The next morning I woke up to the smell of fresh bacon. I had no idea that people in Forks woke up so early. Or maybe that was just Lizzy and Joseph. I stumbled around a while until I found my clothes and then I got dressed, hoping that I looked presentable and grabbed my bag. I still wasn't sure where the bathroom was, so I arrived in the kitchen before the bathroom.

"Um good morning and excuse me," I said, stifling a yawn. "But can you please show me where th bathroom is?"

Lizzy took me through to the bathroom again, and this time she made sure I knew where it was.

"I take a left out of my bedroom, and then go straight down the hall," I recited before she left me alone.

After brushing my teeth and combing my hair, I made my way to the kitchen again, using my nose as the indicator. Lizzy served me some bacon and eggs, a typical American breakfast.

Afterwards, Lizzy volunteered to drive me to school.

"Where's Mary?" I thought to ask, only when we were on the road.

"Still asleep," Lizzy replied from beside me. "It's only 7:00 AM Charlotte, and your school starts at 8:00 AM."

That early? I wondered. But then again, time didn't matter much to me.

Finally Lizzy stopped and then she took my hand and led me down a grassy path.

"Where are we going?" I asked, wondering why we were still outside.

"The school is a series of different two-storey buildings but don't worry, all of your classes are on the first floor," Lizzy explained. "Right now we're going to the main office."

I nodded and just followed her lead.

We reached the office and there Lizzy talked over a few things with one of the secretaries and then she tucked me forward out of the hard chair I was sitting on.

"Miss Charlotte Blyth," a happy sounding secretary, Mrs. Dublin (as I later found out) called. "I suppose you're ready. Here on the counter we've already prepared your books..."

"Thanks," I grunted as Lizzy helped me tuck them into my bag.

Mrs. Dublin tied something on my wrist, but I wasn't sure what it was.

"It's a mapping device," Mrs. Dublin said. "I know that you will most likely remember your own way around easily, but until then please wear it. It'll talk to you and guide you through the school grounds. Just click the side button and it'll turn on and figure out your location on our grounds."

It seemed to be a crafty little device, but it felt so uncomfortable. I tried to offer up a smile, but I'm sure that I must have failed.

"Thank you," I said and then I turned it on. I heard the door shut behind me, so I assumed that Lizzy must have left to go to work or something.

"Good morning," the device greeted. "Your first class is Geography. Please turn around and walk to the door, approximately five paces from your current location."

I sighed heavily, thinking it was going to be a long day if I had to listen to that device and it's robotic female voice all day. I later nicknamed it Annoy.

I made it through first and second period without much progress. I didn't make any friends but from the moment I entered into each class, I felt all eyes were on me. I got a paper slip signed by the teacher, who then directed me to my desk. Geography and English passed by uneventfully. Then came lunch, and I felt an immense crowd around me as I sat down at the nearest table to eat lunch. Well, maybe it wasn't immense, but I felt crowded.

"Um excuse me, who said you could sit here?" an arrogant voice called over to me.

"I-I'm sorry," I said, getting up, although I didn't know where else to sit. I'd just picked the closest table I could find.

The girl said nothing else for a time, then I heard a few whispers and a gasp.

"I-I'm sorry about that, I-I didn't see..." the girl apologized. "I'm Britney by the way, Junior. I'm Captain of the Cheer-leading Squad and I didn't know that you were...a new student," she said after a slight pause.

I nodded, knowing what she meant. "Yeah," I said. "I figured. But you don't have to let me sit with you. I mean, I could always move-"

"N-no, you can stay," Britney assured me, holding onto my hand as I tried to get up. "You can hang with us, it's ok. Beside you on your right is Kim, and beside her is Jasmine and then to my left is Dion. We're all the top rank cheer-leaders in this school."

"I didn't know that Forks High School had a cheer-leading squad," I said, after getting comfortable sitting down with them. "It seems like such a small school and..."

"Yeah we know," Kim, on my right, said. "But we have a lot of away games since our team is pretty good. The Cullens occasionally play sometimes."

"Who?" I asked, not sure in the slightest who they were talking about.

"Oh, they're sitting all the way on the other end of the caf," Britney said. "There's Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice, Edward, Bella and Adrian. They all kind of keep to themselves though and they're really gorgeous."

"Emmett and Rosalie are a 'thing'." I think it was Jasmine who said that. "So are Alice and Jasper and Edward and Bella. Adrian's pretty much the only single one, but he doesn't really seem to want a girlfriend anytime soon," she added indignantly.

Rejected, I thought, not really caring about that kind of stuff. Relationships just weren't for me, no matter how you looked at it. It just couldn't work out.

There are a pause and then Britney spoke again.

"You seem pretty calm about this. Doesn't the whole 'mysteriousness' of the Cullens make you want to know more?" she asked.

"Not really," I said, absentmindedly taking a bite of my sandwich. I was glad that these girls were nice to me, but all for the wrong reasons.

Next period was Science. My Annoy led me through to the Math & Science building and then also to room 104 which was my Science lab. The teacher, Mr. Robertson, signed my form and then sent me somewhere to sit down. I was beside someone, but I didn't know who. It just felt a bit cold all of a sudden.

"This will be a free work period," Mr. Robertson announced at the head of the classroom. "Everyone take out this week's study notes and start reading. I'll be back in half and hour with a few text questions."

The door shut and he was gone. Great. I was left alone with other teens who actually didn't end up studying but talked instead. I half expected to feel the stares again, but no one even looked at me in this class. Well, almost nobody. The person beside me seemed to be staring at me.

"Hey," he said. "So you're the new girl?"

From everyone besides Britney and her friends at lunch, he was the first person to talk to me. "Yes," I replied, not knowing what else to say. He clearly hadn't seen my face yet, because his voice seemed rather casual.

"I'm Adrian Cullen," he said and then he paused.

Adrian Cullen? So he was one of 'the' Cullens that Britney had made such a bit deal about at lunch? I didn't look into details about the Cullens but I at least remembered names.

"Charlotte Blyth," I replied, giving a slight nod, but keeping my head down.

"Are you also new to Forks?" he inquired.

His voice was cool and calm.

"Yes," I said, not intend on giving a big answer.

He said nothing for a while and then finally turned to face me again. There was a longer pause this time. I knew he must've seen me clearly now. I turned towards him just to make sure. No more pause this time.

"You're blind," he stated emotionless.

Yes readers, Charlotte our main protagonist IS in fact blind, and for those of you who figured it out earlier, great job! Yes, she needs the map device because of that and she needs 'special' school textbooks in Braille and that's also why she really needs help when moving around and so forth and also why Britney and the other girls were nice to her and why everyone keeps staring at her.

More coming up next chapter, please tell me what you think! :3