hey guys, here's chapter 4. (: this natalie chapter tells of how she joined the Cullen's. it's sort of dumb, but it was all i could think of, sense it's 1:35 in the morning. (: so, read and review please! it's very important to me. okay, well i think i'm going to try and go to sleep now, so just let me know what you think! (:

I walked into the classroom and sat down in the middle of the rows of desks. I waited patiently for Alice and Jasper to come in and sit with me. I only had to wait a few minutes, but sitting in the classroom by myself freaked me out a little. I know, weird for a vampire, but still. There was something about the classroom that I didn't like. I soon heard Alice and Jasper enter the room and sit on either side of me. "Hey guys, how did you 'sleep'?" I asked, giggling.

"We slept very well, thank you sister." Jasper said smiling. "Little miss sleepy-head didn't want to wake up." He said, Alice giggling.

"Well, I was having a very good dream at the time, thank you." Alice responded, smiling as well. We kept up this phony conversation while all of the other students were coming into the classroom. "So Natalie, how was breakfast this morning?" Alice asked.

"Actually, I ate with Draco." I said. "I think he's going to see if I can be switched to Slytherin House."

"Do you really think it's a good idea?" Jasper asked, looking at me and then at Alice.

"I suppose maybe if we all transferred to Slytherin. Unless you'd like to stay in Hufflepuff and Natalie and I transfer." She said, her eyes going blank for a minute to check the future. "It looks clear. Oh, you're going to stay a Hufflepuff?" she asked Jasper with a sad intonation in her voice.

"It will be easier that way, love." Jasper said, leaning over me to kiss her hand. "Wouldn't it look weird if we all moved to Slytherin?"

"I guess you're right." Alice said, still a little pouty. "But I'll miss you." She whispered so low that only the three of us could hear.

"I'll come visit when Nat's out of the room. Or you could still come to my room, since I don't have any roommates." Jasper whispered back.

"Eww, guys. Come on, that's gross." I whispered to them both, seeing smiles appear on their faces. "Now, shush. Here comes the teacher." And with that, the teacher came out of his office and began teaching class.

"Hello class, I'm Professor Johnson. Welcome to Music Theory. In this class, you'll be learning how music is made, why it's important, and how to interpret lyrics. As you know, this class does not have a textbook, because we'll all be working from these Muggle music workbooks. I'll need someone to pass these out for me. Uh, how about Miss Hale." He said, looking at his list and then at me.

"Oh, sure." I said, looking at Alice and Jasper and then getting up and handing out the workbooks to everyone. I saved our table for last and then hurriedly sat down in my seat. "There you go, Professor."

"Thank you." He said, smiling at me. I swear if vampires could get goosebumbs, my whole body would be covered in them. This professor was seriously starting to freak me out. "Now, if everyone could open their books to page 5, we'll start with learning how to write lyrics."

Alice, Jasper, and I did our work for the Music Theory class and of course were done in minutes, since all of us already knew all about it. We all handed our essays in and the Professor excused us. "Natalie." He called before I walked out. "Could you come here a minute, please."

"Of course." I said, looking at Alice as she and Jasper walked out of the room. I walked over to Professor Johnson. "What do you need, sir?" I asked.

"Well, actually I was wondering if you'd like to be my student helper." He said. "I need someone to help me choose lessons and to dust the pictures and things around the classroom."

"Oh, um, of course." I said, not wanting to be rude. "Is that all sir? I really need to get back to my brother and sister."

"Of course." He said, smiling. I turned around and began to walk out. I could feel his eyes looking me up and down as my hips swayed. I shivered and hurried out of the room.

"Ick." I said as I caught up to Alice and Jasper. "I'm pretty sure he's definitely hitting on me. He wants me to be his student helper or something. Like dusting and helping plan lessons. I'm so grossed out right now." Apparently the way my face looked was pretty funny because when I looked at my companions, they were laughing hysterically. "What? What did I do?"

"I haven't seen your face look like that since you woke up after Carlisle saved you! You were so disgusted to see all of us." Alice said smiling at the memory. "You thought we were angles toying with your soul."

"Well, if you all hadn't looked so damn beautiful!" I said giggling. "You were all so beautiful; I couldn't even believe that I was seeing you."

"Well, you looked beautiful that night too, even before Carlisle saved you; the only person prettier than you that night was Alice." Jasper said, kissing Alice's cheek. "And that was sort of hard to do." He admitted.

"Thank you." I said smiling. I remembered that night well, the night that I was saved. . .

I was home alone that night, sitting on the couch watching a movie, texting my brother who was away at college. My parents had gone out that night, which was not unusual. I had gotten up, getting ready to go to bed when I heard the door crack open and I watched a drunken man walk into my house. I ran to my kitchen and grabbed a knife. I then hit the man in the leg and ran outside so that he would follow me. I had the bright idea of thinking that I could just run him around until he left me alone. Then I'd run back into the house and call the police. No such luck.

I had run the man out into the street when I turned around to see how close to me he was. He was much closer than I had anticipated. He came up to me, grabbing the knife out of my hand, and stabbed me once in the chest. I gasped and I crumpled to the ground, feeling the man pull the knife out of my wound. The last thing I remember, was the man saying "That's what you get, you dumb bitch."

That's when I woke up in the Cullen household with my new family. Carlisle sitting beside me, looking at his watch; Alice was squeezing my hand; and Jasper was standing in the corner of the room. I began to stir, hearing everyone talk at once. One voice though, stood out among all the rest. "Darling, what is your name?" Esme had asked me.

"Natalie." I practically whispered. "Natalie Radcliffe."

"Well, Natalie, welcome to the family." She said, hugging me. As soon as the others were sure that I wouldn't attack them, they all welcomed me properly.

"That was a good night; well not the beginning of it, but still." I looked at Alice. "Did we ever find out who he was actually after?" I asked.

"Yes. Carlisle got the paper the next morning. Apparently the man was after your mother because of some sort of break up they had had in high school. Your parents found him in the street right outside of your house, passed out with the knife in his hand. They ran into the house to find you, and then called the police. While you were changing, Carlisle put your body in a ditch so as to make it look as though you were dead. It was easier for them that way."

"I miss them." I said. "I'm going to go find Draco, he should be out of class by now, right? See you guys later!"