I groaned as yet another monotonous school day loomed ahead of me. Throwing on a sweater and jeans, I grabbed my jacket. I didn't feel the cold, no vampire did. But, I can only imagine how strange it would be for humans to see us walking around in near 30 degree weather with no coat on. I chuckled to myself as I thought of what some of them might say. Emmett was moping around after the wrestling match we had gotten into late last night left him defeated and Esme's couch ripped in two. When he saw me walking down the steps with my school bag he immediately requested a rematch, to which I thankfully was unable to answer since Esme started yelling about the couch again.

"Emmett McCarty Cullen! You already broke my couch, what else do you want to break? I swear on all that is holy if I come home today and…" her voice trailed off as Carlisle placed a soothing hand on her back. His face was stern however his eyes were filled with amusement as he looked at his children and started to head to the hospital.

"No fights today boys, alright?" he asked grinning.

"Fine…" Emmett muttered looking like a sulky child as I choked back my laughter.

Rosalie laughed at him as we made our way into the garage, once again my brother climbing into Rosalie's car as Jasper and Alice made their way to mine. On the drive to school I noticed Alice and Jasper talking quietly in the backseat and I gave them as much privacy as I could with my vampire hearing. As I parked I noticed a Lexus in the spot next to me, and observed how it stood out compared to the beat down hunks of metal that occupied the parking lot on any other given day. Even more than my Volvo, and even more than Rosalie's BMW. I chuckled under my breath when I heard Jasper's whistle of admiration and saw the look on his face.

We should get on of them. He thought, to which I could only nod and smirk.

The day started out the same as yesterday, my family was no longer the "new kids", which is strange considering we only arrived here yesterday. But I was thankful, and sent a silent thank you to the new arrivals remembering how I felt the day before. I didn't bother with anyone's thoughts as I made my way around the campus to my various classes, so it wasn't until lunch when I finally spotted them.

We were sitting in our usual seats, not looking at anyone in particular, the same untouched food on our trays as the day before when we were bombarded with a strange scent. It was human by all accounts, but there was something underlying it as well. We all stiffened and looked at the door as five people walked in. I'm sure if you could've have taken our picture it would have gone straight to the dictionary under confusion. We were all confused, and we didn't need Jasper to tell us that. We could all hear their hearts beating; we could see the blood that ran through their veins under the pale membrane that could be considered skin. But for some strange reason, they smelled like vampires as well. It was very faint, something that nobody else could pick up on if you weren't used to the smell already. But, it was there…and it left us in a perplexing state.

I focused on them and instantly became uneasy, I scanned their minds searching for something, but came up blank. A sharp pain radiated from my chest as I remembered the only person that I was unable to read was Bella. My Bella, how my heart ached when I thought of her name.

As if they could sense my distress, they looked at me. Their hearts almost beat as one, and as they walked to an empty table near us, it was unnerving to see that they did so with the grace of a vampire. They all sat, and it was then, that my family made their observations. I blocked out my siblings thoughts as I tried to process my own.

They sat across from each other, not looking at anything in particular. Three of them looked the same; the two guys looked like brothers with dark curly hair that fell just below their ears. The girl had the same dark hair that gently fell to the middle of her back curly softly at the ends. All three of them were very pale, with striking facial features, and each of them had the same startlingly beautiful green eyes. The other two girls were equally as pale, except one had blue eyes and blonde hair while the other was red-headed with gray eyes. They were all beautiful, even for humans.

I found myself taken by them, whether it was their strange scent or the beauty that each of them processed. I again tried to search their minds and came up blank, the same stab of pain shot through me and before Jasper could try and help me, the girl with the soft brown hair looked at me, concern in her eyes. It was something I'd never experienced before, to have someone not even know me look at me with such concern for my well-being. But besides the feeling that coursed through my body when her eyes met mine, I felt unease at how she could have possibly known what I was feeling. It's almost like with Jasper, only…she wasn't. Then, just as quickly as when she looked at me, she looked away.

I turned to look at my family, who was as equally as confused as I was, and found that I was unable to give them the questions they sought in their minds.

Do you know anything? Ran through Emmett's head, to which I had no choice but to shake my head to.

Pfft…I'm better looking than all of them. Selfish as ever, Rosalie was comparing her looks to theirs.

Edward, what's going on? How did she know what you were feeling? Jasper's mind was as confused as my own.

Oh! I hope those girls like shopping! Was all that Alice was thinking, I suppressed a chuckle

We sat in stony silence until the bell rang, then as we proceeded to stand, we saw the new students sitting and talking quietly amongst themselves. I decided that I wasn't concerned in anything that they had to say, even if they were interesting, so I turned on my heel and walked out of the cafeteria to Biology. As I sat down, I noticed that their scent seemed to have followed me and I looked up to see those piercing green eyes looking at me from the front of the room. As the teacher told her where to sit, I groaned softly as I realized that the only empty seat was beside me. I moved my books and remembered that this was how Bella's first day started. I winced at the pain that shot through my body as the new girl was taking her seat beside me.

"Are you alright?" a soft voice asked.

My head shot up and my eyes met those green ones, and a feeling I hadn't felt in over a hundred years went through me. Her eyes were so full of emotion; it seemed that the depth to them could go on forever.

"I'm fine," I replied curtly.

I grimaced as I realized that my tone was slightly more clipped than it should have been, and whether she noticed or not, I'll never know. For she simply looked at me as her lips gracefully turned up at the corners and looked at the front of the room. For some reason I felt angry. Angry that she would ask me how I was feeling when she didn't even know me, angry that she would think it was okay to ask such a forward question. I felt angry that she sat next to me with those piercing eyes that seemed to analyze every inch of me. But then as my anger ebbed I felt comforted that this girl would have the compassion to ask me such a thing. For her to even think about how I was feeling as opposed to her own awkwardness of sitting next to a stranger on her first day of class in a new school.

The teacher had to leave for a quick moment, leaving us to sit in our silence as the classroom erupted in chatter the minute he stepped outside. I looked at her, contemplating whether speaking was alright. Finally, I decided…it couldn't hurt.

"I'm Edward Cullen, how's your first day coming along?" I asked.

"I'm Evelyn LeMaire, and I do have to say…it's quite annoying." She said. Her voice was soft, almost like the whisper of rain on the leaves of trees and I found myself wanting to hear her talk more. I tried to focus on her mind again and when I came up with nothing, I resorted to asking her questions and watching her facial expressions which I could only describe as fascinating.

Her family had just moved here from Maine, her parent's had died a few years ago but they stayed with an uncle on the outskirts of town. The boys were indeed her brothers, Jacob and Caleb. They were triplets…"don't worry, you can tell Jake and Cal apart by their clothing choices…" she had told me. I smiled when she said this having noticed in the cafeteria that the boys' style was massively different. The other two girls were named Abigail and Eunice and they were her brothers' girlfriends. She preferred to be called Evey, which I found strange since most female's always wanted to make their names sound more exotic when they were talking to me. But at the same time I was confused by her, I was enthralled. She held my undivided attention and I could only remember one other time another human had been able to do that.

Thinking of my Bella brought an onslaught of heartache, and I felt as though I was betraying her by feeling the way that I did toward this newcomer. However as much as I tried, I couldn't turn myself away from her. She held me captive in those green eyes, and I was willing to be her prisoner. I winced when the teacher came back into the classroom, calling for our attention. I begrudgingly turned away from the beauty sitting next to me and did my best to pay attention. When the bell rang, she stood, packed her bags and with a smile that could break any mans' heart, walked out of the room.

As we were leaving school that day I noticed that the new students were climbing into the Lexus, figures I thought to myself. They were dressed extremely well; it was something that you didn't notice because of the way their beauty captivated you. As I was joined by my brothers and sisters, Evey turned suddenly and smiled, waving at me. I smiled back and nodded my head in recognition. One of her brothers turned sharply to look at me, he looked angry and this shocked me. As I sat pondering what I could have done to spur such a reaction, his face softened and he smiled in apology. With that, he got in the driver seat, and sped away.

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