I woke up to the feeling of bouncing and laughed when I realized Shane was jumping on my bed, as well as Miles. "WAKE UP, WAKE UP, THE SUN IS UP! THE DEW IS ON THE BUTTERCUPS! WAKE UP, WAKE UP YOU SLEEPY-HEAD AND GET YOUR BOTTOM OUT OF BED!" They screamed in singsong voices.
"It's my first day of work, and your guy's first day of school!" Shane said excitedly. He was like a little kid! He was always excited about everything!
"Stop jumping on my bed, guys!" I whined. "It's brand new and I don't want you to break the wood!"
They did as I said and jumped off my bed. I had the coolest room ever and I did NOT want them to mess it up! They were so dead if they did!
I dressed in the same thing I did the day we arrived here. Gross, I know, but they were clean! So it really wasn't that bad at all. And I thought I looked cute. I dressed my brother in a tight, long-sleeved sweater that was dark blue so it played off his eyes. I also put him in perfect fitting jeans: not too baggy, not too tight. He gave him some white slip-on vans to wear and I had to admit, he looked good. I was a genius! My brother was so sweet looking; I just wanted to hug him. He put on a black leather jacket, and Shane dropped us off at school on his way to work. He would need a new cop car, since all we had was the Lexus now. Then Miles and I could share the car, or Miles could get a new one, just not too expensive, seeing as the Lexus was really mine. I wanted a Jeep Wrangler, and therefore convinced Miles to get one, and then we could share.
We walked into the front office, where two women were sitting, and by the sounds of it, gossiping. "Hello," I said in a calm, charming voice. "I'm Charley and this is my big brother, Miles. We're new here. Our brother, Shane, signed us up for school?"
The woman looked at a stack of papers in front of her. "Oh! Yes! It says it right here. Sorry, I must have forgotten!" She lied gracelessly. It was obvious in this small of a town, any new additions would be known about by everyone.
"Here are your schedules," she said, and handed us papers that were highlighted all over. "The highlighters correspond your classes with the buildings on the map, so you know where you're going." She explained, staring at us, and not even bothering to hide it. Yeah, gawk at us some more, Lady. Great. We thanked her and quickly left.
"Think we're going to be stared at like that all day?" I asked my brother curiously.
"Of course." He replied, and we each set off to our first class.
I walked alone, as my brother's first class was across the school from mine. We had only two of our six classes together. I was getting stared at like crazy, and it was irritating as hell. Hadn't these people heard of manners? No? Well I could teach them a thing or two about it if they liked. No. I was going to behave here.
It was cloudy outside, and the clouds looked slightly threatening, but it had yet to rain today. Thank God! I found my first class easily thanks to the woman highlighting our maps. I actually felt grateful for the gawking woman.
I entered my first class, Trigonometry. The teacher, I didn't catch his name, made me introduce myself. I didn't mind too much. I would have to know these people someday. Besides, I was a great public speaker. I just sat down in my seat and pulled out a sheet of paper, doodling more designs for the rooms in our house. I would redecorate whenever I got bored with them, I'm sure. And I thought the bonus room could use something a little... different, or perhaps just something more. The desks were put together in two and I felt suddenly cold when someone took a seat beside me.
"You're never late, Mr. Hale, so I'll let it slide," I heard the teacher say, "but don't let it happen again." The teacher's voice failed to sound even a tiny bit threatening and I giggled a little. I could tell the boy gave me a strange look, but I didn't look up at him. I was trying to finish my drawing. I was pulled out of my picture when I heard my name called.
"Mrs. Wallis? Charley Wallis?" The teacher was calling my name, but I didn't notice. Then kid next to me bumped me a bit and I looked up.
"Huh?" I said, confused, and realized the entire class was staring at me. "Oh. Yeah?"
The teacher gave me a disapproving look. "I was wondering if since you were new, you'd like to come work this problem out on the board?"
I sighed and stood up, taking my jacket off first. "Sure. That's cool," I stated, and heard laughter but I ignored it. I took the chalk out of his hands. Chalk? I haven't seen a chalkboard since I was in like... first grade!
I worked the problem out in about thirty seconds and set the chalk down, going back to my seat. The teacher gave me an odd look. "How did you figure that out so quickly?" He asked.
I shrugged. "That was easy. I don't know." It wasn't like it was hard or anything. "Guess I'm just good at math," I explained, and then continued to work on the drawing of my room. When class was done I finally looked up to see that the boy sitting next to me was staring at me.
"Are you okay?" I asked him, staring into his light blue eyes.
He just looked at me curiously, but didn't say anything. I figured something really was wrong with him, and while I felt a little worried, I didn't know him enough to help him.
After a few seconds of awkward silence, I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Or not..." I got up and walked out of the class and away from the weird boy with golden eyes.
The next class I had was English with my brother. This teacher didn't make us introduce ourselves at all. We sat down next to each other and tried to ignore the stares we were getting from everyone.
"Hi. Welcome to Forks," a shy girl next to my left said. I looked up and she almost reminded me of myself. She had long, dark wavy hair as well and was just as tan as me. But I thought she might have been Hispanic, which I wasn't. She had on glasses but she was really, really pretty.
"Hey. Thanks! I'm Charley and this is my brother Miles. What's your name?" I asked her politely. I didn't want to seem rude, especially on my first day.
"Angela," She answered. "So where did you guys move here from?" We were able to talk because the teacher just wasn't starting class.
"Colorado," I said dreamily, and a sad smile came onto my face. How I missed it already!
A girl to her left stuck her head in the conversation. "Hey! I'm Jessica Stanley!" She said loudly. I feared for my ears, but once again didn't want to seem rude. The Jessica girl was smacking her gum and I shivered at the noise.
"Hello," My brother said quietly and turned his attention to the teacher as she began to teach. From the front of the classroom, a beautiful and tiny girl with short brown hair was staring at us. Would this never end?
Lunch! Finally! No meeting new people or having to introduce ourselves. I filled my canteen with water and sat down at a table with my brother. Neither of us had gotten food, but I wasn't hungry. Everyone was staring at us, still. The people who hadn't had us in their classes must have been getting it out of their systems. I didn't mind attention a whole lot, but this much was annoying. And there was something that creeped me out about getting stared at.
Jessica walked up to my brother and I with a worried look on her face. "You guys can't sit there! This is the Cullen's table." She informed us.
"The Cullens?" I asked. "Is that like a gang or something?" I giggled. "The Cullenators!" I made my hand into the shape of a gun and pretended to shoot Miles, making little "Pow! Pow!" sounds. My brother smiled at my silliness, and put a hand over his shoulder like he'd been shot, feigning pain and a short death.
"Yeah," a light, girly voice behind me said. "We get in street fights and everything!" Cue laughter.
I smiled and turned around. "Sounds exciting!" I laughed and stood up, my brother following suit.
"Sorry, we didn't know anyone sat here," Miles said, and I was almost shocked that he'd talked. He was a shy person. I finally got a chance to look at these "Cullens" and smiled. They were all beautiful! I smiled because they were lucky, and I was happy for them... I'd seen two of them before. One was the girl staring at me in English, and another was the silent boy in Trigonometry... Mr. Hale? So they weren't all Cullens. Unless these people's last names weren't Cullen at all... I don't know.
There were two blondes, a boy and a girl, who looked similar enough to perhaps be twins, because I placed them at around the same age. A big, hefty boy with brown, curly hair stood beside the group while a beautiful, blond girl stood on the other side. The blonde boy has his arm loosely around the girl who was staring at us in English's shoulder. She was giving us a stunning smile. Apart from them was another couple: a boy with bright green eyes and messy hair holding hands with a very pretty girl with a heart-shaped face. All six of them were absolutely beautiful, and I was happy for them. At least four of them seemed to make good couples.
But most of all, more than anything and without any doubt, I could tell that Miles didn't want to be here. I didn't need to see him either, to know that he was mentally begging me to get out of here.
"Okay, we'll go." I said to answer Miles' question, and put my hand on my brother's shoulder to lead him away.
"So you're new?" a new voice asked, one that I hadn't heard yet. It was a guy, and he was big by the sound of it. I figured it was probably the one who looked like Shane: big and buff. I turned back around to face them and my brother nodded.
Another new voice: The girl with the blush. "I transferred here last year," She told us, then laughed at the memory. "Isn't it awful? Everyone stares!"
I sighed and nodded. Kind of like the girl standing next to her? I laughed mentally but was glad they were being nice. "Yeah! It's getting a little annoying, I guess. Well... really annoying... but I'm sure it will get better soon." I said back, trying to be positive. I once again knew Miles was silently begging me to get out of there. I grabbed my canteen off the table. "Yeah, Miles. Stop saying that! We'll go," I said laughing. "Bye guys! See you around, I'm sure!"
I laughed at Miles again. "You don't have to be so shy, Bro. They won't bite."
(AN: HA! Sorry, just gotta laugh at my great joke. I mean. Look at it. It's beautiful.)
