BPOV
Beep!Beep!Beep!Beep!Beep!!
Ugh! It's morning already?!?
How do people from forks do it? How does anyone sleep with all the rain and thunder? Every little sound makes me jump especially now with him showing up randomly. How I just love being a light sleeper!
Sigh*
I really want just one night, just one to actually sleep. To have no fear, no nightmares, and not get a panic attack every time lightning strikes. I really need to get some ear plugs.
Knock, knock!!
"Bella it's time to get up now. You don't want to be late on your first day of school right?" Charlie says very loud and clear. The way he said now let me know there was no arguing with him… Ugh!
Well I guess sleep is the least of my problems now. I sit up and rub my overly tired eyes then stand and slowly walk to my closet and grab a blue turtleneck to cover my scar and black jeans. I also grabbed a heavy black jacket to protect me from forks relentless rain. After getting ready and using the restroom, I concentrate on keeping my eyes down as I brush my teeth but when I brush my hair I accidentally look up.
I sigh as I see the person in the mirror. I hate myself… I'm not pretty I've been told enough times that I'm not, so when I look in the mirror I can't help but want to break it.
My pale skin plain wavy brown hair and brown eyes. No one ever notices me and why would they? I'm just... Ordinary. I pull down the collar to my shirt to see the scar. I let my fingers trace the icy skin, he didn't bite completely through yet I had a scar which is extremely noticeable especially on my pale skin.
I pull the collar back up and grab my backpack. I head out of my room and down the stairs to the kitchen to look for something to eat but since Charlie doesn't cook there isn't anything, I guess it will be up to me to buy groceries and cook. I grab a bottle of water and head out to my truck.
It's sprinkling. Great. More rain yay...
My truck is loud as it rumbles and shakes as I start it. I blush thinking of going to school and everyone looking towards my tired old truck. It's brown leather seats were a bit worn down and kept the bitter smell of tobacco trapped inside. It's actually a great comfort to me as I drive it keeps all my never ending thoughts away.
I find the school pretty easy once I go on the main road and follow some cars to the students parking lot where some people are hanging out by their cars, they stare and laugh at my truck. I blush as I park in the nearest spot. I look around seeing there were a lot of old cars except the shiny new silver volvo. I pull up my hood and put on my backpack as I exit the truck.
I walk to the office and enter the lobby of this fine dungeon... It's uncomfortably warm and brightly lit I blink to get use to the light. I walk over to the front desk where there the receptionist is wearing too much makeup.
She hangs up the phone and smiles at me her lipsticks smears on her teeth. "Hello what can I help you with dear?"
"Uh… Hi my name is Isabella Swan I'm here for…"
"Oh my your chief Swan's daughter! It's so nice to finally meet you everybody has been so excited to meet the Chief's daughter! So here is your schedule, a map of the school, your locker number with the combination and a slip that each of your teachers must sign. Lunch is after fourth period." She interrupts loudly and smiling widely.
"Thank you." I smile and wave leaving the office I follow the map. Unfortunately I misread the schedule and almost ended up in a different class. I had to rush to my first period stumbling and tripping as I did but I still ended up late. The history teacher she glares at me as I interrupt her lecture. I blush as she quickly signs the slip and returns to her lecture. Everyone stares at me and whispers I blush even darker as I finally get to an empty seat in the back but still everyone stares.
This makes the teacher even angrier she claps her hands to get their attention and threatens to give them a four page essay. Everyone immediately turns back to the front but every once in awhile people look back at me and whisper to one another. When the bell rings I'm putting my new textbook in my bag when I accidentally drop my schedule someone picks it up I put my backpack on and grab the paper.
"Thanks." I smile and look up at the person. A boy with slicked back black hair dressed in a long sleeve button up with a matching tie, and bathed in cologne.
"Oh it's no problem! My name is Ben Cheney and you're Isabella Swan right?" he smiles
"Call me Bella." I nod.
"Well what's your next class Bella?"
I look at my schedule "It's… Mrs. Peirce building 4 room 205."
"I can walk you there I'm headed that way myself." He smiles wider.
"Thanks." He and I start walking to our next class.
He starts to talk, or rather gloat, about all the school activities he is involved with. Including chess club, the school newspaper,the yearbook, student council, and the events committee. I nod as he talks not particularly caring when we walk everyone stares I pull my hood down a bit more and blush as dark as possible. It turns out my class is right across from Ben's. As my classes went on some students would have more courage than others to talk to me and the others would just listen in on the conversation and whisper to one another. People would help me to classes and tell me if I had classes with them.
Finally I got to my fourth period which happened to me AP Calc. My teacher unlike the others made me stand in Front of the class until class started so I could introduce myself. It felt like I was a new display at some museum because of how people were gawking at me. After my quiet introduction she let me go to my seat. I already hated her. I went back to my assigned seat which happened to be in the back next to a beautiful black haired pixie her head was close to a paper she was scribbling on. As I get closer I notice she is drawing what looked like a forest with two people running.
"That's amazing…" I say as I sit down. She looks up at me blinking like she was coming back from some other world. Her eyes are gorgeous butterscotch color she closes her sketch book and puts it in her bag. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to be so nosy." I blush lightly looking down I put my hair behind my ear. I'm so stupid it must have been something personal.
"Don't worry about it." Her voice is like chimes. "I'm Alice Cullen. You're Isabella Swan right?"
I smile back "Bella."
"Well Bella, I know we are going to become best friends." Her smile was so sincere I couldn't help but smile back an actual smile. It's nice knowing I can still do that.
Alice and I didn't talk for the rest of class because we had to focus on solving related rates for a triangle in a word problem. When the bell rings everyone takes a sigh of relief and rush out of the room while I slowly pack up. It's going to be so embarrassing going into the lunchroom not knowing where to sit. When I stand up Alice is still there waiting for me.
"Let's get lunch!" She smiles. I smiled and nodded. We walked in silence when we got in the lunchroom it got quiet and all eyes are on us. We get in the long line "So maybe I should tell you about my family before you hear the rumours." She giggles it sounds like wind chimes.
"My brothers Emmett and myself are siblings while Edward also adopted but from another family, our twin siblings are Jasper and Rosalie. Our adopted parents are doctor Carlisle and Esme Cullen."
"You see Carlisle when he started his internship he had this case where the mother and father, of Edward and his older brother, had ill and sadly neither survived. They wanted to see if the illness was in the boys and when they had a clean bill of health they called in the oldest son's godparents. They only wanted to take in the oldest because he was their godson and since Edward wasn't so they put him into the adoption system. Carlisle had become close to the family so he decided to adopt Edward who was about four at the time." She goes silent for a moment.
"Then Carlisle married Esme about two years later and found out she couldn't get pregnant. Esme was devastated and not long after her sister died, Esme is Jasper and Rosalie's aunt/ godmother, when their single mother passed away from a devastating car accident Esme and Carlisle took them in they had just turned eight at that time and Edward was seven."
"Then Carlisle and Esme decided they wanted to adopt again so they found Emmett and me. Our mom died from cancer and our dad was a drunk so the state took us away. Emmett was very protective when I was little and didn't want us to be separated we were both so happy when we had a forever family. We were adopted when Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett were 9; Edward and I were 8." She grabbed a tray and bit her lip when she looked at me. "It may be weird to you but Emmett and Rosalie are together and I'm with Jasper. I mean to together as in love and not a sibling love I mean soulmate sort of love."
I grab my tray and look at her shrugging. "So? It's not like you can help who you fall in love with. If that was the case then books, movies, and life would be kind of boring." Her smile becomes so big I can't help but smile back. We grab some lunch and I follow her to wherever she plans to sit but before we get to where we are going. I feel a hand touch my shoulder I turn and see Ben.
"Hey Bella do you want to come sit with us?" He puts his hands in his pockets and looks down as he asks. I look at Alice not wanting to be rude.
"It's ok I'll see you later Bella." She smiles and waves goodbye to me. I wave back as I smile and walk with Ben to his table.
"Bella this is Tyler, Lauren, Jessica, and Angela. I think Mike is getting lunch." Ben introduces me to everyone they all smile except Lauren.
"I'm Jessica. I have you in my history class." She smiles and scoots closer. "Were you talking to Alice Cullen? I mean the Cullen's don't talk to anyone that isn't in their group. Do you know them?" Her voice made it obvious that she was trying to gossip and make me sound inferior to everyone.
"No I don't know them. I just have a class with Alice." I take a bite of my Apple.
"Well don't get attached." She says hurriedly looks behind me the same way Alice had went off to. "They don't like anyone outside of their family. I mean it like literally!" She snorts. I wonder which one turned her down.
"Jess they aren't really related!" Angela defends them.
"Yeah but they live together it's weird. But I guess Mr. Cullen is like a foster dad/ matchmaker." She tells me and looks back again. "I wish he would adopt me." She murmurs.
This time I follow her gaze to five of the most beautiful people I've ever seen. Alice sat next to a blond haired boy who looked like he was in pain he must be Jasper. The other two sitting together was a model like blond who looked air brushed and a tall, buff, curly black haired guy they must be Rosalie and Emmett. Then there was the boy sitting at the other end of the table looking out the window his bronze hair a perfect sleepy mess.
"All that's left to even have a chance with is Edward Cullen. He's totally gorgeous, obviously but apparently nobody here is good enough for him. Like I care, you know?" I look back at her wondering when he turned her down I try my hardest not to laugh. "So... Yeah. But seriously like don't waste your time." She says hurriedly.
"Trust me I'm not planning on it." I bite my the apple again trying not to laugh. When I look back at them Edward's eyes stare into mine for a second before he turns back to his siblings and talks. The seat beside me scrapes back and a tray is placed at the table. From the corner of my eye I see Jessica pull her shirt down a bit to expose her breasts more than they already were, smiles a bit wider and sits straighter. I turn to the side where the chair moved.
"You're Isabella Swan right?" The blond spiky hair blue eyed boy says.
"Bella." I smile.
He holds out his hand. I shake it "I'm Mike Newton." his smile widens.
"Oh it's nice to meet you."
"Likewise. Um is it OK if I can I see your schedule?" He asks looking a bit nervous. I hand it to him he concentrates hard and smiles. "I have second period English, fifth period biology, and sixth period Physical Education with you."
"I have Physical Education with you too Mike." Jessica says sort of needy.
"I know Jess." he says kind of annoyed. The rest of lunch they asked me the ordinary questions. When is my birthday? What's my favorite color? What do I like to do for fun? Before I knew it it was time to go to class. Mike and Angela walked with me to class. Angela didn't talk much but I could tell she was a good person while on the other hand Mike was needy for attention kind of like a hyper puppy.
"Hey Mr. Banner this is Bella swan." Mike introduces me. Mr. Banner smiled kindly shaking my hand before signing my slip, handing me a textbook and told me to take my seat. I scan the room noticing that the only seat left was next to Edward Cullen. I kept my eyes on the ground trying very hard not to trip or stumble as usual.
I set my book on the table before taking my seat. I turn towards him to introduce myself suspecting his sister must have said something if she was planning for me to sit at their table today or another time like she said. But when I look at him I notice his eyes are coal black, his face contorted into a mix of a furious glare and pure disgust, he's sitting at the extreme edge of his seat and leaning as far away as possible. I turn back forward without a word my cheeks set a flame for the millionth time today. I use my hair as a curtain between us trying to shield myself from is burning glare.
He stayed like that for the rest of class I have no idea what his problem was with me. I even went through a mental hygiene checklist to see if I had forgotten to put on deodorant or something, but I had double checked this morning not wanting today to be any worse than it already was.
It appalls me that he was so angry with me, he didn't know me and if he knew me really he would stay far away. The bell rang signaling that class had just ended and Edward basically ran from the class. I stared at the door in shock and disappointment.
Mike came to my table a huge grin covered his face "Ready to go?"
I smiled back knowing it wasn't the true smile I discovered earlier today "Yeah just give me a minute." I started putting my books away before we headed towards the gym. Mike talked while I pretended to listen in all truth of the matter it was best that Edward felt repulsed by me. It would be best for me just to stay alone so no one else would be hurt. The red eyes were out there probably watching to see how he could make me suffer even more.
My last class goes by quickly mainly because the teacher let me sit out and I wasn't able to be my normal clumsy self and accidentally hurt myself or others like I did whenever it came to sports. I stayed behind a bit longer than the others hoping to leave after the traffic dies down. Sadly the parking lot was still half full.
Sigh*
I drag my feet on my way to my truck. When I unlock my door I notice the door is stuck I pull as hard as I can until the door flies open throwing me back on the gravel. I stand up wiping mud and rocks off my jacket and pants. I get in the truck muttering nonsense to myself about being clumsy and let my mind wander to the red eyes.
Why did he want me? I'm a nobody! Did he think no one would notice if I went missing? Did he think I would be easily forgotten? Did he enjoy my fear? How many others has he done this to? What is he? The ice cold skin, burning monstrous eyes, his strength and speed. He's not human I know that for sure but if he isn't human... What is he?
My thoughts started to consume me and became a repetitive whirlwind. I did everything I had to quietly when I got home, Charlie didn't question me but he kept giving me strange looks. Obviously trying to see if I was going to break and tell him what was bothering me. He even stayed up later than usual just incase but of course the need to sleep won and he retired to his room snoring as loud as can be.
I decided to take a hot shower to clear my mind I stayed there until it was cold. I dress slowly, put my clothes in the hamper and dry my hair with a hand towel as I quietly try to walk to my room. My dad's snores fill the quiet home along with the squeaks in the floor from my weight.
I hear a loud screech like a key scraping against metal and everything goes silent. I wait a few minutes to hear another scrape and Charlie's snore but it stays eerily quiet. My heart pounds in my chest painfully the image of red eyes pass through my mind.
Is he here? Was that him? Is he in the house? Did- Did he get to Charlie? This realization overpowers me pulling me into the darkest corners of fear and anxiety. It's still quiet! Why is it so quiet Charlie should've been snoring by now unless...
No! No!!!Not Charlie! Oh merciful God Please No!!! Please!!! Not Charlie!!! Tears fill my eyes. Not my dad!!
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