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Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Edward or Bella... any of the characters, really... not even the dirt on the silver Volvo... but I like to play with them a little bit...
So, this is the beta-ed version... Thanks a million to MeteorOnAMoonlessNight for helping me with this story!
Everything in italics while Bella is telling the story, are her thoughts about certain situations.
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Chapter 1: New School, Same Me
BPOV
My alarm clock blasted and I groaned. I honestly wanted to ignore the damn thing, but I knew I couldn't. It was my first day at Forks High and it was my senior year. There was no way I was going to miss my first day of school. Sigh. Mustering energy, I got up, and in record time, got ready for school.
Charlie—my dad—was in the kitchen reading the newspaper and drinking coffee. He watched me while I rummaged through the kitchen.
"I thought you had already left," I said, grabbing a pop-tart and eating it quickly.
"Good morning to you, too," Charlie said with a smile. I grumbled. "Are you sure you want to go to school all by yourself? I could take you…"
"No! Please, it's awful enough that I'm new in a school where everyone knows everyone already. I don't need to get there in your cop car."
"It's not a 'cop car', Bells…"
"Doesn't matter, I'm taking my truck." I glanced at the clock and saw that if I wanted to get there in time, I should leave now. "And, I'm leaving. Bye, Dad!"
"Have fun at school, Bells!"
"Yeah, right," I grumbled while leaving the house to get in my truck.
If the weather in Forks wasn't so crappy, I could actually get to school with a nice walk like I did in Phoenix, but since we were in the rainiest place in the continental US, I would rather drive my truck.
I arrived at the school's parking lot quite early. I could guess I was actually the only one there so early. New girl advantages… but I had to pass by the office to get my schedule and learn a little bit more about Forks High.
At the front office, I found an old lady happily tapping on her computer while trying—and failing—to sing whatever song was playing through the speakers. I cleared my throat, and after adjusting her glasses, she gave me a smile.
"Oh, hello dear. How may I help you?"
"Hello, I'm Bella Swan."
"Oh, yes. Charlie's daughter." Yeah, this first week at Forks, I didn't actually have a name; I was just Charlie's or Chief Swan's daughter. "I'm Shelly Cope, dear. Welcome. I have your schedule ready. Here you go," she said, handling me an envelope. "There's your schedule with all the information you'll need to find your classes, the slip your teachers have to sign so you can return it to me at the end of the day, and a map, just in case you have trouble finding your way around here. Any questions, dear?" I shook my head while reading my schedule. I had Advanced Literature and Advanced Biology, but also had Art as an elective. I frowned at that and went to point it out to Mrs. Cope but she smiled and said, "Since you were matriculated here later than the rest of the students, you got stuck with the only elective available. You'll be able to switch that up at the end of the semester."
Okay, that wasn't so bad. I could deal with the art class until December and then get a new one where I actually wouldn't suck at it.
I thanked Mrs. Cope and left the office, checking my schedule and hoping I wouldn't need the map to get around. My first period was home room, and I was really glad the rooms had huge numbers outside of the door so I didn't really need the map to find my first period.
As soon as I walked in, I realized the room was almost full and every eye there stopped to check on me. Damn. That was one of the Things I hated the most about being the new student. But I couldn't avoid it even if I wanted to.
A guy sat on the teacher's desk, so I went to him with the slip Mrs. Cope gave me so he could sign it. He looked me in the eyes and signed the paper before speaking.
"You must be Miss Swan." I nodded. At least he didn't identify me by who my father was. "I'm Mr. Banner, and I'll be supervising you at this period, and I'm also your Advanced Biology teacher. Hope you have a nice time here at Forks High." Please, don't make me introduce myself in front of everyone. Please! I chanted inside my head. Thing I hated the most about being a new student #2: Introduce myself in front of a classroom full of strangers. "You can sit wherever you like and again, welcome to Forks High."
I thanked him before sitting at a desk at the far back of the room. Every head turned around to stare at me as I got to my seat. I was the shiny new toy at the school.
I was starting to get mad at the stares and was about to snap at someone when the door opened, and as though they rehearsed the movement all summer, all the heads turned to stare at the newcomers. Mr. Banner sighed.
"Mr. Cullen. Miss Cullen. You better find your seats quickly. The bell's about to ring."
The girl apologized while her… brother? Just turned and went to sit… by my side. That's when I could really get a look at their faces.
The girl was tiny, maybe 5 foot tall on heels and really pretty. Dark hair and pretty cool clothes. She seemed nice enough, maybe part of the popular crowd of the school. I couldn't get how anyone could be so good-looking and be human.
The guy was a completely different thing. Unruly hair pointing in every direction and in a weird color too… Bronze? Copper? Who knows? But it was actually kind of pretty. His skin, however, was pale but unnaturally so. Slim and tall, he towered over his sister by more than a foot. The thing that made me gasp was his eyes. Never had I seen such a shade of green before. Emerald green? Forest green? It seemed my brain got fried while trying to put colors to that guy's features.
Stop it, Bella. Get it together! I shook my head to clear it while the guy took the seat beside me and the girl took the one in front of me. As soon as they did, the bell rang, and the guy coughed a couple of times into his sleeve. The girl looked at him with concern but he just smiled and shook his head.
Damn. What a nice smile… stop it, Bella! Thank goodness, Mr. Banner started with his 'Welcome to the new term' speech.
"Welcome to a new school year, everyone. As all of you know, I will supervise you at this hour and will be your Biology teacher, again. Look at the faces around you because you'll be spending a lot of time together. Those of you who are new to the school-" Please, don't say my name! "Try to adapt the best you can to the school and your classmates" He was looking right at me while he said so; I sat even lower in my seat. Well, at least he didn't say my name or make me introduce myself. "And if any of you need any assistance, make sure to let me know and I'll try to help you the best I can." Was I hallucinating or was he looking at Bronze Cullen? "Okay, I will let you catch up with each other, and welcome, again."
Immediately, the room started to fill with the noise of a lot of conversations held by groups of people. I rolled my eyes and tried to check my schedule again. The girl twisted around and looked at her brother.
"Really? I got up at this ungodly hour for this? Welcome and now MINGLE! Really?" I couldn't help but laugh at that. It was true, after all.
"Come on, Alice. Give Banner a break," said the guy, and Damn. Even his voice was pretty.
"Give Banner a break," Alice repeated while making a very good imitation of her brother's voice. He just smiled and returned to his notebook. "Just because you're the teacher's pet, it doesn't mean that we can't talk about him when we're right." I laughed again and she turned her eyes to me and smiled even bigger. "Oh! Now I get the part about the new guys and adaptation. I'm Alice Cullen, soon to be fashion designer. You are?" she asked while extending her hand to me to shake it.
I did it, but couldn't help but ask, "For real? You don't know who I am?"
"Should we? Are you like Hannah Montana or something?" Alice said with a grin. Her brother snorted.
"Really, Alice? Hannah Montana?"
"Shut up, Edward!" Edward. Pretty name… STOP IT! "If she had been a dude, then I could've said Clark Kent, or something like that."
"That's awful. There are superwomen too, you little pixie," Edward retorted and Alice waved her hand and promptly ignored him.
"Well, are you?"
"No. Not at all. It's just that everyone seems to know who I am, they just couldn't give a damn about learning my name." They laughed again and I smiled. "I'm Bella Swan."
"Well, lovely to meet you, famous Bella Swan." I grinned at that. "As I said, I'm Alice, and this dumb-dumb is my twin, Edward." Wait, did she say…
"Twins?" I felt dumb, but they were really different.
"Yeah, well, you're not the first to ask that," she explained while looking at her brother. "I'm not as smart as my dear twin, but under this black dye, my hair is just the same as his." I tried to picture Alice with bronze hair. Failed. "Edward. Tell Bella." Edward was distracted, scribbling with a pencil in a ruby red notebook. "Edward!" He jumped and smiled at us. Then he turned to me with a grin.
"She's adopted." I giggled, but not because of what he said. His eyes were so green, it was ridiculous, really. But he was also really thin and had purple bags under his eyes.
Alice threw a candy wrapper at her brother. "So are you, you idiot." He kept smiling and returned to his notebook once again. "Well, welcome to Forks. Don't get hypothermia and have fun. If you need us, let us know."
"Thank you." I was really thankful for the offer. They seemed cool enough and it didn't hurt that Edward was kind of hot… Damn it! And I didn't know anyone but them.
Edward coughed once again and Alice seemed really concerned. He ignored her and kept at it with his notebook. The bell rang and Alice asked me, "What's your next class?"
"Advanced Literature," I said while getting up. I glanced at Edward's notebook and saw a drawing. A really nice drawing of a flower, very detailed and kind of cool. He closed the notebook quickly and I turned my head away, blushing.
"Oh, you're a nerd, too," she said with a smile. Even if in Phoenix I found my classmates said nerd like something negative, Alice said it in such a carefree way that it was okay. "Edward is in that class, I'm in Biology next. See you guys at lunch?"
"Get out, Alice," Edward said while putting his notebook on his messenger bag.
"Love you, too, nerd."
"Do you need help finding the next class?" Edward asked me, and I blushed. What is wrong with me? "I mean, we're going to the same class, after all."
"Sure. If you don't mind."
"Not at all. Come on."
It had been an interesting start after all…
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NA: I wanted to introduce Edward, Bella and Alice in this chapter, but I hope you guys don't mind that it was a slow chapter. Next chapter will be up on the weekend. I'll probably try to update on Wednesdays and Sat/Sun... thanks for the favorites, follows and reviews. This is my first story and it means the world. See ya on the weekend.
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