BELLA POV

CHAPTER 2

ONLY ME.

My head spun into the wind, making it impossible to see. The breathe had been dragged out of my lungs as I was faced with the pale faced boy. It felt like eternity while we were held up in silence. His black shirt hung open with a grey tee underneath emphasised his pale skin. The white, black and grey contrast was truly dazzling. I was too busy gawping at his true beauty when his smooth voice interrupted my trail of thought.

'Bella?' he spoke my name with perfect clarity.

'Yes?' I asked.

'You look lost, maybe I could help you…' his voice seemed to get softer as he spoke. He took the crumpled yellow sheet from my hands and read it thoroughly. His icy hand took mine and spun me round, so I was facing the biggest building. He pointed my hand to a window on the second floor.

'That room. Right there. That's where we are going.' He released my hand and walked forward. I followed quickly before the graceful boy disappeared around the corner, out of my sight I felt he would disappear. I ran to catch up to him. His quick pace slowed when he realised I was almost jogging to keep pace with him.

'So. You know my name. Whats yours?' I quizzed.

'Edward. Edward Cullen.' He stated.

'So do you always offer your hand to young girls?' I quizzed him again. Smiling.

'Just the pretty ones.' He smiled back. I was stunned into silence once again. This boy portrayed perfect beauty and he said I was pretty. I never used to get this attention back in Phoenix. The hall ways were empty. Everyone was still outside. The bell hadn't gone yet. My watch said that we still had 10 minutes to kill. The classroom was open and Edward walked in.

'Sir. This is the lovely Miss Swan. She is new and I thought she could sit with me at the back. I could help hr catch up to the curriculum.' Edward described me as lovely, this made my heart get faster and my face go red. The bald old man nodded and went back to grumbling over the current news affairs behind his newspaper. Edward ditched his bag an kicked it under the table. He pulled out a chair next to him and patted it lightly, smiling, and then sat himself down. I decided to drift lightly back into the quizzing.

'So was that your family I saw you with before?' He nodded.

'Yeah.' He answered. 'So enough with the questions on me. What about you?'

'What about me?' I smiled at him.

'Well…your new. What was it like back in…' he trailed off.

'Phoenix.' I finished his sentence. 'It was…a lot warmer.' I joked. A loud ring came from behind us. The bell. A minute later a few kids walked in through the fading blue door.

'We have all lesson to talk. Mr Jones always does group work.' He said. Pleased.