AN: So sorry with the delay with this chapter, I was suffering writers block on both of my stories…

Thanks everyone who read and reviewed the last chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own the masterpiece that is Twilight, it all belongs to Stephenie Meyer, I do however own Bella's evil step mother.

I raced from the parking lot gritting my teeth in agony at the pain in my side. After a particularly brutal beating from Victoria last night, which had resulted in her breaking a glass against my hip, I had very little sleep, causing me to sleep through my alarm and resulting in my being last to school. I glanced down at my watch and saw I still had five minutes to get to class before the bell. I started to speed up ignoring the searing pain in my side and suddenly crashed into something solid.

"Oomph." I flew back and landed on my backside.

"I am so sorry." I said leaning over to pick up my belongings that had fallen from my bag. Another hand leaned over to help and I looked up into the face of a god. There was no other way to describe it he was perfect. He had messy bronze coloured hair and beautiful green eyes. He smiled at me and I felt my heart catch in my throat.

"Are you ok, that was a pretty hard collision." He asked.

"I uh…" I said completely mesmerised by his face. I cleared my throat.

"Yes, thankyou I'm fine. I'm sorry I ran into you. I should have been watching where I was going." I said, nervously looking down and stuffing the rest of my belongings in my bag.

"It's ok. Here you forgot this." He said handing me my Biology textbook. As I reached for it, my fingers accidentally grazed his and I nearly dropped the book when I felt a somewhat electric feeling. I gasped.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"No-nothing." I said.

"I'm Edward Cullen by the way." He said.

"Isabella Swan, Bella preferably." He smiled.

"Bella, that's a really pretty name." I blushed. Then the bell rang signalling the beginning of class.

"I should go, thankyou for your help. I really am sorry." I said.

"Really it's ok, guess I'll see you around Bella." He said and left.

All morning my thoughts were filled with nothing but Edward Cullen. Thankfully, my teachers had long since given up asking me questions so I was never called upon to answer any.

I dreaded lunchtime, I always did. Having to sit and watch so many people have fun and laugh together. It was painful and it was a half an hour I would gladly give up.

I sat down at my usual table away from the crowds of people and pulled out my very worn copy of Wuthering Heights.

"Can we sit here?" a voice asked me. I looked up into the eyes of Edward Cullen around him were four other teenagers.

"Um… ok." I said. I was truly shocked; usually the others had informed new students about what a freak I was by now.

"Bella, these are my siblings, Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Rosalie. Guys this is Bella." Edward said pointing at each of his siblings when he spoke their names.

"Hi" they all said.

"Hello." I said shyly.

"Why are you sitting here?" I asked.

"We can leave if you don't want us to." Said Alice, she was small with short black hair and reminded me of a pixie.

"No it's not that I don't want you here, but usually people tend to avoid me. Honestly I'm surprised they haven't warned you about me."

"They have, they said you didn't talk, but you seem to talk just fine." The big burly one Edward had introduced as Emmett said.

"Oh. So why didn't you listen. I mean why aren't you sitting with them?"

"We had no interest in sitting with any of them. We wanted to sit with you." Edward smiled.

"But you don't know me." I said.

"No not yet, but we would like to." Alice grinned. I smiled too. Maybe this was my chance to finally have friends. Then reality sunk in and I realised I couldn't be friends with them as much as I wanted to, it just couldn't happen.

"So Bella, what do you do for fun around here?" Rosalie asked. She was very beautiful with her long blonde hair she looked like a supermodel.

"I uh, don't get out much." I said.

"Oh." She said.

"We'll just have to change that." Alice smiled. "Is there a movie theatre around here, maybe we could all go see a movie on Friday."

A movie, I wasn't too sure how Victoria would react to my going out, but something told me it wouldn't be pleasant.

"Oh um, sorry I'm busy Friday." I said as the bell rang.

"I should get to class." I said gathering my belongings and quickly heading for the door.

Edward's POV

At first I didn't know what to think when a girl called Jessica came up to me and my siblings when I had glanced over at Bella while we were waiting in line. She told us that Bella was considered a freak, that she never spoke and that there were stories going around about her being a mental case and doing crazy stuff. I couldn't believe that the girl I had met that morning was a freak, she had seemed shy, but she had still spoken to me. Jessica had warned us to stay away from her and then she invited us to sit at her table. I had told her no thanks, that I had spoken to Bella and that she had seemed nice to me. So instead I had walked over to sit with Bella.

When she asked us why we would want to sit with her I was furious that anyone had ever treated her like dirt, I felt like wrapping her in my arms and holding her tightly.

"Is there a movie theatre around here, maybe we could all go see a movie on Friday." Alice asked. I watched Bella's reaction and saw the panic in her eyes. Then she jumped up and announced she needed to get to class. We stared after completely baffled by her behaviour.

"She's hiding something, she looked so scared when I suggested we go out." Alice said.

"I know." I said.

"And I'm going to find out what it is."

AN: Chapter two, what did you think?