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Previously: We were driving in Rose's BMW M3 and just singing along to the music. I loved my sisters; they were the best to ever exist.
We reached the school, and all the people who were there already stared. Not fun.
"I'll see you after school!" I said and kissed Alice's cheek before hopping out of the car. I went to Rose's window and kissed her cheek too. All eyes were in me, and I couldn't help the blush that came to my face; I hated the attention. Rose zoomed out of the parking lot, and I went to the office. I had never been here before, so even if I wasn't a stranger in the town, I still had that feeling of being the newcomer – which I was, but not the same way. I could see the girls looking at my clothes, and as I looked at theirs, I felt a little overdressed. But then I remembered that it was about all I had in my closet, so I shrugged it off and walked into the office. A sweet elder lady with red hair and glasses sat behind the desk, typing away on a computer. She had on a purple t-shirt with a darker scarf around her neck. She had a pleasant smile on her face, so I took a deep breath and cleared my throat.
Startled, she looked up at me, and her face lit up in a smile. Well, at least some are nice here… I thought as I smiled shyly back at her. I was never really good at this.
"How can I help you dear?" She asked. I looked at her nametag; it said Mrs. Cope.
"I'm Isabella Cullen. I'm the new girl. I'm here to pick up my schedule?" I sounded like a question, but she didn't seem to notice.
"Of course sweetie. It's right here. You have to get your teachers to sign this slip and then come back with it by the end of the day." She smiled at me again and showed me where my classes were and so on.
"Thanks Mrs. Cope." I said with a smile as I left the office. I swear I heard her say: "Such a sweet girl" before the door closed. But my hearing was better than a regular human so maybe I wasn't wrong. That's what you get for living with vampires; they're sneaky – especially Emmett – and quiet. You have to listen really well.
I looked at the clock that hung over the cafeteria and saw I had 5 minutes to get to my first class; English with Mr. Jefferson. Sighing, I made my way across the parking lot and entered the building where my class was.
As I stood in front of the door, I took a deep breath before knocking.
"Come in." I heard the teacher say. It had taken me longer time than I thought to find the room.
I slowly opened the door and grimaced as it creaked; I hate when doors do that. With a careful smile, I entered the room. Immediately I felt all eyes on me. I cursed the system of the building and classes of this school silently.
"Hi, I'm Bella Cullen. Could you please sign this?" I asked, nearly in a whisper. He smiled kindly at me, took the slip and signed it. Without further ado, he sent me to a seat in the back of the class. I liked that man; he made it harder for my classmates to stare. Even though they managed anyway.
I sat beside an annoying girl who kept popping and chewing her gum, really loudly. It surprised me Mr. Jefferson hadn't told her to stop yet.
The girl had long fake, almost white hair. Why she would choose to have her hair almost white was beyond me. She had a lot of makeup on, and she looked like the kind of girl who liked to say "like" in between almost every word of every sentence. Her clothes were maybe a little cold for the weather of Forks, and her heels scared me to death. How could she actually walk in them?
I was hit by a flashback of two little girls in elementary school that teased me. She reminded me of Lauren from back then.
From the corner of my eyes, I looked after more similarities. Back then, her hair had been blond; she had fishy grey eyes and a small nose. When I compared the Lauren I had known and the girl beside me, I was almost certain they were the same person. Filled with a rage of what they had done to the sentimental smaller me, I huffed and looked toward the teacher, glaring at the wall and not exactly listening. They were working with Pride and Prejudice, a book I had read a million times and could recite backwards.
When the bell rang, I stood up from my chair, and swiftly walking out of the classroom. When I was in the hallway though, my luck shifted, and the toe of my shoe caught something and I stumbled, dropping all my books. I sighed and sat down to pick them up. I heard Laurens sneering laugh as she sauntered by me, and I just glared at her. It may be a long time ago, but I really couldn't stand the girl.
I saw a set of hands helping me with my books and looked up into a friendly face. He had light brown hair with matching eyes, and glasses. He smiled slightly at me, as I stood up.
"Thank you…" I trailed off, not knowing his name. I had never seen him before; maybe he had moved to Forks after I left? Or maybe he was just older than me…
"Ben, Ben Cheney." He stuck out his hand. I smiled at him.
"Thanks Ben, I'm Bella. It's nice to meet you." He grinned as he shook my hand. Giving me my books, he asked where I was headed to.
"Calculus" I frowned; I hated that subject. Esme had been a good teacher, and I was good at it, but I still hated it.
"My girlfriend has that too; I'm meeting up with her. You can walk with us if you want to." He smiled a pleasant smile, and I agreed. I liked this guy, he was not the overly helpful nerdy guy; he was just very sweet.
We walked down the hallway and as soon as I spotted her, I froze. My eyes lit up, and a smile spread across my face. There was no doubt it was her; she had the same color hair, the same eyes and nose.
"Angie!" I yelled, and clumsiness forgotten, I sprinted towards her. She looked confused for a moment, and then she recognized me.
"Bella?" I smiled as I hugged her tight.
"Bella!" She yelled and hugged me back. In that moment, I must have been like a mini-Alice because I was jumping with joy.
"Angela, it's so good to see you again!" I said as I let go of her. She smiled, and I could see tears starting to form in her eyes. Something wet glided down my cheek, and I realized I was crying too.
"Oh Bella, it was so hard when you disappeared. I lost my best friend; I thought you were dead, and that I would never see you again!" She said. I smiled sadly at her; she might be my best friend, but I wasn't ready to tell her what happened. I didn't really want to.
"I got lost in the forest." I told her, partly truthful. She didn't say anything, she hugged me tighter though, and she laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" I asked her. She just laughed harder and I turned around to see what she was looking at. Ben stood there with a hilarious look on his face.
"So Ben, I'm guessing Angela is your girl." He nodded, and a smile formed on his lips. Aww, he really loved her.
"What are you doing here Bells?" Angela asked. I looked at her and smiled.
"When I got lost, I was found by Dr. Cullen's family. They adopted me, and I have lived with them ever since. Mom and Dad thought it would be good for me to return to Forks." I said and she nodded.
"Isn't Dr. Cullen that overly handsome doc?" She asked and I rolled my eyes but nodded.
"Yeah. He's like my dad though. I have 5 adopted siblings. And Esme is the best. I really love them." I said with a smile on my face.
"Oh really?" She asked, I just nodded.
"Yeah, it was Rose who drove me here today; I haven't gotten my license yet. It really sucks, they drive like maniacs, but I love them anyway." I said with a grin, thinking Alice might be listening in. Okay, maybe seeing in is more like it…
Angela and I talked and talked even during the class. Mr. Varner – gosh I hated that guy; he made me introduce myself; I do not like the attention – asked me several questions out of the blue because I talked with Angela, but he didn't realize I had been taught by the best, and so I answered all of them correctly. That wiped off the smirk from his face. It was comical.
"So Bella, sit with me at lunch?" Angela asked. I looked at her incredulously.
"Are you kidding me? Of course!" She grinned, and we linked arms, walking to the next class which we had together. We spent that class talking too. The teacher was very irritated with me, but as I, again, was able to answer her questions correct, she shut up. Sometimes it really ruled that I was homeschooled by a vampire. I smirked.
I walked into the cafeteria with Angela by my side, laughing and joking with her.
"Gosh I missed you Ang. It's been way too long since I saw you last." I told her. She smiled at me, and led me to the food line. I wrinkled my nose at that stuff; I would much rather have a bear like Emmett any day than that stuff. And I was still human; that ought to say something about the food. Gross.
"I missed you too Bella; it was no fun playing with Mike all the time, back then" I grinned at her, and paid for as little food as possible. Angela looked concerned at me.
"Do you have an eating-disorder or something Bella? That's an awful little portion of food you have there…" She trailed off. I laughed at her.
"Of course I don't Ang. Do you think it's possible to live in a house with a doc and still be able to have an eating disorder?" She shrugged. I smiled at her.
"This food is just awfully gross; I'll eat when I get home. Esme is the most awesome cook in the world." I told her. She grinned at me, and we sat down at her table with Ben. We sat with 2 other boys and 2 other girls. I looked around and recognized Mike, Jessica- and my musings were correct earlier; it was Lauren.
"Hi Mike!" I said and smiled at him. He looked at me like I was weird or something.
"Jessica, Lauren." I acknowledged them with a nod. Mike still looked confused.
"Uhm, do I know you?" he asked. I grinned evilly.
"Yeah, you wrote Santa last year and by mistake sent it to me. You even had a picture and everything!" I joked and Angela laughed at the face he pulled.
"I did not!" He argued. It made me wonder if he actually did send a letter to the Santa…
"Well, if you haven't noticed, I have these incredible long feet and ears, and I'm so short; can't you see that I'm a pixie?" He frowned, actually looking at my ears. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Jeez Mike, senile much? It's Bella you oaf." I said to him with a smirk on my lips as recognition crossed him face.
"Now Mike, did you really send a letter to the Santa?" He shook his head, but a light blush spread across his face. It had the whole table in hysterics, even Jessica. Lauren had a hard time fighting her own smile.
"I'm Tyler Crowley. I like you already." I studied him; he had medium length brown hair and brown eyes. His lips were a little broad for his face, and his nose a little flat, but he looked like the guy I could become friends with.
"I'm Bella Cullen; it's nice to meet ya!" I said to him. Mike looked confused.
"Cullen? As in Dr. Cullen?" I smiled.
"Yup, I was adopted. They found me when I got lost in the woods, and took me in." I told them. Mike looked impressed, but Jessica and Lauren looked jealous as heck.
"They're like filthy rich, and gets like, plastic surgery and stuff. And besides, I don't think Esme can have kids." Jessica said, and that had me pissed.
"Listen here Jessica," I spat her name.
"They may be rich, but they are the nicest family you can ever come across. Do you know how much charity they do? How Carlisle he would work on any hospital in the world, and don't expect payment? He does it because he wants to help people. And just because they are much more beautiful than you are, that doesn't mean they get surgery. You just be glad I'm the one here, because if it was Rose or even Alice, you might as well have been a pile of ash. And my family's life is so none of your business; butt the heck out!" I yelled at her. She looked so angry.
"Listen here, you little punk. I don't give a thing about 'Rose' and whatever, but you like, shouldn't have yelled at me. You're in for a serious time." She said. I just had to smirk at her. Oh yeah?
"Really? Because I'm sure as heck that you won't be able to stand a chance against me. Butt the heck out! If I ever hear you say another word about my family, I'll personally kick you into the next week. You don't talk ill about my family, or you will have me to answer to." I said in a deadly calm and serious tone. I took my stuff, and with a last glare, I turned around and headed out of the quiet cafeteria. Everybody had listened to our argument, but I didn't care; I would not sit by and hear people talk dirt about my family. And I wanted everybody to know that. I walked out of the cafeteria, trying as hard as possible, to not stumble over nothing. I was lucky; I made my dramatic exit, and only stumbled once I was out of the room. Fuming, I went to my next class; Spanish. I was early in, and the teacher was there, I made her sign my slip, and she asked me about my previous knowledge within the Spanish language. I told her, in Spanish, that I was good enough at it, and that she didn't need to worry about me being behind the rest of the class. She nodded.
Mike came into the room, and I asked if I could sit by him. He nodded.
"Yeah, I think Tyler would understand." I smiled and sat down beside him. And it was great decision too; Jessica sauntered into the room and sat down. When everybody was in the class, she was the one that had the spare-seat. I sighed with relief.
"Hey Mike, would you have anything against me sitting here for the rest of the school-year? I'm really not in the mood to listen to Jessica's bickering about meaningless things." I pleaded. He looked… Smug? Stupid, hormonal boy. Ugh, this day could not get any worse. Seriously, what is wrong with the world? Why do I have to be followed by bad luck all the time? It's getting really old. I might just stand in the middle of the forest and just scream bloody murder at my bad luck.
'Ugh, I wish they would turn me already'. I thought. Whoa… Where did that come from? Had I ever wanted to be turned? Before now? Why did I want to be turned anyway? I had heard Rose's story; it was not pleasant. It was horrific, nothing like that should ever happen to a girl. She said that she hadn't wanted this; she wanted to have babies and grow old, sitting on the front porch with a grey-haired Emmett watching their grandchildren playing around on the front lawn.
I had the opportunity to have kids; my vampire family could never have children. I felt really sorry for them, even if I didn't have the biggest desire to become a mother.
When that thought entered my mind, I felt a weird form for pain in my stomach. I frowned slightly; why had it come just then? I shrugged it off; it might just be something I had eaten in the cafeteria; it wasn't the best food as I pointed out to myself during lunch.
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