opened the driver's door and pulled out the car keys and her jacket. She placed the keys in her shoulder bag and closed the door. She took one glance at my family before saying quietly, 'You'd want to be a bit more careful Cullen.'

And she walked back into the office, hair swaying around her face and neck before a booming siren bell sounded throughout the school.

I had been so stunned by her that I hadn't even noticed that I couldn't hear her thoughts.

Back to Bella's Point of View

'Well, okay dears that's about it. After those just fill in your name and get your teachers to sign the form and bring it back at the end of the day.' The receptionist was saying in her sing-song voice. She was eyeing Harrison with exceptional interest.

So they haven't changed the system. I thought to myself.

'Oh, no!' Exclaimed Ariella, 'I left my keys and jacket in the car.' How strange, Ariella never forgot, lost or broke anything, she was perfect. 'I'll be back in a minute!' and at that the bounded to the door, accidentally flinging it open with too much force and causing it to bang into the brick wall.

'Oops! Sorry about that!' She giggled. The receptionist just smiled warmly at her, it was obvious who her favorite was. Ariella came back inside with her jacket and keys in her bag but also wearing a slightly annoyed expression. She looked at me for a while as though about to tell me something, but then thought better of it.

Once we finished signing our names and such, we picked up our bags and walked into the school grounds. We all walked arm in arm with each other chatting about nothing in particular. Suddenly, Elijah turned stiff and stopped walking. There's others here.

Ariella made sure the sure of the group were occupied before muttering in my ear, 'What ever happens today, keep your cool and remain at school.' I looked at her questingly, but she just shook her head and continued walking. I wondered what the reason was behind that comment.

Well, I was about to lay eyes on that reason at any moment.

Authors Note: Ooooooh! I wonder how it will happen! What will be Edward's reaction? What will be Bella's reaction? What will Willis think? Review! Review! Review Please!