Author's Note: I'd like to thank my two reviewers, the five favourites and the five followers. It means a lot to me. I'll try to go with longer chapters from now on. This one is still fairly short, but I'll get to a higher word count, eventually. Now, on to the story!
Alice's P.O.V.
I was going to keep watch at the school entrance. That was the plan. But what if it was all useless? If someone is trying their best to make me blind to the future, why would they even bother with predictable behaviour? What if all of this was pointless? It sure seems like it. Deep breath, Alice. I'm not the only one watching, after all...
"Boo!" Edward appears out of nowhere. Then, he catches me from falling face first into the cement sidewalk. If I were human, I could've broken my nose. But the only thing I was concerned with would have been explaining to a random passerby, or someone watching from a window, how I didn't get a single scratch... I just got really lucky, maybe? Although there was only so much luck I could have before people acted weird. It's why I have to be so careful with my gift in the first place.
"You can't let yourself get distracted, Alice. You can't let your mind wander off to all the unknowns. If I must say it, you must look to the future."
Edward, mind your own business! Tell me to the look to the future again and l swear...
"Geez! Lighten up for a bit. I know Carlisle thought all this might have to do with..."
Watch what you say here, Edward!
"Well you-know-who, but I've been thinking... this probably has nothing to do with them. Something like that just doesn't seem like their style."
I trust Carlisle's judgement. Besides, what do you know about the Volturi's "style"? I think it's not beyond them to be hypocritical. Besides, didn't you say not to be distracted? I think that's a car pulling up now. It looks like...
"I can hear the one guy thinking about her. She's his daughter. I can't hear her." Edward whispers to me softly, in a way intended to prevent humans from eavesdropping.
But... there's something about her. No, no, no. I have to go. I can't stay here. It's not safe.
Bella's P.O.V.
Dad keeps telling me it's all going to be fine.
"You're not going be to late, I promise."
But the promise seems half-hearted and without a watch to tell my time, I'm fretting over every second. It's not at all reassuring that there appears to be only two teens at the entrance. They're skipping first period together, aren't they?
Then I see her. My heart shatters into pieces. The girl standing there is so beautiful, it's almost surreal. And the way she looks at me... seems so cold. She thinks I'm looking at the guy standing near her, doesn't she? She hates me already. He whispers something to her, and before I can blink, she's gone. What on earth did he say?
I want to cry, but can't. I force myself not to. I can't cry on my first day of school. Why does the universe have to be so cruel? The first girl I see is the most gorgeous girl I've ever seen. I would have had an almost impossible chance, anyways. Girls like her don't date girls like me. Her boyfriend is probably the star of the football team. She'd probably laugh if I said anything about my feelings for her, in the best case scenario. This is a small town, and everyone would be gossiping before sunset if they knew. Life in Forks is going to be even harder than I thought it was going to be.