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It took a total of 15 minutes to completely dry my tail, and for my legs to transfer back into the jean clad things they were before. I huffed and stood up, glancing at the clock I saw I would still make it to school on time but I needed to hurry. I quickly picked up my jacket and backpack I had discarded and left outside when I fell, and locked the door behind me. I was careful not to slip in any puddles on my way to my truck.

The seat warmers provided comfort as I followed the instructions Charlie left, taking the interstate to the first exit. I would have missed the school if it it didn't have a large sign proclaiming it to be Forks High School. It was a cluster of brick buildings that could very well be office buildings in a complex. The student parking lot was full of older cars, some were even rusted. Mine and a shiny silver Volvo were the nicest cars in the lot. I swung into a large parking space beside the Volvo and got out, pulling my hood up to keep the fine mist from getting me wet and made my way to the office, pointed out by the large sign.

When I walked in the room was warm, covered with green leafy plants, and older furniture. Didn't this town have enough green? It looked like a standard office, and a plump red haired lady was sitting behind the counter looking at different papers that were scattered about on top of the desk.

"Oh hello, may I help you?" ask the lady, startled by the sound of my foot steps by the mostly silent office. I cleared my throat before speaking, my hands sweating as I got more nervous.

"Yes, I'm Isabella Swan. I'm a new student here and suppose to be starting today." I said, glancing around the office.

"Oh yes, the chiefs daughter! I've been expecting you!" She said, rummaging around on her desk before she pulled and few pieces of paper out.

"I'm Mrs. Cope and I'm the attendance worker. This is your class schedule, a map of the school, oh and this slip you need to get signed by each of your teachers and returned at the end of the day." She said, pointing everything out and then handing them to me.

"Thank you Mrs. Cope, I'll see you this afternoon." I said before smiling and turning to walk out of the office.

"Have a great day!" she called behind me and I just turned and smiled before stepping out of the office. When she said she had been "expecting me" my mood turned sour. Of course I would be talk of the town, the chiefs runaway wife's daughter returned at last from sunny Australia! A whole different country! I grumbled as I made my way to my first class, trying to ignore the stares from different people.

It wasn't hard to find my first class, the building was marked with a large 3, and was the first class room. I walked into the class room and I swear all the talking stopped. Everyone turned to stare at me and I blushed, looking down and quickly walked to the teachers desk, handing him my slip. He pointed out a seat next to a small girl with black spiky hair before giving me a book and telling me to sit down. No introduction in front of the class, thank God.

I quickly sat down, trying to hide my blush with letting my hair fall in front of my face. I could feel the stares of everyone in the class. Even the people in front of me were able to turn around in stare in their seats as the teacher went over a math problem I wasn't following. I tried to ignore their stares and take notes but it was hard. My cheeks stayed red the whole class period.

"Just try to ignore the staring, they do that with every new student." came a high soprano voice to my left. Startled that someone was speaking to me, I looked up to see the small girl with black spiky hair who seemed to be bouncing in her seat. I gave her a weak smile.

"I'm Alice Cullen, it's nice to meet you Isabella." She said, sticking out her hand for me to shake.

"It's Bella, nice to meet you too." I said, quickly whipping my sweat palms on my jeans before shaking her hand. Her eyes twinkled and she let out a huge smile that lit up her face. Staring at her I realized how beautiful she really was. Her skin was pale and hard but seemed to glow. Her figure was petite and slight like a dancer's and her golden eyes sparkled with light. I couldn't help but smile back, ignoring her cold skin or hard grip that seemed impossible for someone so small.

"I just know were going to be good friends Bella." Alice almost sang, getting up from her seat. I realized the bell had rang and the other students were packing up there things.

I followed Alice out of the door, trying to ignore the staring, and even some more jealous hateful stares directed at me and Alice, for what I didn't know.

"This is your class Bella." Alice said, pointing to a door in front of me,

"Thank you for showing me to my class Alice, have a good day." I said smiling at her before going inside.

The next two periods passed by slowly, as I got more stares and a few brave people talked to me, asking the standard "Where are you from?" and "How are you liking Forks?" I tried to keep my answers short and to the point. One girl, I think her name was Jessica, sat next to me in my history class. She wouldn't stop talking, and I just tried to look like I was paying attention to her brainless chatter.

"I can't believe Alice Cullen talked to you! The Cullen's don't talk to anyone. You are like, so lucky. How did you get so tan? I guess living in Australia..." and on she went. I sent a silent thank you to the big guy when the bell rang and we were to go to lunch.

I followed Jessica into the lunch line, still listening to her talk and in putting the right "ohhs" and "ahhs" when they were needed. A boy named Mike followed behind us, and his stare made me very uncomfortable, like he was sizing me up or something. Just as I was paying for my food I felt a small, light tap on my shoulder. I turned to see Alice Cullen bouncing in place with a big smile on her face, holding hands with a blonde boy, equally as beautiful as she.

"Bella! Would you want to sit with me and my family at lunch today?" Alice asked, her smile bright and her eyes hopeful.

"Well.." I said, as I saw Jessica stare at me with a look between amazement, jealousy, and shock.

"Unless you have other plans of course, I would just love for you to meet the rest of my family..." Alice said, her smile slowly starting to turn into a frown.

"No, of course not, thank you, I would love to." I said, giving her my best smile before she and the blonde boy lead me over to a table with three other gorgeous people were sitting.

Alice and the blonde boy sat next to a very large, very big boy with short brown hair that had small curls in it. His eyes were also golden and he had a big smile on his face. His arm was draped around easily one of the most beautiful woman I have seen, golden blonde hair cascading down her back, her pale porcelain skin glowing like Alice's as she sat with her beautiful face in a mask with her eyes narrowed with anger and hate.

Then I saw the other boy. He was beautiful, more boyish than the others, his reddish-brown hair messy, easily sex hair, he sat leaned back in his hair, his face neutral. He was leaner than the others, but I could see the muscles in his forearms and I knew he was strong. I didn't realize I was starring at him until Alice began to speak, pulling me from my observations.

"Bella, this is Jasper, my boyfriend, Emmett and Rosalie, and Edward." Alice said, pointing them each out in turn.

I slowly sat down in the empty seat and looked at them all over once more.

"It's nice to meet you all...Your related?" I asked, puzzled by what she meant when she said "family" but then pointed them out in couples.

"Were all adopted. Carlisle and Esme adopted Jasper and Rosalie when their mother died, Esme is their aunt. Edward and I are brother and sister as well, and they adopted us second and then Emmett. Emmett and Rosalie are in a relationship just like Jasper and I." Alice said lovingly, turning to jasper who also had golden eyes with blonde hair that fell in curls to his chin. He gave me a nod and a brief smile, but he looked like he was in pain.

"So Bella, you moved here from Australia?" asked Alice, turning back to me.

"Uh, yes I did." I said, looking down at my plate and picking at my food. I noticed that none of the Cullen's were eating, just moving their food around. Emmett and Rosalie were having their own silent conversation and when I looked at Edward he seemed to staring out the window, his eyes black. He had his hands balled into fist, and his eyes were narrowed in what looked like disgust, hatred and anger. I was confused, when I sat down he looked fine, even gave me a small smile. Did I do something?

"Why did you move to Forks? Australia sounds amazing!" Alice said, drawing my attention back to her.

"Oh, my mom got re-married and her and her husband wanted to travel so I moved here to live with Charlie, my father." I said, trying to not tell her exactly why but it was hard to lie to her. Like me mom she had child-like eyes and they sparkled with whatever thoughts were swirling around up in there.

"That was very nice of you, to sacrifice all of that for your mother. How are you liking it here in Forks?" Alice asked, her eyes had softened when she heard about my mother and I didn't want her sympathy. I welcomed the change in topic.

"It's okay. Very rainy." I said, taking a sip of my lemonade, while trying to ignore Edward. While Alice was talking I had glanced at him to find him in the same position as before, not moving, he even looked like he wasn't breathing. When I looked at him he turned his eyes and captured my gaze. I could see so much hate in anger there I flinched back, and moved my hair in front of my face to try to block him from seeing my blush.

"So, have you all lived in Forks your whole life?" I asked, trying to take my mind off of Edward and his hateful eyes. What did I do to offend him so badly? Was me sitting here making him that angry? Jessica had said the Cullen's didn't talk to anyone, maybe he didn't want me here.

"No, we moved here from Alaska two years ago. Our father Carlisle, is a doctor at the hospital and Esme wanted to live in a small town so we moved to Forks." Alice said, again picking and moving her food around without eating anything.

The rest of lunch was filled with questions about myself, what I liked to do, if I liked to shop, if I knew how to surf, and other things. Alice loved to shop and she vowed she would drag me to the mall if she had to. I tried to pay attention to what she was saying but the feel of Edward's coal black eyes made me nervous and hard to think of anything else. A few times I almost slipped up when the topic of water came up. I had to be more careful, pay attention to what I was saying. It was just too easy to talk to Alice. I could have sworn I saw Alice give Edward a few looks once in a while, as if she was telling him something.

By the time the bell rang for lunch, I was very wary. Edward was up and out of his seat heading to the doors the minute the bell rang, and I watched after him. Alice gave me a hug and told me she would see me latter before her and the rest of the Cullen's left the lunch room leaving me alone to my own thoughts. The way the Cullen's acted was so strange. The way they would talk once in a while was like they were from another century. The way they were all adopted but their eyes were all a golden color was weird, and I didn't think it would be a fluke, the eye color was just to abnormal.

I went to biology with the Cullen's swirling around in my mind. My teacher Mr. Banner directed me to an empty lab table by the window that was empty after signing my slip and telling me what they were currently on. I had already studied the material so I zoned out, thinking of the Cullen's and trying to figure out what was different about them. When the bell rang I jumped, not realizing the class was over and most of the class was already out the door. A boy walked over to me while I was gathering my things. His blonde hair and blue eyes raked down my body and I realized it was the boy from the lunch line that was friends with Jessica.

"Hey, I'm Mike. Can I walk you to your last class?" He asked, giving me a smile I think he thought was sexy.

"Uhm, I have gym." I said, slowly standing up and swinging my backpack on, moving my hair out from under the straps.

"Great, I do too." He said, turning and walking with me towards what I guessed was the gym.

"So, you sat with the Cullen's? What was that like?" He asked, his eyes bright and I realized he wasn't some cocky boy, more like a golden retriever. I could already see his tale wagging.

"It was nice, they are very good people." I said, defending them even though I didn't know them very well.

"Oh...hey what did you do to Edward? Man he looked pissed today..." and on it went, he was just like Jessica, chatting away and holding up the conversation so there wasn't much for me to say.

When we reached the locker rooms I said a quick good bye to Mike and hurried inside. The coach said I wouldn't have to play today and for that I was grateful. They were playing soccer outside, and the field was a mess of puddles, splashing up on everyone's legs. By the time the period was over people were muddy and complaining, but still having a good time. I hurried to my backpack and out the gym door before Mike or Jessica could catch up to me.

I practically ran to the office and gave Mrs. Cope my slip. She asked me how my day was and I lied as best I could telling her "It was great!" though I don't think she believed one word.

I headed to the student parking lot and stopped right in my tracks when I saw that next to my truck stood all the Cullen's gathered around the shiny, new Volvo. I cursed myself for parking there and slowly made my way there, hoping they would just get in the car already so I wouldn't have to see Edward, or Rosalie's hateful stare. When I got closer I was surprised to see Edward already in the drivers seat, ready to go. Rosalie gave me a dirty look before her and Emmett got it. Alice came around and gave me a swift hug while Jasper got in the back seat.

"Wow, is this your truck Bella?" She asked, looking at it in approval.

"Uh Yeah, it was a birthday present from my mom's new husband." I said, un-locking the door and throwing my backpack in the back.

"Oh! Well we have to get going, it was so nice meeting you today Bella, I know we are going to be great friends!" She said before giving me another big hug and a kiss on the cheek before getting into the passenger seat. The Volvo backed out of the space quickly and then quickly sped away.

I realized I was standing there watching as it disappeared around the corner while everyone passing was staring at me. I blushed and quickly got inside, realizing that I hadn't been paying attention and easily could have gotten wet doing that. I yelled at myself and then decided I just needed to go for a swim. Driving around, I saw signs of La-Push the Indian reservation I use to go with Charlie to. His best friend Billy Black lived there. I followed the signs to First Beach, and parked. I quickly got out and walked down the beach some ways, getting away from the most popular area of the beach.

I went behind a cluster of rocks to a smaller part of sand in-between the rocks and a cliff face, out of sight from anyone walking down the beach. Quickly shedding my coat and other clothing items, I walked into the water in my underwear and bra. I felt the tingling sensation in my legs, and slowly spreading up my body. I dived into the water, feeling my legs morph together, and my top disappearing and covering my boobs by scales. I still haven't figured out how the transformation doesn't harm my clothing, but once I'm dry I transform back with all my clothes dry and fully intact.

I swam around, watching as the light in the water reflected off my deep blue tail. It shimmered as I moved, and I felt so much better. I swam for an hour or two, exploring the cliff faces and finding other caves and under-water treasures. By the time I returned to my little beach the sun was low in the sky. I quickly dried myself and when my legs were back dressed and headed back up the beach to my truck.

I felt so much better after my swim, I drove home with the radio blasting and singing along, my whole day at school forgotten. When I pulled up to the house Charlie wasn't home yet. I quickly got out and started making dinner. I discovered last night Charlie couldn't really cook and so with a little bit of persuasion got Charlie agree to let me cook dinner from now on. I knew he would be home soon so I kept it simple with pasta, and we didn't have much else anyways. I would have to go to the store tomorrow for groceries if we were going to survive.

I couldn't stop thinking about the Cullen's, and how I knew that there was something about them. There was just something. I wasn't sure what it was but my toes tingled thinking about it. As I was stirring the sauce in the pot the phone rang. I went to go pick it up, surprised by who was on the other side of the phone.

"Hello?" I asked, into the phone wondering who would be calling.

"Is Bella there?" Ask a high Soprano voice, I instantly knew it was Alice.

"Speaking." I said, waiting to see what she wanted. I wondered how in the world she got my number, I know I didn't give it to her.

"Oh hi Bella! It's Alice! I was wondering if this weekend you would like to go shopping with me in Port Angeles?" she asked. I could hear in her voice she was hopeful. I thought about it and was about to say no, I just really didn't like shopping and the way Alice talked about it today at lunch made me fearful.

"Please Bella? I don't have a shopping buddy and I really want to get to know you better." she asked, and by the sound of her voice I could tell she was pouting. How could I say no to that?

"Well...I suppose I could. I'll have to ask Charlie though." I said, silently hoping he might say no.

"Of course! You can tell me tomorrow at school! Have a good night Bella, and i'll see you tomorrow!"

I got in a "Bye" before she hung up.

Just as I set the phone back down the front door opened and I heard Charlie come in and take off his jacket, shoes and gun at the door.

"Bella!" He called, coming into the kitchen seeing me making our plates.

"Hi Ch-dad. I made pasta." I said, barely catching I was about to call him Charlie.

"It smells good Bells, thanks." He said, sitting down at the table and digging in.

"Your welcome." I said, sitting down with my own plate and slowly eating.

"So how was your first day? Any problems?" Charlie asked, pausing from his food to look at me and wait for my response.

"It was okay, I met a few friends." I said, sliding my food around my plate, the Cullen's popping up in my mind.

"Who? I probably know them." He said, not letting it go.

"Um the Cullen's and uh Jessica Stanley and Mike Newton." I said, listing Jessica and Mike just in case Charlie didn't like the Cullen's like everyone else seemed to at school.

"I'm glad, the Cullen's are very good trouble. No trouble from the kids, and Doctor Cullen is a great man, with out him at the hospital a lot of people would have lost their life's." Charlie said nobly, his voice strong and I could tell that's really what he thought.

"Yeah, actually Alice Cullen asked me if I wanted to go shopping in Port Angeles this weekend with her." I said, neither asking nor telling him I was going. i wanted to see how he thought about it.

"That's great, you should go with her." Charlie said, and then returned to his food.

After that dinner was quite, and Charlie insisted on doing the dishes after. I sat in the living room with him while I did my homework and he watched a sports game, both of us enjoying the company. I told him I was going to bed when I finished, that I was tired, and then headed up to the bathroom. I took a long hot bath, taking care with my tale, and the smell of my strawberry shampoo soothed me. When I was done I blow-dried my tale and then dressed in my pajamas- soffies and a big t-shirt.

I crawled into bed, exhausted and hating the sound of the rain outside my window. As I turned out the light and laid down, I swore I felt someone watching me.

And that's the end of chapter three! Please review and tell me what you all think, I want feedback people!