Chapter 2
Welcome to Forks.
It has been 68 years since I was last here. I left soon after I was changed and joined a "vegetarian" coven, because you taught me well.
"Are you guys excited? We're starting our first day of school tomorrow!" My sister Dylan beamed. She reminded me much of another sister I knew another life time ago…
One more school year, in one more town.
But this was Forks.
It was going to be harder to pretend like I never loved you, like this isn't going to hurt me more.
But I will survive these memories, these reminders, this school, this town. I always do.
We pulled into the parking lot of the familiar high school. 68 years and nothing had changed, everything left untouched.
Dylan, and my 2 brothers, Shane and Mitchell were piled into my car as I pulled into a free parking space next to a mustang.
I opened my door and stepped out of the car as a gust of wind flew past my face, inhaling the different scents of the many humans in this pitiful school.
Nobody's going to bite you.
I hope I didn't look too familiar;
My long wavy brown hair was in a messy ponytail. My eyes were a deep topaz colour from yesterdays hunt, and my skin was paler then ever. I wasn't self absorbed, but I now considered my self as being inhumanly beautiful. Hopefully nobody would see any resemblances.
Dylan, the boys and I walked up to the front desk where a young lady with blonde hair smiled at us. "Hello." She greeted us warmly.
And as she smiled her features changed, her face became a little wrinkled and she was ageing. Her long blonde hair turned red and her outfit changed to a blue sweater.
She still smiled but not a youthful smile, a familiar smile.
Mrs. Cope
"Izzy!" somebody called. I shook my head and realized Dylan was looking at me confused, I looked back at the lady behind the desk. She was still smiling at us but she wasn't Mrs. Cope, the blonde haired girl gave me a confused look "Names please?"
"Um… Izzy James, Dylan James and Shane and Mitchell Swan." I mumbled.She looked through a stack of paper and handed us 4 individual sheets.
"Have a good day." She smiled again hopelessly.
We all walked out of the building and looked at our papers.
1st period – calculus.
Oh of coarse, and I didn't share it with either of my siblings.
I walked to the calculus building, remembering which one it had been 68 years ago.
The classroom was exactly the way I remembered it. It was one of the smallest classrooms with a row of desks facing the chalk board where the teacher stood. I walked to the front of the class to hand the teacher my slip.
"Oh, class we have a new student." He greeted me and looked down at the slip.
"Izzy James, welcome…. You can sit at the empty desk at the back." He said smiling.
I walked down the row of desks to my seat, dusted it off, and sat down on the hard stool.
I took out my books and opened them to the right page, and drifted into my thoughts.
x
The last couple of classes were uneventful and passed quickly. I had some classes with my siblings, but not many. My mind was in space the whole day. This school just made me aware of hurtful memories, that I did my best to forget.
We were on our way to lunch. The cafeteria was obviously the same and brought a wave of pain washing over me. As we walked into the cafeteria heads popped up to stare at us. This was common and inevitable, it was disgusting.
We walked to an empty table at the far corner of the cafeteria. We had the table to our selves since we intimidated most of the kids there. I took a first good look around the room to observe our peers. A bunch of girls were sitting at a table nearest to us, glaring at me but I couldn't care less. A boy to the girls left was also looking at me with interest. He had cute green eyes and brown spiky hair.
Mike Newton.
Ha. I chuckled to myself humorously. I hoped I really didn't have to go through that again.
And then I felt someone staring into my back. I turned around to get a better view of the table. The legendary table, where I spent most of my lunches 68 years ago sitting beside an angel.
My breath caught in my throat.
No. It was impossible. Out of all the high schools they could have gone to it had to be this one, because there sat 5 familiar vampires all staring at one thing. Me.
x
Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Emmett and another girl I didn't know. Edward wasn't there, but looking into the topaz eyes of my 'use-to-be' family hurt me enough.
All of them looked the same. Rosalie stared at me; she looked amused, or at least happy to see me. Jasper was sitting beside Rose with his head turned slightly to look at me through the corners of his eyes. His facial expression was unreadable. And then there was Emmett and Alice who were nearly bouncing off their seats, and beaming at my presence.
I turned away, and looked back at my family who were recently discussing the weather. I turned back; to peak over my shoulder to see that the Cullen family had began a discussion, talking quietly amongst each other, except the girl with blonde hair who I didn't recognize. She was a beautiful girl, with a small figure and she was looking directly at me. Her facial expression was hard to read but it almost seemed like she was sympathizing me, and looking at me in amazement and curiosity.
I turned my head back to my family, and pretending to join a discussion they were currently having.
But I couldn't help but think. Where was Edward? Who was that girl? What am I going to do? It was going to be a long day.
x
Lunch finished quickly and I made my way out of the cafeteria as fast as I could (at human speed at least). But not fast enough I guess, I was interrupted from the sound of someone calling my name down the hallway… "Bella!!"
I turned around on the back of my heals and walked towards the exuberant Alice Cullen.
"Hey Alice." I said trying to sound excited. She ran up to me a swooped me up into a tight hug.
"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! I can't believe your here! What happened? We all thought you had died." She cried not taking time in her sentence to actually breathe…
"Alice, Alice hold on calm down!" I said grabbing her tiny wrists, pinning them to her side.
"We missed you so much…" she mumbled in a heart broken tone. "We thought we lost you…" she continued looking as if she would cry.
"Don't worry I'm here now,"- I said trying to cheer her up-"I'll meet you after class ok?"
"Ok!" she smiled brightly turning the opposite direction. "Bye Bella!" she called over her shoulder. I walked towards the Geo. Building, "its Izzy" I mumbled mostly to myself.
Geo passed uneventful like so many other classes. By the time I looked back up at the clock the class was over. I felt bad for ditching Alice but I decided to get to my next class early. Biology.
I walked into the classroom and handed my slip to the teacher. Just like so many other classes she pointed me to an empty seat. As I turned around to face the class, I looked at one specific table.
One black table with two seats. But in one of the seats was a young girl with her hair to one side of her shoulder. She was pale, but the red blush on her face was clearly visible. She was hiding her face from the angel next to her. His eyes were black and furious. His palms were clenched into fists against his chair, looking as if he just might break it.
And then his body shifted, his clothes changed colours and a smile appeared on his face, he was looking at the young girl beside him through the corners of his eyes. She was sitting the same way he was, with her arms crossed against her chest. Her long brown hair wasn't hiding her face anymore, and she was concentrating on the front of the class, but she took a couple of glances his way and blushed when she realized he was looking back.
And all these different moments played across my mind, like a snap shot on a camera.
But finally the memory faded,
and all that remained were two empty seats.
x
(A/N: Well thats Chapter 2, I know at parts it can get confusing, but please understand Bella is remembering what she saw in biology. Just incase it wasnt clear enough. More Chapters on the way, but please, please, pleaassee review. It makes me super happy. Thank you!)