"It's nice to meet you," said Emmett, plopping down in one of the empty seats. Alice gripped my arm and pulled me into the seat next to her.

"Sit by me, Bella," she said, cheerfully.

"Ok," I laughed.

Jasper took the seat between me and Emmett, even though I noticed him looking over at Alice. He noticed me looking at him and turned away, falling into the seat behind him. For several minutes, nobody said anything. It wasn't necessarily awkward, just quiet. I poked my pizza with my plastic fork and pushed it way. I wasn't convinced it was actually cooked or really even pizza.

"Hey, guys, sorry, I'm late."

I turned as I heard the most incredible voice wash over me. The boy standing behind me was easily the most handsome boy I had ever seen. He was tall and fit. He had dark auburn hair and the brightest pair of emerald green eyes I had ever seen on anyone. He looked over at me and smiled and I felt my heart start beating faster. I was sure he would be able to hear it.

"Hi, I'm Edward Masen," he said, smiling at me.

"Bella," I said, quietly. "Bella Cullen."

"It's nice to meet you, Bella Cullen," he said, smiling even bigger as he took the seat at the end of the table. "I'm going to assume these are your brothers."

"Oh, yeah," I muttered, dumbly as I looked at Emmett and Jasper. They were staring at me with smirks on their faces. "That's Emmett and Jasper," I said, scowling.

"Nice to officially meet you," said Edward, nodding at them. "I've already heard all about you from the buzzing little bees."

"Buzzing little bees?" snorted Jasper. I could feel my face turning red as they stared at me. I would so get them back for this.

"Oh yeah," laughed Edward, looking back over at me. "It's not often that we get new kids. They've been spreading the word around."

"That's fucking great," muttered Emmett. I broke my eyes off of Edward's and fingered my music book.

"So what grade are you guys in?" asked Kate, looking around at us.

"We're juniors," said Emmett. "How about you guys?"

"Garrett and Kate are seniors," explained Alice. "Rose, Edward, and I are juniors. Ben is a sophomore and Angela is just a wee little fish."

"I am so tired of being called a fish," muttered Angela.

"Aw, don't be sad, Angie," laughed Garrett. "One day you will be one of the big kids."

"Whatever, Garry," scoffed Angela. "Stop calling me Angie before I tell mom and dad."

"I'm not scared of them," snorted Garrett. Angela smirked as she whipped out her cell phone. "Shit, Angela, I'm sorry. Don't fucking call them. Dad will take away my car again."

"You would deserve it," she snapped, shoving her phone back into her pocket as she stood up. "You asshole."

Angela stormed away from the table, muttering under her breath. Ben threw his napkin at Garrett before he followed after her. I looked back as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his embrace. It was so cute, that it was nauseating.

"Garrett, when are you going to stop picking on her?" asked Kate. I turned back around and saw her glaring at him.

"I was just teasing her," muttered Garrett. "She's just in a bad mood."

"Of course, she is, you idiot," said Kate, scolding him. "You should go apologize to her. You know what today is."

"I know," sighed Garrett, standing up. "Like I could forget, even if I wanted to."

Garrett picked up his tray and carried it over to the trash, tossing it in. He turned and walked out of the cafeteria, throwing the doors open so hard that they slammed against the walls. I turned back to the others, completely confused on what the hell had just happened. Kate smiled before she stood up and followed him out.

"Ignore them," said Rose, looking at me, Jasper, and Emmett. "They aren't normally like that but…"

Rose trailed off as the bell rang, ending lunch. Without saying another word, she stood up and walked out of the room. Alice and Edward both followed her, leaving me and my brothers just sitting there. We shared a look before we stood up, dumped our own trays, and headed to our fifth period classes.

I walked into my biology class to find Edward and Garrett sitting at a table in the back. They were leaned in toward each other, whispering furiously. Garrett was nodding his head to what ever Edward was telling him. I turned and walked up to the teacher, a tall man with whitish/blond hair.

"Aw, you must be Isabella," he said, smiling at me. I heard a loud gasp behind me and turned around. Garrett had snapped his head up and was looking right at me. It was uncomfortable.

"It's just Bella," I muttered, looking away quickly.

"Ok, Bella. I'm Mr. Banner," he said, signing my slip. "We are evenly matched but you can join Edward and Garrett, if you would like."

"Thanks," I said, quickly.

I took my slip from him and headed to the table in the back of the room. I settled on down on the empty side of the desk, laying my music book in front of me. Garrett stared at me for a couple more minutes before he looked away, taking a deep shaky breath.

"Your name is Isabella?" he asked.

"Um, yeah, but I prefer Bella," I said, placing my hand on my music book. Garrett nodded his head and looked back at me. There was a look in his eyes, like he was trying to put together the pieces of a puzzle.

"Dude, don't do this," whispered Edward, placing his hand on Garrett's back. "You're just going to drive yourself crazy."

"I know," muttered Garrett, clearing his throat. He nodded down at the book laying under my hand. "What's that?"

"Oh, um, it's my music book," I mumbled, blushing furiously.

"Do you write your own music?" asked Edward, smiling at me.

"Yes," I said, nodding my head.

"What kind of music do you write?" asked Edward. I blushed, causing him to smile even bigger.

"Depends on my mood, I guess," I murmured, biting on my bottom lip.

"Can I see it?" he asked, holding his hand out to me.

"NO," I said, quickly and quite loudly as I pulled the book up to my chest. "I mean, it's kind of personal and private."

"Don't worry about it," he said, waving me off. "It's cool, though. I play the piano and write my own music, too."

"Really?" I asked. He nodded his head. "I would love to hear you play sometime."

"I'd like to play for you," he said, smiling at me again.

Mr. Banner called class to order as I blushed bright red again. Edward smiled even bigger as he shook his head. I ducked my head down but not before I noticed Garrett staring at me again. He looked away as soon as he realized he was doing it. It was just weird. As class went by, I found myself nervously nibbling on my lip and tapping my fingers on the black top of our lab table. I just wasn't sure why I was so nervous.

I mean, sure Edward was like the hottest guy I had ever seen, much less talked to. And sure, he did talk to me, too, but it wasn't like I had never talked to a cute boy before. I looked up and saw him watching me. He smiled a sexy, crooked smile and I blushed and looked away again. This was going to be a long ass school year.

The bell rang and Garrett jumped to his feet and nearly ran out of the classroom without a word. I frowned as I looked over at Edward, who sighed and shook his head. He looked over at me and gave me a soft smile.

"Don't take it personally, " he said. "Today is his little sister's birthday."

"Angela's?" I asked.

"No, his other sister," muttered Edward. "She died when they were little. Today is just hard day for all of them."

"Oh, believe me, I get it," I murmured, darkly. I knew all too well about facing hard days.

"So what class do you have now?" asked Edward. I shook my head, pushing all those negative thoughts out of my head.

"Gym," I groaned. Edward smiled at me.

"I have gym, too," he smirked. "Shall we?"

"We shall," I said, smiling at him. I followed Edward out into the hall and toward the gym.

"So, Bella Cullen," he said. "You and your brothers are from LA, right?"

"Yep," I said. "Where it is warm and dry."

"You get used to the rain," laughed Edward.

"I don't think so," I said, sighing. "I already miss the sun."

"I bet you do," he mused, looking down at me.

We stopped in front of the doors to the locker rooms. Edward shifted from his left foot to his right, looking suddenly as nervous as I felt. What the hell was going on with me? He was just a boy and I was acting like he was more than that.

"Well, I guess I should go change," he said, clearing his throat. "Coach Swan will be waiting for you in the gym, I'm sure."

"Thanks," I smiled.

I blushed scarlet as I turned and headed in the gym, leaving him standing there watching me. I was going to die from all this blushing I was doing. I was certain of it. Coach Swan was sitting on the bleachers with his elbows on his knees. He was tall, thin man with dark brown hair. He looked up at me and I saw that he had dark brown eyes as well. I headed over to him and handed him my slip.

"Hi, I'm new," I said. He cleared his throat as he took my slip.

"Ah, one of Dr. Cullen's kids," he said, gruffly. He looked up from the slip in his hand and stared at me. "Your name is Isabella?"

"It's just Bella," I said, uncomfortably. He nodded his head and signed my slip.

"I'll, um, get you some workout clothes ready for tomorrow. You can just sit out today," he said, standing up.

"Oh, ok," I muttered.

"You're from California?" he asked. I nodded my head. "Bet it's warm there."

"And dry," I said, quietly. He laughed, throwing his head back.

"And dry," he agreed. "Welcome to Forks, Bella."

"Thank you, Coach Swan," I said, smiling at him.

I settled down on the bleachers as the rest of the kids came trickling out of the locker rooms. Rose and Kate were also in our class. They waved at me before lining up where Coach Swan told them to. Edward looked over at me and smiled. I returned his smile, blushing again. This shit was getting old.

Coach Swan had them play basketball, boys on one side of the court and girls on the other. I couldn't help but watch Edward as he play. He was just so cute. His shirt would ride up when he went to shoot a jump shot showing the small sliver of skin between the hem and the top of his shorts. Like he could feel me watching, he looked over at me and smiled. Shit, I was in so much trouble.

Coach Swan dismissed them and Edward came running over to me. He was covered in sweat and his shirt was clinging to him in a way that should be illegal. I couldn't seem to tear my eyes away from him.

"Hey, wait for me, ok?" he asked.

"My brothers will be waiting," I said, shaking my head.

"Come on, just wait for me," he said, pouting. "I'll be really fast. Like two minutes tops."

"Fine," I smiled, shaking my head. "But if they get mad at me, then I am blaming you."

"Deal," he said, returning my smile.

He turned and ran into the boys locker room. I took a deep breath and tried to calm my heart. It was beating so fast that I was almost scared. True to his word, Edward came rushing out of the locker room two minutes later. He was still pulling his shirt over his head, giving me a delicious view of his chest.

"Did I make it in time?" he asked.

"Barely," I smirked, standing up. I jumped off the last row of the bleachers and picked up my backpack. "Lucky for you."

"Very lucky for me," he laughed. He and I headed out of the gym, walking down the hallway slowly. "So, how was your first day?"

"It was long," I sighed, looking up at him. "But good."

"Good, that's good," he said, nodding his head. We walked outside and I groaned.

"It's raining even harder now," I whined.

"Yeah," he said, unzipping his backpack. He pulled out a small umbrella. "Here."

"You carry an umbrella in your backpack?" I asked, taking it in my hand.

"We do live in the rainiest place in the country, Bella," chuckled Edward.

"That we do," I said, opening it. It flew open causing me to squeal. "That was fast."

"I should have warned you, I guess," he smirked. "But I did like the little squeal you did."

"Don't make fun of me," I grumbled.

"I'm not," he insisted. "I really did like it. It was cute."

"Oh," I whispered, blushing.

"BELLA, LET'S GO!" yelled Emmett. I blushed even more as I looked over to where he and Jasper were standing.

"I'M COMING!" I screamed, causing Edward to laugh.

"Go before they come up and kick my ass," he snorted. "I'll see you tomorrow, Bella."

"Tomorrow," I smiled. "Thanks for letting me use your umbrella."

"Anytime," he said, smiling a sexy, crooked smile.

I blushed again as I turned and rushed over to where Emmett and Jasper were waiting for me. They opened their mouths to speak but I glared at them. They shut their mouths and climbed into the jeep behind me. As Emmett pulled out of the parking lot, I saw Edward climbing into a shiny silver Volvo.

Emmett pulled up in the driveway a few minutes later. The three of us climbed out of the jeep and ran into the house. Esme had been busy today. She had unpacked almost all of the boxes in the living room and had managed to put up all our embarrassing family photos. Esme walked out of the kitchen and smiled at us.

"How was your first day?" she asked. "I didn't get any phone calls from your principal so I am going to assume that you didn't get caught causing trouble."

"So funny, Mom," I snorted, shaking my head. "The first day has come and gone, thank goodness."

"Here, here," laughed Jasper, looping his arm in with mine. "But Bella has a very interesting new friend."

"Jasper," I hissed, pushing him away. "You are such a fu…jerk."

"Isabella," said Esme. I cringed when she called me by my given name and looked over at her. "Who is Jasper talking about?"

"Nobody," I muttered, blushing bright red again. Jasper and Emmett burst out laughing as they took off up the stairs. I took off running after them. "I'm going to kick your asses."

"LANGUAGE, ISABELLA!" yelled Esme.

I ignored my mother as I chased my brothers into Emmett's room. I tackled Emmett down onto the floor and punched him on the arm. He yelled and pushed me off, pinning me down. Jasper came over and knelt down on the floor next to my head and started poking me in the forehead with his finger.

"Stop it, Jas," I laughed, squirming under Emmett. He was laughing as he held my arms down onto the floor.

"Not until you admit to having a crush on Edward," said Jasper, smiling.

"NEVER!" I cackled, trying to bite his finger but he was quicker than me. "Fine, I think Edward is cute and I can't wait to have his babies."

"WHAT?" roared Carlisle, storming into Emmett's room. Jasper quickly turned around as Emmett let me up. "BABIES?"

"Dad, calm down," I laughed, standing up. "I was joking."

"That shit is not funny," he muttered, shuffling out of Emmett's room.

"It's a little funny," I mumbled.

Emmett and Jasper both burst out laughing with me. I headed down the hallway to my room and started unpacking my bedroom. It took me most of the evening to get my books put away, my posters of all my favorite bands up on the wall, and my CD's arranged. Then I had to move onto all my clothes and shoes that were still packed up. Why I had most of that crap was beyond me, but I did.

Just after seven, Esme called us downstairs for dinner. I took my usual seat next to her while Emmett sat next to me and Jasper sat across from us. Carlisle was still pouting from his seat at the end of the table. We fixed our plates and I looked over at him.

"Daddy," I said, knowing that he loved when I called him daddy. He rolled his eyes and looked over at me. "It was funny."

"Nuh uh," he muttered.

"Yes, it was," I smirked. "You just lost your sense of humor. The rain must of washed it away."

"Did not," he said, pursing his lips together. However, I saw the corner of his lips twitching as he fought his smile. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Ok, it was funny but no more talk of babies, understand?"

"Yes, Daddy," I smiled.

"That wasn't fair calling me daddy, Bella," he grumbled. "You know I can't resist that shit."

"Carlisle," said Esme. He looked up at her. "Language."

"Yes, dear," he murmured.

Emmett, Jasper, and I shared a look before we started eating our dinner. He was so whipped. Once we had finished dinner, we did the dishes and headed back up to our rooms. I did my homework before changing into my pajamas. I climbed into my bed, put my iPod on, and drifted to sleep, thinking about Edward. Maybe he would be worth the rain.