Chapter 1:

(Edward's POV)

"Fuck!" I head Emmett yell at the TV. I couldn't help but laugh. He was playing Halo 3 and I'm pretty sure that he had just gotten his ass wiped out.

"Chill out, Em! It's just a game," I said while walking into the living room and sitting down on the couch. He gave me a menacing look that said 'Shut the fuck up or deal with the consequences.' Uh oh, Emmett was not in a good mood. I've learned to leave him alone when he's like this.

Once, when I was 12 and he was 13, I had called him gay and he got so pissed. Next thing I knew I was beaten up and had my face stuffed in the toilet. He practically drowned me in the toilet water. Ugh. We were over at Carlisle and Esme's who are my aunt and uncle. I remember Esme's face when she saw me drenched. She asked me what happened and I told her which only caused Emmett to take me up to my room and beat the shit out of me again. He was grounded for weeks. Although our relationship wasn't the best, I do have to say that we have bonded a lot since then and he looks out for me. Of course, being Emmet, he also taught me how to fight which I'd have to thank him for that some day.

"It's not just a game! It's life!" I shook my head at this; it was just ridiculous.

Alice came bouncing down the stairs with Jasper right behind her. Alice could be so annoying sometimes, but I loved her to death. I always went to her and Carlisle for advice, but sometimes, her advice was not needed.

"Did Carlisle and Esme already leave for their second honeymoon?" Her face scrunched up in disgust and she continued "Yuck! It's so gross! They're friggin', like 40!"

"Yeah, they left like 45 minutes ago, but of course, you two were too busy to even bother saying goodbye," I eyed her suggestively and Alice glared at me. Jasper just smiled.

We heard Emmett scream at the TV and saw him turn it off; we laughed. "Goddamnit! This fucking piece of shit! I'm getting Rosalie. Is she out in the garage?"

I nodded my head and saw him storm out, muttering something under his breath. He is such a child sometimes. He needs to act like he's 18 almost 19 already.

Alice laughed, "Oh God! He's so interesting to watch! So Jazz, do you want to go out for a bit?" I saw him nod.

Jesus Christ! Is all this family does is fuck?! I'm the odd one out; the only virgin and the smartest one..apart from Carlisle that is.

I walked out of the living room and into the music room to play some piano. This is where I spent a lot of time thinking and daydreaming. I've known how to play piano ever since I could remember. It's always been my thing. I sat down on the piano bench and began to play one of my compositions that Esme loved.

My family was all so loving and each of them had another to love. It's sweet, but at the same time it makes me wonder. Will I ever find someone? If I was to find someone, wouldn't it have happened by now? I'm always the one who's left out of things like this. Sure, I've had girlfriends before, but it always ends badly.

I sighed. I had been playing the piano for a little over an hour so it was 9:30. Walking up the stairs to my room, I noticed a few noises coming from Emmett and Rosalie's room. Apparently I wasn't alone all this time. Gag me.

I opened to the door and walked in, shutting it behind me. Tomorrow we'd all be starting a new school in the middle of the year. I've come to realize that I've never been to a school for longer than 2 years all because Carlisle keeps getting hired at the best hospitals in the world. We just moved to Forks about a week ago, and God knows why Carlisle would decide to move here to work. It's the most boring place I've lived at, but then again, Esme loved it here so that probably has something to do with it.

I inhaled slowly and walked over to my bed and pulled out a box from under it. It had been months since I last opened the tiny box, and I decided that today I would open it.

I sat down on my bed and opened the box. Inside it I had pictures, notes, and many other things as memories. The first thing I saw was a picture of me with my last girlfriend, Tanya Denali. She had strawberry blonde hair and bright blue eyes. I personally don't remember what I saw in her and she was extremely annoying.

I emptied the contents onto my bed and stopped breathing when a picture caught my attention. It was of me, Alice, and Emmett when I was 13 with our actual parents. I remember that day as if it were yesterday; it was the day that they were in the accident. Luckily, none of us were with them in the car so we were fine. But it still hurts me to think that I never really got to say goodbye.

I saw a tear fall on the picture and I threw all the contents on the floor. I couldn't look at the rest so I stripped down to my boxers and got under the covers. I had a dreamless sleep last night and the last thing I could remember thinking about was school tomorrow.

I woke up to Emmett bursting through my door and yelling at me to get up and clean up the contents of the box that I had thrown on the floor. "Damnit, Emmett!" I boomed.

"Sorry, lil' bro, but you need to get ready or we're going to be late. We're all ready and you overslept!"

"For the love of God! You could've come in a bit quieter and woken me up! Or used a fucking alarm or something!" I fumed. "You're voice is exceptionally annoying in the morning."

"Sorry," he grinned and walked out the door.

I groaned and got out of bed, half asleep when I got my clothes and walked to my bathroom. The shower helped me wake up and I was relaxing when, again, Emmett came banging on my door to hurry up. I stepped out of the shower and got dressed, taking my time. When I had walked downstairs, I was told that there was no more breakfast and that I would probably have to take something to eat in the car.

"Emmett's driving today," Alice informed me when we walked to the garage.

"Alright, then," I really wanted to drive today, but I guess I wasn't.

"So…do you think that maybe new school means new Edward. Which leads to new girl?" Only Alice would ask.

"I don't know. Let's get in before Emmett and everyone else kills us."

Alice and I both got in the back of my silver Volvo with Jasper while Emmett and Rosalie were in the front. We got to the school faster than planned and I noticed one thing. The school was tiny.

As soon as I got out of the car, I looked around at everyone. There was a loud engine noise coming into the parking lot and I turned to see what it was. Oh My Fucking God! It was a motorcycle. It had to be the new BMW, too. I leaned against my Volvo, dazed. I've been wanting to get it ever since I knew it was coming out! The person in the motorcycle parked and got off; looked like it was a girl by the choice of clothes. The girl turned around and took her helmet off; I noticed that she was staring at us. It seemed almost as if she was studying us carefully. I realized that, now, we were both staring at each other. She blushed and walked past us quickly.

I got a quick glance at her when she walked by. She had big, beautiful chocolate brown eyes and a gorgeous blush. Her hair cascaded down her back in loose curls. She was beautiful in general; I'm going to try to talk to her. Maybe what Alice said this morning about a new Edward, new girl was true.

When the bell ran, we all walked side by side to the front office to sign in and get our schedule. The main secretary, Mrs. Cope, was really nice.

It turns out that Jasper and I have AP U.S. Government first, Alice has English, Rosalie has Latin, and Emmett has Spanish.

Jasper and I walked towards Government and knocked on the door. When we walked in, all eyes were on us. The teacher introduced himself as Mr. Horne and gave us new seats. Half the day passed in a breeze. I had Italian, English, and then AP Calculus.

As soon as the bell rang to go to lunch, I walked over to my locker to put my books away.

"Boo!"

"Jesus! You scared the shit out of me, Alice!" Did she have to do that?

She laughed, "I know, that was the point. So I met motorcycle girl today."

"And….?" Why did she expect me to care, even though I secretly did.

"Oh, come on. Don't act like you don't care," She said while giving me a light slap on the chest. "Her name's Bella. She's a really nice girl! You should talk to her sometime."
"Yeah, yeah. Alright, let's go to lunch," She glared at me, but obeyed.

We walked to the lunchroom together and got our own trays full of food. We decided to sit in an empty table that was close to the window. We sat down in silence and I looked around. I saw walk in and grab an apple and Sunny D. She walked over to a table with a few people. I recognized one of the guys from a class of mine, but I didn't talk to him.

Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper sat down at the table, "Damn! There are some hot girls at this school!"

I heard a whack, "OW!"

"Don't you dare say that again," Rosalie was pretty intimidating, even to Emmett. We all just laughed.

"I do have to agree with Emmett though," Out of all the people, Jasper said this. Alice glared at him.

I caught site of Bella getting up and starting to walk out of the cafeteria. Ah, what the hell. I might as well go and talk to her now. I got up and told my brothers and sisters I would see them later.

When I was catching up to Bella, she started walking faster. Must've realized I was walking behind her. I continued to follow her and, unlucky for her, she was looking down and walked directly into the door in front of her. My reflexes reacted quickly and I grabbed her before she fell backwards. I tried my hardest to not laugh at her clumsiness. I smiled when she looked up at me and she turned a crimson shade. Her brown eyes were even more beautiful than I can remember. I could get lost in them. Of course, someone had to ruin the moment. Someone cleared their throat so we both turned around at the same time and I saw a girl there, staring at us. Bella looked away and stood up. No, let me hold you a little longer, please.

"Uhh…thanks," She said, completely embarrassed.

"No Problem," I smirked at her. She turned around to leave, but I touched her elbow. I didn't want her to leave just yet. She gave me a curious look, and I was still smiling like a complete idiot. "Do you mind if I walk with you to…wherever you're going?" She nodded and I smiled even wider.

We walked in silence until I reached my locker which just so happened to be near hers. I grabbed my books for Physics and then turned back to her. She was struggling with her book and it got caught with something else in her locker causing her camera and some text books to fall out.

I chuckled and heard her grumble to herself, "Stupid Bella. You can't ever do something without something falling." She bent down to pick up her books and I heard a wolf whistle down the hall. So many perverts in this school! It's ridiculous! She straightened up and blushed; oh god, how I love that blush. She looked down at her books which she still hadn't picked up, pondering something.

I decided to walk over and help her, "Looking for these?" I said with a smirk and she rolled her eyes at me. At me.

"Thanks," she mumbled. She took the books and camera from my hands and put the stuff on the locker shelf.

"So…I hear you met my sister," I told her while she closed her locker. She looked completely confused; she probably didn't know Alice was my sister. "Alice Cullen," I reminded her.

"Oh! Yeah, she's really sweet," She smiled up at me. "I think we're going to be really close friends," I couldn't help but smile at this. I was happy, but at the same time I was thinking: Oh, Bella. How you wish you could take that back. Alice was a sweet girl, but Bella just didn't seem like the fashion and make-up kind of girl. Alice would drive her crazy.

"That's great. My brother's and I were wondering what kind of motorcycle you had. It looked like a 2009 BMW, but we don't know which model, " Of course I know that model! I want it! I smirked.

"You like my ride? It's a R1299RT," She smiled and my eyes widened. Partly because of the 'you like my ride.' God, Forks is changing me…

"It only just came out a week ago! I was thinking of getting it…" I told her, completely awed and amazed. Of course, she would laugh at me

"I'm sorry I beat to the punch, but I might let you ride it some day…." She grinned and I nodded. Oh, how I would love to.

The bell rang and she looked at me, "Well I guess I'll see you later." She waved and started walking down the hall. I just stood there, practically drooling. This girl is something, I swear she is. I snapped out of it and walked back to my locker and shut it before walking down to Physics.

Shit, I was late. The teacher, Mr. M I think, had already started talking so I just casually opened the door and walked in. Bella looked at me smiled then blushed.

Mr. M was looking at me and found the need to introduce me, "Class, this is Edward Cullen. Edward, you can sit next to Bella in the back." He motioned towards her and I saw her turn an even darker shade of red when I walked to the seat next to her and sat down.

She was looking straight ahead and I just couldn't help but stare at her. She was just so beautiful. To hell with Mr. M's lesson, I was too distracted. I saw that gorgeous shade of red brighten her cheeks again. As soon as the bell rand, she jumped out of her seat and grabbed her books quickly, almost tripping so I caught her.

I decided to be an idiot and talk to her in an English accent, "We really have to stop meeting like this, my lady." ACCOMPLISHMENT: I made her blush…again.

"Thank you….once again," She whispered to me.

I smiled at her while she straightened up, "Anytime, Bella."

"Bella! Want me to walk you to P.E.?" Who was this annoying person? Someone always has to interrupt us!

"Uh..actually Mike, I already told Edward he could walk me to class," She told him. I was about to tell him that it was very unfortunate that he wouldn't be able to take her himself, but Bella elbowed me in the rib. Ow. I rubbed my side.

I chuckled, "Sorry…Mike." He left rather disappointed.

"Thank you so much. Bye!" She said over her shoulder and started walking away. Oh, no she isn't. I'm supposed to walk her to her next class!
"Excuse me, Miss Bella, but I think you promised that I could walk you to class." I gave her a crooked smile. She smiled back at me and then rolled her eyes..once again! I saw her nod so we walked to her next class side by side.

"So…tell me. Why did you move to Forks?" She asked me. I see now, we're going to be playing twenty questions.

"Well, my aunt and uncle decided we needed a change for our senior year," She eyed me curiously.

"Aunt and uncle? And, who exactly is we?" I smiled at her.

"Well, my parents died in a car accident a few years ago, but I've lived with my aunt and uncle so long that I think of them as my parents," I truly do, no matter how much I miss my actual parents. She just nodded so I continued, "And, when I saw we, I mean my sister Alice, we are twins, and our brother Emmett who was held back, and our adoptive twin family friend's children Rosalie and Jasper, who are getting more credits for college."

"But, Alice and Jasper are together. As well as Rosalie and Emmet, right?" I nodded. "And, your 'parents' are okay with that."
"They find it slightly inappropriate, but they want our happiness. We follow all the rules like no PDA in the house or physical activity so they are okay with it," She nodded with understanding. I couldn't help but look at her with a curious expression and she smiled.

"What?" she asked me.

"Nothing…I just don't get you…" She laughed.

"Are you supposed to?"

"Well…I can usually read people easily…but you are something else." She smiled again. "You keep me on my toes. I don't know what to expect from you."

"Well, I guess you're going to have to stick around me to find out, " Oh, so she was a flirter, was she? "But for now, I'm going to gym. Enjoy your last block, Edward." She smiled at me before turning around to leave. I grabbed her hand before she could leave and brought it up to my mouth and kissed it. I saw her expression and I was ready to catch her if she happened to faint. What can I saw? I was raised as a gentleman and in an old-fashioned way.

"Bye, Bella," I turned to leave.

I was dying! She really was different! Every time I think about her I also think about what Alice told me this morning about new girl. How right she was. I'm going for Bella, no doubt about it.

My last class of the day was just Music. I was accepted into playing the piano so it was just some piano practice for me. The class flew by fast and we were let out early so I decided to wait for Bella outside the gym. I leaned against the wall and waited.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, slightly amused. I smiled at her embarrassment.

"Well, since you said I could see your bike earlier, I thought now would be fine," Her blush darkened.

"Sure…just let me drop this off at my locker," She nodded towards her Physics book and I took it out of her hand.

"Let me take this for you," She nodded and I looked at her. We got to her locker and she opened it, taking out everything she needed and I put her book in. She closed her locker and we started walking.

"So...how was your last class?"

"Long," Not really actually, "how about you? Did you have fun P.E.?" She grimaced.

"Uhh...not particularly. I'm not exactly talented with hand-eye coordination…with two exceptions, but still," She admitted and I couldn't help but chuckle.

We reached her motorcycle and I heard some guys yell out to her, "Nice bike, Bella!" She groaned at one of the guys.

"It's not a bike, Eric. It's a motorcycle," She sighed. So that's how she was. She hated her motorcycle being called a bike. I laughed and she glared at me.

"Did you know a lot of guys at this school think you are extremely attractive?" She blushed.

"You're kidding…ME?!" I nodded and smiled.

"Actually, I feel extremely privileged to even be talking to you."

"Th-thanks…" She said and put her helmet on. "I'd better be on my way home. Thanks for everything, by the way. Tell Alice I said hi. See you tomorrow."

She waved at me and revved the engine of her motorcycle and left. This girl left me breathless, I just couldn't help it. I walked over to my Volvo where everyone was watching and waiting for me.

"Oh, you! Already hittin' on the ladies!"

"Shut up, Emmett!" I didn't need this from him.

We all got in the car and Emmett drove back to our house. I couldn't wait for tomorrow. As soon as we got home, I went directly to my room and locked myself in. I wouldn't be coming out tonight, not even for dinner. I put my iPod on and laid back on my bed. I had no homework tonight so I decided to just relax. The last thing I remember was 'About a Girl' by the Academy Is… playing.