Bella's POV

I woke up to the sound of Alice's alarmclock buzzing. I got up, put it out and got dressed quickly. I put a hairband in my hair and put on some mascara.

Alice was getting up and rushing as fast as me.

We got downstairs in the big cafeteria to eat our breakfast. The boy I saw playing guitar yesterday came our way. I choked in a piece of bread. Was he going to hurt me? Or give me a hard time?

The opposite was the truth. He sat down and hugged Alice. Was this boy her boyfriend?

"Bella, this is Edward, my brother. Edward this is Bella, my new roommate. She just got here yesterday" Alice spoke and took a sip from her milk.

"Nice to meet you" he said coldly and started to eat.

"Yeah" I spoke softly and finished my breakfast. After ten minutes Edward got up and left, while he did that, he didn't speak. He only stroked Alice's hair.

"Sorry about my brother. He is......complicated" she said

" It's allright."

"No it's not." she got watery eyes "He used to be fun and alive. Now he's not because of....yeah stuff" I didn't even bother to ask because of what.

"Come on, let's go to the first class'" i said and looked at my scedule. I saw that my first class was biology, a course that Alice didn't have with me. She showed me the way to the class and said goodbye. I walked in the room and the teacher immediatly shook my hand.

"Hello, you must be Bella. I'm prof. Eric Olsen. But you can just call me Eric."

"Nice to meet you" I said to be polite. He told me to sit in the back row. There was only one empty seat. And for my pleasure, i was just finding out who was my partner. He walked in the classroom wearing his dark jeans and almost grey shirt. He signed.

"Hello Edward"I said blushing and he sat down without saying anything.

"Let's begin, students. I all saw your papers and i must say there were some really good ones. Edward, great work, you got an A" Eric walked through the room giving back the papers. "Mandy, a C, i know you can do better girl.....Stan" I wasn't listening anymore. I couldn't care less what the others got in bio.

"Okay your new assignment will be a project you will have to do with your partner." As the teacher handed out the assignment, i looked at Edward. Who didn't look amused. What was it that he hated about me?

Edward's POV

I don't want to work together with her. I don't. Not that it's because of her but I work better alone. I really didn't know much about Bella. All I knew was that she was pretty, in her unique way. She blushed a lot, so I guess she's really shy. And she crosses her arms in front of her chest a lot while pulling her shoulders forward. That probably meant that she was not really confident about herself. I could read body language really well, after spending hours and hours with the guidance counselor. My past wasn't pretty and Alice is the reason I was alive. She's not my real sister, but my stepsister.

Bella was looking at me. It made me a bit scared. I stared back at her and spoke out.

"Okay, neither of us want to work with the other, so I'll do this"i pointed something out on the paper the teacher had just got us "and you the rest"

"Unfortunatly, Mr. Cullen, that's not how it works!" Arrg, I wish Eric hadden't heard that.

After a brief introduction to the new project, I took Bella to the library. We sat down at a table in the corner, between to big bookcases.

"Why do you hate me so much?" she said, placing her hand immediatly over her mouth. I guess she didn't want to say that.

I felt bad. I didn't hate her. I just don't trust people.

"I don't" I spoke softly and I saw her smile a little. The way she smiled was actually kinda cute.

"I just don't speak a lot, to other people, accept Alice that is". I said to her. She made me feel weird inside. Like I could tell her everything.

We started working and working and after an hour we decided to stop and finish the rest tomorrow.

"So, what is your favorite movie?" I asked her

"mmm...I think i don't have one. I like lots of different ones."

"Do you have brothers or sisters?"I asked another question. It didn't seem to bother her though

"I had one. His name was Peter. He died when I was 10"

"I'm sorry" i apologised

"It's okay, you didn't know" she gave me that small smile again and for the first time i smiled back at her.