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'Hi Skye! How was your first day?' Georgia asked as I walked in the door ten minutes later.

'Great. Everybody's so nice!' I replied.

'Did you make any friends?' she asked eagerly. I nodded.

'Yeah a few.' I started, 'oh by the way... I kind of put a dent in your car...'

'What? Why?' Georgia asked, her smile fading.

'I didn't do it on purpose! It just sort of... happened.' I shrugged, sitting down in the lounge room.

'Then how did it happen?' Georgia questioned, sitting down opposite me.

'Well... I was having an arm wrestle with Emmett and...'

'Emmett? As in Emmett Cullen?' she cut in. I nodded with a confused expression on my face.

'Yeah...'

'But he's practically the size of a whale! He's kind of scary.' Georgia exclaimed. I laughed.

'Scary? He's anything but!'

'He's twice the size of you.'

'And?'

'You don't even find it a little intimidating?'

'Why would I? Can we just get back to the subject of your car?' I asked, getting a little exasperated.

'Oh yes... my car. So... what did Emmett Cullen do to it?'

'Emmett? No, he didn't do anything to it. I beat him at an arm wrestle and it sorta made a dent in the hood of your car.' I explained, hoping she wouldn't get too mad.

'You beat him? At an arm wrestle?' she asked, a look of astonishment on her face. I nodded twice, and her eyes widened even more. She grinned.

'Wow! Geeze Skye... I'm impressed. I'm not even mad!' she laughed, 'how did you do that?'

'Are you kidding? He was weak as.' I replied.

'Skye... he's anything but weak. Just look at his size... do you really think he'd be weak?'

I raised an eyebrow, 'Not when I saw him. But when we wrestled it was a piece of cake.' I shrugged, getting up from my seat and heading out the lounge room.

'You're paying for that dent, Skye!' she called behind me.

'Yes ma'am.'

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That night, I sat on my bed, with my laptop perched on lap. It was three in the morning and I hadn't gotten any sleep so far. I wasn't even tired.

I was on instant messenger, talking to Storm about my first day. It was about two in the afternoon in Adelaide, and it was Sunday. It was so weird.

Did you make any friends? Storm wrote.

Yeah I did, actually, I replied, people here are so nice.

That's great! Who are they?

The first person who talked to me is called Bella Swan... she introduced me to her group of friends. Their all really pale... I suppose it's because there isn't much sun in Forks. But the person I got along with the most is called Emmett Cullen.

Oh a guy? He's better not try anything with you.

Storm was very protective of me... he was kind of like a big brother to me, in a way. He was always looking out for me.

Don't worry, Storm I can handle basically anything. I doubt he'd want to try anything with a girl who beat him at an arm wrestle.

You beat a guy at an arm wrestle? But you're weak as!

I'm not that weak, Storm. It was easy as. I accidentally left a dent in my carer's car. I have to pay for it.

LOL.

Our conversation lasted for about two hours, until Storm had to leave. We just rambled on about random things... mostly about how "weak" I am. Which I wasn't, Storm was just convinced that I was.

The funny thing is... I still wasn't tired. It had reached five in the morning, and I was still as alert as I was the previous afternoon. I didn't feel exhausted, or dizzy or lightheaded.

In fact... I was kind of bored. That's one disadvantage of not being able to sleep much. The fact that you have nothing to do. I was honestly, bored out of my brains. I resorted to laying on the edge of my bed, upside down, with my head hanging inches from the floor, humming. It must have looked quite strange from somebody else's point of view.

After what felt like days, it finally reached seven o'clock. And, like I was the whole night, I felt completely normal. Well, as normal as I get anyway. My eyes weren't sore, and I could walk properly. It was as if I didn't need to sleep anymore. What a great advantage.

I got dressed calmly into jeans and a purple sweater, and went to the bathroom to brush my hair.

As I glanced at my reflection in the mirror, I noticed something different. Not completely different, but an alteration.

The faint purple rings under my eyes had darkened. I swear they weren't that pronounced the previous morning. Maybe it was because I didn't sleep at all? My guess was as good as anybody else's.

I found it odd, though. First I beat a huge, muscly guy at an arm wrestle, then I physically can't sleep, and then the rings under my eyes become more noticeable. Coincidence? I wasn't so sure. Maybe there was more to me than I thought...

I arrived at school about an hour later, and it was pouring with rain once again. Not bothering to get an umbrella out, I rushed out of Georgia's car and hurried for shelter near the front office, where most of the students were to escape from the downpour. Again, everybody turned to look at me. I pretended not to notice their low whispers.

'Who is that girl anyway?'

'Do you think she's from around here?'

'You know, she kind of looks like those Cullen's...'

I immediately turned my head to look at the person who had said that. It was Michelle, the girl who had talked to me in Biology the previous afternoon.

She thought I looked like the Cullen's? Was she serious? The Cullen's were flawless. They had perfect teeth, eyes... they were practically perfect in every way possible. Even the way they walked. Did Michelle really think I looked like them? Well... that's a nice compliment to start the day with.

'Fish girl!'

I'd only known him for one day and I could still recognize that humorous, booming voice anywhere.

'Hey Emmett. What's wrong with my actual name? Not humorous enough?' I asked, smiling.

'No, I love your name. Do you want me to call you Skye instead?' he asked, shrugging.

I love your name... Those words sounded so good in my ears. Especially coming from a guy who was about three-times as good looking as me.

'Meh, I'm not fussed. What do you want me to call you?'

'Hmm... How about...' he thought out loud, 'The King of Awesomeness?'

I laughed out loud. He sounded like such a dufus. A cute dufus, mind you. Nobody but him could pull that statement off. And that was saying something.

'The King of Awesomeness? After I kicked your butt yesterday? I doubt it.' I replied cheerfully.

'Hey, that was a fluke. I went easy on ya. How about a rematch?' he suggested.

'After what happened to my carer's car? Hell no. I have to pay for that damn dent.' I said with fake exasperation.

'Then we won't have it on somebody's car. How about something that can't get damaged? Like say... a rock?' he inquired.

'Alright then... you're on.'

The bell sounded right on queue. Emmett shot me one last dazzling smile, before turning gracefully on his feet and making his way to his first class.

Before I could take a step, Michelle approached me with a polite grin.

'Hiya Skye.' she said nicely, 'do you wanna walk to Bio with me?'

'Sure thing.' I replied, happy to have somebody offer to keep me company.

But I knew I would have preferred to have Emmett keep me company.

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Lunchtime arrived way too slowly. It felt like Biology went on for hours, with Mr. Jones droning on about enzymes. He can make any lesson boring. Even Gym.

I had brought money with me today, so I could buy my lunch at the cafeteria just for fun. I'd never had that luxury in Australia. All my school had was a canteen that only had about five things on sale, and charged way too much for it. All I really bought there were the lollies.

I wasn't really hungry, though, for food when lunch did arrive. It was a weird feeling. I was hungry, but I didn't want to eat food. It made absolutely no sense. But I didn't bring my money to school for nothing, so I went up to the counter and bought two pieces of pizza. It only costed me six dollars. Bargain!

I spotted the Cullen's on their table, and again they didn't have any food in front of them. Didn't they like eating in front of people?

I walked to their table. When Emmett saw that I was coming his way, his face lit up. He looked kind of bored when I saw him seconds before.

'Howdy! Can I sit here again?' I asked, indicating the chair between Edward and Alice.

'Of course, Skye.' Bella said calmly. Edward was playing with her hair again. They looked so cute together. The way Edward was looking at her was incredible. It looked like he'd just about take a bullet to the heart just to save her. Bella was a lucky girl.

I smiled thanks and sat down next to Alice and Edward. Jasper, again, looked really tense. His jaw was clenched tight, and his eyes looked kind of vicious. Didn't he like my company?

'So Skye,' Alice started, turning towards me, 'how dyou like Forks?'

'It's beautiful. Everybody here is so nice! I'm not used to this kind of atmosphere.' I said cheerfully, 'I dunno why I didn't come here earlier.'

'Wow, I think you're the first person whose come here and actually loved it. Bella didn't like it too much when she first moved here.' Alice smiled.

'Hey that's only half true! I didn't like the rain, but I actually made friends here. And plus I met you guys.' Bella said, as Edward continued to stroke her hair.

'You're not from here, Bella?' I asked.

She shook her head, 'Nah. I used to live in Phoenix with my mother. I moved here after she re-married to give her and my step-dad alone time.' she explained.

'Oh, cool.' I replied simply, picking up my pizza. I took a quick, sneaky glance at Emmett. He was looking at my pizza with a disgusted look on his face. What was with these people and food?

I took a huge bite of my pizza.

I could tell why they didn't like the food here. It kinda tasted like dirt. I could still taste the pizza, but only a little. The rest was just dirt. Pure dirt. I suddenly felt sick just looking at it. I winced as I swallowed it reluctantly.

'What's wrong?' Emmett asked me. I straightened my face a little.

'This food kinda tastes like dirt.' I said, dropping the pizza back onto the plate, 'geeze no wonder you guys don't eat the food here. It literally tastes like dirt. Is it always like this?' I asked.

'Well for us it is.' Emmett grinned. I saw Jasper elbow him in the ribs. The movement was so quick I doubt anybody else would have noticed.

'Huh?' I asked, puzzled.

'Nothing.' Jasper mumbled, with his teeth clenched. What was up with this guy?

As I shoved the pizza in the bin on the other side of the cafeteria, I heard mumbles from the Cullen's.

'Keep your mouth shut, Emmett.' Jasper hissed.

'Calm down Jasper. She didn't know what I was talking about. Did she?' Emmett replied. I turned to walk back to the table; Emmett was looking at Edward.

'I'm not sure. She thinks so fast I can't even decipher what she's thinking.' he mumbled, as I arrived back at the table. Of course, he didn't know I could hear him.

Can't decipher what I'm thinking? What was he talking about? Could he actually hear what I was thinking? It was possible. But so what if he could? I should worry about other things. Like how gross the food was here.

'Can't decipher what?' I blurted. I couldn't help myself. Edward seemed taken aback from my question. Of course he was... I wasn't even supposed to hear what they were saying.

'Never mind.' Edward said.

Okay, there was definitely something up. I could tell by the mood at the table. Everybody was suddenly really tense, and they looked really worried. Well, they were really worried. Maybe I was making them uncomfortable? Wouldn't be the first time I'd done that to other people.

I dropped my shoulders. Of course this would happen. I'd blown it already with them. I'd already made them feel uncomfortable with me around. I wasn't mad... but I was a little upset with myself.

I looked around at everybody, and they all had their heads down, pretending to occupy themselves with their hair or fingernails. I understood; I'd made it very awkward. For everybody.

Everybody except Emmett. He seemed pretty okay. Plus he was looking at me again. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks. I looked up at him and we locked eyes. His eyes were a similar colour to mine. They were sort of a bronze colour. His lips spread into a half-smile. I didn't return the smile; I was too upset with myself.

'I think I'd better go now.' I mumbled, getting up from my seat, breaking my eyes away from Emmett's. Before anybody else could say anything, I hurried away without looking back. I didn't want to make them feel awkward any longer.

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