Chapter 3: The Cullens

Bella POV

I looked at the schedule that the creepy secretary gave me. My first class was English with Mrs. Dodds in room 255. There were still 10 minutes till the bell so I decided to go to the parking lot and kill time.

The minute I stepped out, everyone stopped talking. They just stared at my silently. Gawking. Didn't these people ever learn that it's not polite to stare?! I eyed the group of bimbos and jocks in the back and guessed not. They acted as if they never saw a new student.

Of course, Forks is so small, they probably haven't. I gracefully walked over to my truck and got inside and listened to my IPOD. As soon as I did, I knew everyone started talking, probably about me since I saw my name on many people's lips. I can read lips.

I saw one group of people walking toward my car. Great, it was the bimbo/jocks group! There were 3 girls and 4 guys. Bimbo 1 was a strawberry blond. Bimbo 2 was a platinum blond. Bimbo 3 was a frizzy-haired brunette. All 3 wore sluttish clothes. Jock 1 had blond hair and baby blue eyes. Jock 2 had black hair and black eyes. Jock 3 had greasy, black hair, gray-green eyes, and skin problems.

When I got to Jock 4, my breath caught. His jaws were sharp. His cheekbones were high and defined. His lips were soft, pink, and so kissable. He had emerald green eyes. But what what struck me the most was his hair. It was bronzed and tousled like sex hair. He looked so much like Stephan. Come to think of it, Stephan did have a twin brother that went missing soon after birth. [cough,cough]

Bimbo 1 tapped on the window and I reluctantly rolled it down. I raised a finely arched eyebrow at her. "Can I help you?" I asked in a cold voice. She seemed momentarily shocked that I talked so coldly to her. She probably thought I was going to be gushing all over her.

She got over her shock and replied snarkly. "Actually, yes you can. We want you to know that we rule this school!" The other bimbos nodded in agreement as I rolled my eyes. "You do as we say and don't speak to us unless we speak to you." I smiled patronizingly at her. "How about this? I don't speak to you even if you do speak me. You also won't speak to me. Got it? Good!" I closed the window in her stunned face and went back to my IPOD.

5 minutes later, there was another knock at the window and a black-haired pixie was there. Behind her were 4 other people. A blond girl who was glaring daggers at me, a blond guy, and a humongous, I mean muscled, black-haired guy. "Hello," said Pixie. "I'm Alice Cullen!" Great, now I have a name to go with the face. She didn't act look like a slut. She pointed to blondie guy and named him as Jasper Hale, her boyfriend. The glaring Blonde who looks like him is his twin sister Rosalie Hale. I gave her my own glare and she cringed. The muscled guy next to her was Alice's brother Emmet Cullen. He reminded me of Lok.

"I have another brother, actually," Alice said after she finished with the introductions. "You might meet him if you sit with us at lunch." She looked at me with puppy eyes. I laughed. "Of course I'll sit with you," I answered with a warm smile. She reminded me of Sophie. But Sophie is more of a fairy than a pixie. She squealed happily. "Awesome." Then she looked at her phone. "The first bell is about to ring Bella. What class do you have?"

I thought about it for a second and answered. I have photographic memory. "Um...English with Mrs. Dodds," I answered. She told me that she and her brother were in that class. She asked to see my schedule and when I gave it to her, she looked at my incredulously. "You have every class with Edward." "Who?" was my somewhat confused response. "Edward Cullen, my other brother." she squealed again. "Great, I'll tell Edward to make sure that you don't get lost. You'll have to excuse him though. He's a player." I shook my head at statement. "It's all right, I have my schedule and the map of the school memorised. I don't need a guide."

She asked me how and I told her about my perfect memory. She shrugged and said, "Too bad. That wasn't an offer, it was an order. My brother will be your guide. I'll make your teacher has decide it." I had a bad feeling about this.

The bell rung as I slid into my seat. Another student walked in. It was Jock 4, the one who looked like Stephan. The teacher welcomed me and made me introduce myself to the class. I grit my teeth and went up to the front. I gave a dazzling smile and started speaking.

"Hello, my name is Isabella Casterwill, but I prefer Bella," I felt my back straighten as I said my last name. I saw Alice notice that. I continued my introduction. "I just moved here from Venice, Italy." I heard people murmur about that. "I live on the outskirts of town with my...friend Santiago. That is it! Any questions?" Without waiting for an answer, I said, "Good!"

I saw Alice's hand as I was about to sit. I sighed and looked at her. "yes Alice?" I called. She grinned and asked, "2 things," she said with a smug grin. "When you said your family's name, your back straitened out. Why?" I sighed again. Damn, this girl was perspective.

"My family is very old," I began. "We can trace our roots back to the founding of Rome. I am actually the second-cousin of the king. [pretend there are kings in Iitaly, just with barely any power] My family has a lot of power and money. I didn't want to attract attention so I didn't bring any flashy cars." The students seemed awed by this. "Second question," said Alice with an evil and playful glint in her eyes. "You hesitated before you said this Santiago was your friend" she said with an emphasis on friend. "Who is he?" I rolled my eyes. "Santiago is a friend, but his official role is my bodygaurd." Alice nodded happy about my interrogation.

Then Jock 4 raised his hand. "I have 2 questions also," he said with a cocky grin. "One, if you are so high and mighty, then why did you pick our fair town? And why do you need a bodygaurd?" The class looked at me expectantly. I closed my eyes as the reason came flopding back to me. I fixed Jock 4 with a steely look before I answered his questions. "The answer is the same for both those questions." I took a deep breath to steady myself.

"2 months ago, I had an assination attempt." I heard a few gasps around me and suprise on jock 4's face. "It wasn't the first time, but this time they were very close. Santiago's family have always worked for my family. My guardian (my parents are dead) decided to move me to someplace where no one would find me. So he picked a place in the middle of nowhere. I trust Santiago with my life. and my guardian is making me move from my other friends. So he allowed Santiago to come with me." I took a shaky breathe. "Is that enough for you?" The class was silent as me and Jock 4 had a stareoff.

The teacher chuckled nervously. "That is quite a story you have. Anyways lets get back to class troday we will be learning about the book Pride and Prejudice." I took my seat next to Alice with a sigh.

Jeez, Forks was turning out to be sighville. Atleast I had already read that book. I could safely tune out the rest of the class. Alice leaned in to whisper to me. "Bella, " she whispered timidly. When I aknowledged her, she bravely ploughed on. "That was my brother, Edward Cullen."

Oh, Damn it!