A/N: Here's the next chapter! :]

EPOV

I watched the sun rise slowly above the horizon. It was a little ominous to me, seeing as this was the first day I would have to face…Bella. That was her name. Isabella. I still found it hard to believe in Alice's vision that I would be in love with her. It just seemed so impossible. For one, I didn't trust my self-control at all. For another, it seemed highly unlikely that she would be in love with me, too.

I mean, come on. I'm a vampire. There would be no way I could manage to hide that from her if we…you know…fell in love or whatever. Or, I could tell her the truth about us, scaring her out of her wits, and then make her one of us. I thought about that for a moment. Then I shuddered and turned away from the window.

"Edward, are you almost ready?" Alice's voice rang down the stairs. I closed my eyes.

"Yes." I sighed.

Emmett and Rosalie descended the stairs, closely followed by Jasper. I walked to the sofa and sat, ready to wait for Alice to finish up. But there was no need to, for she came zooming down the stairs and straight into Jasper's arms.

I looked away, feeling as if I were intruding on their moment. It was bad enough I could hear their thoughts… I stood up uncomfortably and walked to the door. "C'mon guys, don't want to be late…" However, I would very much like to be late. At least I would have a little more time to prepare myself for this. I had been worried sick about the first day of school since… well, ever since I'd witnessed Alice's vision, weeks ago.

Alice and Jasper and I got into the Volvo, Alice chattering from the back seat. I started it and sped off down the driveway. Rose and Emmett were stepping into his huge Jeep.

Once there, Alice and Jasper got out at once, still talking animatedly. Moments later Emmett and Rosalie pulled into the space next to us and got out. I hesitated, my hands still on the steering wheel, frozen in the front seat. I can't do this, I thought. I can't! I'm going to lose it and-

"Edward. It's okay. Come." Alice pulled open the door and dragged me out of the car. People were staring, and a group of freshmen girls nearby giggled and batted their eyelashes at me as Alice pulled me over to Jasper. I restrained myself from rolling my eyes at the girls. It was raining, and Alice, Jasper and I walked at a fast human pace to the building.

My first class was Spanish, with Emmett. We walked there in silence. I tried to block out the thoughts of the many people around us, but my usually successful method of drowning everything out didn't seem to be working at that moment. I anxiously let Emmett enter the classroom first, so he could find out if she was in there.

Coast is clear, Ed. I rolled my eyes at the nickname and entered the room after Emmett, taking a seat at the back. Emmett sat down in the desk across the aisle from me and the girl in the next seat over edged away slightly. I almost smiled. Emmett certainly looked scary next to the small teenage girl with wildly curly hair. She glanced out of the corner of her eye at him.

Wow. He is huge! Wonder who that blonde that was with him was…

I glanced at Emmett, whose thoughts were currently on the topic of baseball tonight. Alice had seen there was to be a thunder storm, with not too much rain. Emmett had jumped at the opportunity and insisted we all go out into the clearing tonight and play. The thought wasn't so very appealing to me at the moment. I was too worried I would be caught off guard and…lose control. I knew very well I would lose control if I smelled Bella. Of course, I could always stop breathing, but what if I wasn't able to stop myself before that? Just the mere thought the smell of her blood made my throat burn and ache. Before I could panic too much more, Mrs. Goff began the class.

As the bell rang, and I stood up, the girl with curly hair who was afraid of Emmett caught sight of me.

Holy shit! He is freaking gorgeous! She gaped at me, actually freezing on the spot and her jaw dropping open. I hastily turned and hurried out of the classroom, not bothering to wait for Emmett.

I fast-walked to English, praying that the girl, whom I later found out was called Jessica, would not be in this class. I noticed Jasper making a point of showing he was with Alice, as a few girls were eyeing him. He wrapped his arm around Alice's waist and leaned down to kiss her. I almost laughed. It was always a bit funny to see Jasper and Emmett's effect on girls the first few days in a different town. Sadly, my effect on them wasn't funny at all to me. It was extremely annoying to have them staring and giggling and whispering to their friends and fantasizing. I tried hard to block those thoughts out of my mind. It was disturbing.

Fortunately, Jessica wasn't in English with me. However, in the next hour, I found that a few (okay a lot) other girls were thinking along the same lines as Jessica.

I hurried out of the room after the bell rang again and made my way slowly to gym. It was all of our least favorite class. It was downright boring, running unbearably slow and still going much faster than the rest of the class. Emmett and I walked gloomily to the gymnasium and ran our laps. Then Coach Clapp had us all play volleyball. Both Emmett and I avoided the ball, but we still had to serve. All we needed was a slight hit and the ball went flying forcefully towards the other side of the net. After gym, I went to Trig with Rosalie and Jasper. On the way, I asked Jasper if he'd seen Bella yet. I couldn't believe my luck at not running into her yet.

"Have you… seen…Bella yet today?"

Yeah. Alice and I had Government with her earlier. She's really nervous.

I nodded a little. Jasper could feel what other people felt.

I was bound to have at least one class with her. Okay. I could handle that. If I was lucky maybe the only time I would have to spend around her would be lunch period, which I could always skip, even if it seemed a bit suspicious.

I must have been very distracted today, because I hadn't even paid any attention to people's thoughts to see whether or not I would happen to come close to the girl. All at once I felt very stupid for not doing that. I shook my head a little.

After Trigonometry, Rosalie and Jasper went on ahead to the cafeteria and I walked much slower, so I could find out how close Bella would be before I entered the room. I didn't want to slip up, and end up losing it in front of the entire school. That would be a mess.

Suddenly I felt a gentle bump on my shoulder, and I turned around. My first instinct was to run for it. I was her. Bella Swan. I quickly stopped my breathing and forced a small smile, hoping desperately I could maintain my self control.

"Sorry." She murmured; her voice was very soft, and shy.

I felt as if I should say something back, like "Hey, you're Bella Swan, aren't you?" or "Hi, I'm Edward Cullen, you're Bella?" But I knew this would be very awkward, as we had met before. She wasn't likely to forget that.

A group of people came between us and I grasped at the opportunity. I dashed off into the cafeteria, to make sure people saw I was going to eat something and then I would make a run for it, as I had wanted to do just now. I slipped in the doorway and stood in line for my tray.

There she is! Alice thought excitedly. She wanted to live up to her part in the visions she'd had. She wanted to start on her friendship with Bella right away.

I could've killed Alice. What the hell was she doing? To my absolute horror, she waved Bella over to the table where the others were sitting. I considered leaving and not participating in acting human. Of course, one day of not eating lunch wasn't so very unusual, was it?

I edged away towards the door, praying Alice wouldn't see me. I realized I should have been praying that Emmett wouldn't see me.

"Where'd Edward go, Alice? He was just here a minu- Oh there he is. Hey, Edward!"

I growled murderously under my breath and stopped. Ignoring Emmett's teasing thoughts; I turned to their table and tried not to look at Bella. But I couldn't help taking a quick look at her. She didn't look remotely scared I would lose it again and go for her throat, so I cautiously went to their table, not intending to stay long.

Emmett was grinning evilly at me. "Why don't you join us?"

"I'm really not very -" He pulled out the chair, and, seeing Bella's face in their thoughts, I glared at Emmett defiantly for a minute before giving in and sitting. Alice, seeing that I had no tray and worrying about looking human, rolled me an apple. I picked it up and began playing with it, hoping I wouldn't have to swallow any of it.

The others, catching on to Emmett's plan, left after a little while. Emmett was the last to leave, and, as he stood up to dump his tray, he thought,

C'mon Ed. You'll be fine. You have the self control. I'm just helping you out, here.

After he departed, I sat awkwardly, watching Bella eat her salad. I became a little fascinated. She chewed slowly, almost thoughtfully, as if she was thinking hard about something. It frustrated me, how I couldn't hear her. I sat, straining myself in an effort to hear her even a little. Then I caught her looking at me, a quizzical expression on her face, as if asking what the hell I was doing staring at her. Trying to make up for it, I smiled at her quickly. I decided Emmett was right. I needed to try harder, make myself used to her scent, though at the moment that seemed an impossible feat. I made an attempt at being polite.

"What's your next class?" She watched me for a second, then,

"Biology. Then I have gym." She groaned quietly and, again, I tried to hear her thoughts. It was no use, of course. Then it hit me. She had biology next. I had biology next. Worry suddenly gripped me at the thought of spending another whole hour in the same room. As it was, I didn't dare breathe much, only to talk. I was running out of breath to use, so I stood up and took the chance of drawing another breath. My throat was on fire. Finally, managing to keep my head straight, I said,

"I have biology next too." Bella stood, and we dumped the trays and walked to class. I didn't dare say anything else, trying to save what breath I had left for anything else I might have to say during the next hour. We walked in silence to the Biology room, and I held the door for her and grinned. She smiled back and blood rushed to her face. I hurried to my table, not wanting to ruin what I'd managed so far. Her blood…

Hmm… so this is Ms. Swan… Mr. Banner thought as he smiled and handed her books to her. Then, to my dismay,

"Isabella, your seat is right…over there." He pointed the seat next to mine. I cursed under my breath and slid a little farther away.

"Um, hi again." She laid her books down. I smiled tensely and moved over a little more. It was much, much harder to think straight and control myself when the room was so much smaller and there were so many less people to mix up the smell.

It was agony. Many times I caught myself thinking of ways to lead her away and… no. I cannot think about that. At. All. I peeked over at Bella often, and she dutifully took notes and paid attention.

But once, as I stopped writing for a moment and glanced at her again, she was looking at my paper. Not cheating, but just watching. I raised my eyebrows questioningly and she took a shaky breath and blushed. It burned my throat worse than ever, but to my surprise, I chuckled at her. I quickly turned back to my notes, hoping she hadn't heard.

I waited, high strung, for the bell to ring. When it did, I sighed with relief and rushed to the door. That was way too close.

A/N: Thanks for reading! :] What do you think about this? I'm really nervous writing from EPOV and I wasn't quite sure I could pull it off. I hope I've been doing it okay? Lol