A/N: This chapter is dedicated to x-rosepetals-x! Thank you so much for being the first person to review! And because you did, I decided to give you another chapter today!! I don't have anything better to do, so here it is! Thanks so much, again!
Recap: It's Bella's first day at Forks High. She is a runaway from her foster home, but most of the people from her 'hometown' think she died of an overdose. She is now living in an abandoned cottage in the woods. She is forced to sit next to Edward Cullen during biology, and she is curious about him. She senses that there is something weird about his entire family. To try to find out what it is, she asks if she can sit with them at lunch, and Alice, who has plans of her own, invites her to before anyone else can put in their two cents.
Bella's Point of View
I was surprised that this girl had agreed so willingly to allow me to sit with them, and I quickly took the seat she had offered before she could change her mind.
As I sat down, I noticed how she looked for the reaction of the rest of the group. The boy next to her gave her a condescending look, but he didn't seem too angry or annoyed that I was sitting here. The big, burly guy next to him, who reminded me of a bear, actually seemed almost happy that I was there. I decided that I already liked him. He seemed a lot more friendly and warm than the rest of them. I moved on to the most gorgeous girl I had ever seen sitting next to him. She did not seem at all happy that I was here, and I found myself not liking her as much as I liked the bear sitting next to her. I found that she reminded me of the snobby, self-absorbed cheerleader type that frequented every single high school I had ever attended.
And then there was the guy that I had sat next to in biology. Again, he was tense, and I saw him gripping the leg of his chair … and crushing it to a pulp. But I didn't notice that as much as I should have. I was too busy staring at him … again.
What was with me?! Of course, I'm a girl, so I appreciate a good-looking guy. Who doesn't? But I had never been this fascinated by a guy. I was just automatically taken in by him. Looking at him gave me feelings that I didn't really understand deep in the pit of my stomach. They almost scared me, and I did my best to ignore them and function normally.
"Hi, I'm Alice!" the little pixie like girl who had let me sit down introduced herself.
"I'm Bella," I said, shaking her hand.
She was almost bouncing in her seat.
"This is my boyfriend, Jasper," she said, indicating the boy sitting next to her, as he offered his hand and I took it. "And this is Emmet, and his girlfriend Rosalie, but we call her Rose," Emmet waved at me kindly, but Rose merely glared even harder. "And this," she said, motioning the guy on my left, "this is Edward. I think you've met him," she smiled even bigger and then whispered harshly to Edward, "Say hello!"
Edward's Point of View
Alice introduced me to Bella, "And this, this is Edward. I think you've met him."
I was still concentrating on not giving in to her delicious aroma, so I wasn't even truly listening to Alice.
She got my attention, though, when I felt her stiletto heel connect with the front of my shin. "Say, hello!" she hissed at me.
I jumped, "Ow! What was that for?!"
"Say. Hello," she demanded.
I turned to Bella and held out my hand, "Hel … " I didn't get the entire word out, though. Up until now, I had not actually seen her. During biology I had been doing my best not to see her. My breath was taken away by her absolute beauty.
"Something wrong?" she asked me, looking almost worried. I found myself not wanting her to be worried, I didn't want her to have any problems or cares at all. There was something, some new feeling, in the pit of my stomach, and it almost scared me. There was no way anyone, especially her, would ever know about this.
"No, nothing at all wrong. Sorry." I shook her hand, and as soon as our fingertips touched, tingles raced up my arm, and my breathing quickened. I looked at her, and I heard her heart begin racing, and her breathing quicken. Her eyes met mine, and I was drawn into her deep pools of chocolate. She jerked away from me, and I realized what I was doing.
I snatched up my book and returned to reading, beyond relieved that I could no longer blush.
Bella's Point of View
"Ow! What was that for?!" Edward whispered back to Alice.
"Say. Hello," she ordered him.
He turned to me, offering his hand, and, once again, I was caught off guard by his astonishing beauty.
"Hel …" he began, but the word drifted off, and he simply stared at me.
"Something wrong?" I asked him, worried slightly. For some reason, I cared about him, through my hatred for him, but I wasn't going to let him know that.
"No, nothing at all wrong. Sorry," he said, and finished offering his hand. I was taken off guard by his silky, sexy voice. It was all I could do to raise my hand and place it in his.
Our fingers touched, and a jolt ran up my arm. My heart began racing, and my breathing became faster and choppier. I didn't understand what was going on. I looked up at Edward and saw that he was staring straight at me. I looked into his onyx black eyes, and I felt myself falling into them. But I caught myself and jerked away from him.
I had no clue what was going on, but I sure as hell was not going to let him know what I was feeling.
I picked up my fork and shoved a gigantic bite of my lunch into my mouth.
Alice's Point of View
I was the only one who noticed how they looked at each other, how both of them became nervous and melted at the other's touch.
I was more than a little annoyed that neither of them was willing to show the other what they were feeling.
But I knew it would happen eventually. They were meant for each other. I was just an extremely impatient person with things like this.
They jerked away from each other, and I huffed into my magazine. Time for Plan B. I wasn't patient enough to just let things take their natural course.
As Bella tried to chew the huge bite of food she had shoved into her mouth, my mind was formulating Plan B.
Bella's Point of View
I noticed Alice eying me as though I were a very yummy piece of cake … or, rather, an extremely cute dress.
I swallowed as soon as I possibly could.
"What?"
She smiled to herself.
"Seriously, what?" I asked her, starting to feel just a little nervous.
"So, Bella, where you from?" she asked me.
"Uh …," I glanced around, "uh …Spoon. Spoon, Maine."
"Really," she said, "did you have any good friends in … Spoon?"
"Noo … not really. We move around a lot."
"Oh, that's too bad. I hope you find some really great friends here!"
"Yeah, so do I. That would be nice."
"You know, I think we could really be great friends!"
"Yeah, I think we could," I said, feeling hopeful. She seemed really nice.
"Do you want to come over to my … our house tonight? You could ride home with us and everything. Actually, you could spend the night, too. We'll bring you to school tomorrow so you don't have to worry about your car."
I mentally sighed. Thank goodness for that. "Yeah, sure, I'd love to come."
"Great!" she said, and began chattering about the latest fashions.
I began to wonder what I had gotten myself into. And not just because of her 'fashion talk', though that did have a big part in it. What really got to me were the glares that I received from everyone at the table except for Alice and Emmet …
A/N: Once again, I really wanted to thank x-rosepetals-x and everyone who bothered to read my story! I can't promise the next chapter will appear as soon. Keep your fingers crossed and REVIEW!!