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"Ahhh… The bell went, we would want to be late guys – "I trailed off, realising I was right. Smooth Bells, real smooth.

The guys, Alice and Rose seemed to agree so we packed up and left the cafeteria; not one look back. At least Alice seemed relieved...

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Chapter 11: The Epiphany

So I ended up forgetting what I had said in the cafeteria not too long ago, and decided that being late was OK by me on my 'first day'. First of many.

We were walking through the corridors, after making a quick stop to my locker, before walking to our next class. It was just me and Alice, at the moment, so everything was quite. Rose had left after she made a point of how slow we were walking, and took it in her power to make it to class in time. Smart girl.

"Do you think he took it the wrong way?" Alice said, again. She had been questioning me about what she had said for the last five minutes. I know that's a short period of time, but to me its torture when you're with Alice.

She looked up at me with pleading eyes, she had no idea what to do, too bad neither did I.

"I don't know Alice," Speaking truthfully, I looked into her eyes, hoping she would stop. "I mean, you didn't need to say anything to him."

"Yes. I did!" She squealed. "He said hello to me! You can't just expect me to say nothing, can you!?"

"Yes, but that only applies if you have something nice to say." A quote which I had obtained from my mum. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. I finally understood what it meant. Perfect situation to be using it, too.

Alice was fuming with anger beside me. I had no idea why though, not sure whether it was from my comment or for what she had said to the guy. She made a point of blaming herself for things.

I stopped and put an arm around her, making her look at me.

"Look, Alice." I started. "You can't just blame yourself for this. Well, you can, but that's not the point at the moment."

I was getting off track, although I didn't know how to make Alice understand what I was trying to get at.

"Maybe you should just apologise!" I exclaimed, throwing my arms in the air as if I had just had an epiphany. One of my greater moments.

She looked at me doubtfully for a moment, but I could see she was considering it. Nodding, she looked back up at me. "I've got to go."

And walked away.

Fine then I thought to myself. I didn't want a thankyou anyway!

"Thank you for joining us Miss. Swan." The teacher said as he spotted me walking into the class late. I was trying to be sneaky, but it didn't really help when the front of the room faced the door. How did he know my name already, anyway?

"I s'pos you are Miss. Swan, are you not?" He looked up, raising his eyebrows.

I nodded, not sure what else to do, standing at the front.

"Well could you please take a seat and stop disrupting my class." It wasn't a question, and I could hear the authority in his voice, so I decided to do what he said. I was already certain I wasn't going to piss this guy off.

I snapped out of my daze, turning to the class, who were undoubtedly now staring at me, and looked around in search of a seat.

Why were teachers so mean? I was new for crying out loud! How could he expect me to be to class on time, I was hoping to use my 'I got lost' excuse, but something about this man made me not want to test my luck. Cut a girl some slack, could you?

Testing my luck was probably the least of my problems at the moment, as I took a seat by myself in the middle of the class. Everyone was already partnered up, so I sat alone. The new kid. How gay was I.

I started taking notes as Mr. Grumpy spoke, and made a note to myself to not worry myself about studying tonight. Moving around a lot made it easy to not make friends and go anywhere, so usually I had time to do homework and what not. This class would be a breeze. I had already been put into a placement project in my last school, so I had already been over this work.

I was finished before my classmates, so I sat and looked around the classroom, taking in my new school. It wasn't flashy, barely up to date. You could tell by the graffiti covered desks and the bleak wall casing. The people were just like anyone you would see at a high school. In front of me were a bunch of people, I wasn't sure if you would classify them nerds or not; nevertheless, pretty normal people. Behind me was another story. I had spotted a few people from the cafeteria already, but non who I had spoken to or were friends of Alice or Rose.

Behind me was Mike, the guy I had met from detention, who caught my eye and waved before looking back down at his work, mumbling solutions under his breath. I couldn't understand how people didn't get this kind of work, it was easy.

Next to him was someone who I guess I didn't really expect, or want, to see. I mean, even if I hadn't talked to him yet, I could tell what kind of guy he was. He didn't look up at me, nor did he even acknowledge me presence, which was weird for someone, seen as though they didn't know me either. I decided to forget about it. No guy was worth trouble, even if it was Edward Mason.

I met up with Alice after class and told her who I saw. Turns out she knew who Mike was and he was a pretty decent guy, but to stay away from him if I valued by peace and quiet.

Turns out that she 'didn't mean' to walk away, oh so abruptly, before class but she 'forgot' to get something from her locker. I didn't even bother telling her that she was walking away in the opposite direction of her locker anyway.

And I didn't hear any talk about Jaster either. I thought she may have said something to her, but I couldn't really be bothered hearing one more word about him, so I didn't ask.

The rest of the day was easy and quick. Before I knew it, I was backing out of the school parking lot, catching a glimpse of Edward and his friends on the way out. There was that face again. The lost face.

I arrived home by four and quickly made my way up stairs, passing my mum sitting on the couch. I could hear her asking me questions about me day and how everything went, but I couldn't fight the feeling that she didn't care less. As much as I hated the weather here, the colours and the reason I was here in the first place, I was glad I was with my friends. For once, I was glad to be where I was.

Later...

Phil arrived home late, before we settled down for dinner and asked me the same questions Renee had earlier.

I answered them reluctantly, before moving to the kitchen to wash up my dish. Tonight was going to be an early night, as I needed to catch up on some much needed beauty sleep. This place made me look dull, well.... duller than I was back at Phoenix. I had liked the sun there.

After I brushed my hair and got changed to go the bed, I walked downstairs to say goodnight. It was a drag to walk up and down the stairs at my rate. I was getting too old for this.

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