Chapter 11. First Day
Alice had spent hours getting us ready. She had put us in matching outfits pretty much. We were wearing black leggings and matching knee high dresses. Mine was an Aqua colour and Maddy's was purple. The tops were really nice. They were halter necks and had little frangipanis where the cored met the dress. We were wearing little ballet flats that matched the colour of our dress and our hair in a neat bun. We each put a black head band in then grabbed our bags. I had duplicated the one Alice gave me for Maddy.
"ready?" I asked Maddy. I had to get used to talking to her, I had to make it look like she was at least alive. and her being my only friend I had to have conversations with her in class. "yep" she smiled happily. I was getting better at controlling both of us more naturally. We walked down stairs hand in hand. "you look so cute" Esme chimed coming over to us. "your getting better at controlling yourselves individually" she commented as I made Maddy cross her arms. "thank you" I smiled, "I've been practicing" Maddy laughed naturally. "you might want to do something about the eyes though" Carlisle suggested looking at my eyes again. "their still pink". I blinked my eyes imagining them as the same butterscotch colour as Rosalie's.
"better?" Maddy asked looking at Esme. "very good" she laughed putting a hand on our shoulders. "I'm going to get a drink" I whispered walking into the kitchen. I grabbed out two glasses and imagined them full of blood. "can I have one?" Maddy asked just for practice. "sure" I replied handing her the glass. "are you ready to go girls? Rosalie called from the hall. "just a second" we called in sync. We swallowed our blood quickly then ran up to the bedroom to brush out teeth. Within a matter of seconds we were racing back down stairs and threw the door. " Have fun" Esme laughed kissing us both on the cheek. "bye" we called as we hopped into the back seat of Rosalie's convertible.
"now are you sure you want to be twins?" Carlisle asked just before we pulled into forks high school. "yes" I answered confidently. "I can handle this" I said boosting my confidence. "ok well lets go" he smiled opening the door for us. We walked over to the front office with Rosalie behind us. A few people were watching us suspiciously as we walked. Only now did I realize how gracefully I was walking. I took Maddy's hand as we walked into the office. "hello Carlisle" the office assistant smiled. "are these two the new Cullen additions you were telling me about last night?" she asked smiling down at us. "yes, this is Melissa and Madeline" he introduced us politely.
"they were going into year seven right?" she asked double checking as she pulled out a sheet from her desk. "yes that's right" Carlisle confirmed. "ok well here's your timetable and a sign sheet. Get the teacher to sign it when you go into class ok" She smiled handing Me the timetable and Maddy the sign sheet. "we made sure you were in the same classes ok. I'm sure your brothers and sisters will show you around" she explained looking partly at Rosalie. "thank you" Carlisle smiled as he led us back out side. "control your thoughts and be good" he laughed as he headed back to the car. I'd already practiced doing that. All I had to do now was make sure I didn't make Maddy copy everything I did. That would raise some suspicion if we moved identically and in sync.
"what do you have first?" Rosalie asked leading us over to the shelter. "Mathematics" I muttered looking down at our time table. Maddy looked over my shoulder at the timetable too. "ok that's over here" Rosalie thought to herself leading us over to a small building. "ok I'll meet you here after class ok. try not to attract to much attention ok." She laughed quietly. "that's kind of hard" I whispered sarcastically, "were identical twins and were drop dead gorgeous" Maddy laughed finishing my sentence. "who can help but stare?" I asked shrugging my shoulders. Rosalie laughed then walked off. The bell was about to go. I got out my books and pencil case. Maddy copied but I made sure it was slightly different.
"you're the new Cullen twins!" a random girl said as she came over to us. News really did travel fast in this town. "hi" Maddy muttered. "I'm Lissa and this is Maddy" I said smiling slightly. "I'm Abby" she introduced herself holding out her hand. I looked down at my hands. they were full thankfully. "oh you have your hands full" she laughed taking her hand back. "so did you just move here?" she asked conversationally. "yes" Maddy smiled shifting her books slightly. A few more kids surrounded us. We moved away slowly but people just kept following. Asking us questions.
"can we have some space please!" I yelled over the humming of voices. "we need to breath" Maddy yelled pulling me away from then. I defiantly had the individuality under control. Everyone fell silent as we walked a few meters away. We turned our back to them as we waited for the teacher to come. We looked around slowly and realized our class wasn't the only ones looking at us. Everyone within eye sight was staring. "their so beautiful" someone whispered behind us. "all the Cullen's are" some one else replied. "do you think their interested in anyone?" a boy asked hopeful. "they've only just got here, give them some time. and besides who would want to go out with you?" another boy snapped quietly. "if their interested in anyone it'll be me" he whispered smugly.
I struggled to hold back laughter. "how long till the bell rings?" I asked Maddy as she checked the time table. "five minuets" she sighed folding it away again. suddenly their was a guy behind us. "hi, I'm josh" he smiled kindly, it was the same one who thought he had a chance with us. He had longish shaggy brown hair and bright blue eyes. He did look alright but not as good as he thought he did. He was tanned all over which was surprising because there was never any sun here in forks.
"hi" we laughed in sync. "you have a very beautiful laugh" he complimented us. "thanks" I muttered slowly. "in fact everything about you is beautiful" now he was going to far. "ok?" Maddy whispered confused. "are you trying to get a date or something?" I asked unimpressed. "is it working?" he asked stupidly. "not really" Maddy laughed as we turned our back on him. "rejected" someone laughed behind him. we laughed quietly at him as he wandered back into the other group. "don't worry about him, he's just a jerk" Abby whispered coming to stand by us. "he hits on all the new girls" she snickered grabbing out her books.
I could see this Abby girl wasn't going to leave us alone easily. Suddenly one of her friends came over. "hi I'm jenny" she whispered shyly. "hi" we replied politely. Finally the teacher turned up and took the class in. we walked casually over to his desk. "hello sir" I muttered as Maddy handed him the sign sheet. "so you're the New Cullen twins" He smiled signing the sheets. "yes" Maddy replied taking the sheet. "there's some seats for you over there" he announced pointing to two spare seats in the second row. We walked over calmly as everyone watched. When we got there I frowned. Our seats were right next to Josh. The guy who tried to hit on us. I rolled my eyes then sat down as he smiled smugly. Maddy sat down and opened her book naturally.
"sorry about before I was being a jerk" Josh muttered opening his book like the others. I tucked a few strands of hair behind my ear and turned to face Maddy "what page was it?" I asked her even though I knew. "200" Josh answered quickly. Maddy raised her eye brow at him. "thank you" I said staring at him slightly angry. I opened my book and began reading quietly to myself. All we had to do was answer the five questions on the board. I copied them down neatly making Maddy copy them down slightly differently and at a different speed. "do you know the answer to number one?" I asked even though the text book explained exactly how to do it. "you have to convert the fraction into a decimal first" Maddy replied writing it down on her page. I quickly copied it down.
"have you done this before?" Josh asked calming my attention. "yes" I lied. Truthfully I was taking the answers from other peoples heads. Copying down the answer after Maddy copied it down from someone else's head. "I was going to say I could explain it for you" Josh offered finishing off his third question. "no that's ok, I'm done" I smiled picking up my book and taking it to the teachers desk with Maddy close behind. "very good girls" he complimented as he checked them all. "have you done this work before?" he asked handing our books back. "yes, only a few months ago" I informed him accepting my book. "well then this topic will be easy for you" he laughed as we walked back to our desk.
"how did you finish so quickly?" Josh asked as he finished off his forth question. "we worked together" Maddy whispered flipping open to the back of her book. "can you help me?" he asked watching as Maddy drew a detailed sketch in the back of her book. "it explains everything quite clearly in the text book" I sighed pointing it out for him. "how long till this session ends?" Maddy asked still sketching away. I took out the timetable and scanned it quickly. "ten minuets" I answered slipping it away. "we have English next". She nodded slowly still working on her art work. I was amazed at how well I could draw. "I have English next too. I could take you there" Josh said piping up again. "no thank you" I snapped trying not to get angry. "we can find it" Maddy breathed frustrated. Of course she was feeling the same thing as me.
"are you sure? it's no trouble at all" he asked trying to change our mind. We both looked at him fiercely. "whoa that was cool! It was like seeing double" he laughed as Maddy turned back too her sketch. "if we let you walk us to English will you leave us alone?" I asked seriously. He nodded happily. "sure" he smiled closing his book. I packed my stuff up and stood up just as the bell rang. "come on Maddy" I whispered as she packed up quickly. At least we weren't in sync. We walked out together and put our stuff in our bags. "what do you have next?" Rosalie asked suddenly behind us. "English" Maddy answered for me. "but we have some one to show us where it is" I sighed rolling my eyes. I laughed suddenly as I noticed everyone was starring at Rosalie. "he promised to leave us alone if we let him walk us to our next class" I whispered as he came up behind us. Rosalie laughed slightly then walked off. "have fun" she called meeting up with Emmett.
"ready ladies?" he asked as we picked up our bags. "sure" I whispered. A huge smile grew on his face as he suddenly pushed between us and hooked his arms in with one of ours. Great he was trying to show off in front of his mates. I rolled my eyes as he lead us to our next class. On our way we passed jasper and Alice. Jasper whistled at us and Alice laughed. "shut up jasper!" I yelled as we passed. Maddy poked her tongue out at him. everyone was watching us. Josh thought he was king of the world. As soon as we reached the class room we dropped his arms and walked off.
He ran after us quickly. "a deals a deal" I snapped putting my bag down. "leave us alone" Maddy whispered dangerously glaring at him. "ok ill talk to you later then" he muttered running off scared. I laughed slightly as I got my books out and waited for Maddy to get hers. We wandered into line and waited patiently for the teacher. A few new faces came to greet us but we quickly cut off conversations. A few guys were hard to shake off but we got rid of them eventually.