CH. 36

Damn it!! I've been trying so hard not to let anyone know how much every thing's been bothering me lately...Well...I just have to put the happy face back on! Hehehe...I just thought about 'Man of the House' where the cheer coach is telling Tommy Lee to show his happy face! Love that movie!

Alice graciously offered -cough-forced-cough- to pick out my clothes, so I didn't have to worry about that. I washed my face, trying to make it look like I hadn't just broken down in front of my father and brother. I'm glad I woke up extra early today. I put on some eyeliner and mascara, then cherry chap stick and put my hair in a pony tail. I left out my bangs, that I then straightened, and some face framing pieces. I put on the outfit Alice was having me wear and looked at myself in the mirror.

I was in A purple tank dress with mini green and purple flowery wedge heels that had ribbons tying around my ankle. I decided to put on a green headband and some earrings Alice bought me. I wanted to look nice for today, but not dressy. I was just getting done when Emmett called from downstairs.

"You ready Bells?"

"Yea Em. Let me get my bag. Meet you outside?" My response was the door closing downstairs. I went outside and got into Emmett's monster Jeep. We decided to ride together today, but I'd definitely be bringing my own car the rest of the year. I can barely get in and out of that thing! He had to help me in!

"You sure you wanna go to school today? You could stay home?" Emmett was looking at me cautiously.

"I'm fine, okay? Just...let's get to school! I've still gotta get my schedule!" I was acting excited. Truthfully I was horribly nervous, and a little excited. New school, where I've got friends and a brother so I'm not alone! What's not to like? We made it to school in no time! I've never driven that fast in something so big and high off the ground. It's different, and fun! Emmett parked in the student parking and as I unbuckled my seat belt he opened my door and helped me out. Except...it wasn't Emmett. It was Edward!! I gave him a huge hug, ignoring the stares from the few others outside.

"What are you doing here so early?"

"I wanted to welcome you to school properly, and I figured I could wait for you to get your schedule, then show you around with Emmett...if that's okay?"

"It's more than okay boyfriend..."I gave him what I thought would be a light kiss, but he deepened it. Not that I'm complaining. When he pulled back, I noticed Emmett was with Rose, and Alice and Jasper were no where to be found. I called to him, saying we'd be in the office, and he just waved. Too distracted by the blonde beauty in front of him.

Edward took my hand and started leading me to the front office. On the way we passed Angela and Ben. I waved and said 'hi', they returned the greeting. Once inside the office, I was greeted by an oerly cheerful Mrs. Cope, who was ogling Edward shamelessly. She pointed us towards the counselor, who would make my schedule. The counselor, Ms. Washington, allowed Edward to sit in the room with me while we made my schedule. I had a lot of elective classes because I was advanced in Phoenix, and they had 10 classes a semester, so I was ahead. That meant I got to take I loved it, and we ended up with a lot of classes together. I hoped I'd have some with everyone else too! when we were done, I had a schedule I liked a lot. I had 4 classes plus lunch with Edward, and at least one with Alice. He wouldn't tell me who was in my other classes, or which ones he was in with me.

"I want it to be a surprise Bella! Come on...just think about how much fun the anticipation's going to be!" No matter how much I wanted to sock him right then, I had to admit, silently of course, that he did have a point. Emmett was waiting for us when we came out of the office, with Alice, Jazz, and Rose too! Alice let loose a loud screech when she saw the accessories I paired with my outfit, she approved!

This brought some unwanted attention my way, add that to the fact I was new, and hanging with The Cullen's, Hales and Emmett plus Edward had his arm around my waist. Especially since no one knew who I was, and or that I was coming. I was sure the be the center of attention in this small school for the rest of the day, at least! Not exactly what I wanted!! We still had about 15 minutes until class started, and I wanted to see the school so everyone decided to show me. They pointed out the obvious (cafeteria, gym) and also showed me where a few of my classes were, and my locker. Edward promised that he'd walk me to all my classes though, so I didn't have to worry about getting lost. Alice and Rose filled me in on 'essential' gossip, while Emmett made sure to tell me the guys to watch out for. Apparently Mike Newton was a dog, and Tyler was too. I had Edward though, so why would I need to worry? I got a lot of strange looks throughout the tour. Mostly from girls when they noticed my hand entwined with Edward's.

"They don't like that we're holding hands." I pointed out when we passed a group of girls.

"Who love?" Edward asked as he kissed my temple.

"Everyone!" I whispered.

"They're just jealous. No worries Bella. Edward never dated before, he's probably turned down 3/4 of the girls in this school. And besides, you look ah-mazing today, thank you!" Alice pitched in. I was about to respond, but was cut off by the bell. Signaling the start of my first day at Forks.

"Come on love! You have this class with me! Bye everyone!"

"Bye!!" I proceeded to follow Edward into my AP US History class.

AN: Please read?! So, I have 2 choices with this story. I can either end it soon-ish and have a sequel which will be about 25 chapters OR add those 25-ish chapters to this one.
I'd rather do the sequel one b/c it works out better for me, but I know a lot of people don't like sequels. What do you think? One of them is going to happen. If it's the sequel, there will be about a 5 day break then I'll start the new story, but with making it into one long one, I'llprobably still have a 2-3 day break and I'll make it less detailed since I don't want the story to have 60 chapters...SO-2 Stories, detailed, 5 day break OR-1 story, Long, but less detailed, 3 day break. YOU TELL ME?!

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