After a semi awkward breakfast with Charlie and an enthusiastic hug Bella drove to school. Her car was loud and needed a lot of work but she loved every rusted inch of it. She even loved the holes in the canvas roof. The fact that it would no longer convert just made her laugh. It was the first gift she had gotten since her grandparents died that was given out of love. Rene only gave her gifts around the holidays when people were around to show off how good of a mother she was. The gifts were always the overly expensive latest trend but Bella always hated them. They weren't things that she would use or wear and would always be donated or given away to staff. So knowing that Charlie bought her this car because he wanted to make living in Forks easier meant more to her than all the gifts Rene bought combined.

As she pulled into the school parking lot her eyes immediately searched for Rosalie. She hadn't figured out just yet how she was going to approach her, let only start a friendship with her, but she was going to try. Try what? That she didn't know but she would do her best anyway.

Rosalie's stomach had been churning in anticipation of seeing Bella again so when she heard an engine that sounded like it was dying she perked up. Maybe she could talk to Bella about fixing her car. That could be a good way to start a friendship and give them time to get know each other. She just had to figure out a way to offer that didn't sound like she was being pushy.

As Bella pulled into her spot Rosalie started making her way over to her stopping to shoot a glare at Alice making her stop mid step in following her.

"What did I tell you?" Rosalie hissed.

"You said I couldn't talk to her without you being there. As you were going there anyway I thought I would tag along and finally talk to my best friend. I was simply following your rules." Alice huffed out.

"I don't want to overwhelm her. Remember she hasn't been around vampires before."

"She was around Emmett." Alice countered.

"Yeah and she tore his leg off." Rosalie was getting irritated at Alice's attempts to see Bella. "Leave her alone and don't follow me Alice. I mean it."

"Fine." Alice agreed even though they both knew this wouldn't be the last attempt Alice would make to talk to Bella.

Bella got out of her car and immediately searched out Rosalie. Her heart beat picked up when she notice her walking towards her. She didn't know what do so she just stood by her car and waited. When they were finally in touching distance she had to fight the urge to pull Rosalie to her and press their lips together.

Rosalie smiled as she heard Bella's heart start to race.She hoped that it was in response to her personally and not out of fear of being around a vampire.

"Good morning."

"Good morning. I like your car." Rosalie cursed herself in her head. So much for not being pushy.

"My dad gave it to me. I know it doesn't look like much but I love it."

"Are you going to work with your dad to fix it up?" Be cool Rosalie, she thought to herself.

"I want to fix it up but neither myself or Charlie knows how to. I was going to find a mechanic to do it for me." Bella said sadly. She would of loved to have had a project to work on with her dad.

"I like to fix up cars myself so if you want I could work on it for you. I even have a fully functional repair shop in part of the garage at my house. You could bring it by anytime." Rosalie was happy she got all that out without tripping over her words.

Bella thought about the offer. On one hand she would get to spend more time with Rosalie, on the other hand she didn't know if she was comfortable being at her house with her whole coven yet.The part of her that wanted to see Rosalie do something she enjoyed won out.

"If you have the time that would be great. I don't mind paying you for the work."

"You don't have to pay me. You could just be my assistant and hand me tools when I need them to make us even." Rosalie was proud that she not only didn't sound pushy but she also didn't sound as desperate as she was feeling inside.

"I would make a great assistant. When do you want me to come over?"

"Is tonight to soon?It would be a good idea to look it over as soon as possible so I can order the parts we'll need to fix it."

"That's perfect. After school then? I could follow you home or do you want to drive my car there so you can see how it drives? Or do you need to take your coven home?"

Rosalie couldn't of stopped the smile that crossed her face even if she tried. "Driving with you is a great idea. One of my siblings can take my car home."

The bell rang bringing their conversation to an end. They walked towards the school side by side both enjoying the comfortable silence. Each looking forward to the end of the school day.

Lunch time brought Bella back to the same table surrounded by people she didn't know well enough to like or dislike. She would give everyone a chance until they changed her mind but she remained cautious.

As she was eating her lunch she shot a glance towards the Cullens catching Rosalie looking at her. She gave her a smile which was returned.

It was then she saw the pixie looking girl sitting next to Rosalie give her a bright smile and an over enthusiastic wave which she returned not as over the top. This caused the girl to smile even wider than Bella thought would have been possible. The smile turned into a scowl as Rosalie pulled the pixie's arm down and whispered something in her ear that was too quite for Bella to hear.

Rosalie was pissed. Alice just had to go and wave like a maniac at a poor confused looking Bella. She had warned Alice not to scare her away and here she was acting like a crazy person.

"What did I tell you?!"Rosalie hissed at Alice quietly enough so that Bella wouldn't overhear them with her enhanced shifter hearing.

"You said I couldn't talk her, not that I couldn't wave at her."

Rosalie growled lowly towards Alice. "You knew what I meant.Now she thinks we are crazy."

"She waved back. She doesn't think we are crazy. People don't interact with crazy people. They scare them." Alice said causing Jasper to chuckle.

"Maybe she waved back because she was worried about what you would do if she didn't." Rosalie told Alice.

"Did you see her being all friendly with Rosalie Hale this morning?"A girl's voice said catching their tables attention.

"I'll bet she was being nice to her because she looks like a freak." A blond girl grumbled to a girl Rosalie thought was named Jessica.

Rosalie growled when she noticed Bella stiffen.

"Yeah she looks like a ghost and what is wrong with her eyes. They are so creepy. I heard she doesn't have to take gym because her body is disfigured and the principal felt so sorry for her that he excused her for the rest of the year." Lauren replied.

Bella slumped in her chair for a second and then she sat up with a quick look to the Cullens table when she heard a growl that she thought even humans could hear coming from none other than Rosalie. Rosalie look like she wanted to murder Jessica and Lauren.Bella couldn't help but feel a bit of satisfaction at the fact her imprint was so protective of her.

Rosalie felt Emmett's hand grab her arm her keeping in place. How dare they attack her mate. Especially her appearance. Bella was gorgeous. To Rosalie she look other worldly. Jessica and Lauren weren't worthy enough to even walk in Bella's shadow and yet they thought they could disparage her appearance.

"You can not kill two high school girls in a crowded cafeteria, Rosalie. No matter how much you want to." Jasper said sending waves of calm toward her trying to dim some of the extreme anger he was feeling coming from her. It had him on edge and he needed to get her to calm down before he gave into it and helped Rosalie tear apart the two girls himself.

"They are talking about my mate." Rosalie replied through gritted teeth.

"Yes they are and I don't think Bella would appreciate you becoming a human killer. Think of how she reacted to you attacking a mountain lion. If you killed two humans I don't think your mate would ever forgive you. So for the sake of your mate bond you need to calm down.Please." Jasper said hoping to sway Rosalie into his way of thinking and out of her murder mindset.

"I won't kill them but this will not be forgotten." Their table let out a collective breath of relief.

Alice was beyond happy that Edward had skipped coming to school today to sulk in his room because he would have only added fuel to the fire. After he had found out about Bella being a shifter his plotting of ways to prove she was dangerous and then getting rid of her turned into him thinking of ways to use Bella to his advantage.

He always thought he was better than all of them but now he was convinced having the tiger shifter under his control would make him almost unstoppable. Alice and the rest of the family left him to his insane ramblings deciding to deal with him only if he actually tried something. They were hoping he would go stay with their cousins in Alaska giving him a chance to collect himself but the last she heard he was still at home.

The lunch bell ringing signaled the two human girls lives were safe at the moment but Alice made a mental note to check in with Rosalie's future throughout the day to make sure they stayed that way.