Twilight and New Moon belong to Stephenie Meyer.

Sorry that I didn't update sooner, but I got new furniture and had to unplug and move my computer around, and somehow my internet got messed up. I also had a hard time writing this chapter, I have no idea why. Thanks to LaLaLovely47, who helped me out! Anywho, enjoy!

As I stared at him, he just stared back. His hair was a dark black, so dark that it almost seemed to have a blue tint. His eyes were the amber color I expected, with only a thin amount of black around the edges. I couldn't believe it. A vampire was sitting next to me in my economics class. How could this be possible?

I forced my eyes away and focused intently on the letter 'n' written on the blackboard. Taking deep, slow breaths, I analyzed the situation with a little more clarity.

The probability that my economics partner was a vampire was practically impossible. This must be a regular old, run of the mill extremely pale, gorgeous boy who happened to have amber ayes. And walked with enough grace to be a ballet dancer. A really good ballet dancer. And he just happened to smell better than any cologne on this planet.

'Oh God, was I just smelling him?' I thought. I peeked out of the corner of my eye at him. He was still staring at me, so I quickly looked away. I heard a sound come from him that I thought was a chuckle.

For heavens sake, who was I trying to kid? This guy wasn't a guy, he was a vampire. And he was sitting next to me in economics class. In my new school. In Jacksonville, Florida. Because I apparently attract vampires like fish to water.

'Wait,' I thought, 'we're in Jacksonville. It's the middle of the day, and the sun is shinning like there's no tomorrow. Is this even possible?' I was too afraid to look at him again, but I didn't remember him glittering. And if he had, then the entire class would probably be in a panic by now. So it wasn't possible he was a vampire, right? No sparkle, no way. But he hadn't been in any direct sunlight, and the room was a little dim. Maybe…

But everything else added up. This didn't make any sense. Just when I thought I was about to go insane, the bell rang. Everyone got up and began to walk out of the room. When I went to follow, I found I couldn't move. I guess the shock hadn't left me yet. But from the corner of my eye I saw him get up and walk by me. I thought he was gone, but suddenly someone leaned down next to my ear and whispered.

"Hope you have a nice day." My head whiped around to come face to face with my potential vampire. He smiled, a dazzling sight, and then turned and walked away. Stacy walked up and leaned on my desk.

"You, my friend, have just met the amazing Brendon Williams. The most gorgeous guy in the entire school. You are so lucky that you get to sit next to him!" She said while fanning herself with her hand.

"Yeah, um, I guess so…" I replied as I got up and we walked out of the room. Stacy showed me to my next class, all the while talking about how awesome and stunning Brendon was. As she was talking, I thought again about the fact that he may or may not be a vampire. In fact, I was still thinking about it the next period…..and the one after that…..and the one after that. When lunch came around, and Stacy invited me to sit with her and her friends, I was still wondering.

"Bella, these are my friends," Stacy said, breaking me from my trance, "the blond one is Corinne, Ally is the one with iPod, don't try to make her turn it off, and this is Danielle. Everyone, this is Isabella Swan, Bella for short." Each one raised their hands as she said their name and murmured a 'hi' or 'hello'. Somehow Ally had heard and responded even with the headphones on.

I nodded and said hello then sat down with them. Stacy started talking about me, filling them in. I guess she noticed that I wasn't really focused. The girl named Corinne looked over and said,

"You really used to live in Washington? The state? That's so far! What's it like?" she asked, all eyes on me.

"Um, yeah. Well, it rains all the time, and most days you can't really see the sun." They seemed to be waiting for more, so I added, "And there are a lot of trees, it's really green."

"Wow, I guess I can see why you moved here." The girl named Danielle said, with a look on her face. She stuck out her tongue, and we all laughed. It felt nice to have a girl talk. I could be honest with them, to an extent. The past I told them was all they would know. I could essentially recreate myself, change my image to one that I could be happy with.

We talked for a little while longer, about stuff I apparently needed to catch up on. Things like the style in Jacksonville, which informed me that I needed to buy new clothes, school classes that were difficult or easy, and what teachers I should watch out for. That's how economics class came up.

"Guys, guess who Bella is sitting next to in economics?" Stacy dished, "Brendon Williams!" There was a chorus of 'Now ways!' and 'lucky!' as I simply sat there and sighed. Not from happiness, but from the reminder of my mysterious class partner. "Look," I heard Stacy continue, "There he is!"

I glanced over to see Brendon walk in to the cafeteria. I suddenly became aware that the cafeteria was outside, and we were all in direct sunlight. As he walked into the light, all my worst fears were confirmed.

He glowed, he glittered, he was dazzling. Like every inch of his body was covered in the most brilliant crystal. And he was just walking across the cafeteria like everything was fine.

"He is just so stunning, isn't he?" Ally said with a sigh. Of course he was stunning, he was shinning! But they all turned away from him after another minute, and went back to talking.

Anyone who saw him shinning like that would never be able to look away that quickly. I glanced at the girls, then back at Brendon. He was just sitting there staring at his lunch, glowing. I turned back to my new friends.

"Hey guys," I asked tentatively, "What is Brendon doing right now?" They all looked over at me. If they saw what I saw, saw him for what he was, they would say something like 'Oh he's just glittering. Don't worry, he does that all the time! Here have some of my fries.'

But of course not, that would have been too easy. Instead, they all glanced over at him and answered,

"He's eating lunch, I guess. Why, was he doing something weird?" Danielle said innocently.

I froze for a second before saying, "No, I guess it was just a trick of the light." They went back to talking. So they couldn't see him for what he was. What did that mean?

The rest of lunch was finished without a problem, other than the vampire. I didn't even see him for the rest of the day. When I got home, my brain was melting from all the thought. Not just from the new school, but from trying to figure out why I seemed to be the only one who could 'see' Brendon. The bus ride had been torture, because there had been nothing else to do but think.

I got home earlier than everyone else, since Renee taught kindergarten, and Phil coached. So I turned on the TV to try and drown out the noise of my own thoughts.

"Hey honey, how was your day?" my mom asked when she got home. I searched for a phrase that could describe everything that had happened. How could I sum up the strangest events in my entire life?

"Interesting…" was all I could come up with.

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